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BOARD OP GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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August lU, 1956
INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE

f B W G K P R A T T FREE]
LIBRARY

Department of Labor
(19U7-U9 - 100)

All commodities
Farm products
Grains
Livestock and poultry
Plant and animal fibers
Processed foods
Meats, poultry and fish
Dairy products and ice cream
Other commodities
Textile products and apparel
Hides, skins, & leather
Fuels, power & lighting materials
Chemicals & allied products
Rubber and products
Lumber and wood products
Pulp, paper & allied products
Metals and metal products
Machinery and motive products
Furniture and other household durables
Nonmetallic minerals - structural
Tobacco manufactures & bottled beverages
Miscellaneous

AUG

1956

July *
B $ 5 M 0 R $ j p .
1956 .

July
1955

llU.O
90.1
86. U
72.9
10U.3
102.2
83.7
107.9
121.3
9U.9
100,2
110.9
107.3
1U3.3
126.5
127.7
li*U. 8
136.9
118.1
130.6
121.7
91.3

110,5
89.5
86.7
79, U
103.8
103.1
88.5
106.0
116.5
95*3
93.7
106. U
106.0
1U3.U
12U.1
119.0
136.7
127.5
115.5
125.3
121.6
90.8

111*. 2
91.2
86.9
7U.8

106.1

11U.U
90.9
90.5

7h.k

105.9
102.1*
102.3
82.1
83.1
108.0
107.9
121.5 * 121.7
9H.9
9U.9
100.2
100.0
riXO.5
110.8
107.1
106.9
1U2.8
1U3.5
128.0
rl27.3
127. U
127.3
11*6.8
1U5.8
rl36.8
136.5
118.1
118.0
128.6
128.9
121.6
121.6
96.1
92.9

Department of Agriculture
(1910-lU * 100)
Prices received by farmers
Total
Crops
Livestock and products

2UU
258
232

2l*7
263
232

2l*2
252
233

236
236
236

Prices paid by farmers, including
interest, taxes, and wage rates

287

286

286

281

r— Revised