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December 1, 19^3^

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~ 130 "cr Industrial production and freight carloaiings;
19L7-L9 avcr^Fc = 100 for all other series
Season ally adjusted
1-53
1952
Oct. j
Oct.
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Zniustrial production 1/
Trtnl
Xarru^-^ctures
Ttal
lunllc
Nondurable
i'in^^als
Xa,^cr ccns?^n?r durables 2/
Tctal
Fassenrer c^rs
Household go: ds
Constraction c:ntrects, value
Total
3: siic.tial
All ether
Ir.tlcyrr rt nr.i , rcllc
I'tna/ri^\1 vj; al 'r/l^yr- r.t, total
%anuf actrinr r :ucti cn workers
Frp]oyrrnt, toLai
Duratle
::ond uraMe
Fa\Tclls, total

Vnn :i i listed
1952
1953
Oct. | Sept. Oct.

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p231

232

230

p235

236

233

p2b3
p30li
nl9L
pl6l

21t3
301
196
169

2'.2
300
19"
161*

p2ii7
r;3"6
pl 99
pl62t

218
303
203
17ii

2hS
301
200
166

pl3lt
'pl!:5
pl22

131
139
122

125
125
12h

piUo
clii6
pl32

13,'*
138
131

130
125
135

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

218
180
21*3

210
185
227

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

221
181
2ii7

201
181
215

pU2.5

112.5

111.3 pll3.ii

113.6

112.3

pl08.it
piie.i
P 97.0

109.8
119.7
98.1

107.8 pll0.2
115.8 pll8.9
98.5 DlOO.O
el«9.3

111.8
120.0
l n 2.2
150.0

109.6
116.5
101.6
115.7

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126

126

128

135

137

138

Departr.fnt store sales, value

plio

107

115

pll$

112

120

T^partn^nt store stroke, value

n.a.

128

121

n.a.

132

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~ November 1953: total industrial production,
f 23; tcml
t^ras, 2Ll; dur 1 manufactures, 299; nondurable manufactures,
19L; rjr,f-r\'ur, 1 \9.
See note on pa~e u*
The un^dj^st'd indexes of errloynent and payrolls are compiled by or based on data
of the Bureau of Lircr Statistics*
Construction c ,ntract indexes based on 3-month moving averages, centered at
second r,;nth, of F. "# Codpe data for 37 Eastern States.
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KANCFACTURSS
Iron and steel
Pig iron
Steel
Open hearth
Electric
Machinery
Transportation equipment
Automobiles (incl. parts)
Nonferrous metals and products
Smelting and refining
Fabricating
Lumber and products
Lumber
Furniture
Stone, clay and glass products
Cement
Clay products
Textiles and products
Cotton consumption
Rayon deliveries
Leather and products
Tanning
Shoes
Manufactured food pro ucts
Wheat flour
Meatpacking
Other manufactured fo-vis
Processed fruits <nd vegetables
Paper and products
Paperboard
Printing and publishing
Newsprint consumption
Petroleum and coal products
Gasoline
Fuel oil
Coke
Chemicals
Paints
Rayon
Industrial chemicals
Rubber products

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2 89
230

71h

p386
P36"7

p£7l '

Ip232
p2?3
'p2Co
pl58
plh5
plf-3
p?21
n.,i.
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pir?
135
3C5
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p. a.
n.a.
pl63
107
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pl8L
175
p290
p235
p223
n.a.
p3l6
pl56
p32S
p 622
p2lj0

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3?5
373
259
231
290
203
155
11:2
100
22U
23h
153
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321
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111
I6u
106
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233

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260
179
169
295
211
225
19b
321
160
323
637
252

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163

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112
103
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225
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179

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260

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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
(1935-39 average=100)
Seasonally ad^ us ted
1952

1953
Oct.

Sept.

Oct.

174
113
126
63
205
141

167
93
93
95
203
145

Unadjusted
1952

1953
Sept.

Oct.

plS 6
Pl52
n.a.

I74
113
126
63
205
170
396

167
93
93
95
203
164
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110
160
157
106
]M
263
149
45

114
162
147
78
148
324
150
45

93
185
157
117
146
314
158
46

Oct.

MIKERftLS
Fuels
Ccal
Bituminous coal
Ant rjrscite
Crude petroleum
Metals
Iron ore

pi66
106
116
66
P196
P132

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106
116

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FREIGHT CARLOADJUGS
(1935-39 average=100)
Coal
Griir.
Li vestock
Forest products
Cre
Miscellaneous
Merchandise, l.c.l.




110
163
157
70
136
195
137
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114
164
131
59
137
216
139
43

93
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157
76
139
233
145
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Carpets
Furniture
Major appliances
Cooking stoves, total
Electric, total
Standard
Apartment
Nonelectric, total
Gas, total
Standard
Apartment
Bungalow and ccnbinati on
/'ll other
Driers
F reezers
Ironers
Refri^ei^ators
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Vacuum cleanerr
Washing machines, total
yrin:er and spirror
Automatic and semiautomatic
Radios and television
Radios, total
Small
Automobile
Consoles
conti- :• 11 ens
AM-' M
c^nbinutivno
Television, to+al
T abl e
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