Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1923-1925=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables-- (1)--Original Data, 1919-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1951 (3)--Original Data, 1951-1954. This Series Ends On The 1923-1925=100 Base, But Revised Series On A 1939 Base Starts In 1939. Source: For 1919-1930, See Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 610; For 1931-1939, See Mimeographed Reports On Revised Indexes Of September, 1938 Or May, 1940; For 1940-1942, See"Employment And Payrolls" And Monthly Labor Review.

This NBER data series m08071a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08071a