Municipal Cost Index 2012
Municipal Cost Index 2012

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 2012 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

Month

MCI

% change/Month

% change/Year

CCI

CPI

PPI

January 2012

223.8

0%

4.0%

236.8

226.7

202.0

February 2012 (article)

223.4

3.5%

237.0

226.7

200.2

March 2012 (article)

223.9

0.2%

3.0%

237.4

227.5

200.6

April 2012 (article)

225.1

0.5%

2.9%

239.0

228.4

201.6

May 2012 (article)

226.2

0.5%

2.6%

239.1

229.1

204.3

June 2012 (article)

226.3

0%

2.0%

239.7

229.2

203.9

July 2012 (article)

225.6

1.2%

239.7

228.5

202.3

August 2012

225.5

0%

1.3%

240.5

228.6

200.4

September 2012

225.7

0.1%

1.0%

241.3

228.7

200.0

October 2012

226.8

0.5%

1.4%

241.0

230.1

202.6

November 2012

228.0

0.5%

1.7%

241.7

231.4

204.5

December 2012

228.1

0%

2.0%

242.3

231.8

203.5


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