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  • nsa x 59,188Not seasonally adjusted
  • usa x 55,030United States of America
  • monthly x 34,264
  • nber x 3,045National Bureau of Economic Research
  • ny x 942New York (state)
  • fruits x 115
  • retail x 78

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Retail Price of Bananas for New York, NY (M04037US35620M263NNBR)

1942-09: 36.3 Cents Per Dozen   Last 5 Observations

Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, Updated: 2012-08-16 2:47 PM CDT

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
Notes:

Prices Are Quoted In Most Cities By The Dozen. In Many Cities, However, Bananas Are Sold By Weight And The Prices Are Quoted By The Pound. For These Cities The Average Has Been Made On The Pound Basis, But In The Average For The U.S. Only Prices By The Dozen Have Been Included. The Prices Are Quoted On The Best Bananas In The Bunch. Between August 1933 And June 1936 The Bls Collected Several Prices Per Month. If One Price Applied To A Date Between The 12Th - 18Th, The Given Price Was Used; In Case Of Other Dates The Given Prices Were Averaged. Source: 1920-1934: Bls Bulletins And Monthly Issues Of "Retail Prices", No. 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, And Currently From U.S.B.L. Monthly Issues Of "Retail Prices", Except 12/1931-12/1932: Unpublished Monthly Mimeographed Reports From Bls; 1935-1943: Mimeographed Releases, "Retail Prices By Cities"

This NBER data series m04037 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04037



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