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Price Index of Imports for Consumption for United States (M04197USM345NNBR)

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Apr 1953: 278
Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:46 PM CDT
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Apr 1953:  278  
Mar 1953:  277  
Feb 1953:  278  
Jan 1953:  276  
Dec 1952:  277  
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    Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

    Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

    Units:  Index 1936-1938=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Frequency:  Monthly

    Notes:

    Data Are For General Imports Through 1933 And Imports For Consumption Thereafter. Source: Survey Of Current Business, July, 1951, Pp. 27-28 For 1929- 1949 Data; Quarterly Summary Of Foreign Commerce Thereafter.

    This NBER data series m04197 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

    NBER Indicator: m04197

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    National Bureau of Economic Research, Price Index of Imports for Consumption for United States [M04197USM345NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M04197USM345NNBR, April 6, 2025.

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