THE HANSON INDEX - 2015

A Comparison of local price increases to the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Item or Service
Comcast Cable - Digital Preferred TV
Babysitting (4 hours)
Burlington parking ticket
Ben & Jerry's small cone
BMW tune-up
No fault divorce
YMCA adult membership
Funeral
Burlington-Boston roundtrip airfare
Fishing License
Burlington Beach Permit
Bounced check
Burlington Free Press
Shoe repair (half sole and heel)
Handy's Lunch (Breakfast - Big Daddy)
Taxi (airport to Hilton)
Massage (1 hour)
Gallon unleaded gas
Movie
Al's French Frys
(Double cheese, pint of fries, medium coke)
Colombian decaf (1lb beans)
Dock space Shelburne Shipyard (30' Boat - season)
Leunig's Espresso

1986
2015 1 Year
29 - Year
Price
Price Change Price Change
$10.50 $68.95 +10%
+557%
7.00
44.00 +10%
+529%
3.00
15.00
0
+400%
0.94
4.05
+1%
+331%
110.00 457.00
+1%
+315%
375.00 1,500.00
0
+300%
190.00 744.00
+3%
+292%
2,950.00 9,750.00
+6%
+255%
120.00 397.00
0
+231%
8.00
25.00
0
+213%
15.00
45.00
0
+200%
12.00
35.00
0
+192%
0.35
1.00
0
+186%
26.00
73.50
+1%
+183%
3.90
11.05
0
+183%
6.75
18.69
+4%
+177%
30.00
80.00
0
+167%
0.95
2.46 (32)%
+159%
4.00
9.75
+3%
+144%
3.15
7.50
+2%
+138%
5.50
12.99
1,425.00 2,730.00
1.50
2.05

0
+3%
0

+136%
+92%
+37%

+114%

Increase in CPI (all urban consumers)

Prices as of March 23 - 30, 2015

Sources: Hanson & Doremus Investment Management, Bureau of Labor Statistics