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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)                                           AUGUST 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                            | 219.086     5.4    -0.4 |                         | 192.723     4.9    -0.4 |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |  Food and beverages                  | 216.419     5.9     0.5 |                         | 200.440     7.9     1.7 |
 |   Food                               | 216.422     6.1     0.5 |                         | 200.192     8.1     1.7 |
 |    Food at home                      | 217.259     7.5     0.7 | 203.359     9.6     0.4 | 205.900     9.9     1.9 |
 |    Food away from home               | 217.063     4.5     0.3 |                         | 189.403     6.0     1.4 |
 |   Alcoholic beverages                | 215.094     3.3     0.3 |                         | 198.117     5.4     1.6 |
 |  Housing                             | 219.148     3.8    -0.2 |                         | 177.831     4.7    -0.5 |
 |   Shelter                            | 247.985     2.4     0.0 | 184.762     2.0    -0.1 | 191.916     2.4    -0.6 |
 |    Rent of primary residence 1/      | 244.181     3.8     0.3 | 185.124     4.2     0.5 | 184.343     3.6     0.4 |
 |    Owners' equivalent rent 1/2/      | 252.957     2.5     0.2 | 198.531     2.8     0.3 | 177.697     3.3    -0.1 |
 |   Fuels and utilities                | 235.650    15.3    -1.4 |                         | 213.759    13.5     0.0 |
 |    Gas (piped) and electricity 1/    | 218.656    14.7    -1.4 | 279.896    18.0     0.3 | 209.827    14.4    -0.2 |
 |     Electricity 1/                   | 200.795     9.1     0.9 | 253.052    14.3    -0.4 | 203.455     9.4     0.0 |
 |     Utility (piped) gas service 1/   | 272.982    29.3    -6.4 | 391.809    40.5     3.6 | 238.804    50.7    -1.2 |
 |   Household furnishings & operations | 128.013     1.2     0.1 |                         | 126.440     7.0    -0.5 |
 |  Apparel                             | 116.376     1.7     1.8 |                         | 147.854    -0.2     5.2 |
 |  Transportation                      | 206.739    12.1    -2.9 |                         | 181.412     8.0    -3.7 |
 |   Private transportation             | 201.779    11.8    -3.0 |                         | 179.915     7.8    -3.6 |
 |    Motor Fuel                        | 323.822    35.9    -7.4 | 336.605    34.7    -7.9 | 315.203    34.0    -6.8 |
 |     Gasoline                         | 321.511    35.6    -7.4 | 334.378    34.5    -7.9 | 313.089    33.8    -6.6 |
 |  Medical care                        | 364.477     3.3     0.1 |                         | 339.372     1.3     0.0 |
 |  Recreation 3/                       | 113.786     2.4     0.4 |                         | 108.308     0.1     2.2 |
 |  Education & communication 3/        | 124.653     3.6     1.0 |                         | 108.588     1.9     0.2 |
 |  Other goods and services            | 346.990     4.1     0.1 |                         | 301.589     4.6    -0.8 |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |         Special indexes              |                         |                         |                         |
 | Energy                               | 266.283    27.2    -5.2 | 309.404    26.7    -4.3 | 261.544    24.7    -4.2 |
 | All items less shelter               | 210.264     6.8    -0.6 |                         | 192.585     5.8    -0.4 |
 | All items less food and energy       | 216.476     2.5     0.2 |                         | 185.386     1.4    -0.1 |
 | All items (1967=100)                 | 656.284                 |                         | 618.133                 |
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 |     CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS       |                         |                         |                         |
 |    AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)      |                         |                         |                         |
 | All Items                            | 215.247     5.9    -0.5 |                         |193.206      5.9    -0.3 |
 | All Items (1967=100)                 | 641.155                 |                         |616.628                  |
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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: September 16, 2008

Last Modified Date: October 16, 2008