"c VAR 0395 04154 WP STSHT R 947-958 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0395 LOC 1689 WIDTH 9 DK 27 COL 53-61 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SHEETS, PITTSBURGH " "c ------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04154 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: CENTS PER POUND " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1947-02/1958 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: 1947 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETIN NO.947 AND MONTHLY " "c MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASES. 1948-1958 DATA ARE FROM BLS, PRICES " "c AND PRICE RELATIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMODITITIES IN THE " "c REVISED INDEX: 1947-1950, BLS BULLETIN NO. 1143, AND " "c MONTHLY ISSUES OF WHOLESALE PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES, 1952 " "c AND FOLLOWING. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 04154 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1947-1958. " "c THE QUOTATION WAS CHANGED FROM"F.O.B. PITTSBURGH " "c BASING POINT" TO"F.O.B. PRODUCING POINTS, PITTSBURGH AREA" " "c (OLD CODE #446.3, NEW CODE #10-14-46.01). THERE IS NO " "c CHANGE IN COMMODITY SPECIFICATONS AT THIS TIME (JULY, 1948). " "c IN MAY, 1953, SERIES IS CODE #10-14-46.02--"SHEETS, HOT " "c ROLLED, CARBON STEEL, 10 GAGE X 120" LONG, SHEARED EDGE, CUT " "c LENGTH, BASE CHEMISTRY, COMMERCIAL QUALITY, BASE PACKAGING, " "c BASE QUANTITY, MILL TO USER, PER 100 POUNDS, F.O.B. MILL" " "c (BLS, WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX, MAJOR SPECIFICATION CHANGES " "c 1947-1953, LS 54-2477, JANUARY, 1954). " "c IN MAY, 1957, THE SERIES WAS CHANGED TO CODE " "c #10-14-46.03, STILL CALLED"SHEETS, HOT-ROLLED, CARBON." " "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 ............................................................... "