TABLE B-85.—Current assets and liabilities of U.S. corporations, 1939-76[Billions of dollars]Current assetsCurrent liabilitiesEnd of yearor quarter193919401941194219431944194519461947 .1948194919501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119611962196319641965196619671968 ... .1969197019711972 .... ..1973197419751975: 1.IIIIIIV... .1976: 1.II.IllTotal54.560.372.983.693.897.297.4108.1123.6133.0133.1161.5179.1186.2190.6194.6224.0237.9244.7255.3277.3289.0306.8254.7269.7288.2305.6336.0364.0386.2426.5473.6492.3529.6573.5643.3712.2731.6698.4703.2716.5731.6753.5775.4791.8Cashonhandandinbanks*10.813.113.917.621.621.621.722.825.025.326.528.130.030.831.133.434.634.834.937.436.337.241.134.837.139.840.542.841.945.548.247.950.253.357.561.662.768.160.663.765.668.168.470.871.1U.S.Governmentsecuritiesa2.22.04.010.116.420.921.115.314.114.816.819.720.719.921.519.223.519.118.618.822.820.120.016.516.816.715.814.413.010.311.510.67.711.09.311.011.719.412.112.714.319.421.723.323.9ReceivablesfromU.S.Government30.1.64.05.04.72.73* 1.342 .4421 12.72.82.62.42.32.62.82.82.93.13.43.43.73.63.43.94.55.15.14.84.23.53.43.53.53.63.23.33.33.63.63.74.322.123.927.423.321.921.823.230.0.055.758.864.665.971.286.695.199.4106.9117.7126.1135.894.599.5106.9116.5130.2142.1150.2168.8192.2201.9217.6240.0266.1289.7294.6281.9284.8294.7294.6307.3318.1324.2NotesandaccountsreceivableInventoriesTotalAll corporations«18.019.825.627.327.626.826.337.644.648.945.355.164.965.867.265.372.880.482.281.988.491.895.21.41.51.41.33.4> 4,7.6.641.72.12.42.43.14.25.96.77.59.110.611.430.032.840.747.351.651.745.851.961.564.460.779.892.696.198.999.7121.0130.5133.1136.6153.1160.4171.2Nonfmancial corporation: ,795.0100.5106.8113.1126.6142.8153.1166.0186.4193.3200.4215.2246.7288.0285.8285.2281.4279.6285.8288.8295.6302.110.512.114.416.318.119.722.026.931.635.043.848.154.456.660.055.457.359.060.063.663.966.3123.7132.4145.5156.6178.8199.4211.3244.1287.8304.9326.0352.2401.0450.6457.5438.0434.2444.7457.5465.9475.9484.1Othercurrentassets*Advancesandprepayments,U.S.Government30.6.82.02.21.8.9.1373931.41.32.32.22.42.32.42.31.71.71.81.81.82.02.52.73.14.45.86.47.36.64.94.04.35.26.45.35.86.26.46.46.87.0.6.3.521.922.625.624.024.125.024.831.547.953.657.057.359.373.881.584.388.799.3105.0112.882.686.794.5102.2118.4133.1141.3162.4191.9204.7215.6230.4261.6287.5281.6271.2270.1273.4281.6280.5287.0284.7NotesandaccountspayableFederalincometaxliabilities1.22.57.112.616.615.510.48.510.711.59.316.721.318.118.715.519.317.615.412.915.013.514.113.314.315.716.218.317.413.214.312.610.013.115.118.123.220.721.817.719.420.723.922.024.9Othercurrentliabilities56.97.17.28.78.79.49.711.813.213.514.014.916.518.720.722.525.729.031.133.337.040.142.526.029.432.835.539.044.551.061.076.083.692.4102.6117.0134.8148.8139.8140.6145.6148.8155.0160.1167.5Networkingcapital24.527.532.336.342.145.651.656.262.168.672.481 686.590.191.894.9103.0107.4111.6118.7124.2128.6135.6131.0137.3142.7149.0157.2164.6174.9182.4185. 7187.4203.6221.3242.3261.5274.1260.4269.0271.8274.1287.6299.4307.7» Includes time certificates of deposit.i Includes Federal agency issues.3 Receivables from and payables to the U.S. Government do not include amounts offset against each other on corporations'booksor amounts arisingfrom subcontracting which are not directly due from or to the U.S. Government. Whereverpossible, adjustments have been made to include U.S. Government advances offset against inventories on corporations'books.* Includes marketable investments (other than Government securities and time certificates of deposit) as well as sundrycurrent assets.s Includes commercial paper outstanding, the portion of long-term debt due in less than 1 year, and miscellaneouscurrent liabilities not elsewhere classified.e Excludes banks, savings and loan associations, and insurance companies.7 Excludes banks, sayings and loan associations, insurance companies, investment companies, finance companies(personal and commercial), real estate companies, and security and commodity brokers, dealers, and exchanges.Note.—Year-end data through 1971 are based on "Statistics of Income" (Department of the Treasury), covering virtuallyall corporations in the United States. "Statistics of Income" data may not be strictly comparable from year to year becauseof changes in the tax laws, basis for filing returns, and processing of data for compilation purposes. All other figures shownare estimates based on data compiled from many different sources, including data on corporations registered with theSecurities and Exchange Commission.Source: Securities and Exchange Commission.286
TABLE B-86.—State and municipal and corporate securities offered, 1934-76[Millions of dollars]Corporate securities offered for cashYear or quarterState andmunicipalsecuritiesofferedfor cash(principalamounts)Type of corporate securityTotalcorporateofferingsCommonstockPreferredstockBondsandnotesIndustry of corporate issuerManufacturing!Electric,gasandwater 3Transportation»CommunicationOther1934....1939....9391,1283972,16419873721,979676041331,2711761861031940....1941....1942....1943194419451946....1947....1948....1949....1,2389565244356617951,1572,3242,6902,9072,6772,6671,0621,1703,2026,0116,9006,5777,0786,05210811034561633978917796147361831671121243697581,1277624924252,3862,3899179902,6704,8554,8825,0365,9734,8909928485395101,0612,0263,7012,7422,2261,4141,2031,3574724771,4222,3192,1583,2572,1872,320324366481616091,454711286755800902571159964211092113292931,0089461950....1951....1952....1953....19543,5323,1894,4015,5586,9696,3627,7419,5349,5168111,2121,3691,3261,2136318385644898164,9205,6917,6017,0837,4881,2003,1224,0392,2542,2682,6492,4552,6753,0293,7138134949925957783996127608827201,3001,0581,0682,1382,037195519561957195819595,9775,4466,9587,4497,68110,24010,93912,88411,5589,7482,1852,3012,5161,3342,0276356364115715317,4208,0029,9579,6537,1902,9943,6474,2343,5152,0732,4642,5293,9383,8043,258893724824824967,132,419,462,4247172,7572,6192,4261,9912,733I960....1961....1962196319647,2308,3608,55810,10710, 54410,15413,16510, 70512,21113,9571,6643,2941,3141,0112,6794094504223434128,0819,4208,96910,85610,8652,1524,0773,2493,5143,0462,8513,0322,8252,6772,760718694567957982,050,8341,3031,1052,1893,3833,5272,7613,9574,9801965....1966....1967.....19681969.....19701971197219731974197511,14811,08914,28816,37411,46017,76224, 37023, 07022,95322,82429, 32614,78217,38524,01421,26125,99737,45143, 21939, 70431, 68437, 73752, 5271,4731,9011,9273,8857,6407,0379,50210, 7077,6433,9867,4027245808816366911,3903,6823,3703,3412,2543,45912,58514,90421, 20616, 74017,66629,02330,03525, 62720, 70031, 49741,6665,4147,05611,0696,9586,34610,64711,6256,4004,83510, 41018, 6492,9343,6664,9355,2936,71511,00911, 74611,31410, 27012, 83515, 8937021,4941,6391,5641,7791,2531,1668598111,0042,6369452,0031,9751,7752,1725,2915,8154,8354,8673,9284,4634,7873,1674,3965,6718,9859,25212,86716, 29710, 8999,55910,8841975: I..II.IllIV.6,5267,7968,2366,76815,11815,3019,23212,8761,4312,6761,4191,8766629246351,23813, 02511,7007,1799,7626,0516,6982,4203,4804,7364,4073,3263,424855072911,7531,3811,1906781,2142,8652,4982,5163,0041976: I..II.III8,2748,6147,85413, 74413,85210, 7892,7882,4031,42376472043910,19110, 7298,9294,4963,7012,9724,0453,1393,3151,0876051,1937651,8763773,3514,5292,9331 Prior to 1948, also includes extractive, radiobroadcasting, airline companies, commercial, and miscellaneous companyissues.2 Prior to 1948, also includes telephone, street railway, and bus company issues.3 Prior to 1948, includes railroad issues only.Note.—Covers substantially all new issues of State, rrunicipal. and corporate securities offered for cash sale in the UnitedStates in amounts over $100,COO and with terms to maturity of more than 1 year; excludes notes issued exclusively tocommercial banks, intercorporate transactions, and issues to be sold over an extended period, such as employee-purchaseplans. Closed-end investment company issues are included beginning 1971.Sources: Securities and Exchange Commission, "The Commercial and Financial Chronicle," and "The Bond Buyer."287
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