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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
	Oct 2008	Percent change from		Oct 2008	Percent change from
	Oct 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago	Oct 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	216.573	-1.0	3.7	210.108	-1.2	3.9
Food and Beverages	218.705	0.5	6.1	216.351	0.6	6.3
Housing	217.383	-0.4	3.2	202.145	-0.4	3.8
Apparel	122.243	0.9	0.3	133.520	1.6	-0.3
Transportation	192.709	-5.5	4.2	191.224	-6.4	4.3
Medical Care	365.746	0.2	2.8	348.858	0.2	3.0
Recreation (1)	114.169	0.1	2.2	114.947	0.1	2.3
Education and Communication (1)	125.686	0.1	3.4	121.503	0.0	2.9
Other Goods and Services	349.276	0.3	4.1	336.462	0.2	3.7
U.S. City Average All Items (1967 = 100)	648.758
South Region All Items (December 1977 = 100)				340.825
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
	Oct 2008	Percent change from		Oct 2008	Percent change from
	Oct 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago	Oct 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	212.182	-1.3	3.8	207.312	-1.5	4.0
Food and Beverages	218.141	0.5	6.2	215.243	0.6	6.3
Housing	213.156	-0.4	3.5	201.298	-0.4	4.1
Apparel	121.957	0.8	0.3	133.581	1.3	-0.9
Transportation	192.198	-6.1	4.1	189.427	-7.1	4.3
Medical Care	366.000	0.2	2.9	351.809	0.2	3.3
Recreation (1)	110.947	0.0	2.0	111.545	0.0	1.8
Education and Communication (1)	121.569	0.1	3.1	117.191	0.0	2.5
Other Goods and Services	362.354	0.3	4.5	346.310	0.2	3.9
U.S. City Average All Items (1967 = 100)	632.025
South Region All Items (December 1977 = 100)				335.765
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
October 2008	206.388	-2.4	2.2	223.699	-0.8	4.0
September 2008

Food and Beverages
October 2008	222.271	1.4	5.6	227.153	0.1	6.4
September 2008

Housing
October 2008	201.920	-2.5	1.8	227.916	0.2	3.6
September 2008

Apparel
October 2008	123.348	-3.3	-4.2	159.738	5.7	-2.4
September 2008

Transportation
October 2008	189.930	-6.1	5.3	196.683	-6.8	2.9
September 2008

Medical Care
October 2008	327.658	1.1	2.4	357.363	0.3	6.6
September 2008

Recreation (1)
October 2008	107.677	-4.6	-7.3	119.537	4.3	8.7
September 2008

Education and Communication (1)
October 2008	114.610	0.4	2.2	116.212	-0.2	1.1
September 2008

Other Goods and Services
October 2008	314.311	-0.7	0.8	279.335	1.4	7.1
September 2008

Atlanta, GA All Items (1967 = 100)
October 2008	622.402
September 2008

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL All Items (November 1977 = 100)
October 2008				360.572
September 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
October 2008	205.236	-2.8	2.3	222.038	-1.1	4.0
September 2008

Food and Beverages
October 2008	218.892	1.3	5.2	226.809	-0.1	6.5
September 2008

Housing
October 2008	198.971	-2.6	1.8	227.953	0.2	3.8
September 2008

Apparel
October 2008	127.124	-3.8	-4.8	168.029	3.5	-3.7
September 2008

Transportation
October 2008	190.178	-7.2	5.4	195.544	-7.9	2.9
September 2008

Medical Care
October 2008	322.869	0.9	2.3	359.969	0.3	6.4
September 2008

Recreation (1)
October 2008	103.650	-5.3	-5.9	114.629	4.1	9.0
September 2008

Education and Communication (1)
October 2008	111.847	0.3	1.9	119.331	-0.2	1.3
September 2008

Other Goods and Services
October 2008	341.242	-0.8	0.6	271.088	1.4	6.3
September 2008

Atlanta, GA All Items (1967 = 100)
October 2008	620.558
September 2008

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL All Items (November 1977 = 100)
October 2008				360.743
September 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.