Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per Case, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Data Is The Average Of Price Ranges On Tuesdays As Computed By NBER From Wednesday Editions Of The "New York Journal Of Commerce". Prices Are For Cases Of Forty-Eight 14 1/2 Ounce Cans. Prior To 1931 Data Presented Was For Cases Of 16 Ounce Cans And Therefore To Be Made Comparable With The Later Data Was Converted By NBER (With A Con- Version Factor Of .90625). Source: 1913-1920:"Survey Of Current Business", December 1925, P. 22; 1921-1930: Bls Bulletins; 1931-1939: Bls, "Wholesale Prices"

This NBER data series m04125a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04125a