Title:               Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies for United States
Series ID:           M0930BUSM474NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Number of Concerns
Date Range:          1934-06-01 to 1939-12-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-17 3:05 PM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data,
                     1894-1938 (2)--Original Data, 1934-1939 (3)--Original Data, 1939-1958.
                     In September 1938 The Seperate Classification Of Reorganization Cases
                     Was Discontinued, Subsequent To Elimination Of Paragraph 77-B From The
                     National Bankruptcy Act, And The Data Were Revised Accordingly Back To
                     June 1934 (See Dun'S Statistical Review, February 1939). This Segment
                     Ends Due To A Revision Of March 1940, Effected By Change To A More
                     Complete Coverage Of Voluntary Discontinuances With Losses To
                     Creditors And Of Small Failures Not Previously Covered By Dun And
                     Bradstreet (See Source, March 1940). Source: Dun And Bradstreet, Inc.,
                     Data For 1934-January 1937: Dun And Bradstreet Monthly Review; Data
                     For February 1937-1939: Dun'S Statistical Review; Data For This
                     Variable Are Also Available In Survey Of Current Business, December
                     1938 And Supplement For 1940.
                     
                     This NBER data series m09030b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m09030b

DATE       VALUE
1934-06-01   280
1934-07-01   258
1934-08-01   267
1934-09-01   233
1934-10-01   267
1934-11-01   253
1934-12-01   250
1935-01-01   299
1935-02-01   265
1935-03-01   247
1935-04-01   289
1935-05-01   277
1935-06-01   248
1935-07-01   262
1935-08-01   217
1935-09-01   206
1935-10-01   302
1935-11-01   248
1935-12-01   253
1936-01-01   252
1936-02-01   204
1936-03-01   227
1936-04-01   208
1936-05-01   222
1936-06-01   197
1936-07-01   188
1936-08-01   152
1936-09-01   166
1936-10-01   155
1936-11-01   196
1936-12-01   195
1937-01-01   201
1937-02-01   185
1937-03-01   224
1937-04-01   216
1937-05-01   216
1937-06-01   194
1937-07-01   175
1937-08-01   213
1937-09-01   164
1937-10-01   233
1937-11-01   259
1937-12-01   301
1938-01-01   301
1938-02-01   265
1938-03-01   296
1938-04-01   250
1938-05-01   277
1938-06-01   257
1938-07-01   255
1938-08-01   230
1938-09-01   233
1938-10-01   215
1938-11-01   251
1938-12-01   223
1939-01-01   272
1939-02-01   222
1939-03-01   253
1939-04-01   259
1939-05-01   251
1939-06-01   208
1939-07-01   221
1939-08-01   197
1939-09-01   178
1939-10-01   221
1939-11-01   236
1939-12-01   231