"c           VAR 0448      04022 RP BREAD R 913-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0448         LOC 2166 WIDTH  9             DK  35 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RETAIL PRICE OF BREAD                                         "
"c              ---------------------                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04022                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK CITY                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  1913-1943                                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1913-12/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418,    "
"c              445, 464, 495, AND MONTHLY ISSUES OF UNITED STATES BUREAU OF  "
"c              LABOR,"RETAIL PRICES," EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER,        "
"c              1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS,    "
"c              NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR 1913-1934 DATA.  1935-1943 DATA  "
"c              ARE FROM MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE,"RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY          "
"c              CITIES."                                                      "
"c                   BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933, AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED  "
"c              SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH.  IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE   "
"c              BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, IT WAS USED AS GIVEN.  IN THE  "
"c              CASES OF OTHER DATES THE GIVEN PRICES WERE AVERAGED.          "
"c                   QUOTATIONS HERE ARE BASED ON 18 OUNCES OF DOUGH, THIS    "
"c              BEING THE AVERAGE SCALING WEIGHT OF A BAKED LOAF WEIGHING A   "
"c              POUND.  VARIATIONS IN LOAVES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED AND PRIOR   "
"c              TO 1918, A SCALING WEIGHT OF 16 OUNCES HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO  "
"c              18 OUNCES.  FANCY, SPECIAL, GRAHAM, RYE, AND RESTAURANT       "
"c              BREAD HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED.                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "