Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Pound, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, 1890-1916; (2)--Original Data, 1913-1941. Quotations Are From Tuesday Of Each Week As Cited In "New York Journal Of Commerce And Commercial Bulletin". 1890-1901 Data Was Computed By NBER By Taking The Arithmetic Average Of Price Ranges. Source: Bls, Bulletins, No. 39, Pp. 282-283; And Following Monthly Issues

This NBER data series m04028a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04028a