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What is Causing US Inflation?

Here is the list of things driving inflation in the US

Category
Impact
Annual Change
Rent of shelterN/A3.6%
Owners' equivalent rent of residencesN/A4.0%
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residenceN/A4.0%
Medical care servicesN/A4.2%
Rent of primary residenceN/A3.5%
Transportation servicesN/A3.5%
Used cars and trucksN/A6.0%
Motor vehicle insuranceN/A4.7%
Professional servicesN/A3.5%
Recreation servicesN/A3.6%
Hospital and related servicesN/A5.3%
Hospital servicesN/AN/A
Motor vehicle maintenance and repairN/A8.5%
Other recreation servicesN/A4.3%
Tuition, other school fees, and childcareN/A3.3%
Meats, poultry, and fishN/A5.4%
Other personal servicesN/A4.4%
MeatsN/A7.3%
Motor vehicle repairN/A15.0%
Physicians' servicesN/A3.5%
Beef and vealN/A13.9%
Water and sewer and trash collection servicesN/A5.3%
Education and communication servicesN/A1.0%
Miscellaneous personal servicesN/A4.9%
Dental servicesN/A4.2%
Living room, kitchen, and dining room furnitureN/A9.5%
Furniture and beddingN/A4.7%
Day care and preschoolN/A5.0%
Water and sewerage maintenanceN/A4.8%
Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and suppliesN/A3.9%
Beverage materials including coffee and teaN/A12.1%
Health insuranceN/A4.3%
AdmissionsN/A4.6%
Tobacco and smoking productsN/A6.3%
Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or other organizations, or participant sports feesN/A4.0%
New vehiclesN/A0.7%
CigarettesN/A7.7%
College tuition and feesN/A2.2%
CoffeeN/A20.9%
Pet services including veterinaryN/A5.5%
Uncooked ground beefN/A12.8%
Haircuts and other personal care servicesN/A3.7%
Personal care servicesN/A3.7%
Fresh fruits and vegetablesN/A2.3%
Tenants' and household insuranceN/A5.7%
Uncooked beef steaksN/A16.6%
Garbage and trash collectionN/A6.5%
Other foodsN/A1.2%
Motor vehicle maintenance and servicingN/A3.6%
Airline faresN/A3.3%
Candy and chewing gumN/A8.1%
Sugar and sweetsN/A5.3%
Bakery productsN/A2.2%
Fresh vegetablesN/A2.9%
Tools, hardware and suppliesN/A5.8%
Alcoholic beverages away from homeN/A3.8%
Elementary and high school tuition and feesN/A3.7%
Motor vehicle parts and equipmentN/A3.4%
EggsN/A10.9%
Video and audio servicesN/A1.6%
Financial servicesN/A4.7%
TiresN/A3.9%
Eyeglasses and eye careN/A3.7%
Outdoor equipment and suppliesN/A2.6%
Other household equipment and furnishingsN/A2.2%
Other fresh vegetablesN/A4.0%
Public transportationN/A2.2%
Jewelry and watchesN/A6.0%
Women's dressesN/A6.2%
Fresh fruitsN/A1.7%
Men's apparelN/A1.6%
Care of invalids and elderly at homeN/A5.6%
Juices and nonalcoholic drinksN/A1.5%
FootwearN/A1.4%
Housekeeping suppliesN/A1.0%
Educational books and suppliesN/AN/A
Prescription drugsN/A0.9%
Housing at school, excluding boardN/A3.5%
Laundry and dry cleaning servicesN/A4.8%
Spices, seasonings, condiments, saucesN/A1.7%
Uncooked beef roastsN/A13.6%
ApplesN/A9.6%
Household paper productsN/A4.5%
Personal care productsN/A1.1%
Women's footwearN/A2.8%
JewelryN/A6.9%
Indoor plants and flowersN/A5.9%
Carbonated drinksN/A2.0%
Uncooked other beef and vealN/A11.4%
Nursing homes and adult day servicesN/A4.5%
Audio equipmentN/A12.2%
BananasN/A6.6%
Men's pants and shortsN/A4.2%
Cheese and related productsN/A2.7%
Cakes, cupcakes, and cookiesN/A2.9%
ChickenN/A2.8%
Fees for lessons or instructionsN/A3.2%
Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related productsN/A5.4%
Fish and seafoodN/A2.3%
Other bakery productsN/A1.5%
Men's and boys' apparelN/A0.6%
PoultryN/A1.7%
Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care productsN/A1.8%
SnacksN/A1.3%
Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffinsN/A3.0%
Motor vehicle feesN/A0.8%
Clocks, lamps, and decorator itemsN/A1.3%
Funeral expensesN/A2.6%
SoupsN/A3.4%
Women's outerwearN/A5.4%
Fresh fish and seafoodN/A2.7%
Medical equipment and suppliesN/A1.5%
Other linensN/A2.3%
Postage and delivery servicesN/A4.7%
PostageN/A4.9%
Window and floor coverings and other linensN/A1.3%
Recorded music and music subscriptionsN/A3.8%
Men's suits, sport coats, and outerwearN/A3.3%
Men's shirts and sweatersN/A2.0%
Video and audio productsN/A1.5%
PorkN/A1.2%
Other meatsN/A1.3%
PotatoesN/A2.2%
Other miscellaneous foodsN/A0.5%
Nonelectric cookware and tablewareN/A5.6%
MilkN/A1.7%
Other beverage materials including teaN/A2.4%
Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at homeN/A1.2%
Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinksN/A-0.1%
Miscellaneous personal goodsN/A1.4%
State motor vehicle registration and license feesN/A0.7%
Residential telephone servicesN/A1.3%
Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implementsN/A0.3%
Miscellaneous household productsN/A0.6%
BreadN/A1.2%
Music instruments and accessoriesN/A4.9%
Processed fish and seafoodN/A2.0%
Canned fruits and vegetablesN/A4.0%
WatchesN/A5.6%
Tobacco products other than cigarettesN/A1.5%
Salad dressingN/A2.5%
LettuceN/A3.8%
Recreational reading materialsN/A1.8%
ToysN/A0.1%
Distilled spirits at homeN/A1.1%
Pets and pet productsN/A0.1%
Alcoholic beverages at homeN/A0.3%
Parking and other feesN/A0.9%
Boys' and girls' footwearN/A0.9%
Other appliancesN/A0.9%
Moving, storage, freight expenseN/A1.0%
Photographic equipment and suppliesN/A4.7%
AppliancesN/A0.3%
Newspapers and magazinesN/A2.1%
Recreational booksN/A1.4%
Frozen and freeze dried prepared foodsN/A0.4%
Vehicle accessories other than tiresN/A2.1%
Other recreational goodsN/A0.0%
Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaningN/A5.2%
Processed fruits and vegetablesN/A1.4%
Technical and business school tuition and feesN/A2.2%
Other processed fruits and vegetables including driedN/A0.4%
Other video equipmentN/A-0.3%
Delivery servicesN/A8.2%
Fuel oilN/A-0.5%
Sugar and sugar substitutesN/A2.6%
Men's footwearN/A-0.2%
Infants' and toddlers' apparelN/A-0.2%
Other dairy and related productsN/A0.6%
Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinksN/A7.1%
Window coveringsN/A0.9%
Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribsN/A-0.5%
Other furnitureN/A-0.2%
Floor coveringsN/A0.1%
Baby food and formulaN/A0.5%
Other motor fuelsN/A-0.4%
Other uncooked poultry including turkeyN/A-2.7%
Intracity transportationN/A0.0%
Other sweetsN/A-1.1%
Ice cream and related productsN/A-0.5%
Major appliancesN/A-1.1%
Pork chopsN/A-2.4%
HamN/A-1.9%
Frozen fruits and vegetablesN/A-0.6%
Propane, kerosene, and firewoodN/A-2.2%
Flour and prepared flour mixesN/A0.3%
Citrus fruitsN/A3.1%
Sports equipmentN/A-0.8%
Household cleaning productsN/A-0.5%
Butter and margarineN/A-0.4%
Computer software and accessoriesN/A-4.6%
Bedroom furnitureN/A0.1%
TomatoesN/A-1.2%
Photographers and photo processingN/A-3.0%
Rice, pasta, cornmealN/A-0.8%
Medicinal drugsN/A-0.2%
Wine at homeN/A-0.9%
Sewing machines, fabric and suppliesN/A-7.5%
Breakfast cerealN/A-1.0%
Dishes and flatwareN/A-6.6%
Fats and oilsN/A-1.1%
Cereals and cereal productsN/A-1.2%
Other fats and oils including peanut butterN/A-3.1%
Girls' apparelN/A-2.1%
Boys' apparelN/A-2.9%
Other fresh fruitsN/A-0.2%
TelevisionsN/A-5.6%
Sports vehicles including bicyclesN/A-1.7%
Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistantsN/A-2.0%
Car and truck rentalN/A-4.8%
Other intercity transportationN/A-2.0%
Internet services and electronic information providersN/A-0.8%
Sporting goodsN/A-1.3%
Nonprescription drugsN/A-2.4%
Women's apparelN/A-1.4%
Women's suits and separatesN/A-3.3%
Women's and girls' apparelN/A-1.5%
Telephone servicesN/A-1.7%
Wireless telephone servicesN/A-2.1%
Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information itemsN/A-7.4%
Information technology commoditiesN/A-5.3%
Lodging away from homeN/A-2.6%
Other lodging away from home including hotels and motelsN/A-3.7%
Gasoline (all types)N/A-6.6%