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Employment, Prices, Incomes
Table 4. Price Indices
Cosl of living index Index of goods and services
January 1, 1968=100 January 1, 1968= ■100
Feb. 1 Mav 1 Aug. 1 Nov. 1 Average Feb. 1 May 1 Aug. 1 Nov. 1 Average
1968 101 103 105 109 105.6 101 104 105 111 106.5
1969 121 125 131 134 128.5 124 128 135 138 132.1
1970 137 141 147 154 145.4 141 146 152 163 151.0
1971 153 155 154 156 154.7 160 162 161 164 162.1
1972 157 170 175 176 170.7 170 184 189 192 185.5
1973 183 201 210 226 208.6 201 225 234 250 231.3
1974 242 289 297 342 298.3 268 320 321 378 328.8
1975 372 426 459 491 444.4 411 468 512 552 494.0
1976 507 566 605 645 587.3 567 631 679 727 659.7
1977 682 731 766 840 766.2 771 816 859 945 860.7
1978 936 1044 1162 1234 1103.9 1060 1167 1307 1392 1241.7
1979 1292 1452 1649 1459 1618 1855
Index of construction cost, Oclober 1, 1955= 100
March 1 July 1 Nov. 1 Average Jan. 1 Apr. I July 1 Oct. 1 Average
1968 314 332 345 323 1976* 101 105 111 119 109
1969 386 418 428 397 1977 126 135 138 159 140
1970 439 480 524 465 1978 176 192 217 240 206
1971 532 535 543 534 1979 258 280 309 355 301
1972 603 683 689 634
1973 708 853 913 787
1974 998 1290 1455 1157
1975 1563 1881 1986 1722
* A new index of construction cost was adopted at the beginning of 1976 with October 1975= 100. On January 1, 1976, it was 101 and the old index on that date
was 1998.
Export and import prices and the terms of trade. 1972-100.0 The credit terms index
Quarterly averages Annual averages
Export Imporl Terms Export Import Terms
pricesi) prices2) of trade prices prices of trade 1979
1973 Quarter 4 150.3 131.8 114.0 1972 100.0 100.0 100.0 June .... . . 100
1974 ” 1 172.4 139.9 123.3 1973 131.6 114.1 115.3 July .... . . 103
” 2 156.2 154.0 101.4 1974 158.8 152.7 104.0 August . . . . . 107
” 3 160.2 159.4 100.5 1975 142.4 160.3 88.8 September . . 113
” 4 153.2 162.4 94.3 1976 168.4 168.3 100.1 October . . . 118
1975 ” 1 143.4 158.4 90.5 1977 192.1 177.1 108.5
” 2 139.4 165.2 84.3 1978 199.1 183.5 108.5
” 3 134.0 161.3 83.0
” 4 137.9 167.2 82.4
1976 ” 1 152.2 165.4 92.0
” 2 164.0 166.8 98.4
” 3 175.0 172.1 101.7
” 4 180.0 176.3 102.1
1977 ” 1 187.1 173.9 107.6
” 2 191.0 176.1 108.4
” 3 194.2 178.8 108.6
” 4 195.8 180.2 108.6
1978 ” 1 198.4 182.1 109.6
” 2 200.0 188.2 106.3
” 3 199.8 188.8 105.8
” 4 192.2 193.8 99.1
1) Price of total exports. 2) General import prices.
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