"c           VAR 0221      06002 PART ME 3R 919-963               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0221         LOC 1950 WIDTH  9             DK  31 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES                               "
"c              -------------------------------                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06002                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  1957-1959=100                                         "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1919-12/1963                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, DATA FOR 1919-1938:           "
"c             "REVISED INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORE SALES", FEDERAL RESERVE     "
"c              BULLETIN, JUNE 1944; DATA FOR 1939-1947: "DEPARTMENT STORE    "
"c              SALES, U.S.", MIMEO RELEASE, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS 1344,    "
"c              CORRECTED AS OF MAY 1947, FURNISHED BY FRB; DATA FOR          "
"c              1948-MAY 1962:  FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN OF JULY 1962; DATA   "
"c              FOR JUNE 1962-1963:  BULLETINS AND THE RELEASE"MONTHLY        "
"c              DEPARTMENT STORE SALES".                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 06002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1946           "
"c              (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1963.                                "
"c                   DATA FROM 1919-1946 WERE CONVERTED FROM A 1947-1949=100  "
"c              BASE TO A 1957-1959=100 BASE BY MULTIPLYING BY .668002.       "
"c                   SEE ALSO FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BULLETIN, APRIL, 1964,    "
"c              P.446.                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "