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Title:               Number of Business Failures, Manufacturing Companies with Liabilities Under One Hundred Thousand Dollars for the United States
Series ID:           M0968BUSM474NNBR
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 3:03 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 Separate 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 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.
                     
                     This NBER data series m09068b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m09068b

DATE       VALUE
1934-06-01   241
1934-07-01   208
1934-08-01   224
1934-09-01   191
1934-10-01   234
1934-11-01   207
1934-12-01   223
1935-01-01   270
1935-02-01   235
1935-03-01   214
1935-04-01   256
1935-05-01   242
1935-06-01   228
1935-07-01   229
1935-08-01   192
1935-09-01   183
1935-10-01   278
1935-11-01   225
1935-12-01   232
1936-01-01   226
1936-02-01   175
1936-03-01   205
1936-04-01   190
1936-05-01   203
1936-06-01   181
1936-07-01   178
1936-08-01   143
1936-09-01   150
1936-10-01   141
1936-11-01   179
1936-12-01   179
1937-01-01   190
1937-02-01   166
1937-03-01   205
1937-04-01   205
1937-05-01   205
1937-06-01   182
1937-07-01   164
1937-08-01   195
1937-09-01   156
1937-10-01   206
1937-11-01   238
1937-12-01   265
1938-01-01   286
1938-02-01   244
1938-03-01   278
1938-04-01   223
1938-05-01   258
1938-06-01   245
1938-07-01   249
1938-08-01   211
1938-09-01   220
1938-10-01   204
1938-11-01   243
1938-12-01   214
1939-01-01   252
1939-02-01   211
1939-03-01   252
1939-04-01   255
1939-05-01   255
1939-06-01   204
1939-07-01   210
1939-08-01   183
1939-09-01   170
1939-10-01   207
1939-11-01   227
1939-12-01   217