________________________________________________________________________________ | | | PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: Mail-out of the Southwest Statistical Summary | | has been discontinued; see www.bls.gov/ro6/home.htm#notices for details. | |________________________________________________________________________________| CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) U.S. CITY AVERAGE, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, AND HOUSTON (1982-84=100) MARCH 2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 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 | | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| | 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 | | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| 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
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