"c VAR 0131 02004 TTL BLD R 868-939 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0131 LOC 1159 WIDTH 9 DK 19 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c INDEX OF VALUE OF TOTAL BUILDING, ORIGINAL DATA, LONG " "c ----------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 02004 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S., 5 TO 35 CITIES " "c UNITS: 1930=100 " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1868-1939 " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: MONTHLY DATA, CLARENCE D. LONG, JR.,"BUILDING " "c CYCLES AND THE THEORY OF INVESTMENTS" (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY " "c PRESS, 1940); ANNUAL DATA: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, " "c "HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES," 1789-1945, " "c SERIES H77. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 02004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS 2 VARIABLES: (1) " "c ORIGINAL DATA, 1868-1939; AND (2) SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, " "c 1882-1917. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE INTRODUCTORY NOTES " "c ON LONG INDEXES. THE PUBLISHED MONTHLY SERIES COVERS THE " "c PERIOD 1868 THROUGH APRIL 1940. THE INDEX WAS SMOOTHED, AND " "c RANDOM AND SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS ELIMINATED, BY MEANS OF " "c THE MACAULAY 43-TERM GRADUATION. (SEE SOURCE, PP. 101 AND " "c 223.) THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY INDEXES FOR THE SEGMENT 1882 " "c THROUGH 1917 ARE PRESENTED HERE WITH SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT BY " "c NBER. FOR 1868-1874, COVERAGE CONSISTED OF MANHATTAN ONLY. " "c THE NUMBER OF CITIES INCLUDED REACHED FIVE IN 1882, " "c THIRTY-FIVE IN 1906, AND THIRTY- SEVEN IN 1930. THE " "c SPECIFIC CITIES COVERED ARE LISTED IN THE SOURCE. THE " "c MONTHLY INDEX COVERS ALL TYPES OF BUILDINGS FOR WHICH " "c PERMITS WERE ISSUED OR PLANS FILED AND INCLUDES ALTERATIONS " "c AND REPAIRS. THE BASE IS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE IN 1930 OF THE " "c AGGREGATE VALUE OF BUILDING IN THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE " "c INDEX FOR THE PARTICULAR MONTH BEING MEASURED. " "c FOR A MONTHLY SERIES ON VALUE OF BUILDING PLANS IN " "c MANHATTAN, BEGINNING 1868, SEE SERIES 02045. FOR MONTHLY " "c DATA ON VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR 120 CITIES, BEGINNING " "c 1911, COMPILED BY BRADSTREET, SEE SERIES 02006. THE ANNUAL " "c FIGURES FOR THIS SERIES WERE CALCULATED IN"HISTORICAL " "c STATISTICS" BY AVERAGING LONG'S MONTHLY INDEXES. " "c " "c ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD. " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE CHANGED FROM 01/1882-12/1917 TO NONE " "c BY JROTH@NBER.ORG 5/15/2001 "c ............................................................... " -1 1868. 1939. 17.4000 20.3000 17.5000 21.5000 14.1000 12.6000 8.40000 7.50000 6.50000 5.50000 6.10000 8.90000 11.5000 15.3000 16.5000 17.1000 17.3000 19.5000 22.5000 25.1000 21.0000 29.0000 29.5000 31.3000 34.2000 24.3000 21.0000 28.0000 23.4000 25.3000 23.0000 30.0000 22.5000 35.3000 36.0000 36.9000 41.6000 56.1000 57.9000 50.4000 57.6000 65.6000 64.9000 65.5000 69.2000 62.3000 56.1000 62.8000 74.2000 49.7000 24.1000 81.9000 87.6000 107.600 167.600 212.700 213.300 252.300 239.600 214.400 199.100 187.300 100.000 78.8000 28.0000 19.0000 21.4000 39.8000 59.4000 67.0000 70.6000 78.8000