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Southeast Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes
Semiannual Indexes
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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the U.S. and South
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item	U.S. City Average			South region
	Sep 2008	Percent change from		Sep 2008	Percent change from
	Sep 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago	Sep 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	218.783	-0.1	4.9	212.650	0.1	5.4
Food and Beverages	217.672	0.6	6.0	215.049	0.5	5.9
Housing	218.184	-0.4	3.5	202.951	-0.1	4.2
Apparel	121.168	4.1	1.4	131.481	2.9	1.3
Transportation	203.861	-1.4	10.5	204.357	-0.4	11.6
Medical Care	365.036	0.2	3.2	348.105	0.0	3.5
Recreation (1)	114.032	0.2	2.4	114.782	0.2	2.4
Education and Communication (1)	125.505	0.7	3.5	121.500	0.6	2.9
Other Goods and Services	348.166	0.3	4.0	335.877	0.7	3.6
U.S. City Average All Items (1967 = 100)	655.376
South Region All Items (December 1977 = 100)				344.947
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) in the U.S. and South
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item	U.S. City Average			South region
	Sep 2008	Percent change from		Sep 2008	Percent change from
	Sep 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago	Sep 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	214.935	-0.1	5.4	210.572	0.1	5.9
Food and Beverages	217.098	0.6	6.1	213.865	0.5	5.9
Housing	213.954	-0.4	3.8	202.197	-0.1	4.4
Apparel	120.990	4.1	1.7	131.817	2.9	1.2
Transportation	204.785	-1.4	11.1	203.831	-0.4	12.3
Medical Care	365.250	0.2	3.3	350.958	0.0	3.9
Recreation (1)	110.904	0.2	2.2	111.576	0.3	2.1
Education and Communication (1)	121.439	0.5	3.2	117.167	0.3	2.5
Other Goods and Services	361.125	0.3	4.4	345.598	0.5	3.7
U.S. City Average All Items (1967 = 100)	640.226
South Region All Items (December 1977 = 100)				341.045
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item	Atlanta, GA			Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL
	Index	Percent change		Index	Percent change
	Index	2 months ago	1 year ago	Index	2 months ago	1 year ago
All Items
August 2008	211.404	-0.3	5.0	225.473	0.2	5.8
July 2008

Food and Beverages
August 2008	219.310	1.1	5.3	226.973	2.0	7.1
July 2008

Housing
August 2008	207.020	-0.5	3.5	227.405	0.7	4.2
July 2008

Apparel
August 2008	127.550	6.5	11.0	151.194	1.5	4.2
July 2008

Transportation
August 2008	202.206	-3.0	12.5	210.978	-3.7	10.9
July 2008

Medical Care
August 2008	324.200	1.5	1.8	356.383	3.5	8.8
July 2008

Recreation (1)
August 2008	112.905	-0.3	-1.9	114.573	-0.2	3.7
July 2008

Education and Communication (1)
August 2008	114.144	1.1	2.7	116.447	1.0	1.0
July 2008

Other Goods and Services
August 2008	316.410	-0.6	1.8	275.564	0.1	6.7
July 2008

Atlanta, GA All Items (1967 = 100)
August 2008	637.531
July 2008

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL All Items (November 1977 = 100)
August 2008				363.430
July 2008
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.
This table contains bi-monthly data. A blank row indicates that data are not available for that reference period.

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item	Atlanta, GA			Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL
	Index	Percent change		Index	Percent change
	Index	2 months ago	1 year ago	Index	2 months ago	1 year ago
All Items
August 2008	211.113	-0.4	5.5	224.597	0.3	6.4
July 2008

Food and Beverages
August 2008	216.077	1.1	5.0	227.028	2.2	7.6
July 2008

Housing
August 2008	204.234	-0.6	3.3	227.479	0.8	4.4
July 2008

Apparel
August 2008	132.127	7.2	10.4	162.387	10.0	4.8
July 2008

Transportation
August 2008	204.898	-3.3	13.8	212.258	-4.0	12.4
July 2008

Medical Care
August 2008	320.009	1.9	1.8	358.976	3.4	9.0
July 2008

Recreation (1)
August 2008	109.455	0.3	0.6	110.095	-0.4	4.3
July 2008

Education and Communication (1)
August 2008	111.499	0.9	2.4	119.531	0.8	1.4
July 2008

Other Goods and Services
August 2008	343.955	-0.7	1.9	267.273	0.5	6.4
July 2008

Atlanta, GA All Items (1967 = 100)
August 2008	638.329
July 2008

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL All Items (November 1977 = 100)
August 2008				364.901
July 2008
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.
This table contains bi-monthly data. A blank row indicates that data are not available for that reference period.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), selected metropolitan areas
(1987=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
	1st half 2008	Percent change from
	1st half 2008	2nd half 2007	1st half 2007
All Items	189.884	2.3	3.8
Food and Beverages	186.391	2.6	6.0
Housing	187.381	1.9	2.4
Apparel	149.441	5.2	7.3
Transportation	184.444	4.6	7.7
Medical Care	297.300	0.3	1.7
Recreation (1)	111.195	-2.8	-2.5
Education and Communication (1)	109.467	2.1	4.2
Other Goods and Services	231.347	1.3	2.3
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), selected metropolitan areas
(1987=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
	1st half 2008	Percent change from
	1st half 2008	2nd half 2007	1st half 2007
All Items	189.401	2.4	4.2
Food and Beverages	188.056	2.6	6.1
Housing	187.047	1.7	2.5
Apparel	133.782	6.6	9.4
Transportation	192.868	4.9	7.9
Medical Care	304.225	0.3	1.7
Recreation (1)	108.642	-3.2	-3.3
Education and Communication (1)	112.621	2.4	4.9
Other Goods and Services	235.146	0.9	2.2
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.