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<\/p>\nGas prices up over 23%, eating at home up over 3% in the Dallas area. Find out what else is driving inflation locally and nationally.<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 Local prices in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area saw notable shifts over the past year, led by a steep surge in energy costs, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n
The regional update shows energy prices jumped 15.95% from August 2025 to August 2026. Local drivers felt that spike directly at the pump, where the average price for all types of gasoline climbed to $3.791 per gallon, up nearly 85 cents from $2.943 per gallon a year earlier. Prices continue to rise in September which is not reflected in the report.<\/p>\n
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North Texas residents also faced higher costs at the grocery store, with the price of food at home increasing 3.38% year over year.<\/p>\n
Shelter costs in the metroplex saw more modest increases during the same period:<\/p>\n
Overall Shelter: Up 1.27%Rent of Primary Residence: Up 0.98%Owners’ Equivalent Rent of Residences: Up 0.95% <\/p>\n
\nNational Inflation Breakdown <\/p>\n
On the national stage, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in August after rising 0.1% in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the last 12 months, the overall all-items index rose 3.4% before seasonal adjustment.<\/p>\n
Higher fuel costs drove much of the national increase, as the index for gasoline rose 3.9% for the month of August, accounting for over one third of the monthly all items increase, according to the report. Overall energy prices increased 2.1% nationally over the month.<\/p>\n
Airline fares took off due to higher fuel costs, up 23.4% over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n
Across the country, the food index ticked up 2.7%, while the shelter index rose 3%.<\/p>\n
Dining out, known as food away from home in the report, was up 3.4% year over year.<\/p>\n
Over the past year, national grocery trends varied across different aisles:<\/p>\n
Nonalcoholic Beverages: Up 3.7%Fruits and Vegetables: Up 3.2%Cereals and Bakery Products: Up 2.6%Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Eggs: Up 1.1%Dairy and Related Products: Down 0.3% <\/p>\n
Earlier in the week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Producer Price Index (PPI) for August which showed an increase of 5.4%. The PPI represents wholesale inflation, which can result in higher consumer prices in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gas prices up over 23%, eating at home up over 3% in the Dallas area. Find out what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-435081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}