ECONOMIC

TABLE C—48.—Percent changes in consumer price indexes, major groups, 1948—73[Percent change from preceding period i]19481949Year or month195019511952.. .1953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971 . _ . .197219731971: JulyAugSeptOctNovDec1972: JanFebMarAprMay ,JuneJulyAug . . . .SeptOctNovDec . . . .1973: JanFebMarApr . . .MayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDecAll items2.7-1.85.85.9.9.6-.5.42.93.01.81.51.5.71.21.61.21.93 43.04.76.15.53.43.48.8.2.2. 1.2.2.4.1.5.2.2.3.2.4.2.4.3.2.3.3.7.9.7.6.21.8.3.8.7.7SeasonallyadjustedUnadjustedFood Commodities less food Services 2Unadjustedadjusted adjusted adjusted adjustedSeasonally Un-Seasonally Un--0.8-3.79.67.4-1.1-1.3-1.6-.93.12.82 24.52.2.82 7-.81.53 73.1_ 3 2.7-.9691.5.71 71.91.2 2.31 441.83.4.72 63 91 94.91.23 14.04.33.76 17.24.57 42.24.88 24.32.34 14 72 53 620.15.06.2.5 0.2 -.1 0.2 .5.2 .3 .1 .3 .4-.8 -.3 .3 -.1.4-.2 .3 .5 .11 .4 .1 .1 31.1 .6 .0 .1 3.0 .0 -.3 .3 .61.6 1.6 .1 .1 .2.2 .0 .3 .3 .2.0 -.1 .3 .0.2—.1 .0 .6 .4.2.6 .2 .2 .1.31.0 .7 .0 .3.3.5 .1 .3 .2.2 .7 .7 .3 .2.1 .6 .4 .0 .4.4 .7 .2 .2 .2.5 -.1 .1 .2 .42.1 2.1 -.5 .2 .21.9 1.9 .3 .3 .42.4 .5 .5 .31.4 .7 .4 .41.1 .6 .4 .41.4 .9 .6 .5 .4.8 .5 -.2 .1 .26.0 6.1 .2 .5 .7-.1 .4 .1 .9.1 .5 .9 .5 1.11.1 1.4 .7 .7 .6.5 .9 .3 .6 .7 .60.2.4. l.2.2.3.2.5.1.2.3.1.4.3.4.3.3.2.5.7.9.6.6.6.21.9.3.8.82.6LOO1 Annual changes are from December to December.8 Percent changes for services are based on unadjusted indexes since these prices have little seasonal movement.Note.—The seasonally adjusted changes for the all items index are based on seasonal adjustment factors and seasonallyadjusted indexes carried to two decimal places.Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics304