TRADE IN DOMINION
THE INDEX NUMBERS
The general index number of export prices for the month of January was 1037 (on the base: average export prices ruling during the years 1909-13—10 CG), an increase of 22 points or 2.2 per cent., over the index number for the previous month, reports the Government Statistician; The index number for the wool group, which fell sharply from 1041 in October to 750 in December, recovered somewhat in' January, when the index was 795.
The all-groups index number of retail prices rose from -814 in. December (on the base: average prices ruling during 1926-30—1000) to 818 in January. The food-groups index rose from 792 to 801, an increase of 1.1 per cent., groceries and dairy-produce contributing to this increase, while the index number for the meat group fell slightly. The index number of share prices rose from 1017 in December to 1027 in January, the highest figure recorded since November, 1929. The general wholesale-prices index number rose from 133 S in December to 1345 in January, the index number for locally produced commodities rising from 1333 to 1373, while that for imported commodities fell from 1343 to 1312.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 87, 11 March 1935, Page 8
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194TRADE IN DOMINION Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 87, 11 March 1935, Page 8
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