Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Notes:

Figures From Source Have Been Derived From The Published Price -Earnings Ratio, Being The Reciprocals, Based On Daily Stock Price Indexes. Source: Standard And Poor'S Trade And Securities Statistics: Security Price Index Record, 1964 Edition, Pp. 122-124; Current Statistics, Monthly Issues.

This NBER data series q13051 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 13 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter13.html.

NBER Indicator: q13051