Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Billions of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1938-1953 (2)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1953-1968 This Variable Covers 29.8 % Of Total Inventories. Source: U.S. Bureau Of The Census, Data For 1953-1960: "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, And Orders: 1947-1963 Revised, " Series M3-1;"Data For 1961-June 1968: "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories And Orders: 1961-1968, " Series M3-1; Thereafter: Current Industrial Reports, Series M3-1, Monthly, Same Title

This NBER data series m05111b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05111b