Title: Wholesale Price of Tin Plate for Pittsburgh, PA Series ID: M04145US38300M275NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Dollars per 100 Pounds Date Range: 1898-01-01 to 1955-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:49 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1898-1955 (2)--Original Data, 1953-1958. Data Are Averages Of Weekly Quotations. The Published Price For January-November, 1938 Was $5.35 But In A Post-Season Action Producers Granted A Retroactive Price Adjustment On All Shipments Between January 1 And November 10. See Iron Age, December 1, 1938, P.94. (Reduction Made To $5.10) While The Iron Age Shows The 07/1948 Price As Continuous, The Bls (Which Has Shown The Series For A Long Period Under Code #455) Indicates A Change From "F.O.B. Pittsburgh, Basing Point" To "F.O.B. Producing Points, Pittsburgh Area" (Code #455.1 In Old Index; Code #10-14-66.01 In New Index). No Overlap Is Given. The Data Shown By Both Iron Age And Bls Are Identical. Source: Iron Age, January 7, 1915, P.24, January 4, 1923, P.76, January 4, 1940, P.172, And Subsequent Annual Issues Through 1956. This NBER data series m04145 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04145 DATE VALUE 1898-01-01 2.95 1898-02-01 2.90 1898-03-01 3.00 1898-04-01 3.00 1898-05-01 3.00 1898-06-01 2.99 1898-07-01 2.94 1898-08-01 2.93 1898-09-01 2.98 1898-10-01 2.98 1898-11-01 2.98 1898-12-01 3.00 1899-01-01 3.00 1899-02-01 3.38 1899-03-01 3.75 1899-04-01 3.87 1899-05-01 3.87 1899-06-01 3.87 1899-07-01 4.12 1899-08-01 4.23 1899-09-01 4.65 1899-10-01 4.65 1899-11-01 4.65 1899-12-01 4.65 1900-01-01 4.65 1900-02-01 4.65 1900-03-01 4.65 1900-04-01 4.65 1900-05-01 4.65 1900-06-01 4.65 1900-07-01 4.65 1900-08-01 4.65 1900-09-01 4.50 1900-10-01 4.00 1900-11-01 4.00 1900-12-01 4.00 1901-01-01 4.00 1901-02-01 4.00 1901-03-01 4.00 1901-04-01 4.00 1901-05-01 4.00 1901-06-01 4.00 1901-07-01 4.00 1901-08-01 4.00 1901-09-01 4.00 1901-10-01 4.00 1901-11-01 4.00 1901-12-01 4.00 1902-01-01 4.00 1902-02-01 4.00 1902-03-01 4.00 1902-04-01 4.00 1902-05-01 4.00 1902-06-01 4.00 1902-07-01 4.00 1902-08-01 4.00 1902-09-01 4.00 1902-10-01 4.00 1902-11-01 3.60 1902-12-01 3.60 1903-01-01 3.60 1903-02-01 3.60 1903-03-01 3.80 1903-04-01 3.80 1903-05-01 3.80 1903-06-01 3.80 1903-07-01 3.80 1903-08-01 3.80 1903-09-01 3.80 1903-10-01 3.80 1903-11-01 3.65 1903-12-01 3.60 1904-01-01 3.56 1904-02-01 3.45 1904-03-01 3.45 1904-04-01 3.45 1904-05-01 3.45 1904-06-01 3.45 1904-07-01 3.41 1904-08-01 3.30 1904-09-01 3.30 1904-10-01 3.30 1904-11-01 3.39 1904-12-01 3.47 1905-01-01 3.55 1905-02-01 3.55 1905-03-01 3.55 1905-04-01 3.55 1905-05-01 3.55 1905-06-01 3.55 1905-07-01 3.55 1905-08-01 3.55 1905-09-01 3.55 1905-10-01 3.34 1905-11-01 3.34 1905-12-01 3.40 1906-01-01 3.47 1906-02-01 3.50 1906-03-01 3.50 1906-04-01 3.57 1906-05-01 3.66 1906-06-01 3.75 1906-07-01 3.75 1906-08-01 3.75 1906-09-01 3.75 1906-10-01 3.75 1906-11-01 3.90 1906-12-01 3.90 1907-01-01 3.90 1907-02-01 3.90 1907-03-01 3.90 1907-04-01 3.90 1907-05-01 3.90 1907-06-01 3.90 1907-07-01 3.90 1907-08-01 3.90 1907-09-01 3.90 1907-10-01 3.90 1907-11-01 3.90 1907-12-01 3.90 1908-01-01 3.74 1908-02-01 3.70 1908-03-01 3.70 1908-04-01 3.70 1908-05-01 3.70 1908-06-01 3.70 1908-07-01 3.70 1908-08-01 3.70 1908-09-01 3.70 1908-10-01 3.70 1908-11-01 3.70 1908-12-01 3.70 1909-01-01 3.70 1909-02-01 3.70 1909-03-01 3.53 1909-04-01 3.40 1909-05-01 3.40 1909-06-01 3.40 1909-07-01 3.40 1909-08-01 3.40 1909-09-01 3.40 1909-10-01 3.50 1909-11-01 3.56 1909-12-01 3.60 1910-01-01 3.60 1910-02-01 3.60 1910-03-01 3.60 1910-04-01 3.60 1910-05-01 3.60 1910-06-01 3.60 1910-07-01 3.60 1910-08-01 3.60 1910-09-01 3.60 1910-10-01 3.60 1910-11-01 3.60 1910-12-01 3.60 1911-01-01 3.60 1911-02-01 3.67 1911-03-01 3.70 1911-04-01 3.70 1911-05-01 3.70 1911-06-01 3.70 1911-07-01 3.70 1911-08-01 3.70 1911-09-01 3.67 1911-10-01 3.52 1911-11-01 3.40 1911-12-01 3.40 1912-01-01 3.40 1912-02-01 3.35 1912-03-01 3.30 1912-04-01 3.30 1912-05-01 3.33 1912-06-01 3.40 1912-07-01 3.43 1912-08-01 3.50 1912-09-01 3.58 1912-10-01 3.60 1912-11-01 3.60 1912-12-01 3.60 1913-01-01 3.60 1913-02-01 3.60 1913-03-01 3.60 1913-04-01 3.60 1913-05-01 3.60 1913-06-01 3.60 1913-07-01 3.60 1913-08-01 3.55 1913-09-01 3.50 1913-10-01 3.50 1913-11-01 3.40 1913-12-01 3.40 1914-01-01 3.32 1914-02-01 3.29 1914-03-01 3.30 1914-04-01 3.30 1914-05-01 3.30 1914-06-01 3.30 1914-07-01 3.27 1914-08-01 3.41 1914-09-01 3.35 1914-10-01 3.24 1914-11-01 3.15 1914-12-01 3.13 1915-01-01 3.10 1915-02-01 3.10 1915-03-01 3.25 1915-04-01 3.25 1915-05-01 3.15 1915-06-01 3.11 1915-07-01 3.10 1915-08-01 3.10 1915-09-01 3.15 1915-10-01 3.15 1915-11-01 3.28 1915-12-01 3.52 1916-01-01 3.75 1916-02-01 3.96 1916-03-01 4.19 1916-04-01 4.50 1916-05-01 5.30 1916-06-01 5.81 1916-07-01 6.00 1916-08-01 5.95 1916-09-01 5.75 1916-10-01 5.81 1916-11-01 5.97 1916-12-01 6.63 1917-01-01 7.00 1917-02-01 7.38 1917-03-01 8.00 1917-04-01 8.00 1917-05-01 8.40 1917-06-01 10.50 1917-07-01 12.00 1917-08-01 11.40 1917-09-01 12.00 1917-10-01 . 1917-11-01 7.75 1917-12-01 7.75 1918-01-01 7.75 1918-02-01 7.75 1918-03-01 7.75 1918-04-01 7.75 1918-05-01 7.75 1918-06-01 7.75 1918-07-01 7.75 1918-08-01 7.75 1918-09-01 7.75 1918-10-01 7.75 1918-11-01 7.75 1918-12-01 7.55 1919-01-01 7.35 1919-02-01 7.35 1919-03-01 7.26 1919-04-01 7.00 1919-05-01 7.00 1919-06-01 7.00 1919-07-01 7.00 1919-08-01 7.00 1919-09-01 7.00 1919-10-01 7.00 1919-11-01 7.00 1919-12-01 7.00 1920-01-01 7.00 1920-02-01 7.00 1920-03-01 7.00 1920-04-01 7.00 1920-05-01 7.00 1920-06-01 7.00 1920-07-01 7.50 1920-08-01 9.00 1920-09-01 9.00 1920-10-01 8.33 1920-11-01 7.50 1920-12-01 7.00 1921-01-01 7.00 1921-02-01 7.00 1921-03-01 7.00 1921-04-01 6.44 1921-05-01 6.25 1921-06-01 6.25 1921-07-01 5.69 1921-08-01 5.25 1921-09-01 5.25 1921-10-01 5.13 1921-11-01 4.75 1921-12-01 4.73 1922-01-01 4.75 1922-02-01 4.71 1922-03-01 4.60 1922-04-01 4.75 1922-05-01 4.75 1922-06-01 4.75 1922-07-01 4.75 1922-08-01 4.75 1922-09-01 4.75 1922-10-01 4.75 1922-11-01 4.75 1922-12-01 4.75 1923-01-01 4.75 1923-02-01 4.80 1923-03-01 5.23 1923-04-01 6.00 1923-05-01 5.70 1923-06-01 5.50 1923-07-01 5.50 1923-08-01 5.50 1923-09-01 5.50 1923-10-01 5.50 1923-11-01 5.50 1923-12-01 5.50 1924-01-01 5.50 1924-02-01 5.50 1924-03-01 5.50 1924-04-01 5.50 1924-05-01 5.50 1924-06-01 5.50 1924-07-01 5.50 1924-08-01 5.50 1924-09-01 5.50 1924-10-01 5.50 1924-11-01 5.50 1924-12-01 5.50 1925-01-01 5.50 1925-02-01 5.50 1925-03-01 5.50 1925-04-01 5.50 1925-05-01 5.50 1925-06-01 5.50 1925-07-01 5.50 1925-08-01 5.50 1925-09-01 5.50 1925-10-01 5.50 1925-11-01 5.50 1925-12-01 5.50 1926-01-01 5.50 1926-02-01 5.50 1926-03-01 5.50 1926-04-01 5.50 1926-05-01 5.50 1926-06-01 5.50 1926-07-01 5.50 1926-08-01 5.50 1926-09-01 5.50 1926-10-01 5.50 1926-11-01 5.50 1926-12-01 5.50 1927-01-01 5.50 1927-02-01 5.50 1927-03-01 5.50 1927-04-01 5.50 1927-05-01 5.50 1927-06-01 5.50 1927-07-01 5.50 1927-08-01 5.50 1927-09-01 5.50 1927-10-01 5.50 1927-11-01 5.50 1927-12-01 5.25 1928-01-01 5.25 1928-02-01 5.25 1928-03-01 5.25 1928-04-01 5.25 1928-05-01 5.25 1928-06-01 5.25 1928-07-01 5.25 1928-08-01 5.25 1928-09-01 5.25 1928-10-01 5.25 1928-11-01 5.25 1928-12-01 5.25 1929-01-01 5.35 1929-02-01 5.35 1929-03-01 5.35 1929-04-01 5.35 1929-05-01 5.35 1929-06-01 5.35 1929-07-01 5.35 1929-08-01 5.35 1929-09-01 5.35 1929-10-01 5.35 1929-11-01 5.35 1929-12-01 5.35 1930-01-01 5.25 1930-02-01 5.25 1930-03-01 5.25 1930-04-01 5.25 1930-05-01 5.25 1930-06-01 5.25 1930-07-01 5.25 1930-08-01 5.25 1930-09-01 5.25 1930-10-01 5.00 1930-11-01 5.00 1930-12-01 5.00 1931-01-01 5.00 1931-02-01 5.00 1931-03-01 5.00 1931-04-01 5.00 1931-05-01 5.00 1931-06-01 5.00 1931-07-01 5.00 1931-08-01 5.00 1931-09-01 5.00 1931-10-01 4.75 1931-11-01 4.75 1931-12-01 4.75 1932-01-01 4.75 1932-02-01 4.75 1932-03-01 4.75 1932-04-01 4.75 1932-05-01 4.75 1932-06-01 4.75 1932-07-01 4.75 1932-08-01 4.75 1932-09-01 4.75 1932-10-01 4.75 1932-11-01 4.55 1932-12-01 4.25 1933-01-01 4.25 1933-02-01 4.25 1933-03-01 4.25 1933-04-01 4.25 1933-05-01 4.25 1933-06-01 4.25 1933-07-01 4.25 1933-08-01 4.25 1933-09-01 4.65 1933-10-01 4.65 1933-11-01 4.65 1933-12-01 5.25 1934-01-01 5.25 1934-02-01 5.25 1934-03-01 5.25 1934-04-01 5.25 1934-05-01 5.25 1934-06-01 5.25 1934-07-01 5.25 1934-08-01 5.25 1934-09-01 5.25 1934-10-01 5.25 1934-11-01 5.25 1934-12-01 5.25 1935-01-01 5.25 1935-02-01 5.25 1935-03-01 5.25 1935-04-01 5.25 1935-05-01 5.25 1935-06-01 5.25 1935-07-01 5.25 1935-08-01 5.25 1935-09-01 5.25 1935-10-01 5.25 1935-11-01 5.25 1935-12-01 5.25 1936-01-01 5.25 1936-02-01 5.25 1936-03-01 5.25 1936-04-01 5.25 1936-05-01 5.25 1936-06-01 5.25 1936-07-01 5.25 1936-08-01 5.25 1936-09-01 5.25 1936-10-01 5.25 1936-11-01 5.25 1936-12-01 5.25 1937-01-01 4.85 1937-02-01 4.85 1937-03-01 4.85 1937-04-01 5.35 1937-05-01 5.35 1937-06-01 5.35 1937-07-01 5.35 1937-08-01 5.35 1937-09-01 5.35 1937-10-01 5.35 1937-11-01 5.35 1937-12-01 5.35 1938-01-01 5.10 1938-02-01 5.10 1938-03-01 5.10 1938-04-01 5.10 1938-05-01 5.10 1938-06-01 5.10 1938-07-01 5.10 1938-08-01 5.10 1938-09-01 5.10 1938-10-01 5.10 1938-11-01 5.10 1938-12-01 5.00 1939-01-01 5.00 1939-02-01 5.00 1939-03-01 5.00 1939-04-01 5.00 1939-05-01 5.00 1939-06-01 5.00 1939-07-01 5.00 1939-08-01 5.00 1939-09-01 5.00 1939-10-01 5.00 1939-11-01 5.00 1939-12-01 5.00 1940-01-01 5.00 1940-02-01 5.00 1940-03-01 5.00 1940-04-01 5.00 1940-05-01 5.00 1940-06-01 5.00 1940-07-01 5.00 1940-08-01 5.00 1940-09-01 5.00 1940-10-01 5.00 1940-11-01 5.00 1940-12-01 5.00 1941-01-01 5.00 1941-02-01 5.00 1941-03-01 5.00 1941-04-01 5.00 1941-05-01 5.00 1941-06-01 5.00 1941-07-01 5.00 1941-08-01 5.00 1941-09-01 5.00 1941-10-01 5.00 1941-11-01 5.00 1941-12-01 5.00 1942-01-01 5.00 1942-02-01 5.00 1942-03-01 5.00 1942-04-01 5.00 1942-05-01 5.00 1942-06-01 5.00 1942-07-01 5.00 1942-08-01 5.00 1942-09-01 5.00 1942-10-01 5.00 1942-11-01 5.00 1942-12-01 5.00 1943-01-01 5.00 1943-02-01 5.00 1943-03-01 5.00 1943-04-01 5.00 1943-05-01 5.00 1943-06-01 5.00 1943-07-01 5.00 1943-08-01 5.00 1943-09-01 5.00 1943-10-01 5.00 1943-11-01 5.00 1943-12-01 5.00 1944-01-01 5.00 1944-02-01 5.00 1944-03-01 5.00 1944-04-01 5.00 1944-05-01 5.00 1944-06-01 5.00 1944-07-01 5.00 1944-08-01 5.00 1944-09-01 5.00 1944-10-01 5.00 1944-11-01 5.00 1944-12-01 5.00 1945-01-01 5.00 1945-02-01 5.00 1945-03-01 5.00 1945-04-01 5.00 1945-05-01 5.00 1945-06-01 5.00 1945-07-01 5.00 1945-08-01 5.00 1945-09-01 5.00 1945-10-01 5.00 1945-11-01 5.00 1945-12-01 5.00 1946-01-01 5.00 1946-02-01 5.00 1946-03-01 5.00 1946-04-01 5.00 1946-05-01 5.00 1946-06-01 5.00 1946-07-01 5.00 1946-08-01 5.00 1946-09-01 5.00 1946-10-01 5.00 1946-11-01 5.00 1946-12-01 5.00 1947-01-01 5.75 1947-02-01 5.75 1947-03-01 5.75 1947-04-01 5.75 1947-05-01 5.75 1947-06-01 5.75 1947-07-01 5.75 1947-08-01 5.75 1947-09-01 5.75 1947-10-01 5.75 1947-11-01 5.75 1947-12-01 5.75 1948-01-01 6.80 1948-02-01 6.80 1948-03-01 6.80 1948-04-01 6.80 1948-05-01 6.70 1948-06-01 6.70 1948-07-01 6.72 1948-08-01 6.80 1948-09-01 6.80 1948-10-01 6.80 1948-11-01 6.80 1948-12-01 6.80 1949-01-01 7.75 1949-02-01 7.75 1949-03-01 7.75 1949-04-01 7.75 1949-05-01 7.75 1949-06-01 7.75 1949-07-01 7.75 1949-08-01 7.75 1949-09-01 7.75 1949-10-01 7.75 1949-11-01 7.75 1949-12-01 7.75 1950-01-01 7.50 1950-02-01 7.50 1950-03-01 7.50 1950-04-01 7.50 1950-05-01 7.50 1950-06-01 7.50 1950-07-01 7.50 1950-08-01 7.50 1950-09-01 7.50 1950-10-01 7.50 1950-11-01 7.50 1950-12-01 7.50 1951-01-01 8.10 1951-02-01 8.70 1951-03-01 8.70 1951-04-01 8.70 1951-05-01 8.70 1951-06-01 8.70 1951-07-01 8.70 1951-08-01 8.70 1951-09-01 8.70 1951-10-01 8.70 1951-11-01 8.70 1951-12-01 8.70 1952-01-01 8.70 1952-02-01 8.70 1952-03-01 8.70 1952-04-01 8.70 1952-05-01 8.70 1952-06-01 8.70 1952-07-01 8.75 1952-08-01 8.95 1952-09-01 8.95 1952-10-01 8.95 1952-11-01 8.95 1952-12-01 8.95 1953-01-01 8.95 1953-02-01 8.95 1953-03-01 8.95 1953-04-01 8.95 1953-05-01 8.95 1953-06-01 8.95 1953-07-01 8.95 1953-08-01 8.95 1953-09-01 8.95 1953-10-01 8.95 1953-11-01 8.95 1953-12-01 8.95 1954-01-01 8.95 1954-02-01 8.95 1954-03-01 8.95 1954-04-01 8.95 1954-05-01 8.95 1954-06-01 8.95 1954-07-01 8.95 1954-08-01 8.95 1954-09-01 8.95 1954-10-01 9.05 1954-11-01 9.05 1954-12-01 9.05 1955-01-01 9.05 1955-02-01 9.05 1955-03-01 9.05 1955-04-01 9.05 1955-05-01 9.05 1955-06-01 9.05 1955-07-01 9.05 1955-08-01 9.05 1955-09-01 9.05 1955-10-01 9.45 1955-11-01 9.45 1955-12-01 9.45