Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1947-1949=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)-- Original Data, 1913-1940 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1956. Bls Code 09-3 Roughly Comparable To Computed Data 1913-1940; Can Be Extended Back To 1926, Bls Release Pp. 53-356, 09-3-0-00, "Revised Wholesale Price Index, Paper Including Newsprint," Price Files. Source: Bls "Wholesale Price Index (1947-49=100), " Indexes For Groups, Subgroups, And Product Classes, 1947-1951 (February, 1952) For 1947-November, 1951; Bls Monthly Monthly Labor Review And Survey Of Current Business, March, 1952 And Following).

This NBER data series m04165b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04165b