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Table 34. Gross domestic product price index, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget composite deflator: Selected years, 1919 through 2011
Calendar year School year Federal fiscal year
Year Gross domestic product price index Consumer
Price Index1
Year Consumer
Price Index2
Higher Education Price Index3 Research and Develop-
ment Index
Academic Library Opera-
tions Index
Year Federal budget compo-
site deflator
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1919 17.3 1919-20 19.1 1919
1929 10.593 17.1 1929-30 17.1 1929
1939 8.599 13.9 1939-40 14.0 1939
1949 14.515 23.8 1949-50 23.7 1949 0.1024
1950 14.628 24.1 1950-51 25.1 1950 0.1065
                   
1951 15.635 26.0 1951-52 26.3 1951 0.1047
1952 15.976 26.5 1952-53 26.7 1952 0.1042
1953 16.178 26.7 1953-54 26.9 1953 0.1124
1954 16.342 26.9 1954-55 26.8 1954 0.1163
1955 16.576 26.8 1955-56 26.9 1955 0.1203
                   
1956 17.148 27.2 1956-57 27.7 1956 0.1263
1957 17.749 28.1 1957-58 28.6 1957 0.1327
1958 18.157 28.9 1958-59 29.0 1958 0.1405
1959 18.363 29.1 1959-60 29.4 1959 0.1461
1960 18.620 29.6 1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 1960 0.1467
                   
1961 18.830 29.9 1961-62 30.1 26.5 27.5 1961 0.1507
1962 19.087 30.2 1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 1962 0.1511
1963 19.290 30.6 1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 1963 0.1579
1964 19.589 31.0 1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 1964 0.1600
1965 19.945 31.5 1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 1965 0.1621
                   
1966 20.511 32.4 1966-67 32.9 32.9 33.8 1966 0.1659
1967 21.142 33.4 1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 1967 0.1700
1968 22.040 34.8 1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 1968 0.1765
1969 23.130 36.7 1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 1969 0.1881
1970 24.349 38.8 1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 1970 0.1992
                   
1971 25.567 40.5 1971-72 41.2 44.3 45.0 1971 0.2133
1972 26.670 41.8 1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 1972 0.2283
1973 28.148 44.4 1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 1973 0.2413
1974 30.695 49.3 1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 1974 0.2622
1975 33.606 53.8 1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3 1975 0.2890
                   
1976 35.535 56.9 1976-77 58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6 1976 0.3118
1977 37.796 60.6 1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8 1977 0.3372
1978 40.447 65.2 1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4 1978 0.3589
1979 43.811 72.6 1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5 1979 0.3904
1980 47.817 82.4 1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1 1980 0.4319
                   
1981 52.326 90.9 1981-82 94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0 1981 0.4790
1982 55.514 96.5 1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 1982 0.5137
1983 57.705 99.6 1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1 1983 0.5394
1984 59.874 103.9 1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2 1984 0.5677
1985 61.686 107.6 1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6 1985 0.5870
                   
1986 63.057 109.6 1986-87 111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2 1986 0.6022
1987 64.818 113.6 1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0 1987 0.6213
1988 67.047 118.3 1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6 1988 0.6400
1989 69.579 124.0 1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4 1989 0.6637
1990 72.274 130.7 1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7 1990 0.6842
                   
1991 74.826 136.2 1991-92 138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3 1991 0.7165
1992 76.602 140.3 1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8 1992 0.7439
1993 78.288 144.5 1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7 1993 0.7640
1994 79.935 148.2 1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9 1994 0.7782
1995 81.602 152.4 1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6 1995 0.7995
                   
1996 83.154 156.9 1996-97 158.9 178.4 1996 0.8187
1997 84.627 160.5 1997-98 161.7 184.7 1997 0.8359
1998 85.580 163.0 1998-99 164.5 189.1 1998 0.8439
1999 86.840 166.6 1999-2000 169.3 196.9 1999 0.8558
2000 88.724 172.2 2000-01 175.1 208.7 2000 0.8770
                   
2001 90.731 177.1 2001-02 178.2 212.7 2001 0.8992
2002 92.192 179.9 2002-03 182.1 223.5 2002 0.9138
2003 94.134 184.0 2003-04 186.1 231.7 2003 0.9378
2004 96.784 188.9 2004-05 191.7 240.8 2004 0.9645
2005 100.000 195.3 2005-06 199.0 253.1 2005 1.0000
                   
2006 103.237 201.6 2006-07 204.1 260.3 2006 1.0354
2007 106.231 207.3 2007-08 211.7 273.2 2007 1.0642
2008 108.565 215.3 2008-09 214.7 279.3 2008 1.1031
2009 109.532 214.5 2009-10 216.7 281.8 2009 1.1085
2010 111.002 218.1 2010-11 221.1 288.4 2010 1.1218
2011 113.369 224.9 2011-12 227.6 2011 1.1525
—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).
3 Beginning in 2001-02, components of index were weighted through a regression methodology.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, retrieved January 10, 2013, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved January 10, 2013, from ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt. Commonfund Institute, Higher Education Price Index, retrieved January 10, 2013, from http://www.commonfund.org/CommonfundInstitute/HEPI/HEPI%20Documents/CF_HEPI_2012.pdf. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Composite Deflator, retrieved January 10, 2013, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals. (This table was prepared January 2013.)

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