Retail Prices (International Comparisons)

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the principal exporting countries the annual increase in retail prices between 1952 and 1978 in the form of an index or otherwise.

Consumer prices indices for some main exporting countries are shown in the following table.In making comparisons it is important to note that there are differences between countries in coverage and methods of construction of their price indices.

CONSUMER PRICES INDICES
1970=100
				Belgium	Canada	France	Germany (F.R.)	Italy	Japan	Netherlands	United States	United Kingdom
1952	…	…	…	68	70	51	70	58	48	54	68	54
1953	…	…	…	68	69	51	69	59	51	54	69	55
1954	…	…	…	68	70	51	69	61	54	56	69	56
1955	…	…	…	68	70	51	70	62	53	57	69	59
1956	…	…	…	70	71	52	71	64	54	58	70	62
1957	…	…	…	72	73	54	73	65	55	62	72	64
1958	…	…	…	73	75	61	75	67	55	63	74	66
1959	…	…	…	74	76	65	75	66	55	64	75	67
1960	…	…	…	74	76	67	76	68	57	65	76	67
1961	…	…	…	75	77	70	78	69	60	66	77	70
1962	…	…	…	76	78	73	81	73	64	68	78	72
1963	…	…	…	78	79	76	83	78	69	71	79	74
1964	…	…	…	81	81	79	85	83	72	75	80	76
1965	…	…	…	84	83	81	88	86	77	79	81	80
1966	…	…	…	88	86	83	91	88	81	83	84	83
1967	…	…	…	90	89	85	92	92	84	86	86	85
1968	…	…	…	93	93	89	94	93	88	89	90	89
1969	…	…	…	96	97	95	96	95	93	96	94	94
1970	…	…	…	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1971	…	…	…	104	103	106	105	105	106	108	104	109
1972	…	…	…	110	108	112	111	111	111	116	108	117
1973	…	…	…	118	116	120	119	123	124	125	114	128
1974	…	…	…	133	129	137	127	146	154	137	127	148
1975	…	…	…	150	143	153	135	171	172	151	139	184
1976	…	…	…	163	153	168	141	200	188	165	147	215
1977	…	…	…	175	165	183	146	237	204	176	156	249
1978	…	…	…	183	180	200	150	265	211	183	168	270
Source: International Labour Office—Year Book of Labour Statistics

Volume 974: debated on Tuesday 27 November 1979