2007-02-21 06:02:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
you don't say whether you are enquiring about UK prices or not but will answer as if you are. cars were around £5/600...petrol approx5.5 old pence gallon..milk 1.75 p per pint houses £2000-10000 depending on where in the country you lived and type of house
2007-02-22 03:10:19 · answer #1 · answered by alan t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
price of gas/petrol in 1947: 15 cents (about 6 or 7 pence)
loaf of bread: 13 cents
avg cost of a new car: $1,300.00
avg yearly wages; $2850.00
Very interesting :)
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1947.html
2007-02-21 14:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by its.me.jp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same amount of gold in 1947 would buy a new car then as it would now. In other words, if 100 troy ounces would have bought a new car then, it would buy a new car now. Gold fluctuates with inflation so it never loses value.
2007-02-21 14:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out The inflation calculator at www.westegg.com.
2007-02-21 15:25:52 · answer #4 · answered by Bets 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-21 15:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-21 14:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋