Washington, DC…The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the same increase as in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 7.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. The index for shelter contributed over half of the monthly all items increase, with the indexes for gasoline and food also increasing. The energy index increased 1.8 percent over the month as the gasoline index and the electricity index rose, but the natural gas index decreased. The food index increased 0.6 percent over the month with the food at home index rising 0.4 percent.
Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average
Seasonally adjusted changes from preceding month
Un-
adjusted
12-mos.
ended
Oct. 2022
Apr.
2022
May
2022
Jun.
2022
Jul.
2022
Aug.
2022
Sep.
2022
Oct.
2022
All items
0.3
1.0
1.3
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.4
7.7
Food
0.9
1.2
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.8
0.6
10.9
Food at home
1.0
1.4
1.0
1.3
0.7
0.7
0.4
12.4
Food away from home(1)
0.6
0.7
0.9
0.7
0.9
0.9
0.9
8.6
Energy
-2.7
3.9
7.5
-4.6
-5.0
-2.1
1.8
17.6
Energy commodities
-5.4
4.5
10.4
-7.6
-10.1
-4.7
4.4
19.3
Gasoline (all types)
-6.1
4.1
11.2
-7.7
-10.6
-4.9
4.0
17.5
Fuel oil(1)
2.7
16.9
-1.2
-11.0
-5.9
-2.7
19.8
68.5
Energy services
1.3
3.0
3.5
0.1
2.1
1.1
-1.2
15.6
Electricity
0.7
1.3
1.7
1.6
1.5
0.4
0.1
14.1
Utility (piped) gas service
3.1
8.0
8.2
-3.6
3.5
2.9
-4.6
20.0
All items less food and energy
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.3
0.6
0.6
0.3
6.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities
0.2
0.7
0.8
0.2
0.5
0.0
-0.4
5.1
New vehicles
1.1
1.0
0.7
0.6
0.8
0.7
0.4
8.4
Used cars and trucks
-0.4
1.8
1.6
-0.4
-0.1
-1.1
-2.4
2.0
Apparel
-0.8
0.7
0.8
-0.1
0.2
-0.3
-0.7
4.1
Medical care commodities(1)
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.2
-0.1
0.0
3.1
Services less energy services
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.6
0.8
0.5
6.7
Shelter
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.8
6.9
Transportation services
3.1
1.3
2.1
-0.5
0.5
1.9
0.8
15.2
Medical care services
0.5
0.4
0.7
0.4
0.8
1.0
-0.6
5.4
Footnotes
(1) Not seasonally adjusted.
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by expenditure category
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by detailed expenditure category
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
Table 5. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, all items index
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, 1-month analysis table
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, 12-month analysis table
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