Table 3
Consumer Price Index and major components – Seasonally adjustedNote 1

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Consumer Price Index and major components – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of consumer price index and major components – seasonally adjusted relative importance, july 2011, august 2011, september 2011, july to august 2011 and august to september 2011, calculated using %, (2002=100) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Relative importanceNote 2 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 July to August 2011 August to September 2011
  % (2002=100) % change
All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) 100.00 119.6 120.0 120.4 0.3 0.3
Food 15.99 128.3 128.7 129.0 0.3 0.2
Shelter 27.49 125.9 126.2 125.7 0.2 -0.4
Household operations, furnishings and equipment 11.55 110.9 111.3 111.4 0.4 0.1
Clothing and footwear 5.31 91.8 91.7 92.6 -0.1 1.0
Transportation 20.60 123.6 124.7 125.9 0.9 1.0
Health and personal care 4.95 116.7 117.2 117.3 0.4 0.1
Recreation, education and reading 11.20 105.6 105.4 105.5 -0.2 0.1
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 2.91 136.1 136.1 135.9 0.0 -0.1
Special aggregates            
Core CPINote 4 82.15 117.4 117.9 118.2 0.4 0.3
All-items CPI excluding food and energy 73.93 114.4 114.8 115.2 0.3 0.3