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Table 4. — Wholesale price indexes of selected timber -products and competing materials, 1926-1972— Continued 



[1967 = 100] 



Year 



Metals and metal 

 products 



Structural shapes 



Metal doors, sash 

 and trim 



Aluminum siding 

 noninsulated 



Galvanized car- 

 bon steel sheets 



Flat glass 



Concrete products 





Actual 



Rela- 

 tive i 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive l 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive i 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



1926 



41.4 

 38.8 

 38.8 

 40.2 

 36.2 



32.6 

 29.9 

 30.7 

 33.9 

 33.8 



34.5 

 39.4 

 38.0 

 37.6 

 37.8 



38.5 

 39.1 

 40.0 

 40.0 

 39.6 



44.3 



54.9 

 62.5 

 63.0 

 66.3 



73.8 

 73.9 

 76.3 

 76.9 

 82.1 



89.2 

 91.0 

 90.4 

 92.3 

 92.4 



91.9 

 91.2 

 91.3 

 93.8 

 96.4 



98.8 

 100.0 

 102.6 

 108.5 

 116.7 



119.0 

 123.5 



80.2 

 78.7 

 77.6 

 81.9 

 81.2 



86.7 

 89.0 

 90.3 

 87.8 

 81.8 



82.7 

 88.5 

 93.8 

 94.5 

 93.3 



85.4 

 76.8 

 75.0 

 74.6 

 72.5 



71.1 

 71.8 

 75.5 

 80.1 

 81.1 



81.0 

 83.4 

 87.3 

 87.8 

 93.5 



98.3 

 97.5 

 95.6 

 97.4 

 97.4 



97.2 



96.2 

 96.6 

 99.0 

 99.8 



99.0 

 100.0 

 100.1 

 101.9 

 105.7 



104.5 

 103.7 























70.5 



70.5 

 70.5 

 69.4 

 70.4 



66.3 

 61.2 

 62.1 

 62.1 

 56.7 



60.3 



60.6 

 55.6 

 55.4 

 49.3 



57.3 



59.2 

 59.2 

 59.2 

 59.2 



62.7 

 71.3 

 74.7 

 96.4 

 78.2 



83.3 

 83.4 

 85.5 

 87.1 

 88.0 



91.1 

 93.6 

 94.9 

 96.1 

 97.2 



97.2 

 97.3 

 96.5 

 95.7 

 96.3 



97.7 

 100.0 

 102.6 

 106.5 

 112.2 



120.6 

 125.6 



136 6 



1927 























143 



1928 























141 



1929 























141 3 



1930 























157 8 



1931 























176 3 



1932 























182 1 



1933 























182 6 



1934 























160 9 



1935 























137.3 



1936 























144.6 



1937 























136 2 



1938 























137.3 



1939 























139 2 



1940 























121.7 



1941 























127.1 



1942 























116.3 



1943 























111.1 



1944 























110.4 



1945 . 























108.4 



1946 























100.6 



1947 



39.5 

 48.1 

 52.8 

 56.6 



60.0 

 61.3 

 64.7 

 67.3 

 71.0 



76.2 



87.7 

 91.4 

 93.4 

 93.4 



93.4 

 93.4 

 94.1 

 96.2 

 96.2 



99.9 

 100.0 

 101.8 

 108.1 

 115.3 



126.8 

 134.6 



61.6 

 58.1 

 67.1 

 69.2 



65.9 

 69.2 

 74.0 

 76.8 

 80.9 



84.0 

 94.0 

 96.6 

 98.5 

 98.4 



98.8 

 98.5 

 99.5 

 101.6 

 99.6 



100.1 

 100.0 

 99.3 

 101.5 

 104.4 



111.3 

 113.0 



71.9 

 75.1 

 76.7 

 82.0 



90.1 



87.8 

 91.4 

 96.5 

 103.9 



108.5 

 104.8 

 105.7 

 100.7 

 98.9 



98.4 

 97.9 

 95.5 

 96.0 

 95.4 



95.9 

 100.0 

 103.9 

 108.4 

 112.9 



118.0 

 120.5 



94.0 

 90.7 

 97.5 

 100.2 



98.9 

 99.1 

 104.6 

 110.2 

 118.3 



119.6 

 112.3 

 111.7 

 106 2 

 104.2 



104.1 

 103.3 

 101.1 

 101.4 

 98.8 



96.1 

 100.0 

 101.4 

 101.8 

 102.3 



103.6 

 101.2 







51.6 



68.4 

 61.0 

 67.9 



76.2 

 75.1 

 73.3 

 74.7 

 79.0 



84.6 

 86.9 

 89.2 

 91.8 

 93.0 



93.0 

 93.0 

 95.6 

 96.8 

 100.0 



100.0 

 100.0 

 102.7 

 105.7 

 109.7 



114.9 

 122.1 



67.5 

 70.6 

 77.5 

 83.0 



82.5 

 84.8 

 83.9 

 85.3 

 90.0 



93.2 

 93.1 

 94.3 

 96.8 

 98.0 



98.4 

 98.1 

 101.2 

 102.2 

 103.5 



100.2 

 100.0 

 100.2 

 99.2 

 99.4 



100.9 

 102.5 



66.8 

 70.4 

 73.9 

 75.6 



80.3 

 80.5 

 85.0 

 87.6 

 90.1 



93.9 

 95.5 

 95.3 

 95.2 

 93.3 



92.3 

 92.5 

 93.7 

 97.6 

 96.2 



96.0 

 100.0 

 104.4 

 109.2 

 115.5 



123.9 



122.4 



87.3 

 85.0 

 93.9 

 92.4 



88.1 

 90.9 

 97.3 

 100.0 

 102.6 



103.5 

 102.4 

 100.7 

 100.4 

 98.3 



97.7 

 97.6 

 99.2 

 103.1 

 99.6 



96.2 

 100.0 

 101.9 

 102.5 

 104.6 



108.8 

 102.8 



93.2 



1948 







90.2 



1949 







97.1 



1950 







95.6 



1951 







91.4 



1952 







94.1 



1953 







97.8 



1954 







99.4 



1955 . 







100.2 



1956 







100.4 



1957 







100.3 



1958 







100.3 



1959 







101.4 



1960 







102.4 



1961 

 1962 

 1963 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972 



108.7 

 102.2 



98.9 

 100.1 



98.2 



102.4 

 100.0 

 100.3 

 100.9 

 104.6 



105.2 

 105.8 



115.0 



107.8 

 104.7 

 105.7 

 101.7 



102.6 

 100.0 

 97.9 

 94.7 

 94.7 



92.4 



88.8 



102.9 

 102.6 

 102.1 

 101.1 

 99.7 



97.9 

 100.0 

 100.1 

 100.0 

 101.6 



105.9 

 105.6 



1 Relative wholesale price indexes obtained by dividing the actual price 

 index by the all commodity wholesale price index. 



Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wholesale 

 prices and price indexes. Monthly. 



