Consumer Prices

Family Economics and Nutrition Review, Winter, 1999

Average percent change for major budgetary components

                               Annual average              Percent
                            percent change from            change
                              December of previous        12 months
                                year to December         ending with
GROUP                       1990      1995      1999      June 2000

All Items                    6.1       2.5       2.7         3.7
 Food                        5.3       2.1       1.9         2.3
 Food at home                5.8       2.0       1.7         2.2
Food away from home          4.5       2.2       2.3         2.4
Housing                      4.5       3.0       2.2         3.2
Apparel                      5.1       0.1      -0.5        -2.0
Transportation              10.4       1.5       5.4         8.6
Medical care                 9.6       3.9       3.7         4.1
Recreation                   NA        2.8       0.8         1.2
Education and
 communication               NA        4.0       1.6         1.2
Other goods and
 services                    7.6       4.3       5.1         5.4

Price per pound for selected food items

                    Price per pound unless otherwise noted
                         (as of December in each year)
                                                             June
Food                       1990      1995      1999          2000

Flour, white, all
 purpose                  $ .24     $ .24     $ .27        $ .31
Rice, white, long
 grain, uncooked            .49       .55       .50           NA
Spaghetti and
 macaroni                   .85       .88       .88          .83
Bread, white                .70       .84       .90          .92
Beef, ground,
 uncooked                  1.63      1.40      1.53         1.56
Pork chops, center
 cut, bone-in              3.32      3.29      3.21         3.33
Chicken, fresh, whole       .86       .94      1.05         1.07
Tuna, light, chunk         2.11      2.00      2.03         1.95
Eggs, Grade A, large,
 per dozen                 1.00      1.16       .92          .84
Milk, fresh, lowfat,
 per gallon                  NA      2.31      2.83         2.64
Butter, salted, grade
 AA, stick                 1.92      1.73      2.27         2.53
Apples, red delicious       .77       .83       .92          .92
Bananas                     .43       .45       .49          .51
Oranges, navel              .56       .64       .64          .70
Potatoes, white             .32       .38       .39          .38
Lettuce, iceberg            .58       .61       .67          .69
Tomatoes, field
 grown                      .86      1.51      1.41         1.32
Broccoli                     NA       .76      1.00         1.24
Carrots, short
 trimmed and topped         .43       .53       .52          .59
Onions, dry yellow           NA       .41        NA           NA
Orange juice, frozen
 concentrate per
 16 oz.                    2.02      1.57      1.82         1.80
Sugar, white,
 33-80 oz. pkg.             .40       .39       .41          .41
Margarine, stick            .87       .79        NA           NA
Peanut butter,
 creamy                    2.09      1.78      1.86         1.89
Coffee, 100% ground
 roast                     2.94      3.51      3.35         3.43

NA = Data not available.

Selected items from CPI Detailed Reports, Bureau of Labor Statistics, various issues. Price changes are for all urban consumers. Food prices are U.S. city average.