Federal Reserve Economic Data

Source: 1913-1920: Directly From Bls; 1920-1943: Bls Bulletins This NBER data series m04176 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04176

The Original Source ("Lake Superior Iron Ores") Gives Only Total Stocks Of Lake Superior Ore, But This Series Together With Series 05015 (Iron Ore Stocks At Furnaces) Adds Up To The Totals (Series 05107) Except For Small Rounding Discrepancies. The Figure For March 1928 Was Revised To 5.35 From 5.24 (As Given In The Survey Of Current Business) To Correspond To The Revised Total Shown In The Source. The Discrepancy Between The Revised And The Scb Figure Was Allotted To This Series As Well As Series 05015 By Adding 1/3 Of It (0.017) To Series 05106 And 2/3 (0.215) To Series 05015. The Figure For April 1932 (5.56) Was Taken From The Original Source; The Scb Shows 5.52. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, Record Book Of Business Statistics, Part 2, "Metals And Machinery, " 1928; Statistical Supplements For 1932-1955; Monthly Issues Of Scb (Data Were Cross-Checked With Data In "Lake Superior Iron Ores, " 1938 And 1952 Of The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association) This NBER data series m05106 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05106

Source Is Called Matieres Industrielles, Ensemble. Data Are For 25 Articles. Figure For June, 1926 Is Given In The Bulletin As 848 But Has Been Corrected By NBER To 846. Figure For April, 1928 Is Given In The Bulletin As 678 But Has Been Corrected To 680. Source: Data For 1913-1930 Are From Indices Generaux Du Movement Economique En France, 1901-1931, Pp. 120-123. Data For 1930-1939 Are From Bulletin De La Statistique Generale De La France. This NBER data series q04070 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: q04070

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1890-1919 (2)--Original Data, 1913-1944. 1913-1919 Copied From Bls Handwritten Files. Taken From The Bls. Beginning In 1913, Prices Are Quoted Weekly, On Saturday. Called Spruce Eastern, Random Cargoes, 2 By 3 And 4 (See Bulletin 473, 1926-1928. Bulletin 473 Gives 1926 Overlap And Annual Review Figures Showing That Series Is Consistent From Beginning Of 1920). From 1929-June, 1940, Series Labelled Spruce Eastern, Boston. For July-December, 1940, Specification States "No Quantity Specified;" Beginning 1941, Called"Eastern, Random No. 1, 2 Inches By 3 Inches And 4 Inches, Per Thousand Board Feet, Carlot, Delivered By Rail, On Boston Rate Of Freight." Series Remains The Same As That Called"Eastern, Boston." Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics Bulletins, Monthly "Wholesale Prices", Bls Files. This NBER data series m04090b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04090b

Monthly Statistics Are Presented In The Form Of Weekly Averages. Annual Values (In Original Data Only) Are Totals For The Year. For Further Details See Introductory Notes On Engineering News-Record Data And Lipsey & Preston, 238-39. This Series Includes Private Buildings: Industrial, Commercial, And"Mass Housing"; And Public Buildings: Residential And Other, Except Federal Buildings Before 1932. Federal Buildings Were Not Separable From Federal Nonbuilding Construction For 1913-1931, And Were Included In Series (Construction Other Than Building) For That Period. This Series Includes Private Industrial Buildings Above The Following Minimum Costs: 1913 Through June 1932, $40,000; July 1932 Through 1935, $28,500; 1936, $37,000; 1937 Through April 1946, $40,000; May 1946 Through November 1947, $55,000; December 1947 Through November 1950, $68,000; December 1950 Through 1954, $82,000; 1955 Through 1958, $93,000; 1959 Through 1962, $110,000. Minimum Values For All Other Buildings Are As Follows: 1913 Through June 1932, $150,000; July 1932 Through 1935, $105,000; 1936, $140,000; January 1937 Through April 1946, $150,000; May 1946 Through November 1947, $205,000; December 1947 Through November 1950, $250,000; December 1950 Through 1954, $300,000; 1955 Through 1958, $344,000; 1959 Through 1962, $400,000. Source: Engineering News-Record (Mcgraw Hill, Inc.) This NBER data series m02003 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: m02003

Monthly Values Are Presented As Weekly Averages;Annual Values Are Sums Of All Contracts Awarded During The Year. Includes Private Industrial Buildings Above The Following Minimum Costs: 1913 Through June 1932, $40,000; July 1932 Through 1935, $28,500; 1936, $37,000; 1937 Through April 1946, $40,000; May 1946 Through November 1947, $55,000; December 1947 Through November 1950, $68,000; December 1950 Through 1954, $82,000; 1955 Through 1958, $93,000; 1959 Through 1962, $110,000. For Further Information See Introductory Notes On Engineering News-Record Data. Source: 1913-42, Engineering News-Record Files; 1943-62, Engineering News- Record (Magazine) This NBER data series m02025 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: m02025

Monthly Statistics Are Presented In The Form Of Weekly Averages. Annual Data, However, Represent Aggregate Value. This Series Is The Sum Of 2 Other Engineering News-Record Series: Total Building (NBER 02003) And Construction Other Than Building (NBER 02112). For Further Information On Coverage And Collection Procedures, See The Introductory Note On Engineering News-Record Data. Source: 1913-42, Engineering News-Record Files; 1943-62, Engineering News-Record (Mcgraw-Hill, Inc, New York) This NBER data series m02107 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: m02107

Includes (1) Public Works: Waterworks, Sewerage, Bridges, Earthwork, Waterways, Streets And Roads, And "Unclassified"; And (2) Private Construction: Bridges And "Unclassified." For 1913-1931, Federal Buildings, Which Were Not Separable From Other Federal Construction, Are Also Included. Projects Of The Following Minimum Costs Are Included. Waterworks, Excavation, Drainage, And Irrigation: 1913 Through June 1932, $15,000; July 1932 Through 1935, $10,500; 1936, $14,000; January 1937 Through April 1946, 15,000; May 1946 Through November 1947, $22,500; December 1947 Through November 1950, $28,000; December 1950 Through 1954, $34,000; 1955 Through 1958, $44,000; 1959 Through 1962, $53,000. Other Public Works: 1913 Through June 1932, $25,000; July 1932 Through 1935, $17,750; 1936, $23,000; 1937 Through April 1946, $25,000; May 1946 Through November 1947, $40,000; December 1947 Through November 1950, $50,000; December 1950 Through 1954, $60,000; 1955 Through 1958, $73,000; 1959 Through 1962, $88,000. For Further Information See Introductory Notes On Engineering News- Record Data. Monthly Values Are Presented Here In The Form Of Weekly Averages. Annual Values, However, Are Totals For The Year. Source: See Introductory Notes On Engineering News-Record Data This NBER data series m02112 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: m02112

This Series Includes Contracts Of The Federal Government For Construction Of Building Or Nonbuilding Projects Which Are Above The Minimum Valuation Cost For The Type Of Construction Involved (For Which See Introductory Notes On Engineering News-Record Data, And Lipsey & Preston, Pp. 238-39). Monthly Statistics Are Presented In The Form Of Weekly Averages; Annual Data, However, Represent Yearly Totals. Source: 1913-42, Engineering News-Record Files; 1943-62, Summary Tables Published In Engineering News-Record (Mcgraw-Hill, Inc., New York) This NBER data series m02117 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: m02117

Series Is Presented Here As 2 Variables: (1) Original Data, 1913-38; (2) Original Data, 1932-43. Monthly Data Is Presented Here In The Form Of Weekly Average Per Month. Annual Data Is The Mean Of These Values - I.E., An Approximation Of The Average Weekly Value For The Year. 1932-43 Segments Include Federal Projects; 1913-38 Do Not. See Also Introductory Notes On Engineering News-Record Data. Source: Files Of Engineering News-Record This NBER data series m02093a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: m02093a

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1933; (2)--Original Data, 1913-1944. Data Is For Clear Short Sides And Is The Average Of Thursday Prices. Beginning July 1935 Average Prices Are Published Semi-Annually In June And December Bulletins. Series Includes Pork, Cured And Bacon, Plain And Standard, 6-8 Pounds. Source: 1913-1925: Bls Handwritten Worksheets; 1926-1943: Bls Bulletins And Monthly Issues Of"Wholesale Prices"; July 1943 - May 1944: Bls Mimeo- Graphed Monthly, "Average Wholesale Prices And Index Numbers Of Individual Commodities" This NBER data series m04024b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04024b

Data Refer To Revenues Derived From Paying Passengers Including Berth And Seat Revenues. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, January 1939 And Following Issues. This NBER data series m03010i appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: m03010i

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1913-1940 (2)--Original Data, 1946-1953 (3)--Original Data, 1947-1956 Source: National Bureau Of Economic Research This NBER data series m01204a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01204a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables-- (1)--Original Data, 1913-1924 (2)--Original Data, 1922-1941. 1913-1923, Prices Of No. 1 Sheathing Common Boards, F.O.B. Mill In Washington, The First Of The Month For 1913-1917; For 1918 On, The Monday Average. Source: For 1913, Direct From Bls Price Study File; For 1914-1923, From Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices"; Other Data Direct From Bls. This NBER data series m04139a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04139a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1890-1920 (2)--Original Data, 1913-1942. Prices For 1913-1939 Are For Grade B, 3.7% Butter Fat, Per 100 Pounds, F.O.B. New York. Dairymen'S League Quotation. Source: Typed Statement From Bls For 1913-1925; Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices" For 1926-1942 This NBER data series m04141b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04141b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1890-1913 (2)--Original Data, 1913-1942. Data Are For Firsts, Fresh Gathered, New York And Are Averages Of Tuesday Prices. In 1932 There Was A Change In Original Reporting Source To Bls. Letter From Bls States That Figures Are Comparable With Earlier Data. Source: Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices" Except 1913 And 1932-1933, Which Were Sent Directly From Bls. This NBER data series m04143b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04143b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1913-1922 (2)--Original Data, 1921-1939. Prices Are For United States, Average, All Grades. Ratio Of 1921 For Overlap: 7.72 Divided By 8.84 Equals 87.3%. Source: Sent Directly From Bls This NBER data series m04144a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04144a

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables-- (1)--Original Data, 1850-1894 (2)--Original Data, 1890-1914 (3)-- Original Data, 1913-1968. Source: Bls Mimeographed Release "All Commodities, Wholesale, Price Index (1957-59=100)" For 1913-November, 1960; Bls Mimeographed Releases Thereafter; Also Survey Of Current Business. This NBER data series m04048c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04048c

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Three Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1913-1932; (2)-- Original Data, 1932-1937; (3)-- Original Data, 1937-1939. Data Refers To Price At New York, Jobber To Connecter As Compiled By The War Industries Board. Source: 1913-1918: War Industries Board, Bulletin No. 25, Pp. 36-37; 1919-1932: Bls Files, Bulletins, And "Wholesale Prices" This NBER data series m04151a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04151a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables-- (1)--Original Data, 1913-1951 (2)--Original Data,1947-1954. See 1931 Bls Bulletin For Revisions From 1926-1931. Beginning In 1935, Revised Indexes Are Based Upon A Larger Sample Of Lumber Prices And An Improved Method Of Weighting Is Used. The Price Data Were Not Available For An Adequate Number Of Types Of Lumber To Make It Feasible To Compute Revised Indexes Prior To January, 1935. However, A Continuous Index (1926=100) Has Been Constructed Using The Revised Index For January, 1935 At The Same Level As The Series Which It Replaces. In October, 1940, The Bls Lumber Index Was Revised Back To January, 1935. Figures For November And December, 1942, Were Shown In Monthly Wholesale Prices (Mimeographed) For April, 1944; Not Published Elsewhere. Figures For September-December, 1943 Were Shown In Monthly Wholesale Prices (Mimeographed) For June 1945; Not Published Elsewhere. After December, 1951, Index On 1926 Base Was Discontinued. Source: Bls Bulletin Of 1930 And Following Issues Of "Wholesale Prices" Through 1941; Bls Bulletin Nos. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, And 1083 Through 1950; Monthly Labor Review, 1952 Issues For 1951. This NBER data series m04164a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04164a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1913-1940 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1956. 1913-1940 Computed By NBER From Bls Group Indexes. For Weights, See Source Citation Above. New Segment Beginning In 1947 Is Considered Roughly Comparable To This Series. Source: For 1913-1925: Bls Paper And Pulp Subgroup Less Pulp Series. 1923-1925 Census Quantities In The Exchange Used As Weights. Paper And Pulp, 1.71, Less--Pulp And Mechanical, .04, Pulp Sulphite, .25. For 1926-1940: Bls Paper And Pulp Subgroup Less 4 Woodpulp Series: Weights For 1926-1940 Equal 1927-1929 Quantities In Exchange From Census Source (1931 Bulletin) For 1926-1940. Paper And Pulp, 1.74, Woodpulp Mechanical .04, Woodpulp Sulphite, .12, Woodpulp Kraft, .04, Woodpulp Soda, .02. This NBER data series m04165a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04165a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables-- (1)--Original Data, 1913-1951 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1968. For The List Of Commodities Entering Into This Index, See Bulletin No. 572 (1931) P. 11. Data For 1926 Are From The 1930 Bulletin. Called Manufactured Products Beginning April, 1940. See"Wholesale Prices", April, 1940, P. 1, Footnote: "Formerly Finished Products With No Change In Items." Source: Bls Bulletin Nos. 543, Pp. 34-36 (1930), 572, Pp. 12-13 (1931), And "Wholsesale Prices" Through 1941; Semi-Annual Issues For 1942-1943; Annual Bulletins Nos. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, And 1007 Thereafter Through 1949 And Mimeographed Releases For 1950-1951. This NBER data series m04169a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04169a

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1916; (2)--Original Data, 1913-1939. Source: Bls, Copied From Wpa Files This NBER data series m04173b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04173b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1890-1920 (2)-- Original Data," 1913-1958. Data Are Average Of Tuesday Prices. Series Is Described In Source As "Rubber, Crude, Plantation, Ribbed, Smoked Sheets" In Bls Wholesale Prices Through 1943. Beginning In 1944, It Is Described As "Rubber, Crude, Delivered, Ex-Dock And/Or Warehouse, New York." In 1947, Further Specification "Spot Delivered" Is Added. (Bls Code 07 11 02) Data Through 1951 Are Also Published In Bls Bulletin Nos. 947, 973, 1007, 1083, And 1143 (Revision Of September, 1947 From 16.6 To 16.7 Shown In The More Recent Issue. In 1950, Specification Reads "#1" But Is Otherwise Unchanged (Bls Bulletin No. 1083, P.54). A "Minor Change" Occurred In The Series In January, 1954. See Monthly Issue Of Wholesale Price Index For January, 1954 (Issued March, 1954). Following The Practice Of The Survey Of Current Business Where This Series Is Also Published, It Is Here Being Considered As Continuous, Since The Change Was Too Small To Call For A Special Explanation (See The Introductory Note In Monthly Issues Of Wholesale Price Index Concerning Major And Minor Changes In The Price Series). Source: 1913-1923 Data Sent Directly From Bls. 1923-1946 Data Are From Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices." For 1947 And Following Years: Bls, "Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities In The Revised Index, 1947-1950, " Group 7--Rubber And Rubber Products (February, 1952); Summary Table For January-November, 1951, Vol. 1--Prices; Monthly Issues Of Wholesale Price Index, December, 1951 And Following, Thereafter. This NBER data series m04077b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04077b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1934 (2)--Original Data, 1933-1941. Source: 1913-1920 Data Were Direct From Bls (#469 Mills File); 1921-1934 Data Are From Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices." This NBER data series m04179a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04179a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1927-1941. This Series Represents The Average Of Prices Of One Popular Car And Is Available Through 1937. A Revised Index Which Takes Into Account Price Changes In Three Styles Of Chassis (4-Door, 2-Door, And Coupe) Was Available Annually Plus A December Figure During 1927-1936 And Monthly Thereafter. The NBER Has Therefore Adjusted The July 1927-1936 Data In The First Series By The Annual And December Figures In The Revised Series To Make A Continuous Second Segment. Source: Bls Bulletins This NBER data series m04180a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04180a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1890-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1913-1933. 1929 Data Exclude Price Markers. Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 354 And Following Issues; Also Miss Frankel'S Files In Monthly Labor Review. This NBER data series a08054b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08054b

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1913-1933 (2)--Original Data, 1932-1940 (3)--Original Data, 1935-1942. There Is No Quotation For September, 1916; March-May, 1918; Or February-March, 1920. Prices For 1913-April, 1919 Are For Jamaica 8S; May, 1919-April, 1933 Are For Jamaica 9S. The 1919 Price For Jamaica 8S Was $2.090; For Jamaica 9S It Was $4.041. The July, 1932 Price For Jamaica 9S Was $1.925; For Honduras 9S It Was $2.275. Data For May, 1919-1933 Lowered To Level Of First Segment Of Series. Source: Bls Wholesale Price Bulletins, But Data For Data For 1913 And Second Segment, 1919 Are Directly From Bls. This NBER data series m04036a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04036a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1937 (2)--Original Data, 1933-1944. Data Are Prices For "Hay Mowers, 5 Foot Regular Lift, Factory" For Period 1913-1928. In 1929, The Series Is Called "Mower, Hay" But Prices Seem To Be Continuous (NBER Note). This Series Was Revised In 1938. See "Wholesale Prices," January, 1938, P.12. Source: 1913-1925 Data Are From Mimeographed Sheets From Bls. For 1926- 1937 Data, See Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices." This NBER data series m04137a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04137a

Data Is The Average Of Price Ranges On Tuesdays As Computed By NBER From Wednesday Editions Of The "New York Journal Of Commerce". Prices Are For Cases Of Forty-Eight 14 1/2 Ounce Cans. Prior To 1931 Data Presented Was For Cases Of 16 Ounce Cans And Therefore To Be Made Comparable With The Later Data Was Converted By NBER (With A Con- Version Factor Of .90625). Source: 1913-1920:"Survey Of Current Business", December 1925, P. 22; 1921-1930: Bls Bulletins; 1931-1939: Bls, "Wholesale Prices" This NBER data series m04125a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04125a

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1916; (2)--Original Data, 1913-1941. Quotations Given For Monday Of Each Week By"Chicago Dairy Product." Source: Bls Bulletin No. 334, Pp. 206-207 This NBER data series m04028b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04028b

In Bulletin No. 473 Under Heading Petroleum Products, Kerosense, Refined (Gives A 1926 Overlap) No Mention Of Pennsylvania Made. Overlap Shows Series Same. Data Continues Thereafter Under That Heading. Beginning December, 1939, Called "Kerosene, Refined, Price Per Gallon Refinery, Water White, Series 2" (No Change In Code Number). In Survey Of Current Business, This Series Is Called: "Water White, 47 Degrees, Refinery, Pennsylvania." Data Represent Monthly Averages Of Quotations For Monday. Source: 1913-1923 From Dr. Mills'S Files, Bls Handwritten Worksheet; Also Used For Second Decimal 1924-July, 1940. Bls Bulletin No. 390, 473, 1936-June, 1943; Mimeographed Releases "Average Wholesale Prices" Thereafter. This NBER data series m04091 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04091

This Is The Same Series That Appears In The Wholesale Price Bulletins Between 1917-1925. From 1926-1936 The Series Is Revised And Now Is A Continuous Series With 1937 And Following Years. 1913-1925 Data Is From Manufacturers And Represents A Daily Average; 1926-1942 Data Is From The National Provisioner And Represents The Average Of One-Day-A-Week Prices. These Two Series Are Not Strictly Comparable. After 05/20/1931 Quotations For The Grade Formerly Used Were No Longer Published And A New Lower Grade Was Used. Overlapping Weekly Averages From The Second Segment Are As Follows: 1930-- Jan:19.50; Feb:19.50; Mr:19.50; Ap: 19.50; My:19.50; Jun:19.50; Jul:18.70; Aug:18.50; Sept:18.50; Oct:18.50; Nov:18.50; Dec:17.70; 1931-- Jan:17.50; Feb:15.88; Mr:14.00; Apr:13.80; My:12.75 Source: Copied From Bls Files By NBER This NBER data series m04094 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04094

Crop Year Ends August 31, For Data Through 1914; Crop Year Ends July 31 Beginning 1915. Data Covers Cotton Growing States Only. Source: Data For 1913-1921: Nourse, American'S Capacity To Produce, P. 578. Data For 1922-1938: Bureau Of The Census, Cotton Production And Distribution, Census Bulletins 170, 175, P. 34. This NBER data series a01157 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01157

Crop Year Ends August 31, For Data Through 1914; Crop Year Ends July 31 Beginning 1915. Data Covers Non-Cotton Growing States Only. Data Were Computed By NBER By Adding Together New England And All Other (Non-Cotton Growing) States. Source: Data For 1913-1921: Nourse, American'S Capacity To Produce, P. 578. Data For 1922-1938: Bureau Of The Census, Cotton Production And Distribution, Census Bulletins 170, 175, P. 34. This NBER data series a01158 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01158

Quotations Are From The 15Th Or Tuesday Nearest To The 15Th Of Each Month. Between August 1933 And June 1936 The Bls Collected Several Prices Per Month. If One Applied To A Date Between The 12Th - 18Th The Given Price Was Used; In Cases Of Other Dates, The Given Price Was Averaged. Coffee Is Defined As Pure Roasted Coffee Either In Bulk Or In Packages. Prices Of Package Coffee Are Quoted Only Where Loose Coffee Has A Relatively Small Sale. Source: 1913-1934: Bls Bulletins, No. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, And Currently From Monthly Issues Of"Retail Prices", Except 12/1931-12/1932: Special Monthly Mimeographed Reports; 1935-1943: Mimeographed Release, "Retail Price Of Food By Cities" This NBER data series m04035 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04035

Prior To 1953, This Series Was Called The"Index Of Cost Of Living." Data Have Been Converted To The Average 1957-1959 Base By Bls. Prior To September, 1940, Only Fuel And Food Components Were Monthly, All Other Components Were Priced At Intervals Of 3, 4, And 6 Months (See Survey Of Current Business, May, 1941; Also Monthly Labor Review, August, 1940, And Bls Bulletin Nos. 699 (1941) And 966 (1949) For Detailed Information). The Early Segment Of This Series Represents Monthly Interpolations By The Department Of Commerce. Beginning In 1943, The Index Shows The Results Of A Revision, Begun In 1940, Of The Rent Component (Correction Of New Unit Bias). In January, 1950, A Revision Of Population And Commodity Weights Begins To Be Incorporated In The Index (Monthly Labor Review, March, 1951); Series Is Considered To Be Continuous. A Major Revision Of The Index Took Place In January, 1953; Hereafter Called"Consumer Price Index." Beginning With Indexes For January, 1966, Data For Six Additional Areas (Cincinnati, Houston, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, And San Diego) Have Been Incorporated Into The National Consumer Price Index. These Areas Were"Linked" Into The Consumer Price Index As Of December, 1965 And Were First Used In Calculating The December, 1965-January, 1966 Price Change. Source: Bls Release, "Consumer Price Index--U.S.: All Items, 1913- 1960, Series A; Bcd, February, 1967 For 1961-1965; March, 1968 For 1966-February, 1968. This NBER data series m04128 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04128

1913-1917 Prices Were Near First Of Month Quotations. Data From 1918 On Were Monthly Averages Of Tuesday Quotations. Series Is Called "Structural Steel Slopes, Beams, Etc.; 3"-15", Mill, Pittsburgh. 1913-1939 Data Were Checked Against Quotations In Survey Of Current Business. Beginning In 1944, Prices Are Quoted As "F.O.B. Pittsburgh Basing Point. Beginning In 1948, The Specification Was Changed From 3"-15" To 12" Up To 60 Feet. "Carbon Steel, I Beams, 12" Depth, 60 Foot Length, Astm (A-7-46) Per 100 Pounds, F.O.B. Pittsburgh Basing Point." The New Price Is Quoted Only For 01-06/1948. Code #452 Was Changed To #452.1. The New Index Code #10-14-31 Changed To 10-14-31.01. Month By Month Comparisons Between Bls Figures And Those In The Survey Of Current Business Show Them To Be Identical. In July, 1948, The Specification Was Changed From Basing Point Quotations To "F.O.B. Mill, Shipping Point." In Later Specification Lists, It Is Called "F.O.B. Producing Points." (Old Code #452.2; New Code #10-14-31.02) A New Specification Begins In May, 1953, With No Overlap Given. The New Specification Reads "Structural Shapes, Carbon Steel, 6" By 4" By 1/2" Angles, 30 Feet Long, Astm Specification A-7, Base Quantity, Mill To User, Per 100 Pounds, F.O.B. Mill" (Bls Code #10-14-31.03). Source: Data For 1913-1919 Were Furnished Direct By Bls. 1920-1931, Bls Bulletins Were Used. 1932-1941 Data Were Were From Monthly Issues Of"Wholesale Prices." 1942-1948 Data Were From Bulletin Nos. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, And Monthly Mimeographed Issues Of Average Wholesale Prices And Index Numbers. 1949-1951 Data Were From Bls, Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities In The Revisd Index: 1947-1950, Group 10, Metals And Metal Products (Published In 1952) And Bulletin No.1143. 1952 And 1953 Data Are From Monthly Issues Of "Wholesale Prices And Price Indexes." This NBER data series m04134 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04134

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1924-1944. Figures Cover Editions Of American Authors And American Manufacture Of Foreign Authors, Including Pamphlets Of Special Value For That Period. Only Quarterly Data Were Available For January-March 1913, Weekly Averages Were Based On 13 Weeks Per Qurter Used. Source: Publishers This NBER data series m01106a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01106a

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1946-1963 (3)--Original Data, 1947-1968. Data For 1913-1921 Are Based On Reports Covering About 90 Percent Of The Industry; Data For 1922 On Are Based On Complete Information. All Data Exclude Foreign Imports And Foreign Assemblies Made From Parts Manufactured In The U.S. Source: U.S. Bureau Of The Census, Department Of Commerce, Data For 1913- June 1921: Survey Of Current Busness, June 1927. Data For July 1921-1942: Automobiles. This NBER data series m01107a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01107a

Data Were Affected By Bituminous Coal Worker Strikes In April 1914, November 1919, And April 1927; Anthracite Worker Strikes In September Of 1923 And 1925; Also Anthracite And Bituminous Strike Of April-September 1922 Affected Data. Source: Harvard Economic Series, Review Of Economic Statistics, April 1924, P. 90; August 1929; And Successive Issues. This NBER data series m01115 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01115

1914 Quotations Are "In Each Week"; 1915 Are "On One Day (Varying) In Each Week"; 1916-1941 Are On Tuesdays Of Each Week. Source: Bls Bulletins; 1913: War Industries Board, "Prices Of Wheat And Wheat Products", P. 16; 1918: The Same Source, P. 17 This NBER data series m04019b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04019b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1913-1921 (2)--Original Data, 1918-1940. For 1913-1918, This Series Consists Of Wholesale Prices Of Pennsylvania Motor Gasoline, Tank Wagon At New York, First Saturday Of Every Month. For 1918 On, Pennsylvania Motor Gasoline, Refinery Price Is Used (Heaviest Weighted Of Bls Gasoline Price Series). Source: Bls Bulletins This NBER data series m04123a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04123a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1913-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1942-1958. F.O.B. Mill, No. 1. Based On Weekly Prices Throughout, 1913- 1941 (Letter From Bls, 5/42). Data From 1918-1925 Also Checked With Paper Trade Journal. No More Quotations On This Basis (Code #749) After January, 1951; See Next Variable For Next Segment. Source: For 1913-1925, Furnished Directly By Bls. For 1926-1938, Bls Bulletins And Wholesale Prices, Monthly Through 1941. This NBER data series m04124a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04124a

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1885-1914 (2)--Original Data, 1913-1935 1913-1923 Quotations Are In Gold Marks. Source: 1913-1923 Data From Wirtschaft Und Statistik; 1924-1935 Data From Viertelsjahreshefte Zur Statistik.

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables -- (1)-- Original Data, 1879-1919, (2)--Original Data, 1913-1936. Coal Tax Imposed 08/1917. Tax Abolished 10/1923. Source: 1913-1923: Wirtschift Und Stat. 1925 "Lahlen Zur Geldentwertung" P. 26; Vierhljahrshefle Zur Statistik. This NBER data series m04101b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04101b

Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1914-1943 (2)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1943-1946 (3)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1944-1953 (4)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1953-1958. The Index Was Computed By L.D.H. Weld Of Mccann-Erickson For"Printers' Ink." Published Figures Are Available Only From 1922 On. Also Available In"Printers' Ink", May 9, 1935, P. 85 And Following Issues. Component Series Were Adjusted By Ratio-To-12-Month-Moving-Average Method And Combined. These Data Are Not Available In Unadjusted Form. Source: Data For 1914-1921 Were Direct From Mccann-Erickson, Inc.; Data For 1922-1941 Were From Survey Of Current Business, July 1935, P. 19 And Following Issues This NBER data series m06058a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html. NBER Indicator: m06058a

The Employees Represented In This Series Are Those Who Appear On Factory Office Payrolls, Such As Office Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Accountants, Cashiers, Stock Clerks, Office Managers, Superintendants, Etc. 1914 Average Weekly Earnings Are The Average Of June; 1915-1917 Averages Are Of December; 1918 And Following Yearly Averages Are Of October. Source: N.Y. State Industrial Bulletin, December 1923, P. 60 And Following Issues. This NBER data series a08049 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: a08049

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1878-1914 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1946 (3)--Original Data, 1947-1970. Figures For 1914-July 1917 Are End Of Month Data. Data For August 1917-1946 Are Monthly Averages Of Daily Figures. Figures In This Variable Differ From Those In Previous Variables Covering 1878-1914 By The Amount Of Revision Made To Exclude Gold Coin Outside The Treasury And Federal Reserve Banks, Estimated To Be $287,000,000. Between January 31, 1934 And February 1, 1934, The Gold Stock Was Increased 2.98 Billion Dollars, Of Which 2.81 Billion Was The Increment Resulting From Reduction In The Weight Of The Gold Dollar And The Remainder Was Gold Which Had Been Purchased By The Treasury Previously But Not Added To The Gold Stock. Source: Federal Reserve Board, Banking And Monetary Statistics; Federal Reserve Bulletins. This NBER data series m14076b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 14 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter14.html. NBER Indicator: m14076b

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 m04010b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04010b

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1914-1943 (2)--Original Data, 1920-1945 Coverage Is Based Upon 31 Corporations For 1914-1922; 46 For 1922-1925; 45 For 1925-1943 (See Lutz, P. 103). Rubber Companies Are Excluded. Source: Friedrich A. Lutz, "Corporate Cash Balances, 1914-1943, " Manufacturing And Trade, 1945, P. 114 This NBER data series a10042a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 10 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter10.html. NBER Indicator: a10042a

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1829-1919 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1938 (3)--Original Data, 1929-1944. Include Alsace-Lorraine. Source: Statistique Agricole Annuelle. This NBER data series a01037aa appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01037aa

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1815-1919 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1938 (3)--Original Data, 1933-1944. Data Published In Quintals. Converted To Bushels By NBER By Multiplying Quintals By 3.6744. Data Include Alsace-Lorraine. Source: Statistique Agricole Annuelle. This NBER data series a01017b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01017b

Data Are Considered To Be As Of The Middle Of The Fiscal Year. These Figures Do Not Include Foundries Which Normally Produce Steel Only For Castings, Nor Do They Include Capacity Of Long Idle Plants. Source: American Iron And Steel Institute, Annual Statistical Reports Of 1956 And 1960. This NBER data series a01271 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: a01271

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1914-1936 (2)--Original Data, 1933-1944. Source: Albert S. Richey, Moody'S Manual Of Investments, "Public Utilities", 1924, P. Iv; 1934, P. A37; And Following Issues. This NBER data series m08064a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08064a

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1914-1918 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1920 (3)--Original Data, 1914-1935 Data Cover The Territory Of Pre-War Germany. Coverage Includes Ingots And Castings; Welded Steel (Schweiss Stahl) Is Excluded. Source: Wirtschaftsgruppe Eisen Schaffende Industrie (Formerly Verein Deutscher Eisen Und Stahl Industrieller), "Die Rohstahl - Gerwinnung Im Deutscher Zollgebiet, 1910 Bis 1924", February 1925, Pp. 9-12. This NBER data series m01137a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01137a

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1914-1918 (2)--Original Data, 1914-1920 (3)--Original Data, 1914-1935 Data Were Computed By Subtracting Figures For Alsace-Lorraine And Luxembourg, Which Are Not Covered. Source: Wirtschaftsgruppe Eisen Schaffende Industrie (Formerly Verein Deutscher Eisen Und Stahl Industrieller), "Die Rohstahl - Gerwinnung Im Deutscher Zollgebiet, 1910 Bis 1924", February 1925, Pp. 9-12. This NBER data series m01137b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01137b

Series Is Present Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1914-1926 (2)--Original Data, 1923-1946 (3)--Original Data, 1945-1952. Source: Survey Of Current Business, October 1922, P. 47; November 1924, P. 121; 1932, Annual Supplement, P. 158. This NBER data series m01058a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01058a

Net Military Construction Is Derived By Subtracting Depreciation From Gross Military Construction. Kuznets' Gross Military Construction Series Is Taken From Bls-Dept. Of Commerce Figures. However, The Kuznets Series Adds An Extention Back To 1914 And Does Not Include The Latest Revisions In The Government Series. Kuznets Derived His 1914 Figure By Averaging The 1914 And 1915 Government Fiscal-Year Figures For Military And Naval Construction (Published In "Historical Statistics Of The U.S. 1789-1945,") To Obtain A Calendar-Year Figure. The Bls-Dept. Of Commerce Figures Kuznets Used Were Those Published In "Constructon Volume And Costs 1915-56," Table 3, P. 7. Depreciation Was Calculated Assuming A Twenty-Year Life. For Further Details, See Introductory Notes On Kuznets Series, The Source Work Cited Above, And Lipsey & Preston, Pp. 254-255. Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) Table R-32 This NBER data series a02215 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02215

Source: Simon Kuznets, "Capital In The American Economy: Its Formation And Financing, " (Princeton University Press For NBER, 1961) This NBER data series a02216 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html. NBER Indicator: a02216