"c           VAR 0093      05053 CRUDRUB 3R 938-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0093         LOC  798 WIDTH  9             DK  13 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CRUDE RUBBER STOCKS, U.S.-- NATURAL, END OF MONTH             "
"c              -------------------------------------------------             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05053                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF LONG TONS                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1938-02/1956                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1938-1941:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,    "
"c              SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MONTHLY ISSUES (SEE ISSUE OF MAY  "
"c              1940, P. 52), 1942 SUPPLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT SUPPLEMENTS;     "
"c              DATA FOR 1942-1955:  INTERNATIONAL RUBBER REGULATION          "
"c              COMMITTEE AND RUBBER STUDY GROUP, STATISTICAL BULLETIN,       "
"c              VARIOUS ISSUES BEGINNING WITH VOL. 7, 1941                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05053 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1941  (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1938-1955.                                              "
"c                   FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1939-DECEMBER 1941 WERE DERIVED BY  "
"c              DEDUCTING GOVERNMENT STOCKS SHOWN IN THE SOURCE (RUBBER       "
"c              STATISTICAL BULLETIN) FROM TOTALS SHOWN IN THE SURVEY OF      "
"c              CURRENT BUSINESS.                                             "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1942, GOVERNMENT STOCKS ARE NOT SHOWN       "
"c              SEPARATELY UNTIL JUNE 1947.  THE OCTOBER 1948 RUBBER          "
"c              STATISTICAL BULLETIN SHOWS DECEMBER 1946 AND JUNE 1947.       "
"c              ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF BUSINESS   "
"c              ECONOMICS, NO INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT STOCKS IS AVAILABLE   "
"c              AT ALL.  HOWEVER, THE TOTALS COVERING BOTH INDUSTRY --        "
"c              MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS, IMPORTERS -- AND GOVERNMENT STOCKS    "
"c              IN THE RUBBER STATISTICAL BULLETIN AGREE WITH THE SCB         "
"c              TOTALS; THUS THE GOVERNMENT STOCKS SHOWN THERE WERE DERIVED   "
"c              FROM THE TOTALS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN TWO MORE YEARS ON A        "
"c              COMPARABLE BASIS.                                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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