Cost of living for Western foreign salaried? employees rose. by" Bt pee cent. In "October. over September. Gonirary to. general expectation, the {ood Index has been Yeast, bolny 8.40 per cent, higher than in the previous month, while the rent index rose Y780 per cent, miscellaneous stems 1280 per canty the heat index 1102 The ise"tnthe rental index follows edu, and clothing 9.69 Der can. her quarterly" investigation of rents fulng inthe fret-month "of the quarter, Rentals of apartments rose 74 por cent, of terrace houses 1561 cent, for' single rooms 1111. per Bent.
Tndleating 9. greater use, of im-Been' influenced by exchange "de orted commodities whose prices have
velopments, the American and British Indices "showed rises higher' than Russian and other nationalities, The month were: American, 1207, British, ereentage rises over the previous Ti, Russian, 8.01 and' other nation: alities, 026.. Previously the. Russian index has advanced ata sleeper rate than other Indices. The October 1241 consolidated Index for li nationalities fon'an October, 1039 base of 100 was Chinese Workers' Cost of Living Workers rose by 447 per cent. in The Cost of, Living for Chinese October over September. From the middle. of the month prices of all types of rice except "SILE, rice" ewen <to show step rises." Until October 24, SMC, rice was, freely procurable, thus contributing to con~ Tol of living costs throughout. the meater part of the month." Cisap~ pearance of stocks in the latter part the. month, though indicating hoarding, "also "reveals. the reliance of the public on. this grain." Prices of vegetables registered distinct falls, particularly. those "in general _con-Sumption such as chin tai, turnips, spinach, ete, "Arise was evidenced inthe clothing fndox, which was, sixteen per cent, higher than in Septem ber. "This rise was also related to speculative activity. in cotton yarn. Commodities related to forelyn exchange. such as coal briquettes, showed advances in price. The gen: feral index for October on a 1936, base Was, "100%.88 as against in 959.04 September.
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