Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

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

All items

 230.085 2.3 0.3 1.1         206.088 2.2   0.9
 

Food and beverages

 233.116 3.0 0.2 0.3         211.994 3.2   0.1

Food

 233.234 3.1 0.2 0.3         210.841 3.3   0.1

Food at home

 231.711 3.3 0.1 0.2 211.037 3.1 0.1 -0.5 216.399 4.3 0.8 0.7

Food away from home

 236.695 2.9 0.3 0.5         200.032 2.0   -0.7

Alcoholic beverages

 230.092 1.8 0.0 -0.3         218.923 2.9   0.0

Housing

 221.682 1.7 0.1 0.3         186.747 2.1   0.5

Shelter

 256.031 2.2 0.2 0.4 192.166 3.1 0.0 0.4 210.451 2.4 0.7 0.8

Rent of primary residence (1)

258.922 2.7 0.1 0.3 197.511 4.7 0.3 0.8 198.837 2.6 0.3 0.5

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

263.765 2.1 0.2 0.4 207.261 3.0 0.3 0.6 196.486 2.5 0.5 0.6

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

263.742 2.1 0.2 0.4 207.261 3.0 0.3 0.6 196.486 2.5 0.5 0.6

Fuels and utilities

 216.006 -0.6 -0.3 -0.5         194.172 2.2   -0.9

Household energy

 186.517 -2.2 -0.6 -1.0 194.490 -1.0 0.1 -0.2 186.427 2.0 0.0 -1.2

Energy services (1) (3)

185.834 -2.4 -0.5 -1.1 190.578 -1.0 0.1 -0.2 183.360 2.0 0.0 -1.2

Electricity (1)

192.472 0.6 0.2 -0.4 185.906 1.2 0.0 0.7 192.197 3.9 0.0 -1.4

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

163.692 -11.6 -2.7 -3.6 164.514 -15.6 1.0 -7.1 123.405 -10.5 0.0 0.1

Household furnishings & operations

 126.114 1.0 0.0 -0.1         123.347 -0.4   0.3

Apparel

 128.485 5.1 1.0 4.2         159.993 1.2   -7.9

Transportation

 223.083 2.9 1.0 4.0         198.378 2.7   4.7

Private transportation

 218.563 3.0 0.9 4.1         196.746 2.3   4.4

Motor fuel

 336.673 3.3 1.8 9.9 351.689 3.1 2.4 9.3 337.380 3.3 4.1 11.5

Gasoline (all types)

 335.742 3.2 1.8 10.1 349.994 2.9 2.5 9.5 338.428 3.5 4.4 11.9

Medical care

 412.480 3.4 0.2 0.5         402.477 4.0   0.2

Recreation (4)

114.656 1.1 0.0 0.3         105.396 -1.7   -1.5

Education and communication (4)

133.284 2.0 0.0 0.1         117.025 2.3   0.8

Other goods and services

 393.320 1.8 0.2 0.5         357.700 4.3   3.8

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

  

Energy

 255.736 0.9 0.8 5.4 273.724 1.7 1.6 5.8 257.544 2.4 2.5 6.3

All items less shelter

 222.552 2.3 0.4 1.4         204.584 2.2   0.9

All items less food and energy

 229.303 2.3 0.2 0.6         201.838 2.1   0.2

All items (1967 = 100)

 689.232               661.000      
 

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

  

All items

 227.012 2.4 0.3 1.2         205.790 2.4   1.1

All items (1967 = 100)

 676.199               656.789      

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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