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Index of Retail Prices of Food at Home for United States (M04071USM350NNBR)

Observation:

Feb 1968: 114.2  
Updated: Aug 16, 2012

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Index 1957-1959=100,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

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(a) Index of Retail Prices of Food at Home for United States, Index 1957-1959=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted (M04071USM350NNBR)
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

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NOTES

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1957-1959=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

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

Suggested Citation:

National Bureau of Economic Research, Index of Retail Prices of Food at Home for United States [M04071USM350NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M04071USM350NNBR, April 23, 2018.

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