WHOLESALE PRICES
INCREASE IN BRITAIN , (British Official Wireless.) Pres* Association—By Telegraphy-Copyright RUGBY, April S. “ An increase of 3.3 per cent, in the average, of wholesale prices in March,” says the ‘Board of Trade Journal,' “is;the largest recorded for any month since the upward movement began in June, 1936, Since that month the index numbers for all articles and for industrial materials and manufactures have risen continuously, the aggregate increases in the period being about 17 and 18 per cent, .respectively. Food prices have also risen in eight of the past 10 months, and in March the usual, seasonal decline from the February !&yel. was ; by an • advance of - 5T.1 p , er"cen’t.' <:i ' :o ''
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Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 17
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113WHOLESALE PRICES Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 17
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