Municipal Cost Index 1998
Municipal Cost Index 1998

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 1998 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 1998

148.5

0.1%

1.4%

152.6

161.5

127.8

February 1998

148.0

-0.3%

0.8%

152.4

161.3

126.7

March 1998

148.0

0.0%

0.5%

152.9

161.6

125.5

April 1998

148.0

0.0%

0.6%

152.9

161.9

125.1

May 1998

146.8

-0.8%

-0.5%

152.9

162.2

124.5

June 1998

148.2

1.0%

0.3%

153.2

162.5

124.7

July 1998

148.4

0.1%

0.3%

153.4

162.8

124.9

August 1998

148.7

0.2%

0.4%

153.9

163.0

124.8

September 1998

148.8

0.1%

0.5%

154.2

163.2

124.8

October 1998

149.1

0.2%

0.6%

155.2

163.4

124.2

November 1998

149.3

0.1%

0.5%

155.7

163.4

123.9

December 1998

149.6

0.2%

0.9%

155.9

164.0

124.0

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