Prosperity Through Competition
Table I
TABLE I
| INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL NET PRODUCTION | ||||
| Basis: 1936=100 | Per working day | |||
| Time | Total Industry | Raw Materials and Producers’ goods Industries | Capital goods Industries | Consumer goods Industries |
| 1948 1 Half year | 50.22 | 43.8 | 45.0 | 42.4 |
| 2 „ | 69.12 | 64.1 | 67.2 | 60.8 |
| 1949 1 „ | 82.9 | 78.5 | 84.2 | 78.2 |
| 2 „ | 94.0 | 83.7 | 87.4 | 92.6 |
| 1950 1 „ | 99.7 | 93.1 | 98.8 | 103.4 |
| 2 „ | 121.7 | 113.5 | 126.5 | 123.1 |
| 1951 1 „ | 127.7 | 120.9 | 144.6 | 129.1 |
| 2 „ | 134.3 | 122.3 | 149.9 | 128.3 |
| 1952 1 „ | 133.4 | 122.8 | 161.5 | 120.3 |
| 2 „ | 145.3 | 129.9 | 167.2 | 139.9 |
| 1953 1 „ | 145.6 | 132.3 | 167.6 | 142.2 |
| 2 „ | 161.5 | 141.2 | 178.4 | 161.5 |
| 1954 1 quarter | 153.4 | 137.1 | 182.3 | 154.5 |
| 2 „ | 171.2 | 158.2 | 205.6 | 161.3 |
| 3 „ | 171.4 | 162.5 | 200.5 | 162.8 |
| 4 „ | 191.0 | 166.6 | 230.1 | 183.9 |
| 1955 1 „ | 178.5 | 163.7 | 230.0 | 170.6 |
| 2 „ | 197.8 | 185.1 | 255.0 | 177.7 |
| 3 „ | 197.1 | 185.7 | 248.1 | 180.3 |
| 4 „ | 216.6 | 188.0 | 274.6 | 207.4 |
| 1956 1 „ | 197.2 | 176.1 | 263.2 | 187.5 |
| 2 „ | 216.9 | 202.0 | 285.7 | 195.6 |
| 3 „ | 211.8 | 199.3 | 266.4 | 195.2 |
| 4 „ | 225.91 | 197.0 | 280.5 | 219.0 |
| 1957 1 „ | 212.9 | 195.2 | 275.1 | 206.1 |
| 2 „ | 230.3 | 211.1 | 298.0 | 209.5 |
1 not final
2 without main building trade
TABLE II
| THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPITAL MARKET | |||||
| Sales (in Mill DM.) | |||||
| Time | Fixed interest-bearing securities | Shares | Fixed interest-bearing securities and shares since currency reform | ||
| annually | since currency reform | annually | since currency reform | ||
| 1948 21.6—31.12 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 19.1 |
| 1949 | 770.1 | 788.7 | 41.3 | 41.8 | 830.5 |
| 1950 | 676.5 | 1,465.2 | 51.2 | 93.0 | 1,558.2 |
| 1951 | 747.4 | 2,212.6 | 164.7 | 257.7 | 2,470.3 |
| 1952 | 1,557.7 | 3,770.3 | 259.3 | 517.0 | 4,287.3 |
| 1953 | 2,901.9 | 6,672.2 | 268.7 | 785.7 | 7,457.9 |
| 1954 | 4,691.0 | 11,363.2 | 453.0 | 1,238.7 | 12,601.9 |
| 1955 | 3,680.7 | 15,043.9 | 1,554.8 | 2,793.5 | 17,837.4 |
| 1956 | 2,564.2 | 17,608.1 | 1,837.5 | 4,631.0 | 22,239.1 |
TABLE III
| THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT PRICE INDICES | ||||
| Cost of living of medium consumer groups 1950 = 100 |
Cost prices of industrial products 1950 = 100 |
Cost prices of agricultural products 1950/51 = 100 |
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July |
1948 |
102 |
103 |
104 |
January |
1949 |
110 |
106 |
121 |
July |
1949 |
106 |
102 |
118 |
January |
1950 |
102 |
100 |
107 |
July |
1950 |
99 |
98 |
101 |
January |
1951 |
102 |
111 |
103 |
July |
1951 |
108 |
118 |
113 |
January |
1952 |
112 |
123 |
120 |
July |
1952 |
109 |
121 |
118 |
January |
1953 |
110 |
120 |
114 |
July |
1953 |
108 |
118 |
114 |
January |
1954 |
107 |
116 |
115 |
July |
1954 |
108 |
116 |
124 |
January |
1955 |
110 |
118 |
120 |
July |
1955 |
111 |
119 |
122 |
January |
1956 |
112 |
120 |
124 |
July |
1956 |
113 |
120 |
127 |
December |
1956 |
114 |
124 |
126 |
July |
1957 |
116 |
124 | |
138 |
