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Format of Datafiles

The BCI datafiles follow a conventional spreadsheet format. There are separate "columns" for each series and "rows" for each month.

The descriptions for each series (a column) is on the List of Monthly Data Series in the BCI Database page.

Example:
G0M910   Composite index of 11 leading indicators (1992=100)
PCM910   Leading index, change from previous month (pct.)
P6M910   Leading index, change over 6-month span (AR, pct.)
A0M001   Average weekly hours, mfg. (hours)

The CSV (Comma Separated Value text file) files can be read directly into Lotus-123, Excel, and Quattro Pro.

Files are also available in HTML.

A view of how the data will appear:

BCI-01a starts with a "Date G0M910 ..." row and ends with "Dec-97" row

12345678

|2345678

|2345678

|2345678

|2345678

|2345678

...additional columns not shown

Date

G0M910

PCM910

P6M910

A0M001

A0M005

A0M008

A0M032

A0M027

Jan-45

  

45.3

16

  

Feb-45

  

45.4

26

  

Mar-45

  

45.2

28.3

  

... rows with April 45 to October 96 data not shown ...

Nov-96

102.7

0.2

2.2

41.7

338.1

143738

51.6

41291

Dec-96

102.7

0

42

353.5

140552

51.6

41264

Jan-97

103

0.3

41.7

329.5

146446

48.5

43058

Feb-97

103.5

0.5

41.9

310.5

148764

51.3

44890

Mar-97

Apr-97

May-97

Jun-97

Jul-97

Aug-97

Sep-97

Oct-97

Nov-97

Dec-97


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