"c           VAR 0144      02006 BLD PRMT R 911-960               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0144         LOC 1276 WIDTH  9             DK  21 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS, DUN & BRADSTREET                   "
"c              -------------------------------------------                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  02006                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S., 120 CITIES                               "
"c              UNITS:  MILLION CURRENT DOLLARS                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE                                         "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1911 - 9/1960                           "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1911-FEBRUARY 1955, DUN AND BRADSTREET,"MONTHLY      "
"c              REVIEW," JANUARY 1939, MAY 1947, NOVEMBER 1953, AND APRIL     "
"c              1955.  MARCH 1955- SEPTEMBER 1960, DUN AND BRADSTREET,        "
"c              UNPUBLISHED DATA.                                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 02006 IS PRESENTED HERE AS 2 VARIABLES:  (1)   "
"c              ORIGINAL DATA, 20 CITIES, 1903-22; (2) ORIGINAL DATA, 120     "
"c              CITIES, 1911-60.                                              "
"c                  FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1911 TO SEPTEMBER 1960, DATA WERE  "
"c              COMPILED FOR 120 IDENTICAL CITIES BY DUN AND BRADSTREET       "
"c              (FORMERLY BRADSTREET'S).  DATA FOR MARCH 1955 AND LATER       "
"c              MONTHS WERE NOT PUBLISHED.  REPORTS WERE FURNISHED TO THE     "
"c              COMPILERS BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL       "
"c              CITIES.  THE 120 CITIES INCLUDE ALL THE TWENTY CITIES IN THE  "
"c              BABSON SERIES (THE 1903-22 SEGMENT OF 02006), AND ACCOUNTED   "
"c              FOR SLIGHTLY OVER HALF THE U.S. URBAN POPULATION IN 1920.     "
"c              THE FIGURES REPRESENT TOTAL COSTS ESTIMATED BY BUILDERS,      "
"c              UNDER PERMITS ISSUED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE       "
"c              CITIES COVERED.  THEY INCLUDE NEW BUILDING, ADDITIONS,        "
"c              ALTERATIONS, AND REPAIRS.  AFTER SEPTEMBER 1960 ONLY          "
"c              QUARTERLY DATA ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SERIES.                 "
"c                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE LIPSEY & PRESTON, PP.         "
"c              248-49. FOR A VERSION OF THIS SERIES EXCLUDING NEW YORK       "
"c              CITY, SEE SERIES 02007.                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c                                                                            "