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Retail Price of Potatoes for Chicago, IL (M04033US16980M267NNBR)

Observations

Dec 1943: 4.1
Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:48 PM CDT
Dec 1943:  4.1  
Nov 1943:  4.0  
Oct 1943:  4.0  
Sep 1943:  4.2  
Aug 1943:  4.6  

Units:

Cents per Pound,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

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Title Release Dates
Retail Price of Potatoes for Chicago, IL 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
 
Source    
National Bureau of Economic Research 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
 
Release    
NBER Macrohistory Database 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
 
Units    
Cents per Pound 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
 
Frequency    
Monthly 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
 
Notes    
Quotations Are For "Irish" Or "White" Potatoes. New Potatoes Have Been Included Only When They Form The Bulk Of The Dealer'S Sales. Prices Are Averages Of Prices On The 15Th Or The Tuesday Closest To The 15Th Of Each Month. Data Was Computed By NBER By Averaging Varying Numbers Of Firm'S Quotations. Figures Given As Price Per Peck Were Reduced To Per Pound. Between August 1933 And June 1936 The Bls Collected Several Prices Per Month. If One Applied To A Date Between The 12Th To 18Th The Given Price Was Used; In Cases Of Other Dates, Given Prices Were Averaged. From June To August 1941 Prices Were Given In Pecks; Starting In Sept. Prices Were Given In Units Of 15 Lbs. Prices Were Converted On The Basis: 1 Peck = 1/4 Bushel; 1 Bushel Potatoes = 60 Lbs.(Agricultural Statistics 1943) Source: 1911-1934: Bls Bulletins, No. 105, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, And Current Monthly Issues Of"Retail Prices" Except 12/1931-12/1932: Special Monthly Mimeographed Reports; 1935-1943: Mimeographed Release, "Retail Food Prices By Cities"

This NBER data series m04033 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04033

2005-08-01 2005-08-01

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