"c           VAR 0067      13027 SE CURT 3R 898-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0067         LOC  564 WIDTH  9             DK   9 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SECURITY YIELDS                                               "
"c              ---------------                                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  13027                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  FRANCE                                         "
"c              UNITS:  PERCENT                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01,04,07,10/1898; 01/1899-07/1914;         "
"c              01/1919-07/1939                                               "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  STATISTIQUE GENERALE, DATA FOR 1898-1914:  JEAN      "
"c              DESSIRIER IN JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DE STATISTIQUE DE PARIS,   "
"c              FEBRUARY 1929, PP. 80-83.  DATA FOR 1919-1931:  INDICES       "
"c              GENERAUX DU MOVEMENT ECONOMIQUE EN FRANCE DE 1901 A 1931,     "
"c              PP. 143-145, 160.  DATA FOR 1932-1939:  BULLETIN DE LA        "
"c              STATISTIQUE GENERALE.                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  ACCORDING TO THE 1928 JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DE        "
"c              STATISTIQUE, IN 1913 THE AVERAGE NET YIELD EQUALLED 3.78%     "
"c              FOR A PORTFOLIO OF 180 SECURITIES OF VARYING RETURN.          "
"c              STARTING FROM THIS YIELD AND USING THE MONTHLY INDEX OF       "
"c              SECURITY PRICES AND EARNINGS ON THE BASE 1913=100, THE NET    "
"c              YIELD FOR EACH MONTH OF THE PERIOD EXAMINED WAS CALCULATED.   "
"c                   DATA FOR 1932-1935 ARE LISTED IN THE SOURCE UNDER        "
"c             "FRANCE. BANQUE; VALEURS..." ON THE SECOND PAGE OF EACH        "
"c              BULLETIN, UNDER THE GENERAL HEADING"INDICES ECONOMIQUES".     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/7/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "