"c           VAR 0137      05112 PUR MAT 3S 938-953               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0137         LOC 1194 WIDTH  9             DK  19 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  3                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              MANUFACTURERS' INVENTORIES, PURCHASED MATERIALS, END OF       "
"c              MONTH, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                    "
"c              -------------------------------------------------------       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05112                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  BILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  12/1938-12/1953                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE           "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1938-1952:     "
"c              SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JUNE 1955; DATA FOR 1953:         "
"c              INDUSTRY SURVEY, AUGUST 1957                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05112 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1938-1953           "
"c              (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1953-1969.                                "
"c                   FIGURES REFLECT THE BOOK VALUE AS OF THE END OF THE      "
"c              PERIOD.  TWO DECIMAL PLACES WERE ADDED TO THE DATA IN JUNE    "
"c              1964 FROM AN UNPUBLISHED TABLE IN THE NBER FILES.  THE THIRD  "
"c              DECIMAL PLACE IS FROM UNPUBLISHED OBE TABLES FURNISHED TO T.  "
"c              STARBUCK.                                                     "
"c                   THIS VARIABLE REPRESENTS 31.3% OF TOTAL INVENTORIES AT   "
"c              THE END OF 1962.                                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "