"c VAR 0031 13016 DIS DON 3R 824-939 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0031 LOC 240 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 53-61 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c OPEN MARKET RATES OF DISCOUNT, LONDON " "c ------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 13016 " "c AREA COVERED: GREAT BRITAIN " "c UNITS: PERCENT " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1824-11/1939 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1824-MAY 1857: PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, " "c 1857, X, PT. I; REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON BANK " "c ACTIVITY, PP. 463-464. DATA FOR JUNE 1857-1939: COMPUTED " "c BY NBER FROM WEEKLY FIGURES IN THE ECONOMIST. " "c " "c NOTES: DATA FOR 1824-1857 ARE FOR"FIRST CLASS BILLS" AT " "c UNDETERMINED PERIODS. THEREAFTER, FOR THREE MONTH BANKER'S " "c BILLS WHENEVER GIVEN, OTHERWISE NEAREST ITEM TO THIS PAPER " "c OR CLOSEST PERIOD. " "c DATA FOR 1847 WERE AFFECTED BY THE FAMINE IN IRELAND " "c AND THE HEAVY EXPORT OF GOLD TO THE U.S. AND THE CONTINENT " "c IN PAYMENT FOR THE LARGE IMPORTATIONS FOR GRAIN (SEE HUNT'S " "c MERCHANTS MAGAZINE, 1859, P. 95.) " "c DATA FOR APRIL 1866 WERE AFFECTED BY THE FAILURE OF " "c OVEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY -- A LARGE MONOPOLISTIC FIRM. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/7/94. " "c " "c ............................................................... 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