Thursday, May 8, 2008

Consumer Price Index (1913 - )

U. S. Economic History


1913 - Bureau of Labor Statistics began calculating the Consumer Price Index (CPI) - measure of average change over time in prices paid by urban consumers for market basket of consumer goods and services; 2008 - 84,000 prices in about 200 categories measured:

CPI-U 1913-2004; Source: U.S. Department Of Labor




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