Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per 1000 Feet, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1890-1916 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1940. Prices For 1914-1940 Are Monthly Averages. Lumber Companies Supply Data To Engineering News Record Once A Month. Quotations Are For Yellow Pine Lumber, Long Leaf, 3 X 12 To 12 X 12, New York. Engineering News Record Title,"Lumber, New York,". This Series Is Lumber, Wholesale, Delivered To Dealers' Docks, Long Leaf, Yellow Pine, 3 X 12 To 12 X 12 And 20 Feet And Under In Length. Quotations For 1936-1940 By Telephone From Engineering News Record. Source: Engineering News Record Files.

This NBER data series m04085b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04085b