Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Barrels (Of 42 Gallons), Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Five Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1917-1924 (2)--Original Data, 1923-1932 (3)--Original, 1932-1951 (4)--Original, 1950-1953 (5)--Original, 1952-1957. Data Cover Stocks At Refineries And Bulk Terminals. Beginning In 1923, Stocks In Transit And In Pipelines Were Included. Data For 1932-1933 Were Revised On Each January. The Figure For December 1941 Is Listed Here As 86.4, The Figure Cited In The Annual Petroleum Statement, And Is Comparable To 1942 Data Which Has Been Revised (See Scb 1942 Supplement, Note 26, P. 247.) Source: Data For 1932-1940: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, 1932 Annual Supplement Pp. 178-179 And Following Issues; Data For 1941-1951: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Bulletins, "Petroleum Refinery Statistics"

This NBER data series m05014c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05014c