Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Average Price per Short Ton in Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Prices For 1937-October 1941 Include 2% Sales Tax, And 1% Thereafter. There Is Insufficient Data For 08/1922 And 12/1925-02/1926; No Quotations Have Been Made For These Months. Source: Bls Bulletin Nos. 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, And From"Retail Prices" (Monthly) Through 1941. For The Years After 1941, Data Are From Bls Mimeograph Release: "Retail Prices Of Fuel By Cities" (Monthly).

This NBER data series m04045 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04045