Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1875-1938 (2)--Original Data, 1934-1939 (3)--Original Data, 1939-1968. This Segment Represents A More Complete Coverage Of Voluntary Discontinuances With Losses To The Creditors And Of Small Failures Not Previously Covered By Dun And Bradstreet'S Branch Offices (See Source, March 1940). Source: Dun And Bradstreet, Inc., Data For 1939-October 1957: Dun'S Statistical Review; Data For November 1957-1968: Business Trend News, "Monthly Failure"; Data For This Segment Is Also Available In Survey Of Current Business, 1942 Supplement And Following Monthly Issues.

This NBER data series m09033c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html.

NBER Indicator: m09033c