United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2008, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA was 222.58 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 6.3%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

  1. Food away from home: 9.9%
  2. Owners' equivalent rent of residences: 7.6%
  3. Alcoholic beverages: 7.4%

The first chart below shows the 12-month percent change in CPI-U for a selected group of item categories, and the second chart shows the CPI-U for the selected group of item categories. You can also use the control below to select your own categories to see on the chart (at most 10). The table below have data on the CPI-U: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in December 2008.

See links at the bottom of this page for similar information for other months. You can also see the monthly links for many other years here and for other US geographic areas here.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI of all urban consumers (CPI-U) reflects the spending patterns of all urban consumers which represents about 93 percent of the total US population. The CPI-U is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.

All items
Energy
All items less food and energy
All items less medical care
Food
Alcoholic beverages
Food away from home
Owners' equivalent rent of residences
12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA of Selected Categories in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
Food
Food away from home
All items less food and energy
Owners' equivalent rent of residenc...
Alcoholic beverages
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
US CPI-U: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
Owners' equivalent rent of residenc...
Food away from home
Food
All items less food and energy
All items
All items less medical care
Alcoholic beverages
Energy
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA of Selected categories in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Item CPI-U 12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items 222.58 6.3
Energy 204.427 -25.3
All items less food and energy 225.449 7.6
All items less shelter 206.264 3.0
All items less medical care 217.429 6.3
All items less energy 226.498 8.1
Apparel 124.606 -4.0
Commodities 176.118 -0.8
Commodities less food 150.748 -6.6
Commodities less food and beverages 148.327 -7.3
Durables 132.077 -4.6
Education and communication 125.84 7.0
Food and beverages 231.378 10.8
Food 233.553 11.1
Food at home 233.406 6.1
Alcoholic beverages 210.405 7.4
Other goods and services 363.742 5.0
Housing 240.195 10.4
Shelter 265.504 6.1
Fuels and utilities 203.993 6.4
Household energy 205.644 3.1
Household furnishings and operations 181.714 -2.4
Medical care 335.173 6.2
Nondurables 195.817 0.7
Nondurables less food 166.234 -8.5
Nondurables less food and beverages 162.58 -10.2
Recreation 98.667 5.5
Services 265.739 11.1
Services less rent of shelter 272.24 8.8
Services less medical care services 258.565 11.1
Transportation 184.105 -4.7
Private transportation 188.975 -6.1
Food away from home 236.844 9.9
Rent of primary residence 259.935 6.8
Owners' equivalent rent of residences 281.374 7.6
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 281.374 7.6
Energy services 241.705 3.8
Electricity 232.21 0.1
Utility (piped) gas service 223.718 15.5
Motor fuel 198.077 -40.8
Gasoline (all types) 198.895 -41.6
Gasoline, unleaded regular 216.594 -42.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 156.914 -40.0
Gasoline, unleaded premium 184.572 -38.4

U.S. CPI-U: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA and 12-Month Percent Change for other Months and Years

Use the links below to see the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U): Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA and 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for other months and years. Also, You can see the monthly links for many more years here.
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