No. 768. Consumer Price Indexes (CPI-U), by Major Groups [1982-84=100. Represents annual averages of monthly figures. Reflects buying patterns of all urban consumers. Minus sign (-) indicates decrease. See text, this section] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Items less Apparel Year All food and and Transpor- items energy Food Shelter upkeep tation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 82.4 80.8 86.8 81.0 90.9 83.1 1981 90.9 89.2 93.6 90.5 95.3 93.2 1982 96.5 95.8 97.4 96.9 97.8 97.0 1983 99.6 99.6 99.4 99.1 100.2 99.3 1984 103.9 104.6 103.2 104.0 102.1 103.7 1985 107.6 109.1 105.6 109.8 105.0 106.4 1986 109.6 113.5 109.0 115.8 105.9 102.3 1987 113.6 118.2 113.5 121.3 110.6 105.4 1988 118.3 123.4 118.2 127.1 115.4 108.7 1989 124.0 129.0 125.1 132.8 118.6 114.1 1990 130.7 135.5 132.4 140.0 124.1 120.5 1991 136.2 142.1 136.3 146.3 128.7 123.8 1992 140.3 147.3 137.9 151.2 131.9 126.5 1993 144.5 152.2 140.9 155.7 133.7 130.4 1994 148.2 156.5 144.3 160.5 133.4 134.3 1995 152.4 161.2 148.4 165.7 132.0 139.1 1996 156.9 165.6 153.3 171.0 131.7 143.0 1997 160.5 169.5 157.3 176.3 132.9 144.3 1998 163.0 173.4 160.7 182.1 133.0 141.6 1999 166.6 177.0 164.1 187.3 131.3 144.4 PERCENT CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEAR SHOWN 1981 10.3 10.4 7.8 11.7 4.8 12.2 1982 6.2 7.4 4.1 7.1 2.6 4.1 1983 3.2 4.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.4 1984 4.3 5.0 3.8 4.9 1.9 4.4 1985 3.6 4.3 2.3 5.6 2.8 2.6 1986 1.9 4.0 3.2 5.5 0.9 -3.9 1987 3.6 4.1 4.1 4.7 4.4 3.0 1988 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.8 4.3 3.1 1989 4.8 4.5 5.8 4.5 2.8 5.0 1990 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.4 4.6 5.6 1991 4.2 4.9 2.9 4.5 3.7 2.7 1992 3.0 3.7 1.2 3.3 2.5 2.2 1993 3.0 3.3 2.2 3.0 1.4 3.1 1994 2.6 2.8 2.4 3.1 -0.2 3.0 1995 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.2 -1.0 3.6 1996 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.2 -0.2 2.8 1997 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1 0.9 0.9 1998 1.6 2.3 2.2 3.3 0.1 -1.9 1999 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.9 -1.3 2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Utility Year Medical Fuel Elec- (piped) care oil tricity gas ---------------------------------------------------------- 1980 74.9 87.7 75.8 65.7 1981 82.9 107.3 87.2 74.9 1982 92.5 105.0 95.8 89.8 1983 100.6 96.5 98.9 104.7 1984 106.8 98.5 105.3 105.5 1985 113.5 94.6 108.9 104.8 1986 122.0 74.1 110.4 99.7 1987 130.1 75.8 110.0 95.1 1988 138.6 75.8 111.5 94.5 1989 149.3 80.3 114.7 97.1 1990 162.8 98.6 117.4 97.3 1991 177.0 92.4 121.8 98.5 1992 190.1 88.0 124.2 100.3 1993 201.4 87.2 126.7 106.5 1994 211.0 85.6 126.7 108.5 1995 220.5 84.8 129.6 102.9 1996 228.2 97.0 131.8 107.2 1997 234.6 96.9 132.5 114.6 1998 242.1 84.8 127.4 112.4 1999 250.6 86.6 126.5 113.0 PERCENT CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEAR SHOWN 1981 10.7 22.3 15.0 14.0 1982 11.6 -2.1 9.9 19.9 1983 8.8 -8.1 3.2 16.6 1984 6.2 2.1 6.5 0.8 1985 6.3 -4.0 3.4 -0.7 1986 7.5 -21.7 1.4 -4.9 1987 6.6 2.3 -0.4 -4.6 1988 6.5 0.0 1.4 -0.6 1989 7.7 5.9 2.9 2.8 1990 9.0 22.8 2.4 0.2 1991 8.7 -6.3 3.7 1.2 1992 7.4 -4.8 2.0 1.8 1993 5.9 -0.9 2.0 6.2 1994 4.8 -1.8 0.0 1.9 1995 4.5 -0.9 2.3 -5.2 1996 3.5 14.4 1.7 4.2 1997 2.8 -0.1 0.5 6.9 1998 3.2 -12.5 -3.8 -1.9 1999 3.5 2.1 -0.7 0.5 ---------------------------------------------------------- NA Not available. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review and Handbook of Labor Statistics, periodic. http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm