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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area – November 2024

Area prices rose 0.1 percent in October and November, up 1.9 percent over the year

Prices in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.1 percent for the two months ending in November 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the all items less food and energy index rose 0.3 percent. The energy index advanced 1.1 percent, largely due to a rise in the price of electricity. The food index declined 0.9 percent in October and November.  (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The CPI-U increased 1.9 percent for the 12 months ending November, after rising 2.6 percent in the 12 months ending September. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.0 percent over the year, and food prices advanced 1.1 percent. Energy prices were up 2.0 percent, mainly the result of an increase in the price of electricity. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Food

Food prices declined 0.9 percent for the two months ending in November. Prices for food at home (grocery store prices) fell 2.1 percent, while prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.5 percent for the same period. Within the food at home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-4.4 percent) and fruits and vegetables (-5.2 percent) were the largest contributors to the decline in the index.

Over the year, food prices advanced 1.1 percent. Prices for food away from home rose 3.9 percent since a year ago, while prices for food at home declined 1.1 percent. An over-the-year decrease in prices paid for fruits and vegetables (-8.6 percent) led the decline in the food at home index.

Energy

The energy index rose 1.1 percent for the two months ending in November. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for electricity (+6.2 percent), but a rise in the index for natural gas service (+8.4 percent) also contributed. Prices paid for gasoline fell 4.6 percent for the same period.

From November 2023 to November 2024, energy prices advanced 2.0 percent, largely due to higher prices for electricity (+7.5 percent). Prices paid for natural gas service increased 10.4 percent, while prices for gasoline declined 4.2 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent in the latest two-month period. Higher prices for owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.4 percent), public transportation, and recreation (+1.2 percent) led the advances.  Declining prices for apparel (-9.0 percent) and education and communication (-2.7 percent) largely offset increases to the index.

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 2.0 percent. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (+3.8 percent) and medical care services. Partly offsetting the increases were price decreases in new and used motor vehicles (-4.4 percent) and medical care commodities.

The January 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Notice Regarding Ceasing Publication of Utility Indexes

With the publication of January 2025 data in February 2025, several indexes and average price series will be discontinued, and one index title will change.

The following CPI indexes will continue to be published at the national level, but will be discontinued for all metropolitan areas, census divisions, and regional size classes:

  • Electricity
  • Utility (piped) gas (often referred to as natural gas)
  • Energy services
  • Fuels and utilities
  • Household energy

The following CPI average price series will continue to be published at the national level, but will be discontinued for all metropolitan areas, census divisions, and regional size classes:

  • Electricity per KWH
  • Utility (piped) gas per therm

Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Dallas is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Core Based Statistical Area includes the counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise in Texas.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods,
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, November 2024 (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group Indexes Percent change from -
Sep.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024
Nov.
2023
Sep.
2024
Oct.
2024

All items

298.653 - 299.096 1.9 0.1 -

All items (1967 = 100)

936.856 - 938.248      

Food and beverages

337.195 - 334.416 1.1 -0.8 -

Food

333.179 - 330.205 1.1 -0.9 -

Food at home

273.869 272.671 268.190 -1.1 -2.1 -1.6

Cereals and bakery products

319.425 315.268 315.070 -1.5 -1.4 -0.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

335.928 330.895 321.028 1.7 -4.4 -3.0

Dairy and related products

244.512 241.191 243.007 4.2 -0.6 0.8

Fruits and vegetables

228.137 225.461 216.163 -8.6 -5.2 -4.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

234.881 233.760 234.792 -0.1 0.0 0.4

Other food at home

263.008 267.232 262.777 -1.3 -0.1 -1.7

Food away from home

424.896 - 427.159 3.9 0.5 -

Alcoholic beverages

381.625 - 381.949 0.6 0.1 -

Housing

306.750 - 309.299 3.9 0.8 -

Shelter

346.626 347.634 347.924 3.8 0.4 0.1

Rent of primary residence

371.323 371.673 370.951 3.7 -0.1 -0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

371.257 372.485 372.700 3.7 0.4 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

371.257 372.485 372.700 3.7 0.4 0.1

Fuels and utilities

333.934 - 351.917 6.9 5.4 -

Household energy

311.502 330.745 331.491 7.6 6.4 0.2

Energy services

308.425 328.066 328.670 8.0 6.6 0.2

Electricity

287.695 306.523 305.528 7.5 6.2 -0.3

Utility (piped) gas service

334.391 352.751 362.422 10.4 8.4 2.7

Household furnishings and operations

138.970 - 139.015 1.0 0.0 -

Apparel

128.414 - 116.840 0.9 -9.0 -

Transportation

263.001 - 265.956 -0.7 1.1 -

Private transportation

269.819 - 271.758 -1.0 0.7 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

125.784 - 125.329 -4.4 -0.4 -

New vehicles(1)

221.316 - 221.620 -1.7 0.1 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

416.087 - 419.078 -5.0 0.7 -

Motor fuel

264.993 259.419 252.965 -4.4 -4.5 -2.5

Gasoline (all types)

263.046 257.387 250.968 -4.2 -4.6 -2.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

252.042 246.451 240.070 -4.4 -4.8 -2.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

285.495 280.212 274.002 -3.2 -4.0 -2.2

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

289.520 284.416 278.939 -2.9 -3.7 -1.9

Medical care

506.568 - 509.564 0.9 0.6 -

Recreation(3)

130.886 - 132.492 1.1 1.2 -

Education and communication(3)

137.524 - 133.832 -2.0 -2.7 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

- - - - - -

Other goods and services

522.384 - 520.068 0.6 -0.4 -

Commodity and service group

Commodities

207.601 - 203.897 -1.2 -1.8 -

Commodities less food and beverages

155.416 - 151.515 -2.7 -2.5 -

Nondurables less food and beverages

198.527 - 190.646 -2.8 -4.0 -

Durables

120.444 - 119.432 -2.8 -0.8 -

Services

386.261 - 390.980 3.6 1.2 -

Special aggregate indexes

All items less shelter

276.399 - 276.437 0.7 0.0 -

All items less medical care

288.362 - 288.692 2.0 0.1 -

Commodities less food

160.809 - 156.983 -2.6 -2.4 -

Nondurables

260.060 - 254.531 -0.6 -2.1 -

Nondurables less food

206.540 - 199.098 -2.5 -3.6 -

Services less rent of shelter(2)

435.528 - 445.757 3.1 2.3 -

Services less medical care services

369.839 - 374.505 3.5 1.3 -

Energy

290.588 296.942 293.891 2.0 1.1 -1.0

All items less energy

304.911 - 305.160 1.9 0.1 -

All items less food and energy

300.589 - 301.361 2.0 0.3 -

(1) Indexes on a February 1978=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Index on a December 1993=100.

- Data not available.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024