APPENDIX
Table III
Berlin Rates of Interest and Wholesale Price Index, 1861-1912
Year
Interest
Rates
Wholesale
Price
Index
(1913 = 100)
Year
Interest
Rates
Wholesale
Price
Index
(1913 = 100)
Market
Bank
Market
Bank
1890
3.7
4.5
89
1861
3.0
4.0
96
1891
3.0
3.9
95
1862
3.0
4.0
92
1892
1.8
3.2
84
1863
3.5
4.1
90
1893
3.2
4.1
77
1864
5.1
5.3
90
1894
1.7
3.1
72
1865
4.6
5.0
92
1895
2.0
3.1
71
1866
6.2
6.2
97
1896
3.0
3.7
71
1867
2.9
4.0
105
1897
3.1
3.8
77
1868
2.5
4.0
103
1898
3.6
4.3
82
1869
3.2
4.1
98
1899
4.5
5.0
82
1870
4.5
4.8
92
1900
4.4
5.3
87
1871
3.8
4.2
99
1901
3.1
4.1
82
1872
4.0
4.3
110
1902
2.2
3.3
81
1873
4.5
5.0
119
1903
3.0
3.8
80
1874
3.3
4.4
113
1904
3.1
4.2
83
1875
3.7
4.7
104
1905
2.9
3.8
86
1876
3.1
4.1
101
1906
4.0
5.1
88
1877
3.3
4.4
103
1907
5.1
6.0
98
1878
3.4
4.3
93
1908
3.6
4.9
93
1879
2.7
3.7
83
1909
2.8
3.8
93
1880
3.1
4.2
94
1910
3.6
4.6
91
1881
3.4
4.4
90
1911
3.5
4.4
97
1882
3.9
4.5
86
1912
4.1
4.9
108
1883
3.1
4.1
85
1884
2.9
4.0
78
1885
2.9
4.1
74
1886
2.1
3.3
69
1887
2.3
3.4
70
1888
2.1
3.3
76
1889
2.7
3.7
84
Sources:
The market rates of interest: . , „ , __ „„„ , , ,
Report of the Royal Commission on Depression of Trade, 1886, p, 373; computed fromThe Economist, Commercial History and Review, Supplement, published annually.
The bank rates of interest: _ . , _ , __ , , ,
Report of the Royal Commission on Depression of Trade, 1886, p. 373; computed iromThe Economist , Commercial History and Review, Supplement, published annually.
■Wholesale Price Index (1913 = 100): ... . , . ... , , . w . .
The index number used is that of the Statistisches Reichsamt, published in wirt-schaft und Statistik and converted from the base (1861-1870 = 100) to the base(1913 = 100). -
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