"c           VAR 0235      06004 IN FIVE 3S 929-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0235         LOC 2076 WIDTH  9             DK  33 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"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:  1935-1939=100                                         "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1929-11/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY SOURCE           "
"c              SOURCE:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AUGUST 1940, P. 10;      "
"c              1942 SUPPLEMENT; MONTHLY 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                   THIS INDEX REPRESENTS A REVISION THE SURVEY'S            "
"c              SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX OF VARIETY STORE SALES              "
"c              (1929-1931=100) COVERING THE PERIOD 1929-MAY 1940             "
"c              (DESCRIPTION IN SCB, MARCH 1934, PP. 17 FF.), WHICH           "
"c              SUPERCEDED THE ORIGINAL INDEX (1923-1925=100) BY THE FEDERAL  "
"c              RESERVE BOARD THROUGH MARCH 1930, AND BY SCB THROUGH MARCH    "
"c              1934.                                                         "
"c                   THIS INDEX WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER NOVEMBER 1943 AND      "
"c              SUPERCEDED BY A COMBINED INDEX OF TOTAL CHAIN STORE AND       "
"c              MAIL-ORDER SALES, 1935-1939=100 (SEE SCB OF FEBRUARY 1944,    "
"c              PP. 12-20).                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "