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Table 106.70. Gross domestic product price index, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget composite deflator: Selected years, 1919 through 2015
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
composite
deflator
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1919 17.3 1919-20 19.1 1919
1929 9.896 17.1 1929-30 17.1 1929
1939 8.033 13.9 1939-40 14.0 1939
1949 13.581 23.8 1949-50 23.7 1949 0.0958
1950 13.745 24.1 1950-51 25.1 1950 0.1005
                   
1951 14.716 26.0 1951-52 26.3 1951 0.1009
1952 14.972 26.5 1952-53 26.7 1952 0.1006
1953 15.157 26.7 1953-54 26.9 1953 0.1080
1954 15.298 26.9 1954-55 26.8 1954 0.1113
1955 15.559 26.8 1955-56 26.9 1955 0.1151
                   
1956 16.091 27.2 1956-57 27.7 1956 0.1202
1957 16.625 28.1 1957-58 28.6 1957 0.1261
1958 17.001 28.9 1958-59 29.0 1958 0.1336
1959 17.237 29.1 1959-60 29.4 1959 0.1391
1960 17.476 29.6 1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 1960 0.1411
                   
1961 17.669 29.9 1961-62 30.1 26.5 27.5 1961 0.1443
1962 17.886 30.2 1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 1962 0.1446
1963 18.088 30.6 1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 1963 0.1507
1964 18.366 31.0 1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 1964 0.1531
1965 18.702 31.5 1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 1965 0.1553
                   
1966 19.227 32.4 1966-67 32.9 32.9 33.8 1966 0.1596
1967 19.786 33.4 1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 1967 0.1632
1968 20.627 34.8 1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 1968 0.1692
1969 21.642 36.7 1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 1969 0.1798
1970 22.784 38.8 1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 1970 0.1899
                   
1971 23.941 40.5 1971-72 41.2 44.3 45.0 1971 0.2031
1972 24.978 41.8 1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 1972 0.2166
1973 26.337 44.4 1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 1973 0.2267
1974 28.703 49.3 1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 1974 0.2455
1975 31.361 53.8 1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3 1975 0.2696
                   
1976 33.083 56.9 1976-77 58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6 1976 0.2890
1977 35.135 60.6 1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8 1977 0.3099
1978 37.602 65.2 1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4 1978 0.3294
1979 40.706 72.6 1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5 1979 0.3578
1980 44.377 82.4 1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1 1980 0.3953
                   
1981 48.520 90.9 1981-82 94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0 1981 0.4393
1982 51.530 96.5 1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 1982 0.4722
1983 53.565 99.6 1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1 1983 0.4958
1984 55.466 103.9 1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2 1984 0.5185
1985 57.240 107.6 1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6 1985 0.5373
                   
1986 58.395 109.6 1986-87 111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2 1986 0.5487
1987 59.885 113.6 1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0 1987 0.5644
1988 61.982 118.3 1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6 1988 0.5835
1989 64.392 124.0 1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4 1989 0.6059
1990 66.773 130.7 1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7 1990 0.6238
                   
1991 68.996 136.2 1991-92 138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3 1991 0.6527
1992 70.569 140.3 1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8 1992 0.6772
1993 72.248 144.5 1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7 1993 0.6973
1994 73.785 148.2 1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9 1994 0.7100
1995 75.324 152.4 1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6 1995 0.7307
                   
1996 76.699 156.9 1996-97 158.9 178.4 1996 0.7460
1997 78.012 160.5 1997-98 161.7 184.7 1997 0.7612
1998 78.859 163.0 1998-99 164.5 189.1 1998 0.7681
1999 80.065 166.6 1999-2000 169.3 196.9 1999 0.7778
2000 81.887 172.2 2000-01 175.1 208.7 2000 0.7971
                   
2001 83.754 177.1 2001-02 178.2 212.7 2001 0.8184
2002 85.039 179.9 2002-03 182.1 223.5 2002 0.8320
2003 86.735 184.0 2003-04 186.1 231.7 2003 0.8555
2004 89.120 188.9 2004-05 191.7 240.8 2004 0.8779
2005 91.988 195.3 2005-06 199.0 253.1 2005 0.9083
                   
2006 94.814 201.6 2006-07 204.1 260.3 2006 0.9396
2007 97.337 207.3 2007-08 211.7 273.2 2007 0.9644
2008 99.246 215.3 2008-09 214.7 279.3 2008 0.9981
2009 100.000 214.5 2009-10 216.7 281.8 2009 1.0000
2010 101.221 218.1 2010-11 221.1 288.4 2010 1.0119
                   
2011 103.311 224.9 2011-12 227.6 293.2 2011 1.0318
2012 105.214 229.6 2012-13 231.4 297.8 2012 1.0512
2013 106.929 233.0 2013-14 235.0 306.7 2013 1.0659
2014 108.686 236.7 2014-15 236.7 2014 1.0825
2015 109.767 237.0 2015-16 2015 1.0970
—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 February 1, 2016, from http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=3&isuri=1&904=1929&903=13&906=a&905=2015&910=x&911=0. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved July 29, 2015, from http://www.bls.gov/data/. Commonfund Institute, retrieved February 1, 2016, from https://www.commonfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-Type-of-Institution-Summary.pdf. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Composite Deflator, retrieved February 1, 2016, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals. (This table was prepared February 2016.)

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