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:URRENT BUSINESS SURVEY ,LY SUPPLEMENT U N I T E D STATED D p , v ARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF F O ^ H G N AND DOMESTIC ri AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SUFVF* COMMERCE AUGUST 19, 1949 » »rtJT . ' ^ l i . f S S SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) (1935-39^ 100) V ,Owl v ^"^SB* ;J/"v — ^ — ^ V ^l^—L—v. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND c (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935 - ^ ibU 300 r S4L£S. Jk T t-^'Zr&GE MONTH 1939 « iOO) ^ I I "c I 200 r OF ^AMtifACTURERS8 INVENTORIES AND SALES VA; ~ i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ( 250 > ^-^ "~5r0t:Ars _ !50 100 f • « .0_1-J^JJ™JJ~U~JUJLJU^ .1., ^ _J_—J-.1-U-*--, M l l l H . 1948 ^' J '"* WEEKLY - , ::*^:;% S4" 7 4£ ST* I f f l l C S 1 1949 KAS Aug. 14 \ July 16 Commodity prices, wholesale* All COHMOditl©8 | / . . . . . farm product e Jf/ — • food 2/. All other a/ 28 commodities j / Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets 4/ Iftieat, l o . 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) Department store s a l e s . . . . . . Insured unemployment, t o t a l s . . . . . . . . State programs • feterans' programs .. IPinsance* '" -- - * • -' * *• ^ Au#i»' •' do* -- -^ ie\ l ...,.7~)~ <• • * < '*>3 •?,. . . .d c . . Currency in circulation 4/ ail. of dol Federal Reserve bank credit, total. .do,.. Member bank reserve balances ... -. .dc... Sxcess reserves, estimated .....dn... federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities** Bank debits, total mil. of del..1 Haw Tork City .. ...da.. ..' Deposits, demand, adjusted . ...do....j Loans and investments, t o t a l .......do.... U. s . Government obligations ...do....! Commercial, industrial and agr. loans, gross. do.... f a i l u r e s , industrial and commercial • .nuaber«•j Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's) percent.. Stock prices* 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor's) 1935-39" 100..j Industrials, 365 stocks do.... Production: Bituminous coal 4/ thous. of sfeert t o n s . . Slectric power, by u t i l i t i e s mil. of kw-hr..i Motor vehicles (wards).. .- ...number..! Petroleum 4/ . . . . . t h o u s * of b b l . . Steel 5/ freight carloadlmge, total .. Miscellaneous ,.„.**.••*.••...... \j Data do not always cover calendar weeks. ages. J5/ Week ending August 20, 172.4. 1935-39*100..: thous. of cars.. ...,.do....| 2/ Revised s e r i e s . 3BZ ! £\9h5 1 C1.SQ7 , 730 ! 169*6 191.1 190.5 153 »o 318.8 ••515 2*16 25s 1.363 3k2. 395 27,382 22,064 17,634 1,003 W.108 7,120 46,706 46\777 I 63,034 65,16s ! 34,660 35.023 j 14,813 14,627 ! 103 116 j 3.09 3-07 j 125-3 120.8 131.6 135.3 j 2,094 5.31? 2,029 ! 107.174 107,219 I 5.507 5.505J 191.6 190.2 I 891 879 ! 3«5 377! See note in December 2Cf?&} ! July 23 July 30 Aug. 6 Aug. 13 154.2 154.3 152.8 152.6 152-7 16s. 5 l6S.4 164.3 164.3 163 .s 164.2 164.2 l6l. 2 160.6 161.4 145-2 145.1 145.1 144.9 145.0 235-3 238.1 240.4 233-3 243.0 .319 • 316 • 314 .313 «323 2.02 2.05 2.05 2.06 2.05 209 228 207 213 2,843 2,915 2,145 2,185 595 627 27,484 27,423 27,437 27,378 27.372 13,279 19,096 19.213 18,924 19.075 17,415 17*506 17,619 17.3*7 17,486 951 930 942 905 939 20,445 19,262 20,853 a . 353 8,613 7,774 8,493 5.S35 *'?•» 46,683 46,282 46,4j2 46,035 63, £64 63,458 63,796 62,855 35,773 35.590 35,507 35,254 12,831 12,891 12,875 12,972 168 171 182 167 2.96 2.95 2.97 2.98 119.6 122.9 118.8 120.3 117.2 129.2 125.9 125.1 126.6 123-2 1,166 1,258 1,10? 1,227 5.462 5,466 5.518 5,3*2 153.090 142,346 136,507 139,«63 149,380 4670 4,685 4,677 4,671 " "iio'Io 161.7 167.9 I68.3 160.7 7X9 717 724 724 321 329 329 322 3, 19*8 issue. Jj Thursday p r i c e s . 4/ Daily are*~ 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly i s s u e s of the Surrey and the 134? Supplement STATISTICS 1948 June 1949 July April Mar June 3MS1AL B8SXIBSS X^XGATOIS Manufactures' sal@«8e inrentorles, and orders! Sales! Talu®, t o W U . . . . . . . • ..••• • • * ! • ©* ***• Durable goods iE&Ufe*rles ...do... nondurable goods industries. . . . . . . d©». • Index, total. arg. a e . 1939-100. Durable good® Industries* do... Iron, Steele and products......... . .do... Hoaf errous metals and pr©d»oti. *. •. .do... Electrical machinery and equipment .do... Machinery, except electrical. . do... Automobiles and equipaent do.., Transportation equipnent, except autoe do... furniture and finished lusher products do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Other durable goods industries. do... nondurable goods industries do... food and kindred products. do... ®@v©rages do... T a x t l l a - a i l l p r o d u c t s 8 e x c l u d i n g apparel do*.. L#ather and p r o d u c t s do... Paper and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s •.. do... P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g .. •. do... Oh^aieals asd " H i e d p r o d u c t s . .do... Petroleum and c o a l p r o d u c t s . do... febbsf p r o d u c t s • 00. ...do... Tobacco n&nufacturee do.,. Other nondurable g o o d s . • . . . .4©... X s r a B t o r l a s , '".-wk valu®, ®nd o f isoathi Value, t o t a l a i l . of d o l . Durable g o o d s , • . . . . . • • do... leadurable goods. . . . . . . . . . * • • . do..» Index, t o t a l . . . . . arg. a o . 1939.100. Durable goods industries* do... Iron, steel, and products. do... l o a f errous n e t a l e and p r o d u c t s . do... H e c t r i e a l machinery and equipment do... Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l do... Automobiles and equipment.. do... T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment, except a u t o m o b i l e s . . . . d o . . . F u r n i t u r e and f i n i shod lumber p r o d u c t s do... Stone, c l a y , and g l a s s p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . do... Other durable good©. ........ do... Nondurable goods i n d u s t r i e s . . . . . . . . . do... f o o d and kiadr@d p r o d u c t s .. do... Beverages. •• do... T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s , e x c l u d i n g apparel do... Leather and p r o d u c t s .do... Paper and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s do... P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g do... Chemicals and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s . .....do... Petroleum and c o a l p r o d u c t s . do... Subber p r o d u c t s . do... Tobacco aanufactures * do..• Other nondurable goods do... Hew orders* Index, t o t a l do... Durable goods K.........do... I r o n , s t e e l , and p r o d u c t s .....do... Machinery, i n c l u d i n g e l e c t r i c a l do... Other durable g o o d s , e x c l u d i n g t r a n s , equip do... Bondurable goods do... 17,871 7.184 10S6S7 422 1*52 i si 3i 326 311 340 245 269 320 3?9 342 24$ 316 29,727 13.sua 15.878 277 286 as 263 397 299 U76 625 260 159 189 268 227 1 292 & 200 295 2275 5I 265 307 335 330 16,U03 6.^73 9.930 309 333 301 350 317 438 II 267 m 295 310 3||9 301 232 292 337 339 245 254 30.236 16,269 281 290 2*S 271 398 298 475 635 259 159 183 275 30V 261 264 305 432 284 207 289 229 405 246 291 311 305 259 219 16,763 7.222 9.5*1 315 16,479 7,090 9.389 VS\ 364 322 324 I m\ 331 547 639 231 53? 629 227 270 224 283 276 317 252 280 s 279 344 I mj 255 287 'm s 2S4 268 294 207 227 33© 31,266 15,122 16,144 291 314 244 312 417 317 530 281 g66| 30,372 14,546 15,826 283 302 241 j 299 1 391 j 3°2 kns 690 I 8? Bk'B \ ITS j 189 i 267! 185 3621 245 269 299 432 267 247 186 196 273 203 364 25S 26l 8? 5? *"*246 391 209 217 185 283 303 259 373 U£2 188 COMMODITY PBICIS fietail p r i c e s , U. S. Department o f Commerce! A l l commodities, i n d e x 1935~39«100. 193-5 195-1 189.2 r!8S.3 188.3 596,332 713.719 589,693 601,709 896,128 486 524 504 $39 ^75 332 493 522 507 h50 477 337 494 510 447 482 340 492 518 508 446 480 340 489 510 501 445 477 343 342.4 464.8 355.5 477.1 348-9 472.I 349.3 473.8 349.4 477.5 13.637 4,941 8,696 13.^98 4,927 8,571 rl4,349 5.512 r8,837 13.831 r5,199 r8,632 13.380 5,041 8,339 COHSTMJCTIOH M D ESAL ESTATE Contract awards ( E n g i n e e r i n g l e w s Record)} Engineering c o n s t r u c t i o n , v a l u e 1 / . . . . , thous. of d o l . Construction c o s t i n d e x e s ! American A p p r a i s a l C o . , a v e r a g e , 30 c i t i e s 1913*100. Atlanta .'. do... Mew Tork do... San f r a n c i s c o . do... St. L o u i s . . 9 do... A s s o c i a t e d General Con t r a c t o r e ( a l l t y p e s ) do..., Engineering Bows-Becord! Building c o s t . do.... Construction c o s t ( a l l t y p e s ) do..., 5a DOMESTIC TBAD1 All retail stores, estimated inventories, total..ail. of dol. Durable goods stores . . do... londurable goods stores do... r/ fierised. 1/ Data for July 1948 and June 1949 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS l a r l i e r data are atailable in monthly :!@8S@«s ©f '$m Survey •ad the 19^7 Supplement 3 ST A T 1ST IC S —Continued 1^48 June 19*9 July April May June DOMESTIC fBAES - Continued Department store • a l e s , United States total as Unadjusted index Adjusted index aCPLOTHEHT COITOXII0SS AHD VA0BS TO^3»-W».. do..., Labor turn-over la manufacturing establishments* Accession rata .monthly rata per 100 employee*.. Separation rate, total . do.... Si aeharg e • . do.... layoffs do..., quits ....do.... Military and miscellaneous do.... flHAHCS Sank debits, total (l4l centers) ail* of dol. lev York City do... Outside lew York C i t y . . . do... federal Beserve banks, condition, end of months Assets, total do... Beserre bank credit outstanding, total do... United States s e c u r i t i e s . . ,- • .^Ao... Gold certificate reserves do... L i a b i l i t i e s , total .. . do... Deposits, total..« do... Member bank rasarre balances • .do... Ixcess reserves (estimated) do... Jadaral Reserv® notes in circulation do... Beserr® ratio • percent. Sold, monetary stock, United States ail* of dol. Currency i n circulation do... Bond®! Prices* Industrial,utility,and railroad (3tan.and Poor's Corp.). High grade (12 bonds) dol. per $100 bond. Medium grade, composite ( l 4 bonds) do... Industrial (5 bonds) do... Public u t i l i t y (4 bonds) do... Railroad (5 bonds) . do... Domestic municipals (15 bonds) .do... U. S. treasury bonds (taxable) do... Yields* Domestic corporate, Moody1 s. . percent. By ratings, Aaa do... Aft do... A do... Baa do... By groups: Industrial.' . do... Public utility do... Bailroad do... Domestic Municipal (15 bonds),Stand.and Poor*s Corp.do... U. S. freasury bonds (taxable) do... Stocks* Dividend rate per shares Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody's dollars. Industrial (125 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (25 stocks) do... Bailroad (25 stocks) do... Bank (15 stocks).... do... Insurance (10 stocks) do... Dividend yields: Conaon stocks (200 stocks), Moody's percent. Industrial (125 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (25 stocks) do... Bailroad (23 s t o c k s ) . . . . do... Bank (15 stocks) do... Insurance (10 stocks). do... Preferred, high-grade (11 stocks) do... Prices* Sow-Jones A Co. ^(65 stocks) dol. per share. Industrial (30 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (15 stocks). .* do... Bailroad (20 stocks) .'." do... Standard and Poor's Corporation: Combined index (4l6 stocks) 1935~ 39-100. Industrial (363 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (31 stocks) do... Bailroad (20 stocks).... do... IBAMSPOBSAVIOH freight carloadlngs* Cars, total (A.A.B.) 1/ thousands.. Coal do Coke do.... forest produete. . do.... 295 294 287 292 4.7 4.4 .4 1.0 2.9 .1 8.9 4.8 .2 2.8 1.7 .1 *3«5 r5-2 .2 13 4.2 4.1 .2 2.3 1.5 .1 91,804 35.832 55.972 69,206 35.832 53.37^ 89.077 36.97* 52,103 98,278 42.890 55.388 47,067 21,900 21,366 22,258 U7.06J 20,17b 17.» 678 23.752 50.7 23.532 27.903 H7.072 22,035 21.325 22,407 ^7.072 20,518 17.696 877 23.771 50.6 23.679 27,866 ^7.396 21.737 21,094 23.09? ^7.396 a , 304 19.076 638 23.327 51.8 24,132 27.&17 45,483 20,092 19.704 23,116 45,483 19.582 18,024 794 23.3*6 53;8 24,342 27.507 45,502 24,466 *27,493 100.2 94.4 98.2 95.6 89.8 127-8 101.23 99-3 95-6 8J.1 126.5 100.82 101.0 91*7 98.0 95-6 81.6 129.0 IOI.65 101.0 91*9 98.9 95-7 81.2 129*0 101.62 100.9 91.7 98.7 96.3 80.0 127.5 101.72 3.00 2.70 2-79 3.05 3.45 2.78 2.96 3.27 2.20 2.38 3.00 2.71 2.78 3-04 3-*5 2.78 2.95 3.26 2.20 2.38 3.00 2.71 2.78 3-04 3-*7 2.78 2.93 3.29 2.28 2.38 3.08 3.17 25 5.7 h 1.1 2.9 .1 &:SS 5M67 3.00 2.76 2.85 It 2.80 2*96 *'% 2.26 3.04 2.81 2.89 3.O7 3*37 2.84 3.02 3*26 2.4l 2*.44 2.67 2.69 3-21 1*99 2*33 1.86 2.69 3.09 3*18 3.26 1.99 2*33 1.86 3 5.55 5.62 5.80 5.6O 4.72 3.53 4.10 6.81 7*02 6.11 8.63 4.71 3-3* 4.07 70.61 191.05 35.73 61.37 69.97 187.05 155.I 142.7 100.6 125.6 131.9 138.9 99.5 124.7 63*^7 175^65 35*73 48.27 118.5 124.2 96.1 97*1 501 5.30 3.68 It & m '?f 2.46 2*35 1.99 23 2.35 1-99 7-04 n 1.38 4.04 f7 284 23*2*5 45,502 19,246 17,867 r948 23 2.33 2.03 7.00 7.22 6.33 9.28 4.76 3*52 3*98 62.79 174.03 35.73 45.90 59.25 U7.7 123.5 95*3 95.8 112.0 117*0 93*0 88.4 r4,l«L 3,804 3.523 3.099 r787 772 796 73 % 59 246 182 159 189 rj Berised. j / Preliminary. 1/ Data for July 1948 and April and July 1949 are fey 5 w&aksi other months, 4 weeks. 8 243 311 *30? 89 2,959 155 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS E a r l i e r data a r e available in monthly issues of the Surv^f and the 19^7 Sappleaeat S T A Tl S T I C S — Continued 194S 19^9 July Jum® J^ril Magr <ftia® fHAHSPOBI AIIOI - Ooatiaued freight earloadiags - Ooatiaued Oar* (A.a.1.) 1/ - Continued Sraias aad grain p r o d u c t * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s a n d s . Livestock .do... Ore •••• *©••« Merchandise, l . c - 1 .do... Miscellaneous. . .do... Goabiaed i n d e x , a d j u s t e d ( f e d e r a l E e s e r v e ) 1935-39*100. Goal....... ......do... •Coke . .... d©... forest products............ do... Grains aad grain products ........do..« Livestock....... •••• • do... Ore.. .......do... Merchandise, l . e . l . . . . . . . .......do... Miscellaneous .dtf.., J m i g h t - c a r s u r p l u s aad s h o r t a g e , d a i l y averages Gar s u r p l u s .auaber. Box c a r s .do... Goal c u r ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Gar s h o r t a g e . do... Box c a r s do... Goal c a r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . » d o . . . 300 k2 326 W9 1*503 139 153 187 150 144 86 191 66 i4o 322 44 r401 r4S8 rl,826 14* 183 165 158 86 185 64 141 2X4 47 112 %5 1,730 127 129 188 119 138 76 138 188 30 3T 303 374 354 1,309 J&15 98 150 122 156 1.550 124 130 173 123 150 73 215 59 126 TJO l#g 5§ 122 15*633 9,938 Ik 15.350 2,002 12,637 16,942 1,736 11,539 14,108 5,020 8,279 78,336 2S,$72 39,994 236 *?.195 34,365 4 ? 32l 375 1 164 60*07*1 35,263 14,783 395 184 36 103,697 93,3*3 34,569 58,8l4 10,314 88,800 80,234 31,013 49,221 8,566 86,236 77,852 28,473 49,379 8,384 r89,083 S79.913 ?52,331 r9.170 88,454 79.536 28,744 50,792 8,919 562 996 510 19025 3,721 761 533 1,095 3,745 898 2,731 4l4 2,317 2,653 406 2,24? 7,743 2,490 2.778 426 2,352 2,729 36s 2,361 7,776 2,^48 CHMIGALS XSD ALLISD PB0DUC2S P a i n t , v a r n i s h , l a c q u e r , e t c * , s a l e s , t o t a l . . . . t h o u ® , of d o l . Classified, t o t a l . . . do.. Industrial. .do... Trade .' .do.. < Unclassified .do.. r27,582 fOODSfUFfS Livestock slaughter ( f e d e r a l l y inspected)1 Calves...................................thous. Cattle...... Hogs. .........'. Sheep &n& l a a b . of a n i a a l s . ..do.., .do.., do.,, 620 1,109 4.235 1,262 5 7J 1,046 3,044 1,195 3,894 2.613 3.004 607 2,397 5,800 1,885 3,915 3,309 706 2,601 3,054 601 2,453 6,116 1.995 4,ia t h o u s . of long t o n s 11,727 11,8a .thous. of short tons 7,076 do.. do.. do.. 7,265 9U.0 5M7 525 565 992 l«9 1,302 152 139 372 334 429 5,230 477 544 565 167 1.^33 ia 129 354 337 327 . . . s h o r t tons do.. do.. do.. 68,-509 69,402 61,195 43,160 do.. .do». do.. t h o u s . of short t o n s do.. 676 LIMBER AHB MaliTXFACTTHSS Luaber ( l a t i o n a l Luaber Manufacturers a s s o c i a t i o n ) : Production, t o t a l a i l . of bd. f t Hardwoods do.. Softwoods • .do. . Shipaents, t o t a l * do.. Hardwood s do.. Softwoods «....do,. S t o c k s , g r o s s , end of aonth 9 t o t a l do... Hardwoods do.. Softwoods ....do.. '•SB 2.510 3T J 2,236 2,625 407 2, a s 7.671 2,482 5.189 1 1 i ! i 5*228 J METALS AND MAFOTACTURSS Iron o r e (Lake Superior d i s t r i c t ) } Shipments from upper l a k e p o r t s S t e e l i n g o t s and s t e e l f o r c a s t i n g s : Production ' Percent of capaci ty Steel products, net shipaents, t o t a l . . . Bars, hot rolled carbon Pipe and tubes Plates Sails Sheets Strip — Cold rolled Hot rolled do.. .....do.. do.. do.. ....do.. do.. do.. do.. Structural shapes, heavy... Sin plate and terneplate Wire and wire products Zinc, slab: Production Shipment s , t o t a l Domestic S t o c k s , end o f month U r 65b 03,4 12,162 6,498 S2,2 3/677 §35 619 199 1,437 144 155 375 295 365 92.9 5*235 2/59? 6lS 590 193 1,330 112 142 37s 292 338 5,177 2/564 623 517 211 1.355 ia 150 327 387 347 69,SSS 67,377 61,349 45,671 75,921 53.143 35,948 50,982 77,537 52,689 35,564 75.S30 73,989 66,900 44,820 82,919 798,000 381,100 789,200 706,100 359,000 705,600 688,000 260,300 696,700 686,700 238,700 692,300 692,000 S43*300 696,SOO 4,590 53.118 4,365 48s6ll 3,722 46,417 4,403 47,470 35,274 i^SjQ? PAPER AHD PEE NT I KG Paperhoard: Orders, new Orders, u n f i l l e d , Production end o f month PS730LSUM, GOAL, AHD P30DUCTS Anthracite, p r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . Bituminous c o a l , p r o d u c t i o a TJ Hevistd. 1/ See aote 1, p . 3* 2/ See note on corresponding l t e a in the August Surrey* *3,*op
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