Percentage change 12

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Percentage change 12 months SAAR 3
ended in December mos. ended
in March
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

All items 3.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.3 3.4 2.5 4.7
Food and beverages 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 7.4
Housing 4.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 3.0 4.0 3.3 3.5
Apparel -1.8 -3.2 -1.8 -2.1 -.2 -1.1 .9 -.9
Transportation 4.1 -3.8 3.8 .3 6.5 4.8 1.6 8.3
Medical care 4.2 4.7 5.0 3.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.6
Recreation 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 .7 1.1 1.0 .1
Education and
communication 1.3 3.2 2.2 1.6 1.5 2.4 2.3 2.7
Other goods
and services 4.2 4.5 3.3 1.5 2.5 3.1 3.0 4.7

Special indexes
Energy 14.2 -13.0 10.7 6.9 16.6 17.1 2.9 22.9
Energy
commodities 15.7 -24.5 23.7 6.9 26.7 16.7 6.1 30.9
Energy
services 12.7 -1.5 .4 6.9 6.8 17.6 -.6 13.8
All items less
energy 2.6 2.8 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.9
Food 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.7 2.3 2.1 7.3
All items less
food and energy 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.3

I got that from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
The items less energy is what is used for most statistics.
I would like to see what component of the rest was transportation because it damn well costs more to ship the VCR from Chineese port to US port and then truck it to your house. But no one keeps track of that. In any case I expect it to be significant and I expect the inflation in the past few years to be wiped out.
BTW, you are comparing a rental in SD in 2000 to possibly some thing in 2005 when the McMansion number has skyrocketed and those are rentals now. The real comparison is on idential items. Your old apartment in 2000 vs that same one in 2006. Its like the NAR’s median home price claim. Median price can sit right there but be totally different houses. one may be shack built in the 60’s and another may be a McMansion built 2006.
Cool.
Cow_tipping.