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Index of Wholesale Prices of Foods for United States (M04061USM350NNBR)

1967-02: 108.5 Index 1957-1959=100   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:

Data From Bls Bulletin No. 543, Ona 1926=100 Base Has Been Converted To A 1957-59=100 Base Using Totals For The Overlapping Year 1926 To Derive The Conversion Factor (681.9/1201.3 = .567365). 1961 Indexes (Bulletin 1382) Were Rebased By Using Factor .9436188 (Bulletin 1411). The Pre-1952 Wholesale Price Index Of Foods Is Continued With The In- Dex Called "All Foods" Which Bls Sources Indicate Is The More Comparable In Terms Of Coverage. Source: 1890-1925: Bls Bulletin #543, Pp. 3-11; 1926-1960: "All Foods, Wholesale Price Index, 1957-1959=100" (Bls Table, March 1962); 1961-1967: Bls, "Wholesale Prices And Price Indexes", Bulletin Nos. 1382, 1411, 1513, And Monthly Issues (Also In Monthly Labor Review For Current Figures.)

This NBER data series m04061 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04061



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