SEPTEMBER PRICES
GROCERIES AND MEAT UP
The retail-prices index (base, 1926-30 = 1000) for the three food groups for September fell 1 point (from 1060 to 1059) as compared with the previous month, says the Monthly Abstract of Statistics. Increases of 9 points and 19 points respectively in j the groceries and meat groups were more than counterbalanced by a fall of 36 points in the dairy-produce group, due to lower prices for eggs, and, in some towns, for milk. When the.September indexes for the three food groups and for fuel and light are combined with the - August indexes for the remaining groups an all-groups index of 995 is obtained, which coincides with that for the previous month and is 58.4 per c<?nt. above the ,1914 level. The wholesale-prices index (base, 1926-30 = 1000) fell 7 points (from 1084 to 1077) during the month. Egg" prices were mainly responsible for the decrease of 22 points in the index for locally-produced commodities, while various minor price movements in imported commodities served to raise the index for that group 4 points. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 16
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177SEPTEMBER PRICES Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 16
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