English Translation

Elosegangen bei 1 5. IX. 1942 Alitadengaleicer Il, 1 Group leader II 5 Prague, 12 September 1942 To the Head of Division II. - - -- - - On 10 September 1942, under my presidency, a very in-depth discussion was held with the Lords } ayuy yy representatives of statistics, Reg. Rat. W i r t h and Dr. A close cooperation was agreed in the evaluation of the statistical price material. On the other hand, the Supreme Price Authority does not intend to influence the statistical investigations in order to determine their independence, which is also of particular value for checking the impact of price monitoring. It should therefore also be noted that statistics are not based on officially prescribed prices, but on the prices obtained by questionnaires, for example, by looo consumers. Special measures will ensure the comparability of the price indices of the Reich and Protectorate for the future, as the Reich Commissioner for the formation of prices has, as is well known, asked. From the abundance of the material discussed, some figures are particularly interesting: compared with the same period of the previous year, the average percentage of prices in relation to official prices has fallen from 8% to 1.3%. This is attributed by statistics to better price monitoring, although we believe that the improvement of the Yongn u f questionnaire has also played a role.