"c           VAR 0025      05114 BOO LUE 3R 939-955               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0025         LOC  186 WIDTH  9             DK   3 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHANGE IN MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES, BOOK VALUE     "
"c              ---------------------------------------------------------     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05114                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLLARS                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1939-12/1955                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                                     "
"c              SOURCE:  SERIES 05123A (DERIVED FROM SERIES 05104--TOTAL      "
"c              MANUFACTURERS' INVENTORIES; SERIES 05108--RETAIL TRADE        "
"c              INVENTORIES, ALL STORES; SERIES 05109--WHOLESALE              "
"c              INVENTORIES, TOTAL TRADE; BY ADDING THE 3 SERIES AND          "
"c              OBTAINING MONTH TO MONTH CHANGE, 1939-1947)                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05114 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1955 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1948-1969.                                                    "
"c                   THE FIGURES REPRESENT THE MONTH TO MONTH CHANGES IN THE  "
"c              DERIVED AGGREGATES OF THE THREE SERIES GIVEN ABOVE. THERE     "
"c              MAY BE SMALL ROUNDING DISCREPANCIES FROM MONTH TO MONTH       "
"c              CHANGES IN PUBLISHED TOTALS.                                  "
"c                   IN JANUARY 1946, THE"REVISED" ESTIMATES FOR RETAIL       "
"c              TRADE INVENTORIES ARE USED; THE TWO OTHER COMPONENTS ARE      "
"c              THOSE OF THE FIRST SEGMENT OF EACH SERIES THROUGH 1955.       "
"c                   THIS VARIABLE CAN BE EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 1957, BUT THE  "
"c              OVERLAP IS CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT THROUGH 1955.                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "