LIVING COSTS RISE
BRITISH OFFICIAL INDEX
RUGBY, May 20,
The official cost of living index figure is 100 points above the level in July, 1914, compared with 93 points on April 1. For food alone the index figure is 71 points above the level of July, 1914, compared with 70 points on April 1.
The rise is due to an increase in the prices of clothing and clothing materials, partly as the result of the effects of the purchase tax. —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 10
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82LIVING COSTS RISE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 10
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