"c           VAR 0012      13015 A DISCO 3R 876-936               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0012         LOC   69 WIDTH  9             DK   1 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              OFFICIAL BANK DISCOUNT RATE                                   "
"c              ---------------------------                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  13015                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  GERMANY                                        "
"c              UNITS:  PERCENT                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1876-12/1938                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1876-1925:  DIE REICHSBANK, 1876-1910       "
"c              EDITION, PP. 196-197; 1901-1925 EDITION, PP. 90-91.  DATA     "
"c              FOR 1925-1934: VERWALTUNG BERICHT DER REICHSBANK.  DATA FOR   "
"c              1935:  WIRTSCHAFT UND STATISTIK.  DATA FOR 1936-1938:         "
"c              ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, 1936, P. 121;     "
"c              AND SUCCESSIVE ISSUES.                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  WHEN RATES CHANGED DURING A MONTH NBER WEIGHTED EACH  "
"c              RATE BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS IT WAS IN EFFECT.                  "
"c                   ON DECEMBER 29, 1923 THE RATE CHANGED FROM 90% TO 10%    "
"c              FOR GOLD MARK PAPER ONLY.  THE DECEMBER FIGURE PRESENTED      "
"c              HERE IS BASED ON THE 90% RATE; JANUARY 1924 MARKS THE         "
"c              BEGINNING OF THE 10% GOLD MARK PERIOD.                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/7/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "