"c VAR 0234 06004 IN FIVE 3S 919-934 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0234 LOC 2067 WIDTH 9 DK 33 COL 53-61 " "c " "c " "c INDEX OF SALES BY FIVE AND TEN CENT VARIETY STORE CHAINS, " "c SEASONALLY ADJUSTED " "c --------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 06004 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: 1923-1925=100 (MONTHLY AVERAGE) " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-03/1934 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE " "c SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT " "c BUSINESS, MAY 1928, PP. 20-21; 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, PP. " "c 44-45; SUCCESSIVE ISSUES " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR " "c VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934 " "c (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1935-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956. " "c DATA WERE COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, " "c DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FROM REPORTS OF 14 " "c TEN-CENT CHAINS WITH 2944 STORES AND $560,773,589 IN SALES. " "c IN EARLIER YEARS THE NUMBER OF CHAINS WAS GENERALLY LESS, " "c AND CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE LIST AS NEW CHAINS WERE ADDED, " "c BUT DATA ARE ALL RELATED TO THE SALES OF THE SAME CHAINS IN " "c THE BASE PERIOD. THE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT ALLOWS FOR THE " "c NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS IN THE MONTH (EXCLUDING SUNDAYS AND " "c NATIONAL HOLIDAYS). SEASONAL VARIATIONS WERE COMPUTED BY THE " "c RATIO-TO-MOVING AVERAGE METHOD. ALLOWANCE IS ALSO MADE FOR " "c THE VARIATION IN THE DATE OF EASTER. " "c AFTER 1929 INDEXES WERE COMPILED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT " "c OF COMMERCE AND ARE BASED ON REPORTED MONTHLY SALES OF F. " "c AND W. GRAND, S.S. KRESGE CO., S.H. KRESS CO., MCCRORY " "c STORES, MCLELLAN STORES, F.C. MURPHY CO., ISSAC SILVER AND " "c BROS., AND F.W. WOOLWORTH CO. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "