U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI‐U): U.S. City Average, Dallas‐Fort Worth, and Houston‐Galveston‐Brazoria, August 2015
(1982‐84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and group
All items
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages
Housing
Shelter
Rent of primary residence (1)
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residences (1) (2)
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (2)
Fuels and utilities
Household energy
Energy services (1) (3)
Electricity (1)
Utility (piped) gas service (1)
Household furnishings & operations
Apparel
Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel
Gasoline (all types)
Medical care
Recreation (4)
Education and communication (4)
Other goods and services
SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI‐U)
Energy
All items less shelter
All items less food and energy
All items (1967 = 100)
U.S. City Average
Percent change
Index
12‐
1‐
2‐
Aug.
2015
month month month
238.316
0.2
‐0.1
‐0.1
247.196
247.671
242.746
256.449
239.313
239.298
280.093
287.068
1.5
1.6
0.8
2.7
0.6
2.0
3.1
3.6
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.7
287.026
3.0
0.3
286.988
233.847
198.260
203.246
215.786
162.885
122.120
124.547
203.377
198.657
231.305
230.513
446.536
116.084
138.291
415.576
3.0
‐2.5
‐4.5
‐3.0
‐0.6
‐11.5
‐0.5
‐0.9
‐6.8
‐7.1
‐23.4
‐23.3
2.5
0.7
0.1
1.6
213.248
224.632
242.651
713.890
‐15.0
‐1.2
1.8
Index
Aug.
2015
Dallas‐Fort Worth
Percent change
12‐
1‐
2‐
month month month
Houston‐Galveston‐Brazoria
Percent change
Index
12‐
1‐
2‐
Aug.
2015 month month month
214.652
0.3
0.4
219.548
‐0.7
0.9
‐0.4
215.027
225.824
4.0
5.1
0.2
0.8
0.7
1.4
224.849
224.800
225.811
219.234
215.340
203.299
242.757
234.455
0.6
229.639
3.4
0.0
0.6
224.813
0.3
‐0.1
‐0.4
‐0.2
‐0.3
0.1
‐0.4
1.6
‐1.9
‐1.7
‐5.4
‐5.4
‐0.1
‐0.2
0.5
0.1
0.6
‐0.5
‐1.1
‐0.8
‐0.8
‐0.8
‐0.8
‐0.3
‐2.2
‐1.7
‐5.6
‐5.6
0.1
‐0.3
0.6
0.1
229.639
3.4
0.0
0.6
214.594
211.109
205.388
188.619
‐7.8
‐7.6
‐5.9
‐17.1
‐3.2
‐3.2
‐3.7
0.3
‐0.6
‐0.5
‐3.4
23.2
216.694
215.942
‐28.6
‐28.4
‐7.9
‐7.9
‐12.9
‐13.0
‐3.0
‐0.3
0.1
‐3.4
‐0.5
0.1
217.095
‐19.2
‐5.5
‐6.9
2.1
2.1
1.7
2.5
1.9
3.1
5.1
6.7
0.1
0.7
0.7
0.7
1.1
0.2
‐0.1
1.0
0.9
1.2
5.4
0.5
0.8
224.813
156.698
137.641
135.185
134.792
126.098
124.469
181.352
178.316
176.991
214.506
215.309
452.245
101.118
125.593
390.153
5.4
‐9.2
‐13.1
‐13.0
‐13.3
‐11.8
2.7
‐3.1
‐6.9
‐6.9
‐27.2
‐27.1
4.4
‐3.9
2.4
2.2
0.5
0.8
‐0.1
‐0.2
‐0.1
0.9
‐5.1
2.4
7.7
‐2.3
‐1.7
‐5.4
‐5.5
0.4
‐1.4
1.1
‐0.2
173.567
204.052
220.774
688.465
‐22.1
‐1.7
2.8
0.4
0.3
0.3
1.5
‐5.1
‐5.3
‐5.5
‐3.1
‐3.4
0.1
0.7
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI‐W)
233.366
‐0.3
‐0.2
‐0.2
210.819
‐0.2
0.3
All items
695.127
672.839
All items (1967 = 100)
(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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