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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T WEEKLY SUPPLEME UNITED STATES D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED APRIL 6, 1951 1USINESS I N D I C A T O R S STEEL-INGOT P R O D U C T S 0 9 3 5 - 3 9 «100) ^ 8.0 3001 weeny o&7& E L E e T f t l C - P O W E R PRODUCTION BY U T I L I T I E S (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS) WEEKLY mm zm gOOKS9^* -voir . v 150, 100! •JJJLLLJJLUJJ I M 11 H,I l,u.i. IJJULJJUJUIJJ > n 1 M ? I \ w LLLL,4.0 JU^JJUULJLJLXJLJL^^ J• F • •" M A I N D U S T R I A L PRODUCTION (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 8935" 59 » 100) WEEKLY M <J A ® 0' ft 0 PERSONAL iWOOWtE (SJLLiONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES) BUSINESS STATISTICS 1950 urn Mar. ^5 Commodity prices, wholesales All commodities ...192&sl00.. 152.4 farm p r o d u c t s . . . • . . . ' • ..............„..<,«... .do.... 156,7 food /...... do.... ,411 other ..... do.... 28 commodities jj/. . .iagugt 1939*100.. 246.1 ,31g Cotton, middling, 15/16*, 10 markets J£/ dol. pwlb.. 2.28 Wheat, Ho. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) jj/ dol. per k.. Department store sales .1935~39*»XO0.. 279 Insured unemployment, total. .thou®.. 2.197 2,030 State programs .do.... 56 Veterans1 programs do.... finances 26,979 Currency i n circulation %/ mil. of d o l . . federal He serve bank credit, t o t a l * . . do.... 16,036 Member bank reserve balances do.... 15*969 fixcess reserves, estimated .do.... 645 federal Reserve reporting member banks i n leading c i t i e s ! 24,440 Bank debits, t o t a l . . m i l . of d o l . . !0,o4i Sew York City . do.... 46,*i68 Deposits, demand, adjusted..... do.... 67,006 Loans and investments, total .do.... 36,702 V. S. Government obligations. do.... 13,643 Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross) do.... 166 failures, industrial and commercial ..number.« 2.84 Bond yi elds, domestic corporate (Moody9 s) jjrf .percent.. 140.4 Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor's) 1935"39«100.. Industrials, 365 stocks do.... 146.2 Production: 2,126 Bituminous coal j/ • .thous. of short tons.. Blectric pover, by utilities mil. of kw-hr.. 5,993 9 Motor vehicles (Hard s) .number. * 133,697 Petroleum, crude Jj/ theue. of bbl.» 4,761 Steel 6 / 1935-39-100.. 203-9 Freight earloadings, t o t a l . . . t h o u s . of e a r s . . 717 Miscellaneous .. .. ...d@.*.» 342 do not always cover calendar weeks. Digitized 1/for Data FRASER ending i p r i l 7, 229.3. J S3 2 / Thursday prices ^ 1951 Jpr. 1 152.9 159.6 x ?5«9 146.3 246.7 -319 2*30 301 2,067 27,006 X8,i44 15,762 514 20,753 46 9 l62 66,563 36,110 13,790 196 2.64 139-5 147*3 2,216 5,912 133.M9 4,607 206.5 7» 351 Daily average®. Mar. J 163 -0 201*5 188.6 171*2 368.3 2.W 2SS 1,028 fco 10 Mar. 1? 163 o§ 202.3 I83.4 183. 8Q3 «3 187.8 204. 188.9 171.8 362-9 5M?1 2.41 171.7 379.I .451 2.40 303 Iter* 24 18719 172.1 378.3 .451 2.39 304 965 4 976 935 27,214 23,168 l%066 661 27,235 23,226 19,004 631 27,185 ^*652 19,498 1,010 27.133 23,607 19,301 24,720 50,649 69,501 30,791 16,733 170 2.88 173.7 188.1 28,516 11,792 50,577 69,290 30,606 18,689 153 2.91 173-9 188*3 28,062 12,3a 51.826 69,536 18,956 185 2.95 168.0 181.7 328l63 13.155 50,321 70,447 31,198 19,173 170 2.98 171=1 185.2 1,856 6,622 166,693 5,934 223.5 7S6 402 1,670 6.795 169,652 5.?84 226.2 750 392 1,653 6,903 172.333 5,959 224.2 745 390 1,687 6,848 167,200 5,954 226.4 749 394 9.1ft 4/ 1© quotation. 30,782 582 5 / Average for March 8-10. Mar. 31 l«3-9 203.8 187.3 172*3 37i.6 .451 2.41 27,092 23,852 19902| 436 9,902 136 3.01 168.1 182.4 171.2*9 231.8 6/ W@®k 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 Statistical Supplement STATISTICS 1950 February 1951 March December January February GENERAL BUSIKSSS INDICASOHS Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Total personal income .oil, of dol Wage and salary receipts, total do.. Aaployer disbursements, total • do.. Commodity-producing industries do.., Distributive industries do.. Service industries do.. Government • do.. Legs employee contributions for social insurance..do.. Other labor income ,. .do.., Proprietors' and rental income do.. Personal interest income and dividends do.. Total transfer payments do.. Total noaagricultural income do.. Industrial production (federal Beserve): Unadjusted, combined index 1935-39.100. Manufactures do.., Durable manufactures do. •, Iron and steel .do. •, Lumber and products do.•, furniture do.. Lumber do.., Machinery do.. Nonferrous metals and products do.., Smelting and refining do.., Stone, clay, and glass products do... Clay products do.. , Transportation equipment do.., Automobiles (including parts) .do.., Nondurable manufactures do •.. Chemical products do.., Industrial chemicals do... Leather and products , do... Leather tanning do... Shoes do... Manufactured food products ..do... Meat packing do... Processed fruits and vegetables do... Printing and publishing do... Rubber products .do... Textiles and products do... Cotton consumption do... Hay on deliveries do... Wool textiles do... Tobacco do... Minerals do... Fuels do... Anthraci te do... Bi tuminous coal do... Crude petroleum do... Metals do... Adjusted, combined index Xj Manufactures Durable manufactures.. -. Lumber and products Lumber Honferrous metals Smelting and refining Stone, clay, and glass products Clay products Nondurable manufactures Chemical products Leather and products Leather tanning Manufactured food products Meat packing Processed f r u i t s and vegetables Printing and publishing Tobacco Minerals Metals do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do•.. do.. • do... do... do... do... do... do... do • . . do... do... 215.U 131.5 134.2 55.8 39-3 18.1 21.0 2.7 3.0 41.0 17.7 22.2 199.0 177 188 204 201 13S 173 119 236 190 202 179 150 210 182 176 250 424 118 219- 57. 39< 18. a. 2 18.0 24.2 203.7 3 ltt 144 86 166 195 357 159 1* 113 118 65 3« 155 81 180 192 207 150 138 190 202 192 157 180 247 115 102 161 151 162 118 118 I83 191 210 205 $ % 201 208 180 151 214 I89 177 250 428 115 97 128 148 148 «3 172 197 173 138 350 139 148 108 149 152 83 187 194 211 156 145 200 208 188 158 181 247 116 98 165 160 152 169 176 144 119 2^1.0 154.3 157.2 70.0 42.4 19.4 25-4 2-9 ,3* 47-0 24.J 11.6 221.9 216 227 266 253 158 194 140 321 228 219 227 177 290 257 196 266 500 108 106 109 160 203 108 180 253 194 158 397 160 142 % 80 143 178 93 r218 228 268 X 3 J 162 227 218 235 172 196 282 108 107 162 171 138 176 153 157 126 r240.9 rltf.7 nSo.2 r71.1 r43.2 riq.9 26.0 ! 3.5 ,3-5 r49-3 rl9-0 rl2.4 r220.9 r2l6 r227 r265 r254 rl53 rl89 rl34 r321 r234 220 rl74 r288 r247 ri.96 r288 r505 115 108 120 rl54 193 rl05 rl65 rfi46 rl93 163 392 153 177 rl59 169 r96 151 rl84 r9* r221 r231 r269 rl71 rl62 r234 220 r235 rl87 r201 r287 115 107 rl67 162 rl6l rl70 l I7 rl64 rl30 241.0 I58.7 162.0 72.0 43.4 19.9 26.7 3-3 3-5 U7.7 19.1 12.0 222.1 p2l6 p228 p269 P251 P151 P190 P131 P328 P23* P223 P219 P171 P309 P267 Pi9* p288 P507 P152 142 P107 P174 P187 174 391 170 P153 pl62 89 12 ? pl84 P95 p221 P232 P272 pl64 PI50 P234 P223 P 234 plSO P199 p286 Pi69 148 P170 P175 179 P158 P132 COMMODITY PRICES Prices received by farmers, a l l farm products. .1910-lltolOO.. 237 Crops do 215 food grain do 219 Peed grain and hay do 171 Tobacco do.... 389 Cotton do. 231 Pruit do. 186 Truck crops do. a>3 Oil-bearing crops do. 228 http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ vj Bevised. 2 / Preliminary. 1/ Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 237 224 17* 389 236 l?3 168 230 258 233 202 300 75 • 202 211 214 442 *7. 192 324 366 374 436 339 313 £ 2*10 » 222 440 351 204 333 379 at 100 are not shown; see unadjusted series. March MONTHLY BUSINESS Barlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement 3 ST A TIS TICS—Continued 1950 February 1951 March December January February COMMODITY PEICBS - Continued Price* received by farmers - Continued Lives took and produc ts ... 1910-14.100. Meat animals do.•. Dairy products. . . •• do... Poultry and eggs do... Prices paid by farmers: All commodities . . do•. • Commodities used in l i v i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do... Commodities used in production. .....do..• i l l commodities, interest, taxes, and wage r a t e s . . . . ; . d o . . . Parity ratio (prices rec'd to prices paid by farmers) . . . d o . . . COESTHUCTIOH ABB REAL ES5A3H8 Hew construction, total ... .mil. of dol. Private, total do... Residential (nonfarm) do... Hew dwelling u n i t s . . . . ....do... Additions and alterations. do... Nonresidential building 1/ do... Industrial * do... Commercial.. .......do... farm construction do... Public u t i l i t y • .do... Public, t o t a l . do... Residential..; do... nonresidential building do... Military and naval do... Highway do... Conservation and development do... Other troe*. . do... JlNANCS Bonds! Prices: Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.) 2/..dollars. Domestic do... Foreign do... Standard and Poor»s Corporations Domestic municipal (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond. Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange J 2/ Market value, all issues. . mil. of dol. Domestic do... Foreign » .do... Face value, all issues .do... Domestic. do... Foreign do... Yields: Domestic municipal (15 bonds), Standard and 1 Poor s Corporation percent. Stocks! Cash dividend payments publicly reported mil. of dol. Finance..... • do... Manufacturing. do... Mining do... Communications • do... Heat, l i g h t , and power do... Railroad do... Trade. * do... Miscellaneous do... Prices: Standard and Poor's Corporation: Combined index (4lo stocks) 1935-39*100. Industrial (365 stocks) do... Capital goods (121 stocks) ..do... Consumers' goods (182 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (31 stocks) do... Railroad (20 stocks) do... Shares l i s t e d on Hew York Stock Exchange: Market value. • mil. of dol. Humber of shares l i s t e d millions. ELECTRIC POWER 257 306 250 155 258 308 243 165 3U 360 272 24$ 323 391 286 203 "340 425 285 205 237 238 239 239 239 250 257 257 262 260 264 265 108 272 267 265 270 276 113 2,235 2,068 1.571 901 2 ?7 96 ,618 ,262 717 655 51 252 70 77 75 209 95 1,750 1.313 741 675 55 249 69 77 79 235 *37 28 1* 9 P 63 170 8 100 62 69 101.95 102.38 7^.80 101.78 102.20 1,686 980 900 62 392 125 138 66 24 3 549 28 209 25 155 60 72 110 830 5 £ 376 128 122 69 220 497 29 214 27 10< s rl.933 rl.501 r820 r750 *53 383 rl35 rl21 74 219 r432 29 rl98 r29 65 49 62 75-48 IOO.93 101.45 70.41 101.18 IOI.69 71.71 131-7 131.5 137-4 140.5 140.7 127,777 126,054 1,469 125,332 123,119 1,963 125,846 124,116 1,476 123,645 ia,44o 1,955 115,952 114,347 1.354 114,889 112,716 1,923 116,165 114,541 1.374 114,808 112,643 1.916 115,801 114,16^5 1.3«9 114,769 112,605 1,914 2.06 2.07 1-77 1.62 1.61 818.4 2,141.8 199.0 r493rl08. rl76. r4. r66. r51. rl5. r59-8 rlO.3 219.3 40.1 108.1 1-9 -7 42.6 8.0 15.6 2-3 213- 37< 103. l. 54.6 509-9 69-5 2S.0 40. 11. 16.7 2.2 52.6 48."l a.4 136-7 144.4 134.5 145-3 107.4 107.2 I38.8 146.5 109 108 %i 92.3 9P.5 50..4 158.4 m.2 164.3 157.8 104.4 139-4 168.6 182.6 175-2 165.9 108.6 152.8 100.90 IOI.38 72.56 174. 189. 181. 171111. 159. 78, 2,11 79,48J 2,204 93,807 2,353 99.340 28t789 ^,270 4,519 31.864 26,997 4,867 35,779 30,632 5,146 36,726 31,418 5,308 33.102 28,219 Butter, creamery, production (factory) .thoua. of l b . . 79,000 122,195 rS6,675 r98,365 Cheese, production (factory), total do... • r71,035 67,925 95,825 r75.205 Coffee, v i s i b l e supply. United S t a t e s . . . thous. of bags.. 728 741 949 928 Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, t a x - f r e e . . millions.. 2,146 2,344 2,178 2,619 Cigarettes, small, t a x - p a i d . . . . . . . do.... 25,000 32.036 33.^74 %25.645 Cigars, tax-paid. thousands.. 374,800 4l5,3W 453,631 458,877 Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid.. . . . t h o u s . of l b s . . 13.498 17,354 2l,94l 20,360 vj fievised. 1/ Except farm and public u t i l i t y . 2/ See note on corresponding item in the March 1951 Survey. 81,595 70,365 Electric power, production, total Utilities Industrial establishments.. • • mil. of kw~hr. do... do. • . 100,246 2.391 2,384 4,883 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO 830 28,666 435,074 17.765 MONTHLY BUSINESS r l i a r da to ®r@ available in monthly issues of the Survey •sd" the 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement S T A T ! S T I C s — Continued 1950 January February 1951 November December January yetoruary LM3MSS AMP PlOBUOfS &eathe? product! ©as 0«s2f asd kip ..*«•« Cattle h i d e . . . ...« Ooat a»d k i d . . •..« Sleep and lamb ...thou®, of skins. . • . t h o u s . of hides. . . . t h o u s . of skins. .... do... .925 1,880 3« 016 2*193 993 2,24g 3.313 2,531 860 r2,044 3*015 ^2,333 6,861 Hi. 5^3 76,523 52*8 ?5,335 26,7% 22,103 4,642 4,173 41,670 21,855 79*143 96.1 50,725 52,658 4o 0 9io 110,9 7,289 37,169 31.771 5,398 5,693 4g,234 49,601 35,619 135.7 48,878 r51,260 33.232 rll4.3 1,327 1,949 2,960 2,675 2,298 3,439 2,831 MSSaLS AMD MJJIUFljOTOfiES Iron or® Coatee Superior d i s t r i c t ) ! Consumption by furnaces. . * . . „ . t^ous. of long tons. Stqaks t tad of month, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . .do... At foraacaa. • « . • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . .do... Ga Lake Sri© dock®. .do... f I f iron* production. . . . . . . . . . . . thous. of short tons. £*&&, refined (primary refineries)? Froduc tion. short tone... Shipments ( d o m e s t i c ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . - . Stocks, sad of month. do. . . Machine loois e s h i p m e n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1945-47*100. Maehanical stokers, aalaai Classes I P 2§ and 3 . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .number. Classes ** and 5 1 Sumber . . . . . . « • • . . . . • • • . . . . . • - . • ••......•••••....... Ear sap w @ r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pump*, sts&ai, power, @®&tri£ugsl and rotary 1 Orders, n * v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . • . • . • • • . . . . . . t h o u s . of dol. 6, 7 64 32,004 26,710 5.294 5,294 47,512 j m 5,387 7,327 30,227 5,894 6.435 24,12i 20,324 3»7?9 5,176 43,675 49,128 27,775 P122.2 659 1,891 1.937 1,636 106 a , 700 95 28,564 174 38*343 176 T3sl4g 174 61,953 2,587 2,938 5 8 96l 6,73) 6,477 152,590 169,987 ^6,610 139,073 148,837 243,750 176,725 182,539 249,525 177*276 190,li48 248,463 183,110 199,958 243,107 37,491 28,729 32,818 36,530 37,202 41,628 40,475 44,244 42,397 1/63,932 55,808 52,206 47,828 1/86,113 45,0^8 1/71,948 40,750 1/58,444 40,317 3.932 9.323 3.OT 9,341 4,906 7,283 5,068 7,849 5,o6l 8,160 do... do... do... 82,075 72,556 15.116 ,549 ,685 S 13,608 87,322 76,808 16,256 90,945 80,229 17,241 94,132 83.773 17,314 do... do... do... 116,624 8,674 7.363 124,177 8,619 8,098 100,995 8,010 7.636 108,669 8,100 7,355 120,473 8,006 7,474 short tons. do... .do.. • do... do... do... do... do... 1,181,975 139.533 465,997 173.648 59.53^ 45,120 165,152 74,566 rl,094,950 r!3i,720 r422,907 160,266 57,025 42,179 ^159.439 71,989 rl07,313 *9,523 r8,2l6 r26,937 17.203 1,456 34,044 1,326,591 168,086 511.043 187,622 68,734 36,729 199.068 86,249 88,081 14,428* 9,659 18,547 12,854 683 29,842 1.251,233 162,222 467,746 169,696 68,152 34,931 197.485 r l , 348,529 183.559 r526,488 rl95.54l r67,698 r38,821 r215,190 r52,000 1.237,973 163.912 490,986 177.143 60,336 35. W 195.000 50,000 81,974 10,162 9,708 13,534 12,525 1,040 33.043 r90,397 r20,309 r!2,354 597 r35,l6l 93.961 12,255 8,871 21,760 11,502 648 36,777 13.115 9,824 20,226 19,791 6,382 2,962 19,116 12,477 rl3,018' ^3.925 17,433 12,237 rl8,212 '5,473 15.201 11,294 22,129 7.091 9,451 8,104 7,079 *9,32i 9.153 6,776 10,279 9,499 7,240 9.201 8.563 7.631 6,4^ PETBDOTM Ml) P1QDUCES feud© patrolaum: Production...... thous. of bbl. Ooami^tion (runs to © t i l l © ) . . . . . . . . 9 ..d@... Steaks 5 end of monthi (fesolina-oearlng i n U. S . . . . . . . d o . . . Refined petroleum productsi ffoal oila Productions Bi s t i l l a t a fuel o i l .. .do... E^sidual fuel o i l do... Stocks, end of months D i s t i l l a t e fuel o i l . . . . . . ' ..do... Segi&ual fuel o i l . . . . . do... X&brleating oils? Production... do... Stocky refinery, end of month do... Hotor fuels Production,, total Qasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum Satural gasoline and allied products. Stocks, gasoline, end of months finished gasoline Usfiainhed gasoline..'............. Natural gasoline PUIP, PAPKR, M D PRXBTXNG Wood pulps Production, t o t a l , a l l grades Bleached sulphate. Unbleached sulphate Bleached gulphi t e . . . . Unbleached sulphite Soda 0roundwood. Dafibrated, exploded, etc Stocks, ®nd of month, t o t a l , a l l grades.. Bleached sulphate Unbleached sulphate Bleached sulphite Unbleached sulphite Soda Groundwood do. do. .do. do. do. do. do. 107.991 8,788 8.725 15.259 1.771 33.984 BB,SGS STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cements Production ihipmenit Stocks, finished, end of month. Stocks, eli&ker, m& of month ftlass containers! Production. •. Stock** ©nd of month. DigitizedsjforS®¥i#®4. FRASER 2/ Preliminary. thous. of b b l . . do.... do.... do.... 15.202 9.632 20.275 6,l4l thous. of g r o s s . . 7.952 7.379 9.352 7,290 6,748 9.595 1/ See note on corresponding item i n the March 1951 Survey. do.
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