"c           VAR 0024      10117 RAT ASH 3R 934-953               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0024         LOC  177 WIDTH  9             DK   3 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NEW CORPORATE SECURITIES OFFERED FOR CASH, PROPOSED USE OF    "
"c              ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS, RETIREMENT OF SECURITIES, ALL         "
"c              INDUSTRIES                                                    "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  10117                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                         "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1934-12/1953                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FOR 1934-1940 DATA:  BANKING AND MONETARY            "
"c              STATISTICS. 1943, TABLE 138 IN THE SECTION ENTITLED"MONEY     "
"c              RATES AND SECURITY MARKETS"; FOR 1941-1953 DATA:  BUSINESS    "
"c              STATISTICS, 1947, THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT     "
"c              BUSINESS AND SUBSEQUENT SUPPLEMENTS                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 10117 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1934-1953  (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1953-1964.                                              "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1941, FIGURES WERE OBTAINED BY DEDUCTING    "
"c             "OTHER DEBT" FROM "TOTAL DEBT AND STOCK."  "OTHER" DEBT        "
"c              PROBABLY INCLUDES BANK LOANS AND MORTGAGES, NO DEFINITION IS  "
"c              GIVEN.                                                        "
"c                   FIGURES FOR 1953 WERE OBTAINED FROM THE SURVEY OF        "
"c              CURRENT BUSINESS, FEBRUARY 1954, AFTER WHICH THE ESTIMATES    "
"c              OF SECURITIES ISSUED FOR RETIREMENT WERE REVISED. THE 20TH    "
"c              ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEC (FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1954)    "
"c              INDICATES THAT A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES LAWS  "
"c              AS WELL AS REVISIONS OF RULES BECAME EFFECTIVE IN THAT YEAR,  "
"c              THERE IS, HOWEVER, NO EXPLANATION FOR THE CHANGE IN THE       "
"c              STATISTICS.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "