Observations

Feb 1958: 93.8

Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:53 PM CDT

Units:

Cents per Pound,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Wholesale Price of Straits Tin, Pigs for New York	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Release

NBER Macrohistory Database	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Units

Cents per Pound	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Monthly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Notes

For 1880-1884, Data Are The Average Of Weekly Quotations, Computed By NBER. 1885-1958 Data Are Average Of Daily Quotations, Given Direct. Mineral Industry Is The Statistical Supplement To The Engineering And Mining Journal. Beginning In 1918, "Approximate Averages Based On Sales Of Straits And Other Grades Of Pure Tin For Delivery, For The Most Part In Small Lots." The Market Was Strictly Nominal 12/12/1917-12/31/1917. The Figure 86.0 Was Used For Those Dates As An Arbitrative Basis In Computing The Month'S Average. See The Source Cited Above. (Metal Statistics, 1927, P.333) Source: For 1880-1882, January Review Issues Of Engineering And Mining Journal; For 1883-1884, Weekly Issues Of Same; For 1885-1889, Mineral Industry, 1893, P.612, 1897, P.646, 1902, P.596; For 1900-1957, Metal Statistics; American Metal Market Thereafter (Data May Also Be Found In Survey Of Current Business). This NBER data series m04161 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04161	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Wholesale Price of Straits Tin, Pigs for New York (M04161US000NYM267NNBR)