NBER Macrohistory: IX. Financial Status of Business

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IX. Financial Status of Business

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db dat doc a09008 U.S. Net Income of Corporations Reporting Net Income 1909-1940
db dat doc a09009 U.S. Deficits of All Corporations, Not Reporting Income 1916-1940
db dat doc a09010 U.S. Net Income, Agricultural Corporations Reporting 1916-1940
db dat doc a09011 U.S. Deficit, Agricultural Corporations 1916-1940
db dat doc a09012 U.S. Corporattions Reporting Income, Mining and Quarrying 1916-1940
db dat doc a09013 U.S. Deficits of Mining and Quarrying Corporations 1916-1940
db dat doc a09014 U.S. Corporate Net Income, Manufacturers, Total 1916-1940
db dat doc a09015 U.S. Deficits, Manufacturing Companies 1916-1940
db dat doc a09016 U.S. Corporate Net Earnings, Construction 1916-1940
db dat doc a09017 U.S. Deficits, Construction Corporations 1916-1940
db dat doc a09018 U.S. Corporate Net Income, Transportation and Other Public Utilities 1916-1940
db dat doc a09019 U.S. Deficits, Transportation and Other Public Utility Companies 1916-1940
db dat doc a09020 U.S. Corporate Net Income Trade 1916-1940
db dat doc a09021 U.S. Deficits, Trading Companies 1917-1940
db dat doc a09022 U.S. Corporate Net Income, Service 1916-1940
db dat doc a09023 U.S. Deficits, Service Companies (Professional, Hotels and Amusement, Etc.) 1917-1940
db dat doc a09024 U.S. Corporate Earnings, Finance 1916-1940
db dat doc a09025 U.S. Deficits, Finance Companies 1917-1940
db dat doc a09050a U.S. Net Income, Large Manufacturing Corporations 1915-1922
db dat doc a09050b U.S. Net Income, Large Manufacturing Corporations 1921-1943
db dat doc a09051a U.S. Changes in Total Funds, Large Manufacturing Corporation, NBER 1915-1922
db dat doc a09051b U.S. Changes in Total Funds, Large Manufacturing Corporation, NBER 1921-1943
db dat doc a09052a U.S. Changes in Funds From Outside, Large Manufacturing Corporation, NBER 1915-1922
db dat doc a09052b U.S. Changes in Funds From Outside, Large Manufacturing Corporation, NBER 1921-1943
db dat doc a09053a U.S. Changes in Operating Assets, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1915-1922
db dat doc a09053b U.S. Changes in Operating Assets, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1921-1943
db dat doc a09054a U.S. Changes in Fixed Property Assets, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1915-1922
db dat doc a09054b U.S. Changes in Fixed Property Assets, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1921-1943
db dat doc a09055a U.S. Changes in Accounts Receiveable, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1915-1921
db dat doc a09055b U.S. Changes in Accounts Receiveable, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1921-1943
db dat doc a09056a U.S. Changes Inother Assets, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1915-1922
db dat doc a09056b U.S. Changes Inother Assets, Large Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1921-1943
db dat doc a09057 U.S. Changes in Total Funds, Medium-Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1917-1942
db dat doc a09058 U.S. Net Income, Medium-Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations 1917-1942
db dat doc a09059 U.S. Changes in Funds From Outside, Medium-Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1917-1942
db dat doc a09060 U.S. Changes in Operating Assets, Medium Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1917-1942
db dat doc a09061 U.S. Changes in Fixed Property Assets, Medium Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1917-1942
db dat doc a09062 U.S. Changes in Accounts Receiveable, Medium Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1917-1942
db dat doc a09063 U.S. Changes Inother Assets, Medium Sized and Small Manufacturing Corporations, NBER 1917-1942
db dat doc a09066 U.S. Accounts Receiveable (Year-End), Large Manuafacturing Corporations, Including Rubber Companies, NBER 1920-1945
db dat doc a09067 U.S. Accounts Receiveable (Year-End), Trading Corporations, NBER 1920-1945
db dat doc m09002 U.S. Railroad Operating Income 07/1907-12/1961,02/1962,05/1962,08/1962,11/1962,02/1963, 05/1963,08/1963,11/1963
db dat doc m09003a U.S. Net Operating Income, Class A Telephone Companies 10/1915-04/1933
db dat doc m09003b U.S. Net Operating Income, Principal Telephone Companies 01/1933-12/1948
db dat doc m09003c U.S. Net Operating Income, Principal Telephone Companies 01/1948-12/1961
db dat doc m09004a U.S. Net Operating Income, Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies 01/1920-12/1942
db dat doc m09004b U.S. Net Operating Income, Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies 01/1942-03/1955
db dat doc m09006 U.S. Net Earnings, Gas and Electric Companies 01/1920 - 12/1930
db dat doc m09007a U.S. Net Operating Income, U.S. Steel Corporation 04/1901-12/1929
db dat doc m09007b U.S. Net Operating Income, U.S. Steel Corporations SECOND, 1927 - FOURTH, 1942 01/1924-12/1931
db dat doc m09026 U.S. Net Revenue From Railway Operations, Class I Railroads, Interstate Commerce Commission. FIRST, 1962 - FOURTH, 1963 07/1907-12/1961
db dat doc m09028 U.S. Number of Business Failures, Bradstreet's FIRST, 1882-FOURTH, 1892 01/1893-01/1933
db dat doc m09029a U.S. Number of Business Failures, All Commercial FIRST, 1875-FOURTH, 1894 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09029b U.S. Number of Business Failures, All Commercial, Dun's 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09029c U.S. Number of Business Failures, All Commercial, Dun's 01/1939-06/1965
db dat doc m09030a U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies, Dun's 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09030b U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies, Dun's 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09030c U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies 01/1939-03/1958
db dat doc m09031a U.S. Number of Business Failures, Trading Companies 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09031b U.S. Number of Business Failures, Trading Companies 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09031c U.S. Number of Business Failures, Trading Companies 01/1939-03/1958
db dat doc m09032 U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Bradstreet's FIRST, 1881-FOURTH, 1892 01/1893-01/1933
db dat doc m09033a U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, All Commercial, Dun's FIRST, 1875-FOURTH, 1900 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09033b U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, All Commercial, Dun's 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09033c U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, All Commercial, Dun's 01/1939-01/1968
db dat doc m09034a U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09034b U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09034c U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies 01/1939-02/1948
db dat doc m09035a U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Trading Companies 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09035b U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Trading Companies, Dun's 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09035c U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Trading Companies, Dun's 01/1939-03/1958
db dat doc m09036 U.S. Number of Suspended Banks, All Banks 01/1921-02/1933
db dat doc m09037 U.S. Number of Suspended Banks, Member Banks Of the Federal Reserve System, State and National 01/1921-02/1933
db dat doc m09038 U.S. Number of Suspended Banks, Non-Member Banks Of the Federal Reserve System 01/1921-02/1933
db dat doc m09039 U.S. Deposits of Suspended Banks, All Banksmembers and Non-Members Of the Federal Reserve System 01/1921-02/1933
db dat doc m09040 U.S. Deposits of Suspended Banks, Member Banks Of the Federal Reserve System 01/1921-02/1933
db dat doc m09041 U.S. Deposits of Suspended Banks, Non-Member Banks Of the Federal Reserve System 01/1921-02/1933
db dat doc m09042 Great Britain Number of Bankruptcies 01/1790-12/1852
db dat doc m09043 Germany Bankruptcy Proceedings Started Plus Bankruptcies Declined Because of Lack Of Assets FIRST, 1895-FIRST, 1911; FIRST, 1912-FOURTH, 1924 01/1925-12/1934
db dat doc m09045 U.S. Net Railroad Operating Income, Class I Railroads, Interstate Commerce Commission, Seasonally Adjusted 01/1917-12/1942
db dat doc m09046 U.S. Ratio of Net Revenue From Railway Operations To Total Opera- Ting Revenues, Class I Railroads 07/1907-04/1942
db dat doc m09047 U.S. Ratio of Net Railroad Operating Income To Total Operating Revenues, Class I Railroads, Interstate Commerce Commission. 01/1907-12/1942
db dat doc m09049 U.S. Net Revenue From Railway Operations Per Traffic Unit, Class I Railroads, Interstate Commerce Commission, Seasonally 07/1907-12/1942
db dat doc m09068a U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09068b U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09068c U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars 01/1939-03/1958
db dat doc m09069a U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars 01/1894008/1938
db dat doc m09069b U.S. Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars 06/1934-10/1962
db dat doc m09070a U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09070b U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars THREE 06/1934-12/1939
db dat doc m09070c U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars 01/1939-02/1961
db dat doc m09071a U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Over 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc m09071b U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies With Liabilities Of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Over 06/1934-02/1961
db dat doc m09075 U.S. Nonfarm Real Estate Foreclosures 01/1934-03/1963
db dat doc m09076 U.S. Number of Business Failures With Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars 01/1948-12/1969
db dat doc m09077 U.S. Number of Business Failures With Liabilities Of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Over 01/1948-12/1969
db dat doc m09086 U.S. Automobile Direct Loans, Delinquent 30 Days and Over As Percentage of Number Outstanding, End Of Month 11/1947-10/1964; 12/1964; 02, 04, 06, 08, 10, 12/1965; 02, 04 ,06, 08/1966
db dat doc m09088 U.S. Total Instalment Loans, Delinquency Rate, 30 Days and Over, End of Month 11/1947-10/1964; 12/1964, 02, 04, 06, 08, 10, 12/1965; AND THE SAME PATTERN FOR 1966, 1967, 1968; 02/1969.
db dat doc m09102 U.S. Profit, Percentage Reporting Higher Profit, Paac 07/1947-05/1952,10/1952-06/1960
db dat doc m09104 U.S. Index of Ratio: Wholesale Prices Of Manufactured Goods To Total Labor Cost Per Unit Of Output 01/1946-02/1966
db dat doc m09105 U.S. Index of Ratio: Wholesale Prices Of Manufactured Goods To Wage and Salary Cost Per Unit Of Output 01/1947-10/1962
db dat doc m09106a U.S. Index of Ratio: Wholesale Prices Of Manufactured Goods To Production Worker Wage Cost Per Unit Of Output, Seasonally 01/1919-12/1929
db dat doc m09106b U.S. Index of Ratio: Wholesale Prices Of Manufactured Goods To Production Worker Wage Cost Per Unit Of Output, Seasonally 11/1927-12/1950
db dat doc q09005 U.S. Net Earnings, Western Union Telegraph Company FOURTH, 1881-FIRST, 1939
db dat doc q09007 U.S. Net Operating Income, U.S. Steel Corporations SECOND, 1927 - FOURTH, 1942 01/1924-12/1931
db dat doc q09025a U.S. Net Profit of Mining Corporations, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1920-FOURTH, 1938
db dat doc q09025b U.S. Net Profits of Manufacturing Corporations FIRST, 1920-FOURTH, 1938
db dat doc q09026 U.S. Net Revenue From Railway Operations, Class I Railroads, Interstate Commerce Commission. FIRST, 1962 - FOURTH, 1963 07/1907-12/1961
db dat doc q09028 U.S. Number of Business Failures, Bradstreet's FIRST, 1882-FOURTH, 1892 01/1893-01/1933
db dat doc q09029 U.S. Number of Business Failures, All Commercial FIRST, 1875-FOURTH, 1894 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc q09032 U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, Bradstreet's FIRST, 1881-FOURTH, 1892 01/1893-01/1933
db dat doc q09033 U.S. Liabilities of Business Failures, All Commercial, Dun's FIRST, 1875-FOURTH, 1900 01/1894-08/1938
db dat doc q09043 Germany Bankruptcy Proceedings Started Plus Bankruptcies Declined Because of Lack Of Assets FIRST, 1895-FIRST, 1911; FIRST, 1912-FOURTH, 1924 01/1925-12/1934
db dat doc q09044 Great Britain Index of Profits SECOND, 1927-FOURTH, 1938
db dat doc q09048 U.S. Net Profits of All Corporations FIRST, 1920 - FOURTH, 1938
db dat doc q09064 U.S. Number of Suspended Banks THIRD, 1893; FIRST, 1894-FOURTH, 1924
db dat doc q09065 U.S. Liabilities of Suspended Banks, Dun's THIRD, 1893; FIRST, 1894-FOURTH, 1924
db dat doc q09072a U.S. Corporate Profits Before Taxes, Department of Commerce FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q09072b U.S. Corporate Profits Before Taxes, Department of Commerce FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1967
db dat doc q09073a U.S. Corporate Profits After Taxes, Department of Commerce, Office Of Business Economics FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q09073b U.S. Corporate Profits After Taxes FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1965
db dat doc q09074a U.S. Corporate Profits Tax Liability, Department of Commerce FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1946
db dat doc q09074b U.S. Corporate Profits Tax Liability, Department of Commerce, FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1965
db dat doc q09078 U.S. Profits (Before Taxes) Per Dollar of Sales, All Manufacturing Groups FIRST, 1947-THIRD, 1969
db dat doc q09079 U.S Percentage of Companies With Profits FIRST, 1920-FOURTH, 1938, FIRST, 1946-SECOND, 1963
db dat doc q09080 U.S. Ratio of Profits (After Taxes) To Income Originating, Corporate, All Industries, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1946-THIRD, 1969
db dat doc q09081a U.S. Current Ratio, Nonfinancial Corporations, By Quarters FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1961
db dat doc q09081b U.S. Current Ratio, Nonfinancial Corporations, By Quarters FOURTH, 1961 - FIRST, 1969
db dat doc q09082a U.S. Quick Ratio, Nonfinancial Corporations, By Quarters FIRST, 1946 - FOURTH, 1961
db dat doc q09082b U.S. Quick Ratio, Nonfinancial Corporations, By Quarters FOURTH, 1961 - FIRST, 1969
db dat doc q09083a U.S. Ratio of Liabilities Of Business Failures To Current Liabilities Of All Nonfinancial Corporations FIRST, 1946-FOURTH, 1961
db dat doc q09083b U.S. Ratio of Liabilities Of Business Failures To Current Liabilities Of All Nonfinancial Corporations FOURTH, 1961-FIRST, 1969
db dat doc q09084 U.S. Mortgage Delinquency Rates, Mortgage Bankers Association, (End of Quarter) THIRD, 1953 - SECOND, 1963
db dat doc q09085a U.S. Undistributed Profits, Quarterly Totals At Annual Rates, Department of Commerce, Office Of Business Economics FIRST, 1939 - FOURTH, 1945
db dat doc q09085b U.S. Undistributed Profits, Department of Commerce, Office Of Business Economics, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1946 - THIRD, 1966
db dat doc q09087 U.S. Gross Retained Earnings of Nonfinancial Corporations, Flow Of Funds Accounts, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1952-THIRD, 1965
db dat doc q09089 U.S. Ratio : Current Assets To Current Liabilities, All Manufacturing Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1947 - SECOND, 1966
db dat doc q09090 U.S. Ratio : Cash and Government Securities And Current Liabilities, All Manufacturing Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1947 - FIRST, 1965
db dat doc q09091 U.S. Ratio : Net Working Capital To Total Assets, All Manufacturing Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1947 - FIRST, 1969
db dat doc q09092 U.S. Ratio : Worth To Debt, All Manufacturing Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1947 - FIRST, 1969
db dat doc q09093 U.S. Ratio : Sales To Accounts Payable, All Manufacturings Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1947 - FIRST, 1965
db dat doc q09101a U.S. Profits (After Taxes) Per Dollar of Sales, All Manufacturing Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1947 - FOURTH, 1951
db dat doc q09101b U.S. Profits (After Taxes) Per Dollar of Sales, All Manufacturing Corporations, FTC-SEC FIRST, 1951 - FOURTH, 1968
db dat doc q09103 U.S. Total Cost Per Unit of Output, Manufacturing, FTC-SEC, Seasonally Adjusted FIRST, 1947 - SECOND, 1965

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