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Title:               Private New Construction Activity, Business for United States
Series ID:           M0274AUSM398NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Millions of Current Dollars
Date Range:          1939-01-01 to 1946-12-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 11:31 AM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As 2 Variables: (1) Original Data, 1920-46;
                     (2) Original Data, 1946-67. This Series Is The Sum Of (Commercial
                     Building) And (Industrial Building). For Further Information See
                     Introductory Notes On Bls-Dept. Of Commerce Data. 1946 Break Results
                     From Census Revisions. Source: Dept. Of Commerce:"Construction Volume
                     And Costs"; "Construction Reports, Construction Activity" (See
                     Introductory Notes On Bls-Dept. Of Commerce Data)
                     
                     This NBER data series m02174a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m02174a

DATE       VALUE
1939-01-01    76
1939-02-01    75
1939-03-01    82
1939-04-01    87
1939-05-01    98
1939-06-01   109
1939-07-01   113
1939-08-01   114
1939-09-01   120
1939-10-01   123
1939-11-01   122
1939-12-01   110
1940-01-01   101
1940-02-01    98
1940-03-01   105
1940-04-01   113
1940-05-01   124
1940-06-01   135
1940-07-01   141
1940-08-01   144
1940-09-01   147
1940-10-01   152
1940-11-01   150
1940-12-01   151
1941-01-01   149
1941-02-01   153
1941-03-01   164
1941-04-01   172
1941-05-01   181
1941-06-01   187
1941-07-01   187
1941-08-01   180
1941-09-01   181
1941-10-01   184
1941-11-01   180
1941-12-01   164
1942-01-01   145
1942-02-01   130
1942-03-01   124
1942-04-01   115
1942-05-01   106
1942-06-01   103
1942-07-01   103
1942-08-01   104
1942-09-01   100
1942-10-01    94
1942-11-01    88
1942-12-01    75
1943-01-01    62
1943-02-01    58
1943-03-01    57
1943-04-01    57
1943-05-01    59
1943-06-01    61
1943-07-01    62
1943-08-01    69
1943-09-01    68
1943-10-01    68
1943-11-01    67
1943-12-01    71
1944-01-01    62
1944-02-01    64
1944-03-01    70
1944-04-01    75
1944-05-01    84
1944-06-01    87
1944-07-01    90
1944-08-01    94
1944-09-01    92
1944-10-01    91
1944-11-01    90
1944-12-01    90
1945-01-01    82
1945-02-01    85
1945-03-01    98
1945-04-01   105
1945-05-01   119
1945-06-01   132
1945-07-01   140
1945-08-01   149
1945-09-01   164
1945-10-01   180
1945-11-01   198
1945-12-01   220
1946-01-01   234
1946-02-01   253
1946-03-01   284
1946-04-01   319
1946-05-01   352
1946-06-01   376
1946-07-01   396
1946-08-01   406
1946-09-01   408
1946-10-01   413
1946-11-01   399
1946-12-01   376