Appendix 1-18    Consumer Price Indices
              (1996=100)
  General Food Clothing Housing Transportation Medicines Education Miscellaneous
Year Index         and Medical and  
            Care Entertainment  
                 
1993 89.9 86.9 94.8 90.8 95.8 95.0 85.2 92.9
1994 93.6 92.5 94.3 94.6 96.2 96.8 89.6 95.4
1995 97.0 96.4 97.6 98.0 98.7 98.3 93.7 98.3
1996 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1997 100.9 99.1 100.7 101.2 101.2 102.4 103.4 102.1
1998 102.6 103.5 95.6 102.4 100.1 103.3 106.5 103.9
1999 102.8 103.0 94.3 102.5 99.3 106.9 108.6 104.5
2000 104.1 103.1 94.6 103.1 102.7 110.9 111.7 106.2
2001 104.1 102.1 93.0 102.7 103.9 112.4 114.0 105.9