"c           VAR 0035      13017 DIS RAT 3R 863-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0035         LOC  276 WIDTH  9             DK   5 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              DISCOUNT RATE, OPEN MARKET, PARIS                             "
"c              ---------------------------------                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  13017                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  FRANCE                                         "
"c              UNITS:  PERCENT                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1863-10/1870; 08/1871-07/1914;          "
"c              01/1925-09/1939                                               "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1863-1888 AND 1909-1914:  COMPUTED BY NBER  "
"c              FROM WEEKLY DATA IN THE ECONOMIST.  DATA FOR 1889-1908:       "
"c              NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION,"STATISTICS FOR GREAT BRITAIN,   "
"c              GERMANY, AND FRANCE, 1867-1909", VOL. 21, PP. 315-316.  DATA  "
"c              FOR 1925-1939:  ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD,  "
"c              1926, P. 218 AND FOLLOWING.                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA FOR 1863-1888 AND 1909-1914 WERE COMPUTED BY     "
"c              NBER ON THE NUMBER OF FRIDAYS IN EACH MONTH; 1889-FEBRUARY    "
"c              1905 ON THE NUMBER OF THURSDAYS; MARCH 1905-1908 ON THE       "
"c              NUMBER OF SATURDAYS.                                          "
"c                   DATA FOR NOVEMBER 1870-JULY 1871 WERE UNAVAILABLE        "
"c              BECAUSE OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.  DATA FOR AUGUST 1870,    "
"c              AND FEBRUARY, JULY, AND AUGUST OF 1872 ARE BASED ON THREE     "
"c              WEEKS ONLY.  DATA FOR OCTOBER 1870, DECEMBER 1871, AND        "
"c              JANUARY 1872 ARE BASED ON TWO WEEKS.  THE FIGURE FOR AUGUST   "
"c              1871 IS BASED ON ONE WEEK ONLY.                               "
"c                   DATA FOR 1934-1939 ARE FOR"PRIME BANKER'S                "
"c              ACCEPTANCES".                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "