Average Percent Change

Item	1998- 2002	2003- 2007
All items	2.3%	3.0%
Food and beverages	2.3	3.1
Housing	2.8	3.1
Apparel	-1.6	-0.6
Transportation	1.6	4.3
Medical care	4.2	4.2
Recreation	1.3	0.9
Education and communication	1.8	2.2
Other goods and services	5.2	2.7
Special indexes
Energy	3.3	12.2
Energy commodities	5.9	17.2
Energy services	1.9	6.8
All items less energy	2.3	2.2
Food	2.3	3.1
All items less
food and energy	2.3	2.1

Source: www.bls.gov/cpi/
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. City Average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

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