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security_type (variable)

  Old style security types:
    1  - U.S. government or agency security
    2  - U.S. treasury bill - special
    3  - municipal security
    4  - corporate security
    5  - ISMA euro security
    6  - corporate security (force to 100)
    7  - other
    8  - pre-1993 standards for corporates
  New style security types:
    10 - U.S. Treasury bonds - primary & secondary market (ustb_)
    11 - U.S. Treasury notes - primary & secondary market(ustn_)
    12 - U.S. Treasury bills - primary & secondary market(usbl_)
    20 - U.S. Agency bonds (usab_)
    30 - U.S. Municipal bonds (usmb_)
    40 - U.S. Corporate bonds (uscb_)
    70 - Euro denominated bonds (euro_)
    90 - Argentina gov't bonds (argb_)
   100 - Australian gov't bonds (acgb_)
   110 - Austrian gov't bonds (augb_)
   120 - Belgian gov't bonds (blgb_)
   140 - Canadian gov't bonds (cngb_)
   160 - Danish (Denmark) gov't bonds (dngb_)
   170 - German gov't bonds braess-Fangmeyer (gmbf_)
   170 - German gov't bonds Moosmuller (gmms_)
   171 - German gov't bonds ISMA (gmis_)
   180 - Finnish gov't bonds (fngb_)
   190 - French gov't bonds (frgb_)
   230 - Ireland gov't bonds (irgb_)
   250 - Italian gov't bonds (itgb_)
   260 - Japanese gov't bonds (jpgb_)
   261 - Japanese gov't discount bonds (jpdb_)
   280 - Mexican gov't bonds (mxgb_)
   290 - Netherlands - Dutch State Loans (dusl_)
   360 - Spanish gov't bonds (spgb_)
   361 - Spanish gov't bonds (spgb_) after 10/31/98
   370 - Swedish gov't bonds (sdgb_)
   380 - Switzerland gov't bonds (swgb_)
   410 - United Kingdom Gilts consortium yield (ukgb_)
   411 - United Kingdom Gilts true yield (ukgb_cf)
   412 - United Kingdom Gilts yield (ukgb) after 10/31/98
  4260 - Japanese corporate bonds (jpcb_)