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* BALTIMORE, MD.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM I ...... ...... ........
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March 18, I960

INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES
Departnent of Labor
(1947.4.9 = 100)
Feb.
1260
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 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 - structural
Tobacco manufactures & bottled beverages
Miscellaneous

119.4
87.0
76.7
80.8
96.1
105.7
93.0
118.4
128.8
96.5
112.0
112.0
110.0
145.1
124.7
133.2
155.4
154.1
123.5
138.1
131.7
93.4

Jan.
12^0
119.3
86.5
77.2
78.5
95.9
rl05.6
r 92.4
rll8.8
128.8
r 96.5
rll2.7
111.9
109.9
143-5
rl25.1
rl32.7
rl55.5
153.8
rl23.4
rl38.4
rl31.7
r 95.3

Dec.
1252

Feb.
1959

118.9
85.9
76.1
76.0
95.7
104.7
90.5
118.1
128.6
96.7
112.3
111.7
110.0
142.5
124.8
132.4
155.2
153.7
123.2
137.8
131.7
94.2

119.5
91.1
77.0
88.4
99.1

107.6

100.9
113.0
127.8
93.7
105.4
114.8
109.9
145.4
122.5
131.7
153.4

152.0
123.3
137.5
128.9
98.5

Department of Agriculture
(1910-14 = 100)
Prices received by farmers
Total
Crops
Livestock and products

233
219
244

231
219
242

228
217
238

243
218
265

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

299

299

297

297

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