Stocks of Newsprint at Publishers and in Transit to Publishers for United States (M0557AUSM601NNBR)

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Short Tons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1938 (2)--Original Data, 1919-1923 (3)--Original, 1938-1956. Beginning In June 1923, Stocks At Publishers And Stocks In Transit To Publishers, Given Separately, Were Added Together For The Years, 1923-1926; 1926-1930; 1930-1936; 1935-1939 -- The Periods Referring To Reports Of 422, 455, 434 And 431 Publishers Respectively. The Various Segments Were Then Reduced To The Level Of The First, For 422 Publishers, On The Basis Of The Average Monthly Relationship In The Overlapping Years. Source: Computed By NBER; Data For 1919-May 1923: Federal Trade Commission, Newsprint Paper Review; Data For June 1923-1938: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, September 1938, P. 20 And Following Issues; And Data Supplied By The American Newspaper Publishers Association

This NBER data series m05057a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05057a