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From the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ News Release:
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in September on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.1 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in the indexes for shelter and food were offset by declines in the indexes for energy and used cars and trucks to result in the seasonally adjusted all items index being flat. The energy index fell 1.4 percent as the gasoline index declined 2.4 percent. The food index increased 0.1 percent in September after being unchanged in each of the prior 3 months.
CPI-U Chart

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See also corresponding CPI-W chart Contributions to this month’s rise in the index can be found in the rigth-most column of this table:
Contributions to All-Items Monthly % Change All items. CPI-U. Seasonally Adjusted. 100 Basis Points = 1% (May not add to total due to rounding.)
Expenditure Group Basis Points
July 2019 Aug. 2019 Sep. 2019
All items (SA0) 34 5 2
Food and beverages (SAF) 1 0 2
Housing (SAH) 11 4 12
Apparel (SAA) 1 1 -1
Transportation (SAT) 13 -9 -12
Medical care (SAM) 4 6 2
Recreation (SAR) -0 3 0
Education and communication (SAE) 2 0 -0
Other goods and services (SAG) 2 1 0
See contributions of sub-sectors for further break-outs.

The same contributions in the above table are shown here graphically: cpiu_contributions

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