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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 26 Oct 1960

Vol. 184 No. 1

Written Answers. - Details of Consumer Price Index.

109.

asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the consumers price index, or the cost-of-living index where appropriate, for February in each year from 1948 to 1960, inclusive, and the percentage change in each case.

The following statements give the information required by the Deputy. For technical reasons it is not feasible to link the group index numbers of the Cost-of-Living Index (Essential Items) base August 1947 = 100, to the group index numbers for the consumer price index, base August, 1953 = 100.

TABLE 1. —Retail Price Index to base August, 1947 = 100 for February in each year 1948 to 1960 together with the percentage change from the previous year.

All Items

Mid-February

Index

% change from previous year

1948

99

1949

99

1950

100

+ 1.0

1951

103

+ 3.0

1952

114

+ 10.7

1953

123

+ 7.9

1954

124

+ 0.8

1955

126

+ 1.6

1956

132

+ 4.8

1957

135

+ 2.3

1958

144

+ 6.7

1959

147

+ 2.1

1960

144

– 2.0

TABLE 2. — Cost-of-Living Index (Essential Items) to base August, 1947 = 100 for February in each year 1948 to 1953 with the corresponding group index numbers showing in each case the percentage change from the previous year.

Mid-February

All Items

Food

Clothing

Fuel and Light

Rent

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

1948

99

97

101

103

100

1949

99

97

103

+ 2.0

101

– 1.9

105

+ 5.0

1950

100

+ 1.0

98

+ 1.0

106

+ 2.9

101

109

+ 3.8

1951

103

+ 3.0

98

125

+ 17.9

109

+ 7.9

109

1952

114

+ 10.7

109

+ 11.2

134

+ 7.2

121

+ 11.0

114

+ 4.6

1953

123

+ 7.9

122

+ 11.9

131

–2.2

125

+ 3.3

115

+ 0.9

TABLE 3. —CONSUMER Price Index to base August 1958 = 100 for February in each year 1954 to 1960 with the corresponding group index numbers showi ing in each case the percentage change from the previous year.

Sundries

All Items

Food

Clothing

Fuel and Light

Housing

Drink and Tobacco

Durable Household Goods

Other Goods and Services

All Sundries

Mid-February

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

Index

% change from previous year

1954

99.4

97.9

100.3

99.8

102.1

100.0

99.5

100.7

100.3

1955

101.2

+ 1.8

101.5

+ 3.7

100.0

+ 0.3

100.6

+ 0.8

105.0

+ 2.8

100.0

99.3

– 0.2

101.5

+ 0.8

100.7

+ 0.4

1956

105.5

+ 4.2

105.6

+ 4.0

101.2

+ 1.2

109.0

+ 8.3

108.9

+ 3.7

103.8

+ 3.8

100.5

+ 1.2

108.1

+ 6.5

105.6

+ 4.9

1957

107.7

+ 2.1

102.1

– 3.3

102.7

+ 1.5

120.9

+ 10.9

115.0

+ 5.6

112.7

+ 8.6

108.0

+ 7.5

113.1

+ 4.6

112.4

+ 6.4

1958

115.4

+ 7.1

116.7

+ 14.3

103.2

+ 0.5

121.0

+ 0.1

117.0

+ 1.7

121.1

+ 7.5

107.8

– 0.2

116.1

+ 2.7

117.1

+ 4.2

1959

117.7

+ 2.0

121.7

+ 4.3

103.3

+ 0.1

112.6

– 6.9

119.6

+ 2.2

121.9

+ 0.7

110.5

+ 2.5

118.3

+ 1.9

118.8

+ 1.5

1960

115.4

– 2.0

114.2

– 6.2

105.4

+ 2.0

109.3

– 2.9

122.7

+ 2.6

122.8

+ 0.7

110.6

+ 0.1

121.0

+ 2.3

120.6

+ 1.5

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