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- Prices of Selected Consumer Products
- New York City, 1900Ð1995
- (in dollars)
- Year Beef Roast (per pound) Butter (per pound) Chicken (per pound) Eggs (per dozen) Rice (per pound)
- 1900 0.18 0.27 0.13 0.23 0.07
- 1905 0.14 0.28 0.17 0.32 0.09
- 1910 0.19 0.39 0.19 0.36 NR
- 1915 0.22 0.36 0.22 0.39 0.09
- 1920 0.41 0.71 0.44 0.78 0.17
- 1925 0.39 0.55 0.39 0.63 0.11
- 1930 0.41 0.46 0.37 0.52 0.09
- 1935 0.34 0.37 0.32 0.44 0.09
- 1941* 0.41 0.42 0.34 0.45 0.09
- 1945 0.33 0.51 0.47 0.60 0.14
- 1950 0.75 0.74 0.44 0.67 0.17
- 1955 0.70 0.72 0.45 0.70 0.20
- 1960 0.76 0.74 0.43 0.63 0.19
- 1965 0.85 0.75 0.42 0.57 0.20
- 1970 1.02 0.88 0.46 0.67 0.22
- 1975 1.78 1.06 0.68 0.85 0.50
- 1980 3.65 1.99 0.77 0.91 0.52
- 1986* 4.17 NR 0.88 0.92 NR
- 1990 4.54 1.92 0.86 1.00 0.49
- 1995 4.81 1.73 0.94 1.16 0.55
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- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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- *Prices for 1940 and 1985 were not recorded.
- NR = Prices not recorded
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