NBER Macrohistory: XVI. Leading Indicators

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XVI. Leading Indicators

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db dat doc m16001 U.S. Amplitude-Adjusted Composite Index of Twenty Leading Series, Unweighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16002a U.S. Amplitude Adjusted Composite Index of Leading Series, Six Series, Unweighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16002b U.S. Amplitude-Adjusted Composite Index of Leading Series, Eight Series, Weighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16003a U.S. Composite Index of Six Roughly Coincident Series, Amplitude-Adjusted, Unweighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16003b U.S. Composite Index of Six Roughly Coincident Series, Amplitude-Adjusted, Weighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-03/1966
db dat doc m16004 U.S. Composite Index of Four Roughly Coincident Series, Amplitude-Adjusted, Unweighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16005 U.S. Composite Index of Three Lagging Indicators, Amplitude-Adjusted, Weighted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-03/1966
db dat doc m16006 U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Indexes Of Twenty Leading Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16007a U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Index Of Leading Series, Six Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16007b U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Index Of Leading Series, Eight Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16008a U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Index Of Six Roughly Coincident Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16008b U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Index Of Six Roughly Coincident Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16009 U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Index Of Four Sensitive Roughly Coincident Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16010 U.S. Adjusted Rates of Change Of Composite Index Of Three Lagging Series, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16011 U.S. Comprehensive Diffusion Index, Eighty Leading Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-04/1964
db dat doc m16012 U.S. Comprehensive Diffusion Index, Eighty Leading Series, Nine Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 06/1948-12/1963
db dat doc m16013 U.S. Comprehensive Diffusion Index, Fifty-Four Roughly Coincident Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16014 U.S. Comprehensive Diffusion Index, Fifty-Four Roughly Coincident Series, Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1948-06/1964
db dat doc m16015 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Eighty Leading Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-04/1964
db dat doc m16016 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Eighty Leading Series, Nine Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 07/1948-12/1963
db dat doc m16017 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Fifty-Four Roughly Coincident Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-09/1964
db dat doc m16018 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Fifty-Four Roughly Coincident Series, Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1948-06/1964
db dat doc m16019 U.S. Diffusion Index, Average Workweek, Twenty-One Manufacturing Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-08/1964
db dat doc m16020 U.S. Diffusion Index, Average Workweek, Twenty-One Manufacturing Industries, Nine Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 06/1948-10/1964
db dat doc m16021a U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Twenty-One Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally 02/1949-12/1953
db dat doc m16021b U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Thirty-Six Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally 01/1954-12/1963
db dat doc m16022a U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Twenty-One Industries, Nine Month Span, Seasonally 06/1949-12/1953
db dat doc m16022b U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Thirty-Six Industries, Nine Month Span, Seasonally 01/1954-10/1964
db dat doc m16026 U.S. Diffusion Index, 500 Common Stock Prices, Eighty Industres, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-10/1964
db dat doc m16027 U.S. Diffusion Index, 500 Common Stock Prices, Eighty Industries, Nine Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 06/1948-10/1964
db dat doc m16030 U.S. Diffusion Index, Initial Claims For Unemployment Insurance, State Programs, Forty-Seven Areas, One Month Span, 12/1951-10/1964
db dat doc m16031 U.S. Diffusion Index, Initial Claims For Unemployment Insurance, State Programs, Forty-Seven Areas, Nine Month Span, 04/1952-06/1964
db dat doc m16032 U.S. Diffusion Index, Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, Thirty Industries, One Month Span, 02/1948-08/1964
db dat doc m16033 U.S. Diffusion Index, Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, Thirty Industry Components, Six Month Span, 04/1948-11/1966
db dat doc m16034a U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16034b U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1947-08/1964
db dat doc m16035a U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1919-09/1940
db dat doc m16035b U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1947-10/1966
db dat doc m16037 U.S. Diffusion Index, Sales of Retail Stores, Twenty-Four Types Of Stores, Nine Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 06/1953-12/1963
db dat doc m16040 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Average Workweek, Twenty-One Manufacturing Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally 02/1948-08/1964
db dat doc m16041 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Average Workweek, Twenty-One Manufacturing Industries, Nine Month Span, Seasonally 06/1948-04/1964
db dat doc m16042a U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Twenty-One Industries, One Month Span, 02/1949-12/1953
db dat doc m16042b U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Thirty-Six Industries, One Month Span, 01/1954-12/1963
db dat doc m16043a U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Twenty-One Industries, Nine Month Span, 06/1949-12/1953
db dat doc m16043b U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Thirty-Six Industries, Nine Month Span, 01/1954-12/1963
db dat doc m16047 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, 500 Common Stock Prices, Eighty Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1948-10/1964
db dat doc m16048 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, 500 Common Stock Prices, Eighty Industries, Nine Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 06/1948-06/1964
db dat doc m16051 U.S. Cumulative Net Diffusion Index, Initial Claims For Unemployment Insurance, State Programs, Forty-Seven Areas, 12/1951-10/1964
db dat doc m16052 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Initial Claims For Unemployment Insurance, State Programs, Forty-Seven Areas, 04/1952-06/1964
db dat doc m16053 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, Thirty Industries, One Month Span, 02/1948-08/1964
db dat doc m16054 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, Thirty Industries, Six Month Span, 04/1948-05/1964
db dat doc m16055a U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16055b U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1947-12/1963
db dat doc m16056a U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1919-09/1940
db dat doc m16056b U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, 16-24 Industries, Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1947-05/1964
db dat doc m16057 U.S. NBER Series: 16057 02/1953-09/1964
db dat doc m16058 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Sales of Retail Stores, Twenty-Four Types Of Stores, Nine Month Span, Seasonally 06/1953-12/1963
db dat doc m16070 U.S. Amplitude-Adjusted Composite Index of Twenty-Eight Weighted Leading Indicators, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-03/1966
db dat doc m16071 U.S. Reverse Trend-Adjusted Composite Index of Twenty-Eight Weighted Leading Indicators, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-03/1966
db dat doc m16072 U.S. Composite Index of Twelve Leading Indicators, Original Trend, Short List, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-12/1969
db dat doc m16073 U.S. Composite Index of Seven Roughly Coincident Series On NBER 1966 Short List, Amplitude-Adjusted, Weighted, Seasonally 01/1948-01/1967
db dat doc m16075 U.S. Composite Index of Twelve Leading Indicators, Reverse Trend Adjusted, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-10/1968
db dat doc m16078 U.S. Diffusion Index of Eight Leading Indicators, Three-Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1919-12/1958
db dat doc m16079 U.S. Diffusion Index of 197 Leading Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16080 U.S. Diffusion Index, Average Workweek, Twenty-One Manufacturing Industries, Three Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16081 U.S. Diffusion Index, Initial Claims For Unemployment Insurance, Forty-Seven Areas, Inverted, Three Month Span, Seasonally 01/1952-12/1958
db dat doc m16082 U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Value, Twenty-One Industries, Three Month Span, 03/1949-12/1958
db dat doc m16084 U.S. Diffusion Index, Basic Commodity Spot Market Prices, Three Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16085 U.S. Diffusion Index of 197 Leading Series, Three Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16086 U.S. Diffusion Index of Seventy-Five Leading Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1885-12/1941
db dat doc m16087a U.S. Diffusion Index, New Orders, 225 Companies, One Month Span 01-06/1948; 08/1948-06/1951; 08/1951-06/1952; 08/1952-06/1953; 08/1953-06/1954; 08/1954-06/1955; 08/1955-06/1956; 08/1956-07/1957; 09/1957-05/1958; 07-12/1958
db dat doc m16087b U.S. Diffuson Index, New Orders, 225 Companies, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01-06/1948; 08/1948-06/1951; 08/1951-06/1952; 08/1952-06/1953; 08/1953-06/1954; 08/1954-06/1955; 08/1955-06/1956; 08/1956-07/1957;
db dat doc m16091 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Industrial Raw Materials Spot Market Prices, Thirteen Commodities, Three Month Span 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16092 U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' New Orders For Durable Goods, Thirteen Industries, Four-Seven Month Span, 04/1919-12/1938
db dat doc m16093 U.S. Diffusion Index, New Orders For Investment Goods, Seventy Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16095 U.S. Diffusion Index, Employment in Nonagricultural Establishments, Thirty-Two Industries, One Month Span, 04/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16096a U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturing Employment, 11-22 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1923
db dat doc m16096b U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturing Employment, 11-22 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1923-08/1939
db dat doc m16096c U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturing Employment, 11-22 Industries, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1947-12/1958
db dat doc m16097a U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, One Month Span, 15-26 Industries, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1923
db dat doc m16097b U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, One Month Span, 15-26 Industries, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1923-12/1939
db dat doc m16097c U.S. Diffusion Index, Industrial Production, One Month Span, 15-26 Industries, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16100 U.S. Diffusion Index, Sales of Retail Stores, Twenty-Four Types Of Stores, Three Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16101a U.S. Diffusion Index, Wholesale Prices, Manufactured Goods, Twenty-Three Commodity Groups, One Month Span 02/1947-12/1958
db dat doc m16101b U.S. Diffusion Index, Wholesale Prices, Manufactured Goods, Twenty-Three Commodity Groups, One Month Span, Seasonally 02/1947-12/1958
db dat doc m16102 U.S. Diffusion Index, Eight Roughly Coincident Indicators, Two-Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1946-12/1958
db dat doc m16103 U.S. Diffusion Index, Eighty-Two Roughly Coincident Indicators, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16104 U.S. Diffusion Index, Eighty-Two Roughly Coincident Indicators, Three Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16106 U.S. Diffusion Index, Five Lagging Indicators, One-Four Months Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1946-12/1958
db dat doc m16107 U.S. Diffusion Index, Sixteen Leading and Roughly Coincident Indicators, Two-Six Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 05/1946-12/1958
db dat doc m16108 U.S. Diffusion Index, 279 Leading and Roughly Coincident Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 04/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16109 U.S. Diffusion Index, 279 Leading and Roughly Coincident Series, Three Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc m16110 U.S. Diffusion Index, Twenty-One Leading, Roughly Coincident, and Lagging Indicators, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1946-12/1958
db dat doc m16111 U.S. Diffusion Index, Forty-One Employment Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16112 U.S. Diffusion Index, Seventy-Nine Production Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16113 U.S. Diffusion Index, Thirty-Five Payrolls and Other Income Payment Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16114 U.S. Diffusion Index, Eighty-Two Wholesale Price Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16115 U.S. Diffusion Index, Twenty-Nine Roughly Coincident Indicators, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1885-12/1941
db dat doc m16116 U.S. Diffusion Index, Thirty Lagging Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1885-12/1941
db dat doc m16117 U.S. Diffusion Index, 404 Well-Conforming Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1885-12/1941
db dat doc m16118 U.S. Diffusion Index, 335 Poorly Conforming Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16119 U.S. Diffusion Index, Cross-Section Sample, 153 Series, One Month Span, Seasonally Adjusted 02/1919-12/1941
db dat doc m16120 U.S. Diffusion Index, Cross-Section Sample, 153 Series, Twelve Month Span 07/1919-06/1941; 07/1947-06/1954
db dat doc m16121 U.S. Diffusion Index, All Inclusive Sample, 705 Series, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1919-12/1940
db dat doc m16183 U.S. Diffusion Index, Common Stock Prices, Eighty-Six Industries, Three Month Span 03/1948-12/1958
db dat doc q16025a U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted SECOND,1920 - SECOND,1921
db dat doc q16025b U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted SECOND,1921 - SECOND,1923
db dat doc q16025c U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span SECOND,1923 - SECOND,1949
db dat doc q16025d U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted SECOND,1923 - SECOND,1949
db dat doc q16025e U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span FIRST,1947 - FOURTH,1953
db dat doc q16025f U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1947 - FOURTH,1953
db dat doc q16025g U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span FIRST,1950 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16025h U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-700 Corporations, One Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1950 - THIRD,1964
db dat doc q16046 U.S. Cumulated Net Diffusion Index, Profits of 17-700 Manufacturing Corporations, One Quarter Span, Seasonally SECOND,1920 - SECOND,1965
db dat doc q16088 U.S. Diffusion Index, New Capital Appropriations, 500 Manufacturing Companies, Four Quarter Span THIRD,1953 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16089a U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits, 1450 Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Retailers, Four Quarter Span THIRD,1948; FIRST,1949 - FIRST,1952; THIRD,1952 - FOURTH,1956; SECOND,1957 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16089b U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits, 1450 Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Retailers, Four Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted SECOND,1949 - THIRD,1952; SECOND,1953 - SECOND,1957; FOURTH,1957 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16090 U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits Per Dollar of Sales, Twenty-Two Manufacturing Industries, Four Quarter Span, Seasonally SECOND,1947 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16094a U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1920 - FIRST,1921
db dat doc q16094b U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1921 - FIRST,1923
db dat doc q16094c U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1923 - FIRST,1924
db dat doc q16094d U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1924 - FIRST,1926
db dat doc q16094e U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1926 - FIRST,1927
db dat doc q16094f U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1927 - FIRST,1929
db dat doc q16094g U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1929 - FIRST,1933
db dat doc q16094h U.S. Diffusion Index, Profits After Taxes, 17-244 Corporations, Specific Cycle Span, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1933 - FOURTH,1938
db dat doc q16098 U.S. Diffusion Index, Freight Carloadings, Nineteen Commodity Groups, Four Quarter Span FIRST,1927 - FOURTH,1939; FIRST,1946 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16099a U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' Sales, 800 Concerns, Four Quarter Span THIRD,1948 - FIRST,1952; THIRD,1952 - FOURTH,1956; SECOND,1957 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16099b U.S. Diffusion Index, Manufacturers' Sales, 800 Concerns, Four Quarter Span, Seasonally Adjusted SECOND,1949 - THIRD,1952; SECOND,1953 - SECOND,1957; FOURTH,1957 - FOURTH,1958
db dat doc q16105 U.S. Diffusion Index, Plant and Equipment Expenditures, Actual And Expected, 19-22 Industries, Four Quarter Span THIRD,1947 - FOURTH,1958

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