"c VAR 0799 02109 CNST MTR R 925-942 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0799 LOC 2113 WIDTH 9 DK 34 COL 44-52 " "c " "c " "c INDEX OF SHIPMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, ORIGINAL DATA " "c ----------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 02109 " "c AREA COVERED: UNITED STATES " "c UNITS: 1929=100 " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 1/1925 - 12/1942 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: 1925-1937: STANDARD & POOR'S"BASIC STATISTICS" " "c SECTION 5, 1942 1938-1942: STANDARD & POOR'S"CURRENT " "c STATISTICS" VOL. 97, NO. 9, SECTION 1, SEPT. 1942 (SEE " "c LIPSEY AND PRESTON, P. 282). " "c " "c NOTES: THIS SERIES WAS COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT " "c STABILIZATION BOARD, WHOSE FUNCTIONS WERE TAKEN OVER IN THE " "c LATE THIRTIES BY THE FEDERAL STABILIZATION OFFICE, AND IN " "c 1939 BY THE NATIONAL RESOURCES PLANNING BOARD. THE SERIES " "c WAS DISCONTINUED IN MAY 1942. " "c BY 1930, THE INDEX WAS COMPOSED OF THIRTY INDIVIDUAL " "c SERIES ON THE QUANTITY OF SHIPMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION " "c MATERIALS. TWELVE SERIES WERE USED BEGINNING IN 1925, AND " "c ADDITIONAL SERIES WERE ADDED AS THEY BECAME AVAILABLE. THE " "c INDIVIDUAL SERIES ARE WEIGHTED IN THE INDEX ACCORDING TO " "c RELATIVE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. " "c THE MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THE INDEX AS OF JANUARY 1925 " "c WERE: TERRA COTTA, FLOOR AND WALL TILE, STEEL PLATE, " "c ENAMELED SANITARY WARE, ASPHALT, CEMENT, EXPLOSIVES, FACE " "c BRICK, CAST IRON BOILERS, RADIATORS, OAK FLOORING, AND MAPLE " "c FLOORING. THESE WERE ADDED TO AS FOLLOWS: JULY 1925, " "c VITREOUS CHINA PLUMBING; JANUARY 1926, WATER SOFTENING " "c APPARATUS; JANUARY 1927, PUMPS AND WATER SYSTEMS, LIMESTONE, " "c CONCRETE REINFORCING STEEL; FEBRUARY 1927, STEEL BOILERS; " "c SEPTEMBER 1927, PLUMBING PORCELAIN; JANUARY 1928, PREPARED " "c ROOFING, GAS-FIRED BOILERS, RUBBER FLOORING, WINDOW GLASS; " "c JANUARY 1929, OIL BURNERS, PAINT AND VARNISH, LEAD PIPE, " "c OAKUM; JANUARY 1930, RANGE BOILERS, PLUMBERS' WOODWORK, " "c PLASTIC PAINTS. " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT IS BY THE COMPILING AGENCY. " "c FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1941 TO MAY 1942 THE UNADJUSTED " "c AND SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE INCONSISTENT AS TO LEVEL. " "c SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE FOR US TO DETERMINE WHICH IS " "c CORRECT, THERE IS NOT AN ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1941. " "c AN EARLIER INDEX, WHICH WAS A SIMPLE AVERAGE OF SIX " "c ITEMS, WAS COMPILED BY ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND " "c PUBLISHED IN THE"SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS", MAY 1927, " "c P.22, THE 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, P.36, AND LATER ISSUES. IT " "c COVERED 1913 THROUGH 1920, ANNUALLY, AND 1921 THROUGH MARCH " "c 1932, MONTHLY (LIPSEY AND PRESTON, P 283). " "c " "c ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD. " "c ............................................................... " -12 1925.01 1942.12 68.0000 73.0000 95.0000 116.000 125.000 124.000 129.000 134.000 129.000 126.000 95.0000 80.0000 69.0000 67.0000 90.0000 106.000 130.000 133.000 131.000 137.000 134.000 133.000 102.000 73.0000 67.0000 73.0000 95.0000 107.000 119.000 128.000 123.000 139.000 131.000 126.000 97.0000 71.0000 71.0000 71.0000 95.0000 102.000 125.000 125.000 125.000 138.000 129.000 137.000 101.000 74.0000 69.0000 67.0000 90.0000 103.000 114.000 116.000 121.000 134.000 120.000 121.000 84.0000 61.0000 57.0000 59.0000 72.0000 88.0000 98.0000 99.0000 101.000 102.000 102.000 97.0000 62.0000 47.0000 49.0000 45.0000 54.0000 69.0000 79.0000 82.0000 81.0000 79.0000 77.0000 76.0000 51.0000 34.0000 34.0000 32.0000 36.0000 45.0000 48.0000 51.0000 47.0000 57.0000 56.0000 55.0000 34.0000 24.0000 24.0000 24.0000 31.0000 37.0000 50.0000 55.0000 57.0000 49.0000 50.0000 50.0000 35.0000 29.0000 32.0000 29.0000 39.0000 48.0000 58.0000 53.0000 51.0000 61.0000 55.0000 65.0000 46.0000 33.0000 34.0000 34.0000 43.0000 54.0000 59.0000 59.0000 60.0000 67.0000 70.0000 75.0000 51.0000 42.0000 45.0000 43.0000 59.0000 71.0000 78.0000 89.0000 91.0000 95.0000 104.000 106.000 75.0000 62.0000 58.0000 59.0000 73.0000 83.0000 85.0000 88.0000 85.0000 90.0000 98.0000 86.0000 60.0000 43.0000 45.0000 43.0000 64.0000 65.0000 72.0000 76.0000 73.0000 84.0000 92.0000 91.0000 68.0000 54.0000 53.0000 47.0000 69.0000 74.0000 91.0000 92.0000 87.0000 103.000 109.000 107.000 82.0000 60.0000 51.0000 52.0000 64.0000 79.0000 95.0000 92.0000 99.0000 110.000 115.000 123.000 87.0000 70.0000 73.0000 71.0000 83.0000 104.000 120.000 123.000 128.000 133.000 133.000 131.000 104.000 93.0000 90.0000 88.0000 109.000 112.000 111.000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA