the base year calculate a Food Price Index for 1928 and 1940

Last updated: 10/14/2023

the base year calculate a Food Price Index for 1928 and 1940 Average weekly wages for the years covered in the table were 6 rubles in 1913 14 rubles in 1928 and 83 rubles in 1940 Using the Food Price Indexes you have just calculated assess what happened to the real wages of Russian workers between 1913 and 1940 Food prices in Russia before and after the 1917 Revolution in rubles per kilogram except milk in liters and eggs in units Foodstuffs consumed weekly in Moscow in 1926 Black Bread Wheat flour Potatoes Beef Mutton Sugar Milk Butter Eggs Sunflower oil Quantity 2 46 kgs 0 79 kgs 3 04 kgs 0 92 kgs 0 17 kgs 0 45 kgs 1 24 ltrs 0 11 kgs 1 60 eggs 0 12 kgs Price 1913 0 07 0 12 0 05 0 46 0 34 0 34 0 11 1 15 0 13 0 15 Price 1928 0 08 0 22 0 09 0 87 0 79 0 62 0 06 2 43 0 20 0 53 Price 1940 0 85 2 90 1 20 12 00 14 00 3 80 2 10 17 50 0 85 15 65