English Translation

N - 2 - is the case today only at lb %; the price ratios are pushing for further levelling.However, the food costs in the protectorate are still on average 3 % above the average, which underlines the accuracy of our current price reduction action. The total cost-of-living index /introductory index of housing, heating, clothing and sun- tte d de d is almost balanced. If clothing as a partial average is less than the Reich figures, other sectors are below. The sharp price reductions and intensive price controls in recent years in the textiles sector are expected to significantly reduce this percentage downwards, but this comparison presupposes a level of supply on both sides. According to the statistical findings, however, the local supply is worse than in the Reich, so that the predicted would have to be formulated as follows: If we had the same food allocations as in the Empire, the cost of living in the Protectorate would now be almost the same as that in the Kingdom. However, since there are different supply ratios, we are more expensive after the economic investigations, about 12% above the Reich. This is a fact for which the price side cannot be held responsible. These considerations also give rise to the calculations of the statistics, according to which the real income in protectorate is considerably worse than in the Reich. Without taking into account the differences in supply ratios, the real wage would be higher today than in 1939. It is also of interest that the price level of Vienna, like the Ostmark, is about 5% higher than ours. tuyf %