Cost of Living 1989

How Much things cost in 1989
Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. 4.83%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 2753
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.50%
Average Cost of new house $120,000.00
Average Income per year $27,450.00
Average Monthly Rent $420.00
Average Price for new car $15,3500.00
1 gallon of gas 97 cents
US Postage Stamp 25 cents 

OTHER EVENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN 1989...............

In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil after running aground.

Popular Culture 1989

• The first episodes of the Simpsons are shown

Popular Films

• Batman
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Lethal Weapon 2
• Twins
• Back to the Future Part II
• Ghostbusters II
• The Little Mermaid
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Parenthood
• Dead Poets Society
• Licence to Kill
• Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
• My Left Foot
• When Harry Met Sally.