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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)                                          SEPTEMBER 2008
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 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |                                      |    U.S. City Average    |    Dallas-Fort Worth    |         Houston-        |
 |                                      |                         |                         |    Galveston-Brazoria   |
 |                                      |          Percent Change:|          Percent Change:|          Percent Change:|
 |                                      |            12-      1-  |            12-      1-  |            12-      2-  |
 | INDEX ITEMS                          | Index     month   month | Index     month   month | Index     month   month |
 |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________|
 | All Items                            | 218.783     4.9    -0.1 | 205.883     5.7    -0.3 |                         |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |  Food and beverages                  | 217.672     6.0     0.6 | 221.091     6.3     0.7 |                         |
 |   Food                               | 217.696     6.2     0.6 | 216.490     6.4     0.6 |                         |
 |    Food at home                      | 218.629     7.6     0.6 | 203.041     7.4     0.2 |  205.176    8.1    -0.4 |
 |    Food away from home               | 218.225     4.5     0.5 | 238.162     5.2     1.1 |                         |
 |   Alcoholic beverages                | 216.055     3.7     0.4 | 281.293     5.9     1.3 |                         |
 |  Housing                             | 218.184     3.5    -0.4 | 186.698     4.7     0.5 |                         |
 |   Shelter                            | 247.737     2.4    -0.1 | 187.305     3.2     1.3 |  194.542    4.1     1.4 |
 |    Rent of primary residence 1/      | 244.926     3.8     0.3 | 186.322     5.0     1.1 |  185.127    4.3     0.4 |
 |    Owners' equivalent rent 1/2/      | 253.493     2.4     0.2 | 199.606     3.4     0.9 |  178.873    4.2     0.7 |
 |   Fuels and utilities                | 228.450    11.8    -3.1 | 261.914    11.7    -2.9 |                         |
 |    Gas (piped) and electricity 1/    | 210.950    10.9    -3.5 | 268.789    13.6    -3.7 |  206.655    9.7    -1.5 |
 |     Electricity 1/                   | 198.579     7.7    -1.1 | 250.048    13.2    -1.6 |  203.671    8.5     0.1 |
 |     Utility (piped) gas service 1/   | 247.788    19.0    -9.2 | 321.822    16.0   -14.9 |  215.053   17.4    -9.9 |
 |   Household furnishings & operations | 128.584     1.9     0.4 | 138.036     3.9     1.3 |                         |
 |  Apparel                             | 121.168     1.4     4.1 | 130.484    -1.2     4.1 |                         |
 |  Transportation                      | 203.861    10.5    -1.4 | 205.471    11.5    -5.0 |                         |
 |   Private transportation             | 199.153    10.3    -1.3 | 207.186    11.6    -4.9 |                         |
 |    Motor Fuel                        | 315.078    31.8    -2.7 | 328.709    34.8   -10.0 |  304.107   32.1    -3.5 |
 |     Gasoline                         | 313.535    31.7    -2.5 | 326.936    34.8    -9.9 |  302.804   32.2    -3.3 |
 |  Medical care                        | 365.036     3.2     0.2 | 329.764     3.9     1.3 |                         |
 |  Recreation 3/                       | 114.032     2.4     0.2 | 117.991     2.7     1.8 |                         |
 |  Education & communication 3/        | 125.505     3.5     0.7 | 133.844     3.1     2.0 |                         |
 |  Other goods and services            | 348.166     4.0     0.3 | 326.318     2.2     0.0 |                         |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |          Special indexes             |                         |                         |                         |
 | Energy                               | 258.020    23.1    -3.1 | 299.891    24.5    -7.2 |  254.458   21.0    -2.7 |
 | All items less shelter               | 209.936     6.2    -0.2 | 215.077     6.7    -0.9 |                         |
 | All items less food and energy       | 216.862     2.5     0.2 | 197.790     2.8     0.9 |                         |
 | All items (1967=100)                 | 655.376                 | 645.843                 |                         
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 |     CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS       |                         |                         |                         |
 |    AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)      |                         |                         |                         |
 | All Items                            | 214.935     5.4    -0.1 | 209.666     6.4    -0.6 |                         |
 | All Items (1967=100)                 | 640.226                 | 646.540                 |                         |
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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: October 16, 2008

Last Modified Date: October 16, 2008