[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Economic Report of the President - - - - - - - - - - - - H. Doc. 104-161
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Table B-60.--Changes in consumer price indexes for commodities and services, 1929-95
[For all urban consumers; percent change]
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All items  (CPI-            Commodities                       Services             Medical  care     Energy\3\
U)       ------------------------------------------------------------------      \2\      ----------------
-----------------      Total             Food            Total        Medical care ---------------
Year                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------                  Dec.    Year
Dec.    Year     Dec.    Year     Dec.    Year     Dec.    Year     Dec.   Year    Dec.   Year     to      to
to      to       to      to       to      to       to      to       to      to     to      to  Dec.\1\   year
Dec.\1\   year   Dec.\1\   year   Dec.\1\   year   Dec.\1\   year   Dec.\1\  year  Dec.\1\  year
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1929.................................      0.6     0    .......  ......      2.5     1.2  .......  ......  .......  ....  .......  ....  .......  ......

1933.................................       .8    -5.1  .......  ......      6.9    -2.8  .......  ......  .......  ....  .......  ....  .......  ......

1939.................................      0      -1.4     -0.7    -2.0     -2.5    -2.5      0       0        1.2  1.2       1.0   0    .......  ......

1940.................................       .7      .7      1.4      .7      2.5     1.7       .8      .8      0     0        0    1.0   .......  ......
1941.................................      9.9     5.0     13.3     6.7     15.7     9.2      2.4      .8      1.2   0        1.0   0    .......  ......
1942.................................      9.0    10.9     12.9    14.5     17.9    17.6      2.3     3.1      3.5  3.5       3.8  2.9   .......  ......
1943.................................      3.0     6.1      4.2     9.3      3.0    11.0      2.3     2.3      5.6  4.5       4.6  4.7   .......  ......
1944.................................      2.3     1.7      2.0     1.0      0      -1.2      2.2     2.2      3.2  4.3       2.6  3.6   .......  ......

1945.................................      2.2     2.3      2.9     3.0      3.5     2.4       .7     1.5      3.1  3.1       2.6  2.6   .......  ......
1946.................................     18.1     8.3     24.8    10.6     31.3    14.5      3.6     1.4      9.0  5.1       8.3  5.0   .......  ......
1947.................................      8.8    14.4     10.3    20.5     11.3    21.7      5.6     4.3      6.4  8.7       6.9  8.0   .......  ......
1948.................................      3.0     8.1      1.7     7.2      -.8     8.3      5.9     6.1      6.9  7.1       5.8  6.7   .......  ......
1949.................................     -2.1    -1.2     -4.1    -2.7     -3.9    -4.2      3.7     5.1      1.6  3.3       1.4  2.8   .......  ......

1950.................................      5.9     1.3      7.8      .7      9.8     1.6      3.6     3.0      4.0  2.4       3.4  2.0   .......  ......
1951.................................      6.0     7.9      5.9     9.0      7.1    11.0      5.2     5.3      5.3  4.7       5.8  5.3   .......  ......
1952.................................       .8     1.9      -.9     1.3     -1.0     1.8      4.4     4.5      5.8  6.7       4.3  5.0   .......  ......
1953.................................       .7      .8      -.3     -.3     -1.1    -1.4      4.2     4.3      3.4  3.5       3.5  3.6   .......  ......
1954.................................      -.7      .7     -1.6     -.9     -1.8     -.4      2.0     3.1      2.6  3.4       2.3  2.9   .......  ......

1955.................................       .4     -.4      -.3     -.9      -.7    -1.4      2.0     2.0      3.2  2.6       3.3  2.2   .......  ......
1956.................................      3.0     1.5      2.6     1.0      2.9      .7      3.4     2.5      3.8  3.8       3.2  3.8   .......  ......
1957.................................      2.9     3.3      2.8     3.2      2.8     3.2      4.2     4.3      4.8  4.3       4.7  4.2   .......  ......
1958.................................      1.8     2.8      1.2     2.1      2.4     4.5      2.7     3.7      4.6  5.3       4.5  4.6      -0.9     0
1959.................................      1.7      .7       .6     0       -1.0    -1.7      3.9     3.1      4.9  4.5       3.8  4.4       4.7     1.9

1960.................................      1.4     1.7      1.2      .9      3.1     1.0      2.5     3.4      3.7  4.3       3.2  3.7       1.3     2.3
1961.................................       .7     1.0      0        .6      -.7     1.3      2.1     1.7      3.5  3.6       3.1  2.7      -1.3      .4
1962.................................      1.3     1.0       .9      .9      1.3      .7      1.6     2.0      2.9  3.5       2.2  2.6       2.2      .4
1963.................................      1.6     1.3      1.5      .9      2.0     1.6      2.4     2.0      2.8  2.9       2.5  2.6       -.9     0
1964.................................      1.0     1.3       .9     1.2      1.3     1.3      1.6     2.0      2.3  2.3       2.1  2.1       0       -.4

1965.................................      1.9     1.6      1.4     1.1      3.5     2.2      2.7     2.3      3.6  3.2       2.8  2.4       1.8     1.8
1966.................................      3.5     2.9      2.5     2.6      4.0     5.0      4.8     3.8      8.3  5.3       6.7  4.4       1.7     1.7
1967.................................      3.0     3.1      2.5     1.9      1.2      .9      4.3     4.3      8.0  8.8       6.3  7.2       1.7     2.1
1968.................................      4.7     4.2      4.0     3.5      4.4     3.5      5.8     5.2      7.1  7.3       6.2  6.0       1.7     1.7
1969.................................      6.2     5.5      5.4     4.7      7.0     5.1      7.7     6.9      7.3  8.2       6.2  6.7       2.9     2.5

1970.................................      5.6     5.7      3.9     4.5      2.3     5.7      8.1     8.0      8.1  7.0       7.4  6.6       4.8     2.8
1971.................................      3.3     4.4      2.8     3.6      4.3     3.1      4.1     5.7      5.4  7.4       4.6  6.2       3.1     3.9
1972.................................      3.4     3.2      3.4     3.0      4.6     4.2      3.4     3.8      3.7  3.5       3.3  3.3       2.6     2.6
1973.................................      8.7     6.2     10.4     7.4     20.3    14.5      6.2     4.4      6.0  4.5       5.3  4.0      17.0     8.1
1974.................................     12.3    11.0     12.8    11.9     12.0    14.3     11.4     9.2     13.2  10.4     12.6  9.3      21.6    29.6

1975.................................      6.9     9.1      6.2     8.8      6.6     8.5      8.2     9.6     10.3  12.6      9.8  12.0     11.4    10.5
1976.................................      4.9     5.8      3.3     4.3       .5     3.0      7.2     8.3     10.8  10.1     10.0  9.5       7.1     7.1
1977.................................      6.7     6.5      6.1     5.8      8.1     6.3      8.0     7.7      9.0  9.9       8.9  9.6       7.2     9.5
1978.................................      9.0     7.6      8.8     7.2     11.8     9.9      9.3     8.6      9.3  8.5       8.8  8.4       7.9     6.3
1979.................................     13.3    11.3     13.0    11.3     10.2    11.0     13.6    11.0     10.5  9.8      10.1  9.2      37.5    25.1

1980.................................     12.5    13.5     11.0    12.3     10.2     8.6     14.2    15.4     10.1  11.3      9.9  11.0     18.0    30.9
1981.................................      8.9    10.3      6.0     8.4      4.3     7.8     13.0    13.1     12.6  10.7     12.5  10.7     11.9    13.6
1982.................................      3.8     6.2      3.6     4.1      3.1     4.1      4.3     9.0     11.2  11.8     11.0  11.6      1.3     1.5
1983.................................      3.8     3.2      2.9     2.9      2.7     2.1      4.8     3.5      6.2  8.7       6.4  8.8       -.5      .7
1984.................................      3.9     4.3      2.7     3.4      3.8     3.8      5.4     5.2      5.8  6.0       6.1  6.2        .2     1.0

1985.................................      3.8     3.6      2.5     2.1      2.6     2.3      5.1     5.1      6.8  6.1       6.8  6.3       1.8      .7
1986.................................      1.1     1.9     -2.0     -.9      3.8     3.2      4.5     5.0      7.9  7.7       7.7  7.5     -19.7   -13.2
1987.................................      4.4     3.6      4.6     3.2      3.5     4.1      4.3     4.2      5.6  6.6       5.8  6.6       8.2      .5
1988.................................      4.4     4.1      3.8     3.5      5.2     4.1      4.8     4.6      6.9  6.4       6.9  6.5        .5      .8
1989.................................      4.6     4.8      4.1     4.7      5.6     5.8      5.1     4.9      8.6  7.7       8.5  7.7       5.1     5.6

1990.................................      6.1     5.4      6.6     5.2      5.3     5.8      5.7     5.5      9.9  9.3       9.6  9.0      18.1     8.3
1991.................................      3.1     4.2      1.2     3.1      1.9     2.9      4.6     5.1      8.0  8.9       7.9  8.7      -7.4      .4
1992.................................      2.9     3.0      2.0     2.0      1.5     1.2      3.6     3.9      7.0  7.6       6.6  7.4       2.0      .5
1993.................................      2.7     3.0      1.5     1.9      2.9     2.2      3.8     3.9      5.9  6.5       5.4  5.9      -1.4     1.2
1994.................................      2.7     2.6      2.3     1.7      2.9     2.4      2.9     3.3      5.4  5.2       4.9  4.8       2.2      .4

1995.................................      2.5     2.8      1.4     1.9      2.1     2.8      3.5     3.4      4.4  5.1       3.9  4.5      -1.3      .6
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\1\ Changes from December to December are based on unadjusted indexes.
\2\ Commodities and services.
\3\ Household fuels--gas (piped), electricity, fuel oil, etc.--and motor fuel. Motor oil, coolant, etc. also included through 1982.

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

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.