Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...index of wholesale prices compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor for August reveals an advance to 149.7, compared with 147 for July, and 145 for June, 1924. Of the nine subindex numbers, four advanced, two declined, and three remained unchanged from the previous month. Farm products rose from 141 in July to 145 in August; food advanced from 138 to 144; cloths and clothing from 188 to 190; and chemicals and drugs from 127 to 130. On the other hand, fuel and lighting fell from 173 to 170, and miscellaneous from 112 to 111. Metals and metal products...
...commodities, included in the Labor Departments's survey, 167 showed increases in August over July; 99 showed decreases; and in 138 no change of price occurred. The Labor Department indices are based on the 1913 average as 100. At the Armistice, the general index number stood at 203. By May, 1920, it reached its peak for all time at 247. During 1923, the index reached its high point at 159 in March and April; it then declined to 150 in August, rallied to 154 in September, and slumped again to 151 in December. This year the high point...
Commodity prices, according to Dun's index numbers, rose slightly during the month of August. The general index for over 300 wholesale commodities was 156.0 on Sept. 1, compared with 155.6 on Aug. 1, and 152.1 on June 1?the low point so far this year...
...index is based upon a percentage scale, the average prices for the year 1913 being taken as 100. As between the seven groups above enumerated, dairy and garden products at 118 are nearest pre-War prices, while clothing at 187 is farthest above the pre-War price level...
...Pierre Monteux, volcanic, sensational, whose introduction of Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps was a dramatic event. Now comes a man whom they heralded in Moscow with bombs and cheers and acclaimed in Paris with appreciation even more explosive. What will he do? Great words thunder in the index...