In a message dated 97-01-11 17:04:29 EST, you write: >Just out of curiosity, I went looking for the consumer price index for as >far back as I could find, (1946)and found the following: > >The cpi 1/46 was 18.1 >The cpi 12/96 was 158.6 >1982-84 was the period when $1.00 = $1.00 > >The 1946 tuning fee of $7.50 is 41.4 times the cpi. >The 1996 cpi of 158.6 times 41.4 =$65.66 > >FWIW > >Charles Farinella, RPT Charles, I don't quite understand this CPI thing. If $1 = $1 in 1982 - 84, then what does the CPI 1/46 = 18.1 mean? And where did the 12/96 = 158.6 come from? Wim
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