dollars 4 112.1 measuring-worth-a-collection-of-calculators-to-help-answer-quest 2009-10-29T13:09:45Z 11893 http://measuringworth.com/ 5 false Price of the British pound in U.S. dollars 2010-03-11T08:46:46Z constant,currency,dollar,dollars,exchange,exchange-rate,inflation,interest,money,pounds,price,prices,rate,rates,trade,wealth 15 59 1 measuringworthcom 2009-10-29T13:08:09Z MeasuringWorth The mission of this site is to make available to the public the highest quality and most reliable historical data on important economic aggregates, with particular emphasis on nominal measures. The data have been created using the highest standards of the fields of economics and history and are rigorously refereed by the most distinguished researchers in the fields. Beginning with the United States and United Kingdom and continuing with Japan and China, we will continue to add series from other countries under the same high standard. The emphasis on nominal measures distinguishes this site. This is because to comprehend a past transaction or asset, one must begin with the contemporary value of the item. To make this valuation meaningful, it must be measured against the value of the appropriate economic indicator in that year. To understand the valuation from another year's perspective, one must carry that measure forward against the changing value of the indicator. Founders of MeasuringWorth Lawrence H. Officer Director of Research Samuel H. Williamson President Over the last five years the two of us have carried out research on alternative ways to compare the relative worth of things. During that time we developed several "calculators" on the web site EH.Net. In the summer of 2006 we started this site dedicated exclusively to exploring the question of how to measure worth. We continue to add to it and hope that our essay Measures of Worth and the User Guide are of help. Our own money has financed all the calculators and data sets on this site. If you would like to support our work, please make a contribution so we can continue this valuable endeavor. If you are interested in becoming our sponsor, please contact one of us. Board of Advisors Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University Stephen Broadberry, University of Warwick Greg Clark, University of California, Davis Lee Craig, North Carolina State University Price Fishback, University of Arizona C. Knick Harley, University of Oxford Angus Maddison, University of Groningen Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University Larry Neal, University of Illinois Richard Sutch, University of California, Riverside Richard Sylla, New York University Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University Jeffrey Williamson, Harvard University Gavin Wright, Stanford University Our Staff Yuliya Yurova: System Operator and Web Master 13430 http://www.measuringworth.com/ 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z Have you ever wondered what the price of gold was in 1907? Or what the GDP was in 1932? Presented here are many useful historic data sets that we developed in order to answer such questions. Some of these are currently hosted on EH.Net. * The Annual Value Consumer Price Index for the United States, 1774 - 2008 * The Annual Value of the Consumer Bundle for the United States, 1900 - 2007 * The Annual Real and Nominal GDP for the United States, 1790 - 2008 * The Annual Wages in the United States, Unskilled Labor and Manufaturing, 1774 - present * The Annual Real and Nominal GDP for the United Kingdom, 1300 - 2008 * The Annual Price Index, Real and Nominal Earnings for the United Kingdom, 1264 - 2008 * The Annual Nominal GDP and Price Index for the China 1952 - 2007 * The Annual Real and Nominal GDP, Price Indexes and Wage for Japan 1879 - 2007 * The Price of Gold, 1257 - 2007 * Exchange Rates Between the United States Dollar and Forty-one Currencies * Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791 * Interest Rate Series for the United Kingdom and the United States, 1729 - 2008 2009-10-29T13:09:45Z 58808 2009-10-29T13:09:45Z 112.1 measuring-worth-dollar-pound-exchange-rate-from-1791 2009-10-29T13:10:31Z 11894 http://measuringworth.com/ 5 false Price of the British pound in U.S. dollars 2010-03-11T08:46:47Z constant,currency,dollar,dollars,exchange,exchange-rate,inflation,money,pounds,price,prices,rate,rates,trade,wealth 15 59 1 Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791 An exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another currency. The exchange rate presented here is the price of the British pound in U.S. dollars, that is, the number of U.S. dollars per British pound. This is the traditional way in which the relative price of the two currencies is compared. The exchange rate between the United States dollar and British pound is one of the longest available and most-important exchange rates in history. The exchange-rate series presented here is distinguished by the high-quality and reliability of the underlying data. For information on this exchange-rate series, please consult the Information on Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate. You may retrieve the exchange rate (number of dollars per pound) for any year or group of years beginning in 1791. Please read our Note on Data Revisions. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2009 MeasuringWorth. All rights reserved. This work may be copied for non-profit educational uses if proper credit is given. For other permission, please contact admin@measuringworth.org. 2009-10-29T13:10:31Z 58809 2009-10-29T13:15:28Z marketable-securities-and-savings-bonds-issued-in-treasurydirect 2009-12-16T06:56:45Z 11985 11 http://data.gov/details/959 2 2010-03-11T08:47:01Z all-electronic,bills,bonds,conversions,direct,dollars,legacy,marketable,notes,savings,securities,treasury,treasurydirect 8 62 59 1 90 1 department-of-the-treasury 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Bulletin, quarterly. Beginning 2007--U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt. See Internet site < http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd_sbntables_downloadable_files.htm > __referenced on dataset section Historical (#3)__ 1921 http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd_sbntables_downloadable_files.htm 2010-03-11T08:50:41Z datagov 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 13439 http://data.gov 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z Sales and conversion data for securities issued in TreasuryDirect Additional facts from "data.gov":http://data.gov h3. Dataset Summary * Date Released: 10/08/09 * Date Updated: 10/08/09 * Time Period: 2002-2009 * Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog * Frequency: Monthly * Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical h3. Contributing Agency Information * Citation: "http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm":http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm * Agency Program Page: www.treasurydirect.gov * Agency Data Series Page: "http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm":http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm 2009-12-16T06:56:45Z 59145 2009-12-16T06:56:45Z 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 8 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:38:38Z xls 15037 http 15465 2 http://data.gov/download/959/xls zip 320512 2010-03-11T08:38:38Z marketable-securities-and-savings-bonds-issued-in-treasurydirect--2 2009-12-16T06:57:51Z 12317 11 http://data.gov/details/960 2 2010-03-11T08:48:13Z all-electronic,bills,bonds,conversions,direct,dollars,legacy,marketable,notes,savings,securities,treasury,treasurydirect 8 62 59 1 90 1 department-of-the-treasury 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Bulletin, quarterly. Beginning 2007--U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt. See Internet site < http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd_sbntables_downloadable_files.htm > __referenced on dataset section Historical (#3)__ 1921 http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd_sbntables_downloadable_files.htm 2010-03-11T08:50:41Z datagov 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 13439 http://data.gov 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z Sales and conversion data for securities issued in TreasuryDirect Additional facts from "data.gov":http://data.gov h3. Dataset Summary * Date Released: 10/08/09 * Date Updated: 10/08/09 * Time Period: 2002-2009 * Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog * Frequency: Monthly * Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical h3. Contributing Agency Information * Citation: "http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm":http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm * Agency Program Page: www.treasurydirect.gov * Agency Data Series Page: "http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm":http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm 2009-12-16T06:57:51Z 59798 2009-12-16T06:57:51Z 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 8 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:38:40Z xls 15358 http 15786 2 http://data.gov/download/960/xls zip 320512 2010-03-11T08:38:40Z