"c VAR 0045 04128 CUPI ALL R 913-970 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0045 LOC 366 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 53-61 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS " "c ----------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04128 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: 1957-1959=100 " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-03/1970 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BLS RELEASE,"CONSUMER PRICE INDEX--U.S.: ALL " "c ITEMS, 1913- 1960, SERIES A; BCD, FEBRUARY, 1967 FOR " "c 1961-1965; MARCH, 1968 FOR 1966-FEBRUARY, 1968. " "c " "c NOTES: PRIOR TO 1953, THIS SERIES WAS CALLED THE"INDEX OF " "c COST OF LIVING." DATA HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO THE AVERAGE " "c 1957-1959 BASE BY BLS. PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER, 1940, ONLY FUEL " "c AND FOOD COMPONENTS WERE MONTHLY, ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WERE " "c PRICED AT INTERVALS OF 3, 4, AND 6 MONTHS (SEE SURVEY OF " "c CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY, 1941; ALSO MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, " "c AUGUST, 1940, AND BLS BULLETIN NOS. 699 (1941) AND 966 " "c (1949) FOR DETAILED INFORMATION). THE EARLY SEGMENT OF THIS " "c SERIES REPRESENTS MONTHLY INTERPOLATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT " "c OF COMMERCE. " "c BEGINNING IN 1943, THE INDEX SHOWS THE RESULTS OF A " "c REVISION, BEGUN IN 1940, OF THE RENT COMPONENT (CORRECTION " "c OF NEW UNIT BIAS). " "c IN JANUARY, 1950, A REVISION OF POPULATION AND " "c COMMODITY WEIGHTS BEGINS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE INDEX " "c (MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, MARCH, 1951); SERIES IS CONSIDERED TO " "c BE CONTINUOUS. " "c A MAJOR REVISION OF THE INDEX TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY, " "c 1953; HEREAFTER CALLED"CONSUMER PRICE INDEX." " "c BEGINNING WITH INDEXES FOR JANUARY, 1966, DATA FOR SIX " "c ADDITIONAL AREAS (CINCINNATI, HOUSTON, KANSAS CITY, " "c MILWAUKEE, MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, AND SAN DIEGO) HAVE BEEN " "c INCORPORATED INTO THE NATIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. THESE " "c AREAS WERE"LINKED" INTO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AS OF " "c DECEMBER, 1965 AND WERE FIRST USED IN CALCULATING THE " "c DECEMBER, 1965-JANUARY, 1966 PRICE CHANGE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "