Inflation (1913-1920) Despite price controls and the rationing system for the production and distribution of supplies, overall material scarcity led to alarming price inflation. This table illustrates the scale of wartime inflation.
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page 1 of 1 Year Dollar Course Cost of Foodstuffs Index (Cawler) Wholesale Prices Cost of Living Index (Federal Statistical Office /G. Bry) 1913 100 100 100 100 1914 102 101 105 103 1915 116 143 142 129 1916 132 198 152 170 1917 157 213 179 253 1918 143 229 217 313 1919 470 326 415 415 1920 1,500 953 1486 1020 Source: Jürgen Kocka, Klassengesellschaft im Krieg: Deutsche Sozialgeschichte 1914-1918 [Class Society in Wartime: German Social History, 1914-1918]. Göttingen, 1973, p. 17. Translation: Jeffrey Verhey
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