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BOAfiD - Of G01/BE3MRS OF fHg FEDERAL BESESW STSfEM
Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s
COSFIDESTIAL
f^WpuETioation

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March 15, 1959

~ ~ rithout '""" •,; Adjusted' tor-.
seasonal adjustment
seasonal v a r i a t i o n
1538"' •
1950
JJ59
1988
~ > « S T T* -Jan."' * ' ¥,ffi7~
Feb , 1
Jan* " F e b .
0SS8RAL IHDBXBS
I n d u s t r i a l production
Total
Manufactures
Total
Durable
nondurable
Minerals
Construction c o n t r a c t s , value
Total
Residential
All other
Freight-car loadings
Total
Miscellaneous
Department store s a l e s , value
Wholesale prices (1926-100)
All commodities
Farm products
Foods
Other commodities
SELECTED PRODUCTION INDEXES
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Automobiles
Cotton consumption
Silk d e l i v e r i e s
Meat packing
Bituminous oo&l
Anthracite
Petroleum, crude

p98

79

101

79

p99

99

• pS7
p83
plOS
pl09

100
88
110
110

75
54
94
103

p98

98

pill
pl04

Ill
105

p76
p59
>90

86
85

pes

p52

44

p76

70
45
90

62

63
65

GD,

57
69
70

76.9
67.2
71.5
80.2

79.8
69.8
73,5
83.0

,

111

67
76
p86

69

76
88

32
66
62
69

88

' 7V-'/
**

, . * *

73

72
96
105
110
107
87
75
69
171

plOO
111
97
83
p?9
p61
pl68

$>69
76.8
67.0
71.1

# »•

88

64

80.1

46
51
62

85
88
86
64
53
171

76
92
plOO
119
104
83
p83
p66
pi 64

71
92
105
116
122
101
83
74
164

76

54

96
98

56

47
55
62
90
94
85
68
57

168

p-~-Preliminary. '
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' 1
Mote:—Production, carloadings, end department store sales indexes based on daily
averages.
Construction contract indexes based on 3-month moving averages, centered at
second month, of F . W. Dodge data f o r 37 Eastern S t a t e s .
Wholesale p r i c e indexes compiled by Bureau of Labor S t a t i s t i c s , Figures f o r
February 1939 estimated from t h e Bureau's weekly indexes.