NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Wholesale Price of Bacon for Chicago, IL Series ID: M04F4BUS16980M267NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Cents per Pound Date Range: 1913-01-01 to 1944-05-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:51 PM CDT Notes: Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1933; (2)--Original Data, 1913-1944. Data Is For Clear Short Sides And Is The Average Of Thursday Prices. Beginning July 1935 Average Prices Are Published Semi-Annually In June And December Bulletins. Series Includes Pork, Cured And Bacon, Plain And Standard, 6-8 Pounds. Source: 1913-1925: Bls Handwritten Worksheets; 1926-1943: Bls Bulletins And Monthly Issues Of"Wholesale Prices"; July 1943 - May 1944: Bls Mimeo- Graphed Monthly, "Average Wholesale Prices And Index Numbers Of Individual Commodities" This NBER data series m04024b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04024b DATE VALUE 1913-01-01 16.0 1913-02-01 16.1 1913-03-01 17.2 1913-04-01 17.9 1913-05-01 18.3 1913-06-01 18.8 1913-07-01 18.9 1913-08-01 18.7 1913-09-01 18.0 1913-10-01 17.6 1913-11-01 17.5 1913-12-01 17.1 1914-01-01 16.5 1914-02-01 16.8 1914-03-01 17.3 1914-04-01 17.5 1914-05-01 17.5 1914-06-01 17.8 1914-07-01 18.6 1914-08-01 20.2 1914-09-01 20.8 1914-10-01 20.4 1914-11-01 19.9 1914-12-01 18.4 1915-01-01 16.9 1915-02-01 16.5 1915-03-01 15.4 1915-04-01 15.2 1915-05-01 15.8 1915-06-01 16.6 1915-07-01 16.8 1915-08-01 15.6 1915-09-01 15.8 1915-10-01 17.8 1915-11-01 17.8 1915-12-01 16.9 1916-01-01 15.7 1916-02-01 15.9 1916-03-01 17.7 1916-04-01 19.2 1916-05-01 20.2 1916-06-01 19.2 1916-07-01 19.2 1916-08-01 19.5 1916-09-01 19.6 1916-10-01 19.8 1916-11-01 19.8 1916-12-01 19.3 1917-01-01 19.4 1917-02-01 22.2 1917-03-01 25.4 1917-04-01 29.9 1917-05-01 34.4 1917-06-01 34.3 1917-07-01 32.1 1917-08-01 32.3 1917-09-01 36.4 1917-10-01 37.6 1917-11-01 36.4 1917-12-01 36.2 1918-01-01 33.8 1918-02-01 36.0 1918-03-01 38.0 1918-04-01 38.9 1918-05-01 37.6 1918-06-01 37.2 1918-07-01 38.1 1918-08-01 40.0 1918-09-01 40.3 1918-10-01 42.0 1918-11-01 41.7 1918-12-01 41.5 1919-01-01 36.8 1919-02-01 34.6 1919-03-01 35.6 1919-04-01 37.6 1919-05-01 37.8 1919-06-01 37.0 1919-07-01 36.8 1919-08-01 36.2 1919-09-01 34.2 1919-10-01 30.4 1919-11-01 29.8 1919-12-01 29.8 1920-01-01 29.4 1920-02-01 29.5 1920-03-01 29.8 1920-04-01 32.1 1920-05-01 34.4 1920-06-01 33.8 1920-07-01 31.8 1920-08-01 32.2 1920-09-01 33.1 1920-10-01 35.0 1920-11-01 31.8 1920-12-01 25.4 1921-01-01 23.2 1921-02-01 21.6 1921-03-01 21.9 1921-04-01 22.0 1921-05-01 21.5 1921-06-01 21.8 1921-07-01 22.0 1921-08-01 23.0 1921-09-01 21.3 1921-10-01 21.5 1921-11-01 21.8 1921-12-01 20.0 1922-01-01 19.2 1922-02-01 20.0 1922-03-01 22.6 1922-04-01 22.8 1922-05-01 22.8 1922-06-01 22.8 1922-07-01 23.2 1922-08-01 23.8 1922-09-01 24.9 1922-10-01 27.0 1922-11-01 26.0 1922-12-01 23.7 1923-01-01 21.0 1923-02-01 21.0 1923-03-01 20.8 1923-04-01 20.7 1923-05-01 20.5 1923-06-01 20.1 1923-07-01 20.2 1923-08-01 20.4 1923-09-01 20.0 1923-10-01 20.0 1923-11-01 18.8 1923-12-01 18.2 1924-01-01 17.8 1924-02-01 17.6 1924-03-01 17.5 1924-04-01 17.5 1924-05-01 18.0 1924-06-01 18.2 1924-07-01 18.9 1924-08-01 22.8 1924-09-01 23.5 1924-10-01 24.1 1924-11-01 24.9 1924-12-01 25.5 1925-01-01 25.5 1925-02-01 26.3 1925-03-01 31.8 1925-04-01 33.5 1925-05-01 30.8 1925-06-01 32.0 1925-07-01 33.6 1925-08-01 33.2 1925-09-01 33.0 1925-10-01 32.8 1925-11-01 29.6 1925-12-01 29.0 1926-01-01 27.8 1926-02-01 27.8 1926-03-01 27.8 1926-04-01 28.6 1926-05-01 29.5 1926-06-01 32.4 1926-07-01 33.1 1926-08-01 33.0 1926-09-01 32.5 1926-10-01 32.9 1926-11-01 31.4 1926-12-01 29.0 1927-01-01 28.0 1927-02-01 28.0 1927-03-01 28.0 1927-04-01 28.0 1927-05-01 28.0 1927-06-01 28.0 1927-07-01 27.0 1927-08-01 25.4 1927-09-01 25.7 1927-10-01 27.9 1927-11-01 28.5 1927-12-01 25.1 1928-01-01 31.6 1928-02-01 26.8 1928-03-01 22.7 1928-04-01 25.0 1928-05-01 26.0 1928-06-01 27.0 1928-07-01 26.6 1928-08-01 25.6 1928-09-01 27.3 1928-10-01 28.0 1928-11-01 25.0 1928-12-01 22.9 1929-01-01 22.3 1929-02-01 23.7 1929-03-01 25.7 1929-04-01 26.5 1929-05-01 26.7 1929-06-01 26.8 1929-07-01 28.3 1929-08-01 28.7 1929-09-01 28.5 1929-10-01 27.3 1929-11-01 26.0 1929-12-01 24.8 1930-01-01 24.3 1930-02-01 26.8 1930-03-01 25.8 1930-04-01 24.0 1930-05-01 24.0 1930-06-01 25.0 1930-07-01 25.0 1930-08-01 25.0 1930-09-01 26.5 1930-10-01 27.0 1930-11-01 25.0 1930-12-01 23.8 1931-01-01 23.0 1931-02-01 23.0 1931-03-01 22.6 1931-04-01 22.5 1931-05-01 22.5 1931-06-01 22.5 1931-07-01 22.3 1931-08-01 21.8 1931-09-01 19.5 1931-10-01 17.2 1931-11-01 15.5 1931-12-01 14.0 1932-01-01 13.8 1932-02-01 13.0 1932-03-01 13.0 1932-04-01 13.0 1932-05-01 12.0 1932-06-01 11.5 1932-07-01 12.3 1932-08-01 12.5 1932-09-01 12.5 1932-10-01 12.5 1932-11-01 11.8 1932-12-01 11.5 1933-01-01 11.5 1933-02-01 11.5 1933-03-01 12.7 1933-04-01 14.2 1933-05-01 15.0 1933-06-01 15.0 1933-07-01 15.0 1933-08-01 15.0 1933-09-01 15.0 1933-10-01 15.0 1933-11-01 14.8 1933-12-01 13.3 1934-01-01 13.0 1934-02-01 13.0 1934-03-01 13.9 1934-04-01 13.4 1934-05-01 14.4 1934-06-01 16.4 1934-07-01 16.8 1934-08-01 17.9 1934-09-01 22.2 1934-10-01 20.8 1934-11-01 19.8 1934-12-01 20.1 1935-01-01 22.0 1935-02-01 23.3 1935-03-01 24.9 1935-04-01 24.6 1935-05-01 25.6 1935-06-01 27.0 1935-07-01 27.3 1935-08-01 31.6 1935-09-01 32.3 1935-10-01 30.2 1935-11-01 27.5 1935-12-01 28.2 1936-01-01 27.4 1936-02-01 26.8 1936-03-01 27.0 1936-04-01 27.0 1936-05-01 26.6 1936-06-01 26.0 1936-07-01 26.5 1936-08-01 26.8 1936-09-01 25.6 1936-10-01 24.0 1936-11-01 23.5 1936-12-01 24.9 1937-01-01 25.5 1937-02-01 25.4 1937-03-01 25.0 1937-04-01 25.0 1937-05-01 24.9 1937-06-01 25.5 1937-07-01 26.7 1937-08-01 28.8 1937-09-01 29.6 1937-10-01 29.4 1937-11-01 26.9 1937-12-01 24.3 1938-01-01 24.9 1938-02-01 25.0 1938-03-01 25.0 1938-04-01 23.9 1938-05-01 23.0 1938-06-01 23.6 1938-07-01 24.0 1938-08-01 23.1 1938-09-01 21.7 1938-10-01 20.0 1938-11-01 19.0 1938-12-01 19.7 1939-01-01 19.9 1939-02-01 20.2 1939-03-01 19.9 1939-04-01 19.0 1939-05-01 18.2 1939-06-01 17.4 1939-07-01 16.2 1939-08-01 15.3 1939-09-01 16.5 1939-10-01 15.9 1939-11-01 15.2 1939-12-01 14.6 1940-01-01 15.4 1940-02-01 14.3 1940-03-01 13.5 1940-04-01 13.1 1940-05-01 13.5 1940-06-01 12.9 1940-07-01 13.5 1940-08-01 13.9 1940-09-01 15.3 1940-10-01 15.7 1940-11-01 15.8 1940-12-01 17.1 1941-01-01 18.9 1941-02-01 20.0 1941-03-01 20.3 1941-04-01 21.0 1941-05-01 22.4 1941-06-01 23.3 1941-07-01 23.6 1941-08-01 24.3 1941-09-01 24.9 1941-10-01 23.4 1941-11-01 22.5 1941-12-01 23.4 1942-01-01 24.6 1942-02-01 24.8 1942-03-01 26.3 1942-04-01 27.4 1942-05-01 27.0 1942-06-01 26.8 1942-07-01 28.8 1942-08-01 28.3 1942-09-01 28.0 1942-10-01 28.0 1942-11-01 25.8 1942-12-01 25.8 1943-01-01 25.8 1943-02-01 25.8 1943-03-01 25.8 1943-04-01 25.8 1943-05-01 25.8 1943-06-01 25.8 1943-07-01 24.0 1943-08-01 24.0 1943-09-01 24.0 1943-10-01 24.0 1943-11-01 24.0 1943-12-01 24.0 1944-01-01 24.0 1944-02-01 24.0 1944-03-01 24.0 1944-04-01 24.0 1944-05-01 24.0