Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1957-1959=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

1947-1961 Change Of Base. Data (1947-1949=100) Multiplied By 1.0020319 (Rebasing Figure Given In Bls Bulletin No. 1411). The Data For 1947-1961 As Published In Bls Sources Was Given On A 1947-1949=100 Base. The Conversion Factor (Shown Above) Is Used To Rebase Data To 1957-1959=100. This Is Checked With Historical Data Sheet, Mimeographed And Released By Bls For Period 1947-November, 1961 On 1957-1959=100 Base. Source: Bls Bulletin No. 1235, "Wholesale Prices And Price Indexes: 1957" For 1947-1957; Bls Bulletin No. 1257 For 1958; 1959-1960: Wholesale Prices And Price Indexes (Monthly); For 1961, Bulletin No. 1382; For 1962, Bulletin No. 1411; For 1963-1965 Data, March Issues Of Monthly Labor Review; For 01/1966-11/1966.

This NBER data series m04214 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04214