Type of Activity:

NIESR Discussion Paper

Title:

Monthly and quarterly GDP estimates for interwar Britain

NIESR Author 1:

James Mitchell

NIESR Author 2:

Martin Weale

External Authors:

Solomou, S.

Discussion paper number:

348

Date:

Friday, 13th November, 2009

JEL Classification:

N34, C82

Keywords:

Economic History, National Accounts, Monthly GDP Data, Great Depression

External Web Link:

Link to PDF file of full version:

/pdf/131109_135528.pdf

Notes / Summary / Abstract:

We derive monthly and quarterly series of UK GDP for the inter-war period from a set of indicators that were constructed at the time. We proceed to illustrate how the new data can contribute to our understanding of the economic history of the UK in the 1930s and have also used the series to draw comparisons between recession profiles in the 1930s and the post-war period.