“The Cost of Loving Index” is produced by Houston Asset Management, a local financial planning firm, and has tracked the price of nine common Valentine’s Day items for 25 years.
The items, which include everything from roses to movie tickets, had a cumulative 3 percent increase in 2015, but one item in the survey is cheaper today than it was in 1990.
This story originally aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on Saturday, Feb. 14. PBS NewsHour Weekend airs Saturdays and Sundays at 6 p.m. on TV 8.