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Consumer prices up 2.5 percent over year ended April 2018
May 18, 2018
Over the 12 months from April 2017 to April 2018, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted.
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 12-month percent change, by expenditure category, April 2018, not seasonally adjusted
Expenditure category
12-month percent change, April 2017–April 2018
Relative importance, March 2018
All items
2.5%
100.000%
Food
1.4
13.281
Food at home
0.5
7.310
Cereals and bakery products
0.0
0.961
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
3.5
1.622
Dairy and related products
-0.4
0.733
Fruits and vegetables
-0.4
1.275
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials
-0.8
0.871
Other food at home
0.0
1.847
Food away from home
2.5
5.971
Energy
7.9
7.635
Energy commodities
13.7
4.232
Fuel oil
22.6
0.115
Motor fuel
13.5
4.039
Energy services
1.2
3.404
Electricity
1.2
2.620
Utility (piped) gas service
1.0
0.784
All items less food and energy
2.1
79.083
Commodities less food and energy commodities
-0.4
19.938
Apparel
0.8
3.178
New vehicles
-1.6
3.764
Used cars and trucks
-0.9
2.439
Medical care commodities
1.9
1.735
Alcoholic beverages
1.4
0.968
Tobacco and smoking products
3.0
0.643
Services less energy services
2.9
59.145
Shelter
3.4
32.752
Medical care services
2.2
6.943
Transportation services
4.1
5.987
Prices for food, which had a relative importance weight of 13.3 percent, increased 1.4 percent over the 12 months ended April 2018. Prices for food at home rose 0.5 percent. Prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 3.5 percent over the last year, the only one of the six major grocery store food groups to increase. Prices for cereals and bakery products and for other food at home were unchanged, and the remaining food groups declined modestly over the last 12 months. Prices for food away from home increased 2.5 percent.
Prices for energy, which had a relative importance weight of 7.6 percent, increased 7.9 percent over the past year. Motor fuel prices (which include gasoline) increased 13.4 percent and fuel oil prices rose 22.6 percent. Electricity prices increased 1.2 percent, and natural gas prices advanced 1.0 percent.
Prices for all items less food and energy, which accounted for 79.1 percent of consumer spending, rose 2.1 percent over the past 12 months. Shelter prices rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, and medical care prices rose 2.2 percent.
United States Department of Labor
