Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Government And "Municipal" Figures Are Not Included. Data Were Computed From January 1924 To 1931 Only. Earlier Data Are Published In Whole. Data Computed By Adding The Following Items: Long-Term Bonds And Notes; Short-Term Bonds And Notes; Preferred Stocks; Common Stocks. Data Were Checked With Cumulative Totals (See Individual Components At End.) Data Refer To "New Capital"; "Refunding" Is Excluded. The Only Foreign Issues From 1932 To The Third Quarter, 1943 Are $0.06 Million In The Second Quarter, 1938 And $0.42 Million In The First Quarter Of 1942. Source: NBER Computed From Data In The Commercial And Financial Chronicle

This NBER data series m10013b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 10 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter10.html.

NBER Indicator: m10013b