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1948-49

A series of broadcasts by the officers and research staff of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

BROADCAST BY:

POSITION

.CUTLER, ADDISON T. _______ Trade Economist
HOSTETLER, MERLE ________ Director of Research
HUMMEL, CLAUDE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Agricultural Specialist
KIEL, FRED

__________ Industrial Economist

SMITH, H. E. J.

-------- Assistant Vice President

THOMPSON, DONALD S.


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CONTENTS

NAME
CUTLER, ADDISON T.

HOSTETLER, MERLE .

TITLE
Are Consumers Buying Less?
Consumer Income and Spending.
Department Store Trade. _______
Department Store Trade.
The General Trend of Prices.
How Far Has the Price Deflation
Gone?
The Income Trend.
1949 Christmas Trade and the
Business Outlook.
Ohio's Dependence on Steel.
Recent Improvement in Trade.
Retail Trade.
The Swmner Sag in Department
Store Sales.
The Trend of Retail Trade
Are the Lay-Offs Only Seasonal? _ _ _
Capital Expenditure by Business. ___
The Cold War Along the Price Front._
The Decline in Commodity Prices. _ _
Financial Developments and the
Business Outlook. _________
The Impact of Foreign Currency
Devaluations. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Is Business History Repeating
Itself?
Looking Ahead to September.
Some Unfinished Business-for 1950. _
Trends in Retail Trade•
A Turning Point in Business?
What's Behind the Dollar Rumors? ___
When and Where Did the Recession
Actually Start? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

DATE
Feb. 12, 1949
Oct. 1, 1949
Dec. 4, 1948
Jan. 8, 1949
Sept. 17, 1949
April 9, 1949
June 25, 1949
ec. 3, 1949
Nov. 5, 1949
May 21, 1949
July 23, 1949
Sept. 3, 1949
March 12, 1949
Feb. 26, 1949
Dec. 18, 1948
June 11, 1949
Jan. 15, 1949
Jan. 29, 1949
Oct. 22, 1949
April 30, 1949
July 9, 1949
Dec. 17, 1949
Oct. 30, 1948
Aug. 20, 1949
Nov. 12, 1949
April 2, 1949

HUMMEL, CLAUDE I.

Have Farmers Stopped Buying? _ _ _ _ May 7, 1949
Outlook for Food Production. _ _ _ _ Dec. 31, 1949
The Outlook for Lower Meat Prices._ June 18, 1949
Prospective Changes in Food Prices._ Oct. 15, 1949

KIEL, FRED O.

The Current Business Situation. - - Factors Affecting Consumer Prices. Foreign T r a d e . - - - - - - - - - Recent Changes in Consumer Durable
Goods Industries.---------


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Oct. 29, 1949
March 26, 1949
Nov. 27, 1948
May 28, 1949

TITLE

NAME
KIEL, FRED

o.

Recent F.mployment Trends . ______
Recent Employment Trends.
Some Implications of the Rate of
Saving.
Trends in Construction. _ _ _____
Why Don't Food Prices Come Down?

DATE
Aug. ~, 1949
Nov. 19, 1949
April 23, '1949
Feb. 5, 1949
Sept. 10, 1949

SMITH, H. E. J.

Regulation W. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nov. 6, 1948

THOMPSON, DONALDS.

Business Expenditures for Plant
and Equipment. - -- - - - - - - - Dec. 24, 1949
Business Inventories. - - - - - - - Nov. 13, 1948
Business Inventories. ________ Nov. 20, 1948
Business Review. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ Oct. 9, 1948
Business Review. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Oct. 16, 1948
Capital Investment of Business. ___ May 14, 1949
Construction and Business Prospects. _ Aug. 27, 1949
Consumer Buying and the Use of
Savings and Credit.
Oct. 23, 1948
Consumer Buying in 1949.
July 2, 1949
Consumer Incomes and Expenditures. _ July 16, 1949
Consumers• Ability to Buy.
Dec. 10, 1949
The Demand for Housing . _ _ _ _ __ _ Feb. 19, 1949
Demand for Housing.
Sept. 24, 1949
The Downturn in the Durable Goods
Industries.
June 4, 1949
March 5, 1949
Financing Home Ownership.
Government Spending.
March 19, 1949
Jobs, Wages and Salaries. _____ _ Jan. 22, 1949
Member Bank Reserves .
Aug. 13, 1949
Recent Business Developments.
July 30, 1949
Recent Developments.
Oct. 8, 1949
What Do People Intend to Buy?
Dec. 11, 1948
What is Happening to Employment?
April 16, 1949


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