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US Price Indexes also on the rise:

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Data extracted on: May 31, 2005 (2:46:44 PM)

Consumer Price Index - Average Price Data

Series Id:  APU000072621 Area:       U.S. city average Item:       Electricity per 500 KWH
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1995	48.874	48.523	48.746	48.131	48.888	50.448	50.552	50.395	49.735	49.472	49.209	48.571
1996	48.538	48.542	49.137	49.221	49.232	49.178	50.483	50.753	50.789	49.913	49.181	49.231
1997	49.245	49.434	49.516	49.271	49.399	50.838	50.790	50.543	50.695	49.278	48.836	48.131
1998	46.401	45.728	45.659	45.739	45.846	46.647	46.757	46.439	46.073	45.458	45.259	45.160
1999	45.061	45.171	45.233	45.179	45.233	45.994	46.298	46.235	46.267	45.736	45.378	45.375
2000	45.207	45.542	45.598	45.524	45.509	46.638	47.396	47.218	47.197	46.570	46.229	46.404
2001	47.472	47.419	47.720	47.725	48.105	49.836	50.090	49.702	49.419	48.693	48.143	48.324
2002	47.868	47.736	47.851	47.368	47.539	48.700	48.684	48.665	48.590	48.087	47.610	47.650
2003	47.663	47.832	48.275	48.810	49.168	49.883	50.226	50.497	50.563	49.738	48.988	49.004
2004	49.159	49.412	49.166	49.353	49.646	51.063	51.388	51.519	51.343	50.270	49.940	49.927
2005	50.847	50.853	51.146	51.263

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Series Id:  APU0000702111 Area:       U.S. city average Item:       Bread, white, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm)
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1995	0.767	0.767	0.775	0.776	0.768	0.781	0.789	0.797	0.808	0.809	0.821	0.837
1996	0.860	0.858	0.852	0.865	0.869	0.886	0.889	0.915	0.886	0.873	0.880	0.875
1997	0.862	0.858	0.855	0.855	0.854	0.874	0.872	0.872	0.885	0.899	0.897	0.884
1998	0.855	0.860	0.853	0.863	0.866	0.859	0.867	0.869	0.860	0.849	0.855	0.866
1999	0.872	0.880	0.883	0.897	0.886	0.885	0.893	0.884	0.878	0.889	0.899	0.899
2000	0.907	0.924	0.924	0.927	0.915	0.915	0.935	0.923	0.918	0.934	0.953	0.987
2001	0.982	0.994	1.020	1.008	0.995	0.989	0.987	0.991	0.996	1.010	1.012	1.005
2002	1.001	1.008	1.012	1.005	1.012	1.011	1.015	1.012	1.016	1.015	1.054	1.026
2003	1.042	1.048	1.042	1.047	1.001	0.961	1.002	0.996	0.994	0.969	0.953	0.954
2004	0.946	0.943	0.947	0.974	0.960	0.979	0.985	0.996	0.985	0.972	0.976	0.970
2005	0.997	0.982	1.002	1.004

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Series Id:  APU0000703111 Area:       U.S. city average Item:       Ground chuck, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm)
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1995	1.847	1.859	1.881	1.839	1.866	1.821	1.798	1.818	1.776	1.853	1.846	1.850
1996	1.799	1.796	1.764	1.808	1.736	1.734	1.803	1.823	1.797	1.844	1.867	1.848
1997	1.850	1.857	1.822	1.831	1.854	1.848	1.802	1.841	1.844	1.847	1.851	1.811
1998	1.818	1.798	1.842	1.841	1.796	1.796	1.768	1.823	1.806	1.809	1.809	1.818
1999	1.834	1.862	1.834	1.833	1.812	1.815	1.810	1.826	1.852	1.866	1.863	1.882
2000	1.903	1.894	1.911	1.925	1.921	1.955	1.954	1.953	1.946	1.959	1.952	1.976
2001	2.037	2.059	2.057	2.052	2.113	2.157	2.114	2.101	2.150	2.132	2.143	2.161
2002	2.152	2.214	2.196	2.097	2.145	2.098	2.138	2.175	2.065	2.116	2.086	2.121
2003	2.131	2.203	2.196	2.206	2.191	2.239	2.194	2.220	2.286	2.350	2.491	2.621
2004	2.585	2.558	2.473	2.486	2.522	2.485	2.462	2.537	2.512	2.484	2.461	2.465
2005	2.478	2.531	2.519	2.504

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Series Id:  APU0000709111 Area:       U.S. city average Item:       Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit)
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1995	1.410	1.426	1.428	1.382	1.434	1.420	1.419	1.425	1.437	1.425	1.455	1.484
1996	1.476	1.479	1.498	1.507	1.514	1.544	1.560	1.569	1.592	1.647	1.660	1.652
1997	1.632	1.597	1.591	1.601	1.587	1.567	1.535	1.530	1.555	1.590	1.619	1.614

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Series Id:  APU0000713111 Area:       U.S. city average Item:       Orange juice, frozen concentrate, 12 oz. can, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml)
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1995	1.583	1.609	1.629	1.632	1.632	1.620	1.639	1.642	1.607	1.583	1.550	1.573
1996	1.577	1.625	1.609	1.657	1.704	1.743	1.774	1.765	1.733	1.761	1.747	1.735
1997	1.737	1.768	1.747	1.727	1.736	1.752	1.770	1.755	1.695	1.711	1.666	1.670
1998	1.601	1.568	1.587	1.634	1.589	1.633	1.655	1.668	1.599	1.655	1.654	1.679
1999	1.753	1.780	1.741	1.779	1.764	1.758	1.813	1.825	1.825	1.784	1.841	1.822
2000	1.823	1.811	1.807	1.819	1.802	1.800	1.875	1.882	1.837	1.863	1.884	1.878
2001	1.863	1.909	1.808	1.872	1.886	1.926	1.937	1.875	1.870	1.904	1.912	1.925
2002	1.876	1.937	1.870	1.889	1.824	1.890	1.842	1.800	1.840	1.795	1.776	1.806
2003	1.848	1.875	1.809	1.783	1.727	1.822	1.831	1.882	1.896	1.975	1.905	1.834
2004	1.957	1.873	1.829	1.861	1.818	1.912	1.878	1.873	1.815	1.933	1.922	1.961
2005	1.872	1.835	1.846	1.918

 

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[Toddsterpatriot]

Gee, there's inflation? I guess it's a good thing my graph was of real (adjusted for inflation) wages.

Any luck finding proof of your under $25,000 assertion? Or did you imagine it?