"c           VAR 0437      04068 WI BMATR R 890-951               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0437         LOC 2067 WIDTH  9             DK  33 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIALS, BUREAU OF    "
"c              LABOR STATISTICS                                              "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04068                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  1926=100                                              "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1890-12/1951                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETINS (SEE NOTE BELOW)                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04068 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1947-1962.                                                    "
"c                   AN NBER NOTE ON THE MANUSCRIPT SOURCE REFERS THE USER    "
"c              TO BLS BULLETIN NO. 572 FOR INFORMATION REGARDING A REVISION  "
"c              OF THIS SERIES.  NBER MENTIONS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF   "
"c              ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE SERIES FROM 57 TO 86, WITH REVISED      "
"c              DATA COMING FROM BLS BULLETIN NO. 572, PP.8-9, FOR            "
"c              1926-1931;"WHOLESALE PRICES" FOR THE PERIOD 1932-1941;        "
"c              BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007,   "
"c              1083, FOR SUCCEEDING YEARS THROUGH 1950; AND MONTHLY LABOR    "
"c              REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES FOR 1951 DATA.  UNREVISED DATA FOR 57     "
"c              ITEMS ARE FROM BLS BULLETIN NO. 543, PP.3-11 FOR THE PERIOD   "
"c              1890-1930; AND SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JANUARY, 1932 FOR  "
"c              01/1931-11/1931.                                              "
"c                   REVISION INCLUDES THE REARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS IN THE      "
"c              GROUP WITH SOME ADDITIONS.  THE BASE PERIOD REMAINED THE      "
"c              SAME (SEE BLS BULLETIN NO. 572, P. 1.  THE OLD GROUPING       "
"c              INCLUDED LUMBER, BRICK, CEMENT, STRUCTURAL STEEL, PAINT       "
"c              MATERIALS, AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS.  THE NEW GROUPING    "
"c              ADDED TILES AND PLUMBING AND HEATING MATERIALS.               "
"c                   THIS SERIES WAS DISCONTINUED ON THIS BASE.  THE NEXT     "
"c              VARIABLE CONTINUES ON ANOTHER BASE.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "