Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series 13046 Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1871-1938 (2)--Original Data, 1926-1969. The Rates Represent Expected Annual Dividend Payments Divided By Total Stock Vallues For Each Month. The Stock Exchange Was Closed August-November Of 1914, Therefore Data Was Interpolated. Source: Alfred Cowles Iii And Associates, Commonstock Indexes, Second Edition, 1939.

This NBER data series m13046a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 13 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter13.html.

NBER Indicator: m13046a