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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

#Consumer Price Index (Estimate)
# Data taken from http://www.minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/hist1800.cfm on 16 March 2008

Year    CPI
1800	51
1801	50
1802	43
1803	45
1804	45
1805	45
1806	47
1807	44
1808	48
1809	47
1810	47
1811	50
1812	51
1813	58
1814	63
1815	55
1816	51
1817	48
1818	46
1819	46
1820	42
1821	40
1822	40
1823	36
1824	33
1825	34
1826	34
1827	34
1828	33
1829	32
1830	32
1831	32
1832	30
1833	29
1834	30
1835	31
1836	33
1837	34
1838	32
1839	32
1840	30
1841	31
1842	29
1843	28
1844	28
1845	28
1846	27
1847	28
1848	26
1849	25
1850	25
1851	25
1852	25
1853	25
1854	27
1855	28
1856	27
1857	28
1858	26
1859	27
1860	27
1861	27
1862	30
1863	37
1864	47
1865	46
1866	44
1867	42
1868	40
1869	40
1870	38
1871	36
1872	36
1873	36
1874	34
1875	33
1876	32
1877	32
1878	29
1879	28
1880	29
1881	29
1882	29
1883	28
1884	27
1885	27
1886	27
1887	27
1888	27
1889	27
1890	27
1891	27
1892	27
1893	27
1894	26
1895	25
1896	25
1897	25
1898	25
1899	25
1900	25
1901	25
1902	26
1903	27
1904	27
1905	27
1906	27
1907	28
1908	27
1909	27
1910	28
1911	28
1912	29
1913	29.7
1914	30.1
1915	30.4
1916	32.7
1917	38.4
1918	45.1
1919	51.8
1920	60.0
1921	53.6
1922	50.2
1923	51.1
1924	51.2
1925	52.5
1926	53.0
1927	52.0
1928	51.3
1929	51.3
1930	50.0
1931	45.6
1932	40.9
1933	38.8
1934	40.1
1935	41.1
1936	41.5
1937	43.0
1938	42.2
1939	41.6
1940	42.0
1941	44.1
1942	48.8
1943	51.8
1944	52.7
1945	53.9
1946	58.5
1947	66.9
1948	72.1
1949	71.4
1950	72.1
1951	77.8
1952	79.5
1953	80.1
1954	80.5
1955	80.2
1956	81.4
1957	84.3
1958	86.6
1959	87.3
1960	88.7
1961	89.6
1962	90.6
1963	91.7
1964	92.9
1965	94.5
1966	97.2
1967	100.0
1968	104.2
1969	109.8
1970	116.3
1971	121.3
1972	125.3
1973	133.1
1974	147.7
1975	161.2
1976	170.5
1977	181.5
1978	195.4
1979	217.4
1980	246.8
1981	272.4
1982	289.1
1983	298.4
1984	311.1
1985	322.2
1986	328.4
1987	340.4
1988	354.3
1989	371.3
1990	391.4
1991	408.0
1992	420.3
1993	432.7
1994	444.0
1995	456.5
1996	469.9
1997	480.8
1998	488.3
1999	499.1
2000	515.8
2001	530.1
2002	538.8
2003	551.0
2004	565.7
2005	584.8
2006	603.5
2007	620.7