Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Pound, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1933; (2)--Original Data, 1913-1944. Data Is For Clear Short Sides And Is The Average Of Thursday Prices. Beginning July 1935 Average Prices Are Published Semi-Annually In June And December Bulletins. Series Includes Pork, Cured And Bacon, Plain And Standard, 6-8 Pounds. Source: 1913-1925: Bls Handwritten Worksheets; 1926-1943: Bls Bulletins And Monthly Issues Of"Wholesale Prices"; July 1943 - May 1944: Bls Mimeo- Graphed Monthly, "Average Wholesale Prices And Index Numbers Of Individual Commodities"

This NBER data series m04024b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04024b