Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1915-1933 (2)--Original Data, 1933-1948 (3)--Original Data, 1948-1961. These Data Were Taken From Reports Of About 102 Companies. Letter And Data Received By NBER From The Survey Of Current Business, Letter Of May, 1935. Class A Companies Are Those Having Annual Operating Revenues Of Over $250,000. Source: 1931 Office Records Of The Survey Of Current Business For 1915-1922 Data; 1932 Annual Supplement Of The Survey Of Current Business, Pp.122-123, For 1923-1930 Data; Survey Of Current Business, March 1933, For 1932; January, 1933 Through March, 1933 Data Were Computed.

This NBER data series m09003a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html.

NBER Indicator: m09003a