"c           VAR 0058      13005 ON LOAN 2R 948-959               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0058         LOC  483 WIDTH  9             DK   8 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              BANK RATES ON BUSINESS LOANS, SEVEN NORTHERN AND EASTERN      "
"c              CITIES                                                        "
"c              --------------------------------------------------------      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  13005                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  PERCENT                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  SECOND,1948 - FOURTH,1959                "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                       "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN, MARCH 1949, AND FOLLOWING  "
"c              ISSUES (SEE RICHARD YOUNGDAHL, NEW STATISTICS OF INTEREST     "
"c              RATES ON BUSINESS LOANS)                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 13005 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1939  (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1948-1959.                                              "
"c                   RATES ARE BASED ON FIGURES OF THE FIRST FIFTEEN DAYS     "
"c              EACH OF MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER.  ANNUAL RATES   "
"c              ARE AVAILABLE FOR 1939 AND FOLLOWING YEARS.                   "
"c                   BEGINNING IN THE THIRD QUARTER THE COVERAGE WAS CHANGED  "
"c              IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOAN SCHEDULE OF THE CALL REPORT OF    "
"c              CONDITION TO EXCLUDE LOANS TO NONBANK FINANCIAL               "
"c              INSTITUTIONS.  INCLUSIVE FIGURE FOR THIRD QUARTER COVERAGE    "
"c              WAS GIVEN AS 5.28.                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c          ...............................................................   "