Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Whenever Rates Change Within A Month NBER Weighted The Rates By The Number Of Days Each Were In Effect. Source: Data For 1836-1938: Burdett'S Official Intelligence, 1894, P. 1771; 1935, P. 3286, And Following Editions (Name Changes To Stock Exchange Official Intelligence; Then To Official Stock Exchange Yearbook). Data For 1939: Federal Reserve Board, Banking And Monetary Statistics, 1943.

This NBER data series m13013 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 13 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter13.html.

NBER Indicator: m13013