Full text of G.12.3 Industrial Production : April 15, 1939
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Division of Research and statistics CONFIDENTIAL Mot for pufciioatioa April 15, 1939 PRELIMINARY BUSINESS 3BDE2ES (1923-1926 average * 100) Adjusted for seasonal variation 1939 1936 War* f Feb, 6EHEBAL BTOBXES Industrial production Total Manufactures total Durable Nondurable Minerals Construction contracts# value Total Residential M l other Freight-oar loadings Total Miscellaneous Department store sales, value Wholesale prices (1926*100) All commodities Farm products Foods Other commodities SELECTED PRODUCTION INDEXES Pig Iron Steel Ingots Automobiles Cotton consumption Silk deliveries Meat packing Bituminous coal Aathraolte Petroleum, erude Mar, Without seasonal adjustment 1938 1939 Mar. Mar. 1 Feb. p98 98 79 plOO 99 80 p96 p79 pllO pllO 97 83 108 109 75 64 93 103 p99 p86 pill pl02 98 83 111 105 77 57 94 95 p68 p58 p76 73 68 85 46 33 56 p69 p61 p75 63 51 72 46 35 55 66 73 p88 67 76 87 60 67 86 63 70 p82 62 64 69 57 64 77 75,9 6.7,2 71.5 80.2 79.7 70.3 73.5 82.6 •mm' . — — — — — — 76 83 p91 114 108 89 p77 p61 pi 78 . • .«M* 73 88 98 111 97 83 79 61 169 46 49 64 90 100 83 68 68 172 77,0 67.2 71.3 80,4 79 94 pl05 119 104 84 p77 P 60 pin 75 92 98 119 104 83 83 66 166 48 56 63 94 96 78 68 66 170 p-^reViminary." Wete i ••Produetloaa, oarloadinge, and department store sales indexes based on daily averages. ; J Construction contract indexes based on 3-month moving averages, centered at second month, of F. W, Dodge data for 37 Eastern Statue* Wholesale price indexes compiled by Bureau of Labor Statistics, Figures for March 1939 estimated fro® the Bureau's weekly Indexes,