"c           VAR 0074      15007 FED DEB 3R 939-968               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0074         LOC  627 WIDTH  9             DK  10 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NET INTEREST-BEARING FEDERAL DEBT, END OF MONTH               "
"c              -----------------------------------------------               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  15007                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  BILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  10/1939-12/1968                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BULLETIN OF THE TREASURY   "
"c              DEPARTMENT                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 15007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1939  (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1917-1939  (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1968 (4)--ORIGINAL  "
"c              DATA, 1939-1949.                                              "
"c                   FROM OCTOBER 1939-SEPTEMBER 1943, THE PUBLISHED FIGURES  "
"c              HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO EXLUDE U.S. SECURITY HOLDINGS IN THE    "
"c              EXHANGE STABILIZATION FUND. FUND.  BEGINNING IN OCTOBER       "
"c              1943, THE SOURCE INCLUDES  SUCH HOLDINGS WITH THOSE OF ALL    "
"c              OTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.                               "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1950 COVERAGE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT --      "
"c              DATA THEREAFTER REPRESENT THE TOTAL INTEREST BEARING DEBT     "
"c              MINUS THE SECURITIES HELD BY U.S. GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT       "
"c              ACCOUNTS AND SECURITIES HELD BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE.          "
"c                   UNIFIED BUDGET CONCEPTS WERE ADAPTED IN JANUARY 1968.    "
"c              THESE DATA ARE ON THE OLD BASIS.  FOR NEW DATA SEE BULLETIN   "
"c              OF FEBRUARY 1969, P. 71.                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "