Title: Expenditures for Additions and Alterations, One to Four-Family Nonfarm Dwellings for United States Series ID: A02271USA398NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Millions of Current Dollars Date Range: 1867-01-01 to 1914-01-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 11:34 AM CDT Notes: The Current Dollar Estimates Were Derived By Multiplying Goldsmith'S Construction Estimates By The Ratio Of Expenditures For Alterations And Additions To Expenditures For New Residential Contruction. This Ratio Is Extrapolated Back From 1920-30 (Estimated At 10 Per Cent On The Basis Of Department Of Commerce Estimates) By An Index Of The Movement Of The Ratio In Long'S Estimates. See Clarence D. Long, Jr.,"Building Cycles And The Theory Of Investment," (Princeton University Press, 1940). See Also Introductory Notes On Long'S Indexes. Source: Raymond W. Goldsmith, "A Study Of Saving In The United States, " Vol. I, Princeton, 1955, Table R-4, P. 587; R-5, P. 588; And R-31, P. 623. This NBER data series a02271 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02271 DATE VALUE 1867-01-01 9 1868-01-01 9 1869-01-01 18 1870-01-01 11 1871-01-01 14 1872-01-01 23 1873-01-01 32 1874-01-01 40 1875-01-01 43 1876-01-01 39 1877-01-01 40 1878-01-01 31 1879-01-01 29 1880-01-01 27 1881-01-01 29 1882-01-01 28 1883-01-01 27 1884-01-01 36 1885-01-01 49 1886-01-01 35 1887-01-01 38 1888-01-01 40 1889-01-01 34 1890-01-01 45 1891-01-01 58 1892-01-01 59 1893-01-01 50 1894-01-01 42 1895-01-01 42 1896-01-01 37 1897-01-01 24 1898-01-01 26 1899-01-01 26 1900-01-01 43 1901-01-01 48 1902-01-01 90 1903-01-01 102 1904-01-01 65 1905-01-01 62 1906-01-01 98 1907-01-01 122 1908-01-01 96 1909-01-01 75 1910-01-01 95 1911-01-01 112 1912-01-01 121 1913-01-01 138 1914-01-01 119