1 1 MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES: INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH: MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES FOR THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, AND FRANCE (ICPSR 7644) - - - PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH - - - INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH P.O. BOX 1248 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48106 - SUMMER, 1980 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ASSISTANCE - ALL MANUSCRIPTS UTILIZING DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONSORTIUM SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT AS WELL AS IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL COLLECTOR OF THE DATA. THE ICPSR COUNCIL URGES ALL USERS OF ICPSR DATA FACILITIES TO FOLLOW SOME ADAPTATION OF THIS STATEMENT WITH THE PARENTHESES INDICATING ITEMS TO BE FILLED IN APPROPRIATELY OR DELETED BY THE INDIVIDUAL USER. 0 THE DATA (AND TABULATIONS) UTILIZED IN THIS (PUBLICATION) WERE MADE AVAILABLE (IN PART) BY THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEACH. THE DATA FOR MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES FOR THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND FRANCE WERE ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH. NEITHER THE ORIGINAL COLLECTORS OF THE DATA NOR THE CONSORTIUM BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ANALYSES OR INTERPRETATIONS PRESENTED HERE. 0 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING AGENCIES WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE USE OF ARCHIVAL RESOURCES, AND TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ICPSR PARTICIPANTS' RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, EACH USER OF THE ICPSR DATA FACILITIES IS EXPECTED TO SEND TWO COPIES OF EACH COMPLETED MANUSCRIPT OR THESIS ABSTRACT TO THE CONSORTIUM. PLEASE INDICATE IN THE COVER LETTER WHICH DATA WERE USED. 1 I. CONTENT AND SCOPE - DURING THE PAST FIVE OR MORE DECADES, THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH (NBER) HAS COMPILED A MASSIVE ARRAY OF ECONOMIC TIME SERIES IN MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND ANNUAL FORM. THESE SERIES, PERTAINING TO THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY, AND FRANCE, ARE ORGANIZED BY THE NBER IN 16 MAJOR CATEGORIES, AS FOLLOWS: 0 I. PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES II. CONSTRUCTION III. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES IV. PRICES V. STOCKS OF COMMODITIES VI. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES VII. FOREIGN TRADE VIII. INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT IX. FINANCIAL STATUS OF BUSINESS X. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT XI. SECURITY MARKETS XII. VOLUME OF TRANSACTIONS XIII. INTEREST RATES XIV. MONEY AND BANKING XV. GOVERNMENT FINANCE XVI. INDEX OF INDICATORS OPERATING UNDER A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH AND THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE TASK OF CONVERTING THIS COLLECTION---NOW CONTAINING AN ESTIMATED 1.4 MILLION DATA OBSERVATIONS---INTO FULLY ACCESSIBLE, READILY USABLE, AND COMPLETELY DOCUMENTED MACHINE-READABLE FORM. - - 0 XVI. INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS TIME SERIES 0 A. ORGANIZATION AND DEFINITIONS THE DATA IN THE INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS ARE ORGANIZED, IN THE NBER ARCHIVES, IN 98 DISTINCT "SERIES". BROADLY SPEAKING, AN NBER SERIES IS A COLLECTION OF 1 OBSERVATIONS ON AN ECONOMIC VARIABLE, OR A SET OF ECONOMIC VARIABLES, OVER TIME. A SERIES IS COMPLETELY DESCRIBED BY A THREE-PART SPECIFICATION OF: 1) THE CONSTRUCT OR PROPERTY TO BE MEASURED; E.G., VALUE OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION, FLOOR SPACE OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION, AND SO FORTH. 2) THE UNIT OF OBSERVATION; E.G., 27 EASTERN STATES, OHIO, GLASGOW, PARIS. 3) THE OPERATIONAL DETAILS; I.E., UNITS OF MEASUREMENT, METHOD OF COLLECTING INFORMATION, FUNCTION OF TIME, AND SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS, IF ANY. THE EXTENT OF THE SERIES COVERAGE IS ALSO GIVEN, E.G. 1791-1919, ETC. QUITE FREQUENTLY, HOWEVER, AN NBER SERIES IS NOT COMPARABLE OVER ITS ENTIRE TIME COVERAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE F. W. DODGE CORPORATION, A MAJOR SOURCE OF CONSTRUCTION DATA, GRADUALLY EXPANDED ITS GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE, FROM THE NEW ENGLAND STATES IN 1901 TO 48 STATES IN 1956. WITH EACH EXPANSION A BREAK IN COMPARABILITY OCCURS WITH ONE OR MORE YEARS OF OVERLAPPING DATA BETWEEN SEGMENTS OF A SERIES. WITH EACH EXPANSION A BREAK IN COMPARABILIY IN OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS---BASE OF AN INDEX, CHANGES IN COLLECTION PROCEDURES, AND SO FORTH OCCURS. WHEN SUCH BREAKS OCCUR, SERIES HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO OR MORE VARIABLES. THE REASONS UNDERLYING SUCH CHANGES ARE NOTED IN THE DOCUMENTATION. THE 98 NBER INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS SERIES HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 137 VARIABLES. ORDER OF VARIABLES WITHIN THE INDEXES DATASET FOLLOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE NBER CATALOG: - ***** DATASET 16A, VARIABLES 1-137 ***** 0 XVI. INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS A. GENERAL INDEXES 2. DIFFUSION INDEXES B. LEADING INDEXES 1. COMPOSITE INDEXES 2. DIFFUSION INDEXES C. COINCIDENT INDEXES 1. COMPOSITE INDEXES 2. DIFFUSION INDEXES D. LAGGING INDEXES 1. COMPOSITE INDEXES 2. DIFFUSION INDEXES (***** END OF DATASET 16A *****) 1 IN NBER DATASETS, THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS IS AN INTERVAL OF TIME---A YEAR, QUARTER, OR MONTH. THE BULK OF OBSERVATIONS ARE MONTHLY, AND MOST VARIABLES CONTAINING ORIGINAL MONTHLY DATA CONTAIN ANNUAL VALUES AS WELL. NEXT IN NUMBER TO MONTHLY AND MONTHLY-ANNUAL VARIABLES ARE VARIABLES CONTAINING ONLY ANNUAL DATA. ALSO FOUND IN THE NBER COLLECTION ARE QUARTERLY AND QUARTERLY-ANNUAL VARIABLES. RARELY, A VARIABLE MAY CONTAIN MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND ANNUAL VARIABLES. IN VARIABLES CONTAINING ANNUAL AND EITHER QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY DATA, THE ANNUAL VALUE WILL BE THE SUM OR THE MEAN OF THE DATA COLLECTED AT SHORTER TIME INTERVALS, DEPENDENT UPON THE NATURE OF THE TIME SERIES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF AN INDEX, THE ANNUAL FIGURE WILL USUALLY BE THE MEAN OF MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY VALUES. IN VARIABLES WHICH MEASURE QUANTITIES OR NUMBER OVER TIME, SUCH AS NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED, THE ANNUAL VALUE WILL BE THE SUM OF MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY DATA. NBER DATASETS CONTAIN TWO CASE IDENTIFICATION VARIABLES: THE "TIME INTERVAL" AND "INTERVAL TYPE" VARIABLES. THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE IS A FIVE-DIGIT NUMBER OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS EQUAL THE LAST NUMBERS OF THE YEAR OF THE OBSERVATION (911 FOR 1911, 889 FOR 1889) AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR OR QUARTER. FOR EXAMPLE, AN OBSERVATION FOR JANUARY 1901 WOULD HAVE A VALUE OF 90101 FOR THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE; THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1901 WOULD BE EQUAL TO 90103. THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE SPECIFIES WHETHER THE CASE CONTAINS MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, OR ANNUAL DATA. IT IS A ONE-DIGIT INTEGER HAVING A VALUE OF 1 FOR ANNUAL CASES, 2 FOR QUARTERLY CASES, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY CASES. USED TOGETHER, THE TIME INTERVAL AND INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE UNIQUELY IDENTIFY EACH CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, MARCH, 1901 AND THE FIRST QUARTER 1901 WOULD BOTH HAVE A TIME INTERVAL VALUE OF 90103; HOWEVER, THE INTERVAL TYPE VALUE OF 3 FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AND 2 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ALLOWS THE TWO CASES TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER. IN ADDITION, THE TIME INTERVAL AND INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLES CAN BE USED TO SUBSET THE DATASET BY TIME OR TYPE OF DATA OR BOTH AND WILL FACILITATE THE MERGING OF OTHER ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, OR POLITICAL VARIABLES INTO THE DATASETS. B. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS MANY OF THE TIME SERIES IN THE NBER COLLECTION CONTAIN A SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL DATA. DR. GEOFFREY H. MOORE, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS CYCLE RESEARCH AT NBER, HAS WRITTEN THE FOLLOWING REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS: THE MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY DATA IN THE NATIONAL BUREAU'S COLLECTION OF TIME SERIES ARE ADJUSTED, IN MOST INSTANCES, FOR SEASONAL VARIATIONS. VIRTUALLY THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS ARE SERIES WHERE NO SEASONAL VARIATION WAS PRESENT OR COULD BE FOUND. OCCASIONALLY SEASONAL MOVEMENTS WILL DISAPPEAR FROM A 1 SERIES FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS, AS FOR EXAMPLE WHEN PRICES ARE FIXED BY FIAT OR WHEN THE MONETARY AUTHORITIES COUNTER THE SEASONAL PRESSURES ON INTEREST RATES. THE PERVASIVENESS OF SEASONAL VARIATIONS CAN BE TRACED TO THEIR SOURCE: RECURRING CHANGES IN THE WEATHER OR CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND CONVENTIONAL CHANGES DUE TO RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES, HOLIDAYS, AND OTHER CUSTOMS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE MONTH, LEGAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS TAX PAYMENT DATES, OR BUSINESS PRACTICES SUCH AS QUARTERLY PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. FOR PURPOSES OF BUSINESS CYCLE ANALYSIS THE REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS CAUSED BY THESE FACTORS ARE LARGELY IRRELEVANT AND CONFUSING. THEY ARE REMOVED BY SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT. ONLY THE ORIGINAL AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE REPRODUCED IN THIS FILE. THE SEASONAL FACTORS USED TO DERIVE THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE NOT SHOWN. THEY CAN BE REPRODUCED, AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY, IN MOST INSTANCES, BY DIVIDING THE ORIGINAL DATA BY THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. IN SOME INSTANCES, NOTABLY WHERE THE ORIGINAL DATA HAVE PLUS AND MINUS VALUES, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED FIGURES SHOULD BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TO DERIVE THE SEASONAL FACTORS. SINCE THE SEASONAL FACTORS CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, SOMETIMES EVERY YEAR, IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO REPRODUCE THE FACTORS PRECISELY, BECAUSE OF ROUNDING PROBLEMS. MOREOVER, THE METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE SEASONAL FACTORS HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED. THE ORIGINAL FILES FROM WHICH THESE RECORDS WERE TAKEN USUALLY CONTAIN WORKSHEETS WHICH SHOW HOW THE SEASONAL FACTORS WERE ESTIMATED. MOST OF THE SERIES WERE ADJUSTED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU AND A VARIETY OF METHODS WERE USED, WHICH WILL BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED HERE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS THE USER IS REFERRED TO THE SOURCES LISTED BELOW. METHODS OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT USED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU CHANGED DURING THE PERIOD, BEGINNING IN THE 1920'S WHEN THE DATA WERE BEING COLLECTED AND ANALYZED. THE TWO PRINCIPAL METHODS USED WERE THE "MONTHLY MEANS" METHOD AND THE "RATIO TO MOVING AVERAGE METHOD." WITH THE MONTHLY MEANS METHOD THE ORIGINAL DATA FOR ALL THE JANUARIES WERE AVERAGED OVER A PERIOD OF, SAY, TEN YEARS, THEN THE MEAN OF ALL THE FEBRUARIES WAS OBTAINED, AND SO ON. THESE TWELVE AVERAGES ARE THEN ADJUSTED FOR SECULAR TREND AND EXPRESSED AS A RATIO TO THE AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR. THE RESULTING RATIOS FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, ETC. ARE THE SEASONAL FACTORS TO BE DIVIDED INTO THE ORIGINAL DATA TO OBTAIN THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA FOR THE TEN YEAR PERIOD. VARIATIONS ON THIS METHOD INVOLVED TAKING AVERAGES OF THE MIDDLE ITEMS IN THE ARRAY OF JANUARIES, ETC.; APPLYING THE SEASONAL INDEXES TO A PERIOD SHORTER OR LONGER THAN THE PERIOD FROM WHICH THEY WERE DERIVED; AND OPERATING WITH DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF RATIOS. THE RATIO TO MOVING AVERAGE METHOD RELIES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT A TWELVE MONTH MOVING AVERAGE IS NOT, AS A RULE, AFFECTED BY SEASONAL VARIATIONS BUT DOES CONTAIN ALL OF THE SECULAR TREND, MUCH OF THE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT, AND LITTLE OF THE IRREGULAR FLUCTUATION. HENCE WHEN IT IS DIVIDED INTO THE ORIGINAL DATA THE RATIOS CONTAIN ALL OF THE SEASONAL VARIATION, NONE OF THE TREND, SOME OF THE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT AND ALL OF THE IRREGULAR. BY AVERAGING ALL THE 1 JANUARY RATIOS FOR A PERIOD OF, SAY, SEVEN YEARS, THEN ALL THE FEBRUARY RATIOS, ETC., ONE OBTAINS A SET OF SEASONAL INDEXES IN WHICH THE RESIDUAL CYCLICAL AND IRREGULAR MOVEMENTS HAVE LARGELY CANCELED OUT. VARIANTS OF THIS METHOD INVOLVED USING WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGES INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE TWELVE MONTH AVERAGE, ALTERING THE PERIODS OVER WHICH THE RATIOS WERE AVERAGED OR ALTERING THE METHOD OF AVERAGING, AND USING DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF RATIOS. THIS METHOD BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE WIDELY USED ELECTRONIC COMPUTER METHOD OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT DEVELOPED BY JULIUS SHISKIN, VAROUSLY CALLED X-11, CENSUS METHOD II, ETC. A NUMBER OF THE SERIES IN THE BUREAU'S COLLECTION WERE ADJUSTED BY THE COMPUTER PROGRAM. THE RATIO TO MOVING AVERAGE METHOD IS READILY ADAPTED TO PRODUCING A MOVING SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT, I.E. SEASONAL FACTORS THAT CHANGE EVERY YEAR IN A SMOOTH, PROGRESSIVE FASHION. ANOTHER METHOD USED TO ADJUST THE SEASONAL FACTORS FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER IS CALLED AMPLITUDE ADJUSTMENT: THE PATTERN OF THE FACTORS DURING THE YEAR IS HELD CONSTANT BUT THE SIZE OF THE SEASONAL SWING IS MADE LARGER IN SOME YEARS THAN IN OTHERS BY MEANS OF A REGRESSION ADJUSTMENT. MANY SERIES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED, USUALLY BY THE COMPILERS, BY AN IMPLICIT MOVING SEASONAL. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED COMPONENTS ARE SUMMED TO FORM THE TOTAL, AND SHIFTS IN THEIR MAGNITUDES CAUSE CHANGES IN THE IMPLICIT SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOTAL. FINALLY, IN SOME INSTANCES A SPECIAL METHOD, DEVISED BY ARTHUR F. BURNS, FOR ELIMINATING SEASONAL VARIATIONS FROM HIGHLY IRREGULAR SERIES HAS BEEN USED. IT INVOLVES MULTIPLYING THE SEASONAL FACTORS (EXPRESSED AS DEVIATIONS FROM 100) BY A SMOOTHED VERSION OF THE SERIES (A TWELVE-MONTH MOVING AVERAGE) AND SUBTRACTING THE RESULTING PRODUCTS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATA. THE METHOD ASSUMES THAT THE ABSOLUTE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE SERIES SOULD BE ADJUSTED (I.E., IN ORIGINAL UNITS) IS INDEPENDENT OF THE IRREGULAR COMPONENT OF THE SERIES. FOR FULLER EXPLANATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE METHODS OF SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT USED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OVER THE YEARS CONSULT THE FOLLOWING NBER PUBLICATIONS: KUZNETS, SIMON, "SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND TRADE," 1933 BURNS, ARTHUR F., AND WESLEY C. MITCHELL, "MEASURING BUSINESS CYCLES," CHAPTER 3 AND ITS APPENDIX, 1946 MITCHELL, WESLEY C., "BUSINESS CYCLES: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING," PP. 233-249, 1927 MACAULAY, FREDERICK R., "THE SMOOTHING OF TIME SERIES," 1931 SHISKIN, JULIUS, "ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS AND BUSINESS INDICATORS," 1957 (REPRINTED IN MOORE, GEOFFREY H., "BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS," SHISKIN, JULIUS AND HARRY EISENPRESS, "SEASONALLY ADJUSTMENTS BY ELECTRONIC COMPUTER METHODS," 1958 1 (ICPSR 7644) 1 - DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '01' DK 1 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 1 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 1 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 1 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. 1 2 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 1 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 1 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0006 16107 CON DEN 3S 946-958 MD=-999999 REF 0006 LOC 15 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, SIXTEEN LEADING AND ROUGHLY COINCIDENT INDICATORS, TWO-SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 3 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16107 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 05/1946-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 175 NOTES: FOR COMPONENTS, SEE NBER SERIES 16078 (DIFFUSION INDEX OF EIGHT LEADING INDICATORS, 3-6 MONTH SPAN) AND 16102 (DIFFUSION INDEX OF EIGHT ROUGHLY COINCIDENT INDICATORS, 2-6 MONTH SPAN). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0007 16188 CON ONE 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0007 LOC 24 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, 279 LEADING AND ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16188 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 176 NOTES: THIS VARIABLE REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE OF SEVEN NBER SERIES -- 16019, 16030, 16021, 16026, 16095, 16097, 16036 -- AND THE ONE MONTH SPAN CORRESPONDING TO SERIES 16084. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0008 16109 CON MON 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0008 LOC 33 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, 279 LEADING AND ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16109 1 4 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 176 NOTES: DATA REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF NBER SERIES 16080, 16081, 16082, 16083, 16084, 16100, AND THE THREE MONTHS SPAN INDEXES CORRESPONDING TO SERIES 16095 AND 16097. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0009 16110 ON COIN 3S 946-958 MD=-999999 REF 0009 LOC 42 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, TWENTY-ONE LEADING, ROUGHLY COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16110 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 176 NOTES: DATA INCLUDE INDICATORS OF THE 1950 LIST (SEE NBER SERIES 16078, 16102, AND 16106.) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0010 16117 IF MING 3S 885-941 MD=-999999 REF 0010 LOC 51 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, 404 WELL-CONFORMING SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16117 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 5 - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1885-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 177 NOTES: THE NUMBER OF SERIES INCLUDED RAISES FROM 75 IN 1885, TO 233 IN 1919, TO 336 IN JUNE 1922, DECLINING TO 330 IN 1939. IN ALL, 404 DIFFERENT SERIES WERE USED. FOR CRITERIA USED IN SELECTING, SEE SOURCE, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 7. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0011 16118 TIN PAN 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0011 LOC 60 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, 335 POORLY CONFORMING SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16118 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 178 NOTES: IN NO MONTH WERE THERE LESS THAN 190 SERIES. ALTHOUGH EACH SERIES CONFORMS POORLY TO BUSINESS CYCLES, THIS INDEX CONFORMS QUITE WELL. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0012 16119 CRO SEC 3S 919-941 MD=-999999 REF 0012 LOC 69 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, CROSS-SECTION SAMPLE, 153 SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16119 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 6 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: DATA REPRESENT AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF NBER SERIES 16121 (DIFFUSION INDEX, ALL INCLUSIVE SAMPLE, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN), ABRIDGED BY ELIMINATING COMPREHENSIVE SERIES WHERE THE COMPONENTS ARE INCLUDED. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '02' DK 2 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 2 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 2 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 2 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER 1 (ICPSR 7644) 7 - (CONTINUED) - WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 2 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 2 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. 1 8 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0013 16120 ON CROS 3R 919-954 MD=-999999 REF 0013 LOC 78 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, CROSS-SECTION SAMPLE, 153 SERIES, TWELVE MONTH SPAN --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16120 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1940; 1948-1953 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1919-06/1941; 07/1947-06/1954 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 179 NOTES: DATA REPRESENT AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF NBER SERIES 16121 (DIFFUSION INDEX, ALL INCLUSIVE SAMPLE, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN), ABRIDGED BY ELIMINATING COMPREHENSIVE SERIES WHERE COMPONENTS ARE INCLUDED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0014 16121 SAM PAN 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0014 LOC 87 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, ALL INCLUSIVE SAMPLE, 705 SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16121 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 179 NOTES: DATA COVER ALL SERIES IN NBER SERIES 16119 (DIFFUSION INDEX, CROSS-SECTION SAMPLE, ONE MONTH SPAN) AND SERIES 16120 (DIFFUSION INDEX, CROSS-SECTION SAMPLE, TWELVE MONTH SPAN). SEE SOURCE, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 2 APPENDIX. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 9 - 0 VAR 0015 16070 COMP IT 3S 948-966 MD=-999999 REF 0015 LOC 96 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED COMPOSITE INDEX OF TWENTY-EIGHT WEIGHTED LEADING INDICATORS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16070 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ............................................................... 0 VAR 0016 16071 REVERSE 3S 948-966 MD=-999999 REF 0016 LOC 105 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 REVERSE TREND-ADJUSTED COMPOSITE INDEX OF TWENTY-EIGHT WEIGHTED LEADING INDICATORS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16071 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS NOTES: DATA CONTAIN THE TREND OF INDEX OF SIX COINCIDENT INDICATORS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0017 16001 PO LEAD 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0017 LOC 114 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED COMPOSITE INDEX OF TWENTY LEADING SERIES, UNWEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16001 1 10 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN OF NBER, TABLE 6, JANUARY 29, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0018 16006 RATE 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0018 LOC 123 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEXES OF TWENTY LEADING SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16006 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN OF NBER, TABLE 5, JANUARY 29, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0019 16002 DIN SIX 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0019 LOC 132 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 AMPLITUDE ADJUSTED COMPOSITE INDEX OF LEADING SERIES, SIX SERIES, UNWEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16002 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1929=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN OF NBER, RELEASE OF JULY 25, 1963 NOTES: SERIES 16002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1964. COVERAGE INCLUDES: THE AVERAGE WORKWEEK -- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 11 - (CONTINUED) - MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS -- DURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES; NUMBER OF NEW PRIVATE NONFARM DWELLING UNITS STARTED; COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS; INDEX OF STOCK PRICES -- 500 COMMON STOCKS. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '03' DK 3 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 3 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 3 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 3 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." 1 12 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 3 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 3 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 13 - 0 VAR 0020 16002 DIN SIX 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0020 LOC 141 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED COMPOSITE INDEX OF LEADING SERIES, EIGHT SERIES, WEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16002 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN OF NBER, TABLE 6, JANUARY 29, 1965 NOTES: SERIES 16002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1964. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0021 16007 TE RATE 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0021 LOC 150 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEX OF LEADING SERIES, SIX SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16007 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE OF JANUARY 25,1963 NOTES: SERIES 16007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1964. DATA WERE DERIVED FROM NBER SERIES 16002 (INDEX OF SIX LEADING SERIES, AMPLITUDE ADJUSTED, UNWEIGHTED.) 1 14 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0022 16007 TE RATE 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0022 LOC 159 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEX OF LEADING SERIES, EIGHT SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16007 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE 5, JANUARY 29, 1965 NOTES: SERIES 16007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1964. DATA WERE DERIVED FROM NBER SERIES 16002 (INDEX OF SIX LEADING SERIES, AMPLITUDE ADJUSTED, UNWEIGHTED.) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0023 16072 COMPOSI 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0023 LOC 168 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 44-52 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF TWELVE LEADING INDICATORS, ORIGINAL TREND, SHORT LIST, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16072 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1963=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-12/1969 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0024 16075 COMPOSI 3S 948-968 MD=-999999 REF 0024 LOC 177 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF TWELVE LEADING INDICATORS, REVERSE TREND ADJUSTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 15 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16075 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-10/1968 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, BUSINESS CYCLE DEVELOPMENTS NOTES: THIS INDEX IS BASED ON BUSINESS CYCLE DEVELOPMENTS SERIES 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, AND 113. THE INDEX CONTAINS THE TREND OF INDEXES OF FIVE COINCIDENT INDICATORS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0025 16011 COMPREH 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0025 LOC 186 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPREHENSIVE DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY LEADING SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16011 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-04/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0026 16012 DIFFUSI 3S 948-963 MD=-999999 REF 0026 LOC 195 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPREHENSIVE DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY LEADING SERIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16012 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 16 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1948-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '04' DK 4 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 4 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 4 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 4 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 17 - (CONTINUED) - DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 4 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 4 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. 1 18 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0027 16015 CUMULAT 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0027 LOC 204 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY LEADING SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16015 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-04/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0028 16016 NET DIF 3S 948-963 MD=-999999 REF 0028 LOC 213 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY LEADING SERIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16016 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1948-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0029 16078 FUSION 3S 919-958 MD=-999999 REF 0029 LOC 222 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX OF EIGHT LEADING INDICATORS, THREE-SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16078 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 19 - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1919-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 170 NOTES: COMPONENTS OF THE INDEX ARE: BUSINESS FAILURES, LIABILITIES, INVERTED; INDUSTRIAL STOCK PRICES; NEW ORDERS, DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURERS; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, RESIDENTIAL; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL; AVERAGE WORKWEEK, MANUFACTURING; NUMBER OF NEW INCORPORATIONS; BASIC PRICES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0030 16079 DIF ION 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0030 LOC 231 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX OF 197 LEADING SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16079 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 171 NOTES: DATA REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF NBER SERIES 16019 AND 16030 (INVERTED) AND THE ONE MONTH SPAN DIFFUSION INDEXES CORRESPONDING TO NBER SERIES 16082, 16083, AND 16084. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0031 16085 DIF LED 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0031 LOC 240 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX OF 197 LEADING SERIES, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16085 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING 1 20 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 171 NOTES: DATA REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF NBER SERIES 16080, 16081, 16082, 16083, AND 16084. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0032 16086 VENT IN 3S 885-958 MD=-999999 REF 0032 LOC 249 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX OF SEVENTY-FIVE LEADING SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1885-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 172 (FOR COMPONENTS OF INDEX, SEE VOL. 1, PP. 258-259) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0033 16019 DIF MAN 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0033 LOC 258 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, AVERAGE WORKWEEK, TWENTY-ONE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16019 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-08/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 4, 1965 1 (ICPSR 7644) 21 - DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '05' DK 5 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 5 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 5 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 5 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. 1 22 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 5 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 5 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0034 16040 DIF RAG 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0034 LOC 267 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, AVERAGE WORKWEEK, TWENTY-ONE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 23 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16040 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-08/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 4, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0035 16080 INDEX 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0035 LOC 276 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, AVERAGE WORKWEEK, TWENTY-ONE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16080 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 156 NOTES: THIS INDEX INCLUDES ALL TWO-DIGIT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES LISTED IN THE 1957 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL MANUAL. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0036 16020 DIFFUSI 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0036 LOC 285 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, AVERAGE WORKWEEK, TWENTY-ONE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16020 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1948-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER 1 24 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 4, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0037 16041 CUMULAT 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0037 LOC 294 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, AVERAGE WORKWEEK, TWENTY-ONE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16041 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1948-04/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 4, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0038 16030 DIFFUSI 3S 951-964 MD=-999999 REF 0038 LOC 303 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INITIAL CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, STATE PROGRAMS, FORTY-SEVEN AREAS, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16030 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 12/1951-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, BUSINESS CYCLE DEVELOPMENTS, MARCH 1965, P. 72 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0039 16051 NET DIF 3S 951-964 MD=-999999 REF 0039 LOC 312 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATIVE NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INITIAL CLAIMS FOR 1 (ICPSR 7644) 25 - (CONTINUED) - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, STATE PROGRAMS, FORTY-SEVEN AREAS, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16051 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 12/1951-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0040 16081 INDEX 3S 952-958 MD=-999999 REF 0040 LOC 321 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INITIAL CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, FORTY-SEVEN AREAS, INVERTED, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16081 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1952-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 157 NOTES: THIS INDEX COVERS 47 OF THE LARGEST OF 149 LABOR MARKET AREAS LISTED AS "LABOR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY." DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '06' DK 6 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 6 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 26 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 6 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 6 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 6 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 27 - (CONTINUED) - YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 6 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0041 16031 DIF RAN 3S 952-964 MD=-999999 REF 0041 LOC 330 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INITIAL CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, STATE PROGRAMS, FORTY-SEVEN AREAS, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16031 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1952-06/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS AND NBER 1 28 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0042 16052 CLAIMS 3S 952-964 MD=-999999 REF 0042 LOC 339 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INITIAL CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, STATE PROGRAMS, FORTY-SEVEN AREAS, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16052 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1952-06/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0043 16021 DIFFUSI 3S 949-953 MD=-999999 REF 0043 LOC 348 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, TWENTY-ONE INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16021 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1949-12/1953 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16021 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1954-1963. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0044 16021 DIFFUSI 3S 954-963 MD=-999999 REF 0044 LOC 357 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, THIRTY-SIX INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY 1 (ICPSR 7644) 29 - (CONTINUED) - ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16021 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1954-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16021 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1954-1963. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0045 16042 DIF MAN 3S 948-953 MD=-999999 REF 0045 LOC 366 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, TWENTY-ONE INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16042 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1949-12/1953 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16042 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1954-1963. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0046 16042 DIF MAN 3S 954-963 MD=-999999 REF 0046 LOC 375 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, THIRTY-SIX INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 30 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16042 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1954-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16042 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1954-1963. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0047 16022 DIF IND 3S 949-953 MD=-999999 REF 0047 LOC 384 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, TWENTY-ONE INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16022 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1949-12/1953 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16022 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO FARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1954-1964. NBER DERIVED THIS INDEX FROM NBER SERIES 16043 (CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN). DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '07' DK 7 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 31 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 7 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 7 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 7 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 7 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 32 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 7 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0048 16022 DIF IND 3S 954-964 MD=-999999 REF 0048 LOC 393 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, THIRTY-SIX INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16022 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 33 - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1954-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, RUN OF DECEMBER 19, 1963 NOTES: SERIES 16022 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1954-1964. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0049 16043 DU GOOD 3S 949-953 MD=-999999 REF 0049 LOC 402 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, TWENTY-ONE INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16043 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1949-12/1953 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16043 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1954-1963. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0050 16043 DU GOOD 3S 954-963 MD=-999999 REF 0050 LOC 411 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, THIRTY-SIX INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16043 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1954-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER 1 34 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: NBER NOTES: SERIES 16043 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1949-1953 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1954-1963. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0051 16082 RABBLE 3S 949-958 MD=-999999 REF 0051 LOC 420 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, VALUE, TWENTY-ONE INDUSTRIES, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16082 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1949-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 157 (SEE P. 68 FOR THE COVERAGE OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0052 16092 GOOD IN 3S 919-938 MD=-999999 REF 0052 LOC 429 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 53-61 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS, THIRTEEN INDUSTRIES, FOUR-SEVEN MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16092 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1919-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 157 (FOR COVERAGE OF THE 13 INDUSTRIES SEE VOL. 1, P. 464) 1 (ICPSR 7644) 35 - 0 VAR 0053 16087 DIF PAN 3R 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0053 LOC 438 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 62-70 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, NEW ORDERS, 225 COMPANIES, ONE MONTH SPAN ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16087 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1949-1950 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 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 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NBER AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS NOTES: THIS INDEX IS BASED ON REPORTS OF PURCHASING AGENTS ON CHANGES IN NEW ORDERS FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THE INDEX COVERS FORTY-TWO INDUSTRIES IN ALL STATES, EXCEPTING NEW MEXICO AND MONTANA. THE 225 COMPANIES IS AN APPROXIMATION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0054 16087 CO SPAN 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0054 LOC 447 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 71-79 0 DIFFUSON INDEX, NEW ORDERS, 225 COMPANIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16087 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 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 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 158 NOTES: DATA ARE BASED ON REPORTS OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PURCHASING AGENTS FOR CHANGES IN NEW ORDERS FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH. DATA COVER FORTY-TWO INDUSTRIES IN ALL 1 36 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - STATES EXCEPTING NEW MEXICO AND MONTANA. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '08' DK 8 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 8 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 8 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 8 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 37 - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 8 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 8 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0055 16093 ME GOOD 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0055 LOC 456 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, NEW ORDERS FOR INVESTMENT GOODS, SEVENTY SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- 1 38 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 158 NOTES: DATA INCLUDE THE 14 SERIES FROM THE MANUFACTURING OF DURABLE GOODS AND THE 56 SERIES ON CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING PERMITS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0056 16088 PROP ON 2R 953-958 MD=-999999 REF 0056 LOC 465 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 26-34 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, NEW CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS, 500 MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, FOUR QUARTER SPAN ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16088 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1954-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: THIRD,1953 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159 (NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD DATA) NOTES: DATA COVER MANUFACTURING COMPANIES WITH ASSETS OVER $15 MILLION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0057 16025 PROFIT 2S 920-921 MD=-999999 REF 0057 LOC 474 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 35-43 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING 1 (ICPSR 7644) 39 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1920 - SECOND,1921 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-161 NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 17 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0058 16025 PROFIT 2S 921-923 MD=-999999 REF 0058 LOC 483 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 44-52 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1921 - SECOND,1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-161 NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 31 CORPORATIONS. 1 40 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0059 16025 PROFIT 2R 923-949 MD=-999999 REF 0059 LOC 492 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 53-61 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1924-1948 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1923 - SECOND,1949 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-161 NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 119-341 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0060 16025 PROFIT 2S 923-949 MD=-999999 REF 0060 LOC 501 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 62-70 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1923 - SECOND,1949 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-161 NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 41 - (CONTINUED) - 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 119-341 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0061 16025 PROFIT 2R 947-953 MD=-999999 REF 0061 LOC 510 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1953 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1947 - FOURTH,1953 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-161 (FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 200 CORPORATIONS. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '09' DK 9 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 9 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 42 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 9 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 9 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 9 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 43 - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 9 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0062 16025 PROFIT 2S 947-953 MD=-999999 REF 0062 LOC 519 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1947 - FOURTH,1953 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-161 (FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. 1 44 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 200 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0063 16025 PROFIT 2R 950-958 MD=-999999 REF 0063 LOC 528 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 26-34 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1950-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1950 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.159-161 (FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK DATA; FOR DESCRIPTION OF SERIES SEE MOORE, PP. 68-69) NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 600 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0064 16025 PROFIT 2S 950-964 MD=-999999 REF 0064 LOC 537 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 35-43 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-700 CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16025 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1950 - THIRD,1964 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 45 - (CONTINUED) - NBER, P.159-161 (FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK DATA, FOR DESCRIPTION OF SERIES SEE MOORE, PP. 68-69) NOTES: SERIES 16025 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1920-1921 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1921-1923 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1949 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1923-1949 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1953 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1947-1953 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1950-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1950-1964. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 600 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0065 16046 NET FIT 2S 920-965 MD=-999999 REF 0065 LOC 546 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 44-52 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS OF 17-700 MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS, ONE QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16046 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATED NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1920 - SECOND,1965 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: DATA FOR 1920-1947: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 159-160; DATA FOR 1948-1965: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, BUSINESS CYCLE DEVELOPMENTS, OCTOBER 1964 AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUES NOTES: OVERLAPPING QUARTERS (SECOND,1921 AND SECOND,1923) WERE AVERAGED TO ALLOW CONTINUOUS CUMULATION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0066 16094 TAXRATE 2S 920-921 MD=-999999 REF 0066 LOC 555 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 53-61 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 46 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1920 - FIRST,1921 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER SEVENTEEN CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0067 16094 TAXRATE 2S 921-923 MD=-999999 REF 0067 LOC 564 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 62-70 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1921 - FIRST,1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER THIRTY-ONE CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0068 16094 TAXRATE 2S 923-924 MD=-999999 REF 0068 LOC 573 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 71-79 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 47 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1923 - FIRST,1924 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER SEVENTY-ONE CORPORATIONS. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '10' DK 10 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 10 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 10 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. 1 48 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 10 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 10 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 10 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF 1 (ICPSR 7644) 49 - (CONTINUED) - OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0069 16094 TAXRATE 2S 924-926 MD=-999999 REF 0069 LOC 582 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 17-25 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1924 - FIRST,1926 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 101 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0070 16094 TAXRATE 2S 926-927 MD=-999999 REF 0070 LOC 591 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 26-34 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE 1 50 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1926 - FIRST,1927 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 153 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0071 16094 TAXRATE 2S 927-929 MD=-999999 REF 0071 LOC 600 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 35-43 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1927 - FIRST,1929 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 155 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0072 16094 TAXRATE 2S 929-933 MD=-999999 REF 0072 LOC 609 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 44-52 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 51 - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1929 - FIRST,1933 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 185 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0073 16094 TAXRATE 2S 933-938 MD=-999999 REF 0073 LOC 618 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 53-61 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS AFTER TAXES, 17-244 CORPORATIONS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16094 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1933 - FOURTH,1938 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 162 NOTES: SERIES 16094 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES, ALL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED--(1)--1920-1921 (2)--1921-1923 (3)--1923-1924 (4)--1924-1926 (5)--1926-1927 (6)--1927-1929 (7)--1929-1933 (8)--1933-1938. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 244 CORPORATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0074 16089 DIF PRO 2R 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0074 LOC 627 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 62-70 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS, 1450 MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS, FOUR QUARTER SPAN --------------------------------------------------------- 1 52 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16089 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1949-1950, 1953-1956, 1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: THIRD,1948; FIRST,1949 - FIRST,1952; THIRD,1952 - FOURTH,1956; SECOND,1957 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.162 (DUN AND BRADSTREET DATA, FOR DESCRIPTION SEE MOORE, P. 69) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0075 16089 DIF PRO 2S 949-958 MD=-999999 REF 0075 LOC 636 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 71-79 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS, 1450 MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS, FOUR QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16089 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1949 - THIRD,1952; SECOND,1953 - SECOND,1957; FOURTH,1957 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.162 (DUN AND BRADSTREET DATA, FOR DESCRIPTION SEE MOORE, P. 69) NOTES: DATA REPRESENT EXPECTED PROFITS. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '11' DK 11 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 11 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 53 - 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 11 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 11 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 11 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. 1 54 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 11 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0076 16090 PRO PER 2S 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0076 LOC 645 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PROFITS PER DOLLAR OF SALES, TWENTY-TWO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, FOUR QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16090 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1947 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 163 NOTES: DATA INCLUDE ALL TWO-DIGIT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES LISTED IN THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 55 - 0 VAR 0077 16026 COM MON 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0077 LOC 654 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, 500 COMMON STOCK PRICES, EIGHTY INDUSTRES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16026 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0078 16047 LATE IF 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0078 LOC 663 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, 500 COMMON STOCK PRICES, EIGHTY INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16047 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0079 16183 PRI CES 3R 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0079 LOC 672 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, COMMON STOCK PRICES, EIGHTY-SIX INDUSTRIES, THREE MONTH SPAN ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16183 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1949-1958 1 56 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 163 NOTES: DATA INCLUDE THE 86 INDUSTRY SUBGROUPS LISTED IN STANDARD AND POORS' STATISTICS: SECURITY PRICE INDEX RECORD. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0080 16027 MON STO 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0080 LOC 681 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, 500 COMMON STOCK PRICES, EIGHTY INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16027 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1948-10/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0081 16048 SO BRAN 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0081 LOC 690 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, 500 COMMON STOCK PRICES, EIGHTY INDUSTRIES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16048 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1948-06/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL.2, NBER 1 (ICPSR 7644) 57 - 0 VAR 0082 16091 RAW MAT 3R 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0082 LOC 699 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL RAW MATERIALS SPOT MARKET PRICES, THIRTEEN COMMODITIES, THREE MONTH SPAN ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16091 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1949-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL.2, NBER, P. 163 NOTES: DATA COVER 13 RAW INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS: STEEL SCRAP (CHICAGO), COPPER SCRAP, LEAD SCRAP, ZINC, TIN, COTTON, WOOL TOPS, PRINT CLOTH, BURLAP, RUBBER, HIDES, ROSIN AND TALLOW. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '12' DK 12 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 12 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 12 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. 1 58 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 12 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 12 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 12 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF 1 (ICPSR 7644) 59 - (CONTINUED) - OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0083 16084 SIC MOD 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0083 LOC 708 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, BASIC COMMODITY SPOT MARKET PRICES, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL.2, NBER, P. 163 (BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA) NOTES: INDEX BASED ON 22 RAW MATERIALS OR SIMPLY PROCESSED COMMODITIES TRADED IN LARGER VOLUME IN PRIMARY MARKETS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0084 16003 IN DENT 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0084 LOC 717 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF SIX ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED, UNWEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1929=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE 1 60 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS DIVISION NOTES: SERIES 16003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1966. THIS INDEX COVERS EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (INVERTED), INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, PERSONAL INCOME, AND TOTAL RETAIL SALES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0085 16003 IN DENT 3S 948-966 MD=-999999 REF 0085 LOC 726 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF SIX ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED, WEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16003 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS DIVISION NOTES: SERIES 16003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1966. THIS INDEX COVERS EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (INVERTED), INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, PERSONAL INCOME, TOTAL RETAIL SALES, AND MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SALES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0086 16008 SIT DEN 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0086 LOC 735 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEX OF SIX ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16008 1 (ICPSR 7644) 61 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS DIVISION NOTES: SERIES 16008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1964. INDEX COVERS EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, BANK DEBITS OUSIDE NEW YORK CITY, PERSONAL INCOME; TOTAL RETAIL SALES, AND INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES EXCEPT FARM PRODUCTS AND FOODS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0087 16008 SIT DEN 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0087 LOC 744 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEX OF SIX ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16008 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBERUS SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE 5, JANUARY 25,1965 NOTES: SERIES 16008 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1948-1964. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0088 16004 COM IND 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0088 LOC 753 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF FOUR ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED, UNWEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- 1 62 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16004 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE 6, JANUARY 29,1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0089 16009 AD COMP 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0089 LOC 762 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEX OF FOUR SENSITIVE ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16009 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE 5, JANUARY 29,1965 DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '13' DK 13 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 13 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 13 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 63 - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 13 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 13 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. 1 64 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 13 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0090 16073 ON LIST 3S 948-967 MD=-999999 REF 0090 LOC 771 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF SEVEN ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES ON NBER 1966 SHORT LIST, AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED, WEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16073 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-01/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0091 16013 ROUGHLY 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0091 LOC 780 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPREHENSIVE DIFFUSION INDEX, FIFTY-FOUR ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16013 AREA COVERED: U.S. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 65 - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 29, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0092 16017 FFUSION 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0092 LOC 789 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, FIFTY-FOUR ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16017 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 29, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0093 16014 COM PRE 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0093 LOC 798 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPREHENSIVE DIFFUSION INDEX, FIFTY-FOUR ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16014 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-06/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 29, 1965 1 66 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0094 16018 NET DIF 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0094 LOC 807 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, FIFTY-FOUR ROUGHLY COINCIDENT SERIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16018 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-06/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, JANUARY 29, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0095 16102 DIF CAT 3S 946-958 MD=-999999 REF 0095 LOC 816 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHT ROUGHLY COINCIDENT INDICATORS, TWO-SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16102 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, P. 172 NOTES: COMPONENTS FOR THIS INDEX INCLUDE: NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS); UNEMPLOYMENT, INVERTED; BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY; CARLOADINGS; PRODUCTION (FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD); WHOLESALE PRICES, EXCLUDING FARM AND FOOD; CORPORATE PROFITS AFTER TAXES (QUARTERLY); GNP (QUARTERLY). 1 (ICPSR 7644) 67 - 0 VAR 0096 16103 ON SPAN 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0096 LOC 825 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY-TWO ROUGHLY COINCIDENT INDICATORS, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16103 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, P. 173 NOTES: DATA REFLECT A SIMPLE ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF NBER SERIES 16095 (DIFFUSION INDEX, EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS,32 INDUSTRIES), 16097 (DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 15-26 INDUSTRIES), AND 16036 (DIFFUSION INDEX, SALES OF RETAIL STORES, 24 TYPES). DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '14' DK 14 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 14 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 14 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, 1 68 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 14 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 14 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 69 - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 14 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0097 16104 DIF IND 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0097 LOC 834 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY-TWO ROUGHLY COINCIDENT INDICATORS, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16104 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, P. 173 NOTES: THIS INDEX REPRESENTS A SIMPLE ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF NBER SERIES 16100 (DIFFUSION INDEX, SALES OF RETAIL STORES, 24 TYPES)AND THE THREE MONTH SPAN INDEXES OF 16095 (DIFFUSION INDEX, EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, 32 INDUSTRIES) AND 16097 (DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 15-26 INDUSTRIES). 1 70 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0098 16115 A CYCLE 3S 885-941 MD=-999999 REF 0098 LOC 843 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, TWENTY-NINE ROUGHLY COINCIDENT INDICATORS, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16115 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1885-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, P. 174 (FOR FOR COMPONENTS, SEE VOL. 1, PP. 259-260) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0099 16032 IN CULT 3S 948-954 MD=-999999 REF 0099 LOC 852 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, THIRTY INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16032 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-08/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE 1, JANUARY 14, 1964 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0100 16053 NET DIF 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0100 LOC 861 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, THIRTY INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16053 1 (ICPSR 7644) 71 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-08/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0101 16095 CULTURE 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0101 LOC 870 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, THIRTY-TWO INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16095 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 164 NOTES: THIS SERIES COVERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS (FOR DETAILS SEE SOURCE, P. 69.) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0102 16033 NO CULT 3S 948-966 MD=-999999 REF 0102 LOC 879 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, THIRTY INDUSTRY COMPONENTS, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16033 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-11/1966 1 72 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ............................................................... 0 VAR 0103 16054 NET DIF 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0103 LOC 888 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, THIRTY INDUSTRIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16054 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-05/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE V090, JANUARY 4, 1965 DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '15' DK 15 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 15 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 15 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 73 - (CONTINUED) - SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 15 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 15 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. 1 74 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 15 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0104 16096 DIF IND 3S 919-923 MD=-999999 REF 0104 LOC 897 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, 11-22 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1923 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.164 (BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16096 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1923-1939 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1958. THIS VARIABLE COVERS ELEVEN INDUSTRIES. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 75 - 0 VAR 0105 16096 DIF IND 3S 923-939 MD=-999999 REF 0105 LOC 906 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, 11-22 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1923-08/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.164 (BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16096 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1923-1939 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1958. THIS VARIABLE COVERS TWENTY-TWO INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0106 16096 DIF IND 3S 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0106 LOC 915 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, 11-22 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1947-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.164 (BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16096 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1923-1939 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1958. THIS VARIABLE COVERS TWENTY-ONE INDUSTRIES. THESE DATA INCLUDE ALL TWO DIGIT MANUFACTURING 1 76 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - INDUSTRIES AS LISTED IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0107 16111 DIF IND 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0107 LOC 924 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, FORTY-ONE EMPLOYMENT SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16111 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.165 NOTES: COMPONENTS OF THIS VARIABLE INCLUDE COMPREHENSIVE AS WELL AS INDUSTRY SERIES, LARGELY IN MANUFACTURING. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0108 16034 PRO ONE 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0108 LOC 933 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16034 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16034 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1964. 1919-1923 DATA ARE FOR 16 INDUSTRIES; 1923-1940 DATA ARE FOR 23 INDUSTRIES. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 77 - 0 VAR 0109 16034 PRO ONE 3S 947-964 MD=-999999 REF 0109 LOC 942 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16034 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1947-08/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16034 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1964 1947-1964 DATA ARE FOR TWNETY-FOUR INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0110 16055 NET PRO 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0110 LOC 951 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16055 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATIVE NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16055 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1963. 1919-1923 DATA ARE FOR 16 INDUSTRIES; 1923-1940 DATA ARE FOR 23 INDUSTRIES. DATA FOR 1919-1922 WERE RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF THE 1923-1940 SEGMENT (OF 23 INDUSTRIES) BY THE RATIO OF JANUARY 1923 COVERING 16 INDUSTRIES TO JANUARY 1923 COVERING 23 INDUSTRIES (SEE SOURCE FOR MORE DETAILS.) 1 78 (ICPSR 7644) - DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '16' DK 16 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 16 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 16 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 16 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 79 - 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 16 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 16 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0111 16055 NET PRO 3S 947-963 MD=-999999 REF 0111 LOC 960 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 80 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16055 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATIVE NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1947-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16055 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1963. COVERAGE INCLUDES TWENTY-FOUR INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0112 16097 PRO PAN 3S 919-923 MD=-999999 REF 0112 LOC 969 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, ONE MONTH SPAN, 15-26 INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1919-12/1923 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.165 (FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AND THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16097 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1923-1939 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1958. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 15 INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0113 16097 PRO PAN 3S 923-939 MD=-999999 REF 0113 LOC 978 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, ONE MONTH SPAN, 15-26 INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 81 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1923-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.165 (FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AND THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16097 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1923-1939 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1958. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 25 INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0114 16097 PRO PAN 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0114 LOC 987 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, ONE MONTH SPAN, 15-26 INDUSTRIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P.165 (FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AND THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS DATA) NOTES: SERIES 16097 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1923 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1923-1939 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1948-1958. DATA FOR THIS VARIABLE COVER 26 INDUSTRIES. THESE DATA ARE BASED ON 26 MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS OF AN INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AS REVISED IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BULLETIN OF DECEMBER 1953. 1 82 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0115 16035 PRO SIX 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0115 LOC 996 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16035 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1919-09/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16035 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1966. DATA FOR 1919-1923 COVER SIXTEEN INDUSTRIES; DATA FOR 1923-1940 COVER TWENTY-THREE INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0116 16035 PRO SIX 3S 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0116 LOC 1005 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16035 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1947-10/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16035 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1966. DATA COVER TWENTY-FOUR INDUSTRIES. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 83 - 0 VAR 0117 16056 IN DUST 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0117 LOC 1014 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16056 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATED NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1919-09/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16056 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1964. DATA FOR 1919-1923 COVER SIXTEEN INDUSTRIES; DATA FOR 1923-1940 COVER TWENTY-THREE INDUSTRIES. DATA FOR THE YEARS 1919-1923 WERE LOWERED TO THE LEVEL OF THE FOLLOWING YEARS BY -917.9. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '17' DK 17 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 17 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 17 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, 1 84 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 17 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 17 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 85 - 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 17 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0118 16056 IN DUST 3S 947-964 MD=-999999 REF 0118 LOC 1023 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 16-24 INDUSTRIES, SIX MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16056 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATED NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1947-05/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER NOTES: SERIES 16056 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1940 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1964. DATA COVER TWENTY-FOUR INDUSTRIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0119 16112 DIF IND 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0119 LOC 1032 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, SEVENTY-NINE PRODUCTION SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- 1 86 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 16112 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 166 NOTES: COVERAGE INCLUDES BROAD INDEXES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES -- FOODSTUFFS, OTHER PERISHABLES, SEMI-DURABLES, AND DURABLES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0120 16098 CAR EX 2R 927-958 MD=-999999 REF 0120 LOC 1041 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, NINETEEN COMMODITY GROUPS, FOUR QUARTER SPAN -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16098 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1927-1939, 1946-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1927 - FOURTH,1939; FIRST,1946 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, PP. 166-167 NOTES: DATA ARE BASED ON REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR PRINCIPAL NONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AS DERIVED FROM SHIPPERS' REPORTS OF ACTUAL AND EXPECTED CAR NEEDS. DATA FOR 1927-1939 COVER SIXTEEN COMPONENTS; FOR THE FIRST-THIRD QUARTER OF 1946 COVER SEVENTEEN COMPONENTS; FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1946 TO 1958 COVER NINETEEN COMPONENTS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 87 - 0 VAR 0121 16098 CAR EX 2S 927-958 MD=-999999 REF 0121 LOC 1050 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, NINETEEN COMMODITY GROUPS, FOUR QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16098 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST,1927 - FOURTH,1939; FIRST,1946 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, PP. 166-167 NOTES: DATA ARE BASED ON REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS FOR PRINCIPAL NONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AS DERIVED FROM SHIPPERS' REPORTS OF ACTUAL AND EXPECTED CAR NEEDS. DATA FOR 1927-1939 COVER SIXTEEN COMPONENTS; FOR THE FIRST-THIRD QUARTER OF 1946 COVER SEVENTEEN COMPONENTS; FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1946 TO 1958 COVER NINETEEN COMPONENTS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0122 16099 MAN CON 2R 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0122 LOC 1059 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 53-61 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' SALES, 800 CONCERNS, FOUR QUARTER SPAN --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16099 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1949-1951, 1953-1956, 1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: THIRD,1948 - FIRST,1952; THIRD,1952 - FOURTH,1956; SECOND,1957 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 167 NOTES: THIS INDEX IS BASED ON REPORTS OF A SAMPLE OF FIRMS RANGING FROM 261 IN FEBRUARY 1949 TO 793 IN APRIL 1958. 1 88 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0123 16099 MAN CON 2S 949-958 MD=-999999 REF 0123 LOC 1068 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 62-70 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUFACTURERS' SALES, 800 CONCERNS, FOUR QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16099 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: SECOND,1949 - THIRD,1952; SECOND,1953 - SECOND,1957; FOURTH,1957 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 167 NOTES: THIS INDEX IS BASED ON REPORTS OF A SAMPLE OF FIRMS RANGING FROM 261 IN FEBRUARY 1949 TO 793 IN APRIL 1958. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0124 16113 PAYROLL 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0124 LOC 1077 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, THIRTY-FIVE PAYROLLS AND OTHER INCOME PAYMENT SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16113 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 168 NOTES: COVERAGE INCLUDES THIRTY-THREE SERIES ON INDUSTRY PAYROLLS, ONE ON TOTAL INCOME PAYMENTS, AND ONE ON DIVIDENDS TO INDIVIDUALS. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '18' DK 18 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 89 - 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 18 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 18 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 18 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 18 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 90 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 18 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0125 16057 NET DIF 3S 953-964 MD=-999999 REF 0125 LOC 1086 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, SALES OF RETAIL STORES, TWENTY-FOUR TYPES OF STORES, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16057 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATED NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 91 - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1953-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0126 16100 OF TYPE 3S 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0126 LOC 1095 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, SALES OF RETAIL STORES, TWENTY-FOUR TYPES OF STORES, THREE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 03/1948-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 168 (SEE SOURCE, P. 69 FOR LISTING OF STORE TYPES COVERED) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0127 16037 RE TAIL 3S 953-963 MD=-999999 REF 0127 LOC 1104 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, SALES OF RETAIL STORES, TWENTY-FOUR TYPES OF STORES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16037 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1953-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER 1 92 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0128 16058 NET DIF 3S 953-963 MD=-999999 REF 0128 LOC 1113 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 CUMULATED NET DIFFUSION INDEX, SALES OF RETAIL STORES, TWENTY-FOUR TYPES OF STORES, NINE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16058 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CUMULATED NET PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1953-12/1963 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER ............................................................... 0 VAR 0129 16101 WHO MAN 3R 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0129 LOC 1122 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, WHOLESALE PRICES, MANUFACTURED GOODS, TWENTY-THREE COMMODITY GROUPS, ONE MONTH SPAN ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16101 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1947-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 169 NOTES: THIS INDEX COVERS ALL BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS MANUFACTURED COMMODITY GROUP PRICE INDEXES (FOR DETAILS SEE SOURCE, PP. 69-70). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0130 16101 WHO MAN 3S 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0130 LOC 1131 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, WHOLESALE PRICES, MANUFACTURED GOODS, TWENTY-THREE COMMODITY GROUPS, ONE MONTH SPAN, SEASONALLY 1 (ICPSR 7644) 93 - (CONTINUED) - ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16101 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1947-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 169 NOTES: THIS INDEX COVERS ALL BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS MANUFACTURED COMMODITY GROUP PRICE INDEXES (FOR DETAILS SEE SOURCE, PP. 69-70). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0131 16114 TWO WHO 3S 919-940 MD=-999999 REF 0131 LOC 1140 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, EIGHTY-TWO WHOLESALE PRICE SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16114 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 169 NOTES: COVERAGE INCLUDES BROAD INDEXES, COMMODITY GROUP INDEXES, AND INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '19' DK 19 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0001 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0001 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 19 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 94 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 7644, THE STUDY NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE ICPSR TO THE NBER COLLECTION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0002 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0002 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 19 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, SUMMER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0003 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0003 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 19 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC CODE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH DATASET IN THE NBER COLLECTION. THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THIS VARIABLE CONSIST OF THE CATEGORY NUMBER DESIGNATED IN THE NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 16A IS THE ONLY DATASET IN CATEGORY 16, "INDEXES OF LEADING, COINCIDENT, AND LAGGING INDICATORS." THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 16A. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0004 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0004 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 19 COL 11-15 0 TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE ---------------------- THE TIME INTERVAL VARIABLE DEFINES THE TIME PERIOD TO WHICH A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) PERTAIN. IT IS A FIVE DIGIT NUMBER, OF WHICH THE FIRST THREE DIGITS IDENTIFY THE YEAR AND THE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 95 - (CONTINUED) - LAST TWO DIGITS IDENTIFY THE SUB-INTERVAL WITHIN THE YEAR--01 TO 12 FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER; 03, 06, 09, AND 12 FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTERS; AND 00 FOR ANNUAL DATA. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DATA FOR 1945 ARE IDENTIFIED BY 94500; JANUARY, 1945 BY 94501; AND SO ON. FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1885-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0005 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0005 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 19 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- THE INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE INDICATES WHETHER A GIVEN SET OF OBSERVATIONS (I.E., THOSE WITHIN ANY GIVEN ROW OF THE DATA MATRIX) ARE ANNUAL, QUARTERLY, OR MONTHLY. THIS VARIABLE, MORE THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION, IS CODED 1 FOR ANNUAL DATA, 2 FOR QUARTERLY DATA, AND 3 FOR MONTHLY DATA. IF A VARIABLE WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DATA--BOTH ANNUAL AND MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE--IS USED IN ANALYSIS, A FILTERING EXPRESSION USING INTERVAL TYPE WILL USUALLY BE SPECIFIED; ELSE, BOTH TYPES OF DATA WILL BE USED BY THE PROGRAM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0132 16005 LAG GIN 3S 948-966 MD=-999999 REF 0132 LOC 1149 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 COMPOSITE INDEX OF THREE LAGGING INDICATORS, AMPLITUDE-ADJUSTED, WEIGHTED, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16005 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: JANUARY 1948=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-03/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS NOTES: COMPONENTS OF THIS INDEX ARE NBER SERIES 16099 (DIFFUSION INDEX, MANUUFACTURERS' SALES), 16064 (DIFFUSION 1 96 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - INDEX, NEW ORDERS FOR DURABLE GOODS), AND 16098 (DIFFUSION INDEX, FREIGHT CARLOADINGS). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0133 16010 CHANGER 3S 948-964 MD=-999999 REF 0133 LOC 1158 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 ADJUSTED RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE INDEX OF THREE LAGGING SERIES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16010 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1948-09/1964 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: J. SHISKIN AT NBER, TABLE 5, JANUARY 29, 1965 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0134 16106 DIF IND 3S 946-958 MD=-999999 REF 0134 LOC 1167 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, FIVE LAGGING INDICATORS, ONE-FOUR MONTHS SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16106 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-12/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 174 NOTES: INDEX COMPONENTS ARE LAGGING SERIES IN THE 1950 LIST OF TWENTY-ONE INDICATORS -- PERSONAL INCOME, RETAIL SALES, CONSUMER INSTALMENT DEBT, MANUFACTURERS' INVENTORIES, AND BANK RATES ON BUSINESS LOANS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 97 - 0 VAR 0135 16116 DIFFIND 3S 885-941 MD=-999999 REF 0135 LOC 1176 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, THIRTY LAGGING SERIES, SPECIFIC CYCLE SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 16116 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1885-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 175 (FOR LISTING OF SERIES INCLUDED SEE VOL. 1, P. 260) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0136 16105 DIF IND 2R 948-958 MD=-999999 REF 0136 LOC 1185 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES, ACTUAL AND EXPECTED, 19-22 INDUSTRIES, FOUR QUARTER SPAN --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16105 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: THIRD,1947 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 170 NOTES: THIS INDEX IS BASED ON INDUSTRY COMPONENTS LISTED IN "PLANT AND EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES OF BUSINESS," OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS NEWS REPORT. COVERAGE FOR 1947-FEBRUARY 1951 IS TWENTY-TWO COMPANIES; FOR MARCH 1951-FEBRUARY 1954 IS NINETEEN COMPANIES; FOR 1954-1958 IS TWENTY COMPANIES. 1 98 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0137 16105 DIF IND 2S 951-958 MD=-999999 REF 0137 LOC 1194 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 DIFFUSION INDEX, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES, ACTUAL AND EXPECTED, 19-22 INDUSTRIES, FOUR QUARTER SPAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 16105 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT EXPANDING ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: THIRD,1951 - FOURTH,1958 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: G.H. MOORE, BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS, VOL. 2, NBER, P. 170 NOTES: THIS INDEX IS BASED ON INDUSTRY COMPONENTS LISTED IN "PLANT AND EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES OF BUSINESS," OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS NEWS REPORT. COVERAGE FOR 1947-FEBRUARY 1951 IS TWENTY-TWO COMPANIES; FOR MARCH 1951-FEBRUARY 1954 IS NINETEEN COMPANIES; FOR 1954-1958 IS TWENTY COMPANIES. 1 TERMINATION OF CODEBOOK LIST.