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gnuplot file used to make this graph
set terminal svg enhanced fsize 12 size 750,500
set output 'USACPI1800.svg'
set datafile separator "\t"
set style data lines
set title "Consumer Price Index (Estimate) 1800-2007"
set nokey
set xdata time
set format x "%Y"
set timefmt "%Y"
set xtics nomirror
set noy2tics
set xlabel "Year"
set ylabel "CPI"
set grid noxtics
set grid ytics
# Label for the creation of the Fed
# You shouldn't need to change this.
set label 1 "Creation of the Federal Reserve" at "1913",1 rotate point pointtype 8 offset -0.3,1
# Label for the initial CPI
# You shouldn't need to change this.
set label 2 "51" at "1800",1 offset first 0,71
# Label for the War of 1812
# You shouldn't need to change this.
set label 3 "War of 1812" at "1814",1 rotate point pointtype 8 offset -0.3,2
# Label for the Civil War
# You shouldn't need to change this.
set label 4 "American Civil War" at "1864",1 rotate point pointtype 8 offset -0.3,1.5
# Label for the current CPI.
####
# You need to change this!!
####
# Looks like the offset's y needs to be about 20 more than the CPI value we're labeling.
set label 5 "620.7" at "2007",1 offset first 0,640
plot 'cpi.dat' using 1:2
{{Information |Description=The United States Consumer Price Index from 1800 through 2007 |Source=self-made from the data here: http://www.minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/hist1800.cfm |Date=16 March 2008 |Author= Nkocharh |Permis
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