Retail Prices of Food in November 1946 RETAIL prices of food in November 1946 in relation to those in selected preceding periods are shown in the accompanying tables. TABLE 1.-Percent of change in retail prices of food in 56 large cities combined, by commodity groups, in specified periods 1 The wage formulas apply to Jan. 1, 1941. Jan. 15, 1941, is the nearest date for which data on retail prices of individual foods have been computed. The index now reflects fully the current level of prices for meats as well as the entire price change that occurred since mid-August 1946. Most meat prices in the intervening months were held unchanged from August levels for those cities where an adequate number of quotations was not obtained because of the severe meat shortage. In other cities prices for some meats were compared directly with the nearest preceding month for which a sufficient number of quotations were secured. TABLE 2.-Indexes of retail prices of food in 56 large cities combined,1 by commodity groups, on specified dates 1 Aggregate costs of 61 foods in each city, weighted to represent total purchases by families of wage earners and lower-salaried workers, have been combined with the use of population weights. The wage formulas apply to Jan. 1, 1941. Jan. 15, 1941, is the nearest date for which data on retail prices of individual foods have been computed. The index now reflects fully the current level of prices for meats as well as the entire price change that occurred since mid-August 1946. Most meat prices in the intervening months were held unchanged from August levels for those cities where an adequate number of quotations was not obtained because of the severe meat shortage. In other cities prices for some meats were compared directly with the nearest preceding months for which a sufficient number of quotations were secured. ORK 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 180 160 140 120 100 80 89 60 69 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS TABLE 3.—Average retail prices of 70 foods in 56 large cities combined, November 1946, compared with earlier months TABLE 3.-Average retail prices of 70 foods in 56 large cities combined, November 1946, compared with earlier months-Continued Beverages: Fats and oils: Lard. Shortening other than lard: In cartons.. In other containers. Sugar.. Corn sirup. 2 Not included in index. Prices not computed. 4 Not priced. Composite price not computed. Article -pound.. 14 pound.. 1⁄2 pound.. ..pound.. .do... ..pint.. -pound.. do. ..pint.. See footnotes at end of table. -pound.. 24 ounces. 16 fluid ounces. Nov. 15 Oct. 15 Nov. 15 Aug. 15 Jan. 15 Aug. 15 1946 1946 1945 1945 1941 1939 This Last Year month month ago Cents 24. 1 12.1 52.6 Cents 24.3 10.9 25.8 41.3 22.3 44.9 27.0 38.3 30.2 42.5 27.2 34.9 32. 1 35.2 46.6 9.1 19.8 20.8 1 The wage formulas apply to Jan. 1, 1941. Jan. 15, 1941, is the nearest date for which data on retail prices of individual foods have been computed. TABLE 4.-Indexes of average retail prices of all foods, by cities,1 on specified dates (1935-39-100] 9.0 19.2 20.8 Cents 24. 1 10.3 18.7 19.9 24.5 24.7 24. 1 29.3 29.9 6.6 15.7 20.4 VJ-day Cents 24. 2 10.4 18.8 20.0 24.5 24.2 23.9 28.6 30.5 6.7 15.8 20.4 Wage date : Cents 17.6 9.1 9.3 11.3 18.3 20.1 15.6 17.9 (4) 5.1 13.6 17.3 Month before war in Europe Cents 22.3 17.2 8.6 9.9 11.7 20. 2 (4) 16.5 17.9 (1) 5. 2 13.7 17.6 |