Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, August 2012
(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
Aug
2012		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Aug
2012		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Aug
2012		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 230.379 1.7 0.6 0.4         203.959 0.7   -0.4
 

Food and beverages

 234.017 2.0 0.2 0.2         212.788 2.2   0.4

Food

 234.156 2.0 0.2 0.3         212.492 2.3   0.8

Food at home

 231.708 1.5 0.2 0.1 211.183 1.9 -0.6 0.1 215.139 1.9 0.0 0.9

Food away from home

 239.057 2.8 0.3 0.5         205.182 2.9   0.6

Alcoholic beverages

 230.674 1.6 -0.2 -0.3         207.877 -0.5   -4.4

Housing

 223.699 1.4 0.2 0.3         183.903 -0.3   -2.3

Shelter

 257.843 2.1 0.2 0.3 194.898 3.5 0.2 0.8 212.192 2.2 0.3 0.6

Rent of primary residence (1)

260.677 2.6 0.2 0.5 199.613 4.5 0.2 0.7 202.529 3.9 0.6 0.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (1) (2)

265.422 2.0 0.3 0.4 210.342 3.5 0.3 0.9 198.165 1.8 0.4 0.8

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

265.395 2.0 0.3 0.4 210.342 3.5 0.3 0.9 198.165 1.8 0.4 0.8

Fuels and utilities

 222.769 -1.6 0.6 0.4         164.537 -14.8    

Household energy

 192.759 -3.7 0.4 0.1 201.581 -6.6 0.6 0.2 150.328 -19.4 4.9  

Energy services (1) (3)

194.136 -3.7 0.2 -0.1 197.676 -6.9 0.6 0.2 147.416 -19.7 5.0  

Electricity (1)

202.870 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 191.282 -1.2 -0.3 -1.5 145.868 -21.9 3.1  

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

165.953 -11.2 1.8 3.3 181.493 -35.3 7.1 14.3 142.697 -7.9 15.6 15.6

Household furnishings & operations

 125.610 0.4 -0.4 -0.4         122.829 0.8   -0.7

Apparel

 123.568 1.7 1.0 -1.3         153.669 -7.6   -2.7

Transportation

 219.110 1.4 2.2 1.3         192.127 0.7   1.5

Private transportation

 214.763 1.6 2.5 1.6         190.969 0.5   1.1

Motor fuel

 317.798 1.9 7.2 4.3 320.467 -1.7 6.2 5.5 305.011 -1.8 6.3 3.2

Gasoline (all types)

 316.859 1.8 7.2 4.3 318.622 -1.9 6.2 5.6 305.335 -1.8 6.4 3.3

Medical care

 417.123 4.1 0.1 0.4         411.818 6.6   1.5

Recreation (4)

114.929 1.2 0.0 -0.1         105.849 0.7   0.1

Education and communication (4)

134.039 1.5 0.4 0.4         118.720 2.9   1.5

Other goods and services

 396.161 2.4 0.2 0.6         355.888 2.7   0.8

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

  

Energy

 250.306 -0.6 4.3 2.5 261.458 -3.6 4.0 3.4 223.223 -9.2 5.8 -8.0

All items less shelter

 222.251 1.5 0.7 0.4         200.860 0.1   -0.9

All items less food and energy

 230.196 1.9 0.1 0.1         202.873 2.0   0.4

All items (1967 = 100)

 690.113               654.169      
 

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

  

All items

 227.056 1.7 0.7 0.5         202.688 0.5   -0.7

All items (1967 = 100)

 676.329               646.892      

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) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(4) 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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