"c           VAR 0224      06002A DE END 3S 939-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0224         LOC 1977 WIDTH  9             DK  32 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND, SEASONALLY        "
"c              ADJUSTED                                                      "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06002A                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  NORMAL=100                                            "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1939-04/1944                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE           "
"c              SOURCE:  FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH  "
"c              DEPARTMENT                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 06002A IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO SEASONALLY     "
"c              ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1919-APRIL 1940  (2)--1939-APRIL     "
"c              1944.  THE TWO VARIABLES ARE NOT COMPARABLE.  THE FIRST WAS   "
"c              SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N.Y. AND   "
"c              THEN ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES.  THE SECOND        "
"c              VARIABLE CONSISTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEASONALLY         "
"c              ADJUSTED INDEXES CORRECTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES.  THE  "
"c              TREND CORRECTION OF THE TWO VARIABLES IS DIFFERENT; THE       "
"c              DEFLATOR IS THE SAME FOR 1939, DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST FOUR   "
"c              MONTHS OF 1940.  THE SECOND VARIABLE WAS NEVER COMPUTED BACK  "
"c              OF 1939.                                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "
-12
1939.01
1944.12
87.3000
87.0000
87.8000
86.9000
85.9000
85.5000
86.6000
87.0000
88.6000
90.8000
91.4000
92.8000
89.8000
88.0000
87.1000
87.6000
87.7000
89.5000
90.6000
96.2000
95.6000
92.3000
98.5000
99.2000
99.8000
102.200
99.9000
100.600
101.900
99.4000
107.800
123.600
103.500
91.8000
100.800
95.5000
116.900
104.600
100.100
92.9000
85.2000
83.2000
95.9000
103.400
97.1000
101.200
108.600
99.0000
112.600
131.800
106.500
99.8000
97.4000
100.500
109.800
109.000
100.000
105.500
118.300
97.3000
113.600
112.200
113.100
101.700
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA