"c VAR 0330 04096 WI CHEMS R 890-951 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0330 LOC 1104 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICE OF CHEMICALS AND DRUGS, BUREAU OF " "c LABOR STATISTICS " "c ---------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04096 " "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 BULLETIN NOS. 543 (PP. 3-11) FOR 1890-1925, 572 " "c (PP. 8-9) FOR 1926-1931, BLS MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES FOR " "c 1932-9/1941, 916 (HANDBOOK OF LABOR STATISTICS, 1947 ED.) " "c FOR OCTOBER, 1941-1944 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, 1083, FOR " "c NOVEMBER, 1944-1950; MONTHLY LABOR REIEW 1952 EDITION, FOR " "c 1951. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 04096 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO " "c VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL " "c DATA, 1947-1961. " "c 33.4 IS FIGURE GIVEN FOR JANUARY, 1897, IN BLS BULLETIN " "c 543 BUT ACCORDING TO AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR, THE QUOTATION HAS " "c BEEN CORRECTED BY NBER TO 73.4. " "c FOR REVISED DATA, 1933-1939, SEE WHOLESALE PRICES, JUNE " "c 1940, IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AUGUST, 1940, P.18. " "c REVISED DATA, FOR OCTOBER, 1941-DECEMBER, 1944, HAS " "c BEEN PUBLISHED ONLY IN BLS MONTHLY RELEASE ON WHOLESALE " "c PRICES (MIMEOGRAPHED) FOR JANUARY 1945, OR IN 1947 EDITION " "c OF HANDBOOK OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS BULLETIN NO. 916). " "c INDEX ON 1926 BASE DISCONTINUED AFTER 1951. NEXT " "c VARIABLE BEGINS INDEX ON 1947-1949 BASE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "