"c           VAR 0223      06002A DE END 3S 919-940               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0223         LOC 1968 WIDTH  9             DK  32 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE          "
"c              CHANGES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                  "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06002A                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  NORMAL=100                                            "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1919-04/1940                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE           "
"c              SOURCE:  FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, DOMESTIC RESEARCH  "
"c              DEPARTMENT                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 06002A IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO SEASONALLY     "
"c              ADJUSTED VARIABLES--(1)--1919-APRIL 1940  (2)--1939-APRIL     "
"c              1944.  THE TWO VARIABLES ARE NOT COMPARABLE.  THE FIRST WAS   "
"c              SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N.Y. AND   "
"c              THEN ADJUSTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES.  THE SECOND        "
"c              VARIABLE CONSISTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEASONALLY         "
"c              ADJUSTED INDEXES CORRECTED FOR TREND AND PRICE CHANGES.  THE  "
"c              TREND CORRECTION OF THE TWO VARIABLES IS DIFFERENT; THE       "
"c              DEFLATOR IS THE SAME FOR 1939, DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST FOUR   "
"c              MONTHS OF 1940.  THE SECOND VARIABLE WAS NEVER COMPUTED BACK  "
"c              OF 1939.                                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/3/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "