| Kenai
Peninsula Borough |
| 144 North
Binkley Street Soldotna, AK 99669 |
| Phone -
(907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441 or on the web
www.borough.kenai.ak.us |
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Kenai Peninsula
Borough Notes of Interest |
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Consumer Price Index
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| 1982-1984
= 100 |
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1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
%
change |
| Anchorage |
142.37 |
144.8 |
146.9 |
148.4 |
150.9 |
155.2 |
158.2 |
162.5 |
167.8 |
171.8 |
177.3 |
3.2% |
| U.S.
Average |
156.9 |
160.5 |
163 |
166.6 |
175.1 |
176.7 |
179.9 |
184 |
190.2 |
195.3 |
201.6 |
3.2% |
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The Consumer Price Index is a measure of living costs based on changes in retail prices. Such indexes are generally based on a survey of a sample of the population in question to determine which goods and services compose the typical “market basket.” These goods and services are then priced periodically, and their prices are combined in proportion to the relative importance of the goods.
Source - "consumer price index" Encyclopædia Britannica
<http://search.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=26444> [Accessed July 18, 2002].
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