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1996 - 2025
Jan 1, 1996 to Dec 1, 2025
FRED
2 months ago
StaleJun 12, 2026
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices category "Books (09.5.1)" is a classification of semi-durable goods that includes books, including atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, text books, guidebooks, musical scores, scrapbooks and albums for children, and book binding. This category excludes stamp albums (09.3.1). This category is a subcategory of the Recreation and Culture (09) and of Newspapers, Books, and Stationery (09.5) categories. Information provided in the notes pertaining to HICP classifications can be found from the source at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/prc_hicp_esms.htm. Copyright, European Union, 1995-2016, http://ec.europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm#copyright.
As of December 1, 2025 • Monthly data • Source: FRED
This dataset contains 360 monthly observations, over 29 years, 11 months, updated monthly from FRED. View Methodology
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360
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29 years, 11 months
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