Historical Data

Category	Description	Frequency	Geography	Begins	Ends	Source	More Info
Equity Fundamentals	Yield - Total Market & Industries	Annual	United States	1871	1940	Cowles - Yale ICF Data
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - All Industries	Monthly	United States	1871	1940	Cowles - Yale ICF Data
Equity Fundamentals	P/E Ratios - Total Market & Industries	Annual	United States	1871	1938	Cowles - Yale ICF Data
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - NYSE Listings	Monthly	United States	1815	1925	NYSE Project - Yale ICF Data	Paper: 'A New Historical Database for…
Stock Returns & Prices	NYSE Index Returns	Monthly	United States	1815	1925	NYSE Project - Yale ICF Data	Paper: 'A New Historical Database for…
Stock Returns & Prices	Shanghai Stock Exchange - Index Returns	Annual	China	1870	1940	Shanghai Stock Exchange Project - Yal…	Index Construction Method - Wenzhong Fan
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - St. Petersburg Stock Exchange	Monthly	Russia	1865	1917	St. Petersburg Stock Exchange Project
Stock Returns & Prices	Index Returns - St. Petersburg Exchange	Monthly	Russia	1865	1917	St. Petersburg Stock Exchange Project
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - South Sea Bubble Stocks	Daily	Europe	1718	1720	South Sea Bubble 1720 Project	Paper: 'New Evidence on the First Fin…
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - Germany Index	Monthly	Germany	1870	1913	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - Germany Index	Monthly	Germany	1924	1935	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - France Index	Monthly	France	1899	1939	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - All Common Stock	Monthly	United States	1945	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Sales - Par Value ($ Millions)	Monthly	United States	1889	1956	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Prices - High Grade Railroad Bonds	Monthly	United States	1857	1937	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Stock Returns & Prices	Stock Prices - US Railroads	Monthly	United States	1857	1929	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Business Statistics	Net Income of US Corporations	Annual	United States	1909	1940	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Business Statistics	Number of Business Failures	Monthly	United States	1893	1933	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Business Statistics	Liabilities of Business Failures ($ Millions)	Monthly	United States	1893	1933	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Business Statistics	% of Companies With Profits	Quarterly	United States	1920	1963	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Business Statistics	Net Railroad Operating Income	Monthly	United States	1917	1942	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Financial System	Number of Suspended Banks (All Banks)	Monthly	United States	1921	1933	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Financial System	# of Suspended Banks (Fed Member Banks)	Monthly	United States	1921	1933	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Financial System	# of Suspended Banks (Non Fed Member Banks)	Monthly	United States	1921	1933	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Joint Stock Companies Formed and Registered	Monthly	Great Britain	1856	1900	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Offerings - Par Value	Monthly	United States	1900	1943	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Extinguishments ($100,000s)	Monthly	United States	1900	1943	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Consumer Instalment Credit Outstanding	Monthly	United States	1929	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Automobile Instalment Credit Outstanding	Monthly	United States	1929	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Velocity of Money Stock	Annual	United States	1869	1966	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Total Gold Reserves - Fed Reserve Banks ($Bn)	Monthly	United States	1914	1949	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Cash Reserves - Fed Reserve Banks ($Bn)	Monthly	United States	1914	1949	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Bills & Securities - Fed Reserve Banks	Monthly	United States	1914	1969	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Deposits - Fed Reserve Banks ($Bn)	Monthly	United States	1914	1969	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Wholesale Prices Index	Monthly	United States	1913	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Wholesale Prices Index	Monthly	United States	1890	1914	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Index of Composite Wages	Annual	United States	1820	1909	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Index of Composite Wages	Annual	United States	1910	1920	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Index of Composite Wages	Annual	United States	1919	1946	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Equity Fundamentals	Earnings Yield - All NYSE Common Stocks	Annual	United States	1871	1938	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Financial System	Commercial Paper Rates - NYC	Monthly	United States	1857	1971	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Financial System	Minimum Discount Rate - Bank of England	Monthly	Great Britain	1836	1939	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Financial System	Discount Rate - Bank of France	Monthly	France	1852	1940	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Yields - Railroad Index	Monthly	United States	1857	1934	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Yields - High Grade Corp. & Muni.	Monthly	United States	1900	1967	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Yields - High Grade Municipal Bonds	Monthly	United States	1900	1967	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Yields - Highest Rated Corp. Bonds	Monthly	United States	1919	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Yields - Lowest Rated Corp. Bonds	Monthly	United States	1919	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Equity Fundamentals	Dividend Yield - NYSE Common Stocks	Monthly	United States	1871	1938	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Equity Fundamentals	Dividend Yield - NYSE Common Stock Index	Monthly	United States	1926	1969	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Equity Fundamentals	Dividend Yield - NYSE Preferred Stocks	Monthly	United States	1910	1964	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Equity Fundamentals	Earnings Yield - All NYSE Common Stocks	Quarterly	United States	1935	1968	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Fixed Income	Bond Yield - British Consols	Quarterly	Great Britain	1888	2016	FRED Economic Data
Economy	Department Store Sales Index	Monthly	United States	1919	1963	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget Receipts - Income Tax	Monthly	United States	1910	1953	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget Receipts - Income Tax	Monthly	United States	1954	1959	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget Receipts - Total	Monthly	United States	1879	1933	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget - Surplus / Deficit	Monthly	United States	1879	1915	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget - Surplus / Deficit	Monthly	United States	1914	1932	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget - Surplus / Deficit	Monthly	United States	1930	1940	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget - Surplus / Deficit	Monthly	United States	1939	1947	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Government Finance	Federal Budget - Surplus / Deficit	Monthly	United States	1945	1962	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Total Exports ($ Millions)	Monthly	United States	1866	1969	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Economy	Total Imports ($ Millions)	Monthly	United States	1866	1969	NBER - Macrohistory Data	Data Description
Stock Prices & Returns	Nikkei Stock Average	Monthly	United States	1949	2021	FRED Economic Data
Fixed Income	Moody's BAA Corporate Bond Yield	Monthly	United States	1919	2021	FRED Economic Data
Fixed Income	Moody's AAA Corporate Bond Yield	Monthly	United States	1919	2021	FRED Economic Data
Financial System	Bank of England’s Balance Sheet	Annual	Great Britain	1696	2019	Bank of England
Financial System	Shares Sold on NYSE (Millions)	Monthly	United States	1875	1966	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Dow Jones Industrial Stock Price Index	Monthly	United States	1914	1968	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	BofA Corp. Bond Index - Total Return	Monthly	United States	1973	2021	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	BofA 15+ Year Corp. Bond Index - Total Return	Monthly	United States	1972	2021	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	BofA 1-3 Year Corp. Bond Index - Total Return	Monthly	United States	1975	2021	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	BofA 3-5 Year Corp. Bond Index - Total Return	Monthly	United States	1975	2021	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	BofA 10-15 Year Corp. Bond Index - Total Return	Monthly	United States	1976	2021	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	BofA High Yield Index - Total Return	Monthly	United States	1986	2021	ALFRED Data
Financial System	Number of National Banks	Semi-Annual	United States	1863	1941	ALFRED Data
Economy	Univ. of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment	Monthly	United States	1952	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index	Monthly	United States	1970	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Large Cap Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Large Cap Value Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Large Cap Growth Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Mid Cap Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Mid Cap Value Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Mid Cap Growth Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Small Cap Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Small Cap Value Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Small Cap Growth Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Wilshire US Micro Cap Index	Monthly	United States	1978	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	NASDAQ Composite Index	Monthly	United States	1971	2021	ALFRED Data
Fixed Income	3-Month Treasury Bill - Secondary Market Rate	Monthly	United States	1934	2021	ALFRED Data
Stock Prices & Returns	Share Price & Dividends - Dutch East India Co.	Monthly	Holland	1602	1698	Lodewijk Petram
Stock Prices & Returns	Reinvestment Index - Dutch East India Co.	Monthly	Holland	1602	1698	Lodewijk Petram
Stock Prices & Returns	Annual Returns - Dutch East India Co.	Annual	Holland	1602	1698	Lodewijk Petram
Stock Prices & Returns	Annual Returns - Individual LSE Listings	Annual	Great Britain	1870	1913	Economic History Association

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