USA Statistics in Brief--Prices

U.S. Department of Commerce

PRICES (annual percent change) ¹	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Consumer price index (1982-84=100):
All items	3.4	2.8	1.6	2.3	2.7
Food	2.3	3.2	1.8	2.2	3.4
Shelter	3.3	3.7	3.7	2.4	2.7
Medical care	4.1	4.6	4.7	4.0	4.4
Fuel oil	50.5	-3.5	-11.4	22.5	17.1
Electricity	1.6	7.2	-1.2	2.4	1.9
Producer price index (1982=100):
Finished consumer goods excluding food	6.1	2.2	-1.8	4.3	²4.3
Intermediate materials	4.9	0.4	-1.5	4.6	²6.6
Crude materials	22.8	0.3	-10.7	25.2	²17.5

\1 Percent change from immediate prior year.
\2 Preliminary

Last Revised: May 06, 2011 at 11:09:58 AM