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Title:               New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits, Value for United States
Series ID:           M0205BUSM398NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Millions of Current Dollars
Date Range:          1954-01-01 to 1960-04-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 11:32 AM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As 3 Variables: (1) Original Data, Urban
                     Places, 1939-54; (2) Original Data, 6600 Permit-Issuing Places,
                     1954-60; (3) Original Data, 10,000 Permit-Issuing Places, 1959-63. For
                     Further Details See Introductory Notes On Bls-Census Building Permit
                     Data. Source: January 1954-April 1960 (6,600 Permit-Issuing Places):
                     1954-1956 (Annual Data), "Trends In Building Permit Activity, " Bls
                     Bulletin 1243, 1959, Table B-7. 1954-1956 (Monthly Data),
                     "Construction Review, " Issues Of April 1955 To April 1957. 1957-1960,
                     "Construction Review, " Issues Of April 1958 To August 1960.
                     
                     This NBER data series m02205b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m02205b

DATE         VALUE
1954-01-01   467.9
1954-02-01   564.1
1954-03-01   825.8
1954-04-01   904.3
1954-05-01   845.7
1954-06-01   961.5
1954-07-01   891.9
1954-08-01   906.6
1954-09-01   893.8
1954-10-01   888.2
1954-11-01   826.2
1954-12-01   718.0
1955-01-01   708.0
1955-02-01   726.0
1955-03-01  1126.8
1955-04-01  1193.1
1955-05-01  1184.5
1955-06-01  1151.1
1955-07-01  1007.7
1955-08-01  1083.7
1955-09-01   993.0
1955-10-01   904.9
1955-11-01   718.8
1955-12-01   584.1
1956-01-01   625.3
1956-02-01   732.3
1956-03-01   978.2
1956-04-01  1054.9
1956-05-01  1031.8
1956-06-01   937.5
1956-07-01   886.0
1956-08-01   954.2
1956-09-01   745.3
1956-10-01   839.0
1956-11-01   672.0
1956-12-01   515.5
1957-01-01   528.2
1957-02-01   571.9
1957-03-01   801.5
1957-04-01   884.0
1957-05-01   920.7
1957-06-01   826.3
1957-07-01   808.7
1957-08-01   853.3
1957-09-01   786.0
1957-10-01   828.0
1957-11-01   604.6
1957-12-01   525.3
1958-01-01   550.5
1958-02-01   493.0
1958-03-01   732.3
1958-04-01   919.2
1958-05-01   936.7
1958-06-01   952.0
1958-07-01  1039.8
1958-08-01   982.1
1958-09-01  1021.3
1958-10-01  1083.7
1958-11-01   876.2
1958-12-01   717.8
1959-01-01   704.0
1959-02-01   746.4
1959-03-01  1178.6
1959-04-01  1309.6
1959-05-01  1235.6
1959-06-01  1240.9
1959-07-01  1151.9
1959-08-01  1096.5
1959-09-01  1058.1
1959-10-01   984.1
1959-11-01   756.3
1959-12-01   722.4
1960-01-01   621.0
1960-02-01   677.4
1960-03-01   916.3
1960-04-01  1049.8