"c VAR 0033 13018 DIS BAN 3R 876-939 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0033 LOC 258 WIDTH 9 DK 4 COL 71-79 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c PRIVATE DISCOUNT RATE, PRIME BANKER'S ACCEPTANCE, OPEN " "c MARKET, BERLIN " "c ------------------------------------------------------ " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 13018 " "c AREA COVERED: GERMANY " "c UNITS: PERCENT " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1876-07/1914; 10/1914-02/1923; " "c 12/1924-07/1939 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1876-1910: DIE REICHSBANK. DATA FOR " "c 1911-1933: STATISTICHES JAHRBUCH FUR DAS DEUTSCHE REICH, " "c 1914, P. 294, AND LATER ISSUES. DATA FOR 1934-1939: " "c WIRTSCHAFT UND STATISTIK, PT. 2 OF EACH MONTH. " "c " "c NOTES: THE PRIVATE DISCOUNT IS GRANTED UPON SO-CALLED " "c "PRIME BILLS" -- THOSE OF RECOGNIZED SOLID BANKS AND " "c BANKERS. THEY MUST BE PAYABLE AT IN BERLIN OR SOME OTHER " "c TOWN WITH A BRANCH OF THE REICHSBANK. THEY MUST CALL FOR AT " "c LEAST 5,000 MARKS AND HAVE AT LEAST FIFTY-SIX DAYS AND AT " "c MOST THREE MONTHS TO RUN (SEE NATIONAL MONETARY COMMISSION, " "c VOL. 21, P. 201). " "c DATA ARE FOR AVERAGE DAILY RATE. " "c DATA FOR 1876-1913 WERE CHECKED WITH VERGLEICHENDE " "c NOTE-BANK STATISTIK. " "c DATA FOR OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1914 ARE UNOFFICIAL " "c QUOTATIONS. " "c DATA FOR JULY-AUGUST 1931 WERE INTERPOLATED TO ACCOUNT " "c FOR A BANKING HOLIDAY. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c "