Municipal Cost Index 1988
Municipal Cost Index 1988

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 1988 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 1988

352.8

0.1%

3.5%

387.8

345.3

311.4

February 1988

345.1

-2.2%

1.1%

390.2

345.8

311.9

March 1988

353.6

2.5%

3.6%

389.3

345.7

311.7

April 1988**

112.8

0.2%

3.4%

116.4

115.7

104.5

May 1988

113.1

0.3%

3.6%

116.7

116.0

104.6

June 1988

113.4

0.3%

4.1%

116.9

116.5

104.9

July 1988

114.0

0.5%

3.7%

117.2

117.1

105.8

August 1988

114.3

0.3%

4.2%

117.2

117.5

106.5

September 1988

115.0

0.6%

4.3%

118.0

118.0

107.4

October 1988

115.3

0.3%

5.1%

118.0

118.5

107.8

November 1988

115.4

0.1%

4.5%

118.2

119.0

108.0

December 1988

116.2

0.7%

5.5%

118.9

119.8

108.1

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