Review of August by Nankai University Committee Commodity-Price Situation—The index number of all commodities for the four weeks ended August 28 is 111.73, which is 13 point lower than that for the preceding month. This slight fall is attri Dutable to the fall of all gran except food and cloths and clothing. 'The index number of the food group rose by 1.27 points, that of cloths and clothing group by.10 point; while that of* metals and metal products group fell by 2.79 points, that of building materials group' by 1.25 point, that of fuel and light group by.34 point, and. points. that of miscellaneous group by 1.02
The indexes of raw materials and of manufactured goods for August are 11363 and 110.35 res pectively, those for July being 112 74 and 111.21 respectively.
The index of producers! goods fell from 106.47 for July to 103.01 for August; that of consumers? goods rose from 115.11 for Jul to 116.74 for August, Money Market—The aver rate of native interest and that of dollars in the Shanghai market, kept on rising week after week during the month under review. As autumn was the season of business expansion, both export and import trade' began to. assume brisk activities in the middle of August. The end of the Anti-Japanese boycott had an immediate effect, for Japanese goods occupied the leading position in China's import ina trade. quantities Iver to settle ae Because of the need of large
counts with the Japanese traders the native interest. rate rose, The situation of the Sino-Ru Sian' relationship" ineveased demand for a large quantity of silver dollars by the Three Eastern Provinces, and foreed up the rate of dollars for the months under
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