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lURVBY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S W E E K L Y SUPPLEMENT MITED S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF F O R E I G N A N D D O M E S T I C COMMERCE A V A I L A B L E ONLY WITH S U B S C R I P T I O N TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED APRIL 8, 1949 INDICATORS BUSINESS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) (1935-39 « 100) SALES 500 PRICES OF 3 6 5 O f RETAIL STORES 180 MONTHLY DATA 400 160 HONOURABLE 300 140 200 120 100 UUnJU-iXln-Oa-JL, JUJU..I I.JLJ..A.JLJ WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL STOCKS WEDNESDAY CLOSE rAV A 100 , 1 1 M 1, BUSINESS V/V /V V 1 1 1 1 t 1 • M l 1 1,1,1 1 1 1 J- STATfSTICS1 19US March. 27 Corcaodity prices, wholseale* I62.it All comaoditiee 2/ . • •• 1926.100.. 185.4 Farm products 2/ do.... 176.9 food 2/........... .. do... „ 147.8 Ai:. other 2/.. ............ do.... 315.? 28 commodities JJ . ......„„. August 1939-100.. * .346 Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets 4/ dol. per lb.. 2.38 Wheat, Ho. 2, Hard Wir.te* iKansas City) dol. per bu.. 331 J)apartment store sales. ........ 1935"39®1°0.. 1,691 Insured unemployment, ootal. .thous.. 1.053 State prograng : — do.. 582 Veterans' programs.«.*..«..». do.... Finance* Currency in circulation 4/ mil. of dol.. 27,853 federal Eeserv-j bank credit, t o t a l . . . . . . do.... 21,429 16,870 Member "bank :?e,-serve "balance® do.... 681+ Excess reserve©, estimated do.... federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities.* 21,254 Bank debits, total..... mil. of dol.. 8.739 lew York City. do.... 46,391 Deposits, demand:, actuated. .do.... Loans and investments, total do.... 5/63.232 35.W9 U. S. Government obligations. do.... Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans......do.... 5/14,571 101 Failures, industrial and commercial number. • Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) percent.. 3.10 Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor's)..1935-39*100.. 118.8 Industrials, 365 stocks -.. do.... 124.5 Production: Bituminous coal 4/ thous. of short tons.. 362 Slectric power, by u t i l i t i e s mil. of kwhr.. 5.065 101,940 Motor vehicles (Wardo) somber.. 5.377 Petroleum 4/ thous. of bbl.. 193 • 2 Steel 6/..T 193^-39*100.. freight, car loadings, total* thous. of cars.. 664 Miscellaneous..... do.. .* 385 19^9 April 3 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 158.5 169.9 158.1 170.2 152.0 262.7 .326 2.23 261 158.2 170.1 160.8 151.6 259.4 .326 2.23 278 27,427 22,378 19,019 *31 160.8 182.6 173.6 148.0 313.9 •355 2.44 280 1,675 1,048 564 158.8 lt'946 684 159.0 171.6 161.1 152.3 269.7 .327 2.25 256 2.727 1.943 681 27,806 21,607 16,639 655 27,588 22,422 19,684 749 27.575 22,003 19,424 598 27,507 22,348 19.936 1,025 27,426 22,512 19,360 730 20,769 8,105 45,340 62,221 3M33 14,417 91 3.09 121.7 127.8 22,475 9.060 46,112 1/61.976 33.069 5/15.147 I85 22,859 9.736 46,182 5/62,359 33,112 5/15,095 210 V00 117.9 121.4 18,797 6,916 ¥>,072 5/62,046 33.206 5/15.106 179 •j.Ol 117.8 123.4 20,986 8,202 45,473 5/61.749 32,680 5/14,962 166 3.00 118.1 123-9 355 5.037 99.901 5.389 180.5 662 381 1,710 5.552 113.317 5.187 207.5 706 3^9 1.725 5.531 109,101 5.123 209.4 709 348 493 5,496 115,671 5,145 170.5 161.3 152.3 270.8 .327 2.27 244 3.01 116.0 161.0 123.6 210.6 608 350 5,404 116,168 5,130 208.8 April 2 160.5 151.5 254.2 .326 2.23 8,3*3 3.00 120.4 126.4 112, ^ 9 ""goeii t 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Revised series. See note in December 3, 1948 issue, j/ Thursday prices. 4/ Daily averages. 5/ Beginning July 1948 individual loan items are reported gross, currently and for a year ago, instead of net as formerly? total -losix-a are included oa a n«t basis for all years. 6/ Week ending April 9 , 204.0. 1 ' ' '- MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 19*1-7 Supplement STATISTICS 191*8 february March 19*9 December January february COMMODITY PBICBS Prices received by farmers, all farm product.. 1909-1^100. Cropi do... Pood grain do... feed grain and hay to... Tobacco..% do... Cotton do... fruit do... Truck crops ....do... Oil-bearing crop do... Livestock and products do... Meat animals . do... Dairy product do... Poultry and eggs do... He tail prices* U. S. Department of Commerces All commodities, index ,....1935-39®100. CONSTRUCTION AND HEAL ESTATE New construction, total mil. of dol. ,^Private, total do... .do... - Besidential (nonfarm) Nonresidential "building, exc* farm and pub .utility....do... Industrial do... farm construction 1 do... Public utility do... Public construction, total do... Beeidential construction. . do... Military and naval do... Nonresidential building do... Industrial do... Highway do... All other do... Talue of contracts awarded (federal Be serve indexes): Total, unadjusted 1923-25-100. Besidential, unadjusted do... Total, adjusted do... Besidential, ad jus ted do... DOMESTIC TBADE All retail stores: Estimated sales, total Durable goods stores Nondurable goods stores Indexes of sales: Unadjusted, combined index Durable goods stores Nondurable goods stores Adjusted, combined index Durable goods stores Nondurable goods stores 279 257 251 261 37* 2*8 136 320 333 300 331 307 as 1*0 295 339 302 3*2 298 ZL2 189.0 1,009 £37 4oo 265 268 228 236 184 *15 209 283 305 339 283 260 268 238 232 187 412 236 180 282 27* 295 330 S75 2*0 258 233 221 173 412 235 181 285 244 280 188.6 192.5 rl91.5 189.2 1,166 9*0 rl,221 T? 3* r*50 292 110 12 180 287 * 1»092 83 8 '375 277 104 10 176 104 104 2?3 262 260 28* 372 s S 218 158 172 6 11 *9 l *l 65 226 5 12 65 1 57 87 1,391 1,080 550 312 11* 13 205 3U 3 10 106 l 80 112 102 1 X 87 161 135 187 152 182 156. 181 1*8 1*5 123 180 1*5 1*2 110 17* 133 13? 104 162 U7 mil. of dol. ...do... do... 8,9*8 2,350 6,598 10,73* 2,956 7,778 13,19* 3,336 9,857 r9,*l6 2,444 r6,972 8,9*7 2,470 6,*77 1935-39*100. do... do... do... do... do... 296.0 313.9 290.2 324.0 359.7 312.4 330.7 376.0 316.0 404.3 415.0 400.8 3*3.2 391.7 327.* 293.1 r309-5 r287.7 r3».4 r364.0 318.1 299.8 335.9 288.0 329.5 377.8 313.7 46,589 21,607 20,887 a , 878 *6,589 19,610 16,639 655 23,768 50.4 50,0*3 2*,097 23.333 22,966 50,043 22.791 20.479 1,202 24,161 48.9 *8,585 22,91* 22,109 23,025 *8,585 22,248 19,5*0 *77 23,609 50.2 48,448 22,855 22,3*2 23,045 48,448 22,235 19,617 P7*0 23,528 50.4 25*,605 252,990 252,800 252,620 252,721 222,85*1 29,2*6 2,505 78,81*1 23,036 28,019 221.362 29,272 2,356 78,15* 23.137 27,781 218,865 31.71* 2,220 5*, 820. 24,2*4 28,224 218,675 31,760 2,186 35,759 2*,271 27,580 218,799 31,804 2,118 26,111 24,290 r27,557 60,126 8*,508 67.055 95,180 63,470 89,3*7 r6o,686 r80,599 52,009 70,080 56,161 79,15* 62,799 89.5H 60,152 84,620 r 57,p73 75,*19 49,038 66,056 60.91 168.kj 31.95 49.19 169!^ 32.3* 50.6* 64.24 176.31 33.09 53.27 65.37 179.75 3*.*3 53-16 lTfJiJi 3*.51 *9.37 M 32*.6 357.6 313.9 i i 120 flNANCE federal Beserve banks, condition, end of month: Assets, total mil. of dol. Beserve bank credit outstanding, total do... United States securities do... Gold certificate reserves .do... Liabilities, total do... Deposits, total do... Member bank reserve balances do... Excess reserves (estimated) do... federal Beserve notes in circulation ....do... Beserve ratio percent. federal Government finance: Debt, gross, end of month mil. of dol. Interest bearing: Public issues do... Special issues do... Noninterest bearing do... Obligations guaranteed by U. S., amount out standing... do... Gold, monetary stock, United States. .......mil. of dol. Currency in circulation do... Bonds: Sales (Securitiee and Exchange Commission): Total on all regietered exchanges: 'Market value thous. of dol. face value do... On New York Stock Exchange: Market value.. do... face value do... Stocke, prices: Dow-Jones A Co. (65 stocks) dol. per share. Induetrial (30 stocks) do... Public utility (15 stocks) do... Bailroad (20 stocks) do... rj Beviaed. g/ Preliminary. 1/ Less than $500,000. 261 233 229 178 411 232 189 £3 242 287 254 217 1,195 881 400 266 96 M O N T H L Y B U S I N E S S Earlier data are available in monthly iesues of the Survey and the 19*17 Supplement S T A T I S T I C S 3 Continued 19ft8 february March 1949 December '• January february fINAKCE - Continued Stocks - Continued Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchangee: Market value Shares sold On Hew York Stock Exchange* Market value Shares sold..... ail. of dol. thousands. 777 3^.336 897 41,447 1.077 49,092 r854 r37.069 720 31.509 mil. of dol. thousands. ^,704 29.77ft 914 35.53ft 716 26,471 601 22,153 3.077 £ 167 UtU »2.952 r511 53 181 141 35 2 215 51 63 .131 156 3ft s 435 1.457 ruil rl,512 TBAHSPOBTATIOH freight earloadinge (A.A.B.) l/t Total cars thousands. Coal Coke deforest products do... Grains and grain products ...do... livestock Ore to"* Merchandise, l.c.l Ao Miscellaneous * *•• freight-car surplus and shortage, daily average! Car surplus number. 4o Box cars ••• Coal cars do... Car shortage do... Box cars do... Coal cars 7 in 2.951 J 78 1.428 6,657 1,817 132 13.030 4,922 7.5«6 35.244 2.5«5 27.938 7.783 2.97ft ft. 37ft 11.573 1.902 ft. 781 1.561 26,46* 22,19H 4,271 27.966 23.^78 ft, 488 30,431 25,688 4,743 670 4 1,666 1.1 31.831 6,031 60,063 14,930 34.917 5ft9 103 . 320 212 429 ELECTBIC POWER Electric power, production, total Utilities Industrial establishments fOODSTUff* ail* of tafhr. do..., fermented malt liquors: Production thous* of bbl*. Tax-paid withdrawals do.... Stocks, end of month do.... Distilled spirits* Production thous. of tax gal.. Tax-paid withdrawals do.... Stocks, end of month do.... Whisky: Production do.... Tax-paid withdrawals do.... Stocks, end of month do.... Rectified distilled spirits,prod.,total..thous.of proof gal.. Whisky do.... Dairy products, production: Condensed milk (sweetened): Bulk goods thous. of lbs.. Case goods do.... Evaporated milk (unsweetened), case goods do.... Dry milk: Dry whole milk do..., Nonfat dry milk solids (human food) do... • Grain receipts: Corn thous. of bu. Oats do... Wheat do.... Sugar, U. S., deliveries and supply (raw value): Production short tons.. Entries from off- shore do... do... Hawaii and Puerto Bico Deliveries, total do..., for domestic consumption do... Stocks, raw and refined, end of montl} do... MST&LS AND MANUfACTUBES Iron ore (lake Superior district): Consumption by furnaces thous. of long tons. Stocks, end of month, total do... •t furnaces do... On Lake Erie docks do... Pig iron, production thous. of short tons. Lead, refined: Production, total.... short tons. Primary do... Shipments do... Stocks, end of month C do... Machine tools, shipments *.1945-47al00. Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotary: Orders, new * thous. of dol. 6,255 27,463 W T 9.635 6,807 6,567 8,213 6,040 5.589 '8,410 32.817 6,667 5ft5.3*5 28,225 / 7,378 635,674 a , 804 6,546 646,272 19.667 r 7.268 65ft. 589 20,638 3.575 479.180 8,429 7.661 17,532 3.9&5 559.818 9.739 8,792 14,861 U62)o6l 9.211 8.526 5^)73^ w s 14,148 4,227 578,448 8,464 7.736 15,660 9.550 19^,000 21,275 11,400 270,800 12,795 10,000 147,000 15.250 10,950 154,100 1ft. 735 W,300 160,650 12,850 38,100 12,200 52,650 9.165 49.700 11,400 5ft,275 9.350 57,035 12,116 8,411 14.967 45; 269 9,335 30.397 38,281 9.321 17.923 20,139 5.3J1 14,067 125,201 148,444 572.7*6 565.503 1.950.095 275.318 210,0fc>0 79.992 566,901 559.5*5 1,492,721 .54,358 485,090 138,038 504,622 503.222 1,416,120 523!^ 1J.768 18,426 5.804 16.053 68,262 359.259 56,003 398,702 391.339 1.9*5.283 ' Til 563.238 8,397 1,348^1 6,44l 22,628 19,412 3.216 ft. 780 6,634 16,022 13.761 2,262 5.020 3ft.557 4,903 5.595 43.598 4o,4oo 47,200 17.034 87.1 50.093 46,579 52.287 14,837 83.6 '3.635 ft. 703 7,590 31.904 27.882 4,022 r5,732 6.992 SM81 a,8U 3.170 5.223 52.315 49,667 45.856 40,647 96.9 rtO.664 ft8,775 r52,150 44.751 42,^4 42,842 38,514 P70.4 4,263 3.390 .3.247 r/ Bevised. j\J Preliminary. 1/ Data for January 1949 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 30.374 25.570 4,804 .. MONTHLY 4 BUSINESS 3arlies? data are available in Monthly issues of the Surrey and the 1947 Suppleaent STATISTICS—Continued 1948 January February 19*9 loreaber December r955.270 1,118,784 »3^.017 r 156*859 r74,403 -39.762 rl58,4dt 414.298 159,849 rl.019.279 102.755 r3fo.Ol8 146,022 69,9^0 41.248 rUfc.992 r95,663 '103,363 11,192 rl4.535 21,721 rl7,067 January PAPBR iSD PBZKfZSa Wood pulp: Production, total, all eraAm Bleached sulphate..*. Unbleached sulphate*... S U a M fulphlto....*.•.. Unbleadhed sulphite*. . Sod*....... abort ton*. rl.0U3.TOO 102,641 do... '376.748 do... ..... ..do... do... rl64.au do... ••• ...do... ....•••.....do*.. Defibrated. exploded, ate rlfe'.oi? Stock*, end of month, total, all gradea.............do... ! do... Bleached sulphata... r6l,502 do... Unbleached sulphate. r91.13f ..do... Bleached. sulphite. . 6,316 Unbleached eulphite...* 11,786 .do. Soda....«,, r28,910 .do. rl5,987 3,080 £ll pqptr and peperboard allle (Bureauol the Census)* 20.368 paper and p*perboard production. total do... Paper...... do... rl.863.790 r8U$,iy Peperboard: do... ftuilding board do... r810,926 r98.U79 ftqpor. excludingbuilding paper. newsprint, and peperboard XAaer lean,Paper and PulpAesociation)* Order*, nfw. short tone. r790.785 r780,080 Production... do... r773.5*6 Shipment's ... .do... r2?3,003 do... Stocks, and of aonth. ifine paper* 112,679 Orders, new do... 107.30^ Production do... 108,870 Shipment s T .do... r5?.,910 Stocks, end' ccf aonth. .....••••«••«.do... Printing p«p«f* Orders, ".do... Production do... 265.557 Shipaents do... 66,078 do... Stocks,' end cf aonth.. Osarse pep*** r268,989 Orders, star'.* i ... .do... ra§5.827 Production* .. .do... r262,870 Shipaents*.. . ...... do... r63,386 Stocks, end of aonth..., do... Poperboard: 826,900 Orders, new......... do... 432,900 Orders, unfilled, and of aonth do... 813,100 Production. .do •.. PSHHURM, OQAL -1MB PftKgNtt* . Crude patroletaM Production.'. -. thoue. of bbl. Conauaptioa ( runs to atllla) do... Shocks, and of aonths Ga»olina"*e*ring la T>. S.. do... Heavy ^ C a l i f o r n i a . . . . do... Eeflned petroleba products* JAiel ©lit Production* Diktiilate fuel oil do... Sesldual fuel oil....... do... Stocks, end of aonth! Distillate fuel oil*. . •. .do... Residual fuel oil. do... Lubricating oilsi Pxodnotltt*. • •.••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••• .do... Stooka* refinery, endof> aonth. .do... Kotor Aunt Production, * total. .•..*...••. .»«..•«*••»..«..»»..* .do... Qaeoline.and naphtha fro* erode petroleua do... tfatural gasoline andallied products. i'. .do... Stocks* gasoline, and of month* . Finished gaaoline.. do... Unfinlehed gasoline*. do... Natural gasoline. do... nuvapoaeifZOM 95.088 7,558 , n,698 r30,459 22.316 116,910 &S 188,297 73,558 108,189 11,125 14.098 27,927 18,556 . 2^692 28,592 M17,375 118,969 428.796 158,635 70,482 42.328 177,719 63,973 134,577 12,^2 16.842 24.744 19,356 3.088 29.942 2.880 1.700.552 877,199 71|(.023 105.330 1.856,097 9?2,95b 826.731 106,410 '1,752,691 '797,364 '760,754 rl02.496 1.747,808 812,187 761.716 98,348 r693,309 r719,710 r722,646 r225,&8 r690.493 r750,575 r732,656 r277,403 r716,171 '720,715 '717,139 r288.089 '704.336 '733,118 r721.488 r290.575 r89.929 r97r606 r73.088 r85,660 r80,6ll . r77,446 r77.966 r86,196 '82.275 r87.638 r83,818 r87,894 r90,072 r83.225 r236,609 250.387 251»898 67,470 r232,172 261,219 257.205 86,887 '290,963 ^253,493 .613 r248,6ir r90,416 r240,U42 r248,850 r244,020 *96,*00 '241,730 r243.108 r246,209 r62,715 " f t #2 ? r257,401 r251,800 '257,029 >61,207 711,300 423,500 713.400 809,700 338,700 822.500 957,200 318,700 953.300 783.700 304,100 769,»IOO 163.781 165.796 156,014 170,242 170,166 176.329 177,335 166.321 174.868 2Q.U30 6,412 224,880 .6,539 240,083 9,983 246.199 10.055 258,230 33.53? 39.506 32,688 37.^2 32,434 38,315 41,036 44,636 3^,590 43,156 83.909 77.033 4,287 7,892 4,132 .7.829 4.175 9.512 4,368 9.843 4,193 10.326 ,812 .•744 12,"047 67,518 59,964 11.372 78,445 69.588 12,916 83.279 74.268 13.476 80.659 72.190 12.<998 93,290 8,877 4.323 102,235 87,27^ 95.422 5»*857 •as 108,227 8.394 6.217 405.663 1.382 1,080 383,002 468^822 >•86,981 2^,847 256,753 107,054 88.889 U^ 364,440 3^6.999 103.837 89.030 imi r258,250 r6l,635 y J2.946 41.778 m ^61.584 2/62,508 I mspmams Kotor vehicles, factory salsa,. total. Coaches, total* .........!. Domestic.,. ...... ears, total. Bomastlo. trucks. total...... * Domestic... do. do. do. do. ..do. do. 305.081 285.373 99,200 83.893 1,101 elie m 9® .763 3*31,276 658 618 326,019 312,199 '104,999 f91.282 tf Berised. 1/ Besinninc January 1949. etocks of heavy crude petroleua in California are included In gaeolin»-bearlng figures. Beginning 3tOL\Mxy 1^9 oraoklng atones, foraerly included In refinery figure*, are excluded; comparable figures on new basis for December 1948 f o r distillats and rasidual fuel oil are 71.381 « 4 63.993. re^>ectively.
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