United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class D in August 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in August 2009, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Size Class D was 208.369 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was -1.8%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

  1. Food away from home: 2.9%
  2. Professional services: 2.8%
  3. Alcoholic beverages: 2.5%

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 August 2009.

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
Professional services
12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Size Class D of Selected Categories in August 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)
Food away from home
Professional services
Alcoholic beverages
All items less food and energy
Food
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
US CPI-U: Size Class D in August 2009 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
Professional services
Food away from home
Food
Alcoholic beverages
All items less food and energy
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class D of Selected categories in August 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Item CPI-U 12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items 208.369 -1.8
Energy 197.072 -22.9
All items less food 207.026 -2.1
All items less food and energy 210.256 1.7
All items less shelter 207.044 -2.5
All items less medical care 198.275 -2.2
All items less energy 210.756 1.5
Apparel 114.312 5.1
Commodities 172.219 -4.7
Energy commodities 211.787 -32.3
Commodities less food 153.068 -6.9
Commodities less food and beverages 151.429 -7.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities 146.419 2.6
Durables 113.425 -0.7
Education and communication 131.167 1.4
Food and beverages 215.984 0.5
Food 216.07 0.4
Food at home 209.242 -1.4
Alcoholic beverages 214.24 2.5
Other goods and services 396.175 11.4
Housing 194.768 -0.8
Shelter 217.421 0.0
Fuels and utilities 213.508 -5.9
Household energy 180.818 -8.6
Household furnishings and operations 128.542 1.2
Medical care 367.808 3.6
Medical care commodities 307.841 3.1
Medical care services 388.67 3.7
Nondurables 202.25 -6.1
Nondurables less food 190.052 -10.7
Nondurables less food and beverages 189.16 -11.3
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel 228.88 -14.8
Nondurables less food and apparel 227.002 -13.8
Recreation 118.422 1.8
Services 248.064 0.7
Rent of shelter 224.96 0.0
Other services 307.236 2.5
Transportation services 265.034 2.3
Services less rent of shelter 285.367 1.4
Services less medical care services 233.384 0.4
Services less energy services 253.718 1.3
Transportation 183.401 -12.5
Private transportation 178.887 -12.6
Food away from home 228.804 2.9
Rent of primary residence 209.94 1.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences 226.635 0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 226.635 0.3
Energy services 197.092 -5.6
Electricity 201.348 2.9
Utility (piped) gas service 175.145 -34.1
Professional services 328.366 2.8
New and used motor vehicles 92.184 -0.2
New vehicles 140.419 2.2
Used cars and trucks 117.628 -5.9
Motor fuel 212.883 -32.2
Gasoline (all types) 212.565 -31.5
New cars 141.394 0.2
New cars and trucks 96.782 2.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular 203.584 -31.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 239.115 -30.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium 217.492 -29.8

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.
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2022
2023