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: Index of Wholesale Price of Fuel and Lighting for United States Series ID: M04H5AUSM336NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index 1926=100 Date Range: 1890-01-01 to 1951-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:51 PM CDT Notes: Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1926=100 Index, 1890-1951; (2) Original Data, 1947-49=100 Index, 1947-1956. A Revision In 1949 Reflects The Rearrangement And Addition Of Items Within The Data Group. Old Grouping -- Anthracite Coal, Bituminous Coal, Coke, Gas, Petroleum Products; New Grouping Includes Electricity. Source: 1890-1930: Bls Bulletin No. 543, Pp. 3-11; 1926-1931 (Revised): Bulletin No. 572, Pp. 5-6; 1931:"Survey Of Current Business", January 1932; 1932-1943: Bls, "Wholesale Prices"; 1944-1950: Bls Bulletins Nos. 736-1083; 1951: "Monthly Labor Review", 1952 Issues This NBER data series m04065a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04065a DATE VALUE 1890-01-01 40.9 1890-02-01 40.2 1890-03-01 38.2 1890-04-01 37.0 1890-05-01 37.2 1890-06-01 37.5 1890-07-01 38.5 1890-08-01 39.0 1890-09-01 37.8 1890-10-01 37.2 1890-11-01 36.8 1890-12-01 36.5 1891-01-01 36.8 1891-02-01 37.1 1891-03-01 36.8 1891-04-01 37.2 1891-05-01 38.0 1891-06-01 37.7 1891-07-01 37.3 1891-08-01 36.5 1891-09-01 35.6 1891-10-01 36.9 1891-11-01 38.3 1891-12-01 35.8 1892-01-01 35.4 1892-02-01 35.1 1892-03-01 34.7 1892-04-01 34.2 1892-05-01 34.0 1892-06-01 34.0 1892-07-01 34.4 1892-08-01 34.9 1892-09-01 35.1 1892-10-01 35.4 1892-11-01 35.7 1892-12-01 35.3 1893-01-01 35.2 1893-02-01 36.3 1893-03-01 36.6 1893-04-01 36.6 1893-05-01 35.1 1893-06-01 35.1 1893-07-01 34.9 1893-08-01 35.0 1893-09-01 35.5 1893-10-01 36.0 1893-11-01 36.1 1893-12-01 35.7 1894-01-01 35.4 1894-02-01 35.3 1894-03-01 35.1 1894-04-01 33.0 1894-05-01 35.5 1894-06-01 35.7 1894-07-01 34.7 1894-08-01 34.5 1894-09-01 34.2 1894-10-01 33.6 1894-11-01 33.4 1894-12-01 34.1 1895-01-01 34.8 1895-02-01 35.1 1895-03-01 36.1 1895-04-01 45.1 1895-05-01 45.1 1895-06-01 42.9 1895-07-01 42.1 1895-08-01 39.6 1895-09-01 39.2 1895-10-01 39.7 1895-11-01 42.3 1895-12-01 42.0 1896-01-01 41.3 1896-02-01 40.6 1896-03-01 39.8 1896-04-01 40.3 1896-05-01 39.4 1896-06-01 39.4 1896-07-01 39.0 1896-08-01 38.5 1896-09-01 39.3 1896-10-01 39.5 1896-11-01 39.7 1896-12-01 37.5 1897-01-01 36.0 1897-02-01 35.7 1897-03-01 35.6 1897-04-01 34.4 1897-05-01 34.3 1897-06-01 34.4 1897-07-01 33.4 1897-08-01 32.7 1897-09-01 32.6 1897-10-01 32.5 1897-11-01 32.1 1897-12-01 31.9 1898-01-01 31.6 1898-02-01 32.0 1898-03-01 32.9 1898-04-01 32.4 1898-05-01 33.8 1898-06-01 34.3 1898-07-01 35.0 1898-08-01 35.2 1898-09-01 35.5 1898-10-01 36.7 1898-11-01 37.3 1898-12-01 37.1 1899-01-01 36.9 1899-02-01 36.7 1899-03-01 36.3 1899-04-01 38.7 1899-05-01 38.8 1899-06-01 39.1 1899-07-01 40.1 1899-08-01 42.0 1899-09-01 45.0 1899-10-01 46.5 1899-11-01 47.9 1899-12-01 49.3 1900-01-01 50.3 1900-02-01 50.5 1900-03-01 50.8 1900-04-01 49.1 1900-05-01 46.9 1900-06-01 44.9 1900-07-01 44.5 1900-08-01 44.4 1900-09-01 44.5 1900-10-01 43.3 1900-11-01 43.0 1900-12-01 43.0 1901-01-01 44.2 1901-02-01 44.7 1901-03-01 45.0 1901-04-01 43.9 1901-05-01 42.5 1901-06-01 42.2 1901-07-01 43.2 1901-08-01 44.7 1901-09-01 44.9 1901-10-01 45.5 1901-11-01 47.8 1901-12-01 46.9 1902-01-01 43.3 1902-02-01 43.0 1902-03-01 43.2 1902-04-01 43.4 1902-05-01 46.9 1902-06-01 49.9 1902-07-01 46.1 1902-08-01 46.3 1902-09-01 48.5 1902-10-01 76.3 1902-11-01 64.0 1902-12-01 69.8 1903-01-01 76.6 1903-02-01 73.4 1903-03-01 60.3 1903-04-01 58.3 1903-05-01 56.4 1903-06-01 55.9 1903-07-01 56.2 1903-08-01 56.3 1903-09-01 56.4 1903-10-01 57.7 1903-11-01 57.8 1903-12-01 58.6 1904-01-01 59.2 1904-02-01 58.2 1904-03-01 56.6 1904-04-01 53.2 1904-05-01 52.3 1904-06-01 52.1 1904-07-01 51.0 1904-08-01 50.9 1904-09-01 51.0 1904-10-01 51.3 1904-11-01 51.8 1904-12-01 52.8 1905-01-01 50.9 1905-02-01 50.1 1905-03-01 49.9 1905-04-01 48.8 1905-05-01 47.9 1905-06-01 47.8 1905-07-01 47.8 1905-08-01 47.9 1905-09-01 48.1 1905-10-01 51.3 1905-11-01 51.7 1905-12-01 52.4 1906-01-01 52.3 1906-02-01 51.8 1906-03-01 51.2 1906-04-01 52.4 1906-05-01 52.0 1906-06-01 51.7 1906-07-01 51.8 1906-08-01 51.8 1906-09-01 51.6 1906-10-01 51.8 1906-11-01 52.5 1906-12-01 52.8 1907-01-01 52.7 1907-02-01 52.9 1907-03-01 53.2 1907-04-01 54.0 1907-05-01 54.1 1907-06-01 53.9 1907-07-01 54.2 1907-08-01 54.4 1907-09-01 54.5 1907-10-01 56.7 1907-11-01 57.1 1907-12-01 55.0 1908-01-01 54.6 1908-02-01 54.1 1908-03-01 54.2 1908-04-01 53.5 1908-05-01 52.9 1908-06-01 53.2 1908-07-01 53.2 1908-08-01 53.4 1908-09-01 53.5 1908-10-01 53.7 1908-11-01 53.9 1908-12-01 54.0 1909-01-01 53.3 1909-02-01 53.2 1909-03-01 52.5 1909-04-01 52.2 1909-05-01 52.2 1909-06-01 51.4 1909-07-01 51.3 1909-08-01 50.0 1909-09-01 50.2 1909-10-01 51.3 1909-11-01 50.6 1909-12-01 50.5 1910-01-01 49.6 1910-02-01 49.2 1910-03-01 48.9 1910-04-01 48.4 1910-05-01 47.6 1910-06-01 47.8 1910-07-01 46.6 1910-08-01 46.6 1910-09-01 46.9 1910-10-01 46.2 1910-11-01 46.8 1910-12-01 47.2 1911-01-01 47.4 1911-02-01 47.5 1911-03-01 47.4 1911-04-01 46.3 1911-05-01 46.3 1911-06-01 46.3 1911-07-01 46.3 1911-08-01 46.4 1911-09-01 46.6 1911-10-01 46.7 1911-11-01 46.6 1911-12-01 46.7 1912-01-01 47.6 1912-02-01 49.7 1912-03-01 49.7 1912-04-01 53.0 1912-05-01 51.4 1912-06-01 50.6 1912-07-01 51.2 1912-08-01 51.1 1912-09-01 51.2 1912-10-01 52.0 1912-11-01 53.2 1912-12-01 56.0 1913-01-01 65.4 1913-02-01 62.5 1913-03-01 60.9 1913-04-01 60.0 1913-05-01 59.2 1913-06-01 59.0 1913-07-01 59.6 1913-08-01 61.0 1913-09-01 61.8 1913-10-01 62.1 1913-11-01 62.8 1913-12-01 60.8 1914-01-01 61.2 1914-02-01 60.3 1914-03-01 60.4 1914-04-01 59.9 1914-05-01 57.9 1914-06-01 56.7 1914-07-01 55.7 1914-08-01 55.1 1914-09-01 54.7 1914-10-01 52.9 1914-11-01 51.8 1914-12-01 52.1 1915-01-01 52.0 1915-02-01 51.2 1915-03-01 49.2 1915-04-01 48.5 1915-05-01 48.4 1915-06-01 48.2 1915-07-01 47.9 1915-08-01 49.4 1915-09-01 52.1 1915-10-01 54.4 1915-11-01 57.4 1915-12-01 62.2 1916-01-01 67.3 1916-02-01 67.8 1916-03-01 68.6 1916-04-01 68.8 1916-05-01 67.8 1916-06-01 68.8 1916-07-01 68.8 1916-08-01 68.1 1916-09-01 68.8 1916-10-01 77.2 1916-11-01 99.3 1916-12-01 100.6 1917-01-01 107.8 1917-02-01 112.4 1917-03-01 108.3 1917-04-01 99.9 1917-05-01 113.4 1917-06-01 114.5 1917-07-01 107.2 1917-08-01 106.8 1917-09-01 97.9 1917-10-01 95.5 1917-11-01 100.1 1917-12-01 101.4 1918-01-01 102.9 1918-02-01 103.9 1918-03-01 105.4 1918-04-01 107.9 1918-05-01 109.4 1918-06-01 109.2 1918-07-01 109.9 1918-08-01 109.7 1918-09-01 111.5 1918-10-01 111.6 1918-11-01 114.3 1918-12-01 114.3 1919-01-01 108.5 1919-02-01 103.2 1919-03-01 101.3 1919-04-01 100.6 1919-05-01 99.3 1919-06-01 99.8 1919-07-01 100.8 1919-08-01 103.3 1919-09-01 105.1 1919-10-01 107.7 1919-11-01 106.7 1919-12-01 115.3 1920-01-01 117.8 1920-02-01 121.8 1920-03-01 131.1 1920-04-01 149.1 1920-05-01 159.8 1920-06-01 177.4 1920-07-01 198.5 1920-08-01 209.9 1920-09-01 201.1 1920-10-01 190.1 1920-11-01 163.9 1920-12-01 144.2 1921-01-01 131.9 1921-02-01 105.6 1921-03-01 100.1 1921-04-01 101.0 1921-05-01 95.5 1921-06-01 87.3 1921-07-01 82.9 1921-08-01 82.5 1921-09-01 82.0 1921-10-01 92.0 1921-11-01 101.0 1921-12-01 96.9 1922-01-01 94.4 1922-02-01 94.1 1922-03-01 93.9 1922-04-01 97.2 1922-05-01 110.0 1922-06-01 107.9 1922-07-01 122.5 1922-08-01 127.4 1922-09-01 122.9 1922-10-01 111.9 1922-11-01 104.2 1922-12-01 102.6 1923-01-01 108.4 1923-02-01 111.8 1923-03-01 110.6 1923-04-01 105.6 1923-05-01 99.3 1923-06-01 97.6 1923-07-01 93.6 1923-08-01 91.4 1923-09-01 90.0 1923-10-01 88.6 1923-11-01 85.5 1923-12-01 85.6 1924-01-01 93.8 1924-02-01 98.9 1924-03-01 98.0 1924-04-01 96.2 1924-05-01 94.2 1924-06-01 91.4 1924-07-01 90.0 1924-08-01 87.7 1924-09-01 88.2 1924-10-01 86.9 1924-11-01 88.0 1924-12-01 90.3 1925-01-01 91.5 1925-02-01 100.6 1925-03-01 98.1 1925-04-01 94.6 1925-05-01 95.5 1925-06-01 99.0 1925-07-01 98.2 1925-08-01 95.5 1925-09-01 94.1 1925-10-01 95.1 1925-11-01 97.6 1925-12-01 98.3 1926-01-01 98.8 1926-02-01 99.2 1926-03-01 98.3 1926-04-01 98.0 1926-05-01 100.7 1926-06-01 100.9 1926-07-01 99.6 1926-08-01 100.5 1926-09-01 101.3 1926-10-01 101.1 1926-11-01 102.2 1926-12-01 99.4 1927-01-01 98.2 1927-02-01 96.6 1927-03-01 91.4 1927-04-01 86.8 1927-05-01 85.9 1927-06-01 86.2 1927-07-01 86.2 1927-08-01 86.0 1927-09-01 86.3 1927-10-01 86.0 1927-11-01 85.0 1927-12-01 84.7 1928-01-01 82.8 1928-02-01 83.0 1928-03-01 82.7 1928-04-01 82.8 1928-05-01 83.5 1928-06-01 83.9 1928-07-01 84.5 1928-08-01 85.8 1928-09-01 86.4 1928-10-01 86.1 1928-11-01 85.8 1928-12-01 85.3 1929-01-01 84.2 1929-02-01 82.9 1929-03-01 82.1 1929-04-01 81.9 1929-05-01 82.5 1929-06-01 84.5 1929-07-01 83.3 1929-08-01 82.2 1929-09-01 82.7 1929-10-01 83.1 1929-11-01 83.2 1929-12-01 83.1 1930-01-01 81.7 1930-02-01 80.9 1930-03-01 79.4 1930-04-01 79.5 1930-05-01 80.3 1930-06-01 78.9 1930-07-01 78.0 1930-08-01 77.9 1930-09-01 79.0 1930-10-01 77.6 1930-11-01 75.3 1930-12-01 74.0 1931-01-01 73.3 1931-02-01 72.5 1931-03-01 68.3 1931-04-01 65.4 1931-05-01 65.3 1931-06-01 62.9 1931-07-01 62.9 1931-08-01 66.5 1931-09-01 67.4 1931-10-01 67.8 1931-11-01 69.4 1931-12-01 68.3 1932-01-01 67.9 1932-02-01 68.3 1932-03-01 67.9 1932-04-01 70.2 1932-05-01 70.7 1932-06-01 71.6 1932-07-01 72.3 1932-08-01 72.1 1932-09-01 70.8 1932-10-01 71.1 1932-11-01 71.4 1932-12-01 69.3 1933-01-01 66.0 1933-02-01 63.6 1933-03-01 62.9 1933-04-01 61.5 1933-05-01 60.4 1933-06-01 61.5 1933-07-01 65.3 1933-08-01 65.5 1933-09-01 70.4 1933-10-01 73.6 1933-11-01 73.5 1933-12-01 73.4 1934-01-01 73.1 1934-02-01 72.4 1934-03-01 71.4 1934-04-01 71.7 1934-05-01 72.5 1934-06-01 72.8 1934-07-01 73.9 1934-08-01 74.6 1934-09-01 74.6 1934-10-01 74.6 1934-11-01 74.4 1934-12-01 73.7 1935-01-01 72.9 1935-02-01 72.5 1935-03-01 73.0 1935-04-01 72.8 1935-05-01 73.1 1935-06-01 74.2 1935-07-01 74.7 1935-08-01 74.1 1935-09-01 73.0 1935-10-01 73.4 1935-11-01 74.5 1935-12-01 74.6 1936-01-01 75.1 1936-02-01 76.1 1936-03-01 76.2 1936-04-01 76.4 1936-05-01 76.0 1936-06-01 76.1 1936-07-01 76.2 1936-08-01 76.3 1936-09-01 76.1 1936-10-01 76.8 1936-11-01 76.8 1936-12-01 76.5 1937-01-01 76.6 1937-02-01 76.8 1937-03-01 76.2 1937-04-01 76.8 1937-05-01 77.2 1937-06-01 77.5 1937-07-01 78.1 1937-08-01 78.4 1937-09-01 78.7 1937-10-01 78.5 1937-11-01 78.2 1937-12-01 78.4 1938-01-01 78.3 1938-02-01 78.5 1938-03-01 77.7 1938-04-01 76.8 1938-05-01 76.2 1938-06-01 76.4 1938-07-01 76.8 1938-08-01 76.8 1938-09-01 76.6 1938-10-01 75.4 1938-11-01 73.7 1938-12-01 73.2 1939-01-01 72.8 1939-02-01 73.0 1939-03-01 73.1 1939-04-01 73.4 1939-05-01 73.9 1939-06-01 73.0 1939-07-01 72.8 1939-08-01 72.6 1939-09-01 72.8 1939-10-01 73.9 1939-11-01 74.1 1939-12-01 72.8 1940-01-01 72.7 1940-02-01 72.4 1940-03-01 72.2 1940-04-01 71.8 1940-05-01 71.7 1940-06-01 71.4 1940-07-01 71.1 1940-08-01 71.1 1940-09-01 71.0 1940-10-01 71.6 1940-11-01 71.9 1940-12-01 71.7 1941-01-01 72.1 1941-02-01 72.1 1941-03-01 72.0 1941-04-01 72.9 1941-05-01 75.6 1941-06-01 77.9 1941-07-01 78.5 1941-08-01 79.0 1941-09-01 79.2 1941-10-01 79.6 1941-11-01 78.8 1941-12-01 78.4 1942-01-01 78.2 1942-02-01 78.0 1942-03-01 77.7 1942-04-01 77.7 1942-05-01 78.0 1942-06-01 78.4 1942-07-01 79.0 1942-08-01 79.0 1942-09-01 79.0 1942-10-01 79.0 1942-11-01 79.1 1942-12-01 79.2 1943-01-01 79.3 1943-02-01 79.8 1943-03-01 80.3 1943-04-01 80.6 1943-05-01 80.8 1943-06-01 81.0 1943-07-01 81.0 1943-08-01 80.9 1943-09-01 81.0 1943-10-01 81.0 1943-11-01 81.2 1943-12-01 82.1 1944-01-01 82.3 1944-02-01 83.1 1944-03-01 83.0 1944-04-01 83.0 1944-05-01 83.2 1944-06-01 83.3 1944-07-01 83.2 1944-08-01 83.2 1944-09-01 83.0 1944-10-01 82.9 1944-11-01 83.1 1944-12-01 83.1 1945-01-01 83.3 1945-02-01 83.3 1945-03-01 83.4 1945-04-01 83.5 1945-05-01 83.7 1945-06-01 83.9 1945-07-01 84.3 1945-08-01 84.8 1945-09-01 84.1 1945-10-01 84.2 1945-11-01 84.6 1945-12-01 84.8 1946-01-01 84.9 1946-02-01 85.1 1946-03-01 85.0 1946-04-01 86.1 1946-05-01 86.1 1946-06-01 87.8 1946-07-01 90.3 1946-08-01 94.4 1946-09-01 94.3 1946-10-01 94.2 1946-11-01 94.5 1946-12-01 96.1 1947-01-01 97.7 1947-02-01 98.2 1947-03-01 100.7 1947-04-01 103.2 1947-05-01 103.4 1947-06-01 104.0 1947-07-01 109.0 1947-08-01 112.6 1947-09-01 114.2 1947-10-01 116.1 1947-11-01 118.2 1947-12-01 124.6 1948-01-01 130.0 1948-02-01 130.9 1948-03-01 130.9 1948-04-01 131.5 1948-05-01 132.6 1948-06-01 133.1 1948-07-01 135.9 1948-08-01 136.4 1948-09-01 136.9 1948-10-01 137.3 1948-11-01 137.6 1948-12-01 137.2 1949-01-01 137.0 1949-02-01 136.2 1949-03-01 134.4 1949-04-01 131.9 1949-05-01 130.1 1949-06-01 130.0 1949-07-01 130.1 1949-08-01 129.6 1949-09-01 129.9 1949-10-01 130.6 1949-11-01 130.2 1949-12-01 130.4 1950-01-01 131.0 1950-02-01 131.5 1950-03-01 131.5 1950-04-01 130.9 1950-05-01 131.9 1950-06-01 132.6 1950-07-01 133.5 1950-08-01 134.2 1950-09-01 134.9 1950-10-01 135.3 1950-11-01 135.7 1950-12-01 135.7 1951-01-01 136.4 1951-02-01 138.1 1951-03-01 138.6 1951-04-01 138.1 1951-05-01 137.5 1951-06-01 137.8 1951-07-01 137.9 1951-08-01 138.1 1951-09-01 138.8 1951-10-01 138.9 1951-11-01 139.1 1951-12-01 139.2