Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Pound, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Sample Checks Were Made With The National Provisioner And The Daily Trade Bulletin. Figures For 1918-October, 1923 Are The Average Range Of Prices On Each Friday Of Month--Quotations From The National Provisioner. Thereafter, Average Of Range Of Prices On Each Tuesday Of Month--Quotations From The Daily Trade Bulletin Are Used. Datum For February, 1924 Is Average Of Range On Fridays. The Average For Tuesdays Is 8.04. Bls Code 06-40-51 Bls "Revised Index, 1947-50" (See "Source" Above) Has Been Checked For Revisions. Source: Bls Buletin Nos. 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, And 572 For Data Through 1931; Wholesale Prices (Monthly) Thereafter Through 1941; For 1942 And Following Years, Bls"Wholesale Prices, " Bulletin Nos. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, 1143; Bls, "Prices And Price Relatives In The Revised Index: 1947-50" (February, 1952) And Monthly Issues Of"Wholesale Price Index."

This NBER data series m04119 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04119