Visual Displays of Inflation Data
Except as specifically noted, these have NOT yet been revised to reflect final 2011 CPI data.
As I revise individual items to reflect final 2011 data, I will label them as "revised 2011".
Except as noted, these graphs print best in “landscape” (horizontal, wide) print format.
Note that for some of the charts, users of Firefox and other non-Internet Explorer web browsers might have to use the “open link target in IE” option or equivalent. I will work to correct this difficulty in the next revision. The “summary pdf” files that contains all subsection charts, located at the end of each sub-section, should operate properly for all browers.
The charts on the following topics are available either by scrolling down or by selecting the appropriate link:
- Price levels and the US economy
- Millionaires Then and Now
- Pay of Presidents and Members of Congress
- Selected Government-related Items (number of government employees, Social Security and AFDC/TANF; stamp prices, minimum wage, mean and median family income)
- Presidential Election Costs 1860 to 2000
- National Government Budget: Outlays (Spending), Revenue, Deficits or Surpluses, and National Debt
- Selected Commodity Prices (gasoline and gold) [gasoline revised March 2011)]
- Movies
- Budget Details