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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AUGUST 16. 1947 m t K B L E ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPT I ON TO SURVEY Of CURRENT BUSINESS r..1, ',.„:, SELECTED BUSINESS ;•••; ' ••••-» INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) I1936 - 3 9 - 1 0 0 ) „ L I J L J - L J - L , 1 - . L 1 J .I..; Ln..;...>.Li...L.i.'..t i t. i.i J.U.J..L.I..I VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS* INVENTORIES AND SHIPMENTS S A L E S O F RETAIL S T O R E S (AVERAGE MONTH, 1939-100) (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 - 1 0 0 ) gOO K * * * * ^ * !944 1946 1945 WEEKLY 1947 1944 BUSINESS 1946 1945 1946 19U7 XSBt * * * • * 9 I iagftft 2 I July 26 | July 19 | July 12 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities Zf 1926B 100., farm products . do.... food.. do.... All other 2/ .do.... 28 commodities V August 1939*100.. Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets kl dol. p«r lb*. Wheat, So.- 2, Hard Viator (Kansas City) 5 / dol. par bu.. Department 3feore sales 1939-39al00«. Insured unemployment, total 6 / . thous., State programs .do.... Veterans' program* .do.... finance* Currency la circulation 4/ all. of dol.. federal Bsserve bank credit, total do.... Member bank reserve balances • do..., Excess reserves, estimated do..., federal Beserve report lag member banks la leading cities* Jj Bank debits, total ail. of dol.. Sew York City do.... Deposits, denaad, adjusted do..., Loans and investments, total do.... U. S. Government obligations do.... Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans do..., failures, commercial number.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) percent.. Stock prices, 402 stocks (Standard and Poor's).. 1935-39*WO., Industrials, 354 stocks do.... Production: Bituminous coal 4/ 8/ tfaous. of short tons.. Electric power, by utilities .ail. of kw-hr., Motor vehicles (Wards) 2/ ..number.. Petroleum 4/ thous. of bbl.. Steel 10/ 1935-39»100., freight earloadings, total thous. of care.. Miscellaneous do..., ...».«.» 307.1 .356 2.29 28,216 22,211 16.409 813 151.3 180.8 168.0 1J4.7 2.27 219 2S,l40 22,310 "'% S& 38.739 2.79 125-7 125." 1.6 131. 1947 STATISTICS1 11,967 69 2.79 123.1 130.9 150.6 182.0 167.1 ^ 5 .377 2.32 1.92? 1,142 28.1*3 698 18,376 7.1*2 47,187 63.513 39.15* "•* 2.80 127.9 133.8 august 101 August 3 705 148*3 178.2 165.8 132.1 3°3: k .376 2.21 228 1.969 1.171 758 127.1 I62.3 144.0 110.8 239.9 .350 1.93 228 12.782 '2?7 1,644 28,224 22,248 16.336 8O3 28,355 22,035 16,190 674 28,332 24,134 16.033 19.028 7,658 15.462 6,227 46,525 63.227 39.099 19.169 7.320 45,382 68,214 46,948 9.037 27 2*72 149.2 153.1 150.3 182.4 168.0 132-9 305J .386 2.31 217 1.978 39.145 11,848 63 2.80 127.8 133.8 "•^ 2.80 125.1 130.8 125.0 I56.5 142.3 109.2 248.8 •33p 1.94 217 2,821 1.125 1.645 S3 2.017 2,052 1.017 *.732 4,531 4,412 79.199 97.712 103.091 90,075 77.825 5.050 5.?45 4,821 "l8olo " 185I0 179.4 154.7 175.7 7 922 920 899 398 369 389 382 l^fiata do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ See note in January 1, 1947 icons, jj Thursday prices. 4/ Daily average. inc includo dark hard winter not included previously. 6/ for description description see see note note in in July July 13, 13, 1946 1945 issue. issue, JJ jf Shown Shown'on onaarevised revisedbasis basisbeginbegin6/ for ning in Supplement for July 18, 1947* 8/ Continues series from Bureau of Mines published in the Supplement through the June 6, 194? issue. 2/ Data are for U. 8. and Canada and include passenger ears, commercial care, and trucks. 10/ Veek ending august 16, 182.7. 1.967 ^.730 83.807 5.084 182.3 920 391 5 MONTHLY BUSINESS Surlier data are available in monthly ieeuee of the Surrey and the 19*12 Supplement STATISTICS 1947 July Para marketInge, indexes of volume: Total, unadjusted 1935-39*100. Crops do... Livestock and products do... Manufacturer*' orders, shipments, and inventories! Hew orders, index, total average month 19395IOO. Durable goods do... nondurable goods do. •. Shipments, index, total do... Durable goods do... Automobiles and equipment do... Iron and steel and their products do... Machinery, including electrical do... Honferrous metals and products do... Transportation equipment (except automobiles)....do... Other durable goods do... Nondurable goods do... Chemicals and allied products do... food and kindred products do... Paper and allied products do... Products of petroleum and coal do... Bubber products do*.. Textile-aill products do • •. Other nondurable goods do... Inventories, index, total do... Durable goods do... Automobiles and equipment do. • • Iron and eteel and their products do... Machinery, including electrical do... Honferrous metals and produete do... Transportation equipment (except automobiles).••.do..• Other durable goods • do... nondurable goods do... Chemicals and allied products do... food and kindred jproducts do... Paper and allied products do... Petroleum refining do... Bubber products do... Textile-mill products do... Other nondurable goode do... June 1946 May April H 158 "S 223 283 313 2a 263 228 255 322 152 339 187 980 174 193 221 150 265 368 365 600 286 262 264 281 274 252 300 201 r22o 251 314 150 334 186 959 172 r204 228 £1 _£ajLjr_ June 119 154 111 14S 150 15« 94 125 204 229 188 206 216 169 a4 ?31 r24l 279 219 r288 320 r276 268 '366 r278 r282 r276 240 206 497 211 199 198 220 185 244 311 *268 ?* ?P i 265 174 : 186 | 222 344 300 145 181 195 245 128 256 184 928 170 642 371 597 *39° r265 r32b 1 r203 222 201 1 J?7 3180 170 203 209 212 126 187 255 210 535 220 206 208 209 208 185 293 208 199 173 189 234 124 251 152 626 128 &g £118 192 187 228 142 282 188 222 201 139 273 188 223 178.8 177.1 177.2 156.3 147.7 8.765 2,077 6,688 r9.280 2,102 r7.178 8,822 1.988 6,834 7.671 l,6ll 6,060 7.736 1.554 6,181 267 .*6 283.8 275-3 153.8 253.9 282.3 279.5 260.8 285.6 274.1 rl54.4 245.2 283-5 275.4 249.8 235.2 200.0 246,7 247.5 158.2 201.0 262.6 242.3 200.1 256.1 171 120 £' 182 156 176 COMMODITY. PBICBS Betail prices, U . 8. Department of Commerce: All commodities, index 1935^39elOO. DOMESTIC TBADI All retail stores, total sales mil. of dol., Durable goode etores do..., nondurable goode stores do... All retail storee, indexes of sales: Unadjusted, combined index 1935-39=100. Durable goods stores do... nondurable goode storee .do... Adjusted, combined index do... Index eliminating price changes do... Durable goode stores do... nondurable goode stores do... Department store sales, United States totals: Unadjusted index do... Adjusted index do... BffLOTJfSHT CONDITIONS AND WAOSS Labor force (Bureau of the Census): Armed forces Civilian labor force Employment Agricultural. Honagricultural Unsmp loyment IINAICB r '. thoua. do... do... -do. •. do... do •. • Federal Beeerve banks, condition, end of month: Assets, total mil. of dol. Bsserve bank oredit outstanding, total do... United States securities do... Cold certificate reserves do... Liabilities, total do... Dspoelts, total do... Member bank reserve balances do... Excess reserves (estimated) do... federal Beeerve notee in circulation do... Beeerve ratio .percent. r/ Bevised. 2 / Preliminary. 3:1 p220 P290 265 288 291 154.6 250.7 281.8 268 276 50,013 2.584 62,609 60,055 10,377 49.678 2,555 1.470 60,290 58.330 8,960 »i9.370 1.960 1.530 59,120 56,700 7.860 48,840 2,420 2.710 60,110 57.840 9.970 47,870 2,270 44,626 a,875 21,549 20,296 44,626 IJ.869 16,007 ,p455 24,090 48.4 44,425 22.170 21,872 20,039 44,425 17.748 16,112 r738 24,154 47.8 44,882 22,738 22,088 19,689 44,882 18,009 16,238 991 24,120 46.7 44,236 22,205 21.857 44,625 24,164 23.633 18,105 44,625 17.906 15.991 8$ 17,470 15.826 654 24,022 47.1 208 273 24,244 43.0 £2 189-8 254.7 253 276 3.070 £:£ 10,010 46,350 2.570 44,828 24.456 23.783 18,103 44,828 18,206 16,123 1,112 24.191 42.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Surrey and the 1942 Supplement 3 S T A T! S T I C S — Continued 1*7 1*6 July June May Gold, monetary stock, United States nil. of dol.. Currency in circulation do.... Public finance (federal): Debt, gross, end of month... do.... Interest bearings Public issues do. • . . Special issues do.... Honlnterest bearing d o . . •. Obligations guaranteed by U. S., amount outstanding..do.... Expenditures, total 1/ do.... War and defense a c t i v i t i e s ..do.... Interest on debt do.... Becsipts, Treasury, total do.... fieceipts, net do.... Customs.... do.... Internal revenue, total do.... Income taxes do.... Social security taxes. do.... Bonds* Prices: Industrials,utilities,and rails (Stan.and Poor's Corp.)8 High grade (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond.. Medium and lower grade, composite (50 bonds) do.... Industrials (10 bonds) do.... Public utilities (20 bonds) do.... fiailroads (20 bonds) do.... Domestic municipals (15 bonds) do.... U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) do.... Yields! Domestic corporate (Moody's) percent.. Aaa do.... A* do.... A do.... Baa do.... pa,537 21,266 r28,297 20.933 28,261 20.77J* 28.114 20,267 28,254 258,286 258.343 3.173 3.368 171 257.701 229.147 25.280 3.274 l71 . 4,001 1.728 141 2,624 268,270 243.994 23.045 1,231 J2U 3.644 1.190 249 2,600 2.309 1.597 75 2.251 1.U89 67 Indus trials do... Public utilitiee do... Bailroads do... Domestic municipals (15 bonds) .' do... U. 8. Treasury bonds (taxable) do... Stocks: Cash dividend payments, 600 companies (Moody's): Total annual payments at current rates mil. of dol. Kumber of shares, adjusted millions. Dividend rate per share (weighted average) dollars. Banks (21 companies) ...do... Industrials (492 companies) do... Insurance (21 companies) do... Public utilities (30 companies) do... fiailroads (36 companies) do,. • Prices, combined index (402 stocks) 1935-39=100. Industrials (354 stocks) do... Public utilities (28 stocks) do... fiailroads (20 stocks) do... Yields: Common stocks (200), Moody's .percent. Banks (15 stocks) do... Industrials (125 stocks)... do... Insurance (10 stocks) do. •. Public utilities (25 stocks) do... Bailroads (25 stocks) do... Preferred, high-grade (15 stocks) do... April July IIHANCS - Continued P28,l&7 259.448 227,805 28,51b 3.327 P lA* 1/853 245 2.469 2.397 1.396 5.^80 5.473 2:5S 92 3.204 2.865 37 2.578 1.619 365 2,12b 1.382 80 35 3.993 3.270 125 122.5 115.7 122.8 113.8 110*5 13^.7 103.75 122.8 114.3 122.6 113.0 107.3 134.4 104.08 104.48 122.8 II6.5 123.5 112.7 113.2 133-2 104.57 2.80 2.82 3.18 2.81 2.55 2.64 2.83 3.a 2.79 2.53 2.63 2.82 3.17 2.78 2.53 2.63 2.81 3.16 2.62 2.72 3.06 1.91 2.25 2.60 2.72 3.10 1.92 2.22 2.60 2.71 3.05 1.95 2.19 2.60 2.71 3.03 1-98 2.19 2.329.35 2.310.25 954.65 2.42 3.?l 2.51 2.59 2*.66 119.1 124.1 100.8 97.6 2.310.25 954.65 2.42 3.21 2.50 2.59 1.96 2.66 115*2 119.0 102.0 95.1 2,224.33 954.65 2.33 3.21 2.40 VX 5.0 u 3-21 2.52 2.59 1.99 2.67 126.0 131.7 102.2 108.2 4.8 3.5 3-5 5.1 3.72 122.9 115.0 123*2 112.5 .109.2 1,960.85 941.47 2*08 3.21 2.04 2.58 1.81 2.71 149.6 153.4 127.7 153.6 2.66 119.3 123.1 104.6 102.2 5.3 3.7 5.0 7.5 3.76 5.0 3.6 4.9 7.3 3.75 142 155 185 148 138 104 76 184 145 137 119 3.7 3.7 3-5 3.2 3.9 5.2 3.43 TBAMSPOBTATIOM freight car loadings, combined index, adJusted...1935-399100. Coal do. Coke do. Forest products .do. Grains and grain products do. Livestock do. Merchandise, l.c.l do. Ore. .do. Miscellaneous • do. CHEMICALS ATTO ALLIED PRODUCTS Animal oile and fats: Animal fats* Production thous. of lb.. Stocks, sod of month do.... Greases: Production do.... Stocks, end of month do.... 13U 115 170 l 7 ? 141 l P 107 71 145 140 107 74 184 142 48,260 98,827 P 177 153 148 151 111 18 SB 147 141 262,265 389.074 230,470 339.877 193.029 180,883 46,613 84,829 ^6.735 69.983 45,042 103.285 ttinls, H J ^ * Z L ^ Z £ S c ^ S ^ o r c ^ e l ? : 1 ^ * Z T & 1 & < E ^ 9 * £ **»*? T laneou. war-related expenditure, included in earlier S1ST M U . t ^ l ? ^ » T ! V . ^ j £ T ^ ^ 3 X ? ^ * * ~ "* *"" *"*"* ** ^ ^ 4 MONTHLY teller BUSINESS data art available In monthly Israel of the Starvey and the 1J42 Supplement ST A T 1ST ICS — Continued 1947 July 1946 June May 263,480 312.998 355.646 261.291 do. do, 565.900 385.5W r578.705 091.931 557.31 353.193 406|$29 do. do, 35.750 203,856 48,730 217.204 71.126 207,411 *15.196 263.154 do< do J2.0] 25,064 13^.627 28,850 I3I.769 75.684 121,810 do. ....do 122,419 83.890 135.889 r92.605 141,456 115.877 116,508 96.301 *do< do, 122.782 128,264 r108,829 rll4.604 89.302 91.327 146,866 103,110 2.100 2,560 530 2,030 4.537 1.470 .470 .067 2.059 2.594 April July CHEMICALS AMD ALLIED PB0DUC98 - Continued Vegetable oils, total! Production, crude Stocks, end of month! Crude aeflned Cottonseed oil, reflnedt Production Stocks, end of month Linseed oil: Production Stocks, end of month Soybean oila Productlont Crude aeflned Stocks, end of month! Crude Eef lnede. . .thous. of lb. «< . * < LUMBEH AW) HaVUlACWfiSB Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association)! Production, total mil. of bd. f t . . Eardvoods • do.... Softwoods * do.... Shipments, t o t a l • • • • • • » • » » • • • • • • • • • • . . . . . . . • • . • • • • • • • . d o . • • • Hardwood* * do.... 2,821 639 2,182 2.497 545 SOftlfOOdS • • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .dO • . • • Stocks, gross, end of month, total do.... Hardwoods do... • Softwoods • do.. •. XSEALS AND HAWfflaCTUBSS iron ore (Lake Superior District)! Shipments from upper lake porte thoue. of long tone. Caetlnge, steel! Shipments, total short tone. Per sals, total . do... fiailway specialties do... Barrels and drums, s t s e l , heavy types! Orders, unfilled, end of month .....thousands. Production do... Shipments do... Stocks, end of month do... Boilere, eteel, new orders* Area thous. of so,, ft. Quantity number. Zinc, slab: Production short tone. Shipments do... Domestic do... Stocks, end of month do. •. pAPiiE AHD paaraiMa Wood pulps Production, total, all grades Bleached sulphate Unbleached sulphate Bleached sulphite Unbleached sulphite Soda Oroundwo od Defibrated, exploded, etc Stocks, end of month, total, all grades Bleached sulphate Unbleached sulphate Bleached sulphite Unbleached sulphite Soda Groundwood • BOBBER AND BDBBSR PBQDUCTS Natural rubber! Consumption Stocks, end of month Synthetic rubber: Consumption Production Stocks, end of month short tons. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 1.741 3.525 12,614 r2.306 r2,704 588 r2,ll6 4,761 1.463 3.298 11.457 10.373 139.031 103,888 31-879 13.612 2,244 2,242 23 140,874 103.779 26,850 538 69,126 59.737 44.801 183.718 i 14.370 2.303 2.306 21 1,428 1,212 70,990 63.527 52.390 174.327 i8.*S 999.957 90.171 361,302 152.264 rl,040, *484 366.873 164,791 73.970 70.803 2, $ 1.968 3.854 I.013 2,841 4,448 10,848 144,175 106,127 29.185 14,542 2.455 2.455 25 117.528 82.975 22.405 fl.378 1.337 2,000 1.480 73.891 72.243 61,715 163.697 59.014 69.220 58.321 229.747 829.378 71.931 309.614 132.575 56.675 37.583 9.960 2.031 2.019 40 161,108 76,000 103.652 7.103 8,174 27.441 15.351 39.626 r26,295 13.527 2.709 35.^2 984.622 87.175 337.047 160,223 74,131 41,655 167.727 74,712 r83.786 6.926 8.331 20.564 10,< r32, long torn do. 34l.'i& r43,018 r330.960 r43,818 r292,970 a,998 169.490 ••••• .do. do. • do. 42,}58 35.&97 97.175 r48,692 39.069 r!05,291 54,333 50,117 116.829 54,562 63.176 101,007 TEXTILE PBODUCTS Hosiery! Production •thous. of dosen pairs. Shipments Stocks, end of month. do. tj Bevised. SB r8, 8:8 171.905 r78,000 *95.771 7.079 J.545 19.749 m TO 6.773 17.933 11.043 2.448 3 U .940 11,984 11,008 16.854
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