At the end of last year, someone wanted the title of a book about the cost
of products in dollars through the years (she found the book
title). Here's a pretty neat site that you might enjoy along the same
lines: http://eh.net/hmit/
A sample of the links:
What Is the Relative Value? Five Ways to Compare the Worth of a United
States Dollar, 1789 - 2003
What Is the Relative Value? Five Ways to Compare the Worth of a United
Kingdom Pound, 1830 - 2002
The Annual Real and Nominal GDP for the United States, 1789 - 2003
The Annual Real and Nominal GDP for the United Kingdom, 1086 - 2000
What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then? 1264 - 2002
Purchasing Power of the United States Dollar, 1665 - 2003
Purchasing Power of the British Pound, 1264 - 2002
Inflation Rates for the U.S. (1666 to 2003) and United Kingdom (Britain)
(1601 to 2003)
The Price of Gold, 1257 - 2001
The Relative Cost of Unskilled Labor in the United States, 1774 - Present
Exchange Rate Between the United States Dollar and Forty Other Countries,
1913 - 1999
Exchange Rate Between the United States Dollar and the British Pound, 1791
- 2000
Interest Rate Series for the United Kingdom and the United States, 1790 - 2001
Harry Willems, Consultant
Southeast Kansas Library System
Harry Willems, Consultant Asst. Dir. 620.365.5136
Southeast Kansas Library System 620.365.5137 (fax)
Iola, KS 66749 hwillems@sekls.org
42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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