Title: Wholesale Inventories, Total Trade for United States Series ID: M0509AUSM144NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly, End of Month Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 1939-01-01 to 1957-05-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 10:48 AM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1939-1957 (2)--Original Data, 1948-1969. Data Represent Book Value At The End Of Month. Data For January 1954-July 1955 Were Rounded To The Nearest Thousand; Thereafter They Are Shown By The Source In Billions Of Dollars. Coverage In This Variable Ends In May 1957, As The Sample Changed And New Benchmark Adjustments Were Made. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Data For 1939-1948: Office Of Business Economics Release No. 17371; Data For 1949: Survey Of Current Business, October 1952; Data For 1950-1957: Scb, January 1954 And Following Issues This NBER data series m05109a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05109a DATE VALUE 1939-01-01 2975 1939-02-01 2936 1939-03-01 2903 1939-04-01 2848 1939-05-01 2804 1939-06-01 2786 1939-07-01 2761 1939-08-01 2899 1939-09-01 2988 1939-10-01 3117 1939-11-01 3106 1939-12-01 3075 1940-01-01 3116 1940-02-01 3170 1940-03-01 3133 1940-04-01 3060 1940-05-01 3014 1940-06-01 2955 1940-07-01 3064 1940-08-01 3120 1940-09-01 3200 1940-10-01 3264 1940-11-01 3278 1940-12-01 3255 1941-01-01 3390 1941-02-01 3366 1941-03-01 3403 1941-04-01 3432 1941-05-01 3498 1941-06-01 3567 1941-07-01 3724 1941-08-01 3755 1941-09-01 3884 1941-10-01 3975 1941-11-01 4040 1941-12-01 4073 1942-01-01 4195 1942-02-01 4247 1942-03-01 4244 1942-04-01 4201 1942-05-01 4194 1942-06-01 4115 1942-07-01 4077 1942-08-01 3963 1942-09-01 3958 1942-10-01 3922 1942-11-01 3832 1942-12-01 3830 1943-01-01 3803 1943-02-01 3779 1943-03-01 3764 1943-04-01 3684 1943-05-01 3618 1943-06-01 3505 1943-07-01 3560 1943-08-01 3623 1943-09-01 3696 1943-10-01 3776 1943-11-01 3787 1943-12-01 3759 1944-01-01 3821 1944-02-01 3784 1944-03-01 3783 1944-04-01 3868 1944-05-01 3842 1944-06-01 3807 1944-07-01 3937 1944-08-01 3941 1944-09-01 4020 1944-10-01 4063 1944-11-01 4051 1944-12-01 3969 1945-01-01 3931 1945-02-01 3906 1945-03-01 3912 1945-04-01 3876 1945-05-01 3857 1945-06-01 3844 1945-07-01 3910 1945-08-01 4009 1945-09-01 4201 1945-10-01 4386 1945-11-01 4571 1945-12-01 4625 1946-01-01 4648 1946-02-01 4711 1946-03-01 4847 1946-04-01 4853 1946-05-01 5026 1946-06-01 5072 1946-07-01 5473 1946-08-01 5757 1946-09-01 5969 1946-10-01 6353 1946-11-01 6547 1946-12-01 6606 1947-01-01 6797 1947-02-01 7004 1947-03-01 7323 1947-04-01 7297 1947-05-01 7287 1947-06-01 7341 1947-07-01 7389 1947-08-01 7633 1947-09-01 7729 1947-10-01 7796 1947-11-01 7753 1947-12-01 7613 1948-01-01 7675 1948-02-01 7579 1948-03-01 7646 1948-04-01 7585 1948-05-01 7544 1948-06-01 7636 1948-07-01 7819 1948-08-01 8046 1948-09-01 8167 1948-10-01 8268 1948-11-01 8327 1948-12-01 7982 1949-01-01 8159 1949-02-01 8237 1949-03-01 8142 1949-04-01 7940 1949-05-01 7778 1949-06-01 7707 1949-07-01 7701 1949-08-01 7813 1949-09-01 8010 1949-10-01 8009 1949-11-01 8066 1949-12-01 7913 1950-01-01 8111 1950-02-01 8219 1950-03-01 8432 1950-04-01 8529 1950-05-01 8664 1950-06-01 8716 1950-07-01 8553 1950-08-01 9035 1950-09-01 9425 1950-10-01 9891 1950-11-01 10240 1950-12-01 10474 1951-01-01 10867 1951-02-01 11096 1951-03-01 11302 1951-04-01 11537 1951-05-01 11622 1951-06-01 11470 1951-07-01 11472 1951-08-01 11320 1951-09-01 11375 1951-10-01 11401 1951-11-01 11337 1951-12-01 11068 1952-01-01 11257 1952-02-01 11042 1952-03-01 11123 1952-04-01 10952 1952-05-01 10703 1952-06-01 10719 1952-07-01 10794 1952-08-01 10943 1952-09-01 11185 1952-10-01 11445 1952-11-01 11584 1952-12-01 11310 1953-01-01 11404 1953-02-01 11504 1953-03-01 11641 1953-04-01 11493 1953-05-01 11433 1953-06-01 11453 1953-07-01 11607 1953-08-01 11750 1953-09-01 12013 1953-10-01 12214 1953-11-01 12153 1953-12-01 11697 1954-01-01 11940 1954-02-01 11910 1954-03-01 11840 1954-04-01 11600 1954-05-01 11550 1954-06-01 11490 1954-07-01 11500 1954-08-01 11630 1954-09-01 11750 1954-10-01 11940 1954-11-01 11920 1954-12-01 11560 1955-01-01 11740 1955-02-01 11770 1955-03-01 11620 1955-04-01 11570 1955-05-01 11550 1955-06-01 11520 1955-07-01 11660 1955-08-01 11870 1955-09-01 12180 1955-10-01 12600 1955-11-01 12620 1955-12-01 12290 1956-01-01 12480 1956-02-01 12570 1956-03-01 12620 1956-04-01 12620 1956-05-01 12500 1956-06-01 12370 1956-07-01 12630 1956-08-01 12830 1956-09-01 13110 1956-10-01 13500 1956-11-01 13640 1956-12-01 13310 1957-01-01 13180 1957-02-01 13100 1957-03-01 13140 1957-04-01 12960 1957-05-01 12740