"c " "c " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 14130 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1920-1945 " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: CONFIDENTIAL REPORT OF MAY 1945,"CORPORATE " "c FINANCIAL DATA FOR STUDIES IN BUSINESS FINANCE " "c (SECTION A: LARGE CORPORATIONS)"; COMPILED BY NBER " "c FROM SOURCE MATERIAL SUCH AS MOODY'S"INDUSTRIALS," " "c POOR'S"INDUSTRIAL MANUALS," "THE COMMERCIAL AND " "c FINANCIAL CHRONICLE," ANNUAL REPORTS OF CORPORATIONS, " "c ETC. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " -1 1920. 1945. 27.6 43.9 41.4 40.0 59.2 65.2 92.4 90.8 98.1 124.8 174.1 124.6 149.1 146.8 166.0 155.6 159.9 166.2 218.3 193.3 218.9 249.8 323.4 297.7 395.7 380.5