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 Factory Employment, Machinery for United States Series ID: M08F8AUSM331SNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index 1923-1925=100 Date Range: 1919-01-01 to 1942-09-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:26 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1919-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1939-1964. The Following Variables From This Series Are Considered Roughly Comparable To This Segment. This Index Of 1923-1925=100 Was Superceded By An Index On The Base 1939=100 (Not Used) That In Turn Was Seperceded By The Series That Follows Here, Following The 1949 Revision Of The Bls Employment Data After Adoption Of The 1945 Standard Industrial Classification. The Series Of Production Worker Employment In Machinery Production (NBER Series 08018) Presented Below Is Believed To Be Roughly Comparable To The Index Shown Through September 1942. Source: Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 1938; October 1939; Monthly Issues Thereafter. This NBER data series m08018a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08018a DATE VALUE 1919-01-01 120.4 1919-02-01 117.6 1919-03-01 113.9 1919-04-01 112.7 1919-05-01 109.7 1919-06-01 107.4 1919-07-01 108.1 1919-08-01 113.6 1919-09-01 117.4 1919-10-01 121.7 1919-11-01 126.2 1919-12-01 130.6 1920-01-01 134.1 1920-02-01 132.5 1920-03-01 135.0 1920-04-01 133.8 1920-05-01 131.4 1920-06-01 132.7 1920-07-01 133.3 1920-08-01 130.8 1920-09-01 127.7 1920-10-01 123.1 1920-11-01 117.8 1920-12-01 110.5 1921-01-01 103.1 1921-02-01 95.0 1921-03-01 90.0 1921-04-01 84.4 1921-05-01 79.0 1921-06-01 74.9 1921-07-01 69.2 1921-08-01 67.7 1921-09-01 66.7 1921-10-01 65.7 1921-11-01 66.1 1921-12-01 68.2 1922-01-01 70.6 1922-02-01 71.4 1922-03-01 74.7 1922-04-01 76.9 1922-05-01 79.6 1922-06-01 80.1 1922-07-01 80.1 1922-08-01 81.2 1922-09-01 86.1 1922-10-01 89.1 1922-11-01 92.7 1922-12-01 97.4 1923-01-01 99.2 1923-02-01 102.3 1923-03-01 104.3 1923-04-01 107.1 1923-05-01 108.1 1923-06-01 108.5 1923-07-01 109.8 1923-08-01 108.3 1923-09-01 108.0 1923-10-01 105.2 1923-11-01 105.3 1923-12-01 103.8 1924-01-01 103.2 1924-02-01 101.4 1924-03-01 101.0 1924-04-01 100.2 1924-05-01 96.4 1924-06-01 92.9 1924-07-01 89.7 1924-08-01 89.7 1924-09-01 89.6 1924-10-01 90.4 1924-11-01 90.9 1924-12-01 93.3 1925-01-01 95.0 1925-02-01 96.4 1925-03-01 95.9 1925-04-01 96.8 1925-05-01 97.7 1925-06-01 98.0 1925-07-01 98.6 1925-08-01 99.2 1925-09-01 100.3 1925-10-01 102.6 1925-11-01 104.8 1925-12-01 106.3 1926-01-01 106.8 1926-02-01 107.6 1926-03-01 107.1 1926-04-01 106.8 1926-05-01 106.9 1926-06-01 107.1 1926-07-01 107.6 1926-08-01 108.2 1926-09-01 108.3 1926-10-01 108.6 1926-11-01 106.9 1926-12-01 106.6 1927-01-01 105.6 1927-02-01 105.6 1927-03-01 104.0 1927-04-01 103.3 1927-05-01 102.9 1927-06-01 103.4 1927-07-01 102.2 1927-08-01 102.0 1927-09-01 100.7 1927-10-01 100.8 1927-11-01 99.5 1927-12-01 99.0 1928-01-01 98.8 1928-02-01 99.1 1928-03-01 99.3 1928-04-01 100.1 1928-05-01 102.3 1928-06-01 103.7 1928-07-01 104.8 1928-08-01 107.0 1928-09-01 108.8 1928-10-01 110.0 1928-11-01 111.7 1928-12-01 113.4 1929-01-01 117.1 1929-02-01 119.1 1929-03-01 121.6 1929-04-01 124.0 1929-05-01 126.9 1929-06-01 130.0 1929-07-01 132.2 1929-08-01 133.4 1929-09-01 130.4 1929-10-01 129.7 1929-11-01 125.1 1929-12-01 120.3 1930-01-01 118.4 1930-02-01 116.1 1930-03-01 114.3 1930-04-01 111.9 1930-05-01 108.9 1930-06-01 105.8 1930-07-01 102.1 1930-08-01 99.4 1930-09-01 97.9 1930-10-01 96.0 1930-11-01 93.6 1930-12-01 91.2 1931-01-01 89.4 1931-02-01 87.7 1931-03-01 85.7 1931-04-01 84.4 1931-05-01 82.2 1931-06-01 79.4 1931-07-01 76.3 1931-08-01 74.1 1931-09-01 72.4 1931-10-01 70.4 1931-11-01 68.9 1931-12-01 68.3 1932-01-01 67.0 1932-02-01 66.3 1932-03-01 64.1 1932-04-01 60.9 1932-05-01 58.7 1932-06-01 56.1 1932-07-01 53.4 1932-08-01 51.6 1932-09-01 50.9 1932-10-01 51.4 1932-11-01 51.7 1932-12-01 52.0 1933-01-01 50.3 1933-02-01 50.7 1933-03-01 49.4 1933-04-01 50.3 1933-05-01 52.5 1933-06-01 56.8 1933-07-01 60.7 1933-08-01 67.2 1933-09-01 70.6 1933-10-01 72.9 1933-11-01 73.2 1933-12-01 72.7 1934-01-01 72.6 1934-02-01 74.8 1934-03-01 79.0 1934-04-01 82.4 1934-05-01 82.7 1934-06-01 82.4 1934-07-01 81.6 1934-08-01 81.4 1934-09-01 79.2 1934-10-01 78.7 1934-11-01 78.9 1934-12-01 80.1 1935-01-01 82.5 1935-02-01 84.4 1935-03-01 86.7 1935-04-01 87.4 1935-05-01 86.5 1935-06-01 86.4 1935-07-01 88.3 1935-08-01 89.9 1935-09-01 92.4 1935-10-01 94.2 1935-11-01 95.1 1935-12-01 95.0 1936-01-01 95.4 1936-02-01 95.6 1936-03-01 96.7 1936-04-01 99.2 1936-05-01 101.6 1936-06-01 102.9 1936-07-01 104.3 1936-08-01 104.5 1936-09-01 106.5 1936-10-01 108.4 1936-11-01 110.6 1936-12-01 113.8 1937-01-01 115.6 1937-02-01 119.3 1937-03-01 121.6 1937-04-01 124.4 1937-05-01 125.7 1937-06-01 129.0 1937-07-01 130.4 1937-08-01 130.9 1937-09-01 130.0 1937-10-01 128.1 1937-11-01 120.8 1937-12-01 112.8 1938-01-01 104.8 1938-02-01 100.0 1938-03-01 96.7 1938-04-01 92.8 1938-05-01 89.1 1938-06-01 86.0 1938-07-01 83.2 1938-08-01 84.6 1938-09-01 85.1 1938-10-01 86.8 1938-11-01 89.2 1938-12-01 91.7 1939-01-01 92.3 1939-02-01 94.0 1939-03-01 94.8 1939-04-01 94.9 1939-05-01 94.4 1939-06-01 95.4 1939-07-01 96.1 1939-08-01 97.3 1939-09-01 99.8 1939-10-01 105.7 1939-11-01 110.6 1939-12-01 112.9 1940-01-01 113.4 1940-02-01 113.6 1940-03-01 113.3 1940-04-01 113.4 1940-05-01 113.4 1940-06-01 114.9 1940-07-01 116.6 1940-08-01 120.0 1940-09-01 122.5 1940-10-01 126.6 1940-11-01 130.9 1940-12-01 136.0 1941-01-01 141.2 1941-02-01 144.2 1941-03-01 148.1 1941-04-01 155.8 1941-05-01 161.6 1941-06-01 167.5 1941-07-01 173.3 1941-08-01 178.1 1941-09-01 178.4 1941-10-01 180.2 1941-11-01 182.3 1941-12-01 185.2 1942-01-01 189.4 1942-02-01 193.1 1942-03-01 197.0 1942-04-01 200.4 1942-05-01 202.7 1942-06-01 206.9 1942-07-01 212.3 1942-08-01 218.6 1942-09-01 219.7