"c           VAR 0325      05109 OLE ALE 3R 948-969               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0325         LOC 2886 WIDTH  9             DK  46 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE INVENTORIES, MERCHANT WHOLESALERS, TOTAL, END OF    "
"c              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:  01/1948-03/1969                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1948-1958:     "
"c              UNPUBLISHED TABLES ON"MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES,"   "
"c              TABLE 4A FOR ORIGINAL DATA, TABLE 4 FOR SEASONALLY ADJUSTED   "
"c              DATA; DATA FOR 1959-1965:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS,        "
"c              NOVEMBER 1966, P. 26; DATA FOR 1966-1967:  BUREAU OF THE      "
"c              CENSUS,"MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE REPORT: SALES AND             "
"c              INVENTORIES"                                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05019 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1957  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1948-1969.                                                    "
"c                   AREAS OF WHOLESALE NOT COVERED IN THIS VARIABLE INCLUDE  "
"c              MANUFACTURERS' SALES OFFICES AND BRANCHES, AGENTS AND         "
"c              BROKERS, PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS, AND           "
"c              ASSEMBLERS OF FARM PRODUCTS (SEE SCB, ISSUES OF DECEMBER      "
"c              1963 AND MAY 1964; ALSO SEE MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE REPORT    "
"c              FOR MORE DETAILS.)                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "