Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Short Tons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presente Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1928-1949 (2)--Original Data, 1946-1957 Beginning In 1947 Shipments From Secondary Refiners Are Excluded. No Monthly Figures Are Given For 1946 For Which, However, A Revised Annual Total Is Shown. Source: Survey Of Current Business, Successive Supplements Through The September 1955 Issue; American Bureau Of Metal Statistics, Yearbook, 1941 And Following Issues.

This NBER data series m01246b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01246b