"c VAR 0088 13028 YIELDS 3R 926-935 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0088 LOC 753 WIDTH 9 DK 12 COL 62-70 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c BOND YIELDS " "c ----------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 13028 " "c AREA COVERED: GERMANY -- BERLIN " "c UNITS: PERCENT " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1926-03/1935 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1926-1927: COMPUTED BY NBER. DATA FOR " "c 1928-1932: KONJUNKTURSTATISTISCHES HANDBUCH, 1933, P. 134. " "c DATA FOR 1933-1935: WIRTSCHAFT UND STATISTIK. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 13028 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1813 (2)--ORIGINAL " "c DATA, 1924-1931 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1926-1935. " "c DATA FOR 1926-1927 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY USING GOLD " "c MORTGAGE BOND YIELDS FOR THE TWO YEARS MULTIPLIED BY .900, " "c THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RATIO OF JANUARY-JUNE 1928 OF THIS " "c VARIABLE AND THE PREVIOUS (COVERING 1925-1930) -- SIX " "c PERCENT BOND YIELDS TO GOLD MORTGAGE BOND YIELDS. " "c DATA FOR 1928-1935 WERE ORIGINALLY GIVEN AS"PRICE OF " "c SIX PERCENT BONDS IN PERCENT OF PAR" AND HAVE BEEN REDUCED " "c TO BOND YIELDS BY DIVIDING"PRICE" INTO SIX PERCENT. " "c BONDS INCLUDE THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE MARKET VALUE OF " "c (1)--MORTGAGE BONDS (2)--MUNICIPAL LOANS (3)-- OTHER " "c PUBLIC LOANS, GOVERNMENT AND STATE (4)--INDUSTRIAL BONDS. " "c WEIGHTS ARE BASED ON OUTSTANDING AMOUNT AND ARE SEVENTEEN, " "c FIVE, SEVEN, AND TWO RESPECTIVELY. " "c DATA FOR 1928-SEPTEMBER 1931 INCLUDE 59 BONDS, 20 " "c MORTGAGE, 15 MUNICIPAL, 14 OTHER PUBLIC, AND 10 INDUSTRIAL. " "c DATA FOR JULY 1931-FEBRUARY 1932 REFLECT A BANKING " "c CRISIS, WHERE INTEREST RATES ABOVE 6% WERE REDUCED TO 6%. " "c NO DATA INDICATES A BANKING HOLIDAY. " "c DATA FOR APRIL 1932-FEBRUARY 1935 INCLUDE 169 BONDS; 50 " "c MORTGAGE, 55 MUNICIPAL, 34 OTHER PUBLIC, AND 30 INDUSTRIAL. " "c DATA FOR NOVEMBER 1933-1935 EXCLUDE LOANS FLOATED WITH " "c A DOLLAR CLAUSE; DATA FOR JULY 1934-1935 EXCLUDE TWO " "c GOVERNMENT LOANS, FORMERLY INCLUDED. THE FIGURE FOR JUNE " "c 1934 ON THE NEW BASIS IS 6.75. " "c THIS VARIABLE ENDS IN MARCH 1935, AS THE LAW OF APRIL " "c 1935 REDUCED INTEREST TO 4.5%, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF " "c INDUSTRIALS. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "