Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1923-1925=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1954. Source: For Data Through 1934, Bureau Of Labor Statistics Mimeographed Release, September, 1938, Pp.49, 50, 31, 32, 55; For 1935-39 Data, Bureau Of Labor Statistics Mimeographed Release, May, 1940; Thereafter, "Employment And Payrolls" And Monthly Labor Review.

This NBER data series m08070a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08070a