Cost of living Index
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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal
- Title
- Cost of living Index
- Language
- English
- Source
- The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XXIV (Issue No.5) May 1948
- Year
- 1948
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- 178 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL May, 1948 ★ LUZON STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC. MANILA ♦ COST OF LIVING INDEX OF WAGE EARNER’S FAMILY1 IN MANILA BY MONTH, 1946-48 (1941 = 100) By the Bureau of the Census and Statistics 1946 All Items (59°5) House Rent (8.43) Cloth ing (0.62) Fuel, Light and Water (13.94) Miscel laneous (17.86) ing Power of a Peso January... 603.4 759.2 236.4 984.0 363 8 434.8 .1657 February.. 547.2 656.3 236 4 940.:3 369 5 460.5 .1827 March.. . . 525.9 631.0 236 4 940.:L 340.4 445.2 .1902 April......... 556 2 684.1 236.4 9io.:3 345.5 435 9 .1798 May....... 545.1 675.6 236.4 762.15 342 3 409.6 .1835 June.......... 538.7 666.4 236 4 737!) 343 3 404.2 .1856 July........... 552.7 704 3 236 4 598!) 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 J1 346 5 305.2 .2063 December. 461.9 570 8 236.4 371 !J 344.7 302 1 .2165 19472 (100.00) (63 .43) (11.96) (2.04) (7 73) (14.84) January... 426.2 468.2 453.9 381.® 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 I2 334.7 279.4 .2458 April......... 387.7 413 3 453 9 269.:2 328.9 271.6 .2579 May.......... 381.0 404.4 453.9 250.!) 325 4 269.4 .2625 June.......... 386 3 414 4 453.9 236 .13 316 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.:i 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.: 280.5 267.7 .2788 November. 358.4 376 3 453 9 215 1L .280 5 265 3 .2790 December. 371.9 395 8 453 9 219 1I 298.2 262 9 .2689 1948 January .. 391.2 428 3 453.9 224. J 304 6 249 9 .2556 February.. 368 5 392 0 453 9 223.13 301 1 254.4 .2714 March.. . . 349 4 361 0 453.9 214.( 308 1 255.9 .2862 April......... 356.1 374.1 453.9 209 4 289.7 254.8 .2808 ARE NEW LINES GOING UP? “YESEREE” And So Is The Cost of Constructing Them! Though material shortages still exist, and COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, we are doing everything in our power to bring ELECTRIC LIVING to as many families as possible......... “LIVE ELECTRICALLY AND ENJOY THE DIFFERENCE” MANILA ELECTRIC CO. 134 San Marcelino 1 Average number of persons in a family = 4.9 members. 2 Revised in accordance with the new survey of the “Levels of Living, in Manila” by the Department of Labor and the Bureau of The Census and Statistics conducted in December, 1946. The following weights were used in computing the “over-all” index: Foodstuffs — 63.43; House rent — 11.96; Clothing — 2.04; Fuel-light-water — 7.73 and Miscellaneous — 14.84. Other Chambers of Commerce Philippine Chinese General Chamber of Commerce WHEN the Philippine Supreme Court rendered its deci sion in the celebrated Krivenko case, about 200,000 alien nationals in this country suddenly found them selves the personification of the mythical character “Wandering Jew”, with no anchor to the earth, to borrow a phrase from a local realtor’s slogan. To say that the verdict was a blow to them, is putting it only mildly, for the effect of the decision is much more catastrophic than the average Filipino supposes it to be. At the outset, it must be made clear that the bulk of the alien land holdings was acquired before there was a Philippine constitution at all, hence there was no law vio lated. The Chinese who are among the alien minorities severely hit by the verdict, acquired their holdings in good faith. That can also be said of the action of government officials throughout the Philippines when they accepted the registration of the properties. As background, I cite the latest official statistics (Bu reau of the Census and Statistics 1939) which reveal that the size and value of landholdings of aliens, by nationalities, including corporations, stood thus at that time:
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