Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Gallon, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables-- (1)--Original Data, 1890-1952 (2)--Original Data, 1952-1958. Additionally, Series 04081B Is Comprised Of By Original Data For Crude Cottonseed Oil For 1909-1941. For 1890-1917, Prices On First Saturday Of Each Month. For 1918-1957, Average Of Weekly Quotations From Oil, Paint, And Drug Reporter. For 1890-1913, Called Linseed Oil, Raw, City, Barrels. For 1913-1916, Raw, In Barrels. For 1917-1935, Linseed Oil, Raw. Beginning In 1927, The Series Was Converted From Pounds To Gallons By Multiplying By 7.5 (1926 Given In Both Pounds And Gallons). There Was A Slight Discrepancy Between Data Per Gallon As Given And Computed Data. In 1947, Bls Code Number 06-22-36 Replaces Old Number 552. Series Ends On This Basis Following May, 1952. Source: Bls Bulletin No. 39 (Pp. 418-419) For 1890-1901; Nos. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572; 1932-June, 1935 Monthly Bulletins, "Wholesale Prices." For 1942 On: Bls Bulletin Nos. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, And 920 For 1942-1946, And 1143 For 1951 On. Bls, Prices And Price Relatives For Individual Commodities In The Revised Index: 1947-1950, Group 6--Chemicals And Allied Products, For 1947-1950; Monthly Wholesale Prices For 1952.

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NBER Indicator: q04081