Inflation and income of 1900 through present, where do I find this information?

Question

I am looking for specific information for the cost of goods in unadjusted $ and for wage information (also unadjusted) for the years of 1900 - present (2007).

I would love to find this information for each year from 1900 to present if possible but would settle for just the beginning year (1900) and the ending year (2007) or at the very least just the data from 1900.

Do you know where I can find this information?

Any information is helpful even if it only has a few consumer / service items or limited wage information.

In short I am trying to create a real Inflation Index from my own basket of goods from 1900 too present and comparing that to the real wage increase rate for the same time period.

Just Curious. YAY~!

I will try those links. Thank you.

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Answer 1

I discovered eh.net when I was looking at historical gold prices.

I am sure that you will find what you are looking for and many other fascinating things at EH's database.

Go to http://eh.net/databases/

Good luck.

Added a few minutes later: In addition to the databases, go to the "How much is that?" section http://eh.net/hmit/
You will find the info for the value of money and earnings etc from the 18th century to 2006.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: I can't really answer all those latest questions by editing my original answer, can I? Maybe you should ask it as a new question. Meanwhile I will think about the issues you raise about the stock markets and gold. (And you will also benefit from the view of others as well.) I'll watch out for your question. Take care.

Answer 2

It might help if you have access to a archive of newspapers which you could search through and simply write down the prices/wages.

Sometimes looking at a few articles will give you some keywords to try in your internet search. I have provided a search link to get you started.

Here are some articles I found on the internet that might help.

Answer 3

This might be a good place to start.

http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/Default.aspx?QueryName=251&QueryType=View&Lang=en