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db dat doc a10030 U.S. Number of Concerns in Business 1866-1938
db dat doc a10036a U.S. Net Savings of Life Insurance Policy Holders 1866-1894
db dat doc a10036b U.S. Net Savings of Life Insurance Policy Holders 1888-1944
db dat doc a10037 U.S. Gross Capital Formation, Total, in Current Prices 1919-1943
db dat doc a10038 U.S. Gross Capital Formation, Total, in Constant Prices 1919-1943
db dat doc a10039 U.S. Net Capital Formation, Total, in Current Prices 1919-1939
db dat doc a10040 U.S. Net Capital Formation, Total, in Constant Prices 1919-1939
db dat doc a10041 U.S. Savings of Individuals 1919-1938
db dat doc a10042a U.S. Marketable Securities Held, Year End, Large Manufacturing Corporations 1914-1943
db dat doc a10042b U.S. Marketable Securities Held, Year End, Large Manufacturing Corporations Including Rubber Companies 1920-1945
db dat doc a10043 U.S. Investments Held, Year End, Medium-Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations 1916-1942
db dat doc a10052 U.S. Capital Consumption in Constant Prices 1919-1943
db dat doc a10053 U.S. Marketable Securities Held, Year End, Large Corporations 1920-1945
db dat doc a10054 U.S. Capital Consumption in Current Prices 1919-1943
db dat doc a10055 U.S. Savings of Entrepreneurs 1919-1938
db dat doc a10057 U.S. Savings of Government 1919-1938
db dat doc a10058 U.S. Savings of Corporations With Net Income 1923-1942
db dat doc a10059 U.S. Dissavings of Corporations With No Net Income 1923-1942
db dat doc a10060 U.S. Depreciation Charges of Corporations With Net Income 1923-1942
db dat doc a10061 U.S. Depreciation Charges of Corporations With No Net Income 1923-1942
db dat doc a10062 U.S. Depreciation, Business Capital 1919-1946
db dat doc a10063 U.S. Depreciation, Governmental Capital 1919-1946
db dat doc a10064 U.S. Depreciation, Consumers' Capital, All Residences 1919-1946
db dat doc a10065 U.S. Depreciation, Consumers' Capital, Automobiles 1919-1938
db dat doc a10066 U.S. Repairs and Maintenance, Business Capital, Public Utilities 1919-1939
db dat doc m10001 U.S. Postal Savings Deposits 01/1911-06/1942
db dat doc m10003 Germany Ratio of Withdrawals To Deposits Of Savings Banks 01/1909-11/1916, 01-05/1917, 09/1925-12/1934
db dat doc m10004 France Total Postal Savings Deposits 01/1882-07/1939
db dat doc m10005 France Municipal Pawnshop Loans 01/1871-12/1913
db dat doc m10006 U.S. Total Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes, and Stocks, Including Refunding, U.S., Canadian, And Foreign 01/1906-12/1940
db dat doc m10007 U.S. Total New Corporate Issues, U.S., Canadian, and Foreign 01/1919-11/1957
db dat doc m10008 U.S. Total New Corporate Issues, U.S., and Canadian 01/1919-11/1946
db dat doc m10009 U.S. New Corporate Issues, Long Term Bonds and Notes, U.S. And Canadian 01/1919-11/1957
db dat doc m10010a U.S. New Corporate Issues, Short Term Bonds and Notes, U.S. And Canadian 01/1919-11/1957
db dat doc m10011 U.S. New Corporate Issues, Stocks, U.S.and Canadian 01/1919-12/1943
db dat doc m10013b U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes and Stocks, Foreign 02-04/1921; 02-06/1922; 03,06/1923; 01,03/1924; 06/1924-03/1929; 05-08,10-11/1929; 01-07/1930; 01,06/1931
db dat doc m10014 U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes, and Stocks, Industrial, United States, Canadian, And Foreign 01/1919-11/1946
db dat doc m10015 U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes, and Stocks, Railroads, United States, Canadian, And Foreign 01-07/1919; 12/1919-01/1920; 03-08/1920; 10/1920-02/1921; 04-07,09/1921; 11/1921-06/1931; 08-09,11/1931; 02-03,08,11/1932; 01/1933;
db dat doc m10016 U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes, and Stocks, Public Utilities, United States, Canadian, And Foreign 01/1919-11/1943
db dat doc m10017a U.S. Total New Corporate Issues, For Refunding, U.S., Canadian and Foreign 01/1919-11/1943
db dat doc m10017b U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes, and Stocks, Land And Buildings, United States, Canadian, And Foreign 01/1919-12/1943
db dat doc m10022 Great Britain New Capital Issues 01/1917-07/1939
db dat doc m10023 Great Britain Joint Stock Companies Formed and Registered 07/1856-12/1900
db dat doc m10024b Germany Cash Capital Raised Through Issues of Stocks By Corporations 01/1907-12/1919, 07/1924-09/1935
db dat doc m10025 Germany Proceeds From Increases in Capital Stock 01/1907-12/1919, 12/1920-12/1930
db dat doc m10028 U.S. Corporate Issues, Bonds and Notes, Including Refunding, U.S., Canadian And Foreign 01/1906-12/1940
db dat doc m10029 U.S. Corporate Issues, Stocks, Including Refunds, U.S., Canadian, and Foreign 01/1906-10/1942
db dat doc m10031a Germany Number of New Firms Established, Die Bank 01/1908-08/1925
db dat doc m10031b Germany Number of New Firms Established 01/1925-12/1938
db dat doc m10032 France Index of Stock Flotations, Seasonally Adjusted 06/1921-07/1939
db dat doc m10033 France New Corporate Issues, Bonds and Stocks 01/1921-12/1927
db dat doc m10033a France New Corporate Issues, Bonds and Stocks 01/1921-12/1927
db dat doc m10033b France Bond and Stock Flotations of French Companies 01/1925-06/1939
db dat doc m10034 France New Corporate Issues, Bonds 01/1925-06/1939
db dat doc m10035a U.S. Number of Incorporations 01/1860-12/1870, 01/1872-12/1879, 01/1881-12/1888
db dat doc m10035b U.S. Number of Corporations 01/1888-12/1897
db dat doc m10035c U.S. Number of Incorporations 01/1897-12/1904
db dat doc m10035d U.S. Number of Incorporations 01/1904-12/1919
db dat doc m10035e U.S. Number of Incorporations 01/1918-12/1924
db dat doc m10035f U.S. Number of Incorporations 01/1924-12/1931
db dat doc m10035g U.S. Number of Incorporations O1/1931-12/1936
db dat doc m10035h U.S. New Incorporations 01/1936-07/1949
db dat doc m10044 U.S. Consumer Instalment Credit Outstanding, Total, End of Month 01/1929-11/1968
db dat doc m10045 U.S. Consumer Instalment Credit Outstanding, Month-To-Month Change, Total 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc m10046 U.S. Automobile Instalment Credit Outstanding, End of Month 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc m10047 U.S. Automobile Instalment Credit Outstanding, Month-To-Month Changes 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc m10048 U.S. Consumer Instalment Sales Credit Outstanding, Department Stores and Mail-Order Houses, End of Month 01/1929-12/1946
db dat doc m10049 U.S. Consumer Instalment Sale Credit Outstanding, Month-To-Month Changes, Department Stores and Mail Order Houses, End of 02/1929-12/1946
db dat doc m10050a U.S. Consumer Instalment Sale Credit Outstanding, Furniture Stores, End of Month 01/1926-12/1945
db dat doc m10050b U.S. Consumer Instalment Sale Credit Outstanding, Furniture Stores, End of Month 12/1939-05/1953
db dat doc m10051 U.S. Consumer Instalment Sale Credit Outstanding, Month-To-Month Change, Furniture Stores, End of Month 02/1926-12/1946
db dat doc m10071 U.S. Bond Offerings, Par Value, All Industries 01/1900-12/1943
db dat doc m10075 U.S. Bond Extinguishments, Par Value, All Industries 01/1900-12/1943
db dat doc m10079 U.S. Net Credit Change, Bonds, Par Value, All Industries 01/1900-12/1943
db dat doc m10083 U.S. Bonds Outstanding, Par Value, All Industries 01/1900-01/1944
db dat doc m10090 U.S. Number of Incorporations 07/1945-03/1969
db dat doc m10092 U.S. Total Consumer Credit Outstanding, End of Month 01/1929-02/1969
db dat doc m10097 U.S. Net Change in Number of Operating Businesses, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-08/1961
db dat doc m10102 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies in Securities, Total 09/1952-12/1967
db dat doc m10103 U.S. Withdrawals From Regular Accounts in Mutual Savings Banks 01/1947-09/1963
db dat doc m10105 U.S. Consumer Instalment Credit Extensions 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc m10106 U.S. Consumer Instalment Credit Repayments 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc m10109 U.S. New State and Local Government Securities Issued For New Capital, Principal Amounts 01/1946-03/1963
db dat doc m10110 U.S. New Securities Offered For Cash, Estimated Gross Proceeds, Total Corporate and Noncorporate 01/1934-03/1964
db dat doc m10111 U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Estimated Gross Proceeds, All Industries, Total Securities 01/1934-03/1964
db dat doc m10112 U.S. New Corporate Securities, Offered For Cash Estimated Gross Proceeds, All Industries, Bonds 01/1934-03/1964
db dat doc m10115 U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Estimated Gross Proceeds, All Industries, Bonds Plus Preferred Stock 01/1934-03/1964
db dat doc m10116 U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Proposed Use of Estimated Net Proceeds, New Money, All Industries 01/1934-03/1964
db dat doc m10117a U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Proposed Use of Estimated Net Proceeds, Retirement Of Securities, All 01/1934-12/1953
db dat doc m10117b U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Proposed Use of Estimated Net Proceeds, Retirement Of Securities, All 01/1953-03/1964
db dat doc m10118a U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Proposed Use of Estimated Net Proceeds Other Than New Money and Retirement 01/1934-12/1941; 01-06,09,12/1942; 01/1943-12/1953
db dat doc m10118b U.S. New Corporate Securities Offered For Cash, Proposed Use of Estimated Net Proceeds Other Than New Money and Retirement 01/1953-04/1964
db dat doc m10126a U.S. New Securities Offered For Cash, Estimated Gross Proceeds, Public Utility Industry, Total Securities 01-12/1934; 02/1935-12/1948
db dat doc m10126b U.S. New Securities Offered For Cash, Estimated Gross Proceeds, Public Utility Industry, Total Securities 01/1948-04/1964
db dat doc m10127 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies in Business and Industrial Mortgages. 09/1952-12/1967
db dat doc m10127b U.S. Cash Obtained Through New Security Issues On the New York Stock Exchange 01/1863-12/1923
db dat doc m10128 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies in Nonfarm Residential Mortgages, Total 09/1952-12/1967
db dat doc m10129 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies in Farm Mortgages 09/1952-12/1967
db dat doc m10130a U.S. Mortgage Debt Held By Financial Institutions and Life Insurance Companies, End of Month 01/1955-06/1959
db dat doc m10130b U.S. Mortgage Debt Held By Financial Institutions and Life Insurance Companies, End of Month 01/1959-06/1966
db dat doc m10130c U.S. Mortgage Debt Held By Financial Institutions and Life Insurance Companies, End of Month 07/1965-12/1968
db dat doc m10131 U.S. Net Change in Mortgage Debt Held By Financial Institutions and Life Insurance Companies 01/1955-03/1969
db dat doc m10168 U.S. Index of Net Business Formation, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1948-O9/1967
db dat doc m10169 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies, Nonfarm Residential Mortgages, Conventional 09/1952-11/1965
db dat doc m10170 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies, Nonfarm Residential Mortgages, Federal Housing 09/1952-11/1965
db dat doc m10171 U.S. New Commitments For Future Investment of Life Insurance Companies, Nonfarm Residential Mortgages, Veterans 09/1952-11/1965
db dat doc m10175 U.S. Total Noninstalment Credit Outstanding, End of Month 01/1929-02/1969
db dat doc m10176 U.S. Automobile Instalment Credit Extensions 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc m10177 U.S. Automobile Instalment Credit Repayments 01/1929-12/1968
db dat doc q10002a U.S. Deposits, Savings Banks, One Bank FIRST,1880 - FOURTH,1923
db dat doc q10002b U.S. Deposits, Savings Banks, Five Banks FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1948
db dat doc q10002c U.S. Deposits, Savings Banks, All Banks in New York State FIRST,1925 - FOURTH,1948
db dat doc q10010b U.S. New Corporate Issues, Short Term Bonds and Notes, U.S. And Canadian FIRST,1934-FOURTH,1956
db dat doc q10012 U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes and Stocks, Canadian FIRST,1921 - FOURTH,1931
db dat doc q10013a U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes and Stocks, Foreign FIRST,1921 - FOURTH,1931
db dat doc q10017a U.S. New Corporate Issues, Bonds, Notes, and Stocks, Land And Buildings, United States, Canadian, And Foreign FIRST,1932 - THIRD,1933
db dat doc q10018 Great Britain New Capital Applications FIRST,1885 - FIRST,1935
db dat doc q10019 Great Britain Total Corporate Loans, Municipal FIRST,1894 - FOURTH,1934
db dat doc q10020 Great Britain Government Loans FIRST,1894 - FOURTH,1934
db dat doc q10021 Great Britain All Private Applications FIRST,1894 - FOURTH,1934
db dat doc q10024a Germany Cash Capital Raised Through Issues of Stocks By Corporations FIRST,1907 - FOURTH,1919
db dat doc q10026a U.S. Gross Private Domestic Investment, Total FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q10026b U.S. Gross Private Domestic Investment, Total FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1967
db dat doc q10067 U.S. Foreign Bond Issues, Government and Government Guaranteed Or Controlled FIRST,1920 - FOURTH,1930
db dat doc q10068 U.S. Default Index of Foreign Government Bonds Publicly Offered in United States FIRST,1920 - FOURTH,1930
db dat doc q10069 U.S. Domestic Common Stock Issues FIRST,1920 - FOURTH,1930
db dat doc q10070 U.S. Domestic Bond Issues FIRST,1920 - FOURTH,1930
db dat doc q10072 U.S. Offerings, Industrials FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10073 U.S. Offerings, Public Utilities FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10074 U.S. Bond Offerings, Par Value, Railroads FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10076 U.S. Bond Extinguishments, Par Value, Industrials FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10077 U.S. Extinguishments, Public Utilities FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10078 U.S. Par Amount of Extinguishments, Railroads FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10080 U.S. Net Credit Change, Bonds, Par Value, All Industries FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10081 U.S. Net Credit Change, Par Value, Public Utilities FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10082 U.S. Net Credit Change, Bonds, Par Value, Railroads FIRST,1900 - FOURTH,1943
db dat doc q10084 U.S. Bonds Outstanding, Straight, Par Value, All Industries FIRST,1900 - FIRST,1944
db dat doc q10085 U.S. Par Amount of Outstandings, Public Utilities FIRST,1900 - FIRST,1944
db dat doc q10086 U.S. Bonds Outstanding, Straight Corporate, Par Value, Railroads FIRST,1900 - FIRST,1944
db dat doc q10087 U.S. United States, Gross National Product, Net Foreign Investment, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1946 - FIRST, 1966
db dat doc q10088a U.S. Drafts, Savings Banks, One Bank FIRST, 1880 - FOURTH, 1923
db dat doc q10088b U.S. Drafts, Savings Banks, Five Banks FIRST, 1900 - FOURTH, 1948
db dat doc q10088c U.S. Drafts, Savings Banks, All Banks in New York State FIRST, 1925 - FOURTH, 1948
db dat doc q10089a U.S. Excess of Deposits Over Drafts, Savings Banks, One Bank FIRST, 1880 - FOURTH, 1923
db dat doc q10089b U.S. Excess of Deposits Over Drafts, Savings Banks, Five Banks FIRST, 1900 - FOURTH, 1948
db dat doc q10089c U.S. Excess of Deposits Over Drafts, Savings Banks, All Banks in New York State FIRST, 1925 - FOURTH, 1948
db dat doc q10091a U.S. Personal Saving FIRST,1939 - FOURTH,1945
db dat doc q10091b U.S. Personal Saving, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1945 - THIRD,1966
db dat doc q10093a U.S. Firm Disappearances By Merger, Manufacturing and Mining FIRST, 1895 - FOURTH, 1920
db dat doc q10093b U.S. Firm Disappearances By Merger, Manufacturing and Mining FIRST, 1919 - FOURTH, 1954
db dat doc q10094 U.S. Merger Capitalizations in Manufacturing and Mining FIRST, 1895 - FOURTH, 1920
db dat doc q10095 U.S. Business Expenditures On New Plant and Equipment, Total FIRST,1947 - FOURTH,1967
db dat doc q10096 U.S. New Manufacturing Capital Expenditures For Plant and Equipment, Current Prices FIRST,1915 - FOURTH,1940
db dat doc q10097a U.S. Number of Operating Businesses, Obe, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1945 - SECOND, 1962
db dat doc q10098 U.S. New Capital Appropriations, Manufacturing Companies FIRST,1953 - FOURTH,1967
db dat doc q10099 U.S. New Securities Offered For Cash By Manufacturing Corporations, Estimated Gross Proceeds, Common Stock FIRST,1951 - SECOND,1965
db dat doc q10100 U.S. 1/1953-4/1966
db dat doc q10101 U.S. Total Funds Raised, Nonfinancial Sectors, Flow of Funds Accounts, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1952 - FOURTH,1962
db dat doc q10107 U.S. New Securities Offered For Cash By Manufacturing Corporations, Estimated Gross Proceeds: Bonds FIRST,1951 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10108 U.S. New Securities Offered For Cash By Manufacturing Corporations, Estimated Gross Proceeds, Preferred Stocks FIRST,1951 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10119 U.S. New Corporate Securities Issued, Debt, All Industries FIRST,1948 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10120 U.S. Corporate Securites Retired, Debt, All Insdustries FIRST,1948 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10121 U.S. Net Changes in Corporate Securities Outstanding, Debt, All Industries FIRST,1948 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10122 U.S. New Corporate Securities Issued, Stock, All Industries FIRST,1948 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10123 U.S. Corporate Securities Retired, Stock, All Industries FIRST,1948 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10124 U.S. Net Change in Corporate Securities Outstanding, Stock, All Industries FIRST,1948 - FIRST,1964
db dat doc q10125 U.S. Total Funds Raised, Domestic Nonfinancial Sectors, Flow of Funds Accounts, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1952 - THIRD,1965
db dat doc q10127a U.S. Cash Obtained Through New Security Issues On the New York Stock Exchange FIRST,1863 - FOURTH,1923
db dat doc q10174a U.S. Ratio of Personal Saving To Disposable Personal Income, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1939 - FOURTH,1946
db dat doc q10174b U.S. Ratio of Personal Saving To Disposable Personal Income, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST,1946 - SECOND,1967

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