"c VAR 0195 04047 RP COAL R 920-944 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0195 LOC 1716 WIDTH 9 DK 28 COL 17-25 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c RETAIL PRICE OF BITUMINOUS COAL " "c ------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04047 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: AVERAGE PRICE PER SHORT TON IN DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920, 06/1920-07/1922, " "c 09/1922-06/1935, 09/1935, 12/1935, THE MONTHS OF MARCH, " "c JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER FOR THE YEARS 1936-1939, " "c 03/1940, 06/1940, 09/1940-07/1944 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NOS. 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, 495, AND " "c MONTHLY ISSUES OF"RETAIL PRICES" THROUGH 1941. " "c " "c NOTES: NO SATISFACTORY PRICES OBTAINED FOR AUGUST, 1922 ON " "c ACCOUNT OF STRIKE. " "c THE NUMBER OF CITIES VARIES. IT IS 45 FOR THE PERIOD " "c 1920- 1922; IT IS 38 FOR 1923 TO JUNE, 1940; 37 CITIES FOR " "c SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1940; 36 CITIES FOR NOVEMBER, 1940; 35 " "c CITIES FROM DECEMBER, 1940 ON. " "c THE DATA FOR THE YEARS 1942-1944 WERE COLLECTED BY THE " "c BLS THROUGH THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS AND WERE CROSS " "c CHECKED WITH BLS"RETAIL PRICES BY CITIES" (MIMEOGRAPHED " "c RELEASE, MONTHLY). " "c THIS SERIES CONSISTS OF RETAIL PRICES OF BITUMINOUS " "c COAL USED FOR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. " "c "SINCE JULY, 1935, RETAIL PRICES OF COAL HAVE BEEN " "c COLLECTED QUARTERLY AND WILL BE SHOWN FOR JANUARY, APRIL, " "c JULY, AND OCTOBER. THIS SERIES WILL CONTINUE THE MONTHLY " "c REPORTS SHOWN FOR JUNE, 1920- JULY, 1935 INCL." BLS"RETAIL " "c PRICES" OCTOBER, 1935, P. 15. (1936 ON BLS SHOWS SEPTEMBER " "c PRICE.) " "c IN COMPUTING MONTHLY MEANS INDEX FOR MARCH, JUNE, " "c SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER: FOR SEPTEMBER, 1935, OCTOBER WAS " "c USED, FOR DECEMBER, 1935, JANUARY, 1936 WAS USED, FOR MARCH, " "c 1936, APRIL, 1936 WAS USED, FOR JUNE, 1936, JULY, 1936 WAS " "c USED. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "