Title: Net Operating Income, Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies for United States Series ID: M0904BUSM144NNBR 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: 1942-01-01 to 1955-03-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 3:04 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1920-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1942-1955. Data Through January, 1943 Still Represent The Sum Of Separate Data For The Western Union And Postal Telegraph-Cable Companies. Data Were Merged In February, 1943 And Combined Figures Shown In F.C.C. Reports For February, 1943 And Thereafter. Source: The Federal Communications Commission, Operating Data From Monthly Reports Of Telegraph Carriers. This NBER data series m09004b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html. NBER Indicator: m09004b DATE VALUE 1942-01-01 0.499 1942-02-01 0.415 1942-03-01 1.112 1942-04-01 1.330 1942-05-01 1.247 1942-06-01 1.607 1942-07-01 1.337 1942-08-01 1.404 1942-09-01 1.630 1942-10-01 1.803 1942-11-01 1.518 1942-12-01 1.819 1943-01-01 0.264 1943-02-01 0.545 1943-03-01 1.474 1943-04-01 1.524 1943-05-01 1.450 1943-06-01 1.482 1943-07-01 1.056 1943-08-01 -0.365 1943-09-01 0.847 1943-10-01 1.038 1943-11-01 1.171 1943-12-01 3.253 1944-01-01 1.770 1944-02-01 1.816 1944-03-01 2.359 1944-04-01 1.973 1944-05-01 1.519 1944-06-01 1.490 1944-07-01 0.648 1944-08-01 1.476 1944-09-01 1.310 1944-10-01 1.718 1944-11-01 1.098 1944-12-01 2.451 1945-01-01 1.708 1945-02-01 1.193 1945-03-01 2.199 1945-04-01 1.592 1945-05-01 2.282 1945-06-01 1.890 1945-07-01 1.481 1945-08-01 1.720 1945-09-01 -1.976 1945-10-01 1.264 1945-11-01 -3.716 1945-12-01 1.842 1946-01-01 -2.122 1946-02-01 -1.608 1946-03-01 -0.726 1946-04-01 0.000 1946-05-01 0.360 1946-06-01 1.304 1946-07-01 1.193 1946-08-01 -4.474 1946-09-01 -0.826 1946-10-01 -0.277 1946-11-01 -0.068 1946-12-01 0.732 1947-01-01 0.568 1947-02-01 0.686 1947-03-01 1.119 1947-04-01 4.397 1947-05-01 2.337 1947-06-01 1.619 1947-07-01 0.515 1947-08-01 0.794 1947-09-01 1.025 1947-10-01 1.231 1947-11-01 -0.498 1947-12-01 1.181 1948-01-01 -0.239 1948-02-01 -0.028 1948-03-01 0.954 1948-04-01 -0.089 1948-05-01 0.018 1948-06-01 0.904 1948-07-01 -0.646 1948-08-01 0.177 1948-09-01 0.320 1948-10-01 0.057 1948-11-01 -0.159 1948-12-01 -1.744 1949-01-01 -0.834 1949-02-01 -0.658 1949-03-01 -0.019 1949-04-01 -0.522 1949-05-01 -0.134 1949-06-01 0.496 1949-07-01 -1.056 1949-08-01 0.260 1949-09-01 0.486 1949-10-01 0.415 1949-11-01 0.200 1949-12-01 0.795 1950-01-01 -0.234 1950-02-01 0.018 1950-03-01 1.060 1950-04-01 0.544 1950-05-01 1.209 1950-06-01 1.623 1950-07-01 0.863 1950-08-01 1.781 1950-09-01 1.235 1950-10-01 1.765 1950-11-01 1.404 1950-12-01 1.964 1951-01-01 1.164 1951-02-01 0.990 1951-03-01 1.752 1951-04-01 1.091 1951-05-01 1.379 1951-06-01 1.361 1951-07-01 -0.397 1951-08-01 0.637 1951-09-01 0.641 1951-10-01 1.679 1951-11-01 1.026 1951-12-01 1.626 1952-01-01 0.951 1952-02-01 0.910 1952-03-01 1.266 1952-04-01 -3.548 1952-05-01 -3.039 1952-06-01 0.674 1952-07-01 0.168 1952-08-01 0.176 1952-09-01 1.275 1952-10-01 1.562 1952-11-01 0.694 1952-12-01 2.723 1953-01-01 0.932 1953-02-01 1.339 1953-03-01 2.482 1953-04-01 1.994 1953-05-01 1.614 1953-06-01 2.093 1953-07-01 0.806 1953-08-01 1.074 1953-09-01 1.413 1953-10-01 1.484 1953-11-01 0.973 1953-12-01 2.035 1954-01-01 0.424 1954-02-01 0.851 1954-03-01 2.000 1954-04-01 1.757 1954-05-01 1.240 1954-06-01 1.861 1954-07-01 0.792 1954-08-01 2.024 1954-09-01 2.317 1954-10-01 2.484 1954-11-01 2.072 1954-12-01 1.588 1955-01-01 1.059 1955-02-01 1.585 1955-03-01 3.072