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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)                                           MARCH 2009
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 |                                      |                         |                         |         Houston-        |
 |                                      |    U.S. City Average    |    Dallas-Fort Worth    |    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                            |  212.709    -0.4     0.2| 200.039     0.7     0.7 |                         |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |  Food and beverages                  |  218.794     4.3    -0.2| 223.475     4.9     0.1 |                         |
 |   Food                               |  218.600     4.4    -0.3| 218.346     4.5    -0.1 |                         |
 |    Food at home                      |  217.110     4.3    -0.6| 201.619     4.2    -0.6 |  202.312    4.3    -0.9 |
 |    Food away from home               |  222.216     4.6     0.1| 244.736     5.0     0.5 |                         |
 |   Alcoholic beverages                |  219.999     3.6     0.1| 293.021     9.3     2.3 |                         |
 |  Housing                             |  217.374     1.4     0.1| 184.339     3.6    -0.6 |                         |
 |   Shelter                            |  249.597     1.5     0.3| 190.162     4.2     0.0 |  202.146    4.7     0.2 |
 |    Rent of primary residence 1/      |  248.639     3.2     0.1| 189.058     4.1     0.1 |  188.867    3.9     0.4 |
 |    Owners' equivalent rent 1/2/      |  256.321     2.1     0.2| 202.756     3.9     0.2 |  186.315    6.5     0.5 |
 |   Fuels and utilities                |  210.501     0.6    -1.4| 227.082     0.8    -4.8 |                         |
 |    Gas (piped) and electricity 1/    |  194.752     2.4    -1.6| 222.466     0.2    -6.3 |  204.762   18.2    -0.5 |
 |     Electricity 1/                   |  190.065     8.2    -0.3| 220.280     3.6    -3.5 |  204.782   21.5    -0.6 |
 |     Utility (piped) gas service 1/   |  207.179   -11.4    -5.2| 163.276   -25.3   -28.0 |  194.873    1.0     0.0 |
 |   Household furnishings & operations |  129.669     1.8     0.4| 138.169     3.2     1.8 |                         |
 |  Apparel                             |  122.545     1.4     3.1| 131.734     4.4     7.0 |                         |
 |  Transportation                      |  169.647   -13.1     0.1| 173.818   -12.6     3.1 |                         |
 |   Private transportation             |  165.023   -13.6     0.1| 174.450   -12.8     3.3 |                         |
 |    Motor Fuel                        |  168.404   -39.6     0.6| 169.598   -41.7    10.3 |  160.398  -41.6    -0.5 |
 |     Gasoline                         |  167.826   -39.3     1.0| 168.852   -41.6    11.1 |  159.982  -41.3     0.0 |
 |  Medical care                        |  373.189     2.8     0.2| 338.468     3.4     0.8 |                         |
 |  Recreation 3/                       |  114.625     1.7     0.1| 119.328     3.6     0.8 |                         |
 |  Education & communication 3/        |  126.187     3.6     0.0| 133.247     1.7    -0.1 |                         |
 |  Other goods and services            |  361.156     5.7     2.8| 342.109     6.2     3.4 |                         |
 |                                      |                         |                         |                         |
 |          Special indexes             |                         |                         |                         |
 | Energy                               |  177.454   -23.0    -0.7| 198.016   -23.1     0.0 |  181.984  -18.5    -0.5 |
 | All items less shelter               |  200.626    -1.3     0.2| 205.150    -0.7     1.0 |                         |
 | All items less food and energy       |  218.639     1.8     0.4| 201.319     3.6     1.0 |                         |
 | All items (1967=100)                 |  637.182                | 627.512                 |                         |
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 |     CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS       |                         |                         |                         |
 |    AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)      |                         |                         |                         |
 | All Items                            |  207.218    -0.9     0.2| 200.770    -0.6     0.7 |                         |
 | All Items (1967=100)                 |  617.239                | 619.107                 |                         |
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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: April 15, 2009

Last Modified Date: April 15, 2009