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Distributional Consequences of Trade for U.S. Consumers: Estimating Group-Specific Import Price Inflation, Accessible Data
Figure 1: Core Imports (ex. Food and Fuel)
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U.S. Income Decile
Percent of total import expenditure
1
69.7535
2
66.4351
4
68.8887
5
72.9894
6
76.6155
8
75.2853
9
77.2795
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Figure 2: Washing Machines (HS4 8450)
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U.S. Income Decile
Percent of total import expenditure
1
1.7961
2
1.5327
4
1.2820
5
1.1638
6
0.9631
8
0.8461
9
0.8279
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Figure 3: Sports Equipment (HS4 9506)
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U.S. Income Decile
Percent of total import expenditure
1
0.6987
2
0.3541
4
0.8337
5
1.4923
6
2.0704
8
2.0305
9
2.1921
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Figure 4: Import Price Indexes by Income Decile
Index
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Year
1st Income Decile
5th Income Decile
9th Income Decile
1998
1
1
1
1999
0.9991
1.0031
0.9962
2000
0.9161
0.9703
0.9589
2001
0.9563
0.9789
0.962
2002
0.9161
0.9311
0.9164
2003
0.9383
0.9222
0.895
2004
0.9478
0.9452
0.8972
2005
0.943
0.9099
0.8787
2006
0.9532
0.9552
0.9237
2007
1.0184
0.9969
0.976
2008
1.111
1.1025
1.0762
2009
1.0693
1.106
1.0628
2010
1.1367
1.1276
1.057
2011
1.2477
1.2092
1.147
2012
1.2665
1.2332
1.1673
2013
1.2622
1.2136
1.15
2014
1.2363
1.2183
1.1547
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Last Update:
April 03, 2018