Full text of G.12.3 Industrial Production : September 19, 1942

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September 19, 1942

For release in morning papers
Monday, September 21, 1942
5US1LBSS IIDEXES

l£3f-.5f average * 100 lor industrial production and freight-car loadings;
192C-2S &irera£,e » IOC I or all other series
Adjusted for
ceaeoue.1 variation
""l¥f
1 1941

1 " July T "

Industrial production
Total
manufactures
Total
Durable
Nondurable
Minerals
Construction contracts, value
Total
keeideatial
All other
Factory w.pj.oyment
Total
Durable oods
Lor^durablt, roods
Factory payrolls
Total
D m able ^ooda
Nondurable oods
Prei^ht^car lo%dln^a
Department store sales, value
DepartMnt store stocks, value

Without
seasonal &d;Hj str;ent
—- f1 %& 2 — '" - »T•*' I * i % r
vW
Jul
Aug. I .July
y |

?183

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151

pl36

191

163

plSl
p2?4
pl4C
pl36

186
250
136
122

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13S
133

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p267
pl 44
p!38

169
252
13?132

167
199
142
135

pi 71
p57
p264

206
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315

152
112
184

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p57
p286

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199

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126.4

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* Data not yet available .
Note s —Product lor, carloadings, and departnient store sales indexes La seel on daily
&vt»ra*es. Tc crnvert durable manufactures, nondurable manufactures, and tain^rals
indexes to ^oie^s 3%i totel index, shemn in federal Reserve Chart Book, multiply
durable b) .^79 nrnm rable by *^C$, and minerals by *162*
Construct ioi. cootvart indexes bt^ed on 3-mohtb moving avere^.es, contered at
second ^ioni:h, :1 F. V. Dod^e data for 37 Las tern States* To convert indexes to
value fi&_ur a, shown in thw federal Reserve Chart Bock, multiply total by ^410,269,0U0, re^id%%:tial by vlv4,137,000, and all other by *226,12,2,000*
Enploym^Lt inaex, without se^soml adjustment, and payrolls index conpiled
by Bureau of Labor Statistics*



2,

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

(1935-5B average = 100)
Adjusted for
seasonal variation
1941
1942
Aug.
Aug. 1 July

,

Without
seasonal adjustment
1942
1 1941
July
1
1

& L W A C TITHES

Steel
Open hearth and Bessemer
Electric
Machinery
Transportation equipment
Konferrous metals and products
Lumber and products
Lumber
Furniture
Stone, clay, and glass products
Cement
Polished plate glass
Textiles and products
Cotton consumption
Rayon deliveries
Wool textiles
Leather products
Tanning
Cattle hide leathers
Calf and kip leathers
Goat and kid leathers
Shoes
manufactured food products
#heat flour
Meatpacking
Other manufactured foods
Tobacco products
Ci&ars
Cigarettes
manufactured tobacco & snuff
Paper and products
Paperboard
Kewsprint production
Printing and publishing
Kewsprint consumption
p—PreliirInary"or estimated




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176
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130
112
152
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121
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10b

221
179
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2*7
425
191
136
130
147
134
150
tS
154
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117
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145
79
79
117
143
106
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109
156
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127
115
103
106
103

197
172
376
225
241
189
140
134
152
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176
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166
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Data not yet available.

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
(1936-39 average - 100)
Adjusted for
seasonal variation
1842
| 1941
AugAug.
H

t

Without
seasonal adjustment
1942
1 1941

*^UFaCTUR&8 (Cont'd)
m

Petroleum and coal products
Petroleun refining
Gasoline
Fuel oil
Lubricating oil
Kerosene
Coke
Byproduct
Beehive
Chemicals

W
166
156
497
pl€8

117
105
102
129
117
103
16b
165
499
172

130
126
126
127
132
116
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148
r478
146

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pl52
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pl57
240

128
160
156
112
167
240

130
150
168
116
148
202

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166
156
497
pl65

118
110
105
127
115
97
165
155
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265

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128
130
124
131
111
154
146
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142

pl28
pl40
pll8
pl24
pl99
367

121
241
122
212
198
404

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138
124
122
187
336

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m
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.U3ERALS
Fuels
Bituminous coal
Anthracite
Crude petroleum
Metals
Iron ore

r-^evTsed •

p—Preliminary or estimated.

* Data not yet available.

FSEIC;!:T-CtiR LOnDil.'GS
(1935-59 average * 100)

Coal
Coke
Grain
Livestock
Forest products
Ore .
:
Miscellaneous
Merchandise, 1.c.1.

%

154
208
106
106
165
176
152
57

155
206
95
SO
172
160
146
57

158
rl%
103
34
152
155
141
99

136
175
129
100
173
308
152
57

132
177
136
76
173
b25
148
57

139
167
126
80
160
271
141
99

r~~kevisedu ' V I;J ~ ' , J J . 1
lote$»*fo convert coal and miscellaneous indexes to points in total index, shown in
the Federal Reserve Chart Fook, multiply coal by .212 and miscellaneous by ,548•