I need historical price info on cars, milk, reg goods, for different decades '75, '85, '95, '05

Question

i'm trying to track inflation generally to illustrate its effect

Answer 1

Best numbers I have for you is the Consumer Price Indexes for 1957-2006. For simplicity's sake, I have only included only the prices for January. For a frame of reference, the Consumer Price Index is the price of a basket of goods selected to represent the average prices in the country. As you can see the prices have slowly increased.

1957 28.4
1958 29.4
1959 29.8
1960 30.2
1961 30.6
1962 30.9
1963 31.3
1964 31.8
1965 32.2
1966 32.8
1967 34.0
1968 35.2
1969 36.9
1970 39.3
1971 41.3
1972 42.8
1973 44.3
1974 48.1
1975 53.7
1976 57.1
1977 59.9
1978 64.0
1979 70.0
1980 77.9
1981 86.6
1982 93.8
1983 97.7
1984 102.4
1985 106.5
1986 110.9
1987 115.1
1988 119.8
1989 125.5
1990 131.5
1991 138.5
1992 143.4
1993 147.9
1994 152.2
1995 156.5
1996 161.0
1997 165.4
1998 169.2
1999 173.1
2000 176.6
2001 181.2
2002 186.0
2003 189.4
2004 192.3
2005 196.8
2006 201.1

Answer 2

1960s: Ten Years After should be placed in the 80s, very similar style to Van Halen. 1970s: The Cramps were way before their time, music hasn't even caught up with them yet in my opinion. 1980s: Stray Cats should move back to the 50s, them playing rockabilly and all. 1990s: The Gits should move back to the 70s, they are like the punk version of The Runaways with Mia Zapata's vocals. now: Yeah Yeah Yeahs should move back to the 60s, very spaced out music with a lot of garage influence.

Answer 3

Some information at http://dmarie.com/timecap/
Also the CPI is given in categories of goods ie health care, food, energy, I have seen it but I don't have the link. Check BLS