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Table 35. Gross domestic product deflator, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget composite deflator: 1919 to 2002

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      Calendar year      ||                      School year                  ||Federal fiscal year
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       | Gross  |Consumer||         |Consumer| Higher  | Research  | Academic ||        | Federal
 Year  |domestic| Price  ||  Year   | Price  |Education|    and    | Library  ||  Year  |  budget
       |product |Index\1\||         |Index\2\|  Price  |Development|Operations||        |composite
       | chain  |        ||         |        |  Index  |   Index   |  Index   ||        | deflator
       | weight |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
       |deflator|        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
_______|________|________||_________|________|_________|___________|__________||________|__________
   1   |   2    |   3    ||    4    |   5    |    6    |     7     |    8     ||   9    |    10
_______|________|________||_________|________|_________|___________|__________||________|__________
1919 ..|    --- |   17.3 || 1919-20 |   19.1 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1919 ...|     ---
1929 ..|   12.6 |   17.1 || 1929-30 |   17.1 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1929 ...|     ---
1934 ..|    9.9 |   13.4 || 1934-35 |   13.6 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1934 ...|     ---
1939 ..|   10.2 |   13.9 || 1939-40 |   14.0 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1939 ...|     ---
1940 ..|   10.3 |   14.0 || 1940-41 |   14.2 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1940 ...|   0.1004
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1941 ..|   11.0 |   14.7 || 1941-42 |   15.6 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1941 ...|   0.1057
1942 ..|   11.9 |   16.3 || 1942-43 |   16.9 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1942 ...|   0.1180
1943 ..|   12.5 |   17.3 || 1943-44 |   17.4 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1943 ...|   0.1285
1944 ..|   12.8 |   17.6 || 1944-45 |   17.8 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1944 ...|   0.1209
1945 ..|   13.2 |   18.0 || 1945-46 |   18.2 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1945 ...|   0.1153
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1946 ..|   14.7 |   19.5 || 1946-47 |   21.2 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1946 ...|   0.1205
1947 ..|   16.3 |   22.3 || 1947-48 |   23.3 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1947 ...|   0.1351
1948 ..|   17.3 |   24.1 || 1948-49 |   24.1 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1948 ...|   0.1361
1949 ..|   17.3 |   23.8 || 1949-50 |   23.7 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1949 ...|   0.1326
1950 ..|   17.4 |   24.1 || 1950-51 |   25.1 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1950 ...|   0.1362
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1951 ..|   18.6 |   26.0 || 1951-52 |   26.3 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1951 ...|   0.1396
1952 ..|   19.0 |   26.5 || 1952-53 |   26.7 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1952 ...|   0.1400
1953 ..|   19.2 |   26.7 || 1953-54 |   26.9 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1953 ...|   0.1491
1954 ..|   19.5 |   26.9 || 1954-55 |   26.8 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1954 ...|   0.1551
1955 ..|   19.7 |   26.8 || 1955-56 |   26.9 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1955 ...|   0.1587
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1956 ..|   20.4 |   27.2 || 1956-57 |   27.7 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1956 ...|   0.1659
1957 ..|   21.1 |   28.1 || 1957-58 |   28.6 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1957 ...|   0.1731
1958 ..|   21.6 |   28.9 || 1958-59 |   29.0 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1958 ...|   0.1828
1959 ..|   21.9 |   29.1 || 1959-60 |   29.4 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||1959 ...|   0.1862
1960 ..|   22.2 |   29.6 || 1960-61 |   29.8 |    25.6 |      26.7 |      --- ||1960 ...|   0.1870
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1961 ..|   22.4 |   29.9 || 1961-62 |   30.1 |    26.5 |      27.5 |      --- ||1961 ...|   0.1919
1962 ..|   22.7 |   30.2 || 1962-63 |   30.4 |    27.6 |      28.5 |      --- ||1962 ...|   0.1918
1963 ..|   23.0 |   30.6 || 1963-64 |   30.8 |    28.6 |      29.5 |      --- ||1963 ...|   0.1999
1964 ..|   23.3 |   31.0 || 1964-65 |   31.2 |    29.8 |      30.7 |      --- ||1964 ...|   0.2026
1965 ..|   23.8 |   31.5 || 1965-66 |   31.9 |    31.3 |      32.0 |      --- ||1965 ...|   0.2054
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1966 ..|   24.5 |   32.4 || 1966-67 |   32.9 |    32.9 |      33.8 |      --- ||1966 ...|   0.2212
1967 ..|   25.2 |   33.4 || 1967-68 |   34.0 |    34.9 |      35.7 |      --- ||1967 ...|   0.2188
1968 ..|   26.3 |   34.8 || 1968-69 |   35.7 |    37.1 |      38.0 |      --- ||1968 ...|   0.2286
1969 ..|   27.6 |   36.7 || 1969-70 |   37.8 |    39.5 |      40.3 |      --- ||1969 ...|   0.2425
1970 ..|   29.1 |   38.8 || 1970-71 |   39.7 |    42.1 |      42.7 |      --- ||1970 ...|   0.2569
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1971 ..|   30.5 |   40.5 || 1971-72 |   41.2 |    44.3 |      45.0 |      --- ||1971 ...|   0.2736
1972 ..|   31.8 |   41.8 || 1972-73 |   42.8 |    46.7 |      47.1 |      --- ||1972 ...|   0.2914
1973 ..|   33.6 |   44.4 || 1973-74 |   46.6 |    49.9 |      50.1 |      --- ||1973 ...|   0.3047
1974 ..|   36.6 |   49.3 || 1974-75 |   51.8 |    54.3 |      54.8 |      --- ||1974 ...|   0.3322
1975 ..|   40.0 |   53.8 || 1975-76 |   55.5 |    57.8 |      59.0 |     57.3 ||1975 ...|   0.3655
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1976 ..|   42.3 |   56.9 || 1976-77 |   58.7 |    61.5 |      62.7 |     61.6 ||1976 ...|   0.3922
1977 ..|   45.0 |   60.6 || 1977-78 |   62.6 |    65.7 |      66.8 |     65.8 ||1977 ...|   0.4242
1978 ..|   48.2 |   65.2 || 1978-79 |   68.5 |    70.5 |      71.7 |     71.4 ||1978 ...|   0.4524
1979 ..|   52.2 |   72.6 || 1979-80 |   77.6 |    77.5 |      78.3 |     78.5 ||1979 ...|   0.4903
1980 ..|   57.1 |   82.4 || 1980-81 |   86.6 |    85.8 |      86.6 |     86.1 ||1980 ...|   0.5409
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1981 ..|   62.4 |   90.9 || 1981-82 |   94.1 |    93.9 |      94.0 |     94.0 ||1981 ...|   0.5965
1982 ..|   66.3 |   96.5 || 1982-83 |   98.2 |   100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 ||1982 ...|   0.6386
1983 ..|   68.9 |   99.6 || 1983-84 |  101.8 |   104.8 |     104.3 |    105.1 ||1983 ...|   0.6682
1984 ..|   71.4 |  103.9 || 1984-85 |  105.8 |   110.8 |     109.8 |    111.2 ||1984 ...|   0.7013
1985 ..|   73.7 |  107.6 || 1985-86 |  108.8 |   116.3 |     115.2 |    117.6 ||1985 ...|   0.7254
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1986 ..|   75.3 |  109.6 || 1986-87 |  111.2 |   120.9 |     120.0 |    124.2 ||1986 ...|   0.7433
1987 ..|   77.6 |  113.6 || 1987-88 |  115.8 |   126.2 |     126.8 |    130.0 ||1987 ...|   0.7637
1988 ..|   80.2 |  118.3 || 1988-89 |  121.2 |   132.8 |     132.1 |    138.6 ||1988 ...|   0.7879
1989 ..|   83.3 |  124.0 || 1989-90 |  127.0 |   140.8 |     139.0 |    147.4 ||1989 ...|   0.8171
1990 ..|   86.5 |  130.7 || 1990-91 |  133.9 |   148.2 |     145.8 |    155.7 ||1990 ...|   0.8447
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1991 ..|   89.7 |  136.2 || 1991-92 |  138.2 |   153.5 |     150.6 |    163.3 ||1991 ...|   0.8820
1992 ..|   91.9 |  140.3 || 1992-93 |  142.5 |   157.9 |     155.2 |    169.8 ||1992 ...|   0.9119
1993 ..|   94.1 |  144.5 || 1993-94 |  146.2 |   163.3 |     160.1 |    176.7 ||1993 ...|   0.9349
1994 ..|   96.0 |  148.2 || 1994-95 |  150.4 |   168.1 |     165.4 |    183.9 ||1994 ...|   0.9543
1995 ..|   98.1 |  152.4 || 1995-96 |  154.5 |   173.0 |     170.8 |    192.6 ||1995 ...|   0.9770
       |        |        ||         |        |         |           |          ||        |
1996 ..|  100.0 |  156.9 || 1996-97 |  158.9 |   178.4 |       --- |      --- ||1996 ...|   1.0000
1997 ..|  102.0 |  160.5 || 1997-98 |  161.7 |   184.7 |       --- |      --- ||1997 ...|   1.0207
1998 ..|  103.2 |  163.0 || 1998-99 |  164.5 |   189.1 |       --- |      --- ||1998 ...|   1.0336
1999 ..|  104.7 |  166.6 ||1999-2000|  169.3 |   196.9 |       --- |      --- ||1999 ...|   1.0501
2000 ..|  106.9 |  172.2 || 2000-01 |  175.1 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||2000 ...|   1.0778
2001 ..|  109.4 |  177.1 || 2001-02 |  178.2 |     --- |       --- |      --- ||2001 ...|   1.1010
2002 ..|    --- |    --- || 2002-03 |    --- |     --- |       --- |      --- ||2002 ...|   1.1235
_______|________|________||_________|________|_________|___________|__________||________|__________

---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; and U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2003. (This table was prepared December 2002.)


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