Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Billions of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1938-1953 (2)--Original Data, 1953-1969. Figures Reflect The Book Value As Of The End Of The Period. Two Decimal Places Were Added To The Data In June 1964 From An Unpublished Table In The NBER Files. The Third Decimal Place Is From Unpublished Obe Tables Furnished To T. Starbuck. This Variable Represents 31.3% Of Total Inventories At The End Of 1962. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Data For 1938-1952: Survey Of Current Business, June 1955; Data For 1953: Industry Survey, August 1957

This NBER data series m05112a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05112a