Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per Pound, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1916; (2) Original Data, 1916-1940. Data Refers To Worsted Yarn, 2/40S Half Blood. For 1916-1917 Data Are Price Per Pound On The First Of Each Month; For 1918-1924 The Daily Average Of Quotations; For 1925-1939 The Average Of One-Day-A-Week Quotations. Source: Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices"

This NBER data series m04150b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04150b