"c           VAR 0323      05109 OLE ALE 3R 939-957               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0323         LOC 2868 WIDTH  9             DK  46 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE INVENTORIES, TOTAL TRADE, END OF MONTH              "
"c              ------------------------------------------------              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05109                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1939-05/1957                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1939-1948:     "
"c              OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS RELEASE NO. 17371; DATA FOR      "
"c              1949:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1952; DATA FOR     "
"c              1950-1957:  SCB, JANUARY 1954 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05019 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1957  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1948-1969.                                                    "
"c                   DATA REPRESENT BOOK VALUE AT THE END OF MONTH.           "
"c                   DATA FOR JANUARY 1954-JULY 1955 WERE ROUNDED TO THE      "
"c              NEAREST THOUSAND; THEREAFTER THEY ARE SHOWN BY THE SOURCE IN  "
"c              BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.                                          "
"c                   COVERAGE IN THIS VARIABLE ENDS IN MAY 1957, AS THE       "
"c              SAMPLE CHANGED AND NEW BENCHMARK ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE.       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "