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December 31^ 19$3 ^

BUSIES INDEXES
19L7-L9 average = 100
Seasonally adjusted
| 1952

1953

Nov. j Oct, j Nov.
Ir.TJ3^ri
:;rod"jc^i?n
[31^1
Xanufac tures
Total
T urable
I^ond rable
Minerals
I \ ^ j ; r cor.s^ner "iiraules 2 /
I ; T al
PaJ:enger ca^s
gocis
% n 3 t r ; c : i c n contracts, value 2 /
. otal
kesidentisl
Ail oihcr
_
L r / I vyrr.i nt 'z.n : a y r ^ l l s —^
Uon-igricultural errloynent, t o t a l
hanufac;%ri:ig Production rorkers
En; 1 ryr.^ nT, r: + al
:^rrblA
..jrable
to m l
Denartmcit s i o r e s a l e s , value
Tepartrent store -rocks, value
1/
2/
3/
j:/

1952

1953
Nov. | Oct.

Nov,

p!30

132

133

pl31

136

13 h

pl32
plli?
rl!6
pll3

13 U
151
117
111;

135
151
•118
113

pl33
pll?
oll9
pllii

138
15b
123
118

136
152
120
119

0123
pl27
p!20

132

lit?.
122

13 L
131
137

Pll9
ollO
P 128

139

lhS

133
130

p22u
cl?8
p25U

230
183
262

196
178
207

t>201
pl72
p220

220
178
21:8

177
172
180

pill.5

112.1 111.8 p l l 2 . 6

D106.9
PU5.7
P 96.6

108. is 109.2 plO-7.9 110.1 110.2
118.1 117.8 p l l 6 . h 118.8 113.5
97.0
99.2 P 97.8 100.0 100.h
. elLL.7 lis.2 lli6.3
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Freight c^rlc^di^ps i /

Unarijusted

-

132

IIS

113.ii 112.3

92

95

101

9h

102

lOh

pl!2
n,a

110
126

111
122

pl36
n.a.

115
lid

13 U
137

Mevi i inzxx. For f u l l description of methods and s e r i e s , and f o r back
figure;;, sec Federal Reserve Bulletin f o r December 19$3. Reprints of
BuZ.1 ev.n nater:&1 available upon request,
P : l l i e i t i o n of d e t a i l e d figures o r d i n a r i l y shown on page b has been
di:conti%ued pei.oing revision of t h i s index.
Cons t r u e t i c n c o n t r a c t indexes based on 3-month moving averages, centered
at second Ttonth^ of F.
Dodge data f o r 37 Eastern S t a t e s .
The una-j jus teu Indexes of employment and payrolls are compiled by or based
cn cata, of the ^-.ireau of Labor s t a t i s t i c s .
r o t a l ln;Hx r mvorted t o a 1947-^9 base f o r comparative purposes*
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p - Preliminary

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n*a» ~ Not available

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Letal
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rachimry
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A^tos
T^'ucks
Railroad cars
Zns'ruzen^s and ; ^ l 3 : r d prczucts
Clay ^ g l a s s . a*ic ]%%.: ^r nro i y t s
r + o r e , clay : r i
Glass and p o t t e r y p r : uct^
Limber And rrr-'i;c^H
L^ber
F u r n i t u r e and %iscellar.ecus r.aruf.
f u r r . i r j r e a n : : i x t %re<
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%»%iiles an% apparel
7ev*d Ivs :;.il li:
Cotton and s y n t h e t i c f a b r i c s
Cotton cons^ir.pT:on
Synthetic f a b r i c s
%vcl t e x t i l e s
V.ool f a b r i c s
Knit f : o c s
Apparel and r^la^ed products
Lien1 s outerwear
Wo%9n^ s outer.vear
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FREIGHT CAELQATrCS
(1935-39 averagi •" )
Seasonally
22ji
Oct.
Nov,
Total
Coal
Cok3
Grain
Livestock
Forest products
Ore
Miscellaneous
Merchandise, l . c . l .




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140
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