Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index Jul 1914=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1914-1939 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1939. Data Were Also Checked Through 1931 From France, Statistique General, L'Indice Du Mouvement Economique En France, 1901 A 1931, Pp. 121-123. L And C, Ec. Ser. Bull. February 7, 1938, 9.42: "Index For Paris Calculated For 13 Commodities By The Statistique General During The Month, Giving Each Commodity A Weight Cooresponding To The Consumption Of A Family Of Four Persons." (The Commodities Consist Of 11 Foods, Kerosene, And Alcohol.) Source: Bulletin De Statistique De La France, April, 1918, P.261 And Following. The July-September 1931 Issue, P.576, Gives The Data For 1920-1931. See Also P.548 Of 1931/32 Issue.

This NBER data series m04073a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04073a