The Consumer Price Index
March 2018
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Main contributors to the 12-month change in the CPI:
Main upward contributors:
- Gasoline (+17.1%)
- Food purchased from restaurants (+4.4%)
- Air transportation (+16.0%)
- Homeowners’ replacement cost (+3.0%)
- Purchase of passenger vehicles (+1.7%)
Main downward contributors:
- Electricity (-4.3%)
- Digital computing equipment and devices (-5.4%)
- Telephone services (-1.3%)
- Video equipment (-9.1%)
- Furniture (-1.4%)
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Main contributors to the monthly change in the CPI, not seasonally adjusted:
Main upward contributors:
- Travel tours (+13.0%)
- Gasoline (+2.9%)
- Air transportation (+2.9%)
- Women’s clothing (+2.2%)
- Men’s clothing (+2.4%)
Main downward contributors:
- Purchase of passenger vehicles (-1.5%)
- Telephone services (-2.5%)
- Fresh vegetables (-2.1%)
- Fresh fruit (-2.6%)
- Natural Gas (-2.3%)
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