Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1929-1944 (2)--Original Data, 1939-1969. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Data For 1938-1947: Survey Of Current Business, May 1953; Data For 1947-1960: U.S. Bureau Of The Census, "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, And Orders: 1947-1963 Revised, " Series M3-1; For 1961-June 1968: Bureau Of The Census, "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, And Orders: 1961-1968, " Series M3-1.1; For July 1968-1969: Current Industrial Reports, Census Series M3-1, Monthly, Same Name

This NBER data series m05104b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05104b