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A&R X-3094 1-3 F E DE R A L RE S E R VE B 0 A R D For release in morning papers, Thursday, April 14, 1921. The New York Office (37 Liberty Street) of the Federal Reserve Board has received a cable from the General Statistical Bureau of France giving the wholesale and retail price indexes for France for the Month of Jllarch. Wholesale prices declined prices showed a decrease of 6%, 596 during the month whe:-eas retail according to these compilations. The wholesale price index is unweighted and based upon 45 price quotations, the retail on 13 quotations, weighted according to family consumption. The latest figures in the following table are subject to revision. Compiled by General Statistical Bureau of France (Prices 1901-10 = 100) 1920 March April 'Way June ·July August Sept. Oet. Nov. Dec. Ani- :Vege- :Sugar,: Min- . Tex- . Sun-: : mal :table :coffee :Foods: erals: tiles: dries: : foods :foods : and : (20): :cocoa : : : 590~1 616.3 565.8 568.8 590.8 fi:J7. 4 626.6 629.4 612 ·3 fi:J7. 8 619.6 612.8 575.4 480.5 444.4 430.8 494.1 504 .. 8 468.5 431.4 465.4 474.2 449.2 415-3 429.7 423.2 577-1 447 .. 8 4oo.o 376.4 576.9 586.5 546.3 502.8 500.0 500.0 563.6 543.2 512.3 490 .. 9 551.7 6o8 .. o 550.8 513.1 563.0 569.8 561.1 544.1 509.1 462.4 1035 .o 1114.7 983-5 859-3 873.0 862.5 336·3 745.0 597.1 556.3 Raw All mate-: rials: (25) : 603-0 69~-3 641.0 657.6 753-4 679·2 6Eo.9 707-5 635·9 569.2 E23.1 569-6 550-3 631.3 572.9 576.4 643.2 579·5 ~94.o 642.9 6C7 .7 579.6 609.3 580 .. 0 547.8 548.8 532,6 518.6 512 .o 502.6 1921 Jan. Feb. March 569.6 400-9 357-1 459·6 4o8. 7 538.7 489.0 478.5 470.0 533·9 380.8 358.6 437.6 365.0 46j. 6 456.o 431.6 434-3 482 .. 2 386.8 388.8 425-3 343.8 438.6 415-8 4ol.1 411.9 . X-3094 '. A8-R 1-)e. -2- Recomputed with prices in 1913 = 100 •1920 -March .April May June July August Se:pt. oct. Nov. Dee. : Ani- :Vege- :Sugar,: : Mini,- : Tex- : Sun- : : mal :table :eoffee:Foods:erals : tiles: dries: : foods:foods : and : (20): .. : :eoeoa : 500 522 480 482 501 515 531 533 519 515 516 511 480 4oo 370 359 412 421 390 360 439 447 424 392 4o5 399 544 422 377 355 498 506 472 434 432 432 487 469 46'0 507 459 428 46.9 475 468 453 424 483 452 409 334 317 322 337 338 367 1921 Jan. Feb. March (25) 60o 385 884 953 841 734 746 737 715 637 510 475 548 598 601 517 500 524 540 527 498 471 653 614 540 548 558 558 528 476 444 526 502 461 435 397 341 378 305 367 .287 460 398 375 445 415 378 415 374 348 407 376 356 442 424 .Retail Prices in Paris (Prices July 1914 ... 100) 1920 March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 1921 Jan. Feb. March Raw : All materials 339 358 378 369 373 373 407 42o 426 424 410 382 358 555 588 550 493 496 ~01 4G7