The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) The CPI for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include, in addition to wage earner and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. Index on a December 1997=100 base.
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CPI-U: Percentage change in communication expenditure 2003-2010
The statistic depicts the percentage change in expenditure for communication in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) from 2003 to 2010. The percentage change in 2003 was -3.9 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (May 15, 2011). Percentage change in communication expenditure in the U.S. from 2003 to 2010 (based on the CPI-U) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/191466/percentage-change-in-the-cpi-u-for-communication-expenditure-since-2003/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percentage change in communication expenditure in the U.S. from 2003 to 2010 (based on the CPI-U)." Chart. May 15, 2011. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 30, 2026. /statistics/191466/percentage-change-in-the-cpi-u-for-communication-expenditure-since-2003/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2011). Percentage change in communication expenditure in the U.S. from 2003 to 2010 (based on the CPI-U). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 30, 2026. /statistics/191466/percentage-change-in-the-cpi-u-for-communication-expenditure-since-2003/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percentage Change in Communication Expenditure in The U.S. from 2003 to 2010 (Based on The Cpi-u)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 15 May 2011, /statistics/191466/percentage-change-in-the-cpi-u-for-communication-expenditure-since-2003/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Percentage change in communication expenditure in the U.S. from 2003 to 2010 (based on the CPI-U) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/191466/percentage-change-in-the-cpi-u-for-communication-expenditure-since-2003/ (last visited July 30, 2026)
Percentage change in communication expenditure in the U.S. from 2003 to 2010 (based on the CPI-U) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 15, 2011. [Online]. Available: /statistics/191466/percentage-change-in-the-cpi-u-for-communication-expenditure-since-2003/
