(based on own country price weights;

average annual percent changes)

1950-86 1950-73 1973-79 1979-86

United States 1.4 2.0 0.2 0.8

12-country average 3.4 4.3 2.2 1.8

Canada 2.0 2.5 1.4 1.0

Japan 5.8 7.5 2.8 2.8

Korea 5.4 5.8 5.7 4.7

Belgium 3.0 3.5 2.2 1.8

Denmark 2.6 3.7 1.4 1.4

France 3.8 4.7 2.5 1.9

Germany 4.1 5.1 2.8 1.6

Italy 4.3 5.7 1.6 1.6

The Netherlands 2.6 3.7 1.5 -0.1

Norway 3.1 3.5 2.7 2.1

Sweden 2.3 3.6 0.7 1.5

United Kingdom 2.1 2.6 1.3 1.7

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor,

unpublished tabulations dated August 1987.