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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 2013
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 Development Index Academic Library Operations 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 9.899 17.1 1929-30 17.1 1929
1939 8.049 13.9 1939-40 14.0 1939
1949 13.622 23.8 1949-50 23.7 1949 0.0960
1950 13.746 24.1 1950-51 25.1 1950 0.1006
                   
1951 14.675 26.0 1951-52 26.3 1951 0.1006
1952 14.996 26.5 1952-53 26.7 1952 0.1003
1953 15.190 26.7 1953-54 26.9 1953 0.1078
1954 15.346 26.9 1954-55 26.8 1954 0.1115
1955 15.566 26.8 1955-56 26.9 1955 0.1152
                   
1956 16.101 27.2 1956-57 27.7 1956 0.1202
1957 16.663 28.1 1957-58 28.6 1957 0.1260
1958 17.050 28.9 1958-59 29.0 1958 0.1335
1959 17.277 29.1 1959-60 29.4 1959 0.1389
1960 17.516 29.6 1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 1960 0.1410
                   
1961 17.709 29.9 1961-62 30.1 26.5 27.5 1961 0.1441
1962 17.927 30.2 1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 1962 0.1442
1963 18.129 30.6 1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 1963 0.1502
1964 18.407 31.0 1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 1964 0.1527
1965 18.744 31.5 1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 1965 0.1550
                   
1966 19.270 32.4 1966-67 32.9 32.9 33.8 1966 0.1593
1967 19.830 33.4 1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 1967 0.1629
1968 20.673 34.8 1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 1968 0.1689
1969 21.692 36.7 1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 1969 0.1795
1970 22.835 38.8 1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 1970 0.1897
                   
1971 23.996 40.5 1971-72 41.2 44.3 45.0 1971 0.2029
1972 25.038 41.8 1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 1972 0.2164
1973 26.399 44.4 1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 1973 0.2265
1974 28.763 49.3 1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 1974 0.2453
1975 31.435 53.8 1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3 1975 0.2694
                   
1976 33.161 56.9 1976-77 58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6 1976 0.2886
1977 35.213 60.6 1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8 1977 0.3096
1978 37.685 65.2 1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4 1978 0.3291
1979 40.795 72.6 1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5 1979 0.3573
1980 44.485 82.4 1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1 1980 0.3949
                   
1981 48.663 90.9 1981-82 94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0 1981 0.4387
1982 51.630 96.5 1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 1982 0.4717
1983 53.664 99.6 1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1 1983 0.4949
1984 55.570 103.9 1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2 1984 0.5165
1985 57.347 107.6 1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6 1985 0.5334
                   
1986 58.510 109.6 1986-87 111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2 1986 0.5477
1987 59.941 113.6 1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0 1987 0.5631
1988 62.042 118.3 1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6 1988 0.5820
1989 64.455 124.0 1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4 1989 0.6043
1990 66.848 130.7 1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7 1990 0.6226
                   
1991 69.063 136.2 1991-92 138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3 1991 0.6515
1992 70.639 140.3 1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8 1992 0.6758
1993 72.322 144.5 1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7 1993 0.6958
1994 73.859 148.2 1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9 1994 0.7087
1995 75.402 152.4 1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6 1995 0.7294
                   
1996 76.776 156.9 1996-97 158.9 178.4 1996 0.7452
1997 78.097 160.5 1997-98 161.7 184.7 1997 0.7602
1998 78.944 163.0 1998-99 164.5 189.1 1998 0.7670
1999 80.071 166.6 1999-2000 169.3 196.9 1999 0.7768
2000 81.894 172.2 2000-01 175.1 208.7 2000 0.7962
                   
2001 83.767 177.1 2001-02 178.2 212.7 2001 0.8175
2002 85.055 179.9 2002-03 182.1 223.5 2002 0.8313
2003 86.754 184.0 2003-04 186.1 231.7 2003 0.8544
2004 89.130 188.9 2004-05 191.7 240.8 2004 0.8774
2005 91.989 195.3 2005-06 199.0 253.1 2005 0.9080
                   
2006 94.816 201.6 2006-07 204.1 260.3 2006 0.9394
2007 97.338 207.3 2007-08 211.7 273.2 2007 0.9643
2008 99.208 215.3 2008-09 214.7 279.3 2008 0.9980
2009 100.000 214.5 2009-10 216.7 281.8 2009 1.0000
2010 101.215 218.1 2010-11 221.1 288.4 2010 1.0118
                   
2011 103.203 224.9 2011-12 227.6 293.2 2011 1.0317
2012 105.008 229.6 2012-13 231.4 2012 1.0511
2013 106.486 233.0 2013-14 2013 1.0682
—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 April 15, 2014, from http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=3&isuri=1&903=4. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved April 15, 2014, from http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost. Commonfund Institute, Higher Education Price Index, retrieved April 15, 2014, from https://www.commonfund.org/CommonfundInstitute/HEPI/Pages/default.aspx?RootFolder=%2FCommonfundInstitute%2FHEPI%2FHEPI%20Documents%2F2012&FolderCTID=&View={86E7741D-E445-47E7-8DD5-7A168C4A701E}. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Composite Deflator, retrieved April 15, 2014, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals. (This table was prepared April 2014.)

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