Unadjusted transactions estimated by FR Board (Capital Markets and Flow of Funds Sections), using data from the following commercial sources: cash mergers and acquisitions data from Thomson Financial Services SDC database; public issuance and share repurchase data from Standard and Poors Compustat database; and beginning 2008:Q1 private equity issuance from Pitchbook; prior to 2008Q1, data from Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Money tree report. Level at market value is obtained separately as the sum of the market value of publicly-held equity of U.S. domestic nonfinancial corporations ( FOF series FL103164113) and the market value of closely-held equity ( FOF series FL103164123). Data for the most recent ten years show no significant seasonality.
Last edited on: 11/28/2022