Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1923-1925=100, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seaonally Adjusted, 1917-1933 (2)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1932-1940. NBER Compiled Weighted Totals Of Seasonally Adjusted Data For 28 Of Their Food And Tobacco Series (Including 3 Import Series) For 1920-1940. From 1917-02/1918, Only 19 Series Were Available And From 03/1918-12/1919, 25 Series Were Available. The Data For The 19 Series Were Raised To The Level Of The 25 By Multiplying By 107.6 (The First Raising Factor Was Obtained From The Year 03/1918-02/1919 And The Second From The Year 1920). Source: See Note Below

This NBER data series m01191ba appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01191ba