Title: Index of Retail Prices of Food at Home for United States Series ID: M04071USM350NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index 1957-1959=100 Date Range: 1913-01-01 to 1968-02-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:50 PM CDT Notes: Original Data For 1913-1952 Was On A 1947-49=100 Base But Was Converted To A 1957-59=100 Base By A Conversion Factor Of .8605852. Source: 1913-1952: Bls Undated Mimeographed Table, "Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners And Clerical Workers, U.S. City Average: Food Series B" (See Notes Below); 1953-1963: Bls Mimeographed Release, "Consumer Price Index -- Food At Home, 1953 Forward, Series B-1"; 1964-1968: Bls Monthly Publication, "The Consumer Price Index" (Or "Monthly Labor Review") This NBER data series m04071 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04071 DATE VALUE 1913-01-01 33.4 1913-02-01 33.0 1913-03-01 33.0 1913-04-01 33.4 1913-05-01 32.9 1913-06-01 33.3 1913-07-01 33.9 1913-08-01 34.4 1913-09-01 34.8 1913-10-01 35.3 1913-11-01 35.7 1913-12-01 35.3 1914-01-01 35.2 1914-02-01 34.2 1914-03-01 33.6 1914-04-01 33.0 1914-05-01 33.3 1914-06-01 33.8 1914-07-01 34.7 1914-08-01 36.4 1914-09-01 36.6 1914-10-01 35.8 1914-11-01 35.8 1914-12-01 35.7 1915-01-01 35.2 1915-02-01 34.4 1915-03-01 33.4 1915-04-01 33.8 1915-05-01 34.1 1915-06-01 34.2 1915-07-01 34.1 1915-08-01 34.1 1915-09-01 34.3 1915-10-01 35.0 1915-11-01 35.4 1915-12-01 35.7 1916-01-01 36.4 1916-02-01 36.0 1916-03-01 36.5 1916-04-01 37.0 1916-05-01 37.3 1916-06-01 38.1 1916-07-01 37.6 1916-08-01 38.6 1916-09-01 40.1 1916-10-01 41.0 1916-11-01 42.9 1916-12-01 42.9 1917-01-01 43.4 1917-02-01 45.3 1917-03-01 45.1 1917-04-01 49.4 1917-05-01 51.3 1917-06-01 51.6 1917-07-01 49.6 1917-08-01 50.6 1917-09-01 52.0 1917-10-01 53.4 1917-11-01 52.7 1917-12-01 53.4 1918-01-01 54.5 1918-02-01 54.9 1918-03-01 52.5 1918-04-01 52.5 1918-05-01 53.9 1918-06-01 55.1 1918-07-01 57.1 1918-08-01 58.3 1918-09-01 60.6 1918-10-01 61.7 1918-11-01 62.6 1918-12-01 63.8 1919-01-01 63.3 1919-02-01 58.8 1919-03-01 59.9 1919-04-01 62.1 1919-05-01 63.5 1919-06-01 63.3 1919-07-01 65.2 1919-08-01 65.8 1919-09-01 64.6 1919-10-01 64.9 1919-11-01 66.3 1919-12-01 68.1 1920-01-01 70.6 1920-02-01 70.9 1920-03-01 71.8 1920-04-01 75.7 1920-05-01 77.6 1920-06-01 78.8 1920-07-01 77.8 1920-08-01 72.2 1920-09-01 69.9 1920-10-01 68.5 1920-11-01 67.2 1920-12-01 62.4 1921-01-01 60.5 1921-02-01 55.5 1921-03-01 55.0 1921-04-01 53.9 1921-05-01 51.6 1921-06-01 52.0 1921-07-01 53.4 1921-08-01 55.6 1921-09-01 55.0 1921-10-01 54.8 1921-11-01 54.4 1921-12-01 53.7 1922-01-01 51.1 1922-02-01 51.2 1922-03-01 50.5 1922-04-01 50.6 1922-05-01 50.9 1922-06-01 51.6 1922-07-01 51.7 1922-08-01 50.3 1922-09-01 50.4 1922-10-01 51.2 1922-11-01 51.7 1922-12-01 52.2 1923-01-01 51.6 1923-02-01 50.9 1923-03-01 51.1 1923-04-01 51.8 1923-05-01 52.2 1923-06-01 52.7 1923-07-01 54.2 1923-08-01 53.4 1923-09-01 53.9 1923-10-01 54.0 1923-11-01 54.2 1923-12-01 53.7 1924-01-01 53.2 1924-02-01 52.7 1924-03-01 51.6 1924-04-01 51.1 1924-05-01 51.4 1924-06-01 51.7 1924-07-01 51.8 1924-08-01 51.6 1924-09-01 52.4 1924-10-01 53.0 1924-11-01 53.3 1924-12-01 53.6 1925-01-01 54.6 1925-02-01 53.8 1925-03-01 53.9 1925-04-01 53.8 1925-05-01 54.4 1925-06-01 56.2 1925-07-01 58.3 1925-08-01 58.3 1925-09-01 57.3 1925-10-01 58.3 1925-11-01 60.7 1925-12-01 59.9 1926-01-01 60.1 1926-02-01 59.3 1926-03-01 58.9 1926-04-01 60.3 1926-05-01 59.8 1926-06-01 58.7 1926-07-01 57.0 1926-08-01 56.2 1926-09-01 57.3 1926-10-01 57.9 1926-11-01 58.5 1926-12-01 58.3 1927-01-01 57.4 1927-02-01 56.2 1927-03-01 55.4 1927-04-01 55.5 1927-05-01 57.1 1927-06-01 58.6 1927-07-01 55.6 1927-08-01 55.0 1927-09-01 55.9 1927-10-01 56.7 1927-11-01 56.6 1927-12-01 56.5 1928-01-01 55.9 1928-02-01 54.9 1928-03-01 55.0 1928-04-01 55.4 1928-05-01 56.2 1928-06-01 55.2 1928-07-01 55.0 1928-08-01 55.5 1928-09-01 56.9 1928-10-01 56.5 1928-11-01 56.2 1928-12-01 55.6 1929-01-01 55.4 1929-02-01 55.2 1929-03-01 54.7 1929-04-01 54.4 1929-05-01 55.2 1929-06-01 56.0 1929-07-01 57.5 1929-08-01 58.4 1929-09-01 58.3 1929-10-01 58.1 1929-11-01 57.6 1929-12-01 57.0 1930-01-01 56.4 1930-02-01 55.9 1930-03-01 55.0 1930-04-01 55.8 1930-05-01 55.3 1930-06-01 54.5 1930-07-01 52.6 1930-08-01 52.2 1930-09-01 53.0 1930-10-01 52.7 1930-11-01 51.4 1930-12-01 49.7 1931-01-01 48.1 1931-02-01 46.4 1931-03-01 45.9 1931-04-01 45.3 1931-05-01 44.6 1931-06-01 43.5 1931-07-01 43.6 1931-08-01 43.7 1931-09-01 43.5 1931-10-01 43.2 1931-11-01 42.1 1931-12-01 41.1 1932-01-01 39.2 1932-02-01 38.1 1932-03-01 38.1 1932-04-01 38.0 1932-05-01 37.0 1932-06-01 36.5 1932-07-01 36.9 1932-08-01 36.2 1932-09-01 35.9 1932-10-01 35.8 1932-11-01 35.3 1932-12-01 34.9 1933-01-01 33.7 1933-02-01 32.4 1933-03-01 32.3 1933-04-01 32.4 1933-05-01 33.7 1933-06-01 35.0 1933-07-01 38.3 1933-08-01 38.8 1933-09-01 38.8 1933-10-01 38.7 1933-11-01 38.3 1933-12-01 37.5 1934-01-01 38.1 1934-02-01 39.2 1934-03-01 39.3 1934-04-01 39.0 1934-05-01 39.3 1934-06-01 39.6 1934-07-01 39.8 1934-08-01 40.1 1934-09-01 41.6 1934-10-01 40.9 1934-11-01 40.6 1934-12-01 40.3 1935-01-01 41.9 1935-02-01 42.8 1935-03-01 42.5 1935-04-01 43.4 1935-05-01 43.2 1935-06-01 42.9 1935-07-01 42.3 1935-08-01 42.3 1935-09-01 42.9 1935-10-01 42.5 1935-11-01 43.2 1935-12-01 43.5 1936-01-01 43.2 1936-02-01 42.7 1936-03-01 42.0 1936-04-01 41.9 1936-05-01 41.8 1936-06-01 43.3 1936-07-01 43.8 1936-08-01 44.3 1936-09-01 44.7 1936-10-01 43.9 1936-11-01 43.4 1936-12-01 43.3 1937-01-01 43.9 1937-02-01 44.2 1937-03-01 44.8 1937-04-01 44.8 1937-05-01 45.2 1937-06-01 45.2 1937-07-01 45.3 1937-08-01 45.5 1937-09-01 46.0 1937-10-01 45.4 1937-11-01 44.3 1937-12-01 43.8 1938-01-01 42.5 1938-02-01 41.4 1938-03-01 41.5 1938-04-01 41.9 1938-05-01 41.5 1938-06-01 41.8 1938-07-01 42.0 1938-08-01 41.5 1938-09-01 41.8 1938-10-01 41.4 1938-11-01 40.9 1938-12-01 41.4 1939-01-01 40.8 1939-02-01 40.3 1939-03-01 40.3 1939-04-01 40.1 1939-05-01 40.0 1939-06-01 39.8 1939-07-01 40.2 1939-08-01 39.8 1939-09-01 41.9 1939-10-01 41.5 1939-11-01 41.2 1939-12-01 40.4 1940-01-01 40.3 1940-02-01 41.1 1940-03-01 40.7 1940-04-01 40.9 1940-05-01 41.3 1940-06-01 41.9 1940-07-01 41.4 1940-08-01 40.9 1940-09-01 41.4 1940-10-01 40.9 1940-11-01 40.9 1940-12-01 41.4 1941-01-01 41.6 1941-02-01 41.7 1941-03-01 41.9 1941-04-01 42.9 1941-05-01 43.5 1941-06-01 45.1 1941-07-01 45.4 1941-08-01 46.0 1941-09-01 47.1 1941-10-01 47.5 1941-11-01 48.2 1941-12-01 48.2 1942-01-01 49.5 1942-02-01 49.8 1942-03-01 50.5 1942-04-01 51.0 1942-05-01 51.8 1942-06-01 52.5 1942-07-01 53.1 1942-08-01 53.7 1942-09-01 53.9 1942-10-01 55.2 1942-11-01 55.9 1942-12-01 56.6 1943-01-01 56.7 1943-02-01 56.9 1943-03-01 58.5 1943-04-01 59.9 1943-05-01 60.9 1943-06-01 60.4 1943-07-01 59.2 1943-08-01 58.4 1943-09-01 58.5 1943-10-01 58.9 1943-11-01 58.5 1943-12-01 58.4 1944-01-01 58.0 1944-02-01 57.3 1944-03-01 57.2 1944-04-01 57.3 1944-05-01 57.8 1944-06-01 57.8 1944-07-01 58.5 1944-08-01 58.7 1944-09-01 58.4 1944-10-01 58.1 1944-11-01 58.2 1944-12-01 58.5 1945-01-01 58.5 1945-02-01 58.2 1945-03-01 57.9 1945-04-01 58.2 1945-05-01 59.1 1945-06-01 60.1 1945-07-01 60.3 1945-08-01 60.1 1945-09-01 59.4 1945-10-01 59.4 1945-11-01 59.7 1945-12-01 60.2 1946-01-01 60.1 1946-02-01 59.5 1946-03-01 59.7 1946-04-01 60.3 1946-05-01 60.7 1946-06-01 62.0 1946-07-01 70.6 1946-08-01 73.0 1946-09-01 74.2 1946-10-01 76.7 1946-11-01 79.9 1946-12-01 79.2 1947-01-01 78.3 1947-02-01 77.6 1947-03-01 80.7 1947-04-01 80.1 1947-05-01 79.9 1947-06-01 81.1 1947-07-01 82.3 1947-08-01 83.8 1947-09-01 86.6 1947-10-01 85.9 1947-11-01 86.3 1947-12-01 88.1 1948-01-01 89.4 1948-02-01 87.1 1948-03-01 86.1 1948-04-01 88.6 1948-05-01 89.9 1948-06-01 91.2 1948-07-01 92.3 1948-08-01 92.2 1948-09-01 91.7 1948-10-01 90.1 1948-11-01 88.3 1948-12-01 87.3 1949-01-01 87.2 1949-02-01 85.1 1949-03-01 85.9 1949-04-01 86.4 1949-05-01 86.2 1949-06-01 87.0 1949-07-01 86.0 1949-08-01 86.3 1949-09-01 87.0 1949-10-01 85.5 1949-11-01 85.5 1949-12-01 84.1 1950-01-01 83.5 1950-02-01 83.1 1950-03-01 83.8 1950-04-01 84.1 1950-05-01 85.1 1950-06-01 86.5 1950-07-01 88.8 1950-08-01 89.5 1950-09-01 89.5 1950-10-01 89.8 1950-11-01 89.9 1950-12-01 92.2 1951-01-01 94.5 1951-02-01 96.3 1951-03-01 96.4 1951-04-01 96.2 1951-05-01 96.9 1951-06-01 96.7 1951-07-01 97.0 1951-08-01 96.8 1951-09-01 96.8 1951-10-01 97.7 1951-11-01 98.6 1951-12-01 99.0 1952-01-01 99.0 1952-02-01 96.9 1952-03-01 97.0 1952-04-01 98.0 1952-05-01 98.4 1952-06-01 98.6 1952-07-01 100.1 1952-08-01 100.3 1952-09-01 99.3 1952-10-01 99.0 1952-11-01 99.0 1952-12-01 97.9 1953-01-01 97.2 1953-02-01 95.6 1953-03-01 95.8 1953-04-01 95.6 1953-05-01 96.1 1953-06-01 97.8 1953-07-01 97.9 1953-08-01 98.2 1953-09-01 97.7 1953-10-01 97.5 1953-11-01 95.9 1953-12-01 96.1 1954-01-01 96.9 1954-02-01 96.4 1954-03-01 95.9 1954-04-01 96.2 1954-05-01 97.1 1954-06-01 97.5 1954-07-01 98.3 1954-08-01 97.5 1954-09-01 96.0 1954-10-01 95.4 1954-11-01 94.8 1954-12-01 94.0 1955-01-01 94.1 1955-02-01 94.3 1955-03-01 94.4 1955-04-01 94.8 1955-05-01 94.7 1955-06-01 94.9 1955-07-01 95.6 1955-08-01 94.7 1955-09-01 95.0 1955-10-01 94.1 1955-11-01 93.1 1955-12-01 92.9 1956-01-01 92.5 1956-02-01 92.2 1956-03-01 92.3 1956-04-01 92.9 1956-05-01 94.2 1956-06-01 96.5 1956-07-01 97.9 1956-08-01 96.2 1956-09-01 96.1 1956-10-01 96.1 1956-11-01 95.8 1956-12-01 95.7 1957-01-01 95.6 1957-02-01 96.4 1957-03-01 95.9 1957-04-01 96.5 1957-05-01 97.2 1957-06-01 98.7 1957-07-01 99.9 1957-08-01 100.3 1957-09-01 99.4 1957-10-01 98.7 1957-11-01 98.2 1957-12-01 98.4 1958-01-01 100.4 1958-02-01 100.9 1958-03-01 102.9 1958-04-01 103.7 1958-05-01 103.7 1958-06-01 103.6 1958-07-01 103.7 1958-08-01 102.6 1958-09-01 102.2 1958-10-01 101.5 1958-11-01 101.2 1958-12-01 100.5 1959-01-01 100.8 1959-02-01 99.9 1959-03-01 99.4 1959-04-01 99.2 1959-05-01 99.1 1959-06-01 100.3 1959-07-01 100.8 1959-08-01 99.6 1959-09-01 100.0 1959-10-01 99.7 1959-11-01 99.1 1959-12-01 99.0 1960-01-01 98.7 1960-02-01 98.5 1960-03-01 98.7 1960-04-01 100.4 1960-05-01 100.7 1960-06-01 101.3 1960-07-01 101.5 1960-08-01 101.0 1960-09-01 101.0 1960-10-01 101.7 1960-11-01 101.9 1960-12-01 102.2 1961-01-01 102.0 1961-02-01 102.1 1961-03-01 101.8 1961-04-01 101.8 1961-05-01 101.3 1961-06-01 101.4 1961-07-01 102.4 1961-08-01 101.7 1961-09-01 101.4 1961-10-01 101.2 1961-11-01 100.5 1961-12-01 100.6 1962-01-01 101.2 1962-02-01 101.9 1962-03-01 101.9 1962-04-01 102.1 1962-05-01 101.9 1962-06-01 102.1 1962-07-01 102.4 1962-08-01 102.3 1962-09-01 103.5 1962-10-01 102.9 1962-11-01 102.6 1962-12-01 101.9 1963-01-01 103.2 1963-02-01 103.5 1963-03-01 103.0 1963-04-01 102.6 1963-05-01 102.5 1963-06-01 103.4 1963-07-01 104.8 1963-08-01 104.5 1963-09-01 103.8 1963-10-01 103.2 1963-11-01 103.4 1963-12-01 103.7 1964-01-01 104.2 1964-02-01 104.4 1964-03-01 104.0 1964-04-01 103.9 1964-05-01 103.7 1964-06-01 104.4 1964-07-01 105.7 1964-08-01 105.3 1964-09-01 105.6 1964-10-01 105.3 1964-11-01 105.1 1964-12-01 105.1 1965-01-01 104.8 1965-02-01 104.8 1965-03-01 105.0 1965-04-01 105.5 1965-05-01 106.2 1965-06-01 108.8 1965-07-01 109.7 1965-08-01 108.6 1965-09-01 108.0 1965-10-01 107.8 1965-11-01 107.8 1965-12-01 108.9 1966-01-01 109.8 1966-02-01 111.8 1966-03-01 112.6 1966-04-01 112.7 1966-05-01 112.0 1966-06-01 112.3 1966-07-01 112.7 1966-08-01 114.4 1966-09-01 114.0 1966-10-01 113.8 1966-11-01 112.8 1966-12-01 112.6 1967-01-01 112.3 1967-02-01 111.7 1967-03-01 111.5 1967-04-01 110.8 1967-05-01 110.9 1967-06-01 112.3 1967-07-01 113.3 1967-08-01 113.9 1967-09-01 112.9 1967-10-01 112.6 1967-11-01 112.3 1967-12-01 112.9 1968-01-01 113.8 1968-02-01 114.2