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Only Merchant Vessels Of 100 Tons Gross And Over Are Included. Data Shown Are For End Of Quarter, And Annual Figures Are Means Of Quarterly Values. Suspensions Are Vessels Previously Commenced But On Which No Progress Has Been Made During Quarter. No Suspensions 1915-20 And From Third Quarter Of 1924 Through 1931. Seasonally Adjusted Data Not Used 1916-22, 1936-39. Gross Tonnage Represents, In Units Of 100 Cubic Feet, The Entire Capacity Of The Vessel, Including Crew And Engine Space. Source: Lloyd'S Register Shipbuilding Returns And Letter From London Office Of Lloyd'S Register Of Shipping; Computed From These Data By NBER This NBER data series q02099a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: q02099a

Only Merchant Vessels Of 100 Tons Gross And Over Are Included. Seasonally Adjusted Data Not Used 1916-22, 1936-39. Gross Tonnage Represents, In Units Of 100 Cubic Feet, The Entire Capacity Of The Vessel, Including Crew And Engine Space. Source: Lloyd'S Register Shipbuilding Returns And Letter From London Office Of Lloyd'S Register Of Shipping. This NBER data series q02099b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: q02099b

Only Merchant Vessels Of 100 Tons Gross And Over Are Included. Seasonally Adjusted Data Not Used 1922-39. Launching Refers To Setting A Vessel Afloat, And Occurs---For Ships Of The Size Included By Lloyd'S---When The Vessel Is Still Under Construction. Gross Tonnage Represents, In Units Of 100 Cubic Feet, The Entire Capacity Of The Vessel, Including Crew And Engine Space. Source: Lloyd'S Register Shipbuilding Returns And Letter From London Office Of Lloyd'S Register Of Shipping This NBER data series q02099c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: q02099c

Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1873-1889 (2)--Original Data, 1884-1889 (3)--Original, 1888-1927 (4)--Original, 1926-1940. Data For 1888-September 1906 Were Computed By Deducting Stocks At Canadian Points From Figures Given For"U.S. And Canada, East Of The Rockies." Coverage Of "In Transit By Rail", Covered In Earlier Segments Is Excluded From 1888 On -- It Is Deducted By Computation For 1888-May 1891. For The Years 1888-1889, The Last Day Of The Month Is Sometimes Given Instead Of The Saturday Nearest The End Of The Month. The Figure For March 1890 Is From March 22; Data From March 29 And April 5 Are Not Available. Beginning In October 1906, No Computation Is Necessary, As Data Are Given Directly In The Source. Source: Bradstreet'S This NBER data series m05021c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05021c

Series Is Presented Here As Six Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1873-1885 (2)--Original Data, 1884-1889 (3)--Original, 1888-1905 (4)--Original, 1904-1928 (5)--Original, 1927-1954 (6)--Original, 1953-1956. "In Transit By Rail" Is Excluded From 1888 On, Deducted By Computation, For 1888-May 1891. For 1888-September,1906, Figures Were Computed By Deducting Stocks At Canadian Points From, And Adding Pacific Coast Figures To "U.S. And Canada And East Of The Rockies." For 1888-1889, The Last Day Of The Month Was Sometimes Given, Instead Of The Saturday Nearest The End Of The Month. Data For July 1888 Exclude The Pacific Coast (Approximately 10% Of The Total In Other Months Of 1888). The Figure For March 1890 Reflects Only Data For March 22, As Data For March 29 And April 5 Were Not Available. For January Through August 1893, Certain Northwestern Points, Given In Footnotes, Were Added In Order To Preserve Comparability. For May 1891, Idaho Presumably Was Included But Not Given Separately. This Is Probably A Negligible Amount If Judged By April And June Idaho Amounts. In 1887, July 3,"East Of The Rockies" Was Added To June 26 "Pacific Coast," The Latter Not Being Available For July 3. In 1899, The San Francisco Figure Is For A Week Later, March 4, Not Being Available For February 25. Also In The Same Year, The San Francisco Figure Is For A Week Later, November 4, Not Being Available For October, 28. This Is Also The Case With The San Francisco Figures For February, May And October Of 1904, And For February, And October Of 1905: The San Francisco Figure Is Of A Week Later Than Other Points, Because It Was Not Available The Previous Week. Also In 1905, The December Figure Includes The Entire Pacific Coast For A Week Later, The Current Week Not Being Available. Area Covered - U.S.-- Including San Francisco. Source: Bradstreet'S This NBER data series m05001c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05001c

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1840-1852 (2)--Original Data, 1852-1888 (3)--Original Data, 1888-1938. Data For 1888-March 1903 Are Yield Of 2.75% Consols; Data For April 1903-1938 Are Yield Of 2.5% Consols. The Figure For April 1903 Was Computed As The Weighted Mean Of The Average Yield Of 2.75% Consols For April 1-4; And The Average Yield Of 2.5% Consols For April 6-30. Source: Statistical Abstract For The United Kingdom This NBER data series m13041c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 13 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter13.html. NBER Indicator: m13041c

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1853-1888 (2)--Original Data, 1888-1934. The Rate Of Interest On Consols Was Reduced From Two And Three Quarters Percent To Two And One Half Percent On April 6, 1903 And The First Dividends At The Lower Rate Became Payable On July 5. The Stock Exchange Was Closed In The Latter Months Of 1914. Source: 1888-1932 Data Are From The Statistical Abstract Of The United Kingdom; 1933-1934 Data Were Computed By NBER From Data In The Economist. Weekly Quotations, Falling On A Wednesday, Are Averaged For Those Weeks Falling Within A Month; They Vary From 3 To 5. This NBER data series m11017b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 11 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter11.html. NBER Indicator: m11017b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1884-1920 (2)--Original Data, 1920-1932. Source: For 1884-1913: Statistisches Jahrbuch, 1927, P. 317; For 1914-1920: Zeitschrift Fur Burg-Hutten Und Salinenwesen. This NBER data series q08147a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: q08147a

Gross Private Nonfarm Residential Construction Is Composed Of Housekeeping Residential Construction Plus Additions And Alterations. The Ultimate Sources For The Kuznets Data Are Chiefly Bls-Wpa And Bls-Commerce Estimates. For Further Informaton See Introductory Notes On Kuznets Data And Lipsey And Preston, P. 252. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961), Table R-30 This NBER data series a02149 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02149

The Annual Estimates Of This Series Were Calculated As A Residual By Subtracting The Following Kuznets Series From "Total Construction" (1) "Gross Private Residential" (2) "Gross Public Construction Excluding Military" (3) "Gross Military Construction". See, In Addition To Introductory Notes On Kuznets Series, The Source Work Cited Above And Lipsey & Preston, Pp. 251-253. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) Table R-50, Pp. 576-587 This NBER data series a02150 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02150

This Series Consists Of Combined Estimates For Federal, State, And Local Government Construction, Derived Chiefly From Census Bureau And Bls-Commerce Data. For Further Information See The Introductory Documentation, The Source Work Cited Above, And Lipsey & Preston, Pp. 252-253. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02151 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02151

Kuznets Derived This Series By Adding Four Component Series: Nonfarm Residential (NBER 02209), Private Nonresidential, Public, Excluding Military And Military. Kuznets' Measures Of Capital Consumption Are Intended To Include Not Only Physical Deterioration But Also Depletion, Obsolescence, Accidental Losses Or Damage To Capital, And Demolition. They Are Calculated On A Replacement-Cost Basis. See Lipsey And Preston, P. 253, And The Kuznets Source Work Cited Above. Source: Annual Estimates Underlying Five-Year Moving Averages From: Kuznets, Simon, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961). This NBER data series a02207 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02207

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961), Table R-30 This NBER data series a02208 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02208

Source: Harry Jerome, Migration And Business Cycles, National Bureau Of Economic Research, Publication 9, P.248. This NBER data series m08005 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08005

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961), Table R-30 This NBER data series a02144 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02144

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961), Table R-30 This NBER data series a02145 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02145

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961), Table R-30 This NBER data series a02146 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02146

For Years Since 1915, These Data Are Mainly Bls-Commerce Estimates; Hence For Later Years This Series Is Superseded---Except For Comparison With Earlier Years---By NBER Series 02260. For Years Before 1952, Kuznets Calculated Total Gross Construction As The Sum Of (1) Cost Of Oil And Gas Wells Drilled, And (2) All Other Construction. The Estimation Procedure Followed Was Complex, And Is Described In The Source Work Cited Above, Q.V.; See Also Lipsey And Preston, Pp. 251, 252. Data For 1952-55 Are Based On Commerce Department Figures Published In The"Survey Of Current Business" For July, 1956. Source: Annia; Estimates Underlying Five-Year Moving Averages From: Kuznets, Simon, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961). This NBER data series a02147 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02147

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1889-1916 (2)--Original Data, 1911-1945 Data Are As Of June 1. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Annual Reports Of Statistics Of Railways In The United States This NBER data series a01155a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01155a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1889-1915 (2)--Original Data, 1911-1939. Data Exclude Iron Ridge Area (Southern Wisconsin). Source: U.S. Bureau Of The Mines, Mineral Resources, 1914, Part 1, Pp. 496-497. This NBER data series a01193a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01193a

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1889-1915 (2)--Original Data, 1911-1937 (3)--Original Data, 1930-1939. Data Include Iron Ridge Area (Southern Wisconsin); Also Both Railroad And Waterborne Shipments Are Included. Source: Lake Superior Iron Ore Association, Lake Superior Iron Ores, 1938, Pp. 308, 340. This NBER data series a01194a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01194a

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02214 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02214

The Kuznets Data Were Calculated By Multiplying The Series In 1929 Prices By The Price Index For Petroleum Pipe Lines. For 1915-28, This Price Index Was Calculated For "Construction And Building Materials, Statistical Supplement", May 1954, Pp. 33 And 82, And It Was Extrapolated Back From 1915 By The Total Construction Cost Index Described In Kuznets,"National Product Since 1869", Table Iv-4, Notes To Line 1. The Dept. Of Commerce Estimates Were Prepared By The Building Materials And Construction Division Of The Business And Defense Services Administration. They Represent All Costs Of Drilling, Including The Cost Of Casings. The Cost Of Installed Production Equipment, Such As Flowing And Pumping Equipment, Is Excluded. The Figures Are Based On The Cost Of Drilling Oil And Gas Wells, As Reported In The Census Of Mineral Industries, 1939 And 1958, Interpolated And Extrapolated By Annual Data On The Number Of Wells Completed (From Trade Sources) And On Average Cost Per Well (Estimated By The Compiling Agency). Source: 1889-1928: Unpublished Annual Estimates Which Underly Five-Year Moving Averages Published, With Explanatory Notes, In Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy, " Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961, Tables R-5, Pp. 492-493; R-15, Pp. 526-527; And R-30, Pp. 576-587. 1929-1938:"National Income", 1954 Edition, Supplement To "Survey Of Current Business", Footnote 8 To Table 31, P. 209. 1939-1945:"Construction And Building Materials, Statistical Supplement", May 1954, U.S. Department Of Commerce, Business And Defense Services Administration, Table 24, P. 56. 1946-1956:"U.S. Income And Output", Supplement To "Survey Of Current Business", 1958. 1957-1963:"Survey Of Current Business", July Issues, 1962 And 1964. This NBER data series a02230 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02230

Net Nonfarm Residential Construction Is Obtained By Subtracting Capital Consumption, Including Depreciation And Demolition, From Gross Construction. The Depreciation And Demolition Figures For 1889- 1953, Published In Grebler, Blank, And Winnick,"Capital Formation And Real Estate," Table E-2, Pp. 384-385, And Explained In Appendix E Of That Book, Were Extended To 1955 By Kuznets Following The Same Methods. For Further Information See The Source Works Cited Above, Introductory Notes On Kuznets Data, And Lipsey And Preston, P. 254. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02209 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02209

Net Nonfarm Residential Construction Is Obtained By Subtracting Capital Consumption, Including Depreciation And Demolition, From Gross Construction. The Depreciation And Demolition Figures For 1889- 1953, Published In Grebler, Blank, And Winnick,"Capital Formation And Real Estate," Table E-2, Pp. 384-385, And Explained In Appendix E Of That Book, Were Extended To 1955 By Kuznets Following The Same Methods. For Further Information See The Source Works Cited Above, Introductory Notes On Kuznets Data, And Lipsey And Preston, P. 254. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02210 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02210

Series Was Derived By Subtracting Depreciation And Depletion From The Gross Kuznets Series "Gross Private Construction, Excluding Nonfarm Residential" (Current Dollars And Constant Dollars). The Constant (1929) Dollar Figures Were Calculated As Follows: 1889-1918: Annual Depreciation And Depletion Figures Were Derived By Interpolation And Extrapolation From Decade Estimates Calculated From Wealth Data In Kuznets, "National Product Since 1869." For Details See Notes To Kuznets,"Capital In The American Economy," Table R-17, P. 531. 1919-1955: (1) The Dept. Of Commerce Series For Depreciation On An Original-Cost Basis, Published In "National Income, 1954 Edition, Table 4, And Survey Of Current Business," (Dept. Of Comm.), July 1956, Table 4, Were Extended Back To 1919 By Fabricant'S Series (Solomon Fabricant,"Capital Consumption And Adjustment," New York, NBER, 1938) And Deflated By Fabricant'S Price Index, Extended To 1955 By Kuznets. For Further Description See Kuznets,"Capital In The American Economy," Table R-8, P. 501. (2) Depletion Was Estimated As 8 Per Cent Of Depreciation (See Ibid). Current Dollar Figures Were Calculated As Follows: The Depreciation Series In 1929 Prices Was Multiplied By The Appropriate Price Index Described In Kuznets,"Capital In The American Economy," Table R-31, Col. 4. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation & Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) Table R-32, Pp. 592-95 This NBER data series a02211 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02211

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02212 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02212

This Series Was Derived By Subtracting Depreciation From "Gross Public Construction, Excluding Military," Current Dollars, Series 02151. The Depreciation Figures Were Derived As The Sum Of Separate Estimates For Sewer And Highway Construction, On The One Hand, And All Other Government Nonmilitary Construction On The Other. The Life For Sewers And Highways Was Assumed To Be Twenty-Five Years, And All Other Government Construction, Fifty Years. Depreciation In Current Prices Was Derived By Multiplying The Depreciation Series In 1929 Prices By The Price Index Calculated For The Given Type Of Construction, Described In The Notes To Kuznets, Table R-30. For Further Information See The Introductory Documentation, The Source Work Cited Above, And Lipsey & Preston, P. 254. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02213 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02213

For This Series, And Its Constant Dollar Counterpart (02270), The Concept Of Expenditures, And The Type Of Construction Covered, Are The Same As Those Defined In The Commerce Department Series On "Value Of New Construction Put In Place, Private Nonfarm Residential New Housing Units." The Two Series As Presented In The Source Cover The Period 1889-1950. The Current Dollar Estimates Are Shown Here Only Through 1921, Since For That Year And Subsequent Years The Official Estimates Of The Bureau Of Labor Statistics And The Department Of Commerce Were Incorporated In The Blank Series. For Further Informaton Consult The Source Work Cited Above And Lipsey & Preston, Pp. 269-270. Source: David M. Blank, "The Volume Of Residential Construction, 1889-1950, " Technical Paper 9, New York, NBER, 1954, Table 18 This NBER data series a02269 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02269

Source: David M. Blank, "The Volume Of Residential Construction, 1889-1950, " Technical Paper 9, New York, NBER, 1954, Table 18 This NBER data series a02270 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02270

Residential Additions And Alterations Consist Of Such Projects As Addition Of Floor Area Of Living Space By Finishing Basements Or Attics, Enclosing Porches, Or Contruction Of A New Wing Or Story; Conversion Of Space To Provide An Addition Dwelling Unit; New Retaining Walls, Walks, Driveways And Patios; General Remodeling Or Modernization By Installing An Additional Bathroom, Enlarging A Kitchen, Etc.; Additional Landscaping; Initial Installation Of A Furnace, Hot-Water Heater, Elecrical Wiring, Plumbing, Air Conditioning, Etc. Included Are Appliances, Such As Refrigerators, Stoves, And Window Air Conditioners; And Normal Maintenance And Repair Work. In This Series Official Bls-Commerce Estimates Were Carried Back From 1921 By Crude Graphic Extrapolaton Using The Movement Of Housekeeping Construction Expenditures But Reducing The Amplitude Of Fluctuation. For Further Information See Source. Source: Leo Grebler, David M. Blank, And Louis Winnick, "Capital Formation In Residential Real Estate: Trends And Prospects, " Princeton University Press For NBER, 1956, Pp. 4052, 336, And 362. This NBER data series a02273 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02273

Source: Leo Grebler, David M. Blank, And Louis Winnick, "Capital Formation In Residential Real Estate: Trends And Prospects, " Princeton University Press For NBER, 1956, Pp. 40-52, 336, And 362. This NBER data series a02274 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02274

Series Is Presented Here As 2 Variables: (1) Annual Data, 1889-1919; (2) Annual Data, 1919-37. The Data Represent Value Of Work On Vessels Of Five Gross Tons And Over. For The Period 1889-1919, Estimates Of Value Of Output Were Used As Estimates Of Value Destined For Domestic Consumption. (No Adjustment Was Made For Exports And Imports.) The Primary Source For The 1889-1919 Estimates Was The "Census Of Statistical Reports From Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, And New Jersey Were Used To Estimate The Intercensal Years From 1889 To 1919. For The Period 1919-33 The Data Are Based On Kuznets' Estimates. ("Commodity Flow And Capital Formation", I, New York, NBER, 1938) Adjusted To Improve Comparability With Earlier Years. (Shaw'S Figures Include All Work Done; Kuznets' Total Included Work Done On Completed Vessels Only.) After 1933 The Estimates Are Rough Extrapolations. Values In 1913 Prices Were Derived By Applying Price Indexes To The Current Price Series. For 1915-1937 The Deflator Was An Interstate Commerce Commission Index For Floating Equipment, Published In A Mimeographed Release By The Icc, Engineering Section, Bureau Of Valuation, July 1, 1940. For 1889-1914 Two Indexes Of Cost To Railroads Of Floating Equipment Were Averaged. These Indexes Were Reported In "Cost Of Floating Equipment" (President'S Conference Committee, Eastern Group Pamphlet 290). The Average Was Linked To The Index For Later Years. For A Detailed Description, See Source. Source: William Howard Shaw, "Value Of Commodity Output Since 1869" (National Bureau Of Economic Research), Pp.57, 69, 75-76 This NBER data series a02235a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02235a

Series Is Presented Here As 2 Variables: (1) Annual Data, Kuznets' Estimates, 1889-1945; (2) Annual Data, Dept. Of Commerce Estimates, 1946-63. The Kuznets Data, In 1929 Dollars, For 1889-1918 Were Extrapolated From The 1919 Figure By The Number Of Wells Drilled Each Year (See Pp. 526-527 Of Kuznets,"Capital In The American Economy" For Derivation). For 1919-28, Data Were Extrapolated From The 1929 Figure By The Series Described In Kuznets,"National Income And Its Composition, 1919-1938",P. 645. This Series Is Based On Individual State Data For Number Of Wells Drilled And 1935 Costs. For 1929-45, Kuznets Used The Commerce Series In Current Prices (02230) Divided By The Price Index For Petroleum Pipe Lines, Calculated From "Construction And Building Materials, Statistical Supplement", May 1954, Pp. 33 And 82, And Adjusted To A 1929 Base. The Dept. Of Commerce Series, In 1954 Dollars, 1946-1963, Is The 1954 Value Figure (Series C84), Extrapolated By Total Footage Drilled Annually. Source: 1889-1945: Unpublished Annual Estimates Which Underly Five-Year Moving Averages Published, With Explanatory Notes, In Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy." This NBER data series a02258a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02258a

The Series Is Presented Here As 4 Variables: (1) Original Data, Blank-Bls, 1889-1945; (2) Original Data, Census, 1945-63. This Series, Taken From Three Sources, Provides Data On Private Nonfarm Housing Starts. For Definitions And Further Notes, See Introductory Documentation On Blank-Bls-Bureau Of The Census Data. Source: 1889-1919: David M. Blank, "The Volume Of Residential Construction, " 1889-1950, New York, NBER, Technical Paper 9, 1954. 1920- 1938: "Nonfarm Housing Starts 1889-1958, " Bls Bulletin 1260, 1959. 1939-1945: "Construction During Five Decades Historical Statistics, 1907-52, " Bls Bulletin 1146, 1954. This NBER data series a02161a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02161a

1889-1897 Data Were Taken From The New York Times Issues Beginning In 1905. A Table Was Published Once Monthly Under The Heading Of "Stock Transactions" Which Gives The Figures For That Month Back To 1889. The Table Contains Many Obvious Errors And Misprints--The Latter Being Carried On After Being Misprinted. These 1905 Tables Are The Earliest Appearance Of The Figures For 1889-1897. The Stock Exchange Was Closed August-November, 1914. The Total For 1914 Is For The Eight Remaining Months. Beginning In 1939, The Prices Are As "Reported" (Trade Dates, Rather Than Settlement Dates). The Prices Are Also In The Survey Of Current Business As "Face Value, Exclusive Of Stopped Sales." Source: 1889-1897 Data Are From The New York Times. 1898-1938 Data Are From The New York Stock Exchange (Nyse) Bulletin, August, 1934, Pp.10A To 10B, January, 1935, P.11, And Following Issues. 1939 Data Are From The Nyse Yearbook For 1940. January-April And October-December, 1940, And January-April, 1941 Data Are From "The Exchange." May-September, 1940, Quotations Are From The Nyse Statistical Compilations. 1942-1943 Data Are From"The Exchange." For 1944 And Following Years Data Are From Bank And Quotation Journal. This NBER data series m11001 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 11 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter11.html. NBER Indicator: m11001

Series Is Presented Here As Seven Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1869-1881 (2)--Original Data, 1880-1890 (3)--Original Data, 1889-1903 (4)--Original Data, 1902-1916 (5)--Original Data, 1915-1928 (6)--Original Data, 1927-1941 (13)--Original Data, 1946-1957. Data Refer To The Friday Nearest The End Of The Month. Data Were Computed By Summing Stocks At U.S. Ports And Stocks At Thirty-One Interior Towns. Source: The Commercial And Financial Chronicle This NBER data series m05003c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05003c

Only Merchant Vessels Of 100 Gross Tons And Over Are Included In This Series. Annual Figures Are Means Of Quarterly Values. Seasonally Adjusted Data Not Used. Returns Incomplete For Third And Fourth Quarters Of 1904 And Fourth Quarter Of 1909 (Danzig Not Reporting); Third Quarter Of 1922 Is An Approximate Value. Data Missing From Third Quarter 1914 To Second Quarter 1922, Because Of World War I. Gross Tonnage Represents, In Units Of 100 Cubic Feet, The Entire Capacity Of The Vessel, Including Crew And Engine Space. Source: Lloyd'S Register Shipbuilding Returns And Letter From London Office Of Lloyd'S Register Of Shipping. This NBER data series q02100 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: q02100

Only Merchant Vessels Of 100 Gross Tons And Over Are Included In This Series. Annual Figures Are Means Of Quarterly Values. Seasonally Adjusted Data Not Used; Series Shows No Seasonal Variation. 1914-18 Data Missing Due To World War I. Data For The Following Quarters Are Incomplete: Iv, 1890; I, Ii, 1891; I-Iv, 1893; I, 1894. Gross Tonnage Represents, In Units Of 100 Cubic Feet, The Entire Capacity Of The Vessel, Including Crew And Engine Space. Source: F. W. Dodge Corp., Lloyd'S Register Shipbuilding Returns And Letter From London Office Of Lloyd'S Register Of Shipping This NBER data series q02101 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: q02101

Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1873-1890 (2)--Original Data, 1890-1892; (3)--Original Data, 1889-1894; (4)--Original Data, 1894-1958. Prices Were Quoted Only Irregularly Prior To October, 1889. The Prices Given Here Are Averages Of Weekly Quotations. In Cases Where The Price Ranges Are Given, The Averages Of Lows Are Given. Weeks Ending On The 1St, 2Nd, Or 3Rd Of A Month Are Included With The Preceding Month (This Means Iron Age Issues Up To The 5Th). Source: Iron Age, Weekly Issues This NBER data series m04142c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04142c

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1889-1921 (2)--Original, 1920-1956. Data Cover Four Ports: New York, Boston, Philadelphia And Baltimore. Although Baltimore Was Not Included From September 1903-March 1922, The Title "Four Ports" Appears In The Source Until April 1913. "Three Ports" Was Then Substituted Until Baltimore Once Again Is Included. Baltimore Reached It'S Prime In 1896-1897, When It Accounted For About One Per Cent Of The Total Distribution. Beginning In March 1922, Baltimore And Philadelphia Are Combined And Baltimore'S Proportion Cannot Be Determined. Stocks Comprise: Importers -- All Raw Sugar Arriving In Ports Not Owned By Refineries; And Refineries -- All Raw Sugar Arriving In Ports Not Owned By Refineries And On Land Up To The Actual Point Of Melting, But Not Sugar Which Has Been Purchased But That Has Not Yet Arrived At The Port. Figures Usually Reflect The Amount On The Saturday Nearest The End Of The Month, But Sometimes It May Reflect The Wednesday Or Thursday Nearest The End Of The Month. December 1889-1897 Data Were Not Checked Because The Source Was Unavailable. Source: Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal This NBER data series m05002a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05002a

Prices For 1890-1906 Are For Burbank Potatoes. For 1907 1910, The Series Was Called White, Good To Fancy. From 1911-1912, The Series Was Called White, Fair To Fancy; In 1913, Ordinary To Choice; From 1914-1925, Good To Choice; 1926-1946, White; And 1947- 1952, The Series Was Called White, U.S. No. 1, New And Old, Arithmetical Average All Prices, Chicago L.C.L. Market. Data For 1890-1901 Were Computed From The Weekly Range Figures By Obtaining The Mean Price Of The Range For Each Date And Computing Monthly Average Therefrom. These In Turn Were Converted From Price Per Bushel To Price Per Hundred Pounds By Multiplying By 100 Over 60. Data For 1902-1920 Were Converted From Price Per Bushel To Price Per Hundred Pounds. Original Data, 1890-1912 Are Weekly Range Figures; Original Data, 1913-1914 Are Price Per Bushel On Monday Of Each Week; Original 1915-1916 Data Are Price Per Bushel On Tuesday Of Each Week; Thereafter Data Are Also Average Of Tuesday Prices. Source: Bls Bulletin Nos. 39, For 1890-1901; 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, And 572, For 1902-1931; Monthly Wholesale Prices, Through 1941; Bulletin Nos. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, And 920 For 1942-1946; For 1947-1952, NBER Multiplied New Indexes (1947-1949= 100) Wth Ratio Of January-March, 1947 Prices (Old) To January-March, 1947 Indexes (New). Data Are From "Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities In The Revised Index, 1947-1950, " Group I; January-November, 1951, Volume 2; Monthly Issues Of "Prices And Price Relatives" Thereafter. This NBER data series q04032 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: q04032

Data Represent Mixed Collateral. Source: Data For 1890-1936: F.R. Macaulay, The Movement Of Interest Rates, Bond Yields, And Stock Prices In The U.S. Since 1856 (NBER No. 33, 1938), A150-161. Data For 1937-1943: Federal Reserve Bulletin. Data For 1943-1956: Bank And Quotation Record, Commercial And Financial Chronicle. This NBER data series m13003 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 13 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter13.html. NBER Indicator: m13003

Data Consists Of Total Permits Issued, Minus: A) Additions, B) Alterations And Repairs, C) Heaters, D) Fire Escapes, E) Elevators, F) Oil Burners, G) Fireproofing, And H) Signs. Series 02060 Presents Data For These Excluded Categories, Less (H) Signs. Source: 1890-1895:"Annual Reports Of The Bureau Of Building Inspection, " Philadelphia; 1896-1935: Records Of Bur. Of Build. Insp. This NBER data series a02048 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02048

Includes All Detached And Multi-Family Dwellings, But Excludes Non- Housekeeping Residences. Source: 1890-95: Philadelphia, Mayor's Message And Reports Of Dept. Of Public Safety And Inspector Of Buildings; 1896-1935: Records Of Office Of Inspector Of Public Buildings. This NBER data series a02054 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02054

For Further Information, See Source. Source: Bur. Of Bldg. Inspection, Phila. 1890-95: Annual Reports; 1896-1935: Records. This NBER data series a02057 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02057

Series Is Sum Of Data For A) Additions, B) Alterations And Repairs, C) Heaters, D) Fire Escapes, E) Elevators, F) Oil Burners, And G) Fireproofing. Source: 1890-95: "Annual Reports Of The Bureau Of Building Inspection, " Philadelphia; 1896-1935: Records Of Bur. Of Build. Insp. This NBER data series a02060 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02060

Data Compiled By NBER By Adding Items;"First Track," "Other Main Track," And "Yard Track And Sidings." Switching And Terminal Companies Included Through 1907 But Excluded Thereafter. Data For The First Two Segments Are For June 30, Midpoints Of Calendar Years, 1890-1916; Data For The Third Segment, For December 31, 1916-42, Midpoints Of Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1917-43. The Third Segment Can Be Adjusted To Midpoints Of Calendar Years By Averaging Preceding And Following December Figures, I.E., June 1916 = (December 1915 + December 1916) /2. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics Of Railways In The United States", 1926, P. Xcviii; 1934, P. S-106; 1942, P. 152. This NBER data series a02133 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02133

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1889-1916 (2)--Original Data, 1916-1935. The Year For 1889-1916 Ended On June 30. Data Cover Figures For Railroad Classes I, Ii, Iii, However, Beginning In 1908, Switching And Terminal Companies Are Excluded. Data Were Checked With "Production Trends." Poor'S Railroad Manual Gives 12.0 As The Figure For 1889. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Statistics Of Railways, 1889, P. 51; And 1926 This NBER data series a03010da appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: a03010da

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1890-1916 (2)--Original Data, 1916-1943. Data Are For Class I, Ii, And Iii Railways. The Year End Is June 30. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics Of Railways In The United States For 1943, " P. 150, Published 1945 This NBER data series a03003ca appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: a03003ca

Source: P.H. Douglas, "Real Wages In The United States, 1890-1926", P. 96. This NBER data series a08052 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08052

Source: P.H. Douglas: For 1890-1926, "Real Wages In The United States, " P. 96; For 1927-1928, "The Movement Of Money And Real Earnings, " P. 32 (University Of Chicago, Studies In Business Administration, No. 3). This NBER data series a08053 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08053

Source: P.H. Douglas, Real Wages In The United States, 1890-1926, P. 361; Douglas And Jennison, The Movement Of Money And Real Earnings In The United States, 1926-1928, University Of Chicago Studies In Business Administration No. 3, P. 22. This NBER data series a08056 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08056

Data For 1890-1905 Covers Letter Carriers Only. Data For 1906-1928 Covers Carriers And Clerks. Data Is For Calendar Years. Source: Paul H. Douglas, Real Wages In The United States, P. 378; Douglas And Jennison, The Movement Of Money And Real Earnings In The United States, 1926-1928, University Of Chicago Studies In Business Administration No.3, P. 23. This NBER data series a08058 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08058

Source: P.H. Douglas, Real Wages In The United States, 1890-1926, P. 382; Douglas And Jennison, The Movement Of Money And Real Earnings In The United States, 1926-1928, P. 25, University Of Chicago Studies In Business Administration, No. 3. This NBER data series a08059 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08059

Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1890-1915 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1922 (3)--Original Data, 1922-1941 (4)--Original Data, 1938-1958. Source: NBER Compiled Prices Of Four Types Of Pig Iron In Bls Bulletins On Wholesale Prices And Computed The Data In This Series, Weighting The Four Component Series. This NBER data series m04010a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04010a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1890-1944 (2)--Original Data, 1890-1961. Data Are For The Calculated 308-Day Capacity Of All Mines That Operate For Any Part Of The Yeaar, Including New Mines. Data Found In Source On Basis Of 280 Work Days A Year. Estimates Have Nothing To Do With Known Reserves, But Simply Represent Potential Production For An Arbitrarily Chosen Number Of Days Per Year. This Series Is Reprinted In Mineral Yearbook, 1945, P.834 On The Basis O Of 280 Working Days, And 261 Working Days (5-Day Work Week) A Year. Source: Data For 1890-1931: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Mineral Resources, 1930, Pt. Ii, P. 621; 1931, Pt. Ii, P. 425. Data For 1932-1944: Statistical Appendix To The Mineral Yearbook, 1932-1933, P. 374; 1935, P. 632; 1939, P. 771; 1945, P. 853. This NBER data series a01165a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01165a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1890-1944 (2)--Original Data, 1890-1961. Data Are For 280 Working Days Per Year. Source: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Preprint From Minerals Yearbook 1959: Coal-Bituminous And Lignite, W.H. Young, R.L. Anderson, E.M. Hall; And Mineral Industry Surveys, Production Of Bituminous Coal And Lignite, Weekly Coal Report, August 24, 1962. This NBER data series a01165b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01165b

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Three Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1942; (2)-- Original Data, 1941-1951; (3)-- Original Data, 1947-1954. Data Refers To Carded, White, Mule-Spun, Northern, 10-1 Cones Of Cotton. 1890-1917 Quotations Are The Price Per Round At The First Of Each Month; 1918-1942 Quotations Are Monthly Averages. Source: Bls, "Wholesale Price Bulletin", No. 39, Pp. 352-353 And Following Issues This NBER data series m04100a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04100a

Prices For 1890-1906 Are For Burbank Potatoes. For 1907 1910, The Series Was Called White, Good To Fancy. From 1911-1912, The Series Was Called White, Fair To Fancy; In 1913, Ordinary To Choice; From 1914-1925, Good To Choice; 1926-1946, White; And 1947- 1952, The Series Was Called White, U.S. No. 1, New And Old, Arithmetical Average All Prices, Chicago L.C.L. Market. Data For 1890-1901 Were Computed From The Weekly Range Figures By Obtaining The Mean Price Of The Range For Each Date And Computing Monthly Average Therefrom. These In Turn Were Converted From Price Per Bushel To Price Per Hundred Pounds By Multiplying By 100 Over 60. Data For 1902-1920 Were Converted From Price Per Bushel To Price Per Hundred Pounds. Original Data, 1890-1912 Are Weekly Range Figures; Original Data, 1913-1914 Are Price Per Bushel On Monday Of Each Week; Original 1915-1916 Data Are Price Per Bushel On Tuesday Of Each Week; Thereafter Data Are Also Average Of Tuesday Prices. Source: Bls Bulletin Nos. 39, For 1890-1901; 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, And 572, For 1902-1931; Monthly Wholesale Prices, Through 1941; Bulletin Nos. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, And 920 For 1942-1946; For 1947-1952, NBER Multiplied New Indexes (1947-1949= 100) Wth Ratio Of January-March, 1947 Prices (Old) To January-March, 1947 Indexes (New). Data Are From "Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities In The Revised Index, 1947-1950, " Group I; January-November, 1951, Volume 2; Monthly Issues Of "Prices And Price Relatives" Thereafter. This NBER data series m04032 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04032