United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class D in February 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2008, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Size Class D was 203.803 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 4.5%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

Motor fuel: 33.5%
Food at home: 5.9%
Household energy: 5.6%

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: Size Class D and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in February 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.

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Historical CPI-U and Inflation Rate: Size Class D, All Items (not seasonally adjusted)

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Size Class D of Selected Categories in February 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)

Motor fuel

Energy

Food at home

Household energy

Food

All items

All items less medical care

All items less food and energy

US CPI-U: Size Class D in February 2008 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

Motor fuel

Energy

Food

All items

All items less food and energy

Food at home

All items less medical care

Household energy

Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class D of Selected categories in February 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)

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Item	CPI-U	12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items	203.803	4.5
Energy	212.244	20.2
All items less food	203.176	4.5
All items less food and energy	203.518	2.4
All items less shelter	202.374	5.1
All items less medical care	194.174	4.5
All items less energy	203.683	2.8
Apparel	113.378	-2.8
Commodities	172.165	6.2
Energy commodities	251.932	33.4
Commodities less food	156.047	6.7
Commodities less food and beverages	154.667	6.9
Commodities less food and energy commodities	143.096	0.7
Durables	114.945	0.2
Education and communication	124.505	2.0
Food and beverages	207.097	4.9
Food	207.136	5.1
Food at home	203.415	5.9
Alcoholic beverages	206.072	2.8
Other goods and services	347.648	3.1
Housing	189.543	3.2
Shelter	213.016	2.9
Fuels and utilities	201.094	5.4
Household energy	172.97	5.6
Household furnishings and operations	125.191	2.1
Medical care	354.123	4.9
Medical care commodities	295.962	5.7
Medical care services	374.395	4.7
Nondurables	201.153	8.5
Nondurables less food	194.528	11.4
Nondurables less food and beverages	194.28	12.0
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	237.154	16.2
Nondurables less food and apparel	234.081	15.1
Recreation	113.947	2.4
Services	238.278	3.3
Rent of shelter	220.327	2.9
Other services	289.249	2.8
Transportation services	248.808	3.5
Services less rent of shelter	268.69	3.7
Services less medical care services	224.107	3.2
Services less energy services	244.452	3.2
Transportation	191.776	10.2
Private transportation	187.493	10.5
Food away from home	214.995	3.8
Rent of primary residence	203.765	2.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	221.797	2.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence	221.797	2.1
Energy services	182.864	4.7
Electricity	177.442	6.6
Utility (piped) gas service	205.124	-1.1
Professional services	316.142	4.6
New and used motor vehicles	93.429	-0.5
New vehicles	139.265	-2.0
Used cars and trucks	126.533	2.2
Motor fuel	251.553	33.5
Gasoline (all types)	249.632	33.6
New cars	140.897	1.4
New cars and trucks	96.099	-2.0
Gasoline, unleaded regular	239.165	33.3
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade	280.944	35.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium	252.917	33.4

U.S. CPI-U: Size Class D and 12-Month Percent Change for other Months and Years

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