Title:               Total Operating Revenues, Telephone Companies for United States
Series ID:           M0318AUSM144NNBR
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:          1915-10-01 to 1934-05-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 2:06 PM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data,
                     1915-1934 (2)--Original Data, 1933-1948 (3)--Original Data, 1942-1948
                     (4)--Original Data, 1948-1961 Data In This Variable Cover Class A
                     Companies -- Those Having Annual Operating Revenues In Excess Of
                     $250,000. Under Federal Communications Commission Jurisdiction, Class
                     A Companies Are Those With Operating Revenues Of Over $100,000, But
                     Only Those Having Over $250,000 ("Large Companies") File Monthly
                     Reports. Data Cover Approximately 103 Companies. Source: Interstate
                     Commerce Commission Files
                     
                     This NBER data series m03018a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m03018a

DATE        VALUE
1915-10-01   21.9
1915-11-01   21.8
1915-12-01   22.3
1916-01-01   22.2
1916-02-01   21.7
1916-03-01   22.8
1916-04-01   22.8
1916-05-01   23.2
1916-06-01   23.5
1916-07-01   23.5
1916-08-01   23.8
1916-09-01   24.3
1916-10-01   24.8
1916-11-01   24.9
1916-12-01   25.6
1917-01-01   25.5
1917-02-01   24.9
1917-03-01   26.0
1917-04-01   26.4
1917-05-01   26.7
1917-06-01   26.7
1917-07-01   26.5
1917-08-01   26.8
1917-09-01   26.8
1917-10-01   27.4
1917-11-01   27.0
1917-12-01   27.2
1918-01-01   27.5
1918-02-01   26.9
1918-03-01   28.0
1918-04-01   28.1
1918-05-01   28.2
1918-06-01   28.3
1918-07-01   29.8
1918-08-01   27.9
1918-09-01   28.7
1918-10-01   30.4
1918-11-01   29.8
1918-12-01   29.9
1919-01-01   30.5
1919-02-01   30.0
1919-03-01   31.6
1919-04-01   31.7
1919-05-01   33.4
1919-06-01   34.3
1919-07-01   36.6
1919-08-01   35.5
1919-09-01   35.0
1919-10-01   36.9
1919-11-01   36.7
1919-12-01   37.3
1920-01-01   38.3
1920-02-01   37.9
1920-03-01   39.9
1920-04-01   39.8
1920-05-01   40.8
1920-06-01   40.7
1920-07-01   40.6
1920-08-01   40.9
1920-09-01   41.9
1920-10-01   42.6
1920-11-01   42.3
1920-12-01   43.2
1921-01-01   43.0
1921-02-01   41.6
1921-03-01   44.4
1921-04-01   45.2
1921-05-01   45.5
1921-06-01   45.8
1921-07-01   44.9
1921-08-01   45.5
1921-09-01   45.7
1921-10-01   46.5
1921-11-01   46.2
1921-12-01   46.5
1922-01-01   46.8
1922-02-01   45.7
1922-03-01   48.3
1922-04-01   47.9
1922-05-01   49.2
1922-06-01   49.5
1922-07-01   49.1
1922-08-01   49.9
1922-09-01   50.3
1922-10-01   51.4
1922-11-01   51.2
1922-12-01   52.1
1923-01-01   52.5
1923-02-01   50.9
1923-03-01   54.1
1923-04-01   53.7
1923-05-01   54.7
1923-06-01   53.9
1923-07-01   52.8
1923-08-01   53.8
1923-09-01   53.7
1923-10-01   56.0
1923-11-01   55.4
1923-12-01   56.4
1924-01-01   56.8
1924-02-01   55.2
1924-03-01   57.1
1924-04-01   57.4
1924-05-01   58.8
1924-06-01   58.1
1924-07-01   58.0
1924-08-01   58.6
1924-09-01   59.7
1924-10-01   61.7
1924-11-01   60.8
1924-12-01   63.0
1925-01-01   65.1
1925-02-01   61.0
1925-03-01   64.5
1925-04-01   64.7
1925-05-01   64.9
1925-06-01   65.6
1925-07-01   65.7
1925-08-01   66.2
1925-09-01   66.9
1925-10-01   70.1
1925-11-01   68.7
1925-12-01   71.1
1926-01-01   70.2
1926-02-01   68.4
1926-03-01   72.9
1926-04-01   72.3
1926-05-01   72.6
1926-06-01   73.4
1926-07-01   73.3
1926-08-01   73.3
1926-09-01   74.3
1926-10-01   76.1
1926-11-01   75.8
1926-12-01   78.2
1927-01-01   77.0
1927-02-01   74.3
1927-03-01   79.0
1927-04-01   78.6
1927-05-01   79.2
1927-06-01   79.2
1927-07-01   78.0
1927-08-01   79.3
1927-09-01   80.1
1927-10-01   81.8
1927-11-01   81.9
1927-12-01   84.0
1928-01-01   83.3
1928-02-01   81.5
1928-03-01   85.7
1928-04-01   84.8
1928-05-01   87.3
1928-06-01   86.8
1928-07-01   85.6
1928-08-01   87.0
1928-09-01   86.6
1928-10-01   91.2
1928-11-01   89.6
1928-12-01   92.4
1929-01-01   94.1
1929-02-01   89.6
1929-03-01   94.3
1929-04-01   94.2
1929-05-01   96.0
1929-06-01   94.2
1929-07-01   95.3
1929-08-01   96.2
1929-09-01   95.8
1929-10-01  100.4
1929-11-01   98.1
1929-12-01   99.2
1930-01-01   98.2
1930-02-01   95.1
1930-03-01   99.5
1930-04-01  100.3
1930-05-01  101.3
1930-06-01   99.5
1930-07-01   98.4
1930-08-01   97.8
1930-09-01   98.2
1930-10-01  101.0
1930-11-01   97.5
1930-12-01   99.4
1931-01-01   98.2
1931-02-01   93.9
1931-03-01   98.7
1931-04-01   98.8
1931-05-01   98.6
1931-06-01   97.8
1931-07-01   96.5
1931-08-01   94.8
1931-09-01   94.9
1931-10-01   97.0
1931-11-01   93.5
1931-12-01   95.5
1932-01-01   92.5
1932-02-01   89.7
1932-03-01   92.1
1932-04-01   90.2
1932-05-01   88.9
1932-06-01   86.9
1932-07-01   82.3
1932-08-01   82.8
1932-09-01   82.6
1932-10-01   83.1
1932-11-01   80.7
1932-12-01   81.7
1933-01-01   79.7
1933-02-01   76.1
1933-03-01   78.9
1933-04-01   78.1
1933-05-01   80.8
1933-06-01   80.7
1933-07-01   79.4
1933-08-01   79.4
1933-09-01   78.6
1933-10-01   80.4
1933-11-01   79.2
1933-12-01   80.7
1934-01-01   81.6
1934-02-01   78.5
1934-03-01   82.6
1934-04-01   81.8
1934-05-01   83.3