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Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, April 2013
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes 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 less food

 85.827 229.621 232.243 231.880 1.0 -0.2 0.8 -0.2 -0.5

All items less shelter

 68.506 222.552 224.241 223.774 0.5 -0.2 0.9 -0.3 -0.6

All items less food and shelter

 54.332 219.503 220.846 220.141 0.3 -0.3 1.1 -0.5 -0.8

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 44.251 214.770 217.621 217.723 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks

 42.389 218.575 221.761 221.777 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1

All items less medical care

 92.842 221.159 223.465 223.229 0.9 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 -0.4

All items less energy

 89.919 229.252 232.889 233.123 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Commodities

 40.002 190.089 189.286 188.513 -0.8 -0.4 1.3 -0.7 -1.2

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.620 148.483 148.337 148.494 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.0

Commodities less food

 25.829 168.899 166.605 165.355 -2.1 -0.8 2.0 -1.1 -1.9

Commodities less food and beverages

 24.883 166.479 164.031 162.746 -2.2 -0.8 2.1 -1.1 -2.0

Services

 59.998 269.901 275.994 276.268 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 28.857 294.527 301.825 301.999 2.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1

Services less medical care services

 54.544 257.121 262.602 262.919 2.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Durables

 8.694 113.306 112.269 112.460 -0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

Nondurables

 31.308 228.190 227.540 226.246 -0.9 -0.6 1.6 -1.0 -1.4

Nondurables less food

 17.135 221.619 218.116 215.460 -2.8 -1.2 2.9 -1.6 -2.9

Nondurables less food and beverages

 16.189 220.859 216.959 214.148 -3.0 -1.3 3.1 -1.8 -3.1

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 12.601 283.379 277.105 272.136 -4.0 -1.8 4.0 -1.9 -4.0

Nondurables less food and apparel

 13.547 277.443 272.032 267.516 -3.6 -1.7 3.7 -1.7 -3.7

Housing

 40.753 221.682 225.643 225.986 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Education and communication(2)

 6.733 133.284 135.625 135.230 1.5 -0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.2

Education(2)

 3.251 213.130 221.861 221.882 4.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3

Communication(2)

 3.482 83.515 83.235 82.759 -0.9 -0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.6

Information and information processing(2)

 3.327 79.995 79.498 79.019 -1.2 -0.6 0.2 0.1 -0.6

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 0.960 8.865 8.679 8.630 -2.7 -0.6 0.8 0.5 -0.7

Recreation(2)

 5.957 114.656 115.386 115.359 0.6 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1

Video and audio(2)

 1.904 99.893 100.251 100.054 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.093 162.159 164.305 164.911 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Photography(2)

 0.110 79.769 78.216 77.880 -2.4 -0.4 1.3 1.0 -1.1

Food and beverages

 15.119 233.116 236.267 236.761 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Domestically produced farm food

 7.200 238.478 241.166 241.277 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

Other services

 11.581 320.824 327.576 327.216 2.0 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.1

Apparel less footwear

 2.897 123.018 122.104 122.544 -0.4 0.4 -0.2 -1.1 -0.4

Fuels and utilities

 5.270 216.006 220.251 221.382 2.5 0.5 0.6 -0.1 0.9

Household energy

 4.068 186.517 188.810 189.969 1.9 0.6 0.6 -0.3 1.0

Medical care

 7.158 412.480 424.154 423.815 2.7 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0

Transportation

 17.340 223.083 221.080 218.592 -2.0 -1.1 3.0 -1.3 -2.7

Private transportation

 16.137 218.563 216.167 213.438 -2.3 -1.3 3.3 -1.5 -2.9

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 5.534 100.977 100.809 101.162 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3

Utilities and public transportation

 9.916 206.050 209.720 210.427 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.4

Household furnishings and operations

 3.989 126.114 125.330 125.198 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.1

Other goods and services

 3.351 393.320 399.265 400.239 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Personal care

 2.556 211.865 214.754 215.041 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

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