Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Oct. 2008 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2005-2006                                         
                                                              Sep.      Oct.      Oct.      Sep.  
                                                              2008      2008      2007      2008  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000   125.774   124.784       3.3      -0.8 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     14.726   127.824   128.468       5.9       0.5 
   Food.......................................     13.648   128.041   128.694       6.1       0.5 
    Food at home..............................      7.557   126.023   126.691       7.2       0.5 
    Food away from home.......................      6.091   130.741   131.377       4.7       0.5 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.077   125.484   126.005       3.7       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.421   129.521   129.104       3.0      -0.3 
   Shelter....................................     32.409   130.655   130.711       2.2       0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.004   168.047   162.945       9.8      -3.0 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      5.008    96.455    96.520       1.2       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      3.988    89.952    90.870       0.1       1.0 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.393   133.713   127.716       3.6      -4.5 
   Private transportation.....................     16.285   134.260   128.137       3.3      -4.6 
   Public transportation......................      1.108   128.320   123.975       8.4      -3.4 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.085   142.011   142.298       2.7       0.2 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.615   125.116   125.280       1.2       0.1 
   Medical care services......................      4.470   148.349   148.686       3.2       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.935   106.174   106.180       1.1       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.196   109.058   109.190       2.7       0.1 
   Education..................................      2.771   172.330   172.818       5.8       0.3 
   Communication..............................      3.425    74.072    74.066       0.3       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.257   129.384   129.805       3.9       0.3 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.427   133.734   133.507       3.4      -0.2 
 Commodities..................................     41.573   115.828   113.919       3.1      -1.6 
  Durables....................................     11.817    82.250    81.889      -2.7      -0.4 
 Nondurables..................................     29.756   133.796   130.954       5.5      -2.1 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.561   117.985   118.058       1.9       0.1 
 Energy.......................................      8.790   218.818   197.346      11.4      -9.8 

 Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.