Word: indexed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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April 2, 1951 (Democratic Administration): "Never in U.S. history had the cost of living been so high. The consumer's price index his a new peak...
...some former years, a large part of the rising G.N.P. was an illusion caused by dollar inflation. Since the dollar is now stable, all of the G.N.P. increase means an actual rise in the output of goods and services. The cost-of-living index nudged up three-tenths of 1% last month, to the highest level in a year, but this was only six-tenths of 1% above last January, and three-tenths of 1% below January of 1954. Meanwhile the factory worker's weekly after-tax pay reached a record average in September-$71.55 take-home...
WEST GERMAN BOOM is still growing. Production index for September jumped to 215 (1936 index: 100), or eight points higher than the previous peak in August, and 14.4% better than September...
...matter whether it is called a rolling readjustment (similar to what industry went through in 1954) or a plain, ordinary slump. After years of unparalleled prosperity, the farmer's share of the consumer's food dollar is down from 52? in 1946 to 42?. Farm parity (the index of what farmers receive in relation to what they must pay for what they buy) has slipped to 84, the lowest point since the beginning of World...
...Industrial production in August hit a record 140 on the Federal Reserve Board index (1947-49 = 100), 17 points above a year...