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Unit Cost Indexes

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CONVERSION RATIOS

Index
2007/
1995
2007/
1998
2007/
1999
2007/
2000
2007/
2001
2007/
2002
2007/
2003
2007/
2004
2007/
2005
2007/
2006
1
WPU1176
0.9206
-
0.9157
-
0.9425
0.9591
0.9782
0.9990
1.0068
1.0078
2
WPU1178
0.7245
0.8230
0.8381
0.8476
0.8765
0.8907
0.9064
0.9268
0.9460
0.9299
3
PCU511210511210502
0.9801
0.9647
-
0.9273
0.9210
0.9300
0.9775
1.0203
1.0302
1.0084
4
PCU BBLD-BBLD
1.3894
-
-
-
-
-
1.2733
1.1814
1.0977
1.0330
5
WPU115
0.2532
0.4048
0.4684
-
0.5587
-
0.7122
0.7739
0.8439
0.9163
6
CIU1010000000710I
1.5014
-
-
-
1.2317
-
1.1413
1.1003
1.0622
1.0337
7
CUUR0000SA0
1.3605
-
-
-
-
-
1.1269
1.0976
1.0617
1.0285
8
WPU09130124
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.1728
1.1593
1.1052
1.0414
9
WPU10740512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.0966
1.0477

NOTES

1
WPU1176Applied to communications and related equipment
2
WPU1178Applied to elements that contain electronic components
3
PCU511210511210502Applied to software and integration elements
4
PCU BBLD-BBLDApplied to physical dwellings at Centers and Toll Plaza
5
WPU115Applied to computer hardware
6
CIU1010000000710IApplied to labor categories
7
CUUR0000SA0Applied to ISP Liability Insurance (IS016)
8
WPU09130124Applied to elements related to outreach and publicity
9
WPU10740512Applied to towers and overhead structures


YEAR–BY–YEAR INDEX SERIES FROM 1995–2007

1) Series Id: WPU1176
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Group: Machinery and equipment
Item: Communication and related equipment
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
1995
111.9
112.1
112.1
112.2
112.1
111.9
111.8
111.9
112.3
112.3
112.3
112.2
112.1
1996
112.9
113.1
113
113
112.7
112.6
112.9
113.1
113.1
113.2
113
113.9
113
1997
113.9
114
113.4
113.5
113.7
113.6
114.4
114.2
114.1
114.1
114.8
114.8
114
1998
114.8
114.8
114.6
114.4
114.1
114.1
113.7
113.6
113.6
113.7
113.7
113.5
114.1
1999
114.3
114.2
114.1
114
113
112.8
112.6
112.1
111.2
111.4
111.3
111.3
112.7
2000
111.4
110.9
110.8
110.6
110.8
110.4
110.5
110.5
110.5
110.4
110.4
109.8
110.6
2001
110.3
110.3
110.3
109.6
109.6
109.5
109.2
109.2
109.2
109.1
109.1
109
109.5
2002
109.3
108.7
108.8
107.9
107.9
107.7
106.9
107.1
107.4
106.7
106.8
106.2
107.6
2003
106.1
105.7
106.4
106.2
106.1
105.7
104.8
104.9
105.2
104.9
105.2
105.2
105.5
2004
105
103.4
103.4
103.3
103.4
103.1
103
103.2
103.1
102.6
103.1
103
103.3
2005
102.7
102.6
102.7
102.8
102.7
102.6
102.5
102.5
102.2
102.4
102.3
102.3
102.5
2006
102
102.3
102.1
102.5
102.5
102.7
102.6
102.7
102.7
102.5
102.5
102.1
102.4
2007
102.7
102.9
103.2
103.3
103.3
103.2
103.2
103.1
103.2
103.3
103.3
103.3
103.2

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2) Series Id: WPU1178
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Group: Machinery and equipment
Item: Electronic components and accessories
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
1995
114.6
115
114.3
114.4
114
113.7
113.1
112.9
112.9
112.9
113.1
112.9
113.6
1996
112.5
112.2
110.8
109.4
108.5
107.9
108
108
108.1
107.3
107.3
107.2
108.9
1997
106.7
106
105.8
105.4
104.5
104.5
104.4
103
102.9
101.9
101.6
101.4
104
1998
101.1
100.7
100.7
100.4
100.1
100
99.7
99.6
99.5
99.4
99.2
99.1
100
1999
98.8
98.6
98.6
98.3
98.1
97.8
97.6
97.7
98.1
98.3
98.2
97.9
98.2
2000
97.2
96.9
96.8
97.3
97.1
97.3
97.7
97.6
97.5
97.2
96.9
96.1
97.1
2001
95.9
95.3
95.1
94.9
94.6
94
93.5
92.9
92.6
92.4
92.6
92.7
93.9
2002
92.8
93
93.2
92.8
92.5
92.5
92.3
92.3
92.3
92
92
91.5
92.4
2003
91.3
91.1
91.2
91.3
91.4
91.1
90.9
90.6
90.3
90.2
90.3
89.7
90.8
2004
88.9
89.4
89.2
89.6
89.1
89.3
88.4
88.3
88.2
88.4
88.2
88.2
88.8
2005
88.2
88
87.7
87.5
87.1
87
87.3
87.4
86.8
86.6
85.7
85.2
87
2006
84.9
84.8
87.7
88.6
88.7
88.7
89
89.8
90.3
89.9
89.7
89.7
88.5
2007
89
85.2
83.9
83.8
82.7
83.1
81.7
80.8
80.2
79.5
79.1
78.4
82.3

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3) Series Id: PCU511210511210502
Industry: Software publishers
Product: Application software publishing
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
1997
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
100
-
1998
101.2
99.1
97.9
97.8
99.7
99.8
99.2
98.1
100.2
100.2
98.3
98.2
99.1
1999
99.1
99.5
99.5
99.5
99.3
100
99.8
100.6
99.9
99.9
99.7
99.6
99.7
2000
100
101.1
99.2
101.9
103.1
100.8
103.2
106.2
106.3
106.9
104.2
103.9
103.1
2001
105.3
104
104.7
107.8
103.1
103.8
100.2
103.5
103.6
103.5
103
103.9
103.8
2002
103.9
103.8
103.2
102
102.2
102
102.1
103.2
103
103.1
102.3
102.8
102.8
2003
98.6
100.2
99.3
99.5
99.5
99
100.1
97.7
94.2
94.6
95.7
95
97.8
2004
94.3
94.9
94.6
94.9
93.1
93.7
95.2
93.5
93.3
93
92.4
91.4
93.7
2005
93.2
92.3
92.7
93.2
92.1
93.3
92.3
92.8
92.9
92.8
92.7
92.8
92.8
2006
93
93.6
93.9
93.4
95.4
95.5
95.5
95.5
95.6
95.8
95.7
94.9
94.8
2007
95.4
95.4
95.2
95.4
95.4
95.5
95.7
95.6
95.6
96.3
95.7
96.0
95.6
NOTE: Index data were not available for 1995. The 1995 annual value was derived using linear regression. A linear trend line was developed
using data points from March 2000 and before. Based on this trend line, we estimate a 0.52 decrease in the annual index from year to year.
The 1995 annual index value is estimated to be 97.5.

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4) Series ID: PCUBBLD--BBLD--
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Industry: Non-residential buildings
Product: Non-residential buildings
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
1995
124.3
124.7
125.3
125.9
126.1
126.2
126.5
126.7
126.9
126.8
126.8
126.8
126.1
1996
127
127.1
127.3
127.6
128.1
128.4
128.4
128.6
129
129
129.3
129.3
128.2
1997
129.6
129.9
130
130.3
130.7
130.7
130.8
130.9
130.9
130.8
130.9
130.7
130.5
1998
130.6
130.6
130.7
131.1
131.2
131.4
131.6
131.6
131.7
131.6
131.4
131.1
131.2
1999
131.4
131.5
131.8
132.3
132.6
133.1
133.5
133.9
133.9
133.8
134
134.2
133
2000
134.7
135.2
135.7
135.8
135.5
136
135.8
135.5
135.9
135.8
135.7
135.6
135.6
2001
135.8
136
135.9
136.2
136.8
136.7
136.2
136.2
136.3
135.6
135.3
134.9
136
2002
135.1
135.1
135.4
135.8
135.8
135.8
136
136.3
136.4
136.2
136
135.9
135.8
2003
136.2
136.6
136.8
136.8
136.9
137
137.5
137.8
138.8
138.9
139.2
139.1
137.6
2004
140.5
142
144
146.3
148.2
148.4
149.2
150.8
151.7
153.1
152.9
152.1
148.3
2005
153.9
155.2
157
157.7
157.4
158.5
159.8
160.7
163.2
165.5
162.7
163.3
159.6
2006
165.3
165.1
166.6
169.1
170.6
171.9
172.7
173.4
170.8
169.6
169.5
169.9
169.6
2007
169.7
170.7
172.6
174.5
175.9
176.1
177.2
175.8
176.3
176.3
178.9
178.1
175.2

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5) Series Id: WPU115
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Group: Machinery and equipment
Item: Electronic computers and computer equipment
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
1995
181.1
178.4
176.9
177.3
176.1
174.2
173.1
170.2
168.7
167.6
166.4
165.8
173
1996
163.1
159.5
157.5
153.4
152.2
150.5
148.7
148
146.9
144.8
142.9
140.7
150.7
1997
139.6
138
136.7
135.1
130.9
129.3
127.9
126.3
125
123.7
122.4
121.6
129.7
1998
118.9
116.1
113.8
110.9
109.4
108.6
107.3
105
104.4
102.4
101.8
100
108.2
1999
97.9
97.3
96.7
95
94.5
94
92.9
91.6
91.3
90.8
90.4
89.9
93.5
2000
88.8
88.4
87.7
87.1
86.2
85.9
86
85.3
85.1
85.2
85
84.2
86.3
2001
82.9
81.7
80.5
80.4
80
79.1
78.6
76.1
76.1
75.6
75
74.6
78.4
2002
72.6
71.5
71
70.8
70.3
69.4
68.4
67.5
67.1
66.4
65.6
65.4
68.9
2003
64.7
63.9
62.9
62.8
62.1
61.8
61.5
60.7
60.6
59.5
58.9
58.4
61.5
2004
58.2
57.9
57.7
57.7
57.2
56.6
56.5
56.3
55.9
55.7
54.5
54.6
56.6
2005
53.9
53.6
53.1
53
52.4
52.1
51.7
51.5
51
50.6
50.5
49.9
51.9
2006
49.8
49.4
49.2
48.6
48.2
47.7
47.5
47.1
46.8
46.5
46.5
46.4
47.8
2007
46
45.7
45.2
44.8
44.1
43.5
43.2
42.9
42.8
42.6
42.3
42.2
43.8

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6) Series Id: CIU1010000000710I
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Compensation: Total compensation
Ownership: All civilian
Periodicity: Index number
Group: All workers, excluding incentive paid
Source: www.bls.gov/ncs
Year
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Ann
2006
100.8
101.5
102.7
103.4
-
2007
104.2
105.1
106.2
106.8
-

Previously used Series Id: CIU101000000X000I
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Compensation: Total compensation
Ownership: Civilian
Periodicity: Index number
Group: All workers, excluding sales
Source: www.bls.gov/ncs
Year
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Ann
2001
84.7
85.4
86.5
87.1
-
2002
88
88.6
89.5
90
-
2003
91.3
92
93
93.5
-
2004
94.7
95.5
96.4
97
-
2005
98
98.6
99.5
100
-
2006
100.8
101.6
102.8
103.4
-
2007
No data available for this year.

Previously used Series Id: ECU11061I
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Compensation: Total compensation
Ownership: Civilian
Periodicity: Index number
Group: All workers, excluding sales occupations
Source:www.bls.gov/ncs
Year
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Ann
1995
69.4
69.8
70.4
70.7
-
1996
71.3
71.8
72.4
72.8
-
1997
73.3
73.8
74.4
75
-
1998
75.7
76.2
77
77.4
-
1999
77.9
78.6
79.4
80.1
-
2000
81.1
81.9
82.9
83.5
-
2001
84.6
85.3
86.3
87
-
2002
87.9
88.6
89.5
90
-
2003
91.3
92
93
93.5
-
2004
94.7
95.6
96.5
97.1
-
2005
98.1
98.7
99.6
100
-
2006
No data available for this year.

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7) Series Id: CUUR0000SA0
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Area: U.S. city average
Item: All items
Source: www.bls.gov/cpi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
HALF1
HALF2
1995
150.3
150.9
151.4
151.9
152.2
152.5
152.5
152.9
153.2
153.7
153.6
153.5
152.4
151.5
153.2
1996
154.4
154.9
155.7
156.3
156.6
156.7
157
157.3
157.8
158.3
158.6
158.6
156.9
155.8
157.9
1997
159.1
159.6
160
160.2
160.1
160.3
160.5
160.8
161.2
161.6
161.5
161.3
160.5
159.9
161.2
1998
161.6
161.9
162.2
162.5
162.8
163
163.2
163.4
163.6
164
164
163.9
163
162.3
163.7
1999
164.3
164.5
165
166.2
166.2
166.2
166.7
167.1
167.9
168.2
168.3
168.3
166.6
165.4
167.8
2000
168.8
169.8
171.2
171.3
171.5
172.4
172.8
172.8
173.7
174
174.1
174
172.2
170.8
173.6
2001
175.1
175.8
176.2
176.9
177.7
178
177.5
177.5
178.3
177.7
177.4
176.7
177.1
176.6
177.5
2002
177.1
177.8
178.8
179.8
179.8
179.9
180.1
180.7
181
181.3
181.3
180.9
179.9
178.9
180.9
2003
181.7
183.1
184.2
183.8
183.5
183.7
183.9
184.6
185.2
185
184.5
184.3
184
183.3
184.6
2004
185.2
186.2
187.4
188
189.1
189.7
189.4
189.5
189.9
190.9
191
190.3
188.9
187.6
190.2
2005
190.7
191.8
193.3
194.6
194.4
194.5
195.4
196.4
198.8
199.2
197.6
196.8
195.3
-
-
2006
198.3
198.7
199.8
201.5
202.5
202.9
203.5
203.9
202.9
201.8
201.5
201.8
201.6
200.6
202.6
2007
202.4
203.5
205.4
206.7
207.9
208.4
208.3
207.9
208.5
208.9
210.2
210.0
207.3
-
-

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8) Series ID : WPU09130124
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Group: Pulp, paper, and allied products
Item: Publication and printing paper, all types
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
2003
103.4
103.2
103
103.9
103.8
104
103.9
103.3
103.3
102
101.4
101.2
103
2004
100.9
100.2
100.4
101.4
102.2
106.2
104.6
105.3
105.6
107
108.2
108.2
104.2
2005
108.2
110.1
110.7
110.6
110.8
110.2
109.7
109
108.8
108.7
107.7
107.8
109.3
2006
109.9
111.5
111.5
114
115.5
116.7
118.1
116.7
119.9
119.2
119.3
119.3
116
2007
119.6
119.6
119.6
119.6
119.9
120.5
120.7
120.6
120.5
121.3
123.9
124.2
120.8

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9) Series ID : WPU10740512
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Group: Metals and metal products
Item: Other fabricated structural metal
Source: www.bls.gov/ppi
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ann
2004
151.6
156.8
164.3
169.4
174.9
173.7
177.4
181.4
184
185.9
186.7
186.9
174.4
2005
187.2
186.6
186.9
186.8
186.2
187.6
187.2
187.6
189.3
191.4
192.3
191.8
188.4
2006
194
191.7
192.9
193.9
194.3
197.5
200
201.4
201.6
201.6
198.7
198.9
197.2
2007
199.1
202.6
202.9
205.5
207.1
208.0
208.1
207.9
207.6
209.1
210.0
211.8
206.6

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