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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AUGUST AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (1935-39 • 100) (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) ^ " * " " ^ h'943 J 'WEEKLY Ot \ 1947 ^^ W ^ / A / v Y ^ t rv "*^ "V _. V 1946 v . , 1 M i . . 1 1 1 i ii j. i i i i i i i t L . l i . i j . 1 PRICES OF 365 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS OOLLARS • MONTHLY DATA M n ,1 L U . L I , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l,J HOURS 148 I 1.30 A -.1 i.,.L,l.„l 1 1 LL-J.JL. i 11 i l l ! HOURLY EARNINGS AND HOURS IN MANUFACTURING (1935-39-100) WEDNESDAY CLOSE AA 6, 1948 Wi \ N V 1.20 /H <f V* 40 AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK 1 1 . 1 1 M .l.L.,1,.1 1..1..I 1.1-1..].... I I I I I i l l I I .!_. . 1945 WEEKLY (RIGHT SCALE) I i I I I I I I I I I I •• I BUSINESSSTATSSTICS1 1948 19^7 IZBC July 26 Aug. 2 July 3 I July 10 July 17 [ July & [ July 31 Commodity prices9 wholesales A l l Commodities..... 1926«100.. farm product®. •* • .. do.... food . . do.... All other ...do.... 28 commodities J/ w.... August 1939*100*. Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets V . . del. per lb.. Wheat, So. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City),. ..del. per feu.. Department store sales....... 1935""39»100.. Insured unemployment, total 4/ thous.. State programs do.... feterans' programs . do.... finance* Currency in circulation 3/ ail. of dol.. federal Reserve bank credit, total do.... Member bank reserve balances* do.... iscess reserves, estimated do.... federalfieservereporting Bomber banks in leading cities: Bank debits, total mil. of dol.. Hew York City.... do.... Deposits, demand, 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'•) .percent.. Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Stand.aad Poor's) 6/..1935-39-100.. Industrials, 365 stocks 6/ ...do.... Productions Bituminous coal 3/ thous. of short tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) Jj number.. Petroleum 3/ thous. of bbl.. Steel 8/ , 1935-39.100.. freight carloadings, total thous. of cars.. Miscellaneous do.... 150.6 182.0 I67.I 133-7 306.5 •377 2.32 213 l#9l£ *•£ 28,143 2:28 630 18.378 7*142 47.187 63,513 39*15* *** 2.80 127.9 133.8 1.966 4.730 78,061 5,06% 182.5 920 391 151.3 180.8 168.0 13^.7 306.2 166.8 196.1 I85.3 149.9 327.2 .350 2.22 217 1.450 1,030 397 168.9 198.1 191.2 150.4 324-5 •3*1 2. a 236 168.2 194.6 190.4 150.6 323.8 •335 2.19 231 27,957 21,900 17.389 678 28,094 27,96b 22,139 17.631 947 27.866 21,888 17.503 840 27.852 21,723 17.534 837 21,954 9,244 46,420 5/62,638 19.218 20,544 7.922 46,U5i 5/62.858 3^.656 5/14,481 91 3.02 114.4 141.7 21.743 8,432 46,726 5/63,175 3M79 5/14.502 91 3.05 128.9 135.6 » 3*05 130.0 136.9 2,037 5.197 2,022 5.342 II3.275 5.448 188.0 883 372 166.7 197-2 184.1 149.8 328.1 .363 2.27 220 1,886 1.U5 733 28,140 22,310 16.35* 742 18,054 7.447 *7.145 63.479 38.739 11.967 69 2-79 125.1 130.9 1.950 4,806 96.387 5.088 I85.0 922 398 . 265 1,342 365 5/lh)3h2 103 3.01 133.8 141.1 5.166 108,081 5.484 192.2 757 382 95k 6/62,606 34.431 5/lht403 88 3.O3 134.1 141.4 l.9f3 4,760 93.691 5.480 "S 183.3 893 372 324.8 •330 2.16 110,236 "*188.0 315 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices. 5/ Daily averages. 4/ for description see note in July 13, 1946 issue. 5/ Loans reported gross, i.e., before deduction of reserves, instead of net as previously. 6/ Humber of stocks in index currently: the change in the number does not effect the continuity of the series. Jj United States production of motor vehicles (passenger ears, commercial cars, and trucks). 8/ Weak ending August 7, 190.2. 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1947 Sariier data are available in monthly issues of the Surrey and the 1942 Supplement 1948 June May .larch April ifaar BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial and commercial failures: Grand t o t al * Commercial service. Construction Manufacturing and mining Retail trade Wholesale trade Liabilities, grand total Commercial service Construction . Manufacturing and mining fietail trade. Wholesale trade* numb er. do... ....do... ....do... do... .do... thous. of dol. do... do... do. • • do... do... 378 283 20 a 33 155 119 17,326 739 36 M 57 ,194 17,481 I.883 135 158 7 15,296 1.472 1,662 7.057 2.476 2.629 5? ? 13,81* 1.058 588 7,030 2,679 2,459 10,971 3.037 2.25* 18,982 610 664 14,220 1,6ft 1,874 27,769 674,657 489,984 24,044 605,070 419,400 27,999 689,763 525,480 37,061 873.882 689,207 37,282 970,789 765,751 40.1 40.5 39.7 48.44 51.72 44.88 1.207 1.278 40.4 40.9 39.9 r52.07 40.0 rUO.5 39.6 r51.71 r19.8 r40.1 r39-5 *51.76 •8:2 £8 1.376 1.260 1.025 1.046 1.173 1.139 1.025 .988 1.035 1.110 .948 1.133 1.486 1.210 1.448 1.416 40.2 40.7 39.8 *9-33 52-99 45.31 1.226 1.303 I.363 1.295 1.363 1.485 1*387 1*286 1.053 1.061 1.190 1.140 1.024 .994 I.O53 1.119 .950 I.I65 1.499 1.232 1.464 1.419 102.49 102.92 75.32 3a COHSTHUCTIOH AHD SEAL ESTATE Contract awards, 37 States (f. W. Dodge Corp.): Total projects * .number. Total valuation thous. of dol. Building, total ... do... 23 95 108 426 1 30 404 90 30 99 175 957 9.24J £3 BCPLOYMSBT COHDITIOHS AND WAGES Hours and earnings (U. S. Department of Labor)! average weekly hours per worker, all manufacturing, .hours. < Durable goods industries.•. do.... Nondurable goods industries • do.... Average weekly earnings, all manufacturing dollars*. Durable goods industries do.... Nondurable goods industries do.... Average hourly earnings, all manufacturing do.... Durable goods industries do..., Iron and steel and their products.*.. do.... Electrical machinery do.... Machinery, except electrical do.... Automobiles do—. Transportation equipment, except automobiles.....do.... Nonferrous metals and products do.... Lumber and timber basic products. .. do.... furniture and finished lumber products ...do.... Stone, clay, and glass products do.... nondurable goods industries do.... Textile-mill products and other fiber mfrs do.... Apparel and other finished textile products do.... Leather and leather products do.... food and kindred products. ....do.*.. Tobacco manufactures do.... Paper and allied products do.... Printing, publishing, and allied industries do.... ^Chemicals and allied products do.... Products of petroleum and coal...... ...do.... Rubber products.. do.... 1.289 1.352 1.412 1.350 A .421 1.140 A.092 1.106 1.187 r.968 1.249 1*621 A.315 A.593 1.408 A.292 rt.357 A.416 1.350 1.429 rl.533 1.478 1.343 1.080 1.131 A.271 1.219 1.138 rl.040 1.116 1.199 r.973 1.250 1.6% 1.325 A.601 1.413 102.25 102.70 74.02 1/99.97 100*54 65.20 1/100.19 IOO.74 65.99 1/100.80 101.35 66.45 71,024 98,349 67,490 88,531 67,055 95.180 87.151 132.53* 87,363 119,745 63,880 90,458 58,248 78,115 62.799 89,511 81,942 125,834 83.047 U3.325 137.019 134,856 2,163 140,426 138,797 1,629 137.058 134,932 2,126 140,148 138,574 1.574 1/134,201 131.835 2,116 1/13M67 132,544 1,379 1/134,297 13L931 2,116 1/13*.5*6 i32,903 1.396 1/134,300 I3I.93I 2.U9 1/135.370 133.714 1,408 889,121 40,362 812,863 35,588 897,225 41,447 1.432,504 63.059 1.716,566 77.141 744,668 28,021 676,549 759,302 29,774 l,ast86s 45,304 1,468,246 57.504 63,646 1,814 66,548 1,829 67,757 1*933 70,262 1,938 74,704 1,962 IM rt.539 A .472 1.344 1.071 1.126 1.260 A . 220 1.301 A.%5 1.423 I 1.357 35 •5 i.*3S •81 I .481 35* 113 135 286 1.231 1.141 1.040 1.124 1.207 .984 1# ?P I.663 1.345 I.632 1.435 flHAHCE Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (H.T.S.E.) .dollars.. Domestic do.... foreign do.... Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission)* Total on all registered exchanges* Market value. thous. of dol.. Face value. do. -.. On H e w Tork Stock Exchange* Market value do.... face value do.... Value, issues l i s t e d on New Xork Stock Exchange: face value, a l l issues mil. of dol.. Domestic do.7.. foreign .do.... Market value, a l l issues do.... Domestic do.... foreign. .do.... Stocks: Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on a l l registered exchanges: Market value thous* of d o l . . Shares sold. .thousands.. On Hew Tork Stock Exchange: Market value. thous. of d o l . . Shares sold thousands.. Shares l i s t e d on Hew Tork Stock Exchange: Market value mil. of d o l . . Sumber of shares l i s t e d millions.. TJ Bevieed. j>/ Preliminary. 1/ Includes bonds of International Bank. MONTHLY B U S I N E S S ST AT 1ST ICS — Continued E a r l i e r d a t a a r e a v a i l a b l e i n monthly i s s u e s of t h e Survey and t h e 19^2 Supplement 19*7 May 19** Jane March April May June CHJMXCALS AMD ALLIED PBODUCIS 3 i l e , f a t e , and by-product•: Animal, i n c l u d i n g f l e a o i l : Animal f a t e s Production S t o c k e , end of month. Greases* * thoue. of l b . do... Production. do... Stocks, end of month... .. .do... Pieb oil»: Product! on do... Stocke, end of month .do... Vegetable oils, total: Production, crude • do... Stocke, end of month: Crude • ..do... Befined do... Cottonseed oil, refined: Production. .............. do... Stocke, end of month .do... Linseed oil: Production • do... Stocks, end of month do... Soybean oil: Production: Crude do... Bef ined do.. • Stocke, end of month: Crude .• do... fief ined do... Oleomargarine: Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) . . . . . t h o u e . of l b . Production do... 262,265 389.074 428, »8:S 222,845 369,989 222,070 396,045 r238,278 r4lUf980 266,633 431,815 48,613 54,829 48,260 98,827 129*.645 126,831 *J.5*3 47.147 124,582 51.411 129.997 1.301 57.728 10,927 59.041 766 61,021 1,000 55,000 4,296 r60,879 £•*? 312.998 283,497 M07.8I7 352.334 r331,i24 66,794 315.738 571.271 391.731 573.296 385.425 591.745 304,781 554,939 292,487 '525.730 r25l,561 464,026 226,013 45.388 a7,849 204)106 123,628 182,206 90,821 168,750 60,035 126,912 47.952 111,689 25,064 134.627 32.057 144,544 46,264 135.741 48,974 134,511 r54,170 131,442 63,142 137.132 135.889 92.605 108,829 114,604 122,436 83,890 122,760 128,141 139.370 108,829 r128,596 rU2,696 r86,971 r87,992 123.583 112,906 64,289 79.215 36.565 37.809 **0.527 41,414 74,314 71.817 133.994 116,152 98,493 89.797 75.063 74,079 25.009 20,776 4.233 24,469 20,244 4,225 27.966 23,478 4,488 26,569 22,296 4,272 27.035 22,609 4,427 27.161 22,705 4,456 7.985 7.512 9.531 8,342 7.939 9.565 6.989 6,701 9.634 7.381 6.977 9.733 7.264 6.75? 9,956 8,429 8,140 9,882 l44!o46 r!57.366 r!51,326 89.990 80,615 100,025 96,230 rl32,€75 rl29,100 135.560 131.980 1U.775 13,000 416,200 91.665 88,200 1.525 705.739 60,183 758,646 144,207 1,222 117.535 12,950 410,000 102,020 96.730 1.490 670,038 17.575 10,275 270,400 53.940 52.750 1.299 563.238 55.049 680,771 127.736 1,111 44,300 13.500 449.700 92.400 90.250 1,228 5?3.22$ 42,039 682,325 122,340 948 2,966 25,068 473.968 16,111 2.269 , 29.097 432,527 18,792 3.197 29.154 470.099 20,222 25.255 13.900 332.000 65.670 64,100 1.197 527.314 47.601 621,675 108,165 952 2,422 2,036 4*$.504 21,8a 2.363 28,498 444,491 19.024 31.701 479.949 20,280 6,885 17.618 15.541 2.078 5.081 6,500 21.746 19.594 2.152 4,810 16,022 13.761 2,262 5.020 4.976 17.125 15.172 1.953 3.840 6,656 22,058 19.885 2.173 5.077 26,965 24,308 2.657 4.991 13.822 •9.984 ,482 7.233 45*235 41,505 50.093 46.579 52,287 14,837 49.652 *6.577 ^5.031 19.453 50,626 47,144 47,652 22,418 714,296 752,028 745.783 702,200 714,1|40 711.061 792,251 782,537 774,310 r749.l43 r776,262 r772.672 *743,949 r777.l44 r768,590 84,848 79.959 83.892 xLscTBic POVSB Electric power, production, total. mil. of kw. hr. Utilities. do... Industrial eetabllehmente • do... JOODSOTPPS ABD TOBACCO Permeated malt liquors: Production thoue. of bbl. Tax-pal -:l wi thdrawal s do ... Stocke, end of month do.. • Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery (factory) thoue. of lb. Cheese, total (factory).., ....do... Condensed and evaporated milk: Condensed (sweetened): Bulk goods do... Case goods do... Evaporated (unsweetened), cage goods do... Dried skim milk, total do... Por human consumption * do..• Meats, production, total mil. of lb. Beef and veal thoue. of lb. Lamb and mutton do... Pork, including lard do... Lard do... Coffee, vieible supply thous. of bags. Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free .millions. Cigarettee, small, tax-paid do... Cigars, tax-paid thousands. Manufactured tobacco and snuff tax-paid thoue. of l b . 756,848 146,690 1.132 % MJEALS AND MAWTAGTUBBS I r o n o r e (Lake Superior d i s t r i c t ) : Consumption by furnaces S t o c k s , end of month, t o t a l t h o u e . of l o n g t o n s . do... a t furnaces .do. • . On Lake Brie docks ' do... Pig iron, production , . . . . : . . . . t h o u e . of short tons. Lead, refined: Production, total short tone. Primary do... Shipments 1 do... Stocks, end of month do... PAPSB AMD PRINTER* Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint and paperboard (American Paper and Pulp Association): Ordere, new short tone. Production . ....do... Shipments. do... TJ BeTieed. a f.634 12:11 46,^8 23,240 7^.095 756.090 737.590 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Bnrliar data art available; l a monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement S T A T I S T I C S —Continued 19*8 19*7. June JprU March ** PiPSa IBS PBJMfitHG - Continued Paper, axel, building paper, newsprint and paperboard • Con. Tine paper* Orders, new abort tons. Production « ao... Shipments * »• do... Stocks, tad of month. t..............do... Printing paper* Orders, new • .do... Product ioa do... Shipments... * do... Stocks, and of month..... do... Coarse paper* Orders, new •-••••, do... Production.. do... Shipments do... Stocks, and of month.. do... PWBDLHJM AHD COAL PBODUCf S Crude petroleum: thous. of bl>l. Coatumptlon (rant to t t l l l t ) do... Production.. Stocks, tad of aoathi fieflaable i n H. 9 do. Heavy in California do. fief ined petroleum products: Gat and fuel o i l s ; Production* Gae o i l and d i s t i l l a t e fuel o i l do. Eesiduol fuel o i l . . . . . do, Stocks, end of months Gae o i l and d i s t i l l a t e fuel o i l do, Besidaal fuel o i l do, Lubricants* Production ».... do, Stocks, refinery, end of aonth do Motor fuel* Production, total do, Gasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum do fiatural gasoline and a l l i e d products do, Stocks, gasoline, and of month: finished gaeol int • do. Unfinished gasoline do. natural gasoline. do, SSQBS, CLAT AHD GLASS PBODOCfS Glass containers? Production thous. of gross. Shipatnts • do.,. Stocks, end of aonth • do... Plate glass, polished, production ,...thous. of so.* ft. TBXIILB PRODUCfS Wool« 2/ Consumption (scoured oasis)* Apparel class ..thous. of lb. Carpet class.. . do... Machinery activity (weekly average)* Looms* woolen and worsted: Pile and Jacquard ...thous. of active hours. Broad do... Barrow do •.. Carpet and rug* Broad do... Barrow ...do... Spinning spindles: Woolen do... Worsted do... Worsted coats • do... Wool manufacture©: Wool yarn, production, total*... .....thous. of lb. Knitting. .# do... Wearing..... do... Carpet and other do... TBASSPOBxAf IOM StfJXPMBBX Motor vehicles, factory salsa, total Coaches, t o t a l . . . Domestic Passenger cars, t o t a l . Domestic. Trucks, t o t a l . Domestic Bevited. &tor March art ..< number. ..do... do... ....do... do... do... do... v9Ml* 90,189 107.55? 108,076 50,10*8 102,765 101,311 100,289 53.782 107.673 105,927 104,313 55.237 260,602 264,444 260,420 62,861 242,080 248,796 249,975 63.163 ra? r255.960 r264,706 *25?.9«9 r74,248 238,230 242,126 244,^73 241,498 60,330 268,636 268,999 267,015 62,890 r26o,392 333 53.*20 263,762 68,042 rl04.393 rl03,54l ££ *«7.*97 rl03,520 rl04,510 r55.020 ^9.009 r2o7,586 ^264.375 r6l,090 r58,850 153.3*8 156,024 153.604 152,978 167,007 167.593 166,198 164,509 175.705 170.574 237,768 5.825 237.278 5.*29 227,406 756 227.278 7.228 223,820 7.498 2*.95* 37.328 24,214 36,977 8:.523 ,548 29.352 39,104 30.764 $0,732 3*. 279 39i992 39.676 *3.515 32,214 41,945 34,514 43,301 40,781 48,518 4,60s 8,070 4,42T 8,281 4,404 1/7.961 4,308 1/8,022 4,500 1/6,411 68,535 60,681 10,392 69.847 61,855 10,505 72.025 63,608 12,296 74,21? 65.834 11,704 79,*2l 70,501 12,072 86,727 8,482 5.566 81,160 8,6l4 5.*52 103,398 6,551 4,806 101,280 8,5*9 5.305 99.55* 8,998 5,622 10,578 9.492 6,085 23.171 9.619 8,316 6,849 21,026 8,977 10,399 6,72* 23.572 8,951 7.3?3 7.876 23,417 rS,620 t7.902 r8,4l9 20,783 38,412 13.668 37.864 13.192 5i,6so 20,265 r42,632 r!7,024 41,600 17,088 J* 100 r98 2.497 r42 43 93 2,511 37 137 122 144 164 141 167 l4l 82,113 112,26S 223 85.052 115,568 230 98,429 129,269 250 r99.272 125.*37 245 124)760 248 55,732 6.328 36.892 12,512 56.704 5.764 37.824 13.U6 82,550 9,610 53.730 19,210 r65,876 r7.488 r42,092 4rl6,296 65,568 7.508 41,656 16,404 382,640 1.853 1.599 284,357 261,240 96,430 75.696 400,372 1,626 1,409 307,124 284,576 91,620 73.613 492,013 1.409 1,202 438,082 1,048 902 308,071 288,356 128,963 111,911 338,531 1,281 1,161 225,461 209.59i 111.789 96,909 81 2,186 *5 130 117 2,242 *3 3*9.99* 327,198 140,606 118,572 1/ lew basis excluding distributors stocks in California? sat note om corresponding item in the July 19**8 Surrey. for 5 weeks: other months art for four weeks. 2/ Data
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