Municipal Cost Index 1978
Municipal Cost Index 1978

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 1978 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

September 1978

214.2

n/a

n/a

251.2

195.3

194.4

October 1978

216.8

1.2%

n/a

256.7

196.7

195.9

November 1978

219.5

1.2%

n/a

260.3

199.3

196.9

December 1978

217.8

-0.8%

n/a

257.7

197.8

195.3

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