Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, October 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
Oct
2009		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Oct
2009		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Oct
2009		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 216.177 -0.2 0.1 0.2         191.608 0.2   0.0
 

Food and beverages

 217.957 -0.3 0.2 0.1         198.489 -1.9   -0.2

Food

 217.526 -0.6 0.1 0.1         197.445 -2.3   -0.2

Food at home

 213.605 -2.8 0.2 -0.1 197.635 -3.7 -0.4 -1.1 196.987 -5.0 -0.2 -0.6

Food away from home

 224.224 2.2 0.1 0.2         193.413 0.9   0.3

Alcoholic beverages

 222.232 2.4 0.3 0.6         204.179 2.5   -0.7

Housing

 216.612 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6         182.730 1.7   0.0

Shelter

 249.474 0.7 0.0 -0.3 189.303 0.8 0.1 0.2 203.816 4.4 -0.1 0.0

Rent of primary residence (1)

248.888 1.2 0.0 -0.1 191.639 2.2 -0.3 -0.3 191.135 3.0 0.0 0.5

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

256.890 1.2 0.0 -0.1 204.205 1.8 0.1 0.0 190.264 5.6 0.0 0.2

Fuels and utilities

 207.937 -6.0 -1.7 -2.2         190.291 -9.7   0.2

Household energy

 184.146 -8.5 -2.3 -2.9 217.924 -16.1 -0.6 -1.0 184.255 -11.9 0.1 0.2

Gas (piped) and electricity (1)

188.963 -7.1 -2.7 -3.3 215.684 -16.1 -0.6 -1.0 182.192 -11.8 0.1 0.2

Electricity (1)

190.376 -0.6 -4.0 -4.0 205.948 -14.6 -0.2 -0.4 183.317 -10.0 0.1 0.2

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

181.922 -24.0 2.0 -0.9 217.212 -25.7 -3.0 -4.6 166.614 -22.5 0.0 0.0

Household furnishings & operations

 127.740 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4         129.484 1.6   -0.7

Apparel

 123.998 1.4 1.2 5.9         149.082 2.0   2.3

Transportation

 185.362 -3.8 0.8 0.5         160.188 -5.0   -1.0

Private transportation

 180.896 -3.8 0.8 0.5         159.117 -4.7   -0.6

Motor fuel

 219.015 -18.4 -0.8 -2.7 216.333 -24.8 0.1 -4.9 203.423 -22.8 -1.7 -6.9

Gasoline (all types)

 218.683 -17.9 -0.8 -2.9 215.340 -24.8 0.0 -5.1 203.534 -22.0 -1.8 -7.2

Medical care

 378.552 3.5 0.2 0.5         360.356 5.9   0.4

Recreation (3)

114.157 0.0 -0.4 -0.5         108.497 0.2   -1.6

Education and communication (3)

129.128 2.7 0.1 0.8         113.175 2.9   1.5

Other goods and services

 375.444 7.5 0.3 0.7         325.029 5.3   1.5

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

  

Energy

 199.198 -14.0 -1.5 -2.8 217.448 -20.6 -0.2 -2.9 192.172 -18.0 -0.8 -3.7

All items less shelter

 205.567 -0.6 0.1 0.4         186.898 -1.3   -0.1

All items less food and energy

 220.731 1.7 0.3 0.5         193.388 3.7   0.5

All items (1967 = 100)

 647.570               614.556      
 

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

  

All items

 211.549 -0.3 0.1 0.2         189.304 -0.7   -0.1

All items (1967 = 100)

 630.140               604.174      

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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