1 MACROECONOMIC TIME SERIES: PRICES 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 - WINTER, 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 II. PRICES TIME SERIES 0 A. ORGANIZATION AND DEFINITIONS THE DATA IN THE PRICES CATEGORY ARE ORGANIZED, IN THE NBER ARCHIVES, IN 221 DISTINCT "SERIES". BROADLY SPEAKING, AN NBER SERIES IS A COLLECTION OF OBSERVATIONS ON AN ECONOMIC VARIABLE, OR A SET OF ECONOMIC VARIABLES, OVER TIME. 1 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 221 NBER PRICES SERIES HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 453 VARIABLES. SIZE LIMITATIONS REQUIRE DISTRIBUTION AS TWO SEPARATE DATASETS. ORDER OF VARIABLES WITHIN THE PRICES DATASETS FOLLOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE NBER CATALOG: - ***** DATASET 04A, VARIABLES 1-203 ***** 0 IV. PRICES A. COMPREHENSIVE INDEXES 1. GENERAL PRICE LEVEL 2. WHOLESALE PRICES A. BROAD INDEXES B. BASIC INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS C. FOREIGN TRADE 3. RETAIL PRICES B. PRODUCTS OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES 1. WHOLESALE PRICES A. BROAD INDEXES B. CROPS (1) INDEXES (2) GRAINS (3) COTTON, SUGAR, AND TOBACCO (4) FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 1 (5) COFFEE, TEA, COCOA C. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRICES (1) INDEXES (2) CATTLE (3) PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY D. FORESTRY PRODUCTS (2) LUMBER (3) CRUDE RUBBER (4) OTHER FORESTRY PRODUCTS 2. RETAIL PRICES A. BROAD INDEXES B. CROPS (4) FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (5) COFFEE, TEA, COCOA C. PRODUCTS OF MINING INDUSTRIES 1. WHOLESALE PRICES A. BROAD INDEXES B. ORES AND METALS (1) BROAD INDEXES (2) IRON (3) NONFERROUS METALS C. FUELS (1) BROAD INDEXES (2) COAL (3) CRUDE PETROLEUM 2. RETAIL PRICES C. FUELS (2) COAL E. PRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 1. WHOLESALE PRICES A. BROAD INDEXES (***** END OF DATASET 04A *****) - ***** DATASET 04B, VARIABLES 204-453 ***** - A. BROAD INDEXES B. FOOD AND TOBACCO PRICES (1) INDEXES (2) MEAT PRODUCTS (3) DAIRY PRODUCTS (4) GRAIN, MILL, AND BAKERY PRODUCTS (5) BEVERAGES (6) CANNING AND PRESERVING (7) SUGAR (8) SHORTENING AND EDIBLE OILS (9) FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND TOBACCO C. TEXTILES (1) INDEXES (2) COTTON 1 (3) SILK AND MANMADE FIBERS (4) WOOL D. LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT FURNITURE) (1) INDEXES (2) INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES E. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES F. PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (1) INDEXES (2) PULP (4) NEWSPRINT G. PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES H. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (1) INDEXES (2) INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS (3) FERTILIZERS (4) VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL OILS AND FATS (5) INORGANIC COLOR PIGMENTS (6) GUM AND WOOD CHEMICALS I. PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES (2) PETROLEUM REFINERY PRODUCTS (3) COKE AND BY-PRODUCTS (4) PAVING AND ROOFING MATERIALS J. RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS (1) INDEXES (2) CRUDE RUBBER (3) TIRES AND INNER TUBES K. LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (1) INDEXES (2) LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING (3) FOOTWEAR L. STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (2) FLAT GLASS (3) CEMENT (4) STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS M. PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (1) INDEXES (2) BLAST FURNACE PRODUCTS (3) STEEL WORKS AND ROLLING MILL PRODUCTS (4) PRIMARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS N. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS O. MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL) P. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES Q. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT R. BUILDING MATERIALS 2. RETAIL PRICES A. BROAD INDEXES B. FOOD AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS (2) MEAT PRODUCTS 1 (3) DAIRY PRODUCTS (4) GRAIN--MILL PRODUCTS (6) CANNING AND PRESERVING (7) SUGAR (9) FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (***** END OF DATASET 04B *****) - 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. THE NBER PRICES 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 1 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 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 1 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 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 1 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 IS: '01' DK 1 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. 1 2 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0209 04199 WI MNGDS R 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0209 LOC 15 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, DURABLE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 3 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04199 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 01/1947-07/1961: BLS, UNPUBLISHED TABLE, "DURABLE MANUFACTURES--WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1957-1959=100)," MARCH, 1962; 09/1962- 12/1966: BLS, WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES (MONTHLY) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0210 04199 WI MNGDS S 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0210 LOC 24 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, DURABLE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04199 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER USING X-9 PROGRAM SOURCE: 01/1947-07/1961: BLS, UNPUBLISHED TABLE, "DURABLE MANUFACTURES - WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1957-1959=100)", MARCH 1962; 09/1962-12/1966: BLS, WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES (MONTHLY) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0211 04212 WI FNGDS R 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0211 LOC 33 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER DURABLES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04212 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 4 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 01/1947-11/1961: BLS. MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE, "CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX," MARCH, 1962; 12/1961-12/1962: BLS BULLETIN #1411; 01/1961-12/1966: BLS BULLETIN, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" NOTES: FOR A DESCRIPTION OF WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES BY STAGE OF PROCESSING, AND THE WEIGHTS ALLOCATED TO FINISHED CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS, SEE BLS, WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, JANUARY 1967 FINAL AND FEBRUARY 1967 FINAL, PP. 116-117, AND PP. 127-128. AS OF JUNE 1966, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1513 SHOWS MONTHLY DATA FOR 1963. SEASONAL INDEXES ARE PROJECTED FOR 1966. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0212 04212 WI FNGDS S 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0212 LOC 42 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER DURABLES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04212 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER USING X-9 PROGRAM SOURCE: 01/1947- 12/1961: BLS, MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE, "CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX," MARCH 1962; 12/1961-12/1962: BLS, BULLETIN #1411; 01/1963-12/1966: BLS, BULLETIN, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" NOTES: FOR A DESCRIPTION OF WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES BY STAGE OF PROCESSING, AND THE WEIGHTS ALLOCATED TO FINISHED CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS, SEE BLS, WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, JANUARY 1967 FINAL, AND FEBRUARY 1967 FINAL, PP. 116-117 AND PP. 127-128. NOTE THAT AS OF JUNE 1966, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1513 SHOWS MONTHLY DATA DATA FOR 1963. STARTING 1957-1959=100; .8005693 REBASING FACTOR GIVEN IN BLS BULLETIN NO. 1411, TABLE 5, P. 100 (1947-1949; 1957-1959). 1 (ICPSR 7644) 5 - 0 VAR 0213 04200 WI NONDU R 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0213 LOC 51 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, NONDURABLE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04200 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 01/1947-07/1961: BLS, UNPUBLISHED TABLE, "NONDURABLE MANUFACTURES--WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1957-1959=100)," MARCH 1962; 08/1962-12/1966: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", (MONTHLY ISSUES BEGINNING WITH SEPTEMBER 1962) NOTES: BEGINNING WITH OCTOBER 1966, SEASONAL FACTORS ARE FORECASTED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0214 04200 WI NONDU S 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0214 LOC 60 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, NONDURABLE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04200 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER USING X-11 PROGRAM SOURCE: 01/1947-07/1961: BLS, UNPUBLISHED TABLE, "NONDURABLE MANUFACTURES--WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1957-1959=100)," MARCH 1962; 08/1961- 12/1966: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", (MONTHLY ISSUES BEGIN- NING WITH SEPTEMBER 1962) 1 6 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0215 04219 WI RT CH R 948-967 MD=-999999 REF 0215 LOC 69 WIDTH 9 DK 1 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 RATE OF CHANGE, INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES, MANUFACTURED GOODS, TOTAL, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04219 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: PER CENT ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1948-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-11/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, SEE SERIES 04169 NOTES: RATE OF CHANGE REFERS TO A SIX MONTH SPAN AT THE ANNUAL RATE. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '02' DK 2 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 7 - 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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 WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 2 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 8 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 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 0216 04215 WI FNGDS R 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0216 LOC 78 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF THE WHOLESALE PRICES OF FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER, OTHER NONDURABLES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04215 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 01/1947-11/1961: BLS, MIMEOGRAPHED HISTORICAL DATA SHEET ON WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX OF "CONSUMER OTHER NONDURABLE GOODS", MARCH 1962; 12/1961-12/1962: BLS, BULLETIN NO. 1411; 01/1963-12/1966: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" (MONTHLY) NOTES: FOR A DESCRIPTION OF WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES BY STAGE OF AND THE WEIGHTS ALLOCATED TO FINISHED CONSUMER OTHER NONDURABLE GOODS, SEE BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES," JANUARY 1967 FINAL, AND FEBRUARY, 1967 FINAL, PP. 116-117 AND PP. 125-127. AS OF JUNE 1966, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1513 SHOWS MONTHLY DATA FOR 1963. CONSUMER NONDURABLES EXCLUDES FOODS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0217 04215 WI FNGDS S 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0217 LOC 87 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF THE WHOLESALE PRICES OF FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 9 - (CONTINUED) - OTHER NONDURABLES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04215 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER USING X-9 PROGRAM SOURCE: 01/1947-11/1961: BLS, MIMEOGRAPHED HISTORICAL DATA SHEET ON WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX OF "CONSUMER OTHER NONDURABLE GOODS," MARCH 1962; 12/1961-12/1962: BLS BULLETIN NO. 1411; 01/1963-12/1966: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" (MONTHLY) NOTES: FOR A DESCRIPTION OF WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES BY STAGE OF PROCESSING, AND THE WEIGHTS ALLOCATED TO FINISHED CONSUMER OTHER NONDURABLE GOODS, SEE BLS, WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, JANUARY 1967, FINAL, AND FEBRUARY 1967 FINAL, PP. 116-117 AND PP. 125-127. AS OF JUNE 1966, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1513 SHOWS MONTHLY DATA FOR 1963. CONSUMER NONDURABLES EXCLUDES FOODS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0218 04061 WI FOOD R 890-967 MD=-999999 REF 0218 LOC 96 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FOODS,BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04061 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-02/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1890-1925: BLS BULLETIN #543, PP. 3-11; 1926-1960: "ALL FOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, 1957-1959=100" (BLS TABLE, MARCH 1962); 1961-1967: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", BULLETIN NOS. 1382, 1411, 1513, AND MONTHLY ISSUES (ALSO IN MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW FOR CURRENT FIGURES.) 1 10 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: DATA FROM BLS BULLETIN NO. 543, ONA 1926=100 BASE HAS BEEN CON- VERTED TO A 1957-59=100 BASE USING TOTALS FOR THE OVERLAPPING YEAR 1926 TO DERIVE THE CONVERSION FACTOR (681.9/1201.3 = .567365). 1961 INDEXES (BULLETIN 1382) WERE REBASED BY USING FACTOR .9436188 (BULLETIN 1411). THE PRE-1952 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX OF FOODS IS CONTINUED WITH THE IN- DEX CALLED "ALL FOODS" WHICH BLS SOURCES INDICATE IS THE MORE COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF COVERAGE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0219 04061 WI FOOD S 890-967 MD=-999999 REF 0219 LOC 105 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FOOD, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04061 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-02/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: 1890-1925: BLS BULLETIN #543, PP.3-11; 1926-1960: "ALL FOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, 1957-59=100" (BLS TABLE, MARCH 1962); 1961-1967: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", BULLETIN NOS. 1382, 1411, 1513, AND MONTHLY ISSUES (ALSO IN MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW FOR CURRENT FIGURES). NOTES: DATA ON 1926=100 BASE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A 1957-59=100 BASE USING TOTALS FOR THE OVERLAPPING YEAR 1926 TO DERIVE THE CONVERSION FACTOR (681.9/1201.3 = .567635). 1961 INDEXES (BULLETIN 1382) WERE REBASED BY USING THE FACTOR .9436188 (BULLETIN 1411). THE PRE-1952 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX OF FOODS IS CONTINUED WITH THE INDEX CALLED "ALL FOODS" WHICH BLS SOURCES INDICATE IS THE MORE COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF COVERAGE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0220 04213 WI CU GD R 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0220 LOC 114 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER GOODS, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 11 - (CONTINUED) - BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04213 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1947-1961: BLS MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE, "CONSUMER FOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1957-59=100)", MARCH 1962; 1962-1966: MONTHLY RELEASES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" NOTES: MONTHLY SUMMARY TABLES FOR 1962 AND 1963 CAN BE FOUND IN BLS BULLETINS 1411 AND 1513 RESPECTIVELY. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES BY STAGE OF PROCESSING AS WELL AS THE WEIGHTS ALLOCATED TO CONSUMER FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER FOODS, SEE BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, JANUARY 1967, FINAL AND FEBRUARY 1967 FINAL, PP. 116-117 AND 125. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0221 04213 WI FOOD S 947-966 MD=-999999 REF 0221 LOC 123 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER FOODS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04213 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER USING X-9 PROGRAM SOURCE: 1947-1961: BLS MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE, "CONSUMER FOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1957-59=100)", MARCH 1962; 1962-1966: MONTHLY RELEASES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" NOTES: MONTHLY SUMMARY TABLES FOR 1962 AND 1963 CAN BE FOUND IN BLS BULLETINS 1411 AND 1513 RESPECTIVELY. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES BY STAGE OF PROCESSING AS WELL AS THE WEIGHTS ALLOCATED TO CONSUMER FINISHED GOODS, CONSUMER FOODS, SEE BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, JANUARY 1967, FINAL, AND FEBRUARY 1967, 1 12 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FINAL, PP. 116-117 AND 125. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0222 04055 WI FOOD R 926-967 MD=-999999 REF 0222 LOC 132 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PROCESSED FOODS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04055 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1926-1966 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-01/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1926-1959: BLS, UNPUBLISHED MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE, "PROCESSED FOODS --- CODE 02, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX", MARCH 1962; 1960-1963: BLS BULLETIN ON "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", NOS. 1376, 1382, 1411, 1513; 1964-1967: "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES," MONTHLY BLS PUBLICATION. NOTES: DATA FOR 1960-1961 HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM A 1947-49 BASE TO A 1957-59 BASE BY APPLYING THE CONVERSION FACTOR GIVEN IN BULLETIN 1411, P. 79 (0.9273331). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '03' DK 3 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 13 - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 14 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0223 04055 WI FOOD S 926-966 MD=-999999 REF 0223 LOC 141 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PROCESSED FOODS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04055 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-12/1966 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER, X-9 PROGRAM SOURCE: 1926-1959: BLS, UNPUBLISHED MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE, "PROCESSED FOODS --- CODE 02, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX", MARCH 1962; 1960-1963: BLS BULLETIN ON "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", NOS. 1376, 1382, 1411, 1513; THEREAFTER: "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", MONTHLY BLS PUBLICATION. NOTES: DATA FOR 1960-61 HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM A 1947-49 1 (ICPSR 7644) 15 - (CONTINUED) - BASE TO A 1957-59 BASE BY APPLYING THE CONVERSION FACTOR GIVEN IN BULLETIN 1411, P. 79 (0.9273331). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0224 04062 WI TFOOD R 884-934 MD=-999999 REF 0224 LOC 150 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, TOTAL FOOD --------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04062 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1867-1887=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1933 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST 1884 - FOURTH 1914 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-09/1934 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: "JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY", VOL. 56, P. 221; AND "THE STATIST": FEBRUARY 1913 - JULY 1914, JANUARY 15, 1921, P. 89; JAN- UARY 16, 1926, P. 87; AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0225 04062 WI TFOOD S 927-933 MD=-999999 REF 0225 LOC 159 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, TOTAL FOOD, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04062 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1867-1887=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1927-08/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: "JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY", VOL. 56, P. 221; AND "THE STATIST": FEBRUARY 1913 - JULY 1914; JANUARY 15, 1921, P. 89; JAN- UARY 16, 1926, P. 87; AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. 1 16 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0226 04104 DT FDSTF R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0226 LOC 168 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 DUTIABLE FOODSTUFFS, PRICE, IMPORTS ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04104 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0227 04104 DT FDSTF S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0227 LOC 177 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 DUTIABLE FOODSTUFFS, PRICE, IMPORTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04104 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT BY NBER SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0228 04105 AN FDSTF R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0228 LOC 186 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS, IMPORTS, PRICES ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04105 1 (ICPSR 7644) 17 - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0229 04105 AN FDSTF S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0229 LOC 195 WIDTH 9 DK 3 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS, IMPORTS, PRICES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04105 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '04' DK 4 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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. 1 18 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 19 - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0230 04063 WI FDSTF R 913-939 MD=-999999 REF 0230 LOC 204 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 17-25 0 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, FOODSTUFFS, STATISTIQUE GENERALE DE LA FRANCE ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04063 AREA COVERED: FRANCE UNITS: JULY 1914=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-08/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1930: "INDICES GENERAUX DU MOUVEMENT ECONOMIQUE EN FRANCE A 1901-1931", PP. 120-123; 1931-1939: "BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE DE LA FRANCE". NOTES: DATA REFERS TO END OF THE MONTH. 1 20 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0231 04063 WI FDSTF S 913-939 MD=-999999 REF 0231 LOC 213 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 26-34 0 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, FOODSTUFFS, STATISTIQUE GENERALE DE LA FRANCE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04063 AREA COVERED: FRANCE UNITS: JULY 1914=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST 1913-SECOND 1934 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-08/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE SOURCE: 1913-1930: "INDICES GENERAUX DU MOUVEMENT ECONOMIQUE EN FRANCE A 1901-1931", PP. 120-123; 1931-1939: "BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE DE LA FRANCE". NOTES: DATA REFERS TO END OF THE MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0232 04166 WI MEAT R 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0232 LOC 222 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF MEATS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04166 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-11/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS DATA (SEE NOTES BELOW) NOTES: DATA WAS COMPUTED WITH THE FORMULA: BLS INDEX OF MEAT (INDEX 7.58) PLUS LARD (INDEX .49) MINUS (POULTRY, CHICAGO ÕINDEX .13å AND POULTRY, NEW YORK ÕINDEX .29å). WEIGHTS ARE 1927-29 QUANTITIES IN EXCHANGE. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 21 - 0 VAR 0233 04172 WI LAMB R 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0233 LOC 231 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF LAMB AND MUTTON, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04172 AREA COVERED: CHICAGO AND NEW YORK UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-11/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS BULLETINS AND WHOLESALE PRICES NOTES: WEIGHTS OF 1927-29 CENSUS QUANTITIES IN EXCHANGE: LAMB, CHICAGO: .19; MUTTON, NEW YORK: .05. THESE TWO SERIES, WEIGHTED AS INDICATED, WERE COMBINED TO GIVE SERIES 04172. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0234 04172 WI LAMB S 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0234 LOC 240 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF LAMB AND MUTTON, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04172 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-11/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS BULLETINS AND WHOLESALE PRICES NOTES: WEIGHTS OF 1927-29 CENSUS QUANTITIES IN EXCHANGE: LAMB, CHICAGO: .19; MUTTON, NEW YORK: .05. THESE TWO SERIES, WEIGHTED AS INDICATED, WERE COMBINED TO GIVE SERIES 04172. 1 22 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0235 04173 WP BEEF R 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0235 LOC 249 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BEEF FRESH, NATIVE SIDES ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04173 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1916 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04173 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1939; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1939. PRICES ARE THE AVERAGE OF HIGHS AND LOWS ON TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK IN NEW YORK FROM THE "NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL", JANUARY 1890 - JUNE 1900; AND FROM "THE NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE", JULY 1900 - DECEMBER 1916. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0236 04173 WP BEEF S 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0236 LOC 258 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BEEF FRESH, NATIVE SIDES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04173 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04173 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1939; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1939. PRICES ARE THE AVERAGE OF HIGHS AND LOWS ON TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK IN NEW YORK FROM THE "NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 23 - (CONTINUED) - AND COMMERCIAL", JANUARY 1890 - JUNE 1900; AND FROM "THE NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE", JULY 1900 - DECEMBER 1916. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '05' DK 5 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS 1 24 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 25 - 0 VAR 0237 04173 WP BEEF R 913-942 MD=-999999 REF 0237 LOC 267 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE, BEEF FRESH, CARCASS DRESSED, WESTERN NATIVE SKINS ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04173 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-06/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, COPIED FROM WPA FILES NOTES: SERIES 04173 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1939; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1939. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0238 04173 WP BEEF S 913-939 MD=-999999 REF 0238 LOC 276 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE, BEEF FRESH, CARCASS DRESSED, WESTERN NATIVE SKINS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04173 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS, COPIED FROM WPA FILES NOTES: SERIES 04173 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1939; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1939. 1 26 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0239 04174 WI PORK R 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0239 LOC 285 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PORK PRODUCTS AND LARD --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04174 AREA COVERED: U.S. (SEE NOTES BELOW) UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-11/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS DATA NOTES: THIS INDEX COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING BLS WHOLESALE PRICE SERIES (WEIGHTS ARE 1927-29 CENSUS VALUES IN EXCHANGE AS GIVEN IN THE 1931 BLS BULLETIN): BACON, CHICAGO, .35; HAMS, CHICAGO, .35; PORK MESS, NEW YORK, .40; PORK SIDES CLEAR, BELLIES CLEAR, CHICAGO, .22; PORK SIDES ROUGH, BELLIES, RIBS, CHICAGO, .21; PORK FRESH, CHICAGO, 2.92; LARD, NEW YORK, .49. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0240 04174 WI PORK S 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0240 LOC 294 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PORK PRODUCTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04174 AREA COVERED: U.S. (SEE NOTES) UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-11/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS DATA NOTES: THIS INDEX COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING BLS WHOLESALE PRICE SERIES (WEIGHTS ARE 1927-29 CENSUS VALUES IN EXCHANGE AS GIVEN IN THE 1931 BLS BULLETIN): BACON, CHICAGO, .35; HAMS, CHICAGO, .35; PORK MESS, NEW YORK, .40; PORK SIDES CLEAR, BELLIES CLEAR, CHICAGO, .22; PORK SIDES ROUGH, BELLIES, RIBS, CHICAGO, .21; PORK FRESH, CHICAGO, 2.92; LARD, NEW YORK, .49. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 27 - 0 VAR 0241 04024 WP BACON R 890-933 MD=-999999 REF 0241 LOC 303 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BACON ------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04024 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1932 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-04/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, 1890-1910, 1913-1925: BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS AND NBER FILES; 1926-1933: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04024 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1933; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1933; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1944; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1944. DATA IS FOR SHORT CLEAR SIDES AND IS THE AVERAGE HIGHS AND LOWS OF TUESDAY PRICES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0242 04024 WP BACON S 890-919 MD=-999999 REF 0242 LOC 312 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BACON, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04024 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS, 1890-1910, 1913-1925: BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS AND NBER FILES NOTES: SERIES 04024 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1933; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1933; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1944; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1944. DATA IS FOR SHORT CLEAR SIDES AND IS THE AVERAGE HIGHS 1 28 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AND LOWS OF TUESDAY PRICES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0243 04024 WP BACON R 913-944 MD=-999999 REF 0243 LOC 321 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BACON, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04024 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1925: BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS; 1926-1943: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES"; JULY 1943 - MAY 1944: BLS MIMEO- GRAPHED MONTHLY, "AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES" NOTES: SERIES 04024 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1933; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1933; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1944; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1944. DATA IS FOR CLEAR SHORT SIDES AND IS THE AVERAGE OF THURSDAY PRICES. BEGINNING JULY 1935 AVERAGE PRICES ARE PUBLISHED SEMI-ANNUALLY IN JUNE AND DECEMBER BULLETINS. SERIES INCLUDES PORK, CURED AND BACON, PLAIN AND STANDARD, 6-8 POUNDS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '06' DK 6 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 6 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) 29 - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 30 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0244 04024 WP BACON S 913-944 MD=-999999 REF 0244 LOC 330 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BACON, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04024 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: 1913-1925: BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS; 1926-1943: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES"; JULY 1943 - MAY 1944: BLS MONTHLY MIMEO- GRAPHS, "AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES" NOTES: SERIES 04024 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1933; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1933; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1944; (4)-- SEASONALLY 1 (ICPSR 7644) 31 - (CONTINUED) - ADJUSTED, 1913-1944. DATA IS FOR SHORT CLEAR SIDES AND IS THE AVERAGE OF THURSDAY PRICES. BEGINNING JULY 1935 AVERAGE PRICES ARE PUBLISHED SEMI-ANNUALLY IN JUNE AND DECEMBER BULLETINS. SERIES INCLUDES PORK, CURED AND BACON, PLAIN AND STANDARD, 6-8 POUNDS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0245 04026 WP LARD R 911-944 MD=-999999 REF 0245 LOC 339 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LARD, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04026 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-04/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04026 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1944; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1911-1941; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956. DATA IS THE AVERAGE OF RANGE OF PRICES ON TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0246 04026 WP LARD S 911-941 MD=-999999 REF 0246 LOC 348 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LARD, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04026 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-06/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE 1 32 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04026 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1944; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1911-1941; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956. DATA IS THE AVERAGE OF RANGE OF PRICES ON TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0247 04026 WP LARD R 938-956 MD=-999999 REF 0247 LOC 357 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LARD, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04026 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1938-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1938-06/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1938-1954: USDA, "LIVESTOCK MARKET NEWS STATISTICS AND RELATED DATA", 1948 (PUBLISHED 08/1949); 1951 (PUBLISHED 11/1952); 1954 (PUBLISHED 06/1955); 1955-1956: MONTHLY AVERAGES OF WEEKLY GRADATIONS COMPILED FROM USDA, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE, LIVESTOCK DIVISION, "MARKET NEWS" NOTES: SERIES 04026 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1944; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1911-1941; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956. DATA IS FOR REFINED PRIME STEAM LARD IN 1-16 POUND CARTONS, EXCEPT FOR 1938-39 WHICH REPRESENTS LARD IN HARDWOOD TUBS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0248 04175 WP PLTRY R 908-941 MD=-999999 REF 0248 LOC 366 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF POULTRY, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04175 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 33 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1908-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1908-02/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND FILES AT WPA NOTES: DATA IS FOR FRESH-KILLED DRESSED FOWL, WESTERN, DRY PACK, DRY PICKED, FANCY, 48-55 POUNDS TO THE DOZEN. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0249 04175 WP PLTRY S 908-941 MD=-999999 REF 0249 LOC 375 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF POULTRY, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04175 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1908-02/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND FILES AT WPA NOTES: DATA IS FOR FRESH-KILLED DRESSED FOWL, WESTERN, DRY PACK, DRY PICKED, FANCY, 48-55 POUNDS TO THE DOZEN. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0250 04125 WP EVMLK R 913-939 MD=-999999 REF 0250 LOC 384 WIDTH 9 DK 6 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF EVAPORATED MILK, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04125 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER CASE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-03/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1920: "SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS", DECEMBER 1925, P. 22; 1921-1930: BLS BULLETINS; 1931-1939: BLS, 1 34 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: DATA IS THE AVERAGE OF PRICE RANGES ON TUESDAYS AS COMPUTED BY NBER FROM WEDNESDAY EDITIONS OF THE "NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE". PRICES ARE FOR CASES OF FORTY-EIGHT 14 1/2 OUNCE CANS. PRIOR TO 1931 DATA PRESENTED WAS FOR CASES OF 16 OUNCE CANS AND THEREFORE TO BE MADE COMPARABLE WITH THE LATER DATA WAS CONVERTED BY NBER (WITH A CON- VERSION FACTOR OF .90625). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '07' DK 7 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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 1 (ICPSR 7644) 35 - (CONTINUED) - NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 7 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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. 1 36 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0251 04125 WP EVMLK R 920-941 MD=-999999 REF 0251 LOC 393 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF EVAPORATED MILK, BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04125 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER CASE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-11/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1920 - JANUARY 1934: BAE, "SUMMARY OF DAIRY SITUATION STATISTICS", SUPPLEMENT TO "THE DAIRY SITUATION", APRIL 1934, P.70; FEBRUARY 1934 - 1941: BAE, "DAIRY AND POULTRY MARKET STATISTICS", ANNUAL SUMMARIES NOTES: DATA REFERS TO "UNSWEETENED MILK, AVERAGE SELLING PRICE AT DISTRIBUTING POINTS." PRICE REFERS TO CASES OF FORTY-EIGHT 14 1/2 OUNCE CANS. 1920-1930 FIGURES WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS CASES OF 16 OUNCE CANS AND THEREFORE WERE CONVERTED BY NBER FOR COMPARABILITY (CONVERSION FACTOR IS .90625). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0252 04176 WP CDMLK R 913-943 MD=-999999 REF 0252 LOC 402 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CONDENSED MILK, SWEETENED, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04176 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER CASE OF 48 CANS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-06/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1920: DIRECTLY FROM BLS; 1920-1943: BLS BULLETINS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 37 - 0 VAR 0253 04028 WP BUTTR R 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0253 LOC 411 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CREAMERY BUTTER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04028 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1915 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-03/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, BULLETINS, NO. 39, PP. 282-283; AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04028 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1941. QUOTATIONS ARE FROM TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK AS CITED IN "NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL BULLETIN". 1890-1901 DATA WAS COMPUTED BY NBER BY TAKING THE ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF PRICE RANGES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0254 04028 WP BUTTR S 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0254 LOC 420 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CREAMERY BUTTER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04028 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1915 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-03/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS, BULLETINS, NO.39, PP. 282-283, AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04028 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY 1 38 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ADJUSTED, 1913-1941. QUOTATIONS ARE FROM TUESDAYS OF EACH WEEK AS CITED BY THE "NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL BULLETIN". 1890-1901 DATA WAS COMPUTED BY NBER BY TAKING THE ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF PRICE RANGES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0255 04028 WP BUTTR R 913-941 MD=-999999 REF 0255 LOC 429 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CREAMERY BUTTER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04028 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-03/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 334, PP. 206-207 NOTES: SERIES 04028 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1941. QUOTATIONS GIVEN FOR MONDAY OF EACH WEEK BY "CHICAGO DAIRY PRODUCT." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0256 04028 WP BUTTR S 913-941 MD=-999999 REF 0256 LOC 438 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CREAMERY BUTTER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04028 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-03/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 334, PP. 206-207 1 (ICPSR 7644) 39 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: SERIES 04028 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1916; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1913-1941. QUOTATIONS GIVEN FOR MONDAY OF EACH WEEK BY "CHICAGO DAIRY PRODUCT." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0257 04019 WP FLOUR R 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0257 LOC 447 WIDTH 9 DK 7 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WHEAT FLOUR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04019 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER BARREL ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1916 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NO. 39, PP. 296-297, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES; 1915 AND 1918: "WAR INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, PRICE BULLETIN, NUMBER 8" NOTES: DATA REFERS TO WHEAT FLOUR, SPRING PATENTS AND IS THE PRICE ON TUESDAYS OF EACH WEEK.DATA IS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE AND WAS COMPUTED BY NBER FROM AVERAGE WEEKLY PRICES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '08' DK 8 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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. 1 40 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 41 - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0258 04019 WP FLOUR R 913-941 MD=-999999 REF 0258 LOC 456 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WHEAT FLOUR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04019 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- MINNEAPOLIS UNITS: DOLLARS PER BARREL ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS; 1913: WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD, "PRICES OF WHEAT AND WHEAT PRODUCTS", P. 16; 1918: THE SAME SOURCE, P. 17 NOTES: 1914 QUOTATIONS ARE "IN EACH WEEK"; 1915 ARE "ON ONE DAY (VARYING) IN EACH WEEK"; 1916-1941 ARE ON TUESDAYS OF EACH WEEK. 1 42 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0259 04021 WP BREAD R 913-942 MD=-999999 REF 0259 LOC 465 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BREAD, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04021 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK MARKET UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-02/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: PRICES ARE BASED ON A POUND OF DOUGH BEFORE BAKING. 1913-15 DATA ARE FIRST OF MONTH PRICES; 1916-42 DATA ARE FROM THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH OR THE TUESDAY NEAREST THE 15TH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0260 04103 P FLOURS R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0260 LOC 474 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 GRAINS AND WHEAT FLOUR, PRICE, IMPORTS -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04103 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0261 04103 P FLOURS S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0261 LOC 483 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 GRAINS AND WHEAT FLOUR, PRICE, IMPORTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 43 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04103 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SEE SERIES 04102 NOTES: SEE SERIES 04102 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0262 04042 WP CTOMA R 908-938 MD=-999999 REF 0262 LOC 492 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CANNED TOMATOES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04042 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY UNITS: DOLLARS PER DOZEN CANS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1908-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1908-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1908-1917: BLS WORKSHEETS IN NBER FILES; 1918-1938: BLS BULLETINS (1935-1941: PRICES PUBLISHED ONLY IN JUNE AND DECEMBER BULLETINS) NOTES: SERIES 04042 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1908-1938; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1937-1942; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1951. DATA REFERS TO THE PRICE OF STANDARD NEW JERSEY #3 CANS AT NEW YORK CITY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0263 04042 WP CTOMA R 937-942 MD=-999999 REF 0263 LOC 501 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CANNED TOMATOES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04042 1 44 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY UNITS: DOLLARS PER DOZEN CANS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1937-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1937-06/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1937-1938: UNPUBLISHED FIGURES FROM BLS FILES; 1939-1942: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04042 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1908-1938; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1937-1942; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1951. DATA REFERS TO THE PRICE OF STANDARD MARYLAND #2 CANS, 24 PER CASE DELIVERED AT NEW YORK CITY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0264 04042 WP CTOMA R 942-951 MD=-999999 REF 0264 LOC 510 WIDTH 9 DK 8 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CANNED TOMATOES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04042 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY UNITS: DOLLARS PER DOZEN CANS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1942-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1942-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS; 1950-1951: BLS MIMEOGRAPHED MONTHLY RELEASES NOTES: SERIES 04042 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1908-1938; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1937-1942; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1951. DATA REFERS TO #3 AND #2 CANS. BEGINNING WITH JUNE 1942 PRICES ARE QUOTED FOR "QUANTITY NOT SPECIFIED" INSTEAD OF BEING QUOTED FOR "CARLOT." DATA FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1945 ARE INTERPOLATED. DATA FOR DECEMBER 1945 - OCTOBER 1946 ARE EXTRAPOLATED; SEE "WHOLESALE PRICE OF CANNED TOMATOES: #2 CAN, STANDARD, EASTERN FACTORY". AFTER 1951 ONLY INDICES ARE PUBLISHED BY THE SOURCE. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '09' DK 9 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 45 - 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. 1 46 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0265 04030 WP SUGAR R 890-941 MD=-999999 REF 0265 LOC 519 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF GRANULATED SUGAR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 47 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04030 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1890-1931: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 336-337 AND FOLLOWING BULLETINS; 1932-1941: MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICE BULLETIN" NOTES: SERIES 04030 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1941; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1911; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1956. 1890-1901 DATA WAS COMPUTED BY SUMMING QUOTATIONS FOR THURSDAYS OF A GIVEN MONTH AND DIVIDING BY 4 OR 5 AS THE CASE MIGHT BE. WHEREVER THE RANGE IS SHOWN THE MEAN PRICE FOR EACH DATE IN THE MONTH IS FOUND AND THIS IS USED FOR COMPUTING THE MONTHLY AVERAGE. QUOTATIONS ARE FROM WILLETT & GRAY'S "STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL." SEE WILLETT & GRAY FOR INFORMATION REGARDING CHANGES IN IMPORT DUTY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0266 04030 WP SUGAR S 890-911 MD=-999999 REF 0266 LOC 528 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF GRANULATED SUGAR. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04030 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1911 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: 1890-1931: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 336-337 AND FOLLOWING BULLETINS; 1932-2941: MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICE BULLETIN" NOTES: SERIES 04030 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1941; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1911; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1956. 1890-1901 DATA WAS COMPUTED BY SUMMING QUOTATIONS FOR 1 48 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THURSDAYS OF A GIVEN MONTH AND DIVIDING BY 4 OR 5 AS THE CASE MIGHT BE. WHEREVER THE RANGE IS SHOWN THE MEAN PRICE FOR EACH DATE IN THE MONTH IS FOUND AND THIS IS USED FOR COMPUTING THE MONTHLY AVERAGE. QUOTATIONS ARE FROM WILLETT & GRAY'S "STATISTICAL TRADE JOURNAL." SEE WILLETT & GRAY FOR INFORMATION REGARDING CHANGES IN IMPORT DUTY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0267 04030 WP SUGAR R 938-956 MD=-999999 REF 0267 LOC 537 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF GRANULATED SUGAR ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04030 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1938-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1938-07/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: "STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL", WEEKLY, WILLETT & GRAY, INC., NEW YORK (SEE JANUARY ISSUE OF EACH YEAR THAT CONTAINS ANNUAL REVIEW) NOTES: SERIES 04030 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1941; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1911; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1956. DATA IS "NET CASH" AFTER THE DEDUCTION OF A 2% DISCOUNT AND EXCISE TAX OF 0.535 CENTS PER POUND. THE PRICE IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL QUO- TATIONS DURING THE MONTH DIVIDED DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TRADING DAYS PER MONTH, ASSUMING A FIVE-DAY WEEK AND DEDUCTING ALL LEGAL HOLIDAYS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0268 04030 WP SUGAR S 947-956 MD=-999999 REF 0268 LOC 546 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF GRANULATED SUGAR, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04030 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 49 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-07/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: "STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL, WEEKLY, WILLETT & GRAY, INC., NEW YORK (SEE JANUARY ISSUE OF EACH YEAR THAT CONTAINS ANNUAL REVIEW) NOTES: SERIES 04030 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1941; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1911; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1956; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-1956. DATA IS "NET CASH" AFTER THE DEDUCTION OF A 2% DISCOUNT AND EXCISE TAX OF 0.535 CENTS PER POUND. THE PRICE IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL QUO- TATIONS DURING THE MONTH DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TRADING DAYS PER MONTH, ASSUMING A FIVE-DAY WEEK AND DEDUCTING ALL LEGAL HOLIDAYS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0269 04094 WP OLEO R 913-942 MD=-999999 REF 0269 LOC 555 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF OLEOMARGARINE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04094 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-06/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COPIED FROM BLS FILES BY NBER NOTES: THIS IS THE SAME SERIES THAT APPEARS IN THE WHOLESALE PRICE BULLETINS BETWEEN 1917-1925. FROM 1926-1936 THE SERIES IS REVISED AND NOW IS A CONTINUOUS SERIES WITH 1937 AND FOLLOWING YEARS. 1913-1925 DATA IS FROM MANUFACTURERS AND REPRESENTS A DAILY AVERAGE; 1926-1942 DATA IS FROM THE NATIONAL PROVISIONER AND REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE OF ONE-DAY-A-WEEK PRICES. THESE TWO SERIES ARE NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE. AFTER 05/20/1931 QUOTATIONS FOR THE GRADE FORMERLY USED WERE NO LONGER PUBLISHED AND A NEW LOWER GRADE WAS USED. OVERLAPPING WEEKLY AVERAGES FROM THE SECOND SEGMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1930-- JAN:19.50; FEB:19.50; MR:19.50; AP: 19.50; MY:19.50; JUN:19.50; JUL:18.70; AUG:18.50; SEPT:18.50; OCT:18.50; NOV:18.50; DEC:17.70; 1931-- JAN:17.50; 1 50 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FEB:15.88; MR:14.00; APR:13.80. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0270 04122 WP COMPD R 897-933 MD=-999999 REF 0270 LOC 564 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COMPOUNDS ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04122 AREA COVERED: U.S.-- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1897-1933 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 02/1897-12/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, "FATS AND OILS STUDIES" NO. 5 , JUNE 1934: "THE AMERICAN VEGETABLE-SHORTENING INDUSTRY" BY G.M. WEBER AND C.L. ALSBERG, P. 347 NOTES: DATA ARE THE AVERAGES OF MONTHLY HIGH AND LOW PRICES AS REPORTED IN THE "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER". WEBER AND ALSBERG COMPUTATIONS FOR ALL YEARS EXCEPT 1918-1925, FOR WHICH DATA ARE FROM "STATISTICS OF FATS, OILS, AND OLEAGINOUS RAW MATERIALS", USDA STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 24, SEPTEMBER 1928, P. 62. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0271 04122 WP COMPD R 920-944 MD=-999999 REF 0271 LOC 573 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COMPOUNDS, BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04122 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-07/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BAE, DIVISION OF LIVESTOCK, MEATS, AND WOOL, 1920-1938: MIMEO- GRAPHED TABLE SENT TO NBER; 1939-1941: "AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS", 1942; 1942-1944: "THE FATS AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 51 - (CONTINUED) - OILS SITUATION" NOTES: DATA ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY AVERAGES OF DAILY QUOTATIONS AS REPORTED BY THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL FIELD MEN. QUOTED AS "LARD SUBSTI- TUTES", DATA REPRESENTS REFINED DEODORIZED COTTONSEED OIL COMBINED WITH BEEF STEARINES AS FOLLOWS: 15-20% OLEOSTEARINE; 80-85% REFINED COTTONSEED OIL. DATA FROM 1920-1926 IS QUOTED IN TIERCES; DATA FROM 1927-1936 IS QUOTED IN HARDWOOD TUBS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '10' DK 10 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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 1 52 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 10 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) 53 - 0 VAR 0272 4081A WP CTOIL R 891-941 MD=-999999 REF 0272 LOC 582 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF REFINED COTTONSEED OIL, PRIME SUMMER YELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04081A AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1891-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1891-06/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: USDA, "AGRICULTURE YEARBOOK", 1924, P. 766 AND LATER YEARBOOKS; ALSO EDITIONS OF "AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS" (USDA) AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" (BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) NOTES: DATA REFERS TO CENTS PER POUND IN CAR LOTS THROUGH 07/1930 AND IN TANK CARS THEREAFTER. DATA IS THE AVERAGE SPOT PRICE. 1891-1908: DATA WAS COMPILED FROM "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER", 11/7/1910, P. 40. THE AVERAGE PRICE PER GAL- LON WAS DIVIDED BY 7.5 TO CONVERT TO POUNDS. 1909-1921: DATA IS FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 1922-1941: DATA IS FROM "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER" AND IS THE AVERAGE OF DAILY RANGES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0273 04040 WP PRUNS R 890-941 MD=-999999 REF 0273 LOC 591 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRUNES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04040 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS NOTES: DATA REFERS TO CALIFORNIA DRIED PRUNES. QUOTATIONS WERE AS OF THE FIRST OF THE MONTH THROUGH 1917; FROM 1918 ON THEY HAVE BEEN AS OF EACH TUESDAY DURING THE MONTH. 1 54 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THEREFORE PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF 4 OR 5 TUESDAYS PER MONTH. NO QUOTATIONS WERE GIVEN FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTHS: APRIL-AUGUST 1890; JULY-SEPTEMBER 1891; OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1918; APRIL 1941. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0274 04040 WP PRUNS S 890-917 MD=-999999 REF 0274 LOC 600 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRUNES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04040 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (AVERAGE) ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1917 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEETS NOTES: DATA REFERS TO CALIFORNIA DRIED PRUNES. QUOTATIONS WERE AS OF THE FIRST OF THE MONTH THROUGH 1917; FROM 1918 ON THEY HAVE BEEN AS OF EACH TUESDAY DURING THE MONTH. THEREFORE PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF 4 TO 5 TUESDAYS PER MONTH. NO QUOTATIONS WERE GIVEN FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTHS: MARCH-AUGUST 1890; JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1891. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0275 04064 WI TEXTL R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0275 LOC 609 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICE OF TEXTILES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04064 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, 1890-1930: BULLETIN NO. 543, PP. 3-11; 1926-1931: BULLETIN NO. 572, PP. 5-6; 1931: "SURVEY OF 1 (ICPSR 7644) 55 - (CONTINUED) - CURRENT BUSINESS", JANUARY 1932; 1932- 1941: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES"; 1942-1950: BLS BULLETINS BEGINNING WITH NO. 736; 1951: "MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW", 1952 ISSUES. NOTES: REVISIONS WERE MADE IN JANUARY 1926 ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING GROUPINGS: OLD GROUPING -- COTTON TEXTILES, SILK TEXTILES, WOOL AND WORSTED TEXTILES, OTHER TEXTILES; NEW GROUPING: CLOTHING, COTTON GOODS, KNIT GOODS, OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, SILK AND RAYON, WOOLEN AND WORSTED GOODS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0276 04064 WI TEXTL R 947-956 MD=-999999 REF 0276 LOC 618 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICE OF TEXTILES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04064 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-08/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, 1947-1950: "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1947-49=100)", INDEXES FOR GROUPS, SUBGROUPS, AND PRODUCT CLASSES OF COMMODITIES, 1947-1951, ISSUED FEB- RUARY 1952; 1951 AND 1953: "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX", MONTHLY RELEASES BEGINNING IN 1952; 1952: BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143 NOTES: DATA REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING GROUPING: CLOTHING, COTTON GOODS, KNIT GOODS, OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, SILK AND RAYON, WOOLEN AND WORSTED GOODS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0277 04110 P TEXEXP R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0277 LOC 627 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 TEXTILES, PRICES, EXPORTS ------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04110 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 1 56 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0278 04110 P TEXEXP S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0278 LOC 636 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 TEXTILES, PRICES, EXPORTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04110 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '11' DK 11 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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) 57 - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 58 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0279 04106 P TEXIMP R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0279 LOC 645 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 TEXTILES, PRICES, IMPORTS ------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04106 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SEE SERIES 04102 NOTES: SEE SERIES 04102 1 (ICPSR 7644) 59 - 0 VAR 0280 04106 P TEXIMP S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0280 LOC 654 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 TEXTILES, PRICES, IMPORTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04106 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SEE SERIES 04102 NOTES: SEE SERIES 04102 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0281 04100 WP CYARN R 890-942 MD=-999999 REF 0281 LOC 663 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTON YARN, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-05/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICE BULLETIN", NO. 39, PP. 352-353 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04100 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1942; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1951; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1954. DATA REFERS TO CARDED, WHITE, MULE-SPUN, NORTHERN, 10-1 CONES OF COTTON. 1890-1917 QUOTATIONS ARE THE PRICE PER ROUND AT THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH; 1918-1942 QUOTATIONS ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES. 1 60 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0282 04100 WP CYARN R 941-951 MD=-999999 REF 0282 LOC 672 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTON YARN, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1941-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1941-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICE BULLETIN", NO. 718 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04100 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1942; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1951; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1954. DATA REFERS TO CARDED, WHITE, SOUTHERN, 10-1 CONES OF COTTON FOR KNITTING. PRICES ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0283 04100 WP CYARN R 947-956 MD=-999999 REF 0283 LOC 681 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 53-61 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTON YARN, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04100 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-08/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, 1947-1950: "PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISED INDEX: 1947-50", GROUP 3: "TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND APPAREL: 1947-50"; 1951-1956: PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES", JANUARY - NOVEMBER 1951 AND MONTHLY ISSUES THEREAFTER NOTES: SERIES 04100 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1942; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1941-1951; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1954. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 61 - (CONTINUED) - DATA REFERS TO CARDED, KNITTING, NATURAL STOCK, 20-1 CONES OR TUBES OF MILL COTTON. PRICES ARE NOT SHOWN IN NOTES PRIOR TO APRIL 1952. SINCE THE RELATIVES ON THE BASE 1947-49=100 ARE COMPARABLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT BEGINS IN JANUARY 1947. THEY HAVE HERE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CENTS ON THE BASE 68.45=100. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0284 04075 WP GINGH R 890-936 MD=-999999 REF 0284 LOC 690 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF AMOSKEAG GINGHAMS, FACTORY, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04075 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1936 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-06/1936 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04075 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 2 VARIABLES: (1) -- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1936; (2) -- ORIGINAL DATA, 1931-1941. DATA REFERS TO THE PRICE AT THE FACTORY ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH OF AMOSKEAG GINGHAM, 7 INCHES WIDE, 6.37 YARDS TO THE POUND. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0285 04075 WP GINGH R 931-941 MD=-999999 REF 0285 LOC 699 WIDTH 9 DK 11 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF AMOSKEAG GINGHAM, FACTORY, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04075 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1931-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1931-12/1941 1 62 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS FILES NOTES: SERIES 04075 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1936; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1931-1941. DATA REFERS TO AMOSKEAG GINGHAM, 32 INCHES WIDE, FINISHED, UNBLEACHED, COLORED, 5.60 YARDS PER POUND. QUOTATIONS ARE THE AVERAGE OF TUESDAY PRICES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '12' DK 12 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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 1 (ICPSR 7644) 63 - (CONTINUED) - NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 12 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 64 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0286 04083 WP SHEET R 890-942 MD=-999999 REF 0286 LOC 708 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SHEETINGS, BROWN, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04083 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-04/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 368-369 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: QUOTATIONS FOR 1890-1916 ARE PRICES ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH; FROM 1917-1942 AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICES ARE CITED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0287 04083 WP SHEET S 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0287 LOC 717 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SHEETINGS, BROWN, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04083 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 368-369 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: PRICES QUOTED ARE FROM THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0288 04084 WP CLOTH R 890-944 MD=-999999 REF 0288 LOC 726 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BLEACHED MUSLIN, 4-4, FRUIT OF THE LOOM 1 (ICPSR 7644) 65 - (CONTINUED) - MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04084 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 370-371, FOLLOWING BULLETINS, AND MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICE" BULLETINS NOTES: REFERENCE TITLE TO SERIES CHANGES IN THE SOURCE FROM TIME TO TIME. THE MOST COMMON CITATIONS ARE "SHIRTINGS, BLEACHED, 4-4, FRUIT OF THE LOOM" FROM THE APPROXIMATE DATES 1890-1920 AND "MUSLIN, BLEACHED, 4-4, FRUIT OF THE LOOM" AFTER 1920. PRICES FOR 1890-1916 ARE THE FIRST PRICE IN THE MONTH; PRICES QUOTED FOR 1917-1944 ARE MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0289 04086 WP CLOTH R 890-913 MD=-999999 REF 0289 LOC 735 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRINT CLOTH, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 364-365, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04086 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1913; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1913; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1943; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1925-1930; (5)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1943-1946; (6)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1958. DATA REFERS TO PRINT CLOTH, 28", 64X64 AND ARE THE MONTHLY AVERAGES OF WEEKLY PRICES. DATA FROM 1890-1901 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER. 1 66 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0290 04086 WP CLOTH S 890-913 MD=-999999 REF 0290 LOC 744 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRINT CLOTH, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 364-365 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04086 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1913; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1913; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1943; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1925-1930; (5)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1943-1946; (6)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1958. DATA REFERS TO PRINT CLOTH, 28", 64X64, AND ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES OF AVERAGE WEEKLY PRICES. DATA FROM 1890-1901 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0291 04086 WP CLOTH R 914-943 MD=-999999 REF 0291 LOC 753 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRINT CLOTH, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1914-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1914-08/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04086 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1913; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1913; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1943; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1925-1930; (5)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1943-1946; (6)-- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 67 - (CONTINUED) - ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1958. DATA REFERS TO PRINT CLOTH, 27", 64X60. QUOTATIONS FOR THE YEARS 1914-1916 WERE ROUNDED TO ONE DECIMAL POINT TO MATCH THE FOLLOWING DATA. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0292 04086 WP CLOTH S 925-930 MD=-999999 REF 0292 LOC 762 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRINT CLOTH, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1925-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04086 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1913; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1913; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1943; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1925-1930; (5)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1943-1946; (6)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1958. DATA REFERS TO PRINT CLOTH, 27", 64X60, 7.60 YARDS PER POUND. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '13' DK 13 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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. 1 68 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 13 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 69 - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0293 04086 WP CLOTH R 943-946 MD=-999999 REF 0293 LOC 771 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRINT CLOTH, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1943-1946 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 05/1943-02/1946 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04086 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1913; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1913; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1943; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1925-1930; (5)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1943-1946; (6)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1958. DATA REFERS TO PRINT CLOTH, 27", 64X56, 7.85 YARDS PER POUND. 1 70 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0294 04086 WP CLOTH R 946-958 MD=-999999 REF 0294 LOC 780 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PRINT CLOTH, MILLS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04086 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1946-1957 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1946-01/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, "PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISED INDEX: 1947-1950, GROUP 3, TEXTILE PROKUCTS AND APPAREL", FEBRUARY 1952; BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143; MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04086 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1913; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1913; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1943; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1925-1930; (5)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1943-1946; (6)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1958. DATA REFERS TO PRINT CLOTH, 39", 80X80, 4.00 YARDS PER POUND. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0295 04115 WP CYARN R 879-935 MD=-999999 REF 0295 LOC 789 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTON YARN, GERMANY --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04115 AREA COVERED: GERMANY -- AUGSBURG UNITS: MARKS PER KILOGRAM ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1879-1935 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1879-12/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1879-1891: "MONATSHEFTE ZUR STATISTIK DES DEUTSCHEN REICHS", DECEMBER 1879, P.119, AND FOLLOWING DECEMBER ISSUES; 1892-1935: "RIERTELJAHRS HEFTE ZUR STATISTIK DES DEUTSCHEN REICHS", 1893, VOL. 1, P. 41, AND YEARLY THEREAFTER 1 (ICPSR 7644) 71 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: DATA REFERS TO THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF COTTON YARN FROM THE FACTORY (1879-1909: 30 DAYS = 1% DISCOUNT, 90 DAYS = NO DISCOUNT; 1910-1929: 30 DAYS = 2% DISCOUNT, 90 DAYS = NO DISCOUNT; 1930-1935: 30 DAYS = 2% DISCOUNT, 60 DAYS = NO DISCOUNT). FOR 1917 THE PRICES ON RECEIPT OF PERMIT OF PURCHASE REFER TO YARN TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN COTTON. THESE YARNS WERE MANUFACTURED ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES USUALLY ON ORDER OF THE WAR MINISTER. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0296 04126 WP RSILK R 890-919 MD=-999999 REF 0296 LOC 798 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF JAPANESE RAW SILK, FILATURES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04126 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1919 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, EXCEPT 1909 WHICH IS FROM "REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS", JANUARY 1924, P. 28 NOTES: SERIES 04126 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1919; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1941. DATA REFERS TO THE PRICE PER POUND (01/1890-03/1897: ON THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH; 04/1897-12/1919: ON THE 1ST OF EACH MONTH EXCEPT FOR 01/1909- 09/1909. FROM 12/1890-11/1891 THE PRICES ARE FOR EXTRA TO NO. 1 1/2; FROM 12/1891-02/1898 FOR EXTRA TO NO. 1; FROM 03/1898-12/1919 FOR NO. 1 SERIES TITLE CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME. MOST COMMON ARE -- "JAPANESE RAW SILK FILATURES", "JAPANESE RAW SILK KANSAI", AND "JAPANESE RAW SILK KANSAI FILATURES." 1 72 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0297 04126 WP RSILK S 890-919 MD=-999999 REF 0297 LOC 807 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF JAPANESE RAW SILK, FILATURES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04126 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, EXCEPT 1909 WHICH IS FROM "REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS", JANUARY 1924, P. 28 NOTES: SERIES 04126 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1919; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1941. DATA REFERS TO THE PRICE PER POUND (01/1890-03/1897: ON THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH; 04/1897-12/1919: ON THE 1ST OF EACH MONTH.) FROM 12/1890-11/1891 THE PRICES ARE FOR EXTRA TO NO. 1 1/2; FROM 12/1891-02/1898 FOR EXTRA TO NO. 1; FROM 03/1898-12/1919 FOR NO. 1 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0298 04126 WP RSILK R 917-941 MD=-999999 REF 0298 LOC 816 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF JAPANESE RAW SILK, WHITE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04126 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1917-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1917-07/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1917-1918: BLS BULLETIN NO. 269; 1919-1937: BLS FILES; 1938-1941: "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04126 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR 1 (ICPSR 7644) 73 - (CONTINUED) - VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1919; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1941. NOTES: DATA REFERS TO JAPANESE RAW SILK, FILATURES, 78%, 13-15, DOUBLE EXTRA CRACK. DATA ARE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS AND HAVE BEEN CHECKED WITH "SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS", BLS BULLETINS, AND "WHOLESALE PRICES". ............................................................... 0 VAR 0299 04126 WP RSILK S 919-941 MD=-999999 REF 0299 LOC 825 WIDTH 9 DK 13 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF JAPANESE RAW SILK, WHITE, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04126 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-07/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: 1917-1918: BLS BULLETIN NO. 269; 1919-1937: BLS FILES; 1938-1941: "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04126 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919; (2)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1890-1919; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1941; (4)-- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1919-1941. NOTES: DATA REFERS TO JAPANESE RAW SILK, FILATURES, 78%, 13-15, DOUBLE EXTRA CRACK. DATA ARE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS AND HAVE BEEN CHECKED WITH "SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS", BLS BULLETINS, AND "WHOLESALE PRICES". DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '14' DK 14 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 14 COL 3- 6 0 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER ------------------ 1 74 (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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 1 (ICPSR 7644) 75 - (CONTINUED) - 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0300 04151 WP SYARN R 913-932 MD=-999999 REF 0300 LOC 834 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SPUN SILK YARN, DOMESTIC GRAY ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04151 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1932 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1932 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1918: WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD, BULLETIN NO. 25, PP. 36-37; 1919-1932: BLS FILES, BULLETINS, AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" 1 76 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: SERIES 04151 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1932; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1932-1937; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1937-1939. DATA REFERS TO PRICE AT NEW YORK, JOBBER TO CONNECTER AS COMPILED BY THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0301 04151 WP SYARN R 932-937 MD=-999999 REF 0301 LOC 843 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SPUN SILK YARN, DOMESTIC GRAY, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04151 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1932-1937 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1932-12/1937 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS FILES, BULLETINS, AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04151 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1932; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1932-1937; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1937-1939. DATA REFERS TO DAILY AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS, MILL TO CONNECTER AS QUOTED FROM THE TRADE ASSOCIATION. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0302 04151 WP SYARN R 937-939 MD=-999999 REF 0302 LOC 852 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SPUN SILK YARN, DOMESTIC GRAY, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04151 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1937-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1937-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1937 DATA ARE DIRECT FROM BLS; 1938-1939 DATA FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." 1 (ICPSR 7644) 77 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: SERIES 04151 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1932; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1932-1937; (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1937-1939. DATA ARE THE AVERAGES OF ONE-DAY-A-WEEK QUOTATIONS, MILL TO CONNECTER, QUOTATIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0303 04209 PI CTNEX R 879-923 MD=-999999 REF 0303 LOC 861 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 PRICE INDEX OF EXPORTS OF COTTON, LIPSEY ---------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04209 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1913=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1879-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST 1879 - FOURTH 1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNPUBLISHED TABULATION, FOR DESCRIPTION AND COVERAGE OF SERIES SEE ROBERT E. LIPSEY, "PRICE AND QUANTITY TRENDS IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE U.S.", NBER, 1963, PP. 276-278. NOTES: DATA REPRESENT MANUFACTURED COTTON TEXTILES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0304 04209 PI CTNEX S 879-923 MD=-999999 REF 0304 LOC 870 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 PRICE INDEX OF EXPORTS OF COTTON, LIPSEY, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04209 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1913=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST 1879 - FOURTH 1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: UNPUBLISHED TABULATION, FOR DESCRIPTION AND COVERAGE OF SERIES SEE ROBERT E. LIPSEY, "PRICE AND QUANTITY TRENDS IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE U.S.", NBER, 1963, PP. 1 78 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 276-278. NOTES: DATA REPRESENT MANUFACTURED COTTON TEXTILES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0305 04130 WP RAYON R 911-944 MD=-999999 REF 0305 LOC 879 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF RAYON YARN ----------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04130 AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1912-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 11/1911-06/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: TEXTILE ECONOMICS BUREAU, INC., "RAYON ORGANON", SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS, JANUARY 21, 1941, PP. 24-25; JANUARY 21, 1944, P. 25; JULY 1944 ISSUE. NOTES: DATA REFERS TO RAYON YARN: "150 DENIER, FIRST QUALITY, DOMESTIC, MINIMUM FILAMENT, BRIGHT LUSTER, VISCOSE PROCESS SKEINS AT NEW YORK CITY -- AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS FOR ALL WORKING DAYS IN THE MONTH." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0306 04150 WP YARN R 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0306 LOC 888 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WORSTED YARN, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04150 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1916 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04150 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1916-1940. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 79 - (CONTINUED) - DATA REFERS TO WORSTED YARN, 2/40S AUSTRALIAN FINE; QUOTATIONS ARE FOR THE PRICE PER POUND ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '15' DK 15 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. 1 80 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 81 - 0 VAR 0307 04150 WP YARN R 916-940 MD=-999999 REF 0307 LOC 897 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WORSTED YARN, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04150 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1916-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1916-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: SERIES 04150 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO VARIABLES: (1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916; (2) ORIGINAL DATA, 1916-1940. DATA REFERS TO WORSTED YARN, 2/40S HALF BLOOD. FOR 1916-1917 DATA ARE PRICE PER POUND ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH; FOR 1918-1924 THE DAILY AVERAGE OF QUOTATIONS; FOR 1925-1939 THE AVERAGE OF ONE-DAY-A-WEEK QUOTATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0308 04136 WP RUGS R 890-940 MD=-999999 REF 0308 LOC 906 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WILTON RUGS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04136 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER YARD ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: DATA REFERS TO WILTON 5' FRAME BIGELOW RUGS. PRICES QUOTED ARE FOR 1890-1931 THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH PRICE AND FOR 1932-1940 THE AVERAGE OF TUESDAY PRICES. TRADE AND CASH DISCOUNTS WERE DEDUCTED IN JULY 1937 BUT HAVE HERE BEEN CORRECTED BACK TO A LIST BASIS IN ORDER TO YIELD A CONTINUOUS SERIES. 1 82 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0309 04164 WI LUMBR R 913-951 MD=-999999 REF 0309 LOC 915 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF LUMBER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04164 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN OF 1930 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES" THROUGH 1941; BLS BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, AND 1083 THROUGH 1950; MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES FOR 1951. NOTES: SERIES 04164 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,1947-1954. SEE 1931 BLS BULLETIN FOR REVISIONS FROM 1926-1931. BEGINNING IN 1935, REVISED INDEXES ARE BASED UPON A LARGER SAMPLE OF LUMBER PRICES AND AN IMPROVED METHOD OF WEIGHTING IS USED. THE PRICE DATA WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF TYPES OF LUMBER TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE TO COMPUTE REVISED INDEXES PRIOR TO JANUARY, 1935. HOWEVER, A CONTINUOUS INDEX (1926=100) HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED USING THE REVISED INDEX FOR JANUARY, 1935 AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE SERIES WHICH IT REPLACES. IN OCTOBER, 1940, THE BLS LUMBER INDEX WAS REVISED BACK TO JANUARY, 1935. FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1942, WERE SHOWN IN MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES (MIMEOGRAPHED) FOR APRIL, 1944; NOT PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE. FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1943 WERE SHOWN IN MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES (MIMEOGRAPHED) FOR JUNE 1945; NOT PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE. AFTER DECEMBER, 1951, INDEX ON 1926 BASE WAS DISCONTINUED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0310 04164 WI LUMBR R 947-954 MD=-999999 REF 0310 LOC 924 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF LUMBER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 83 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04164 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1953 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-02/1954 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1947-49=100)", INDEXES FOR GROUPS, SUBGROUPS, AND PRODUCT CLASSES OF COMMODITIES, 1947-1951, ISSUED FEBRUARY, 1952, FOR 1947-1950; MONTHLY RELEASE ON WHOLESALE (PRIMARY MARKET) PRICE INDEX, 1952 AND FOLLOWING FOR 1951 AND 1953/4; BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, FOR 1952. NOTES: SERIES 04164 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1954. THIS VARIABLE INCLUDES "LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS" IN SOURCE; COVERAGE NOT ENTIRELY COMPARABLE TO INDEX IN PRECEEDING VARIABLE (SERIES 04164--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1951). DATA FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1954 ARE UNREVISED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0311 04139 WP FIR R 913-924 MD=-999999 REF 0311 LOC 933 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04139 AREA COVERED: U.S. --WASHINGTON UNITS: DOLLARS PER MILLION BOARD FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1924 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOR 1913, DIRECT FROM BLS PRICE STUDY FILE; FOR 1914-1923, FROM BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES"; OTHER DATA DIRECT FROM BLS. NOTES: SERIES 04139 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1924 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1941. 1913-1923, PRICES OF NO. 1 SHEATHING COMMON BOARDS, F.O.B. MILL IN WASHINGTON, THE FIRST OF THE MONTH FOR 1913-1917; FOR 1918 ON, THE MONDAY AVERAGE. 1 84 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0312 04139 WP FIR R 922-941 MD=-999999 REF 0312 LOC 942 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04139 AREA COVERED: U.S. --WASHINGTON UNITS: DOLLARS PER MILLION BOARD FEET. ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1922-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1922-09/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" OTHER DATA DIRECT FROM BLS. NOTES: SERIES 04139 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1924 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1941. DATA ARE FOR NO. 1 COMMON, 1"X8" F.O.B. MILL, AVERAGE OF TUESDAYS' QUOTATIONS, LIST PRICE TO RETAIL DEALERS LESS CASH DISCOUNT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0313 04089 WP OAK R 890-923 MD=-999999 REF 0313 LOC 951 WIDTH 9 DK 15 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF OAK: WHITE, PLAIN. -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04809 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER 1000 FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1923 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 390, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572, AND MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES. NOTES: SERIES 04089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1923 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1940 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1944. ORIGINAL DATA ARE AS OF FIRST OF MONTH FOR 1890-1917 AND ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES FOR 1918 ON. FROM JANUARY, 1890 THROUGH DECEMBER, 1891 THE PRICES 1 (ICPSR 7644) 85 - (CONTINUED) - ARE FOR ONE INCH CABINET OR FINISHING; FROM 1892 THROUGH APRIL, 1895 FOR ONE INCH, EIGHT INCHES AND UP WIDE, AND FROM MAY, 1895 THROUGH DECEMBER, 1901 FOR BIRCH, SIX INCHES AND UP WIDE. QUOTATIONS FROM NORTHWESTERN LUMBERMAN, 1890-1891 AND FROM NEW YORK LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL THEREAFTER. 1890-1901 COMPUTED FROM RANGE. NO QUOTATION FOR 07/1910, 06/1911, 07/1912, 07/1913, AND 07/1915; INTERPOLATED FIGURE USED. IN 1912, SERIES CALLED: OAK, WHITE, PLAIN, MIXED, ROCK, MOUNTAIN, OR WEST VIRGINIA STOCK, SIX INCHES AND UP WIDE. IN 1913, THE TITLE OMITS "SIX INCHES WIDE AND UP" BUT INCLUDES INSTEAD "(4-4), FIRSTS AND SECONDS." FROM 1917 ON, CALLED ONLY OAK: WHITE, PLAIN. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '16' DK 16 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 16 COL 8-10 0 PART NUMBER ----------- 1 86 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 1 (ICPSR 7644) 87 - (CONTINUED) - 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 0314 04089 WP OAK R 920-940 MD=-999999 REF 0314 LOC 960 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF OAK: WHITE, PLAIN ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04089 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CINCINNATI UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-09/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 296, 335, 367, 390, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572, AND MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES. NOTES: SERIES 04089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1923 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1940 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1944. DATA FOR OAK, WHITE, PLAIN, NO.1 COMMON, 4/4. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0315 04089 WP OAK R 940-944 MD=-999999 REF 0315 LOC 969 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF OAK, WHITE PLAIN ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04089 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER 1000 FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1941-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1940-04/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS. FROM JULY, 1943, ON DATA TAKEN FROM BLS "AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES" (MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE, MONTHLY). NOTES: SERIES 04089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIIABLES 1 88 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - -- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1923 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1940 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1940-1944. PRICES ARE FOR WHITE, PLAIN, NO. 1 COMMON, 4/4, ROUGH, R.W., LOOSE, CARLOT OR MIXED CAR, F.O.B. MILL. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0316 04085 WP PINE R 890-916 MD=-999999 REF 0316 LOC 978 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PINE, YELLOW, SIDING --------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04085 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1916 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-11/1916 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 39 (PP. 422-423), 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, AND ENGINEERING NEWS RESEARCH FILES. NOTES: SERIES 04085 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1940. QUOTATIONS FROM NEW YORK LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL 1890-1901 COMPUTED FROM RANGE. PRICES ARE FOR YELLOW PINE SIDINGS, LONG LEAF, BOARDS, HEART-FARE, 1 INCH X 1 1/4 INCH. PRICES FOR 1890-1916, FIRST OF MONTH DATA. NO QUOTATIONS FOR JULY, 1910, JUNE, 1911, JULY, 1912, JULY, 1915; DATA INTERPOLATED. NO DATA FOR JULY, 1913. DATA FOR AUGUST, 1910, FROM NEW YORK LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL. IN DECEMBER, 1916, THE GRADE WAS DROPPED FROM THE TABLE IN NEW YORK LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL. IN 1915 AND 1916, QUOTATIONS ARE LABELLED F.O.B. NEW YORK BUT THERE IS NO BREAK IN THE SERIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0317 04085 WP PINE R 914-940 MD=-999999 REF 0317 LOC 987 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE, YELLOW PINE ---------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 89 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04085 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER 1000 FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1914-1934 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1914-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD FILES. NOTES: SERIES 04085 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1916 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1940. PRICES FOR 1914-1940 ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES. LUMBER COMPANIES SUPPLY DATA TO ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD ONCE A MONTH. QUOTATIONS ARE FOR YELLOW PINE LUMBER, LONG LEAF, 3 X 12 TO 12 X 12, NEW YORK. ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD TITLE, "LUMBER, NEW YORK,". THIS SERIES IS LUMBER, WHOLESALE, DELIVERED TO DEALERS' DOCKS, LONG LEAF, YELLOW PINE, 3 X 12 TO 12 X 12 AND 20 FEET AND UNDER IN LENGTH. QUOTATIONS FOR 1936-1940 BY TELEPHONE FROM ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0318 04090 WP SPRUC R 890-919 MD=-999999 REF 0318 LOC 996 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SPRUCE ------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04090 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1919 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1919 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572, AND MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04090 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1944. QUOTATIONS ARE FOR SPRUCE, 6 TO 9 INCH CARGOES AND ARE TAKEN ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH FROM THE NEW YORK LUMBER 1 90 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - TRADE JOURNAL. THE NEW YORK LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL GIVES RANGE IN 1ST OF MONTH PUBLICATION OF PRICE SUPPLEMENT. DATA THEREFORE ARE AVERAGE RANGE. NO QUOTATIONS FOR JULY OR AUGUST, 1910, JUNE, 1911, JULY, 1912, JULY, 1913, AND JULY, 1915. DATA ARE INTERPOLATED. QUOTATIONS FROM 1911-1916 CALLED SPRUCE, 6 TO 9 INCH CARGOES, EASTERN. 1917-1919 NO DIMENSIONS GIVEN. AVERAGE OF 1919 ON BASE OF SERIES 1920 ON EQUALS 41.90. NEW YORK LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL GIVES NO QUOTATIONS FOR 1920. NOTE STATES "NO LUMBER BY MAIL." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0319 04090 WP SPRUC R 913-944 MD=-999999 REF 0319 LOC 1005 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SPRUCE ------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04090 AREA COVERED: U.S. --BOSTON UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS BULLETINS, MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES", BLS FILES. NOTES: SERIES 04090 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1944. 1913-1919 COPIED FROM BLS HANDWRITTEN FILES. TAKEN FROM THE BLS. BEGINNING IN 1913, PRICES ARE QUOTED WEEKLY, ON SATURDAY. CALLED SPRUCE EASTERN, RANDOM CARGOES, 2 BY 3 AND 4 (SEE BULLETIN 473, 1926-1928. BULLETIN 473 GIVES 1926 OVERLAP AND ANNUAL REVIEW FIGURES SHOWING THAT SERIES IS CONSISTENT FROM BEGINNING OF 1920). FROM 1929-JUNE, 1940, SERIES LABELLED SPRUCE EASTERN, BOSTON. FOR JULY-DECEMBER, 1940, SPECIFICATION STATES "NO QUANTITY SPECIFIED;" BEGINNING 1941, CALLED "EASTERN, RANDOM NO. 1, 2 INCHES BY 3 INCHES AND 4 INCHES, PER THOUSAND BOARD FEET, CARLOT, DELIVERED BY RAIL, ON BOSTON RATE OF FREIGHT." SERIES REMAINS THE SAME AS THAT CALLED "EASTERN, BOSTON." 1 (ICPSR 7644) 91 - 0 VAR 0320 04095 WI HSFUR R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0320 LOC 1014 WIDTH 9 DK 16 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04095 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: WHOLESALE PRICES, 1930, BLS BULLETIN NO. 543 (PP.3-11) FOR 1890-1935; WHOLESALE PRICES, 1931, BULLETIN NO. 572 (PP. 9-10) FOR 1926- 1931; BLS WHOLESALE PRICES FOR 1932-1941, BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, FOR 1933-1950; LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES, FOR 1951. NOTES: SERIES 04095 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. ORIGINAL ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1914 IN BLS BULLETIN IS 56.8. THE AVERAGE OF THE GIVEN MONTHLY INDICES FOR 1914 IS 56.6. REVISION OF FURNITURE COMPONENT INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER, 1947; WITHOUT IT THE INDEX WOULD HAVE BEEN 133.2 (BLS BULLETIN NO. 947, P 5). INDEX ON 1926 BASE DISCONTINUED AFTER 1951; SEE NEXT VARIABLE FOR INDEX ON 1947-1949 BASE. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '17' DK 17 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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. 1 92 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 17 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 93 - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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 0321 04095 WI HSFUR R 947-956 MD=-999999 REF 0321 LOC 1023 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04095 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-08/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1947-49=100)," INDEXES FOR GROUPS, SUBGROUPS, AND PRODUCT CLASSES OF COMMODITIES, 1947-1951, ISSUED FEBRUARY, 1952, FOR 1947-1950; MONTHLY RELEASE ON WHOLESALE (PRIMARY MARKET) PRICE INDEX, 1952 AND FOLLOWING, FOR 1951, 1953, AND FOLLOWING; BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, FOR 1952. NOTES: SERIES 04095 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL 1 94 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DATA, 1947-1956. CALLED "FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD DURABLES" IN SOURCE; COVERAGE IS SOMEWHAT DIFERENT FROM THAT OF PRECEEDING VARIABLE (SERIES 04095--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951). ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1956 IS BASED ON 7 MONTHS (JANUARY-JULY). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0322 04165 WI PAPER R 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0322 LOC 1032 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PAPER, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04165 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-11/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOR 1913-1925: BLS PAPER AND PULP SUBGROUP LESS PULP SERIES. 1923-1925 CENSUS QUANTITIES IN THE EXCHANGE USED AS WEIGHTS. PAPER AND PULP, 1.71, LESS--PULP AND MECHANICAL, .04, PULP SULPHITE, .25. FOR 1926-1940: BLS PAPER AND PULP SUBGROUP LESS 4 WOODPULP SERIES: WEIGHTS FOR 1926-1940 EQUAL 1927-1929 QUANTITIES IN EXCHANGE FROM CENSUS SOURCE (1931 BULLETIN) FOR 1926-1940. PAPER AND PULP, 1.74, WOODPULP MECHANICAL .04, WOODPULP SULPHITE, .12, WOODPULP KRAFT, .04, WOODPULP SODA, .02. NOTES: SERIES 04165 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1940 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. 1913-1940 COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS GROUP INDEXES. FOR WEIGHTS, SEE SOURCE CITATION ABOVE. NEW SEGMENT BEGINNING IN 1947 IS CONSIDERED ROUGHLY COMPARABLE TO THIS SERIES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0323 04165 WI PAPER R 947-956 MD=-999999 REF 0323 LOC 1041 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PAPER, BUREAU OF LABOR 1 (ICPSR 7644) 95 - (CONTINUED) - STATISTICS --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04165 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-07/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1947-49=100)," INDEXES FOR GROUPS, SUBGROUPS, AND PRODUCT CLASSES, 1947-1951 (FEBRUARY, 1952) FOR 1947-NOVEMBER, 1951; BLS MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX RELEASES THEREAFTER (ALTERNATE SOURCE: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW AND SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MARCH, 1952 AND FOLLOWING). NOTES: SERIES 04165 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1940 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. BLS CODE 09-3 ROUGHLY COMPARABLE TO COMPUTED DATA 1913-1940; CAN BE EXTENDED BACK TO 1926, BLS RELEASE PP. 53-356, 09-3-0-00, "REVISED WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, PAPER INCLUDING NEWSPRINT," PRICE FILES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0324 04124 WP WDPLP R 913-942 MD=-999999 REF 0324 LOC 1050 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF MECHANICAL WOODPULP -------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04124 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-01/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOR 1913-1925, FURNISHED DIRECTLY BY BLS. FOR 1926-1938, BLS BULLETINS AND WHOLESALE PRICES, MONTHLY THROUGH 1941. NOTES: SERIES 04124 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1942 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1958. F.O.B. MILL, NO. 1. BASED ON WEEKLY PRICES THROUGHOUT, 1 96 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 1913- 1941 (LETTER FROM BLS, 5/42). DATA FROM 1918-1925 ALSO CHECKED WITH PAPER TRADE JOURNAL. NO MORE QUOTATIONS ON THIS BASIS (CODE #749) AFTER JANUARY, 1951; SEE NEXT VARIABLE FOR NEXT SEGMENT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0325 04124 WP WDPLP R 942-958 MD=-999999 REF 0325 LOC 1059 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WOODPULP (MECHANICAL, NO. 1, DOMESTIC AND CANADIAN, DELIVERED CONSUMER MILL). ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04124 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1942-1957 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1942-01/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS WHOLESALE PRICE BULLETIN, NOS. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, 1143, (FOR 1942-1951) AND 1214 (FOR 1954-1956); MONTHLY ISSUES OF BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" (FOR 1952-1953, 1957, AND 1958). NOTES: SERIES 04124 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1942 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1958. REPRESENTS DELIVERED PRICE 1942 AND AFTER (CODE 749.1), QUOTED WEEKLY "DOMESTIC AND CANADIAN (RANGES)." NO CHANGE IN SPECIFICATIONS AFTER 1951, WHEN NEW BLS INDEX WAS FIRST PUBLISHED (NEW CODE #09-10-31). SERIES IS CONSIDERED AS CONTINUOUS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0326 04093 WP NEWSP R 890-915 MD=-999999 REF 0326 LOC 1068 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF NEWSPRINT PAPER ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 97 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1915 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1915 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS. FIGURES FOR 1890-1897 COMPUTED BY NBER. 1914-1916, PAPER TRADE JOURNAL. 1917-1928, DIRECTLY FROM BLS. NOTES: SERIES 04093 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1918 (2) ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1928 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1926-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. FOR 1890-1913, DATA ARE FIGURES FOR FIRST OF MONTH. FOR 1914- 1915, QUOTATIONS FROM FIRST FRIDAY ARE USED 1890-1915, NEWSPRINT PAPER, ROLL, CONTRACT; 1890-1910 IS ON NEW YORK BASIS; 1911-1915 F.O.B. BASIS, J. OF C. PUBLISHED FIGURES REFER TO RAG AND WOOD PAPER, WHILE FROM 1898 ON THEY REFER TO WOOD PAPER. THE 1890-1897 DATA WERE REDUCED ACCORDING TO THE RATIO JANUARY, 1898/DECEMBER, 1897: 2.12 DIVIDED BY 2.62 EQUALS .8092. TITLE CHANGES FROM DECEMBER, 1910 TO JANUARY, 1911 FROM "NEW YORK BASIS" TO "F.O.B. MILL" BUT THERE WAS NO DISCONTNUITY IN DATA. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0327 04093 WP NEWSP R 914-928 MD=-999999 REF 0327 LOC 1077 WIDTH 9 DK 17 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF NEWSPRINT PAPER ROLLS, CONTRACT, F.O.B. MILL ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1914-1928 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1914-08/1919, 03/1920-12/1928 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS FILES (CHECKED WITH PAPER TRADE JOURNAL). NOTES: SERIES 04093 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1918 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1928 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1926-1951 (4) ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. PRICES ARE F.O.B. MILL. PAPER TRADE JOURNAL. DATA FOR JUNE, 1916, INTERPOLATED. NO QUOTATIONS FOR AUGUST, 1919 THROUGH FEBRUARY, 1920. ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1915 IS BASED ON 11 MONTHS 1 98 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - (JANUARY-NOVEMBER). ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1920 IS BASED ON 10 MONTHS (MARCH-DECEMBER). ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1919 IS BASED ON 7 MONTHS (JANUARY-JULY). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '18' DK 18 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 99 - (CONTINUED) - THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 18 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 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. 1 100 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0328 04093 WP NEWSP R 926-951 MD=-999999 REF 0328 LOC 1086 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF NEWSPRINT PAPER ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1928-1946 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS (1931-1941 CHECKED WITH BLS BULLETINS AND WHOLESALE PRICES AND A SAMPLE CHECK FROM PAPER TRADE JOURNAL). NOTES: SERIES 04093 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1918 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1928 (3)-- ORIGIANL DATA, 1926-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. "ROLLS, CONTRACT, DESTINATION, NEW YORK BASIS. THE GRADE OF PAPER IS KNOWN AS GRADE 32 OR 32 POUND WEIGHT PAPER AND IS BY FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL OTHER GRADES COMBINED." CENTS PER POUND CONVERTED BY NBER FORM PUBLISHED FIGURES GIVING PRICE IN DOLLARS PER SHORT TON. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0329 04093 WP NEWSP R 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0329 LOC 1095 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF NEWSPRINT PAPER ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04093 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, PRICES AN PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISIED INDEX, 1947-1950, GROUP 9: PULP, PAPER, AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (NOVEMBER, 1952) FOR 1947-1950; MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES", AND SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1955 AND 1957 STATISTICAL 1 (ICPSR 7644) 101 - (CONTINUED) - SUPPLEMENTS, THEREAFTER; SEE ALSO BLS, BULLETIN NO. 1214 FOR 1954-1956. NOTES: SERIES 04093 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1918 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1928 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1926-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. SPECIFICATIONS FROM 1947 ON CHANGED TO PRICE QUOTED FOR "STANDARD NEWSPRINT, ROLLS, CONTRACT, DELIVERED TO PRINCIPAL POINTS." PRICE QUOTED PER TON, HERE CONVERTED TO PRICE PER POUND. AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS PRIOR TO 1952, MID-MONTH QUOTATION THEREAFTER. IN FEBRUARY, 1956, THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE SERIES, CODE # 09-32-01.01; SEE BLS BULLETIN NO. 1214, P. 280, FOOTNOTE 5. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0330 04096 WI CHEMS R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0330 LOC 1104 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICE OF CHEMICALS AND DRUGS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 543 (PP. 3-11) FOR 1890-1925, 572 (PP. 8-9) FOR 1926-1931, BLS MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES FOR 1932-9/1941, 916 (HANDBOOK OF LABOR STATISTICS, 1947 ED.) FOR OCTOBER, 1941-1944 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, FOR NOVEMBER, 1944-1950; MONTHLY LABOR REIEW 1952 EDITION, FOR 1951. NOTES: SERIES 04096 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1961. 33.4 IS FIGURE GIVEN FOR JANUARY, 1897, IN BLS BULLETIN 543 BUT ACCORDING TO AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR, THE QUOTATION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY NBER TO 73.4. FOR REVISED DATA, 1933-1939, SEE WHOLESALE PRICES, JUNE 1940, IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AUGUST, 1940, P.18. REVISED DATA, FOR OCTOBER, 1941-DECEMBER, 1944, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ONLY IN BLS MONTHLY RELEASE ON WHOLESALE 1 102 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - PRICES (MIMEOGRAPHED) FOR JANUARY 1945, OR IN 1947 EDITION OF HANDBOOK OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS BULLETIN NO. 916). INDEX ON 1926 BASE DISCONTINUED AFTER 1951. NEXT VARIABLE BEGINS INDEX ON 1947-1949 BASE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0331 04096 WI CHEMS R 947-961 MD=-999999 REF 0331 LOC 1113 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF CHEMICALS AND DRUGS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04096 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1961 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1961 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1947-49=100)," INDEXES FOR GROUPS, SUBGROUPS, AND PRODUCT CLASSES OF COMMODITIES, 1947-1951, ISSUED FEBRUARY, 1952, FOR 1947-1950; MONTHLY RELEASE ON WHOLESALE (PRIMARY MARKET) PRICE INDEX, 1952 AND FOLLOWING, FOR 1951, 1953, AND FOLLOWING; BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, FOR 1952. NOTES: SERIES 04096 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1961. THIS INDEX IS DIFFERENT IN COVERAGE FROM THE PRECEDING ONE (SERIES 04096--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951) IN THAT IT COVERS PAINT AND PAINT MATERIALS, FORMERLY INCLUDED IN BUILDING MATERIALS, REPRESENTING THE GROUP "CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0332 04114 CHEM EXP R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0332 LOC 1122 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 CHEMICAL EXPORTS, PRICES ------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04144 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 1 (ICPSR 7644) 103 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SEE SERIES 4109 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0333 04114 CHEM EXP S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0333 LOC 1131 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 CHEMICAL EXPORTS, PRICES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED --------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04114 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: THIS SERIES IS DESCRIBED IN A.G. SILVERMAN "MONTHLY INDEX NUMBERS OF BRITISH EXPORT AND IMPORT PRICES, 1880-1913" IN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS, VOL XII, 3, AUGUST, 1930. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0334 04080 WP SACID R 890-943 MD=-999999 REF 0334 LOC 1140 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICES SULPHURIC ACID, 66 DEGREE TANK CARS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04080 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 39 (PP.436-437), 45, 57, 63, 69,75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572; 1932-JUNE, 1935, MONTHLY BULLETIN OF WHOLESALE PRICES; JULY-DECEMBER, 1935, DECEMBER ISSUE OF WHOLESALE PRICES. NOTES: 1890-1913, PRICES ARE FROM FIRST OF EACH MONTH; 1 104 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 1914-1916, FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. BLS MAKE NO FURTHER MENTION OF THIS BUT WITH CHECK IN OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER, QUOTATION IS ON SATURDAY THEREAFTER. TANK CARS NOT MENTIONED UNTIL BULLETIN NO. 473 FOR 1926 AND NOT AFTER 1928 (BULLETIN 483). QUOTATIONS ARE FROM OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER. BEGINING IN 1926-1928, SERIES IS CALLED SULPHURIC ACID, 66 DEGREE, TANK CARS (BULLETIN NO. 473, WHICH GIVES A 1926 OVERLAP). 1926 IS ALSO GIVEN IN BULLETIN 440 BUT NO MENTION OF "TANK CARS" MADE. NO MENTION OF TANK CARS MADE AFTER 1928. BEGINNING IN 1931, THE SERIES IS CALLED SULPHURIC ACID, 66 DEGREES, WORKS. BEGINNING WITH 1940, CALLED SULFURIC, 66 DEGREES, COMMERCIAL, TANKS, LARGE LOTS, PER TON, F.O.B. EASTERN WORKS. CONVERTED FROM PRICE PER TON TO PRICE PER POUND BY DIVIDING BY 2000 FOR 1929-1930 AND 1932-1942. BLS 1931, BULLETIN 572, GIVES UNIT "TON" BUT PRICE IS GIVEN FOR POUND. AFTER JULY, 1935, AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES PUBLISHED SEMI- ANNUALLY (JUNE AND DECEMBER BULLETINS). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '19' DK 19 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 19 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 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, WINTER, 1980. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 105 - 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 19 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 106 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 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 0335 04177 WP ALCOH R 890-939 MD=-999999 REF 0335 LOC 1149 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF ETHYL ALCOHOL, GRAIN, NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04177 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-04/1920, 09/1920-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND WHOLESALE PRICES; OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER NOTES: FOR 1890-APRIL, 1906, 94% PROOF; FOR MAY, 1906-1939, 95% PROOF. FOR 1890-1912, QUOTATIONS ARE FROM FIRST OF MONTH. FOR 1913-1916, FIRST SATURDAY OF MONTH. FOR 1917-1939, AVERAGE OF ONE DAY A WEEK QUOTATION. NO QUOTATION FOR MAY-AUGUST, 1920. REVISED DECEMBER, 1934 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES OF MONTHLY BULLETINS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0336 04152 WP NTSOD R 913-939 MD=-999999 REF 0336 LOC 1158 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SODA, NITRATE -------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04152 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK 1 (ICPSR 7644) 107 - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" MANUFACTURERS NOTES: CALLED BY BLS, "SODA, NITRATE (CHILE SALTPETER), 95 PER CENT, NEW YORK" UNDER "FERTILIZER MATERIALS". AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS OF LEADING MANUFACTURERS. FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY, 1922 WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS 3.41, BUT IS OBVIOUSLY A MISPRINT. THE FIGURE 2.41 FITS WITH GIVEN ANNUAL AVERAGE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0337 04081 WP LINSD R 890-952 MD=-999999 REF 0337 LOC 1167 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICES OF LINSEED OIL; RAW, IN BARRELS ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04081 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1918-FOURTH, 1952 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-05/1952 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39 (PP. 418-419) FOR 1890-1901; NOS. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572; 1932-JUNE, 1935 MONTHLY BULLETINS, "WHOLESALE PRICES." FOR 1942 ON: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, AND 920 FOR 1942-1946, AND 1143 FOR 1951 ON. BLS, PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISED INDEX: 1947-1950, GROUP 6--CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, FOR 1947-1950; MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES FOR 1952. NOTES: SERIES 04081 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES-- (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1952 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898-1917 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1952-1958. ADDITIONALLY, SERIES 04081B IS COMPRISED OF BY ORIGINAL DATA FOR CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL FOR 1909-1941. FOR 1890-1917, PRICES ON FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. FOR 1918-1957, AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS FROM OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER. FOR 1890-1913, CALLED LINSEED OIL, RAW, CITY, BARRELS. FOR 1913-1916, RAW, IN BARRELS. FOR 1917-1935, LINSEED OIL, 1 108 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - RAW. BEGINNING IN 1927, THE SERIES WAS CONVERTED FROM POUNDS TO GALLONS BY MULTIPLYING BY 7.5 (1926 GIVEN IN BOTH POUNDS AND GALLONS). THERE WAS A SLIGHT DISCREPANCY BETWEEN DATA PER GALLON AS GIVEN AND COMPUTED DATA. IN 1947, BLS CODE NUMBER 06-22-36 REPLACES OLD NUMBER 552. SERIES ENDS ON THIS BASIS FOLLOWING MAY, 1952. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0338 04081 WP LINSD S 898-917 MD=-999999 REF 0338 LOC 1176 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICES OF LINSEED OIL, RAW, IN BARRELS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04081 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1898-12/1917 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39 (PP. 418-419) FOR 1890-1901; NOS. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572; 1932-JUNE, 1935 MONTHLY BULLETINS "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04081 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1) --ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1952 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898- 1917 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1952-1958. IN ADDITION, SERIES 04081B IS COMPRISED OF ORIGINAL DATA FOR 1909-1941 FOR THE PRICE OF CRUDE COTTONSEEED OIL. FOR 1890-1917; PRICES ON FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. FOR 1890-1913, CALLED LINSEED OIL, RAW, CITY, BARRELS. FOR 1913-1916, RAW, IN BARRELS. FOR, 1917, LINSEED OIL, RAW. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0339 04081 WP LINSD R 952-958 MD=-999999 REF 0339 LOC 1185 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE LINSEED OIL, RAW, MINNEAPOLIS --------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 109 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04081 AREA COVERED: U.S. --MINNEAPOLIS UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1952-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1952-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE, 1952 THROUGH DECEMBER, 1953, 1957, AND 1958; BULLETIN NO. 1214, FOR 1954- 1956; JANUARY-MAY, 1952 FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1955 STATIST- ICAL SUPPLEMENT (SCB PUBLISHES SERIES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD GIVEN). NOTES: SERIES 04081 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1) --ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1952 (2) SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898-1917 (3) ORIGINAL DATA, 1952-1958. ADDITIONALLY, SERIES 04081B IS COMPRISED OF BY ORIGINAL DATA FOR 1909-1941 FOR CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL. THIS SERIES, NO. 06-22-36.01, IS WHOLESALE PRICE OF LINSEED OIL IN TANK CARS, F.O.B. MINNEAPOLIS. ANNUAL FIGURE GIVEN FOR 1958 IS BASES ON TWO MONTHS (JANUARY- FEBRUARY). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0340 4081B WP CTNSD R 909-941 MD=-999999 REF 0340 LOC 1194 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTONSEED OIL, CRUDE ---------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04081B AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND (IN TANKS) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1910-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 08/1909-07/1910, 09/1910-06/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: YEARBOOK OF AGRICULTURE, 1930 (FOR DATA 1909-1928) P. 695, AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1938 (FOR 1929-1938) P. 116, BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: PRICES 1916-1918 FROM WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD PRICE BULLETIN NO. 15. PRICES FOR 1919-1928 ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS IN THE "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER." FROM AUGUST, 1928 THROUGH JULY, 1934, PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF DAILY QUOTATIONS IN THE "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER" EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER, 1932-JUNE, 1933, WHEN THE "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER" PUBLISHED NO PRICES FOR CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL AT SOUTH- EASTERN MILLS. FOR THAT PERIOD,(10/1932-06/1933), THE "NEW 1 110 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - YORK JOURNAL COMMERCE" DAILY PRICES WERE AVERAGED AND USED. FOR AUGUST, 1934 THROUGH 1937, PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS FOR SATURDAY DURING THE MONTH-- QUOTATIONS GIVEN IN THE "OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER." NOTES: NO QUOTATION FOR AUGUST, 1910. FIGURE FOR JULY, 1916, INTERPOLATED BY WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. DATA FOR 1916-1918 CHECKED WITH THE U.S. WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD, PRICE BULLETIN NO. 15, P. 11, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FOR THESE YEARS AVERAGE PRICE PER POUND, F.O.B. SOUTHEASTERN MILLS. PAGE 58 OF STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 24, USDA ALSO HAS A PRICE SERIES FOR CRUDE, S.E. BUT GIVES AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGH AND LOW PRICE PER POUND EACH MONTH. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH AN OILS SPECIALIST AT OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER, ON DECEMBER 5, 1938, REVEALED: A) CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN SOLD IN TANKS, THE B.A.E. NOTE TO THE CONTRARY (AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1938, P. 116) NOTWITHSTANDING. THE B.A.E. ERROR PROBABLY AROSE BECAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH PRICES OF CRUDE AND REFINED OIL ARE QUOTED NEAR EACH OTHER. REFINED OIL WAS SOLD IN TANKS AT TIMES AND IN BARRELS AT OTHER TIMES; B) THE OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER HAS USED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WORDING IN DESCRIBING THE MARKET AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT ACTUALLY NO CHANGE IN MARKET QUOTED HAS TAKEN PLACE. F.O.B. MILLS, SOUTHEASTERN, AND IMMEDIATE SOUTHEASTERN, ALL REFER TO SPOT SALES AT THE SOUTHEASTERN MILLS. "JANUARY, 1929-JULY, 1930 QUOTED IN BARRELS," A FOOTNOTE IN THE SOURCE IS WRONG ACCORDING TO OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTS OFFICE AND BY INSPECTION OF THIS ORIGINAL SOURCE. INTERPOLATED DATA USED FOR JUNE-JULY, 1926, JULY, 1927, JUNE- AUGUST, 1928, JUNE-AUGUST, 1929, AND JULY-AUGUST, 1931. LESS THAN 10 QUOTATIONS FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1931. OTHER QUOTATIONS WERE BIDS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0341 04119 WP TALLO R 918-957 MD=-999999 REF 0341 LOC 1203 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF INEDIBLE TALLOW, PACKERS' PRIME, CHICAGO ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04119 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1957 1 (ICPSR 7644) 111 - (CONTINUED) - QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1918-12/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULETIN NOS. 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, AND 572 FOR DATA THROUGH 1931; WHOLESALE PRICES (MONTHLY) THEREAFTER THROUGH 1941; FOR 1942 AND FOLLOWING YEARS, BLS "WHOLESALE PRICES," BULLETIN NOS. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, 1143; BLS, "PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES IN THE REVISED INDEX: 1947-50" (FEBRUARY, 1952) AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX." NOTES: SAMPLE CHECKS WERE MADE WITH THE NATIONAL PROVISIONER AND THE DAILY TRADE BULLETIN. FIGURES FOR 1918-OCTOBER, 1923 ARE THE AVERAGE RANGE OF PRICES ON EACH FRIDAY OF MONTH--QUOTATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PROVISIONER. THEREAFTER, AVERAGE OF RANGE OF PRICES ON EACH TUESDAY OF MONTH--QUOTATIONS FROM THE DAILY TRADE BULLETIN ARE USED. DATUM FOR FEBRUARY, 1924 IS AVERAGE OF RANGE ON FRIDAYS. THE AVERAGE FOR TUESDAYS IS 8.04. BLS CODE 06-40-51 BLS "REVISED INDEX, 1947-50" (SEE "SOURCE" ABOVE) HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR REVISIONS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '20' DK 20 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 20 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 20 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, 1 112 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 20 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 20 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 113 - 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 20 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 0342 04119 WP TALLO S 918-930 MD=-999999 REF 0342 LOC 1212 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF INEDIBLE TALLOW, PACKERS' PRIME, CHICAGO, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04119 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1918-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 296, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, AND 572. NOTES: SAMPLE CHECKS WERE MADE WITH THE NATIONAL PROVISIONER AND THE DAILY TRADE BULLETIN. FIGURES FOR 1918-OCTOBER, 1923 ARE THE AVERAGE OF RANGE OF PRICES ON EACH FRIDAY OF MONTH--QUOTATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PROVISIONER. THEREAFTER, AVERAGE OF RANGE OF PRICE ON EACH TUESDAY OF MONTH--QUOTATIONS FROM THE DAILY TRADE BULLETIN ARE USED. THE ORIGINAL DATUM FOR FEBRUARY, 1924, IS THE AVERAGE OF THE RANGE ON FRIDAYS (8.5). THE AVERAGE FOR TUESDAYS IS 8.04. 1 114 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0343 04108 OILS IMP R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0343 LOC 1221 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 OILS AND SEED OILS IMPORTS, PRICES ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04108 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: ............................................................... 0 VAR 0344 04108 P SDOILS S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0344 LOC 1230 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 OILS AND SEED OILS, PRICES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04108 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: ............................................................... 0 VAR 0345 04135 WP LEAD R 890-944 MD=-999999 REF 0345 LOC 1239 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF CARBONATE OF LEAD (WHITE LEAD, AMERICAN, IN OIL, KEGS) ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04135 AREA COVERED: U.S.--NEW YORK (SEE NOTES BELOW) UNITS: DOLLARS PER HUNDRED POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-05/1944 1 (ICPSR 7644) 115 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: PRICE IS THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH, IN NEW YORK, 1890-1917, AND IS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF SATURDAYS' QUOTATIONS, 1918-1944. PRICES WERE PUBLISHED AS CENTS PER POUND. PRICE IN 1914 IS FOR 100 POUND PACKAGES OR OVER. BEGINNING IN 1940, AREA GIVEN IS "EAST OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0346 04091 KEROSENE R 913-944 MD=-999999 REF 0346 LOC 1248 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 PETROLEUM (KEROSENE) REFINED, WATER WHITE, BULK ----------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04091 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PENNSYLVANIA UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1923 FROM DR. MILLS'S FILES, BLS HANDWRITTEN WORKSHEET; ALSO USED FOR SECOND DECIMAL 1924-JULY, 1940. BLS BULLETIN NO. 390, 473, 1936-JUNE, 1943; MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASES "AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES" THEREAFTER. NOTES: IN BULLETIN NO. 473 UNDER HEADING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, KEROSENSE, REFINED (GIVES A 1926 OVERLAP) NO MENTION OF PENNSYLVANIA MADE. OVERLAP SHOWS SERIES SAME. DATA CONTINUES THEREAFTER UNDER THAT HEADING. BEGINNING DECEMBER, 1939, CALLED "KEROSENE, REFINED, PRICE PER GALLON REFINERY, WATER WHITE, SERIES 2" (NO CHANGE IN CODE NUMBER). IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, THIS SERIES IS CALLED: "WATER WHITE, 47 DEGREES, REFINERY, PENNSYLVANIA." DATA REPRESENT MONTHLY AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS FOR MONDAY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0347 04182 WP KEROS R 890-923 MD=-999999 REF 0347 LOC 1257 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICES OF KEROSENE, REFINED, 150 DEGREE FIRE TEST, 1 116 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - WATER WHITE. ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04182 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1923 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 392-393 FOR 1890-1901 AND NOS. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 390, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572, AND MONTHLY BULLETINS FOR 1932-JUNE, 1935, "WHOLESALE PRICES, DECEMBER ISSUE," WHOLESALE PRICES" JULY- DECEMBER, 1935. NOTES: KEROSENE IN BARRELS, PACKAGES INCLUDED (JOBBING LOTS). QUOTATIONS ARE FROM OIL, PAINT,AND DRUG REPORTER: 1890-1903 ARE FROM THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH; 1914-1917 ARE FROM FIRST SATURDAY OF MONTH; 1918 AND FOLLOWING ARE THE AVERAGE OF 4 OR 5 SATURDAY QUOTATIONS EACH MONTH. IN 1913, NO MENTION IS MADE OF "PACKAGES." THIS SERIES WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER 1923. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0348 04123 WP PAGAS R 913-921 MD=-999999 REF 0348 LOC 1266 WIDTH 9 DK 20 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR GASOLINE, NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04123 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1921 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1921 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04123 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1921 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1918-1940 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1918-1940. FOR 1913-1918, THIS SERIES CONSISTS OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR GASOLINE, TANK WAGON AT NEW YORK, FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH. FOR 1918 ON, PENNSYLVANIA 1 (ICPSR 7644) 117 - (CONTINUED) - MOTOR GASOLINE, REFINERY PRICE IS USED (HEAVIEST WEIGHTED OF BLS GASOLINE PRICE SERIES). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '21' DK 21 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 21 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 21 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 21 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS 1 118 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 21 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 21 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) 119 - 0 VAR 0349 04123 WP PAGAS R 918-940 MD=-999999 REF 0349 LOC 1275 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF GASOLINE, PENNSYLVANIA REFINERY -------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04123 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PENNSYLVANIA REFINERIES UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1918-05/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND LETTER DIRECTLY FROM BLS NOTES: SERIES 04123 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1921 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1918-1940 (3)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1918-1940. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0350 04123 WP PAGAS S 918-940 MD=-999999 REF 0350 LOC 1284 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICES OF GASOLINE, PENNSYLVANIA REFINERY, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04123 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PENNSYLVANIA REFINERIES UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1918-05/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND DIRECTLY BY LETTER FROM BLS NOTES: SERIES 04123 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA,1913-1921 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1918-1940 (3) SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1918-1939. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0351 04162 WPLUBOIL R 918-940 MD=-999999 REF 0351 LOC 1293 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LUBRICATING OIL, REFINERIES ---------------------------------------------- 1 120 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04162 AREA COVERED: U.S --PENNSYLVANIA UNITS: CENTS PER GALLON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1918-06/1926, 08/1926-12/1940. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOR 1918-1925, DIRECTLY FROM BLS; 1926-1940, BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: THIS SERIES CONSISTS OF PRICES FOR CYLINDER OIL, PENNSYLVANIA REFINERIES, 600 FLASH, STEAM REFINED, FILTERED. NO QUOTATION FOR JULY, 1926. ANNUAL FIGURE IS THE SUM OF 11 MONTHS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0352 04210 PI PETEX R 879-923 MD=-999999 REF 0352 LOC 1302 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 PRICE INDEX OF EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, LIPSEY ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04210 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1913=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1879-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST QUARTER, 1879-FOURTH QUARTER, 1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNPUBLISHED TABULATION. FOR DESCRIPTION AND COVERAGE OF SERIES SEE ROBERT E. LIPSEY, PRICE AND DURABILITY TRENDS IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES, NBER, 1963, P. 284. NOTES: DATA REPRESENT PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0353 04210 PI PETEX S 879-923 MD=-999999 REF 0353 LOC 1311 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 PRICE INDEX OF EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, LIPSEY, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 121 - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04210 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1913=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1879-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST QUARTER, 1879-FOURTH QUARTER, 1923. MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SOURCE: UNPUBLISHED TABULATION: FOR DESCRIPTION AND COVERAGE OF SERIES SEE ROBERT E. LIPSEY, PRICE AND DURABILITY TRENDS IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES, NBER, 1963, P. 284. NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0354 04138 WP COKE R 890-957 MD=-999999 REF 0354 LOC 1320 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BEEHIVE COKE, CONNELLSVILLE FURNACE ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04138 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER SHORT TON, F.O.B. OVENS. ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-03/1957 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" (EXCEPT FOR 1920-1922-- REVISED FIGURES FROM BLS DIRECT) THROUGH 1941; BULLETIN NOS. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 943, 947, 1007, AND 1083 THROUGH 1951; FOR 1952 AND FOLLOWING, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1955 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT AND MONTHLY ISSUES. NOTES: ORIGINAL SOURCES FOR DATA ARE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (1890- 1901), IRON AGE (1902-1922), AND STEEL, THE MAGAZINE OF METALWORKING AND METALPRODUCING (1923-1957). PRICES AS OF FIRST OF MONTH, 1890-1919, AND AVERAGE OF WEDNESDAY PRICES FORM 1920 ON. A STRIKE OCCURRRED IN 1902, FROM "SPRING TO LATTER PART OF YEAR." IRON AGE. STRIKE IN 1922 REACHED HEIGHT IN JULY AND ENDED GRADUALLY FROM OCTOBER JANUARY, 1923. THERE WAS A LABOR DISPUTE IN THE ANTHRACITE COAL INDUSTRY, 10/1925-02/1926. 1 122 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0355 04144 WP COKE R 913-922 MD=-999999 REF 0355 LOC 1329 WIDTH 9 DK 21 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BY-PRODUCT COKE ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04144 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER SHORT TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1921 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-04/1922 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SENT DIRECTLY FROM BLS NOTES: SERIES 04144 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1922 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1921-1939. PRICES ARE FOR "UNITED STATES, AVERAGE, ALL GRADES. RATIO OF 1921 FOR OVERLAP: 7.72 DIVIDED BY 8.84 EQUALS 87.3%. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '22' DK 22 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 22 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 22 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 123 - 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 22 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 22 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 22 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 124 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 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 0356 04144 WP COKE R 921-939 MD=-999999 REF 0356 LOC 1338 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BY-PRODUCT COKE. ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04144 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1921-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1921 DATA SENT DIRECT BY BLS. 1922 AND FOLLOWING IS FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." FIRST BULLETIN IN WHICH DATA APPEARS IS NO. 367. NOTES: SERIES 04144 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1922 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1921-1939. PRICES ARE FOUNDRY DELIVERED, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS AS OF ONE DAY EACH WEEK (BLS LETTER, 4/17/40). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0357 04132 WP ASPHA R 918-944 MD=-999999 REF 0357 LOC 1347 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE, ASPHALT (BULK, TANK CARS, REFINERY) ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04132 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON 1 (ICPSR 7644) 125 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1918-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOR 1918-1925, FURNISHED DIRECTLY BY BLS. FOR 1926 ON, FROM BULLETINS BEGINNING WITH NO. 473. NOTES: PRICES ARE FROM 15TH OF MONTH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0358 04097 WI HIDES R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0358 LOC 1356 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF HIDES AND LEATHER PRODUCTS. -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS WHOLESALE PRICES 1930, BULLETIN NO. 543, PP. 3-11 FOR 1890-1925, NO. 572, PP. 4-5 FOR 1926-1931, AND BLS MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES FOR 1932-1941, BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 795, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, AND 1083 THROUGH 1950, MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES FOR 1951. NOTES: SERIES 04097 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1) ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1929 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. INDEX ON 1926 BASE DISCONTINUED AFTER DECEMBER, 1951. NEW INDEX BEGINS ON 1947-1949 BASE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0359 04097 WI HIDES S 890-929 MD=-999999 REF 0359 LOC 1365 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF HIDES AND LEATHER PRODUCTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 1 126 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1929 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS WHOLESALE PRICES 1930, BULLETIN NO. 543, PP. 3-11 FOR 1890-1925, NO. 572, PP. 4-5 FOR 1926-1931, AND BLS MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES FOR 1932-1941, BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 795, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, AND 1083 THROUGH 1950, MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES FOR 1951. NOTES: SERIES 04097 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1929 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. INDEX ON 1926 BASE DISCONTINUED AFTER DECEMBER, 1951. NEW INDEX BEGINS ON 1947-1949 BASE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0360 04097 WI HIDES R 890-929 MD=-999999 REF 0360 LOC 1374 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF HIDES AND LEATHER PRODUCTS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04097 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-49=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-07/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX (1947-49=100)," INDEXES FOR GROUPS, SUBGROUPS, AND PRODUCT CLASSES OF COMMODITIES, 1947-1951, ISSUED FEBRUARY, 1952, FOR 1947-1950; MONTHLY RELEASE ON WHOLESALE (PRIMARY MARKET) PRICE INDEX, 1952 AND FOLLOWING, FOR 1951 AND 1953; BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, FOR 1952. NOTES: SERIES 04097 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1929 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 127 - 0 VAR 0361 04171 WI LEATH R 913-940 MD=-999999 REF 0361 LOC 1383 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF LEATHER, BLS ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04171 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 473 (1927) AND FOLLOWING ISSUES AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: THIS INDEX INCLUDES WHOLESALE PRICES OF CALF, KID, HARNESS, SOLE, OAK, SOLE, UNION BACKS, AND SIDE LEATHER, WEIGHTED BY QUANTITIES IN EXCHANGE FOR CENSUS YEARS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0362 04192 P COWLTH S 921-943 MD=-999999 REF 0362 LOC 1392 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 PRICE PER HIDE OF COWHIDE LEATHER, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04192 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER EQUIVALENT HIDE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1921-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-07/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: NBER (SEE NOTE BELOW) NOTES: THESE DATA WERE OBTAINED BY MULTIPLYING THE AVERAGE PRICE PER POUND OR SQUARE FOOT OF COWHIDE LEATHER BY .3225. THAT IS THE RATIO OF THE AVERAGE PRICE PER HIDE OF COWHIDE LEATHER IN 1939, OBTAINED FROM CENSUS DATA ($8.45) DIVIDED BY 26.2 (THE AVERAGE CENTS PER POUND PRICE IN 1939). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '23' DK 23 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 128 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 23 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 23 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 23 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 129 - 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 23 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 23 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 0363 04088 WP LEATH R 890-947 MD=-999999 REF 0363 LOC 1401 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LEATHER, SOLE, OAK, SCOURED BACKS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04088 1 130 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1946 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-07/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 358-359, AND NOS. 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572, AND MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04088 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. 1890-1913, PRICES ARE FROM THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH; 1914, FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH; 1915-1917, NEAR FIRST OF MONTH; 1918-1947, MONTHLY AVERAGES ARE USED. QUOTATIONS ARE FROM THE SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER. FOR 1890-1901, TITLE OF SERIES IS SOLE, OAK, DRESSED BACKS, HEAVY. 1890-1901 DATA ARE COMPUTED FROM RANGE FOR THE MONTH. 1890-MARCH, 1902 ARE PRICES IN NEW YORK. AFTER MARCH, GENERAL MARKET PRICES ARE USED. SEPTEMBER, 1914-MARCH, 1915 DATA ARE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM DATA GIVEN IN TEXT IN SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER. FROM 1917-1922, SERIES IS CALLED LEATHER, SOLE, OAK. BULLETIN NO. 367 FOR 1922 OVERLAP, AND BACK TO 1890 ANNUALLY, GIVES TITLE AS LEATHER, SOLE, OAK, SCOURED BACKS. BULLETIN #473, GIVING AN ANNUAL REVIEW FROM 1913-1926 AND A MONTHLY OVERLAP FOR 1926, GIVES THE BOSTON AS THE MARKET. BULLETINS CONTINUE GIVING BOSTON AS THE MARKET. PRICES ARE NOT QUOTED AFTER JULY, 1947. MONTHLY 1947, JANUARY- JULY FIGURES, ONLY SHOWN IN MIMEOGRAPHED MONTHLY RELEASES. SEPTEMBER, 1947 RELEASE SHOWS A NEW SERIES. A FOOTNOTE STATES THAT #223 IS BEING REPLACED BY A NEW CODE, #223.1. "SUBSTITUTION REPLACES #223. LEATHER, BELLIES, COW AND STEER HIDES, PER POUND, NEW YORK. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0364 04088 WP LEATH R 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0364 LOC 1410 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LEATHER, BELLIES, STEER, F.O.B. TANNERY ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04088 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 131 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1949, 1952-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-12/1950, 07/1951-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISED INDEX, 1947-1950 SUMMARY, AND JANUARY-NOVEMBER, 1951 SUMMARY; BLS BULLETIN NO. 1214, FOR 1954-1956; MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES," FOR 1952-1953 AND 1957-1958 NOTES: SERIES 04088 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. NEW SERIES BEGINS IN FEBRUARY, 1952. SEE MONTHLY PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISED INDEX, MARCH- FEBRUARY, 1952. IN THE JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1954 ISSUE, THE CODE NUMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME IS 04-21-21.02, INDICATING TWO CHANGES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SERIES. BLS BULLETIN NO. 1214, "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES: 1954-1956" P.172, SHOWS THE SPECIFICATION 04-21-21: "SOLE LEATHER, CATTLE HIDE, STEER BELLIES, VEGETABLE TANNED, TANNERY RUN" TO BEGIN IN JANUARY, 1947. NO CHANGES ARE INDICATED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0365 04133 WP SHOES R 890-931 MD=-999999 REF 0365 LOC 1419 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF MENS' BLACK VICI KID SHOES, GOODYEAR WELT, MANUFACTURER ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04133 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER PAIR ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1931 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-09/1931 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04133 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES --(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1931 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1931-1942. 1890-1917 DATA ARE BASED ON PRICE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. 1918-1931 DATA ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES. PRICES ARE LIST PRICE TO RETAILERS. THIS SERIES IS PRESENTED AS TWO VARIABLES BECAUSE OF A 1 132 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - CHANGE IN REPORTING MANUFACTURERS. THE SECOND VARIABLE HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF THE FIRST BY THE RATIO OF THE OVERLAPPING MONTHS, JANUARY- SEPTEMBER, 1931 (6.00/5.85=102.6). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0366 04133 WP SHOES R 931-942 MD=-999999 REF 0366 LOC 1428 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SHOES: MENS' VICI KID BLACK, HIGH, GOODYEAR WELT. ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04133 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER PAIR ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1931-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1931-12/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1931 DATA ARE DIRECT FROM BLS BY LETTER. 1932-1942 DATA ARE ARE FROM BLS BULLETINS. NOTES: SERIES 04133 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES --(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1931 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1931-1942. THIS SERIES IS PRESENTED AS TWO VARIABLES BECAUSE OF A CHANGE IN REPORTING MANUFACTURERS. THE SECOND VARIABLE HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF THE FIRST BY THE RATIO OF THE OVERLAPPING MONTHS, JANUARY- SEPTEMBER, 1931 (6.00/5.85=102.6). PRICES ARE F.O.B. FACTORY. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0367 04131 WP GLASS R 906-943 MD=-999999 REF 0367 LOC 1437 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PLATE GLASS, 3-5 SQUARE FEET. ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04131 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1906-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1906-05/1943 1 (ICPSR 7644) 133 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: PRICES ARE FOR UNSILVERED, 3-5 SQUARE FEET GLAZING AREA, PRICE, F.O.B. NEW YORK. 1906-1917 DATA ARE FIRST OF MONTH PRICES, 1918-1931 DATA ARE DAILY AVERAGES, 1932-1941 ARE AVERAGES OF TUESDAY QUOTATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0368 04078 WP GLASS R 890-933 MD=-999999 REF 0368 LOC 1446 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WINDOW GLASS ------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04078 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER 50 SQUARE FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1933 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOS. 39, 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, AND 572 AND MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04078 IS PRESENTED HERE AS 2 VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1933 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1933-1942. THIS SERIES WAS CALLED AMERICAN SINGLE THIRDS, 1890-1910; AMERICAN SINGLES, 1911-1928; SINGLE B, WORKS, 1929; SINGLE B, JOBBER'S PRICE, 1929-1933. DATA ARE FIRST OF THE MONTH QUOTATIONS FROM THE OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER. NO QUOTATIONS WERE PUBLISHED FOR OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1914. THE FIGURE GIVEN HERE IS BASED ON SIMILAR SERIES IN THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD PRICE BULLETIN NO.42, 1919, PP.8-9. A SIMILAR SITUATION WAS IN EFFECT IN 1915. DATA FOR 1918 ARE AVERAGES FOR THE MONTH. THE BLS BULLETIN MISPRINTED TH DATA FOR 1919. CORRECTIONS WERE MADE FROM CORRESPONDING ENTRIES IN NBER FILES. 1 134 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0369 04078 WP GLASS R 933-942 MD=-999999 REF 0369 LOC 1455 WIDTH 9 DK 23 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WINDOW GLASS, AMERICAN, SINGLE ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04078 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER 50 SQUARE FEET ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1933-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1933-12/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04078 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1933 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1933-1942. THE BLS BULLETINS ON WHOLESALE PRICES FOR 1933 AND 1934 MISPRINT THE DATA FOR 1933 AND JULY, 1934. THEREFORE, DATA WERE COPIED FROM CORRESPONDING SERIES IN NBER FILES. BLS WHOLESALE PRICES BULLETINS WERE PUBLISHED SEMIANNUALLY AFTER JULY, 1935. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '24' DK 24 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 24 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 24 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 135 - (CONTINUED) - SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 24 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 24 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. 1 136 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 24 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 0370 04076 WP CMENT R 895-915 MD=-999999 REF 0370 LOC 1464 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PORTLAND CEMENT ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04076 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER BARREL ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1895-1915 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1895-12/1915 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 39, 45, 51, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114 149, 181, AND 200. NOTES: SERIES 04076 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1895-1915 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1941. SERIES CALLED "WHOLESALE PRICES OF PORTLAND CEMENT, DOMESTIC, NEW YORK. DATA ARE AS OF THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH. QUOTATIONS ARE FROM THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE YEAR BOOK FOR THE PERIOD 1895-1897, AND FROM THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL BULLETIN FOR 1898-1915. FIGURES FOR 1895-1901 ARE COMPUTED FROM THE RANGE. 1911-1913 DATA ARE FOR BARRELS OF 400 POUND GROSS WEIGHT. THIS SERIES WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1915. "IT HAS BEEN 1 (ICPSR 7644) 137 - (CONTINUED) - NECESSARY...TO MAKE SUBSTITUTIONS IN CASE OF CEMENT...OWING TO DISCONTINUANCE OF QUOTATIONS...IN THE TRADE JOURNAL SOURCES FROM WHICH...HITHERTO OBTAINED" (NBER ANNOTATION; QUOTED FROM BLS BULLETIN NO.226, P.5). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0371 04076 WP CMENT R 914-943 MD=-999999 REF 0371 LOC 1473 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PORTLAND CEMENT ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04076 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: DOLLARS PER BARREL ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1914-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1914-06/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD NOTES: SERIES 04076 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1895-1914 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1941. THE PRICE IN THE ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX IS USED HERE. IT IS THE AVERAGE FOR A MONTH, F.O.B. CARS, CHICAGO, INCLUDING DEALER'S COMMISSION BUT NOT INCLUDING SACKS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0372 4099A WP CMENT R 921-938 MD=-999999 REF 0372 LOC 1482 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PORTLAND CEMENT, SIX PRODUCTION CENTERS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04099A AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER BARREL ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1921-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-12/1938 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, AND 572 AND MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES." 1 138 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: "THE PUBLISHED WHOLESALE PRICE FOR PORTLAND CEMENT REPRESENTS THE SIMPLE AVERAGE F.O.B. PLANT PRICES IN 6 IMPORTANT PRODUCTION CENTERS REGIONALLY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE PRODUCTION CENTERS ARE AMONG THE MORE IMPORTANT BASING POINTS FOR THE INDUSTRY. THE PRICES ARE FURNISHED BY MANUFACTURERS OF CEMENT AND REPRESENT F.O.B. PLANT NET CASH PRICES. THAT IS, THE QUOTED PRICE LESS TRADE DISCOUNTS, CASH DISCOUNTS, AND ALLOWANCE FOR RETURN OF BAGS." QUOTED BY NBER FROM LETTER FROM LUBIN, 02/09/37. FROM 1929 ON, THE SERIES IS CALLED COMPOSITE PRICE, PLANTS. NO PRICES WERE QUOTED AFTER DECEMBER, 1938. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0373 04098 WP BRICK R 921-932 MD=-999999 REF 0373 LOC 1491 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF BRICKS, COMMON, COMPOSITE PRICE. --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04098 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1921-1931 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-02/1932 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, AND 572 AND MONTHLY "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04098 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1921-1932 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1932-1944. PRICES ARE FOR BRICKS, F.O.B. YARD, AVERAGE PRICE PER THOUSAND. DATA ARE AVERAGES OF 82 YARDS. IN BLS BULLETIN NO.473, WHERE A 1926 OVERLAP IS GIVEN, THE SERIES IS CALLED "AVERAGE F.O.B. PLANT--AVERAGE COMPOSITE PRICE, 82 YARDS." BEGINNING IN 1929, THE SERIES IS CALLED ONLY COMMON BUILDING, PLANT, COMPOSITE PRICE. A LETTER FROM I. LUBIN, DATED 2/9/37, QUOTED BY THE NBER, READS "THE WHOLESALE PRICE DATA ON COMMON BRICK COMPOSITE PRICE WAS FURNISHED BY THE COMMON BRICK MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION THROUGH 1930. THE ASSOCIATION FURNISHED A TRANSCRIPT OF ACTUAL SCHEDULES REPORTED BY BRICK MANUFACTURERS SHOWING F.O.B. YARD PRICES FOR 82 PLANTS. WHEN TH COMMON BRICK MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION DISCONTINUED COLLECTING PRICE DATA, THE BUREAU SELECTED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASSOCIATION, 50 MANUFACTURERS OF COMMON BUILDING 1 (ICPSR 7644) 139 - (CONTINUED) - BRICK SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR REPORTING PRICE DATA. SINCE 1930, THE BUREAU HAS USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE INDEX PRICES FROM THE 50 MANUFACTURERS SELECTED." FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER, 1932, THERE ARE NO QUOTATIONS IN BULLETINS THROUGH OCTOBER, 1932. BEGINNING WITH THE NOVEMBER, 1932 BULLETIN, THE PRICE FOR NOVEMBER, 1931 WAS GIVEN AS 11.46. THEREAFTER, THE DATA ARE GIVEN ON THIS LOWER LEVEL BUT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TITLE, NOR IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION GIVEN FOR THE CHANGE. HENCE, THIS SERIES IS PRESENTED AS TWO VARIABLES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0374 04098 WP BRICK R 931-944 MD=-999999 REF 0374 LOC 1500 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE, BRICK, COMMON, COMPOSITE ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04098 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1932-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 11/1931-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04098 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1921-1932 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1932-1944. A LETTER FROM I. LUBIN, DATED 2/9/37, QUOTED BY THE NBER, READS "THE WHOLESALE PRICE DATA ON COMMON BRICK COMPOSITE PRICE WAS FURNISHED BY THE COMMON BRICK MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION THROUGH 1930. THE ASSOCIATION FURNISHED A TRANSCRIPT OF ACTUAL SCHEDULES REPORTED BY BRICK MANUFACTURERS SHOWING F.O.B. YARD PRICES FOR 82 PLANTS. WHEN TH COMMON BRICK MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION DISCONTINUED COLLECTING PRICE DATA, THE BUREAU SELECTED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASSOCIATION, 50 MANUFACTURERS OF COMMON BUILDING BRICK SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR REPORTING PRICE DATA. SINCE 1930, THE BUREAU HAS USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE INDEX PRICES FROM THE 50 MANUFACTURERS SELECTED." FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER, 1932, THERE ARE NO QUOTATIONS IN BULLETINS THROUGH OCTOBER, 1932. BEGINNING WITH THE NOVEMBER, 1932 BULLETIN, THE PRICE FOR NOVEMBER, 1931 WAS GIVEN AS 11.46. THEREAFTER, THE DATA ARE GIVEN ON THIS LOWER LEVEL BUT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TITLE, NOR IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION GIVEN FOR THE CHANGE. HENCE, THIS 1 140 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SERIES IS PRESENTED AS TWO VARIABLES. THE SOURCE FOR JANUARY-JUNE, 1939 AND SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1941 (SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1942 SUPPLEMENT), INCLUDES REVISIONS NOT PUBLISHED BY BLS "WHOLESALE PRICES." FROM JULY, 1943 TO THE END OF THE SERIES, DATA TAKEN FROM BLS "AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES" (MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0375 04099 WP BRICK R 890-942 MD=-999999 REF 0375 LOC 1509 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COMMON BRICKS, DOMESTIC, NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04099 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS NOTES: 1890-1904 DATA ARE FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. 1905-1916 DATA WERE DERIVED BY THE BLS FROM THE RANGE OF PRICES FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE MONTH. THERE IS NO MENTION OF THIS AFTER 1916. BEGINNING IN 1935, THE MONTHLY FIGURES WERE SENT DIRECT BY BLS. THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE REPORTING SOURCE. AFTER 1913, THE SERIES WAS CALLED "COMMON RED, DOMESTIC, BUILDING." IN 1942, THE SERIES WAS CALLED "COMMON BUILDING, RED, NEW YORK." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0376 04099 WP BRICK S 890-930 MD=-999999 REF 0376 LOC 1518 WIDTH 9 DK 24 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COMMON BRICKS, DOMESTIC, NEW YORK, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04099 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK 1 (ICPSR 7644) 141 - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: DOLLARS PER THOUSAND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1910, 01/1915-12/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS NOTES: 1890-1904 DATA ARE FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. 1905-1916 DATA WERE DERIVED BY THE BLS FROM THE RANGE OF PRICES FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE MONTH. THERE IS NO MENTION OF THIS AFTER 1916. BEGINNING IN 1935, THE MONTHLY FIGURES WERE SENT DIRECT BY BLS. THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE REPORTING SOURCE. AFTER 1913, THE SERIES WAS CALLED "COMMON RED, DOMESTIC, BUILDING." IN 1942, THE SERIES WAS CALLED "COMMON BUILDING, RED, NEW YORK." DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '25' DK 25 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 25 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 25 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. 1 142 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 25 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 25 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 25 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 143 - (CONTINUED) - 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 0377 04155 CPFEPROD R 902-939 MD=-999999 REF 0377 LOC 1527 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 3 0 COMPOSITE PRICE OF FURNISHED STEEL PRODUCTS ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04155 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1902-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1902-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 6, 1938, P.107 AND JANUARY 4, 1940, P.171 NOTES: DATA ARE AVERAGES OF IRON AGE QUOTATIONS ON STEEL BARS, SHAPES, PLATES, PLAIN WIRE, OPEN HEARTH RAILS (BESSEMER RAILS FOR 1902-1913), BLACK PIPE, AND BLACK SHEETS FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO 1920. HOT ROLLED STRIP ADDED FOR THE SUBSEQUENT PERIOD. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0378 04140 I FEPROD R 912-939 MD=-999999 REF 0378 LOC 1536 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF COMPOSITE MILL NET YIELDS OF STEEL PRODUCTS ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04140 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1912-1938 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 144 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1912-07/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS TO TNEC FROM THE U.S. STEEL CORPORATION NOTES: THE COMPOSITE MILL NET YIELD INDEX REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT PER TON RECEIVED BY U.S. STEEL CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES (AFTER DEDUCTION OF COST OF DELIVERY) ON A REPRESENTATIVE CONSTANT ASSORTMENT OF ALL PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS, RELATIVE TO 1926. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0379 04122 P FE XPO R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0379 LOC 1545 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS --PRICES ------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04112 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SEE SERIES 4109 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0380 04112 P FE XPO S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0380 LOC 1554 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS --PRICES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04112 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: SEE SERIES 4109 1 (ICPSR 7644) 145 - 0 VAR 0381 04113 PI EXPO R 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0381 LOC 1563 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF EXPORT PRICES, NON-FERROUS METALS, SILVERMAN ----------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04113 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SILVERMAN DATA, SEE SERIES 4109 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0382 04113 PI EXPO S 880-913 MD=-999999 REF 0382 LOC 1572 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF EXPORT PRICES, NON-FERROUS METALS, SILVERMAN, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04113 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: 1900=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-12/1913 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: SILVERMAN DATA, SEE SERIES 4109 ............................................................... 0 VAR 0383 04010 WP PIGIR R 890-915 MD=-999999 REF 0383 LOC 1581 WIDTH 9 DK 25 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG IRON, COMPOSITE, NBER -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04010 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1915 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1915 1 146 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NBER COMPILED PRICES OF FOUR TYPES OF PIG IRON IN BLS BULLETINS ON WHOLESALE PRICES AND COMPUTED THE DATA IN THIS SERIES, WEIGHTING THE FOUR COMPONENT SERIES. NOTES: SERIES 04010 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1915 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1922 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1941 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1958. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '26' DK 26 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 26 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 26 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 26 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 1 (ICPSR 7644) 147 - (CONTINUED) - NBER CATALOG. THE THIRD DIGIT IS AN ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DATASETS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 26 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 26 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. 1 148 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0384 04010 WP PIGIR R 914-922 MD=-999999 REF 0384 LOC 1590 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG IRON, COMPOSITE, NBER -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04010 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1914-1922 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1914-12/1922 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NBER COMPILED PRICES OF FOUR TYPES OF PIG IRON IN BLS BULLETINS ON WHOLESALE PRICES AND COMPUTED THE DATA IN THIS SERIES, WEIGHTING THE FOUR COMPONENT SERIES. NOTES: SERIES 04010 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1915 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1922 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1941 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1958. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0385 04010 WP PIGIR R 921-942 MD=-999999 REF 0385 LOC 1599 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG ORON, COMPOSITE, NBER -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04010 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1921-1941 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-06/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NBER COMPILED PRICES OF FOUR TYPES OF PIG IRON IN BLS BULLETINS ON WHOLESALE PRICES AND COMPUTED THE DATA IN THIS SERIES, WEIGHTING THE FOUR COMPONENT SERIES. NOTES: SERIES 04010 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1915 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1922 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1941 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1958. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 149 - 0 VAR 0386 04010 WP PIGIR R 938-958 MD=-999999 REF 0386 LOC 1608 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG IRON, COMPOSITE, NBER; THE IRON AGE ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04010 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1938-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1938-04/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THE IRON AGE, JANUARY 5, 1956, P.296, AND MONTHLY AVERAGES PUBLISHED IN WEEKLY ISSUES. NOTES: SERIES 04010 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1915, (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1914-1922 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1922-1941 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1958. THESE FIGURES REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE IRON AGE QUOTATIONS ON BASIC PIG IRON AT VALLEY FURNACES AND FOUNDRY IRON AT CHICAGO, BIRMINGHAM, BUFFALO, VALLEY, AND PHILADELPHIA. THE 1958 TOTAL IS BASED ON DATA FOR JANUARY-MARCH AND THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF APRIL. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0387 04011 P PIG IR R 842-914 MD=-999999 REF 0387 LOC 1617 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 PRICES OF NO. 1 ANTHRACITE FOUNDRY PIG IRON IN PHILADELPHIA ----------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04011 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PHILADELPHIA UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON OF 2240 LBS. ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1844-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 05/1842-12/1842, 01/1844-09/1914 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORTS NOTES: SERIES 04111 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1842-1914 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1910-1949. 1 150 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - BEGINNING IN 1912, THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION WAS CALLED THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE. THE FIGURES FOR MAY, JULY, AND SEPTEMBER, 1849 ARE NOTED TO BE UNCERTAIN BY NBER. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0388 04011 WP PIGIR R 910-949 MD=-999999 REF 0388 LOC 1626 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG IRON, EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04011 AREA COVERED: U.S. --EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNITS: DOLLARS PER TON OF 2240 LBS. (GROSS TON) ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1910-1948 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1910-03/1949 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THE ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION NOTES: SERIES 04011 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1842-1914 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1910-1949. DATA WERE COMPILED FROM WEEKLY QUOTATIONS IN THE IRON AGE. THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION BECAME THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE AFTER 1912. 1940 DATA ARE FROM STEEL, JANUARY 6, 1941, P.319. THEY AGREE WITH THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0389 04012 P PIG IR R 874-897 MD=-999999 REF 0389 LOC 1635 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 PIG IRON PRICE, SCOTCH PIG -------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04012 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: SHILLINGS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1874-1897 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1874-12/1897 1 (ICPSR 7644) 151 - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER, BASED ON DATA IN THE LONDON ECONOMIST NOTES: SERIES 04012 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1874-1897 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1886-1933. POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE WERE CONVERTED TO SHILLINGS AND DECIMAL OF SHILLING BY NBER. QUOTATIONS WRE GIVEN WEEKLY, DATED FRIDAY. THE LAST WEEKLY QUOTATION FOR ANY MONTH (OR THE QUOTATION DATED UP TO AND INCLUDING THE THIRD OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH) IS THE FIGURE TAKEN FOR THAT MONTH. THE SERIES COVERS THE YEARS 1874-1897, WHEN SCOTCH PIG WAS CONSIDERED A LEADING TYPE OF THE PRODUCT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0390 04012 P PIG IR R 886-933 MD=-999999 REF 0390 LOC 1644 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 PIG IRON PRICES, CLEVELAND NO. 3 -------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04012 AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN UNITS: SHILLINGS PER TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1886-1933 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1886-12/1933 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: NBER COMPUTED THE MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICE AND CONVERTED SHILLINGS AND PENCE TO SHILLINGS AND DECIMAL OF SHILLING. DATA WERE TAKEN FROM THE IRON AND COAL TRADES REVIEW. 1886-1908 DATA ARE FROM ISSUE OF JANUARY 1, 1909, P.9; 1887-1930 DATA FROM JANUARY 23, 1931, P.172; 1895-1928 DATA ARE FROM JANUARY 25, 1929, P.149; 1912-1931 DATA ARE FROM JANUARY 22, 1932, P.162; 1932-1933 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY AVERAGING THURSDAY QUOTATIONS FOUND IN CURRENT ISSUES. NOTES: SERIES 04012 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1874-1897 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1886-1933. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '27' DK 27 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 152 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 27 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 27 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 27 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 153 - 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 27 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 27 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 0391 04013 WP PIGIR R 880-914 MD=-999999 REF 0391 LOC 1653 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG IRON --------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04013 1 154 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: GERMANY --DUSSELDORF DISTRICT UNITS: MARKS PER METRIC TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1881-1913 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 10/1880-07/1914 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: MONATSHEFTE ZUR STATISTIK DES DEUTSCHEN REICHS, 1879-1891 DATA; VIERTELJAHRSHEFTE ZUR STATISTIK, 1893 AND THEREAFTER FOR 1892-1914 DATA. NOTES: SERIES 04013 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1880-1914 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1935. THERE ARE NO DATA FOR JULY, 1899 AND MARCH-JULY, 1901. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0392 04013 WP PIGIR R 913-935 MD=-999999 REF 0392 LOC 1662 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG IRON --------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04013 AREA COVERED: GERMANY --WESTPHALIA UNITS: MARKS PER METRIC TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1914-1934 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1913-07/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1923 DATA FROM WIRTSCHAFT UND STATISTIK; 1924-1935 DATA FROM VIERTELSJAHRESHEFTE ZUR STATISTIK. NOTES: SERIES 04013 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1885-1914 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1935 1913-1923 QUOTATIONS ARE IN GOLD MARKS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0393 04014 P PIG IR R 897-936 MD=-999999 REF 0393 LOC 1671 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 PIG IRON PRICES (FERS MARCHAND) ------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04014 AREA COVERED: FRANCE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 155 - (CONTINUED) - UNITS: FRANCS PER 100 KILOGRAMS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1896-1935 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1896-THIRD, 1936 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1897-09/1936 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1897-1913 DATA ARE FROM LA REFORME ECONOMIQUE (SEE FEBRUARY 5, 1899, P.160 AND JANUARY 14, 1900, P.62). 1913-1934 DATA ARE FROM ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE. NOTES: AFTER 1913, ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR, DATA WERE NOT PUBLISHED REGULARLY. 1897-1913 DATA ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES FROM LA REFORME ECONOMIQUE. ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE FIGURES REFER TO AT OR NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH. IN 1914, THE QUALITY WAS CHANGED TO "MARCHAND AU COKE." IN 1916, THE QUALITY WAS CHANGED TO "IRON (MARCHAND)--VENDIBLE FIRST CLASS." ............................................................... 0 VAR 0394 04154 WP STSHT R 894-947 MD=-999999 REF 0394 LOC 1680 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE STEEL SHEETS ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04154 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1895-1946 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1932-SECOND, 1941. MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1894-04/1947 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" AND IRON AGE. NOTES: SERIES 04154 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. PRICES ARE AS OF FIRST TUESDAY EACH MONTH (SEE BLS BULLETINS THROUGH 1916) THROUGH 1917. BEGINNING IN 1918, THE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS IS GIVEN. PRICES ARE FOR "BOX ANNEALED, COLD-ROLLED, U.S. STANDARD, NO.27." QUARTERLY FIGURES ARE AVERAGES OF THE RESPECTIVE MONTHS. BEGINNING IN 1917, PRICES WERE COMPUTED TO 1 ADDITIONAL PLACE BY MULTIPLYING THE 1913 PRICE OF $0.0219 AND THE 1913 BASE RELATIVES. BEGINNING IN 1926, THE EXTRA DIGIT WAS COMPUTED FROM THE 1926 PRICE OF $0.0317 AND THE 1926 BASE 1 156 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - RELATIVES. BLS CODE #446 WAS CHANGED TO #446.1 IN MARCH, 1946. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CHANGE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE QUOTATION IS NOW IN "DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS." BULLETIN NOS. 877 AND 920 DO NOT MAKE THIS CLEAR. HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE SHOWS A NEW SERIES, #446.2. THIS IS A "SUBSTITUTION, ÕANDå REPLACES #446.1: STEEL SHEETS, HOT ROLLED, 11 GAUGE, 36" TO 48" WIDE, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. BASING POINT." BLS BULLETIN 947 CARRIES THIS SERIES BACK TO JANUARY, 1947. IN THE NEW INDEX, THE SERIES CODE IS 10-14-46. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0395 04154 WP STSHT R 947-958 MD=-999999 REF 0395 LOC 1689 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SHEETS, PITTSBURGH ------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04154 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1957 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1947 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETIN NO.947 AND MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASES. 1948-1958 DATA ARE FROM BLS, PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITITIES IN THE REVISED INDEX: 1947-1950, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, 1952 AND FOLLOWING. NOTES: SERIES 04154 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1958. THE QUOTATION WAS CHANGED FROM "F.O.B. PITTSBURGH BASING POINT" TO "F.O.B. PRODUCING POINTS, PITTSBURGH AREA" (OLD CODE #446.3, NEW CODE #10-14-46.01). THERE IS NO CHANGE IN COMMODITY SPECIFICATONS AT THIS TIME (JULY, 1948). IN MAY, 1953, SERIES IS CODE #10-14-46.02--"SHEETS, HOT ROLLED, CARBON STEEL, 10 GAGE X 120" LONG, SHEARED EDGE, CUT LENGTH, BASE CHEMISTRY, COMMERCIAL QUALITY, BASE PACKAGING, BASE QUANTITY, MILL TO USER, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. MILL" (BLS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, MAJOR SPECIFICATION CHANGES 1947-1953, LS 54-2477, JANUARY, 1954). IN MAY, 1957, THE SERIES WAS CHANGED TO CODE #10-14-46.03, STILL CALLED "SHEETS, HOT-ROLLED, CARBON." 1 (ICPSR 7644) 157 - (CONTINUED) - BLS CODE #446 WAS CHANGED TO #446.1 IN MARCH, 1946. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CHANGE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE QUOTATION IS NOW IN "DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS." BULLETIN NOS. 877 AND 920 DO NOT MAKE THIS CLEAR. HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE SHOWS A NEW SERIES, #446.2. THIS IS A "SUBSTITUTION, ÕANDå REPLACES #446.1: STEEL SHEETS, HOT ROLLED, 11 GAUGE, 36" TO 48" WIDE, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. BASING POINT." BLS BULLETIN 947 CARRIES THIS SERIES BACK TO JANUARY, 1947. IN THE NEW INDEX, THE SERIES CODE IS 10-14-46. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0396 04156 WP SHEET R 920-940 MD=-999999 REF 0396 LOC 1698 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF HOT-ROLLED SHEETS, #10 GAGE ---------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04156 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-07/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 3, 1935, P.268, JANUARY 4, 1940, P.172, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. NOTES: QUOTATIONS SINCE MAY, 1933 WERE ESTABLISHED BY ADDING EXTRA FOR ANNEALING TO THE BASE PRICE FOR HOT-ROLLED SHEETS, NO.10 GAGE. FROM MAY 10, 1939 TO AND INCLUDING MAY 15, 1939, REDUCTIONS OF FROM $4.00 TO $8.00 A TON OFF BASE PRICES WERE PREVALENT. ALTHOUGH THESE CONCESSIONS WERE WITHDRAWN ON MAY 15, MANY ORDERS ORIGINALLY PLACED AT CONCESSIONS RANGING FROM $4.00 TO $6.00 WERE LATER ADJUSTED TO THE MAXIMUM $8.00 REDUCTION FROM THE BASE PRICE. 1940 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM WEEKLY DATA. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0397 04157 WP SHEET R 920-940 MD=-999999 REF 0397 LOC 1707 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF AUTO BODY AND LIGHT COLD-ROLLED SHEETS --------------------------------------------------------- 1 158 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04157 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-07/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 3, 1935, P.268, JANUARY 4, 1940, P.172, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. NOTES: 1920-08/1926 PRICES ARE FOR NO.22 GAGE, AUTO BODY AND LIGHT COLD-ROLLED SHEETS. 09/1926-11/1932 PRICES ARE FOR NO.20 GAGE, AUTO BODY AND LIGHT COLD-ROLLED SHEETS. 12/1932-05/18/1938 PRICES ARE FOR NO.20 GAGE, LIGHT COLD-ROLLED SHEETS. 05/19/1938-1943 PRICES ARE FOR COLD ROLLED SHEETS. THE JULY, 1925 FIGURE WAS MISPRINTED IN THE SOURCE AS 5.15. HERE IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO 4.15 AND HAS BEEN CHECKED AGAINST WEEKLY FIGURES. THE FEBRUARY, 1931 ENTRY WAS MISPRINTED IN THE SOURCE AS 3.90. HERE IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO 3.30 AND HAS BEEN CHECKED AGAINST WEEKLY FIGURES. FROM MAY 10, 1939 TO AND INCLUDING MAY 15, 1939, REDUCTIONS OF FROM $4.00 TO $8.00 A TON OFF BASE PRICES WERE PREVALENT. ALTHOUGH THESE CONCESSIONS WERE WITHDRAWN ON MAY 15, MANY ORDERS ORIGINALLY PLACED AT CONCESSIONS RANGING FROM $4.00 TO $6.00 WERE LATER ADJUSTED TO THE MAXIMUM $8.00 REDUCTION FROM THE BASE PRICE. 1940 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM WEEKLY DATA. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '28' DK 28 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 28 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) 159 - 0 VAR 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 28 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 28 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 28 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 INTEGER 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. 1 160 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, SEE THE INTRODUCTION. THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS DATASET IS 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 28 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 0398 04149 WP STBIL R 886-943 MD=-999999 REF 0398 LOC 1716 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL BILLETS, BESSEMER ------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04149 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1886-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1886-08/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1886-1889 DATA ARE FROM IRON AGE, JANUARY 7, 1915, P.12. 1890- 1943 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: THE DATA GIVEN HERE WERE CHECKED WITH IRON AGE THROUGHOUT AS WELL AS WITH THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE'S ANNUAL REPORTS. FOR 1890-1928, THE SERIES IS CALLED "BESSEMER." FOR 1929-1943, IT IS "OPEN HEARTH, REROLLING." FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PRIOR TO 1929, "BESSEMER" AND "OPEN HEARTH"PRICES WERE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 161 - (CONTINUED) - IDENTICAL, AND THE "BESSEMER" PRICES WERE DISCONTINUED FROM 1929 ON. SEE THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE AND IRON AGE. THE JANUARY, 1887 FIGURE WAS MISPRINTED IN THE SOURCE AS 24.5. A CHECK WITH THE JANUARY, 1887 ISSUE OF THE SOURCE SHOWED THE FIGURE SHOULD BE 34.5, WHICH IS GIVEN HERE. "PRIOR TO 1886, STEEL BILLETS WERE NOT A REGULAR MERCHANT COMMODITY, SELDOM BEING MENTIONED IN MARKET REPORTS." (IRON AGE, JANUARY 7, 1915, P.12) QUOTATIONS GIVEN ARE THE AVERAGE (OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS) MONTHLY PRICE PER TON AT MILLS IN PITTSBURGH. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0399 04159 WP STPLT R 898-942 MD=-999999 REF 0399 LOC 1725 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL TANK PLATES ------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04159 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1898-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1898-12/1942 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES, 1915, 1920, 1940, AND FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES. NOTES: 1914-1940 DATA WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH BLS SERIES OF TWO DIGIT FIGURES. 1926-1938 DATA WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE U.S. STEEL CORPORATION, TNEC PAPERS, VOL.II, P.82. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0400 04158 WP STIST R 917-940 MD=-999999 REF 0400 LOC 1734 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF HOT-ROLLED STRIP STEEL ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04158 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1918-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 11/1917-08/1940 1 162 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 3, 1935, P.269, JANUARY 4, 1940, P.172, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. NOTES: PRICES QUOTED ONLY FOR STRIPS OF WIDER THAN 6" PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1932. FIGURE FOR MAY, 1923 IS SOMETIMES MISPRINTED AS 2.30. HERE IT IS GIVEN AS 3.30, AFTER BEING CHECKED WITH WEEKLY FIGURES. FROM MAY 10, 1939 TO MAY 15, 1939, REDUCTIONS OF FROM $4.00 TO $8.00 A TON OFF BASE PRICE WERE PREVALENT. ALTHOUGH THESE CONCESSIONS WERE WITHDRAWN ON MAY 15, MANY ORDERS PLACED AT CONCESSIONS RANGING FROM $4.00 TO $6.00 WERE LATER ADJUSTED TO THE MAXIMUM $8.00 REDUCTION FROM THE BASE PRICES. 1940 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM WEEKLY FIGURES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0401 01460 WP STBAR R 898-939 MD=-999999 REF 0401 LOC 1743 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SOFT STEEL BARS ---------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04160 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1898-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1898-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES, 1919, 1927, 1940, AND THE FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES. NOTES: THE DATA ARE AVERAGES OF ONE DAY A WEEK QUOTATIONS. 1905-1939 PRICES WERE CHECKED WITH ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE (AISI). DISCREPENCIES WERE CHECKED AGAINST WEEKLY FIGURES IN IRON AGE. THE PRICE FOR JUNE, 1898, WAS THE "LOWEST PRICE EVER RECORDED" ACCORDING TO THE 1914 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AISI, P.99. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 163 - 0 VAR 0402 04134 WP STRST R 913-958 MD=-999999 REF 0402 LOC 1752 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04134 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: DOLLARS PER HUNDRED POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1957 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: DATA FOR 1913-1919 WERE FURNISHED DIRECT BY BLS. 1920-1931, BLS BULLETINS WERE USED. 1932-1941 DATA WERE WERE FROM MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES." 1942-1948 DATA WERE FROM BULLETIN NOS. 718, 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, AND MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED ISSUES OF AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS. 1949-1951 DATA WERE FROM BLS, PRICES AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES IN THE REVISD INDEX: 1947-1950, GROUP 10, METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS (PUBLISHED IN 1952) AND BULLETIN NO.1143. 1952 AND 1953 DATA ARE FROM MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES." NOTES: 1913-1917 PRICES WERE NEAR FIRST OF MONTH QUOTATIONS. DATA FROM 1918 ON WERE MONTHLY AVERAGES OF TUESDAY QUOTATIONS. SERIES IS CALLED "STRUCTURAL STEEL SLOPES, BEAMS, ETC.; 3"-15", MILL, PITTSBURGH. 1913-1939 DATA WERE CHECKED AGAINST QUOTATIONS IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. BEGINNING IN 1944, PRICES ARE QUOTED AS "F.O.B. PITTSBURGH BASING POINT. BEGINNING IN 1948, THE SPECIFICATION WAS CHANGED FROM 3"-15" TO 12" UP TO 60 FEET. "CARBON STEEL, I BEAMS, 12" DEPTH, 60 FOOT LENGTH, ASTM (A-7-46) PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. PITTSBURGH BASING POINT." THE NEW PRICE IS QUOTED ONLY FOR 01-06/1948. CODE #452 WAS CHANGED TO #452.1. THE NEW INDEX CODE #10-14-31 CHANGED TO 10-14-31.01. MONTH BY MONTH COMPARISONS BETWEEN BLS FIGURES AND THOSE IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SHOW THEM TO BE IDENTICAL. IN JULY, 1948, THE SPECIFICATION WAS CHANGED FROM BASING POINT QUOTATIONS TO "F.O.B. MILL, SHIPPING POINT." IN LATER SPECIFICATION LISTS, IT IS CALLED "F.O.B. PRODUCING POINTS." (OLD CODE #452.2; NEW CODE #10-14-31.02) A NEW SPECIFICATION BEGINS IN MAY, 1953, WITH NO OVERLAP GIVEN. THE NEW SPECIFICATION READS "STRUCTURAL 1 164 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - SHAPES, CARBON STEEL, 6" BY 4" BY 1/2" ANGLES, 30 FEET LONG, ASTM SPECIFICATION A-7, BASE QUANTITY, MILL TO USER, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. MILL" (BLS CODE #10-14-31.03). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0403 04181 WP RAILS R 868-941 MD=-999999 REF 0403 LOC 1761 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL RAILS ------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04181 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PENNSYLVANIA UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1868-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1868-06/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE, ANNUAL REPORTS; IRON AGE; BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: QUOTATIONS ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS FROM IRON AGE. IN NOVEMBER, 1921, "BESSEMER" STEEL RAILS AND "OPEN-HEARTH" BECAME IDENTICAL. PRIOR TO THIS DATE A CONSTANT DIFFERENTIAL OF $2.00 EXISTED BETWEEN THE TWO, OPEN-HEARTH BEING THE HIGHER. THE EXTRA $2.00 A LONG TON, WHICH WAS FOR MANY YEARS CHARGED FOR OPEN HEARTH RAILS, WAS ANNULLED WITH THE RAIL PRICE ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 22, 1921. (THE $2.00 DIFFERENTIAL PERSISTED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER, HOWEVER, BUT THE PRICES OF BESSEMER AND OPEN-HEARTH COINCIDED BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER. FROM 1868-1921, THE BESSEMER PRICE WAS USED. THE FIGURE GIVEN THROUGH 1918 (55.0) WAS THE MAXIMUM PRICE ALLOWED BY GOVERNMENT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0404 04147 WP WIRE R 899-940 MD=-999999 REF 0404 LOC 1770 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 3 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF WIRE, FENCE, BARB, GALVANIZED ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04147 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: DOLLARS PER HUNDRED POUNDS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 165 - (CONTINUED) - ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-10/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES". NOTES: FIGURES HERE ARE THE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '29' DK 29 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 29 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 29 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 29 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 1 166 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 29 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 29 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) 167 - 0 VAR 0405 04142 WP SCRAP R 873-890 MD=-999999 REF 0405 LOC 1779 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SCRAP, NO.1 WROUGHT IRON, PHILADELPHIA --------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER NET TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1873-1890 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1873-10/1890 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THE IRON AGE, JANUARY 6, 1876 FOR 1873-1875 DATA; WEEKLY ISSUES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892. PRICES GIVEN ARE THE DELIVERED PRICE PRICE AT PHILADELPHIA. ADD $0.50 FOR DELIVERIES IN THE INTERIOR. DATA ARE THE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. AVERAGES ARE OF LOWS WHEN THE RANGE IS GIVEN IN THE SOURCE. WEEKS ENDING ON THE 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD OF A MONTH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PRECEDING MONTH (THIS MEANS ISSUES OF IRON AGE UP TO THE 5TH OF THE MONTH). IN 1881 AND 1882 (AND PROBABLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1883), THERE MAY BE A DOWNWARD BIAS IN THE FIGURES SHOWN HERE, SINCE THE RANGE OF PRICES QUOTED COVERS THE MEDIUM QUALITIES AS WELL, FOR WHICH THE LOW PRICES ARE USUALLY LOWER THAN THOSE FOR SELECTED OR NO.1. THEY CANNOT BE SEGREGATED. IN TWO WEEKLY REPORTS IN NOVEMBER, 1900, THE SPECIFICATION IS GIVEN AS "NO.1 RAILWAY." THE OCTOBER, 1890 PRICE IS THE LAST ONE SHOWN FOR "NO.1 WROUGHT SCRAP." NO.1 RAILROAD SCRAP IS QUOTED INSTEAD, AFTER HAVING BEEN QUOTED FOR 1 AND 1/2 MONTHS TOGETHER WITH "NO.1 WROUGHT." THE TWO SPECIFICATIONS PROBABLY COVER SIMILAR TYPES OF SCRAP. THE FOLLOWING IS A QUOTATION FROM THE REPORT ON PRICES FROM PITTSBURGH FOR OCTOBER 11, 1883 (WHEN NO QUOTATIONS FOR SCRAP APPEARED FOR PHILADELPHIA): "ÕWåROUGHT SCRAP, $20.00-$22.00 PER NET TON, OUTSIDE FIGURE FOR SELECTED RAILROAD." NOTES: FIGURES HERE ARE THE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. 1 168 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0406 04142 WP SCRAP S 880-890 MD=-999999 REF 0406 LOC 1788 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SCRAP, NO.1 WROUGHT IRON, PHILADELPHIA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER NET TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-10/1890 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: THE IRON AGE, JANUARY 6, 1876 FOR 1873-1875 DATA; WEEKLY ISSUES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892. PRICES GIVEN ARE THE DELIVERED PRICE PRICE AT PHILADELPHIA. ADD $0.50 FOR DELIVERIES IN THE INTERIOR. DATA ARE THE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. AVERAGES ARE OF LOWS WHEN THE RANGE IS GIVEN IN THE SOURCE. WEEKS ENDING ON THE 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD OF A MONTH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PRECEDING MONTH (THIS MEANS IRON AGES UP TO THE 5TH OF THE MONTH. IN 1881 AND 1882 (AND PROBABLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1883), THERE MAY BE A DOWNWARD BIAS IN THE FIGURES SHOWN HERE, SINCE THE RANGE OF PRICES QUOTED COVERS THE MEDIUM QUALITIES AS WELL, FOR WHICH THE LOW PRICES ARE USUALLY LOWER THAN THOSE FOR SELECTED OR NO.1. THEY CANNOT BE SEGREGATED. IN TWO WEEKLY REPORTS IN NOVEMBER, 1900, THE SPECIFICATION IS GIVEN AS "NO.1 RAILWAY." THE OCTOBER, 1890 PRICE IS THE LAST ONE SHOWN FOR "NO.1 WROUGHT SCRAP." NO.1 RAILROAD SCRAP IS QUOTED INSTEAD, AFTER HAVING BEEN QUOTED FOR 1 AND 1/2 MONTHS TOGETHER WITH "NO.1 WROUGHT." THE TWO SPECIFICATIONS PROBABLY COVER SIMILAR TYPES OF SCRAP. THE FOLLOWING IS A QUOTATION FROM THE REPORT ON PRICES FROM PITTSBURGH FOR OCTOBER 11, 1883 (WHEN NO QUOTATIONS FOR SCRAP APPEARED FOR PHILADELPHIA): "ÕWåROUGHT SCRAP, $20.00-$22.00 PER NET TON, OUTSIDE FIGURE FOR SELECTED RAILROAD." 1 (ICPSR 7644) 169 - 0 VAR 0407 04142 WP SCRAP R 890-892 MD=-999999 REF 0407 LOC 1797 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SCRAP, NO. 1, RAILROAD. PHILADELPHIA. -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER NET TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1891-1892 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1890-12/1892 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: WEEKLY ISSUES OF IRON AGE NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892. NO.1 RAILROAD SCRAP IS SHOWN INSTEAD OF NO.1 WROUGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 18, 1890. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0408 04142 WP SCRAP S 890-892 MD=-999999 REF 0408 LOC 1806 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SCRAP, NO. 1, RAILROAD. PHILADELPHIA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER NET TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1890-12/1892 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: WEEKLY ISSUES OF IRON AGE NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892. NO.1 RAILROAD SCRAP IS SHOWN INSTEAD OF NO.1 WROUGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 18, 1890. 1 170 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0409 04142 WP STSCP R 889-894 MD=-999999 REF 0409 LOC 1815 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SCRAP, MIXED STEEL, CHICAGO ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER NET TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1894 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 10/1889-12/1894 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, WEEKLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1894 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1889-1894 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1894-1939. PRICES WERE QUOTED ONLY IRREGULARLY PRIOR TO OCTOBER, 1889. THE PRICES GIVEN HERE ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. IN CASES WHERE THE PRICE RANGES ARE GIVEN, THE AVERAGES OF LOWS ARE GIVEN. WEEKS ENDING ON THE 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD OF A MONTH ARE INCLUDED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH (THIS MEANS IRON AGE ISSUES UP TO THE 5TH). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0410 04142 WP STSCP S 889-894 MD=-999999 REF 0410 LOC 1824 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SCRAP, MIXED STEEL, CHICAGO SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER NET TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1894 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 10/1889-12/1894 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: IRON AGE, WEEKLY ISSUES NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT 1 (ICPSR 7644) 171 - (CONTINUED) - VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1894 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1889-1894 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1894-1939. PRICES WERE QUOTED ONLY IRREGULARLY PRIOR TO OCTOBER, 1889. THE PRICES GIVEN HERE ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. IN CASES WHERE THE PRICE RANGES ARE GIVEN, THE AVERAGES OF LOWS ARE GIVEN. WEEKS ENDING ON THE 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD OF A MONTH ARE INCLUDED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH (THIS MEANS IRON AGE ISSUES UP TO THE 5TH). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0411 04142 WP STSCP R 894-958 MD=-999999 REF 0411 LOC 1833 WIDTH 9 DK 29 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SCRAP, HEAVY MELTING, CHICAGO ------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1895-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1894-04/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, WEEKLY ISSUES, FOR DATA FROM 1894-1900. FOR THE YEARS 1901-1912, DATA WERE TAKEN FROM IRON AGE, JANUARY 2, 1902, P.10, JANUARY 1, 1903, P.48, AND JANUARY 7, 1915, P.15. 1913-1939 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" AND IRON AGE, JANUARY 4, 1923, P.74, JANUARY 4, 1940, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1894 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1889-1894 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1894-1939. DATA ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN BLS FIGURES AND THOSE REPORTED IN IRON AGE WERE CHECKED BY AVERAGING WEEKLY FIGURES IN IRON AGE. IN MOST CASES THE IRON AGE MONTHLY FIGURES WERE INCORRECTLY COMPUTED. MARCH, 1951-MAY, 1952 AND AUGUST, 1952-JANUARY, 1953 PRICES REFLECT THE OPS BASING POINT PRICE CEILING. 1 172 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - THE FIGURE FOR APRIL, 1958, IS FOR THREE WEEKS ONLY DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '30' DK 30 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 30 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 30 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 30 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 173 - 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 30 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 30 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 0412 04142 WP STSCP S 894-939 MD=-999999 REF 0412 LOC 1842 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SCRAP, HEAVY MELTING, CHICAGO, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------- 1 174 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04142 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1894-12/1939 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: IRON AGE, WEEKLY ISSUES, FOR DATA FROM 1894-1900. FOR THE YEARS 1901-1912, DATA WERE TAKEN FROM IRON AGE, JANUARY 2, 1902, P.10, JANUARY 1, 1903, P.48, AND JANUARY 7, 1915, P.15. 1913-1939 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" AND IRON AGE, JANUARY 4, 1923, P.74, JANUARY 4, 1940, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES. NOTES: SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS EIGHT VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1892 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1890-1892 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1894 (6)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1889-1894 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1958 (8)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1894-1939. DATA ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN BLS FIGURES AND THOSE REPORTED IN IRON AGE WERE CHECKED BY AVERAGING WEEKLY FIGURES IN IRON AGE. IN MOST CASES THE IRON AGE MONTHLY FIGURES WERE INCORRECTLY COMPUTED. MARCH, 1951-MAY, 1952 AND AUGUST, 1952-JANUARY, 1953 PRICES REFLECT THE OPS BASING POINT PRICE CEILING. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0413 04145 WP TINPL R 898-955 MD=-999999 REF 0413 LOC 1851 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF TIN PLATE ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04145 AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH UNITS: DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1898-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1898-12/1955 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 7, 1915, P.24, JANUARY 4, 1923, P.76, JANUARY 4, 1940, P.172, AND SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL ISSUES THROUGH 1956. NOTES: SERIES 04145 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO 1 (ICPSR 7644) 175 - (CONTINUED) - VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1898-1955 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1953-1958. DATA ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. THE PUBLISHED PRICE FOR JANUARY-NOVEMBER, 1938 WAS $5.35 BUT IN A POST-SEASON ACTION PRODUCERS GRANTED A RETROACTIVE PRICE ADJUSTMENT ON ALL SHIPMENTS BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND NOVEMBER 10. SEE IRON AGE, DECEMBER 1, 1938, P.94. (REDUCTION MADE TO $5.10) WHILE THE IRON AGE SHOWS THE 07/1948 PRICE AS CONTINUOUS, THE BLS (WHICH HAS SHOWN THE SERIES FOR A LONG PERIOD UNDER CODE #455) INDICATES A CHANGE FROM "F.O.B. PITTSBURGH, BASING POINT" TO "F.O.B. PRODUCING POINTS, PITTSBURGH AREA" (CODE #455.1 IN OLD INDEX; CODE #10-14-66.01 IN NEW INDEX). NO OVERLAP IS GIVEN. THE DATA SHOWN BY BOTH IRON AGE AND BLS ARE IDENTICAL. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0414 04145 WP TINPL R 953-958 MD=-999999 REF 0414 LOC 1860 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF TIN PLATE, F.O.B. MILL ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04145 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS PER HUNDRED POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1954-1957 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1953-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS, MONTHLY ISSUES OF "WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES" FOR 1953, 1957, AND 1958 DATA. DATA FOR 1954-1956 ARE FROM THE SUMMARY TABLE IN BLS BULLETIN NO. 1214, WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES: 1954-1956 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1957). NOTES: SERIES 04145 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1898-1955 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1953-1958. AS OF MAY, 1953, NEW SPECIFIFACTION (BLS CODE #10-14-66.02) READS: TIN PLATE, HOT DIPPED CARBON STEEL, 1.25 POUND COATING WEIGHT, 95 POUND BASIS WEIGHT, 20 INCH THROUGH 28 INCH, UNASSORTED, STANDARD MULTIPLE PACKAGING, BASE QUANTITY, MILL TO USER, PER 100 POUND BASE BOX, F.O.B. MILL. 1 176 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0415 04153 WP CPRSH R 890-939 MD=-999999 REF 0415 LOC 1869 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COPPER SHEET, HOT ROLLED, BASE SIZES. -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04153 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1939 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: FOR THE YEARS 1890-1898, FIGURES FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, AND OCTOBER ONLY ARE REPORTED AND 01/1899-12/1939. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: PRICES ARE THOSE CHARGED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO THE WHOLESALE JOBBER. FOR 1890-1898, DATA ARE FIRST OF QUARTER QUOTATIONS. FOR 1899-1917, FIRST OF MONTH QUOTATIONS ARE GIVEN. 1918-1931 DATA ARE DAILY AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS, AND 1932-1939 DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF THE QUOTATIONS AS OF ONE DAY EACH WEEK. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0416 04153 WP CPRSH S 890-899 MD=-999999 REF 0416 LOC 1878 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COPPER SHEET, HOT ROLLED, BASE SIZES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04153 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: 1890-1898 MONTHLY COVERAGE: FOR THE YEARS 1890-1898, ONLY THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, AND NOVEMBER ARE REPORTED AND 01/1899-05/1899. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER. SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: PRICES ARE THOSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO THE WHOLESALE JOBBER. FOR 1890-1898, DATA ARE FIRST OF QUARTER QUOTATIONS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 177 - 0 VAR 0417 04178 WP CPRWI R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0417 LOC 1887 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF COPPER WIRE ------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04178 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1890-FOURTH, 1900, FIRST, 1918-FOURTH, 1924 MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1901-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND WHOLESALE PRICES NOTES: 1890-1900 DATA ARE PRICE PER POUND IN NEW YORK THE FIRST OF EACH QUARTER. 1901-1917 DATA ARE PRICES AS OF THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH. 1918-1931 DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF DAILY QUOTATIONS. 1932-1951 DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF ONE DAY PER WEEK'S PRICES. BLS CEASED REPORTING TWO DECIMAL PLACES IN DECEMBER, 1916. QUARTERLY FIGURES ARE THE QUARTERLY AVERAGES OF MONTHLY AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 1918-1931. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0418 04017 WP PIGLD R 870-955 MD=-999999 REF 0418 LOC 1896 WIDTH 9 DK 30 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF PIG LEAD, NEW YORK ------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04017 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1870-1955 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1870-07/1955 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1893, P.423, FOR 1870-1891 DATA; THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 4, 1896, P.15, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES FOR THE YEARS THEREAFTER. NOTES: PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF DAILY QUOTATIONS OF COMMON GRADE DESILVERIZED PIG LEAD, BASED ON WEIGHTED AVERAGES OF SALES IN NEW YORK. THE JANUARY 4 ISSUE OF THE ENGINEERING 1 178 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AND MINING JOURNAL STATES THAT QUOTATIONS ARE FOR SPOT LEAD IN CAR LOAD LOTS OR OVER. FOR DECEMBER, 1952, THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SHOWS 14.13 AND THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL SHOWS 14.125. 14.12 IS USED HERE. FOR OCTOBER, 1954, THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SHOWS 14.97 AND THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL SHOWS 14.965. 14.96 IS USED HERE. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '31' DK 31 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 31 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 31 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 31 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 1 (ICPSR 7644) 179 - (CONTINUED) - CATEGORY. THUS, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 31 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 31 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. 1 180 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0419 04146 WP LDPIP R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0419 LOC 1905 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF LEAD PIPE ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04146 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: DOLLARS PER HUNDRED POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: PRICES ARE THOSE PAID BY WHOLESALE JOBBERS TO MANUFACTURERS. PRICES ARE FOR PIPES WITH INSIDE DIAMETERS RANGING FROM 3/8 OF AN INCH TO 6 INCHES, INCLUSIVE. FOR 1890-1917, PRICES ARE FIRST OF MONTH QUOTATIONS; FOR 1918-1931, THEY ARE THE DAILY AVERAGE OF QUOTATIONS; AND FOR 1932-1939, THEY ARE THE AVERAGE OF QUOTATIONS AS OF ONE DAY EACH WEEK. THIS SERIES ENDS BECAUSE LEAD PIPE IS NO LONGER QUOTED BY THE BLS AFTER DECEMBER 1951. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0420 04092 P ZINC R 875-904 MD=-999999 REF 0420 LOC 1914 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 PRICE OF ZINC, NEW YORK ----------------------- NBER SERIES: 04092 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1875-1904 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1875-12/1904 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1892, P.471; THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; IRON AGE NOTES: SERIES 04092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1875-1904 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1875-1904 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1898-1958 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898-1940. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 181 - (CONTINUED) - PRICES ARE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE OF DAILY QUOTATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0421 04092 P ZINC S 875-904 MD=-999999 REF 0421 LOC 1923 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 PRICE OF ZINC, NEW YORK, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED -------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04092 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1875-12/1904 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1892, P.471; THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; IRON AGE NOTES: SERIES 04092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1875-1904 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1875-1904 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1898-1958 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898-1940. PRICES ARE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE OF DAILY QUOTATIONS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0422 04092 WP ZINC R 898-958 MD=-999999 REF 0422 LOC 1932 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SLAB ZINC ---------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04092 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1898-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1898-04/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 7, 1915 AND FOLLOWING JANUARY ISSUES FOR SUMMARY TABLES; CURRENT AVERAGES FROM ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NOTES: SERIES 04092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR 1 182 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1875-1904 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1875-1904 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1898-1958 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898-1940. PRICES GIVEN ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. COMMON GRADES ARE USUALLY SPECIFIED AS "PRIME WESTERN," DELIVERED AT THE NEW YORK PRICE. BEGINNING IN DECEMBER, 1942, A 3% FREIGHT TAX IS REFLECTED IN THE PRICES. SUMMARY TABLES IN ANNUAL REVIEW ISSUES OF IRON AGE SHOW THE PRICE TO BE 8.65 WITHOUT MENTION OF FREIGHT TAX (SEE JANUARY 6, 1949, P.352 AND PREVIOUS JANUARY ISSUES. HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY ISSUES SHOW THE CHANGE FROM 8.67 TO 8.65 FROM NOVEMBER 16, 1944, ON; 8.67 BEING LAST SHOWN ON NOVEMBER 9, 1944, P.155. THE BLS "WHOLESALE PRICES" GIVE $0.087 THROUGH DECEMBER 1943, AND $0.086 THEREAFTER. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0423 04092 WP ZINC S 898-940 MD=-999999 REF 0423 LOC 1941 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF SLAB ZINC, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04092 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1898-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: IRON AGE, JANUARY 7, 1915 AND FOLLOWING JANUARY ISSUES FOR SUMMARY TABLES; CURRENT AVERAGES FROM ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NOTES: SERIES 04092 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1875-1904 (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1875-1904 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1898-1958 (4)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1898-1940. PRICES GIVEN ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS. COMMON GRADES ARE USUALLY SPECIFIED AS "PRIME WESTERN," DELIVERED AT THE NEW YORK PRICE. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 183 - 0 VAR 0424 04148 WP ZNCSH R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0424 LOC 1950 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF ZINC SHEET ----------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04148 AREA COVERED: U.S. --LASALLE, ILLINOIS UNITS: DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1945, 1947-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-07/1946, 01/1947-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" NOTES: PRICES ARE F.O.B. LASALLE, ILLINOIS; ORDINARY NUMBERS AND SIZES, PACKED IN 600 POUND CASKS. IN 1933, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES IS CHANGED TO "F.O.B. MILL, ILLINOIS," AND IN 1942 IS CHANGED TO "F.O.B. MILL." FOR 1890-1917, PRICES ARE FIRST OF MONTH QUOTATIONS. FOR 1918-1931, THEY ARE DAILY AVERAGES OF QUOTATIONS, AND FOR 1932-1939, THEY ARE THE AVERAGE OF QUOTATIONS AS OF ONE DAY EACH WEEK. (BLS LETTER DATED 4/17/40) THERE ARE NO QUOTATIONS PUBLISHED FOR 08/1946-12/1946 BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT DATA. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0425 04179 WP ALUMI R 913-934 MD=-999999 REF 0425 LOC 1959 WIDTH 9 DK 31 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF ALUMINUM --------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04179 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1934 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-09/1934 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1920 DATA WERE DIRECT FROM BLS (#469 MILLS FILE); 1921-1934 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04179 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1934 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1933-1941. 1 184 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - FOR JANUARY, 1913 THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 1934, PRICES REFER TO 98-99% VIRGIN INGOT ALUMINUM. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '32' DK 32 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 32 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 32 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 32 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS 1 (ICPSR 7644) 185 - (CONTINUED) - DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 32 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 32 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. 1 186 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0426 04179 WP ALUMI R 933-941 MD=-999999 REF 0426 LOC 1968 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF ALUMINUM --------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04179 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1933-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1933-02/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1933-1934 DATA DIRECT FROM BLS. REMAINDER FROM BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04179 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1934 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1933-1941. THIS SEGMENT REFERS TO ONLY 99% PURE ALUMINUM. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0427 04018 P SILVER A 833-933 MD=-999999 REF 0427 LOC 1977 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 3 0 PRICE OF BAR SILVER ------------------- NBER SERIES: 04018 AREA COVERED: LONDON UNITS: DOLLARS PER FINE OUNCE ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1833-1933 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE MINT, 1933, PP.86-87. NOTES: DATA ARE VALUES OF A FINE OUNCE AT THE AVERAGE QUOTATION. THE PRICES ARE THE AVERAGE OF BAR SILVER IN LONDON, PER OUNCE BRITISH STANDARD (.925 FINE), IN EQUIVALENT UNITED STATES GOLD COIN, OF AN OUNCE 1.000 FINE, TAKEN AT THE AVERAGE PRICE AND PAR OF EXCHANGE. THE LONDON PRICE IS GIVEN IN DEPRECIATED CURRENCY AFTER SEPTEMBER 21, 1931. THE UNITED STATES WAS OFF THE GOLD STANDARD ON AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 187 - (CONTINUED) - AFTER APRIL 19, 1933. FIGURE FOR 1933 IS FOR THE 1932-33 FISCAL YEAR. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0428 04161 WP TIN R 880-958 MD=-999999 REF 0428 LOC 1986 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF STRAITS TIN, PIGS ------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04161 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1880-1958 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1880-02/1958 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: FOR 1880-1882, JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES OF ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; FOR 1883-1884, WEEKLY ISSUES OF SAME; FOR 1885-1889, MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1893, P.612, 1897, P.646, 1902, P.596; FOR 1900-1957, METAL STATISTICS; AMERICAN METAL MARKET THEREAFTER (DATA MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS). NOTES: FOR 1880-1884, DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS, COMPUTED BY NBER. 1885-1958 DATA ARE AVERAGE OF DAILY QUOTATIONS, GIVEN DIRECT. MINERAL INDUSTRY IS THE STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. BEGINNING IN 1918, "APPROXIMATE AVERAGES BASED ON SALES OF STRAITS AND OTHER GRADES OF PURE TIN FOR DELIVERY, FOR THE MOST PART IN SMALL LOTS." THE MARKET WAS STRICTLY NOMINAL 12/12/1917-12/31/1917. THE FIGURE 86.0 WAS USED FOR THOSE DATES AS AN ARBITRATIVE BASIS IN COMPUTING THE MONTH'S AVERAGE. SEE THE SOURCE CITED ABOVE. (METAL STATISTICS, 1927, P.333) ............................................................... 0 VAR 0429 04066 WP METAL R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0429 LOC 1995 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 WHOLESALE PRICES OF METAL AND METAL PRODUCTS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04066 1 188 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES" THROUGH 1941; THEREAFTER BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, AND 1083 THROUGH 1950; MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES, FOR 1951. NOTES: SERIES 04066 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. 73 ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE INDEX FOR 1890-1925 AND 129 ITEMS FOR 1926-1951. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0430 04066 WI METAL R 947-956 MD=-999999 REF 0430 LOC 2004 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04066 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1956 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-06/1956 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS "WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES FOR SPECIAL GROUPINGS OF MACHINERY AND STEEL PRODUCTS (1947-49=100)," UNDATED RELEASE ISSUED BY BLS IN MAY, 1952, FOR THE PERIOD 01/1947-02/1952; MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICE RELEASES THEREAFTER. NOTES: SERIES 04066 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIBALES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1956. THESE DATA ARE ON A 1947-1949 BASE, AND ARE BASED ON PRICES FOR "SPECIAL METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS," CONSISTING OF THE "TOTAL METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS" GROUP, PLUS "AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT" AND "MOTOR VEHICLES." THEY ARE COMPARABLE TO THE FORMER INDEX (1926=100) FOR "METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS" (BLS UNDATED SUMMARY TABLE QUOTED ABOVE, FOOTNOTE II). 1 (ICPSR 7644) 189 - 0 VAR 0431 04211 PI EXSTL R 879-923 MD=-999999 REF 0431 LOC 2013 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 PRICE INDEX OF EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL, LIPSEY ------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04211 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1913=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1879-1923 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1879-FOURTH,1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: UNPUBLISHED TABULATION. FOR A DESCRIPTION AND COVERAGE OF THIS SERIES, SEE ROBERT E. LIPSEY, PRICE AND QUANTITY TRENDS IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES, NBER, 1963, PP.289-295. NOTES: THE DATA REPRESENT MANUFACTURED IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS INCLUDING MACHINERY AND VEHICLES. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0432 04211 PI EXSTL S 879-923 MD=-999999 REF 0432 LOC 2022 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 PRICE INDEX OF EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL, LIPSEY, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04211 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1913=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1879-FOURTH,1923 MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE. SOURCE: UNPUBLISHED TABULATION. FOR A DESCRIPTION AND COVERAGE OF THIS SERIES, SEE ROBERT E. LIPSEY, PRICE AND QUANTITY TRENDS IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES, NBER, 1963, PP.289-295. NOTES: THE DATA REPRESENT MANUFACTURED IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS INCLUDING MACHINERY AND VEHICLES. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '33' DK 33 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- 1 190 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 33 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 33 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 33 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 191 - 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 33 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 33 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 0433 04137 WP HAYMR R 913-937 MD=-999999 REF 0433 LOC 2031 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF HAYMOWERS, 5 FEET REGULAR LIFT ------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04137 1 192 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS EACH ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1937 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1937 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: 1913-1925 DATA ARE FROM MIMEOGRAPHED SHEETS FROM BLS. FOR 1926- 1937 DATA, SEE BLS BULLETINS AND "WHOLESALE PRICES." NOTES: SERIES 04137 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1937 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1933-1944. DATA ARE PRICES FOR "HAY MOWERS, 5 FOOT REGULAR LIFT, FACTORY" FOR PERIOD 1913-1928. IN 1929, THE SERIES IS CALLED "MOWER, HAY" BUT PRICES SEEM TO BE CONTINUOUS (NBER NOTE). THIS SERIES WAS REVISED IN 1938. SEE "WHOLESALE PRICES," JANUARY, 1938, P.12. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0434 04137 WP MOWER R 933-944 MD=-999999 REF 0434 LOC 2040 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 2 0 WHOLESALE PRICE OF HORSE-DRAWN MOWERS, COMPOSITE, F.O.B. SHIPPING POINT. -------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04137 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: DOLLARS EACH ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1933-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1933-05/1944 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS LETTERS FOR 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937; BLS "WHOLESALE PRICES," JANUARY, 1936, P.17, FOR 1935; CURRENT BULLETINS FOR 1938 AND SUCCEEDING YEARS. NOTES: SERIES 04137 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1937 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1933-1944. MONTHLY DATA WERE AVAILABLE BEGINNING IN 1933. ANNUAL AVERAGES DATE TO 1913. THE 1937 ANNUAL FIGURE FOR FOR THE TWO VARIABLES HAS A RATIO OF 1.063 (1937 2ND SEGMENT DIVIDED BY THE 1ST SEGMENT YIELDS 877.43/825.31=1.063. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 193 - 0 VAR 0435 04180 WI AUTOS R 913-928 MD=-999999 REF 0435 LOC 2049 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04180 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1927 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-01/1928 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOTES: SERIES 04180 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1928 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1927-1941. THIS SERIES REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE OF PRICES OF ONE POPULAR CAR AND IS AVAILABLE THROUGH 1937. A REVISED INDEX WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PRICE CHANGES IN THREE STYLES OF CHASSIS (4-DOOR, 2-DOOR, AND COUPE) WAS AVAILABLE ANNUALLY PLUS A DECEMBER FIGURE DURING 1927-1936 AND MONTHLY THEREAFTER. THE NBER HAS THEREFORE ADJUSTED THE JULY 1927-1936 DATA IN THE FIRST SERIES BY THE ANNUAL AND DECEMBER FIGURES IN THE REVISED SERIES TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS SECOND SEGMENT. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0436 04180 WI AUTOS R 927-941 MD=-999999 REF 0436 LOC 2058 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04180 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1928-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1927-02/1941 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: COMPUTED BY NBER FROM BLS DATA FOR JANUARY-JUNE, 1937; FOR JULY 1937 ON, BLS "WHOLESALE PRICES". 1 194 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: SERIES 04180 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1928 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1927-1941. THIS SERIES REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE OF PRICES OF ONE POPULAR CAR AND IS AVAILABLE THROUGH 1937. A REVISED INDEX WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PRICE CHANGES IN THREE STYLES OF CHASSIS (4-DOOR, 2-DOOR, AND COUPE) WAS AVAILABLE ANNUALLY PLUS A DECEMBER FIGURE DURING 1927-1936 AND MONTHLY THEREAFTER. THE NBER HAS THEREFORE ADJUSTED THE JULY 1927-1936 DATA IN THE FIRST SERIES BY THE ANNUAL AND DECEMBER FIGURES IN THE REVISED SERIES TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS SECOND SEGMENT. THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT IS LOWERED TO THE LEVEL OF THIS ONE BY THE RATIO OF THE OVERLAPPING SEGMENT JULY, 1927-JANUARY, 1928: 677.3 DIVIDED BY 720.3 EQUALS 0.940. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0437 04068 WI BMATR R 890-951 MD=-999999 REF 0437 LOC 2067 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04068 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1926=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1890-1951 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-12/1951 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS (SEE NOTE BELOW) NOTES: SERIES 04068 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1962. AN NBER NOTE ON THE MANUSCRIPT SOURCE REFERS THE USER TO BLS BULLETIN NO. 572 FOR INFORMATION REGARDING A REVISION OF THIS SERIES. NBER MENTIONS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE SERIES FROM 57 TO 86, WITH REVISED DATA COMING FROM BLS BULLETIN NO. 572, PP.8-9, FOR 1926-1931; "WHOLESALE PRICES" FOR THE PERIOD 1932-1941; BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, FOR SUCCEEDING YEARS THROUGH 1950; AND MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES FOR 1951 DATA. UNREVISED DATA FOR 57 ITEMS ARE FROM BLS BULLETIN NO. 543, PP.3-11 FOR THE PERIOD 1890-1930; AND SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JANUARY, 1932 FOR 01/1931-11/1931. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 195 - (CONTINUED) - REVISION INCLUDES THE REARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS IN THE GROUP WITH SOME ADDITIONS. THE BASE PERIOD REMAINED THE SAME (SEE BLS BULLETIN NO. 572, P. 1. THE OLD GROUPING INCLUDED LUMBER, BRICK, CEMENT, STRUCTURAL STEEL, PAINT MATERIALS, AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS. THE NEW GROUPING ADDED TILES AND PLUMBING AND HEATING MATERIALS. THIS SERIES WAS DISCONTINUED ON THIS BASE. THE NEXT VARIABLE CONTINUES ON ANOTHER BASE. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0438 04068 WI BMATR R 947-962 MD=-999999 REF 0438 LOC 2076 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04068 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1947-1949=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1947-1962 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-05/1962 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS "REVISED WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, BUILDING MATERIALS" (1947-49=100), MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE OF MAY 7, 1952, FOR 1947-1951; MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX THEREAFTER. SEE ALSO BLS BULLETIN NOS. 1214, 1235, 1257, AND 1295 FOR SUMMARY TABLES 1954-6, 1957, 1958, AND 1959. NOTES: SERIES 04068 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1947-1962. THESE DATA FROM 01/1947-12/1951 REPRESENT THE REVISED SAMPLE AND THE 1947-49 WEIGHTING PATTERN. THE TABLE ALSO SHOWS FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 1926, "BASED ON THE MONTH-TO-MONTH MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER INDEX." THIS SERIES IS ONE OF A GROUP OF "SPECIAL" INDEXES. BEGINNING WITH 1958, THE SERIES IS CALLED "INDEX OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS" (SEE BLS BULLETIN NO. 1257, P.18). ............................................................... 0 VAR 0439 04186 CPI DURA R 935-969 MD=-999999 REF 0439 LOC 2085 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, DURABLE COMMODITIES, BUREAU OF LABOR 1 196 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - STATISTICS ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04186 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1935-1968 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: ONLY THE MONTHS OF MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER FOR 1935-1955 AND 01/1956-09/1969. SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS MIMEOGRAPHED, UNDATED RELEASE, "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, U.S. CITY AVERAGE: DURABLE COMMODITIES--SERIES K-2," FOR 1935-04/1966; MONTHLY "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX" THEREAFTER. ALSO IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. NOTES: 1935-36 DATA ARE IRREGULAR; END OF QUARTER PRICES WERE USED FOR 1937-1955. NOTE THAT IN 1964 THE SERIES WAS REVISED TO REFLECT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF HOME PURCHASE COSTS FROM SERVICE TO DURABLE COMMODITIES. THE SERIES WAS REVISED BACKWARDS. DATA ARE COMPARABLE ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT, 1965 (BUSINESS STATISTICS). DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '34' DK 34 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 34 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 34 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, 1 (ICPSR 7644) 197 - (CONTINUED) - SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 34 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 34 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. 1 198 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 34 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 0440 04186 CPI DURA S 956-967 MD=-999999 REF 0440 LOC 2094 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, DURABLE COMMODITIES, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04186 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: 1957-1959=100 ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1956-03/1967 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER USING X-11 PROGRAM. SOURCE: BLS MIMEOGRAPHED, UNDATED RELEASE, "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, U.S. CITY AVERAGE: DURABLE COMMODITIES--SERIES K-2," FOR 1935-04/1966; MONTHLY "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX" THEREAFTER. ALSO IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. NOTES: NOTE THAT IN 1964 THE SERIES WAS REVISED TO REFLECT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF HOME PURCHASE COSTS FROM SERVICE TO DURABLE COMMODITIES. THE SERIES WAS REVISED BACKWARDS. DATA ARE COMPARABLE ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT, 1965 (BUSINESS STATISTICS). 1 (ICPSR 7644) 199 - 0 VAR 0441 04025 RP BACON R 911-943 MD=-999999 REF 0441 LOC 2103 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BACON --------------------- NBER SERIES: 04025 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN, NOS. 105, 113, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495; UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, MONTHLY ISSUES OF RETAIL PRICES; FOR 1911-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS BY U.S.B.L. THE DATA WERE NOT PUBLISHED FOR ECONOMY REASONS. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM "RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY CITIES." NOTES: PRICES ARE FOR THE BEST GRADE OF SMOKED BACON SOLD IN ANY CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY TO FAMILIES OF WAGE EARNERS. NO FANCY BACON, READY SLICED, IN GLASS JARS OR OTHER SMALL PACKAGES IS QUOTED. BACON QUOTED IS SLICED WHEN SOLD. BACON SOLD BY PIECE NOT INCLUDED. PRICES ARE OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH. 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER AND ARE NOT AS COMPLETE AS LATER YEARS. NBER USED AN AVERAGE OF A VARYING NUMBER OF REPORTING FIRMS. BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933 AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, THE GIVEN PRICE WAS USED. IN CASES OF OTHER DATES, PRICES FOR THE MONTH WERE AVERAGED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0442 04025 RP BACON S 911-940 MD=-999999 REF 0442 LOC 2112 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BACON, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04025 AREA COVERED: U.S. --CHICAGO UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1940 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 200 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN, NOS. 105, 113, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495; UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, MONTHLY ISSUES OF RETAIL PRICES; FOR 1911-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS BY U.S.B.L. THE DATA WERE NOT PUBLISHED FOR ECONOMY REASONS. 1935-1940 DATA ARE FROM "RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY CITIES." NOTES: PRICES ARE FOR THE BEST GRADE OF SMOKED BACON SOLD IN ANY CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY TO FAMILIES OF WAGE EARNERS. NO FANCY BACON, READY SLICED, IN GLASS JARS OR OTHER SMALL PACKAGES IS QUOTED. BACON QUOTED IS SLICED WHEN SOLD. BACON SOLD BY PIECE NOT INCLUDED. PRICES ARE OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH. 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER AND ARE NOT AS COMPLETE AS LATER YEARS. NBER USED AN AVERAGE OF A VARYING NUMBER OF REPORTING FIRMS. BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933 AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, THE GIVEN PRICE WAS USED. IN CASES OF OTHER DATES, PRICES FOR THE MONTH WERE AVERAGED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0443 04027 RP LARD R 911-943 MD=-999999 REF 0443 LOC 2121 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF LARD -------------------- NBER SERIES: 04027 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS OF U.S.B.L. NOT GIVEN FORMERLY IN BULLETINS FOR ECONOMY'S SAKE. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM "RETAIL PRICES--PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOOD BY CITIES." 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY AVERAGING QUOTATIONS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF FIRMS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 201 - (CONTINUED) - NOTES: ALL QUOTATIONS ARE FOR "PURE" LARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW FOR "PURE LEAF." NO "COMPOUND" LARD IS QUOTED. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF QUOTATIONS ARE FOR "TUB" LARD (SOLD IN BULK). SOME QUOTATIONS ARE FOR LARD SOLD IN PAILS BUT WERE REDUCED TO A PRICE PER POUND BASIS. PRICES ARE FOR THE 15TH OF THE MONTH OR THE TUESDAY NEAREST THE 15TH. DATA ARE THE SIMPLE AVERAGE OF ACTUAL SELLING PRICES OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH THROUGH AUGUST, 1933. THEREAFTER, A PRICE REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS UNTIL 1936. BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN. IN THE CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0444 04027 RP LARD S 911-943 MD=-999999 REF 0444 LOC 2130 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF LARD, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ----------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04027 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS OF U.S.B.L. NOT GIVEN FORMERLY IN BULLETINS FOR ECONOMY'S SAKE. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM "RETAIL PRICES--PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOOD BY CITIES." 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY AVERAGING QUOTATIONS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF FIRMS. NOTES: ALL QUOTATIONS ARE FOR "PURE" LARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW FOR "PURE LEAF." NO "COMPOUND" LARD IS QUOTED. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF QUOTATIONS ARE FOR "TUB" LARD (SOLD IN BULK). SOME QUOTATIONS ARE FOR LARD SOLD IN PAILS BUT WERE REDUCED TO A PRICE PER POUND BASIS. PRICES ARE FOR THE 15TH OF THE MONTH OR THE TUESDAY NEAREST THE 15TH. DATA ARE THE SIMPLE AVERAGE OF ACTUAL SELLING PRICES OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH THROUGH AUGUST, 1933. THEREAFTER, A PRICE REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS UNTIL 1 202 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - 1936. BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN. IN THE CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0445 04029 RP BUTTR R 911-943 MD=-999999 REF 0445 LOC 2139 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BUTTER, CHICAGO ------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04029 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS OF U.S.B.L. NOT GIVEN FORMERLY IN BULLETINS FOR ECONOMY'S SAKE. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM "RETAIL PRICES--PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOOD BY CITIES." 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY AVERAGING QUOTATIONS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF FIRMS. BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN. IN THE CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0446 04029 RP BUTTR S 911-940 MD=-999999 REF 0446 LOC 2148 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BUTTER, CHICAGO, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ---------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04029 AREA COVERED: U.S. UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE 1 (ICPSR 7644) 203 - (CONTINUED) - MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1932, 01/1935-12/1940 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS OF U.S.B.L. NOT GIVEN FORMERLY IN BULLETINS FOR ECONOMY'S SAKE. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM "RETAIL PRICES--PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOOD BY CITIES." 1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY AVERAGING QUOTATIONS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF FIRMS. BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN. IN THE CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. DECK IDENTIFICATION IS: '35' DK 35 COL 1- 2 ---------------------------- ............................................................... 0 VAR 0204 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0204 LOC 1 WIDTH 4 DK 35 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 0205 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0205 LOC 5 WIDTH 1 DK 35 COL 7 0 ICPSR VERSION NUMBER -------------------- THE VALUE OF THIS VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IS 1, SIGNIFYING THE FIRST ICPSR RELEASE OF THIS DATASET, WINTER, 1980. 1 204 (ICPSR 7644) - 0 VAR 0206 PART NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0206 LOC 6 WIDTH 3 DK 35 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, 04A IS THE FIRST DATASET IN CATEGORY 4, "PRICES", O4B THE SECOND. THE VALUE OF THE PART NUMBER VARIABLE FOR ALL CASES IN THIS DATASET IS 04B. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0207 CASE NUMBER (YEAR/MO) NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0207 LOC 9 WIDTH 5 DK 35 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 INTEGER 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 1833-1969. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0208 FILTER NO MISSING DATA CODES REF 0208 LOC 14 WIDTH 1 DK 35 COL 16 0 INTERVAL TYPE VARIABLE ---------------------- 1 (ICPSR 7644) 205 - (CONTINUED) - 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 0447 04020 RP FLOUR R 913-943 MD=-999999 REF 0447 LOC 2157 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 17-25 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF FLOUR, WHEAT, WHITE ----------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04020 AREA COVERED: U.S. --MINNEAPOLIS UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES," EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS, NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR 1913-1934 DATA. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE, "RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY CITIES." BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN. IN THE CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. DURING THE YEAR 1918, PRICES FOR STANDARD WAR FLOUR WERE INCLUDED (SEE BLS BULLETIN 334, P.10 FOOTNOTE). BEGINNING IN JUNE, 1941, PRICES WERE QUOTED IN 10 POUND UNITS. HERE THEY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO PRICES PER POUND. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0448 04022 RP BREAD R 913-943 MD=-999999 REF 0448 LOC 2166 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 26-34 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BREAD --------------------- 1 206 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - NBER SERIES: 04022 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1913-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1913-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES," EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS, NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR 1913-1934 DATA. 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE, "RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY CITIES." BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN. IN THE CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. QUOTATIONS HERE ARE BASED ON 18 OUNCES OF DOUGH, THIS BEING THE AVERAGE SCALING WEIGHT OF A BAKED LOAF WEIGHING A POUND. VARIATIONS IN LOAVES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED AND PRIOR TO 1918, A SCALING WEIGHT OF 16 OUNCES HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO 18 OUNCES. FANCY, SPECIAL, GRAHAM, RYE, AND RESTAURANT BREAD HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0449 04023 RP BREAD R 899-935 MD=-999999 REF 0449 LOC 2175 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 35-43 IMP DEC= 2 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BREAD --------------------- NBER SERIES: 04023 AREA COVERED: FRANCE --CITY OF PARIS UNITS: FRANCS PER TWO KILOGRAMS ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1899-1902, 1904-1913, 1916-1934 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1899-12/1902, 04/1903-12/1913, 04/1915-03/1935 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: LA REFORME ECONOMIQUE, JANUARY, 1900 AND SUCCEEDING ISSUES FOR 1899-JUNE, 1920 DATA; BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE, VOL. 15 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES FOR JULY, 1921-1935 DATA. NOTES: QUOTATIONS ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY PRICES. DATA WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR JANUARY-MARCH, 1903 AND 1 (ICPSR 7644) 207 - (CONTINUED) - 1914 DATA FOR JULY, 1921-1935 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY CONVERTING PUBLISHED DATA IN CENTIMES PER 1 KILOGRAM TO FRANCS PER 2 KILOGRAMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0450 04023 SP BREAD S 903-930 MD=-999999 REF 0450 LOC 2184 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 44-52 IMP DEC= 2 0 RETAIL PRICE OF BREAD, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ------------------------------------------ NBER SERIES: 04023 AREA COVERED: FRANCE --CITY OF PARIS UNITS: FRANCS PER TWO KILOGRAMS ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 04/1904-12/1913, 01/1923-06/1930 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY NBER SOURCE: LA REFORME ECONOMIQUE, JANUARY, 1900 AND SUCCEEDING ISSUES FOR 1904-1913DATA; BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE, VOL. 15 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES FOR 1923-1930 DATA. NOTES: QUOTATIONS ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY PRICES. DATA FOR 1923-1930 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY CONVERTING PUBLISHED DATA IN CENTIMES PER 1 KILOGRAM TO FRANCS PER 2 KILOGRAMS. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0451 04043 RP CNTOM R 919-943 MD=-999999 REF 0451 LOC 2193 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 53-61 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF CANNED TOMATOES, NO.2 CAN, NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04043 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER CAN ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1919-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR MONTHLY ISSUES OF RETAIL PRICES, EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM USBL SPECIAL MONTHLY 1 208 (ICPSR 7644) - (CONTINUED) - MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS. THOSE DATA WERE NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER PUBLISHED SOURCES BECAUSE OF ECONOMY MEASURES. NOTES: TOMATOES ARE GRADED INTO FANCY AND STANDARD. THE STANDARD IN THE NO.2 SIZE CAN IS GIVEN IN THIS SERIES. PRICES ARE AS OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH OR THE TUESDAY NEAREST THE 15TH. NOTE THAT WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BY BLS AS DOLLARS PER DOZEN CANS, WHILE RETAIL PRICES ARE IN CENTS PER CAN. ............................................................... 0 VAR 0452 04031 RP SUGAR R 911-943 MD=-999999 REF 0452 LOC 2202 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 62-70 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF SUGAR --------------------- NBER SERIES: 04031 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1911-1943 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1911-12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 113, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND MONTHLY "RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934 DATA; 1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM THE MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, "RETAIL PRICES," EXCEPT FOR DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932. DATA FOR THAT PERIOD ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS NOT GIVEN FORMERLY IN THE BULLETIN BECAUSE OF AN ECONOMY MEASURE. 1911-1912 DATA WERE CALCULATED BY THE NBER BY AVERAGING PRICES OF VARIOUS FIRMS TOGETHER. NOTES: QUOTATIONS ARE THE AVERAGE OF PRICES ON THE 15TH OF THE MONTH FOR 3 1/2 POUND LOTS OF SUGAR. WHERE THE QUOTATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY IN DOLLARS, THEY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO CENTS. PRICES ARE FOR GRANULATED SUGAR. UNTIL 1917, IN A NUMBER OF CITIES, THE 25 AND 50 CENT AND ONE DOLLAR LOTS REPRESENTED THE UNIT OF SALE, BUT SINCE THE LATTER PART OF 1917, PRACTICALLY ALL QUOTATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN ON THE POUND BASIS. 1 (ICPSR 7644) 209 - 0 VAR 0453 04041 RP PRUNE R 915-943 MD=-999999 REF 0453 LOC 2211 WIDTH 9 DK 35 COL 71-79 IMP DEC= 1 0 RETAIL PRICE OF PRUNES, NEW YORK -------------------------------- NBER SERIES: 04041 AREA COVERED: U.S. --NEW YORK CITY UNITS: CENTS PER POUND ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1915-1942 QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1915-09/1943, 12/1943 SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS NOS. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR MONTHLY ISSUES OF RETAIL PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 1915-1934, EXCEPT FOR DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS. THESE WERE NOT PEVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BECAUSE OF AN ECONOMY MEASURE. NOTES: THE PRUNE FOR WHICH PRICES ARE GIVEN ARE MOSTLY CALIFORNIA PRUNES. NEARLY ALL QUOTATIONS ARE ON LOOSE PRUNES AND WHERE COLLECTED BY PER PACKAGE WERE REDUCED TO THE PER POUND BASIS. QUOTATIONS ARE GIVEN ON THE SIZE OF PRUNES HAVING THE HEAVIEST SALES IN THE STORES REPORTING. NO PRICES WERE QUOTED FOR OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, 1943. 1 TERMINATION OF CODEBOOK LIST.