Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1923-1925=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1954. Source: For 1919-1930 Data, Bureau Of Labor Statistics Bulletin 610, "Revise "Revised Indexes Of Factory Employment And Payrolls: 1919-1933"; For 1931-1934 Data, Bureau Of Labor Statistics Mimeographed Tables On Revised Indexes Of Factory Employment And Payrolls, September, 1938; For 1935-1939 Data, The Same Tables But Published In May, 1940; Thereafter, "Employment And Payrolls" And Monthly Labor Review.

This NBER data series m08114a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08114a