Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Running Bales, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Seven Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1869-1881 (2)--Original Data, 1880-1890 (3)--Original Data, 1889-1903 (4)--Original Data, 1902-1916 (5)--Original Data, 1915-1928 (6)--Original Data, 1927-1941 (7)--Original Data, 1946-1957. Data Refer To The Friday Nearest The End Of The Month. Data Were Computed By Summing Stocks At U.S. Ports And Stocks At Interior Towns. Coverage For This Variable Is Ports Plus Seven Interior Towns. Any Variable Segment Can Be Extended Forward If Necessary By Computation. Source: The Commercial And Financial Chronicle

This NBER data series m05003a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05003a