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price index
for July 1969

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
September 1969

the consumer price index
a monthly report
on consumer price movements
including statistical tables
and technical notes.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
George P. Shultz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
Commodities and Services

1957-59 = 100

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
ALL ITEMS INDEX (as of Dec, 1968)

ALL SERVICES
35.80%
FOOD
22.46%
NONDURABLES LESS FOOD - - - 24.4
DURABLE COMMODITIES
17.26

Nondurables Less Food

105

100-**

95
1961

1962

1963

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS




1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

"Seasonally Adjusted
Latest Data: July 1969

Consumer Price Index for July 1969

The Consumer Price Index continued to climb rapidly in July, advancing 0.5
percent to 128.2 (1957-59=100)• The increase, due largely to higher prices for foods and
consumer services, left the index 5.5 percent higher than a year ago. So far this year,
retail prices have climbed 3.6 percent compared with a 2.8 percent increase in the similar
1968 period.
The rise in food prices, largely due to seasonal influences, stemmed primarily
from increases for meats and poultry and accounted for nearly half of the index advance.
Services continued their strong climb, led by increased charges for household and medical
care services. However, they rose at a pace well below the annual rate of about 8% percent
recorded for all services during the first four months of this year. Prices of commodities
other than food posted a comparatively small rise, 0.1 percent, due to the moderating effects
of lower prices for used cars, gasoline, and apparel.
Approximately 45 percent of the rise in retail prices since July 1968 resulted
from an increase of nearly 7 percent in charges for consumer services. The over-the-year
increase in food prices, a good part of which has taken place in the past several months,
and in prices of other nondurable goods, each accounted for about one-fifth of the twelvemonth rise in the all items index. Higher prices for durable goods accounted for the
remainder.
Food
Retail food prices climbed somewhat more than usual for July, 0.2 percent on a
seasonally adjusted basis. Prices of food purchased in grocery stores rose 1 percent,
unadjusted, and prices of restaurant meals and snacks advanced 0.8 percent, for the largest
monthly increase on record. The July increase left the index of retail food prices 5.6 percent higher than its level of July last year. Three-fourths of this increase resulted from
a 5.4 percent rise in prices of food purchased for home consumption; a 6.1 percent rise for
restaurant meals and other food consumed away from home accounted for the remainder.
The July increase in prices of grocery store food stemmed primarily from the
continued advance in prices of meats and poultry. Beef and veal climbed considerably more
than is usual at this season, because consumer demand remained relatively strong and supplies
declined somewhat, pork prices were also up appreciably, but the increase was largely
seasonal. Significant advances were posted for poultry prices, despite an increase in
supplies, as demand was bolstered by consumers1 substitution of poultry for relatively higher
priced red meats.
Fruits-and vegetables also were more expensive at retail in July, but the price
increases from June were significantly less than usual. The average rise was held below its
usual proportions primarily by a sharp, contraseasonal decline for tomatoes, a larger than
normal drop for watermelon, and a less-than-seasonal advance for apples. Supply conditions
were primary factors in all three instances. Prices of eggs and dairy products averaged
higher, in part because of increased demand resulting from high meat prices.
About two-thirds of the advance in grocery store food prices since July 1968 has
resulted from a rise of nearly 12 percent in prices of meats, poultry, and fish, prices of
beef and pork were responsible for much of this increase, climbing 16.2 and 10.9 percent
respectively over the twelve months.
Services
For the third consecutive month, prices of consumer services experienced an
annual rate of increase of nearly 6 percent. Charges for services associated with homeownership continued to exert the strongest upward influence and medical care services posted a
further substantial advance. The rise brought the increase in service costs since the
beginning of the year to 4.3 percent. In the similar 1968 period, they rose 3,7 percent.




Charges for household services less rent rose sharply, after a comparatively
moderate advance in June. The costs of mortgaging a home continued their steep climb and
reached a point nearly 20 percent above year-earlier levels. Property taxes and insurance
also moved higher as did prices for home maintenance and repair services. Approximately
one-tenth of the increase in nonrent household services in July was due to widespread
increases for housekeeping services, particularly household moving and babysitting. Residential gas and electricity rates were the only household services to show an appreciable
decline. Residential rents sustained their steady uptrend, apparently reflecting very
strong demand. Hotel and motel room rates registered an unusually large gain in July, due
to both seasonal factors and the growing expense of providing these services. In the first
seven months of this year, hotel and motel room rates have advanced faster than in any
similar period.
Doctors1 and dentists1 fees and hospital daily service charges pushed medical
care services up in July and helped to maintain the annual average rate of increase (about
7 percent) evident in the past several months. This increase represents a substantial
slowdown from the annual rate of nearly 11 percent recorded in the first four months of
this year.
Since July 1968, prices consumers pay for services have risen 6.7 percent.
Excluding rents, which have provided a moderating influence, services have advanced 7.4 percent over the same period. Prices of household services, particularly home mortgaging, have
played the most important role; they accounted for about half the increase.
Nondurable goods other than food
Retail prices of nondurable goods rose contraseasonally in July, largely because
clothing prices failed to decline as much as usual and tobacco prices rose sharply. The
increase brought the rise in prices of these goods so far this year to 2.3 percent; in the
similar 1968 period they rose 2.1 percent.
Apparel prices declined 0.2 percent, about one-third as much as usual for July.
Summer clearance sales, which account for the weakness in clothing prices at this season,
were not as extensive as in previous years and were largely offset by price increases for
items not subject to seasonal price reductions. Prices of women's apparel, climbing 0.7 on
a seasonally adjusted basis,were particularly strong in July. Significant increases were
recorded for street and cocktail dresses and seamless nylon hosiery.
Prices of tobacco products jumped nearly 2 percent, because of widespread
increases for cigarettes, a continued response to an earlier price rise by manufacturers.
Gasoline prices were down in July. The decreases were centered in the West and Midwest, and
were generated by competitive conditions in those areas. Alcoholic beverages, toilet goods,
and newspapers also showed appreciable price increases.
Over the past year, retail prices of nondurable commodities other than food have
advanced 4.7 percent. Higher prices for apparel commodities, up 6.1 percent, were responsible for about half of this increase. The steep uptrend in clothing prices at retail is due
both to a sustained high level of consumer demand and higher manufacturing and marketing
costs. Price increases for gasoline, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, newspapers, and
magazines since July 1968 also have played a very important part in the increase for nondurable goods.
Durables
Prices of durable goods advanced moderately and more than seasonally in July,
despite a sizeable decline for used cars. So far this year, prices of durable goods have
risen nearly 3 percent—approximately twice as fast as in the similar period last year. The
quicker pace for 1969 reflects larger price increases for nearly all consumer durables, but




particularly for used cars and houses.
Used car prices, which generally remain rather strong in the summer months,
dropped nearly 1 percent in July, A continued uptrend in prices of houses and household
durables offset the drop for used cars. Furniture prices moved higher, because of higher
wholesale prices and retailing costs. Prices of durable home maintenance and repair
commodities, which in June had reached a point almost 20 percent higher than a year ago,
declined in July. The decrease was due largely to lower prices for pine shelving, the item
responsible for much of the previous increase; the lower prices were due to earlier sharp
price reductions for lumber at wholesale.
Nearly all of the 4 percent increase for durable goods since July last year has
resulted from price increases for houses and household durables. Prices of new cars were up
less than 2 percent, and used car prices were about 1 percent lower than their year-earlier
level.
Cost-of-Living Adjustments
Approximately 1,150,000 workers will receive cost-of-living pay increases based
on the July Consumer Price Index. About 1,050,000 of them are employed in automobile manufacturing, automotive parts and farm machinery industries. They will receive an 8 cent per
hour increase based on averages of the May, June and July indexes. Nearly 800,000 of them
have foregone another 1 cent per hour increase which is to be applied toward an additional
holiday. On a similar contract, about 18,000 employees of John Deere will receive a 2\
percent increase. These are all maximum adjustments permitted under the contracts.
About 60,000 other workers will receive pay adjustments ranging from I to 18 cents
in annual, quarterly, and monthly reviews based on the national index. Nearly 20,000
employees will have pay increases based on indexes for Chicago, Illinois, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts.
Approximately 17,000 workers who are covered under escalator provisions subject
to adjustment on the July index will not receive increases this month because they have
already reached the maximums stipulated in their contracts.

A NOTE ABOUT CALCULATING INDEX CHANGES
Movements of the indexes from one date to another are usually expressed as
percentage changes rather than changes in index points because index points changes are
affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period while percentage changes
are not. The following example illustrates the computation of index point and percentage
changes:
Index Point Change
July 1969 CPI (1957-59»100)
less June 1969 index
Index point difference =




Percentage Change
Index point difference divided by
the index for the previous period:
128.2 - 127.6 x 100 » .5 percent
127.6

TABLE 1: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, July 1969
(Unadjusted, unless otherwise indicated)
Indexes
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise noted)
June
July
April
July
1969
1969
1969
1968
126.4
121.5
128.2
127.6
157.3
156.6
155.0
149.1

Group

All ite
All ite

(1947-49-100)

Percent change to

One Month

July 1969

Three Months

Ago
0.5

Ago
1.4
2.8
3.1
1.1
7.8
1.2
3.4

from;

One Year
AKO

5.5

Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home

126.7
123.0
122.6
127.6
124.4
132.3
107.2
144.8

125.5
121.8
122.0
125.3
124.0
130.8
106.6
143.7

123.2
119.3
121.3
118.4
122.9
127.9
109.0
142.2

120.0
116.7
119.2
114.0
121.0
132.2
103.3
136.5

1.0
1.0
.5
1.8
.3
1.1
.6
.8

Housing
Shelter 1/
Rent
Homeownership 2/
Fuel and utilities 3/
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

127.0
134.0
118.8
140.0
112.6
117.4
110.9
118.2

126.3
133.0
118.5
138.7
112.7
117.5
111.3
117.9

125.3
131.6
117.8
137.1
112.6
117.4
111.2
116.9

119.5
124.2
115.1
127.8
110.6
115.7
109.5
113.1

.6
.8
.3
.9

Apparel and upkeep 4/
Men*8 and boys1
Women's and girls'

126.8
128.1
122.5
139.9

127.0
128.5
122.7
140.1

125.6
127*3
121.0
138.4

119.7
120.1
115.7
132.0

Transpor tat ion

124.3
121.4
101.6
127.0
117.7
149.5

124.6
121.8
101.8
128.2
118.6
149.1

124.6
121.9
101.9
131.2
117.8
148.0

119.8
117.6
99.8

137.0
155.9
126.6
130.7
129.1

136.3
155.2
126.2
130.4
127.9

135.1
153.6
125.5
129.6
126.6

130.2
145.1
120.4
125.9
123.9

120.9
125.8
127.6
124.1

120.5
125.5
126.9
124.7

119.4
123.6
125.7
124.6

115.4
119.2
120.4
119.6

All items less food
All items less medical care

128.8
126.5

128.4
126.0

127.5
124.7

122.1
120.1

.3
.4

1.0
1.4

5.5
5.3

Commodities
Nondurables
Nondurables less food
Apparel commodities

121.0
124.7
123.1
126.2

120.5
124.1
123.0
126.4

119.3
122.5
121.9
124.9

115.5
118.7
117.6
118.9

.4
.5
.1

.2

1.4
1.8
1.0
1.0

4.8
5.1
4.7
6.1

Durables
—
Household durables

111.9
106.0

111.7
105.8

111.4
105.0

107.6
101.5

.2
.2

.4
1.0

4.0
4.4

144.0
149.6
129.5

143.3
148.8
128.4

142.0
147.4
127.1

134.9
139.3
117.1

.5

1.4
1.5

6.7
7.4

1.9.

10.6

107.8

107.8

107.5

104.2

.0

.3

3.5

128.4
170.1

127.4
169.1

125.3
167.2

118.7
156.6

.8
.6

2.5
1.7

8.2
8.6

$0,780
.378

$0,784
.380

$0,791
.383

$0,823
.399

.5

- 1.4

- 5.2

New cars
Used cars
Gasoline
Publie
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
Seasonally Adjustedj_
Commodities — — - - - — - — Food
Apparel and upkeep
Transpor tat ion

..........

5/
138.5

1.8
1.4
1.8
.8
2.1
.0
.0

11.9
2.8
.1
3.8
6.1

.3

1.1

6.3
7.9
3.2
9.5
1.8
1.5
1.3
4.5

-

.2
.3
.2
.1

1.0
.6
1.2
1.1

5.9
6.7
5.9
6.0

-

.2
.3
.2
.9
.8

- .2
- .4
- .3
- 3.2
- .1

3.8
3.2
1.8

.3

1.0

5/
*5/
7?9

.5
.5
.3
.9

1.4
1.5
.9
.8
2.0

5.2
7.4
5.1
3.8
4.2

.3
.2
.6

1.3
1.8
1.5

—
...
—

-

If

- 1.7

5.6
5.4
2.9

1

.1
.1
.4

-

.2

-

.5

-

.3

.4

Special Groups;

Services
Services less rent
Insurance and finance (Dec.1965*100)
Utilities and public transportation
(Dec.1965-100)
Housekeeping and home maintenance services
(Dec.1965-100)
Medical care services

-

.5
.9

Purchasing Power of Consumer Dollar;
1957-59-$l.OO
1939-$1.00

-

1/ A l s o includes h o t e l a n d m o t e l rates n o t shown s e p a r a t e l y .
II Includes h o m e p u r c h a s e , m o r t g a g e interest, t a x e s , insurance, and m a i n t e n a n c e a n d r e p a i r s .
V
A l s o includes telephone, w a t e r , and sewerage s e r v i c e n o t shown s e p a r a t e l y .
kj A l s o includes i n f a n t s ' w e a r , sewing m a t e r i a l s , j e w e l r y , a n d a p p a r e l upkeep services n o t shown s e p a r a t e l y .
5_/ N o t a v a i l a b l e .




TABLE 2: Consumer Price Index--The United States and Selected Areas
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items
Most recent index and percent changes from selected dates

Indexes
Pricing
Schedule 2/

Area 1/

1957-59=100

1947-49*100

Percent change from:

Other
bases
June
1969

July 1969

April
1969

July
1968

U.S. City Average

128.2

157.3

0.5

1.4

5.5

Chicago
Detroit —
Los Angeles-Long Beach
New York — Philadelphia -

125.3
127.6
128.6
132.1
129.2

158.1
157.3
160.3
159.2
158.7

.6
.2
.5
.4
.8

1.7
1.5
1.3
1.2
1.3

5.4
6.1
5.2
6.4
5.4

April
1969

July
1968

1.8
1.2
2.3
1.3

5.9
6.5
5.1
6.4

—

July 1969

132.1
127.0
128.0
127.7

Boston
Houston
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Pittsburgh

163.7
156.4
158.4
157.4

February
1969

May 1969

120.2

Buffalo (Nov.1963=100) —
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963=100)
—
Milwaukee
San Diego (Feb.1965=100)
Seattle
Washington — ;

125.3

155.7

122.8

154.9

127.6
128.8

160.3
155.0

119.4
114.4

March
1969

June 1969

Atlanta
Baltimore
Cincinnati - —
Honolulu (Dec.1963=100)
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco-Oakland

-

126.1
127.9
124.6

156.1
158.7
151.6

130.4
127.0
130.8

161.4
157.7
166.0

116.6

—

_L

2.5
1.8
2.2
1.7
1.4
1.4
2.0

1.0
1.8
1.5
.9
1.8
1.3
1.5

May
1968

5.2
5.2
5.9
6.0
5.2
5.4
6.4
June
1968

6.0
6.1
5.1
4.6
5.1
4.7
5.3

JL/
Area coverage includes the urban portion of the corresponding Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) except
for New York and Chicago where the more extensive Standard Consolidated Areas are used. Area definitions are those established for the 1960 Census and do not include revisions made since I960.
2/
Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all cities; most other goods and services priced as
indicated:
M - Every month.
1 - January, April, July, and October.
2 - February, May, August, and November.
3 - March, June, September, and December.




TABLE 3: Consumer Price Index—The United States and Selected Areas 1/
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Major Groups
Percent Change from June 1969 to July 1969

Los AngelesLong Beach

U.S. City
Average

Chicago

Detroit

All items

0.5

0.6

0.2

0.5

0.4

Food
Housing
Apparel and upkeep
Transportation
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

1.0
.6
.2
.2
.5
.5
.3
.2
.9

1.2
1.1
.7
.2
.5
.0
(2/)

1.6
1.0
1.1
2,9
.2
.4
1.3
.5
.0

.8
.8
.1
.1
.2
.2

1.2
.4
.4
.2
.3
.0

-

(2/)

-

.6

.2
1.0

Group

—

75
1.2

New York

Philadelphia

0.8
1.2
1.1

.8
.1
1.4
3.4

.4
.1

(21

1/ See footnote 1, table 2.
2/ Not available.

TABLE 4: Consumer Price Index — United States City Average for
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for Selected Groups
Seasonally Adjusted
(1957-59=100)

Indexes

Group

Percent changes to: July 1969
From:
One Month
Three Months
Ago
Ago

July 1969

June 1969

April 1969

Food
Food at home
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home

125.8
122.0
127.0
124.6
124.5
108.5

125. 5
121. 8
125.
124. 5
127. 0
108. 3

123.6
119.7
119.4
123.5
126.4
109.4

0.2
.2
1.1
.1
- 2.0
.2

Fuel and utilities 1/
Fuel oil and coal

112.8
118.9

112. 9
119. 2

112.6
117.0

-

Apparel and upkeep 2J
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear

127.6
128.9
123.4
140.5

126. 9
128. 5
122. 6
140. 1

125.7
127.2
121.4
138.3

Transportation
Private
New cars
Commodities
Commodities less food
Nondurables
Nondurables less food
Apparel commodities

124.1
121.2
102.6
120.9
118.2
124.5
123.5
126.8

124. 7
121. 8
102. 4
120. 5
118. 0
124. 2
123.,0
126.,3

124.6 .
121.9
101.8
119.4
117.2
122.7
121.9
125.0

Durables

111.8

111.7

111.4

1/
Ij

-

1.8
1.9
6.4
.9
- 1.5
- .8

.1
.3

.2

.6
.3
.7
.3

1.5
1.3
1.6
1.6

.5
.5
.2
.3
.2
.2
.4
.4

.4
.6
.8
1.3
.9
1.5
1.3
1.4

Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately.




.4

TABLE 5: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas 1/
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Commodity Groups
July 1969 Index and Percent Changes from April 1969

Group

U.S.
City
Average

Los
AngelesLong
Beach

Chicago

MinneapolisSt. Paul

New
York

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Indexes (1957-59^100 unless otherwise specified)
All items

128.2

132.1

125.3

127.6

127.0

128.6

128.0

132.1 f 129.2

127.7

Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home

126.7
123.0
122.6
127.6
124.4
132.3
107.2
144.8

130.2
125.1
127.3
131.0
119.9
137.4
107.4
152.8

129.0
127.7
127.6
130.8
138.0
134.7
108.7
135.6

126.5
124.4
117.2
135.8
129.2
124.4
105.6
139.0

127.7
123.0
125.9
124.1
129.1
135.5
105.7
147.7

124.0
119.0
122.7
119.8
122.5
134.4
$8.5
142.4

125.4
121.5
115.1
126.6
129.2
126.2
110.3
143.3

128.1
122.5
122.3
127.5
115.0
135.4
106.8
152.3

126.0
121.3
120.3
121.8
132.7
129.9
103.4
151.5

124.2
121.7
121.9
130.4
115.1
133.0
106.1
140.4

127.0
134.0
118.8
140.0
112.6
117.4
110.9
118.2

134.2
145.4
137.1
148.9
110.2
119.8
103.8
127.1

120.9
125.3
113.4
130.9
107.5
110.2
105.1
117.2

125.3
133.7
(2/)
13?. 6
103.8
110.0
104.7
112.3

125.6
127.2
106.3
135.1
122.2

132.3
141.5
119.5
148.8
109.5
114.2
115.8

130.9
136.1
(2/)
139.9
113.6
124.0
112,5
127.0

126.2
131.8
120.2
134.8
110.3
122.5
102.7
121.3

127.1
129.8
115.8
133.7
121.7

137.9
126.0

127.4
136.7
119.5
139.8
110.2
115.7
107.5
113.8

123.4
121.7

Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'

126.8
128.1
122.5
139.9

126.1
117.6
122.3
138.8

120.9
118.4
117.0
134.7

121.7
122.6
114.5
137.4

124.7
125.2
121.9
142.1

124.2
126.8
123.7
135.6

123.8
129.5
117.7
135.7

132.6
137.9
127.7
138.0

130.7
128.7
122.6
138.9

129.0
124.1
121.7
145.3

Transportation
Private

124.3
121,4
149.5

130.5
120.2
176.4

125.1
120.7
153.8

121.6
118.7
141.0

120.7
116.0
172.3

129.3
124.8
156.4

122.0
120.4
130.8

127.4
127.7
129.6

134.7
126.9
178.1

126.6
120.4
152.0

137.0
155.9
126.6
130.7
129.1

137.1
159.3
129.7
136.7
122.9

131.5
162.8
(2/)
114.9
120.8

140.2
167.0
135.0
131.5
122.1

136.5
145.3
143.8
132.7
123.5

129.3
150.5
(2/)
113.8
125.3

140.1
163.0
130.6
135.0
124.8

144.2
162.8
(2/>
142.3
140.0

138.5
169.0
119.0
125.9
(2/)

136.6
162.2
117.7
122.8
135.8

Shelter

————————————————

Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
•—
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

Publ i c — — — — — — — — — — —
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

Percent Change from April 1969 to July 1969
All items

1.4

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.3

2.3

1.2

1.3

1.3

Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home

2.8
3.1
1.1
7.8
1.2
3.4
1.7
1.8

2.1
2.3
.2
6.1
.0
4.2
3.2
2.1

3.7
4.4
1.4
7.8
2.2
6.6
.5
.9

3.8
4.5
1.1
10.0
.3
5.2
- 1.1
.9

2.7
2.4
.6
8.5
.5
3.4
3.7
3.6

2.3
2.7
1.4
9,5
1.7
- 1.0
- 2.8
1.2

3.9
3.9
.2
8.8
5.1
5.4
1.9
3.8

2.7
2.9
1.5
7.1
.8
3.2
2.6
2.4

1.4
1.3
.2
5.6
.2
.9
- 4.2
1.5

3.8
4.1
.2
8.2
.0
7.4
.3
2.5

Hous ins — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

1.4
1.8
.8
2.1
.0
.0
.3
1.1

2.8
3.9
1.8
4.9
.8
.0
2.1
1.0

1.9
2.5
3/1.1
~ 2.9
- .2
.0
- .8
1.1

2.7
3.6
(2/)
4.3
.2
.0
•3
1.3

1.8
.5
2.1
2.4

1.1
1.2
3/1.6
"" 1.0
- .1

1.0
1.2

1.9
2.9
3/1.8

.1
.2
.1
1.0

~ 3.1
.6
.0
.0
.7

1.6
2.2
1.0
2.5
.7

.2
1.0

3.2
4.8
1.7
5.3
.3
.0
.1
.3

Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear

1.0
.6
1.2
1.1

.1
.1
.3
.6

.9
.8
2.5
.6

1.2
.1
2.2
1.6

1.1
1.3
3.2
.9

.3
.6
1.6
1.0

- 1.7
- 1.6
- 2.2
- 5.0

.5
.6
2.5
1.0

Transportation
Private
Public

.2
.4
1.0

.2
.5
1.4

.2
.3
.3

.7
.8
.7

1.9
2.0
.4

.0
.1
.6

- .1
- .4
.9

.3
.4
.7

Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

1.4
1.5
.9
.8
2.0

1.9
1.3
2.4
.1
4.5

1.2
1.2
(2/)
.7
1.7

3.0
2.0
5.3
.4
6.5

1.3
1.8
(2/)
.5
2.5

Rent
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

T/ See footnote 1, table 2.
If Not available.
1/ Change from May 1969.




-

-

1.4
.6
(2/)

1?5
2.1

4.5
.3

-

- 1.0
- .4
- 2.6
- .7

2.1
.2
.1

-

- 2.3
- 2.6
.3

.2
.2
.0

1.1
1.7
.8
.9
.4

1.6
.7
4.3
.9
1.4

3.0
4.8
.4
.3
(2/)

.4
.7

.4
1.1
.0
.6
1.0

TABLE 6: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food and its Subgroups
July 1969 Indexes and Percent Changes from June 1969

Food at home
Area 1/

Total
food

Total

Cereals
and
bakery
products

Meats,
poultry,
and fish

Dairy
products

Fruits
and
vegetables

Other
foods
at home

Food
away
from
home

Indexes (1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
U.S. City Average —

126.7

123.0

122.6

127.6

124.4

132.3

107.2

144.8

Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo (Nov.1963-100) Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963-100) —
Detroit
Honolulu (Dec.1963-100)
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles-Long Beach Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
new IOLK. — — — . — « — — — — — —
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Diego (Feb.1965-100)
San Francisco-Oakland —
Seattle
Washington

124.4
130.1
130.2
122.4
129.0
123.3
123.3
120.6
126.5
116.9
127.7
130.7
124.0
126.5
125.4
128.1
126.0
124.2
129.8
118.7
125.9
125.8
131.3

121.1
125.3
125.1
120.8
127.7
120.1
120.3
117.8
124.4
115.4
123.0
127.5
119.0
125.3
121.5
122.5
121.3
121.7
125.7
115.7
x21.0
120.6
126.6

114.0
126.0
127.3
108.4
127.6
116.4
115.2
110.0
117.2
110.6
125.9
128.4
122.7
114.6
115.1
122.3
120.3
121.9
125.3
110.1
119.7
113.4
120.8

126.4
130.5
131.0
126.1.
130.8
128.1
127.4
127.9
135.8
120.0
124.1
133.2
119.8
131.6
126.6
127.5
121.8
130.4
132.8
132.3
124.3
129.1
129.9

117.1
120.3
119.9
121.3
138.0
119.9
121.8
124.3
129.2
115.0
129.1
133.6
122.5
134.5
129.2
115.0
132.7
115.1
131.2
111.9
119.8
128.2
126.7

132.9
138.9
137.4
132.9
134.7
129.7
127.5
116.0
124.4
118.9
135.5
129.5
134.4
134.1
126.2
135.4
129.9
133.0
136.0
110.1
134.8
128.2
135.2

113.3
109.6
107.4
110.9
108.7
103.7
106.9
107.0
105.6
108.0
105.7
112.2
98.5
109.0
110.3
106.8
103.4
106.1
104.8
102.5
104.7
103.0
116.0

136.4
150.1
152.8
132.2
135.6
140.3
140.9
131.6
139.0
121.6
147.7
142.1
142.4

(1/)

143.3
152.3
151.5
140.4
145.8
(2/)
147.6
147.7
149.7

Percent Changes June 1969 to July 1969
U.S. City Average

1.0

1.0

0.5

1.8

0.3

1.1

0.6

Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo (Nov.1963-100) Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963-100) —
Detroit
Honolulu (Dec.1963-100)
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles-Long Beach Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Diego (Feb.1965-100)
San Francisco-Oakland —
Seattle
Washington

1.3
1.7
.5
1.0
1.2
1.1
.1
.4
1.6
.5
.7
.7
.8
1.1
2.1
1.2
1.2
.8
.9
.5
1.3
.6
1.7

1.4
2.0
.6
1.1
1.3
1.4
.1
.6
2.0
.3
.3
.6
.9
1.4
2.1
1.3
1.4

.4
.2
.1
.2
.9
1.1
.4
.1
.3

2.2
2.8
1.3
1.8
1.3
2.6
.2
2.2
3.3
.9
1.9
.8
2.2
1.4
2.5
1.9
2.3
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.6
1.7
2.6

.1
.0
.2
.8
.2
.3
2.5
.1
.2
.3
.1
- .2
1.6
1.9

1.6
5.4
2.0
1.8
3.9
1.2
.9
1.4
2.4
.8
.0
1.3
.7
1.0
2.4
2.3
1.6
2.5
.6
.1
1.7
.5
3.2

1.6
.5
1.3
.4
.8
.6
1.1
.4
1.5
- .5

1/ See footnote 1, table 2.
2/ Not available.




.8
.9
.8

1.3
.5
2.3

•

.5

.6
.9
- .5
.8
.3
.7
.3
• .7
1.8
• .5
.3
• .5
4.4

\.Z
.1
• .2
• .4
• .2
1.4
1.7
.2
1.0

• 1.6

.4
.6
1.5
.3
.4
1.8
.2
.3
.3
1.2
.5

1.0
.6
.6
.7
.5
.2
•8
.1
.2
.9
1.9

.7
.6
1.2
.7
1.1
.7
(2/)
1.3
.9
.3

TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food Items
July 1969 Indexes and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)

Item or Group

Total food
Food away from home
Restaurant meals
Snacks jL/
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Flour
Cracker meal 1/
Corn flakes
Bread, white
Bread, whole wheat 1/

rl
Layer cake 1/
Cinnamon rolls 1/ —
Meats, poultry, and fish
Meats
Beef and veal Steak, round
Steak, sirloin Ij
Steak, porterhouse 1/
Rump roast 1/
Rib roast
Chuck roast —
Hamburger
Beef liver 1/
Veal cutlets Pork
Chops
Loin roast 2/
Pork sausage 1/
Ham, whole
Picnics .1/ —
Bacon —
Other meats —
Lamb chops 1/
Frankfurters Ham, canned 1/
Bologna sausage JL/
Salami sausage 1/
Liverwurst JL/ —
Frying chicken
Chicken breasts 1/
Turkey 1/
~*
Fish
Shrimp, frozen 1/
Fish, fresh or frozen —
Tuna fish, canned
Sardines, canned 1/
Dairy products
Milk, fresh, grocery —
Milk, fresh, delivered
Milk, fresh, skim 1/ —
Milk, evaporated
Ice cream

Cheese, American process
Butter See footnotes at end of table.




Index
July 1969
Seasonally
Unadjusted
adjusted

126.7
144.8
145.1
125.1
123.0
122.6
111.6
123.3
129.0
112.3
128.2
120.9
100.9
113.6
113.4
127.6
131.7
136.8
132.5
131.1
135.5
125.0
150.1
131.0
140.0
115.4
161.1
129.0
136.4
141.9
143.6
114.2
130.9
126.8
128.8
140.9
129.4
115.6
132.0
123.7
125.0
100.4
103.1
109.4
101.8
130.6
119.7
134.5
113.6
124.4
124.4
121.7
128.0
122.9
123.9
99.0
147.7
118.0

125.8

122.0

127.0
131.0
136.9
133.0

150.4
132.1
139.7
160.1
126.2
131.7
116.3
122.6
129.2
130.7

101.4
130.7
134.6
124.6
122.3

147.7
118.4

Percent Change to July 1969 from—
June 1969
July
1968
Seasonally
Unadjusted
adjusted
Unadjusted

1.0
.8
.8
.6
1.0
.5
.4
1.0
.0
.2
.8
1.1
.8
.4
.2
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.1
1.2
1.9
1.6
2.0
2.4
1.5
2.9
.8
2.3
1.2
1.6
4.7
.0
4.9
2.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.7
2.5
1.8
2.3
3.2
3.9
1.7
.7
.6
1.2
1.1
.2
.3
.3
.3
.3
.5
.1
.8
.8
.2

0.2

.2

1.1
.8
1.5
1.8

1.8
1.3
1.4
.6
.2
1.4
.5

1.2
1.3
2.7

1.5
.6
.6
.1
.9

.5
.0

5.6
6.1
6.1
5.8
5.4
2.9
- .8
5.3
.5
1.4
2.8
5.0
.1
3.9
5.9
11.9
1.3.0
16.2
18.2
18.1
16.6
15.3
19.0
19.0
16.5
6.3
12.1
10.9
10.9
11.0
16.5
4.9
13.1
9.9
8.3
8.4
12.5
2.5
11.1
8.1
7.4
9.6
11.1
6.5
5.1
5.2
9.8
6.9
2.4
2.1
2.8
2.4
3.0
4.0
2.4
1.2
5.7
.9

10

TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food Items
July 1969 Indexes and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)
Index
July 1969
Seasonally
Unadjusted
adjusted

Item or Group

Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
A P P JL6S

—

— • * • * * » • — - » — — ^ — • • - — — — — —.Mm_m_*mmm»wm

Bananas —
Oranges
Orange juice, fresh 1/
v?lT£LpcX 1 T U X t

• - » — - ^ — • ^ • • • • • • ^ — • • • — — ^ M " " M « • — — —••*——>J_BIW_.j

Grapes 37
Strawberries V —
Watermelon 3/ —
Potatoes
Onions —
Asparagus 1/ 3/
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery —
Cucumbers 1/
Lettuce

Peppers s green JL/
Spinach 1/
Tomatoes
Processed fruits and vegetables
Fruit cocktail, canned
Pears, canned 1/
Grapefruit-pineapple juice, canned 1/ —
Orange juice concentrate, frozen
Lemonade concentrate, frozen 2/
Beets, canned 1/
f
Peas, green, canned
Tomatoes, canned
%Jm\ X C U

UCOllO

••••••

mm mm

mm mm mmmm

mt «

. _•

Broccoli, frozen 1/ — •
Other food at home
Fats and oils:
Margarine
Salad dressing, Italian If
Salad or cooking oil 1/

Grape jelly
Syrup, chocolate flavored 1/
Nonalcoholic beverages
Coffee, can and bag
—
Coffee, instant 4/
Tea
——————————————————————
Cola drink
Carbonated fruit drink 1/
Prepared and partially prepared foods 1/
Bean soup, canned 1/
Chicken soup, canned 1/
Spaghetti, canned 1/
Mashed potatoes, instant 1/
Potatoes, french fried, frozen 2/
Baby foods, canned

Sweet pickle relish 1/
Pretzels 1/
1/ December 1963-100.
2J April 1960-100.
3/ Priced only in season.
4/ July 1961-100.




132.3
145.0
192.9
97.7
127.9
91.4
156.6
188.3
3/
119.6
165.2
141.5
129.6
145.7
129.5
151.8
123.0
126.8
165.6
118.8
131.0
116.4
107.1
108.6
100.4
100.4
90.6
113.3
121.7
124.5
124.7
105.4
107.2
95.6
103.1
102.4
123.5
125.3
116.2
123.9
124.9
106.4
103.3
86.3
103.6
102.0
155.3
122.7
106.2
105.1
98.0
117.0
108.1
91.8
111.7
111.0
107.4

124.5
131.1
158.2
96.1
130.2
141.5
140.6

1/
124.6
142.3
132.7
146.1
123.0
133.4
122.4

126.9

102.6

108.5
104.3

Percent Change to July 1969 from-June 1969
July
Seasonally
1968
adjusted
Unadjusted
Unadjusted
1.1
1.8
4.1
3.4
2.0
- .4
9.1

2/
3/
-2572
6.9
4.8
7.0
- 6.4
8.1
9.1
- 1.3
5.5
- 8.4
6.9
-17.1
.1
.8
- .3
.5
- .6
- 1.8
.5
.6
.3
- .2
.5
.6
3.4
- .4
- 1.0
.2
.1
.5
- .2
.1
- .1
- .1
- .6
- .1
.0
.1
.7
.3
.0
.2
.5
.4
1.1
.9
- .7
.4

- 2.0
- 3.0
- 1.7
3.7
1.9
5.5

II

3/
- 771
8.8
8.2
1.6
10.3
2.5
-18.7

- .1

.2
.7

0.1
- .5
- 3.6
1.5
-11.2
6.9
-11.6
- 3.4
3/
9.2
1.0
- 6.4
6.8
2.2
8.9
10.2
11.1
- 5.7
8.7
12.4
- .4
1.0
- 1.4
- 8.0
5.5
13.6
5.0
1.4
.3
- 4.7
.8
5.1
3.8
7.5
- .6
- .3
1.6
5.9
2.8
4.1
11.5
4.'4
2.2
- 1.6
5.1
1.2
5.3
6.6
3.8
4.7
2.0
4.7
6.2
5.2
3.2
2.9
1.5

11
TABLE 8: Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups, July 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)

Item or Group

Other
Index
Bases

Housing

Shelter U
Rent
Homeownership costs 2/
Mortgage interest rates
Property taxes
Property insurance rates
Maintenance and repairs
—
Commodities 3/
Exterior house paint
Interior house paint
Services
Repainting living and dining rooms
Reshingling roofs
Residing houses
Replacing sinks
Repairing furnaces
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Fuel oil, #2
Gas and electricity
Gas
Electricity
Other utilities:
Residential telephone services
Residential water and sewerage services .
Household furnishings and operation 4/
Housefurnishings
Textiles
Sheets, percale or muslin
Curtains, tailored, polyester marquisette
Bedspreads, chiefly cotton, tufted
Drapery fabric, cotton or rayon/acetate
Pillows, bed, polyester or acrylic filling
Slipcovers, ready made, chiefly cotton
Furniture and bedding
Bedroom suites, good or inexpensive quality
Living room suites, good and inexpensive
quality
Lounge chairs, upholstered
Dining room suites
Sofas, upholstered
Sofas, dual purpose
Sleep sets, Hollywood bed type
Box springs
Aluminum folding chairs 5/
Cribs
Floor coverings
Rugs, soft surface
Rugs, hard surface
Tile,vinyl
Appliances TJ
Washing machines, electric, automatic
Vacuum cleaners, canister type
Refrigerators or refrigerator-freezers electric
Ranges, free standing, gas or electric
Clothes dryers, electric, automatic
Air conditioners, demountable 5/
Room heaters, electric, portable 5_/
Garbage disposal units
Other housefurnishings:
Dinnerware, earthenware
Flatware, stainless steel
Table lamps, with shade
Lawn mowers, power, rotary type 5/
Electric drills, hand held
~
Housekeeping supplies:
Laundry soaps and detergents
Paper napkins
Toilet tissue
Housekeeping services:
Domestic service, general housework
Baby sitter service
Postal charges
Laundry, flatwork, finished service
Licensed day care service, preschool child
Washing machine repairs




Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63

Indexes3
.

July 1969

June 1969

127.0
134.0
118.8
140.0
135.8
128.7
149 .6
141.5
117.5
115 .7
112.3
136 .9
176 .1
155.4
129 .3
137.8
139.7
112.6
117.4
115 .0
110.9
115.7
105 .6

126.3
133.0
118.5
138.7
134.9
128.2
147.4
140.8
117.8
115.6
112.2
135.7
174.0
154.2
128.6
137.2
137.7
112.7
117.5
115.0
111.3
116.4
105.7

103 .6
145 .3
118 .2
109 .3
114 .8
118 .7
111 .6
116 .5
124 .8
108 .0
110 .1
122 .1
125 3

103.6
143.4
117.9
109.0
114.8
120.2
111.5
116.9
122.2
109.3
109.6
121.8
124.8

123
116
126
114
117

123.4
116.2
126.1
113.8
117.1
111.6
123.0
113.3
117.5
106.2
104.1
111.2
108.0
85.8
90.5
81.8
85.2
97.4
99.5
99.5

Percent Change to July 1969
»From:
July 1968
June 1969

-

0.6
.8
.3
.9
.7
.4
1.5
.5
.3
.1
.1
.9
1.2
.8
.5
.4
1.5

6.3
7.9
3.2
9.5

.1
.1

1.8
1.5

.0
-

.4
.6
.1

.0
1.3
.3
.3
.0
- 1.2

.1
-

.3

2.1
- 1.2

.5
.2
.4

Dec.63
June 64
Dec.63
Dec.63

9
5
6
3
9
112. 2
123. 0
Ill, 8
117. 7
106 4
104. 4
111. 5
108. 2
85.9
90.5
82.0
85.4
97.6
99.5
99.7
)
103. 9

103.9

(1/)

an
.0

Dec.63
Dec.63
June 64
Dec.63

133. 6
119. 5
115. 3
116. 4
103.8

132.7
118.9
114.0
116.8
102.6

.7
.5
1.1

106. 4
127. 2
119.5

106.5
128.1
119.8

172. 9
134. 5
165. 5
140.6
128.4
133.0

172.2
133.7
165.5
140.2
128.1
131.6

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
June 64
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

.4
.3
.4
.4
.7
.5
.0
- 1.3

.2
.2
.3
.3
.2
.1
.0
.2
.2
.2
.0
.2

-

.3

1.2
-

.1
.7
.3

.4
.6
,0
.3
.2
1.1

1.3

4.5
4.3

12
TABLE 8: Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers — Continued
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups, July 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)

Item and Group

Apparel and upkeep 8/
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Men's and boys'
Men's:
Topcoats, wool 57
Suits, year round weight
Suits, tropical weight 5/
Jackets, lightweight
Slacks, wool or wool blend
Slacks, cotton or manmade blend
Trousers, work, cotton
Shirts, work, cotton
Shirts, business, cotton
T-shirts, chiefly cotton
Socks, cotton
Handkerchiefs, cotton
Boy's:
Coats, all purpose, cotton or cotton blend 5/
Sport coats, wool or wool blend 5/
Dungarees, cotton or cotton blend
Undershirts, cotton
Women's and girls'
Women's:
Coats, heavyweight, wool or wool blend 5_/
Carcoats, heavyweight, cotton 5/
•
Sweaters, wool or acrylic 5/
Skirts, wool or wool blend 5/
Skirts, cotton or cotton blend 5/
Blouses, cotton
Dresses, street, chiefly manmade fiber
Dresses, street, wool or wool blend 5/
Dresses, street, cotton 5/
Housedresses, cotton
Slips, nylon
Panties, acetate
Girdles, manmade blend
Brassieres, cotton
Hose, nylon seamless
Anklets, cotton
Gloves, fabric, nylon or cotton
Handbags, rayon faille or plastic
Girl's:
Raincoats, vinyl plastic or chiefly cotton 5/
Skirts, wool or wool blend 5/
Dresses, cotton
Slacks, cotton 5/
Slips, cotton blend
Robes, duster style, quilted tricot or
percale 5/
Handbags
Footwear
Men's:
Shoes, street, oxford
Shoes, work, high
Women's:
Shoes, street, pump
Shoes, evening, pump
Shoes, casual,€ pump
Houseslippers, scuff
Children's:
Shoes, oxford
Sneakers, boys', oxford type
Dress shoes, girls', strap
Miscellaneous apparel:
Diapers, cotton gauze
Yard goods, cotton
Wrist watches, men's and women's
Apparel services:
Drydeaningj men's suits and women's dresses
Automatic laundry«.service
Laundry, men's shirts
Tailoring charges, hem adjustment
•
Shoe repairs, women's heel lift




Other
Index
Bases

June 64
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Indexes
Julv 1969

June 1969

126.8
126.2
123.5
128.1

127.0
126.4
123.7
128.5

- 0.2
- .2
- .2
- .3

14?. 6
127.7
125.1
126.1
112.1
116.9
123.1
121.5
130.1
121.1
112.3

150.0
130.8
125.6
126.6
114.3
116.7
123.4
121.7
129.4
120.5
112.3

- 2.4
- .4
- .4
- 1.9
.2
- .2
- .2
.5
.5
.0

an
an
127.2

(5/)

(in
127.0

127.9
122.5

126.6
122.7

(5/)
Dec.63
Dec.63
Sept.61
Mar.62

an
%
130.7
122.4
147.6

(I/)

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Percent change to July 1969
From:
July 1968
June 1969

149.9
148.8
109.7
108.6
119.0
122.2
99.6
118.1
108.9
113.8

(in

(I/)

an
.2
-

an

1.0
.2

88

a?

(in

(in

122.7
147.3
(5/)
150.6
149.6
110.5
108.4
118.7
122.0
99.0
117.6
108.9
113.7

i3s.o

- 3.2
- .2
.2
(5/)
- .5
- .5
- .7
.2
.3
.2
.6
.4
.0
.1

(5/)

(in

(5/)
(5/)
134.2
(5/)
108.1

133.9

(1/)

107.2

.2
(5/)
.8

(5/)
K>8.2
139.9

(5/)
106.5
140.1

(5/)
1.6
- .1

137.5
137.3

138.6
136.8

-

147.3
121.0
126.8
123.9

147.9
120.0
128.2
124.0

-

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

140.2
116.9
130.6

139.8
116.2
131.9

.3
.6
- 1.0

103.2
123.2
102.4

-

Dec.63

103.5
122.1
102.7
130.5
111.0
123.0
125.2
121.1

130.2
110.4
122.5
125.1
120.4

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

5.9
6.1
6.2
6.7

(V)

an

.8
.4

.4
.8
- 1.1
- .1

.3
.9
.3
.2
.5
.4
.1
.6

5.9

13
TABLE 8: Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers — Continued
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups, July 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)

Item and Group

Transportation
/
Automobiles, new
Automobiles, used
Gasoline, regular and premium
Motor oil, premium
Tires, new, tubeless
Auto repairs and maintenance 10/
Auto insurance rates
Auto registration
Parking fees, private and municipal
Public
Local transit fares
Taxicab fares
Railroad fares, coach
Airplane fares, chiefly coach
Bus fares, intercity
Health and recreation
Medical care
Drugs and prescriptions
Over-the-counter items
Multiple vitamin concentrates
Aspirin compounds
•
Liquid tonics
Adhesive bandages, package
Cold tablets or capsules
Cough syrup
Prescriptions
Anti-infectives
Sedatives and hypnotics
Ataractics
Anti-spamodics
Cough preparations
Cardiovasculars and anti-hypertensives
Analgesics, internal
Anti-obesity
Hormones
Professional services:
Physicians' fees
•
Family doctor, office visits
Family doctor, house visits
Obstetrical cases
Pediatric care, office visits
Psychiatrist, office visits
Herniorrhaphy, adult
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
Dentists' fees
Fillings, adult, amalgam, one surface
Extractions, adult
Dentures, full upper
Other professional services:
Examination, prescription, and dispensing of
eyeglasses
Routine laboratory tests
Hospital service charges:
Daily service charges
Semiprivate rooms
Trivate rooms
Operating room charges
X-ray, diagnostic series, upper G.I.
Personal care
Toilet goods
Toothpaste, standard dentrifrice
Toilet soap, hard milled
Hand lotions, liquid
Shaving cream, aerosol
Face powder, pressed
Deodorants, cream or roll-on
Cleansing tissues
Home permanent refills
Personal care services
Men's haircuts
Beauty shop services
Women's haircuts
Shampoo and wave sets, plain —•?
Permanent waves, cold




Other
•Index
Bases

Indexes
July 1969

June 1969

124.3
121.4
101.6
127.0
117.7
138.1
116.3
133.8
159.0
134.2
117.7
149.5
160.5
127.5
114.9
112.1
122.9

124.6
121.8
101.8
128.2
118.6
137.4
115.5
133.3
158.7
134.2
117.
149.
159.9
127.5
114.9
112.1
122.9

137.0
155.9
99.2
106.9
92.1
106.4
100.8
116.7
109.1
114.8
88.6
62.8
107.1
89.9
101.0
110.2
97.1
102.9
102.9
93.8

•Percent change to July 1969
From:
June 1969
July 1968

0.2
.3
.2
.9
• .8
.5
.7
.4
.2
.0
.2
.3
.4
.0
.0
.0
.0

3.8
3.2
1.8

136.3
155.2
99,
107.
92,
106.6
100.9
117.0
109.5
115.2
88.6
63.1
106.9
90.0
101.2
109.7
97.0
102.8
102.6
93.9

.5
.5
.1
.2
.1
.2
• .1
.3
.4
.3
.0
.5
.2
.1
.2
.5
.1
.1
.3
.1

5.2
7.4

Dec.63

156.0
158.3
163.8
150.1
140.9
129.3
124.3
148.1
144.9
145.7
144.5
128.3

155.5
157.6
163.4
149.4
140.3
129.6
124.1
147.8
144.2
145.1
143.4
127.7

.3
.4
.2
.5
.4
.2
.2
.2
.5
.4
.8
.5

Dec.63

131.7
118.0

131.2
117.9

.4
.1

256.7
253.0
247.9
166.4
122.7
126.6
111.2
112.9
125.1
110.4
101.4
126.1
95.0
109.3
98.8
145.5
154.7
136.0
121.2
152.8
106.7

253.8
250.0
245.5
165.6
122.3
126.2
110.9
113.6
123.6
109.0
102.3
125.0
94.9
108.7
99.3
144.9
153.8
135.6
120.9
152.3
106.5

1.1
1.2
1.0
.5
.3
.3
.3
.6
1.2
1.3
.9
.9
.1
.6
.5
.4
.6
.3
.2
.3
.2

Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Mar.60
Mar.60
Mar.60
Mar.60
Mar.60
Mar.60
Mar.67
Mar.67
Mar.67

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63
Dec.63

Dec.63

Dec.63

Dec.63

•

7.9

5.1

14
TABLE 8 : Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers — Continued
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups, July 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)

Other
Index
Bases

Item and Group

Reading and recreation 11/
Recreational goods
TV sets, portable and console
TV replacement tubes
Radios, portable and table model
Tape recorders, portable
Phonograph records, stereophonic —
Movie cameras, Super 8, zoom lens
Film, 35mm, color
Golf balls, liquid center
Basketballs, rubber or vinyl cover
Fishing rods, fresh water spincast
jjowxxn£ DdX-Ls

•

VJOJ.1

£1TGGI1S

Jt 6 G S

^^/t*n

^*/*%f1tA

————————————————————

••*

™ •—

——

—— —— ——

All

A fAme

1AC90

fl^Aif

ar

—

_ .

_

. _. .

154.3
126.3
122.3

.6
.0
.4

Dec.63
Dec.63

129.1
146.7
153.7
146.2
107.1
117.7
114.8
109.8
110.2
121.8

127.9
144.0
150.8
143.4
106.5
117.4
114.5
109.4
109.5
121.5

.9
1.9
1.9
2.0
.6
.3
.3
.4
.6
.2

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

115.5
108.2
135.0

115.2
108.2
134.5

.3
.0
.4

126.7
118.1
121.3
146.9
142.5
145.7

126.3
118.0
121.0
145.7
142.3
145.2

Mar.59

«-w

Financial and miscellaneous personal expenses:
Funeral services, adult
Bank service charges, checking accounts
Legal services, short form will
Other special groups:

Commodities less food
Nondurables less food and apparel
Household services less rent
' Transportation services
Other services

Dec.63
Dec.63

155.2
126.3
122.8

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

Other goods and services
Tobacco products
Cigarettes, nonfilter tip, regular size
Cigarettes, filter tip, king size
Cigars, domestic, regular size
Alcoholic beverages
Beer
Whiskey, spirit blended and straight bourbon
Wine, dessert and table
Auflif

130.4
98.6
80.0
115.8
76.6
91.9
97.
84.
99.0
103.5
113.9
118.0
99.0
109.1
109.2
108.5
129.7
198.3
192.8
216.7
160.1
110.6
134.6
102.2
119.2

Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63

TV repairs, picture tube replacement
Film developing, black and white
Reading and education:
Newspapers, street sale and delivery —
Magazines, single copy and subscription
Piano lessons, beginner

Away *• tuiD nouie

Dec.63

130.7
98.7
79.8
115.6
76.5
91.5
97.9
83.5
99.1
103.1
114.4
118.2
98.7
109.7
109.4
108.9
130.1
200.2
194.4
219.6
161.9
110.4
134.7
101.0
118.9

Dec.63

"•——.—————.—»———_____«_—_«•

_ _

'Percent change to
From:
June 1969
July 1968

June 1969

Dec.63

Bicycle, boys'
Tricycles
Dog food, canned or boxed
Recreational services
Indoor movie admissions
Adult
Children1s
Drive-in movie admissions, adult
Bowling fees, evening

Indexes
July 1969

0.2
.1
• .3
• .2
• .1
• .4
.4
• .7
.1
•

3.8

.4

.4
.2
•

.3

.5
.2
.4
.3
1.0
.8
1.3
1.1
- .2
.1
• 1.2

•

.3

4.2

4.9
4.3
3.8
8.3
6.7
4.7

1/ Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
2/ Also includes home purchase costs not shown separately.
^3/* Also includes pine shelving, furnace air filters, packaged dry cement mix, and shrubbery not shown separately.
4/ Also includes Venetian blinds, nails, carpet sweepers, air deodorizers, steel wool scouring pads, envelopes, reupholstering,
and moving expenses.
5/ Priced only in season.
6/ Not available.
77 Also includes radios and television sets, shown separately under reading and recreation.
8/ Also includes men's sport shirts, women's and girls' lightweight coats, women's slacks, cocktail dresses, bathing suits,
girls' shorts, earrings, and zippers not shown separately.
9/ Also includes recapped tires and drivers' license fees not shown separately.
10/ Includes prices for water pump replacement, motor tune-up, automatic transmission repair, exhaust system repair, front
end alignment, and chassis lubrication.
11/ Also includes outboard motors, nondurable toys, college tuition fees, paperback books, and college textbooks, not shown
separately.




15
Reliability of Percent Changes in the CPI

A system of "replicated" samples introduced into the index structure in the 1964
revision permits an estimate of sampling error for the CPI. \J The table below shows
standard errors for monthly, quarterly, and annual percent changes in the CPI for all
items and for nine commodity groupings based on 1968 averages. The figures may be interpreted as follows: the chances are about 95 out of 100 that the percent change in the
CPI as computed differs from the corresponding "complete coverage" change by less than
twice the standard error. Data also are shown in terms of the relative error of the
standard error of percent changes. The relative errors tend to decrease markedly for
successively longer time periods, as expected.
Because the CPI is rounded to one decimal place, some ambiguity may arise in
interpreting small index changes. The table below indicates, for example, that a monthto-month change of 0.1 percent in the all-items CPI is significant. Because of rounding,
however, a change of this size in the published index might result from a much smaller
change in the unrounded value. Hence, any particular change of 0.1 percent may or may
not be significant. On the other hand, a published change of 0.2 percent is almost
always significant, regardless of the time period to which it relates.
Standard and Relative Errors of Percent Changes in the
CPI Based on 1968 Data

Component

Monthly
Change

All items
Food at home
Food away from home
Housing
Apparel
Transportation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services —

.03
.08
.08
.05
.15
.06
.10
.13
.09
.08

Standard Error
Quarterly Annual
Change
Change
.05
.13
.15
.08
.22
.10
.13
.19
.13
.17

08
24
18
13
31
15
24
47
22
36

Monthly
Change

.08
.18
.17
.12
.21
.17
.20
.30
.22
.29

Relative Error
Annual
Quarterly
Change
Change
.04
.13
.11
.06
.14
.16
.09
.16
.11
.19

.02
.08
.04
.03
.06
.05
.04
.12
.05
.08

This replaces the table of average errors based on 1967 data which was included in
the CPI report through December 1968.

1/ The method of deriving these estimates is described in a paper by Marvin Wilkerson,
"Measurement of Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index," Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 1967.




16

Brief Explanation of the CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures average changes in prices of goods
and services usually bought by urban wage earners and clerical workers, both families
and single persons living alone. It is based on prices of about 400 items which were
selected to represent the movement of prices of all goods and services purchased by
wage earners and clerical workers. Prices for these items are obtained in urban portions of 39 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) and 17 smaller cities,
which were chosen to represent all urban places in the United States, including
Alaska and Hawaii. They are collected from grocery and department stores, hospitals,
filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments which wage
earners and clerical workers patronize.
Prices of foods, fuels, and a few other items are obtained every month in
all 56 locations. Prices of most other commodities and servipes are collected every
month in the 5 largest SMSA's and every 3 months in other SMSA's and cities* Mail
questionnaires are used to obtain local transit fares, public utility rates, newspaper prices, fuel prices, and certain other items which change in price infrequently.
Prices of most other goods and services are obtained by personal visits of the
Bureau's trained representatives.
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
location are averaged together with weights which represent their importance in the
spending of all wage earners and clerical workers. SMSA and city data are then combined in the total index with weights based on the 1960 populations of SMSA's and
cities they represent* Index numbers are computed on the base 1957-59=100, and are
also available on the bases of 1947-49*100 and 1939-100.
The national index (the United States city average) includes prices from
the 23 SMSA's for which separate indexes are published in this report, as well as
from the following additional locations:
Alabama - Florence
Alaska - Anchorage
California - Bakersfield*
Colorado - Denver*
Connecticut - Hartford*
Florida - Orlando*
Indiana - Indianapolis*
Indiana - Logansport
Illinois - Champaign-Urbana*
Iowa - Cedar Rapids*
Kansas - Wichita*

Louisiana - Baton Rouge*
Maine - Portland*
Massachusetts - Southbridge
Michigan - Nlles
Minnesota - Crookston
Mississippi - Vicksburg
New Jersey - Millville
New York -^ Kingston
North Carolina - Durham*
North Dakota - Devils Lake
Ohio - Dayton*

Ohio - Findlay
Oklahoma - Mangum
Oregon - Klamath Falls
Pennsylvania - Lancaster*
South Carolina - Union
Tennessee - Nashville*
Texas - Austin*
Texas - MeAllen
Utah - Orem
Virginia - Martinsville
Wisconsin - Green Bay*

•Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
Comparisons of indexes for individual SMSA's show only that prices in one
location changed more or less than in another. The SMSA indexes cannot be used to
measure differences in price levels or in living costs between areas.
A description of the index and historical tables of index numbers for the
United States city average and for 23 large SMSA's are available on request to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C. 20212 or any of its regional offices
(addresses below).
BLS Regional Offices
1371 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

341 Ninth Avenue
New York, New York 10001

219 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604

450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94102

John F. Kennedy Fed. Bldg.
Boston, Massachusetts 02203

911 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri

411 N. Akard Street
Dallas, Texas 75201

1317 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania




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