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NBER Macrohistory Database, Release Date: 2005-08-01
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NBER Macrohistory Database
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http://www.nber.org/macrohistory/
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National Bureau of Economic Research
3,036 Series Revisions
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Release Date: 2005-08-01
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2005-08-01
Unemployment Rate for United States
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, M0892AUSM156SNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Jun 1942 0.24
Unemployment Rate for United States
Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted, Q0892BUSQ156SNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Q4 1946 4.44
Unemployment Rate for United States
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, M0892BUSM156SNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Dec 1946 4.16
Unemployment Rate for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0892CUSM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Dec 1966 3.5
Dow-Jones Industrial Stock Price Index for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1109BUSM293NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Dollars per Share
?
Dec 1968 965.39
Dow-Jones Industrial Stock Price Index for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1109AUSM293NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Dollars per Share
?
Sep 1916 141.40
Mortgage Delinquency Rates for United States
Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, Q09084USQ507NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent Delinquent One Or More Months
?
Q2 1963 1.15
Total Gold Reserves of Federal Reserve Banks for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M14062USM027NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Billions of Dollars
?
May 1949 23.12
Automobile Direct Loans, Delinquent 30 Days and Over as Percentage of Number Outstanding for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M09086USM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Aug 1966 1.05
New Home Mortgage Applications for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0264AUSM500NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number per Workday
?
Dec 1941 712
New Home Mortgage Applications for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0264BUSM500NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number per Workday
?
Mar 1956 1132
Yields on Short-Term United States Securities, Three-Six Month Treasury Notes and Certificates, Three Month Treasury Bills for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1329AUSM193NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent per Annum
?
Mar 1934 0.01
Yields on Short-Term United States Securities, Three-Six Month Treasury Notes and Certificates, Three Month Treasury Bills for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1329BUSM193NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent per Annum
?
Nov 1969 7.193
Nonfarm Real Estate Foreclosures for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M09075USM476NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number of Foreclosures
?
Mar 1963 8178
Total Money Supply for United States
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, M1490AUSM157SNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent Change
?
Dec 1946 -0.28
Total Money Supply for United States
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, M1490BUSM157SNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent Change
?
Dec 1968 6.84
Laborers' Average Hourly Rate of Wages, Weighted for United States
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A08139USA052NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Dollars
?
1891 0.1379
Index of Common Stock Prices, New York Stock Exchange for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M11007USM322NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Index 1909-1913=100
?
May 1923 135.5
Consumer Price Index, All Items for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M04128USM350NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Index 1957-1959=100
?
Mar 1970 133.2
Dividend Yield of Common Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, Composite Index for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1346BUSM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Feb 1969 3.10
Real Average Hourly Earnings, Production Workers, Manufacturing for United States
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, M08343USM232SNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
1957-1959 Dollars
?
Dec 1968 2.49
Monetary Gold Stock for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1476BUSM027NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Billions of Dollars
?
Dec 1946 20.49
Monetary Gold Stock for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1476CUSM144NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Millions of Dollars
?
Dec 1970 11105
Monetary Gold Stock for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1476AUSM027NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Billions of Dollars
?
Dec 1914 1.816
New Manufacturing Capital Expenditures for Plant and Equipment, Current Prices for United States
Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, Q10096USQ144NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Millions of Dollars
?
Q4 1940 727
Price of Bar Silver for London, Great Britain
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A04018GB00LONA286NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Dollars per Fine Ounce
?
1933 0.391
Number of Business Failures, All Commercial for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0929BUSM155NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number
?
Dec 1939 882
Number of Business Failures, All Commercial for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0929CUSM474NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number of Concerns
?
Jun 1965 1094
Number of Business Failures, All Commercial for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0929AUSM155NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number
?
Aug 1938 974
Number of Business Failures, All Commercial for United States
Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, Q09029USQ155NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number
?
Q4 1894 3979
Discount Rates, Federal Reserve Bank of New York for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M13009USM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Jul 1969 6.00
Average Hours of Work Per Week, Total, Household Survey for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M08354USM310NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Hours per Week
?
Jan 1970 39.1
American Railroad Stock Prices for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1105AUSM505NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Per Share Value Weighted By Outstanding Shares
?
Dec 1929 134.4
American Railroad Stock Prices for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M11005USM293NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Dollars per Share
?
Jan 1937 51.44
American Railroad Stock Prices for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1105BUSM343NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Index 1935-1939=100
?
Feb 1957 222.2
Yields on Municipal Bonds, Twenty Bond Average for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M13050USM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Jan 1967 3.54
Earnings Yield of Common Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, Composite for United States
Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, Q13051USQ156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Q3 1968 5.68
Existing Home Mortgage Applications for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0263AUSM500NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number per Workday
?
Dec 1940 217
Existing Home Mortgage Applications for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M0263BUSM500NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Number per Workday
?
Mar 1956 1185
Index of Industrial Production for Germany
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A018ADDEA338NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Index 1928=100
?
1931 72
Index of Industrial Production for Germany
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A018AADEA324NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Index 1913=100
?
1913 100.0
Cotton Crop for United States
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A01028USA558NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Thousands of Five Hundred Pound Bales (Gross Weight)
?
1955 14663
Deficits, Trading Companies for United States
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A09021USA174NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Thousands of Dollars
?
1940 189779
Miles of Railroad Built for United States
Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted, A02F2AUSA374NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Miles
?
1952 116
Yield on Long-Term United States Bonds for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1333AUSM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Feb 1944 1.84
Yield on Long-Term United States Bonds for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1333BUSM156NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Percent
?
Dec 1967 5.36
Index of All Common Stock Prices, Cowles Commission and Standard and Poor's Corporation for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1125AUSM343NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Index 1935-1939=100
?
Dec 1956 339.6
Gold Held in the Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1437BUSM144NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Millions of Dollars
?
May 1949 24299
Gold Held in the Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M1437AUSM144NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Millions of Dollars
?
Dec 1914 263
Total Consumer Credit Outstanding for United States
Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, M10092USM144NNBR
Units
# of New/Revised Obs.
Last Observation
Millions of Dollars
?
Feb 1969 111569
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