Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Changes in the Cost of Living: July, 1914 March, 1920
This report on changes in the cost of living in the United States is the sixth in a series on that subject issued by the National Industrial Conference Board.1 The chart on the Opposite page shows graphically the changes, at different periods, in the retail cost of the five major items entering into the family budget, and of all items combined, as set forth in this and the five earlier reports.2 The present study shows in detail such changes as have OC curred between July, 1914, and March, 1920, and between November, 1919, and March, 1920.
It will be seen from the Chart that the cost of living rose from July, 1914, to March, 1920. The increase Since November, 1919, was The most rapid price advance since November was for Clothing, rent increased 8% and the cost of food and of sundries, and respectively. The cost of fuel, heat and light showed comparatively little change in the four months' period.
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