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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
	Dec 2008	Percent change from		Dec 2008	Percent change from
	Dec 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago	Dec 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	210.228	-1.0	0.1	203.501	-1.0	0.0
Food and Beverages	218.839	0.0	5.8	216.357	0.0	5.8
Housing	216.073	-0.2	2.4	201.377	-0.1	3.3
Apparel	117.078	-3.5	-1.0	129.072	-3.1	-2.7
Transportation	164.628	-5.2	-13.3	160.241	-5.3	-14.9
Medical Care	367.133	0.1	2.6	350.309	0.1	2.7
Recreation (1)	113.674	-0.4	1.8	114.584	-0.2	1.7
Education and Communication (1)	125.921	0.1	3.6	121.670	0.1	3.1
Other Goods and Services	349.220	0.1	3.4	336.920	-0.2	2.9
U.S. City Average All Items (1967 = 100)	629.751
South Region All Items (December 1977 = 100)				330.108
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
	Dec 2008	Percent change from		Dec 2008	Percent change from
	Dec 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago	Dec 2008	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	204.813	-1.2	-0.5	199.399	-1.2	-0.7
Food and Beverages	218.269	0.0	5.9	215.214	0.0	5.8
Housing	212.452	-0.1	2.8	200.854	0.0	3.6
Apparel	117.006	-3.4	-0.9	129.423	-2.9	-2.7
Transportation	160.914	-5.8	-15.3	156.007	-5.8	-16.5
Medical Care	367.301	0.1	2.7	353.117	0.1	2.8
Recreation (1)	110.487	-0.3	1.6	111.139	-0.3	1.5
Education and Communication (1)	121.819	0.2	3.4	117.372	0.1	2.7
Other Goods and Services	362.986	0.1	4.1	346.711	0.0	3.1
U.S. City Average All Items (1967 = 100)	610.075
South Region All Items (December 1977 = 100)				322.949
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
December 2008	196.961	-4.6	-2.9	218.324	-2.4	0.5
November 2008

Food and Beverages
December 2008	221.900	-0.2	5.3	225.930	-0.5	4.3
November 2008

Housing
December 2008	200.035	-0.9	0.6	228.252	0.1	3.1
November 2008

Apparel
December 2008	106.111	-14.0	-16.8	141.983	-11.1	-5.1
November 2008

Transportation
December 2008	152.956	-19.5	-16.9	173.983	-11.5	-11.7
November 2008

Medical Care
December 2008	327.780	0.0	2.5	358.319	0.3	5.6
November 2008

Recreation (1)
December 2008	106.377	-1.2	-8.3	115.391	-3.5	1.7
November 2008

Education and Communication (1)
December 2008	115.325	0.6	2.8	115.979	-0.2	0.9
November 2008

Other Goods and Services
December 2008	289.392	-7.9	-5.9	279.802	0.2	5.6
November 2008

Atlanta, GA All Items (1967 = 100)
December 2008	593.975
November 2008

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL All Items (November 1977 = 100)
December 2008				351.909
November 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
December 2008	195.310	-4.8	-3.3	215.867	-2.8	0.1
November 2008

Food and Beverages
December 2008	218.605	-0.1	5.0	225.634	-0.5	4.6
November 2008

Housing
December 2008	197.245	-0.9	0.4	228.628	0.3	3.5
November 2008

Apparel
December 2008	108.682	-14.5	-18.3	153.166	-8.8	-4.5
November 2008

Transportation
December 2008	149.771	-21.2	-18.9	168.661	-13.7	-14.0
November 2008

Medical Care
December 2008	322.809	0.0	2.4	361.039	0.3	5.2
November 2008

Recreation (1)
December 2008	103.406	-0.2	-6.1	110.139	-3.9	1.2
November 2008

Education and Communication (1)
December 2008	112.831	0.9	2.7	119.030	-0.3	1.1
November 2008

Other Goods and Services
December 2008	326.416	-4.3	-2.5	271.483	0.1	5.7
November 2008

Atlanta, GA All Items (1967 = 100)
December 2008	590.546
November 2008

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL All Items (November 1977 = 100)
December 2008				350.717
November 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.