Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Barrels, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1911-1937 (2)--Original Data, 1938-1957 (3)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1911-1940. The Units Are Barrels Of 376 Pounds Net Or 380 Gross Pounds (See Survey Of Current Business, September 1923, P. 47; Scb 1932 Annual Supplement And Successive Issues.) Source: Data For 1911-1920: U.S. Geological Survey, E.F. Burchard; Data For 1921-1933: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Warren M. Persons And Others, "The Problems Of Business Forecasting"; Data For 1934-1937: U.S. Bureau Of Mines

This NBER data series m05026a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05026a