Annual transactions from BEA, Fixed Assets Table 1.3 Current-Cost Depreciation of Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods, line 13, Consumer durable goods. Annual transactions are converted to seasonally adjusted quarterly transactions by assuming a constant depreciation rate in all quarters of the year; the depreciation rate is computed as the ratio of line 13, Consumer durable goods, to previous year's consumer durables stock (FOF series FL155111005) plus one half consumer durables investment (FOF series FU155111003). Unadjusted transactions are calculated as transactions at a seasonally adjusted annual rate divided by 4. Series has no levels.
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