I am trying to find out what the real cost of inflation is the the
average investor. I would like to find out the annual prices and
annual percentage gain or loss for the following items.

House
Car
College education
loaf of bread
Gallon of milk
washer and dryer
physical at doctors office
Teeth cleaning at dentists office
Annual wages

I would like data for at least twenty years.
Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by thx1138-ga on 23 May 2003 06:24 PDT

Hello hullcapital and thank you for your question.

For which country do you require this information?

Best regards

THX1138

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Clarification of Question by hullcapital-ga on 23 May 2003 06:32 PDT

U.S.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 23 May 2003 06:39 PDT

Hullcapital,

Just want to check....are you familiar with the details of the
Consumer Price Index and the government's "market basket"?  The CPI
measure of inflation is computed based on the actual prices of a whole
host of goods and services in the following categories:


     Food and beverages              
     Housing                        
     Apparel                       
     Transportation                  
     Medical care                     
     Recreation                       
     Education and communication    
     Other goods and services 

Is it your intent to create your own "market basket" with the items
you listed, or would details of the trends in the CPI categories
(along with salary trend information) meet your needs?

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Clarification of Question by hullcapital-ga on 23 May 2003 06:58 PDT

I do want to use any goverment data. This is going to be comparison to
see if the government numbers are the same.

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Clarification of Question by hullcapital-ga on 27 May 2003 15:36 PDT

Will take five of the nine:

Car
House
College education
loaf of bread
gallon of gas

Hello Hullcapital-ga,

Here's the data on the five that you listed as your priorities.  I
hope the data tables survive the posting process (often, they do not,
but I find the rows of dots helps a lot).

If you think gas has gotten expensive, take a look at tuition!!!!

If anything is not clear, or needs elaboration, just let me know
through a Request for Clarification, and I'll be glad to assist you
further.

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.............................................................%
INCREASE
YEAR	'...............	COST	'...................from prior year
	
					
Loaf of Bread  
source:   http://data.bls.gov/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet			
					
					
1980	'...............	0.507			
1981	'...............	0.519	'...............	2.37	
1982	'...............	0.526	'...............	1.35	
1983	'...............	0.538	'...............	2.28	
1984	'...............	0.536	'...............	-0.37	
1985	'...............	0.544	'...............	1.49	
1986	'...............	0.561	'...............	3.13	
1987	'...............	0.542	'...............	-3.39	
1988	'...............	0.595	'...............	9.78	
1989	'...............	0.655	'...............	10.08	
1990	'...............	0.686	'...............	4.73	
1991	'...............	0.701	'...............	2.19	
1992	'...............	0.746	'...............	6.42	
1993	'...............	0.744	'...............	-0.27	
1994	'...............	0.765	'...............	2.82	
1995	'...............	0.776	'...............	1.44	
1996	'...............	0.865	'...............	11.47	
1997	'...............	0.855	'...............	-1.16	
1998	'...............	0.863	'...............	0.94	
1999	'...............	0.897	'...............	3.94	
2000	'...............	0.927	'...............	3.34	
2001	'...............	1.008	'...............	8.74	
2002	'...............	1.005	'...............	-0.30	
2003	'...............	1.047	'...............	4.18	



Gallon of gasoline
source:   http://data.bls.gov/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet

1976	'...............	0.592		
1977	'...............	0.651	'...............	9.97
1978	'...............	0.649	'...............	-0.31
1979	'...............	0.802	'...............	23.57
1980	'...............	1.264	'...............	57.61
1981	'...............	1.412	'...............	11.71
1982	'...............	1.225	'...............	-13.24
1983	'...............	1.215	'...............	-0.82
1984	'...............	1.227	'...............	0.99
1985	'...............	1.205	'...............	-1.79
1986	'...............	0.888	'...............	-26.31
1987	'...............	0.934	'...............	5.18
1988	'...............	0.93	'...............	-0.43
1989	'...............	1.065	'...............	14.52
1990	'...............	1.044	'...............	-1.97
1991	'...............	1.104	'...............	5.75
1992	'...............	1.079	'...............	-2.26
1993	'...............	1.112	'...............	3.06
1994	'...............	1.064	'...............	-4.32
1995	'...............	1.14	'...............	7.14
1996	'...............	1.251	'...............	9.74
1997	'...............	1.231	'...............	-1.60
1998	'...............	1.052	'...............	-14.54
1999	'...............	1.177	'...............	11.88
2000	'...............	1.506	'...............	27.95
2001	'...............	1.564	'...............	3.85
2002	'...............	1.407	'...............	-10.04
2003	'...............	1.659	'...............	17.91



College Tuition
Source:  http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/tables/dt316.asp


1977	'...............	$2,275		
1978	'...............	2,411	'...............	5.96
1979	'...............	2,587	'...............	7.30
1980	'...............	2,809	'...............	8.59
1981	'...............	3,101	'...............	10.41
1982	'...............	3,489	'...............	12.52
1983	'...............	3,877	'...............	11.10
1984	'...............	4,167	'...............	7.49
1985	'...............	4,563	'...............	9.49
1986	'...............	4,885	'...............	7.06
1987	'...............	5,206	'...............	6.57
1988	'...............	5,494	'...............	5.55
1989	'...............	5,869	'...............	6.81
1990	'...............	6,207	'...............	5.77
1991	'...............	6,562	'...............	5.71
1992	'...............	7,077	'...............	7.85
1993	'...............	7,452	'...............	5.30
1994	'...............	7,931	'...............	6.43
1995	'...............	8,306	'...............	4.72
1996	'...............	8,800	'...............	5.96
1997	'...............	9,206	'...............	4.61
1998	'...............	9,588	'...............	4.15
1999	'...............	10,076	'...............	5.09
2000	'...............	10,444	'...............	3.66
2001	'...............	10,876	'...............	4.13



Average Price of a New House
Source:  http://www.ofheo.gov/house/download.html			


1980	'...............	$77,867		
1981	'...............	$79,480	  '...............	2.07
1982	'...............	$78,736	  '...............	-0.94
1983	'...............	$79,325	  '...............	0.75
1984	'...............	$80,711	  '...............	1.75
1985	'...............	$83,515	  '...............	3.48
1986	'...............	$87,836	  '...............	5.17
1987	'...............	$94,227	  '...............	7.28
1988	'...............	$101,873  '...............	8.11
1989	'...............	$108,428  '...............	6.44
1990	'...............	$114,729  '...............	5.81
1991	'...............	$118,959  '...............	3.69
1992	'...............	$124,111  '...............	4.33
1993	'...............	$128,426  '...............	3.48
1994	'...............	$134,192  '...............	4.49
1995	'...............	$140,626  '...............	4.79
1996	'...............	$149,190  '...............	6.09
1997	'...............	$156,687  '...............	5.03
1998	'...............	$164,371  '...............	4.90
1999	'...............	$172,000  '...............	4.64
2000	'...............	$182,331  '...............	6.01
2001	'...............	$193,279  '...............	6.00
2002	'...............	$203,516  '...............	5.30




Average Price of a New Car
Source:  http://www.ott.doe.gov/facts/archives/fotw219supp.shtml				


1970	'...............	3,542		
1971	'...............	3,742	'...............	5.65
1972	'...............	3,879	'...............	3.66
1973	'...............	4,052	'...............	4.46
1974	'...............	4,440	'...............	9.58
1975	'...............	4,950	'...............	11.49
1976	'...............	5,418	'...............	9.45
1977	'...............	5,814	'...............	7.31
1978	'...............	6,379	'...............	9.72
1979	'...............	6,847	'...............	7.34
1980	'...............	7,574	'...............	10.62
1981	'...............	8,910	'...............	17.64
1982	'...............	9,890	'...............	11.00
1983	'...............	10,606	'...............	7.24
1984	'...............	11,375	'...............	7.25
1985	'...............	11,838	'...............	4.07
1986	'...............	12,652	'...............	6.88
1987	'...............	13,386	'...............	5.80
1988	'...............	13,932	'...............	4.08
1989	'...............	14,371	'...............	3.15
1990	'...............	15,042	'...............	4.67
1991	'...............	15,475	'...............	2.88
1992	'...............	16,336	'...............	5.56
1993	'...............	16,871	'...............	3.27
1994	'...............	17,903	'...............	6.12
1995	'...............	17,959	'...............	0.31
1996	'...............	18,777	'...............	4.55
1997	'...............	19,531	'...............	4.02
1998	'...............	20,364	'...............	4.27
1999	'...............	20,658	'...............	1.44
2000	'...............	20,355	'...............	-1.47
2001	'...............	21,605	'...............	6.14