Title: Purchased Communication Services for Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities, All Establishments, Employer Firms (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: EXPPCSEF523ALLEST Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Service Annual Survey Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 2012-01-01 to 2017-01-01 Last Updated: 2018-12-26 3:52 PM CST Notes: Starting with the 2018 Service Annual Survey, the number of detailed operating expense items have been reduced, so this series has been discontinued. These expenses will now be captured within the "All other operating expenses" item for the industry. For more information, see the press release (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sas/newsroom/updates/Changes_to_Detailed_Operating_Expense_Items.html) that contains the changes to operating expense items. DATE VALUE 2012-01-01 3087 2013-01-01 3377 2014-01-01 3587 2015-01-01 3621 2016-01-01 3498 2017-01-01 3650