Eggs, Cold Storage Holdings, Case of Shell for United States (M05011USM545NNBR)

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Cases, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Data Are Referred To In The Sources As Either"Case" Or"Shell" To Distinguish From "Frozen." One Case Of Eggs Equals Thirty Dozen Or About Forty-Five Pounds Net. Data Represent Approximately 98 Percent Of All Stocks Held In Public And Private Warehouses. Data Are Quoted In Sources As Of The First Of The Month, But Here Were Pushed Back To The End Of The Month (February 1 Becomes January 31, Etc.) Source: Data For 1915-1937: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Bureau Of Agricultural Economics, Yearbook Of Agriculture, 1930, P. 935; 1934, P. 657; 1938, P. 379 (Data Were Checked From U.S.D.A. Statistical Bulletin, No. 39, P. 12); Data For 1938-1944: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business (Checked With Standard Statistical Co., "Basic Statistics" And Scb)

This NBER data series m05011 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05011