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                                      CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U)
                                        U.S. CITY AVERAGE, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, AND HOUSTON
   (1982-84=100)                                             JULY 2008
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 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |                                      |    U.S. City Average    |    Dallas-Fort Worth    |         Houston-        |
 |                                      |                         |                         |    Galveston-Brazoria   |
 |                                      |          Percent Change:|          Percent Change:|          Percent Change:|
 |                                      |            12-      1-  |            12-      2-  |            12-      1-  |
 | INDEX ITEMS                          | Index     month   month | Index     month   month | Index     month   month |
 |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________|
 | All Items                            | 219.964     5.6     0.5 | 206.413     6.2     2.0 |                         |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |  Food and beverages                  | 215.326     5.8     0.9 | 219.621     7.0     2.1 |                         |
 |   Food                               | 215.299     6.0     1.0 | 215.152     7.2     2.2 |                         |
 |    Food at home                      | 215.785     7.1     1.2 | 202.587     8.9     3.7 |  205.635    8.4     1.8 |
 |    Food away from home               | 216.376     4.6     0.6 | 235.542     5.3     0.5 |                         |
 |   Alcoholic beverages                | 214.394     3.3     0.2 | 277.594     4.5     0.7 |                         |
 |  Housing                             | 219.610     3.9     0.8 | 185.800     4.0     2.3 |                         |
 |   Shelter                            | 248.075     2.5     0.4 | 184.990     1.6     0.5 |  193.204    3.3     0.1 |
 |    Rent of primary residence 1/      | 243.367     3.7     0.3 | 184.247     4.0     0.9 |  183.462    2.9    -0.1 |
 |    Owners' equivalent rent 1/2/      | 252.504     2.6     0.1 | 197.884     2.8     0.6 |  178.155    3.8     0.2 |
 |   Fuels and utilities                | 239.039    16.0     3.3 | 269.841    15.2    10.6 |                         |
 |    Gas (piped) and electricity 1/    | 221.805    14.8     4.0 | 279.178    18.2    13.5 |  210.273   14.6     0.0 |
 |     Electricity 1/                   | 199.068     7.9     2.4 | 254.019    14.5    10.2 |  203.455    9.4     0.0 |
 |     Utility (piped) gas service 1/   | 291.713    32.7     7.6 | 378.310    41.0    34.5 |  241.961   52.7     0.1 |
 |   Household furnishings & operations | 127.884     0.8     0.2 | 136.323     3.0     1.0 |                         |
 |  Apparel                             | 114.357     0.8    -2.3 | 125.293     4.1    -0.8 |                         |
 |  Transportation                      | 212.806    13.4     0.5 | 216.337    14.7     3.3 |                         |
 |   Private transportation             | 208.038    13.3     0.4 | 217.916    14.7     3.5 |                         |
 |    Motor Fuel                        | 349.731    38.3     0.7 | 365.288    38.2     8.8 |  342.345   38.2     1.2 |
 |     Gasoline                         | 347.357    37.9     0.7 | 363.025    37.9     8.7 |  339.652   37.7     1.3 |
 |  Medical care                        | 363.963     3.5     0.1 | 325.629     2.8     0.2 |                         |
 |  Recreation 3/                       | 113.277     1.7     0.3 | 115.871     1.9     1.5 |                         |
 |  Education & communication 3/        | 123.445     3.7     0.5 | 131.212     4.2     0.3 |                         |
 |  Other goods and services            | 346.810     4.0     0.3 | 326.446     2.7     0.6 |                         |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |          Special indexes             |                         |                         |                         |
 | Energy                               | 280.833    29.3     1.9 | 323.238    28.9    10.8 |  275.214   27.8     0.8 |
 | All items less shelter               | 211.468     7.1     0.6 | 216.940     8.2     2.6 |                         |
 | All items less food and energy       | 216.045     2.5     0.2 | 196.081     2.7     0.5 |                         |
 | All items (1967=100)                 | 658.915                 | 647.506                 |                         |
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 |     CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS       |                         |                         |                         |
 |    AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)      |                         |                         |                         |
 | All Items                            | 216.304     6.2     0.5 | 210.830     7.5     2.2 |                         |
 | All Items (1967=100)                 | 644.303                 | 650.129                 |                         |
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   1/ This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted
      to a geometric means estimator in January 1999.
   2/ Full series title is "owners' equivalent rent of primary residence"; index base is December 1982=100.
   3/ Indexes on a December 1997 = 100 base.

   Note 1: Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria are Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
   Note 2:The food at home, energy, and shelter sub-component indexes are compiled monthly for Dallas-Fort Worth
   and Houston.  Full surveys, which produce the All Items Indexes and major components, are conducted every two
   months.  Full surveys are published for the odd-numbered months for Dallas and for the even-numbered months
   for Houston.

   Last updated: August 14, 2008

 

Last Modified Date: September 16, 2008