Title: Liabilities of Business Failures, All Commercial for United States Series ID: M0933CUSM144NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 1939-01-01 to 1968-01-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 3:03 PM CDT Notes: 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 DATE VALUE 1939-01-01 20.80 1939-02-01 13.60 1939-03-01 19.00 1939-04-01 18.60 1939-05-01 15.90 1939-06-01 12.60 1939-07-01 15.00 1939-08-01 12.60 1939-09-01 10.50 1939-10-01 17.50 1939-11-01 13.20 1939-12-01 13.20 1940-01-01 15.30 1940-02-01 13.50 1940-03-01 11.70 1940-04-01 16.20 1940-05-01 13.10 1940-06-01 13.70 1940-07-01 16.20 1940-08-01 13.00 1940-09-01 11.40 1940-10-01 12.70 1940-11-01 16.60 1940-12-01 13.30 1941-01-01 11.90 1941-02-01 13.50 1941-03-01 13.40 1941-04-01 13.80 1941-05-01 10.10 1941-06-01 9.40 1941-07-01 13.40 1941-08-01 11.10 1941-09-01 9.40 1941-10-01 7.30 1941-11-01 9.20 1941-12-01 13.50 1942-01-01 9.92 1942-02-01 9.63 1942-03-01 12.01 1942-04-01 9.28 1942-05-01 9.84 1942-06-01 9.91 1942-07-01 8.55 1942-08-01 6.78 1942-09-01 5.47 1942-10-01 7.18 1942-11-01 5.24 1942-12-01 6.95 1943-01-01 5.52 1943-02-01 4.16 1943-03-01 7.28 1943-04-01 3.52 1943-05-01 2.55 1943-06-01 6.08 1943-07-01 3.60 1943-08-01 2.90 1943-09-01 1.49 1943-10-01 3.78 1943-11-01 2.40 1943-12-01 2.06 1944-01-01 1.71 1944-02-01 3.11 1944-03-01 1.46 1944-04-01 3.52 1944-05-01 2.70 1944-06-01 1.85 1944-07-01 3.56 1944-08-01 1.05 1944-09-01 4.06 1944-10-01 3.82 1944-11-01 3.01 1944-12-01 1.80 1945-01-01 5.88 1945-02-01 1.56 1945-03-01 3.88 1945-04-01 0.98 1945-05-01 2.21 1945-06-01 3.20 1945-07-01 3.66 1945-08-01 1.17 1945-09-01 1.66 1945-10-01 3.11 1945-11-01 1.27 1945-12-01 1.65 1946-01-01 4.37 1946-02-01 2.98 1946-03-01 4.42 1946-04-01 3.78 1946-05-01 3.66 1946-06-01 3.01 1946-07-01 3.43 1946-08-01 3.80 1946-09-01 4.88 1946-10-01 6.40 1946-11-01 9.51 1946-12-01 17.10 1947-01-01 15.19 1947-02-01 12.98 1947-03-01 15.25 1947-04-01 16.08 1947-05-01 17.33 1947-06-01 18.98 1947-07-01 20.70 1947-08-01 14.90 1947-09-01 10.03 1947-10-01 21.32 1947-11-01 16.34 1947-12-01 25.50 1948-01-01 12.96 1948-02-01 25.62 1948-03-01 17.48 1948-04-01 15.30 1948-05-01 13.81 1948-06-01 12.16 1948-07-01 13.88 1948-08-01 21.44 1948-09-01 20.70 1948-10-01 25.11 1948-11-01 24.42 1948-12-01 31.73 1949-01-01 19.16 1949-02-01 27.57 1949-03-01 37.19 1949-04-01 31.93 1949-05-01 24.58 1949-06-01 28.16 1949-07-01 21.80 1949-08-01 31.18 1949-09-01 20.60 1949-10-01 23.89 1949-11-01 22.80 1949-12-01 19.25 1950-01-01 26.44 1950-02-01 22.16 1950-03-01 27.90 1950-04-01 21.25 1950-05-01 22.67 1950-06-01 18.07 1950-07-01 19.54 1950-08-01 18.45 1950-09-01 15.25 1950-10-01 16.65 1950-11-01 18.86 1950-12-01 21.04 1951-01-01 21.68 1951-02-01 16.01 1951-03-01 17.65 1951-04-01 17.06 1951-05-01 23.50 1951-06-01 22.77 1951-07-01 21.09 1951-08-01 26.42 1951-09-01 26.64 1951-10-01 29.74 1951-11-01 17.57 1951-12-01 19.40 1952-01-01 26.21 1952-02-01 19.47 1952-03-01 29.23 1952-04-01 29.53 1952-05-01 21.19 1952-06-01 21.22 1952-07-01 22.79 1952-08-01 16.32 1952-09-01 20.14 1952-10-01 35.05 1952-11-01 18.76 1952-12-01 23.40 1953-01-01 23.31 1953-02-01 27.27 1953-03-01 31.08 1953-04-01 27.52 1953-05-01 32.79 1953-06-01 32.38 1953-07-01 39.83 1953-08-01 28.53 1953-09-01 33.82 1953-10-01 37.08 1953-11-01 36.80 1953-12-01 43.75 1954-01-01 29.59 1954-02-01 47.77 1954-03-01 57.28 1954-04-01 42.51 1954-05-01 38.49 1954-06-01 41.61 1954-07-01 32.23 1954-08-01 32.58 1954-09-01 36.38 1954-10-01 29.00 1954-11-01 35.07 1954-12-01 40.10 1955-01-01 37.87 1955-02-01 42.06 1955-03-01 41.21 1955-04-01 35.97 1955-05-01 34.71 1955-06-01 36.67 1955-07-01 32.54 1955-08-01 36.03 1955-09-01 33.12 1955-10-01 34.78 1955-11-01 42.78 1955-12-01 41.64 1956-01-01 42.89 1956-02-01 49.19 1956-03-01 42.62 1956-04-01 41.87 1956-05-01 59.90 1956-06-01 43.01 1956-07-01 48.69 1956-08-01 55.04 1956-09-01 39.31 1956-10-01 50.00 1956-11-01 39.89 1956-12-01 50.28 1957-01-01 54.06 1957-02-01 65.41 1957-03-01 55.83 1957-04-01 57.10 1957-05-01 52.55 1957-06-01 51.45 1957-07-01 44.30 1957-08-01 43.51 1957-09-01 45.42 1957-10-01 47.43 1957-11-01 52.90 1957-12-01 45.32 1958-01-01 64.44 1958-02-01 65.30 1958-03-01 71.56 1958-04-01 83.98 1958-05-01 56.25 1958-06-01 61.44 1958-07-01 65.38 1958-08-01 50.76 1958-09-01 48.10 1958-10-01 47.27 1958-11-01 56.72 1958-12-01 57.07 1959-01-01 73.56 1959-02-01 58.59 1959-03-01 65.05 1959-04-01 71.91 1959-05-01 50.92 1959-06-01 49.20 1959-07-01 51.20 1959-08-01 54.50 1959-09-01 54.74 1959-10-01 50.38 1959-11-01 53.21 1959-12-01 59.56 1960-01-01 53.67 1960-02-01 60.94 1960-03-01 70.19 1960-04-01 69.19 1960-05-01 73.31 1960-06-01 126.45 1960-07-01 61.73 1960-08-01 97.59 1960-09-01 80.60 1960-10-01 81.51 1960-11-01 84.46 1960-12-01 78.97 1961-01-01 81.52 1961-02-01 88.08 1961-03-01 126.62 1961-04-01 86.11 1961-05-01 80.47 1961-06-01 83.83 1961-07-01 69.17 1961-08-01 102.69 1961-09-01 116.66 1961-10-01 70.26 1961-11-01 119.21 1961-12-01 65.49 1962-01-01 106.61 1962-02-01 90.50 1962-03-01 80.88 1962-04-01 121.83 1962-05-01 91.51 1962-06-01 88.49 1962-07-01 91.57 1962-08-01 146.83 1962-09-01 96.16 1962-10-01 119.09 1962-11-01 98.84 1962-12-01 81.28 1963-01-01 160.96 1963-02-01 94.72 1963-03-01 97.70 1963-04-01 100.76 1963-05-01 118.27 1963-06-01 86.15 1963-07-01 120.51 1963-08-01 65.23 1963-09-01 85.92 1963-10-01 91.83 1963-11-01 262.11 1963-12-01 68.43 1964-01-01 96.73 1964-02-01 123.94 1964-03-01 111.00 1964-04-01 112.88 1964-05-01 93.42 1964-06-01 144.50 1964-07-01 125.64 1964-08-01 95.18 1964-09-01 114.56 1964-10-01 93.77 1964-11-01 119.32 1964-12-01 98.28 1965-01-01 89.27 1965-02-01 111.98 1965-03-01 146.58 1965-04-01 83.25 1965-05-01 133.11 1965-06-01 144.61 1965-07-01 121.48 1965-08-01 135.04 1965-09-01 104.98 1965-10-01 82.07 1965-11-01 71.72 1965-12-01 97.58 1966-01-01 103.18 1966-02-01 95.54 1966-03-01 103.47 1966-04-01 110.14 1966-05-01 96.38 1966-06-01 123.58 1966-07-01 69.88 1966-08-01 178.09 1966-09-01 129.16 1966-10-01 108.05 1966-11-01 106.73 1966-12-01 161.48 1967-01-01 108.17 1967-02-01 113.45 1967-03-01 119.32 1967-04-01 103.82 1967-05-01 93.37 1967-06-01 104.64 1967-07-01 72.55 1967-08-01 108.90 1967-09-01 93.94 1967-10-01 81.63 1967-11-01 69.98 1967-12-01 195.45 1968-01-01 104.49