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Contribution of Transportation to Inflation Compared to Food, Shelter, and Medical Services: January 2021–August 2024

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This bar graph shows the contribution to inflation of transportation, food, medical services, shelter, and energy services. Transportation contributed to inflation from March 2021 to February 2023 and August 2023 to July 2024. Contributions in 2023 and 2024 were much lower than contributions in 2021 and 2022.

Dataset Excel:

F4_19_CPI_Inflation.xlsx (1.22 MB)

Notes:

Energy services are services such as electricity and utility (gas) piped service.

Description:

This bar chart is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, All Urban Consumers (Current Series), Unadjusted, US City Average, news release table 7, available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/news-release/cpi.htm as of September 2024.
 

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Contribution of Transportation to Inflation Compared to Food Shelter and Medical Services Jan 2021-Sept 2023
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