Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Billions of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1921-1941 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1945 (3)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1946-1970. June, July, And August 1958 Figures Include Lump Sum Retroactive Salary Payments To Federal Employees. Disbursements Amounted To $0.2 Billion In June, $3.6 Billion In July, And $0.2 Billion In August. March 1961 Figure Includes $150 Million ($1.8 Billion At Annual Rate) Of Stepped Up Rate Of National Service Life Insurance Dividend Payments. July 1961 Figure Includes $2.6 Billion Annual Rate Of The Same. January 1963 And January 1964 Data Reflect Special Government Life Insurance Dividend Payments To Veterans Of $298 Million ($3.6 Billion At Annual Rate) In 1963 And $175 Million ($2.1 Billion) In 1964. Source: Survey Of Current Business, August 1965 And Subsequent July Issues. For 1946-1963 Data, See Also: Survey Of Current Business Supplement Of August 1966, Income And Product Accounts Of The United States, 1929-1965.

This NBER data series m08168c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08168c