Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1929=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1921-1929 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1942. Source: For 1929-1941 Data: U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau Of Labor Economics, Employment And Payrolls, January 1938 And Following Monthly Issues; For 1942 Data: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review.

This NBER data series m08250b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08250b