Starting in 2010:Q4; level is calculated from QFR Table 70.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in the NAICS Manufacturing Sector, Total Assets $25 Million and Over, line Commercial and finance company paper of U.S. issuers, plus a percentage of sum of lines Other short-term financial investments, including marketable and government securities, commercial paper, etc. from QFR Table 82.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Mining and Wholesale Trade sectors, Table 84.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Retail Trade Sector, Table 86.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Information Sector, and Table 89.1 -- Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Professional and Technical Services Sector (except Legal Services); multiplied by a benchmark ratio of SOI to QFR The percentage is calculated: QFR Table 70.1, line Commercial and finance company paper of U.S. issuers; divided by QFR Table 70.1 line Total Cash, U.S. Government and other securities less lines: Cash and demand deposits in the U.S. and Time deposits in the U.S., including negotiable certificates of deposit. The benchmark ratio of SOI to QFR is calculated: from the SOI Corporation Income Tax Returns, Returns of Active Corporations, Table 6 - Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Tax, and Other Selected Items, by Major Industry, for all industries excluding manufacturing, finance and insurance, management of companies, and unpublished detail on equity REITS, as sum of lines Cash, Notes and accounts receivable, Inventories, Investments in government obligations, total, Tax-exempt securities, and Other current assets less line Allowance for bad debts, plus QFR Table 1.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in the NAICS Manufacturing Sector, All Total Assets sizes, line Total current assets; divided by the sum of lines Total Current Assets from the following QFR tables: QFR Table 1.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in the NAICS Manufacturing Sector, All Total Asset Sizes. Table 82.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Mining and Wholesale Trade sectors, Table 84.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Retail Trade Sector, Table 86.1 - Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Information Sector, and Table 89.1 -- Balance Sheet for Corporations in NAICS Professional and Technical Services Sector (except Legal Services). For quarters since the most recent SOI year, benchmark is fixed at the level of the most recent SOI year. Unadjusted transactions are the change in the level; data for the most recent ten years show no significant seasonality.
Last edited on: 09/19/2019