Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per Share, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1897-1916 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1958 20 Stocks Are Used Through September, 1928 And 30 Stocks Thereafter. A Detailed Description Of Methods Of Constucting Averages Is Given In "Basis Of Calculation Of Dow-Jones Average" Available From The Wall Street Journal. For A More Detailed Description Of The Series, See Business Cycle Indicators, Vol. Ii, Moore, NBER. This Index Is Based On Daily Closing Prices On The New York Stock Exchange. Through 1948, Averages Of Highest And Lowest Indexes For The Month Are Used. For 1949-1968, Averages Of Daily Closing Indexes Are Used. Source: Data Were Compiled By Dow Jones And Company From Quotations In The Wall Street Journal. Through June, 1952, Data Are From The Dow-Jones Averages, 13Th Edition, 1948, And Supplementary Averages (Barron'S Publishing Company). Thereafter, Through 1968, Data Are From Barron'S National Business And Financial Weekly.

This NBER data series m11009b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 11 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter11.html.

NBER Indicator: m11009b

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index Normal=100, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1875-1915 (2)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1914-1919 (3)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1916-1961. The Data For 1914 Were Computed By NBER By Raising The Figures Of The Preceding Segment Of This Series Bu Multiplying By 1.0248, The Average Relationship Of January-August 1915 Of This Segment To January-August Of The Previous Segment. These Data Were Computed By NBER From Published Percentage Deviations From Normal. Source: Review Of Economic Statistics, April 1923, P.76 For 1915 Data; Thereafter, W.M. Persons, Forecasting Business Cycles, (John Wiley, New York, 1931), Pp. 93-143.

This NBER data series m12004b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 12 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter12.html.

NBER Indicator: m12004b