Title: Number of Business Failures, All Commercial for United States Series ID: M0929CUSM474NNBR 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: 1939-01-01 to 1965-06-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 3:02 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1857-1938 (2)--Original Data, 1934-1939 (3)--Original Data, 1939-1965. This Series Represents A More Complete Coverage Of Voluntary Discontinuaunces With Losses To Creditors And Of Small Failures, Not Previously Covered (See Source, March 1940). Source: Dun'S Review And Dun'S Statistical Review; Also Survey Of Current Business, 1942 Supplement And Following Monthly Issues. This NBER data series m09029c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html. NBER Indicator: m09029c DATE VALUE 1939-01-01 1567 1939-02-01 1202 1939-03-01 1322 1939-04-01 1331 1939-05-01 1334 1939-06-01 1119 1939-07-01 1153 1939-08-01 1126 1939-09-01 1043 1939-10-01 1234 1939-11-01 1184 1939-12-01 1153 1940-01-01 1237 1940-02-01 1042 1940-03-01 1197 1940-04-01 1291 1940-05-01 1238 1940-06-01 1114 1940-07-01 1175 1940-08-01 1128 1940-09-01 976 1940-10-01 1111 1940-11-01 1024 1940-12-01 1086 1941-01-01 1124 1941-02-01 1129 1941-03-01 1211 1941-04-01 1149 1941-05-01 1119 1941-06-01 970 1941-07-01 908 1941-08-01 954 1941-09-01 735 1941-10-01 809 1941-11-01 842 1941-12-01 898 1942-01-01 962 1942-02-01 916 1942-03-01 1048 1942-04-01 938 1942-05-01 955 1942-06-01 804 1942-07-01 764 1942-08-01 698 1942-09-01 556 1942-10-01 673 1942-11-01 585 1942-12-01 506 1943-01-01 458 1943-02-01 422 1943-03-01 410 1943-04-01 362 1943-05-01 281 1943-06-01 265 1943-07-01 203 1943-08-01 227 1943-09-01 124 1943-10-01 169 1943-11-01 155 1943-12-01 145 1944-01-01 120 1944-02-01 132 1944-03-01 96 1944-04-01 131 1944-05-01 148 1944-06-01 110 1944-07-01 91 1944-08-01 77 1944-09-01 75 1944-10-01 74 1944-11-01 75 1944-12-01 93 1945-01-01 80 1945-02-01 66 1945-03-01 85 1945-04-01 90 1945-05-01 72 1945-06-01 61 1945-07-01 72 1945-08-01 56 1945-09-01 64 1945-10-01 62 1945-11-01 60 1945-12-01 41 1946-01-01 80 1946-02-01 92 1946-03-01 86 1946-04-01 81 1946-05-01 92 1946-06-01 69 1946-07-01 74 1946-08-01 92 1946-09-01 96 1946-10-01 123 1946-11-01 103 1946-12-01 141 1947-01-01 202 1947-02-01 238 1947-03-01 254 1947-04-01 277 1947-05-01 378 1947-06-01 283 1947-07-01 297 1947-08-01 287 1947-09-01 292 1947-10-01 336 1947-11-01 313 1947-12-01 317 1948-01-01 356 1948-02-01 417 1948-03-01 477 1948-04-01 404 1948-05-01 426 1948-06-01 463 1948-07-01 420 1948-08-01 439 1948-09-01 398 1948-10-01 459 1948-11-01 460 1948-12-01 531 1949-01-01 566 1949-02-01 685 1949-03-01 847 1949-04-01 877 1949-05-01 775 1949-06-01 828 1949-07-01 719 1949-08-01 810 1949-09-01 732 1949-10-01 802 1949-11-01 835 1949-12-01 770 1950-01-01 864 1950-02-01 811 1950-03-01 884 1950-04-01 806 1950-05-01 874 1950-06-01 725 1950-07-01 694 1950-08-01 787 1950-09-01 648 1950-10-01 707 1950-11-01 683 1950-12-01 679 1951-01-01 775 1951-02-01 599 1951-03-01 732 1951-04-01 693 1951-05-01 755 1951-06-01 699 1951-07-01 665 1951-08-01 678 1951-09-01 620 1951-10-01 643 1951-11-01 587 1951-12-01 612 1952-01-01 671 1952-02-01 619 1952-03-01 715 1952-04-01 780 1952-05-01 638 1952-06-01 671 1952-07-01 580 1952-08-01 594 1952-09-01 539 1952-10-01 631 1952-11-01 590 1952-12-01 583 1953-01-01 647 1953-02-01 691 1953-03-01 739 1953-04-01 693 1953-05-01 697 1953-06-01 817 1953-07-01 724 1953-08-01 700 1953-09-01 686 1953-10-01 840 1953-11-01 815 1953-12-01 813 1954-01-01 867 1954-02-01 926 1954-03-01 1102 1954-04-01 975 1954-05-01 943 1954-06-01 965 1954-07-01 856 1954-08-01 912 1954-09-01 819 1954-10-01 871 1954-11-01 933 1954-12-01 917 1955-01-01 939 1955-02-01 877 1955-03-01 1038 1955-04-01 903 1955-05-01 955 1955-06-01 914 1955-07-01 861 1955-08-01 888 1955-09-01 822 1955-10-01 919 1955-11-01 945 1955-12-01 908 1956-01-01 1048 1956-02-01 1024 1956-03-01 1170 1956-04-01 985 1956-05-01 1164 1956-06-01 1105 1956-07-01 1018 1956-08-01 1101 1956-09-01 932 1956-10-01 1158 1956-11-01 999 1956-12-01 982 1957-01-01 1148 1957-02-01 1146 1957-03-01 1336 1957-04-01 1175 1957-05-01 1200 1957-06-01 1084 1957-07-01 1059 1957-08-01 1145 1957-09-01 1071 1957-10-01 1122 1957-11-01 1173 1957-12-01 1080 1958-01-01 1279 1958-02-01 1238 1958-03-01 1495 1958-04-01 1458 1958-05-01 1341 1958-06-01 1260 1958-07-01 1253 1958-08-01 1127 1958-09-01 1039 1958-10-01 1271 1958-11-01 1121 1958-12-01 1082 1959-01-01 1273 1959-02-01 1161 1959-03-01 1263 1959-04-01 1292 1959-05-01 1135 1959-06-01 1244 1959-07-01 1071 1959-08-01 1135 1959-09-01 1144 1959-10-01 1125 1959-11-01 1130 1959-12-01 1080 1960-01-01 1181 1960-02-01 1214 1960-03-01 1335 1960-04-01 1370 1960-05-01 1273 1960-06-01 1334 1960-07-01 1146 1960-08-01 1315 1960-09-01 1269 1960-10-01 1344 1960-11-01 1311 1960-12-01 1353 1961-01-01 1404 1961-02-01 1449 1961-03-01 1610 1961-04-01 1441 1961-05-01 1545 1961-06-01 1403 1961-07-01 1275 1961-08-01 1604 1961-09-01 1285 1961-10-01 1446 1961-11-01 1335 1961-12-01 1278 1962-01-01 1447 1962-02-01 1353 1962-03-01 1490 1962-04-01 1504 1962-05-01 1378 1962-06-01 1281 1962-07-01 1165 1962-08-01 1319 1962-09-01 1118 1962-10-01 1410 1962-11-01 1216 1962-12-01 1101 1963-01-01 1258 1963-02-01 1304 1963-03-01 1295 1963-04-01 1287 1963-05-01 1303 1963-06-01 1211 1963-07-01 1155 1963-08-01 1135 1963-09-01 1051 1963-10-01 1262 1963-11-01 1115 1963-12-01 998 1964-01-01 1217 1964-02-01 1241 1964-03-01 1320 1964-04-01 1197 1964-05-01 1075 1964-06-01 1157 1964-07-01 1096 1964-08-01 1169 1964-09-01 1034 1964-10-01 1060 1964-11-01 967 1964-12-01 968 1965-01-01 1137 1965-02-01 1114 1965-03-01 1332 1965-04-01 1179 1965-05-01 1183 1965-06-01 1094