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Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, April 2013
(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
2013		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Apr
2013		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Apr
2013		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 232.531 1.1 -0.1 0.2 207.506 0.7 0.9

Food and beverages

 236.761 1.6 0.2 0.2 213.867 0.9 -0.2

Food

 236.841 1.5 0.2 0.2 213.474 1.2 -0.1

Food at home

 234.082 1.0 0.1 0.0 214.400 1.6 -0.4 0.2 214.590 -0.8 0.0 -0.4

Food away from home

 242.236 2.3 0.3 0.5 208.003 4.0 0.1

Alcoholic beverages

 234.282 1.8 0.1 0.2 210.241 -4.0 -0.5

Housing

 225.986 1.9 0.2 0.3 189.536 1.5 1.8

Shelter

 261.655 2.2 0.1 0.4 198.585 3.3 -0.2 0.0 220.392 4.7 1.1 1.8

Rent of primary residence (1)

265.984 2.7 0.1 0.3 203.969 3.3 -0.2 -0.1 208.138 4.7 0.7 1.0

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

269.216 2.1 0.2 0.3 214.637 3.6 0.0 0.1 205.169 4.4 1.0 1.8

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

269.193 2.1 0.2 0.3 214.637 3.6 0.0 0.1 205.169 4.4 1.0 1.8

Fuels and utilities

 221.382 2.5 0.5 0.2 168.138 -13.4 5.1

Household energy

 189.969 1.9 0.6 0.1 204.955 5.4 0.8 2.0 154.315 -17.2 5.1 6.7

Energy services (1) (3)

190.669 2.6 1.0 0.5 200.885 5.4 0.8 2.0 151.350 -17.5 5.2 6.9

Electricity (1)

194.553 1.1 0.4 -0.1 196.748 5.8 0.5 2.1 148.035 -23.0 6.1 8.2

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

176.159 7.6 2.9 2.5 167.897 2.1 3.3 1.8 155.178 25.7 1.1 1.1

Household furnishings & operations

 125.198 -0.7 -0.1 -0.3 120.511 -2.3 -1.6

Apparel

 128.861 0.3 0.5 2.0 168.617 5.4 2.0

Transportation

 218.592 -2.0 -1.1 -0.4 191.006 -3.7 -0.1

Private transportation

 213.438 -2.3 -1.3 -0.6 190.445 -3.2 -0.3

Motor fuel

 309.048 -8.2 -3.6 -2.4 319.065 -9.3 -4.3 -2.5 306.139 -9.3 -2.6 -0.1

Gasoline (all types)

 307.814 -8.3 -3.7 -2.4 317.159 -9.4 -4.3 -2.4 306.280 -9.5 -2.6 0.1

Medical care

 423.815 2.7 -0.1 0.1 425.485 5.7 0.7

Recreation (4)

115.359 0.6 0.0 0.0 103.795 -1.5 -0.2

Education and communication (4)

135.230 1.5 -0.3 -0.2 119.501 2.1 -0.2

Other goods and services

 400.239 1.8 0.2 0.5 360.408 0.8 2.7

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

 244.757 -4.3 -1.9 -1.4 262.417 -4.1 -2.4 -0.8 225.859 -12.3 0.0 2.3

All items less shelter

 223.774 0.5 -0.2 0.1 202.499 -1.0 0.5

All items less food and energy

 233.236 1.7 0.1 0.3 207.016 2.6 0.9

All items (1967 = 100)

 696.561 665.546

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

All items

 228.949 0.9 -0.2 0.1 205.918 0.1 0.8

All items (1967 = 100)

 681.969 657.200

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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