Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1890-1899=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1891-1919 (2)--Original Data, 1919-1927. The Index Is The Simple Geometric Average Of Prices For First Of Each Month Of Ten Commodities Relative To The Geometric Average Price For 1890-1899 As The Base (Pig Iron, Bar Iron, Coke, Spelter, Hides, Cotton Sheetings, Print Cloths, Worsted Yarns, Salt Mess Pork, And Cottonseed Oil). Source: Review Of Economic Statistics, Harvard Economic Service, Monthly Supplement

This NBER data series m04050a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04050a