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. Data Cover 431 Newspaper Publishers In The Period 1938-1939; 421 Publishers In 1940-1941; And 422 Publishers Thereafter. Source: Data For 1938-1945: Computed By NBER From An Old Worksheet To This Series (Data From The American Newspaper Publishers Association); Data For 1949-1956: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, 1949-1955 Statistical Supplements And Monthly Issues

This NBER data series m05057c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05057c