________________________________________________________________________________ | | | PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: Mail-out of the Southwest Statistical Summary | | has been discontinued; see www.bls.gov/ro6/home.htm#notices for details. | |________________________________________________________________________________| CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) U.S. CITY AVERAGE, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, AND HOUSTON (1982-84=100) JULY 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | 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 | | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| | 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 | | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| 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