Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Gallon, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

In Bulletin No. 473 Under Heading Petroleum Products, Kerosense, Refined (Gives A 1926 Overlap) No Mention Of Pennsylvania Made. Overlap Shows Series Same. Data Continues Thereafter Under That Heading. Beginning December, 1939, Called "Kerosene, Refined, Price Per Gallon Refinery, Water White, Series 2" (No Change In Code Number). In Survey Of Current Business, This Series Is Called: "Water White, 47 Degrees, Refinery, Pennsylvania." Data Represent Monthly Averages Of Quotations For Monday. Source: 1913-1923 From Dr. Mills'S Files, Bls Handwritten Worksheet; Also Used For Second Decimal 1924-July, 1940. Bls Bulletin No. 390, 473, 1936-June, 1943; Mimeographed Releases "Average Wholesale Prices" Thereafter.

This NBER data series m04091 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04091