Title: Index of Sales by Five and Ten Cent Variety Store Chains for United States Series ID: M0604AUSM331SNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index 1923-1925=100 Date Range: 1919-01-01 to 1934-03-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 1:46 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1919-1934 (2)--Seasonally Adjusted Data, 1929-1943 (3)--Original Data, 1935-1951 (4)--Original Data, 1951-1956. Data Were Compiled By The Federal Reserve Board, Division Of Research And Statistics From Reports Of 14 Ten-Cent Chains With 2944 Stores And $560,773,589 In Sales. In Earlier Years The Number Of Chains Was Generally Less, And Changes Were Made In The List As New Chains Were Added, But Data Are All Related To The Sales Of The Same Chains In The Base Period. The Seasonal Adjustment Allows For The Number Of Working Days In The Month (Excluding Sundays And National Holidays). Seasonal Variations Were Computed By The Ratio-To-Moving Average Method. Allowance Is Also Made For The Variation In The Date Of Easter. After 1929 Indexes Were Compiled By The U.S. Department Of Commerce And Are Based On Reported Monthly Sales Of F. And W. Grand, S.S. Kresge Co., S.H. Kress Co., Mccrory Stores, Mclellan Stores, F.C. Murphy Co., Issac Silver And Bros., And F.W. Woolworth Co. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, May 1928, Pp. 20-21; 1932 Annual Supplement, Pp. 44-45; Successive Issues This NBER data series m06004a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html. NBER Indicator: m06004a DATE VALUE 1919-01-01 48 1919-02-01 49 1919-03-01 55 1919-04-01 50 1919-05-01 53 1919-06-01 53 1919-07-01 52 1919-08-01 56 1919-09-01 54 1919-10-01 52 1919-11-01 60 1919-12-01 54 1920-01-01 60 1920-02-01 67 1920-03-01 65 1920-04-01 64 1920-05-01 66 1920-06-01 64 1920-07-01 67 1920-08-01 67 1920-09-01 66 1920-10-01 66 1920-11-01 65 1920-12-01 60 1921-01-01 62 1921-02-01 64 1921-03-01 66 1921-04-01 64 1921-05-01 64 1921-06-01 64 1921-07-01 66 1921-08-01 66 1921-09-01 66 1921-10-01 70 1921-11-01 68 1921-12-01 66 1922-01-01 67 1922-02-01 68 1922-03-01 69 1922-04-01 76 1922-05-01 71 1922-06-01 74 1922-07-01 77 1922-08-01 74 1922-09-01 79 1922-10-01 78 1922-11-01 77 1922-12-01 80 1923-01-01 79 1923-02-01 80 1923-03-01 90 1923-04-01 84 1923-05-01 85 1923-06-01 90 1923-07-01 88 1923-08-01 88 1923-09-01 93 1923-10-01 87 1923-11-01 90 1923-12-01 96 1924-01-01 87 1924-02-01 92 1924-03-01 100 1924-04-01 97 1924-05-01 97 1924-06-01 99 1924-07-01 97 1924-08-01 103 1924-09-01 100 1924-10-01 98 1924-11-01 107 1924-12-01 102 1925-01-01 104 1925-02-01 107 1925-03-01 107 1925-04-01 108 1925-05-01 110 1925-06-01 110 1925-07-01 109 1925-08-01 117 1925-09-01 113 1925-10-01 116 1925-11-01 119 1925-12-01 121 1926-01-01 103 1926-02-01 118 1926-03-01 112 1926-04-01 117 1926-05-01 125 1926-06-01 121 1926-07-01 124 1926-08-01 124 1926-09-01 127 1926-10-01 132 1926-11-01 130 1926-12-01 133 1927-01-01 130 1927-02-01 133 1927-03-01 128 1927-04-01 137 1927-05-01 132 1927-06-01 135 1927-07-01 139 1927-08-01 140 1927-09-01 141 1927-10-01 144 1927-11-01 140 1927-12-01 147 1928-01-01 140 1928-02-01 142 1928-03-01 142 1928-04-01 147 1928-05-01 144 1928-06-01 153 1928-07-01 148 1928-08-01 147 1928-09-01 165 1928-10-01 148 1928-11-01 151 1928-12-01 164 1929-01-01 146 1929-02-01 157 1929-03-01 167 1929-04-01 153 1929-05-01 172 1929-06-01 174 1929-07-01 162 1929-08-01 174 1929-09-01 168 1929-10-01 159 1929-11-01 166 1929-12-01 165 1930-01-01 152 1930-02-01 162 1930-03-01 165 1930-04-01 161 1930-05-01 175 1930-06-01 161 1930-07-01 153 1930-08-01 164 1930-09-01 156 1930-10-01 152 1930-11-01 159 1930-12-01 154 1931-01-01 162 1931-02-01 163 1931-03-01 159 1931-04-01 168 1931-05-01 168 1931-06-01 162 1931-07-01 149 1931-08-01 160 1931-09-01 156 1931-10-01 152 1931-11-01 147 1931-12-01 144 1932-01-01 153 1932-02-01 156 1932-03-01 146 1932-04-01 141 1932-05-01 138 1932-06-01 138 1932-07-01 135 1932-08-01 127 1932-09-01 135 1932-10-01 133 1932-11-01 129 1932-12-01 117 1933-01-01 135 1933-02-01 138 1933-03-01 121 1933-04-01 140 1933-05-01 130 1933-06-01 137 1933-07-01 142 1933-08-01 139 1933-09-01 151 1933-10-01 132 1933-11-01 130 1933-12-01 135 1934-01-01 150 1934-02-01 154 1934-03-01 164