Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, July 2009
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (PDF format : not updated until mid-morning on release day)
Item and group U.S. City Average
 Dallas-Fort Worth
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Index Percent change
 Index Percent change
 Index Percent change
Jul
2009		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Jul
2009		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Jul
2009		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 215.351 -2.1 -0.2 0.7 200.663 -2.8   0.7        
 

Food and beverages

 217.608 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 222.630 1.4   0.5        

Food

 217.257 0.9 -0.2 -0.3 217.506 1.1   0.6        

Food at home

 213.815 -0.9 -0.5 -0.6 199.431 -1.6 0.9 0.6 197.205 -4.1 -1.0 -0.2

Food away from home

 223.345 3.2 0.1 0.1 245.817 4.4   0.5        

Alcoholic beverages

 220.850 3.0 0.2 0.4 292.177 5.3   0.0        

Housing

 218.085 -0.7 0.0 0.5 182.895 -1.6   0.2        

Shelter

 250.310 0.9 0.0 0.2 189.142 2.2 0.2 0.1 202.926 5.0 0.1 0.5

Rent of primary residence (1)

248.994 2.3 0.0 0.0 192.176 4.3 0.8 1.0 190.440 3.8 0.3 0.7

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (2)

256.872 1.7 0.0 0.0 202.845 2.5 0.2 0.1 189.269 6.2 0.0 0.7

Fuels and utilities

 212.961 -10.9 0.1 3.2 223.768 -17.1   1.6        

Household energy

 190.534 -14.1 -0.1 3.7 220.277 -22.0 -0.8 2.2 188.019 -11.8 -10.0 -9.1

Gas (piped) and electricity (1)

196.767 -11.3 0.0 3.8 218.099 -21.9 -0.8 2.1 186.138 -11.5 -10.1 -9.2

Electricity (1)

199.251 0.1 -0.3 4.3 211.245 -16.8 -2.8 0.5 183.585 -9.8 -11.5 -10.5

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

186.191 -36.2 1.2 2.0 196.516 -48.1 19.7 18.8 192.873 -20.3 -1.0 -1.0

Household furnishings & operations

 129.267 1.1 -0.3 -0.3 136.180 -0.1   -0.7        

Apparel

 115.620 1.1 -2.7 -5.0 114.621 -8.5   -4.6        

Transportation

 182.798 -14.1 -0.5 3.9 185.218 -14.4   3.4        

Private transportation

 178.330 -14.3 -0.7 3.8 186.165 -14.6   3.8        

Motor fuel

 217.860 -37.7 -3.2 12.5 219.317 -40.0 -5.0 12.9 209.627 -38.8 -1.3 13.3

Gasoline (all types)

 217.945 -37.3 -3.4 12.5 218.735 -39.7 -5.1 12.9 210.328 -38.1 -1.5 13.2

Medical care

 375.739 3.2 0.2 0.2 340.207 4.5   0.2        

Recreation (3)

114.619 1.2 0.0 0.3 118.657 2.4   0.0        

Education and communication (3)

126.914 2.8 0.3 0.4 133.757 1.9   0.0        

Other goods and services

 372.894 7.5 0.6 0.8 350.920 7.5   1.9        

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

  

Energy

 201.938 -28.1 -1.7 8.0 220.113 -31.9 -2.9 7.1 197.111 -28.4 -5.7 1.4

All items less shelter

 204.069 -3.5 -0.2 0.9 206.544 -4.8   0.9        

All items less food and energy

 219.350 1.5 0.0 0.1 199.783 1.9   -0.1        

All items (1967 = 100)

 645.096       629.469              
 

CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS
AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)

  

All items

 210.526 -2.7 -0.2 0.8 203.075 -3.7   1.1        

All items (1967 = 100)

 627.093       626.216              

Footnotes
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(2) Index on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Index on a December 1997=100 base.

Note: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. The indexes for food at home, energy, and shelter are compiled monthly for Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. Full surveys, which produce the All Items Indexes and major components, are compiled every two months. These full surveys are published for the odd-numbered months for Dallas-Fort Worth and for the even-numbered months for Houston.

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