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price index
for
November 1970
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
January
1971
the consumer price indei
a monthly report
on consumer price movements
including statistical tables
and technical notes.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
J. D. Hodgson, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner
Consumer Price Indexes
1957-59
Commodities and Services
100
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
ALL ITEMS INDEX (as of Dec. 1969)
ALL SERVICES
36.21%
FOOD
22.68%
NONDURABLES LESS FOOD - - - - 24.11%
DURABLE COMMODITIES
17.00%
115
110
IMondurables Less
105
100
1962
1963
1964
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
^Seasonally adjusted
Latest Data: November 1970
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
FOR
NOVEMBER 1970
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3 percent in November to 137.8 percent of its
1957-59 base. Higher prices for consumer services, apparel, houses, and cars were responsible for most of the increase. The November rise, moderated by a decline in food prices,
was half as large as October's and put the CPI 5.6 percent higher than it had been a year
ago.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the November rise was also 0.3 percent. The rise
was less than the 0.5 percent increases in September and October and in line with increases
recorded in the summer months. Food prices declined after increases in the preceding 2
months and, on average, were at the same level as they were 6 months ago. Prices of nonfood
commodities rose less than in the previous 2 months, but more than in July and August. The
advance in prices of services was the same as the average monthly rise since May.
Summary of month-to-month percent changes
All items
Commodities
less food
Food
Services 1/
Month
UnadjL
Seas.
Adj.
Unadj.
Seas.
Adj.
Unadj.
Seas.
Adj.
Unadj.
November 1969
December
0.5
.6
0.5
.6
0.7
1.4
1.1
1.3
0.3
.1
0.2
.4
0.5
.7
.4
.6
.5
.6
.6
.1
.3
.3
.2
.5
.1
-.1
-.2
-.5
.4
-.2
.2
.3
.7
.6
.3
.1
.2
.6
.6
.9
.7
1.1
.7
.5
.6
.5
.6
.6
.5
.6
January 1970
February
March
April
May
June
Till IT
— —
.5
.5
.6
_ — _.- — ..—_ —
juxy — — — — — — —
August
September
October
November
——
—
.4
.4
.4
.2
.4
.6
.3
.4
.5
.5
.3
.3
.2
.5
.5
.3
.8
.2
.3
.4
-.4
.1
-.1
.4
.1
-.1
.4
.4
.1
.1
.7
1.0
.6
.2
.2
.6
.6
.4
1/ Percent changes for services are based on unadjusted indexes since these
prices have little seasonal movement.
Food
Food prices averaged 0.1 percent lower on a seasonally adjusted basis because
of a larger-than-seasonal drop in most food purchased in grocery stores. Average prices
of fresh fruits and vegetables-notably oranges, grapefruit, bananas, and lettuce—
declined; usually they increase in November. Prices of processed fruits and vegetables,
except frozen orange juice concentrate, continued to rise substantially. On average,
prices of meats, poultry, and fish declined more than is usual, primarily because of
further sharp declines in pork prices. In November, pork prices were 6.7 percent below
their June 1970 high. Beef and poultry prices also fell more than seasonally.
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In contrast, dairy product prices rose more than seasonally for the third
consecutive month. Although the most significant increases were recorded for fresh
milk and American cheese, prices of all dairy product items were higher than last month.
Egg prices declined less than they usually do in November, and prices of restaurant meals
and other food consumed away from home continued to rise. Average prices of cereals and
bakery products increased, even though many sales contributed to lower white bread prices.
Commodities other than food
Prices of nonfood commodities rose 0,6 percent, a slower rate of increase than
in October and September, but three times the usual rate for November. The slowdown in
the rise from last month largely reflected smaller increases in prices of nondurable
goods other than food. Gasoline prices declined appreciably after October's increase,
and prices of some other nondurables such as alcoholic beverages, drugs, and toilet goods
rose more slowly than in the previous month. Prices of apparel, particularly women's
and girls' items, rose significantly more than is usual for November. The increase, about
as much as in each of the previous 3 months, reflected in part the first pricing this
season of fall and winter clothing in some cities. Fuel oil and coal prices rose
substantially for the twelfth consecutive month, because of higher wholesale prices and
increased demand for fuel by utilities. Magazine prices rose sharply and newspaper prices
continued to advance, both as a result of increases in the cost of newsprint and labor.
Retail prices of consumer durables were up 0.6 percent after seasonal adjustment,
primarily because of higher prices for cars and houses. The average price of new cars
rose 0.8 percent in November; the rise reflects an increase in the proportion of higher
priced 1971 cars sold and a continued general shortage of new cars due to the recent auto
workers' strike. Prices of used cars rose significantly for the second month in a row.
The prices of homes advanced significantly in November, and household durables increased
0.4 percent, led by sharp price increases for furniture and bedding.
Services
Charges for consumer services rose again in November and were responsible for a
substantial part of the total rise in the CPI.
Nearly half the increase in services was due to price advances for services
associated with housing, particularly residential gas and water and sewerage services.
Mortgage interest costs advanced due to higher house prices, which more than offset a slight
dip in mortgage interest rates. The slight dip, however, was the largest since June 1967.
Housekeeping and home repair services prices were noticeably higher. Residential rents rose
significantly but by less than they had in October. Costs of medical care services continue
to advance by about as much as their average from May through September. Prices of transportation services continued to rise significantly, for the most part because of increases
in auto insurance premiums and local transit fares.
Seasonally adjusted monthly percent changes in the index and some of its major
components for the past 6 months are given in the following tabulation:
November
October
September
0.3
0.5
0.5
.4
-.1
-.2
.5
3
1
0
5
.3
.6
July
June
0.2
0.3
0.3
.6
.4
.4
.6
-.1
-.1
-.2
.5
.2
.1
-.1
-.1
.2
-.4
-.5
.4
6
4
.3
.7
.0
.3
.6
.2
.1
.6
-6
.4
5
5
.6
.3
.6
.3
.5
.3
.6
.3
.7
«8
•7
«3
5
9
2
6
.8
.8
.6
.5
.7
.2
.7
.5
.6
1.0
.7
.3
.4
.6
.7
.7
Consumer Price Index:
All items
Commodities
Food
Food at home
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food
and apparel
Durables
Services Rent
Household services less
rent
Transportation servicesMedical care services —
Other services
1/ Percent changes for services are based on unadjusted indexes since these
prices have little seasonal movement.
Cost-of-Living Adjustments
Approximately 46,000 workers will receive cost-of-living wage increases based on
the Consumer Price Index for November. About 11,400 employees in the aerospace and farm
machinery industries will receive 8 cents more per hour based on the 5.6 percent rise in
the national index since November 1969. About 31,000 additional workers in various
industries will receive 2 to 8 cents more per hour based on yearly, semiannual or quarterly
increases in the national index.
Another 3,500 employees of the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Michigan will
receive a 6-cent hourly increase based on the change in the Detroit index since August
1970.
About 27,000 other workers, whose escalation reviews are tied to the November
index, will not receive adjustments because they have already received the maximums
stipulated in their contracts.
A NOTE ABOUT CALCULATING INDEX CHANGES
Effective with the February 1970 release, and continuing thereafter, percent
changes expressed as annual rates will be computed according to the standard formula for
compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent would be if the current rate
were maintained for a 12-month period.
Movements of the indexes from one date to another are usually expressed as
percent changes rather than changes in the index points because index point changes are
affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period while percent changes
are not. The following example illustrates the computation of index point and percent
changes:
Index Point Change
November 1970 CPI (1957-59=100)
less October 1970 index
Index point difference =
Percent Change
137.8
137.4
0.4
Index point difference divided
by the index for the previous
period:
137.8 - 137.4 x 1 0 0 . 0.3
137.4
Effective with the July 1970 release, and continuing thereafter, seasonally
adjusted percent changes in the U.S. All Items Index will be based on seasonal adjustment factors and seasonally adjusted indexes carried to two decimal places. This procedure will help to eliminate rounding error in the percent changes.
TABLE 1.
Consumer Price Index—United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, November 1970
(Unadjusted, unless otherwise indicated)
Group
All items
All items (1947-49=100)
Indexes
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise noted)
November
November
October
August
1969
1970
1970
1970
136.0
130.5
137.8
137.4
166.8
160.1
169.1
168.5
Percent change to November 1970 from
1 Month
3 Months
1 Year
.ago
5.6
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
132.4
126.9
131.8
127.1
132.4
128.5
116.9
158.7
133.0
127.8
131.5
129.1
132.0
129.3
117.7
158.0
133.5
128.6
130.1
131.0
130.8
135.0
116.1
156.8
128.1
123.8
124.1
127.2
126.3
127.0
112.9
149.0
-.5
-.7
.2
-1.5
.3
-.6
-.7
.4
-1.3
1.3
-3.0
1.2
-4.8
.7
1.2
3.4
2.5
6.2
-.1
4.8
1.2
3.5
6.5
Housing —
Shelter _1/
139.3
149.8
125.7
159.3
120.7
127.1
119.2
124.5
138.5
149.1
125.2
158.6
119.0
125.5
118.0
123.9
137.0
147.2
124.2
156.2
117.7
122.9
116.4
123.2
129.8
137.7
120.5
144.5
114.2
118.9
113.2
119.6
.6
.5
.4
.4
1.4
1.3
1.0
.5
1.7
1.8
1.2
2.0
2.5
3.4
2.4
1.1
7.3
8.8
4.3
10.2
5.7
6.9
5.3
4.1
Apparel and upkeep hj
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls' —
Footwear
135.7
136.8
132.4
149.9
134.8
136.0
131.1
149.4
131.5
133.2
125.6
147.9
130.7
132.1
127.4
143.9
.7
.6
1.0
.3
3.2
2.7
5.4
1.4
3.8
3.6
3.9
4.2
Transportation
Private
New cars
Used cars
Gasoline
Public
134.4
130.1
110.4
132.2
118.6
175.0
133.5
129.2
108.7
130.3
119.3
173.5
130.6
126.4
103.5
129.2
116.9
171.0
125.6
122.7
105.1
124.9
116.3
151.1
.7
.7
1.6
1.5
-.6
.9
2.9
2.9
6.7
2.3
1.5
2.3
7.0
6.0
5.0
5.8
2.0
15.8
146.9
168.7
132.3
139.3
139.8
146.3
167.9
132.1
138.4
139.5
145.1
166.8
131.3
137.1
138.1
139.1
157.4
127.8
132.3
133.1
.4
.5
.2
.7
.2
1.2
1.1
.8
1.6
1.2
5.6
7.2
3.5
5.3
5.0
132.9
134.6
134.0
133.0
133.9
133.1
132.4
132.6
130.6
-.1
.5
.7
.4
1.5
2.6
139.7
136.0
125.7
128.0
131.4
130.5
135.2
138 .9
135 .6
125 .0
127 .7
131 .3
129 .9
134 .2
136.9
134.2
123.0
126.6
130.5
127.8
130.6
131.4
128.9
120.2
122.9
126.7
125.5
130.4
.6
.3
.6
.2
.1
.5
.7
2.0
1.3
2.2
1.1
.7
2.1
3.5
6.3
5.5
4.6
4.1
3.7
4.0
3.7
119.6
109.4
118 .8
109 .0
117.0
108.4
113.5
106.5
.7
.4
2.2
.9
5.4
2.7
159.5
166.9
155.3
151.2
158.5
165 .8
154 .4
150 .4
156.7
163.8
152.5
147.2
153.1
143.3
134.3
.6
.7
.6
.5
1.8
1.9
1.8
2.2
8.4
9.0
8.4
12.6
118.0
116 .5
109.2
142.9
185.7
142 .0
184 .5
132.4
171.8
.6
.7
2.1
1.4
.726
.351
.728
.353
Homeownership 2/
Fuel and utilities 3/
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
—
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation —
Other goods and services
Seasonally Adjusted^
Food
Apparel and upkeep
Transportation
—
Special Groups:
All items less food
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Commodities
Nondurables
Nondurables less food —
Apparel commodities
Durables
Household durables
Services less rent
Services less medical care
Insurance and finance (Dec. 1965=100)
Utilities and public transportation
(Dec. 1965=100)
Housekeeping and home maintenance services
(Dec. 1965=100)
Medical care services
Purchasing Power of Consumer Dollar:
1957-59=$1.00
-.._..____
_
1939=$1.00
.735
.356
8.1
.767
.371
\J Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
2/ Includes home purchase, mortgage interest, taxes, insurance, and maintenance and repairs.
j}/ Also includes telephone, water, and sewerage service not shown separately.
f*J Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately.
Note:
Index applies to month as a whole not to any specific date.
7.9
8.1
- 6 -
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
October
1970
November 1970
August
1970
November
1969
U.S. City Average
137.8
169.1
0.3
1.3
5.6
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles-Long Beach
New York --^
--Philadelphia
134.8
137.8
136.7
144.6
141.4
170.0
169.8
170.4
174.2
173.5
.2
.5
.1
.3
.4
1.3
1.8
1.8
5.6
6.2
5.2
7.4
7.4
142.3
134.9
138.2
136.7
Boston
Houston
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Pittsburgh
October 1970
July
1970
October
1969
176.4
166.2
171.0
168.5
12.0
.9
1.1
1.6
5.6
3.9
6.1
6.4
August
1970
November 1970
Buffalo (Nov.1963=100)
—
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963=100) - — •
Milwaukee
San Diego (Feb.1965=100) Seattle
Washington
137.0
170.1
133.0
167.7
135.0
139.0
169.6
167.3
130.5
128.5
123.7
San Francisco-Oakland
134.9
137.2
132.6
167.0
170.2
161.4
138.5
136.2
138.9
171.4
169.0
176.3
—
2.0
1.0
.2
1.4
1.6
.3
.9
June
1970
September 1970
Atlanta
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Honolulu (Dec.1963=100)
Kansas City
St. Louis
1.4
2.5
123.9
1.0
1.5
1.1
.5
.4
1.6
1.0
November
1969
5.9
5.8
3.9
4.7
5.7
3.8
5.3
September
1969
4.9
5.2
5.7
4.9
5.4
5.4
4.6
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 1960.
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.
Note: The Consumer Price Index cannot be used for measuring differences in living costs among areas; it indicates price
change within areas. Estimates of differences in living costs among areas are found in the family budgets.
- 7 TABLE 3. Consumer Price Index—The United States and selected areas 1/ for urban wage earners and clerical workers,
major groups percent change from October to November 1970
Group
All items
Food — ;
Housing
Apparel and upkeep
Transportation
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services —
U.S. City
Average
Chicago
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.3
0.4
-1.1
.8
-.2
1.2
.2
..4
2/
-.5
1.2
.3
.7
.2
,8
2/
-.3
.4
.7
-.9
.1
.2
-.1
.5
.1
.8
.4
.7
-.5
.9
-.1
.6
.9
2.1
.1
.0
-.2
-.5
.6
.7
.7
.4
.5
.2
.7
.2
Los AngelesLong Beach
Philadelphia
u
H
I/'
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
Indexes
(1957-59=100)
Group
November 1970
October 1970
August 1970
Percent changes to: November 1970
From:
1 Month
3 Months
Ago
Ago
0.4
-0.1
.2
-.2
-1 2
-.5
.8
.2
.0
-1.3
1.0
.6
Food
Food at home
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables —
Other foods at home
132.9
127.5
127.5
131.9
132.5
116.7
133.
127.
128.
131.
134.
116.
0
8
2
6
3
0
132.4
127.3
129.1
130.8
132.5
115.5
Fuel and utilities 1/
Fuel oil and coal
120.6
127.1
119. 2
125. 8
117.8
123.8
Apparel and upkeep 2_/
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
134.6
135.7
130.6
149.5
133.
135.
129.
149.
9
3
5
0
132.6
133.9
127.4
148.0
Transportation
Private
New cars
134.0
129.6
108.1
133. 1
128. 7
107. 2
130.6
126.5
105.2
2.6
2.5
2.8
Commodities
Commodities less food
Nondurables
Rondurables less food •
Apparel commodities •
Durables
127.9
125.1
131.4
129.9
134.0
119.1
127.
124.
131.
129.
133.
118.
4
126.3
123.2
130.2
128.2
131.8
117.1
1.3
1.5
.9
1.3
1.7
1.7
1/
_2/
6
0
5
,3
,4
1.2
.3
Also includes telephone, water, and sewerage service not shown separately.
Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately.
2.4
2.7
1.5
1.3
2.5
1.0
TABLE 5. Consumer Price Index--United States and selected areas _1/ for urban wage earners and clerical workers, commodity groups
November 1970 index and percent changes from August 1970
Group
City
Average
Chicago
Detroit
Los angelesLong Beach
New York
Philadelphia
Indexes (1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
All items
137.8
134.8
137.8
136.7
144.6
141.4
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
132.4
126.9
131.8
127.1
132.4
128.5
116.9
158.7
131.9
128.3
137.7
128.2
139.6
122.4
117.1
148.1
130.4
126.6
127.3
133.8
135.0
119.0
113.5
151.4
128.5
122.2
130.3
117.1
129.9
134.0
106.8
151.2
137.2
128.8
129 .5
131 .0
126.8
135.4
117.9
171 .8
133.3
126.7
133.1
122.9
141.7
129.1
113.4
168.3
Housing
139.3
149.8
125.7
159.3
120.7
127.1
119.2
124.5
132.3
139.6
118.1
150.0
116.5
118.2
113.9
121.8
139.5
153.0
(2/)
161.9
110.1
119.6
111.5
116.8
144.2
156.5
128.3
166.1
117.1
144.9
153 .9
124,
120,
164.7
120.7
131 .1
116.7
135 .7
142.6
156.2
130.4
163.1
118.0
131.7
110.7
128.7
Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys 1
Women's and girls'
Footwear —
135.7
136.8
132.4
149.9
128.2
128.0
123.7
143.5
129.5
130.8
122.8
147.9
132.4
133.7
135.6
139.3
143.2
145.6
138.4
149.9
144.0
139.2
135.1
161.4
Transportation
Private
Public
134.4
130.1
175.0
140.0
134.0
178.6
132.8
128.1
175.7
136.5
131.7
163.1
146.2
139.4
177.5
144.2
137.3
180.2
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation —
Other goods and services
146.9
168.7
132.3
139.3
139.8
143.0
178.9
(2/)
121.1
137.7
150.2
185.2
(2_/)
136.1
132.9
135.2
162.4
(2/)
117.8
128.4
156.1
179.6
128.6
154.5
149 .5
151.9
187.0
(2/)
135.5
(2/)
Shelter
Rent
—————————————
XXOU16Owfil6tS£11 p
""^"^""•"••™™"*^*"""*
j
••••^
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity —
Household furnishings and operation
(2/)
Percent changes from August 1970 to November 1970
All items
1.3
—
Food — — — — — — — — —
—————
1.3
1.8
1.8
2.2
2.9
2.5
5.1
1.9
4.7
1.3
1.4
.2
- .1
1.2
- 2.7
1.1
2.8
.4
.7
.2
.6
1.6
.7
2.4
- 5.7
.3
.9
1.9
2.0
2.2
2.4
" .9
2.7
2.6
.3
1.4
1.5
1.4
C2./)
1.5
4.1
2.5
3.5
.1
4.2
5.7
1.3
6.5
.9
3.9
.4
2.9
3.5
1.2
9.0
.0
2.3
1.3
4.3
- 1.6
3.8
1.7
7.0
1.4
5.5
7.2
7.2
1.3
8.7
7.6
4.9
5.1
1.5
2.2
2.6
.7
1.5
1.6
- .1
- .2
1.6
1.9
1.2
1.2
1.5
.8
1.3
1.3
3.0
1.2
4.8
.7
1.2
2.3
3.2
1.8
- 5.2
- .4
- 10.7
1.2
1.2
1.7
1.8
1.2
2.0
2.5
3.4
2.4
1.1
1.6
1.4
37
.3
"" 1.6
3.3
3.3
.8
1.6
(2/)
7.2
2.3
4.9
3.1
1.3
Apparel and upkeep —
Men's and boys'
Women'8 and girls'
Footwear
3.2
2.7
5.4
1.4
4.1
4.5
6.3
2.1
Transportation
Private —
Public
2.9
2.9
2.3
3.6
4.1
.8
Health and recreation
Medical care —
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
1.2
1.1
.8
1.6
1.2
1.8
2.5
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home
Housing
Shelter
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
See footnotes at end of table.
-
(in
1.3
2.5
-
20.6
.4
1.4
(2/)
.1
.2
(J/)
.4
- .2
2.5
1.4
-
-
.2
.2
2.9
2.1
2.2
3.5
1.7
2.0
2.0
1.9
{!/)
1.7
(2/)
TABLE 5. Consumer Price Index—United States and selected areas 17 for urban wage earners and clerical workers, commodity groups,
November 1970 index and percent changes from August 1970--Continued
Group
Buffalo
Cleveland
San Diego
Dallas
Milwaukee
Seattle
Nov.63=100)
(Feb.65 = 100)
CNov.63=100)
Indexes (1957-59«1OO unless otherwise specified)
Washington
130.5
137.0
128.5
133.0
123.7
135.0
139.0
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
127.4
124.6
118.0
125.8
128.1
123.0
124.9
144.3
132.4
129.0
127.5
131.6
137.7
132.7
117.5
152.1
125.1
119.9
121.8
123.6
126.7
114.5
114.8
144.7
128.6
124.4
123.2
126.9
132.0
123.4
115.2
150.8
122.9
118.6
117.3
129.1
117.6
109.6
111.8
134.6
130.0
122.8
120.4
123.8
133.9
123.7
114.0
159.7
134.1
125.2
124.8
124.3
128.6
127.2
120.2
165.6
Hous ing
Shelter
131.4
134.4
116.0
137.8
127.3
123.0
132.6
125.7
131.8
132.9
112.9
136.5
134.6
132.2
143.5
112.6
158.8
110.9
131.6
145.8
130.2
152.6
100.7
136.1
123.4
106.7
120.7
131.8
135.1
117.4
140.8
126.9
138.8
118.8
126.5
103.2
111.6
140.0
157.0
126.0
165.9
119.0
121.2
98.5
117.6
135.6
142.3
130.4
147.5
110.9
128.0
110.6
130.1
Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
137.9
146.6
137.5
141.5
133.8
137.1
125.3
153.8
125.3
134.1
121.4
127.0
140.2
137.9
140.2
153.2
118.5
125.5
116.6
126.7
133.0
139.9
131.9
149.1
143.8
143.2
141.7
156.4
Transportation
Private
Public
124.3
123.6
132.7
143.4
135.4
199.1
118.8
117.7
134.4
130.2
126.4
180.6
117.1
116.7
124.0
124.5
123.3
135.2
137.4
130.6
178.5
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
133,5
137.7
126.0
131.9
135.0
151.5
189.9
132.9
134.6
143.6
134.3
145.2
125.2
130.0
129.1
138.8
157.3
137.1
133.4
130.5
120.0
133.5
106.9
113.3
120.9
137.7
157.1
131.4
126.6
134.8
151.4
195.1
130.6
139.9
136.7
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
Percent changes from August 1970 to November 1970
All items
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish —
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home
Hous ing
Shelter
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities ~
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
Transportation
Public
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
J7
2/
1/
See footnote 1, table 2.
Not available.
Change from September 1970.
2.0
1.0
0.2
1,4
1.6
0.3
0.9
- .8
- 1.2
2.1
- 3.1
.5
- 4.7
1.0
1.1
.4
.2
2.3
- 2.0
2.4
- 1.1
1.9
1.2
1.8
2.5
3.7
5.5
- .1
4.9
- .9
.3
1.1
• 1.7
2.5
3.9
1.1
6.2
.3
1.5
.1
- .5
1.1
3.4
.4
3.1
.1
1.6
1.0
1.5
1.8
4.4
.2
2.8
.6
.8
1.5
2.6
1.4
2.2
- .2
6.5
2.2
1.2
2.3
2.3
1.5
2.5
1.1
5.9
.2
2.7
.0
- 1.0
1.8
- 1.4
5.2
1.5
2.0
.6
2.5
.5
1.7
1.8
2.1
1.7
1.6
4.5
.9
.5
.8
1.6
1.7
.9
2.0
1.4
4.4
.0
1.4
3.2
1.5
.6
- .1
1.1
.1
2.3
4.3
.0
1.5
1.7
2.0
1.0
2.6
.5
3.6
- .2
1.6
5.1
3.3
10.0
1.7
1.7
1.9
2.4
1.0
1.0
- .7
2.1
- .1
2.4
4.4
2.0
.6
1.1
1.5
1.4
.0
3.4
4.6
4.9
1.6
2.6
4.5
1.6
.9
2.6
2.3
6.9
6.8
5.0
17.3
.4
.4
.4
4.6
4.9
1.0
4.8
5.0
1.1
1.2
1.7
1.8
.7
.7
.6
3.1
1.6
1.9
7.1
1.0
.4
- .5
1.8
1.8
- .4
.2
- .1
- .2
1.2
.4
- .1
1.2
1.5
.5
.3
.8
- .8
.5
.1
.5
.2
.5
.8
.4
.9
1.2
1.1
.3
1.5
- 10 TABLE 6. Consumer Price Index--United States and selected areas for urban wage earners and clerical workers, food and its subgroups
November 1970 indexes and percent changes from October 1970
Food at home
Area 1/
Total
food
Cereals
Total
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
132.4
126.9
131.8
127.1
132.4
128.5
116.9
158.7
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 —
126.6
128.5
132.0
124.6
128.3
125.3
129.0
119.9
126.6
119.6
125.8
131.3
122.2
124.4
126.8
128.8
126.7
124.1
131.9
118.6
121.9
122.8
125.2
125.8
136.9
137.2
118.0
137.7
125.4
127.5
121.8
127.3
113.7
136.0
137.5
130.3
123.2
127.8
129.5
133.1
128.7
141.1
117.3
125.2
120.4
124.8
124.4
128.1
137.6
125.8
128.2
126.8
131.6
123.6
133.8
124.7
121.7
130.6
117.1
126.9
126.6
131.0
122.9
125.4
131.8
129.1
121.1
123.8
124.3
130.7
131.4
127.7
128.1
139.6
130.4
137.7
126.7
135.0
120.2
132.4
146.4
129.9
132.0
140.2
126.8
141.7
127.3
147.2
117.6
126.0
133.9
128.6
134.3
133.4
135.3
123.0
122.4
131
132
114
119.0
119.5
131.5
124.3
134.0
123.4
124.6
135.4
129.1
127.0
136.5
109.6
Washington
131.4
135.8
138.7
127.4
131.9
130.2
132.4
125.1
130.4
123.6
133.8
136.7
128.5
128.6
132.0
137.2
133.3
128.0
137.1
122.9
128.8
130.0
134.1
122.5
118.0
119.1
124.9
117.1
144.9
117.5
114.8
113.5
115.4
115.4
121.6
106.8
115.2
118.7
117.9
113.4
115.6
113.5
111.8
110.7
114.0
120.2
148.6
167.5
167.9
144.3
148.1
155.1
152.1
144.7
151.4
135.7
167.2
155.7
151.2
150.8
156.2
171.8
168.3
153.1
158.7
134.6
158.7
159.7
165.6
U.S. City Average
- 0.5
- 0.7
0.2
- 1.5
0.3
- 0.6
0.7
0.4
2.2
- .1
1.4
.9
- .1
.6
1.2
.4
2.7
- .2
1.4
- .9
.1
.2
.2
.2
.4
- .8
-..2
- .3
- .1
- .2
.4
- 1.8
- 2.9
- .1
- 1.7
- 2.3
- 1-9
.0
- 2.1
- 2.0
.7
- 1.4
- 1.5
- .9
- 1.9
- 1.1
- .8
- 1.5
- 2.4
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.2
- 2.5
- 1.4
.3
- .2
.6
.1
- .1
2.9
3.7
.0
- .9
1.8
- .1
.3
.2
1.1
.1
.3
.2
.0
.4
.1
.7
.1
.2
- 2.8
- 2.1
- 1.5
1.0
- 2.4
.7
1.4
- 1.2
.5
- 1.7
- 3.0
- 2.7
.7
- 1.1
1.1
- .6
- .6
- .1
- 1.2
2.6
3.0
2.7
- 4.6
1.4
- .8
- .3
.1
- .8
- .9
.9
2.0
1.2
.2
- .7
- .6
1.0
1.5
1.0
- .6
1.0
.0
1.2
- .7
.5
1.3
1.1
.6
.4
.6
.2
.2
.8
.9
- .1
.2
.1
.6
.6
.1
(2/)
"".2
.6
.5
.3
.1
128,
123,
127.2
Percent changes from October 1970 to November 1970
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/
2/
- .6
1.2
.1
- .2
1.1
.1
1.1
1.0
- .5
.2
- .5
- .7
- .3
- .5
- .2
- .1
- .5
- .7
- .7
.2
.3
- .5
1.0
See footnote 1, table 2.
Not available.
-
1.0
1.6
- .1
- .2
- 1.4
- .2
1.1
- 1.4
- .7
.2
- .9
- 1.1
- .4
- .9
- .3
- .4
- .7
- 1.0
- 1.0
- .3
.2
- .7
- 1.4
(2/)
-.5
.3
.4
- 11TABLE 7. Consumer Price Index--United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, food items November 1970
indexes and percent changes from selected dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Item or Group
Total food
Food away from home
Restaurant meals
S -narXta 1 /
—_——__—_——___—__—_——
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products —
Cracker meal \J
Corn flakes
Rice
Bread, white
Bread, whole wheat JL/
Cookies
Layer cake JL/
Cinnamon r o l l s JL/
Meats, poultry, and fish
Meats — — — — — — — — —
Beef and veal
Steak, round
Steak, sirloin V
Steak, porterhouse JL/ —
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 JL/ —
Frankfurters
Ham, canned 1/
Bologna sausage JL/
Salami sausage 1/
Liverwurst If
Poultry
Frying chicken
Chicken breasts JL/
Turkey 1/
^
Shrimp, frozen 1/
Fish, fresh or frozen —
Tuna fish, canned
Sardines, canned JL/
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
November 1970
Seasonally
Unadlusted
adiusted
132.4
158.7
158.7
138.6
126.9
131.8
113.9
142.6
138.5
115.8
137.7
129.8
107.3
122.9
123.5
127.1
131.0
134.9
127.5
122.9
128.4
122.6
142.3
125.3
142.0
119.8
176.5
124.9
125.3
134.2
143.3
119.9
131.4
122.5
135.5
142.4
135.1
127.1
139.1
130.3
132.0
91.8
89.0
104.7
117.2
149.6
125.6
161.4
136.0
142.5
132.4
128.4
136.7
132.0
135.4
104.9
159.4
122.4
132.9
_
127.5
_
127.5
131.3
135.2
127.5
143.3
125.6
142.1
177.6
125.4
127.1
119.7
123.7
135.1
134.4
91.6
150.1
161.7
131.9
127.6
_
_
159.1
121.8
'ercent change to November 1970 from
November 1969
October 1970
Seasonally
Unadlusted
adiusted
Unadlusted
- 0.5
.4
.4
.4
- .7
.2
.3
.9
.7
.3
- .3
.5
- .5
.3
.4
- 1.5
- 1.7
- 1.1
- 1.0
- 3.1
- 2.7
- 1.1
- .4
- 1.4
- .4
- .7
- .1
- 3.8
- 4.4
- 4.3
- .7
- .4
- 2.0
- 7.5
- .3
- .1
- .2
- 1.6
.9
- .2
- .8
- 2.0
- 2.4
- 2.6
.3
1.1
- .6
1.1
1.2
,2.8
.3
.4
.2
.2
.4
.2
.6
.2
- 0.1
- .2
- .5
- .5
- .3
- .4
.9
.0
.4
.5
- 1.3
- 1.0
.4
- 3.7
.0
.4
- 1.3
1.2
1.3
.2
.6
.5
.2
3.4
6.5
6.3
7.3
2.5
6.2
2.4
12.1
6.8
2.5
6.2
5.2
7.5
5.0
7.3
-. .1
- .1
2.6
1.8
1.5
2.0
2.6
1.0
2.1
2.6
/ 1.6
8.9
- 5.4
- 6.6
- 4.4
- 3.4
- 3.9
- 3.4
- 7.5
1.4
2.2
.3
- .5
2.2
2.5
1.7
-7.4
- 10.6
- 5.5
6.5
11.6
2.2
14.4
16.5
14.0
4.8
4.1
4.8
5.6
8.9
4.2
5.6
2.5
- 12 TABLE 7. Consumer Price Index--United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, food items, November 1970
indexes and percent changes from selected dates—Continued
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)
Index
November 1970
Seasonally
Unadjusted
adjusted
Item or Group
Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Bananas
•
Orange juice, fresh 1/
Grapefruit
Grapes 3/
Strawberries 3/
Watermelon 3/
—
Potatoes
—
C/RXOHS
•*«"•-•-•—•———•••-•••——•—•——•—*•—«»-••*—»"«•—••••—•—•—•
Asparagus 3/ 1/
Cabbase
—————————————————
Celery —
—
— —
—
— —
Cucumbers 1/
Peppers, green JL/
Spinach 1/
Processed fruits and vegetables
Fruit cocktail, canned
Grapefruit-pineapple juice, canned 1/ —
Orange juice concentrate, frozen
Lemonade concentrate, frozen 2J
Beets, canned 1/
•*•
Peas, green, canned
Tomatoes, canned
•
Dried beans
Broccoli, frozen 1/ — •
Other food at home
Fats and oils:
Margarine
Salad dressing, Italian 1/ Salad or cooking oil 1/
Sugar and sweets
Grape jelly
Chocolate bar
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 JL/
Chicken soup, canned 1/
Spaghetti, canned JL/ —
—
Mashed potatoes, instant 1/ •
Potatoes, french fried, frozen 2/
Baby foods, canned
Sweet pickle relish JL/
Pretzels 1/
T)
2)
3/
4/
December 1963-100.
April 1960-100.
Priced only in season.
July 1961=100.
128.5
134.2
131.6
88.6
146.0
89.9
148.7
175.3
C3/>
(3/)
144.9
131.4
(3/)
153.5
115.2
129.5
120.3
146.3
156.6
125.8
129.7
121.7
112.4
111.7
106.7
89.5
97.0
119.6
127.1
140.7
123.1
115.1
116.9
99.1
115.5
106.7
139.2
134.4
124.2
134.5
135.4
111.6
120.8
111.4
119.8
107.5
167.5
133.2
111.6
112.3
102.6
126.5
109.6
93.4
116.5
120.3
112.4
132.5
141.3
157.8
92.7
132.2
162.9
173.7
(3/)
(3/)
155.5
141.6
157.9
119.3
132.4
132.3
135.0
89.4
116.7
97.3
-
ercent change to November 1970 from-November 1969
Octobei• 1970
Seasonally
adjusted
Unadjusted
Unadjusted
- 0.6
- 1.5
- 1.9
- 8.8
- 4.6
- .6
- 21.6
4.3
(3/)
(3/)
- .8
- 3.3
(3/0
- .b
- .9
.6
4.0
- 4.8
12.2
1.7
10.4
.7
.7
1.3
- .2
- .4
.8
.4
1.5
.4
1.0
.8
- .7
- 6.8
1.3
.6
.2
.3
.7
.6
- .1
.0
.4
.7
.3
.1
.4
.2
- .1
.0
.0
.2
-1.5
.1
- .4
.8
.4
- 1.3
- 2.4
- .3
.0
- 1.3
3.3
- 12.5
(3/)
(a/)
- r.7
- .5
- .3
- 2.1
- 5.0
- 13.4
- 8.5
- .9
.6
.4
_
-
1.2
- .9
4.7
- 5.6
10.3
- 2.1
3.2
13.6
(3/)
3.4
1.4
(3/)
- 4.7
- 9.4
- 1.3
- 1.8
- 17.8
- 2.7
8.0
- 11.6
4.2
6.6
4.5
4.0
- 7.9
3.1
5.6
3.2
12.1
- .4
6.6
3.5
- 19.0
11.4
4.1
12.3
6.2
6.9
6.3
7.0
4.5
13.9
23.8
13.0
5.2
5.5
6.8
3.7
4.8
3.1
5.6
- .4
1.4
4.6
5.2
5.0
- 13 TABLE 8. Consumer Price Index—United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, indexes for selected
items and groups, November 1970 and percent changes from selected dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Item and group
Hous ing
Shelter 1/
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 house roof
Residing house
•
Sink replacement
Furnace repair
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
Bedspreads, chiefly cotton
Drapery fabric, cotton or rayon/acetate
Pillows, bed, polyester, acrylic, or kapok
Slipcover, ready made, chiefly cotton — — —
•->Furniture and bedding
Bedroom furniture, chest and dresser
Living room s u i t e s , good and inexpensive
quality
Lounge chairs, upholstered
Dining room chairs
S o f a s , upholstered
S o f a s , dual purpose
Bedding mattress and b o x Springs
Aluminum folding chair 5/
.
Cribs
Floor coverings
R u g s , soft surface -R u g s , hard surface
T i l e , vinyl
-__
Appliances 6/
Washing m a c h i n e s , e l e c t r i c , automatic
Vacuum c l e a n e r s , canister type
Refrigerators or refrigerator-freezers, electric
R a n g e s , free standing, g a s o r electric
Clothes d r y e r s , e l e c t r i c , automatic
Air conditioners, demountable 5/ --.
Room h e a t e r s , e l e c t r i c , portable 5 /
Garbage disposal units
---.
Other housefurnishings:
D i n n e r w a r e , earthenware --.
Flatware, stainless steel ---Table lamps, with shade
L a w n m o w e r s , p o w e r , rotary type
Electric d r i l l s , hand held
Housekeeping supplies:
Laundry soaps and detergents
-Paper napkins
Toilet tissue __
Housekeeping services:
Domestic s e r v i c e , general housework
Baby sitter service
Postal charges
-L a u n d r y , flatwork, finished service
Licensed d a y care s e r v i c e , preschool
Washing machine repairs
Other
index
Jbases
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Mar.70
Dec.63
June 70
June A4
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec .63
June 64
Dec .63
Dec .63
Dee •-63
Dec .63
June 64
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Percent change to November 1970
from:
November 1969
October 1970 October 1970
Indexes
November 1970
139,.3
149,.8
125,.7
159,.3
149,.2
143..2
155.,7
156. .0
121..4
122..7
116. .8
154..8
206. .6
175,.8
141. .8
158. ,6
157.,7
120. ,7
127,,1
122. ,7
119. ,2
125. ,7
112. ,4
138,.5
149,.1
125,,2
158,.6
149,.6
142..7
156. .1
155. .2
120.,7
121..8
115. ,3
154.,0
205. ,3
175. ,0
141. .4
156. ,9
157. .4
119. ,0
125, ,5
121. ,2
118. ,0
123. ,7
111. ,8
106. ,4
166. ,5
124, ,5
113. .6
119. 0
125. 5
112,.6
119. 0
130. 5
111. • 5
115. .9
128. 0
101. 6
105. ,6
158. 1
123. 9
113. ,1
117. 4
121. 6
111. ,5
118. 0
130. 1
108. 0
116. 2
127. 2
101. 2
129. 4
125. 0
101. 5
122. 1
125. 0
101. 2
(5/)
124. 5
107. 5
103. 7
116. 1
114. 2
87 .8
93. 4
81. 4
88. 4
101. 2
103. 5
(5/)
103. 4
109. 1
128. 9
124. 2
100. 8
120. 9
124. 3
100. 5
(5/)
121. 9
107. 4
103. 7
115. 6
114. 1
87. 6
93. 1
81.8
88. 1
101. 6
103. 2
141. 9
142. 0
121. 7
124. 0
(5/)
102. 4
121. 8
123. 4
(5/)
102. 6"
108. 8
"(5/)
101. 9
110. 6
0.6
.5
7.3
.4
.4
- .3
.4
- .3
.5
4.3
•6
.7
1.3
.5
.6
.5
.3
1.1
.2
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.0
1.6
.5
4.9
.5
.4
1.4
3.2
1.0
.8
.3
3.2
- .3
.6
.4
10 .2
7 .1
8 .9
2 .2
7.7
4.7
3 .4
2 .8
8 .9
13 .1
7.9
5 .7
11.2
8 .6
5 .7
6.9
5.8
5 .3
5 .8
4 .9
2 .6
12,.9
4,.1
2,,9
2 .9
3 .1
,4
1,.1
3 .6
3 .6
5,.4
3 .5
.4
.6
.7
1.0
.6
.7
(5/)
2.1
.1
.0
.4
.1
.2
.3
- .5
.3
- .4
.3
(5/)
.8
.3
.0
3.,0
2.,4
3.,0
(5/)
3,,6
3.9
- .1
- .1
.5
(5/>
.5
5.,0
1.,8
4.,8
(5/)
1.7
2,.9
5..4
5,.5
4 .0
(5/)
4,.2
.4
1,.0
3,.2
3,.7
1..7
2..4
110. 4
140. 4
130. 9
140. 2
129. 5
- .2
.1
1.1
4.,0
8.0
8.0
193. 5
145. 5
171. 2
154. 7
135. 3
147. 8
192. 5
144. 9
165. 5
154. 0
135. 8
146. 7
.5.
.4
3.4
.5
- .4
.7
8.3
6.5
3.4
7. 2
2.7
9. 4
- 14 TABLE 8. Consumer Price Index—United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, indexes for selected
items and groups, November 1970 and percent changes from selected dates--Continued
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Item and group
Other
index
November 1970
Apparel and upkeep 7/
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Men's and boys'
Men's:
Topcoats, wool or all-weather coats
polyester blends 5_/
Suits, year round weight
Suits, tropical weight 5/
Jackets, lightweight
Slacks, wool or wool blends Slacks, cotton or manmade blends
Trousers, work, cotton or polyester/cotton
Shirts, work, cotton or polyester/cotton
Shirts, business, polyester/cotton
T-shirts, chiefly cotton
Socks, cotton or stretch nylon —
Handkerchiefs, cotton or polyester/cotton
Boy's:
Coats, all purpose, cotton or cotton blend 5/
Sport coats, wool or wool blend ?>/
Dungarees, cotton or cotton blend
Undershorts, 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, wool blend or manmade fibers 5/
Skirts, cotton or polyester blends 5/ —
Blouses, cotton or polyester blends —
Dresses, street, chiefly manmade fiber
Dresses, street, wool or wool blend 5_/
Slips, nylon
Panties, acetate or nylon tricot
Girdles, manmade blend
Brassieres, nylon lace
Hose, nylon seamless
Anklets, or knee-length socks, various fihers
Gloves, fabric, nylon or cotton
Handbags, rayon faille or plastic
Girl's:
Raincoats, vinyl cotton, or polyester blends
Skirts, wool, wool blends,or acrylic 5 / —
Dresses, cotton or polyester blends -~
Slacks, cotton or chiefly cotton 5/
Slips, polyester blends
~
•
Robes, duster style, quilted tricot or
percale 5/
Handbags, plastic
Footwear
Men's:
Shoes, street, oxford
.
Shoes, work, high
Women's:
Shoes, street, pump
Shoes, evening, pump
Shoes, casual
Houseslippers, scuff
Children's:
Shoes, oxford
Sneakers, boys', oxford type —
Dress shoes, girls', strap
Miscellaneous apparel:
Diapers, cotton gauze
Yard goods, cotton or polyester blend
Wrist watches, men's and women's Apparel services:
Drycleaning, men's suits and women's dresses
Automatic laundry service
Laundry, men's shirts
]
Tailoring charge, hem adjustment
.
Shoe repair, women's heel lift
June 64
Dec.63
Dec.63
— Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec,63
Dec.63
— Sept.61
Mar.62
Dec.63
-- Dec.63
•Dec. 63
Dec.63
Dec.63
October 1970
Percent change to November 1970
from;
October 1970
November 1969
135.7
135.2
132.3
136.8
134.8
134.2
131 .3
136.0
0.7
.7
3.8
3 .7
3.6
3.6
156.5
166.1
(5/)
125.4
134.3
126.2
119.5
128.3
126.8
135.3
123.4
116.6
153.7
164.5
125 .2
133,7
124.4
119 .7
127.9
126.7
134.2
123 .4
116.6
1.8
1.0
(5/)
.2
.4
1.4
- .2
.3
.1
.8
.0
.0
5.4
5 .0
(5/)
- .2
2.0
7 .8
2.1
2.9
3.8
2.7
2.5
2.9
124.3
133.4
132.9
131.3
132.4
122.6
133.2
132.6
131.5
131 .1
1.4
.2
.2
- .2
1.0
7 .2
1.8
3 .9
.8
3 .9
147.7
145.0
126.4
151.2
(5/)
132.5
160.1
157.6
115.1
115.2
122.9
130.5
100.0
120.5
113.2
124.3
145.6
143 .3
123.0
143.5
130.8
160.8
154.0
114 .7
115..2
122,.9
129,.7
99..6
121..0
112,.5
123..5
1.4
1.2
2.8
5.4
(5/)
1.3
- .4
2.3
.3
.0
.0
.6
.4
- .4
.6
.6
5.6
4 .9
7.6
4 .1
(5/)
4.2
.8
8.8
2.6
3.4
2.0
5,.4
.2
1,.7
3,.1
5,.1
128.8
123.4
128.8
142.9
109.1
123..7
124,,0
132..0
136.,8
108.,9
4.1
.5
2.4
3..5
139.6
119.6
149.9
(5/)
(5/)
-
.0
4.5
.2
5..5
8,,5
.5
137, 3
119. 2
149.4
1.7
.3
.3
11..2
4.,3
4..2
147.2
146.3
146.3
145. 9
.6
.3
3.,6
4.,9
Dec .63
Dec .63
Dec .63
158.3
129.6
139.8
130.2
158. 6
129.5
138.5
130.5
.2
.1
.9
- .2
3.,8
5.5
4.8
2,4
Dec .63
Dec .63
149.2
123.2
141.6
148.7
123. 2
139.9
.3
.0
1.2
4.1
3.3
4.3
Dec.63
105.4
128.4
104.5
105.3
128.7
104. 2
.1
.2
.3
1.2
4.3
1.4
137.8
116.2
132.0
137.6
128.5
137. 2
115. 1
131.4
137. 1
128.3
.4
1.0
.5
.4
.2
3.7
3.9
6.2
7.8
4.0
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec. 63
-Dec. 63
— Deic.63
c.63
-
-
TABLE 8. Consumer Price Index—United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, indexes for selected
items and groups, November 1970 and percent changes from selected dates--Continued
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Item and group
Transportation
Private 8_/
Automobiles, new
Automobiles, used
Gasoline, regular and premium
Motor oil, premium
Tires, new, tubeless
Auto repairs and maintenance £_/
Auto insurance rates
Auto registration
Parking fees, private and municipal
Public
Local transit fares
Other
index
bases
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 hypontics
Ataractics
Anti-spamodics
Cough preparations
Cardiovasculars and anti-hypertensives
Analgesics, internal
Anti-obesity
Hormones
Professional services:
Physicians' fees
General physician, office visits
General physician, 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
Private 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, aerosol
Cleansing tissues
Home permanent wave kits
Personal care services
Men's haircuts
Beauty shop services
Women's haircuts
Shampoo and wave seta, plain
Permanent waves, cold
<-
October 1970
134.4
130.1
110.4
132.2
118.6
146.6
121.7
146.8
189.6
140.9
136.6
175.0
195.1
136.0
131.2
122.6
132.5
133.5
129.2
108.7
130.3
119.3
145.8
122.2
146.3
187.4
140.9
136.1
173.5
192.6
136.0
131.2
122.6
132.5
146.9
168.7
101.8
112.0
91.3
115.3
102.5
127.2
113.8
119.9
89.3
56.8
117.1
90.6
104.0
120.7
101.4
106.4
110.8
94.5
146.3
167.9
102.2
92.2
114.2
102.2
126.3
113.4
119.2
90.0
59.3
116.8
90.7
103.6
120.5
101.3
106.3
109.6
94.3
Dec.63
171.4
174.7
177.8
164.1
156.1
138.3
136.6
162.0
155.6
157.3
154.7
136.7
170.2
173.9
177.2
163.1
154.1
137.3
133.0
160.9
155.2
156.8
154.3
136.6
Dec.63
141.6
123.2
300.7
297.5
288.7
188.9
134.4
132.3
114.5
114.4
131.0
110.8
103.9
134.6
95.2
116.6
99.1
154.4
164.9
143.8
129.5
162.2
110.5
Dec.63
Dec.63
Railroad fares, coach
Airplane fares, chiefly coach
Bus fares, intercity
Indexes
November 1970
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
111.9
Percent change to November 1970
from:
October 1970
November 1969
0.7
.7
1.6
1.5
- .6
.5
- .4
.3
1.2
.0
.4
.9
1.3
.0
.0
.0
.0
.4
.5
- .4
.1
- 1.0
1.0
.3
.7
.4
.6
- .8
- 4.2
.3
- .1
.4
.2
.1
.1
1.1
.2
.7
.5
.3
.6
1.3
.7
2.7
.7
.3
.3
7.0
6.0
5.0
5.8
2.0
4.6
3.1
7.5
15.2
5.0
11.5
15.8
19.7
6.7
13.6
9.9
4.3
5.6
7.2
2.2
4.6
- 1.2
8.6,
1.2
8.6
3.5
4.5
.3
- 9.6
6.8
.9
2.7
8.1
3.5
3.1
6.2
.6
7.8
8.5
7.0
5.9
7.3
4.3
9.1
7.1
5.7
.3
.1
6.1
5.5
5.4
140.1
122.2
1.1
.8
5.8
3.2
297.8
294.7
286.0
188.6
133.5
132.1
114.6
115.4
130.6
110.1
103.9
134.3
97.0
116.5
98.8
153.9
164.6
143.1
129.0
161.2
110.3
1.0
1.0
.9
.2
13.3
13.7
12.7
10.7
8.0
3.5
.7
.2
- .1
- .9
.3
.6
.0
.2
- 1*9
.1
.3
.3
.2
.5
.4
.6
.2
2.4
- .3
5.0
1.0
2.3
5.6
.2
4.3
.5
4.7
5.4
4.2
4.4
4.4
3.1
- 16 TABLE 8. Consumer Price Index—United States city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers, indexes for selected
items and groups, November 1970 and percent changes from selected dates--Continued
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Other
index
bases
Item and group
Reading and recreation \Q_/
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 or solid core
Basketballs, rubber or vinyl cover
Fishing rods, fresh water spincasting
Bowling balls
Bicycles, boys 1
Tricycles
Dog food, canned or boxed
Recreational services
Indoor movie admissions
Adult
Children's
Drive-in movie admissions, adult
Bowling fees, evening
Golf green fees
TV repair, picture tube replacement
Film developing, color
Reading and education:
Newspapers, street sale and delivery
Magazines, single copy and subscription
Piano lessons, beginner
•
Other goods and services
Tobacco products
Cigarettes, nonfliter 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
Away from home
Financial and miscellaneous personal expenses:
Funeral services, adult
Bank service charges, checking acounts
Legal services, short form will —
—
Percent change to November 1970
from:
Indexes
November 1970
October 1970
October 1970
November 1969
139.3
100.9
80.7
124.1
76.5
91.1
97.6
81.1
100.5
104.5
119.7
118.1
104.0
111.9
113.9
110.9
140.3
225.9
220.7
243.3
180.1
117.8
145.6
97.8
121.0
138.4
100.7
80.4
123.8
76.4
90.7
97.8
81.2
100.3
105.2
119.6
117.5
103.5
111.8
113.9
111.4
140.1
226.9
221.5
245.1
180.4
116.4
145.8
97.5
120.5
0.7
.2
.4
.2
.1
.4
- .2
- .1
.2
- .7
.1
.5
.5
.1
.0
- .4
.1
- .4
- .4
- .7
- .2
1.2
- .1
.3
.4
5.3
1.7
.5
6.7
.0
.1
- .4
- 2.8
1.4
1.0
4 .3
.1
3.5
1.7
2.2
2.8
5 .8
8 .4
8 .6
7 .9
9.2
3.7
7 .4
- 2.2
2.6
173.9
136.2
131.6
171.3
130.5
131.3
1.5
4.4
.2
11 .0
7 .8
3 .9
Dec.63
Dec.63
139.8
162.1
170.8
162.3
109.1
125.5
120.3
113.3
120.4
133.7
139.5
161.9
170.6
162.2
108.9
125.1
119.8
113.1
120.1
133.3
.2
.1
.1
.1
.2
.3
.4
.2
.2
.3
5.0
5.9
6.3
6.4
- .7
4 .2
3.2
1.7
5 .2
6 .4
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
121.5
115.6
155.2
121.2
115.6
154.6
.2
.0
.4
3,.6
5,.2
11,.3
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Mar.59
Other special groups:
All items less shelter
4.8
134.8
134.4
Commodities less food
125.7
4.6
125.0
Nondurables less food and apparel
—
4.2
127.8
127.4
Household services less rent
166.0
164.9
9.6
162.9
161 .6
11.7
Transportation services
156.6
156.2
5.7
Other services
1/ Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
2/ Also includes home purchase costs not shown separately.
3J 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, reup
upholstering,
and moving expenses.
5/ Priced only in season.
j6/ Also includes radios and television sets, shown separately under reading and recreation.
7/ 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.
8/ Also includes recapped tires and drivers' license fees not shown separately.
j?/ Includes prices for water pump replacement, motor tune-up, automatic transmission repair, exhause system repair, front
end alignment, and chassis lubrication.
jJO/ Also includes outboard motors, nondurable toys, college tuition fees, paperback books, and college textbooks, not shown
separately.
- 17 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. 1/ 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 1969 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 1969 Data
Standard Error
Component
All items
Food at home
Food away from home
Housing
Apparel
Transportation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation —
Other goods and services-
Monthly
Change
03
07
08
06
14
08
13
12
09
13
Quarterly
Change
.05
.11
.14
.09
.23
.13
.19
.20
.13
.20
Relative Error
Annual
Change
Monthly
Change
.07
.13
.28
.15
.22
.14
.36
.32
.20
.34
.07
.10
.13
.10
.25
.13
.24
.36
.33
.25
Quarterly
Change
.04
.07
.08
• 06
.18
.10
.12
.20
.15
.14
Annual
Change
.01
.03
.05
.02
.04
.04
.05
.07
.05
.08
This replaces the table of average errors based on 1968 data which was included
in the CPI report through December 1969.
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.
- 18 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 (SMSAfs) 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 services 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 - Niles
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).
- 19 Bureau of Labor Statistics Regional Offices
REGION 1 —Boston
REGION II — New York
REGION III —Philadelphia
Mr. Wendell D. Macdonald
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1603-A Federal Office Building
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
Phone: 223-6727
(Area Code 617)
Mr. Herbert Bienstock
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
341 Ninth Avenue
New York, New York 100011
Phone: 971-5401
(Area Code 212)
Mr. Frederick W.Mueller
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
F nn Square Building, Room 406
1317 Filbert Sheet
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Phone: 597-7816
(Area Code 215)
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Jersey
New York
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
REGION IV —Atlanta
REGION V - Chicago
REGION VI - Dallas
Mr. Brunswick A. Bagdon
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1371 Peachtree Street NE.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Phone: 526-5416
(Area Code 404)
Mr. Thomas J. McArdle
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
219 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: 353-7226
(Area Code 312)
Mr. Jack F. Strickland
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
411 N. Akard Street. Room 337
Dallas, Texas 75201
Phone: 749-3641
(Area Code 214)
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
REGIONS VII and VIII — Kansas City
REGIONS IX and X — San Francisco
Mr. Elliott A. Browar
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Office Building
911 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Phone: 374-2378
(Area Code 816)
Mr. Charles A. Roumasset
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36017
San Francisco, California 94102
Phone: 556-3178
(Area Code 415)
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
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