Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Cars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series 01146 Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1925-1941 (2)--Original Data, 1941-1963. Data Represent The Number Of New Commercial Cars Registered Each Month In The United States. Data For 1925 Include All States Except Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee, And Vermont; All States Are Included Thereafter. Data After May 1941 Exclude Federal Government Deliveries And Therefore Are Not Included (See Scb, December 1941, Note 1 To P. 537). Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, February 1934, P. 20; June 1934, P. 55; And Following Issues.

This NBER data series m01146a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01146a