Title: Wholesale Price of Slab Zinc for New York Series ID: M0492BUS000NYM267NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Cents per Pound Date Range: 1898-01-01 to 1958-04-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 3:16 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1875-1904 (2)--Original Data, 1898-1958. Prices Given Are Averages Of Weekly Quotations. Common Grades Are Usually Specified As "Prime Western," Delivered At The New York Price. Beginning In December, 1942, A 3% Freight Tax Is Reflected In The Prices. Summary Tables In Annual Review Issues Of Iron Age Show The Price To Be 8.65 Without Mention Of Freight Tax (See January 6, 1949, P.352 And Previous January Issues. However, The Monthly Issues Show The Change From 8.67 To 8.65 From November 16, 1944, On; 8.67 Being Last Shown On November 9, 1944, P.155. The Bls"Wholesale Prices" Give $0.087 Through December 1943, And $0.086 Thereafter. Source: Iron Age, January 7, 1915 And Following January Issues For Summary Tables; Current Averages From Engineering And Mining Journal. This NBER data series m04092b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04092b DATE VALUE 1898-01-01 3.75 1898-02-01 3.79 1898-03-01 4.00 1898-04-01 4.00 1898-05-01 3.95 1898-06-01 4.65 1898-07-01 4.51 1898-08-01 4.35 1898-09-01 4.62 1898-10-01 4.61 1898-11-01 5.09 1898-12-01 5.13 1899-01-01 4.90 1899-02-01 5.68 1899-03-01 5.99 1899-04-01 6.25 1899-05-01 6.72 1899-06-01 6.02 1899-07-01 5.79 1899-08-01 5.55 1899-09-01 5.40 1899-10-01 5.37 1899-11-01 4.64 1899-12-01 4.68 1900-01-01 4.55 1900-02-01 4.69 1900-03-01 4.60 1900-04-01 4.71 1900-05-01 4.52 1900-06-01 4.27 1900-07-01 4.24 1900-08-01 4.17 1900-09-01 4.10 1900-10-01 4.10 1900-11-01 4.20 1900-12-01 4.19 1901-01-01 4.08 1901-02-01 3.94 1901-03-01 3.89 1901-04-01 3.94 1901-05-01 3.97 1901-06-01 3.95 1901-07-01 3.90 1901-08-01 3.92 1901-09-01 4.02 1901-10-01 4.20 1901-11-01 4.32 1901-12-01 4.35 1902-01-01 4.28 1902-02-01 4.18 1902-03-01 4.29 1902-04-01 4.41 1902-05-01 4.50 1902-06-01 4.88 1902-07-01 5.23 1902-08-01 5.46 1902-09-01 5.45 1902-10-01 5.48 1902-11-01 5.29 1902-12-01 4.91 1903-01-01 4.82 1903-02-01 5.00 1903-03-01 5.36 1903-04-01 5.65 1903-05-01 5.75 1903-06-01 6.00 1903-07-01 5.95 1903-08-01 5.94 1903-09-01 6.00 1903-10-01 6.05 1903-11-01 5.68 1903-12-01 5.15 1904-01-01 4.95 1904-02-01 4.95 1904-03-01 5.05 1904-04-01 5.22 1904-05-01 5.14 1904-06-01 4.79 1904-07-01 4.85 1904-08-01 4.85 1904-09-01 5.06 1904-10-01 5.17 1904-11-01 5.49 1904-12-01 5.80 1905-01-01 6.17 1905-02-01 6.12 1905-03-01 6.06 1905-04-01 5.97 1905-05-01 5.55 1905-06-01 5.32 1905-07-01 5.38 1905-08-01 5.66 1905-09-01 5.83 1905-10-01 6.05 1905-11-01 6.17 1905-12-01 6.50 1906-01-01 6.48 1906-02-01 6.09 1906-03-01 5.96 1906-04-01 6.05 1906-05-01 5.95 1906-06-01 6.14 1906-07-01 5.98 1906-08-01 6.06 1906-09-01 6.19 1906-10-01 6.18 1906-11-01 6.36 1906-12-01 6.62 1907-01-01 6.90 1907-02-01 7.00 1907-03-01 6.92 1907-04-01 6.81 1907-05-01 6.51 1907-06-01 6.45 1907-07-01 6.15 1907-08-01 5.71 1907-09-01 5.28 1907-10-01 5.45 1907-11-01 5.10 1907-12-01 4.39 1908-01-01 4.54 1908-02-01 4.78 1908-03-01 4.76 1908-04-01 4.68 1908-05-01 4.60 1908-06-01 4.56 1908-07-01 4.46 1908-08-01 4.71 1908-09-01 4.76 1908-10-01 4.81 1908-11-01 5.03 1908-12-01 5.17 1909-01-01 5.15 1909-02-01 4.99 1909-03-01 4.81 1909-04-01 4.94 1909-05-01 5.12 1909-06-01 5.39 1909-07-01 5.35 1909-08-01 5.74 1909-09-01 5.85 1909-10-01 6.09 1909-11-01 6.32 1909-12-01 6.35 1910-01-01 6.26 1910-02-01 5.89 1910-03-01 5.72 1910-04-01 5.60 1910-05-01 5.20 1910-06-01 5.19 1910-07-01 5.20 1910-08-01 5.26 1910-09-01 5.53 1910-10-01 5.69 1910-11-01 5.95 1910-12-01 5.80 1911-01-01 5.55 1911-02-01 5.56 1911-03-01 5.65 1911-04-01 5.51 1911-05-01 5.50 1911-06-01 5.63 1911-07-01 5.79 1911-08-01 6.04 1911-09-01 6.03 1911-10-01 6.20 1911-11-01 6.60 1911-12-01 6.44 1912-01-01 6.52 1912-02-01 6.71 1912-03-01 6.98 1912-04-01 6.86 1912-05-01 6.86 1912-06-01 6.99 1912-07-01 7.26 1912-08-01 7.19 1912-09-01 7.53 1912-10-01 7.57 1912-11-01 7.48 1912-12-01 7.33 1913-01-01 7.15 1913-02-01 6.45 1913-03-01 6.26 1913-04-01 5.77 1913-05-01 5.47 1913-06-01 5.18 1913-07-01 5.38 1913-08-01 5.75 1913-09-01 5.82 1913-10-01 5.42 1913-11-01 5.29 1913-12-01 5.18 1914-01-01 5.29 1914-02-01 5.40 1914-03-01 5.28 1914-04-01 5.18 1914-05-01 5.06 1914-06-01 5.09 1914-07-01 5.02 1914-08-01 5.60 1914-09-01 5.50 1914-10-01 4.97 1914-11-01 5.12 1914-12-01 5.71 1915-01-01 6.59 1915-02-01 8.84 1915-03-01 9.29 1915-04-01 11.22 1915-05-01 16.14 1915-06-01 22.18 1915-07-01 20.58 1915-08-01 14.11 1915-09-01 14.16 1915-10-01 13.96 1915-11-01 17.15 1915-12-01 16.69 1916-01-01 18.19 1916-02-01 20.13 1916-03-01 18.40 1916-04-01 18.59 1916-05-01 15.86 1916-06-01 12.75 1916-07-01 9.83 1916-08-01 8.98 1916-09-01 8.22 1916-10-01 9.98 1916-11-01 11.90 1916-12-01 11.13 1917-01-01 9.94 1917-02-01 10.48 1917-03-01 10.77 1917-04-01 9.85 1917-05-01 9.46 1917-06-01 9.62 1917-07-01 8.95 1917-08-01 8.69 1917-09-01 8.34 1917-10-01 8.24 1917-11-01 7.95 1917-12-01 7.84 1918-01-01 7.88 1918-02-01 7.99 1918-03-01 7.64 1918-04-01 7.01 1918-05-01 7.32 1918-06-01 8.01 1918-07-01 8.69 1918-08-01 8.96 1918-09-01 9.60 1918-10-01 9.11 1918-11-01 8.70 1918-12-01 8.45 1919-01-01 7.38 1919-02-01 6.70 1919-03-01 6.52 1919-04-01 6.51 1919-05-01 6.46 1919-06-01 6.93 1919-07-01 7.90 1919-08-01 7.84 1919-09-01 7.57 1919-10-01 7.83 1919-11-01 8.14 1919-12-01 8.59 1920-01-01 9.62 1920-02-01 9.14 1920-03-01 8.93 1920-04-01 8.63 1920-05-01 8.08 1920-06-01 7.92 1920-07-01 8.18 1920-08-01 8.31 1920-09-01 7.82 1920-10-01 7.51 1920-11-01 6.84 1920-12-01 6.00 1921-01-01 5.83 1921-02-01 5.36 1921-03-01 5.20 1921-04-01 5.24 1921-05-01 5.28 1921-06-01 4.95 1921-07-01 4.77 1921-08-01 4.69 1921-09-01 4.74 1921-10-01 5.10 1921-11-01 5.18 1921-12-01 5.25 1922-01-01 5.06 1922-02-01 4.85 1922-03-01 5.00 1922-04-01 5.25 1922-05-01 5.45 1922-06-01 5.69 1922-07-01 6.12 1922-08-01 6.59 1922-09-01 6.91 1922-10-01 7.20 1922-11-01 7.48 1922-12-01 7.46 1923-01-01 7.28 1923-02-01 7.58 1923-03-01 8.19 1923-04-01 7.65 1923-05-01 6.99 1923-06-01 6.40 1923-07-01 6.43 1923-08-01 6.68 1923-09-01 6.81 1923-10-01 6.66 1923-11-01 6.70 1923-12-01 6.60 1924-01-01 6.78 1924-02-01 7.11 1924-03-01 6.85 1924-04-01 6.49 1924-05-01 6.13 1924-06-01 6.14 1924-07-01 6.25 1924-08-01 6.53 1924-09-01 6.54 1924-10-01 6.67 1924-11-01 7.14 1924-12-01 7.73 1925-01-01 8.10 1925-02-01 7.86 1925-03-01 7.68 1925-04-01 7.35 1925-05-01 7.30 1925-06-01 7.35 1925-07-01 7.60 1925-08-01 7.55 1925-09-01 8.12 1925-10-01 8.65 1925-11-01 9.04 1925-12-01 8.97 1926-01-01 8.75 1926-02-01 8.16 1926-03-01 7.69 1926-04-01 7.36 1926-05-01 7.16 1926-06-01 7.47 1926-07-01 7.76 1926-08-01 7.69 1926-09-01 7.76 1926-10-01 7.66 1926-11-01 7.56 1926-12-01 7.39 1927-01-01 7.03 1927-02-01 7.04 1927-03-01 7.06 1927-04-01 6.69 1927-05-01 6.43 1927-06-01 6.57 1927-07-01 6.58 1927-08-01 6.70 1927-09-01 6.56 1927-10-01 6.35 1927-11-01 6.09 1927-12-01 6.15 1928-01-01 6.00 1928-02-01 5.90 1928-03-01 5.98 1928-04-01 6.11 1928-05-01 6.37 1928-06-01 6.50 1928-07-01 6.55 1928-08-01 6.59 1928-09-01 6.60 1928-10-01 6.60 1928-11-01 6.62 1928-12-01 6.70 1929-01-01 6.70 1929-02-01 6.70 1929-03-01 6.80 1929-04-01 7.04 1929-05-01 6.98 1929-06-01 7.00 1929-07-01 7.10 1929-08-01 7.15 1929-09-01 7.15 1929-10-01 7.09 1929-11-01 6.63 1929-12-01 6.09 1930-01-01 5.59 1930-02-01 4.53 1930-03-01 5.30 1930-04-01 5.19 1930-05-01 4.98 1930-06-01 4.79 1930-07-01 4.66 1930-08-01 4.72 1930-09-01 4.62 1930-10-01 4.40 1930-11-01 4.63 1930-12-01 4.43 1931-01-01 4.37 1931-02-01 4.36 1931-03-01 4.30 1931-04-01 4.06 1931-05-01 3.66 1931-06-01 3.75 1931-07-01 4.25 1931-08-01 4.17 1931-09-01 4.09 1931-10-01 3.73 1931-11-01 3.55 1931-12-01 3.50 1932-01-01 3.38 1932-02-01 3.19 1932-03-01 3.16 1932-04-01 3.10 1932-05-01 2.90 1932-06-01 3.16 1932-07-01 2.92 1932-08-01 3.13 1932-09-01 3.68 1932-10-01 3.41 1932-11-01 3.46 1932-12-01 3.50 1933-01-01 3.38 1933-02-01 3.04 1933-03-01 3.37 1933-04-01 3.68 1933-05-01 4.17 1933-06-01 4.70 1933-07-01 5.24 1933-08-01 5.28 1933-09-01 5.08 1933-10-01 5.12 1933-11-01 4.87 1933-12-01 4.82 1934-01-01 4.62 1934-02-01 4.73 1934-03-01 4.72 1934-04-01 4.72 1934-05-01 4.71 1934-06-01 4.59 1934-07-01 4.68 1934-08-01 4.63 1934-09-01 4.43 1934-10-01 4.19 1934-11-01 4.08 1934-12-01 4.06 1935-01-01 4.08 1935-02-01 4.06 1935-03-01 4.25 1935-04-01 4.38 1935-05-01 4.60 1935-06-01 4.67 1935-07-01 4.70 1935-08-01 4.92 1935-09-01 5.04 1935-10-01 5.21 1935-11-01 5.23 1935-12-01 5.23 1936-01-01 5.22 1936-02-01 5.23 1936-03-01 5.27 1936-04-01 5.27 1936-05-01 5.27 1936-06-01 5.26 1936-07-01 5.16 1936-08-01 5.17 1936-09-01 5.22 1936-10-01 5.22 1936-11-01 5.35 1936-12-01 5.64 1937-01-01 6.20 1937-02-01 6.80 1937-03-01 7.75 1937-04-01 7.70 1937-05-01 7.10 1937-06-01 7.10 1937-07-01 7.27 1937-08-01 7.56 1937-09-01 7.54 1937-10-01 6.45 1937-11-01 5.98 1937-12-01 5.36 1938-01-01 5.35 1938-02-01 5.17 1938-03-01 4.77 1938-04-01 4.53 1938-05-01 4.43 1938-06-01 4.53 1938-07-01 5.14 1938-08-01 5.14 1938-09-01 5.24 1938-10-01 5.40 1938-11-01 5.12 1938-12-01 4.89 1939-01-01 4.89 1939-02-01 4.89 1939-03-01 4.89 1939-04-01 4.89 1939-05-01 4.89 1939-06-01 4.89 1939-07-01 4.91 1939-08-01 5.11 1939-09-01 6.51 1939-10-01 6.89 1939-11-01 6.89 1939-12-01 6.46 1940-01-01 6.03 1940-02-01 5.93 1940-03-01 6.14 1940-04-01 6.14 1940-05-01 6.20 1940-06-01 6.63 1940-07-01 6.64 1940-08-01 6.79 1940-09-01 7.33 1940-10-01 7.64 1940-11-01 7.64 1940-12-01 7.65 1941-01-01 7.65 1941-02-01 7.65 1941-03-01 7.65 1941-04-01 7.65 1941-05-01 7.65 1941-06-01 7.65 1941-07-01 7.65 1941-08-01 7.65 1941-09-01 7.65 1941-10-01 8.36 1941-11-01 8.65 1941-12-01 8.65 1942-01-01 8.65 1942-02-01 8.65 1942-03-01 8.65 1942-04-01 8.65 1942-05-01 8.65 1942-06-01 8.65 1942-07-01 8.65 1942-08-01 8.65 1942-09-01 8.65 1942-10-01 8.65 1942-11-01 8.65 1942-12-01 8.67 1943-01-01 8.67 1943-02-01 8.67 1943-03-01 8.67 1943-04-01 8.67 1943-05-01 8.67 1943-06-01 8.67 1943-07-01 8.67 1943-08-01 8.67 1943-09-01 8.67 1943-10-01 8.67 1943-11-01 8.67 1943-12-01 8.67 1944-01-01 8.67 1944-02-01 8.67 1944-03-01 8.67 1944-04-01 8.67 1944-05-01 8.67 1944-06-01 8.67 1944-07-01 8.67 1944-08-01 8.67 1944-09-01 8.67 1944-10-01 8.67 1944-11-01 8.65 1944-12-01 8.65 1945-01-01 8.65 1945-02-01 8.65 1945-03-01 8.65 1945-04-01 8.65 1945-05-01 8.65 1945-06-01 8.65 1945-07-01 8.65 1945-08-01 8.65 1945-09-01 8.65 1945-10-01 8.65 1945-11-01 8.65 1945-12-01 8.65 1946-01-01 8.65 1946-02-01 8.65 1946-03-01 8.65 1946-04-01 8.65 1946-05-01 8.65 1946-06-01 8.65 1946-07-01 8.69 1946-08-01 8.69 1946-09-01 8.69 1946-10-01 9.28 1946-11-01 10.86 1946-12-01 10.94 1947-01-01 11.00 1947-02-01 11.00 1947-03-01 11.00 1947-04-01 11.00 1947-05-01 11.00 1947-06-01 11.00 1947-07-01 11.00 1947-08-01 11.00 1947-09-01 11.00 1947-10-01 11.03 1947-11-01 11.06 1947-12-01 11.06 1948-01-01 11.69 1948-02-01 12.61 1948-03-01 12.61 1948-04-01 12.61 1948-05-01 12.64 1948-06-01 12.65 1948-07-01 13.09 1948-08-01 15.65 1948-09-01 15.65 1948-10-01 15.74 1948-11-01 17.27 1948-12-01 18.15 1949-01-01 18.18 1949-02-01 18.20 1949-03-01 17.76 1949-04-01 14.76 1949-05-01 12.58 1949-06-01 10.27 1949-07-01 10.06 1949-08-01 10.70 1949-09-01 10.77 1949-10-01 10.04 1949-11-01 10.46 1949-12-01 10.47 1950-01-01 9.48 1950-02-01 10.47 1950-03-01 10.66 1950-04-01 11.41 1950-05-01 12.71 1950-06-01 15.49 1950-07-01 15.72 1950-08-01 15.72 1950-09-01 17.82 1950-10-01 18.22 1950-11-01 18.22 1950-12-01 18.22 1951-01-01 18.22 1951-02-01 18.22 1951-03-01 18.22 1951-04-01 18.25 1951-05-01 18.25 1951-06-01 18.25 1951-07-01 18.25 1951-08-01 18.26 1951-09-01 18.29 1951-10-01 20.22 1951-11-01 20.29 1951-12-01 20.29 1952-01-01 20.29 1952-02-01 20.29 1952-03-01 20.29 1952-04-01 20.29 1952-05-01 20.33 1952-06-01 16.57 1952-07-01 15.83 1952-08-01 14.88 1952-09-01 14.86 1952-10-01 14.08 1952-11-01 13.33 1952-12-01 13.33 1953-01-01 13.43 1953-02-01 12.31 1953-03-01 11.86 1953-04-01 11.83 1953-05-01 11.83 1953-06-01 11.83 1953-07-01 11.67 1953-08-01 11.53 1953-09-01 10.68 1953-10-01 10.50 1953-11-01 10.50 1953-12-01 10.50 1954-01-01 10.26 1954-02-01 9.88 1954-03-01 10.16 1954-04-01 10.75 1954-05-01 10.79 1954-06-01 11.46 1954-07-01 11.50 1954-08-01 11.50 1954-09-01 11.98 1954-10-01 12.00 1954-11-01 12.00 1954-12-01 12.00 1955-01-01 12.00 1955-02-01 12.00 1955-03-01 12.00 1955-04-01 12.43 1955-05-01 12.50 1955-06-01 12.75 1955-07-01 13.00 1955-08-01 13.00 1955-09-01 13.40 1955-10-01 13.50 1955-11-01 13.50 1955-12-01 13.50 1956-01-01 13.93 1956-02-01 14.00 1956-03-01 14.00 1956-04-01 14.00 1956-05-01 14.00 1956-06-01 14.00 1956-07-01 14.00 1956-08-01 14.00 1956-09-01 14.00 1956-10-01 14.00 1956-11-01 14.00 1956-12-01 14.00 1957-01-01 14.00 1957-02-01 14.00 1957-03-01 14.00 1957-04-01 14.00 1957-05-01 12.42 1957-06-01 11.36 1957-07-01 10.50 1957-08-01 10.50 1957-09-01 10.50 1957-10-01 10.50 1957-11-01 10.50 1957-12-01 10.50 1958-01-01 10.50 1958-02-01 10.50 1958-03-01 10.50 1958-04-01 10.50