CPI Telephone Service Price Indices

Telecom Data Mining

Telecom Data Nugget: Telecommunication services CPI has been growing slower than all other CPIs from mid 80's.

Telecom facts:

CPI All Items and CPI Telephone Services (Base Periods: 1982-84 = 100)

CPI Telephone Services

Long-Term Changes for Various Price Indices (Annual Rates of Change)
	1954 - 2004		1994 - 2004

CPI All Items	4.0	%	2.5	%
CPI All Services	4.9		3.2
CPI Telephone Services ¹	1.7		-0.1


CPI Major Categories:
- Food and Beverages	*		2.6
- Housing	*		2.7
- Apparel	2.1		-1.0
- Transportation	3.7		2.0
- Medical Care	5.9		3.9
- Recreation	*		1.6
- Other Goods and Services	*		4.4


CPI Public Transportation	5.0		2.0
CPI Utility (Piped) Gas Service	5.2		5.2
CPI Electricity	3.3		1.2
CPI Water and Sewerage Maintenance	5.6		3.5
CPI Postage	4.7		2.8

* Series not established until after 1954.¹ The CPI telephone service index was revised in December of 1997. *Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.*