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: Manufacturing and Trade Inventories, Total for United States Series ID: M0523AUSM244NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly, End of Month Units: Billions of Dollars Date Range: 1938-12-01 to 1955-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 10:50 AM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Varibles--(1)--Original Data, 1938-1955 (2)--Original Data, 1948-1969. Revised Estimates For Retail Trade Inventories Were Introduced In January 1946. This Variable Can Be Extended Through May 1957 (The End Of The"Old" Estimates For Wholesale Trade Inventories), But This Overlap Is Considered Sufficient. Source: Derived By Adding Series (Total Manufacturers' Inventories), (Retail Trade Inventories, All Stores), And (Wholesale Inventories, Total Trade); See These Series For Sources. This NBER data series m05123a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05123a DATE VALUE 1938-12-01 18.76 1939-01-01 18.93 1939-02-01 19.06 1939-03-01 19.21 1939-04-01 19.01 1939-05-01 18.77 1939-06-01 18.42 1939-07-01 18.38 1939-08-01 18.66 1939-09-01 18.98 1939-10-01 19.74 1939-11-01 20.28 1939-12-01 19.88 1940-01-01 20.25 1940-02-01 20.72 1940-03-01 20.86 1940-04-01 20.79 1940-05-01 20.68 1940-06-01 20.38 1940-07-01 20.47 1940-08-01 20.70 1940-09-01 21.18 1940-10-01 21.78 1940-11-01 22.28 1940-12-01 21.95 1941-01-01 22.44 1941-02-01 22.82 1941-03-01 23.37 1941-04-01 23.88 1941-05-01 23.96 1941-06-01 24.52 1941-07-01 25.24 1941-08-01 25.73 1941-09-01 26.53 1941-10-01 27.83 1941-11-01 28.52 1941-12-01 28.47 1942-01-01 29.09 1942-02-01 30.04 1942-03-01 30.82 1942-04-01 31.21 1942-05-01 31.52 1942-06-01 31.66 1942-07-01 31.56 1942-08-01 31.56 1942-09-01 31.46 1942-10-01 31.26 1942-11-01 31.31 1942-12-01 30.62 1943-01-01 30.41 1943-02-01 30.18 1943-03-01 30.41 1943-04-01 30.28 1943-05-01 30.15 1943-06-01 30.08 1943-07-01 30.30 1943-08-01 30.68 1943-09-01 30.94 1943-10-01 31.30 1943-11-01 31.47 1943-12-01 31.00 1944-01-01 31.24 1944-02-01 31.56 1944-03-01 31.70 1944-04-01 31.76 1944-05-01 31.53 1944-06-01 31.30 1944-07-01 31.38 1944-08-01 31.77 1944-09-01 31.77 1944-10-01 32.25 1944-11-01 31.96 1944-12-01 30.65 1945-01-01 30.72 1945-02-01 30.84 1945-03-01 30.95 1945-04-01 31.12 1945-05-01 31.14 1945-06-01 30.69 1945-07-01 30.77 1945-08-01 30.75 1945-09-01 30.90 1945-10-01 31.49 1945-11-01 31.90 1945-12-01 30.52 1946-01-01 31.20 1946-02-01 32.13 1946-03-01 33.05 1946-04-01 33.54 1946-05-01 34.33 1946-06-01 34.69 1946-07-01 36.56 1946-08-01 38.27 1946-09-01 39.47 1946-10-01 41.89 1946-11-01 43.26 1946-12-01 42.68 1947-01-01 43.93 1947-02-01 45.41 1947-03-01 46.88 1947-04-01 47.32 1947-05-01 47.34 1947-06-01 47.16 1947-07-01 47.27 1947-08-01 48.14 1947-09-01 48.68 1947-10-01 49.92 1947-11-01 51.05 1947-12-01 50.20 1948-01-01 50.99 1948-02-01 51.93 1948-03-01 53.08 1948-04-01 52.99 1948-05-01 52.82 1948-06-01 52.98 1948-07-01 53.25 1948-08-01 54.15 1948-09-01 55.11 1948-10-01 56.17 1948-11-01 56.90 1948-12-01 55.15 1949-01-01 55.58 1949-02-01 56.22 1949-03-01 56.67 1949-04-01 55.60 1949-05-01 54.49 1949-06-01 53.46 1949-07-01 52.57 1949-08-01 52.60 1949-09-01 53.30 1949-10-01 53.75 1949-11-01 53.84 1949-12-01 51.68 1950-01-01 52.47 1950-02-01 52.92 1950-03-01 54.33 1950-04-01 54.13 1950-05-01 54.60 1950-06-01 54.72 1950-07-01 53.62 1950-08-01 55.64 1950-09-01 58.19 1950-10-01 61.20 1950-11-01 64.07 1950-12-01 63.58 1951-01-01 65.95 1951-02-01 67.96 1951-03-01 70.65 1951-04-01 72.27 1951-05-01 73.13 1951-06-01 73.96 1951-07-01 73.21 1951-08-01 74.00 1951-09-01 74.43 1951-10-01 75.40 1951-11-01 75.92 1951-12-01 73.80 1952-01-01 75.02 1952-02-01 75.60 1952-03-01 76.63 1952-04-01 76.08 1952-05-01 75.06 1952-06-01 74.03 1952-07-01 73.12 1952-08-01 73.37 1952-09-01 74.74 1952-10-01 76.28 1952-11-01 77.07 1952-12-01 75.04 1953-01-01 75.54 1953-02-01 76.50 1953-03-01 78.04 1953-04-01 78.58 1953-05-01 78.54 1953-06-01 78.21 1953-07-01 78.35 1953-08-01 78.89 1953-09-01 79.61 1953-10-01 80.09 1953-11-01 80.13 1953-12-01 77.58 1954-01-01 77.72 1954-02-01 77.99 1954-03-01 78.72 1954-04-01 77.95 1954-05-01 77.25 1954-06-01 76.24 1954-07-01 75.43 1954-08-01 75.24 1954-09-01 75.46 1954-10-01 76.11 1954-11-01 77.00 1954-12-01 74.57 1955-01-01 75.25 1955-02-01 76.29 1955-03-01 77.51 1955-04-01 77.38 1955-05-01 77.47 1955-06-01 77.28 1955-07-01 77.21 1955-08-01 78.20 1955-09-01 78.91 1955-10-01 80.79 1955-11-01 82.02 1955-12-01 80.36