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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS W E E K L Y SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS DECEMBER INDICATORS COTTON CONSUMPTION PRICES OF 354 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Dec. 20 1926*100.. do.... .. do.... *.do.... ...Auguet 1939*100.. dol. per lb.. Wheat, So. 2, Hard Winter (lenses City) 5/ Department etore sales Insured unemployment, total 6/..... State programs. Veterans1 programe 1946 19^7 1991 Commodity pricee, wholesale* All commodities 2/ Farm products.. Food All other 2/ 28 commodities 3/ Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markete V 26, 1947 Aol. per bu.. Dec. 13 161. u .196.2 179.0 ^3.5 351.^ .361 .357 3.03 569 ..1935-39*100., thoue.. .do.... .«o.... Finance! Currency in circulation 4/ mil. of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit, total. do.... Member bank reserve balancee. ............do..., Bxceee reserves, estimated do.... Federel Beeerve reporting member banke in leading eitiesl Jj Bank debit*, total mil. of dol.. Sew Tork City. ..do.... Deposits, demand, adjueted .....do.... Loans and investmente, total.. ......do..,. V. 8. Government obligations....... ...do.... » Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans.....do.... Failures, oommerciai .number.. 1 Bond* yields, domestic corporate (Moody s).......... percent.. 8tock pricee, 402 stocks (Standard and Poor* s). 1935-39*100.. Industrials, 35U stocks '..i..ao.... Production! Bituminous coal 4/....................thous. of short tone.. Xlectric power, by utllitlee. ail. of kw-hr.. Motor vehiclee (Wards) 8/ v..number.. Petroleum 4/. thoue. of bbl.. 8t*el 2/ .1935-39*100.. Freight carloadings, total . thous. of care., Miecellaneoue do.... 28,9*12 22,738 17,581 1,»3 ' io*959 *"iai 122.6 129.5 *i2o|6oi 19^,7 28,875 22,617 7 « 1 Dec. 6 Dec. ?1 Dec. 14 159.8 190.3 178.3 142.6 359.1 .353 3.09 367 rl,225 r756 rH23 159.2 188.6 178.8 1^2.0 353.7 .341 28,83? 22,830 17,038 883 28,722 22,934 17,121 1,012 28,595 23,041 17,068 928 29.038 ?4,328 28,950 24,796 16,479 874 23,702 9,329 »7,6?2 64,924 37,829 14,214 79 3.03 184.0 130.9 25,936 10,891 47,722 65,264 19,^3 7,239 SS:S 11,451 27 2.8 3 1?5.5 128.8 130.0 2,217 5,180 115,197 5,275 2,272 4,940 96,754 20,509 20,3*6 48,247 65,0Zl 37,560 1^,358 60 3.09 .120.9 127*7 120.2 Bov, 22 161.0 193.6 179.6 1^3.1 355.1 .356 3.04 508 1,290 786 U58 ^8.570 65,l4o 37,564 14,461 87 3.1? 8,631 Sov. ?9 2,211 2,849 5,218 5,327 117,705 . 110,759 5,265 5,253 191.5 854 879 U03 UlO ?1,762 8,628 47,982 65,04? 37,7f* 14,267 I? 3.06 122.2 129.* 2,39^ S983 84,391 5,?57 188.8 792 368 3.00 395 1,170 725 U03 l 190.1 903 415 139.8 170.7 159.5 ' 123,4 302.1 ' .331 2.11 53? 1,865 855 .935 Ui,66l 836 139.7 168.7 161.3 122.9 299.1 .321 2.10 519 2,010 935 996 42,762 n,373 33 2.83 l?6.6 2,268 4,778 96,887 u »717 137.8 829 360 373 f o r 1/ Data do not always cover oalendar weeke. 2j See note in January 1, 19*7 1 seu*. jj/ Thursday pricee. 4/ Sally average. 5/ 19^7 include dark hard winter not included prevlouely. 6/ for description eee note in July 13, 1946 ieeue, Jj Shewn on a revised basis beginning In Supplement for July 18, 19*7. 8/ Data are for V . 8, and Canada and include paeeenger care, commercial cere, and trucks. Week ending December 27, 169.8, 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Burlier data are available in Monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement STATISTICS—Continued 1946 1947 Bovaaber October September August Hovember I October COMMODITY PRICSS Wholesale prices of selected commodities* Coal, bituminous, pine run, composite..dol. per Short ton,, ...•••dol. per lb,. Coffee, Santos, Ho^ 4 (Hew York) Cotton, Middling, 15/16*, average, 10 markets. ...... .do.. . • Cotton cloths ^ Mill margins.. ..cents ver l b „ Print cloth, 64 x 60 dol. per yd.. Butter, 92-ecore (Hew York)... .dol,. per lb,, 3gga, U , S. standards (Chicago).. ...dol. per dos.« Grains and grain products* Corn, weighted average, 5 markets...........dol. per b u # . Wheat, weighted average, 6 markets. * do.... Wheat flour,standard patents (Minneapolis).dol, per-bbl.. Bides, packers *, h«tevy, native stews.........dol. per lb.. Livestock and meats* Beef steers (Chicago)..... ......dol.per 100 lb.. Hogs, all grades (Chicago).........................do.... Beef, fresh, native steers' (Chicago)........dol, per lb.. Pork, fresh, loins, 8-10 lb. (Hew York) ........... .do.... Lambert Douglas fir, di*,,Ho.l,com.,2«x 4*-.l6».. dol.per aM bd.ft.. Southern pine,boards,Ho.2,common^!*! 6"or 8"* 12 ..de«..« Ponderosa pine, Ho. 3 , common, 1* x 8"... ....do.... Metals and manufactures! Pig iron, composite,.......,....; dol. per long ton.. Steel, composite, finished. ,dol, per lb,. Structural steel (Pittsburgh) .........do.... Steel scrap (Chlcago)..,..............dol. per long ton.. Copper, electrolytic (Hew York).............dol. per lb.. Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (Hew York),,.,....do.... Zinc, prime, Western (St. Louie) ...do,,,. Petroleum, crude (lansae-Oklshooe.),at wells..dol. per bbl.. Gasoline, tank wagon (Hew York),.... ..dol. per.gal.. Sugar, refined, granulated (Hew York),........dol. per lb.. Wool, raw, territory, fin*, scoured ...do.... 7.5P* .872 .3361 59.33 'M .455 2< 2.3*5 33.194 , . 14.97 .375 .3434 .3089 57.91 .255 .802 .450 53.96 .251 .7*5 .422 *0.78 .1*7 .816 .*o6 30.86 .1*6 2.370 2,801 13.57 .301 2;295 1.309 1.610 26.66 67.815 7&.521 .622 67.S15 r7?.a47 63.220 61.230 37.32 37.28 .0880 39.125 ,a?o U0.500 .0360 "67.315 m.127 59.010 2.472 12*72 .295 2.227 iO.95 .2*9 56.230 44,085 53*182 40.360 42.630 46,083 40.380 37.21 28.73 .0235 23.125 .170* ,1044 .1012 l.*85 28.73 .0305 .0235 18.750 ;i*i5 .0825 .0887 i.*6o .159 .0360 .0305 .0280 ,0280 39.8715 .a2? 2.010 .17« 1.810 .174 .088 1.255 .1500 .10$0 1.810 1.227 .176 .082 .082 1.220 1.220 .159 .076 1,106 29,793 715,108 533,636 36,33? 793.286 27,185 6*9,996 508,458 31,885 823,216 599,7*4 27,1*9 503.7*5 381,9** 325.3 322. * 330.6 424,4 S17.8 : 368.1 rl56.6 rl79.4 159.3 128.7 218.9 154.3 177.3 1*58,5 129.5 152.0 176.7. 15*.9 2^,3 187.0 r222.U 185.9 429.3 .1500 .1050 1 278.8 EMPLOYMENT C0HDITI0H8 AHD WA0B8 Production workers, all manufacturing, unadjusted.,1939"100., Durable goods industries. .......do.... Iron and eteel and their products. do.... . Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills...do.... Electrical machinery..,,; do.... Machinery, except electrical... ....do.... Machinery and machine-ehop products..............do. ... Machine tools. .do.... Automobiles. .do.... Transportation equipment, except automobiles. do.... Aircraft and parts (excluding engines). do.... Aircraft engines .do.... Shipbuilding and boatbuilding. do.... Nonferroue metals and products .do.... Lumber and timber basic products ..do.... Sawmills 1/ .....do.... Furniture and finished lumber p r o d u c t s . . d o . . . . Purniture 1/ .do.... Stone, cloy, and glass products. «*...do.... nondurable goods industries..., ....do..,. Textile-mill products and other fiber manufectures.do.... Cotton manufactures, except small wares l/»......do.... Silk aad rayon goods l/. ...do.... Woolen and worsted mamifactures 1/. .do.... ..do..,. Apparel and other finished textile products. Men's 1 clothing 1/ ....do.... Women s clothing 1/ do.... Leather and 1 eather products ...do.... Boots and shoes if do.... Pood and kindred products ............... do.... Baking 1/ do.... Canning and preserving 1/ .do.... Slaughtering and meat packing l/ .do.... Tobacco manufactures. .do.... Paper and allied products. .... .do.... Paper and pulp ...do..,. rl56.9 rl80,8 129.3 222.8 r229.1 186.7 lUo.fc rl?7.7 269.3 337.5 ?§4.8 149.4 173.3 rl62.1 175.5 rl36.1 141.8 161.6 175.3 133.5 131.0 1*5.5 138.7 121.5 83.5 108.4 1*9.6 133.7 161.5 105.6 rlll'.S 117.9 157.9 135.5 95.1 145.0 142.9 215.6 1U1.6 rl92.0 257.* 329.1 r299.2 rl37.5 171.7 , 10M rll.9.3 r81.6 rl07.0 1*5.6 130.4 158.0 104.8 97.5 161.1 250.0 329.3 299.9 rl25.« rl70.0 161.5 175.8 131.9 129.* 14U.6 136.2 102.5 rll8.1 re0.2 rIO3.3 142.2 128.3 rl53.9 103 .<5 96.7 157.3 114.5 232.7 135.5 115.5 252.1 134.7 92.3 1*3.0 >43.5 1 rl>2,7 lfcp.9 rj Revised, jJ Bate for the indicated Industries have been adjusted to 19*5 data from the Federal Security Agency. 2.1% 9.55 .155 64.845 r67.978 .0360 432,3 .420 23.57 22,82 ,J80 .*76 38.750 .a?3 627,378 # s4o .*09 .512 .2121 .1500 .1050 1.910 .176 .082 .3607 J5.6* 37.21 .1500 .1050 5i9«9 ,2*1 28.84 23.7* .*69 .593 .0360 .0280 CONSTRUCTION AH3 R M L ESTATB Contract aw&rde, 37 States (P.W. Dodge Corp.)i Total projecta i '.*".' number.. Total valuation. .thoue, of del.. Building, total ...do.... Construction coat indexes (Engineering Haws-Record)t Building coet •1913*100.. Construction coet (ell types) do.... 7.410 .264 29.54 .466 .480 5.998 7.441 .?72 .3156 91.6 1 2 M 227.6 217.7 186.7 16M 193.3 292.4 368.8 W . 8 193.2 184.0. 142.4 152.9 127.7 125.6 1*3.9 132.5 107.6 rl?2.5 r83.6 rltt.6 13C.6 121.8 1*2.1 102.9 9*.7 133.5 111.3 143.4 120,9 97.6 l**.3 137.9 .07* 1.037 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS atrllftf 4ate «*» available in monthly Issues of the Simrty and the 1942 Supple*ent S T A T 1ST ICS—Continued m *** October m w m m conditions and wagks - Continued Production worker*, ell manufacturing, unadjusted - Continued. Nondurable gqod* industries - Continued. Printing, punishing, and allied industries.... ,1939"100 Newspapers And periodicals 1/...... ...do.. Printing, book and Job 1/. ..do.. Chemicals and allied products do.... Chemical* * do. Products of petroleum- and coal. do.... .do*.,. Petroleum refining.... Rubber products do.... Rnftber tires and inner tvibea .. ........do... Honnantrfacturlng employment, unadjusted: Mining: Anthracite. .do,.. Bituminous coal.. .do... Metalliferous .do... quarrying end nenaetalllc,.. ......do... Crude petroleum and natural gas.. .do... Public utilities: Electric light and power, ......do... Street railways and busses .....do.... Telegranh,. .do. Telephone. ; do. Services: Xbrelng and cleaning* .' do. Power laundries* .do. Tear-round hotels. ;-...*• .do, Betail trade. .....do. Vholesale trade do. Production-worker pay rolls, all manufacturing, unadjusted 1939-100*. Durable goode industries. ...do... Iron and steel and their products. .do**. Blast furnaces, steel workers, and rolling mills**do*** Vlectrical machinery.. do... Machinery, except electrical........* .....do... Machinery and machine shop products.... do... Machine tools .do*.. Automobiles. * .do... Transportation equipment, except automobiles... do... Aircraft and parts (excluding engines).. .do... Aircraft engines do* *« Shipbuilding and boatbuilding do... Nonferrous metals and products. ....do... Luaber and timber basic products.... .....do.... Sawmills 1/ do*.* furniture and finished luaber producte .do... Purni ture if,,, do... Stone, clay,"and glass products.. •••••• do*** Nondurable goods industries .do... Textile-mill products and other fiber manufactures.. do,.. Cottoft manufactures, except small wares l/........do,.. Silk and rayon goods 1/ ...do... Wool en and worsted manufactures l/.. .do,.. Apparel and other finished textile nroducts.........do. * *, 1 Men s clothing l/. * do. Vomen?s clothing 1/....... ....do. Leather and leather produot*.. do. Boots and shoes l/......... do. Pood and kindred products ......do* Baking 1/ do. Canning and preserving if « do. Slaughtering and meat packing 1/ do. Tobacco manufactures. .do. Paper and allied product*. .do. Paper sind iwilp ; .do. Printing, publishing, and allied products ....do. Newspapers and periodicals l/...« do* Printing, book and job 1/ do. Chemicals and allied products ...do. Chemical*......... * ..do. Products of petroleum and coal ..do. Petroleum ref lnlng. . 1 do. Rubber products .do. Rubber tires and lnn*r tjibes 1/ do. Pay roll*, nonmauufacturing, unadjusted: Mining: Anthracite. •».do. Bituminous coal, , .do. Metalliferous do..., (parrying and nonmetailid. do.. Crude petroleum and natural gas ........do,. >132.0 129.8 120.5 137.7 189.7 IT?. 2 tell 1 130.7 121*7 139.1 195.2 177.6 153.* 1*0.0 rl78*l '207.5 1*1.5 '1TT.8 r21*.9 * 80.7 89*2 rS8*J 105.* . *95.T 81.* 88.4 89.5 106.J *9T.4 192^9 109.9 129.6 99.8 rl91.6 110.2 130.7 100.5 193.8 rlSO.O rl08.5 '117.7 '115.7 rll5.5 118.6 109.6 117.* U2.3 113.3 117.* 110.2 117.6 rllO.O 112.2 i a*« 1*1,6 rl98.* ITT.* rl52*« 138.7 rl82.0 ai.o '80*9 '89.9 rS7,9 1W.5 9**5 r!09.* >128.8 98.1 3*1.6 2*9.9 '3T2.2 325.T 252.9 UUg',2 **2.6 379.6 329.0 373.6 253.9 380.3 K **2.2 31*.* 250.* *20.3 372.0 25* .2 '3T3.5 501.5 338.T r*82*9 62*.* *99.9 297.8 353.2 501.3 r266*l '3*3.6 3x8.5 3x5.0 305.0 297.9 r306*0 3<*.«5 26**9 329.1 2*7.6 270.* 336.0 302.* ^256.3 m 302.3 3*9.5 23*.9 2*3.8 rttT.* r220.2 r268.5 318*5 28**9 '33*.T 231.6 221.5 331.6 308.8 230.* *3*.2 271.7 21*.5 31*.* 317.3 2*7.9 221.6 272.8 *00.5 335.5 297.9 258.7 3T5.o 398.0 '369.0 397.9 22*. 1 ai.i 2T5.2 1T9.5 261.2 169.* IT*.* 271.9 20*.9 308.5 317.0 3*5.0 221.6 266.6 395.1 336.2 302.* 266.* 270.2 1T9.0 258.5 1T5.6 *26.1 360.2 250.8 63T*6 *86.7 2^1.8 '329*7 lyS 293*3 28**7 . 301.7 r?90.* r240.1 '305.7 '203*0 '233.6 302.3 264.8 ^323.1 220.4 209.9 325.6 218.* 653.7 270.0 203.0 300.6 312.3 335.5 a*.o 25*.f 380.* 336.8 297.2 262.2 '357.* 396.0 216.6 26*.* 178.3 259.6 rl73.* rj Revised. 1/ Data for the indicated industries have been adjusted to 19*5 data from the federal Security Agency, 126.6 U3.7 138.3 190.9 X 7H 1*6.6 I56.0I WX 238.3 82.9 90*0 85.2 101.2 93.0 102.5 ' 130.6 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Sarlier data are available la monthly latuee of the Survey and the 19*2 Supplement S T A T 1ST I C S —Continued 19*7 November October 191*6 September August SMPLOTKMT C0RPZ7Z0VS AHD VAOBS - Continued Product ion-worker pay rolls, nonmanufacturing, unadj>; - C o n . Public utilities: JQectric li«bt and power 1939*100,, Street railways and busses,.... ...do.... Telegraph .. ....do.... Telephone .do.... Services: Dyeing and cleaning . do.... Power laundries . ......do.... Tear-round hotels do... . Betall trade do.... Wholesale trade do.... 182,8 223.2 208,1 31*.2 2a,6 20U.5 206,9 206,9 183.1 22*. 1 182.9 225.2 '312;3 306,2 220,7 208.2 r22?.* 202.5 203.3 208,9 203.9 ai.s aj.5 2a .0 '197.6 198,2 157.6 ao.9 19*.2 273.0 a7.o 191.5 as.5 191.7 189.7 flHABCS Federal Ooveranent finance:. $xp»naiturfts, total 1/ all* Of dol.. Bfttlonal defense and related activities l/. ...do.... Interest on debt, .do..,. Receipts, Tr«*e«ury, total 2,19* 936 X27 do.,., Eeceipte, net do.... Oufttons. do,... Internal revenue, total ....do,... Income taxes .do.... Social security taxes do.... Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (W,Y,S,S,)..,... dollars.. Domestic, ; do,... foreign .do..., Value, Issues listed on Sew York Stock Exchange: face value, all issues. ..all, of dol,. Domestic .do..,. foreign do.... Market value, all Issues ......do.... Domestic. .do.... foreign...... *. .do.... Stocks: Oaeh dividend payments publicly reported: Total dividend payments .do.... Manufacturing ....do.... Mining do.... Trade. do..., finance, .do.... Bail roads .do.... Heat, light, and power ..do.... Conmuhloetlons. .do,.., Miscellaneous .do..,, Sharee listed on Hew York Stock Exchange: j Market value do.... Bumber of shares listed adlHbns^ 3,093 8,7*3 2,**5 1,151 157 2,*55 2,93? 4,884 3,060 908 103 2,865 2^36 105 2.63? 2,690 1,666 3*9 2,197 1,3*5 70 4,267 3.*35 133 1,668 352 j/ioo.46 100.93 70.51 2/101.19 2/102.06 ^102,62 2/136,879 2/136,711 2/137,628 135,210 2,168 2/1*1,236 139,39* 1,589 136.7S7 13*.58* 2,203 139,521 1,5a 2/137.666 135.281 2.135 2/i*O t *99 13«.715 1,533 559.3 3*9.0 58.0 42.2 29.8 17.1 3».7 9.8 18,7 17?.* 96.* 1.5 9.3 31.7 5.9 31.0 .3 3.3 160.5 •3 2,1 *22,0 195.0 6.* 37.0 60.2 13.5 48.8 *9.2 11.9 67,026 l!«96 68,88* 1,879 67,522 1,870 68,18* 65,7*1 1,76* 561,575 556,670 902,939 887,3*7 7*0,7» 730,790 792,9» 800,18* J*81,7*3 *73»999 .do,... do,... .do.... **3,96S 459.202 911,*9* 465,489 132,019 860,531 605,075 53*,J53 86,7*9 1,000,829 223.781 6*2,633 1,209,640 ........short tons.. .do.... . . . * .fo.,,. v ....do,... 71,861 r76,300 *83.71$ 73,Of* 129,206 90,896 13*, 556 f 2.073 2/137,509 135,80* 1,462 167.3 95.9 8.6 20,6 A? 101,65 71.90 l^f*,3*6 2,115 2/138.336 136,568 102,5* 73.28 2,42 103,09 73.28 1,862 J® 290 102.00 102.41 76.89 86.8 *.2 ii 2.0 31.2 .3 2.1 fOODSSUm AND TOBACCO Sugar, U. S., deliveries and supply (raw value):, Deliveries, total.* for domestic consumption. Production, domestic, and receipts: Aitries from off-shore areas Production, domest ic. cane and beet Stock*,, raw and refined.. MSKAL8 AHD MAHUYACTDRBS Copper: Production: Mine or smelter Beflnery Deliveries, refined,. domestic, Stocks, refined, end of month,. 106,232 66^622 '112,310 r92il*6 r95.6>i0 80,113 '83,301 r88,l 22 *96,37* 77,212 bales,. 759,*98 826,216 727,*»*8 710,601 878,025 .thousands,. .ail. of hours.. • ..hours,, .percent of- capacity,. 21,*32 21,563 21,410 a,197 9,03* 379 H2»9 U9.6 97,525 r 108,277 7*,507 75,066 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Ootton: Consumption. Spindle activity: Active swindles Active spindle hours, total Average per spindle in place Operet ions. 120,6 10,802 *52 122,9 11*3, V397 $1*99 1/ See note on corresponding item In the December 19*7 Survey. 2/Price* of bends of the IntemationslBank are included la counting the averagee. y Includes bonds of International Bade not shown separately. 4/ Data forl$*7 lncludekoopper from all t w r m t ; w l l e r data relate to domestic and duty-free foreign coppers see note in the December 1$*7 Survey far further information on thess series.
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