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 Varibles--(1)--Original Data, 1938-1955 (2)--Original Data, 1948-1969. Revised Estimates For Retail Trade Inventories Were Introduced In January 1946. This Variable Can Be Extended Through May 1957 (The End Of The"Old" Estimates For Wholesale Trade Inventories), But This Overlap Is Considered Sufficient. Source: Derived By Adding Series (Total Manufacturers' Inventories), (Retail Trade Inventories, All Stores), And (Wholesale Inventories, Total Trade); See These Series For Sources.

This NBER data series m05123a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05123a