23. Dairy and Related Products
The cost of dairy and related products rose 0.6% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Included here is fresh milk and cream, as well as other products, including butter, cheese, ice cream products, yogurt, powdered milk, condensed and evaporated milk, liquid and powdered diet beverages, malted milk, milkshakes and chocolate milk.
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22. Airline Fares
The cost of airline fares rose 0.8% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category includes all regularly scheduled domestic and international commercial airline trips on certified carriers departing from each city in the CPI sample.
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21. Rent of Primary Residence
The cost of rent of primary residents rose 2.4% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This includes rent paid for the main residence of occupants, who cannot be relatives of the landlord. This category excludes rent paid for institutional or pubic housing and for assisted-living facilities that provide activities tied to daily living to occupants.
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20. Cereals and Bakery Products
The cost of cereals and bakery products rose 2.7% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category comprises ready-to-eat and cooked cereals, pasta, flour, prepared flour mixes and other cereal products, such as cornmeal, corn starch and rice.
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19. Alcoholic Beverages
The cost of alcoholic beverages rose 2.8 % over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category comprises beer and ale, wine, whiskey, gin, vodka, rum and other alcoholic beverages.
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18. Owners Rent Equivalent
The cost of owners rent equivalent rose 2.9% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. The owners rent equivalent is determined by a monthly survey of consumers who own a primary residence, in which they are asked how much they would pay to rent instead of own their home.
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17. Fruit and Vegetables
The cost of fruits and vegetables rose 3% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category includes all fresh products, as well as processed fruits, including all frozen fruits and fruit juices, canned and dried fruits, and canned or bottled fruit juices, and processed vegetables, including canned, dried and frozen vegetables, and vegetable juices.
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16. Other Food at Home
The cost of other food at home rose 3.1% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This excludes staples like cereals and bakery products; dairy and related products; fruits and vegetables; meats, poultry, fish and eggs; and nonalcoholic beverages.
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15. Hospital Services
The cost of hospital services rose 3.3% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category includes medical and surgical services and the supporting laboratories, equipment and personnel that make up the medical and surgical mission of a hospital or hospital system.
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14. Apparel
The cost of apparel rose 3.4% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Apparel includes all outer and undergarments that men, women and children would wear indoors, outdoors and in a wide variety of formal and informal circumstances.
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13. Nonalcoholic Beverages
The cost of nonalcoholic beverages rose 3.7% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Included are diet and non-diet carbonated drinks; coffee and tea; ice; nonalcoholic beer; and other nonalcoholic beverages, including noncarbonated fruit drinks, breakfast substitutes and chocolate-flavored powders.
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12. Physician Services
The cost of physician services rose 3.8% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category includes clinical and related administrative services provided by doctors, meaning those who are a licensed medical physician (M.D.) or a doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.), and their staff.
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11. Car Maintenance and Repairs
The cost of car maintenance and repairs rose 4% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Includes tires, batteries, tubes, lubrication, filters, coolant, additives, brake and transmission fluids; oil change; brake work; front-end alignment, wheel balancing, steering repair, shock absorber replacement’ clutch, transmission, electrical system repair and exhaust system repair; bodywork and painting motor and cooling system repair; drive train repair; drive shaft and rear-end repair; tire repair, audio equipment and other maintenance and services; and auto repair policies.
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9. Electricity (tied)
The cost of electricity rose 5.2% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This includes payments to utilities, which may be investor-owned, publicly owned cooperatives and other entities.
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9. Full-Service Meals (tied)
The cost of full-service meals rose 5.2% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Meals are primarily prepared individually for restaurant customers and are served to them at their table by wait staff.
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8. Tobacco (tied)
The cost of tobacco rose 6.7% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This includes smoking products like cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, snuff, loose smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco and smoking accessories, such as cigarette or cigar holders, pipes, flints, lighters and pipe cleaners.
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6. Limited Service Meals (tied)
The cost of limited service meals rose 6.7% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Products at limited-service restaurants were divided into seven categories: all entrees and combination meals, nonalcoholic beverages, hamburgers, pizza, fried chicken, sandwiches and Mexican-style dishes.
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6. New Cars
The cost of new cars rose 8.7% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category comprises subcompact, compact or sporty, intermediate, full-size and luxury cars.
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5. Meats, Poultry, Fish and Eggs
The cost of meats, poultry, fish and eggs rose 10.5% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. In addition to beef and pork, this category includes other meats: frankfurters, lunch meats, lamb and organ meats, and mutton, goat and game. Poultry includes fresh and frozen chickens and other fresh and frozen poultry. Fish and seafood includes canned fish and seafood and fresh or frozen finfish and shellfish. Eggs includes fresh eggs, as well as powdered eggs and egg substitutes.
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4. Natural Gas, Piped
The cost of piped natural gas rose 20.6% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Natural gas distributed through a pipeline network has safety valves to maintain the pressure, assuring safe, uninterrupted supply to the domestic sector for cooking and heating/cooling applications.
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3. Used Cars
The cost of used cars rose 24.4% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Includes cars 2 to 7 years old, including subcompact, compact or sporty, intermediate, full, luxury or status cars.
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2. Gasoline (all types)
The cost of all types of gasoline rose 42.1% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. This category includes regular unleaded gasoline with an octane rating greater than or equal to 85 and less than 88; midgrade unleaded gasoline with an octane rating greater than or equal to 88 and less than or equal to 90; and premium unleaded gasoline with an octane rating greater than 90.
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1. Fuel Oil
The cost of fuel oil rose 42.6% over the 12 months ending Sept. 30. Included are fuel oil and other fuels, such as wood, kerosene, coal and bottled gas.
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