Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Billions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1938-1953 (2)--Original Data, 1953-1969. This Variable Covers 36.0 % Of Total Inventories. Source: U.S. Bureau Of The Census, Data For 1947-1960: "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories And Orders: 1947-1963, Revised, " Series M3-1; Data For 1961-June 1968: "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, And Orders: 1961-1968, " Series M3-1.1; Data For July-September 1968: Current Industrial Reports, Series M3-1, Monthly,Same Title

This NBER data series m05112b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05112b