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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS W E E K L Y SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREEGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AVAILABIE O N L Y WITH SUBSCRIPTION T O SURVEY OF C U R R E H T B U S I N E S S SELECTED BUSINESS _ AUGUST ^ ?94V INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PR00U6TS0N BY U T I L I T Y 11935-39'IOO> (BIUJONS or tmjffum HOURS) ... 150 'r- A^-__^j Li_u.J-.Lj-.uJa-.wXi-.' x jJ^uL.»-L..uta-lxja-^ljua.LLJ.L l.» J.JUJ J.J.J • - L I . L L . I M I. I ; „l I l . l L X . l J J.M.KI.J,.LJL.l,U.LaJLjLU.JUiJ-J,JL,.'. ,l,J.,Jl.].,L'. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1930-99«IOC) . I I TJ?^5tefe^Hj^nJlj»JU^^Lj JL.I ! ; ', 1944 1945 1946 WEEKLY 1947 1944 BUSINESS 1945 STATISTICS1 W XXSK August 2 Commodity prices, wholesales -11 oommodltios 2/ .. 1926«10Q.. Vara products . do,... Food....... .. ** .do-. > • All other 2/ do.... 28 commodities JS/ .feagus* 1933-100.. Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets */ dol. per lb.. Wheat, Ko. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) _/ dol. per on.. Department store sales . ...1935-39alOO*. Insured unemployment, total 6/ thoue.. State programs . « do.... 1 Veterans programs • do. •. • finances Currency in circulation */ ....ail* of dol.. Federal Beeerve bank credit,' total *..«. , do.... Member bank reserre balances .' do.... Excess reserves, estimated do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: 7/ Bank debits, total mil. of dol.. flew York City *......do.... Deposits, demand, adjusted do.... Loane and investments, total ,...*do.... U. 9. Government obligations... do.... Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans do... • Failures, commercial ••number*. 1 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody s) percent.. Stock prices, *02 stocks (Standard and Poor,s)..1935-39rlOO.. Industrials, 35* stocks do.... Productions Bituminous coal 8/ thous. of short.tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) %/ number*. Petroleum 4/ thous. of bbl.. Steel 10/ 1935-39-100-.Freight carloadinge, t o t a l thous* of cars. • Miscellaneous , do.,.. 306*2 •363 2.27 23.1UO 22,310 16,35* 796 7,**7 2.79 125.1 130.9 July 19 July 12 150.6 182.0 I67.I 133.7 306*5 •377 2*32 212 150.3 182.* 168.C 132.9 1*8.3 176.2 165.8 132.1 303.* .376 2.21 228 1.969 1.171 758 26.1*3 38 698 18,378 7,1*2 *7,i»7 63.513 39.15* "'H 2.80 127-9 133.6 11,800 9*,6*3 13*6 July 26 *.730 83.807 3053 .386 2*31 217 1.952 1.199 752 28,22* 22,2*6 16.336 803 19,028 & 39.1*5 11,8*8 63 2.80 127*8 133-8 12,000 *.732 103.091 5.050 179.* 920 389 28,355 22.035 16,190 67* 15,*62 6.227 *6.525 63.227 39.099 2.80 125*1 130.8 ftqy 5 1*8.0 l6*.6 132.1 302.2 .370 2*15 208 1.927 1,157 733 88,393 22,1*5 15.988 55* £3,032 10,155 *6,626 63.371 38,990 11.809 82 2.81 123.9 129** 6.235 *.531 90,075 5,0*5 15*.7 itagus* 3 I Jtoy 2( 1.9*0 7-57-3 1*0.7 3.08 »6 &3,9 ,3*2 2.90G A .17$ 1.S73 2*8193 2*e229 15.377 753 x m *m *5,68* 68,900 13 2.71 1*3.6 1*7.1 12,603 *.352 8M 72Q e 63:*p 5.08U * *,926 182*5 5.065 176.3 807 920 1*1.1 911 369 391 629 _3§L i/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Seo note in January 1, 19*7 issue* 5/ Shursday prices* */ Daily average. 5/ Beginning M. wttek of July 12 Includes dark hard winter not Included previously. 6/ For description see note in July 13, 19U6 Issue. 7/ Shewn on a rovlsed basis beginning in Weekly Supplement dated July 16, 19*7* 8/Sstimated total production; 19*7 data are from the Rational Cool ArsnolAtlon. 21 *•*» •*• *°* u « •• an* Canada and include passenger cars, commercial cars, and trucks. 10/ Weak ending August 9 166,0. * iij.o 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 13US 1*7. larlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement July June Nay April July BUSIHBSS INDEXES Pergonal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates* 1/ Total personal income... .oil. of dol. Wage and salary receipts, total...... do... Total employer disbursement e... ....do... Commodity-producing induetriee do... Distributive induetriee ....do... Service induetriee. do •.. Government do. •. Less employee contributlone for social insurance.do..• Other labor income..... do... Proprietors' and rental income do. •. Personal interest income and dividends do... Total transfer payments ...do... Total nonagricultural income.......... do... Industrial production (Federal Beserve)* Unadjusted, combined index. .1935-39*100. Manufactures do... Durable manufactures . . do... Iron and eteel do... Lumber and products. do... furniture do... Lumber. do... Machinery • do... Honferroue metals and products do... Smelting and refining do... Stone, clay, and glass products... do... Clay products. do... Transportation equipment .do... automobiles do... Mpndurable manufactures .do... Chemicals ...do... Industrial chemicals .do... Leather and products. do... Leather tanning * .do... Shoes •. do... Manufactured food products.. .do... Meat packing do... Processed fruits and vegetablee do... Printing and publishing do... Rubber products do... Textiles and products.* do... Cotton consumption do... Rayon deliveries do... Wool textile production do... Minerals. .do... fuels do... Anthracite do... Bituminous coal do. •. Crude petroleum .do. •. Metals do... adjusted, combined index 2/. do... Manufactures. do.. • Durable manufactures do.. • Lumber and product* do... Lumber. •• • «<lo... Monf errous metals and products. do... Smelting and refining do... Stone, clay, and glass products................do... Clay products do. •. nondurable manufactures do... Chemicals do... Leather and products*. do... Leather tanning .do... Manufactured food products.... do... Meat packing do •.. Processed f rulte and vegetables .do*.. Printing and publishing. * do.. • Minerals do... Metale do... 193-0 119.3 ia.H 5*.8 3*-5 rl91.5 rtl8.3 rl20.lt r5*.l *3M 15*0 17.1 2.1 1.8 1U.9 r!7*2 2.1 1.8 *7.3 r*6.9 1*.0 10.6 1*.0 rl0.5 rl69.2 169.9 pl8* P190 p218 m pl*5 P159 P139 P2?3 Pl82 pi86 P 20J pl62 P22? pl86 pi6s p2*5 P*3* p!5* 150 pioi piU6 P213 pl5* 261 P153 P153 P109 plhy P159 P153 Pl83 P1S9 P217 pl*8 plSS pl82 pl8S P206 pl6* Pl6? p2*8 Pl5* 152 SB P l*9 P127 rl85 rl91 r218 197 rl*3 rl58 136 273 rl87 rl98 r206 rl62 r22* rl78 rl69 r252 *3* 113 119 rllO rl*9 151 89 1*5 r220 rl6* 1U8 IS 15* 156 . 10* 168 157 pi39 rl85 rl91 r21S lhl 132 rl87 rl98 r200 rl62 rl70 r253 113 119 rl55 151 142 152 p!2* 190.2 116.7 rll8.9 53.2 33-* 14.8 17.5 2.2 1.7 *6.9 1*.0 10.9 167*8 rl85 193 r222 195 1*3 161 179.0 109.9 111.8 *6.* 31-3 1*,0 20.1 i:i *3-3 13.3 10.9 157.5 17* 178 203 180 1** X P r276 2*3 r!95 150 139 193 203 208 160 237 193 169 r253 r*33 U5 118 lli 139 68 l*h 23* 166 15* 270 rl59 B 102 127 155 rll2 rl87 19* 222 1** 135 rl95 203 211 rl6* 172 251 115 rl!9 158 1** 141 rl*3 ri.36 1*7 2*1 176 159 232 396 101 9* 106 161 15* 228 115 211 1*5 127 239 1** 150 153 128 126 172 177 202 129 121 140 192 1*7 157 235 103 99 150 165 iS 1*6 103 COMMODITY PRICKS Prices received by farmere, all farm products...1909-1*«10Q. Crops .....do... food grain do... feed grain and hay do... Tobacco. do... Cotton do... fruit.. do... Truck crops. • do.. • Oil-bearing crops. .do... livestock and products do.. • Meat animal s do.. * Dairy products .do... Poultry and eggs • do... 2** 240 2*5 390 m fit 278 338 233 205 m 2*9 2*7 268 2*5 196 r/ Revised, n/ Preliminary. 1/ These series were substituted in the July 19*7 Survey for the monthly data on income, payments formerly shown; see note in that issue. 2/ Indexee for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shown; see unadjusted series. MONTHLY BUSINESS S T A T l S T I C S — Continued 3 19*7 Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement July 19*6 n»y June April July COMSTHUCTIOH AND RSAL E3TATS Kew construction, total ail* of dol. Prirate, total do... Residential (nonfarm) do... nonresidential building,exc.farms and pub.utility..do... Industrial do... farm construction do... Public utility do... Public construction, total do... Residential construction do... Military and naval.. do... Nonresidential building. do... Industrial do... Highway do... All other do... Value of contracts awarded (federal Reserve indexes)* Total, unadjusted 192>25sl00. Residential, unadjusted do. •. Total, adjusted do... Residential, adjusted do... 1.139 850 1*15 253 132 60 122 *l 16 48 2 n.099 r799 r382 r250 rl35 50 l F r260 r6 r953 r720 r342 243 2* 240 '153 rt.30 rl27 rllO 40,057 5.837 624 5.213 622 1,481 30.7^0 19.093 17,704 4.965 2,522 4,l60 588 789 39,776 5.750 615 61.26 173.76 59.49 168.67 44.*S6 $8 1,242 1,228 466 *73 1,423 rl,408 r474 455 3.543 708 54 188 200 49 464 324 1.555 4.376 922 72 233 8,342 7.939 9.565 ? 214 16 15 P157 P125 P135 Pll3 . 149 5? 86 95 r233 *9 rllb r78 3 X7 142 •8 , r4l r3 x95 r73 r*5 r982 r767 r324 215 S 15 i 4 l 4 81 5« 2 144 133 123 FINANCE Life insurance (Life Insurance Association of America) t Assets, admitted, total mil. of dol.. Mortgage loans, total do... farm do... Other do... Real-estate holdings do... Policy loans and premium notes do... Bonds and stocks held (book value), total do... Government (domestic and foreign), total do... U. S. Government do... Public utility do... Railroad do... Other do... Cash do... Other admitted assets do... Stock prices: Dow-Jones & Co. (65 stocks) dollars per share., Industrials (30 stocks) do Public utilities (15 stocks) do..., Railroads (20 stocks) do..., 65.32 183.51 35.61 49-38 fOREIGN TRADS JBxports, including reexports, total Exports of U. S. merchandise General imports, total Imports for consumption * , mil. of dol. do... do... do... '•g 1.477 30.579 19.274 17,888 4,751 2,491 4,063 568 788 39.606 5.661 605 5.056 605 1.473 30,431 19.296 17.904 4.691 2.489 37.765 5.226 <% 601 1>J9 29.069 19.688 787 2,536 2.455 715 675 61.04 171.28 34.52 45.88 75.02 202.27 40.96 63.22 1.299 1,280 825 807 434 422 >'® 484 TRANSPORTATION freight carloadings, total cars 1/ Coal. Coke forest products Grains and grain products Livestock Merchandise, 1. c . l Ore Miscellaneous thousands. do... do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 3.276 495 49 178 •8 429 1.909 53 183 191 54 505 164 1.536 3.^?7 668 52 181 228 74 r470 289 rl.445 7.983 7.5" 9.538 7.435 7.029 9.399 7.373 7.209 7.881 516,738 27.456 8.650 506,031 16.011 12,120 421,390 . 3'183 457,941 17.123 4,449 449.351 8.526 4,903 376.213 6,691 6,159 9,342 8.675 rill,875 rl3,000 r4l6,200 r91.665 r88,200 r82,800 rll,850 P320.500 r77.390 P75.040 3 '$ fOODSTUff3 AND TOBACCO fermented malt liquors: Production thous. of bbl.. Tax-paid withdrawals do..., Stocks, end of month do..., Distilled spirits: Production thous. of tax g a l . , Tax-paid withdrawals do..., Stocks, end of month do..., Whisky: Production do..... Tax-paid withdrawals do.... Stocks, end of month do.... Rectified spirits and wines, production, total thous. of proof gal.. Whisky do.... Dairy products, production: Condensed and evaporated milk: Condensed (sweetened): Bulk goods thous. of lb.. Case goods do.... Svaporated (unsweetened), case goods do.... Dried skim milk, total do.... for human consumption do.... vj Revised. £/' Preliminary. 16,416 6.037 525.828 14,099 9.932 464,825 7.004 6,518 116,620 12,950 410,000 102,020 96.730 1/ Data for nay 1347 are for- 5 weeks! other months, 4 weeks, 14. 11,: $ rll2,694 rlOv844 r335.3*9 r 75. «66 r74,218 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly Issues of the Survey aad the 1942 Supplement ST A T 1ST IC S—Continued 1947 June May 1946 April March June L&A3HE& AaD PRODUCTS Boot end shoo production, total..... thous. of pal re. Government i&hoos * do... Civilian shoes, total . do... Athletic .. ..do... Dross and work, including playahoes, etc.? Leather uppers, total do... Boys* and youths 1 do... Infants' •.. do... Misses' and children's. do... Men's do... Women's do... Fart leather and nonleather uppers do,.. Slippers and moccasins, housevear * do... All other footwear do... 36.491 09,525 40,429 36,u5i 359 r39.525 375 40,U; 352 32.178 1.3J&7 2.37b U.2&7 9,042 15,106 1.55* 2.251 liQ P34.879 rl,449 2,708 4,690 rlb,*84l 35.690 1.505 2.875 4,810 9.067 17.^33 r2|364 158 1:22 44,957 315 44,642 627 32.815 1.752 2,960 H.379 8.703 15.01? 5.304 5.708 188 164 KHEALS AND MAWYACTUBBS Fig iron, production Mechanical stokers, soles* Classes 1, 2, and 3 Classes 4 and 5s Sumber « Horsepower..c.o .thoua. of short tons. 4,810 5.081 4.830 5.123 3.682 .number. 5,851 5*281 4,061 3.59« 13.893 270 63,166 170 52,981 174 57.563 280 56,661 75.074 1.729 883 726 120 rl,836 r93? r776 r!28 1.75* 865 751 118 1,800 902 773 125 1.597 820 678 99 691.780 J0M30 692.237 *715.757 *750.39t r744,357 r692.057 r711.517 r709.453 738,255 732,863 721,800 669,564 671.335 677.096 106,030 100,200 97,205 50,500 r50,5l8 r!07 9 591 rl08,356 rU9,285 r!02,900 rl02,434 rlOO,664 r48,985 105.153 47.880 108,191 97.790 99.684 59.500 235.125 248,180 242,032 75.802 r260,627 r263.677 3P257.570 r68,5l6 r238,918 r252,348 r252,770 r63,943 252,988 256,045 249,862 67.234 214,214 226,110 288,049 53.512 255.575 260,500 256,500 65.875 r263,424 r276,94l r275,*31 r60,225 r25?.330 r256,878 r?56.026 r59.788 2?Ot46l 271.949 269,497 59.211 153.348 156,( ,024 141,210 149,228 150,120 152,160 145,069 146,890 237.768 5.825 235.710 5.953 228,981 5.999 223,140 4,921 24,954 37.328 22.925 3M38 25.577 37.876 23,320 36,569 3^.279 39.992 30,268 36.455 31.423 37.403 38,824 41,492 68,535 60,681 10,392 63,374 55.502 IO.8O3 66,701 59.069 11.033 64,345 56,705 9.501 86,727 8,482 5.566 92,719 96,95.2 8,727 5.265 83.726 8.245 7.3*3 4.267 7.936 4,480 8.015 3.839 7.635 14,566 15,414 r21,331 r6,338 14,205 12.133 22.178 5.996 14,48 14.564 11,894 4,928 PAPKB AKD PBXHTIHG ' All paper and paperboard Bills (Bureau of the Census) s Paper and paperboard production,total.thoua. of short tons. Paper « do... Paperboard • do... Building hoard do... Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint and paperboard (American Paper and Pulp Association) s Orders, new short tone., Production do... Shipments do... Fine paper* Orders, new do... Production * .. dsu ... Shipments do... Stocks, and of month .do... Printing papers Orders, new do... Production. do... Shipments ...do... Stocks, end of sonth . do... Wrapping papers Orders, me& do... Product ion do... Shipments .do... Stocks, end of xsonth , do,,. PSEBQLSffii AHD COAL PBOD0C5S Crudo petroleum? Consumption (runs to stills) thou®, of bbl. Production do... Stocks, end of months Befin&ble in U. S do... Heavy * n California do... fief inod petroleum products: Oac and fuel oilss Productions Gas oil and distillate fuel oil do... Besldual fuel oil do... Stocks, end of months Cms oil and distillate fuel oil..... do... Besldual fuel oil do... Motor fuels Production, total do... Gasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum. do... .Hatural gasoline and allied products do... Stocks, gasoline, end of months Plaished gasoline do... Unfinished gasoline do... natural gasoline do... Lubrlcantss Production do... Stocks, refinery, end of month .do... S&QSB, CLA7, ASS GLASS PBODUCTS Portland cements Production thoua. of bbl. Shipment s do... Stocks, finished, end of month do... 8tocks, clinker, and of month do... xj fierised. 15.971 18,188 17.092 5.7**4 1/ Hot reported separately; data Included with civilian shoes. 4,608 8,070 13.389 rl5.328 rl9.308 r6,326 13 12,091 16,066 11,957 5,111
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