"c VAR 0441 04025 RP BACON R 911-943 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0441 LOC 2103 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 26-34 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c RETAIL PRICE OF BACON " "c --------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04025 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO " "c UNITS: CENTS PER POUND " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1943 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN, NOS. 105, 113, 115, 125, 132, 136, " "c 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495; " "c UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, MONTHLY ISSUES OF RETAIL " "c PRICES; FOR 1911-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, " "c 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS BY " "c U.S.B.L. THE DATA WERE NOT PUBLISHED FOR ECONOMY REASONS. " "c 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM"RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY CITIES." " "c " "c NOTES: PRICES ARE FOR THE BEST GRADE OF SMOKED BACON SOLD " "c IN ANY CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY TO FAMILIES OF WAGE EARNERS. " "c NO FANCY BACON, READY SLICED, IN GLASS JARS OR OTHER SMALL " "c PACKAGES IS QUOTED. BACON QUOTED IS SLICED WHEN SOLD. " "c BACON SOLD BY PIECE NOT INCLUDED. " "c PRICES ARE OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH. " "c 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER AND ARE NOT AS " "c COMPLETE AS LATER YEARS. NBER USED AN AVERAGE OF A VARYING " "c NUMBER OF REPORTING FIRMS. " "c BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933 AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED " "c SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE " "c BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, THE GIVEN PRICE WAS USED. IN " "c CASES OF OTHER DATES, PRICES FOR THE MONTH WERE AVERAGED. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1911.01 1943.12 28.0000 28.0000 28.0000 28.0000 27.2000 27.2000 28.0000 28.0000 28.0000 28.0000 28.0000 28.0000 26.3000 27.0000 25.6000 26.8000 27.4000 27.4000 27.4000 28.0000 27.8000 28.8000 28.8000 28.2000 31.3000 29.0000 29.8000 31.4000 31.4000 32.0000 32.7000 32.0000 32.6000 32.7000 32.4000 32.0000 31.0000 30.3000 30.9000 31.3000 31.6000 31.2000 31.6000 33.3000 33.1000 32.7000 31.9000 30.9000 30.4000 29.8000 29.0000 29.1000 29.4000 29.7000 31.5000 31.0000 30.7000 31.4000 31.7000 31.7000 30.9000 31.2000 30.3000 31.1000 31.1000 32.2000 32.8000 32.6000 32.5000 32.9000 31.6000 31.8000 31.6000 33.6000 34.8000 39.5000 42.7000 43.6000 43.9000 42.9000 47.6000 47.5000 49.7000 49.2000 49.8000 49.9000 49.2000 51.9000 53.3000 55.0000 54.7000 56.4000 57.7000 59.3000 59.5000 59.5000 61.6000 57.1000 57.1000 58.2000 59.7000 59.7000 61.5000 61.7000 58.6000 54.6000 54.2000 52.7000 53.1000 53.9000 54.4000 56.4000 57.1000 59.1000 60.1000 60.3000 60.1000 59.4000 57.2000 51.1000 50.7000 50.4000 51.6000 52.2000 52.3000 51.6000 52.0000 52.3000 50.8000 47.5000 46.2000 45.2000 42.7000 44.5000 45.2000 46.6000 46.4000 46.4000 47.2000 47.4000 46.6000 46.9000 45.9000 45.4000 44.4000 44.3000 44.2000 44.8000 45.2000 44.2000 44.5000 44.7000 44.9000 44.8000 43.7000 42.2000 41.2000 41.5000 41.4000 41.4000 41.2000 41.1000 41.0000 43.2000 43.1000 43.6000 43.9000 43.6000 43.0000 42.8000 47.7000 50.7000 50.1000 50.0000 51.7000 51.7000 52.0000 52.7000 52.8000 52.7000 51.9000 52.5000 52.5000 52.3000 53.7000 54.8000 55.6000 55.1000 55.4000 56.3000 55.7000 55.0000 53.1000 52.3000 52.4000 51.8000 51.6000 50.3000 49.9000 50.1000 50.9000 51.2000 50.7000 49.4000 49.0000 48.2000 46.8000 46.6000 47.0000 47.3000 47.9000 47.8000 49.4000 49.1000 47.7000 47.7000 46.7000 46.6000 47.5000 48.0000 47.7000 48.5000 49.7000 49.6000 49.5000 48.9000 48.4000 46.8000 46.9000 47.1000 47.3000 46.8000 46.9000 46.8000 46.3000 45.8000 46.8000 46.8000 46.2000 44.5000 43.3000 42.8000 42.8000 41.8000 41.5000 41.6000 41.6000 41.4000 39.6000 38.5000 36.0000 33.5000 29.7000 30.0000 30.0000 28.5000 26.5000 27.1000 26.5000 27.6000 26.5000 26.7000 27.7000 23.1000 24.3000 23.4000 24.2000 23.7000 24.5000 25.8000 25.6000 26.1000 25.5000 25.8000 26.2000 25.4000 25.3000 26.6000 27.3000 27.4000 27.6000 28.8000 30.5000 31.4000 35.4000 35.4000 35.1000 35.1000 35.6000 37.0000 38.5000 40.0000 40.6000 41.6000 42.2000 45.8000 49.2000 48.8000 46.6000 45.8000 44.4000 43.2000 43.4000 42.2000 42.3000 41.7000 42.8000 43.3000 43.5000 42.1000 42.9000 42.1000 42.3000 42.4000 42.2000 43.0000 43.1000 43.2000 44.5000 45.6000 46.3000 48.2000 45.9000 44.2000 42.8000 40.7000 42.0000 39.7000 40.9000 39.5000 39.6000 41.0000 41.6000 41.6000 40.4000 40.4000 39.3000 40.0000 38.6000 37.4000 37.5000 37.1000 35.4000 34.2000 36.3000 34.0000 34.1000 32.8000 30.8000 30.7000 30.5000 28.0000 27.8000 27.9000 28.4000 28.7000 29.5000 30.7000 30.4000 30.7000 31.9000 34.4000 33.1000 35.1000 35.4000 37.4000 38.4000 39.3000 39.4000 40.1000 39.4000 39.2000 39.6000 38.7000 39.7000 39.7000 41.6000 40.4000 40.8000 41.8000 41.8000 42.1000 42.1000 42.3000 42.2000 42.3000 42.7000 45.3000 46.0000 45.7000 42.7000 42.4000 42.1000 41.9000 41.8000 41.8000