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The index for shelter was by far the largest contributor to the monthly all items increase, accounting for
nearly half of the monthly all items increase, with the indexes for food, gasoline, and natural gas also
contributing. The food index increased 0.5 percent over the month with the food at home index rising
0.4 percent. The energy index increased 2.0 percent over the month as all major energy component
indexes rose over the month.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent in January. Categories which increased in
January include the shelter, motor vehicle insurance, recreation, apparel, and household furnishings and
operations indexes. The indexes for used cars and trucks, medical care, and airline fares were among
those that decreased over the month.
The all items index increased 6.4 percent for the 12 months ending January; this was the smallest 12-
month increase since the period ending October 2021. The all items less food and energy index rose 5.6
percent over the last 12 months, its smallest 12-month increase since December 2021. The energy index
increased 8.7 percent for the 12 months ending January, and the food index increased 10.1 percent over
the last year.
Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Jan. 2022 - Jan. 2023
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Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Jan. 2022 - Jan. 2023
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Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average
1 N o t s e a s o n a l l y adjusted.
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Food
The food index increased 0.5 percent in January, and the food at home index rose 0.4 percent over the
month. Four of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the month. The index for
other food at home rose 0.7 percent in January. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased
0.7 percent over the month, as the index for eggs rose 8.5 percent. The index for cereals and bakery
products rose 1.0 percent over the month, while the index for nonalcoholic beverages increased 0.4
percent in January.
In contrast, the fruits and vegetables index fell 0.5 percent over the month with the fresh vegetables
index declining 2.3 percent. The index for dairy and related products was unchanged in January.
The food away from home index rose 0.6 percent in January, after increasing 0.4 percent in December.
The index for limited service meals increased 0.7 percent over the month and the index for full service
meals increased 0.5 percent.
The food at home index rose 11.3 percent over the last 12 months. The index for cereals and bakery
products rose 15.6 percent over the 12 months ending in January. The remaining major grocery store
food groups posted increases ranging from 7.2 percent (fruits and vegetables) to 14.0 percent (dairy and
related products).
The index for food away from home rose 8.2 percent over the last year. The index for full service meals
rose 8.1 percent over the last 12 months, and the index for limited service meals rose 6.7 percent over
the same period.
Energy
The energy index rose 2.0 percent in January, as the gasoline index increased 2.4 percent over the
month. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 3.2 percent in January.) The index for natural
gas rose 6.7 percent over the month, and the index for electricity increased 0.5 percent.
The energy index rose 8.7 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index increased 1.5 percent
over the span. The fuel oil index rose 27.7 percent over the last 12 months, while the index for electricity
rose 11.9 percent, and the index for natural gas increased 26.7 percent over the same period.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent in January. The shelter index continued to
increase, rising 0.7 percent over the month. The rent index and the owners’ equivalent rent index each
rose 0.7 percent since December. The index for lodging away from home increased 1.2 percent in
January.
The shelter index was the dominant factor in the monthly increase in the index for all items less food
and energy, while other components were a mix of increases and declines. Among the other indexes that
rose in January was the index for motor vehicle insurance, which increased 1.4 percent over the month,
while the index for recreation rose 0.5 percent, and the index for apparel increased 0.8 percent. The
household furnishings and operations index rose 0.3 percent in January, and the communication index
increased 0.4 percent.
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The medical care index fell 0.4 percent in January, as the physicians’ services index declined 0.1
percent. The index for hospital services increased 0.5 percent over the month and the index for
prescription drugs rose 2.1 percent in January.
Other indexes which declined over the month include the index for used cars and trucks, which fell 1.9
percent in January, continuing a recent downward trend. The index for airline fares fell 2.1 percent over
the month.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 5.6 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index
increased 7.9 percent over the last year, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total increase in all items
less food and energy. Other indexes with notable increases over the last year include household
furnishings and operations (+5.9 percent), medical care (+3.1 percent), recreation (+4.8 percent), and
new vehicles (+5.8 percent).
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 6.4 percent over the last 12
months to an index level of 299.170 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.8 percent prior
to seasonal adjustment.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 6.3
percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 293.565 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index
increased 0.9 percent prior to seasonal adjustment.
The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 6.6 percent over the
last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.8 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please
note that the indexes for the past 10 to 12 months are subject to revision.
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The Consumer Price Index for February 2023 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, March 14,
2023, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
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Technical Note
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are aggregated using
weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local
data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W, separate indexes are
also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and
population-size classes, and for 23 selected local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the
level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base
period. For the C-CPI-U, data are issued only at the national level. The CPI-U and CPI-W are
considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to three
subsequent quarterly revisions.
The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For most of the CPI-U and the CPI-W,
the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals
100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. Alternatively,
that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services
rising from $100 to $107.
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Sampling Error in the CPI
The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of
retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-
month, 2-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent change standard errors annually for the CPI-U. These
standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For
example, the estimated standard error of the 1-month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. all
items CPI. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same
methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95 percent of these estimates will
be within 0.06 percent of the 1-month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-
month change of 0.2 percent in the all items CPI-U, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent
change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent. For the latest data, including
information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/variance-
estimates/home.htm.
Calculating Index Changes
Movements of the indexes from 1 month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than
changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to
its base period, while percent changes are not. The following table shows an example of using index
values to calculate percent changes:
Item A Item B Item C
Year I 112.500 225.000 110.000
Year II 121.500 243.000 128.000
Change in index
9.000 18.000 18.000
points
Percent change 9.0/112.500 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/225.000 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/110.000 x 100 = 16.4
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The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay.
Unadjusted data are also used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract
agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index
before adjustment for seasonal variation. BLS advises against the use of seasonally adjusted data in
escalation agreements because seasonally adjusted series are revised annually.
Intervention Analysis
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses intervention analysis seasonal adjustment (IASA) for some CPI
series. Sometimes extreme values or sharp movements can distort the underlying seasonal pattern of
price change. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment is a process by which the distortions caused by
such unusual events are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.
The resulting seasonal factors, which more accurately represent the seasonal pattern, are then applied to
the unadjusted data.
For example, this procedure was used for the motor fuel series to offset the effects of the 2009 return to
normal pricing after the worldwide economic downturn in 2008. Retaining this outlier data during
seasonal factor calculation would distort the computation of the seasonal portion of the time series data
for motor fuel, so it was estimated and removed from the data prior to seasonal adjustment. Following
that, seasonal factors were calculated based on this “prior adjusted” data. These seasonal factors
represent a clearer picture of the seasonal pattern in the data. The last step is for motor fuel seasonal
factors to be applied to the unadjusted data.
For the seasonal factors introduced for January 2023, BLS adjusted 57 series using intervention analysis
seasonal adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels and vehicles.
Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Indexes
Seasonally adjusted data, including the U.S. city average all items index levels, are subject to revision
for up to 5 years after their original release. Every year, economists in the CPI calculate new seasonal
factors for seasonally adjusted series and apply them to the last 5 years of data. Seasonally adjusted
indexes beyond the last 5 years of data are considered to be final and not subject to revision. For January
2023, revised seasonal factors and seasonally adjusted indexes for 2018 to 2022 were calculated and
published. For series which are directly adjusted using the Census X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal
adjustment software, the seasonal factors for 2022 will be applied to data for 2023 to produce the
seasonally adjusted 2023 indexes. Series which are indirectly seasonally adjusted by summing
seasonally adjusted component series have seasonal factors which are derived and are therefore not
available in advance.
Determining Seasonal Status
Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. Using
these criteria, BLS economists determine whether a series should change its status from "not seasonally
adjusted" to "seasonally adjusted", or vice versa. If any of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all
items index change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted,
not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years,
but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. For 2023, 37 of the 81
components of the U.S. city average all items index are not seasonally adjusted.
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Contact Information
For additional information about the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi or contact the CPI Information and
Analysis Section at 202-691-7000 or cpi_info@bls.gov.
For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonal-
adjustment/home.htm
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access
telecommunications relay services.
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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,
January 2023
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Unadjusted percent Seasonally adjusted percent
Relative Unadjusted indexes
change change
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Expenditure category tance Jan. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dec. Jan. Dec. Jan. 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022-
2022 2022 2022 2023 Jan. Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan.
2023 2023 2022 2022 2023
All items............................................ . 100.000 281.148 296.797 299.170 6.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.5
Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.531 289.772 316.839 319.136 10.1 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5
Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.728 270.711 299.089 301.435 11.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4
Cereals and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.164 302.242 345.029 349.294 15.6 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.847 298.441 320.455 322.737 8.1 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.7
Dairy and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.818 238.675 271.376 272.040 14.0 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.0
Fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.512 327.451 349.134 351.029 7.2 0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage
materials................................. . 1.039 188.719 210.324 213.359 13.1 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.4
Other food at home....................... . 2.347 233.956 262.985 264.746 13.2 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.7
Food away from home1..................... . 4.803 319.471 343.559 345.677 8.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6
Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.921 260.653 274.937 283.330 8.7 3.1 -1.4 -3.1 2.0
Energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.490 297.454 297.625 305.643 2.8 2.7 -2.1 -7.2 1.9
Fuel oil1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.150 356.864 461.140 455.595 27.7 -1.2 1.7 -16.6 -1.2
Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.275 291.767 288.979 297.413 1.9 2.9 -2.2 -6.9 2.3
Gasoline (all types). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.172 290.416 285.757 294.759 1.5 3.2 -2.3 -7.0 2.4
Energy services.............................. . 3.431 235.941 263.825 272.840 15.6 3.4 -0.6 1.9 2.1
Electricity................................... . 2.541 238.183 260.548 266.528 11.9 2.3 0.5 1.3 0.5
Utility (piped) gas service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.890 225.181 267.683 285.407 26.7 6.6 -3.4 3.5 6.7
All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.548 285.996 300.113 301.962 5.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4
Commodities less food and energy
commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.361 162.991 164.304 165.340 1.4 0.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.1
Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.479 124.079 124.587 127.875 3.1 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.8
New vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.313 167.582 176.463 177.276 5.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.2
Used cars and trucks..................... . 2.668 210.293 188.864 185.857 -11.6 -1.6 -2.0 -2.0 -1.9
Medical care commodities1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.455 382.984 391.809 395.981 3.4 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.1
Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.845 266.749 280.755 282.286 5.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4
Tobacco and smoking products1. . . . . . . . 0.494 1,306.913 1,379.589 1,388.790 6.3 0.7 0.7 -0.1 0.7
Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.187 361.397 384.906 387.258 7.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5
Shelter...................................... . 34.413 342.604 366.868 369.585 7.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7
Rent of primary residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.528 357.737 385.649 388.372 8.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
Owners’ equivalent rent of
residences2........................... . 25.424 352.005 376.897 379.328 7.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7
Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.653 584.111 602.395 601.551 3.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.7
Physicians’ services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.855 408.335 415.611 415.197 1.7 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Hospital services1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.940 371.646 383.150 385.064 3.6 0.5 1.3 0.5
Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.750 328.665 373.598 376.743 14.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.9
Motor vehicle maintenance and
repair1. . . . . . . .......................... . 1.104 325.448 366.960 371.780 14.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3
Motor vehicle insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.511 574.042 648.771 658.513 14.7 1.5 1.0 0.7 1.4
Airline fares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.587 210.762 268.519 264.629 25.6 -1.4 -1.6 -2.1 -2.1
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Not seasonally adjusted.
2
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
3
Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure
category, January 2023
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Unadjusted percent
Seasonally adjusted percent change
Relative change
importance Jan. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Expenditure category
Dec. 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022-
2022 Jan. Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan.
2023 2023 2022 2022 2023
1
Not seasonally adjusted.
2
Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
4
Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
5
Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.
6
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
7
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
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Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.
9
Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
10
Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
11
Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
12
Indexes on a December 2019=100 base.
13
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
14
Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes,
January 2023
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Unadjusted percent Seasonally adjusted percent
Relative Unadjusted indexes
change change
impor-
Special aggregate indexes tance Jan. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dec. Jan. Dec. Jan. 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022- 2022-
2022 2022 2022 2023 Jan. Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan.
2023 2023 2022 2022 2023
All items less food.................................. . 86.469 279.782 293.722 296.105 5.8 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.5
All items less shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.587 260.156 272.711 274.976 5.7 0.8 0.0 -0.2 0.4
All items less food and shelter.................... . 52.056 252.505 261.854 264.101 4.6 0.9 -0.2 -0.4 0.4
All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . 45.135 254.448 263.147 264.519 4.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2
All items less food, shelter, energy, and used
cars and trucks................................... . 42.466 254.861 266.999 268.746 5.4 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
All items less medical care........................ . 91.892 268.947 284.562 287.019 6.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6
All items less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.079 285.779 301.705 303.612 6.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4
Commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.382 210.918 218.607 220.468 4.5 0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0.4
Commodities less food, energy, and used
cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.693 156.318 161.642 163.174 4.4 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.5
Commodities less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.851 175.530 176.740 178.367 1.6 0.9 -0.6 -1.3 0.3
Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . 24.006 172.227 173.135 174.751 1.5 0.9 -0.6 -1.4 0.3
Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.618 349.753 373.549 376.415 7.6 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.6
Services less rent of shelter1................... . 27.581 367.891 391.440 394.542 7.2 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.6
Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . 54.964 332.001 356.168 359.292 8.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.8
Durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.646 127.345 125.624 125.749 -1.3 0.1 -0.8 -0.8 -0.1
Nondurables......................................... . 25.737 250.951 266.405 269.657 7.5 1.2 0.0 -0.7 0.8
Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.205 218.295 224.406 228.378 4.6 1.8 -0.3 -2.2 0.9
Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . . . 11.360 215.316 220.948 225.060 4.5 1.9 -0.4 -2.3 1.0
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.881 276.866 285.747 290.445 4.9 1.6 -0.6 -3.0 1.2
Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.726 274.509 283.802 288.197 5.0 1.5 -0.5 -2.8 1.1
Housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................... . 44.384 289.889 310.725 313.747 8.2 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.8
Education and communication2................... . 5.845 143.876 144.922 145.336 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.4
Education2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.274 278.087 287.177 287.509 3.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3
Communication2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.571 76.292 75.452 75.750 -0.7 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.4
Information and information processing2. . . . 3.497 71.991 71.091 71.356 -0.9 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.4
Information technology, hardware and
services3..................................... . 1.810 7.425 7.083 7.120 -4.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.4 0.5
Recreation2.......................................... . 5.385 127.937 133.172 134.077 4.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.5
Video and audio2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.266 111.376 112.507 113.362 1.8 0.8 0.5 -0.4 0.6
Pets, pet products and services2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.205 190.444 209.069 210.689 10.6 0.8 0.6 -0.1 0.6
Photography2..................................... . 0.061 78.317 82.174 83.747 6.9 1.9 -0.3 1.1 1.6
Food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.376 288.264 314.459 316.705 9.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5
Domestically produced farm food.............. . 7.307 279.808 309.885 312.052 11.5 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.7
Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.442 382.052 395.485 397.606 4.1 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.6
Apparel less footwear.............................. . 1.974 115.394 116.146 119.789 3.8 3.1 0.2 0.4 1.0
Fuels and utilities................................... . 4.702 278.758 307.348 315.652 13.2 2.7 -0.3 0.9 1.6
Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.646 233.373 261.904 270.214 15.8 3.2 -0.5 1.0 1.8
Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.108 535.048 551.002 551.422 3.1 0.1 -0.4 0.3 -0.4
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.744 248.424 255.993 257.874 3.8 0.7 -0.7 -1.6 0.4
Private transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.959 248.995 254.846 256.981 3.2 0.8 -0.7 -1.7 0.5
New and used motor vehicles2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.083 126.211 125.674 125.343 -0.7 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4 -0.5
Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.825 235.419 254.138 258.227 9.7 1.6 0.3 0.6 1.3
Household furnishings and operations. . . . . . . . . . . 5.269 139.162 145.972 147.352 5.9 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.3
Other goods and services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.677 490.856 518.088 521.433 6.2 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0.6
Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.183 249.954 263.813 265.504 6.2 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0.6
1
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
2
Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3
Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, January 2023
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Percent change to Jan. 2023 from: Percent change to Dec. 2022 from:
Pricing
Area Jan. Nov. Dec. Dec. Oct. Nov.
Schedule1
2022 2022 2022 2021 2022 2022
1
Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month.
1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
2
Regions defined as the four Census regions.
3
Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
4
Indexes on a December 2017=100 base.
5
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
6
1998 - 2017 indexes based on substantially smaller sample.
7
Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
8
Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,
therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national
index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national
average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
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, January 2023
[Percent changes]
Unadjusted 1-month percent change Unadjusted 12-month percent change
Month Year
C-CPI-U1 CPI-U C-CPI-U1 CPI-U
1
The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index in that it, in its final form, accounts for any substitution that
consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. Since the expenditure data required for the calculation of the
C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the C-CPI-U is issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and
is subject to four revisions.
Indexes are issued as initial estimates. Indexes are revised each quarter with the publication of January, April, July, and October data as updated
expenditure estimates become available. The C-CPI-U indexes are updated quarterly until they become final. January-March indexes are final in
January of the following year; April-June indexes are final in April of the following year; July-September indexes are final in July of the following year;
October-December indexes are final in October of the following year.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,
January 2023, 1-month analysis table
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
One Month
Relative Seasonally Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S)
Standard
importance adjusted adjusted seasonally adjusted
Expenditure category error,
Dec. percent effect on All change since:3
median
2022 change Items
price Percent
Dec. 2022- Dec. 2022- Date
change2 change
Jan. 2023 Jan. 20231
1
The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of
0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase.
Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that month the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8
percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items
index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were
rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).
2
A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 0.6
percent, and its standard error was 0.15 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 1-month percent change would be 0.6 percent, plus or minus 0.3
percent.
3
If the current seasonally adjusted 1-month percent change is greater than the previous published 1-month percent change, then this column
identifies the closest prior month with a 1-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 1-month change. If the current 1-month
percent change is smaller than the previous published 1-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than
the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 1-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard
numerical comparisons are used. For example, 0.8% is greater than 0.6%, -0.4% is less than -0.2%, and -0.2% is less than 0.0%. Note that a
(L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price
index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price
index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.
4
Not seasonally adjusted.
5
Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
6
Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not
have a relative importance or effect.
7
Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
8
Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.
9
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
10
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
11
Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.
12
Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
13
Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
14
Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
15
Indexes on a December 2019=100 base.
16
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
17
Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
18
Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,
January 2023, 12-month analysis table
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Twelve Month
Relative Unadjusted Unadjusted Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)
importance percent effect on All error, unadjusted change since:3
Expenditure category
Dec. change Items median
2022 Jan. 2022- Jan. 2022- price Percent
Date
Jan. 2023 Jan. 20231 change2 change
1
The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of
0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase.
Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that year the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8
percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items
index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were
rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).
2
A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 2.6
percent, and its standard error was 0.25 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 12-month percent change would be 2.6 percent, plus or minus
0.5 percent.
3
If the current 12-month percent change is greater than the previous published 12-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior
month with a 12-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 12-month change. If the current 12-month percent change is
smaller than the previous published 12-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month
change is identified. If the current and previous published 12-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparison
is used. For example, 2.0% is greater than 0.6%, -4.4% is less than -2.0%, and -2.0% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a
smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller
changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a
-0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.
4
Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
5
Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not
have a relative importance or effect.
6
Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
7
Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.
8
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
9
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
10
Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.
11
Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
12
Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
13
Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
14
Indexes on a December 2019=100 base.
15
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
16
Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
17
Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.