"c           VAR 0795      02245 CNST MTR R 947-963               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0795         LOC 2077 WIDTH  9             DK  33 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF OUTPUT OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, TOTAL, ORIGINAL    "
"c              DATA                                                          "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  02245                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  UNITED STATES                                  "
"c              UNITS:  1947-1949=100                                         "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 1/1949 - 12/1963                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1947-1954:"CONSTRUCTION REVIEW", JANUARY 1959.       "
"c              REVISED FIGURES FOR JANUARY 1952 WERE OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM  "
"c              THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS. 1955-1958: OFFICE OF        "
"c              BUSINESS ECONOMICS, U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (UNPUBLISHED   "
"c              REVISIONS). 1959-1962:"BUSINESS STATISTICS," SUPPLEMENT TO    "
"c             "SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS", 1963 EDITION. 1963: "SURVEY OF   "
"c              CURRENT BUSINESS", MONTHLY ISSUES, 1964 (LIPSEY AND PRESTON,  "
"c              P. 283).                                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES     "
"c              DIVISION OF THE BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION  "
"c              IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPILING THESE DATA. THE COMPOSITE INDEX  "
"c              MEASURES CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL VOLUME OF OUTPUT OF TEN      "
"c              GROUPS OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, WHICH TOGETHER REPRESENTED  "
"c              ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF ALL  "
"c              CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN 1947. MATERIALS INCLUDED ARE IRON   "
"c              AND STEEL PRODUCTS; LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS; PORTLAND        "
"c              CEMENT, MILLWORK, PAINT, VARNISH, AND LACQUER, ASPHALT        "
"c              PRODUCTS; HEATING AND PLUMBING EQUIPMENT; CLAY CONSTRUCTION   "
"c              PRODUCTS; GYPSUM PRODUCTS; AND PLUMBING FIXTURES.             "
"c                  AN INDEX FOR EACH OF THE TEN GROUPS IS CONSTRUCTED FROM   "
"c              DATA ON PRODUCTION, SALES, OR SHIPMENTS OF ONE OR MORE        "
"c              SPECIFIC MATERIALS.DATA ARE COMPILED QUARTERLY FOR GYPSUM     "
"c              PRODUCTS AND PLUMBING FIXTURES, AND MONTHLY FOR THE OTHER     "
"c              EIGHT GROUPS. INDEXES ARE DERIVED ON A 1947-49 BASE, USING    "
"c              PHYSICAL OUTPUT DATA MULTIPLIED BY 1947 PRICES.  SEASONAL     "
"c              ADJUSTMENT IS BY THE SOURCE. (SEE LIPSEY AND PRESTON, P.      "
"c              283)                                                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINAL MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                              "
"c           ...............................................................  "