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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by expenditure category
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2013
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category Relative
importance
Mar.
2013		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Apr.
2012		 Mar.
2013		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012-
Apr.
2013		 Mar.
2013-
Apr.
2013		 Jan.
2013-
Feb.
2013		 Feb.
2013-
Mar.
2013		 Mar.
2013-
Apr.
2013

All items

 100.000 230.085 232.773 232.531 1.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 -0.4

Food

 14.173 233.234 236.332 236.841 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2

Food at home

 8.513 231.711 233.777 234.082 1.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.1

Cereals and bakery products

 1.220 268.014 269.504 271.388 1.3 0.7 -0.2 0.2 0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 1.937 230.967 233.294 234.320 1.5 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.4

Dairy and related products(1)

 0.887 216.918 218.123 218.141 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -0.6 0.0

Fruits and vegetables

 1.281 281.648 291.284 287.545 2.1 -1.3 1.4 -0.4 -1.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

 0.933 169.191 168.736 168.812 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.3

Other food at home

 2.254 204.864 205.264 206.177 0.6 0.4 -0.6 0.2 0.4

Food away from home(1)

 5.660 236.695 241.409 242.236 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3

Energy

 10.081 255.736 249.565 244.757 -4.3 -1.9 5.4 -2.6 -4.3

Energy commodities

 6.346 339.793 324.016 312.270 -8.1 -3.6 8.6 -4.1 -7.9

Fuel oil(1)

 0.232 390.483 385.552 368.552 -5.6 -4.4 3.1 -2.1 -4.4

Motor fuel

 6.013 336.673 320.739 309.048 -8.2 -3.6 9.0 -4.2 -8.1

Gasoline (all types)

 5.819 335.742 319.523 307.814 -8.3 -3.7 9.1 -4.4 -8.1

Energy services(2)

 3.735 185.834 188.856 190.669 2.6 1.0 0.5 -0.2 1.4

Electricity(2)

 2.840 192.472 193.856 194.553 1.1 0.4 0.3 -0.6 0.5

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 0.895 163.692 171.248 176.159 7.6 2.9 1.2 1.0 4.4

All items less food and energy

 75.746 229.303 233.052 233.236 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities

 19.482 148.070 147.717 147.992 -0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Apparel

 3.588 128.485 128.279 128.861 0.3 0.5 -0.1 -1.0 -0.3

New vehicles

 3.163 144.522 145.989 146.188 1.2 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.3

Used cars and trucks

 1.863 151.087 148.753 150.160 -0.6 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.6

Medical care commodities

 1.704 333.060 335.198 335.293 0.7 0.0 -0.4 0.1 0.1

Alcoholic beverages

 0.946 230.092 234.015 234.282 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2

Tobacco and smoking products(1)

 0.795 847.032 863.888 869.057 2.6 0.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.6

Services less energy services

 56.263 278.431 284.834 284.954 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1

Shelter

 31.494 256.031 261.330 261.655 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

Rent of primary residence(2)

 6.498 258.922 265.821 265.984 2.7 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 23.831 263.765 268.802 269.216 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Medical care services

 5.454 437.151 452.596 452.083 3.4 -0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.1

Physicians' services(2)

 1.606 344.151 352.575 353.529 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4

Hospital services(2)(4)

 1.572 251.819 264.586 262.595 4.3 -0.8 0.8 0.4 -0.7

Transportation services

 5.808 272.146 278.874 279.065 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.2

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)

 1.140 256.544 260.156 260.341 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1

Motor vehicle insurance

 2.466 397.507 415.381 414.955 4.4 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0

Airline fare

 0.785 312.845 315.303 318.815 1.9 1.1 -0.3 0.6 -0.7

Footnotes
(1) Not seasonally adjusted.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.