"c           VAR 0438      04068 WI BMATR R 947-962               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0438         LOC 2076 WIDTH  9             DK  33 COL 62-70  "
"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:  1947-1949=100                                         "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1947-05/1962                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS"REVISED WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, BUILDING          "
"c              MATERIALS" (1947-49=100), MIMEOGRAPHED TABLE OF MAY 7, 1952,  "
"c              FOR 1947-1951; MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX THEREAFTER.      "
"c              SEE ALSO BLS BULLETIN NOS. 1214, 1235, 1257, AND 1295 FOR     "
"c              SUMMARY TABLES 1954-6, 1957, 1958, AND 1959.                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04068 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1947-1962.                                                    "
"c                   THESE DATA FROM 01/1947-12/1951 REPRESENT THE REVISED    "
"c              SAMPLE AND THE 1947-49 WEIGHTING PATTERN.  THE TABLE ALSO     "
"c              SHOWS FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 1926,"BASED ON THE     "
"c              MONTH-TO-MONTH MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER INDEX." THIS SERIES IS  "
"c              ONE OF A GROUP OF"SPECIAL" INDEXES.                           "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH 1958, THE SERIES IS CALLED"INDEX OF       "
"c              CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS" (SEE BLS BULLETIN NO. 1257, P.18).    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "