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TABLE C~50.—Wholesale price indexes by stage of processing,[1967=100]1947-73—ContinuedFinished goodsSpecial groups of industrialproductsYear or monthTotalTotalConsumer finished goodsFoodsOthernondurablegoodsDurablegoodsProducerfinishedgoodsCrudematerials2Intermediatematerials,supplies,and components3Consumerfinishedgoodsexcludingfoods1947..1948..1949..1950..1951..1952..1953..1954..1955..1956..1957..1958..1959..I960..1961..1962..1963..1964..1965..1966..1967..1968..1969..1970..1971..1972..1973_1972:Jan..Feb_.Mar_.Apr..May..June_July..Aug..Sept..Oct...Nov..Dec.1973:Jan...Feb..Mar..Apr..May..June.74.079.977.679.086.586.085.185.385.587.991.193.293.093.793.794.093.794.195.798.8100.0102.9106.6110.4113.5117.2129.5115.5116.3116.1115.8116.4116.9117.8117.9118.2117.6118.3119.5121.0122.5124.6125.6126.8128.780.586.582.583.991.890.789.289.188.589.892.494.493.694.594.394.694.194.396.199.4100.0102.7106.6109.9112.7116.6131.2114.7115.6115.2114.8115.5116.1117.3117.4117.7117.1117.9119.3121.2122.9125.5126.6127.9130.282.890.483.184.795.294.389.488.786.586.389.394.590.192.191.792.591.491.995.4101.6100.0103.7110.0113.4115.2121.7146.4118.7120.6119.4118.0119.5120.7123.3123.1123.6122.3124.1127.1131.8134.1140.2140.7141.9145.080.785.882.383.690.087.888.688.989.491.193.292.694.094.794.794.895.194.895.997.8100.0102.2105.0108.2111.3113.6125.9112.0112.1112.4112.7113.1113.5113.8114.2114.5114.7115.0115.2115.4117.4117.8119.8121.6124.774.679.781.882.788.288.989.690.391.294.397.198.499.699.298.898.397.898.297.998.5100.0102.2104.0107.1110.9113.2115.8112.9113.2113.1113.2113.1113.2113.5113.6113.7112.7112.8113.7113.8114.0114.5115.3115.7115.955.460.463.464.971.272.473.674.576.782.487.589.891.591.791.892.292.493.394.496.8100.0103.5106.9111.9116.6119.5123.5118.4118.8119.0119.3119.4119.6119.7119.8119.9119.7119.9120.3120.6121.2121.7122.3123.1123.479.292.584.093.6102.993.192.488.096.6102.3100.996.9102.398.397.295.694.397.1100.9104.5100.0102.0110.6118.8122.7131.1155.2125.6127.0129.1129.3129.9129.8130.2132.3132.6133.8136.3136.8139.1142.3142.5146.8149.6152.870.076.174.277.787.084.385.385.788.392.695.094.896.496.895.595.395.095.696.998.9100.0102.6106.1110.0114.3118.9128.4116.4117.2117.6118.2118.6119.0119.2119.5119.8120.1120.3120.5121.2122.6124.8126.6128.0128.979.084.082.283.589.588.389.189.490.192.394.694.795.996.396.296.096.095.996.698.1100.0102.1104.6107.7111.2113.5121.9112.3112.5112.7112.9113.1113.4113.7114.0114.2113.9114.1114.6114.8116.0116.5118.0119.3121.3July..Aug..Sept..Oct...Nov .Dec.128.8132.9132.2132.8136.8140.7130.4135.4134.5135.0139.9144.7145.4158.6156.1153.6153.7155.7124.5124.5124.8128.2140.9151.1116.1116.3115.8116.7117.0117.9123.5123.9124.2125.1125.7126.7153.5156.0161.0164.7174.2179.8128.7129.5130.3131.2133.5135.9121.2121.3121.3123.7131.6138.21 Includes, in addition to subgroups shown, processed fuels and lubricants, containers, and supplies.2 Excludes crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco.3 Excludes intermediate materials for food manufacturing and manufactured animal feeds.Note.—For a listing of the commodities included in each sector, see monthly report, "Wholesale Prices and PriceI ndexes," January-February 1967.Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.308
194819491950.,1951195219531954Yearormonth1955195619571958 . ...1959I96019611962196319641965196619671968 . .19691970 .1971197219731971: JulyAugSeptOct...NovDec1972: JanFebMarAprMay....JuneTABLE C-51.—Percent changes in wholesale price indexes, major groups, 1948-73July....AugSept....OctNov . .Dec1973:JanFebMarAprMayJuneJuly.....AugSept....OctNovDecAllcommodities1.5-6.114.71.2-3.45- 61.64.52.0-.3.5-.2.0-.1.43.41.71.02.84 82.24 06.518.2.3.3-.3-.1.1.8.89.1.1.6.8.2.3-.2.61.81.31.92.2.82.12.4-1.35.8-1.8-.51.62.50.2_". 2.1.1.6.45.2.3'.4.7.6.5.7o1.5.91.62.31 02.02.3-1.46.2-1.5-.31.82.2[Percent change from preceding period l \Industrialcommodities5.0-5.014.0,4-1.41 4,24.34 21.1.91 2-.6-.1-.2.5.61.42.21 92.73 93.63 23.614.8.5.5-.1.0-.1.3.5 5.3.4.3.3.2.3.21.3.3.51.11.21 41.1.9.0.4.51.23.02.70.6"o_ l.1.3.34.34.3.4.2.3.31.4.2.31.01.21 31.21.0.1.4.71.13.22.6Farm productsand processedfoods and feedsUnadustedSeasonallyadjustedUnadjustedSeasonallyadjustedUnadjusted-6.8-8.917.03.5-8.2-2 3-2 6-6.46.04.2-.2-4 43.9-.66-2.1.09.5.2-1 83.57 5-1 46.014.426.7-.3-.3-1 4.0.52.01.31 9-.4-.71.41.12.2-.2.6-1 01.65.83.33.94.6- 74.75.6-4.117.6-6.0-3.9-1.42.2-1.01.2_ 98.31.5.5 9.0 1.8.51.71.31.4- 31.65.02.63.05.014.15.0-4.619.3-5.2-3.3-1.51.41.2-5.610.22.7-3.1-.1-.6-.13.13.0.2-.72.1-.8.1-.4.24.01.61.23.14 91.43.34.521.3-.1.3-.5.2.21.0.4.8-.3-.3.6.51.0.1.3-.5.71.2Total1.61.42.1.91.01.8.23.8-.7.43.63.4Consumer finished goods-0.51.0-.6.7.1.6.2.7-.3 .1.3.3.6.7.3.0.81.41.22.21.4.71.6-.24.5-.6.93.53.0-2.4-7.413.35.3-5.9-2.2-1.9-2.93.65.3.4-3.75.2-1.8-1.3.49.11.4-.44.88.2-2.55 98.022.5-.7.4-1.0.1.61.7.81.6-1.0-1.21.31.02.2-.2.4-1.11.52.43.71.74.5.4.92.2.39.1-1.6-1.6.11.3SeasonallyadjustedUnadjustedSeasonallyadjustedUnadjustedAll exceptFoodsfoodsSeasonallyUnadsonallySea-adjustejustejustedad-4.0-4.58.2.9-1.11.6.31.72.51.7 .2.8.4-.3-.1.1.1.91.72.12.02.93.91.82.220.6-1.7 .4 0.42.1 .1-1.3-'.11.9 .3 .0-.1 .0 .1.9 .4 .4.3 .2 .11.6 .2-1.0 .2 .'3-.2 .2.7 .2.3.5 .3 \l1.1 .3 .21.4 .3 .4.3 .2 .4-.3 -.4.8 .2 .31.6 .4 .33.1 .2 .11.8 1.0 1.14.5 .4 .51.4 1.3 1.41.1 1.1L7 1.7 1.6-.8 -.1 -.210.8 .1-1.7 .0 .*22.0 1.8-!6 6.4 6.5.5 5.0 4.9i Annual changes are from December to December.Note.—The seasonally adjusted changes for all commodities and industrial commodities are based on seasonal adjustmentfactors and seasonally adjusted indexes carried to two decimal places.Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.309
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ECONOMICTRANSMITTEDTO THE CONGRESSF
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CONTENTSPageECONOMIC REPORT OF THE
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ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTTo
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of the inflation rate of 1973, and
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people of an easy time. Like our pa
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THE PRESIDENT:LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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CHAPTER 3. INFLATION CONTROL UNDER
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We have specific problems, too, asi
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consumption we would not have chose
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outside the food and fuel sectors a
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about $14 billion from deficit to s
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8 percent, at annual rates. Continu
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DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST ENERGY FOR
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would otherwise have been invested
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TRANSPORTATION REFORMLast year the
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constraints. Restrictions on entry
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Consumer SpendingConsumer expenditu
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Chart 1Changes in GNP, Real GNP, GN
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During the fourth quarter the downt
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income do not appear to have played
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Chart 2Changes in Real GNPPERCENTUN
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of essentially declining participat
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from job losers, the remainder of t
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TABLE 12.—Changes in selected pri
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production workers, and it is sensi
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the profits that companies report a
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effect of covered wage and employme
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MONETARY POLICY AND FINANCIAL MARKE
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lation requiring ceilings on all CD
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TABLE 19.—Offerings of new securi
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CHAPTER 3Inflation Control Under th
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(A more detailed presentation of th
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ate of advance in grocery store foo
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to the economy but also in the sens
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were imposed, limiting prices to th
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spurring of domestic inflation by e
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was more than twice as high in 1973
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wage increases in many cases, const
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TABLE 26.—Behavior of items in co
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Chart 6Changes in RelatedWholesale
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and natural gas. A complex set of f
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CHAPTER 4Energy and AgricultureFOR
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al gas have contributed to the low
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TABLE 30*—Wholesale prices, all i
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tion sector, which in 1972 accounte
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United States on oil imports, OPEC
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of old oil and prices of imported a
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LONG-TERM PROSPECTSThe price of imp
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important that the higher costs be
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improving the environment. The fund
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pollutants into the atmosphere will
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of research and rapid mechanization
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lion in fiscal 1972. Actually the a
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a minimum income. Unless prices fal
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The Administration supports the exa
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and estimates of some of these effe
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ability were not perfectly correlat
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Chart 9Real Incomes for Men in Diff
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ecause they have acquired more expe
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whose owners or white workers have
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y social pressures, however, which
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TABLE 42.—Relation of wage and sa
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ferences in their mix of occupation
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for public housing may be valued by
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8 to 20 percent for black females.
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sufficiently high to cover the addi
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TABLE 45.—Federal Government tran
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given to the problems of poverty du
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TABLE 47.—Trends in the employmen
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enefit increases greater than the i
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(Table 45). Medicare is chiefly des
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Public assistance is specifically d
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Then, subtracting equation (4) from
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policies, and the tensions among co
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which include trade, grants and oth
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ply of oil, and by domestic price c
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in the United States. In view of th
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TABLE 52.—U.S. balances on intern
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TABLE 54.—Major changes in capita
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attempt was made to agree on a code
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system, these demand changes were a
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What Pressures Should Be Exerted on
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The composition of reserves among d
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prices of approximately the same or
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Reducing Nontariff BarriersIn order
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Structural problems. Agreements on
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arrangements which are designed to
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capital and the means of putting th
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Canada and four smaller countries u
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currencies have appreciated relativ
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Effective Changes in Other Currenci
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Activities of the Advisory Committe
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Appendix BREPORT TO THE PRESIDENT O
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Report to the President on the Acti
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govern the exploitation of the reso
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Manpower and Social Affairs Committ
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Junior Staff EconomistsJames S. Fac
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Appendix CSTATISTICAL TABLES RELATI
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PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY:Pa
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NATIONAL INCOME OR EXPENDITURETABLE
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TABLE C-2.—Gross national product
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TABLE C-3.—Implicit price deflato
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TABLE C-5.—Gross national product
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