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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D. C , DECEMBER 19, 1940
SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRENDS
INDUSTRIAL production reached an all-time high in November for the second consecutive month, the Federal Reserve
Board's index advancing to 132 from 129 in October. Durablegoods production, expanding under the pressure of defense requirements, again made a large contribution to the rise.
Data for the first half of December indicate a comparable
advance in the seasonally adjusted index for this month.
Automobile production, now moving into the fifth month of
the model year, shows little tendency to slacken its record pace.
As a result of unusually favorable sales, production quotas were
revised upward and assemblies increased to 125,600 units in the
-^veok-ondhig-December-!^— -This-is tlie~seeoiid highest weekly
volume attained this year, and it brought total assemblies for
the first two weeks of December to one-quarter million units.
It is apparent that the usual tapering of automobile production
from the seasonal peak is being held to narrow limits by the
general expansion in business as a whole.
Other measures of business activity indicate continued advance
through the first half of December. Freight carloadings increased contraseasonally to 738,513 cars for the week ended
December 7, with coal, miscellaneous freight, and 1. c. 1. shipments leading the movement. The rise in miscellaneous and
1. c. 1. shipments is indicative of the broad general character* of
the advance. Ore shipments declined following the expected
pattern for this season of the year. Electric power output,
which has been advancing steadily in response to larger industrial and domestic demands, established a new high record early
in December.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' 28-commodity index declined
fractionally during the week ended December 13. Weakening
prices for domestic agricultural commodities and for a few industrial raw materials brought the index to 117.3 percent of the
August 1939 average compared with 117.5 percent on November
15. This marks the first 4-week period in which prices have
leveled off following the 3-month rise which began in mid-August.
Metal prices were unchanged during the week.
Holiday buying appears to be producing record volumes in the
retail field. Department-store sales, reflecting the expansion in
employment and incomes, were 5 percent above the corresponding week last year for the week ending December 7. It is noteworthy that this percentage comparison is with a 1939 week
which was two days closer to the peak of the holiday season
than the comparable week this year.
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
STEEL INGOT
PRODUCTION
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
(PERCENT OF CAPACITY)
00
ITHOUSANDS QF CARS)
(BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS)
2.8
940
80
2.6 -iCc-
60
/939
40
-*^*°</
20
0
1
,
.
1
,
r
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
BITUMINOUS
COAL PRODUCTION
(THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES)
(DAILY AVERAGE - THOUSANOS OF TONS)
CRUDE OIL R U N S - T O - S T I L L S
MISCELLANEOUS CAR LOADINGS
(MILLIONS OT BARRELS-OAILV AVERAGE)
(THOUSANDS OF CAR S)
COMMERCIAL LOANS
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
FKA.
HOME MORTGAGES
(NUMBER SELECTED J^ft^PPKAtSAL ON HOMES J O BE B U I L T )
3.8 L v
INDUSTRIAL
COTTON CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTION
(DAILY AVERAGE -
(SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1935-39 = 100)
THOUSANDS OF BALES)
130
| • « I . . 1 I I I 1 1 i I 1 1 1 • 1 t I I 1 > I t 1 I 1 1 I
1937
279406-40
1938
1939
1940
1937
1936
1939
1940
M
2
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS •
[Weekly average, 1923-25=100]
1940
1938
1939
1940
Dec. Dec. Nov. Nov. Nov, Dec. Dec, Dec. Dec.
9
17 10
14
7
30 23 16 10
Business activity: 1 1
New York Timcsfd arroGf
Business Week
85.0 84.7 84.5 84.5 85.2 84.9
79.8
85.5 85.5 85.5 85.5 89.1
38.2 37.9 38.2 37.9 42.3
31.6
Construction contractst
Distribution: Carloadings
Employment. Detroit, factory.._
93.7 98.4 56.7
80.3
71.8 03.6 65.0
77.5 76.5 77.0 78.2
122.7
122.0
100.9
Finance:
Bond yields*..
Stock prices %-.
Finance—Continued.
Banking:
Debits, outside N. Y. C.i_...
Federal Reserve reporting
member banks:
Loans, total
Interest rates:
Call loanst_-Time loans!.
Currency in circulation!..
Production:
Automobiles
Bituminous coalj_
Cotton consumption^
Klectric powert
-Lumber
.Petroleum {.
Steel ingots®
1.
Receipts, primary markets:
Cattle and calves
Hogs...
Cotton...
Wheat
113.8 112.: 117.0 109.9 106.6 106.6 93.' 94.4
123.5 122.9 120.5 118.0 117.5 102.1 101.0
HI.2 142.6 142.0 140.8 125. 6 125. 4 104. 2 103.8
Commodity prices, wholesale:
Dept. of Labor, 1926=100:
Combined index
_ _ ^ _. _ _
Farm products. _.
Food
_..
Allother
Fisher's index, 1926=100:
84.9
Combined index
85.5
Copper, elfctrolyticj
38.2
Cotton, middling, spot
79.8
69.8
73.9
84.4
79,7 79.5 79.3 78.7 79.0
69.1
68.4 66.8
73.3
72.6 71.1 71.3
84.5
84.1 84.1 84.4
1939
Dec. Dec. Nov. Nov.
14
7
30 23 16
76.' 77.1
67.4 67.8
72.6
80.0 80.7
58.6 58.8 58.9 64.0 64.1 68.8 68.6
58.2
97.4 96.6 96.4 97.9 100.6 111,8 111.3 107.6 105.3
1938
Dec. Dec.
17 10
94.4
105.3 118.1112.9 121.1 114.6101.6 120.3
73.0
72.7 71.0
68.0 67.7
24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 21.2
28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6
178.0 176.8 174.8 173.7 172.9 156.3 155.5 141.7 41.0
74.4
159.8 158.7 163.8 130.2 153.8 150.6 I4fi. 9 130.9 28.1
6 99.2 107.3 105. 7
90.2 81.7 82.3
96.1
139. 2 139.2 131.3 146. 5 141.9 124.0 118.9
170.3 167. 8 161.8 165. 2 156.4 155. 2 140.0 139. 2
58.2 60.11 53.2 52.2 45.7 56.3 40.3 47.1
179.2 165. 4 186.8 177. 4 191. 189.8 162. 5 160.9
164. 6 166.2 165.7 165.7 164.8 156.7 159. i 97.2 101.1
81.1 76.0 78.7 79.5 66.5
71.8 81.1 61.2 03.9 65.4
117.3 135.0 146.2 146.9 172.3 143. 5
30.1 29. M= 30.
-• 6j' 27.3
22.0, 36.3
72.0 68.4 73.8
65.8 64.4 55.1
125. 4 61.9 84.2
33.7 48.2 48.7
• Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
§Computed normal = 100.
{Daily average.
tWeekly average 1928-30=100.
5 Seasonally adjusted. ®Index for week ended Dec. 21 is 166.0. cfFor description of these indexes, see p. 4 o( tho Dec. 16, 1937, issue.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS'
1938
1939
1940
Dec. 14
Dec. 7
Nov. 30
Nov. 23
Nov. 1G
Nov. 9
0.118
.104
2.49
0.118
.104
2.48
38.18
.85
0.118
.103
2.46
38.13
.85
0.118
.104
2.44
38.07
0.118
.103
2.43
38.07
.80
0.118
.101
2.39
38.06
.82
0.123
.115
2.32
37.19
.98
3,538
4,883
3,740
5,247
2, 959
4,547
3,773
5,617
3,305
4,428
3,802
4,632
2,241
2,184
14,152
6,785
2,266
2,195
14,154
6,816
2,276
2,204
14, 292
6,931
2,302
2, 231
14,127
6,800
2,326
2,254
14,052
6,795
22,403
5,384
15,925
9,582
22,131
5,365
15,891
9,584
22,189
5,375
15,774
9,543
21,961
5,382
15,834
9,529
21,818
2,729
9,299
2,723
9,162
2,707
9,12S
4,992
1.00
1.25
4,942
1.00
1.25
"4.035
258
8,043
1937
Dec. 17
Dec. 10
0.123
.108
2.32
37.26
.93
0.110
.0S6
2.38
36.38
.67
0.110
.080
2.39
30.30
.07
0.100
.083
2.65
38.90
.97
3,799
4,707
4,648
3,676
4,149
3,839
4,380
4,436
4,533
2,362
2.327
13,979
6,732
2,543
2,512
11,288
4,849
2,568
2,512
11,617
5,154
2,000
2,504
9,034
3,470
2,591
2,564
8,966
3,442
2,631
2,564
G,8S4
1,057
15. 785
9,476
21,592
5,383
15, 721
9,410
18,981
5,251
14,052
8,863
18,824
5,237
14, 516
8,724
10,221
5,130
13,008
8,080
16,114
5,127
12,990
8,087
14,675
5,192
12,168
8,172
2,700
9,110
2,704
9,080
2,698
9,008
2,415
8,646
1,696
8,496
1,685
8,460
1,114
9,500
4,911
1.00
1.25
4,908
1.00
1.25
4,895
1.00
1.25
4,827
1.00
1.25
2,413
8,871
4,416
1.00
1.25
4,378
1.00
1.25
3,872
1.00
].25
3,881
1.00
1.25
4,045
1.00
1.25
"4.035
263
8,585
• 4.035
258
8,490
• 4.035
256
8,430
• 4.037
203
8,397
* 4.036
256
8,385
3.933
270
7,58S
3.905
297
7,553
4.670
4.681
6.881
50,270
3.3G
4,189
94.61
81.1
94.7
78.4
26.7
43, 480
3. 37
3,117
93.80
80. 6
94.3
77.4
2G.5
37,540
3. 3S
34.350
3.39
3,040
95.07
81.9
95.6
78.4
27.7
37,970
3.40
5, 438
38. W0
3.43
7S388
• 97.72
84.7
99. 1
80.2
29.0
^iS. 00
41.070
3.G9
4,168
108.53
91.9
107.9
87.0
29.9
38, 590
3.70
3,850
108.06
92.5
10S.7
80.9
30.2
57.080
3.97
7.350
104.48
93.0
112.0
78.3
29.0
0,849
41,080
3.%
4,016
102.27
91.2
109.6
77.9
27.9
125,025
124,790
1, 037
2.838
3,013
90. 9
ias, rs3
120,948
1,645
2, 720
3,584
96. 0
118,405
1,497
2,005
3. 800
91.2
9,099
115,488
1,530
2,580
3,827
92.8
102,905
1.391
2,333
3,270
57.0
12,894
100,705
2,319
3.245
59.9
93,025
1,523
2.202
3,440
27.4
8. 234
738,513
160,973
39,833
35,405
15.596
155,037
12,374
319,235
728,525
15M33
083.973
137,075
34,990
38,310
14t 971
606.003
132,711
29,132
35.959
13,177
148,091
8,260
238,673
0i8.964
131,595
28,043
34,413
14,540
151,328
10,281
245,758
600,283
150,811
24,923
34,894
14,355
145,546
8,518
215,230
250
406
351
2,346
228
427
210
418
101
3,837
233
357
219
3,874
254
457
321
2,490
Dec. 16
Dec. 9
Dec. 18
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE
Copper, electrolytic, New Yorkf__
dot per lb._
Cotton, middling, spot, New York
do.
Food index (Bradstreet's)
do.
Iron and steel, composite
dol. per ton..
Wheat, No. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City).dol. per bu_.
38.28
. 85
FINANCE
Banking:
Debits, New York City
mil. of dol
Debits, outside New York City (140 cities)
do..._
Fcderal Reserve banks:
Reserve bank credit, total-,-.
do.
U. S. Government securities—
....do.
Member bank reserve balances
do.
Excess reserves, estimated
.do.
Federal Reserve reporting member banks:
Deposits, demand, adjusted
do
Deposits, time
do_._.
Investments, total§
do
U. S. Government direct obligations
__.do
Obligations fully guaranteed by U. S. Government
mil. of doh.
Loans, total§
do
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans §
mil. of dol..
Interest rates, call loanst
---percent.Interest rates, time loanst
do..
Exchange rates:
Pound sterling $
dollars
Failures, commercial
number
Currency in circulationt.._
mil. of doL_
Security markets:
iiond sales (N. Y. 8. J3.)._.tbous. of dol. par value. Bond yields (Moody* s) (120 bonds)t
percent..
Stock sales (N. Y, S. E.)
thous. of shares..
Stock prices (AT. Y. Times)X--dol. per share..
Stock prices (Standard Statistics) (420)
1926=100..
Tndustrials (350)
do
Public utilities (40)
do.
Railroads (30)
do.
PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND
DISTRIBUTION
.Production:
Automobiles^
number..
Bituminous coalt—
thous. of short tons..
Electric power
mil. of kw.-hr..
Potrolctimf
__
__... —
thous. of bbL.
Steel ingots®
-—
pet, of capacity ^
Construction contract awards i
thous. of <1oL.
Distribution:
Freight-car loadings, total.cars..
Coal and coke.
do
Forest products..
do
Grains and grain products
do
Livestock..
do
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
.do
Ore
do
Miscellaneous.do
Receipts:
Cattle and calves
thousands...
Hogs
.
do....
Cotton into sight
thous. of bales. _
Wheat, at primary markets
thous. of bu..
96.0
305
2,391
3, 29f>
93. fiO
80.5
94.0
77.6
20.9
1,690
2, 796
3,335
96. 6
102,340 120.943
1,800
1,827
2, 752
2, 095
3, 577
3, 7fiG
Drt. 1
90. fl
15,804
15,044
81.3
94.5
79.6
27.4
38,521
33,689
15,739
149,915
17,084
316,544
733,488
154,157
39,083
33,323
15,819
140,219
40,122
310,765
745,29.r>
160,300
35,814
29,999
17,973
150,273
37,842
313.091
778,318
146,900
38.799
33,815
16,576
156,337
55,604
330,287
681,166
140,520
34,144
35,547
13,416
150,148
11,339
290,052
240
527
380
2,437
249
397
382
2,170
251
415
448
1, 751
225
331
422
2,478
210
424
373
2,887
154,216
11,858
291,947
326
2,679
0,618
39,900
4.15
5.170
89. OS
80.7
93.6
80.7
304
1,402
<g> Rate for week ended Dec. 21 is 96.8.
IDaily average.
• Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
1 Source: Ward's Automotive Reports.
§ Data for 1939 and 19*0 not strictly comparable with data for earlier years; see note on corresponding data shown on p. 51 of the 1940 Supplement.
*Free rate.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1939
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- 1940
gether with explanatory notes and references
to the sources of the data, may be found in the Novem- Novem- DecemJanuary
1940 Supplement to Jhe Survey
ber
ber
ber
COMMODITY PRICES
Pages li t 12
Cost of living (N. I. C. B.)>.
Combined index!
1923=100.
85.5
Clothing
do__.
73.1
77.2
Foodt
do...
80.3
Fuel and light
do.._
87.5
Housing,.
do...
98. 1
Sundries
___do...
Retail prices:
95. 9
Food (U. S. Dept. of Labor)!..,1935-39=100.
FairchikTs index:
93.7
Combined index
Dec. 31, 1930=100.
Apparel:
97.3
Infants'
do___
89.3
Men's
do_,_
92.2
Women's
do___
95.0
Home furnishings
do.._
Piece goods
do...
DOMESTIC TRADE
Page 30
Retail trade:
Mail-order and store sales:
Montgomery Ward & Co._..thous. of dol.. 54,613
_.. Sears, Roebuck &.Co,... .....
do _.. .73, .324.
FINANCE
Pages 48, 52, 71, 72, 73, 74, 70
Banking:
Bank debits, total (141 cities)
mil. of dol.
New York City
do...
Outside New York City
do_._.
Savings deposits:
Savings banks in New York State:
Amount due depositors..
mil. of doL
Security markets:
Bonds:
Prices:
Average price of all listed bonds (X. Y.
S. E.)
dollars.
Domestic
do
Foreign
do—
Value, issues listed on N. Y. S. E.:
Face value, all issues
mil. of doL,
Domestic issues
do
Foreign issues
do
Market value, all issues
do_._
Domestic issues
do....
Foreign issues
do....
Yields (Moody'a):
Domestic corporate
percent.
By ratings:
Aaa
<lo.__
Aa
do...
A
do._-.
Baa._-I.-'do
By groups:
Industrials
do....
Public utilities
do....
Rails
do....
Stocks:
Prices:
Average price of all listed shares (N. Y.
S. E.)
..Dec. 31, 1924=100.,
Shares listed, N. Y. S. E.:
Market value, all listed shares
mil. of dol.,
Number of shares listed
millions.
1940
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
85.1
72.9
77.8
85.6
86.7
96.8
84.6
72.9
76.4
85.6
86.6
90.8
84.6
73.0
76.3
85.8
86.6
90.9
85.1
73.2
77.8
86.0
86.6
96.9
84.8
73.2
70.9
85.8
86.6
96.9
85.0
73.2
77.4
85.4
80.7
97.0
85.2
73.1
78.1
84.1
86.7
97.0
85.5
73.1
79.1
84.2
86.8
97.0
85.4
73.1
78.4
84.5
86.8
97.4
85.1
73.0
77.4
84.8
80.9
97.4
85.6
73.1
78.2
85.3
87.0
'98.1
85.5
73.1
77.4
85.9
87.4
'98.1
96.7
94.9
94.8
96.6
95.6
96.2
97.0
98.3
97.4
96.3
97.2
90.2
91.9
92.0
92.3
92.6
92.8
92.8
92.8
92.9
92.9
92.9
93.2
93.5
96.4
88.7
90.9
93.5
85.0
96.4
88.7
91.0
93.5
85.3
96.6
88.8
91.4
93.7
85.5
96.6
88.8
91.8
94.1
85.9
91.9
94.4
86.0
96.9
88.9
91.7
94.3
86.0
96.9
88.9
91.8
94.6
86.0
97.0
89.1
92.0
94.5
86.0
96.9
89.1
92.1
94.6
80.0
97.0
89.1
92.2
94.6
80.0
97.3
89.1
91.8
95.0
80.7
97.3
89.3
92.1
95.3
80.7
47,764
6Q.33Q.
66,020
82427
29,984
AQM
30, 530
40,836
38,842
50,899
45, 856
50,372
45,905
65.978
43,104
63,313
37,213
51,352.
42, 692
56,937
45, 972
fi5 fiSO 7fi09Q
35, 771
14.952
20,819
31, G76
13,041
18,636
40t 019
17,633
22,386
34,717
14,739
19,978
29, 482
12,138
17, 344
34,738
15,201
19,537
34, 769
15, 519
19, 250
34,195
14,536
19, 659
31,960
13,110
18,850
31, 845
13,612
19,233
29,918
11,604
18,314
30.861
12. 594
18,267
36,317
14,952
21,365
5,639
5,547
5, 599
5,616
5,632
5,676
5,660
5,044
5,670
5,631
5,629
5,657
5,035
93.58
97.78
45.60
91.24
95.05
51.23
92.33
96.02
52.23
92.02
95.70
52.00
91.97
95.68
51.58
92. S6
96.55
52.77
92. 48
96.51
48.86
87.87
92.47
38.38
90.14
94.93
39.09
90. 90
95.62
40.64
91.33
95.72
43.28
92.08
96.56
43.07
92.84
97.03
44.86
51237
49,877
4,360
50,7.50
48,768
1,98S
52,435
47,869
4,566
47,839
45, 500
2,339
54,067
49,512
4,554
49,920
47,541
2,379
53,988
49,440
4,548
49,679
47,314
2,365
53,937
49,400
4,537
49,605
47,265
2,340
53,853
49,313
4,540
50,000
47,611
2,396
53,640
49,108
4,538
49,612
47,395
2,217
53,431
48,879
4,535
46,937
45,197
1,740
52,879
48,347
4,532
47,660
45,894
1,771
53,431
48,903
4,528
48,002
46,762
1,840
53,914
49,399
4,515
49,239
47,285
1,954
53,913
49,400
4,514
49, 043
47,099
1,944
54,329
49,960
4,363
50,438
48,481
3.40
3.70
3.69
3.63
3.00
3.58
3.54
3.65
3.72
3.57
3.55
3.50
3. 46
2.75
2.96
3.40
4.48
3.00
3.16
3. 78
4.85
2.94
3.14
3.74
4.92
3.08
3.69
4.86
2.80
3.05
3.08
4.83
2.84
3.04
3.05
4.80
2.82
2. 99
3.59
4.74
2.93
3.08
3.65
4.94
2.96
3.10
3.70
5.11
2.88
3.01
3.57
4.80
2.85
3.03
3.55
4.70
2.82
3.01
3.52
4.66
2.79
3.01
3.48
4. 56
2.98
3.14
4.07
3.25
3.41
4.44
3.21
3.38
4.47
3.H
3.35
4.39
3.12
3.33
4.37
3.09
3.29
4.37
3. 05
3.24
4.33
3.20
3.30
4.40
3.25
3.33
4.57
3.15
3.23
4.32
3.12
3.23
4.30
3.10
3.19
4.23
3.00
3.18
4.15
57.0
03.2
03.0
63.6
04.3
64.3
50.2
53.1
55.0
56.7
58.4
41,848
1,457
45,505
1,432
46,468
1,435
45,637
1,441
46,058
1,441
46,695
1,444
46,769
1,440
36, 547
1,447
f>3
191
73
78
87
62
116
72
78
73
62
114
68
73
75
01
107
07
69
75
60
105
67
70
79
59
102
8,875
74,937
9,501
78,706
25,403
87,555
81,005
114,362
123,628
138,049
854
44,199
45,592
1,100
72,560
921,510
652,733
268,777
4,257
115,442
3,341
70,454
34,835
1,031
62,020
S78,OOS
611,950
260,052
3,580
86,220
5,980
123,793
33,7511
1,010
53,193
876,512
592,575
283,937
3,403
76,904
7,513
150,366
45,473
1,034
45,972
905,296
598,522
306,774
3,254
82,336
7.784
154,947
62,002
974
42, (KM
851,896
5-18,688
303,208
3,342
82,415
38,776
1,450
39,992
1,454
1,957
41,492
1,453
42,074
80
77
79
61
100
80
77
81
02
117
134,266
148,173
128,087
149,309
105,106
143,633
7,241
145,653
76,479
796
35,663
689,854
417,564
272,290
3,192
82,178
6,040
130,787
80,321
662
30,303
504,904
329.214
235,690
3,411
90,842
r 4,144
-111,815
>" 94,000
'632
MS. 245
""526T$7S
•"303,712
'223,166
»- 3,817
-"114,257
40,706
1,454
TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATION
Pages 82, 83
Class I steam railways:
Freight-car loadings (Federal Reserve):
Combined index, unadjusted, 1923-25= 100.
Combined index, adjusted
do...
Grains and grain products
do...
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
do...
Ore
do...
84
83
78
62
192
FOODSTUFFS
Pages, 101, 102, 109, 110, 111, 112.114
Stocks, cold storage, end of month:
18,360
55,402
Butter, creamery
thous. of lb_ p 07,703 89,783
29,189
Cheese, total
•
do... f!36,565 112,217 108,241 94,295 82,004
Egjrs:
81
532
1,580
Shell.
thous. of cases. » 1,968
57
38.070
72, 279
Frozen
thous. oflb. "91,066
56,249
87,802
62.622
78,563
Fish, total (15th of month).
.do... v 97,627 84,571 02,431
1,093
SOS
Total moats
rail.
oflb.
^783
977
562
74,708
76,974
78,573
67,672
Beef and veal
thous. of lb._ ' 7 1 , 7 0 3
Pork, total
do
*642,131 421,227 031,564 790,776 907,293
Fresh and cured...
.
do
P 105,826 332,272 469,459 588,601 650,653
Lard
l..do
*>236,305
88,955 162,105 202,175 256,640
4,488
4,412
Lamb and mutton.. .__
do
4,803
4,187
P4,559
Poultry
...
do
*159,O56 127,049 107,643 166,962 144,759
Revised.
» Preliminary,
>d series.
t Revised
series, For revised indexes of retail food prices beginning 1913, see table 51, p. 118 of
revised begiiinning 1035; data not shown above will bo published in the January 1941 Survey.
75
75
74
60
100
the N o v e m b e r 1940 S u r v e y .
I n d e x of cost ofliving a n d food c o m p o n e n t
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- 1940
1939
gether with explanatory notes and references
to the sources of the data, may be found in the Novem- Novem- DecemJanuary. Febru1940 Supplement to the Survey
ary
ber
ber
ber
1940
March
April
May
June
July
August
September October
FOODSTUFFS—Continued
Livestock:
Cattle and calves:
Receipts, principal markets
thous. of animals.
Disposition:
Local slaughter
do...
Shipments, total
-__
do...
Hogs:
Keceipts, principal markets
do...
Disposition:
Local slaughter
dp...
Shipments, total
.'do...
Sheep and lambs:
Receipts, principal markets
do...
Disposition:
k Local slaughter
.do...
Shipments, total
do...
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS
Pages 318,119, 120, 121
Petroleum and products:
Crude petroleum:
Consumption (run to stills)..thous. of bbl_
Production!
do...
Refinery operations
pet. of capacity..
Stocks, end of month:
California:
Heavy crude and fuel
thous. of bbl.
Light crude
do.,.
East of California, totalf
do...
Refineries
:._..
do_._
Tank farms and pipe linesf-do.__
Kenned petroleum products:
Gas and fuel oils:
Production:
Residual fuel oiL.
do...
Gas, oil, and distillate fuels, total-.do...
Stocks, end of month:
Residual fuel oil, east of California
thous. of bbl.
Gas, oil, and distillate fuels, totaL.do...
Motor fuel:
Demand, domesticf
_-_do...
Production, totalf
do...
Benzolf--do...
Straight-run gasoline!
do...
Cracked gasoline
do—
Natural gasoline!
-'do—
Natural gasoline, blended!.
do....
Stocks, gasoline, end of month:.
Finished gasoline, total
do...
At refineries
.
do...
Natural gasoline
do...
Kerosene:
Consumption, domestic
do—
Production
.
do,..
Stocks, refinery, end of month.
do...
Lubricants:
Consumption, domestic
-do—
Production
do....
Stocks, refinery, end of month
do,...
1,868
1,912
1,404
1,565
1,247
1,359
1,554
1,576
1,402
1,737
1,785
2,175
2,427
977
892
903
973
833
572
997
548
810
433
825
510
974
568
936
631
858
594
991
723
939
833
1,033
1,083
1,110
1,324
3,595
2,847
3,331
3,772
2,922
2,710
2,595
2,674
2,650
2,259
2,177
2,302
3,113
2,G82
905
2,177
665
2,482
849
2,753
1,007
2,074
841
1,964
749
1,868
713
2,005
606
1,927
718
1,598
649
1,497
G77
1,692
601
2,371
730
1,776
1,907
1,514
1,72.8
1,424
1,440
1,876
2,002
1,687
1,894
2,068
2,523
2,737
908
883
944
984
848
071
1,071
653
863
559
824
620
1,046
828
1,077
917
915
779
, 972
921
876
1,188
954
1,530
1,085
1,669
108,237 107,902
111, 690 113,244
84
108,756 107,756 109,301
110,523 109,337 113,418
82
81
81,112 80,223 79,380 79,047 78,440 78,866 78,359 78,443 77,550
35,129 35,478 35,567 36,110 35,943 36,000 35,782 35,368 36,182
191,656 196,100 196,407 200,704 207,407 214,321 218,492 218,998 219,796
39,427 40,033 39,162 40,212 40,871 42,119 45,183 47,525 47,959
152,229 156,067 157,245 160,492 166,536 172,202 173,309 171,473 171,837
76,373 75,392 74,124
36,493 35,460 35,422
220,234 220,197 220,896
47,950 44,778 44,774
172,284 175,419 176,122
104,916 105,835 106,530 101,766 110,079 106,979 111,817
111,885 115,120 113,140 108,668 120,075 116,045 118,2S3
82
83
81
81
81
81
(•)
(•)
()
PAPER AND PRINTING
Pages 145,146
aper:
Pape
Ne
Newsprint;
Canada:
Production
short tons.. 282,344
286,739
Shipments from mills
do
175,931
Stocks, at mills, end of month
do
United States:
Production
. . . . d o — 85,338
87,331
Shipments from mills
.-..do
Stocks, at mills, end of month
d o — Ifi, 655
26.088
13,757
26,944
14,433
28,0S2
10,548
24,680
16, 2B2
26,870
16, 346
25,372
15,260
26,548
14,541
25,469
14,154
25,248
14,439
26,451
14,957
25,504
14,735
27,944
14,381
24,018
30,179
20,881
26,374
18,76-1
21,057
19,130
19,615
19,160
18,541
IS, 475
20,310
19,116
23,112
20,339
26,412
21,909
30,134
24,042
33r 964
25,015
37,166
26,539
37,709
47,407
52,893
274
22,480
25,621
4,518
4.408
43,807
52,464
2S1
22,017
25,589
4f577
4,16S
40,370
50,243
272
21, 709
23,991
4, 271
3,285
37,557
47,596
231
20,409
22, 777
4,179
3,067
44,607
51,230
237
21,774
24,730
4,489
2,986
47,683
50,625
22S
23,082
22,901
4,414
2,783
52,946
52,183
247
22, 526
24,823
4,587
3,075
55,459
51,325
263
22,422
24,239
4,401
2,600
53,865
61,879
279
22,120
24,496
4,684
2,744
55,346
52,058
271
22,120
25,587
4,6S0
3,081
52,297
52, 313
263
22,254
25,090
4,706
3,744
53,807
52,907
200
21,002
25,968
5,047
4,156
71, G19
46,898
4,579
77,301
51,920
4,421
84,863
60,420
4,476
92,721
OS, 227
4,757
96,467
70.274
5,393
96, 615
69,407
6,112
93,474
65.S71
6,514
86,276
59,708
7,000
82,025
54,414
7,584
77,134
50,056
7,702
75,915
49,040
7,038
73,338
47,162
6,509
6,023
5,642
9,019
6,613
5,822
7,576
7,642
5,375
4,918
6,263
5,945
4,302
6,273
6,570
4,114
5,621
6,257
4,351
5,297
6,641
5,309
3,952
5,785
6,810
4,257
5,797
8,191
4,114
5,629
9,476
5,173
6,062
10,254
5,008
6,496
11,000
1,927
3,277
1,825
3,478
7,142
2,054
3,308
7,328
1,522
3,108
7,825
1,883
3,335
8,084
2,138
3,280
8,065
2,063
3,341
8,170
2,146
3,212
8,161
1,871
3,024
8,573
2,024
2,635
8,457
2,150
2.682
8,596
2,443
2,954
8,464
231,823 251,279 268,947 323,563 315,343 332,689 316,607 282,322 309,957
211,322 235,304 267,134 334,441 338,440 337,508 332,234 284,133 287,943
190,762 212,737 214,550 203,672 180,569 175,750 160,123 158,312 180,326
82,579 86,633 77,888 88,192
84,126 81,455 85,143 86,277 90,207 84,762
86,229 81,714 77,470 88,774
SO, 959 79,972 86,930 85,412 88,912 85,194
13,893 18,812 19,230 18,648
16,119 17,602 15,815 16,680 17,975 17,543
288,726 240,656 251,032
287,869 204,620 244,273
193,4G6 169,502 176,261
78,886
81,410
13,399
77,836
78,283
12,952
718,719
584
11
650,123
807
10
217,406
200,071
207,637
181,088 174,572 193,622 196,747
198,064
181,421
180,133
162,881
188,839
166,008
164,925
120,809
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Page 153
Cotton:
Consumption. __
.
bales.. 744,OSS
145
Exports (excluding linters)...thous. of bales..
12
Imports (excluding linters).
do—
731,793 661,771 627,194 623,098 641,636 565,416
134
220
345
434
747
1.035
12
11
14
10
37
9
622,723 654,503 639,252 770,720
104
91
65
137
Ifi
4
10
18
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Page 159
Automobiles:
Sales (General M o t o r s Corporation):
World sales:
B y T7. 8. a n d C a n a d i a n p l a n t s . . n u m b e r .
United States sales:
T o dealers
—-tlo.._
T o consumers..
:
do...
a
160,458
123,874
181,066
174,625
183,900
183,481
185,548 167,310
110,659
171,024
165,820
99,664
145,064
151,t>61
173,212
24,019
124,692 226,169
21,154 116.031 207,935
100,782 97,527 186,010
Data for October are the latest available.
tRevised series. For revised data of foundry equipment see footnote marked with a " t " on p. 50 of the November 1940 SURVEY. Data on petroleum and products
indicated by a " t " have been revised for 1939; revisions not shown on p. 46 of the December 1910 SURVEY will be shown in a subsequent issue.
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