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Title:               Number of New Private Nonfarm Housing Units Started for United States
Series ID:           M0261AUSM610NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Thousands of Units Started
Date Range:          1939-01-01 to 1945-12-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 11:42 AM CDT
Notes:               The Series Is Presented Here As 2 Variables: (1) Original Data,
                     Blank-Bls, 1889-1945; (2) Original Data, Census, 1945-63. This Series,
                     Taken From Three Sources, Provides Data On Private Nonfarm Housing
                     Starts. For Definitions And Further Notes, See Introductory
                     Documentation On Blank-Bls-Bureau Of The Census Data. Source:
                     1889-1919: David M. Blank, "The Volume Of Residential Construction, "
                     1889-1950, New York, NBER, Technical Paper 9, 1954. 1920- 1938:
                     "Nonfarm Housing Starts 1889-1958, " Bls Bulletin 1260, 1959.
                     1939-1945: "Construction During Five Decades Historical Statistics,
                     1907-52, " Bls Bulletin 1146, 1954.
                     
                     This NBER data series m02161a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m02161a

DATE       VALUE
1939-01-01  29.7
1939-02-01  29.6
1939-03-01  41.8
1939-04-01  41.9
1939-05-01  44.2
1939-06-01  41.2
1939-07-01  37.9
1939-08-01  42.8
1939-09-01  39.2
1939-10-01  41.4
1939-11-01  38.0
1939-12-01  30.7
1940-01-01  24.1
1940-02-01  30.9
1940-03-01  43.7
1940-04-01  52.4
1940-05-01  53.0
1940-06-01  47.8
1940-07-01  52.4
1940-08-01  51.2
1940-09-01  50.4
1940-10-01  52.0
1940-11-01  38.2
1940-12-01  33.5
1941-01-01  36.5
1941-02-01  35.2
1941-03-01  51.2
1941-04-01  61.6
1941-05-01  65.1
1941-06-01  64.1
1941-07-01  68.0
1941-08-01  61.2
1941-09-01  53.8
1941-10-01  51.0
1941-11-01  41.8
1941-12-01  30.0
1942-01-01  27.8
1942-02-01  35.5
1942-03-01  47.7
1942-04-01  42.0
1942-05-01  20.4
1942-06-01  18.7
1942-07-01  20.7
1942-08-01  21.6
1942-09-01  21.6
1942-10-01  18.1
1942-11-01  14.5
1942-12-01  12.6
1943-01-01   9.3
1943-02-01   9.8
1943-03-01  14.9
1943-04-01  15.2
1943-05-01  18.9
1943-06-01  17.6
1943-07-01  16.7
1943-08-01  19.6
1943-09-01  16.3
1943-10-01  18.0
1943-11-01  14.4
1943-12-01  13.0
1944-01-01  12.2
1944-02-01  11.7
1944-03-01  13.4
1944-04-01  12.8
1944-05-01  14.7
1944-06-01  15.1
1944-07-01  12.4
1944-08-01  11.1
1944-09-01   9.4
1944-10-01   9.7
1944-11-01   9.0
1944-12-01   7.2
1945-01-01   7.0
1945-02-01   7.5
1945-03-01  10.6
1945-04-01  12.4
1945-05-01  14.6
1945-06-01  18.3
1945-07-01  16.6
1945-08-01  17.0
1945-09-01  20.1
1945-10-01  25.6
1945-11-01  29.3
1945-12-01  29.1