Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1923-1925=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1923-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1954. Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics; 1923-1930 Data Are From Bls Bulletin No. 610; 1931-1934 Data Are From A Bls Mimeographed Release, September 1938; 1934-1939 Data Are From A Bls Mimeographed Release, May 1940; 1940-1942 Data Are From "Employment And Payrolls" And The Monthly Labor Review.

This NBER data series m08077a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08077a