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INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE3FRICE|
Department of Labor (1947-49 = 100 )| B A i A l&riiWfie M p
All commodities
Farm products
Processed foods
Other commodities
Textile products and apparel
Hides, skins, & leather products
Fuel,, power & lighting materials
Chemicals and 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
Nonmetall-ic minerals - structural
Tobacco products & bottled beverages
Miscellaneous

118.2
85.1
106.7
127.4
93.7
110.3
114.3
109.3
139.6
117.8
126.5
153.1
153.2
122.4
138.5
132.1
95.9

fay
1.961

April
196^

June
I960

118.7

119.5

94.0
110.7

119.4
88.5
108.7
128.0
94.1
109.9

113 ,6

1 1 5 .2

109.9
140.2
117.6
126.1
153.0
153.1
122.4
138.5

110.2
140.1
118 .,.0
131.0
152.7 ■
153.1
122.5
138.6
132.0
97.7

86.8

107.5
127.6

13 2 .1

99.5

89.0
107.6

128.2
96.3
110.3
112.3
110.2
146.7
122.4
133.5
153.8
153.2
123.0

137.8
131.7
90.9

Federal Reserve Groupings (1953-54 = 100)
All commodities
Industrial commodities
Materials
Sensitive
Other
Products
Consumer nonfoods
Producers1 equipment
Foods and foodstuffs
Livestock and products
Crops and products
$ $ $ $ $

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108.0
111.8
111.4
100.4
115.6
112.3
107.4
123.5

108.3
111.9
111.4
99.8
115.7
112.6
107.9
123.5
97.5
99,4
95,6

108.4
112.3
112.2
103.7
115.4
112.6
107.5
124.1
96,8
100.5
92.9

234

236

239

235

300

302

302

299

96.6

98,4
94.6

Department of Agriculture (1910-14 = 100)
Prices received by farmers
Prices paid by farmers including
interest, taxes, and wage rates

Note: Indexes for January through Hay 1961 have been revised using a new
weighting structure reflecting 1958 values, revised indexes for JanuaryMarch are shown on page 2, Revised basic data to calculate Federal Reserve
groupings are not yet available.




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Department of Labor (1947-49 = 100)

All commodities
Farm products
Processed foods
Other 4commodS ties
Textile products and apparel
Hides, skins,' & leather’products
Fuel, power & 'lighting .materials
Chemicals and 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 - StructuralTobacco products, & bottled beverages
Miscellaneous




Mar.
1961

Feb.
1961

Jan.
1961

119.9
89.9
109 .6 ’
128.2
94,4
109.5
117.5
110.1
139.9
115.4
131.5152.4
153.^
122.2
138.6
132.1
96.8

120.0

119.9
89.7
109.9
128.1
94,8
108,3
117*2
109,7
139,7
115.7
132.2
152,2
153.5
122.3
138.5
1’
3 2 .1
95.6

90.0

110.5
128.1
94.7
108.0
117.7
110.0
139-.-6
114.7
132.2
152.3
153 A
122.2
138.4
132.1
95.2-