"c VAR 0394 04154 WP STSHT R 894-947 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0394 LOC 1680 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 44-52 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c WHOLESALE PRICE STEEL SHEETS " "c ---------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04154 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. --PITTSBURGH " "c UNITS: CENTS PER POUND " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: FIRST, 1932-SECOND, 1941. " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1894-04/1947 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BLS BULLETINS AND"WHOLESALE PRICES" AND IRON AGE. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 04154 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1947-1958. " "c PRICES ARE AS OF FIRST TUESDAY EACH MONTH (SEE BLS " "c BULLETINS THROUGH 1916) THROUGH 1917. BEGINNING IN 1918, " "c THE AVERAGE OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS IS GIVEN. " "c PRICES ARE FOR"BOX ANNEALED, COLD-ROLLED, U.S. " "c STANDARD, NO.27." " "c QUARTERLY FIGURES ARE AVERAGES OF THE RESPECTIVE " "c MONTHS. " "c BEGINNING IN 1917, PRICES WERE COMPUTED TO 1 ADDITIONAL " "c PLACE BY MULTIPLYING THE 1913 PRICE OF $0.0219 AND THE 1913 " "c BASE RELATIVES. BEGINNING IN 1926, THE EXTRA DIGIT WAS " "c COMPUTED FROM THE 1926 PRICE OF $0.0317 AND THE 1926 BASE " "c RELATIVES. " "c BLS CODE #446 WAS CHANGED TO #446.1 IN MARCH, 1946. " "c THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CHANGE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE " "c QUOTATION IS NOW IN"DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS." BULLETIN NOS. " "c 877 AND 920 DO NOT MAKE THIS CLEAR. HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY " "c MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE SHOWS A NEW SERIES, #446.2. THIS IS A " "c "SUBSTITUTION, "c ROLLED, 11 GAUGE, 36" TO 48" WIDE, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. " "c BASING POINT." BLS BULLETIN 947 CARRIES THIS SERIES BACK TO " "c JANUARY, 1947. IN THE NEW INDEX, THE SERIES CODE IS " "c 10-14-46. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "