BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

The document provides a detailed analysis of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the U.S. city average for October 2024, focusing on various expenditure categories such as food, energy, housing, and personal care services. It includes data on the relative importance, 12-month unadjusted percent change, and standard error for each category. The analysis covers a wide range of items such as household supplies, apparel, transportation commodities, medical care, recreation, and personal care products and services. The document also explains the concept of the "effect" of an item category on the overall price change. [Extracted from the article]