Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Bales (Of 132.25 Lbs. Approximately), Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1923-1931 (2)--Original, 1930-1941. Data Were Compiled By The Commodity Exchange, Inc., And Represent The Total Stocks Of Raw Silk Held In New York Warehouses, In Japanese Ports, And The Estimated Amount In Transit Between Japan And The U.S. At The End Of The Month. Although This Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Time Segments, Both Raw Variables And Both Seasonally Adjusted Variables May Be Considered Comparable And Run As One Variable. Data Have Been Checked With The Files Of Commodity Exchange And Their Figures Agree Exactly With The Scb. Data Beginning July 1933 Are Available In The Commodity Exchange, Inc. Monthly Statistical Supplement To The Daily Market Report On Raw Silk. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, July 1936, P. 20, And December 1936, P. 57

This NBER data series m05038a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05038a