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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 2009
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 10.584 17.1 1929-30 17.1 1929
1939 8.591 13.9 1939-40 14.0 1939
1949 14.502 23.8 1949-50 23.7 1949 0.1024
1950 14.615 24.1 1950-51 25.1 1950 0.1064
                   
1951 15.622 26.0 1951-52 26.3 1951 0.1047
1952 15.962 26.5 1952-53 26.7 1952 0.1041
1953 16.164 26.7 1953-54 26.9 1953 0.1124
1954 16.328 26.9 1954-55 26.8 1954 0.1163
1955 16.562 26.8 1955-56 26.9 1955 0.1203
                   
1956 17.133 27.2 1956-57 27.7 1956 0.1263
1957 17.733 28.1 1957-58 28.6 1957 0.1327
1958 18.142 28.9 1958-59 29.0 1958 0.1405
1959 18.348 29.1 1959-60 29.4 1959 0.1460
1960 18.604 29.6 1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 1960 0.1466
                   
1961 18.814 29.9 1961-62 30.1 26.5 27.5 1961 0.1507
1962 19.071 30.2 1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 1962 0.1511
1963 19.273 30.6 1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 1963 0.1579
1964 19.572 31.0 1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 1964 0.1599
1965 19.928 31.5 1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 1965 0.1620
                   
1966 20.493 32.4 1966-67 32.9 32.9 33.8 1966 0.1658
1967 21.124 33.4 1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 1967 0.1700
1968 22.022 34.8 1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 1968 0.1765
1969 23.110 36.7 1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 1969 0.1881
1970 24.328 38.8 1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 1970 0.1991
                   
1971 25.545 40.5 1971-72 41.2 44.3 45.0 1971 0.2133
1972 26.647 41.8 1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 1972 0.2283
1973 28.124 44.4 1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 1973 0.2412
1974 30.669 49.3 1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 1974 0.2621
1975 33.577 53.8 1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3 1975 0.2889
                   
1976 35.505 56.9 1976-77 58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6 1976 0.3117
1977 37.764 60.6 1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8 1977 0.3371
1978 40.413 65.2 1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4 1978 0.3588
1979 43.773 72.6 1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5 1979 0.3902
1980 47.776 82.4 1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1 1980 0.4318
                   
1981 52.281 90.9 1981-82 94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0 1981 0.4789
1982 55.467 96.5 1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 1982 0.5136
1983 57.655 99.6 1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1 1983 0.5393
1984 59.823 103.9 1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2 1984 0.5675
1985 61.633 107.6 1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6 1985 0.5868
                   
1986 63.003 109.6 1986-87 111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2 1986 0.6020
1987 64.763 113.6 1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0 1987 0.6210
1988 66.990 118.3 1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6 1988 0.6398
1989 69.520 124.0 1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4 1989 0.6634
1990 72.213 130.7 1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7 1990 0.6840
                   
1991 74.762 136.2 1991-92 138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3 1991 0.7162
1992 76.537 140.3 1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8 1992 0.7436
1993 78.222 144.5 1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7 1993 0.7637
1994 79.867 148.2 1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9 1994 0.7780
1995 81.533 152.4 1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6 1995 0.7992
                   
1996 83.083 156.9 1996-97 158.9 178.4 1996 0.8184
1997 84.554 160.5 1997-98 161.7 184.7 1997 0.8356
1998 85.507 163.0 1998-99 164.5 189.1 1998 0.8436
1999 86.766 166.6 1999-2000 169.3 196.9 1999 0.8554
2000 88.648 172.2 2000-01 175.1 208.7 2000 0.8767
                   
2001 90.654 177.1 2001-02 178.2 212.7 2001 0.8988
2002 92.113 179.9 2002-03 182.1 223.5 2002 0.9135
2003 94.099 184.0 2003-04 186.1 231.7 2003 0.9375
2004 96.769 188.9 2004-05 191.7 240.8 2004 0.9644
2005 100.000 195.3 2005-06 199.0 253.1 2005 1.0000
                   
2006 103.263 201.6 2006-07 204.1 260.3 2006 1.0356
2007 106.301 207.3 2007-08 211.7 273.2 2007 1.0638
2008 108.598 215.3 2008-09 214.7 279.3 2008 1.1029
2009 109.618 214.5 2009-10 216.7 281.8 2009 1.1040
—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 September 17, 2010, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved September 17, 2010, from ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt. Commonfund Institute, Higher Education Price Index, retrieved September 17, 2010, from http://www.commonfund.org/CommonfundInstitute/HEPI/Pages/default.aspx. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2011, Historical Tables. (This table was prepared September 2010.)

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