"c VAR 0234 06004 IN FIVE 3S 919-934 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0234 LOC 2067 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 53-61 " "c " "c " "c INDEX OF SALES BY FIVE AND TEN CENT VARIETY STORE CHAINS, " "c SEASONALLY ADJUSTED " "c --------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 06004 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: 1923-1925=100 (MONTHLY AVERAGE) " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-03/1934 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE " "c SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT " "c BUSINESS, MAY 1928, PP. 20-21; 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. " "c 44-45; SUCCESSIVE ISSUES " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR " "c VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 " "c (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956. " "c DATA WERE COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, " "c DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FROM REPORTS OF 14 " "c TEN-CENT CHAINS WITH 2944 STORES AND $560,773,589 IN SALES. " "c IN EARLIER YEARS THE NUMBER OF CHAINS WAS GENERALLY LESS, " "c AND CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE LIST AS NEW CHAINS WERE ADDED, " "c BUT DATA ARE ALL RELATED TO THE SALES OF THE SAME CHAINS IN " "c THE BASE PERIOD. THE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT ALLOWS FOR THE " "c NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS IN THE MONTH (EXCLUDING SUNDAYS AND " "c NATIONAL HOLIDAYS). SEASONAL VARIATIONS WERE COMPUTED BY THE " "c RATIO-TO-MOVING AVERAGE METHOD. ALLOWANCE IS ALSO MADE FOR " "c THE VARIATION IN THE DATE OF EASTER. " "c AFTER 1929 INDEXES WERE COMPILED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT " "c OF COMMERCE AND ARE BASED ON REPORTED MONTHLY SALES OF F. " "c AND W. GRAND, S.S. KRESGE CO., S.H. KRESS CO., MCCRORY " "c STORES, MCLELLAN STORES, F.C. MURPHY CO., ISSAC SILVER AND " "c BROS., AND F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1919.01 1934.12 48.0000 49.0000 55.0000 50.0000 53.0000 53.0000 52.0000 56.0000 54.0000 52.0000 60.0000 54.0000 60.0000 67.0000 65.0000 64.0000 66.0000 64.0000 67.0000 67.0000 66.0000 66.0000 65.0000 60.0000 62.0000 64.0000 66.0000 64.0000 64.0000 64.0000 66.0000 66.0000 66.0000 70.0000 68.0000 66.0000 67.0000 68.0000 69.0000 76.0000 71.0000 74.0000 77.0000 74.0000 79.0000 78.0000 77.0000 80.0000 79.0000 80.0000 90.0000 84.0000 85.0000 90.0000 88.0000 88.0000 93.0000 87.0000 90.0000 96.0000 87.0000 92.0000 100.000 97.0000 97.0000 99.0000 97.0000 103.000 100.000 98.0000 107.000 102.000 104.000 107.000 107.000 108.000 110.000 110.000 109.000 117.000 113.000 116.000 119.000 121.000 103.000 118.000 112.000 117.000 125.000 121.000 124.000 124.000 127.000 132.000 130.000 133.000 130.000 133.000 128.000 137.000 132.000 135.000 139.000 140.000 141.000 144.000 140.000 147.000 140.000 142.000 142.000 147.000 144.000 153.000 148.000 147.000 165.000 148.000 151.000 164.000 146.000 157.000 167.000 153.000 172.000 174.000 162.000 174.000 168.000 159.000 166.000 165.000 152.000 162.000 165.000 161.000 175.000 161.000 153.000 164.000 156.000 152.000 159.000 154.000 162.000 163.000 159.000 168.000 168.000 162.000 149.000 160.000 156.000 152.000 147.000 144.000 153.000 156.000 146.000 141.000 138.000 138.000 135.000 127.000 135.000 133.000 129.000 117.000 135.000 138.000 121.000 140.000 130.000 137.000 142.000 139.000 151.000 132.000 130.000 135.000 150.000 154.000 164.000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA