TaBLE 3: INDEX NUMBERS oF THE Cost oF Living iN THE UNITED STATES ON SPECIFIED DATES SINCE 
January, 1920, BY SEPARATE BUDGET ITEMS? 
July, 1914=100 
(National Industrial Conference Board) 
Date 
1920 
January. . 
February. 
April.,... 
May..... 
June..... 
August... 
September 
October. . 
December 
(921 
January. . 
February. 
April..... 
May..... 
June..... 
August. . | 
September! 
October. . 
December 
1922 
January. . 
February. 
April..... 
May..... 
June. .... 
August... 
September 
October. . 
December’ 
All Items 
192.0 
93.1 
01.3 
203.3 
104.3 
.98.0 
197.6 
195.2 
183.8 
178.6 
70.3 
65.9 
62.6 
61.4 
65.1 
63.9 
163.7 
161.6 
58.0 
57.7 
"4.8 
AJ 
/ 
158.0 
Food 
201 
200 
211 
215 
219 
207 
203 
198 
172 
172 
158 
152 
145 
144 
L55 
'53 
L53 
150 
142 
‘42 | 
KY 
J 
1 
3 
’ 
3 | 
147 
Shelter 
Clothing 
143 
145 
150 
151 
-51 
58 
59 
159 
t66 
270 
277 
288 
287 
276 
255 
255 
248 
205 
166 
166 
171 
i71 
71 
69 
169 
169 
160 
187 
174 
169 
168 
62 
59 
57 
160 
{57 
169 
169 
"65 
"65 
AS 
156 
(56 
55 
56 
53 
eX) 
) £5 
65 | 157 | 
167 186 
Fuel and 
Light 
149 
149 
151 
‘58 
61 
+69 
{78 1 
183 
200 
200 
198 
i79 
178 
78 
79 
9, 
(79 
179 
178 
177 
74 
74 
4 
«7 
87 1 
[QF 
‘Sundries 
177 
178 
183 
183 
“85 
185 
88 
190 
192 
192 
‘90 
'85 
85 
-83 
82 
83 
180 
178 
178 
177 
74 
74 
Vi 
Date 
1923 
January. . 
february. 
April..... 
May. .... 
June. .... 
August. .. 
September 
October. 
_ Jecember 
january. , 
february. 
April..... 
May..... 
Tune. .... 
August. .. 
September 
October. . 
o ccember 
"anuary.. 
february . 
April..... 
May..... 
fune..... 
August. .. 
September 
October. . 
All Items 
158.1 
157.5 
59.1 
.60.3 
160.1 
61.6 
63.4 
164.1 
165.0 
| 
164.6 
163.9 
161.8 
161.4 
601.7 
162.8 
163.7 
165.0 
[166.1 
167.1 
.65.3 
64.8 
65.3 
96.9 
38.7 
58.2 
A077 
* Food 
44 
142 
143 
43 
4 
46 
19 
150 
ISO 
49 
47 
+1 
42 
44 
47 
49 
{ 52% 
104 
151 
51 
52 
‘5 
_ 
159 
162 
Shelter 
167 
167 
170 
72 
72 
"5 © 
i5 
175 
180 
(80 
‘80 
']5 
“5 
-5 
86 
85 
185 
1R4 
84 
3 
2 
"2 
2 
2 
78 
178 
Clothing 
160 
162 
167 
74 
09 
#1 
5 
176 
175 
176 
77 
77 
76 
4 
76 
4 
77 
2 
74 
72 
71 
2 
4 
J 
6 
176 
Fuel 3 
gow | Sundries 
187 
187 | 
180 
78 
"8 
5 
6 
78 
176 
171 
171 
73 
173 
mh 
174 
175 
175 
68 
65 
65 
66 
.66 
167 
160 
{74 
74 
el 
7 
173 
175 
169 
69 
65 
A3 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
174 
74 
§ 
,68 
170 
2 The index numbers for the total cost of living from January, 1920, through February, 1922 are different from the series published prior to 
1925, in that the food price figure for the fifteenth of the current month has been substituted for the figure for the fifteenth of the preceding 
month, used in the original series. Beginning in April, 1922, the retail food price figure has always been for the fifteenth of the current month.