"c VAR 0159 04037 RP BANAN R 920-942 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0159 LOC 1392 WIDTH 9 DK 22 COL 71-79 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c RETAIL PRICE OF BANANAS, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS " "c --------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04037 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. -- NEW YORK CITY " "c UNITS: CENTS PER DOZEN (AVERAGE) " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-09/1942 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: 1920-1934: BLS BULLETINS AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF " "c "RETAIL PRICES", NO. 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, " "c 495, AND CURRENTLY FROM U.S.B.L. MONTHLY ISSUES OF " "c "RETAIL PRICES", EXCEPT 12/1931-12/1932: UNPUBLISHED MONTHLY " "c MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS FROM BLS; 1935-1943: MIMEOGRAPHED " "c RELEASES,"RETAIL PRICES BY CITIES" " "c " "c NOTES: PRICES ARE QUOTED IN MOST CITIES BY THE DOZEN. IN " "c MANY CITIES, HOWEVER, BANANAS ARE SOLD BY WEIGHT AND THE " "c PRICES ARE QUOTED BY THE POUND. FOR THESE CITIES THE AVERAGE " "c HAS BEEN MADE ON THE POUND BASIS, BUT IN THE AVERAGE FOR THE " "c U.S. ONLY PRICES BY THE DOZEN HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. THE PRICES " "c ARE QUOTED ON THE BEST BANANAS IN THE BUNCH. " "c BETWEEN AUGUST 1933 AND JUNE 1936 THE BLS COLLECTED " "c SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH. IF ONE PRICE APPLIED TO A DATE " "c BETWEEN THE 12TH - 18TH, THE GIVEN PRICE WAS USED; IN CASE " "c OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 1/26/94. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1920.01 1942.12 41.7000 42.9000 43.2000 44.2000 43.4000 47.1000 51.0000 45.3000 46.3000 47.3000 45.9000 43.2000 44.1000 44.3000 42.8000 42.6000 42.6000 43.1000 41.4000 41.7000 41.3000 41.8000 41.6000 42.8000 44.4000 44.1000 42.5000 43.3000 40.4000 41.8000 40.7000 40.7000 38.2000 41.7000 43.5000 43.8000 42.9000 43.1000 44.2000 42.5000 43.3000 42.5000 44.6000 42.5000 42.5000 43.3000 42.4000 43.2000 43.9000 43.6000 42.2000 41.0000 38.9000 39.3000 37.3000 35.9000 37.3000 38.3000 39.0000 39.9000 40.6000 42.6000 41.7000 39.9000 41.2000 40.4000 38.9000 37.4000 37.1000 37.8000 39.2000 38.6000 37.1000 39.2000 41.2000 39.6000 39.3000 39.2000 38.1000 37.7000 37.3000 38.7000 40.3000 40.3000 37.7000 39.3000 39.7000 38.9000 38.9000 36.6000 35.6000 37.1000 35.4000 35.4000 38.5000 37.8000 40.2000 39.3000 38.5000 38.9000 39.0000 37.7000 37.0000 36.1000 38.3000 40.2000 39.1000 38.7000 39.4000 39.7000 38.6000 38.1000 37.9000 34.4000 35.9000 35.5000 35.8000 37.0000 39.6000 37.5000 36.7000 36.2000 36.7000 35.0000 34.7000 34.1000 33.5000 31.4000 34.6000 35.1000 34.4000 34.7000 35.8000 35.4000 33.4000 30.1000 29.1000 28.4000 28.9000 25.4000 27.0000 27.0000 27.5000 27.3000 27.8000 28.5000 28.5000 28.2000 27.4000 27.1000 26.8000 27.1000 26.2000 27.1000 28.9000 28.8000 27.4000 26.7000 26.3000 26.2000 25.9000 27.1000 27.4000 27.8000 28.3000 28.4000 27.2000 27.6000 27.2000 29.6000 24.1000 22.1000 22.6000 21.8000 22.8000 21.9000 23.4000 22.7000 23.1000 23.0000 29.0000 22.4000 23.3000 22.7000 21.4000 20.7000 21.5000 21.0000 22.8000 22.4000 24.7000 21.7000 23.5000 22.0000 23.2000 23.0000 22.9000 23.5000 24.7000 24.0000 22.9000 22.5000 23.2000 23.0000 21.8000 22.0000 22.1000 22.4000 22.3000 22.3000 23.0000 23.8000 24.5000 24.0000 24.5000 24.2000 23.9000 23.7000 23.3000 22.6000 24.0000 24.3000 23.4000 23.3000 25.1000 23.3000 23.3000 23.3000 23.1000 23.4000 23.1000 23.0000 22.5000 22.1000 23.1000 22.6000 23.8000 23.2000 24.2000 23.7000 22.9000 23.0000 23.5000 23.3000 23.4000 23.6000 23.7000 23.5000 23.1000 23.6000 24.1000 23.4000 23.3000 23.9000 24.7000 27.1000 28.2000 27.9000 27.9000 27.7000 26.7000 27.5000 28.9000 25.8000 25.7000 30.8000 38.8000 43.6000 46.3000 43.3000 42.2000 35.0000 36.3000 NA NA NA