Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Both Series From Which NBER Derived This Variable Were Deflated By The Federal Reserve Bank Of New York Price Adjustor -- For Stocks: The 1929 Census End Of The Year Stock Figure ($980 Million) Was Deflated By The Average Of December 1929-January 1930 Price Adjustor (91.35), Giving An End Of The Year Deflated Dollar Value Of $1072.8 Million. This Was Then Extrapolated Along The Federal Reserve Board Index Of Deflated Stocks. For Sales: 1929 Average Monthly Census Sales ($325 Million) Was Deflated By The 1929 Annual Average Price Adjustor (91.9) Giving A Deflated Dollar Value Sales Figure Of $353.6 Million. This Was Extrapolated Along The Federal Reserve Board Index Of Deflated Sales. Source: Computed By NBER From Series (Index Of Department Store Stocks, Unadjusted) And Series (Index Of Department Sales, Unadjusted)

This NBER data series m06002c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html.

NBER Indicator: m06002c