"c           VAR 0443      04027 RP LARD  R 911-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0443         LOC 2121 WIDTH  9             DK  34 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RETAIL PRICE OF LARD                                          "
"c              --------------------                                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04027                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK CITY                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1911-12/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 115, 125, 132, 136, 137,    "
"c              140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495 AND      "
"c              UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR,"RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934   "
"c              DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM    "
"c              SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS OF U.S.B.L. NOT GIVEN    "
"c              FORMERLY IN BULLETINS FOR ECONOMY'S SAKE.  1935-1943 DATA     "
"c              ARE FROM"RETAIL PRICES--PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOOD BY         "
"c              CITIES."  1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY         "
"c              AVERAGING QUOTATIONS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF FIRMS.            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  ALL  QUOTATIONS ARE FOR"PURE" LARD WITH THE           "
"c              EXCEPTION OF A FEW FOR"PURE LEAF."  NO "COMPOUND" LARD IS     "
"c              QUOTED.  THE GREAT MAJORITY OF QUOTATIONS ARE FOR"TUB" LARD   "
"c              (SOLD IN BULK).  SOME QUOTATIONS ARE FOR LARD SOLD IN PAILS   "
"c              BUT WERE REDUCED TO A PRICE PER POUND BASIS.                  "
"c                   PRICES ARE FOR THE 15TH OF THE MONTH OR THE TUESDAY      "
"c              NEAREST THE 15TH.  DATA ARE THE SIMPLE AVERAGE OF ACTUAL      "
"c              SELLING PRICES OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH THROUGH AUGUST,       "
"c              1933.  THEREAFTER, A PRICE REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS UNTIL       "
"c              1936.                                                         "
"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                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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