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Table 31. Gross domestic product price index, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget composite deflator: Selected years, 1919 through 2004
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                        ||                                               || Federal fiscal
      Calendar year     ||                 School year                   ||      year
________________________||_______________________________________________||_______________
      |   Gross|        ||          |        |         |Research|Academic||      | Federal
      |domestic|        ||          |        |   Higher|     and| Library||      |  budget
      | product|Consumer||          |Consumer|Education|Develop-|  Opera-||      |  compo-
      |   price|   Price||          |   Price|    Price|    ment|   tions||      |    site
Year  |   index|Index\1\||Year      |Index\2\|    Index|   Index|   Index||Year  |deflator
______|________|________||__________|________|_________|________|________||______|________
1     |       2|       3||4         |       5|        6|       7|       8||9     |      10
______|________|________||__________|________|_________|________|________||______|________
1919 .|    --- |    17.3||1919-20 ..|    19.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1919 .|     ---
1929 .|    11.9|    17.1||1929-30 ..|    17.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1929 .|     ---
1934 .|     9.4|    13.4||1934-35 ..|    13.6|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1934 .|     ---
1939 .|     9.7|    13.9||1939-40 ..|    14.0|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1939 .|     ---
1940 .|     9.8|    14.0||1940-41 ..|    14.2|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1940 .|  0.0870
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1941 .|    10.4|    14.7||1941-42 ..|    15.6|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1941 .|  0.0928
1942 .|    11.3|    16.3||1942-43 ..|    16.9|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1942 .|  0.1028
1943 .|    11.9|    17.3||1943-44 ..|    17.4|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1943 .|  0.1122
1944 .|    12.2|    17.6||1944-45 ..|    17.8|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1944 .|  0.1061
1945 .|    12.5|    18.0||1945-46 ..|    18.2|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1945 .|  0.1041
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1946 .|    13.9|    19.5||1946-47 ..|    21.2|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1946 .|  0.1071
1947 .|    15.5|    22.3||1947-48 ..|    23.3|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1947 .|  0.1162
1948 .|    16.4|    24.1||1948-49 ..|    24.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1948 .|  0.1273
1949 .|    16.4|    23.8||1949-50 ..|    23.7|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1949 .|  0.1246
1950 .|    16.5|    24.1||1950-51 ..|    25.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1950 .|  0.1287
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1951 .|    17.6|    26.0||1951-52 ..|    26.3|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1951 .|  0.1279
1952 .|    18.0|    26.5||1952-53 ..|    26.7|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1952 .|  0.1280
1953 .|    18.2|    26.7||1953-54 ..|    26.9|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1953 .|  0.1368
1954 .|    18.4|    26.9||1954-55 ..|    26.8|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1954 .|  0.1409
1955 .|    18.7|    26.8||1955-56 ..|    26.9|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1955 .|  0.1455
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1956 .|    19.4|    27.2||1956-57 ..|    27.7|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1956 .|  0.1526
1957 .|    20.0|    28.1||1957-58 ..|    28.6|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1957 .|  0.1601
1958 .|    20.5|    28.9||1958-59 ..|    29.0|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1958 .|  0.1687
1959 .|    20.8|    29.1||1959-60 ..|    29.4|     --- |    --- |    --- ||1959 .|  0.1746
1960 .|    21.0|    29.6||1960-61 ..|    29.8|     25.6|    26.7|    --- ||1960 .|  0.1750
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1961 .|    21.3|    29.9||1961-62 ..|    30.1|     26.5|    27.5|    --- ||1961 .|  0.1795
1962 .|    21.6|    30.2||1962-63 ..|    30.4|     27.6|    28.5|    --- ||1962 .|  0.1803
1963 .|    21.8|    30.6||1963-64 ..|    30.8|     28.6|    29.5|    --- ||1963 .|  0.1873
1964 .|    22.1|    31.0||1964-65 ..|    31.2|     29.8|    30.7|    --- ||1964 .|  0.1900
1965 .|    22.5|    31.5||1965-66 ..|    31.9|     31.3|    32.0|    --- ||1965 .|  0.1928
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1966 .|    23.2|    32.4||1966-67 ..|    32.9|     32.9|    33.8|    --- ||1966 .|  0.1974
1967 .|    23.9|    33.4||1967-68 ..|    34.0|     34.9|    35.7|    --- ||1967 .|  0.2026
1968 .|    24.9|    34.8||1968-69 ..|    35.7|     37.1|    38.0|    --- ||1968 .|  0.2103
1969 .|    26.2|    36.7||1969-70 ..|    37.8|     39.5|    40.3|    --- ||1969 .|  0.2230
1970 .|    27.5|    38.8||1970-71 ..|    39.7|     42.1|    42.7|    --- ||1970 .|  0.2363
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1971 .|    28.9|    40.5||1971-72 ..|    41.2|     44.3|    45.0|    --- ||1971 .|  0.2519
1972 .|    30.2|    41.8||1972-73 ..|    42.8|     46.7|    47.1|    --- ||1972 .|  0.2690
1973 .|    31.9|    44.4||1973-74 ..|    46.6|     49.9|    50.1|    --- ||1973 .|  0.2833
1974 .|    34.7|    49.3||1974-75 ..|    51.8|     54.3|    54.8|    --- ||1974 .|  0.3070
1975 .|    38.0|    53.8||1975-76 ..|    55.5|     57.8|    59.0|    57.3||1975 .|  0.3384
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1976 .|    40.2|    56.9||1976-77 ..|    58.7|     61.5|    62.7|    61.6||1976 .|  0.3640
1977 .|    42.8|    60.6||1977-78 ..|    62.6|     65.7|    66.8|    65.8||1977 .|  0.3934
1978 .|    45.8|    65.2||1978-79 ..|    68.5|     70.5|    71.7|    71.4||1978 .|  0.4195
1979 .|    49.6|    72.6||1979-80 ..|    77.6|     77.5|    78.3|    78.5||1979 .|  0.4552
1980 .|    54.1|    82.4||1980-81 ..|    86.6|     85.8|    86.6|    86.1||1980 .|  0.5029
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1981 .|    59.1|    90.9||1981-82 ..|    94.1|     93.9|    94.0|    94.0||1981 .|  0.5562
1982 .|    62.7|    96.5||1982-83 ..|    98.2|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0||1982 .|  0.5958
1983 .|    65.2|    99.6||1983-84 ..|   101.8|    104.8|   104.3|   105.1||1983 .|  0.6245
1984 .|    67.7|   103.9||1984-85 ..|   105.8|    110.8|   109.8|   111.2||1984 .|  0.6555
1985 .|    69.7|   107.6||1985-86 ..|   108.8|    116.3|   115.2|   117.6||1985 .|  0.6781
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1986 .|    71.3|   109.6||1986-87 ..|   111.2|    120.9|   120.0|   124.2||1986 .|  0.6947
1987 .|    73.2|   113.6||1987-88 ..|   115.8|    126.2|   126.8|   130.0||1987 .|  0.7143
1988 .|    75.7|   118.3||1988-89 ..|   121.2|    132.8|   132.1|   138.6||1988 .|  0.7359
1989 .|    78.6|   124.0||1989-90 ..|   127.0|    140.8|   139.0|   147.4||1989 .|  0.7631
1990 .|    81.6|   130.7||1990-91 ..|   133.9|    148.2|   145.8|   155.7||1990 .|  0.7882
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1991 .|    84.5|   136.2||1991-92 ..|   138.2|    153.5|   150.6|   163.3||1991 .|  0.8226
1992 .|    86.4|   140.3||1992-93 ..|   142.5|    157.9|   155.2|   169.8||1992 .|  0.8508
1993 .|    88.4|   144.5||1993-94 ..|   146.2|    163.3|   160.1|   176.7||1993 .|  0.8725
1994 .|    90.3|   148.2||1994-95 ..|   150.4|    168.1|   165.4|   183.9||1994 .|  0.8902
1995 .|    92.1|   152.4||1995-96 ..|   154.5|    173.0|   170.8|   192.6||1995 .|  0.9120
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
1996 .|    93.9|   156.9||1996-97 ..|   158.9|    178.4|    --- |    --- ||1996 .|  0.9328
1997 .|    95.4|   160.5||1997-98 ..|   161.7|    184.7|    --- |    --- ||1997 .|  0.9508
1998 .|    96.5|   163.0||1998-99 ..|   164.5|    189.1|    --- |    --- ||1998 .|  0.9603
1999 .|    97.9|   166.6||1999-2000 |   169.3|    196.9|    --- |    --- ||1999 .|  0.9748
2000 .|   100.0|   172.2||2000-01 ..|   175.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||2000 .|  1.0000
      |        |        ||          |        |         |        |        ||      |
2001 .|   102.4|   177.1||2001-02 ..|   178.2|     --- |    --- |    --- ||2001 .|  1.0233
2002 .|   104.2|   179.9||2002-03 ..|   182.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||2002 .|  1.0419
2003 .|   106.3|   184.0||2003-04 ..|   186.1|     --- |    --- |    --- ||2003 .|  1.0680
2004 .|   109.1|   188.9||2004-05 ..|   191.7|     --- |    --- |    --- ||2004 .|  1.0917
______|________|________||__________|________|_________|________|________||______|________
---Not available.
\1\Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers through 1977. 1978 and later figures are for all urban consumers.
\2\Consumer Price Index adjusted to a school-year basis (July through June).
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, unpublished data. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index. Research Associates of Washington, Inflation Measures for Schools and Colleges, 1990 Update, and unpublished data. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2006. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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