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® SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS W E E K L Y SUPPLEMENT UNITED S T A T E S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU o r FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE w FEBRUARY 15. I94t SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION CRUDE OIL RUNS-TO-STILLS (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS! HW'H'W01 tao (MLUONS OP SMWLS-OMUT AMBNftQ too J^-if J J&SiTM./ \ / V 1 /1 so .ut.Li.iUuIIWU-uajILLULULL1111liMh11i1111i1.lL OEMRTMENT STORE SALES AND STOCKS sso EXPORTS AND IMPORTS MMMIMa J***STOCKS t II II lililjb iiiiilnni 1945 1946 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS^ 1946 19*7 XOM 1947 IXBf J*b. 8 ?tb. 1 Jan. 25»eb. 9 Veb. 2 Goaaodity prices, wbolesalsi All OOHOditiM & 1926-100.. 140.3 140.3 107.1 106.8 i64.s 164.2 i30.it 129.7 Vui products do.... 154.1 155.9 107.1 IO6.7 food do.... All OtMT Zl. 127.5 127.0 101.1 100.9 28 ooMOditlw 5/ August 1939*100.. 310.0 305.1 302.5 187.4 187-5 Cotton, aiddling, 15/16". 10 aarketa 4/ dol. ptt. lb.. •326 .305 ".255 .317 KbMt, 10. 2.. Hd.Win.(X.c). ...dol. p«r W , 2.17 2.09 2.11 Departaant store Mitt 1935-39-100.. 216 220 s Insured uneMployaent, total §J Jtnous.. 2.368 3.290 1,123 State progrmm do.:.. 1.161 a Veterans' prograas do.... 1.259 IlUBMi flank debits, asabsrtank*in 101 oitisst Total ail. of dol.. 17.184 1§.375 16,717 15.761 14.929 Jitw Torfc City do.... 7.817 6,991 7.023 7.>(62 7,080 Currency in circulation 4/ do.... 28,301 28,272 27.^1 27,918 federal iUMiTt M b credit, total.• ..do.... 24,050 24,514 23.** 23,898 See note in January 11. 19>»7 ieane. 1/fiatado not alwtye oorer calendar veaksand guaranteed. J/ Data are for Agencyi aaa note la July 13, 1916 iesue. 7/ 2/ **rmij 15. 183*7* SkS 1*6 VA. 8 . VA. 1 Jan.25 lab. 9 2 finance - Continued. Meabar bank reserve balances.. all. of dol.. 16,095 16,308 15.717 15*681 ixceee reeerres, estiaated do.... 1.061 793 I.115 728 federal Heeerre reporting aeaber banfcei Deposits, deaand, adjusted...ail. of dol.. & 40,082, 37.8a .026 loans and lnreetaents, total do.... 56.036 .ai U. 8. Oorernaent obligatione 7/...do.... 35.592 36.171 119.656 Coaaer., indue., and agr., loane..do... 10.573 10,41* * S 7.300 failures, eoaaercial amber. •ft 52 Bond yields (Moody's) peroent. 8.78 7.3*2 Stock prices, 402 stocks 1935-39-100.. 129.7 1JW.5 123*8 Production: Bituminous coal 4/. ...thous. of short toot. 2,200 1*8.9 Electric power ail. of kv-hr.. U.856 £9 Motor vehicles (Wards) 8/ ...wufcer. 90.995 Petroleum k/ thous. of bbl. 81 Steel 3t/ 1935-39-100.. I83I1 U.7 181.3 Vretahtcarloadioge, total....thout. 'of eare.. II.9 723 822 do.. 713 _ 5 S JSL 288 Aniredtor. prices. 4/ Daily average. 5/ 10 quotation. £/ Data ftoa Tederal Security S. and Canada and include ! paeeenger oars, ooaaereial oars, and f g £ ^ MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS JBarlier data are Mailable in 1 of the Surrey andtoe1942 Supplei 1947 January 1946 January Moreaber Deceaber Earlier data are available in aonthly iesuea of the Survey and the 1942 Suppleaent 1947 1946 January Dowwtic m m . HXAMCK - Continued Oold, aonetexy stock, U.S Department etorest of dol. 20,748 20, h p 20,156 8alea, unadjusted, total U.S. •1935-39-100. r«w'l. Currency in circulation a6 179 336 ...do... 28,265 28,861 27,9V Sales, adjusted, total U.S.... oo.... r274 Public finance (federal)t 227 272 273 Debt, gross, end of aonth do. 259.J76 278,887 262.277 . W M & U H S COMDZffOKS AMD W W 8 Xntereet bearing* Public ietuee do. 233.601 256,801 236.671 labor force (Bureau of the Census)< £/ L Special issues....do. w.777 20.655 a.25* 2,010 1.720 6,170 1,890 Araed forces... *.«..««.«.........«»«•«.thous*. Sonintereet bearing do. 1.399 M H 58,970 1.351 57.730 1)3.320 53.^30 XSxpendituree, treasury, total Oirilian laborforoe.., do.... do. ^.891 57.040 51,020 56.310 Asployao&t....................... ....do.... 55.390 tfar aotiritiee do. 3.M7 7.900 6,500 6,720 7.210 Agricultural. .do.... Interest on debt do. 3?9 48,890 44,300 49.140 105 49,100 aeoeipts, Treasury, total Jhmagrioultural .do.... dol 3,ea»8 2,300 1.930 2,120 Uneaployaent. ...... ....»%••..»• ..••(• ..do.... 2,400 Aoceipts, net do. 2.364 3.819 3.820 VXXAHCS Cuetoaa. ^o, 42 Internal rerwoxe, total do. federal ieeerre banka, condition, end of BOX 3.»«51 44,268 45.647 Aeeote, total ail. of dol.._. 2.755 23.976 S,093 1,004 Social security taxes Baa. bank credit outetanding, total^.^o 24.791 51 290 23,264 23.%0 P*ioee» United States seeuritiee do.... 23.944 OoU certificate reeerree do.... 18,381 Industrials, utUitiee, and railet 18,310 Hi fa .str 45,006 « fff^®(15 bonds) .aoi. per tlOO boiad Liabilities, total* do.... 45.647 122.6 123*8 121.6 17,822 17.353 *** ^er &rede, 0019.(50 bonde)do Dopooite, total do.... 18,083 .116.3 115.9 119*7 15,682 Maaber bank reeerree balancee do.... 16.513 lb.139 Industrials (10 bonds) do. 123.5 123*9 1P2.5 1.089 teoss reeerreeJLeetiaated) do.... 1,063 rfjte WWLi« utilities (20 bonds)...:.. .do. 111.2 116.; U2.6 24,153 fed. jteesrr* notee in circulation... .do.... 24.799 24.945 „ Bailroada (20 bonds) do.,. 114.3 U8.1, lWf7 42.8 hxl Oowstio mxnicipals (15 bonds) do... 42.7 ...peroent.. 134.4 IklA 136.8 U.S. treaeury bonds (taaable) do... 104.3 104.6 »3.7 to take account of iaprored cirilian population eetimtes; reri^ona' of the l/fterised.i/ Data nave been rerieed beginning earlier data m VM & '20.529 •28,952 259.1^8 24.585 1.500 3.618 1.580 , 952 ^.113 s 2.971 2,886 89 121.5 115.9 123*0 111.9 112.9 133.V W3.9 M O N T H L Y BUSINESS STATISTICS - Continued brlisr data ars available In aontoly issuss of tae Survey and tn* 1942 Sapploaoat 1946 1947 January flMttGE- Continued Bond yields: Boasstlc corporate (Moody's)... 2.79 2.73 By ratixgs: 2.54 Am do.... 2.62 tg Aft^ttt....•••.•..••••..••.«......do.... 2.73 Al.........•••».... •••».««dO...» 2.79 3.01 Baa do.... 3.13 Bp groups: 2.57 Indus trials do.... 2.63 2.71 Futile utilities do.... 2.73 2.89 3.00 Ballroads 4s.... Domestic municipals (15 tends)) 1.92 Standard and Poor's Corporation....do.... 1.57 2.21 2.21 U. S. Treasurytends(taaable) do.... Stocks, OOSA dividend peymsnts (Moody's): Soul annual paymsnts at enrrsnt rates (600 cos.) ail. of dol.« 2,128.87 1886.00 941.47 Boabor of shares, adjusted. Billions .. 95^.65 Blxldsnd rate per share (weighted average) 2.00 (600 oos.) •. dollars.. 2.?3 iudn (21 cos.) *. do.... 3.21 2.22 Industrials (492 cos*) do.... 2.59 Insurance (21 oos*)................do.... 1.92 Public utilities (JO oos.)•• do.... 2.64 Ballroads (36 cos.) do.... 2.75 Stodk prices! fa.78 74.78 Dow-Jones A Co. stocks), dol. per slaare.. 17o.l0 199.00 Industrials (30 stocks) do.... • 39.94 Public utilities (15 stocks) do.... g.58 Ballroads (20 stocks) do.... 119.06 138.72 Sew lock Siass (5& stocks) do.... 199.92 226.00 do.... Industrials (25 stocks) 51.45 3S.a Ballroads (25 stocks) do*-... Standard and Poor's Corporation;. Combined lain (402 stecks).1935-39»100>. . 125.2 144.8 Industrials (39k stocks).; do.... 147.5 128.5 Public utilities (28 stocks) do.... 124.0 110.7 Ballroads (20 stocks) < do:... 164.3 114.7 Stock yisldst Coaaon stocks (200), Moody's percent.. >•5 Banks (13 stocks). do.... 3 4.2 Industrials (125 stocks) do.... 3-H 4.4 Insuraaos (10 stocks) do.... 2.9 Public utilities (25 stocks) do.... 6.6 Ballroads (25 stocks) do.... Preferred, high-grade (15 stocks)... .do.... 3.74 1% li Inlfftt carioadlncs (led. Bsssrvs indexes)* Ooabinsd index, adjusted 193W9-100. Coal ...» ...do... Poreet products Grains and grain products.. Livestock Merchandise, l.o.l Ore.•••••••»••»•••••••••••• Miscellaneous ....do... MHMLSIK AMD COAL FiMHXtttf short tons. Anthracite, production.. Bitualnous ooal, production. 157 123 1? 152 5.157 58.860 1946 Barller data are available in aonthly Imom of the Surrey and the 1942 Supplement iiOVMdMr 4 & Si 127 122 l 5? 126 78 118 13* 2.82 2.83 It 2.61 2.84 3.17 2.69 ?.S3 3.17 2.66 2.66 2.77 3.05 1.80 2.25 W 1:2 2.110.73 954.( 2.16 3.20 2.12 2.59 i.90 2.76 >&g $ k.in 190.32 37.97 120.6 123.8 105.5: U3.3 4.6 4.0 4.4 n 6.9 3.70 137 i 2.21 3.20 2.19 t j 2.77 63.97 174.38 51.18 36.77 118.34 197.29 39.59 1946. KXPLOTMaff COK9I9XOMS AMI) VA0B8 - Continued Production-worker pay rolls, eto. 1/ - Con. Sondurable goods - Continued* Paper and alllsd products 1939*100.. Paper and pulp dp.... Printing, publishing, etc do.... newspapers and periodicals do.... Printinc, bock and Job do.... Chealcals and alllsd products do.... ChsBlcals do.... Products of pstrolsua and ooal do.... Petroleun refining do.... fiobbsr- products do.... Bubber tires and inner tubas do.... Pay rolls, nonafc., unadj.(U.SJ)spt.of La.)<l/ Mining: * Anthracits 1939*100.. Bitualnous ooal do.... MetaUiferous do. • .. Quarrying and nonastalUc do.... Crude pstrolsua and natural gas do.... Public utilities: aectric light' and power do.... tftrest railwgrs and buasss'. do.... Vslsgrsph do.... Telephone ...do.... Ssrvioost Ibr«lQg and olssninc ........do.... Pwcr laundries.......••••..•..••••• do.... Tsar round hotels.. .do.... Betall trade do.*.. Wholesale trade do.... 125.5 Bcports of U.S. aerohaadise 128.9 109.8 General imports, total 118.8 Imports for consumption il. <tf dol., do.... do..., do..., 1945 1<5U6 October loriabff 281.7 244.8 214.9 189.7 239.4 322.1 233.2 402.3 371.5 219.0 196.6 163.2 141.9 184.7 283.4 267.0 222.2 a?. 6 275.5 256.7 212.3 258.3 159.3 221.3 151*9 167*1 161.6 .8 S .0 178.8 213*6 222.0 117.6 155.0 135.9 203.5 «19.! 201J 196.9 174.3 211.1 16?!6 159.2 218.8 197.2 1,09>* 1,080 265.8 234.9 200.3 178.9 228.4 228^2 368.5 346.1 199.9 «7.l 148.0 227*6 150.1 155« 212; . r201c. 269*2 225*7 189.8 r2l4»5 182.5 184.5 736 715 297 279 1 396 r7,174 r6,409 8,180 7,948 7,110 ®,309 25,086 rl0,090 3».53^ 31.*« 13.1* »H«,925 '15.931 •4,780 3^1.235 9,257 5,968 3».295 '11.291 rl0,007 16,202 14,429 537 4.5 u Psrasntsd aalt liquors* Production..........••• •thous. of bbl. Ssae-pald withdrawals... 8tocks, end of aoath.................,do... a 8,467 6.6 Oistllled spirits: 2/ Production thous. of tax gal. . 3r76 31.«» ®"*-paid withdrawals do... W.173 Stocks, end cf aonth do... 433,117 Moiskyt Production. .do. .. flaae-pald withdrawsls.... ............uo... Stocks, end cf aonth do... 391.613 Bectifled spirits and winss, production. total. thous. of proof gal.. 13.903 Ifelsky.. ; do... 12.178 «3 Matlonal Uasbsr Manufacturers Association: Production, total ail. of bd. ft. Hardwoods. ...do... Softwoods.».....••••••••••..........do... 5,080 4,982 4,990 flhipasats, total.••••••••••••«...y....do... 42,320 37,390 54.075 Hardwoods do... Softwoods..........••.••...••••••...do... Stocks, gross, sad of aonth, total....do... I'M 19*5 Hardwoods............••...•••••••.••do... Softwoods. io... October . Mbvsribsr a 1,673 2,279 577 1,702 4,542 1.431 3.11P S3 1.195 1,216 3.816 1,022 2.794 2,067 2,645 731 1.914 4,405 1.3W 3.088 BfPLttMUiT 00BSISI0MS AMD WOBS Castings, gray iron: 8klpaente, total.. «89,479 678,091 1,< 068 '291.8 Por sale ,. 505.728 397,529 -„j3®9 '321.6 Orders, unfilled, for sals, sad of ao.do.. 2,922,2tJ3 1,877,095 2,916,268 270.0 Malleable iron castings: 208.^ Orders, new, for sale .do., 28,542 50,140 400.1 Orders, unfilled, for sale .267,661 A S 280,972 375.! Shlpaents, total 384.8: 68,314 336.! to outside trades 346.7 59.327 •as? 282.71 Stssl eastlivs* 287.8 <315.8 Shlpaents, total '312.3 324.5 122,219 115,239 138,20f r§22.4 550.0 for sale, total ..:..........do.. 87.238 05,391 ro81»3 Ballwqr specialties do.. 683.3 21.247 25,939 477.6 530.2 527-2 SIORB, OAT AMD QXASS PBODOCTS 336.8 '353-7 33f.5 Glass containers: 3»«3 Jfcf r3l4.5 r306.9 Production. .thous. of cross. 312.4 9.344 8,603 rl65.r rl69.6 Shlpaents ,do. ., 162.8: 9.352 7,968 r25b.l Stocks, end of aonth. .do.. 252.7 266.9 3.591 3.906 ^.351 223.0 220.3 230.7 THOILB PBOOOOK8 264.0 267.4 274.0 r262.6 Hosiery: 255.1 272.4 24^.9 ?42«9 Production. of dosen ualra. 255.7 12.083 9.999 1U.533 285.4 293-5. Shipaente. ...••-•••••• 301.2| ...........do... M37 15/ 191.4 W9.3 Stocks, sad of aonth. 197.9 17,i .355 17.: 4 242.7 Hayon: 243.7 253.0 288.9 288*5 Consoaptloa: 298.33 189.4 1 206.7 Tarn 210.7 ... .all.of lb.< 154.2 170.5 Staple f i b e r . . . w . . 159.1 S:1 8:f 201.0 198.1 Stocks, producers', end of aonth: 216.8 175.4 '177.6 Tarn...do.... 194.7 6.0 228.6 248.1 Staple fiber. ...do..., 259.2 1.6 190.8 199.0 Proaqrlinreoated textiles (cottoa'fabrios):"**' 209.0 212.9 324.7 Caunlnc and preserving Orders, ueflllsdr thous. of linear yd." 199.9 13,1* UO.5 215.7 Slaugaterlag and asat -packing, PJrroaqrlln spread thous. of lb., 236.9 7,05a 207.4 212.7 !.0 fobaoco aaaofactures Shipment e, thous. of linear yd. 9,8671 9,133 11 . . ' — W Hevised. a/ Data not available. 1/ kplcgrasnt data by lndustrlss for Osesaber. (the latsst available) and prellalnaiy ssplovaent date for infe.*** ^ m x ^ , tor Jaauuxy Xll bs snwm to the next iasue of tae Weekly Sqpplsasat. 2/ Inoludss some production at r s d s t e r £ % i e t u 5 r i 2 ? ^ T l ^ t o M jwfpSlSt S T S t T t athe totals spoadlnc itsa ia the' aoatnly Survey* Production-worker psy rolls, all pfg., unadj. (U.S. I*pt. of Labor) £/........1939-100.,' Durable goods........................*do«..< Iron and stool and their products ..do... 4last furnaces, stssl works, etc. do... Bleetrlcal •acninery. do... Machinery, except eleotrlcal do... Machinery and Machine *op prod. .do. ^ Maonins tools ..do... Autoaobilss .do... transportation equipment, eac.autos.do... Aircraft and parts (exc. engines).do.. Aircraft sncinss».................co». Shipbuilding and boatbuilding do.. Monferrous metals and products do.. Lumber and tlaberbaaio products....do*. Samills........ ................. .do.. Purniture sad finished lumber prod..do*. Purniturs do*. Stone, clay,, and. class products do.. Boodurable coeds .....do.. Zestile-olll products, do.. Cotton afre., except small wares..do*. Silk sad rayon goods do.. Woolen and worstsd manufactures.. .do.. Apparel and other fin. t«. prod....do.. icon's clothing do.. Voaea's clothing do.. Loatnsr and lsather products .do.. Moots and shoos* do.. Pood and kindred produots do... 300.1 3g.3 265.5 226.2 240.0 220.5 181.2 308.5 288.7 2fe.4 244.5 135.5 577-2 520.4 346.3 1 641.2 250t4 199.4 114. V 188.1 164.3 181.7 212.7 138.0 a6.2 148.8 200.0 215*0 140.7 140.9 179.2 157.1 220.4 181.2 167.3 214.9 164.1 r286.4 r»S.5 263.2 203*2 393.1 373.5 m li li \
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