Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Mixed Tons (Long And Short Combined), Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Month

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1902-1911 (2)--Original Data, 1910-1933. Unfilled Orders Refer To Those Of Customers And Not Unfilled Orders Of Subsidiary Companies. Data Were Also Checked With The "Commercial And Financial Chronicle" And The "Standard Corporation Record Report Card Of U.S. Steel Corporation", March 26, 1920. Finally, The Entire Series Was Remitted By Letter From U.S. Steel (January 22, 1935) And All Discrepancies Were Settled. Source: U.S.Bureau Of The Census, Data For 1910-1922: Record Book Of Business Statistics, Part Ii, P. 22; Data For 1923-1933: Survey Of Current Business, 1932 Annual Supplement And Successive Issues

This NBER data series m06024 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html.

NBER Indicator: m06024