Cost of Living, Prices

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Consumer Price Index (CPI Detailed Report)
Gov. Doc. L 2.38/3: date (1963-date)
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
This publication contains indexes of consumer prices and per cent changes in selected large cities and for the U.S. average, including both commodities and services.
The most recent editions are in the pamphlet file under the heading "Cost of Living." Older editions are in the government documents section. Ask the librarian to help you.

Producer Prices and Price Indexes
[formerly Wholesale Price Index] (1963-date)
http://www.bls.gov/ppi/
This is a monthly publication that measures average changes in prices received in primary markets in the U.S.

American Statistical Abstract
rq Z 7554 .U5 A4x(1973-date)
This publication covers statistical information of the United States government. Check such subject headings as "Cost of Living," Family Budgets," "Producer Proce Index," "Retail Trade," and "Retail Food Price Index."

Statistical Sources
Wasserman, Paul, ed.
rq Z 7551 .S84 (yr.)
This is a compilation of statistical sources, both governmental and non-governmental, covering both the United States and foreign countries. Check such headings as "Consumer Price Index," "Prices," "Wholesale Price Indexes," and the names of individual commodities.

Check the appropriate statistical tables in the following titles:

Economic Indicators http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html
monthly (1948-date)

Monthly Labor Review http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
monthly (1915-date)

Survey of Current Business
http://www.bea.gov/bea/pubs.htm
monthly (1921-date)

Federal Reserve Bulletin http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/default.htm
monthly (1915-date)

Cost of Living Pamphlet File
Other current publications are available in the pamphlet file under the heading "Cost of Living." Ask the librarian to help you.

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Retrospective information can be obtained from the following sources:

Statistical Abstract of the United States
r 317.3 U25sta (1879-date)
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
This is a compilation of statistics on all facets of American Life, collected by both governmental and non-governmental agencies. References are given with each table, citing the original source of the information. There is a detailed subject index.

Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1790
r HA 202 .B87 1975
This supplement ot the Statistical Abstract includes comparative historical statistics. In Addition to the sections of tables that apply, see the useful background information on other sources:

p. 185-190 for wholesale prices
p. 191-196 for cost of living/retail trade

In the Dewey Catalog the heading are "Cost of Living" and "Prices". In the Library of Congress Catalog the headings are "Cost and Standard of Living", "Microeconomics", and "Prices".

Handbook of Labor Statistics 1989 ed.
U.S. Burea of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2536bul (#2340)
[Note: Continues as privately published Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics.]

Consumer price index/retail prices - p.470-487
Wholesale (producer) indexes - p.488-498

Bulletin: Retail Cost of Living
U.S. Burea of Labor Statistics.
r 338.5 U253 (prices cover period 1890-1929)

Prices, Wholesale and Retail (monthly)
U.S. Burea of Labor Statistics.
r 338.5 U2531p (1931-February 1932)

Retail Prices of Foods, 1929-1936.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2536bul (#635)

Changes in Cost of Living
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331.83 U254c (November 1934, July 1935-September 1941)

Wartime Prices, pt. 1 (August 1939 to Pearl Harbor)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2356bul (#749)

Retail Food Prices by Cities (monthly)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 338.5 U2531re (January 15, 1948-December 15, 1952)

Prices, A Chartbook, 1953-1962.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2536 bul (#1351)

Retail prices and Indexes of Fuel and Electricity, 1959-Nov.1963
r 350.872 UL1

Bulletin: Wholesale Prices
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 338.5 U2531 (prices cover period 1890-1931)

Wholesale Prices (monthly)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 338.5 U2531w (1932-1941)

Wholesale Prices(semi-annual)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2536bul (#718, 736, 759, 785) (covers 1942-43)

Wholesale Prices, 1945-50, 1951/52
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2536bul (#877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, 1143)

Wholesale Prices and Price Index, 1954/56-1963
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
r 331 U2536bul (#1214, 1235, 1257, 1295, 1376, 1382, 1411, 1513)