Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per 100 Pounds, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1901-1951 (2)-- Original Data, 1948-1958. No Price Is Given For February, 1952. A New Price Is Quoted Beginning March, 1952. Its Base-Year Average Appears To Be About 17% Above The Average For 1947-1949 Of The Earlier Segment. A Change In Specifications (Bls Mimeograph Release Ls 54-24.73) Shows That 06-22- 46.01 Is A Quotation F.O.B. Savannah, While 06-22-46.02 Is A Quotation F.O.B. New York, Both Grades Wg. For 1947 Only A Savannah Price Grade H Is Quoted (06-22-46). Source: Bls, "Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities In The Revised Index: 1947-1950, " Group 6, Code No. 06-22-46.01 (1948- 1950); Bls Bulletin 1143, "Wholesale Prices, 1951-1952" (1951); Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities, Monthly Wholesale Price Release, For 1951 And Following Years.

This NBER data series m04120b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04120b