Cost of living Index, 1946-1948

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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal

Title
Cost of living Index, 1946-1948
Language
English
Source
The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XXVII (Issue No. 7) July 1951
Year
1951
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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July, 1951 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 243 COST OF LIVING INDEX OF WAGE EARNER’S FAMILY1 IN MANILA BY MONTH, 1946 TO 1951 (1941 = 100) Bureau of the Census and Statistics Manila 1946 | I * " Food (59.15) (8.43 * Cloth­ ing (0.62) Fuel, Light and Water (13.94) Miscel­ laneous (17.86) January........ . 603.4 759.2 236.4 984.01 363.8 434.8 .1657 February.... . 547-. 2 656.3 236.4 940.3I 369.5 460.5 .1827 March........... . 525.9 631.0 236.4 940.1 340.4 445.2 .1902 April.............. . 556.2 684.1 236.4 910.3; 345.5 435.9 .1798 May.............. . 545.1 675.6 236.4 762.5i 342.3 409.6 .1835 June.............. . 538.7 666.4 236.4 737.9i 343.3 404.2 .1856 July............... . 552.7 704.3 236.4 598.9I 341.3 364.6 .1809 August.......... . 477.9 590.0 236.4 384.7. 320.9 346.3 .2092 September. . . 477.9 591.3 236.4 378.7' 314.5 347.2 .2092 October........ . 487.4 587.2 236.4 382.7’ 405.8 342.7 .2052 November... . 484.8 607.8 236.4 406.4 346.5 305.2 .2063 December... . 461.9 570.8 236.4 371.91 344.7 302.1 .2165 19472 (100.00) (63.43) (11.96) (2.04)i (7.73) (14.84) January........ . 426.2 368.2 453.9 381.9I 326.2 282.5 .2346 February.... . 418.5 454.9 453.9 356.2 344.8 281.4 .2389 March........... . 406.8 440.1 453.9 295.2! .334.7 279.4 .2458 April.............. . 387.7 413.3 543.9 269.2 328.9 271.6 .2579 May............... . 381.0 404.4 453.9 250.9I 325.4 269.4 .2625 June.............. . 386.3 414.4 453.9 236.8 316.6 268.6 .2589 July............... . 393.4 426.8 453.9 217.7 309.3 269.9 .2542 August.......... . 387.4 419.8 453.9 210.2! 292.0 269.1 .2581 September. . . 368.9 392.1 453.9 216.4 283.3 266.8 .2711 October........ . 358.7 376.3 453.9 212.71 280.5 267.7 .2788 November... . 358.4 376.3 453.9 215.1. 280.5 265.3 .2790 December... . 371.9 395.8 453.9 219.1. 298.2 262.9 .2689 1948 January........ . 391.2 428.3 453.9 224.5i 304.6 249.9 .2556 February.... . 368.5 392.0 453.9 223.81 301.1 254.4 .2714 March........... . 349.4 361.0 453.9 214.Ci 308.1 255.9 .2862 April.............. . 356.1 374.1 453.9 209.4I- 289.7 254.8 .2808 May.............. . 349.8 360.2 453.9 214.2! 289.7 271.6 .2859 June.............. . 354.3 370.4 453.9 205.2! 283.2 262.9 .2823 July-........... . 356.4 374.2 453.9 201.31 281.6 262.4 .2806 August.......... . 363.6 385.7 453.9 199.81 281.6 261.7 .2751 September. . . 370.6 397.2 453.9 199.2! 279.6 260.6 .2698 October........ . 374.9 404.0 453.9 204.81 283.2 257.9 .2668 November... . 368.7 394.4 453.9 202.01 281.6 258.7 .2712 December... . 365.9 389.9 453.9 202.01 282.4 258.9 .2732 1949 * January........ . 363.8 386.8 453.9 202.01 279.0 258.9 .2750 February.... . 343.8 355.5 453.9 203. C1 277.5 258.9 .2909 March........... . 346.3 358.2 453.9 202. CI 276.3 258.5 .2896 April............. . 348.7 362.6 453.9 197.6 287.5 257'. 1 .2868 May.............. . 348.8 362.8 453.9 197.2! 287.5 257.1 • .2867 June.............. . 349.0 362.9 453.9 203.9 287.5 257.2 .2865 July............... . 351.7 374.0 453.9 194.2! 265.8 240.5 .2844 August.......... . 337.5 351.2 453.9 196.31 266.6 241.2 .2963 September. . . 333.6 345.1 453.9 190.31 264.8 243.1 .2998 October .... . 332.9 343 3 453.9 199.91 264.8 245.0 .3004 November... . 339 6 356.1 453.9 191.1. 258.4 239.8 .2945 December .. . 329.6 335.9 453.9 202 ‘) 259 5 256.2 .3035 1950 January . ... 332.3 336.8 453.9 238. () 253.1 269.3 .3010 February.. . . . 336.9 340.2 453. SI 233.:i 257.8 284.1 .2969 March........... . 339.0 341.4 453.9 236.7 257.8 292.6 .2950 April............. 331.8 328.6 453.9I 237.'7 252.9 301.2 .3015 May............... . 320.2 308.6 453.9 244.7 249.7 309.1 .3123 June............... . 323.1 310.9 453.9> 243.J5 249.7 319.1 .3095 July................ . 332.0 322.4 453.9I 252.6 249.7 328.7 .3012 August.......... . 334.4 325.9 453.9I 258.7’ 251.1 328.4 .2990 September . . . 341.3 335.0 453.9 317.4 252.5 327.5 .2930 October......... . 352 8 351.1 453.9 337.3 249.7 334.5 .2835 November... . 354.1 353.2 453.9I 322.1i 249.7 335.9 .2825 December. . . . 352.2 350.5 453.9 325.2I 249.7 334.8 .2839 1951 January.... . 355.2 355.0 453.9 331.5 249.7 334.6 .2816 February. . . . 358.4 359.8 453.9 342.8 249.7 334.4 .2790 March.......... . 353.2 349.3 453.9 379.4 248.8 339.3 .2832 April............ . 361.2 362.6 453.9 398.6 247.5 334.7 .2769 May............. . 365.0 367.0 453.9 410.4■ 247.5 339.5 .2740 June............. . 367.8 372.0 453.9 399.5i 247.5 337.7 .2719 ■ Average number of persons in a family = 4.9 members. 2 Revised in accordance with the new survey on the "Levels of Living in Manila” by Department of Labor and the Bureau of the Census and Statistics conducted in December, 1946. 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