Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per Ton of 2240 Lbs. (Gross Ton), Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1842-1914 (2)--Original Data, 1910-1949. Data Were Compiled From Weekly Quotations In The Iron Age. The American Iron And Steel Association Became The American Iron And Steel Institute After 1912. 1940 Data Are From Steel, January 6, 1941, P.319. They Agree With The American Iron And Steel Institute. Source: The Annual Statistical Report Of The American Iron And Steel Association

This NBER data series m04011b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04011b