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Explore more economic indicators →Consumer Prices — Biggest Movers
The 10 detailed expenditure categories with the largest price increases and the 10 with the largest decreases (or smallest increases) over the period selected — not seasonally adjusted, comparing the same month across years.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · CPI-U (Not Seasonally Adjusted) · bls.gov/cpi
- The 10 categories from a select set of detailed expenditure types with the largest price increases, and the 10 with the largest decreases, over the selected period.
- Bars are colored by category group — Food, Energy, Other Goods, or Other Services — see the key above the chart.
- Relative importance (shown on hover) is the percentage weight a category carries in the overall CPI basket — roughly the share of a typical urban household's spending that goes to it. A high-weight category like shelter moves the headline inflation rate far more than a low-weight one like airline fares, even for the same percent change. Weights are published by the BLS and updated over time as spending patterns shift. Hover any bar to see its full place in the CPI hierarchy.
- See the official BLS table for the full list of expenditure categories.