"c           VAR 0243      06002C DE PAR 3R 919-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0243         LOC 2148 WIDTH  9             DK  34 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              DEFLATED PURCHASES OF DEPARTMENT STORES                       "
"c              ---------------------------------------                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06002C                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  02/1919-08/1939                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SERIES 05031 (INDEX OF         "
"c              DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS, UNADJUSTED) AND SERIES 06002 (INDEX  "
"c              OF DEPARTMENT SALES, UNADJUSTED)                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  BOTH SERIES FROM WHICH NBER DERIVED THIS VARIABLE     "
"c              WERE DEFLATED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK PRICE   "
"c              ADJUSTOR -- FOR STOCKS: THE 1929 CENSUS END OF THE YEAR       "
"c              STOCK FIGURE ($980 MILLION) WAS DEFLATED BY THE AVERAGE OF    "
"c              DECEMBER 1929-JANUARY 1930 PRICE ADJUSTOR (91.35), GIVING AN  "
"c              END OF THE YEAR DEFLATED DOLLAR VALUE OF $1072.8 MILLION.     "
"c              THIS WAS THEN EXTRAPOLATED ALONG THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD    "
"c              INDEX OF DEFLATED STOCKS.  FOR SALES:  1929 AVERAGE MONTHLY   "
"c              CENSUS SALES ($325 MILLION) WAS DEFLATED BY THE 1929 ANNUAL   "
"c              AVERAGE PRICE ADJUSTOR (91.9) GIVING A DEFLATED DOLLAR VALUE  "
"c              SALES FIGURE OF $353.6 MILLION.  THIS WAS EXTRAPOLATED ALONG  "
"c              THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD INDEX OF DEFLATED SALES.            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/3/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "