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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
150
145
/
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
ALL ITEMS INDEX (as of Dec. 1968)
140
NONDURABLES LESS FOOD - - - 24.48%
DURABLE COMMODITIES
17.26%
135
130
i VII Services
125
120
Food*
*****%*.
115
^
110
'
All Items
urables Less F o o d * ^ ^
> — —
105
-
— ^ ^
'
•
100
96
1961
1962
1963
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
'Seasonally Adjusted
Latest Data:
October 1969
Consumer Price Index for October 1969
The Consumer Price Index went up 0.4 percent in October to 129.8 (1957-59=100)
Monthly increases since midyear have ranged between 0.4 and 0.5 percent. The rise this
month was attributed mainly to higher costs of homeownership, restaurant meals, apparel,
and automobiles. Some moderation of the average rise resulted from lower prices for food
at home and a decline in the medical care services index.
Since October 1968, prices have risen 5.6 percent; nearly half of the increase
was the result of higher fees for consumer services, particularly for insurance and
finance charges. Nondurable commodities were responsible for another substantial portion
of the advance; food and apparel prices both were up over 5 percent.
Durables
With increases of 4.7 and 3.6 percent, respectively, in October, new and used
car prices were responsible for three-quarters of the 1.4 percent rise in consumer durable
prices. The rate of increase in selling prices of houses accelerated, along with most
furniture and appliance prices. Most other housefurnishings, floor coverings, tires, and
durable recreational goods also rose, but at slower rates than in September. Prices of
home maintenance and repair commodities declined for the fourth consecutive month.
A strong market for clean used cars, particularly for the 3- and 5-year old
models, resulted in the unusual rate of advance in that index. Most of October's large
increase for new cars was seasonal and reflects a combination of price changes for 1969
and 1970 models. After adjustment for differences in quality, the suggested list prices
of incoming 1970 models were nearly 2 percent higher than those for 1969 models. Since
October 1968, dealers1 selling prices of new cars, less concessions, have increased 1.4
percent.
Nondurables less food
Nondurable commodities other than food increased 0.6 percent on the average,
somewhat less than September's increase, but three times the August increase.
Apparel commodity prices again moved up more than seasonally (0.9 percent),
but the rise was significantly less than in September. More than half of the increase
was caused by higher price tags on women's and girls' apparel. The introduction of fall
and winter clothing at sharply higher prices than prevailed last year was important in
the hike for both men's and women's apparel. In addition to these increases, prices also
were higher on women's year-round dresses, blouses and handbags, girls' robes, and boys'
all purpose coats. Footwear prices moved up 0.7 percent as retailers continued to pass
on previous wholesale increases for shoes, and consumers continued to buy in large
quantities.
Alcoholic beverage prices repeated last month's 0.8 percent rise. Most of the
advance was caused by higher prices for beer consumed away from home, due to higher costs of
operation for service establishments.
Tobacco products continued upward, due mainly to additional State taxes on
cigarettes, but at about half the rate in the preceding 4 months. Gasoline prices reversed
their decline of last month, and reading materials, especially textbooks, moved up strongly;
fuel oil and coal prices increased another 0.3 percent; and prescription prices edged up.
On the other hand, modest declines were recorded for housekeeping supplies, toilet goods,
and textile housefurnishings.
Services
The steep uptrend in service charges slowed to 0.3 percent in October because
of the combined effect of a widespread slowdown in the rate of increase for household
service charges and a drop in the medical care services component due to the annual adjustment for health insurance described below. Without this adjustment, the increase in the
services index would have been 0.5 percent, instead of 0.3 percent.
Household services other than rent rose 0.6 percent. Except for property
insurance rates, which increased 0.8 percent, the rate of increase in service charges to
homeowners slowed somewhat in October. Mortgage interest rates continued to rise, but at
the lowest rate since June. Maintenance and repair services in October increased 0.9
percent, led by higher charges for painting rooms and replacing sinks, compared with a
1.6 percent rise in September.
Housekeeping service charges went up 0.4 percent chiefly because of higher
wages for domestic workers. Gas and electricity bills increased only about half as much
as in the preceding month.
Residential rents increased another 0.3 percent, about average for the year;
hotel and motel room rate changes were mixed because of regional differences, but resulted
in a 0^6 percent climb over September.
Public transportation fares and auto registration fees remained unchanged on
the average, but all other transportation services rose more than last month. Automobile
repair and maintenance charges were up 0.7 percent, because of increased parts prices and
labor costs. Parking fees were nearly 2 percent higher and premiums for liability and
physical damage insurance were raised in several cities because of larger settlements due
to higher repair bills, increasing thefts, and accidents.
Medical care services dropped 0.6 percent, solely on the basis of the annual
adjustment for retained earnings of health insurance companies. Premiums for health
insurance are represented in the index by prices of services for which benefits are paid,
and a measure of changes in the ratio of profits and overhead costs to benefits. Data
needed for this computation are available only with a considerable lag. Therefore, this
is the earliest time the adjustment, which actually applies to 1968, can be made in the
index. Hospital daily service charges continued to climb at about the same rate as last
month, but medical and dental fees rose only 0.3 percent, the lowest rate of increase
since October 1968.
Food
Food prices declined 0.2 percent in October, their normal seasonal decrease,
as the greater-than-seasonal drop in prices of food at home was offset by an unusually
large rise for food away from home. Much larger supplies of fruits, vegetables, beef,
veal, pork, and poultry were responsible for the 0.6 percent decline in food at home.
One of the largest crops of apples since the 1930fs and the early maturation
of the Florida grapefruit crop resulted in price drops for these items of 25 and 11
percent, respectively. Nearly all other fresh and processed fruits and some fresh vegetables were down.
Meat, poultry, and fish prices were down over 1 percent, the first decline in
this component this year, in response to seasonally increased supplies of chicken, beef
cattle, and hogs.
On the other hand, the steepest monthly rise in prices of food away from home
was recorded in October; cereal and bakery products prices rose more than in any other
month this year. Also, prices were higher for bananas, tomatoes, leafy green vegetables,
and dairy products, while egg and coffee prices reversing their September declines,
increased substantially.
Cost-of-Living Adjustments
Approximately 88,000 workers will receive cost-of-living wage increases, based
on the Consumer Price Index for October. About 52,000 workers in the automotive, farm
equipment and office equipment industries will receive hourly pay increases ranging from
1 to 4 cents, based on the change in the national index since July. An additional 9,300
workers, including 6,000 in the automotive equipment industry, will receive increases
ranging from 5 to 9 cents an hour, based on the increase in the national CPI since
October 1968, while 2,000 employees of contractors in Nevada will receive 6-cent
hourly pay increases based on the increase in the index since April.
Nearly 18,000 transit workers in Chicago, Boston, and Pittsburgh will be given
hourly pay increases ranging from 2 to 8 cents, based on the rise since July in the
indexes for their respective areas, while 6,700 printers in New York City will receive
2 percent wage increases as a result of the rise in the index for that area since
October 1968.
About 31,000 other workers whose escalation reviews are tied to the October
index will not receive an adjustment because they have already received 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 point 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
October 1969 CPI (1957-59=100)
less September 1969 index
Index point difference =
Percentage Change
129.8
129.3
0.5
Index point difference divided by
the index for the previous period:
129.8 - 129.3 x 100 = 0 . 4 percent
129.3
TABLE 1: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, October 1969
(Unadjusted, unless otherwise indicated)
Indexes
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise noted)
October
September
July
October
1969
1969
1968
1969
129.8
122.9
129.3
128.2
159.3
150.9
158.6
157.3
Group
All items
All items (1947-49=100)
Percent change to October 1969 from;
1 Month
1 Year
3 Months
-Ago
Ago
Ago
5.6
0.4
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
127.2
122.9
123.7
127.6
125.8
124.0
111.0
148.1
127.5
123.6
123.0
129.0
125.5
126.8
110.5
146.7
126.7
123.0
122.6
127.6
124.4
132.3
107.2
144.8
120.9
117.2
119.8
115.4
122.3
123.4
108.6
138.9
.2
.6
.6
1.1
.2
2.2
.5
1.0
.4
.1
.9
.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
2.3
5.2
4.9
3.3
10.6
2.9
.5
2.2
6.6
Housing
Shelter If
Rent
Homeownership 2/
Fuel and utilities 3/
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
129.2
137.0
120.1
143.6
113.5
118.4
112.2
119.3
128.6
136.1
119.7
142.6
113.3
118.1
112.0
119.0
127.0
134.0
118.8
140.0
112.6
117.4
110.9
118.2
120.9
126.0
116.0
130.0
110.4
115.9
109.1
114.2
.5
.7
.3
.7
.2
.3
.2
.3
1.7
2.2
1.1
2.6
.8
.9
1.2
.9
6.9
8.7
3.5
10.5
2.8
2.2
2.8
4.5
129.8
131.0
126.2
143.3
128.7
130.0
124.6
142.3
126.8
128.1
122.5
139.9
123.3
124.1
120.1
134.9
1.3
.7
2.4
2.3
3.0
2.4
5.3
5.6
5.1
6.2
125.7
122.8
104.2
125.8
118.0
150.3
123.6
120.5
99.5
121.4
117.7
150.3
124.3
121.4
101.6
127.0
117.7
149.5
120.6
118.4
102.8
(5/)
(5/)
138.7
i.7
1.9
4.7
3.6
.3
.0
1.1
1.2
2.6
- .9
.3
.5
4.2
3.7
1.4
138.6
156.9
127.3
132.0
132.2
138.4
157.6
127.3
131.6
131.3
137.0
•155.9
126.6
130.7
129.1
131.9
147.4
122.1
127.5
125.1
.1
.4
.0
.3
.7
1.2
.6
.6
1.0
2.4
5.1
6.4
4.3
3.5
5.7
122.2
127.1
129.0
125.4
121.7
127.1
128.4
124.0
120.9
125.8
127.6
124.1
116.6
120.8
122.6
120.4
.4
.0
.5
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.0
130.8
128.2
130.0
127.6
128.8
126.5
123.8
121.5
.6
.5
1.6
1.3
5.7
5.5
122.4
126.1
125.1
129.3
121.7
125.8
124.4
128.1
121.0
124.7
123.1
126.2
116.8
120.2
119.7
122.7
.6
.2
.6
.9
1.2
1.1
1.6
2.5
4.8
4.9
4.5
5.4
113.2
106.4
146.5
152.3
142.5
133.3
111.6
106.2
146.0
151.7
141.8
132.1
111.9
106.0
144.0
149.6
1.4
.2
.3
.4
.5
.9
1.2
.4
1.7
1.8
4.3
4.0
7.2
7.9
129.5
108.5
102.3
136.6
141.2
(5/)
119.5
2.9
11.5
108.5
108.4
107.8
104.1
.1
.6
131.8
171.2
130.9
172.2
128.4
170.1
120.5
159.4
.7
.6
2.6
.6
9.4
7.4
$0,770
.373
$ 0.774
.375
$ 0.780
.378
$0,813
.394
.5
- 1.3
- 5.3
—
Apparel and upkeep kj
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
Transportation
New cars
Gasoline
Public
Health and recreation
^ 4^5\4 J. V. O .li
LSI
C
— ^™»
. L ^ ^ ^ ^
_^«_
_
^
Personal care,
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
Seasonally Adjustedj,
Commodities
Food
Apparel and upkeep
(1/)
(5/)
8.4
Transpor tat ion
Special Groups:
All items less food
All items less medical care
Commodities
Nondurables
Nondurables less food
Apparel commodities
Durables
Household durables
Services 6/
Services less rent
Services less medical care
Insurance and finance (Dec.1965-100)
Utilities and public transportation
(Dec.1965=100)
Housekeeping and home maintenance se:
(Dec.19*5=100)
Medical care services §/
(I/)
(1/)
d/>
Purchasing Power of Consumer Dollar:
1957-59-$l
1939-$1
-
1/ Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
2/ Includes home purchase, mortgage interest, taxes, insurance, and maintenance and repairs.
3/ Also includes telephone, water, and sewerage service not shown separately.
4/ Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately.
Not
N t available.
available
ad;justment f o r h e a l t h
insurance (see text), the monthly ehange in the all services index was 0.5 percent and medical
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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 JL/
1957-59=100
1947-49=100
September
1969
October 1969
U.S. City Average
M
M
M
M
M
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles-Long Beach
New York - —
Philadelphia
0.4
1.2
5.6
126.9
129.2
130.1
134.1
131.2
160.1
159.3
162.2
161.6
161.0
.2
.5
.4
.4
.2
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.5
1.5
5.6
6.2
5.1
6.0
5.4
July
1969
October
1968
2.0
2.2
1.8
.6
6.4
7.2
6.8
4.8
166.9
159.9
161.2
158.3
May
1969
August 1969
121.2
127.3
158.1
123.9
156.3
129.5
130.8
162.7
157.5
121.2
116.0
San Francisco-Oakland
128.6
130
125
159.2
161.9
152.8
131.4
129.2
132.8
162.6
160.4
168.5
118.1
—
0.8
1.6
1.5
.9
1.4
1.5
1.6
June
1969
September 1969
Atlanta
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Honolulu (Dec.1963=100)
Kansas City
St. Louis
October
1968
159.3
134.7
129.8
130.3
128.5
Buffalo (Nov.1963=100)
—
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963=100)
Milwaukee
San Diego (Feb.1965=100) Seattle
Washington
July
1969
129.8
October 1969
Boston
----Houston
—
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Pittsburgh
Percent change from:
Other
bases
2.0
2.0
.7
1.3
.8
1.7
1.5
August
1968
4.8
6.1
6.6
5.5
5.5
5.1
6.3
September
1968
6.1
6.5
4.3
4.7
5.6
5.3
5.8
1/
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.
2J
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.
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TABLE 3: Consumer Price Index—The United States and Selected Areas 1/
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Major Groups
Percent Change from September 1969 to October 1969
Group
U.S. City
Average
0.4
All items
Food
Housing
Apparel and upkeep
Transportation
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation —
Other goods and services
-
.2
.5
.9
1.7
.1
- .4
.0
.3
.7
Chicago
Detroit
Los AngelesLong Beach
New York
- 0.2
0.5
0.4
0.4
- 1.5
- .2
- .1
1.4
.1
- .4
(2/)
.3
.9
.3
1.3
.1
1.2
.4
1.2
(2/)
.2
.3
.0
.1
.0
2.3
.0
.4
.4
.3
1.6
.2
- .3
(2/)
- .2
1.3
.4
(I/)
.2
Philadelphia
0.2
-
.2
.2
.6
1.5
- .1
- .9
(2/)
.2
(£/)
V 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
October 1969
September 1969
July 1969
Percent changes to: October 1969
From:
1 ' Month
3 Months
Ago
Ago
Food
Food at home
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables —
Other foods at home
127.1
122.9
126.7
125.2
128.9
109.5
127.1
123.2
126.8
125.1
131.0
109.3
125.8
122.0
127.0
124.6
124.5
108.5
0.0
- 0.2
- .1
.1
- 1.6
.2
Fuel and utilities 1/
Fuel oil and coal
113.5
118.8
113.4
119.1
112.8
118.9
-
Apparel and upkeep "lj
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
129.0
130.3
124.8
143.0
128.4
129.5
124.1
142.3
127.6
128.9
123.4
140.5
.5
.6
.6
.5
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.8
Transportation
Private
*
New cars
Commodities
Commodities less food
Nondurables
Nondurables less food •
Apparel commodities •
125.4
122.4
102.8
122.2
119.4
125.8
124.7
128.4
124.0
120.9
102.4
121.7
118.8
125.5
124.3
127.7
124.1
121.2
102.6
120.9
118.2
124.5
123.5
126.8
1.1
1.2
.4.
.4
.5
.2
.3
.5
1.0
1.0
.2
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.3
Durables
113.0
112.0
111.8
.9
1.1
.1
.3
\JAlso
includes telephone, water, and sewerage service not shown separately.
2/ Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately.
1.0
.7
- .2
.5
3.5
.9
-
.6
.1
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TABLE 5: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas 1/
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Commodity Groups
October 1969 Index and Percent Changes from July 1969
U.S.
City
Average
Group
Chicago
Detroit
Los
AngelesLong
Beach
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
Indexes (1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)
All items
129.8
126.9
129.2
130.1
134.1
131.2
134.7
129.8
130.3
128.5
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
127.2
122.9
123.7
127.6
125.8
124.0
111.0
148.1
128.3
126.1
126.7
132.3
133.8
121.8
111.5
138.5
126.1
123.4
119.8
134.5
133.4
110.3
110.0
141.6
124.0
117.9
123.6
116.7
123.6
127.5
101.3
145.8
129.6
123.1
122.1
127.9
116.7
131.3
111.1
156.6
127.0
121.6
120.6
122.0
134.6
124.3
107.5
155.4
131.2
125.1
127.8
131.8
121.4
128.1
112.3
157.6
128.7
123.2
126.4
122.2
128.1
133.5
110.5
152.1
126.5
122.1
120.0
128.0
127.9
119.6
114.3
146.6
123.3
120.3
121.4
129.4
116.3
119.3
110.4
142.7
Housing
Shelter —
Rent
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
129.2
137.0
120.1
143.6
113.5
118.4
112.2
119.3
123.0
128.2
(2/)
135.1
109.0
110.2
107.9
117.5
127.9
137.3
109.8
143.7
104.6
111.6
105.9
112.8
135.0
144.4
(2/)
152.5
112.0
128.7
135.4
(2/)
139.0
112.2
122.5
106.4
122.3
137.5
151.1
140.6
155.6
110.9
122.0
103.7
127.1
128.5
131.8
107.0
141.2
122.2
137.8
127.1
131.3
142.4
121.6
146.2
109.8
117.5
106.6
115.7
127.8
130.8
116.7
134.6
122.6
119.1
117.8
133.1
139.0
130.4
143.4
113.7
124.4
112.6
129.0
124.8
121.6
Apparel and upkeep —
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
129.8
131.0
126.2
143.3
124.3
121.8
121.4
138.8
125.6
126.7
120.2
139.9
126.4
127.6
127.6
137.2
137.0
143.0
131.5
145.1
137.3
133.8
130.3
152.7
133.4
123.0
133.7
143.4
131.1
129.7
132.7
144.3
127.5
133.1
123.2
138.1
133.7
124.0
131.6
146.8
Transportation
Private —
Public
125.7
122.8
150.3
126.7
122.5
154.0
123.0
120.2
141.5
130.9
126.3
156.7
128.4
128.9
129.4
135.1
127.3
178.6
130.6
120.3
176.1
122.3
117.7
172.8
123.8
122.2
131.5
127.0
120.7
152.7
Health and recreation —
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation —
Other goods and services
138.6
156.9
127.3
132.0
132.2
133.9
165.1
(2/)
114.8
127.8
141.4
167.0
136.5
132.7
124.6
130.2
151.4
(2/)
115.2
125.7
145.5
163.6
(2/)
143.8
142.3
139.3
168.7
119.2
126.3
139.7
164.1
130.4
139.3
124.8
140.3
148.6
144.7
132.7
133.8
140.1
162.5
129.8
135.3
125.3
137.3
162.8
118.3
123.9
136.1
Percent change from July 1969 to October 1969
1.3
1.2
1.5
1.5
2.0
2.2
1.8
0.6
.3
.8
2.2
.0
.9
.7
2.6
.9
5.1
2.8
2.4
1.2
.5
- .2
.3
1.5
- 3.0
4.0
2.8
.8
.2
.2
.2
1.4
4.3
4.0
2.6
.8
.0
.4
.6
1.3
6.8
4.6
3.1
.8
.2
.4
- 1.5
- .8
- 1.5
4.5
3.0
.9
.5
4.3
1.1
1.0
5.2
3.6
2.3
- .7
- 1.2
- .4
- .8
1.0
-10.3
4.1
1.6
2.0
2.7
(2/)
3.1
1.7
.0
3.6
2.5
3.9
2.6
4.5
.6
1.8
.1
.0
2.3
3.6
.7
4.5
.0
3.1
4.2
1.8
4.6
• .4
1.6
.6
.8
.8
.7
.7
All items
1.2
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
.4
.1
.9
.-0
1.1
6.3
3.5
2.3
.5
1.3
.7
1.1
3.0
9.6
2.6
2.1
1.7
2.2
1.1
1.7
2.3
2.6
.8
.9
1.2
.9
3.2
1.4
.0
2.7
.3
2.1
2.7
3/ 1.2
2.9
.8
1.5
1.1
.4
Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
2.4
2.3
3.0
2.4
2.8
2.9
3.8
3.0
Transportation
Private
Public
1.1
1.2
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
1.2
.6
.6
1.0
2.4
—
Housing
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
1/ See footnote 1, table 2.
2/ Not available.
U
Change from August 1969.
(£/)
-
- 1.0
3.3
-11.3
4.2
1.9
2.0
2.0
(2/)
2.5
2.3
1.7
2.1
4.3
1.7
.1
.3
.1
1.6
3.2
3.3
5.0
1.8
1.8
.6
3.2
1.2
3.3
3.7
3.0
5.1
5.0
4.0
6.3
9.9
5.8
4.6
9.3
3.3
5.1
3.6
8.9
1.5
3.0
2.8
4.7
1.8
1.3
1.5
.1
1.2
1.3
.4
1.2
1.2
.2
.9
.2
.3
.3
.3
.1
.1
.2
1.3
1.5
.3
1.5
1.5
.5
.3
.2
.5
1.8
1.4
(2/)
.1
5.8
.9
.0
1.1
.9
2.0
.7
.6
(2/)
1.2
.3
.9
.5
(2/)
1.1
1.6
.6
.2
.2
.3
(2/)
1.9
3.0
.5
1.9
1.5
2.8
2.3
.6
.0
8.3
.0
.3
• .6
.2
.4
.5
.4
.5
.9
.2
-
.1
•
.8
1.7
-
-
1.1
.1
3.6
.1
8.1
1.0
TABLE 6: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food and its Subgroups
October 1969 Indexes and Percent Changes from September 1969
Food at home
Area V
Cereals
Total
food
and
Total
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
127. 2
Atlanta
.-Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo (Nov.1963=100) Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
126.
131.
131.
121.
128.
124.
125.
121.
126.
119.
128.
131.
124.
127.
126.
129.
127.
123.
132.
117.
125.
125.
130.
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 —
Washington
5
5
2
9
3
1
0
7
1
7
7
2
0
6
5
6
0
3
4
8
6
2
5
122. 9
123.7
127.6
125.8
124.0
111.0
148.1
1
0
1
8
1
3
9
4
4
4
2
2
9
3
1
1
6
3
6
0
9
5
7
116.5
127.7
127.8
108.1
126.7
119.5
116.0
110.4
119.8
111.5
126.4
128.3
123.6
118.5
120.0
122.1
120.6
121.4
123.9
111.0
121.8
113.6
115.7
126.6
130.5
131.8
126.9
132.3
128.2
128.1
127.1
134.5
124.2
122.2
131.5
116.7
132.2
128.0
127.9
122.0
129.4
136.7
126.6
122.4
125.6
129.2
124.7
123.6
121.4
122.6
133.8
121.7
124.9
124.3
133.4
114.8
128.1
137.2
123.6
136.2
127.9
116.7
134.6
116.3
135.4
112.5
120.4
128.6
125.3
127.8
132.6
128.1
119.0
121.8
123.9
127.0
112.7
110.3
117.0
133.5
122.8
127.5
121.1
119.6
131.3
124.3
119.3
131.3
102.6
125.0
116.2
125.3
118.2
113.7
112.3
114.5
111.5
106.2
110.2
112.5
110.0
112.0
110.5
115.4
101.3
113.0
114.3
111.1
107.5
110.4
108.9
107.5
107.9
106.3
118.8
138.7
154.8
157.6
134.7
138.5
143.7
143.2
134.2
141.6
126.7
152.1
145.6
145.8
(2/)
146.6
156.6
155.4
142.7
152.8
(2/)
150.6
152.7
152.3
123.
126.
125.
119.
126.
120.
121.
118.
123.
117.
123.
127.
117.
125.
122.
123.
121.
120.
127.
114.
119.
118.
124.
Percent changes Septembei- 1969
U.S.
City Average
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/
- 0.2
-
_
_
_
_
_
2
2
2
1
1.5
4
1
2
3
5
4
5
0
2
5
4
2
1
2
4
6
6
8
See footnote 1, table 2.
Not available.
- 0.6
_
-
4
6
_
.8
1
0.6
.9
.6
.5
-
_
_
_
-
3
2
6
6
2
7
9
3
2
2
2
6
1
2
6
5
8
1 2
.7
.8
3.5
1.6
.0
.8
- 2 2
-
-
1.2
1.4
1.0
.4
1.2
.9
.6
1.5
1.0
.5
1.3
.4
.1
.7
1.9
3.2
.2
- 1.9
- 2.1
- 1.3
- .2
- .5
- .8
- .7
- .5
- .2
- .5
- 1.3
.6
1.8
-
- 1.1
.5
.2
-
0.2
- 2.2
0.5
1.0
.1
1.9
- 2.6
- 3.1
- 3.5
1.1
.2
.9
.1
.4
1.5
1.8
.5
1.1
1.1
.4
.7
.7
1.3
.6
.8
.6
.1
.8
.4
- 3.5
2.1
-
.2
.2
.5
.0
.1
.1
.5
.7
.9
.7
.8
.3
.4
.1
.4
.5
.4
- 2.3
- 1.2
- .9
.8
to October 1969
-
.2
-
6.2
1.0
.8
3.0
2.7
2.9
1.5
2.8
1.3
4.4
2.1
.4
2.4
.8
2.9
- 1.3
.2
-
.1
3.2
- 4.3
- 5.4
.1
1.8
.6
1.7
.8
.7
.8
.5
.9
.2
.1
1.0
.8
.6
.7
.9
-
.1
(2/)
1.4
2.2
1.4
.9
.7
(2./)
.7
.1
.2
- 9 -
TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food Items
October 1969 Indexes and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)
Index
October 1969
Seasonally
adjusted
Unadjusted
Item or Group
Total food
Food away from home
Restaurant meals
-
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Flour
Cracker meal \J
Corn flakes
!>*•__ <*_4
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WX1XL-C
„
M
— — •—
-
Layer cake _7
Cinnamon rolls 1/
Meats, poultry, and fish
Beef and veal
Steak, round
Steak, sirloin V Steak, porterhouse 1/
Rump roast 1/
Rib roast
Chuck roast
urger
Beef liver 1/
Veal cutlets
Pork —
Chops
Loin roast 2/
Pork sausage JL/
Ham, whole
Picnics 1/
Bacon
Other meats
Lamb chops 1/
Frankfurters
Ham, canned 1/
Bologna sausage JL/
Salami sausage 1/ —
Liverwurst 1/
Poultry
Frying chicken
Chicken breasts \J
Turkey 1/
~*
Shrimp, frozen 1/
Fish, fresh or frozen
Tuna fish, canned
Sardines, canned 1J
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.
•-
—*—••-—•^«P«— —•-- «-•-»•»«-.
Bread, whole wheat JL/
— —
_»•».«•
•»-.-.
-
_-
--—••
127,
148,
148
128,
122,
123,
111,
126,
129,
113.
129.
122,
99.
115,
115,
127.
132,
132,
126,
123.
129,
121,
140,
125,
139,
117,
162,
132.
134.
141.
149,
123.
136,
134,
133,
139,
134.
125,
136,
127.
129,
98,
98.
112,
107,
133,
122
139
116,
124,
125
122,
130
124,
123,
99
149,
119,
Percent Change to October 1969 from—
October
September 1969
1968
Seasonally
Unadjusted
Unadjusted
adjusted
127.1
122.9
126.7
130.6
131.8
125.8
140.1
123.3
137.9
163.1
129.8
130.7
122.6
131.1
132.9
133.6
100.3
133.9
140.2
125.2
121.5
150.1
119.3
-
0.2
1.0
.7
2.1
.6
.6
.4
.9
.2
.1
.2
.7
1.2
1.9
1.8
1.1
.8
1.6
1.0
3.8
2.9
.8
3.5
1.5
X3
.0
.0
.7
2.6
.8
.3
1.7
.7
.5
.5
.1
.5
2.0
.0
.2
1.5
3.7
5.0
1.6
1.2
.9
1.2
.9
1.1
.6
.2
.0
.5
.4
.2
.2
.7
1.4
.0
- .2
.1
.3
1.3
1.1
3.1
2.3
1.2
.3
.4
1.4
2.1
1.6
.6
-
.2
- 1.1
1.2
.9
.1
.5
.4
.9
5.2
6.6
6.6
6.6
4.9
3.3
- .7
8.1
.9
1.8
3.0
4.5
- 1.0
4.5
6.9
10.6
11.7
11.5
11.9
10.0
9.0
10.8
10.3
12.7
13.3
8.8
13.4
12.8
9.3
9.8
16.1
10.4
17.2
16.3
10.2
7.0
13.5
7.9
12.3
9.6
10.8
6.3
6.3
6.8
5.6
6.5
11.6
10.6
3.8
1.3
2.9
1.9
3.4
3.5
2.1
.7
6.2
2.4
- 10 -
TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food Items —
October 1969 Indexes and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)
Index
October 1969
Seasonally
Unadlusted
adlusted
Item or Group
Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Apples
Orange juice, fresh 1/
Grapefruit —
Grapes 3/
Strawberries 3/Watermelon
Potatoes
Onions
Asparagus 1/ 3/Cabbage
Carrots —
Celery —
Cucumbers 1/
Lettuce
Peppers, green JL/ —
Spinach JL/
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/
*•
Peas, green, canned
Tomatoes, canned
Dried beans
Broccoli, frozen JL/
Other food at home
Eggs
Fats and oils:
Margarine
Salad dressing, Italian 1/
Salad or cooking oil Xj
Sugar and sweets
—
Grape jelly
vtlUCUXowC
Dai
^^^^^^^^^
*••"•*
Syrup, chocolate flavored JL/
Nonalcoholic beverages
Coffee, can and bag
Coffee, instant 47
wla
Carbonated fruit drink 1/
Prepared and partially prepared foods 1/
Bean soup, canned 1/
Chicken soup, canned JL/ —
Spaghetti, canned JL/ —
Mashed potatoes, instant 1J •
Potatoes, french fried, frozen lj
Baby foods, canned
Sweet pickle relish Xj
Pretzels 1/
1/
2/
3/
4/
December 1963-100.
April 1960-100.
Priced only in season.
July 1961-100.
124.0
130.1
131.7
100.7
131.9
92.0
184.0
144.0
(3/)
(3/)
137.6
134.2
(3/)
1*5.9
129.6
115.5
118.5
133.3
145.7
120.1
119.0
116.6
105.6
107.6
102.2
98.2
93.8
112.8
122.9
124.8
124.3
106.7
111.0
114.5
102.7
102.8
123.0
126.4
116.3
125.6
126.7
106.7
104.3
87.0
104.2
102.1
158.0
124.5
107.4
•106.3
98.3
118.9
109.6
92.8
111.7
114.2
107.6
128.9
138.4
154.8
94.9
115.8
155.3
167.8
(3/)
(3/)
152.2
140.8
(3/)
161.9
135.6
122.6
128.2
152.4
98.3
109.5
104.3
Continued
Percent Change to October 1969 froi
October
Septeinber 1969
1968
Seasonally
Unadlusted
adlusted
Unadlusted
- 2.2
- 3.6
- 24.6
1.1
.2
.1
- 10.6
4.5
(3/)
(3/)
- 4.8
- 3.5
(3/)
7.6
1.0
- 3.8
6.1
1.9
- 1.4
1.8
15.3
.3
.9
.6
.4
- 1.2
.5
.3
.0
.6
.6
.7
.5
.6
.5
.5
.5
.3
.1
.7
.2
.2
.6
.5
.4
.1
.8
.9
.5
.7
.2
1.5
.6
.1
.9
1.4
.0
-
1.6
2.7
9.8
1.7
4.4
- 10.5
- 2.2
(3/)
(3/)
.7
.5
(3/)
4.5
2.5
- 4.1
-
6.1
9.2
-
1.7
0.5
.2
- 7.1
3.4
- 22.9
4.9
- 10.5
18.3
(3/)
(3/)
8.0
.4
(3/)
1.4
23.4
14.7
18.7
- 12.0
13.7
11.9
11.6
.8
- 1.9
- 5.5
5.4
7.8
4.8
.4
-
-
.2
2.1
-
1.7
1.9
1.7
4.5
2.2
1.2
.0
1.2
1.0
4.2
2.1
4.5
5.3
4.5
2.6
.6
4.8
1.3
5.7
6.0
3.7
5.2
2.3
5.2
6.8
4.4
.9
3.3
1.0
- 11 -
TABLE 8 : Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups, October 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Item or Group
Housing
:
Shelter 1/
Rent
Homeownership costs If
Mortgage interest rates
Property taxes
Property insurance rates
Maintenance and repairs
Commodities ^
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 V
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 U
Cribs
Floor coverings
Rugs, soft surface
Rugs, hard surface
Tile,vinyl
•
Appliances 8/
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 U
Room heaters, electric, portable JJ
Garbage disposal units
Other housefurnishings:
Dinnerware, earthenware
Flatware, stainless steel
Table lamps, with shade
Lawn mowers, power, rotary type U
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
Other
Index
Bases
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
June 64
Dec.63
128.6
136.1
119.7
142.6
138.2
130.4
149.5
143.8
116.7
117.6
113.1
140.4
179.7
161.4
133.0
140.4
142.8
113.3
118.1
115.4
112.0
116.7
106.8
0.5
.7
.3
.7
.4
.1
.8
.5
.4
.3
.6
.9
1.2
.6
.5
1.1
.9
.2
.3
.1
.2
.2
.1
6.9
8.7
3.5
10.5
(3/)
(3/)
103.6
145.3
119.3
110.2
115.0
120.1
112.0
117.1
124.1
106.5
111.1
123.6
127.6
103.6
145.3
119.0
109.9
115.2
119.8
112.0
116.9
124.5
108.8
110.0
122.9
127.2
.0
.0
.3
.3
.2
.3
.0
.2
.3
- 2.1
1.0
.6
.3
(3/)
(3/)
125.9
118.9
128.7
115.9
118.9
(6/)
124.1
124.9
119.0
127.5
114.8
118.8
(6/)
123.7
OJ)
Dec.63
June 64
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
June 64
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
September 1969 September 1969
129.2
137.0
120.1
143.6
138.8
130.5
150.7
144.5
116.2
118.0
113.8
141.6
181.8
162.3
133.7
142.0
144.1
113.5
118.4
115.5
112.2
116.9
106.9
119.2
107.1
104.9
112.1
109.6
86.2
90.9
81.5
85.8
98.5
99.8
(7/)
99.6
104.7
Dec.63
Percent Change to October 1968
•From:
October 1968
Indexes
October 1969
-
.8
.1
.9
1.0
.1
(6/)
.3
(7/)
OJ)
117.1
107.0
104.9
111.8
109.3
86.0
91.0
81.3
85.8
98.1
99.6
1.8
.1
.0
.3
.3
.2
.1
.2
.0
.4
.2
on
on
(7/)
(7/)
104.3
.4
134.8
119.6
117.8
(7/)
103.9
134.3
119.8
116.0
.4
106.8
129.0
121.2
107.4
128.6
120.7
177.6
135.7
165.5
143.2
130.7
135.2
175.1
135.6
165.5
142.7
130.3
134.4
-
(3/)
2.8
(3/)
Of)
4.5
4.1
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
Of)
(I/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(6/)
(3/)
OJ)
(3/)
(37)
(3/)
(3/)
on
Of)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(in
(in
on
(7/)
71
OJ)
.6
.3
.4
on
on
Of)
1.6
103.8
2.8
2.2
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(7/)
- .2
OJ)
(I/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
1.4
.1
.0
.4
.3
.6
on
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(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, October 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
Item and Group
Apparel and upkeep 9J
•*
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Men's and boys'
Men's:
Topcoats, wool JJ
Suits, year round weight
Suits, tropical weight 7/
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 JJ
Sport coats, wool or wool blend JJ
Dungarees, cotton or cotton blend
Undershirts, cotton
Women's and girls'
Women's:
Coats, heavyweight, wool or wool blend JJ
Carcoats, heavyweight, cotton JJ
•
Sweaters, wool or acrylic JJ
Skirts, wool or wool blend J_l
Skirts, cotton or cotton blend.77
Blouses, cotton
Dresses, street, chiefly manmade fiber
Dresses, street, wool or wool blend JJ
Dresses, street, cotton JJ)
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 JJ
Skirts, wool or wool blend JJ
Dresses, cotton
Slacks, cotton JJ
Slips, cotton blend
Robes, duster style, quilted tricot or
percale JJ
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:
Drycleaning, 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
Dec.63
Dec.63
Sept.61
Mar.62
Percent change to October 1969
From:
September 1969 September 1969 October 1968
Indexes
October 1969
129.8
129.3
126.6
131.0
128.7
128.1
125.3
130.0
0.9
.9
1.0
.8
145.9
156.4
125.4
130.4
115.6
116.9
124.2
122.2
131.5
121.1
112.9
144.0
154.5
(7/)
125.2
128.9
115.2
116.9
123.2
121.8
130.6
121.6
112.7
1.3
1.2
(7/)
.2
1.2
.3
.0
.8
.3
.7
.4
.2
(3/)
(3/)
(7/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
115.2
126.4
126.9
129.0
126.2
113.5
122.5
127.4
128.9
124.6
-
1.5
3.2
.4
.1
1.3
on
Of)
on
on
on
139.9
138.9
117.7
133.9
136.0
135.4
117.1
129.4
(7/)
122.7
152.5
140.8
2.9
2.6
.5
3.5
(7/)
2.2
2.2
3.5
(3/)
(3/)
OJ)
on
125.4
155.9
145.7
on
OJ)
OJ)
5.3
5.4
5.2
5.6
(3/1
(3/)
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
O/)
on
on
(3/)
150.7
111.9
110.5
120.2
123.1
99.4
118.5
109.2
115.5
149.0
111.9
109.9
119.5
122.9
99.2
118.4
109.0
114.8
1.1
.0
.5
.6
.2
.2
.1
.2
.6
121.7
124.0
137.4
127.9
108.5
120.8
(7/)
136.9
(in
.4
on
(2/)
.7
(3/)
123.1
111.1
143.3
119.2
108.9
142.3
3.3
2.0
.7
(3/)
(3/)
141.5
139.0
140.1
138.4
1.0
.4
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
152.0
122.9
132.0
126.6
150.8
122.3
129.6
126.4
.8
.5
1.9
.2
Dec.63
Dec.63
142.3
119.1
134.6
141.4
118.9
134.1
.6
.2
.4
Dec.63
103.8
123.5
102.9
103.9
123.2
102.7
132.2
111.4
123.8
127.5
122.7
132.0
111.3
123.4
126.5
123.1
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
.7
107.7
-
-
.1
.2
.2
.2
.\
.3
.8
.3
(in
O/)
on
Of)
on
on
(3/)
(3/)
O/)
on
on
on
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
- 13 -
TABLE 8: Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers — Continued
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups October 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
lit em and Group
Transportation
Private K ) /
Automobiles, new
Automobiles, used
Gasoline, regular and premium
Motor oil, premium
Tires, new, tubeless
Auto repairs and maintenance 11/
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
General physician, office visits
General physician, house visits
Obstetrical cases
Pediatric care, office visits
Psychiatrist, office visits
Herniorrhaphy, adult
Tonsillectotny 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, 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
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
Mer.67
Mar.67
Mar.67
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
October 1969
.Percent change to October 1969
From:
._
September 1969 September 1969 October 1968
125.7
122.8
104.2
125.8
118.0
139.6
117.4
136.1
163.7
134.2
121.9
150.3
161.7
127.5
115.1
111.6
127.0
123.6
120.5
99.5
121.4
117.7
139.1
117.0
135.2
163.2
134.2
120.0
150.3
161.7
127.5
115.1
111.6
127.0
1.7
1.9
4.7
3.6
.3
.4
.3
.7
.3
.0
1.6
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
138.6
156.9
99.4
106.9
92.5
106.1
100.8
117.4
109.6
113.7
89.0
63.0
108.9
89.8
101.3
111.4
97.9
103.1
104.2
94.3
138.4
157.6
99.3
106.9
92.4
105.5
100.9
117.0
109.1
115.1
88.8
62.9
107.8
89.8
101.2
111.1
97.7
103.1
103.6
93.9
.1
.4
.1
.0
.1
.6
158.3
160.6
165.9
153.9
144.2
131.7
124.6
149.3
146.9
148.3
145.9
129.5
158.0
160.3
165.6
153.2
144.1
131.7
124.6
149.1
146.0
147.1
145.3
128.9
.2
.2
.2
.5
.1
.0
.0
.1
.6
.8
.4
.5
132.8
118.5
132.4
118.5
.3
.0
(2/)
(2/)
263.8
260.1
254.7
170.9
124.8
127.3
111.6
114.4
125.1
110.7
102.0
127.2
95.1
109.2
98.5
146.7
155.2
137.7
123.4
154.9
107.1
261.9
258.4
252.6
168.7
124.6
127.3
111.7
113.8
126.3
111.1
102.1
126.8
95.3
108.4
99.2
146.5
154.8
137.5
123.2
154.6
107.0
.7
.7
.8
1.3
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
•
.
1
.3
.5
• 1.2
.2
.2
1.0
.0
.1
.3
.2
.0
.6
.4
.0
.1
.5
1.0
.4
.1
.3
.2
.7
.7
.1
.3
.1
.2
.2
.1
4.2
3.7
1.4
(2/)
on
(3/)
O/)
(3/)
(1/)
(1/)
(3/)
8.4
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
5.1
6.4
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(3/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(3/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(3/)
(2/)
(2/)
(3/)
(2/)
(3/)
4.3
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
- 14 -
TABLE 8 : Consumer Price Index—U.S. City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers — Continued
Indexes for Selected Items and Groups, October 1969
and Percent Changes from Selected Dates
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)
Item and Group
Reading and recreation ^2J
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
Bowling balls
Bicycle, boys'
Tr icycles
Dog food, canned or boxed
Recreational services
Indoor movie admissions
Other
Index
Bases
Other goods and services
Tobacco products
Cigarettes, nonfilter tip, regular size
Cigarettes, filter tip, king size
Cigars, domestic, regular size
Alcoholic beverages
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 accounts
Legal services, short form will
September 1969
'Percent change to October 1969
From:
October 1968
September 1969
3.5
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
Dec.63
132.0
99.1
80.2
115.9
76.6
91.4
98.1
83.1
99.4
103.4
114.8
118.1
100.2
109.7
111.9
108.0
132.1
207.0
201.9
224.5
164.5
112.1
135.5
101.4
117.9
131.6
99.0
80.0
115.7
76.9
91.5
97.6
83.5
99.6
103.2
114.8
118.2
99.2
109.9
111.6
108.4
131.7
206.5
201.6
223.2
164.1
110.9
135.9
101.0
118.3
0.3
.1
.3
.2
.4
.1
.5
.5
.2
.2
.0
.1
1.0
.2
.3
.4
.3
.2
.1
.6
.2
1.1
.3
.4
.3
Dec.63
Dec.63
156.4
126.3
126.5
155.9
126.3
126.1
.3
.0
.3
131.3
150.6
158.0
150.0
109.6
119.1
116.4
110.4
112.0
123.0
.7
.6
.6
.7
.2
Dec.63
Dec.63
132.2
151.5
158.9
151.0
109.4
120.0
116.3
111.3
113.6
125.0
1.4
1.6
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
116.9
109.1
139.5
116.5
108.3
138.8
.3
.7
.5
O/)
128.1
119.8
122.6
150.4
145.1
147.6
127.6
118.7
122.2
149.5
144.0
147.2
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Adult — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Children1s
Drive-in movie admissions, adult
Bowling fees, evening
Golf greens fees
TV repairs, picture tube replacement
Film developing, black and white
Reading and education:
Newspapers, street sale and delivery
Magazines, single copy and subscriptionPiano lessons, beginner
Indexes
October 1969
Dec.63
Dec.63
Dec.63
Mar.59
Of)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
on
on
O/)
on
on
on
on
on
on
(in
(3/)
on
on
O/)
on
on
an
on
an
(3/)
o/)
on
O/)
on
Of)
on
(3/
Other special groups:
All items less shelter
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food and apparel
Household services less rent
Transportation services
Other services
4.8
4.4
4.0
9.3
7.8
4.8
1/ Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
2/ Also includes home purchase costs not shown separately.
2/ Not available.
4/ -Also includes pine.shelving, furnace air filters, packaged dry cement mix, and shrubbery not shown separately.
5/ Also includes Venetian blinds, nails, carpet sweepers, air deodorizers, steel wool scouring pads, envelopes, reupholstering,
and moving expenses.
6/
Discontinued.
JJ Priced only in season.
8J Also includes radios and television sets, shown separately under reading and recreation.
9/ 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.
10/ Also includes recapped tires and drivers' license fees not shown separately.
11/ Includes prices for water pump replacement, motor tune-up, automatic transmission repair, exhaust system-repair* front
emTalignment, and chassis lubrication.
12/ 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 196A
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 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
Quarterly
Annual
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.
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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 services are collected every
month In the 5 largest SMSA's and every 3 months In other SMSA's and cities. Mall
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).
BLS Regional Offices
1371 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
341 Ninth Avenue
New York, New York 10001
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Chicago, Illinois 60604
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San Francisco, California 94102
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