Excerpt from The Demand and Price Situation: July 1942Domestic consumer demand for farm products will continue to rise during the next few months. The demand for farm products for military and lend-lease purposes also will continue to increase, although a tight shipping situation is a limiting factor.During the 11 weeks since broadened price controls went into effect there has been no further general advance in wholesale prices. On the other hand, when controls became effective prices did not decline to the March level, and prices of some of the controlled commodities have been permitted to rise moderately. Retail prices exclusive of food had risen each month since February 1941, but did not rise between mid-may and raids-june after controls became effective. Rising costs of production, expanding consumer demand, and diminishing supplies of many civilian goods continue to press on the general price level.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.