"c 01001 AGGREAGATES MD= 1E-37 " "c " "c " "c INDEX OF THE PHYSICAL VOLUME OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY, BABSON " "c ------------------------------------------- " "c " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 01001 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1889-09/1957 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: "BABSONCHART INDEX OF PHYSICAL VOLUME OF BUSINESS" " "c APRIL 26,1961 (UNPUBLISHED) " "c "BUSINESS STATISTICS ORGANIZATION INC. BABSON PARK, MA " "c " "c NOTES:THROUGH 1937 THESE DATA REPRESENT THE EARLIER INDEX " "c WITH BASE SHIFTED TO 1947-1949 AVERAGE; FROM 1938 ON THE INDEX" "c WAS REVISED ; FIGURES ARE CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD " "c SERIES AVAILABLE ON THIS BASE FROM 1870 ON " "c ............................................................... " -12 1889.01 1957.09 15.7 15.5 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.6 15.4 15.3 15.4 15.6 15.6 16.0000 15.9000 16.0000 16.1000 16.4000 16.4000 16.2000 16.4000 16.4000 16.5000 16.4000 16.4000 16.7 16.0 15.9 16.0 16.4 17.0 17.8 17.5 17.8 17.9 18.1 18.2 17.7000 18.6000 18.8000 18.6000 18.6000 18.3000 18.1000 17.9000 17.9000 17.5000 17.4000 17.6000 17.2 17.3 17.7 17.6 17.6 17.1 15.9 14.6 14.0 13.7 13.8 14.0 14.3000 14.4000 15.0000 15.0000 14.4000 15.1000 15.0000 16.0000 16.4000 16.5000 16.9000 16.9000 17.1 16.9 17.3 16.9 17.2 17.2 17.7 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.6 17.9 18.1000 17.4000 16.7000 16.7000 16.4000 16.4000 16.4000 16.0000 15.8000 16.0000 16.1000 16.7000 16.9 17.2 17.4 17.4 17.9 18.4 19.0 19.6 20.2 20.4 20.4 20.7 20.1000 20.4000 20.4000 20.4000 20.2000 19.9000 19.7000 19.9000 20.1000 20.2000 20.8000 21.0000 21.1 21.2 21.8 21.7 21.9 22.3 22.7 23.1 23.2 23.1 23.0 23.1 23.2000 23.3000 23.1000 23.3000 23.1000 23.3000 21.9000 21.8000 21.1000 20.4000 21.7000 22.5000 23.2 23.6 24.2 24.2 25.1 25.3 25.2 25.3 25.1 25.7 25.3 24.3 25.8000 25.3000 25.2000 26.5000 26.7000 25.4000 26.0000 26.4000 26.7000 27.2000 28.0000 28.3000 28.5 28.2 28.2 28.7 28.3 28.9 28.9 28.4 28.5 27.1 25.2 24.8 25.0000 27.2000 27.7000 28.5000 28.1000 27.4000 26.4000 26.7000 27.7000 28.0000 29.6000 29.8000 29.9 30.1 31.6 32. 32.5 32. 31.6 32.4 32.8 32.5 32.6 32.7 33.8000 33.6000 33.6000 31.4000 32.2000 32.7000 32.7000 33.0000 32.5000 33.0000 33.2000 33.8000 34.8 34.7 34.4 36.1 36.7 35.6 36.2 35.6 33.9 34. 31.2 28. 28.0000 28.3000 27.7000 26.9000 26.5000 27.7000 29.0000 28.7000 29.8000 31.1000 31.5000 32.2000 31.8 32.2 33.1 33.2 32.9 34.6 35.1 35.4 36.7 37. 37.8 36.6 37.2000 37.5000 38.0000 36.9000 36.8000 37.5000 35.5000 36.0000 35.4000 34.8000 35.2000 34.9000 34.6000 34.7000 35.1000 35.2000 35.4000 35.3000 35.1000 36.0000 35.5000 35.9000 35.9000 35.6000 36.7 38.5 38.5 36.7 38.5 38.7 39. 39.8 39. 40.8 41.6 41.4 42.7000 42.0000 39.5000 41.7000 42.2000 41.2000 41.1000 40.9000 41.1000 40.8000 39.6000 39.0000 38. 37.8 40.1 37.9 37.5 37.9 38.4 36.9 37.5 36.3 34.6 35.9 35.5000 37.5000 38.2000 39.3000 38.6000 40.4000 41.2000 41.9000 43.0000 43.9000 46.1000 47.7000 46.4 48.7 47.6 45.6 46. 46.4 45.5 46.8 46.5 47.7 49.4 48.3 51.3000 49.3000 49.8000 51.7000 54.3000 52.9000 50.3000 50.0000 49.2000 50.1000 51.2000 48.5000 44.2 48.2 50.6 51.9 52.2 50.5 51.4 50.6 49.4 46.6 45.5 46.4 46.2000 43.7000 43.3000 45.9000 46.2000 47.0000 50.4000 49.8000 50.6000 50.7000 49.8000 53.4000 58. 57.5 56.6 51.9 52.3 52.4 51.9 51.9 50.2 47.4 46.5 45.3 40.6000 39.7000 39.3000 41.3000 41.5000 42.7000 41.7000 43.9000 43.1000 43.8000 43.3000 42.1000 43.5 45.6 48.5 46.4 49. 52. 51.5 51.4 52.6 55.1 58.4 59.7 59.6000 59.3000 61.7000 64.8000 63.7000 63.0000 62.0000 60.3000 59.1000 59.2000 59.5000 59.6000 60.9 62.6 60.5 58.5 56. 53.7 53.6 55. 58. 58.2 58.9 61.1 62.1000 61.3000 61.0000 62.0000 61.8000 52.1000 64.0000 62.5000 65.2000 65.3000 67.4000 68.4000 65.9 65.1 65.9 65. 65.6 66.6 67.2 68.4 68.5 68.2 68.5 66.8 65.9000 66.4000 68.7000 67.7000 68.4000 67.5000 65.9000 66.3000 64.8000 64.0000 62.2000 63.1000 65.3 66.8 67.7 62. 68.6 68.5 70.3 71.1 71.9 72.7 72. 72.9 74.3000 74.3000 74.3000 75.9000 76.4000 77.8000 77.6000 76.2000 74.3000 72.6000 67.2000 63.7000 65.8 65.9 63.9 65.8 65. 63.2 60.7 58.8 58.2 55.6 54.7 54.7 53.2000 53.9000 55.4000 56.9000 56.9000 54.9000 55.6000 51.6000 49.3000 47.2000 46.7000 47.9000 45.9 45.1 43.1 41.9 40.6 39.9 38.3 38.7 41.4 41.1 40.6 40.6 40.0000 39.3000 37.2000 41.4000 47.8000 53.9000 56.7000 51.7000 47.8000 44.6000 42.7000 42.9000 46.3 49.4 51.7 52.5 53.6 52.2 49.1 46.9 44.3 44.9 45.1 50.2 52.7000 53.2000 53.2000 52.8000 52.2000 53.5000 53.5000 52.1000 51.9000 54.8000 57.5000 60.3000 58.7 58.3 57.6 61.8 62.6 63.5 65.4 65.4 65.5 65.3 66.9 69.8 68.7000 69.4000 70.7000 71.4000 71.9000 69.8000 69.9000 70.1000 66.6000 63.2000 58.1000 55.4000 53. 51.4 51.2 51.2 50.7 50.3 52.4 55. 54.5 57.8 62.5 61.9 62.9000 62.5000 64.7000 63.0000 62.0000 64.8000 63.3000 62.3000 67.5000 71.0000 71.4000 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110.9 108.8 100.9 93.1 113.2 120.5 118.1 119.5 118.5 119.3000 120.3000 123.6000 124.3000 124.1000 123.3000 125.7000 121.7000 119.6000 119.3000 116.2000 112.9000 113.5 114.9 114.5 115.8 115.9 117.4 114.8 112.4 112.2 112.9 118.2 123.2 127.5000 130.9000 134.5000 135.7000 137.7000 135.5000 136.5000 133.9000 135.3000 136.2000 137.8000 137.6000 140.4 142.3 137.8 139.6 136.7 134.1 120.3 129.6 129.6 135.2 134.5 136.4 139.1000 138.8000 138.1000 136.2000 136.8000 134.7000 134.2000 132.6000 131.5000