"c           VAR 0216      06089 BY TAIL 3R 946-974               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0216         LOC 1905 WIDTH  9             DK  31 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SALES BY RETAIL STORES                                        "
"c              ----------------------                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06089                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1946-09/1974                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1946-1950:     "
"c              UNPUBLISHED TABLE ON"SALES OF RETAIL STORES BY KINDS OF       "
"c              BUSINESS, 1946-1950 NEW SERIES" (COMM.-DC 7838); DATA FOR     "
"c              1951-1952:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JUNE 1957, P. 28,     "
"c              REVISED SERIES--"SALES OF RETAIL STORES"; REVISED DATA FOR    "
"c              1953-1958:  MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE REPORT, SUPPLEMENT 1,        "
"c              SEPTEMBER 17, 1963, NO. BR-63-7; REVISED DATA FOR 1959-1960:  "
"c              SCB, APRIL 1966; DATA FOR 1961-1967:  SCB, NOVEMBER 1968;     "
"c              DATA FOR 1968-1974:  MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE, JANUARY 1969 AND   "
"c              FOLLOWING ISSUES.                                             "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, RELEASE FROM OFFICE OF  "
"c              BUSINESS ECONOMICS, JANUARY 1952; SURVEY OF CURRENT           "
"c              BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 06089 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1935-1946  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1946-1974.                                                    "
"c                   CONTRARY TO EARLIER DATA IN THE VARIABLES COVERING THE   "
"c              YEARS 1935-1946 WHICH WERE LINKED TO CENSUSES OF RETAIL       "
"c              TRADE, THESE ESTIMATES ARE DERIVED FROM BLOWN UP SAMPLE DATA  "
"c              (SEE SCB, SEPTEMBER 1952, P. 16 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE      "
"c              METHOD OF ESTIMATING).                                        "
"c                   FROM 1961 ON, ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON A NEW SAMPLE (SEE   "
"c              SCB, NOVEMBER 1968, P. 21).  THE SAMPLE CHANGES AGAIN IN      "
"c              1970 (SEE SOURCE).                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/3/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
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