Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cost of living is increasing in Paris. For the third quarter of last year the index figure stood at 289% over the pre-War cost of living; for the same quarter of this year the index figure was 331. The figure is expected to reach the 1920 maximum of 370 before...
...soaring index figure of France...
...light of the widespread political agitation in behalf of the American farmer, the U. S. Department of Agriculture's index of farm prices paid to producers for the principal American farm crops is interesting. On Oct. 1, 1923, this index was 27.3% higher than on the same day in 1922, and 25.6% higher than on the same day in 1921. It is true that the latest index figure, as of Oct. 1, 1923, is 11.3% lower than the average for the last 10 years, but it must be remembered that this ten-year average is partly based upon...
...said, the course of business is not purely fortuitous or haphazard. By studing the price movements in the United States for the past 20 years, an index of trade for the United States has been obtained. This chart reveals a well defined ebb and flow of prosperity and depression. First comes a period of business depression, then a recovery; this is followed by a period of prosperity followed by financial strain, which ultimately brings about a financial crisis. These five phases, each leading into the other, are known as the business cycle...
...first session will discuss the value of the index of general business conditions maintained by the Harvard economic service. Professor Charles J. Bullock and Professor Homer B. Vanderblue '15, both of the Committee will speak on the interpretation of the index. The application of the index to the individual business will then be discussed by members of the Committee and prominent busines men of the country. Professor Leonard W. Crum of the committee will be the first speaker. He will be followed by Mr. Charles b. Hammond '80 of the Acme Wire Company, New Haven, Conn., Mr. Joseph H. Barber...