Cost of Living, Farm and Retail Price Indexes · 1 RETAI L COA L PRICE S 2 Relative to 1913 100 102...

25

Table 4.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year in bold-faced type]

YEAR AND MONTH

1909-14 monthly av.1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av

1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av1921 monthly av

1922 monthly av1923 monthly av1924 monthly av1925 monthly av

1935January...FebruaryMarchApril

MayJune _ __JulyAugust

SeptemberOctoberNovember __December

1926JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril .

MayJuneJulyAugust

September _October. _November _December _

COST OF LIVING

FoodShel-ter

Cloth-ing

Fuel and Eight

Com-bined Fuel Light

Sun-dries

Allitems

Relative to July, 1914 s

100100111

146173186205156

142146146157

154151151151

152155160160

159162167166

164162160162

161160

!

100100102

105118129154169

166173184180

184183182182

182182179179

178178178177

177177177176

176176

10O103120

143185205261166

155170175174

174172173171

172174175175

176176176177

176176176175

175174

172161161

162162161157

156157157158

161162167166

166169166162

158158

197182181

183183182176

174175176177

181183190188

189195190184

179179

123121121

121121121121

121121121121

121121122122

122118118118

118118

100100104

117152164185184

173173174175

175175175175

175175175175

174174175176

176175175173

173172

100101109

131159172198167

157161164168

167165165165

165167169169

168170172171

170170169168

168167

FARM PRICES *

Grain

6quota-tions

Fruitsand

vegeta-bles

9quota-tions

Meatani-mals

5quota-tions

Dairyand

poul-try

prod-ucts

4quota-tions

Cottonandcot-ton-seed

2quota-tions

Un-classi-

fied

5quota-tions

AHgroups

31quota-tions

Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)

10092

103120126

217226231231112

105114129156

172178172152

159164152157

148135138140

143140133131

131130

10092

10083

123

202162189249148

152136125160

122131138146

162184178178

142152194194

214218220253

240216

100108112104120

173202206173108

113106109139

123126145146

139139148149

140141136136

140146147146

148154

10010010199

106

133160182197151

135147137143

154142134131

132132134139

141154162163

153144137133

131130

10O978578

119

187245247248101

156216211177

182183195189

184183186186

178171144139

138142133135

130132

100949595

100

13015716215290

9410910092

94969494

87868896

90909592

87878583

8281

100100102100117

176200209205116

124135134147

146146151147

146148149152

' 144143144143

143143140140

139139

RE

TA

IL F

OO

D P

RIC

ES

1

RE

TA

IL C

OA

L P

RIC

ES

2

Relative to 1913

100102101114

146168186203153

142146146157

154151151151

152155160160

159162167166

164162160162

161160

100100100104

118127151171192

191194194

*192

194194194187

187188189190

196199(6)(6)

(«)(«)201194

192192

1 The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in working man's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.

2 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on two quotations a year, on January 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.

3 Index numbers of the cqst-of-liying, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,

from 1923 forward, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24: segregation for previous years is not available. Thecost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semi-annually, are being omitted from the SURVEY.

* Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the Department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets " published by the ~ . . . . . .

£ Ten months' average, January to October, inclusive, no quotations being available for other months.6 No quotations.

I by the Department of Agriculture.

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

August 1926

26

Table 4.—€OST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year in bold-faced type]

YEAR AND MONTH

1909-44 monthly av1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av



1926MayJuneJulyAugust

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember _ _ _

1927JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril -

MayJune -- -JulyAugust _ .

SeptemberOctober _.NovemberDecember

COST OP LIVING i

Food Shel-ter

Cloth-Ing

Fuel and light


Sun-dries

Allitems

Relative to July, 1914

100100111

146173186205156

142146146157160

161160157156

159160162162

159156154154

155

100100102

105118129154169

166173184180176

176176176175

175174174173

173172172171

170

100103120

143185205261166

155170175174174

175174173173

174173173174

173172172172

171

100102104

126138144168183

179180169167163

158158158160

161163170169

168167166161

160

197182181186

179179179180

182185195194

192190189181

179

146142140120

118118118121

121121121121

121121122122

122

10O100104

117152164185184

173173174175174

173172174173

173174173174

174174173173

173

100101109

131159172198167

157161164168168

168167166165

167167168168

167165164164

164

FARM PRICES >

Grain 1

Fruitsand

vegeta-bles

Meatani-mals

Dairyand

poul-try

prod-ucts


Un-classi-

fiedAll

groups

Number of quotations

6 9 5 4 2 5 31


10092

103120126

217226231231112

105114129156129

131130125128

121123121120

120122121119

127140

10092

10083

123

202162189249148

152136125160189

240216195166

136136142137

140142140147

158201

10O108112104120

173202206173108

113106109139146

148154152144

148148142140

140143144143

137129

10O10010199

106

133160182197151

135147137143141

131130131130

139144157161

152143133133

130124

100978578

119

187245247248101

156216211177122

130132126130

134948881

8594

102101

113119

10O949595

100

13015716215290

941091009288

82818589

93979791

87848180

7982

100100102100117

176200209205116

124135134147136

139139136133

134130130127

126127126125

126130

RE

TA

IL F

OO

D P

RIC

ES

RE

TA

IL C

OA

L P

RIC

ES

*

Relative to 1913

100102101114

146168186203153

142146146157160

161160157156

159160162162

159156154154

155159

10010099

104

117127150

5190192

6191

194193

71917 194

192192192192

193194195195

195195194185

184186

1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.2 Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919 -̂23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.

3 The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.

* The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on two quotations a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.

* Eight months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.6 Eleven months' average, August missing.7 Ten months' average, no quotations being available for other months.


August 1927

27

Table 4.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year In bold-faced type]

YEAR AND MONTH

1909-14 monthly av..1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av_. . .

1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av1921 monthly av.-..

1922 monthly av1923 monthly av1924 monthly av1925 monthly av1926 monthly av1927 monthly av

1926SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1927January .FebruaryMarchApril . . .

M a vJune __ _ . _ .JulyAugust

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember.

1928JanuaryFebruary.. _ .MarchApril

May _ _June _ . . . _

COST OF LIVING i

Food Shel-ter

Cloth-ing

Fuel and light


Sun-dries

i

Allitems ;


100100111

146173186205156

142146146157160155

159160162162

159156154154

155159

153152

154156157156

1OO 1OO100 103102

105118129154169

166173184180176169

175174174173

173172172171

170169168169

168167167166

120

143185205261166

155170175174174171

174173173174

173172172172

171169169170

171170171171

1OO102104

126138144

168

183

179180169167163163

161163170169

168167166161

160160160161

162163163163

197182181186184

182185195194

192190189181

179180180

181

183

184184184

146142140120122

121121121121

121121122122

122122122

122

122122122122

1OO100 ;

104 1

117152164185184

173173174175174173

173174 |173174

174 i174 ;173173

173172173172

172173173173

1OO101109

131159172198167

157161164168168164

1671671681G8

167165164164

164165162162

163164104164

FARM PRICES »

Grain

6

Fruitsand

vegeta-bles

Meatani-mals

Dairyand

poul-try

prod-ucts


Un-classi-

fiedAll

groups


9 5 4 2 5 31


1OO92

103120126

217226231231112

105114129156129128

121123121120

120122121119

127140139138

134128120123

I1 |!|

li II

1OO92

10083

123

202162189249148

152136125160189155

136136136

137

140142140147

158201195172

145138136141

1OO108112104120

173202206173108

113106109139146139

148148142140

140143144143

137129

131136

142145141138

1OO10010199

106

133160182197151

135147137143141138

139144157161

152

100978578

119

187245247248101

156216211177122128

134948881

85

143 1 94133133

130124125127

137146153158

102

101

113119125136

179169162151

100949595

100

13015716215290

94109100

92

8883

93979791

87848180

7982

81

81

87838690

100100102100117

176200209205116

124135134147136131

134130130127

126127126125

126130130132

140139137137

RE

TA

IL F

OO

D P

RIC

ES

'

RE

TA

IL C

OA

L P

RIC

ES

*

Rela t ive to 1913

1OO102 |101114

146168186203 i153

142 ;146146157 ;160156 i

159160162162

159156154154

155159

154152

154156157156

100100

99104

117127150

5 190192

6 191194193

7 1917 194

190

193194195195

195195194

185

184186187187

190190191191

1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on the'following basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (NO. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.

2 Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.

a The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.

4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on two quotations a year, on Jan 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.

• Eight months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.8 Eleven months' average, August missing.1 Ten months' average, no quotations being available for other months.


February 1928

27

Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year In bold-faced type]

YHAB AND MONTH

COST OF LIVING i

Food Shel-ter

Cloth-ing

Fuel and light


Sun-dries

Allgroups


1909-14 monthly av i1913 monthly av i1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av

1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920. monthly av1921 monthly av


1927MayJuneJulyAugust

SeptemberOctoberNovember _December

1928JanuaryFebruaryMarch __April

May _JuneJulyAugust

SeptemberOctober _November

100100111

146173186205156

142146146157160155

155159153152

154156157156

155152151152

154153

100100102

105118129155169

166173184180176169

170169168169

168167167166

166165165163

163162

100103120

143185205261166

155170175174174171

171169169170

171170171171

172171173171

171171

December I ij !

100102104

126138144168183

179180169167163163

160160160161

162163163163

163163163160

158158

100 100

i

i"" 1

197182181186184

179180180181

183184184184

184184184179

176176

146142140120122

122122122122

122122122122

122122122122

122122

100100104

117153164185184

173173174175174173

173172173172

172173173173

172172171171

171171

100101109

131159172197167

157161163168168164

164165162162

163164164164

163162161161

162161

FARM PRICES 2

GrainsFruitsand

vegeta-bles

Meatani-mals

Dairyand

poul-try

prod-ucts


Un-classi-

fiedAM

jgrou ps


6 9 5 4 ! 2 5 31


1OO92

103120126

217226231231112

105114129156129128

127140139138

134128120123

125128136144

160152

10092

10083

123

202162189249148

152136124160189155

158201195172

145138136141

144153174179

181168

100108112104120

173202206173108

113106109139146139

137129131136

142145141138

138139139142

151150

10010110199

106

134160182197151

135147137143141138

130124125127

137146153158

154144137134

134132

100978578

119

187245247249101

156216211177122128

113119125136

179169162153

152141147154

166162

100949595

100

13015716215290

88101100928883

79828181

87838690

91908985

8687

!100

100102100117

176200209205118

123134134147136131

126130130132

140139137137

137135137140

148145

! j

EE

TA

IL

FO

OD

P

RIC

E 3

EE

TA

IL

CO

AL

P

RIC

E*

Relative to 1913

100102101114

146168186203153

142146146157161155

155159153152

154156157156

155152151152

154153

! ; |

j

10010099

104

117127150

«190192

6191

194193

71927 194

190

184186187187

190190191191

191191191185

183185

1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends,_the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of "3 of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.

2 Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1019-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.

» The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau o/ Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmeu's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15tii of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.

4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of^Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvania. anthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotation? a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.

* 8 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.6 11 months' average, August missing.710 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.


August 1928

26

Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Bam ye»r In bold-faced type]

YKAB AND MONTH

1909-14 monthly av~1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av1917 monthly av

1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av.... .1921 monthly av1922 monthly av1923 monthly av.....


1937SeptemberOctoberNovember - -December .

1928January .FebruaryMarchApril

MayJuneJulyAugust

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1929January...,.February _ _ _ ..MarchApril..

MayJune .. _

COST OF LIVING i

Food Shel-ter

Cloth-Ing

Fuel and light

Com-blned Fuel Light

Sun-dries

Allgroups

Eelative to July, 1914

100100111146

173186205156142146

146157160155154

154156157156

155152151152

154153153154

158157157156

100100102105

118129155169166173

184180176169162

168167167166

166165165163

163162161161

161161160160

100103120143

185205261166155170

175174174171172

171170171171

172171173171

171171174173

174173172171

1OO102104126

138144168183179180

169167163163161

162163163163

163163163160

158158158159

160161162163

100

197

182181186184181

183184184184

184184184179

176176177178

180182183184

100

146

142140120122122

122122122122

122122122122

122122121121

121121121121

100100104117

153164185184173173

174175174173171

172173173173

172172171171

171171171171

171171171171

100101109131

159172197167157161

163168168164162

163164164164

163162161161

162161161161

163163163162

FARM PRICES >

GrainsFruitsand

"S2T-Meatani-mals

Dairyand

poul-try

prod-ucts


Un-classi-

fiedAn

groups


6 9 5 4 2 5 31

Kelative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)

10092

103120126217

226231231112105114

129156129128130

134128120123

125128136144

160152142120

117116110112

10092

10083

123202

162189249148152136

124160189155146

145138136141

144153174179

181168156137

127114109108

100108112104120173

202206173108113106

109139146139150

142145141138

138139139142

151150157162

174160150143

1OO10110199

106134

160182197151135147

137143141138143

137146153158

154144137134

134132134136

' 145150155159

100978578

119187

245247249101156216

211177122128152

179169162153

152141147154

166162170153

142147146148

100949595

100130

1571621529088

101

10092888387

87838690

91908985

86878887

85838690

1OO100102100117176

200209205118123134

134147136131139

140139137137

137135137140

148145145139

141137134134

RE

TA

IL F

OO

D P

RIC

E »

RE

TA

IL

CO

AL

PR

ICE

<

i

Relative to 1913

100102101114146

168186203153142146

146157161155154

154156157156

155152151152

154153153154

158157157156

10010099

104117

127150

U90192

•191194

193?192U94

190188

190190191191

191191191185

183185185187

189189190190

1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.

s Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919 -̂23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.

1 The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workmgmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.

4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotations a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.18 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.

• 11 months' average, August missing.110 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDJ[Base year In bold-faced type]

YBAB AND MONTH

1909-14 monthly av_.1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av1917 monthly av



1938

May _ _ ._June __JulyAugust

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember ......

1939

JanuaryFebruary _ _MarchApril. . ._

May. _ _June-JulyAugust _

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

COST OF LIVING 1

Food Shel-ter

Cloth-ing

Fuel and light


Sun-dries

Allgroups


100100111146

173186205156142146

146157160155154

154153153154

158157157156

155154153152

153155

10O100102105

118129155169166173

184180176169162

163162161161

161161160160

159159159160

160159

1OO103120143

185205261166155170

175174174171172

171171174173

174173172171

169170166168

167167

100102104126

138144168183179180

169167163163161

158158158159

160161162163

163162162160

157157

i

100

197

182181186184181

176176177178

180182183184

184184184180

175175

100

146

142140120122122

122122121121

121121121121

121120120120

120120

100100104117

153164185184173173

174175174173171

171171171171

171171171171

170170170170

168168

100101109131

159172197167157161

163168168164162

162161161161

163163163162

161161160159

159160

FARM PRICES >

GrainsFruitsand

vegeta-bles

Meatani-mals

Dairyand

poul-try

prod-ucts


Un-classi-

fiedAll

groups


6 9 5 4 2 5 31


10092

103120126217

226231231112105114

129156129128130

160152142120

117116110112

115123124120

113111122

10092

10083

123202

162189249148152136

124160189155146

181168156137

127114109108

109111112110

119120136

100108112104120173

202206173108113106

109139146139150

151150157162

174160150143

146150160164

164163167

10010110199

106134

160182197151135147

137143141138143

134132134136

145150155159

149148144138

137137137

100978578

119187

245247249101156216

211177122128152

166162170153

142147146148

148149155152

148146145

100949595

100130

1571621529088

101

10092888387

86878887

85838690

92919088

868585

100100102100117176

200209205118123134

134147136131139

148145145139

141137134134

133136140138

136135140

RE

TA

IL F

OO

D P

RIC

E '

RE

TA

IL

CO

AL

P

RIC

E*

Relative to 1913

100102101114146

168186203153142146

146157161155154

154153153154

158157157156

155154153152

153155

10010099

104117

127150

« 190192

«191194

193U92M94

190188

183185185187

189189190190

190190190186

182187

1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the V. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 192G, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is not

throughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.

a The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.

4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotations a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereaftPr monthly averages are used.

6 8 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.611 months' average, August missing.710 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.


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