"c VAR 0826 02158 GLSS-STN R 919-947 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0826 LOC 2356 WIDTH 9 DK 38 COL 35-43 " "c " "c " "c INDEX OF PRODUCTION OF STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS, " "c ORIGINAL DATA " "c ------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 02158 " "c AREA COVERED: UNITED STATES " "c UNITS: 1935-1939=100 " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 1/1919 - 12/1947 " "c SEASONAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c SOURCE: SEE V808, SEE LIPSEY AND PRESTON, P. 287 " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 02158 HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO VARIABLES: " "c (1) V826 -- ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1947; (2) V827 -- ORIGINAL " "c DATA, 1947-1963. " "c THIS INDEX MEASURES CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL VOLUME OF " "c PRODUCTION OF CLAY, GLASS, AND STONE MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. " "c IT DOES NOT COVER STONE AND EARTH MINERALS. IT IS BASED ON " "c PRODUCTION OR SHIPMENTS DATA FROM THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, " "c THE BUREAU OF MINES, AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, SUCH AS THE " "c AMERICAN GLASSWARE ASSOCIATION; AND ON BLS MAN-HOURS DATA. " "c THE INDEX IS AVAILABLE ON THE 1957-59 BASE ONLY FROM " "c 1947; FOR EARLIER YEARS THE LATEST DATA ARE ON A 1935-39 " "c BASE. THIS SERIES IS THEREFORE SHOWN HERE IN TWO SEGMENTS " "c WITH AN OVERLAP OF ONE YEAR. " "c MOST CLAY, GLASS, AND STONE PRODUCTS (85 PER CENT OF THE " "c OUTPUT IN 1957-59) ARE CLASSIFIED AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS " "c AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE INDEX FOR THAT MARKET GROUP. IN " "c 1957-59 THEY ACCOUNTED FOR OVER ONE- QUARTER OF TOTAL " "c PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. " "c MAJOR REVISIONS OF THE CLAY, GLASS, AND STONE INDEX WERE " "c MADE IN 1940, 1943, 1953, 1959, AND 1962. IN ADDITION TO " "c CHANGES IN THE BASE PERIOD, THE REVISIONS AFFECTED THE " "c COMPOSITION OF THE INDEX, WEIGHTING, ADJUSTMENT TO BENCHMARK " "c LEVELS, TYPES OF BASIC DATA USED, AND METHOD OF SEASONAL " "c ADJUSTMENT. " "c SEASONAL AND WORKING-DAY ADJUSTMENTS ARE BY THE SOURCE. " "c FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INDEX AND THE " "c REVISIONS, SEE ABOVE SOURCES AND"FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN", " "c DECEMBER 1953. " "c SEE LIPSEY AND PRESTON, PP. 287-288. " "c " "c ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD. " "c "