Municipal Cost Index 1979
Municipal Cost Index 1979

The Municipal Cost Index, developed exclusively by American City & County, is designed to show the effects of inflation on the cost of providing municipal services. This archive of 1979 Municipal Cost Index data includes monthly data from the Cost Construction Index, Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index.

Abbreviations
MCI = Muncipal Cost Index
CCI = Construction Cost Index
CPI = Consumer Price Index
PPI = Producer Price Index

January 1979

220.8

1.4%

n/a

259.9

200.9

199.7

February 1979

221.9

0.5%

n/a

261.2

202.0

200.6

March 1979

222.7

0.4%

n/a

261.8

202.9

202.4

April 1979

224.3

0.7%

n/a

262.3

204.7

205.3

May 1979

226.2

0.8%

n/a

262.6

207.1

207.4

June 1979

227.9

0.8%

n/a

263.6

209.1

208.8

July 1979

230.3

1.1%

n/a

263.9

211.5

211.2

August 1979

232.0

0.7%

n/a

264.3

214.1

212.4

September 1979

236.1

1.8%

10.2%

272.5

216.6

213.4

October 1979

239.2

1.3%

10.3%

276.9

218.9

215.8

November 1979

242.2

1.3%

10.3%

279.8

221.1

217.3

December 1979

254.4

5.0%

16.8%

285.8

223.4

220.4

* The consumer and producer price indexes are published monthly by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.