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Title:               Index of Spot Market Prices of 16 Raw Industrial Commodities for United States
Series ID:           M0401AUSM234NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Average Number per Week
Date Range:          1935-01-01 to 1949-12-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 2:47 PM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data,
                     1935-1949 (2)--Original Data, 1946-1968. Figures Are Monthly Averages
                     Of Daily Quotations. Source: Bls, "Spot Market Prices, " Summary Ls
                     44-2297, 1935-February, 1948, And "Daily Index Numbers And Spot
                     Primary Market Prices For 28 Commodities" (Mimeographed) Thereafter.
                     
                     This NBER data series m04201a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m04201a

DATE        VALUE
1935-01-01   96.6
1935-02-01   94.4
1935-03-01   90.0
1935-04-01   89.6
1935-05-01   92.3
1935-06-01   92.1
1935-07-01   92.0
1935-08-01   94.0
1935-09-01   96.5
1935-10-01  101.6
1935-11-01  102.7
1935-12-01  101.7
1936-01-01  101.5
1936-02-01  101.2
1936-03-01  101.2
1936-04-01  100.4
1936-05-01   98.4
1936-06-01   98.7
1936-07-01  102.5
1936-08-01  105.3
1936-09-01  106.7
1936-10-01  108.0
1936-11-01  114.8
1936-12-01  121.6
1937-01-01  128.1
1937-02-01  128.8
1937-03-01  137.5
1937-04-01  134.5
1937-05-01  127.0
1937-06-01  122.8
1937-07-01  125.1
1937-08-01  124.9
1937-09-01  121.1
1937-10-01  110.0
1937-11-01   99.0
1937-12-01   96.2
1938-01-01   97.2
1938-02-01   94.2
1938-03-01   92.1
1938-04-01   88.7
1938-05-01   85.9
1938-06-01   85.1
1938-07-01   94.0
1938-08-01   94.2
1938-09-01   94.2
1938-10-01   98.7
1938-11-01   98.6
1938-12-01   96.0
1939-01-01   97.6
1939-02-01   97.7
1939-03-01   99.2
1939-04-01   97.0
1939-05-01   98.6
1939-06-01   99.0
1939-07-01  100.0
1939-08-01  100.0
1939-09-01  120.4
1939-10-01  127.2
1939-11-01  126.1
1939-12-01  128.0
1940-01-01  125.1
1940-02-01  117.0
1940-03-01  115.6
1940-04-01  113.6
1940-05-01  113.8
1940-06-01  114.1
1940-07-01  110.3
1940-08-01  109.3
1940-09-01  112.5
1940-10-01  116.7
1940-11-01  121.2
1940-12-01  121.4
1941-01-01  121.9
1941-02-01  123.3
1941-03-01  131.0
1941-04-01  134.5
1941-05-01  138.3
1941-06-01  140.5
1941-07-01  143.5
1941-08-01  144.4
1941-09-01  145.5
1941-10-01  145.0
1941-11-01  145.8
1941-12-01  148.6
1942-01-01  152.0
1942-02-01  153.3
1942-03-01  154.2
1942-04-01  154.0
1942-05-01  153.4
1942-06-01  153.5
1942-07-01  154.7
1942-08-01  153.5
1942-09-01  154.7
1942-10-01  155.5
1942-11-01  155.3
1942-12-01  155.9
1943-01-01  157.1
1943-02-01  158.1
1943-03-01  159.5
1943-04-01  159.9
1943-05-01  159.9
1943-06-01  159.8
1943-07-01  160.3
1943-08-01  160.6
1943-09-01  160.6
1943-10-01  160.6
1943-11-01  160.6
1943-12-01  160.6
1944-01-01  160.9
1944-02-01  162.0
1944-03-01  163.1
1944-04-01  162.9
1944-05-01  163.4
1944-06-01  165.2
1944-07-01  165.7
1944-08-01  165.5
1944-09-01  165.6
1944-10-01  164.2
1944-11-01  163.7
1944-12-01  166.1
1945-01-01  166.4
1945-02-01  166.3
1945-03-01  166.4
1945-04-01  166.5
1945-05-01  166.4
1945-06-01  166.4
1945-07-01  166.5
1945-08-01  167.4
1945-09-01  168.2
1945-10-01  169.1
1945-11-01  169.4
1945-12-01  169.7
1946-01-01  169.8
1946-02-01  170.2
1946-03-01  171.8
1946-04-01  172.5
1946-05-01  172.7
1946-06-01  178.3
1946-07-01  205.8
1946-08-01  204.0
1946-09-01  204.6
1946-10-01  209.2
1946-11-01  245.5
1946-12-01  261.7
1947-01-01  266.2
1947-02-01  273.9
1947-03-01  284.6
1947-04-01  277.8
1947-05-01  263.7
1947-06-01  261.5
1947-07-01  265.5
1947-08-01  267.7
1947-09-01  270.6
1947-10-01  283.1
1947-11-01  292.2
1947-12-01  294.1
1948-01-01  286.7
1948-02-01  278.4
1948-03-01  268.9
1948-04-01  271.8
1948-05-01  275.3
1948-06-01  276.5
1948-07-01  277.0
1948-08-01  279.6
1948-09-01  277.8
1948-10-01  275.7
1948-11-01  279.7
1948-12-01  278.9
1949-01-01  278.8
1949-02-01  270.7
1949-03-01  259.8
1949-04-01  237.4
1949-05-01  222.5
1949-06-01  211.6
1949-07-01  211.2
1949-08-01  219.8
1949-09-01  229.3
1949-10-01  224.7
1949-11-01  299.6
1949-12-01  224.6