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Historical Consumer Price Index data from 1913 to the present.


  

 

 

Historical CPI

For just current CPI data, see CPI page. The following table provides all the Consumer Price Index data CPI-U from 1913 to the Present.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)  is compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is based upon a 1982 Base of 100. A Consumer Price Index of 158 indicates 58% inflation since 1982. The commonly quoted inflation rate of say 3% is actually the change in the Consumer Price Index from a year earlier. By looking at the change in the Consumer Price Index we can see that what cost an average of 9.9 cents in 1913 would cost us about $1.82 in 2003 and $2.02 in 2007.

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Blank Cells = Data not available because it has not been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

YEAR
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
ANN
2008
  211.08   211.693   213.528   214.823   216.632   218.815   219.964   219.086   218.783   216.573   212.425   210.228   215.30
2007
  202.416   203.499   205.352   206.686   207.949   208.352   208.299   207.917   208.49   208.936   210.177   210.036   207.34
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   201.60
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   195.30
2004
  185.2   186.2   187.4   188   189.1   189.7   189.4   189.5   189.9   190.9   191   190.3   188.90
2003
  181.7   183.1   184.2   183.8   183.5   183.7   183.9   184.6   185.2   185   184.5   184.3   183.96
2002
  177.1   177.8   178.8   179.8   179.8   179.9   180.1   180.7   181   181.3   181.3   180.9   179.88
2001
  175.1   175.8   176.2   176.9   177.7   178   177.5   177.5   178.3   177.7   177.4   176.7   177.10
2000
  168.8   169.8   171.2   171.3   171.5   172.4   172.8   172.8   173.7   174   174.1   174   172.20
1999
  164.3   164.5   165   166.2   166.2   166.2   166.7   167.1   167.9   168.2   168.3   168.3   166.60
1998
  161.6   161.9   162.2   162.5   162.8   163   163.2   163.4   163.6   164   164   163.9   163.00
1997
  159.1   159.6   160   160.2   160.1   160.3   160.5   160.8   161.2   161.6   161.5   161.3   160.50

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