tutes the 1990s. To a purist who recognizes that the beginning count of time did not begin with the year zero, the decade of the 1990s ranges from 1991-to-2000 inclusive. To the literalist who cannot understand including a year in the decade of the 1990s that does not contain "19" as the first two digits, the decade of the 1990s ranges from 1990-to-1999 inclusive. To stay away from this absurd dispute, the discussion of inflation in the 1990s in this research spans the 11-year inclusive period 1990-to-2000.
Exhibit 1 (below) illustrates inflation rates covering the 1990-to-2000 period. Exhibit 2 (on the following page) presents the inflation rates for the 11-year period in a more precise tabular format.
Exhibit 1: Consumer Price Index 1989-2002
Exhibit 2: Consumer Price Index 1989-2000 [1982-1984 Average = 100]
The data presented in Exhibit reflect month-to-month movements in the rate of inflation. The data p
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