Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Marks, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1887-1913 (2)--Original Data, 1919-1934. Data For 1887-March 1897 Were Computed By Adding Items For Several Subdivisions Of The Hessian Railroads, Then Adding Figures For Prussian. Data Refer To Prussian-Hessian State Railways. Data For 1897-1908 Were Checked With "Bericht Uber Die Ergebnisse Des Betriebes Der Fur Rechnung Des Prussisches Staates Verwaltung Eisenbahnen", 1888, P. 178 (The Source Of Prussian Data For 1887-March 1897) Which Gives Total Prussian-Hessian Data For 1897-1908. Data For April 1919-July 1923 Were Computed By NBER By Deflating Paper Marks To Gold Marks To Correspond To All Other Data. Source: Data For 1887-March 1897: Hessia, "Mitteilungen Der Grassherzolich Hessischen Zentralestelle Fur Die Landesstatistik", March 1887, P. 94, And Following Monthly Issues; Prussia, Eisenbahn Department, "Bericht Uber Die Ergebnisse Des Betriebes Der Fur Rechnung Des Preussischen Staates Verwaltung Eisenbahnen", 1888, P. 178, And Following Yearly Editions. Data For April 1897-1913: Dr. P. Krebs, Konjunktur Und Eisenbahn-Guterverkehr, 1926, P. 59.

This NBER data series m03012a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.

NBER Indicator: m03012a