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Table B-57.--Consumer price indexes for selected expenditure classes, 1950-95
[For all urban consumers; 1982-84=100, except as noted]
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Food and beverages                                 Shelter                                        Fuel and other utilities
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Food                       Renters' costs                                                     Fuels
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Gas        Other
Year or month                                                                                     Homeowners'  Maintenance                    Fuel oil     (piped)    utilities
Total             At      Away    Total               Rent,       costs \2\       and      Total           and  other      and          and
\1\     Total   home     from             Total   residential                 repairs             Total   household   electricity    public
home              \2\                                                               fuel        (energy    services
commodities   services)
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1950...........................................  ........    25.4    27.3  .......  ......  ........       29.7    ...........  ...........  ......  ......       11.3          19.2   .........
1951...........................................  ........    28.2    30.3  .......  ......  ........       30.9    ...........  ...........  ......  ......       11.8          19.3   .........
1952...........................................  ........    28.7    30.8  .......  ......  ........       32.2    ...........  ...........  ......  ......       12.1          19.5   .........
1953...........................................  ........    28.3    30.3     21.5    22.0  ........       33.9    ...........       20.5      22.5  ......       12.6          19.9   .........
1954...........................................  ........    28.2    30.1     21.9    22.5  ........       35.1    ...........       20.9      22.6  ......       12.6          20.2   .........
1955...........................................  ........    27.8    29.5     22.1    22.7  ........       35.6    ...........       21.4      23.0  ......       12.7          20.7   .........
1956...........................................  ........    28.0    29.6     22.6    23.1  ........       36.3    ...........       22.3      23.6  ......       13.3          20.9   .........
1957...........................................  ........    28.9    30.6     23.4    24.0  ........       37.0    ...........       23.2      24.3  ......       14.0          21.1   .........
1958...........................................  ........    30.2    32.0     24.1    24.5  ........       37.6    ...........       23.6      24.8  ......       13.7          21.9   .........
1959...........................................  ........    29.7    31.2     24.8    24.7  ........       38.2    ...........       24.0      25.4  ......       13.9          22.4   .........

1960...........................................  ........    30.0    31.5     25.4    25.2  ........       38.7    ...........       24.4      26.0  ......       13.8          23.3   .........
1961...........................................  ........    30.4    31.8     26.0    25.4  ........       39.2    ...........       24.8      26.3  ......       14.1          23.5   .........
1962...........................................  ........    30.6    32.0     26.7    25.8  ........       39.7    ...........       25.0      26.3  ......       14.2          23.5   .........
1963...........................................  ........    31.1    32.4     27.3    26.1  ........       40.1    ...........       25.3      26.6  ......       14.4          23.5   .........
1964...........................................  ........    31.5    32.7     27.8    26.5  ........       40.5    ...........       25.8      26.6  ......       14.4          23.5   .........
1965...........................................  ........    32.2    33.5     28.4    27.0  ........       40.9    ...........       26.3      26.6  ......       14.6          23.5   .........
1966...........................................  ........    33.8    35.2     29.7    27.8  ........       41.5    ...........       27.5      26.7  ......       15.0          23.6   .........
1967...........................................     35.0     34.1    35.1     31.3    28.8  ........       42.2    ...........       28.9      27.1    21.4       15.5          23.7        46.6
1968...........................................     36.2     35.3    36.3     32.9    30.1  ........       43.3    ...........       30.6      27.4    21.7       16.0          23.9        47.1
1969...........................................     38.1     37.1    38.0     34.9    32.6  ........       44.7    ...........       33.2      28.0    22.1       16.3          24.3        48.4

1970...........................................     40.1     39.2    39.9     37.5    35.5  ........       46.5    ...........       35.8      29.1    23.1       17.0          25.4        50.0
1971...........................................     41.4     40.4    40.9     39.4    37.0  ........       48.7    ...........       38.6      31.1    24.7       18.2          27.1        53.4
1972...........................................     43.1     42.1    42.7     41.0    38.7  ........       50.4    ...........       40.6      32.5    25.7       18.3          28.5        56.2
1973...........................................     48.8     48.2    49.7     44.2    40.5  ........       52.5    ...........       43.6      34.3    27.5       21.1          29.9        57.8
1974...........................................     55.5     55.1    57.1     49.8    44.4  ........       55.2    ...........       49.5      40.7    34.4       33.2          34.5        60.7
1975...........................................     60.2     59.8    61.8     54.5    48.8  ........       58.0    ...........       54.1      45.4    39.4       36.4          40.1        63.9
1976...........................................     62.1     61.6    63.1     58.2    51.5  ........       61.1    ...........       57.6      49.4    43.3       38.8          44.7        67.7
1977...........................................     65.8     65.5    66.8     62.6    54.9  ........       64.8    ...........       62.0      54.7    49.0       43.9          50.5        70.8
1978...........................................     72.2     72.0    73.8     68.3    60.5  ........       69.3    ...........       67.2      58.5    53.0       46.2          55.0        73.7
1979...........................................     79.9     79.9    81.8     75.9    68.9  ........       74.3    ...........       74.0      64.8    61.3       62.4          61.0        74.3

1980...........................................     86.7     86.8    88.4     83.4    81.0  ........       80.9    ...........       82.4      75.4    74.8       86.1          71.4        77.0
1981...........................................     93.5     93.6    94.8     90.9    90.5  ........       87.9    ...........       90.7      86.4    87.2      104.6          81.9        84.3
1982...........................................     97.3     97.4    98.1     95.8    96.9  ........       94.6    ...........       96.4      94.9    95.6      103.4          93.2        93.3
1983...........................................     99.5     99.4    99.1    100.0    99.1     103.0      100.1         102.5        99.9     100.2   100.5       97.2         101.5        99.5
1984...........................................    103.2    103.2   102.8    104.2   104.0     108.6      105.3         107.3       103.7     104.8   104.0       99.4         105.4       107.2
1985...........................................    105.6    105.6   104.3    108.3   109.8     115.4      111.8         113.1       106.5     106.5   104.5       95.9         107.1       112.1
1986...........................................    109.1    109.0   107.3    112.5   115.8     121.9      118.3         119.4       107.9     104.1    99.2       77.6         105.7       117.9
1987...........................................    113.5    113.5   111.9    117.0   121.3     128.1      123.1         124.8       111.8     103.0    97.3       77.9         103.8       120.1
1988...........................................    118.2    118.2   116.6    121.8   127.1     133.6      127.8         131.1       114.7     104.4    98.0       78.1         104.6       122.9
1989...........................................    124.9    125.1   124.2    127.4   132.8     138.9      132.8         137.3       118.0     107.8   100.9       81.7         107.5       127.1

1990...........................................    132.1    132.4   132.3    133.4   140.0     146.7      138.4         144.6       122.2     111.6   104.5       99.3         109.3       131.7
1991...........................................    136.8    136.3   135.8    137.9   146.3     155.6      143.3         150.2       126.3     115.3   106.7       94.6         112.6       137.9
1992...........................................    138.7    137.9   136.8    140.7   151.2     160.9      146.9         155.3       128.6     117.8   108.1       90.7         114.8       142.5
1993...........................................    141.6    140.9   140.1    143.2   155.7     165.0      150.3         160.2       130.6     121.3   111.2       90.3         118.5       147.0
1994...........................................    144.9    144.3   144.1    145.7   160.5     169.4      154.0         165.5       130.8     122.8   111.7       88.8         119.2       150.2
1995...........................................    148.9    148.4   148.8    149.0   165.7     174.3      157.8         171.0       135.0     123.7   111.5       88.1         119.2       152.8

1994: Jan......................................    144.3    143.7   143.8    144.5   158.1     166.8      152.2         162.9       128.9     121.6   110.6       88.9         118.0       148.9
Feb......................................    143.6    142.9   142.6    144.6   159.1     168.9      152.8         163.7       129.4     122.4   111.1       93.6         117.9       150.0
Mar......................................    143.9    143.2   142.8    144.8   159.8     170.1      153.2         164.1       129.3     122.4   111.1       92.5         118.1       150.1
Apr......................................    144.0    143.4   143.0    145.1   159.6     169.1      153.3         164.2       130.2     121.6   109.8       90.2         116.9       150.0
May......................................    144.1    143.5   143.0    145.3   159.6     168.5      153.3         164.5       131.0     122.2   110.6       88.7         118.0       150.4
June.....................................    144.2    143.5   142.9    145.5   160.1     169.6      153.4         164.8       131.5     124.2   113.9       87.7         122.1       150.4
July.....................................    144.8    144.2   144.0    145.6   160.8     171.0      153.9         165.3       131.3     124.3   114.1       87.1         122.3       150.4
Aug......................................    145.3    144.8   144.7    145.9   161.7     172.1      154.5         166.1       131.2     124.3   114.0       86.8         122.2       150.6
Sept.....................................    145.6    145.0   145.0    146.2   161.6     169.4      155.0         167.1       131.6     124.2   113.8       86.8         122.1       150.3
Oct......................................    145.6    145.0   144.8    146.4   162.0     169.8      155.2         167.5       130.8     122.4   110.8       87.0         118.5       150.4
Nov......................................    145.9    145.3   145.1    146.8   162.1     168.9      155.6         167.9       131.2     121.8   109.9       87.7         117.3       150.5
Dec......................................    147.2    146.8   147.3    147.1   161.8     168.2      155.7         167.8       132.7     122.0   110.1       88.4         117.4       150.6

1995: Jan......................................    147.9    147.5   148.2    147.4   162.9     170.7      156.1         168.4       133.1     122.9   110.7       89.4         118.0       152.1
Feb......................................    147.8    147.4   147.9    147.6   163.8     172.9      156.4         168.9       133.8     122.6   110.4       89.6         117.6       151.8
Mar......................................    147.9    147.4   147.6    148.1   164.5     174.6      156.7         169.2       134.2     122.3   109.8       89.0         117.1       151.9
Apr......................................    148.9    148.4   149.2    148.3   164.7     174.1      157.0         169.6       134.2     122.1   109.3       88.4         116.6       152.2
May......................................    148.7    148.3   148.7    148.6   164.8     173.7      157.2         170.0       134.6     122.5   109.8       88.3         117.2       152.3
June.....................................    148.4    147.9   148.1    148.8   165.5     174.7      157.5         170.6       135.0     125.0   113.8       87.9         121.9       152.7
July.....................................    148.6    148.1   148.2    149.1   166.4     176.7      157.9         171.2       135.1     125.1   113.7       87.1         121.9       153.0
Aug......................................    148.9    148.4   148.4    149.4   166.8     176.9      158.2         171.6       135.4     125.7   114.6       86.6         123.0       153.1
Sept.....................................    149.4    148.9   149.2    149.6   166.8     175.1      158.5         172.4       135.4     124.9   113.4       86.6         121.6       153.2
Oct......................................    149.8    149.4   149.7    150.0   167.3     175.3      158.9         173.0       136.3     123.9   111.5       86.9         119.3       153.5
Nov......................................    149.8    149.4   149.5    150.2   167.3     173.8      159.3         173.5       136.2     123.1   110.1       87.7         117.6       153.6
Dec......................................    150.3    149.9   150.3    150.4   167.4     173.2      159.6         174.0       136.6     123.7   110.9       89.6         118.3       153.9
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\1\ Includes alcoholic beverages, not shown separately.
\2\ December 1982=100.

See next page for continuation of table.


Table B-57.--Consumer price indexes for selected expenditure classes, 1950-95--Continued
[For all urban consumers; 1982-84=100, except as noted]
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Transportation                                             Medical care
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Private transportation
Year or month                     ------------------------------------------------------------                           Medical     Medical
Total                                          Automobile               Public       Total      care       care
Total\3\    New      Used     Motor   maintenance   Other   transportation          commodities  services
cars     cars    fuel\4\  and  repair
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1950................................     22.7      24.5     41.1  .......      19.0        18.9   .......          13.4      15.1        39.7       12.8
1951................................     24.1      25.6     43.1  .......      19.5        20.4   .......          14.8      15.9        40.8       13.4
1952................................     25.7      27.3     46.8  .......      20.0        20.8   .......          15.8      16.7        41.2       14.3
1953................................     26.5      27.8     47.2     26.7      21.2        22.0   .......          16.8      17.3        41.5       14.8
1954................................     26.1      27.1     46.5     22.7      21.8        22.7   .......          18.0      17.8        42.0       15.3
1955................................     25.8      26.7     44.8     21.5      22.1        23.2   .......          18.5      18.2        42.5       15.7
1956................................     26.2      27.1     46.1     20.7      22.8        24.2   .......          19.2      18.9        43.4       16.3
1957................................     27.7      28.6     48.5     23.2      23.8        25.0   .......          19.9      19.7        44.6       17.0
1958................................     28.6      29.5     50.0     24.0      23.4        25.4   .......          20.9      20.6        46.1       17.9
1959................................     29.8      30.8     52.2     26.8      23.7        26.0   .......          21.5      21.5        46.8       18.7

1960................................     29.8      30.6     51.5     25.0      24.4        26.5   .......          22.2      22.3        46.9       19.5
1961................................     30.1      30.8     51.5     26.0      24.1        27.1   .......          23.2      22.9        46.3       20.2
1962................................     30.8      31.4     51.3     28.4      24.3        27.5   .......          24.0      23.5        45.6       20.9
1963................................     30.9      31.6     51.0     28.7      24.2        27.8   .......          24.3      24.1        45.2       21.5
1964................................     31.4      32.0     50.9     30.0      24.1        28.2   .......          24.7      24.6        45.1       22.0
1965................................     31.9      32.5     49.7     29.8      25.1        28.7   .......          25.2      25.2        45.0       22.7
1966................................     32.3      32.9     48.8     29.0      25.6        29.2   .......          26.1      26.3        45.1       23.9
1967................................     33.3      33.8     49.3     29.9      26.4        30.4      37.9          27.4      28.2        44.9       26.0
1968................................     34.3      34.8     50.7  .......      26.8        32.1      39.2          28.7      29.9        45.0       27.9
1969................................     35.7      36.0     51.5     30.9      27.6        34.1      41.6          30.9      31.9        45.4       30.2

1970................................     37.5      37.5     53.0     31.2      27.9        36.6      45.2          35.2      34.0        46.5       32.3
1971................................     39.5      39.4     55.2     33.0      28.1        39.3      48.6          37.8      36.1        47.3       34.7
1972................................     39.9      39.7     54.7     33.1      28.4        41.1      48.9          39.3      37.3        47.4       35.9
1973................................     41.2      41.0     54.8     35.2      31.2        43.2      48.4          39.7      38.8        47.5       37.5
1974................................     45.8      46.2     57.9     36.7      42.2        47.6      50.2          40.6      42.4        49.2       41.4
1975................................     50.1      50.6     62.9     43.8      45.1        53.7      53.5          43.5      47.5        53.3       46.6
1976................................     55.1      55.6     66.9     50.3      47.0        57.6      61.8          47.8      52.0        56.5       51.3
1977................................     59.0      59.7     70.4     54.7      49.7        61.9      67.2          50.0      57.0        60.2       56.4
1978................................     61.7      62.5     75.8     55.8      51.8        67.0      69.9          51.5      61.8        64.4       61.2
1979................................     70.5      71.7     81.8     60.2      70.1        73.7      75.2          54.9      67.5        69.0       67.2

1980................................     83.1      84.2     88.4     62.3      97.4        81.5      84.3          69.0      74.9        75.4       74.8
1981................................     93.2      93.8     93.7     76.9     108.5        89.2      91.4          85.6      82.9        83.7       82.8
1982................................     97.0      97.1     97.4     88.8     102.8        96.0      97.7          94.9      92.5        92.3       92.6
1983................................     99.3      99.3     99.9     98.7      99.4       100.3      98.8          99.5     100.6       100.2      100.7
1984................................    103.7     103.6    102.8    112.5      97.9       103.8     103.5         105.7     106.8       107.5      106.7
1985................................    106.4     106.2    106.1    113.7      98.7       106.8     109.0         110.5     113.5       115.2      113.2
1986................................    102.3     101.2    110.6    108.8      77.1       110.3     115.1         117.0     122.0       122.8      121.9
1987................................    105.4     104.2    114.6    113.1      80.2       114.8     120.8         121.1     130.1       131.0      130.0
1988................................    108.7     107.6    116.9    118.0      80.9       119.7     127.9         123.3     138.6       139.9      138.3
1989................................    114.1     112.9    119.2    120.4      88.5       124.9     135.8         129.5     149.3       150.8      148.9

1990................................    120.5     118.8    121.0    117.6     101.2       130.1     142.5         142.6     162.8       163.4      162.7
1991................................    123.8     121.9    125.3    118.1      99.4       136.0     149.1         148.9     177.0       176.8      177.1
1992................................    126.5     124.6    128.4    123.2      99.0       141.3     153.2         151.4     190.1       188.1      190.5
1993................................    130.4     127.5    131.5    133.9      98.0       145.9     156.8         167.0     201.4       195.0      202.9
1994................................    134.3     131.4    136.0    141.7      98.5       150.2     162.1         172.0     211.0       200.7      213.4
1995................................    139.1     136.3    139.0    156.5     100.0       154.0     170.6         175.9     220.5       204.5      224.2

1994: Jan...........................    131.6     128.2    134.7    136.8      92.6       148.1     159.5         175.3     206.4       197.8      208.4
Feb...........................    131.9     128.5    135.0    134.1      93.6       148.6     159.7         175.9     207.7       198.7      209.8
Mar...........................    132.2     128.6    135.3    133.6      93.3       149.0     160.2         178.5     208.3       199.1      210.4
Apr...........................    132.6     129.2    135.4    135.3      94.8       149.4     160.4         176.5     209.2       199.7      211.4
May...........................    132.8     130.0    135.7    137.9      96.0       149.7     160.8         169.9     209.7       200.1      212.0
June..........................    133.8     131.0    135.8    140.9      98.2       149.8     161.3         169.9     210.4       200.5      212.6
July..........................    134.6     131.8    135.8    142.6     100.5       150.0     161.5         171.4     211.5       201.3      213.8
Aug...........................    135.9     133.0    135.6    144.0     104.1       150.7     162.0         173.2     212.2       201.7      214.7
Sept..........................    135.9     133.1    135.7    145.4     103.7       151.2     162.1         171.7     212.8       201.7      215.4
Oct...........................    136.1     133.6    136.6    147.7     101.8       151.7     164.1         168.4     214.0       202.2      216.8
Nov...........................    137.1     134.8    137.7    150.1     102.7       151.8     166.2         167.2     214.7       202.7      217.5
Dec...........................    137.1     134.9    138.5    151.5     100.4       151.9     167.6         165.6     215.3       202.9      218.2

1995: Jan...........................    137.3     134.9    139.0    152.4      98.7       152.0     168.8         168.4     216.6       203.1      219.8
Feb...........................    137.5     135.0    139.1    153.3      98.0       152.5     169.4         169.9     217.9       203.5      221.3
Mar...........................    138.0     135.2    139.0    154.8      97.5       152.7     170.2         174.5     218.4       203.7      221.8
Apr...........................    139.1     136.2    139.3    156.7      99.5       153.2     170.9         176.7     218.9       203.6      222.4
May...........................    140.3     137.5    139.3    157.7     104.2       153.8     170.5         176.7     219.3       203.4      223.0
June..........................    141.1     137.9    139.1    158.3     106.1       153.6     169.9         182.5     219.8       203.8      223.5
July..........................    140.1     136.9    138.3    157.5     103.6       154.0     169.6         181.8     220.8       204.4      224.6
Aug...........................    139.2     136.3    137.9    157.0     101.1       154.5     170.3         177.1     221.6       204.7      225.6
Sept..........................    138.8     135.9    137.8    156.5      99.8       155.1     170.1         176.1     222.1       204.8      226.1
Oct...........................    139.4     136.3    138.6    157.2      98.3       155.4     172.0         178.7     222.9       205.7      226.9
Nov...........................    139.4     136.5    140.1    157.8      96.4       155.7     172.7         177.5     223.5       206.3      227.4
Dec...........................    139.1     136.6    140.7    158.2      96.4       155.7     172.4         170.7     223.8       206.6     227.8
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\3\ Includes other new vehicles, not shown separately. Includes direct pricing of new trucks and motorcycles beginning 1982.
\4\ Includes direct pricing of diesel fuel and gasohol beginning 1981.

Note.--See Note, Table B-56.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.