"c VAR 0395 04154 WP STSHT R 947-958 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0395 LOC 1689 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 53-61 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SHEETS, PITTSBURGH " "c ------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04154 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: CENTS PER POUND " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-02/1958 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: 1947 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETIN NO.947 AND MONTHLY " "c MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASES. 1948-1958 DATA ARE FROM BLS, PRICES " "c AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITITIES IN THE " "c REVISED INDEX: 1947-1950, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, AND " "c MONTHLY ISSUES OF WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, 1952 " "c AND FOLLOWING. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 04154 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1947-1958. " "c THE QUOTATION WAS CHANGED FROM"F.O.B. PITTSBURGH " "c BASING POINT" TO"F.O.B. PRODUCING POINTS, PITTSBURGH AREA" " "c (OLD CODE #446.3, NEW CODE #10-14-46.01). THERE IS NO " "c CHANGE IN COMMODITY SPECIFICATONS AT THIS TIME (JULY, 1948). " "c IN MAY, 1953, SERIES IS CODE #10-14-46.02--"SHEETS, HOT " "c ROLLED, CARBON STEEL, 10 GAGE X 120" LONG, SHEARED EDGE, CUT " "c LENGTH, BASE CHEMISTRY, COMMERCIAL QUALITY, BASE PACKAGING, " "c BASE QUANTITY, MILL TO USER, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. MILL" " "c (BLS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, MAJOR SPECIFICATION CHANGES " "c 1947-1953, LS 54-2477, JANUARY, 1954). " "c IN MAY, 1957, THE SERIES WAS CHANGED TO CODE " "c #10-14-46.03, STILL CALLED"SHEETS, HOT-ROLLED, CARBON." " "c BLS CODE #446 WAS CHANGED TO #446.1 IN MARCH, 1946. " "c THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CHANGE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE " "c QUOTATION IS NOW IN"DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS." BULLETIN NOS. " "c 877 AND 920 DO NOT MAKE THIS CLEAR. HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY " "c MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE SHOWS A NEW SERIES, #446.2. THIS IS A " "c "SUBSTITUTION, "c ROLLED, 11 GAUGE, 36" TO 48" WIDE, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. " "c BASING POINT." BLS BULLETIN 947 CARRIES THIS SERIES BACK TO " "c JANUARY, 1947. IN THE NEW INDEX, THE SERIES CODE IS " "c 10-14-46. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1947.01 1958.12 2.75000 2.75000 2.75000 2.75000 2.75000 2.75000 2.81000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.05000 3.00000 3.00000 3.12000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.56000 3.60000 3.60000 3.60000 3.60000 3.60000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.60000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.70000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 3.95000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.12000 4.56000 4.62000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.76000 4.88000 4.88000 4.88000 4.88000 4.88000 4.88000 4.87000 4.87000 4.87000 4.87000 4.87000 4.87000 5.14000 5.14000 5.14000 5.14000 5.14000 5.14000 5.14000 5.34000 5.34000 5.34000 5.34000 5.34000 5.34000 5.70000 5.70000 5.70000 5.70000 5.70000 5.94000 5.94000 5.94000 5.94000 5.94000 5.94000 6.19000 6.19000 6.19000 6.19000 6.19000 6.19000 6.19000 6.19000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA