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Table Eh128-130 - Prices and wage indexes for the eastern Confederacy: 1861-1865
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General index of prices
Wage index
Ratio of mean skilled wage to mean unskilled wage
Row
Year
Month
Jan-Apr 1861 = 100
Jan 1861 = 100
Ratio
1
1861
Jan
101
100
3.76
2
1861
Feb
99
100
4.28
3
1861
Mar
101
99
3.92
4
1861
Apr
101
101
4.73
5
1861
May
109
107
4.25
6
1861
June
109
105
3.03
7
1861
July
111
100
4.25
8
1861
Aug
120
100
3.37
9
1861
Sept
128
106
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10
1861
Oct
136
101
5.30
11
1861
Nov
161
116
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12
1861
Dec
172
114
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13
1862
Jan
193
121
3.38
14
1862
Feb
211
112
3.38
15
1862
Mar
236
118
3.98
16
1862
Apr
281
119
4.02
17
1862
May
278
122
3.72
18
1862
June
331
127
3.09
19
1862
July
380
122
3.15
20
1862
Aug
419
136
3.38
21
1862
Sept
493
139
3.00
22
1862
Oct
526
160
2.30
23
1862
Nov
624
166
2.49
24
1862
Dec
686
177
2.38
25
1863
Jan
762
201
2.91
26
1863
Feb
900
207
2.62
27
1863
Mar
1,051
212
2.77
28
1863
Apr
1,178
237
2.46
29
1863
May
1,279
233
2.30
30
1863
June
1,308
241
2.32
31
1863
July
1,326
263
2.61
32
1863
Aug
1,428
296
2.97
33
1863
Sept
1,617
305
2.25
34
1863
Oct
1,879
341
2.24
35
1863
Nov
2,236
371
1.69
36
1863
Dec
2,464
349
1.86
37
1864
Jan
2,801
397
2.96
38
1864
Feb
2,947
381
2.23
39
1864
Mar
4,128
462
2.21
40
1864
Apr
4,470
402
3.15
41
1864
May
4,575
398
2.57
42
1864
June
4,198
372
2.84
43
1864
July
4,094
385
2.81
44
1864
Aug
4,097
394
2.59
45
1864
Sept
4,279
450
3.21
46
1864
Oct
4,001
527
3.21
47
1864
Nov
4,029
528
3.05
48
1864
Dec
4,285
521
1.39
49
1865
Jan
5,824
784
1.16
50
1865
Feb
6,427
884
3.04
51
1865
Mar
8,336
997
3.73
52
1865
Apr
9,211
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