Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Data Represent New Capital Only (Municipal And Government Excluded) And Cover Steam Roads And Steam Railroad Terminal And Bridge Companies. Data Were Also Checked By Adding The Seperate Items: Long-Term Bonds And Notes, Short-Term Bonds And Notes, And Stocks. Source: Commercial And Financial Chronicle; Also Checked With The Survey Of Current Business, May 1938 (Data For January-March 1919 Are Taken From Here) And Supplement Of 1940

This NBER data series m10015 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 10 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter10.html.

NBER Indicator: m10015