Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, December 2011
(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
Dec
2011		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Dec
2011		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Dec
2011		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 225.672 3.0 -0.2 -0.3         200.477 3.1   -0.5
 

Food and beverages

 231.130 4.5 0.2 0.1         210.641 4.7   0.3

Food

 231.301 4.7 0.2 0.1         209.683 4.8   0.2

Food at home

 229.982 6.0 0.3 -0.1 210.623 6.6 0.5 0.0 213.905 7.0 0.9 0.5

Food away from home

 234.435 2.9 0.2 0.4         200.517 2.4   -0.1

Alcoholic beverages

 227.335 1.4 0.0 -0.1         214.938 3.6   1.9

Housing

 220.193 1.9 0.1 0.0         184.725 1.7   0.1

Shelter

 253.716 1.9 0.2 0.2 189.952 2.6 -0.1 0.0 207.231 1.6 -0.3 -0.1

Rent of primary residence (1)

257.189 2.5 0.3 0.6 194.441 4.2 0.4 0.8 196.266 1.2 -0.2 0.2

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

261.982 1.8 0.2 0.4 205.336 2.3 -0.1 0.2 194.252 2.0 -0.3 0.0

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

261.960 1.8 0.2 0.4 205.336 2.3 -0.1 0.2 194.252 2.0 -0.3 0.0

Fuels and utilities

 217.674 2.4 -0.2 -1.3         196.133 3.0   1.9

Household energy

 189.711 1.8 -0.4 -1.7 198.963 3.3 -2.2 -6.1 189.785 3.2 -0.1 2.3

Energy services (1) (3)

189.891 0.8 -0.4 -2.0 195.208 3.2 -2.2 -6.3 186.862 3.1 0.0 2.3

Electricity (1)

192.777 2.2 -0.2 -2.1 185.551 4.4 -1.6 -5.9 191.923 2.8 0.0 2.6

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

178.193 -3.7 -0.8 -1.7 202.670 -4.2 -6.0 -8.8 145.588 5.5 0.0 0.0

Household furnishings & operations

 125.170 1.0 0.1 0.0         122.608 0.1   -0.2

Apparel

 123.470 4.6 -3.0 -3.2         152.984 6.6   -6.1

Transportation

 208.585 5.2 -1.3 -1.7         180.791 5.4   -1.9

Private transportation

 203.809 5.3 -1.4 -1.7         179.631 5.7   -1.8

Motor fuel

 282.501 10.3 -3.9 -4.9 281.064 8.3 -4.4 -4.4 271.470 11.1 -3.8 -4.3

Gasoline (all types)

 280.713 9.9 -4.0 -5.1 278.481 7.8 -4.6 -4.7 270.223 10.7 -3.9 -4.5

Medical care

 405.629 3.5 0.2 0.5         394.457 5.2   0.4

Recreation (4)

113.499 1.0 0.2 0.2         105.954 -1.6   0.4

Education and communication (4)

132.728 1.7 0.0 0.0         115.885 1.7   0.3

Other goods and services

 391.043 1.7 0.1 0.5         342.939 2.3   -1.3

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

  

Energy

 232.300 6.6 -2.5 -3.6 240.263 6.2 -3.5 -5.1 228.223 7.7 -2.2 -1.6

All items less shelter

 217.260 3.5 -0.4 -0.6         197.982 3.7   -0.6

All items less food and energy

 226.740 2.2 -0.1 0.0         198.217 2.1   -0.4

All items (1967 = 100)

 676.014               643.002      
 

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

  

All items

 222.166 3.2 -0.3 -0.4         199.480 3.4   -0.5

All items (1967 = 100)

 661.766               636.651      

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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