"c VAR 0218 04061 WI FOOD R 890-967 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0218 LOC 96 WIDTH 9 DK 2 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF FOODS,BUREAU OF LABOR " "c STATISTICS " "c -------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04061 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: 1957-1959=100 " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1890-02/1967 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: 1890-1925: BLS BULLETIN #543, PP. 3-11; 1926-1960: " "c "ALL FOODS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, 1957-1959=100" (BLS " "c TABLE, MARCH 1962); 1961-1967: BLS,"WHOLESALE PRICES AND " "c PRICE INDEXES", BULLETIN NOS. 1382, 1411, 1513, AND MONTHLY " "c ISSUES (ALSO IN MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW FOR CURRENT FIGURES.) " "c " "c " "c NOTES: DATA FROM BLS BULLETIN NO. 543, ONA 1926=100 BASE HAS " "c BEEN CON- VERTED TO A 1957-59=100 BASE USING TOTALS FOR THE " "c OVERLAPPING YEAR 1926 TO DERIVE THE CONVERSION FACTOR " "c (681.9/1201.3 = .567365). 1961 INDEXES (BULLETIN 1382) WERE " "c REBASED BY USING FACTOR .9436188 (BULLETIN 1411). " "c THE PRE-1952 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX OF FOODS IS " "c CONTINUED WITH THE IN- DEX CALLED"ALL FOODS" WHICH BLS " "c SOURCES INDICATE IS THE MORE COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF " "c COVERAGE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "