Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1913=100, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1898-1914 (2)--Original Data, 1919-1933. Data Refer To The Tax On Purchases And Sales For Cash And Credit Of Rents And Other Securities, Of Extensions And Transactions Abroad. The Index Was Corrected For An Increase In Rate Due To The Law Of December 31, 1907; So That It May Be Considered A Comparable Measure Throughout. Data Represent Monthly Totals. Data Were Not Smoothed With A Three Month Moving Average. Source: Journal De La Societe De Statistique De Pans, February 1929, Pp. 80-83

This NBER data series m15013a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 15 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter15.html.

NBER Indicator: m15013a