Excerpt from Price-Indexes, Their Nature and Limitations, the Technique of Computing Them, and Their Application in Ascertaining the Purchasing-Power of Money: Prepared Under Instructions From the Minister of State, for Home and Territories Let A B Y Z denote general commodities, and M denote money, then the direct relation is always between M and A B Z. The indirect are A M B, A M C, etc., B M C, etc., which may be represented by the following diagram. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.