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  • Table 38.Gross domestic product deflator, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget compositedeflator: 1919 to 1997

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          Calendar year       ||                      School year                              ||Federal fiscal year
    __________________________||_______________________________________________________________||____________________
            | Gross  |Consumer||         |Consumer|Elementary/| Higher  | Research  | Academic ||         | Federal
      Year  |domestic| Price  ||  Year   | Price  | Secondary |Education|    and    | Library  ||  Year   |  budget
            |product |Index\1\||         |Index\2\|   Price   |  Price  |Development|Operations||         |composite
            | chain  |        ||         |        |   Index   |  Index  |   Index   |  Index   ||         | deflator
            | weight |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
            |deflator|        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    ________|________|________||_________|________|___________|_________|___________|__________||_________|__________
       1    |   2    |   3    ||    4    |   5    |     6     |     7   |     8     |    9     ||   10    |    11
    ________|________|________||_________|________|___________|_________|___________|__________||_________|__________
    1919 ...|     ---|   17.3 || 1919-20 |   19.1 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1919 ....|     ---
    1929 ...|     ---|   17.1 || 1929-30 |   17.1 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1929 ....|     ---
    1934 ...|     ---|   13.4 || 1934-35 |   13.6 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1934 ....|     ---
    1939 ...|     ---|   13.9 || 1939-40 |   14.0 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1939 ....|     ---
    1940 ...|     ---|   14.0 || 1940-41 |   14.2 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1940 ....|   0.0867
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1941 ...|     ---|   14.7 || 1941-42 |   15.6 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1941 ....|   0.0909
    1942 ...|     ---|   16.3 || 1942-43 |   16.9 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1942 ....|   0.1052
    1943 ...|     ---|   17.3 || 1943-44 |   17.4 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1943 ....|   0.1174
    1944 ...|     ---|   17.6 || 1944-45 |   17.8 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1944 ....|   0.1106
    1945 ...|     ---|   18.0 || 1945-46 |   18.2 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1945 ....|   0.1075
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1946 ...|     ---|   19.5 || 1946-47 |   21.2 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1946 ....|   0.1044
    1947 ...|     ---|   22.3 || 1947-48 |   23.3 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1947 ....|   0.1249
    1948 ...|     ---|   24.1 || 1948-49 |   24.1 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1948 ....|   0.1280
    1949 ...|     ---|   23.8 || 1949-50 |   23.7 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1949 ....|   0.1286
    1950 ...|     ---|   24.1 || 1950-51 |   25.1 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1950 ....|   0.1333
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1951 ...|     ---|   26.0 || 1951-52 |   26.3 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1951 ....|   0.1298
    1952 ...|     ---|   26.5 || 1952-53 |   26.7 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1952 ....|   0.1335
    1953 ...|     ---|   26.7 || 1953-54 |   26.9 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1953 ....|   0.1440
    1954 ...|     ---|   26.9 || 1954-55 |   26.8 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1954 ....|   0.1493
    1955 ...|     ---|   26.8 || 1955-56 |   26.9 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1955 ....|   0.1518
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1956 ...|     ---|   27.2 || 1956-57 |   27.7 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1956 ....|   0.1602
    1957 ...|     ---|   28.1 || 1957-58 |   28.6 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1957 ....|   0.1702
    1958 ...|     ---|   28.9 || 1958-59 |   29.0 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1958 ....|   0.1799
    1959 ...|   23.0 |   29.1 || 1959-60 |   29.4 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1959 ....|   0.1917
    1960 ...|   23.3 |   29.6 || 1960-61 |   29.8 |        ---|    25.6 |      26.7 |       ---||1960 ....|   0.2012
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1961 ...|   23.6 |   29.9 || 1961-62 |   30.1 |        ---|    26.5 |      27.5 |       ---||1961 ....|   0.2062
    1962 ...|   23.9 |   30.2 || 1962-63 |   30.4 |        ---|    27.6 |      28.5 |       ---||1962 ....|   0.2087
    1963 ...|   24.2 |   30.6 || 1963-64 |   30.8 |        ---|    28.6 |      29.5 |       ---||1963 ....|   0.2164
    1964 ...|   24.6 |   31.0 || 1964-65 |   31.2 |        ---|    29.8 |      30.7 |       ---||1964 ....|   0.2199
    1965 ...|   25.0 |   31.5 || 1965-66 |   31.9 |        ---|    31.3 |      32.0 |       ---||1965 ....|   0.2227
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1966 ...|   25.7 |   32.4 || 1966-67 |   32.9 |        ---|    32.9 |      33.8 |       ---||1966 ....|   0.2295
    1967 ...|   26.6 |   33.4 || 1967-68 |   34.0 |        ---|    34.9 |      35.7 |       ---||1967 ....|   0.2368
    1968 ...|   27.7 |   34.8 || 1968-69 |   35.7 |        ---|    37.1 |      38.0 |       ---||1968 ....|   0.2469
    1969 ...|   29.0 |   36.7 || 1969-70 |   37.8 |        ---|    39.5 |      40.3 |       ---||1969 ....|   0.2606
    1970 ...|   30.6 |   38.8 || 1970-71 |   39.7 |        ---|    42.1 |      42.7 |       ---||1970 ....|   0.2765
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1971 ...|   32.1 |   40.5 || 1971-72 |   41.2 |        ---|    44.3 |      45.0 |       ---||1971 ....|   0.2939
    1972 ...|   33.5 |   41.8 || 1972-73 |   42.8 |        ---|    46.7 |      47.1 |       ---||1972 ....|   0.3123
    1973 ...|   35.4 |   44.4 || 1973-74 |   46.6 |        ---|    49.9 |      50.1 |       ---||1973 ....|   0.3280
    1974 ...|   38.5 |   49.3 || 1974-75 |   51.8 |      52.7 |    54.3 |      54.8 |       ---||1974 ....|   0.3547
    1975 ...|   42.2 |   53.8 || 1975-76 |   55.5 |      57.3 |    57.8 |      59.0 |     57.3 ||1975 ....|   0.4199
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1976 ...|   44.6 |   56.9 || 1976-77 |   58.7 |      60.9 |    61.5 |      62.7 |     61.6 ||1976 ....|   0.4199
    1977 ...|   47.5 |   60.6 || 1977-78 |   62.6 |      64.8 |    65.7 |      66.8 |     65.8 ||1977 ....|   0.4540
    1978 ...|   50.9 |   65.2 || 1978-79 |   68.5 |      70.5 |    70.5 |      71.7 |     71.4 ||1978 ....|   0.4857
    1979 ...|   55.3 |   72.6 || 1979-80 |   77.6 |      76.6 |    77.5 |      78.3 |     78.5 ||1979 ....|   0.5267
    1980 ...|   60.4 |   82.4 || 1980-81 |   86.6 |      85.9 |    85.8 |      86.6 |     86.1 ||1980 ....|   0.5819
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1981 ...|   66.1 |   90.9 || 1981-82 |   94.1 |      93.7 |    93.9 |      94.0 |     94.0 ||1981 ....|   0.6421
    1982 ...|   70.2 |   96.5 || 1982-83 |   98.2 |     100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 ||1982 ....|   0.6865
    1983 ...|   73.2 |   99.6 || 1983-84 |  101.8 |     105.0 |   104.8 |     104.3 |    105.1 ||1983 ....|   0.7195
    1984 ...|   75.9 |  103.9 || 1984-85 |  105.8 |     112.0 |   110.8 |     109.8 |    111.2 ||1984 ....|   0.7545
    1985 ...|   78.6 |  107.6 || 1985-86 |  108.8 |     118.5 |   116.3 |     115.2 |    117.6 ||1985 ....|   0.7829
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1986 ...|   80.6 |  109.6 || 1986-87 |  111.2 |     123.3 |   120.9 |     120.0 |    124.2 ||1986 ....|   0.8050
    1987 ...|   83.1 |  113.6 || 1987-88 |  115.8 |     129.8 |   126.1 |     126.8 |    130.0 ||1987 ....|   0.8273
    1988 ...|   86.1 |  118.3 || 1988-89 |  121.2 |     136.3 |   132.8 |     132.1 |    138.6 ||1988 ....|   0.8546
    1989 ...|   89.7 |  124.0 || 1989-90 |  127.0 |     144.3 |   140.8 |     139.0 |    147.4 ||1989 ....|   0.8902
    1990 ...|   93.6 |  130.7 || 1990-91 |  133.9 |     152.3 |   148.2 |     145.8 |    155.7 ||1990 ....|   0.9257
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1991 ...|   97.3 |  136.2 || 1991-92 |  138.2 |     158.5 |   153.4 |     150.5 |    163.3 ||1991 ....|   0.9695
    1992 ...|  100.0 |  140.3 || 1992-93 |  142.5 |     162.2 |   157.9 |     155.2 |    169.7 ||1992 ....|   1.0000
    1993 ...|  102.6 |  144.5 || 1993-94 |  146.2 |     167.1 |   163.3 |     160.2 |    176.0 ||1993 ....|   1.0252
    1994 ...|  105.0 |  148.2 || 1994-95 |  150.4 |     170.6 |   168.2 |     165.4 |    183.3 ||1994 ....|   1.0492
    1995 ...|  107.6 |  152.4 || 1995-96 |  154.5 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1995 ....|   1.0745
            |        |        ||         |        |           |         |           |          ||         |
    1996 ...|  109.7 |  156.9 || 1996-97 |  158.9 |        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1996 ....|   1.0991
    1997 ...|     ---|     ---|| 1997-98 |     ---|        ---|      ---|        ---|       ---||1997 ....|   1.1283
    ________|________|________||_________|________|___________|_________|___________|__________||_________|__________
    

    \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).

    ---Data not available.

    NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

    SOURCE: Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Indicators, February 1991 and April 1997, and Economic Report of the President, February 1996; 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; and U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1997. (This table was prepared June 1997.)


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