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UN ITED STATES D EP A R TM EN T OF LABO RF r a n c e s P e r k i n s , S e c r e t a r y

B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T I S T I C S I s a d o r L u b i n , C o m m i s s i o n e r

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Retail Prices of Food1923-36

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R ETA IL PRICE DIVISIONS T E L L A S T E W A R T , C h i e f

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COST OF LIVING DIVISIONF A I T H M . W I L L I A M S , C h i e f

Bulletin 7s[o. 635October 1937

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Preface_____________________________________________________________________ vIntroduction_______________________________________________________________ 1Changes in food costs, 1923 to 1936_______________________________________ 1Price collection:

Foods priced__________________________________________________________ 7Foods included in the revised indexes________________________________ 8Cities included in the indexes_________________________________________ 9Frequency of price collection_________________________________________ 10Method of food-price collection_______________________________________ 10

Explanation of detailed tables____________________________________________ 11

Tables

Table 1. Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined, by commoditygroups, annual averages 1923 to 1936, inclusive____________ 2

Table 2. Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined, by commoditygroups, 1923 to 1936, inclusive______________________________ 12

Table 3. Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by regions, 1923to 1936, inclusive____________________________ 15

Table 4. Indexes of retail food costs for each region, by commoditygroups, 1923 to 1936, inclusive______________________________ 18

Table 5. Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by cities, 1923to 1936, inclusive___________________________________________ 47

T able 6. Relative retail prices of 42 foods in 51 cities combined, 1923 to1936, inclusive____________________________________________ 63

Table 7. Average retail prices of 42 foods in 51 cities combined, 1923 to1936, inclusive____________________________________________ 77

T able 8. Average retail prices of 42 additional foods in 51 cities combined, 1935 and 1936_______________________________________ 91

T able 9. Annual average retail prices of 42 foods in each of 51 cities,1928 to 1936, inclusive_____________________________________ 95

Table 10. Annual average retail prices of 42 additional foods in each of51 cities, 1934 to 1936, inclusive___________________________ 146

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Part I. Computation of the revised series of food-cost index numbers- 163A. Changes in methodology________________________________ 163

Consumption weights_________________________________ 163Table A. Distribution of food costs on the basis of

42 foods with individual weights and on the basis of 84 foods with representative weights pricesas of September 24, 1935_________________________ 164

Table B. Retail food costs relative importance of commodity groups in food-cost aggregates on specified dates____________________________________ 165

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IV CONTENTS

P art I. Computation of the revised series of food-cost index numbers*Continued.

A. Changes in methodology Continued. PageIntroduction of population weights for combining city

costs_____________________________________________ 165Change in base period______________________________ 165Revised indexes on 1913 base________________________ 166

Table C. Revised indexes of retail costs of food,1913 to 1936, inclusive__________________________ 166

B. Technical procedure:Computation of average prices for each city_________ 166Computation of city index numbers_________________ 167Computation of the composite indexes_______________ 169Computation of average prices for 51 cities combined. 169

C. Data used for computing weights for revised index numbers of food costs:

Table D. Method of grouping cities for the computation of weights for food-cost indexes with the number of families from which data were obtained on food purchases by wage earners and lower-salariedworkers__________________________________________ 170

Table E. Method of grouping food-expenditure data calculated from quantities of food purchased by wage earners and lower-salaried workers in 1917-19 to secure weights for food prices_______________________ 171

D. Weights used for computing revised index numbers of food costs:

Table F. Quantity weights for 42 food items used in the computation of the indexes of food costs in 51cities of the United States________________________ 173

Table G. Quantity weights for 84 food items used in the computation of the indexes of food costs in 51cities of the United States________________________ 178

Table H. Population weights used for combining costs of food purchased by wage earners and lower-salaried workers in given cities into composite indexes forthe United States_________________________________ 187

Part II. Revised indexes of food costs, by cities, 1919 to 1922, inclusive. 188 Table I. Revised indexes of retail costs of food in each of

51 cities, for quarterly periods, 1919 to 1922, inclusive__ 189Part III. Description of food articles_________________________________ 192Part IV. History of earlier series_____________________________________ 198

Table J. Unrevised indexes of the average retail cost of allfood, 1890 to 1934______________________________________ 200

Part V. Schedule used for the collection of food prices_______________ 201


PREFACE

Food constitutes one-third or more of the total annual expenditures of wage earners. Changes in the cost of all foods or in the cost of a single group of related foods such as cereals, meats, or dairy products, are of prime importance not only to customers but also to Federal or private agencies responsible for policy determination. They are also of significance to industrialists and labor organizations interested in maintaining adequate wage levels, and to many other groups studying a wide range of problems dealing with food costs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has collected retail prices of food in large cities for use in the computation of a food-cost index since 1903. This index has constituted one of the groups in the indexes of changes in the cost of living of wage earners and lower-salaried workers.

From time to time, the food-cost data have been assembled and published in bulletin form. The last bulletin, No. 495, was published in 1929. It contained detailed statistics for the years from 1913 to 1928, inclusive.

Many changes have taken place during the intervening years. Merchandising practices have been modified; consumer interest has increased; and statistical methods have been more highly developed. As a result of these changes, the Bureau has revised both the content and methodology of its indexes of the retail cost of food. Insofar as possible, these revisions have been carried back through the year 1923. This bulletin contains indexes and average prices for the years from 1923 to 1936, inclusive.

It was prepared in the Retail Price Division, under the direction of Stella Stewart, Chief of the Division, with the assistance of Ethel D. Hoover. The consumption weights and the population weights used in the computation of the indexes were computed in the Cost of Living Division under the direction of Faith M. Williams.

I sador L u b in ,Commissioner o f Labor Statistics.

O ctober 1937.


B ulletin J^o. 635 o f theU nited States Bureau o f Labor Statistics

Retail Prices o f Food, 1923-36

Introduction

The last comprehensive report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on retail prices and costs of food was published in 1928, as Bulletin No. 495. In 1935, major changes were made in this phase of the statistical work of the Bureau. These changes involved the modification of the food consumption weights, a different method of computing indexes for cities combined, the shift of the base from the average for 1913 as 100 to the 3-year average 1923-25, and an increase in the number of foods included in the indexes. This bulletin contains a detailed statement of these changes, together with average prices and indexes for the years from 1923 to 1936, inclusive.

Changes in Food Costs, 1923-36

A study of food costs during the years from 1923 to 1936 reveals four major movements. There was a gradual rise from 1923 which reached its peak in November 1925. This was followed by a period of comparative stability which extended until the break in November 1929. This break was the beginning of a long movement downward. The lowest level was reached in the first quarter of 1933. The reversal of this trend in April 1933 was the beginning of an advance in food costs which continued until September 1936. Compared with the 3-year average 1923-25 as 100, the indexes for all foods ranged from 112.6 in November 1925 to 59.8 in March 1933. In September 1936, the index was 84.3.

Changes in the combined indexes, as just cited, are greatly influenced by changes in the four most important commodity groups the Meats group which ranks first in importance and accounts for about one-fourth of the total food cost; and Cereals and bakery products, Dairy products, and Fruits and vegetables, each of which constitutes approximately one-fifth of the total food cost. These four groups combined make up about 85 percent of the total food-cost aggregate.

Prices of cereals, meats, and fruits and vegetables rose from 1923 through 1926. From 1926 to 1929, meats continued to advance while the cost for other groups declined or showed little change. Fruits and vegetables declined the most. All groups contributed to the general

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2 RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD, 1923-36

moveiftent downward from 1930 to 1933 and all joined in the advance which was shown in 1934. During 1935 the advance continued for cereals, meats, and dairy products, but lower costs were shown for fruits and vegetables. The continued advance in the combined index in 1936 was altogether due to higher costs for dairy products and a price upturn for fruits and vegetables. Indexes for all other groups averaged lower in 1936 than in 1935.

The average annual indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined for all foods and for each of the eight food groups, from 1923 to 1936, are presented in table 1. The trend during these years is shown by the charts on page 3.

T a b l e 1. Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined by commodity groupsannual averages, 1923-36

[1923-25=100]

Y ear A ll foodsCereals a n d b ak e ry produ cts

M e a ts D a ir yproducts E ggsF ru its an d v eg etab les

B everages and chocola teF a ts and

oilsSugarandsw eets

1923____ 97.9 96.2 96.3 101.7 95.7 98.8 87.8 92.5 114.41924______ 97 .0 97.9 97.5 96.9 97.9 93.0 98. 5 98.2 103.91925______ 105.0 105.9 106.1 100.7 106.4 108.1 113.7 109.2 81.41926______ 108.5 105.5 112. 2 100.1 99.7 122.9 113.8 106.2 78.31927______ 104.5 103.5 110.6 102.7 93. 5 107.1 109.0 97.3 83 .01928______ 103.3 100.4 117.4 103.3 96.6 93.9 110.3 94.0 80 .21929______ 104.7 98.1 121.1 102.9 101.2 98.4 110.0 93.1 74.61930______ 99.6 95.1 113.6 95.1 85.4 103.4 95.7 86.7 70.11931______ 82.0 83.5 96.4 80.8 67.2 73.3 83.2 70.4 64.71932______ 68.3 75.5 75.5 66.7 57.9 60.4 75.1 52.0 58.41933______ 66.4 77.4 65. 7 65.2 55.3 65.8 68.4 48.6 61 .51934______ 74.1 91.2 75.1 71.3 62.5 69.9 71.8 55.6 63.91935______ 80.5 93.0 96.2 76.8 73.6 60.6 70.3 81.6 65.11936______ 82.1 91.7 94.7 80.2 72.7 69.7 67.5 75.6 64 4

A discussion of the movement of costs for each of the commodity groups follows:

Cereals and bakery products.From 1923 to 1936, the cost of cereals and bakery products was relatively more stable than were costs for other commodity groups. The index reached its upper limits in 1925 and 1926, averaging slightly more than 105.0, and prices of seven of the eight items included in the index reached their highest levels. The index for flour went to 123.1; corn meal reached 115.7; and bread,103.7. From 1927 through 1932, there was a gradual decline to the low of 69 and a fraction during the first 4 months of 1933. The index for flour declined to 55.0 and rice fell to 54.5. Other items declined less. There was a reversal of the downward trend in May 1933 and the year ended with the index for cereals and bakery products at 86.4. The upward movement continued through 1934 and 1935 to the level of 95.6 in December 1935. In 1935 the index for flour went to 102.8, for bread to 95.9, for corn meal to 109.7, and for rice to 84.4. Costs were somewhat lower in 1936 due chiefly to a decline in the prices of flour and bread.


CHANGES IN FOOD COSTS, 1923-36 3

RETAIL COST OF FOOD1923- 1925-100

1 9 2 3 1 9 2 4 1 9 2 5 1 9 2 6 1 9 2 7 1 9 2 8 1 9 2 9 /9 3 0 1 9 3 1 1 9 3 2 /9 3 3 1 9 3 4 1 9 3 5 1 9 3 6U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics


4 RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD, 1923-36Meats. The cost of meats moved upward from about 94.0 percent

of the 1923-25 average in the first quarter of 1923 to 115.6 in June 1926. During this period, beef prices increased slowly and steadily. The advance for pork was more rapid, with the peak in the summer of 1926. There was a sharp break in pork prices in the fall of 1926 which continued throughout 1927 and the early part of 1928. They recovered somewhat in the summer of 1928. During 1927 and 1928, prices of beef, lamb, and hens continued their advance, and the group index reached its highest point, 127.4, in September 1928. During the first 8 months of 1929, meat costs were consistently higher than for the corresponding months of 1928. The index stood at 125.9 for both July and August of 1929. But there was a change in direction in September, and with minor exceptions the index for each succeeding month reflected rapidly descending prices. Pork prices reached their low early in 1933, but beef was lowest in the early months of 1934. The lowest point reached for the group as a whole was 63.4 reported for April 1933. May 1933 was the turning point and the trend was then continuously upward to 102.6 in September 1935. Prices of both beef and pork then began to decline, these decreases offsetting advances for lamb and hens. The highest point reached for the group in 1936 was the seasonal peak of 97.4 in September. From this point there was a decline to 93.0 in December due in large part to a decrease in prices of pork and lamb.

Dairy 'products.Price changes for major commodities in the dairy products group are seasonal in character. These prices are lowest in the midsummer months and highest in the late fall and early winter. These seasonal movements must be recognized in any discussion of year to year changes in the cost for this group.

In 1923 the index for dairy products stood at 101.7 percent of the 1923-25 average. It dropped to 96.9 in 1924 due to declines in the prices of milk, butter, and cheese. Base levels were regained in 1925 and 1926 with the index around 100.0 in each year. In 1927, costs advanced and each monthly index was higher than for the corresponding month of the preceding year. The increase continued through 1928, when the index reached 103.3, the highest average for the years from 1923 through 1936. Dairy costs held up during the first three-quarters of 1929, but by the fall of that year, there was a definite change downward. The index for 1930 averaged 95.1 and costs declined through successive years to the low of 65.2 for 1933. During the latter half of 1933, costs showed a more seasonal advance. The upward trend was gradual and continuous during subsequent years and the index for 1936 rose to 80.2.

Milk prices reached their peak in 1929, when the index went to 104.2. Butter and cheese were highest in 1928. The index for butter rose to 104.7. The price of cheese advanced more than prices of


CHANGES IN FOOD COSTS, 1923-36 5either milk or butter, the index reaching an average of 110.2 in 1928. All three of these commodities contributed to the general decline and were at their lowest level in 1933, when the index for butter was 51.1. The decrease for milk and cheese was somewhat less. During the period of recovery, the price of milk rose faster and went higher than prices of either butter or cheese. In December 1936, the price indexes for these foods were: Milk, 90.2; butter, 73.6; and cheese, 79.2.

Eggs. Prices of eggs, like dairy products, are highly seasonal and usually reach their peak in the late fall or early winter of each year.

The annual average price indexes for eggs increased from 95.7 in 1923 and 97.9 in 1924 to 106.4 in 1925, the highest average for the years from 1923 through 1936. In subsequent years, there was a gradual decline to an average of 85.4 in 1930. Thereafter prices fell rapidly and in 1933 the index averaged 55.3 for the year. Early in 1934, there was evidence of a more than seasonal increase, and prices moved upward steadily but very slowly. The index averaged 72.7 in 1936.

Fruits and vegetables. Changes in the cost of the fruit and vegetable group are due chiefly to price fluctuations in the fresh items, which constitute more than four-fifths of the group aggregate. Since prices of these fresh items are subject to wide seasonal variations, it has been deemed wise to use annual averages as a basis for long time comparisons.

In the long interval from 1923 through 1936, the composite index for the group reached its highest point in 1926, when it averaged 122.9. The index for the fresh items was 128.0 for 1926. The 1926 index for potato prices, which is a potent factor in the cost level for this group, was 158.2 and reached 216.5 in April of that year. Onion prices were highest in 1925, cabbage in 1930, and oranges in 1928. All fresh items maintained a high level well into 1930 and then followed the general price trend downward, reaching the low of 59.9 in 1932, when the index for potatoes was 54.3. Costs moved slowly upward in 1933 and 1934. In January 1935 the number of items included in the index was greatly increased, and the decline in the index to 58.7 for 1935 reflected lower prices not only for potatoes but for many of these additional items, notably apples. During 1936 these prices advanced and the subgroup index rose to 69.1.

The canned and dried fruits and vegetables each account for somewhat less than 10 percent of the group total. The index for the canned foods held up to 90 or above well into 1930 and did not fall as low as either the fresh or dried products. It averaged 68.5 in 1933 and advanced to 79.8 in 1936. The index for the dried items was highest in 1923 when prices of prunes, raisins, and navy beans were all well above the 3-year average for 1923-25. The index for navy beans rose sharply in 1928 and moved up to 135.3 for 1929. Prices of these dried items



broke in 1930 and the indexes dropped below 60 in 1933. They increased only slightly during subsequent years, until in August 1936, when the price of navy beans turned sharply upward and increased steadily throughout the remainder of the year.

Beverages and chocolate. The index for beverages and chocolate follows the trend of the price of coffee, the dominant item in the group. Price changes for tea, cocoa, and chocolate have little effect on the general trend for the group. The index rose to its highest point during 1925 and 1926 when it averaged slightly more than 113. During those years the price index for coffee was about 116. The indexes for both coffee and tea remained well over 100 into 1929. Then coffee prices declined while the index for tea averaged over 100 throughout 1930 and 1931. By 1933, the group index had declined to 68.4 with the level for coffee still lower. In 1934 the price of tea began an increase which continued until, in December 1936, the tea index stood at 106.4. But coffee prices did not recover and the index for December 1936 was 56.6. Cocoa and chocolate were added to the index in January 1935. Prices of both decreased month by month during 1935 and 1936.

Fats and oils. The cost of fats and oils was highest during 1925. The index stood at 112.3 in October of that year. The price index for lard, the most important item in the group, was 121.2 that October. Although the prices of vegetable shortening and oleomargarine did not go so high, prices of all three of these fats remained well above the 1923-25 average throughout 1926. They receded in 1927, but the decline for vegetable shortening was checked, and that item was at its highest price level in 1928. When the general price decline occurred, the indexes for lard and oleomargarine fell below 50 in 1933, but that for vegetable shortening never went below 70. Prices of lard and vegetable shortening gained in the summer of 1934 and continued upward through 1935. Vegetable shortening held its gain through 1936, with an average index of 90.1 for that year. The index for lard reached an average of 98.5 in 1935 and declined to 82.8 in 1936. Oleomargarine prices recovered very slowly. The index rose from 45.0 in 1933 to 63.9 in 1935 and receded slightly in 1936. Although the upward movement of the composite index after 1923 followed the fluctuations in the price of lard, its level was lowered by the slow recovery of oleomargarine prices. It rose from 48.6 in 1933 to81.6 in 1935 and fell back to 75.6 in 1936.

Sugar and sweets.The cost index for sugar and sweets is really a price index for sugar. Other items added to the group in January 1935 were relatively unimportant. The price of sugar was higher in 1923 than at any time since the post-war peak of 1920. The 1923 index averaged 114.4 (1923-25 = 100). The price broke in the summer of 1924 and the decline continued until October 1926, when the index


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was 80.8. It was slightly higher in 1927, but in the autumn of 1928, the long downward movement began which reached its lowest point in June 1932, when the index was 55.7. By June 1933 it had climbed back up to 61.0. It averaged 63.9 in 1934, went to 65.1 in 1935, and was slightly lower in 1936.

Price CollectionFoods Priced

The number of foods included in the Bureaus retail price collection service has varied from time to time. From January 1921 until August 1933 it included the following 42 representative foods:

Cereals (8 items). Com flakes, corn meal, wheat flour, macaroni, rice, rolled oats, wheat cereal, and white bread.

M eats (11 items).Sirloin steak, round steak, rib roast, chuck roast, plate beef, pork chops, sliced bacon, sliced ham, leg of lamb, roasting chickens, and canned red salmon.

D airy products and eggs (5 items).Butter, cheese, fresh milk, evaporated milk, and eggs.

Fruits and vegetables (12 items).Bananas, oranges, cabbage, onions, potatoes, canned beans with pork, canned corn, canned peas, canned tomatoes, prunes, raisins, and navy beans.

Beverages (2 items). Coffee and tea.Fats (3 items).Lard, vegetable shortening, and oleomargarine.Sugar (1 item).This list was gradually extended between August 15, 1933, and

January 15, 1935, to include 45 additional foods. The additional items made the full list more representative of current consumer habits, with particular reference to meats and to the increased use of fruits and vegetables. In selecting these items, the Bureau had the advice of experts in other Federal agencies.

The additional 45 foods, with the dates when they were made a part of the price reporting service, were:

August 29, 1933 3 items

Bye bread, canned peaches, and canned pears.

January 30 , 1934 31 items

Cereals.Whole wheat bread.M eats.Veal cutlets, pork loin roast, whole ham, whole picnics,

salt pork, breast of lamb, lamb chuck, lamb rib chops, and canned pink salmon.

Fruits and vegetables.Apples, lemons, green beans, carrots, celery, lettuce, spinach, sweetpotatoes, canned pineapple, canned asparagus,



canned green beans, tomato soup, tomato juice, dried peaches, black-eyed peas, and lima beans.

Fats.Lard compound and peanut butter.Sweets.Corn sirup and molasses.Salt.

March 13, 1934# itemsCake and cream.

January 2, 1935 9 items

Hominy grits and soda crackers; beef liver and strip bacon; cocoa and chocolate; salad oil and mayonnaise, and strawberry preserves.

A description of each of the foods priced is presented in the appendix, part III. The differences in descriptions from city to city are due to the policy of collecting food prices on the volume seller of each item in the individual stores.

Foods Included in the Revised Indexes

From January 1923 to December 1934, inclusive, the prices of the 42 foods used in the earlier series were used in the computation of the revised indexes.

As of January 2, 1935, the prices of 84 foods were used, adding to the original list 42 of the items priced subsequent to August 1933. Three of the priced foodswhole picnics, tomato juice, and saltwere not included in the index because of inadequate quantity weights.

In the following list the 84 foods included in the index since 1935 are arranged as they are used in the computation of the commodity group indexes. The 42 foods which were included prior to 1935 are indicated with an asterisk.Cereals and bakery prod

ucts:Cereals:

Corn flakes Corn meal Flour, wheat Hominy grits

Macaroni RiceRolled oats Wheat cereal

Bakery products: Bread, white Bread, w h o l e

wheat Bread, rye CakeSoda crackers

Meats:Beef:

Sirloin steak Round steak Rib roast Chuck roast Plate Liver

Veal:Cutlets

Pork:Chops Loin roast

Bacon, sliced Bacon, strip

Ham, sliced Ham, whole Salt pork

Meats Continued.Lamb:

BreastChuck

LegRib chops

Poultry:Roasting chick

ensFish, canned:

Salmon, pink Salmon, red

Dairy products:Butter Cheese Cream

Milk, fresh Milk, evaporated

Eggs


PRICE COLLECTION

Fruits and vegetables: Fresh:

Apples Bananas Lemons

Oranges Beans, green

Cabbage Carrots Celery Lettuce

Onions Potatoes Spinach Sweetpotatoes

Canned:PeachesPears

Fruits and vegetables Continued.

Canned Contd. Pineapple Asparagus Beans, green

Beans with pork Corn Peas Tomatoes Tomato soup

Dried:Peaches

Prunes Raisins Black-eyed peas Lima beans

Navy beans

9Beverages and chocolate:

Coffee Tea Cocoa Chocolate

Fats and oils:Lard, pure Lard compound

Vegetable shortening

Salad oil Mayonnaise

Oleomargarine Peanut butter

Sugar and sweets:Sugar Corn sirup MolassesS traw berry p re

serves

Cities Included in the IndexesRetail prices of food have been collected from 51 large cities in the

United States during the entire period covered by this bulletin.1 The cities have been grouped into the nine geographical regions used by the Bureau of the Census.

The regional areas and the cities included in each are:New England:

Boston Bridgeport Fall River Manchester New Haven Portland, Maine Providence

Middle Atlantic: Buffalo Newark New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Rochester Scranton

East North Central: Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland

East North Central Continued.

ColumbusDetroitIndianapolisMilwaukeePeoriaSpringfield, 111.

West North Central: Kansas City Minneapolis Omaha St. Louis St. Paul

South Atlantic:AtlantaBaltimoreCharleston, S. C.JacksonvilleNorfolkRichmond

South Atlantic Contd. Savannah Washington, D. C.

East South Central: Birmingham Louisville Memphis Mobile

West South Central: Dallas Houston Little Rock New Orleans

Mountain:ButteDenverSalt Lake City

Pacific:Los Angeles Portland, Oreg.San Francisco Seattle

1 D u r in g t h e su m m e r o f 1935, th e fo llo w in g 13 c it ie s w ere a d d ed to th e l is t : A lb u q u e r q u e , N . M e x .; B in g h a m to n , N . Y .; C e d a r B a p id s , Io w a ; C o lu m b ia , S . C .; E l P a so , T e x .; J a c k so n , M is s .; K n o x v il le , T e n n .; O k la h o m a C it y , O k la .; S io u x F a l ls , S . D a k .; S p o k a n e , W a sh .; T u c so n , A r iz .; W ic h ita , K a n s .; W in s to n - S a le m , N . C . A v e r a g e p r ic e s for t h e s e a d d it io n a l c it ie s h a v e b e e n relea sed in m im e o g r a p h e d form a n d are a v a ila b le u p o n r eq u es t. T h e y are n o t in c lu d e d in th e p resen t ser ies o f in d e x n u m b e r s .


10 RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD, 1923-86 Frequency of Price Collection

For many years, the Bureau collected retail food prices on the 15th of each month. In August 1933 this procedure was changed and food prices were collected every other Tuesday. This plan was followed through June 30, 1936, and on July 14, 1936, the Bureau returned to a monthly collection. Since that date prices have been collected on the Tuesday nearest the fifteenth of each month.

With minor exceptions, prices are collected for the same foods on the same date in each city.

Method of Food-Price Collection

Blank food-price schedules are sent by mail to agents of the Bureau or to representatives of other Federal bureaus in each of the cities in which food prices are collected. These agencies distribute the schedules to approximately 2,000 food dealers on the date set for price collection. The dealers include both chain and independent grocers, bakers, and dairymen. They are selected by representatives of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from those patronized largely by wage earners. For some chains, prices are secured from individual stores and for others from the chain headquarters.

The number of reporting firms is roughly proportional to the population of the cities in which the prices are collected and varies from 10 stores in the smallest city to 50 in the largest. When one dealer can no longer continue his service, another in the same neighborhood and with similar trade practices is substituted. As the wage earning population of a city shifts, stores are selected in new localities to insure the representative character of the prices.

Each collection agent and each food dealer is provided with sets of master schedules to assist in maintaining comparability in the prices. Simple specifications are also provided to guide the dealers in quoting on the quality of food indicated on the schedule. Changes from time to time in brand or size of package and any seeming inconsistency in reported prices are noted in the Washington office and checked with the dealers by means of memoranda sent out with the schedules at each price reporting period.


Explanation of Detailed Tables

The explanations given below are for the detailed tables which follow. The index numbers and average prices presented in these tables are shown for each price-reporting period from January 1923 to December 1936, inclusive. Annual averages are also presented in each table.

Table 2 .Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined, by commodity groups, 1923 to 1936, inclusive. The methods employed in the computation of these indexes are stated on page 163 of this bulletin.

Table 8 .Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by regions, 1923 to 1936, inclusive. These indexes were constructed by the same method used in the computation of the other composite indexes.

Table 4 .Indexes of retail food costs for each region, by commodity groups, 1923 to 1936, inclusive. These index numbers allow for a review of regional differences in the movement of the costs of related foods.

Table 5 .Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by cities, 1923 to 1936, inclusive. In these indexes, food prices for each city have been combined by the use of consumption weights representative of the annual quantity of family purchases of all foods in that city.

Table 6 . Relative retail prices of 42 foods in 51 cities combined, 1923 to 1936, inclusive. The 42 foods included in this table are those for which prices are available throughout the entire period covered in this bulletin and were used exclusively in the computation of the indexes from 1923 to 1934, inclusive.

Table 7.Average retail prices of 42 foods in 51 cities combined, 1923 to 1936, inclusive. In this table are shown the average prices of the foods used in the computation of the index numbers presented in table 6.

Table 8 .Average retail prices of 42 additional foods in 51 cities combined, 1935 and 1936. The foods included in this table are those which were incorporated into the indexes on January 2, 1935.

Table 9 .Annual average retail prices of 42 foods in each of 51 cities, 1928 to 1936, inclusive. Since the revision in methods of computing index numbers and average prices in 51 cities combined did not affect the computation of average prices by cities, data are presented in this table for only those years since the latest available bulletin. The foods shown are those which were included in the index numbers prior to January 2, 1935.

Table 10 .Annual average retail prices of 42 additional foods in each of 51 cities, 1934 to 1936, inclusive. The foods included in this table are those which were incorporated into the indexes on January 2, 1935.

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Table 2 . Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined, by commodity groups,1923-36, inclusive

[1923-25=100]

D a t e A llfo od s

C erealsa n d

b a k e r yp r o d u c ts

M e a tsD a ir yp r o d u c ts

E g g sF r u its a n d v e g e ta b le s B e v e r

ag esa n d

c h o co la te

F a tsa n do ils

S u g ara n d

sw e e tsT o ta l F resh C a n n e d D r ie d

1923__________ 9 7 .9 9 6 .2 9 6 .3 101.7 9 5 .7 9 8 .8 9 8 .3 97 .2 106.4 8 7 .8 92 .5 114.4J a n . 15_____ 9 5 .5 9 6 .6 9 4 .3 1 0 4 .9 113.1 8 3 .7 8 0 .2 9 6 .5 110.2 8 5 .9 9 0 .6 9 3 .4F e b . 1 5 ____ 9 4 .2 9 6 .4 9 3 .7 102.8 9 4 .1 8 5 .2 8 1 .9 9 6 .5 110.6 8 7 .2 9 0 .6 9 8 .3M a r . 15____ 9 4 .6 9 6 .4 9 3 .5 1 0 2 .5 8 0 .0 8 9 .6 8 7 .1 9 6 .6 10 9 .8 8 7 .9 9 0 .9 11 5 .7A p r . 1 5 ____ 9 6 .1 9 6 .4 9 4 .9 1 0 1 .9 7 1 .3 9 8 .3 9 7 .4 97 .1 10 9 .5 8 8 .3 9 1 .4 11 9 .9M a y 1 5____ 9 6 .7 9 6 .5 9 5 .6 9 7 .8 7 2 .5 103.1 103 .0 9 7 .1 108.9 88.2 9 1 .0 12 6 .6J u n e 15____ 9 7 .7 9 6 .4 9 6 .6 9 6 .3 7 3 .5 108.7 109.8 97 .1 108 .0 88.0 9 0 .7 126 .2J u ly 15____ 1 0 0 .4 9 6 .1 9 8 .4 9 6 .4 7 7 .7 120 .5 123.7 97 .3 107 .2 8 7 .8 9 0 .8 119 .3A u g . 1 5____ 9 9 .0 9 5 .7 9 8 .9 9 8 .8 8 5 .9 109.5 110.9 9 7 .4 105 .4 8 7 .8 9 0 .6 10 9 .2S e p t . 15----- 100.0 9 5 .8 1 0 1 .4 1 0 2 .4 9 9 .9 10 5 .3 106.1 9 7 .4 10 4 .2 8 7 .7 9 3 .0 108.9O ct. 15_____ 100.1 9 6 .1 9 9 .5 1 0 3 .9 112.1 9 6 .8 9 6 .2 9 7 .4 102.5 88.1 9 5 .3 120.8N o v . 15____ 1 0 0 .5 9 6 .2 9 5 .8 1 0 5 .8 1 3 7 .9 9 3 .0 9 1 .9 9 7 .6 101.0 88.2 9 6 .9 11 6 .4D e c . 1 5 ____ 9 9 .5 9 6 .2 9 4 .3 10 6 .6 13 1 .6 9 0 .6 8 9 .1 9 7 .9 9 9 .8 8 8 .3 97 .6 118 .4

1924__________ 9 7 .0 9 7 .9 9 7 .5 9 7 .5 9 7 .9 9 3 .0 92 .1 99 .7 9 6 .9 9 8 .5 9 8 .2 103.9J a n . 15_____ 9 8 .6 9 6 .0 9 5 .1 105.9 1 1 0 .4 9 3 .0 9 2 .0 98 .1 9 8 .8 89 .1 9 7 .4 11 5 .8F e b . 1 5 ____ 9 7 .9 9 6 .1 9 4 .6 104.1 102.6 9 4 .2 9 3 .5 98 .1 9 8 .3 9 0 .4 9 6 .0 117 .5M a r . 15------ 9 5 .9 9 6 .4 9 4 .9 102.0 7 1 .7 9 5 .1 9 4 .6 98 .3 97. 5 9 4 .0 9 4 .8 118.1A p r . 1 5 ____ 9 4 .6 9 6 .3 9 6 .6 9 5 .9 6 6 .4 9 5 .7 9 5 .4 9 8 .4 9 6 .6 9 5 .9 9 3 .5 112.6M a y 1 5____ 9 5 .1 9 6 .4 9 8 .4 9 3 .3 68.0 9 9 .4 9 9 .7 9 8 .9 9 6 .6 9 6 .6 9 3 .0 104.5J u n e 1 5____ 9 5 .9 9 6 .5 9 8 .4 9 3 .8 7 4 .0 102.8 10 3 .8 99 .1 9 6 .2 9 6 .7 9 2 .6 93 .9J u ly 15____ 9 6 .0 9 7 .2 9 7 .9 9 4 .4 8 0 .8 100.6 101.2 99 .4 9 5 .9 9 6 .9 9 3 .2 9 4 .6A u g . 1 5____ 9 5 .7 9 8 .3 100.0 94. 3 9 1 .4 8 9 .9 8 8 .5 100.0 9 5 .8 8 9 .9 99 .1 9 3 .0S e p t . 15___ 9 7 .3 9 9 .0 100.6 9 5 .7 1 0 5 .6 88.8 8 7 .1 100.8 9 6 .5 1 0 0 .5 101.1 9 7 .6O ct. 15____ 9 8 .2 9 9 .6 100.8 95. 2 1 2 1 .7 8 6 .3 8 4 .0 100.9 9 7 .0 104.1 104.6 99 .1N o v . 15____ 9 9 .0 1 0 0 .5 9 7 .5 96. 5 1 3 8 .7 8 4 .7 8 2 .1 102.1 9 6 .7 108 .3 106.9 100.0D e c . 1 5____ 9 9 .5 1 0 1 .4 9 6 .2 9 8 .9 1 4 2 .8 8 4 .0 8 1 .3 103.1 9 6 .4 110 .7 106.2 9 8 .8

1925__________ 105.0 105.9 106.1 100.7 106.4 108.1 109.6 103.0 9 6 .5 113.7 109.2 8 1 .4J a n . 15___ 101 2 104 0 98 4 98 8 1 4 2 .6 88 5 86 5 103.1 9 6 .7 11 3 .2 107.9 9 1 .5F e b . 1 5____ 9 9 .7 1 0 6 .8 9 8 .0 9 8 .0 1 0 9 .4 9 0 .0 8 9 .3 103 .8 97 .3 114 .7 107.3 8 7 .4M a r . 15____ 100.0 1 0 6 .9 103 .3 101.1 8 1 .3 9 1 .5 8 9 .9 104 .3 9 7 .5 11 5 .3 108 .4 8 6 .3A p r . 1 5____ 9 9 .7 10 5 .8 10 5 .0 9 9 .4 7 8 .5 9 1 .9 9 0 .3 104.5 9 7 .4 115 .0 108.5 8 4 .5M a y 15____ 1 0 0 .9 105.7 105 .3 9 8 .1 8 0 .8 9 9 .9 9 9 .8 104 .3 9 6 .8 113.1 106.8 8 1 .2J u n e 1 5____ 1 0 4 .2 1 0 5 .9 1 0 5 .2 9 7 .8 86.6 113.2 115.5 10 4 .6 9 6 .8 112.6 107.6 8 0 .5J u ly 15____ 1 0 8 .0 1 0 5 .9 1 0 9 .5 9 8 .4 9 4 .7 1 2 6 .4 1 3 1 .0 10 4 .5 9 6 .8 11 2 .7 109.1 79 .3A u g . 1 5 ____ 1 0 7 .9 10 5 .6 110.0 1 0 0 .4 9 9 .4 12 1 .7 125.4 104.3 9 6 .7 113. 0 110.8 7 8 .4S e p t . 15----- 1 0 6 .2 1 0 5 .9 110.6 102.1 10 5 .1 1 0 7 .3 1 0 8 .7 103.3 9 6 .5 11 3 .4 111 .7 78 .3O ct. 15____ 1 0 8 .0 1 0 5 .6 11 0 .5 1 0 4 .6 1 2 3 .9 1 0 8 .7 1 1 0 .5 101.1 9 5 .5 11 3 .4 112.3 7 6 .5N o v . 15____ 112.6 1 0 5 .6 1 0 8 .7 10 4 .9 1 4 1 .2 1 2 9 .2 1 3 4 .8 9 9 .7 9 4 .8 11 3 .8 110.8 74 .7D e c . 1 5 . 111.1 10 5 .9 10 8 .3 1 0 4 .4 1 3 3 .2 125.1 130.1 9 8 .7 9 4 .7 1 1 4 .0 109.1 7 5 .9

1928__________ 108.5 105.5 112.2 100.1 9 9 .7 122.9 128.0 95 .8 92 .5 113.8 106.2 78 .3J a n . 15__ 1 1 1 .4 1 0 6 .2 1 0 9 .8 1 0 1 .9 1 0 8 .4 135 .7 142.7 9 7 .9 9 5 .0 114.1 10 8 .6 7 5 .8F e b . 1 5____ 1 0 9 .9 10 6 .5 10 9 .4 1 0 1 .3 9 0 .0 13 4 .9 141.8 9 7 .2 9 4 .3 114.1 10 8 .0 7 6 .4M a r. 15____ 1 0 9 .0 106.1 1 0 9 .7 1 0 0 .5 8 0 .1 1 3 4 .8 14 1 .8 9 6 .6 9 3 .5 114.1 107 .0 7 5 .5A p r . 1 5____ 111.8 10 6 .0 111.0 9 8 .1 7 9 .4 15 0 .9 16 1 .0 9 5 .9 9 2 .7 113.9 105.1 75 .1M a y 1 5 ____ 110.8 1 0 5 .9 1 1 3 .2 9 7 .5 8 0 .4 1 4 3 .2 1 5 2 .0 9 5 .0 9 2 .0 113 .6 104 .5 7 6 .3J u n e 15____ 10 8 .9 105 .7 115 .6 9 7 .3 8 4 .0 12 8 .5 13 4 .7 9 4 .8 9 2 .2 113 .7 10 7 .0 78 .3J u ly 15___ 1 05 .7 10 5 .7 115.1 9 7 .5 86.2 111.0 114.1 9 4 .5 9 2 .3 113.7 108.1 7 8 .5A u g . 15____ 10 4 .2 105 .4 113 .7 9 8 .2 9 2 .2 1 0 3 .0 10 4 .7 9 4 .5 92 .1 113. 5 107 .5 79 .1S e p t . 15___ 1 06 .2 10 5 .0 1 1 4 .9 9 9 .6 1 0 5 .8 106.1 108.3 9 4 .8 9 2 .0 113 .8 10 6 .8 7 9 .3O ct. 15____ 1 07 .3 10 4 .8 1 1 3 .8 101.1 1 1 9 .7 1 0 6 .9 10 9 .3 9 5 .7 9 1 .7 11 3 .9 10 6 .0 8 0 .8N o v . 15____ 108 .5 10 4 .7 111.2 10 2 .7 1 3 6 .9 10 9 .5 112.3 9 5 .7 9 1 .2 11 3 .6 103 .9 8 1 .0D e c . 15____ 108.1 10 4 .4 1 0 9 .5 105.3 133.3 108.3 111.0 9 5 .6 9 0 .6 11 3 .4 102.0 82 8

1927__________ 104.5 103.5 110.6 102.7 9 3 .5 107.1 109.9 94 .0 88.6 109.0 9 7 .3 8 3 .0J a n . 15__ 10 6 .3 10 4 .2 1 0 8 .9 1 0 4 .0 11 3 .5 1 0 8 .2 1 1 0 .9 9 5 .5 8 9 .9 11 2 .9 100.6 8 5 .2F e b . 1 5____ 104.3 1 0 4 .2 1 0 8 .2 1 0 4 .3 9 1 .5 1 0 6 .0 10 8 .5 9 5 .3 8 9 .3 111 .9 9 9 .2 85 .1M a r . 15____ 102.8 1 0 3 .9 1 0 8 .6 10 4 .3 7 3 .5 10 4 .4 1 0 6 .7 9 4 .9 88.8 111.1 9 8 .3 8 4 .2A p r . 1 5 ____ 10 2 .9 103.3 110.1 103. 7 7 0 .7 1 0 6 .2 10 8 .8 9 4 .3 88.2 10 9 .7 9 7 .4 82 .4M a y 15____ 1 05 .7 10 3 .4 110.3 100.2 7 0 .7 1 2 4 .6 13 0 .6 9 3 .9 88.1 108 .9 9 6 .5 82 .7J u n e 15____ 10 8 .7 10 3 .6 10 8 .9 9 9 .2 7 0 .7 143.1 1 5 2 .2 9 3 .8 8 9 .0 108.1 9 5 .7 83 .4J u ly 15____ 1 0 3 .2 10 3 .7 1 0 9 .8 9 9 .3 7 6 .3 111.2 114 .7 9 3 .6 90 0 107 6 95 7 8 3 .6A u g . 1 5____ 10 1 .9 103.5 111.2 9 9 .5 8 6 .4 9 9 .3 1 0 0 .7 9 3 .7 8 9 .8 107 .3 9 5 .6 8 2 .6S e p t . 15____ 1 0 3 .4 103.4 1 1 3 .2 102.2 9 9 .9 9 7 .4 9 8 .5 9 3 .3 89 .1 10 7 .0 9 6 .5 8 2 .2O ct. 15____ 1 0 5 .0 10 3 .2 11 4 .1 104.1 117 .8 9 6 .4 9 7 .4 93. 5 88.1 10 7 .2 9 7 .6 8 2 .0N o v . 15____ 10 4 .8 1 0 2 .5 1 1 2 .3 104.7 128.1 9 3 .8 9 4 .6 9 3 .3 8 6 .4 108.1 9 7 .3 8 1 .5D e c . 15____ 10 4 .7 1 0 2 .4 111.6 10 6 .4 125.1 9 3 .6 9 4 .5 9 3 .0 85 .3 108.5 9 6 .6 8 0 .5

1928__________ 103.3 100.4 117.4 103.3 9 6 .6 9 3 .9 9 4 .0 9 4 .0 93 .3 110.3 9 4 .0 8 0 .2J a n . 15_____ 1 03 .5 101.2 1 1 1 .4 1 0 5 .2 1 1 4 .9 9 4 .1 9 5 .0 9 3 .5 8 4 .9 10 9 .4 9 5 .1 8 0 .7F e b . 1 5____ 1 01 .7 101.1 111.2 103.7 9 0 .7 9 4 .9 9 5 .8 9 3 .3 8 6 .9 10 9 .5 9 3 .3 8 0 .9M a r . 15----- 102.0 1 0 0 .5 1 1 0 .5 10 3 .4 7 8 .0 10 3 .0 1 0 5 .0 9 3 .6 8 9 .3 10 9 .6 9 2 .1 8 0 .5A p r . 1 5____ 102.8 10 0 .5 11 2 .3 101.2 7 5 .1 107.7 11 0 .3 9 3 .4 9 2 .4 10 9 .8 9 1 .9 8 1 .2M a y 1 5____ 10 4 .3 10 1 .4 1 1 5 .2 100.8 7 8 .9 10 9 .7 1 1 2 .5 9 3 .5 9 4 .3 10 9 .9 9 2 .5 8 1 .9J u n e 15------ 102.5 101.5 1 1 6 .5 10 0 .3 8 1 .1 9 8 .2 9 8 .9 9 3 .7 9 5 .9 110 .4 9 3 .0 82 .5


DETAILED TABLES 13

Table 2. Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined, by commodity groups, 1923-86, inclusive Continued

C erea lsa n d

b a k e r yp r o d u c ts

D a ir yp ro d u c ts

F r u its a n d v e g e ta b le s B e v e r F a t sa n do ils

S u g ara n d

sw e e t sD a t e A l lfo o d s M e a ts E g g s T o ta l F re sh C a n n e d D r ie d

agesa n d

ch o co la te

1928 C o n . J u ly 15____ 102.0 1 0 1 .5 12 0 .5 10 1 .3 86.1 8 7 .7 8 6 .4 9 3 .8 9 7 .0 110.6 9 3 .2 8 2 .5A u g . 1 5____ 1 03 .0 101.0 1 2 3 .4 10 2 .7 9 3 .3 8 5 .9 8 4 .2 9 3 .8 9 7 .2 11 0 .7 9 4 .2 8 0 .4S e p t . 15___ 10 5 .4 100.0 12 7 .4 10 4 .4 104.6 88.2 8 6 .9 9 4 .0 96 .3 110 .9 9 5 .8 8 0 .2O ct. 15____ 10 4 .6 9 9 .2 1 2 2 .7 1 0 4 .6 112.8 8 7 .7 8 6 .4 9 4 .4 9 5 .5 111.1 C".4 7 8 .6N o v . 15___ 10 4 .3 9 8 .7 1 2 0 .3 105.3 12 3 .4 8 5 .6 8 3 .9 9 4 .8 9 4 .7 110.9 9 5 .7 77 .1D e c . 1 5____ 1 0 3 .2 9 8 .5 116.7 106.1 119.9 8 5 .3 8 3 .6 9 5 .0 9 6 .0 111.1 9 4 .5 7 6 .6

1929__________ 104.7 9 8 .1 121.1 102.9 101.2 9 8 .4 9 8 .1 96 .8 103.8 110.0 93 .1 7 4 .6J a n 15_____ 1 0 2 .7 9 8 .4 117 .6 10 5 .1 10 5 .0 88.2 86.6 9 6 .0 9 8 .2 110.7 9 4 .1 7 6 .7F e b . 15____ 1.02. 3 9 8 .2 1 1 6 .7 1 0 5 .7 101.0 8 8 .7 8 6 .9 9 6 .6 100.2 110.8 9 3 .7 7 5 .4M a r . 15____ 1 0 1 .4 9 8 .2 1 1 8 .6 1 0 5 .2 8 7 .4 8 6 .9 8 4 .7 9 7 .1 10 1 .3 11 0 .9 9 3 .8 7 3 .5A p r . 15____ 100.8 9 8 .2 1 2 0 .7 1 0 2 .9 7 6 .4 8 7 .3 8 5 .1 97 .3 101. 7 111.0 93 .7 7 2 .8M a y 15____ 1 0 2 .4 9 8 .0 122.6 102.1 8 0 .6 9 3 .1 9 1 .8 9 7 .8 10 2 .4 110.8 93 .5 7 2 .6J u n e 15____ 10 3 .7 9 7 .7 1 2 3 .3 1 0 1 .4 8 5 .7 9 8 .2 9 7 .8 9 8 .1 10 2 .5 110.5 9 3 .4 72 .3J u ly 15____ 1 0 6 .5 9 7 .9 1 2 5 .9 101.6 9 1 .3 10 7 .2 10 8 .3 9 8 .5 103.5 110.6 9 3 .3 72 .6A u g . 15____ 10 8 .1 9 8 .7 12 5 .9 10 1 .9 9 9 .5 111.0 112.6 9 8 .6 104 .6 110 .4 9 3 .6 7 5 .0S e p t . 15___ 1 0 8 .0 9 8 .6 1 2 4 .7 1 0 3 .0 1 0 8 .9 1 0 7 .6 1 0 8 .6 96 .3 107.1 110.2 9 3 .4 75 .9O ct. 15____ 1 07 .6 9 8 .4 121.6 1 0 3 .5 12 0 .3 10 5 .5 106.1 9 5 .2 108 .4 110.1 9 2 .6 76 .5N o v . 15____ 106 .7 9 8 .2 1 1 8 .8 102.0 12 9 .5 10 3 .9 1 0 4 .2 9 4 .9 108.5 10 8 .9 9 1 .8 7 6 .2D e c . 15____ 10 5 .7 9 7 .8 11 7 .6 1 0 0 .5 128.7 1 0 3 .7 10 4 .1 9 4 .6 106.9 105.3 9 0 .7 75 .1

1930__________ 9 9 .6 95. 1 113.6 9 5 .1 8 5 .4 103.4 104.9 92 .3 9 6 .4 95 .7 86 .7 70 .1J a n . 15_____ 1 0 4 .6 9 7 .3 1 1 8 .6 9 6 .8 112.2 1 0 7 .5 1 0 8 .8 9 4 .5 10 5 .8 101.3 89 .1 7 4 .8F e b . 15____ 10 3 .4 9 7 .1 1 1 8 .0 9 6 .3 9 6 .7 109.1 1 1 0 .9 9 4 .4 103.9 99 .1 88.2 74 .4M a r . 15____ 102.0 9 6 .7 1 1 7 .7 9 6 .0 7 4 .0 111.2 11 3 .5 94 .1 102.6 9 7 .9 88.1 72 .6A p r . 15____ 10 3 .3 9 6 .7 1 1 7 .7 9 6 .8 7 1 .8 1 1 8 .1 1 2 1 .7 9 3 .6 101.0 9 7 .2 8 7 .7 7 1 .9M a y 15____ 102.6 9 6 .3 11 6 .3 9 4 .7 7 0 .8 1 1 9 .5 12 3 .6 9 3 .2 9 8 .9 96 .1 8 7 .2 71 .8J u n e 15____ 101.2 9 6 .0 1 1 5 .5 9 2 .5 7 0 .7 11 6 .7 1 2 0 .5 9 2 .7 9 7 .6 9 5 .6 8 6 .7 6 9 .8J u ly 15____ 9 7 .5 9 5 .6 1 1 2 .5 9 2 .6 7 3 .4 1 0 0 .4 101.5 9 2 .5 9 6 .4 9 5 .7 86.2 6 9 .3A u g . 15____ 96>6 9 4 .8 1 0 9 .4 9 5 .8 8 1 .3 9 5 .0 9 5 .1 9 2 .2 95 .5 9 5 .0 86.0 6 8 .7S e p t. 15_-__ 9 8 .3 9 4 .2 11 2 .3 9 7 .0 9 0 .6 9 6 .4 9 6 .9 9 2 .0 95 .1 9 3 .8 88.0 67 .1O ct. 15_____ 9 7 .8 9 3 .1 111.1 9 6 .5 95 .1 9 5 .3 9 6 .0 9 1 .0 9 1 .6 9 2 .9 8 8 .5 6 6 .4N o v . 15____ 9 5 .2 9 2 .1 1 0 7 .0 9 4 .5 102.1 88.1 88.2 8 9 .5 8 5 .0 9 2 .2 8 7 .2 66 .7D e c . 1 5____ 9 2 .1 9 1 .4 1 0 6 .2 9 1 .1 8 6 .3 8 2 .8 8 2 .4 88.2 82 .1 9 1 .9 8 4 .9 67 .1

1931......... ........... 8 2 .0 83 .5 9 6 .4 80 .8 6 7 .2 7 3 .3 7 2 .9 80 .3 72 .1 83 .2 7 0 .4 0 4 .7J a n . 15_____ 8 9 .2 88.6 10 4 .9 8 5 .9 7 5 .1 8 3 .0 8 2 .9 86.8 80 .1 9 0 .2 8 1 .2 67 .1F e b . 15____ 86.0 8 7 .7 101.1 8 3 .6 5 8 .6 8 0 .8 8 0 .6 85 .7 7 8 .6 8 9 .4 7 7 .0 66.8M a r. 15____ 8 5 .1 8 6 .7 100.2 8 3 .7 6 0 .4 7 8 .5 7 8 .2 8 4 .0 76 .7 87 .3 7 5 .2 6 5 .9A p r . 15____ 8 3 .9 8 4 .7 9 9 .4 8 1 .8 5 8 .1 7 9 .1 7 9 .4 81 .4 7 4 .6 8 4 .0 74 .1 64 .5M a y 15____ 8 2 .6 8 4 .0 9 7 .8 7 8 .2 5 3 .5 8 1 .7 8 2 .7 7 9 .5 7 3 .6 8 2 .4 7 0 .4 6 3 .9J u n e 15____ 8 0 .6 8 3 .3 9 5 .6 77 .1 5 5 .2 7 6 .1 7 6 .1 7 9 .8 72 .4 8 2 .0 68.0 62 .9J u ly 15____ 8 0 .7 8 2 .6 9 6 .7 7 7 .9 6 0 .9 7 3 .2 7 2 .8 7 9 .6 7 2 .2 81 .1 67 .5 6 3 .7A u g . 15____ 8 0 .9 82. 0 9 7 .3 7 9 .6 6 7 .2 7 0 .3 6 9 .4 79 .5 71 .7 81 .1 66 .3 6 5 .0S e p t . 1 5 .__ 8 0 .6 8 1 .0 9 6 .2 81 .1 7 2 .4 6 7 .5 66.2 7 8 .7 7 0 .6 8 1 .0 66.6 64 .5O ct. 15____ 7 9 .9 8 0 .5 9 3 .0 8 3 .1 8 1 .6 6 3 .5 6 2 .1 77 .3 66.2 8 0 .4 6 6 .9 6 4 .3N o v . 15____ 7 8 .2 8 0 .6 8 8 .9 8 0 .3 8 3 .7 6 2 .0 6 0 .6 7 6 .6 6 3 .9 7 9 .9 6 6 .5 64 .1D e c . 15____ 7 6 .2 7 9 .7 8 5 .4 7 6 .7 8 0 .3 6 2 .5 6 1 .3 75 .5 63 .1 79 .4 64 .1 6 2 .9

1932__________ 6 8 .3 7 5 .5 7 5 .5 6 6 .7 5 7 .9 6 0 .4 59 .9 71 .0 55 .4 75. 1 52 .0 58 .4J a n . 15_____ 7 2 .8 7 8 .1 8 1 .1 73 .1 62 .1 6 3 .2 6 2 .3 7 5 .2 61 .6 78 .4 60 .1 61 .7F e b . 15____ 7 0 .4 7 7 .7 7 7 .3 7 0 .6 5 1 .6 6 3 .7 6 3 .1 7 4 .3 6 0 .0 77 .4 5 6 .0 6 1 .0M a r. 15____ 7 0 .7 7 7 .2 7 8 .6 6 9 .9 4 6 .4 6 6 .9 6 7 .1 73 .5 5 7 .6 76 .9 54 .3 5 9 .7A p r . 15____ 7 0 .3 7 6 .4 7 8 .3 6 7 .1 4 4 .3 7 0 .5 7 1 .6 7 2 .5 56 .4 7 6 .0 5 2 .7 58 .1M a y 15____ 6 8 .5 7 6 .3 7 5 .5 65 .1 4 4 .5 6 7 .5 6 8 .3 7 1 .8 5 5 .7 74 .9 51 .1 5 6 .3J u n e 15____ 6 7 .6 7 6 .2 7 4 .2 6 4 .0 4 5 .3 66.6 6 7 .3 7 1 .0 55 .3 7 4 .4 4 8 .9 5 5 .7J u ly 15___ 6 8 .3 7 5 .6 7 9 .3 6 3 .8 4 9 .3 6 2 .4 6 2 .4 7 0 .5 55 .1 7 4 .2 4 9 .9 56 .5A u g . 15____ 67 .1 7 4 .7 7 6 .7 6 5 .0 5 6 .7 5 6 .2 5 5 .1 70 .1 5 4 .8 73 .7 5 0 .8 5 7 .7S e p t . 15___ 6 6 .7 7 4 .3 7 5 .8 6 5 .4 6 2 .4 5 2 .8 5 1 .3 6 9 .2 5 4 .4 7 4 .6 51 .3 5 8 .2O ct. 15____ 6 6 .3 7 3 .9 73 .1 6 5 .4 7 3 .2 5 1 .3 4 9 .7 6 8 .5 5 3 .2 7 4 .5 5 0 .5 5 8 .9N o v . 15____ 6 5 .6 7 3 .3 7 0 .0 6 5 .8 7 8 .4 5 0 .4 4 9 .0 67 .6 5 0 .6 7 3 .8 5 0 .0 5 8 .8D e c . 15____ 6 4 .7 7 1 .1 66.8 6 5 .7 8 0 .6 5 1 .8 5 0 .7 66.8 49 .5 7 2 .8 4 9 .0 5 8 .5

1933__________ 6 6 .4 7 7 .4 6 5 .7 6 5 .2 55 .3 6 5 .8 0 6 .6 68 .5 53 .6 6 8 .4 48 .6 61 .5J a n . 15____ 6 2 .6 6 9 .5 64; 8 6 3 .4 6 6 .9 5 2 .3 5 1 .4 6 6 .4 4 8 .6 71 .1 4 6 .9 5 8 .3F e b . 15____ 60 .1 6 9 .2 6 3 .9 6 0 .7 45 .3 5 2 .1 5 1 .3 65 .5 4 8 .0 6 9 .5 4 5 .2 57 .1M a r . 15____ 5 9 .8 6 9 .3 6 4 .2 5 9 .8 4 2 .7 5 2 .1 5 1 .4 65 .3 47 .3 6 8 .5 4 5 .0 57 .4A p r . 15____ 60 .1 6 9 .8 6 3 .4 6 0 .4 4 0 .7 5 4 .4 5 4 .0 6 5 .2 4 8 .2 6 8 .4 4 4 .7 58 .1M a y 15____ 6 2 .5 7 1 .0 6 4 .1 6 3 .7 4 4 .0 5 9 .3 5 9 .5 66.0 5 1 .2 67 .7 4 8 .0 6 0 .0J u n e 15____ 6 4 .9 7 1 .8 6 5 .9 6 4 .7 4 3 .5 6 7 .5 6 8 .9 66 .7 5 2 .5 67 .3 4 9 .9 6 1 .0J u ly 15____ 7 1 .0 7 7 .8 66.0 6 7 .4 5 1 .5 8 7 .3 9 2 .0 6 7 .0 54 .1 67 .4 5 1 .4 6 2 .8A u g . 15____ 7 2 .1 8 3 .3 6 7 .5 6 7 .3 53 .1 8 5 .1 8 9 .0 6 8 .9 5 6 .8 6 7 .8 52 .1 6 4 .6S e p t. 12___ 7 2 .0 8 5 .2 6 7 .8 6 8 .3 6 0 .0 7 9 .1 8 1 .7 7 0 .7 5 9 .0 6 7 .6 51 .4 65 .1S e p t. 26___ 7 2 .1 8 7 .0 6 9 .0 6 8 .4 6 3 .6 75 .1 7 6 .8 7 1 .8 5 9 .8 68.2 51 .3 65 .1O ct. 10____ 7 1 .6 8 7 .2 6 9 .0 6 9 .0 68.8 7 0 .2 7 0 .9 7 2 .8 6 0 .0 6 8 .4 5 0 .8 6 5 .5O ct. 24____ 7 1 .0 8 7 .1 6 8 .4 6 8 .9 7 0 .6 6 7 .4 6 7 .6 73 .1 5 9 .3 6 8 .5 50 .4 6 4 .7N o v . 7_____ 7 0 .9 8 7 .2 68.0 6 9 .5 7 2 .4 6 6 .3 6 6 .3 7 3 .2 59 .1 6 8 .5 5 0 .5 6 4 .7N o v . 21____ 7 0 .9 8 7 .1 6 6 .9 6 9 .3 75 .1 6 7 .1 67 .3 73 .1 59 .1 6 8 .5 5 0 .0 6 4 .6D e c . 5_____ 7 0 .3 8 6 .7 6 5 .4 6 9 .3 73. T) 6 7 .3 6 7 .5 73 .2 5 9 .0 68.1 4 9 .2 6 4 .4D e c . 19____ 6 9 .3 8 6 .4 65 .1 6 6 .3 6 5 .8 6 8 .5 6 8 .9 7 3 .4 | 5 8 .8 1 68 .1 4 8 .3 6 3 .8



Table 2. Indexes of retail food costs in 51 cities combined, by commodity groups, 1923-86, inclusive Continued

D a t e A llfo o d s

C erea lsa n d

b a k er yp ro d u c ts

M e a tsD a ir yp r o d u c ts

E g g sF r u its a n d v e g e ta b le s B e v e r ages

a n dch o co

la te

F a tsa n do ils

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1 9 3 4 .............. .. 74 .1 9 1 .2 7 5 .1 7 1 .3 6 2 .5 6 9 .9 6 9 .8 80 .9 6 1 .4 7 1 .8 55 .6 6 3 .9J a n . 2 ............ 7 0 .2 86.8 6 5 .3 6 7 .1 6 3 .4 7 2 .3 7 3 .4 7 4 .8 5 8 .7 6 8 .4 4 8 .6 62 .7J a n . 16_____ 7 0 .6 8 7 .1 6 5 .9 6 6 .9 6 1 .4 7 4 .4 7 5 .7 7 5 .7 5 8 .5 68.6 4 8 .7 6 2 .4J a n . 30_____ 7 1 .3 8 6 .7 6 7 .1 6 7 .6 6 1 .5 7 5 .9 7 7 .1 7 9 .2 59 .5 6 9 .3 4 9 .0 62 .7F e b . 13____ 7 2 .7 8 6 .9 6 9 .7 7 0 .1 5 8 .7 7 7 .4 7 8 .9 7 9 .6 59 .9 6 9 .7 4 9 .7 62 .3F e b . 2 7 ____ 7 2 .7 8 7 .6 6 9 .6 6 9 .9 5 4 .7 7 8 .5 7 9 .9 8 1 .4 60 .3 6 9 .9 5 0 .3 62 .5M a r. 13------ 7 2 .9 8 7 .5 7 0 .3 7 0 .7 5 3 .2 7 8 .2 7 9 .7 8 0 .7 60 .7 7 0 .7 5 0 .6 62 .5M a r . 2 7 ._ 7 2 .4 88.0 7 0 .6 6 9 .5 5 2 .9 7 6 .2 7 7 .2 8 1 .5 60 .5 7 0 .8 5 0 .9 6 2 .4A p r . 1 0____ 7 2 .2 8 8 .3 7 1 .4 6 8 .4 5 1 .5 7 5 .2 7 6 .0 8 1 .2 61 .1 7 1 .5 5 1 .0 6 2 .6A p r . 2 4 ____ 7 2 .5 88.2 7 3 .5 6 8 .7 5 0 .6 7 3 .9 7 4 .5 81 .1 6 0 .9 7 1 .4 5 0 .5 6 2 .7M a y 8 .......... 7 3 .0 88.1 7 4 .6 6 8 .9 5 0 .2 75 .1 7 5 .9 8 1 .2 60 .7 7 2 .2 5 0 .2 62 .3M a y 2 2 . . . . 73 .1 8 8 .3 7 4 .3 6 8 .9 5 0 .5 7 6 .0 7 7 .0 8 1 .4 6 0 .8 7 2 .2 5 0 .4 6 1 .7J u n e 6 _____ 7 3 .0 8 8 .9 7 5 .1 6 9 .8 5 1 .0 7 3 .0 7 3 .4 8 1 .0 6 0 .7 7 2 .4 5 0 .8 6 1 .0J u n e 1 9____ 7 3 .6 8 9 .3 7 5 .8 7 0 .9 5 2 .9 7 2 .2 7 2 .5 8 0 .6 6 1 .0 72 .1 51 .8 62 .1J u ly 3 . .......... 7 3 .8 8 9 .5 7 6 .8 7 1 .4 5 4 .1 7 0 .5 7 0 .6 80 .3 6 0 .9 7 2 .0 52 .5 63 .4J u ly 17____ 7 3 .7 9 0 .3 7 7 .2 7 1 .1 5 5 .8 6 8 .3 6 7 .9 8 0 .5 61 .3 7 2 .3 5 2 ,8 6 5 .6J u ly 3 1 ......... 7 3 .5 9 0 .8 7 6 .7 7 1 .1 5 8 .7 66.0 6 5 .1 8 0 .6 6 1 .5 7 2 .5 5 3 .2 66.1A u g . 1 4____ 7 4 .4 9 1 .0 7 7 .4 7 2 .5 6 3 .1 66.6 6 5 .9 8 0 .5 6 1 .6 7 2 .4 5 4 .9 6 5 .8A u g . 2 8 . _ 7 6 .3 9 1 .4 8 2 .4 7 3 .7 68.0 6 5 .7 6 4 .8 8 1 .5 6 1 .6 7 2 .7 5 8 .9 66.1S e p t . 11___ 7 7 .2 9 1 .6 8 5 .0 7 3 .3 7 0 .5 6 5 .9 6 4 .9 8 1 .7 62 .3 7 2 .8 6 2 .4 66.1S e p t . 25____ 7 6 .8 9 1 .9 8 4 .0 7 2 .9 7 2 .2 6 4 .4 6 3 .0 8 1 .9 63 .1 73 .1 6 3 .6 65 .9O ct. 9 . .......... 7 6 .0 9 2 .1 8 1 .5 7 3 .2 7 4 .0 6 2 .1 6 0 .3 82 .1 63 .9 7 3 .2 64 .3 65 .8O ct. 23 .......... 7 5 .8 9 2 .2 8 0 .4 7 3 .2 7 8 .3 6 1 .0 5 8 .9 8 2 .7 6 4 .0 73 .3 6 4 .8 65 .7N o v . 6 .......... 7 5 .6 9 2 .3 7 7 .9 7 4 .9 8 1 .4 6 0 .1 5 7 .8 83 .1 6 3 .9 7 3 .2 6 5 .2 66.0N o v . 20 7 5 .2 9 2 .2 7 6 .8 7 5 .4 8 2 .2 5 8 .7 5 6 .2 8 3 .3 6 3 .2 7 3 .3 6 6 .4 64 .7D e c . 4 ........... 7 4 .9 9 2 .2 7 6 .6 7 5 .5 8 0 .5 5 7 .9 5 5 .3 8 3 .4 6 2 .6 73 .3 6 7 .0 6 4 .4D e c . 1 8 ____ 7 4 .6 9 2 .2 7 6 .7 7 5 .5 7 4 .8 5 7 .9 5 5 .4 8 3 .3 62 .1 7 3 .6 6 8 .7 6 3 .7

1985__________ 8 0 .5 9 3 .0 9 6 .2 7 6 .8 7 3 .6 6 0 .6 5 8 .7 8 2 .7 61 .8 70 .3 8 1 .6 65 1J a n . 2 ............ 7 6 .0 9 2 .1 7 9 .2 7 6 .4 7 6 .5 6 0 .1 5 7 .9 83 .1 6 2 .8 7 3 .6 7 0 .7 6 2 .9J a n . 15_____ 7 7 .7 9 2 .0 8 4 .7 7 7 .5 7 6 .3 6 0 .8 5 8 .7 8 3 .2 6 2 .6 7 3 .8 73 .1 6 2 .6J a n . 29.......... 79 .1 9 2 .1 88.1 7 9 .5 7 6 .9 6 1 .2 5 9 .2 8 3 .6 6 2 .5 7 3 .5 75 .1 6 2 .6F e b . 1 2 ____ 7 9 .8 9 2 .2 8 9 .1 8 1 .6 7 8 .2 6 1 .0 5 8 .8 8 4 .2 6 2 .9 7 3 .4 7 6 .9 6 2 .5F e b . 2 6 ____ 7 9 .9 9 2 .4 9 1 .1 8 0 .8 7 2 .2 6 1 .2 5 9 .1 84 .1 63 .1 7 3 .4 7 8 .3 6 2 .6M a r . 1 2 . . . . 7 9 .8 9 2 .2 9 4 .3 7 8 .8 6 1 .3 6 2 .0 6 0 .0 8 4 .3 6 3 .0 72 .7 7 9 .8 6 2 .7M a r . 26 7 9 .9 9 2 .4 9 4 .1 7 8 .1 5 8 .9 6 4 .0 6 2 .2 8 4 .5 62 .9 72 .3 8 0 .2 62 .5A p r . 9 ........... 8 1 .4 9 2 .5 9 5 .2 8 0 .4 6 0 .8 66.6 6 5 .2 8 4 .5 6 2 .9 71 .7 8 0 .8 62 .9A p r . 2 3 ____ 8 2 .0 9 2 .4 9 6 .6 7 9 .4 6 1 .8 68.8 6 7 .7 8 4 .3 6 3 .2 71 .4 81 .1 63 .1M a y 7 _____ 8 1 .7 9 2 .6 97 .1 7 6 .9 6 5 .0 6 7 .6 6 6 .3 8 4 .5 6 3 .2 71. 2 8 1 .2 64 .3M a y 2 1 ____ 8 1 .5 9 3 .1 9 8 .2 7 5 .7 66.0 66.1 6 4 .7 8 4 .4 6 3 .0 7 0 .7 81 .1 64 .7J u n e 4 _____ 8 1 .9 9 2 .4 9 9 .9 7 4 .6 6 5 .9 6 7 .7 6 6 .4 8 4 .4 6 3 .0 7 0 .8 8 1 .5 64 .9J u n e 18____ 8 1 .5 9 2 .2 9 9 .1 7 3 .9 6 6 .4 6 7 .3 66.0 8 4 .4 6 3 .2 70 .1 8 1 .7 65 .1J u ly 2 ........... 8 0 .6 9 2 .1 9 7 .3 7 3 .3 6 7 .4 6 5 .4 63 .7* 8 4 .7 63 .1 69 .9 82 .1 6 5 .7J u ly 16____ 8 0 .2 9 2 .2 9 8 .1 7 2 .7 68.8 6 2 .6 6 0 .6 8 4 .6 6 3 .2 6 9 .9 8 2 .2 66.2J u ly 3 0 ------- 7 9 .0 9 2 .3 9 7 .9 7 2 .6 7 0 .7 5 7 .2 5 4 .5 8 4 .2 6 2 .9 69 .7 8 2 .7 6 6 .3A u g . 1 3____ 7 9 .6 9 2 .7 1 0 0 .7 7 2 .7 7 3 .4 5 5 .3 5 2 .4 8 3 .5 6 2 .9 6 9 .4 8 5 .0 6 6 .4A u g . 2 7 ____ 7 9 .6 9 2 .5 102.0 7 3 .0 7 6 .2 5 2 .8 4 9 .7 8 2 .7 62 .3 6 9 .2 87 .1 6 6 .4S e p t . 10___ 8 0 .1 9 2 .7 102.6 7 3 .3 8 0 .3 5 2 .9 5 0 .0 8 1 .4 61 .9 6 8 .5 8 7 .4 66.6S e p t . 24____ 7 9 .9 9 2 .7 102.2 7 3 .2 8 2 .3 5 2 .3 4 9 .3 8 0 .9 61 .0 68 .3 8 7 .4 66 .5O ct. 8 ______ 7 9 .9 9 3 .4 101.3 7 3 .5 8 3 .8 5 1 .7 4 8 .8 7 9 .9 6 0 .7 68.1 8 7 .2 66 .7O c t . 22......... 8 0 .5 9 4 .4 100.6 7 4 .4 8 5 .8 5 3 .4 5 0 .7 7 9 .9 6 0 .0 68.0 8 6 .3 6 6 .9N o v . 5 _____ 8 0 .4 9 4 .9 9 7 .1 7 5 .1 8 6 .7 5 5 .4 5 3 .1 7 9 .8 5 9 .4 6 7 .8 85 .1 67 .1N o v . 19____ 8 1 .5 9 5 .0 9 7 .2 7 7 .5 8 4 .9 5 8 .7 5 6 .8 8 0 .0 5 9 .0 6 7 .8 8 3 .5 6 7 .0D e c . 3 _____ 8 2 .0 9 5 .3 9 7 .4 7 8 .2 8 2 .8 6 0 .7 5 9 .2 79 .7 5 8 .4 67 .5 83 .1 6 6 .7D e c . 1 7____ 8 2 .0 9 5 .4 9 7 .1 7 8 .8 8 0 .5 6 1 .3 5 9 .8 79 .6 5 8 .5 6 7 .6 8 2 .3 6 6 .5D e c . 3 1 ____ 8 2 .5 9 5 .6 9 8 .2 7 9 .4 7 7 .2 6 2 .7 6 1 .4 79 .6 58 .6 6 7 .6 8 1 .2 6 6 .4

1 9 3 6 . . . . ............ 82. 1 9 1 .7 9 4 .7 8 0 .2 7 2 .7 6 9 .7 69 .1 79 .8 6 1 .9 6 7 .5 7 5 .6 6 4 .4J a n . 14_____ 8 1 .7 9 4 .0 9 7 .3 7 9 .8 7 3 .8 6 2 .7 6 1 .5 7 9 .4 5 8 .2 6 7 .6 7 9 .3 6 4 .9J a n . 28------- 8 0 .7 9 3 .0 9 5 .9 7 9 .8 6 9 .6 6 2 .1 6 0 .8 7 9 .2 58 .1 6 7 .5 7 7 .6 6 4 .4F e b . 11 8 0 .6 9 2 .5 9 4 .9 8 0 .5 7 0 .6 6 2 .0 6 0 .8 7 8 .9 57 .9 6 7 .4 7 6 .8 64 .1F e b . 2 5 ____ 8 1 .3 9 2 .1 9 4 .9 8 1 .8 7 8 .0 6 2 .4 6 1 .2 78 .6 58 .1 6 7 .4 7 6 .2 63 .9M a r . 10------ 7 9 .5 9 1 .7 9 3 .3 7 9 .5 6 6 .9 6 1 .7 6 0 .5 78 .5 57 .9 6 7 .6 7 5 .7 63 .7M a r . 24 7 9 .0 9 1 .6 9 3 .2 7 8 .5 5 9 .5 6 2 .4 6 1 .2 78 .3 5 8 .0 6 7 .6 7 5 .3 63 .7A p r . 7 ........... 7 8 .9 9 1 .3 9 3 .7 7 7 .8 5 6 .9 6 3 .3 6 2 .2 78 .4 5 7 .8 6 7 .7 75 .1 6 3 .8A p r . 2 1 ____ 7 9 .7 9 1 .2 9 4 .1 7 7 .8 5 7 .4 6 6 .5 6 5 .8 78 .3 5 7 .7 6 7 .5 7 5 .2 63 .8M a y 5 _____ 8 0 .1 9 1 .0 9 4 .3 7 6 .1 5 9 .0 6 8 .9 68.6 78 .3 5 7 .7 6 7 .7 7 4 .8 6 3 .8M a y 1 9 ____ 7 9 .9 9 0 .7 9 3 .2 7 5 .2 5 9 .6 7 0 .1 6 9 .9 7 8 .2 5 7 .8 6 7 .6 7 4 .2 64 .1J u n e 2 _____ 8 2 .1 9 0 .7 9 4 .4 7 5 .5 6 0 .6 7 8 .3 7 9 .3 78 .3 5 8 .2 67 .3 7 3 .4 64 .3J u n e 16____ 8 3 .8 9 0 .4 9 4 .0 7 6 .5 6 3 .0 8 5 .2 8 7 .1 78 .3 5 8 .4 6 6 .9 7 3 .0 64 .5J u n e 3 0 ____ 8 4 .2 9 0 .4 9 4 .4 7 7 .5 6 5 .0 8 5 .1 8 7 .0 7 8 .4 5 8 .9 67 .1 7 2 .8 6 4 .7J u ly 14____ 8 4 .0 9 0 .7 9 4 .9 7 9 .6 6 7 .8 8 0 .7 8 1 .9 7 8 .8 59 .3 6 7 .0 7 3 .0 6 4 .9A u g . 1 8____ 8 4 .0 9 1 .7 9 5 .4 8 3 .0 7 5 .1 7 4 .1 7 4 .0 8 0 .4 6 3 .4 6 7 .5 7 4 .5 65 .0S e p t . 15___ 8 4 .3 9 2 .1 9 7 .4 8 4 .2 7 8 .5 71 .1 7 0 .3 8 1 .7 6 5 .5 6 7 .7 7 5 .9 6 5 .0O c t . 13____ 8 2 .8 9 2 .3 9 4 .7 8 2 .5 8 3 .7 6 7 .1 6 5 .6 8 1 .7 6 6 .9 6 7 .8 7 6 .3 64 .8N o v . 17____ 8 2 .5 9 1 .9 9 3 .2 8 2 .2 9 0 .1 6 6 .3 6 4 .5 8 1 .5 6 9 .2 6 7 .7 7 6 .2 63 .8D e c . 1 5____ 8 2 .9 9 1 .9 9 3 .0 8 2 .5 8 5 .9 6 9 .1 6 7 .6 8 1 .6 7 0 .6 67 .8 7 7 .2 63 .9


DETAILED TABLES 15

T a b l e 3 . Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by regions, 1928-86,inclusive

[1923-1925=100]

N e w M id d le E a s t W e st S o u th E a s t W e s t -E n g - A t- N o r th N o r th A t S o u th S o u th M o u n P a c ific

D a te la n d la n tic C en tral C en tra l la n tic C en tral C en tral ta in

51 c it ie s 7 c it ie s 7 c it ie s 9 c it ie s 5 c itie s 8 c it ie s 4 c it ie s 4 c it ie s 3 c it ie s 4 c it ie s

1923_________________ 9 7 .9 9 9 .3 9 8 .7 9 7 .2 9 6 .8 97 .6 96 .3 9 6 .9 9 7 .0 9 7 .0J a n 15_ ................... 9 5 .5 9 7 .1 9 6 .9 9 3 .9 9 4 .4 9 3 .8 9 2 .5 9 5 .9 9 4 .2 9 4 .8F e b . 15_________ 9 4 .2 9 6 .0 9 5 .0 9 2 .9 9 4 .2 9 3 .4 9 1 .9 9 5 .6 9 2 .6 9 2 .7M a r . 15_________ 9 4 .6 9 6 .3 9 5 .7 9 3 .6 9 4 .6 9 3 .7 9 2 .7 9 4 .5 9 2 .9 92 .1A p r . 15_________ 9 6 .1 9 6 .3 9 6 .5 9 6 .3 9 6 .5 9 5 .1 9 5 .0 9 6 .2 9 4 .6 9 4 .5M a y 15__.............. 9 6 .7 9 6 .7 9 7 .4 9 5 .8 9 7 .5 9 6 .0 9 7 .4 9 6 .3 9 6 .0 9 5 .4J u n e 15................... 9 7 .7 9 6 .8 9 8 .7 9 7 .1 9 7 .0 9 9 .0 9 7 .9 9 6 .2 9 8 .0 9 6 .8J u ly 1 5 .................. 100 .4 101 .7 100.6 101.9 9 7 .6 10 1 .7 9 9 .4 97 .1 101.6 9 6 .8A u g . 15_________ 9 9 .0 101 .4 9 9 .2 9 9 .4 9 5 .9 100 .4 9 7 .7 9 6 .8 9 8 .5 9 7 .0S e p t . 15________ 100.0 101.8 100.8 100.9 9 9 .1 101.3 9 9 .7 9 7 .8 9 8 .6 9 9 .6O c t. 15................... 100.1 101.7 100 .9 9 8 .7 9 8 .1 100 .5 9 8 .2 9 8 .3 9 9 .3 101 .7N o v . 15 ................. 10 0 .5 103.3 101.9 9 8 .6 9 7 .9 9 8 .9 9 7 .6 9 7 .9 9 9 .9 101.6D e c . 15................... 9 9 .5 1 0 1 .4 100.6 9 7 .6 9 8 .1 9 8 .4 9 7 .5 9 9 .4 9 8 .5 10 0 .3

1924 .......................... 9 7 .0 9 7 .1 9 6 .8 9 7 .2 9 6 .9 96 .5 95 .9 9 7 .6 97 .2 9 8 .0J a n . 1 5 . ................. 9 8 .6 9 9 .1 9 8 .7 9 8 .0 9 9 .1 9 7 .2 9 7 .6 100.2 9 8 .6 99 .1F e b . 1 5 .................. 9 7 .9 9 8 .0 9 8 .1 9 7 .9 9 8 .0 9 7 .2 96 .3 9 7 .6 9 5 .6 9 8 .0M a r . 15 ................. 9 5 .9 9 5 .6 9 5 .5 96 .1 9 6 .4 9 5 .2 9 4 .8 9 6 .7 94 .1 9 7 .2A p r . 15................... 9 4 .6 9 3 .3 9 4 .5 9 4 .8 9 4 .8 9 3 .7 9 3 .9 9 5 .2 94. 5 97 .1M a y 15 .................. 9 5 .1 9 4 .1 9 5 .5 9 5 .3 9 4 .9 9 4 .5 9 3 .7 9 5 .0 9 4 .9 9 5 .9J u n e 15................... 9 5 .9 9 4 .7 9 6 .2 9 6 .6 9 6 .0 9 5 .5 9 3 .2 9 4 .2 97 .1 9 6 .9J u ly 15_________ 9 6 .0 9 6 .5 9 5 .2 9 7 .6 9 6 .2 9 4 .7 9 3 .8 9 5 .5 9 8 .5 9 7 .4A u g . 15_________ 9 5 .7 9 6 .2 9 4 .6 9 6 .6 9 4 .8 9 5 .5 9 5 .0 97. 1 9 6 .0 9 7 .5S e p t . 1 5________ 9 7 .3 9 8 .0 9 6 .4 98 .1 9 5 .9 9 7 .2 9 6 .6 9 8 .2 9 5 .7 9 8 .9O c t . 15................... 9 8 .2 9 9 .0 97. 5 9 8 .4 9 7 .7 9 8 .8 9 7 .9 99 .1 9 7 .7 99. 6N o v . 15________ 9 9 .0 9 9 .8 9 9 .2 9 8 .1 9 8 .4 9 8 .5 9 9 .0 9 9 .9 9 9 .2 9 9 .3D e c . 15................... 9 9 .5 100.0 9 9 .7 9 8 .7 9 9 .2 99 .1 9 9 .8 101.9 100.9 9 8 .7

1 9 2 5 - ............................... 105.0 103.7 104.5 105.8 106.4 105.8 107.5 105.2 105.9 104.9J a n . 15 ............... 101.2 100.8 100.6 100.4 102.2 100.5 102. 7 105. 7 103 .8 10 3 .0F e b . 15................... 9 9 .7 9 9 .2 9 9 .6 9 8 .8 100.4 99 .1 100. 6 101.4 101.2 101.4M a r . 15_________ lUO.O 9 7 .1 9 9 .3 100.8 102.2 99 .1 101. 7 102.3 9 9 .8 101 .5A p r . 15............ 9 9 .7 9 6 .5 9 9 .1 100.1 101.5 100.2 101.7 102.8 101.3 101.1M a y 15_________ 100 .9 9 7 .3 100 .4 101.3 102.3 101.6 102.4 102. 2 104.1 103.5J u n e 15................... 10 4 .2 9 9 .6 103.1 106.5 10 5 .7 104.9 107.4 10 4 .0 110.4 105.3J u ly 15_________ 10 8 .0 1 0 6 .7 106. 5 111.2 10 9 .6 109.4 111.0 106 .0 108 .9 104 .7A u g . 15_________ 107.9 108.1 107 .2 109.4 10 8 .0 110.0 111. 7 106. 2 108.1 10 4 .7S e p t . 15________ 10 6 .2 1 0 5 .8 105.4 106.3 10 7 .9 10 8 .0 110 .4 105. 6 105.9 10 5 .4O ct. 15 ................... 10 8 .0 109. 2 10 7 .9 107.3 1 0 9 .0 10 9 .0 110.2 106. 7 10 6 .8 10 7 .7N o v . 15________ 112. 6 11 3 .4 112. 5 112.1 11 4 .3 114 .3 115. 4 109. 5 111.3 11 1 .5D e c . 15_________ 111. 1 11 1 .4 111.2 110.9 1 1 3 .2 113.5 114.2 109.6 108.5 108.1

1926_________________ 108.5 107.6 108.1 110.1 110.5 111.5 112.5 105.2 105.9 104.0J a n . 1 5 .......... ......... 111.4 111. 4 11 0 .9 112. 6 114 .2 11 5 .0 115 .7 108.9 107.3 106 .2F e b . 15_________ 10 9 .9 109.8 10 9 .6 111.0 112 .4 113.3 114.1 105.8 106. 4 105. 3M a r . 1 5________ 10 9 .0 108.1 108.5 110.8 11 1 .7 112.1 11 3 .6 105 .0 105.6 104.2A p r . 15.............. 111.8 111.7 111. 1 113.5 11 4 .7 115 .6 116 .2 106.5 110.1 106 .8M a y 15_________ 110.8 107.7 110.8 112.3 113.3 115.1 117.9 106. 1 108.3 106 .2J u n e 15.............. .. 10 8 .9 106.0 108.5 111.8 1 1 2 .7 112.0 11 3 .0 103.9 109.1 102. 5J u ly 15............ .. 10 5 .7 104.9 10 4 .4 107.7 10 7 .9 108.3 111.7 103. 5 104.0 101.5A u g . 15 .................. 10 4 .2 1 0 4 .6 10 3 .4 105.4 1 0 3 .8 107 .8 108 .7 102.4 101.5 101.5S e p t . 15................. 10 6 .2 105.1 10 5 .7 107.8 108.1 10 9 .6 109.5 103 .8 102 .4 102.2O ct. 1 5 . .......... .... 10 7 .3 10 6 .2 1 0 7 .0 10 8 .9 10 9 .0 110. 2 109 .9 10 5 .0 104.7 102.9N o v . 1 5________ 1 0 8 .5 1 0 8 .6 108 .8 109.5 109.1 11 0 .7 109 .7 105. 5 106.3 103 .6D e c . 15................... 108.1 10 7 .8 108.3 109.5 109.1 108 .8 109 .2 105.4 105.9 103.5

1927.................................... 104.5 104.0 104.5 105.8 105.2 105.0 105.7 102.4 102.6 101.4J an , 15__ 106.3 10 5 .8 1 0 6 .0 108 .0 10 7 .7 10 7 .7 108.1 10 4 .0 103.4 103.0F e b . 15_________ 104 .3 10 3 .6 103 .9 105.6 10 5 .7 10 5 .0 105 .4 102 .7 101. 7 101.9M a r . 15 ............... .. 102.8 101.8 102.3 104 .0 10 4 .4 103.3 104.5 101.8 101.3 101.0A p r . 15_________ 10 2 .9 10 1 .7 10 2 .7 103 .7 104 .6 10 3 .9 105.0 101. 6 101 .7 100.9M a y 15_________ 105. 7 10 3 .9 1 0 5 .6 107.9 1 0 8 .0 1 0 6 .9 107. 5 101.0 10 5 .8 101.9J u n e 15.................. 10 8 .7 10 5 .9 107 .2 112.9 11 2 .9 109.8 111.3 103 .2 113 .7 10 4 .6J u ly 15................... 10 3 .2 102.1 102.2 105.3 10 4 .4 103.1 105.4 102.3 10 4 .0 101 .5A u g . 1 5 .................. 10 1 .9 10 1 .5 101.0 103.7 101 .7 10 2 .5 104.1 101.9 9 9 .8 9 9 .8S e p t . 15 ................. 10 3 .4 10 3 .7 1 0 3 .6 104 .7 102.2 10 3 .9 104.1 101 .9 9 8 .9 100.1O c t. 15_________ 1 0 5 .0 105. 5 106.3 10 5 .2 1 0 4 .0 105. 2 104.9 102.1 99.9 101.1N o v . 15_ _______ 10 4 .8 10 5 .7 10 6 .4 1 0 4 .4 1 0 3 .0 104.1 10 4 .2 102.2 100 .7 10 1 .5D e c . 15................... 10 4 .7 105.7 106.1 104.6 1 0 3 .2 103 .5 10 4 .0 103 .0 100.6 100.8

1928________ _________ 103.3 103.2 103.9 104.1 103.0 102.9 103.0 101. 5 100.5 100.3J a n . 1 5 ........ ........... 10 3 .5 10 3 .6 104.7 103.5 102.9 103 .0 103. 6 10 3 .0 100.3 100.2F e b . 15 .......... 1 0 1 .7 1 0 2 .4 1 0 2 .9 101.6 101.2 1 01 .7 10 1 .4 9 9 .5 9 7 .7 9 8 .3M a r . 15________ 102.0 10 2 .5 102.8 102.4 102.2 101.6 101.6 100.1 9 7 .5 9 9 .1A p r . 15.............. 102.8 101.8 1 0 3 .4 103.5 10 3 .4 1 0 3 .1 103 .3 10 0 .9 9 8 .9 9 9 .7M a y 15........... .. 104.3 102 .5 1 0 5 .0 105.6 1 0 5 .2 10 5 .1 106. 7 101.6 100.6 9 9 .5J u n e 15....... ........... 102.5 1 0 0 .9 102.8 104.1 10 4 .3 103.1 103.3 100.1 10 1 .4 9 8 .4


16 RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD, 1923-36T able 3. Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by regions, 192336,

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4 c it ie s1928 C o n t in u e d .

J u ly 15_________ 102.0 101.8 1 0 1 .9 104.1 102.3 1 0 1 .7 101.8 9 9 .5 101.5 98 .4A u g . 15- _____ 1 0 3 .0 1 0 3 .2 1 0 3 .4 105.0 101.8 102.8 101.6 101.0 100.2 9 9 .0S e p t . 15________ 10 5 .4 106.1 105. 7 107.1 1 0 4 .0 10 5 .2 103. 6 102.8 101 .4 102.6O ct. 15_________ 10 4 .6 1 0 5 .0 105.3 105 .0 1 0 3 .0 10 3 .7 103 .9 10 3 .0 102.1 103.1N o v . 1 5 _ _______ 104.3 105. 2 1 0 4 .9 104. 5 1 0 3 .2 102. 6 102. 8 103.3 102. 4 102.8D e c . 15_________ 10 3 .2 103.1 1 0 3 .9 103 .4 102 .7 101. 2 102.2 103. 2 101.6 101.8

1929_________________ 104.7 104. 1 104.8 106.3 105.7 103. 1 104.1 103.2 102.3 102.1J a n . 15_ ______ 102. 7 102. 1 102.8 103.9 103.5 101.0 102.2 102. 1 9 9 .5 101.0F e b . 15_________ 10 2 .3 101 .4 102.2 104.0 103.9 100.5 102.2 102. 1 9 9 .8 100.2M a r . 15_____ . 101.4 1 0 0 .7 101.3 103.1 103.4 9 9 .7 100.4 101.6 9 8 .0 9 9 .0A p r . 15_________ 100.8 9 9 .6 100.8 102.5 101.8 9 8 .7 101 .4 101.0 9 7 .8 9 8 .9M a y 15 ____ 10 2 .4 100.8 102.8 104.0 103.4 100.9 102.9 101.6 9 9 .8 100.3J u n e 15............ .. 103.7 101 .7 10 3 .6 106.0 104.9 102.4 104.5 102.1 102 .7 101.2J u ly 15_________ 106.5 106.4 106. 2 109.2 108.3 104. 9 104.7 103.4 108 .2 102.5A u g . 1 5 ______ _ 108. 1 108. 7 108. 2 110.1 108.0 107.3 107.3 104.6 105. 9 104 .2S e p t . 15________ 108.0 107.4 10 8 .0 109.6 109. 4 107 .7 107 .2 105.5 104. 1 104.8O ct. 15_________ 107.6 107.4 10 8 .0 108.6 108. 2 10 7 .2 106.1 104.9 104.7 105.5N o v . 15________ 106.7 1 0 7 .2 10 7 .0 107. 6 107. 7 105. 2 105. 3 104.3 104.0 105.0D e c . 15_________ 105.7 105.8 106.0 107. 0 107.1 104.2 103. 9 104.9 102.5 102.4

1930_________________ 9 9 .6 9 9 .4 9 9 .0 101.2 101.1 99. 1 9 9 .7 98 .2 9 7 .4 97 .4J Bill. 15_- ___ 104.6 1 0 4 .2 104.0 106.5 107.1 103.6 103.8 103. 5 101.1 102.4F e b . 15_________ 103.4 103.1 10 3 .0 105.1 106.6 102.7 102 .7 102.0 101.2 101.0M a r . 15_____ __ 102.0 100. 7 101.0 104.4 1 0 5 .3 100.8 101.3 101.9 100 .3 100.7A p r . 15_________ 10 3 .3 101.6 101.8 106.2 106.9 102.0 104. 2 102.0 102.1 102.6M a y 15_____ __ 102.6 100.9 101. 5 105.1 105.9 101.6 103.3 100. 1 102.6 101.8J u n e 15_________ 101.2 9 9 .8 100.5 103.9 103.8 100.8 101.7 9 8 .2 102.7 98 .8J u ly 15_________ 9 7 .5 9 8 .1 9 6 .4 9 9 .5 96. 2 9 7 .6 9 8 .6 9 7 .0 9 7 .1 96 .1A u g . 15_________ 9 6 .6 9 6 .6 9 5 .9 9 8 .4 97. 2 9 6 .6 9 8 .7 96 .3 9 3 .4 9 4 .2S e p t . 15________ 9 8 .3 9 7 .9 9 8 .1 100.1 9 9 .4 9 8 .3 9 9 .4 96 .9 9 4 .9 9 4 .8O ct. 15_________ 9 7 .8 9 8 .4 9 7 .8 9 8 .8 9 8 .1 9 7 .9 9 7 .4 9 6 .0 9 3 .9 95. 1N o v . 15 . ______ 95. 2 9 6 .6 9 5 .5 9 5 .5 9 5 .1 9 4 .3 9 4 .0 9 4 .3 9 1 .0 9 2 .9D e c . 15_________ 9 2 .1 9 4 .0 9 2 .2 9 2 .6 9 1 .9 9 1 .8 91 .1 9 1 .5 8 7 .6 8 8 .4

1931_________________ 8 2 .0 8 2 .6 8 3 .3 82 .5 82 .1 81 .2 7 7 .4 78 .7 79 .8 7 9 .0J a n . 15_________ 8 9 .2 8 9 .5 8 9 .5 9 0 .4 8 9 .6 8 9 .8 88 .3 88.6 8 4 .9 8 5 .4F e b . 15. . . _ 86. 0 8 5 .9 8 6 .9 8 6 .4 85. 7 8 5 .9 8 4 .3 8 4 .7 8 1 .7 8 3 .1M a r . 1 5 . . ___ _ 85. 1 8 5 .0 8 5 .8 8 5 .8 8 5 .8 8 5 .4 8 1 .3 8 3 .3 8 1 .2 8 1 .9A p r . 15______ __ 8 3 .9 83. 7 85. 1 8 4 .4 8 4 .6 84. 3 79 .4 81. 2 8 0 .7 8 0 .2M a y 15........... .... 8 2 .6 8 1 .6 8 3 .9 8 3 .4 8 3 .5 82 .5 78 .1 7 8 .4 8 0 .1 79 .9J u n e 15.................. 8 0 .6 8 0 .5 8 2 .2 81. 1 8 1 .8 79 .9 74 .0 75 .5 8 0 .2 77 .4J u ly 15______ __ 8 0 .7 8 0 .9 8 2 .1 8 1 .4 8 2 .8 79 .4 7 5 .2 75 .4 8 0 .5 76 .6A u g . 15____ __ 8 0 .9 8 1 .9 8 2 .3 8 2 .3 81. 2 79 .5 75. 5 76. 0 79 .8 76 .0S e p t . 1 5 . . __ _- 80. 6 8 1 .7 8 1 .8 8iM 8 0 .1 7 9 .1 7 4 .6 7 5 .8 78* 7 7 7 .1O ct. 15_________ 79. 9 8 1 .9 8 1 .8 7 9 .6 7 9 .1 7 7 .9 7 3 .8 75 .5 7 7 .8 7 7 .0N o v . 15______ - 78. 2 8 1 .0 7 9 .7 7 7 ,4 7 6 .5 76. 1 7 2 .0 7 4 .2 7 6 .7 7 6 .8D e c . 15 .......... .. 7 6 .2 7 8 .0 7 7 .0 7 5 .8 7 5 .2 7 4 .2 7 0 .4 74 .8 7 5 .0 7 5 .7

1932___________ 6 8 .3 68.8 70. 1 6 7 .2 6 7 .4 66 .9 63 .3 65 .2 6 6 .4 68.0J a n . 1 5 _ ______ 7 2 .8 7 3 .8 7 3 .5 7 2 .3 72. 6 7 1 .6 6 7 .6 7 1 .5 7 1 .3 7 3 .0F e b . 15_________ 7 0 .4 7 1 .0 7 1 .4 6 9 .6 7 0 .7 6 8 .7 6 5 .2 6 9 .0 6 9 .8 7 1 .8M a r . 15________ 7 0 .7 7 0 .7 7 1 .9 7 0 .4 7 0 .9 6 8 .7 65 .7 6 8 .4 6 9 .8 7 0 .6A p r . 15_________ 7 0 .3 70. 1 72.1 6 9 .4 6 9 .8 6 8 .4 66.0 6 7 .8 6 9 .0 7 0 .0M a y 15_________ 6 8 .5 6 7 .9 7 0 .6 6 7 .0 6 7 .8 66.6 6 4 .6 65 .0 6 8 .4 6 9 .3J u n e 15________ 6 7 .6 6 7 .3 6 9 .9 6 7 .0 6 6 .5 66 .3 6 2 .0 6 2 .6 6 7 .2 6 6 .9J u ly 15 _____ 6 8 .3 6 8 .9 7 0 .1 6 8 .7 6 6 .3 6 7 .0 6 2 .3 6 2 .5 6 7 .3 66.0A u g . 15_________ 67. 1 68. 1 69. 1 6 6 .3 6 5 .2 66.6 62. 6 63 .1 65 .5 6 4 .3S e p t . 15________ 6 6 .7 6 7 .3 68.8 6 5 .4 65 .1 6 5 .8 6 1 .0 6 3 .7 65 .1 6 5 .9O c t . 15_________ 6 6 .3 67 .1 6 8 .9 6 4 .3 6 4 .9 6 5 .2 61 .0 6 3 .2 65 .1 6 5 .8N o v . 15______ 6 5 .6 6 6 .5 6 7 .9 6 3 .3 6 4 .6 64 .1 61 .0 62 .3 6 4 .2 6 6 .4D e c . 15_________ 6 4 .7 66.0 66.6 6 2 .2 6 4 .0 63 .1 60 .4 6 2 .5 6 4 .8 66 .4

1933_______________ 6 6 .4 66. 5 67. 5 65 .6 66.6 65 .3 63. 1 64 .3 66.6 67 .4J a n . 15_ _______ 6 2 .6 6 4 .0 6 4 .3 60 .3 6 1 .3 61 .5 5 7 .5 60 .3 6 2 .9 6 4 .2F e b . 15_________ 6 0 .1 60. 6 6 1 .3 58 .7 59 .1 58 .9 5 5 .6 5 7 .9 5 9 .8 62 .1M a r . 15_____ _ 5 9 .8 5 9 .8 6 1 .0 5 8 .4 5 8 .9 58 .4 55 .8 58 .6 6 0 .1 6 2 .0A p r . 15_________ 6 0 .1 5 9 .8 6 1 .3 5 9 .2 5 9 .5 58 .4 56 .8 5 8 .7 6 0 .7 6 1 .9M a y 15_________ 6 2 .5 6 1 .4 6 3 .9 6 1 .6 6 2 .1 6 1 .2 59 .1 60 .6 6 3 .4 6 3 .8J u n e 15_________ 6 4 .9 6 4 .4 6 5 .8 6 4 .5 6 5 .9 6 3 .2 6 3 .2 6 1 .9 6 6 .7 65 .4J u ly 15_______ 7 1 .0 7 1 .6 7 1 .0 7 2 .2 7 3 .2 68 .5 6 7 .9 6 7 .3 7 3 .8 6 9 .0A u g . 15_________ 7 2 .1 7 1 .8 7 1 .8 7 2 .9 7 4 .0 7 0 .4 70 .0 7 0 .2 7 2 .0 7 2 .8S e p t . 12________ 7 2 .0 7 1 .7 7 2 .3 . 7 1 .8 7 2 .5 71 .5 6 9 .7 70 .0 7 0 .7 7 3 .3S e p t . 2 6 ________ 7 2 .1 7 1 .9 7 3 .2 7 1 .5 7 2 .5 71 .5 6 9 .0 6 9 .5 7 0 .2 7 2 .4O ct. 10_______ 7 1 .6 7 1 .9 7 3 .1 7 0 .4 7 1 .5 71 .5 68.0 68.8 7 0 .2 7 1 .8O ct. 2 4_________ 7 1 .0 7 0 .9 7 2 .5 6 9 .4 7 0 .6 70 .8 6 7 .4 6 9 .1 6 9 .9 7 2 .2N o v . 7 __________ 7 0 .9 7 1 .2 7 2 .4 6 9 .4 7 0 .9 70 .6 66.6 6 8 .3 6 9 .8 72 .1N o v . 2 1______ 7 0 .9 7 1 .1 7 2 .3 6 9 .8 7 0 .5 70 .0 6 6 .3 6 9 .2 69. 7 7 1 .8D e c . 5________ 70 .3 7 0 .0 7 2 .0 6 8 .9 7 0 .2 69 .5 6 5 .8 6 9 .0 68.8 7 0 .8D e c . 19................... 6 9 .3 6 9 .1 7 0 .7 68.1 6 9 .2 6 9 .1 6 5 .4 68.6 6 7 .7 6 9 .3


D E T A IL E D T A B L E S 17T a b l e 3 . Indexes of the average retail costs of all foods, by regions, 1923-36,

inclusive Continued

D a teA ll

reg io n s 51 c it ie s

N e wE n g la n d

7 c itie s

M id d leA t

la n t ic7 c it ie s

E a s tN o r th


W e stN o r thC en tra l5 c it ie s

S o u thA t

la n tic8 c it ie s

E a s tS o u th


W e stS o u th


M o u n ta in

3 c it ie s

P a c ific

4 c it ie s1934__________________ 74 .1 7 4 .0 7 5 .9 7 2 .9 75 .7 73 .2 70 .5 72 .4 7 3 .7 72 .2Tan. 2 ___________ 7 0 .2 7 0 .2 71. 7 6 9 .0 7 0 .2 6 9 .2 66.1 68.2 68 .5 7 0 .2

J a n .1 6 _ ____ 7 0 .6 7 0 .2 7 2 .1 6 9 .9 7 1 .3 6 9 .7 6 7 .4 68.6 6 8 .3 6 9 .2J a n . 30 ._ _ _____ 7 1 .3 7 0 .5 7 3 .4 6 9 .9 7 1 .8 6 9 .7 6 8 .4 6 9 .3 70 .3 70 .4F e b . 13_________ 7 2 .7 7 2 .4 7 4 .7 7 1 .6 7 3 .3 71 .4 67 .1 6 9 .9 71 .1 71 .1F e b . 27_________ 7 2 .7 7 2 .1 7 5 .0 7 1 .2 7 3 .4 72 .3 69 .1 7 0 .0 7 1 .6 70 .3M a r . 13________ 7 2 .9 72 .4 7 5 .1 7 1 .5 7 3 .5 7 2 .7 69 .0 70 .1 70 .8 71 .1M a r . 2 7________ 7 2 .4 7 1 .3 7 4 .7 7 1 .4 7 3 .3 7 2 .0 68.2 7 0 .0 70 .9 70 .1A p r . 10_________ 7 2 .2 7 0 .9 7 4 .7 7 0 .9 7 2 .8 71 .5 68.8 7 0 .0 69 .8 7 0 .2A p r . 24_________ 7 2 .5 7 1 .2 7 5 .0 7 1 .2 7 2 .7 7 1 .8 68.8 6 9 .6 70 .1 7 0 .2M a y 8 _______ 7 3 .0 7 1 .8 7 5 .7 7 1 .3 7 3 .1 72 .6 71 .4 6 9 .7 7 1 .0 6 9 .8M a y 2 2_________ 73 .1 7 2 .3 7 6 .2 7 1 .1 7 2 .8 7 3 .0 6 8 .5 6 9 .9 7 1 .5 7 0 .2J u n e 5 _________ 7 3 .0 7 2 .9 7 5 .4 7 2 .2 7 3 .2 71 .7 68.1 6 9 .5 72 .3 7 0 .2J u n e 19_________ 7 3 .6 7 3 .4 7 6 .0 7 2 .8 7 4 .7 71 .9 67 .3 6 9 .8 73 .6 6 9 .9J u ly 3 __________ 7 3 .8 7 3 .4 7 5 .9 7 3 .4 7 5 .0 72 .0 67 .8 69 .8 73 .7 70 .6J u ly 17_________ 7 3 .7 7 3 .9 7 5 .4 7 3 .1 7 5 .6 71 .9 6 7 .8 71 .5 72 .6 7 1 .0J u ly 31_________ 7 3 .5 7 4 .0 7 4 .9 7 2 .7 7 5 .2 71 .7 68.6 71 .8 72 .3 71 .1A u g . 14________ 7 4 .4 7 4 .7 7 5 .4 7 3 .9 7 7 .4 72 .9 71 .4 7 2 .0 73 .6 72 .4A u g . 2 8 _________ 76 .3 7 6 .3 7 7 .0 7 6 .2 7 9 .8 7 5 .2 73 .7 75 .4 75 .5 72 .8S e p t . 11________ 7 7 .2 77 .1 7 8 .0 7 6 .6 8 0 .9 76 .7 75 .3 76 .6 7 8 .0 7 4 .2S e p t . 2 5 ________ 7 6 .8 7 6 .4 7 7 .6 7 5 .9 7 9 .6 76 .6 74 .9 76 .2 78 .5 74 .7O ct. 9 ___________ 7 6 .0 7 6 .2 7 6 .6 7 4 .6 7 8 .5 75 .8 74 .1 76 .1 78 .8 75 .5O c t . 23_________ 7 5 .8 7 6 .5 7 6 .7 74 .1 7 8 .7 75 .1 73 .3 76 .0 78 .6 74 .7N o v . 6 ____ . . . 7 5 .6 7 5 .9 7 6 .4 7 3 .6 7 7 .6 74 .7 73 .0 76 .1 79 .0 7 6 .6N o v . 2 0 ________ 7 5 .2 7 5 .4 76 .1 7 3 .2 7 7 .2 74 .6 72 .3 75 .4 7 8 .0 76 .3D e c . 4 ___ . . . _ 7 4 .9 7 4 .3 76 .1 7 2 .9 77 .1 74 .4 72 .2 75 .4 77 .9 75 .3D e c . 18.............. 7 4 .6 73 .1 75 .9 7 2 .9 7 6 .6 74 .8 72 .4 75 .6 77 .3 74 .6

1935_________________ 80 .5 78 .9 8 1 .3 8 0 .6 8 3 .4 80 .4 77 .2 79 .4 83 .9 78 .0J a n . 2 _____ . . . 7 6 .0 7 4 .2 7 7 .0 7 5 .3 7 8 .5 7 5 .2 7 3 .7 75 .9 77 .6 75 .3J a n . 15______ __ 7 7 .7 7 5 .9 7 8 .9 7 6 .8 8 0 .4 76 .7 7 4 .9 77 .4 79 .1 77 .3J a n . 2 9 ______ __ 79 .1 7 7 .8 8 0 .3 7 8 .3 8 1 .9 78 .1 7 5 .9 77 .8 8 1 .5 77 .8F e b . 12_________ 7 9 .8 7 8 .2 8 0 .7 7 9 .7 8 2 .5 79 .2 76 .8 79 .5 8 2 .6 78 .4F e b . 26_________ 7 9 .9 7 8 .7 8 0 .6 7 9 .6 8 2 .5 79 .2 75 .6 79 .9 8 2 .9 7 9 .0M a r . 12________ 7 9 .8 7 7 .9 8 0 .0 8 0 .4 8 2 .8 79 .0 75 .9 78 .6 8 2 .8 79 .8M a r . 2 6________ 7 9 .9 7 7 .7 8 0 .0 8 0 .9 8 3 .4 78 .5 76 .2 78 .4 8 4 .6 79 .6A p r . 9 __________ 8 1 .4 7 8 .9 82 .1 8 2 .0 8 4 .7 79 .6 77 .5 80 .4 8 5 .6 80 .5A p r . 23______ _ 8 2 .0 7 9 .6 8 2 .5 8 2 .6 8 5 .9 8 1 .5 78 .6 8 0 .5 86.6 8 1 .2M a y 7 _____ 8 1 .7 7 9 .2 8 2 .2 8 2 .2 8 5 .3 8 1 .4 78 .0 79 .5 8 6 .9 8 0 .8M a y 2 1 _________ 8 1 .5 7 9 .2 8 1 .8 8 2 .0 8 7 .0 8 0 .7 77 .9 79 .1 86.6 8 0 .5J u n e 4 _________ 8 1 .9 7 9 .7 8 2 .5 8 2 .7 86.0 8 1 .2 79 .3 79 .7 8 7 .5 79 .6J u n e 18......... ......... 8 1 .5 7 9 .3 8 1 .7 8 2 .8 86.2 8 1 .0 78 .0 79 .0 8 7 .6 79 .3J u ly 2 __________ 8 0 .6 79 .1 8 0 .8 8 1 .9 8 4 .6 8 0 .4 77 .2 78 .1 8 7 .3 77 .3J u ly l6 _ _ _ . . . 8 0 .2 7 9 .2 8 0 .8 8 1 .0 8 3 .7 8 0 .3 76 .4 78 .2 8 3 .7 76 .3J u ly 30_________ 7 9 .0 78 .1 7 9 .6 7 9 .5 8 1 .7 79 .4 76 .3 78 .1 8 3 .9 75 .1A u g . 13_________ 7 9 .6 7 8 .8 8 0 .3 8 0 .2 8 2 .0 79 .8 77 .2 79 .0 8 3 .3 74 .4A u g . 2 7 ________ 7 9 .6 7 9 .2 8 0 .1 8 0 .0 8 2 .2 8 0 .7 77 .8 79 .0 83 .1 74 .7S e p t . 10______ _ 8 0 .1 8 0 .0 8 0 .9 8 0 .1 8 2 .6 81 .1 77 .9 78 .8 8 2 .8 75 .2S e p t . 2 4 ________ 7 9 .9 8 0 .0 8 0 .7 7 9 .7 8 2 .1 81 .1 76 .7 78 .8 8 2 .2 75 .9O ct . 8 ___________ 7 9 .9 7 9 .2 8 0 .6 8 0 .0 8 1 .9 8 0 .9 77 .5 79 .0 8 2 .4 75 .8O ct . 22_________ 8 0 .5 7 9 .6 8 1 .6 8 0 .2 8 2 .4 8 1 .5 77 .4 79 .0 8 2 .2 77 .1N o v . 5 ________ 8 0 .4 7 9 .1 8 1 .6 7 9 .9 8 2 .1 8 0 .9 76 7 79 .4 8 3 .3 7 8 .0N o v . 19________ 8 1 .5 8 0 .3 8 2 .7 8 0 .8 8 4 .2 81. 7 76 .7 80 .3 8 3 .7 79 .3D e c . 3 ______ ___ 8 2 .0 8 0 .4 8 3 .1 8 1 .5 8 5 .0 8 2 .0 77 .3 8 0 .7 8 4 .7 79 .4D e c . 17_________ 8 2 .0 8 0 .5 8 3 .1 8 1 .8 8 4 .8 8 2 .7 77 .7 8 0 .8 8 4 .8 78 .6D e c . 31_________ 8 2 .5 8 0 .6 8 3 .5 8 2 .3 8 5 .1 83 .1 78 .6 8 0 .9 8 4 .6 79 .6

1936_________________ 82 .1 8 0 .3 8 2 .8 8 2 .9 8 5 .8 81 .9 78 .0 80 .1 85 .8 79 .1J a n . 14 . _______ 8 1 .7 7 9 .9 8 3 .1 8 1 .4 8 4 .0 8 2 .0 76 .7 8 0 .2 8 3 .7 78 .9J a n . 2 8_______ 8 0 .7 7 9 .2 8 1 .8 8 0 .9 8 3 .4 8 0 .4 7 5 .0 78 .6 83 .1 78 .6F e b . 11_________ 8 0 .6 7 8 .9 8 1 .5 8 1 .1 8 3 .5 80 .1 75 .1 78 .4 8 2 .7 77 .8F e b . 25_________ 8 1 .3 8 0 .3 8 2 .3 8 1 .7 8 3 .7 80 .8 75 .7 78 .7 8 3 .8 77 .9M a r . 10________ 7 9 .5 7 8 .4 8 0 .2 8 0 .1 8 2 .3 78 .8 73 .9 77 .0 8 2 .4 77 .1M a r . 2 4 _ _ _ ____ 7 9 .0 7 7 .9 8 0 .1 7 9 .1 8 1 .5 78 .1 73 .1 76 .7 8 1 .8 76 .4A p r . 7__________ 7 8 .9 7 7 .9 7 9 .7 7 9 .2 8 1 .3 78 .4 73 .4 76 .7 81 .8 77 .0A p r . 21_________ 7 9 .7 7 8 .8 8 1 .0 79.8. 8 1 .9 79 .0 74 .2 77 .2 8 2 .8 77 .0M a y 5 ____ __ 8 0 .1 7 9 .2 8 1 .3 8 0 .3 8 2 .9 79 .6 75 .0 76 .8 8 2 .7 76 .8M a y 19............. .. 7 9 .9 7 8 .4 8 1 .0 8 0 .1 8 2 .7 79 .5 75 .1 76 .6 8 3 .0 77 .1J u n e 2 _________ 8 2 .1 8 0 .0 8 3 .1 8 3 .0 86.0 8 1 .0 77 .6 77 .4 86.0 79 .3J u n e 16___ __ 8 3 .8 8 2 .6 8 4 .6 8 5 .1 8 7 .3 82 .4 78 .5 78 .4 90 .1 80 .3J u n e 30 ........... .. 8 4 .2 8 3 .0 8 4 .8 86.0 8 7 .9 8 2 .7 79 .6 79 .1 90 .1 8 0 .0J u ly 14_________ 8 4 .0 8 2 .9 8 4 .2 8 5 .4 88.2 8 3 .4 8 1 .0 8 0 .9 88 .7 79 .6A u g . 18___ __ 8 4 .0 8 1 .5 8 3 .9 8 5 .7 8 9 .3 8 4 .3 8 0 .8 8 2 .4 8 7 .0 79 .6S e p t . 15________ 8 4 .3 8 1 .4 8 4 .3 86.0 8 9 .9 8 4 .2 8 1 .6 8 3 .4 8 7 .4 80 .7O ct . 13_________ 8 2 .8 8 0 .1 8 3 .0 8 3 .8 86.6 8 2 .7 80 .4 8 3 .0 8 6 .4 8 0 .5N o v . 17_____ 8 2 .5 8 0 .1 8 2 .8 8 2 .9 86.6 8 2 .4 79 .3 8 1 .9 86.8 8 1 .0D e c . 15_________ 8 2 .9 8 0 .9 8 3 .4 8 3 .4 8 7 .1 1 8 3 .4 7 9 .5 8 1 .6 86.6 80 .1


18 RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD, 192S-36T able 4. Indexes of retail food costs for each region, hy commodity groups

1923-86, inclusiveNEW ENGLAND

[1923-25=100]

D a te A llfoodsCerealsandb ak eryprodu cts

M ea ts D a iryprodu cts E ggsF ru its and vegetab les B everagesand

chocola te

F a tsandoilsSugar

andsw eetsT ota l F resh C anned D ried

1923................... 99.3 96.0 97.1 102.2 97.8 102.9 103.0 99.6 105.1 92.5 91.7 115.6Jan . 15......... 97.1 96.7 94.4 103.7 110.7 87.9 83.7 100.7 110.3 91.3 90.8 94.1F eb . 15____ 96.0 96.5 93.6 103.9 92.5 91.6 88.5 99.3 109.6 91.8 90.7 98.8M a r . 15___ 96.3 96.4 92.9 104.5 84.6 95 .2 93 .0 100.3 108.2 92.4 90 .6 117.6A pr. 15____ 96.3 96.5 93.3 102.9 70.2 104.7 104.9 99.3 107.7 92.5 90.8 119.9M a y 15___ 96.7 96.5 95.3 98.6 71.4 107.7 108.7 99.5 106.4 93.1 89.8 127.3Ju n e 15____ 96.8 96.1 97.6 96.5 73.2 106.7 107.6 100.0 105.3 92.9 89.4 126.9J u ly 15____ 101.7 95.9 99.6 97.0 80.9 130.4 136.7 100.2 105.4 92.7 89.3 120.7A u g . 15___ 101.4 95.1 100.9 99.9 93.7 117.6 121.1 100.2 103.7 92.6 89.4 109.8S ep t. 15 . 101.8 95.4 102.7 102.4 105. 2 106.4 107.5 99.7 102.6 92.6 91.8 109.4O ct. 15____ 101.7 95.4 101.1 103.6 117.3 96.5 95.6 99.1 101.6 92.9 94.3 123. 7N o v . 15___ 103.3 95.5 97.5 107.4 143.6 93.1 91.6 99.0 100.1 92.9 97.1 118.6D e c . 15____ 101.4 95 .2 96.1 107.0 131.5 91 .0 89.2 98.5 99.5 92 .9 96.8 120.5

1924__________ 97.1 97.9 97.6 97.0 98.2 93.1 92.0 99.0 97.2 98.9 95.5 103.9Jan 15_____ 99.1 95.8 96 .0 106.8 104.8 92.4 91.1 97.5 98.7 93.1 96.8 118.0F eb . 15____ 98.0 95.8 94 .6 104.1 100.1 94.7 93.9 97.5 98.3 93.7 94.3 118.6M ar. 1 5 . . . . 95 .6 96.0 95.3 100.3 74.7 97.1 96.9 98.1 97.7 96.4 92 .6 118.9A pr. 15____M a y 15___ 93.3

95.8 97.0 92.0 66.1 97.4 97.3 98.0 97.6 98.5 90.8 111.694.1 96.1 98.8 90.1 69.1 101.0 101.7 98.8 97.1 98.6 90.2 104.2Ju n e 15____ 94.7 96.3 98.6 90.8 71.6 105.3 107.0 99.0 96.8 98.8 89.6 92.6J u ly 15____ 96.5 97.6 98.1 94.0 81.1 105.9 107.8 98.9 96.7 98.2 89.9 94.1A ug . 15___ 96.2 98.5 99.6 94.6 98.4 89.3 87.4 99.4 96.4 98.4 97.4 91.5S ep t. 15----- 98.0 98.4 99.7 97.8 109.9 88.0 85.4 103.0 96.1 98 .8 100.2 96.7O ct. 15____ 99 .0 99.6 99.8 97.4 123.1 82.7 79.1 99.3 97 .6 105.7 105.9 98.7N o v . 1 5 . . . . 99 .8 100.5 97.3 97.1 139.6 81.2 77.2 100.5 97.2 104.9 108.6 100.5D e c . 15____ 100.0 10L.3 96.6 99.1 140.5 79.6 75.1 101.3 97.4 106.0 107.7 100.8

1925_________ 103.7 106.2 105.4 100.6 104.0 104.1 105.3 101.4 97.6 108.5 111.2 81.3Jan . 15____ 100.8 103.8 98 .6 101.0 129.0 83.1 79.2 102.9 97.7 108.4 110.4 92. 5F eb . 1 5 . . . . 99 .2 106.2 97.9 98.7 107.6 88.1 85.4 102.9 97.5 109.1 110.5 87.5M ar. 15___ 97.1 105.8 101.4 98.0 81.1 86.2 83.2 102.7 96.9 108.9 110.4 85.0A pr. 15____ 96.5 104.9 102.7 97.6 73.6 86.3 83.2 102.5 98.0 109.3 111.3 84.0M a y 15___ 97.3 105. 3 102.4 96.3 77.4 91.7 89.9 102 2 97.4 108.2 108.5 81.7Ju n e 15____ 99.6 106.4 103.0 96.4 82.0 101.1 81.9 102.1 98.0 107.3 109.1 81.2J u ly 15____ 106.7 106. 5 108.3 99.0 93.7 126.3 132.4 102.1 98.6 108.3 111.3 78.3A ug . 15___ 108.1 106.9 110.0 100.9 100.3 125.4 131.4 102.1 97.6 108.7 113.0 76.8S ep t. 1 5 . 105.8 107.0 110.7 102.6 107.7 102.8 103.7 101.9 97.0 108.7 114.2 78.9O ct. 15____ 109.2 106.7 111.2 104.9 126.5 109.7 112.1 100.4 97 .9 108.4 114.9 77.1N o v . 15___ 113.4 106.9 110.0 105.4 139.1 130.6 138.2 98.4 97.3 108.5 111.1 75.5D e c . 15____ 111.4 107.3 108.6 105.3 129.5 125.7 132.3 97.5 97.2 108.8 108.8 76.3

1926_________ 107.6 107.2 110.1 101.4 98.1 123.5 130.2 95.9 93.3 108.0 105.9 77.8Jan . 15____ 111.4 108.4 109.1 104.3 102.0 140.9 151.0 97.8 96.9 109.6 108.3 75.5F eb . 15____ 109.8 108.9 107.7 103.6 92.5 139.5 149.4 97.7 95.6 108.6 108.1 75.7M ar. 15___ 108.1 108.3 107.1 102.5 79.3 139.9 150.1 96.8 95.1 107.9 107.1 74.6A pr. 15____ 111.7 108.1 108.5 100.6 74.1 166.5 182.9 96.6 94.7 107.7 105.0 73.8M a y 15___ 107.7 107.7 110.8 99.3 76.1 138.4 148.7 95.4 92.9 108.1 103.3 76.4Ju n e 15____ 106.0 107.3 113.8 96.2 80.2 123.9 130.9 95.1 92.5 108.3 107.9 77.8J u ly 15____ 104.9 107.3 113.0 98.9 85.2 112.0 116.2 95 .2 93.3 108.0 109.2 77.2A u g . 15___ 104.6 106.9 112.0 99.9 96.1 103.7 106.0 94.9 92 .6 107.2 117.6 77.8S ep t. 15___ 105.1 106.2 112.4 100.7 106.3 100.8 102.5 95.1 92 .2 107.1 106.1 77.9O ct. 15____ 106.2 105.8 111.3 101.7 116.4 102.8 105.1 95.2 91.5 107.7 104.6 80.4N o v . 15___ 108.6 105.3 108.4 103.1 139.0 108.3 112.0 95 .0 90.5 107.4 102.3 81.2D e c - 15____ 107.8 105.1 107.5 105.6 129.1 107.2 110.5 95.5 90.4 107.6 99.7 83.5

1 9 2 7 .. . . ............ 104.0 103.6 108.7 103.9 94.2 106.4 109.7 94.2 90.4 105.1 96.0 83.5Jan . 15------- 105.8 105. 2 106.9 103.8 108.2 109.5 113.2 96.4 91.3 108.7 99.4 85.7F e b . 15____ 103.6 104.7 106.2 104.3 92.7 106.2 109.3 96.2 90.6 107.2 98.4 85.7M ar. 15___ 101.8 104.5 106.2 105.2 77.5 102.7 105.1 95.5 89 .6 106.8 97.9 84.6A pr. 15____ 101.7 103. 3 108.2 105.1 70.6 104.7 107.6 95 .2 89.9 107.1 96.1 83.3M a y 15___ 103.9 103.6 108.7 102.2 69.6 121.9 128.7 95.2 89.9 105.4 96 .0 84.3Ju n e 15____ 105.9 103.4 107.5 100.6 70.5 139.3 150.1 95.0 91.1 104.8 94 .2 84.6J u ly 15____ 102.1 103.8 108.6 100.8 80.1 107.7 111.2 94.5 91.1 103. 9 94.1 84.2A u g . 15___ 101.5 103.5 108.9 101.4 91.6 95.9 96.6 93.6 92.3 104.1 94.7 82.6S ep t. 15___ 103.7 103.2 110.9 103.5 102.4 97.9 99.4 92.6 91.1 102.8 95.7 82.7O ct. 15____ 105. 5 102.9 111.5 105.1 117.9 96.9 98.2 93.2 90.5 103.3 95 .9 82.4N o v . 15----- 105.7 102.3 110.6 105.4 127.4 94.9 96 .0 92.6 88.9 103.7 95 .2 82.3D e c . 15____ 105.7 102.5 110.1 108.5 122.4 94.1 95.1 92.0 88.3 103.9 94 .6 81.3


DETAILED TABLES 19T able 4. Indexes of retail food costs for each region, by commodity groups,

1923-36, inclusive ContinuedNEW ENGLANDContinued

Date AllfoodsCerealsandbakeryproducts

Meats Dairyproducts EggsFruits and vegetables Beveragesandchocolate

FatsandoilsSugarandsweetsTotal Fresh' Canned Dried

1928________ 103.2 101.5 112.9 106.0 95.1 94.1 94.0 94.0 94.3 104.9 93.5 80.1Jan.15___ 103.6 102.0 308.9 107.7 105.2 94.4 95.5 92.7 87.2 104.2 93.9 81.9Feb. 15___ 102.4 102.0 108.5 106.6 90.6 98.1 99.9 93.0 88 .6 104.3 93.1 81.3Mar. 15___ 102. 5 101.8 307.1 106.8 79.5 107.8 111.5 93.2 90.5 104.6 91.8 80.9Apr. 15___ 101.8 101. 9 108.2 104.3 72.6 108.6 112.3 92.6 93.3 104.6 91.0 81.3May 15___ 102.5 102.6 111. 5 103.4 76.2 105.6 108.4 92.8 93.7 104.6 92.0 81.4June 15___ 100.9 102.6 111.8 103.0 78.3 93.9 93.7 92.7 95.7 104.9 92.6 81.6July 15....... 101.8 102.4 115.5 104.3 87.1 86.7 84.8 93.4 96.3 105.2 92.7 82.0Aug. 15___ 103. 2 101.3 117.4 105.1 96.7 86.5 84.4 93.3 97.5 105.0 94.0 80.5Sept. 35.... 106.1 101.2 121.5 107.5 106.3 8 8 .8 87.1 94.4 97.6 105.1 95.6 80.0Oct. 15___ 105.0 100.3 116.9 107.7 112.1 87:7 85.7 95.0 96.9 105.3 96.5 78.7Nov. 15__ 105.2 100.2 115.5 107.9 122.9 85.0 82.5 95.5 96.8 105.3 95.3 77.5Dec. 15___ 103.1 99.6 111.8 308.5 113.6 83.7 80.7 95.4 97.'4 105.4 93.6 76.5

1929___ ____ 104.1 99.5 115.1 105.8 98.0 97.9 97. 1 97.1 104.4 105.9 92.5 74.0Jan. 15----- 102.1 99.1 112.7 107.6 98.1 86.3 83.7 96.6 98.7 107.0 93.5 76.6Feb. 15___ 101.4 99.0 111.2 107.8 95.9 86.1 82.9 97.0 102.3 107.1 92.4 74.6Mar. 15---- 100.7 99.0 112.3 108.1 86.3 85.4 81.9 97.0 103.4 106.4 92.5 73.3Apr. 15___ 99.6 99.4 114.0 106.7 73.3 84.5 80.6 97.4 104.0 106.6 92.6 72.9May 15___ 100.8 99.3 115.5 105.7 76.0 89.7 87.1 97.5 103.5 107.1 92.9 71.6June 15___ 101.7 99.0 116.7 102.4 82.4 94.3 92.7 97.9 103.3 106.5 92.9 72.3July 15....... 106.4 99.7 119.3 104.6 92.3 110.1 112.1 97.9 103.8 106.6 92.6 71.8Aug. 15___ 108.7 100.3 120.1 104.5 101.3 117.0 120.5 98.4 104.5 105.8 93.2 74.5Sept. 15___ 107.4 100.3 117.9 105.4 109.4 106.8 107.9 96.3 106.3 105.2 93.1 74.6Oct. 15___ 107.4 100.2 115.9 106.9 117.3 104.0 104.2 96.7 107.7 104.8 92.6 74.8Nov. 15___ 107.2 100.2 113.9 105.8 123.8 103.8 103.8 97.4 108.6 105.6 92.1 75.4Dec. 15___ 105.8 99.8 112.3 104.2 119.5 103.5 103.7 96.7 107.3 102.7 90.9 73.5

1930. ............ 99.4 96.7 109.6 98.6 86.1 100.5 101.1 95.8 98.9 98.9 87.8 69.8Jan. 15___ 104.2 99.4 112.2 100.7 104.2 108.2 109.6 97.4 105.8 102.1 89.4 73.0Feb. 15.. 103.1 98.8 112.5 99.9 94.7 108.8 110.6 97.2 103.6 100.3 88.4 73.7Mar. 15---- 100.7 98.4 112.0 99.5 73.8 108.0 109.7 96.2 103.8 99.7 8 8 .2 72.3Apr. 15___ 101.6 98.6 112.0 99.6 69.5 116.0 119.7 96.6 102.3 99.1 88.1 70.9May 15___ 100.9 97.9 111.3 98.8 70.1 114.7 118.3 96.3 100.6 99.1 87.3 70.5June 15___ 99.8 97.4 111.6 95.9 70.8 111.6 114.8 95.9 98.9 98.9 8 6 .8 69.5July 15....... 98.1 96.8 109.8 96.0 78.7 99.8 100.4 95.5 98.6 98.7 85.7 69.3Aug. 15___ 96.6 96.7 107.0 98.4 85.8 88 .6 86 .8 9

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