"c           VAR 0083      14137 OLD END 3R 914-949               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0083         LOC  708 WIDTH  9             DK  12 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              GOLD HELD IN THE TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, END OF   "
"c              MONTH                                                         "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------------   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  14137                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1914-05/1949                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  COMPUTED BY NBER USING DATA FROM U.S. TREASURY       "
"c              DEPARTMENT DATA:  ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY; AND        "
"c              CIRCULATION STATEMENTS OF U.S. MONEY.                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 14137 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1878-1914  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1914-1949.                                                    "
"c                   DATA IN ORIGINAL SOURCE ARE AS OF THE FIRST OF THE       "
"c              MONTH, USED HERE TO REPRESENT THE END OF THE PRECEDING        "
"c              MONTH.                                                        "
"c                   DATA REPRESENT THE NET MONETARY GOLD, INCLUDING COVER    "
"c              FOR GOLD CERTIFICATES IN THE TREASURY; GOLD COINS ARE         "
"c              INCLUDED UNTIL JANUARY 1934.                                  "
"c                   IN DECEMBER 1927 THE FORM OF THE CIRCULATION STATEMENT   "
"c              WAS CHANGED AND GOLD HELD BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS UNDER      "
"c              EARMARK FOR FOREIGN ACCOUNT WAS EXCLUDED, AND GOLD HELD       "
"c              ABROAD FOR FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS WAS INCLUDED.  DATA WERE     "
"c              REVISED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TO REFLECT THESE         "
"c              CHANGES BACK TO 1914.                                         "
"c                   BETWEEN JANUARY 31, 1934 AND FEBUARY 1, 1934, THE GOLD   "
"c              STOCK WAS INCREASED 2.98 BILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH 2.81        "
"c              BILLION DOLLARS WAS THE INCREMENT RESULTING FROM REDUCTION    "
"c              IN THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLD DOLLAR AND THE REMAINDER WAS GOLD   "
"c              WHICH HAD BEEN PURCHASED BY THE TREASURY PREVIOUSLY, BUT NOT  "
"c              ADDED TO THE GOLD STOCK.                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "