NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Wholesale Price of Steel Scrap, Heavy Melting for Chicago, IL Series ID: M0442DUS16980M288NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Dollars per Long Ton Date Range: 1894-09-01 to 1958-04-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:48 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1873-1890 (2)--Original Data, 1890-1892; (3)--Original Data, 1889-1894 (7)--Original Data, 1894-1958. Data Are Averages Of Weekly Quotations. Discrepancies Between Bls Figures And Those Reported In Iron Age Were Checked By Averaging Weekly Figures In Iron Age. In Most Cases The Iron Age Monthly Figures Were Incorrectly Computed. March, 1951-May, 1952 And August, 1952-January, 1953 Prices Reflect The Ops Basing Point Price Ceiling. The Figure For April, 1958, Is For Three Weeks Only Source: Iron Age, Weekly Issues, For Data From 1894-1900. For The Years 1901-1912, Data Were Taken From Iron Age, January 2, 1902, P.10, January 1, 1903, P.48, And January 7, 1915, P.15. 1913-1939 Data Are From Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices" And Iron Age, January 4, 1923, P.74, January 4, 1940, And Following Issues. This NBER data series m04142d appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04142d DATE VALUE 1894-09-01 7.00 1894-10-01 7.00 1894-11-01 7.00 1894-12-01 6.03 1895-01-01 6.10 1895-02-01 6.50 1895-03-01 7.40 1895-04-01 7.50 1895-05-01 7.62 1895-06-01 8.60 1895-07-01 9.88 1895-08-01 11.75 1895-09-01 12.25 1895-10-01 11.62 1895-11-01 11.40 1895-12-01 9.38 1896-01-01 8.50 1896-02-01 9.50 1896-03-01 10.50 1896-04-01 9.75 1896-05-01 8.80 1896-06-01 8.50 1896-07-01 8.25 1896-08-01 7.90 1896-09-01 7.80 1896-10-01 7.80 1896-11-01 9.25 1896-12-01 9.50 1897-01-01 8.20 1897-02-01 8.00 1897-03-01 8.00 1897-04-01 7.62 1897-05-01 7.50 1897-06-01 7.12 1897-07-01 7.00 1897-08-01 7.00 1897-09-01 7.94 1897-10-01 8.30 1897-11-01 7.88 1897-12-01 7.75 1898-01-01 7.50 1898-02-01 7.50 1898-03-01 7.70 1898-04-01 8.00 1898-05-01 8.00 1898-06-01 8.00 1898-07-01 8.10 1898-08-01 7.75 1898-09-01 7.50 1898-10-01 7.40 1898-11-01 7.75 1898-12-01 7.75 1899-01-01 7.81 1899-02-01 8.00 1899-03-01 10.38 1899-04-01 10.50 1899-05-01 10.25 1899-06-01 12.25 1899-07-01 13.50 1899-08-01 14.12 1899-09-01 17.10 1899-10-01 17.50 1899-11-01 18.50 1899-12-01 18.20 1900-01-01 17.75 1900-02-01 17.12 1900-03-01 17.00 1900-04-01 16.50 1900-05-01 14.25 1900-06-01 11.70 1900-07-01 9.25 1900-08-01 9.00 1900-09-01 9.40 1900-10-01 9.88 1900-11-01 10.00 1900-12-01 11.00 1901-01-01 11.50 1901-02-01 12.00 1901-03-01 12.75 1901-04-01 14.00 1901-05-01 13.50 1901-06-01 13.00 1901-07-01 12.50 1901-08-01 12.00 1901-09-01 12.50 1901-10-01 13.25 1901-11-01 13.50 1901-12-01 13.50 1902-01-01 13.65 1902-02-01 14.12 1902-03-01 16.50 1902-04-01 16.50 1902-05-01 17.40 1902-06-01 19.25 1902-07-01 19.00 1902-08-01 18.25 1902-09-01 18.38 1902-10-01 18.50 1902-11-01 18.50 1902-12-01 18.50 1903-01-01 18.05 1903-02-01 18.13 1903-03-01 18.31 1903-04-01 18.35 1903-05-01 17.63 1903-06-01 16.50 1903-07-01 16.30 1903-08-01 16.00 1903-09-01 13.75 1903-10-01 12.80 1903-11-01 11.25 1903-12-01 9.00 1904-01-01 10.13 1904-02-01 10.88 1904-03-01 11.50 1904-04-01 11.25 1904-05-01 9.75 1904-06-01 9.30 1904-07-01 9.00 1904-08-01 9.25 1904-09-01 10.00 1904-10-01 10.88 1904-11-01 12.55 1904-12-01 14.15 1905-01-01 14.88 1905-02-01 14.13 1905-03-01 14.45 1905-04-01 14.38 1905-05-01 12.55 1905-06-01 11.95 1905-07-01 12.75 1905-08-01 13.15 1905-09-01 14.38 1905-10-01 14.50 1905-11-01 15.20 1905-12-01 15.25 1906-01-01 14.95 1906-02-01 13.63 1906-03-01 13.00 1906-04-01 13.50 1906-05-01 13.70 1906-06-01 13.13 1906-07-01 13.13 1906-08-01 14.10 1906-09-01 16.50 1906-10-01 16.60 1906-11-01 17.50 1906-12-01 17.13 1907-01-01 16.80 1907-02-01 15.75 1907-03-01 16.00 1907-04-01 15.75 1907-05-01 15.60 1907-06-01 16.25 1907-07-01 16.12 1907-08-01 15.10 1907-09-01 14.75 1907-10-01 14.70 1907-11-01 12.63 1907-12-01 11.50 1908-01-01 11.05 1908-02-01 12.50 1908-03-01 11.44 1908-04-01 11.05 1908-05-01 10.62 1908-06-01 11.62 1908-07-01 11.75 1908-08-01 12.88 1908-09-01 13.00 1908-10-01 13.45 1908-11-01 14.88 1908-12-01 15.17 1909-01-01 13.94 1909-02-01 13.56 1909-03-01 12.13 1909-04-01 12.35 1909-05-01 13.44 1909-06-01 14.50 1909-07-01 14.06 1909-08-01 15.00 1909-09-01 16.00 1909-10-01 16.43 1909-11-01 16.00 1909-12-01 16.00 1910-01-01 16.00 1910-02-01 15.50 1910-03-01 15.00 1910-04-01 14.44 1910-05-01 13.56 1910-06-01 13.15 1910-07-01 12.38 1910-08-01 12.25 1910-09-01 12.25 1910-10-01 12.25 1910-11-01 12.25 1910-12-01 12.10 1911-01-01 11.75 1911-02-01 12.06 1911-03-01 12.15 1911-04-01 11.75 1911-05-01 10.50 1911-06-01 10.38 1911-07-01 10.69 1911-08-01 11.05 1911-09-01 10.70 1911-10-01 10.00 1911-11-01 9.75 1911-12-01 10.25 1912-01-01 10.75 1912-02-01 10.75 1912-03-01 10.94 1912-04-01 11.56 1912-05-01 12.05 1912-06-01 12.12 1912-07-01 11.69 1912-08-01 12.25 1912-09-01 12.81 1912-10-01 13.95 1912-11-01 13.69 1912-12-01 12.88 1913-01-01 12.60 1913-02-01 12.13 1913-03-01 12.12 1913-04-01 12.50 1913-05-01 11.25 1913-06-01 10.44 1913-07-01 10.50 1913-08-01 10.56 1913-09-01 10.19 1913-10-01 10.00 1913-11-01 9.56 1913-12-01 9.00 1914-01-01 9.38 1914-02-01 10.50 1914-03-01 9.81 1914-04-01 9.80 1914-05-01 9.69 1914-06-01 9.69 1914-07-01 9.75 1914-08-01 9.69 1914-09-01 9.10 1914-10-01 8.50 1914-11-01 8.06 1914-12-01 8.40 1915-01-01 9.19 1915-02-01 9.56 1915-03-01 9.55 1915-04-01 9.12 1915-05-01 9.37 1915-06-01 9.50 1915-07-01 10.56 1915-08-01 11.56 1915-09-01 11.75 1915-10-01 11.75 1915-11-01 13.44 1915-12-01 15.50 1916-01-01 15.50 1916-02-01 14.75 1916-03-01 16.50 1916-04-01 16.50 1916-05-01 15.85 1916-06-01 14.56 1916-07-01 14.31 1916-08-01 15.25 1916-09-01 16.06 1916-10-01 16.81 1916-11-01 20.60 1916-12-01 23.00 1917-01-01 21.10 1917-02-01 21.81 1917-03-01 24.06 1917-04-01 27.00 1917-05-01 28.70 1917-06-01 36.50 1917-07-01 33.00 1917-08-01 29.60 1917-09-01 31.25 1917-10-01 26.00 1917-11-01 28.00 1917-12-01 28.70 1918-01-01 30.00 1918-02-01 29.62 1918-03-01 29.50 1918-04-01 28.70 1918-05-01 28.88 1918-06-01 29.00 1918-07-01 29.00 1918-08-01 29.00 1918-09-01 29.00 1918-10-01 29.00 1918-11-01 28.50 1918-12-01 24.62 1919-01-01 16.62 1919-02-01 14.75 1919-03-01 15.38 1919-04-01 16.20 1919-05-01 15.44 1919-06-01 16.38 1919-07-01 18.90 1919-08-01 20.38 1919-09-01 18.80 1919-10-01 17.88 1919-11-01 18.62 1919-12-01 21.40 1920-01-01 24.00 1920-02-01 24.62 1920-03-01 24.00 1920-04-01 23.50 1920-05-01 22.75 1920-06-01 22.70 1920-07-01 23.88 1920-08-01 25.10 1920-09-01 24.50 1920-10-01 21.25 1920-11-01 18.20 1920-12-01 16.00 1921-01-01 15.13 1921-02-01 15.13 1921-03-01 12.50 1921-04-01 11.00 1921-05-01 11.50 1921-06-01 10.81 1921-07-01 10.00 1921-08-01 10.60 1921-09-01 11.31 1921-10-01 12.38 1921-11-01 12.05 1921-12-01 11.13 1922-01-01 11.45 1922-02-01 11.38 1922-03-01 12.38 1922-04-01 13.75 1922-05-01 14.95 1922-06-01 14.56 1922-07-01 15.38 1922-08-01 15.95 1922-09-01 18.13 1922-10-01 18.40 1922-11-01 17.31 1922-12-01 17.31 1923-01-01 19.15 1923-02-01 20.38 1923-03-01 23.50 1923-04-01 22.50 1923-05-01 19.70 1923-06-01 17.88 1923-07-01 17.00 1923-08-01 16.00 1923-09-01 16.31 1923-10-01 14.08 1923-11-01 14.00 1923-12-01 16.19 1924-01-01 17.50 1924-02-01 17.88 1924-03-01 16.56 1924-04-01 14.10 1924-05-01 13.75 1924-06-01 13.61 1924-07-01 14.90 1924-08-01 15.50 1924-09-01 16.40 1924-10-01 16.13 1924-11-01 17.13 1924-12-01 18.75 1925-01-01 19.44 1925-02-01 17.69 1925-03-01 16.45 1925-04-01 14.81 1925-05-01 15.00 1925-06-01 15.75 1925-07-01 15.75 1925-08-01 16.44 1925-09-01 16.35 1925-10-01 16.00 1925-11-01 16.00 1925-12-01 15.50 1926-01-01 15.12 1926-02-01 13.88 1926-03-01 13.95 1926-04-01 13.19 1926-05-01 12.13 1926-06-01 12.45 1926-07-01 14.19 1926-08-01 14.00 1926-09-01 14.00 1926-10-01 13.00 1926-11-01 13.00 1926-12-01 13.00 1927-01-01 13.25 1927-02-01 13.00 1927-03-01 12.90 1927-04-01 13.13 1927-05-01 12.35 1927-06-01 12.00 1927-07-01 12.06 1927-08-01 12.30 1927-09-01 12.25 1927-10-01 11.69 1927-11-01 11.50 1927-12-01 12.06 1928-01-01 12.50 1928-02-01 12.69 1928-03-01 12.63 1928-04-01 12.63 1928-05-01 12.95 1928-06-01 12.63 1928-07-01 12.30 1928-08-01 12.75 1928-09-01 12.94 1928-10-01 13.95 1928-11-01 14.50 1928-12-01 14.50 1929-01-01 15.25 1929-02-01 15.88 1929-03-01 15.63 1929-04-01 15.95 1929-05-01 15.39 1929-06-01 14.94 1929-07-01 14.75 1929-08-01 15.06 1929-09-01 15.13 1929-10-01 14.30 1929-11-01 13.12 1929-12-01 12.50 1930-01-01 12.75 1930-02-01 13.31 1930-03-01 13.19 1930-04-01 13.00 1930-05-01 12.50 1930-06-01 12.06 1930-07-01 12.00 1930-08-01 12.13 1930-09-01 12.50 1930-10-01 11.38 1930-11-01 10.13 1930-12-01 10.00 1931-01-01 10.22 1931-02-01 10.06 1931-03-01 10.00 1931-04-01 9.81 1931-05-01 8.88 1931-06-01 8.75 1931-07-01 8.75 1931-08-01 8.38 1931-09-01 8.20 1931-10-01 8.00 1931-11-01 8.00 1931-12-01 7.80 1932-01-01 7.50 1932-02-01 7.16 1932-03-01 7.12 1932-04-01 7.00 1932-05-01 6.40 1932-06-01 5.69 1932-07-01 4.88 1932-08-01 5.75 1932-09-01 6.25 1932-10-01 6.00 1932-11-01 5.93 1932-12-01 5.25 1933-01-01 5.25 1933-02-01 5.25 1933-03-01 5.25 1933-04-01 6.00 1933-05-01 8.45 1933-06-01 8.91 1933-07-01 10.42 1933-08-01 10.46 1933-09-01 9.84 1933-10-01 9.32 1933-11-01 8.56 1933-12-01 8.94 1934-01-01 10.50 1934-02-01 11.00 1934-03-01 12.13 1934-04-01 11.75 1934-05-01 10.95 1934-06-01 9.75 1934-07-01 9.55 1934-08-01 9.19 1934-09-01 8.50 1934-10-01 8.75 1934-11-01 9.25 1934-12-01 8.94 1935-01-01 11.80 1935-02-01 11.25 1935-03-01 10.50 1935-04-01 9.85 1935-05-01 10.06 1935-06-01 9.97 1935-07-01 10.35 1935-08-01 12.38 1935-09-01 12.50 1935-10-01 12.50 1935-11-01 13.00 1935-12-01 13.35 1936-01-01 13.37 1936-02-01 14.19 1936-03-01 14.75 1936-04-01 14.34 1936-05-01 12.87 1936-06-01 12.85 1936-07-01 13.37 1936-08-01 15.19 1936-09-01 16.15 1936-10-01 16.25 1936-11-01 16.50 1936-12-01 17.15 1937-01-01 18.06 1937-02-01 19.50 1937-03-01 20.85 1937-04-01 20.56 1937-05-01 17.38 1937-06-01 15.95 1937-07-01 17.62 1937-08-01 19.70 1937-09-01 17.56 1937-10-01 14.69 1937-11-01 12.50 1937-12-01 12.38 1938-01-01 13.00 1938-02-01 12.69 1938-03-01 12.15 1938-04-01 11.37 1938-05-01 11.00 1938-06-01 10.45 1938-07-01 12.00 1938-08-01 13.75 1938-09-01 13.50 1938-10-01 12.88 1938-11-01 14.20 1938-12-01 13.75 1939-01-01 13.87 1939-02-01 13.94 1939-03-01 14.25 1939-04-01 13.37 1939-05-01 12.75 1939-06-01 13.45 1939-07-01 13.50 1939-08-01 13.87 1939-09-01 16.22 1939-10-01 19.16 1939-11-01 17.85 1939-12-01 16.67 1940-01-01 16.38 1940-02-01 15.75 1940-03-01 15.69 1940-04-01 15.33 1940-05-01 17.00 1940-06-01 18.19 1940-07-01 17.35 1940-08-01 18.03 1940-09-01 19.22 1940-10-01 19.75 1940-11-01 20.06 1940-12-01 20.60 1941-01-01 20.00 1941-02-01 19.25 1941-03-01 19.88 1941-04-01 18.95 1941-05-01 18.75 1941-06-01 18.75 1941-07-01 18.75 1941-08-01 18.75 1941-09-01 18.75 1941-10-01 18.75 1941-11-01 18.75 1941-12-01 18.75 1942-01-01 18.75 1942-02-01 18.75 1942-03-01 18.75 1942-04-01 18.75 1942-05-01 18.75 1942-06-01 18.75 1942-07-01 18.75 1942-08-01 18.75 1942-09-01 18.75 1942-10-01 18.75 1942-11-01 18.75 1942-12-01 18.75 1943-01-01 18.75 1943-02-01 18.75 1943-03-01 18.75 1943-04-01 18.75 1943-05-01 18.75 1943-06-01 18.75 1943-07-01 18.75 1943-08-01 18.75 1943-09-01 18.75 1943-10-01 18.75 1943-11-01 18.75 1943-12-01 18.75 1944-01-01 18.75 1944-02-01 18.75 1944-03-01 18.75 1944-04-01 18.75 1944-05-01 18.75 1944-06-01 18.75 1944-07-01 18.75 1944-08-01 18.75 1944-09-01 18.69 1944-10-01 16.90 1944-11-01 17.00 1944-12-01 18.69 1945-01-01 18.75 1945-02-01 18.75 1945-03-01 18.75 1945-04-01 18.75 1945-05-01 18.75 1945-06-01 18.75 1945-07-01 18.75 1945-08-01 18.75 1945-09-01 18.75 1945-10-01 18.75 1945-11-01 18.75 1945-12-01 18.75 1946-01-01 18.75 1946-02-01 18.75 1946-03-01 18.75 1946-04-01 18.75 1946-05-01 18.75 1946-06-01 18.75 1946-07-01 18.75 1946-08-01 18.75 1946-09-01 18.75 1946-10-01 18.75 1946-11-01 23.13 1946-12-01 27.25 1947-01-01 29.75 1947-02-01 31.63 1947-03-01 36.69 1947-04-01 33.05 1947-05-01 29.38 1947-06-01 30.88 1947-07-01 36.97 1947-08-01 39.88 1947-09-01 38.75 1947-10-01 40.50 1947-11-01 39.13 1947-12-01 38.90 1948-01-01 39.56 1948-02-01 39.12 1948-03-01 38.95 1948-04-01 39.18 1948-05-01 39.25 1948-06-01 39.25 1948-07-01 40.81 1948-08-01 41.75 1948-09-01 41.75 1948-10-01 41.75 1948-11-01 41.75 1948-12-01 41.75 1949-01-01 40.06 1949-02-01 35.63 1949-03-01 33.70 1949-04-01 23.63 1949-05-01 23.00 1949-06-01 20.85 1949-07-01 19.75 1949-08-01 22.00 1949-09-01 26.30 1949-10-01 25.50 1949-11-01 30.30 1949-12-01 26.75 1950-01-01 26.70 1950-02-01 27.50 1950-03-01 28.25 1950-04-01 28.75 1950-05-01 33.75 1950-06-01 38.75 1950-07-01 37.25 1950-08-01 39.15 1950-09-01 39.81 1950-10-01 39.75 1950-11-01 39.75 1950-12-01 43.44 1951-01-01 44.63 1951-02-01 43.02 1951-03-01 42.50 1951-04-01 42.50 1951-05-01 42.50 1951-06-01 42.50 1951-07-01 42.50 1951-08-01 42.50 1951-09-01 42.50 1951-10-01 42.50 1951-11-01 41.50 1951-12-01 41.50 1952-01-01 41.50 1952-02-01 41.50 1952-03-01 41.50 1952-04-01 41.50 1952-05-01 41.50 1952-06-01 40.75 1952-07-01 39.30 1952-08-01 41.50 1952-09-01 41.50 1952-10-01 41.50 1952-11-01 41.50 1952-12-01 41.50 1953-01-01 41.50 1953-02-01 42.50 1953-03-01 43.50 1953-04-01 39.88 1953-05-01 36.25 1953-06-01 39.30 1953-07-01 43.38 1953-08-01 42.25 1953-09-01 34.40 1953-10-01 31.00 1953-11-01 33.88 1953-12-01 31.00 1954-01-01 28.13 1954-02-01 25.50 1954-03-01 24.50 1954-04-01 28.13 1954-05-01 30.38 1954-06-01 31.40 1954-07-01 28.88 1954-08-01 29.50 1954-09-01 30.00 1954-10-01 33.75 1954-11-01 33.30 1954-12-01 33.00 1955-01-01 34.50 1955-02-01 34.00 1955-03-01 34.90 1955-04-01 35.50 1955-05-01 32.90 1955-06-01 33.25 1955-07-01 38.00 1955-08-01 40.90 1955-09-01 41.75 1955-10-01 43.25 1955-11-01 43.70 1955-12-01 49.13 1956-01-01 50.10 1956-02-01 46.63 1956-03-01 48.00 1956-04-01 54.00 1956-05-01 50.50 1956-06-01 44.00 1956-07-01 44.50 1956-08-01 55.50 1956-09-01 59.00 1956-10-01 56.90 1956-11-01 62.50 1956-12-01 65.00 1957-01-01 57.90 1957-02-01 49.00 1957-03-01 44.00 1957-04-01 39.50 1957-05-01 42.00 1957-06-01 51.10 1957-07-01 51.75 1957-08-01 52.63 1957-09-01 46.50 1957-10-01 36.50 1957-11-01 31.75 1957-12-01 30.50 1958-01-01 31.75 1958-02-01 37.00 1958-03-01 35.25 1958-04-01 29.50