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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS W E E K L Y SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE FEBRUARY 8, 1947 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION CRUDE OIL R U N S - T O - S T I L L S ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (MILLIONS OF BARRELS-DAILY AVERAGE) (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) (1935-39 .100) S>.6 5.2 1947 4.8 ^ ^ > ^ 4.4 4.0 •.-p«f am.:; M-*fc:.- • e-fc . i i ! . i ! I i ! 11 11 I 1 i i i ! 11 i 1 , i i i.i • : I . L I <. J i i.iJ_Li-ij_ INCOME PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS COST OF L I V I N 3 (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-39-100? (1935-39 * 100) MONTHLY VONTHLV WTA M K FOOO^ "^TOTAL 1 1 I-I...I L U - I , • i. .1 i > J . J 1 1 1 !• I-L..L..JI-J-, ! 1 1 L J-Ll-t-J-l-1 _LJLJLJL-L Lj_.[.,.'_ ,l,.lJ WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS^ 19U7 19U6 Feb.l JJan.25 I Jan.18 Feb.2 iJen.26 Ccuoodlty prices, wholesale* ..1926»1C0., till comsoaitiss 2/ , .....do... Farm prociucta Food u ao.... All otter 2 / . . . > do.... 28 comuouU:.es J / . , . . . . . . . . A u g u s t 1939-100.. Cotton, miauling, I5/I0", 10 markets kj dol. per. lb., Wneafc.Jfo.2. .Kd.Win.U.C) dol. per. bu., Dspartaent store s a l e s . . . 1935-39*100. I aaured uneay.Ley went, total 6/ thous. State ..'rogrins do..., Veterans1 programs ... . . . do.... finance: iiwuc aeoits, sember panics in 101 ex ties J Total .....'. ail. of dol., Ut-.y Yor* City....' ... ao*... Currency in circulation kj do.... Jreder&l Beserve oanfc creait, total....ao... finance - Continued. Member bank reserve balances...mil. of dol.. Excess reserves, estimated do.... Federal Beserve reporting'nenber banks: Deposits, demand, adjusted...nil. of dol*. Loans and investments, total do.... U. S. Government obligations 2/...do.... Conner., indue., and agr., loans..do.... Failures, coamprcl&l number.. Bond yields (Moody's) percent. Stock nricea, U02 stocks... 1935-39*100.. Production: Bituminous ccal U/....thous. of short tons.. SIectrie ucwer. .7 mil. of kw-hr.. Hotor vehicles (Wards) SJ nunber... Petroleum U/ fhous. of bbl.. Steel 2/ 1935-39*100.. Freight' carloatiings, total....thous. of cars.. Miscellaneous do...« 16,30« 16.U31 15.681 793 837 1,061 16.12U 695 39.902 55.805 35.636 lO.ugq '65 2.77 123.1 95.295 183^ 1/ Sata uo not always cover calendar peeks. 2 / See note i n January 1 1 , 19^7 i s s u e . J / Thursday p r i c e s . U/ Daily a v e r a g e . 5 / No quotation. ftgerxy; see note i n July I}, 1^*6 i s s u e . 7 / D i r e c t end guaranteed. 8/ Data are f o r U. 9 . and Canada and include passenger c a r s , commercial •V 16}.0. 15.859 1.169 U0.100 33,026 35.037 56.073 68,211 68,112 36.231 1*9,656 ^9.531 10.339 7.30CJ ' , 2 7 5 51 }l\ 2.71 2.79 2.69 1U3.5 1^5.1 122.0 2,105! 2.0S8 2,189 M56 2,21? 3.983 U.O'U 29.295 29.U1.0 93.278 U.672 75.166 U.609 U,626 10,1 181.21 u,6?u 11.7 709 82? 140.0 723 56S 290 293 828 372 SJ Data *roa Federal Security c a r s , and t r u c k s . 9 / February U0.082 56,036 36,171 10.UUU 5? 2.78 123.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Uariier uuta are bvailable in monthly ie3uee of the Survey ana the I9U2 Supplement W. 19U6 January 1 Hovember • December CGiUs^Z'Ji'Y P'dlGKS 260 r;6 2231 ldh 33S 24C196 238 33b 281 306 292 201 2C6 207! 179| loU 375 180 225 2U§ 20U 206| 203 197 263 230 2201 187f 399 186 207 3U2 29U 313 307 230 **•>) 16AL JjyfjfB 1 Sh7 r980 Sew construct Lcr.t t o t a l . . . ........mi. ., of dol.^ 6U8 Private, tctal ......do., r732 320 Jiosiae.iti.il (nonfarm) ....do.., 2751 Nonresidential building,except farm and •:8o| public u t i l i t y . . mil. of del. r309 189 :.6il Industrial do,. rl7l| ,r/ iiovisod > 1/ 3<iC& f o r Soveabor 19U6 are f o r 5 weoks: o t h e r months, U tteeks. I9U7 19»«6 January I N o v e n l e r l Decombeo [January . OOIoTEUCTIOK AIID H'-JVL 33TAT5 - Continued Prices roceived by i'ursers? Ccmoinea index ......... 1909-lh*lGQ. Crops ,,.. do... Pood grciu. * .ao... Feed *;rf-.ln and nay .do... Tobacco . do... Cotton. , do.,. Fruit do... Truck crops. do... Cil-oearing crops ao... Livestock ana products .do... Meat an:.mals do... iteiry products* . « . . . . , ao... Poultry ana e£gs» - . . . . . . , ,, . u o . . . QOmrnr^XCX 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 • o f t h e Survey and t h e 19^2 S u p p l e w n t m Hew co.itruction - Continued. 261+ Private - Continued. 232 Farm construction mil. of dol 22U Public utility 4 do.., 186 Public construction, total do.. itc6 Residential construction. ,. .do.., 2U2 Military and naval do.. 211 i nonresidential building .do.. 166 Industrial do. •. 33UI Highway do.. 2§U All other do.. 311 TBAKSPOBTATION 3121 226 Fr?ight carloadingd (A.A.R.) 1/ Total cars thousands Coal do.. Coke do.. r908 Fore st pro due t s do.., r692 Grains and grain products do.. 300 Livestock do... Merchandise, 1 . c . l do... r297, 0*« do.., rl67 MJ ecelltneou do... 10| 83 199 50, I'll 21 U 65 U9 3,168 & 26i 6j riS 55 2.88U r68U 1? 167 M 128 207 65 US 216 68 UU5 48 r83 r2U? L 1.1*091 A »»,22C rS^ r--:i6 T'J5 rl5 r22 U 75 53 TIP! 3,022 599 6U S22\ 2h*| 117| 6U2 2UC| 1.97M 166 207 63 U./3 1.9 1.U16 H3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS - Continued Earlier a&ta are available in monthly Issues oi tne Survey una toe 1942 Supplement 1946 19*5 ljL6 Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey und the 19*& Sunplenent CONSTKJCTION AND S A A L E O ? A T B Incest! payments: Indexes, acjusted: Total incone ptyaeats ... 1935-39«100. Salaries end wages '• ao.., Total ncnagricultural incone do.. Total nil. of dol Salaries und wages, t o t a l . ...do.., Ccmmoalty-proaucing industries do.., Distributive inductriee ao.. Service industries.. • do.. Government .ao.., Public as8iotar.ee and other r e l i e f - . d o . . D.wiuends ana interest .....do.. Entrepreneurial ineoce end net rents and royaltf.es n i l . of dol..j Onner income pay meats do.... Total nonagrlcultural i n c o s e . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Farm ma'kstlngs, 'voluue: Indexes, unaojusted: Total farm marketings.* l^yj-y^lQO,•> Crops do... * Livestock and proavjss ,-do.,.. Indexes, adjusted: Total farm marketings* < ao... Crops ••. . . . d o . . . . Livestock and products do.... Case farm income, total, including Oovernnent payments mil. of del-, l&come from marketings..., .ao,. -, Indexes of casr. income from sv votings* Crops OKA livestock, combined index: Ucaajusted 193^>3 ( >100... A&Juated .....do.... Crops .do... > Livestock ana products do..., Dairy products.... do... > Meat aniauli do*... Poultry ami ef.50 .. ,.do... > Value of contracts awarded (F.&. Indexes)t Total. unadjusted 1923-25-IOO. Residential, unadjusted. ;....ao. .. Total, adjusted do. Residential, aajus ted do.. • Construction cost indexes: Amer. Appr. Co.: Avg., 30 cities.l91>100. Atlcnta do... Hew York do... San Francisco do... St. Louis do... 26O.3 24«.2 15.895 9.323 3.881 2,472 1.595 23M 236.il 230.| 14,272] 8,525^ 3.04SJ 2.0731 2,015 254.5 253$ 243.7 14.673 9.193 3.902| 2.3231 1.55a • l.«*15 1C7 893| r259.2|| r256.9 r246.8 rl4,202 r9,210 r3,867 r2,378 rl.586 rl.379 110 r537 r3.549 r746 r!2,009 2.395 2,Oy6] 3.388 735 13.980 2.599 1,004] 12,8461 3.72d 753| 12.23a ISO 139 137 1U0| •18?? 231 l P 149 155 155| 155! 2,510 2.492 3**9 379 333 141. 143 15! 14:?, 1U2 142 1.9091 1.893] 3.M 3,333 26s 268 293 250 201 251 501I ?34a 3o5 r356j 428 rl68, rl69 rl66 I rl56 rl55 rl57 O i l e , f a t e , eni by products* Animal, including f i s h o i l : Aniuel f e t n : Production Stocks, end of month Greases* r440| Production r367 S*ocks, enu of month r347 Fish M i s : r382 ?33 r437 355 xj Revised, a/ Data not u v u i l a o l e . 153.3 176.5 185-9 115.5 92.0 1T8.T 177.1 (a) 136.1 129.9 149.4 141.4| 110 !H.o| 126, 148.3I 108 .3 124.8 rl48.6| rlod.ll 130.01 114.4| 31 ' rl3o rl68.y| (1) A31.OI rl52.2| rl71.0 137.7 rllU.S 91.8 rl37,2.|| rl71.0; (1) rl32.5j 172.7 143.1 167-2 rl7i.?| 140.9 107 .lj 134.1 rl39-7 102.5 H9.2! 37-61 131.5 133-2 129.6 101.6 103.61 95.7 113.8 *123.7 107.9 129.6 14S.7 US.? 1/ Hc-.ta n?t c o l l e c t e d . l-^ol 174.21 174.6 127.1 137-9 128.5 185-5 122.5 191.4 rll^.S 134.8 127-8 IO6.5 173.* 119.2 95-3 98.8 111.5 91.9! 111.1 |4.c 64.1 &j.6\ 73-1 142.4 153.0 138.51 145-2 115-3 121.3 IO9.2 rle.5.8 113-7 101.8 107.2 128.6 12>5 172.9 85,81 3^.2 Sa 104.0 124.6 118J 143 86 U8 103 55 1« 14G| rl25 rllB rl39 rl22 139 37J 3991 3U31 361 282 292 230 248 276 37?j ..*>2 356 D0K35TIC THADK All retail stores, total sales...mil. of dol. Durable goods stores do... Nondurable goods stores do... All retail stores, indexes of sales: '* Unadjusted, combined index 1935*39*100. Durable goods stores do... Koadurable floods s t o r e s do... Adjusted, cenbined i&dnx do... Index e l i m i n a t i n g p r i c e c h a r g e s . . . d o . . . Durable goods s t o r e s .do... Nondurable good s t o r e s do... CUatlCALS AI3.ALLIKD P3DDUCT3 r2.935| r2,922 CCHiiOiUTT PRlC-iS Consumers' p r i c e index ( U . S . Dept. of Labor): Coucined index . . ..1935>39«100., Clotaing .... do..., Fcod..... , do... i fuel, electricity, and ice ....do.... Gas and electricity do.... Ctacr fuels und ice. .do.... icua-vfurniahing:; „ -.... .do. ... Bent . do..., Miecellaneouf do.... Retail-prices, U.S. Department of Commerce! All commodities, index 1935-39*100.. Wholesale prices (U.S. Department ox* Labor)I Comcined index. .19i:6»100. Sconosic class**; *.ar.uft.ctured products do.... Haw materials do... Semimanufactured articles..........do... lira products do.... Grains < do... Livestock anu poultry ao... Ccmaodities otcer tnan farm proaucts.do... Feeds........ <• do..., Cereal products do... Dairy jjroauct*... • > oo,.., Jfruits and v e g e t a b l e s do.... Meats do... Ccmmoaities otaer toon farr. proaucts and foods .....1926-100. Building materials ....do...; jbricic ana t i l e . do..,. Cement ....do... Lumber.... • .... ...ao.... Paint ana, paint m a t e r i a l * . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Caemlccls ana. all lea vroaucts.. ...r-ao...., Crwal ct.1*, > do... . liru^.i una yiuwaaceutic/als ...do..., kt ' l i l i z e r materials* ..do. , . Oil* and fatn.. ..u->... i'uel .-ma limiting naterials ,do,.. electricity > .„.«>..J'.t, , do... Prtvclsus product* do.-., JB.ir.c.3 .A.io, JLtfU./:*: r proaucia... ...... do.... xiices cine, s k i n s . .do... Loathe:do... Sr.oes. do.... r Kojpefurr.iftflings. .do.... Furnishings. ., do.,» furniturf , ao.... Metale ana metal products. do... Iron and steel. ..*.... ....do... M«?cala, confer roue. do... Plunsing arm neating equipment... u'o Textile proaucts do.., Clothing .,,.., v do... Cotter, goods -. .....ao... Hosiery ana underwear do.... Rayon , .....do... Silk., .....do... Voolen ana worsteu goods.........do.... itiacellancous..do.... Automobile tires and tubes ,.do... Paper and pulp , .,..,....do..., October | November October I Kovesber JUSMJiSS IKDL*£S 1946 19s*? 19!*6 10,282 2,05a 8,229I 8.489 1.3V 7,171 3?1.6 262.4 3^0.9 270.1 156.8 231.6 232.7 260. ll l68.l| 290.1! 216.s| 153.6 141.1 241.51 8.9"^ 1.921 0,990 ?.zod AS 1:! r~'.'.0 271.9 I! 225.6] t h o u s . of l b . do... ?38,33<3l 231.167J ?58,9^l| ?31,504| I35.93q l?5i" ?::,976 IT--.567 do... ;.do... ;5.637j 6u,9oi »»5,673| 72.316 36,6^ 63,17a 16,000 63,123 do... ..do... 7.S67J 116,78a 6,105 116,149 12.726J 121,679 10,812 114,682 .'...do*.. 40?,60J 373.90CJ 390,2sJ 403,694 do... do... 538.2691 262,3241 740,357 ^62,736 521.23H 249,7^H 519.049 247,3»2 126,973 rll8,609 171,;-57| r363.95N 116,3d 1C5,7 71] 138,120 165,735 do... do... 36,6' 152.0691 63.1.33 180,056 l?f:". I- 36J do... do... do... do... 137.262^ 121.93- 113,146 91.396^ 133.937 71.090 Production Stocks, end of month Vegetable oils, total: Production, erode Stocks, end of month: Cnae Refined Cottonseed oil, refined: Production Stocks, end of month Linseed oil: Pr cduc t ion Stocks, end of month Soybean oil: Production: Crude Refined Stocks, end of month: Crude Refined K'iTALS Ai:D KATJVACTUHES .do... do... PJ£ iror., proauction ..thous. short tons. rl}4.7 Foundry equipment; Sew crders, net, total 1937-39=100..] 153.4 Hew eouionent do... 12«; Repair c do... 1C9JI P A P A R A N D FSIKTIH9 165.4 197.U Wood pulp: rl32.9 Production, total, all grades...short tonr. 165.4 bleached sulphate do... 136.1I Unbleached sulphate do... 132.9 Bleached sulphite do... 139.5 Unbleached sulphite do... 202.8 Soda do... Oroundwood do •.. rl20.7l Stocks, end of ao. v total, ell grades.do... 145.51 bleached sulphate do... 129.1 Unbleached sulphate do... 107.0 Bleached sulphate do... 192.1 Unbleached sulphite do. .. 151 .j Soda do... 116.S Grsundwood do... 106.9 152.81 P/vPROLI-rjX AXD COAL PRODUCTS 96.3 Cruae petrolsur.: rl31.0 Consumption- (rune t o s t i l l s ) . t a o u s . o f b b l . Product I on do... Stocks, end of month: 34.4] RefinaUe in U.S do... 73.4 Heavy in California do... 172.5 221.0 Refined petroleum products: Gas and fuel oils: 178.1' Production: 162.9] Gas oil end distillate fuel oil...do... 113.? Residual fuel oil do... 124.4 Stocks, end of month: 111.8 Gas oil and distillate fuel cll...dc... rl3C2 Residual fuel oil do... 114.0 Motor fuel: 118.4 Production, total. do... 107.2 Straight run gasoline do... 131.3 Cracked gasoline do... 127.9* Natural gasoline do... 17^.7; Stocks, gasoline, end of month: 39.3] Finished ^undine, total ...do... 30.2^ Unfinished gasoline do... 115.0 Natural gasoline do... 117.7 Lubricants: 1C6.5," Pre duct ion do... 73 Stocks, refiner}', end of m o n t h . . . . ' . . d o . . . 127 8.19 3.99i 42,5; 93,3«-J 86,66^ 4:i,712 1^.550 13»*.303 120,031 106,591 52.604 55.99^ »*.323| U.Bi! 547.1 600. B M35 661.5 706,72? 64,504 246,570 H9,76l 59.306 35.925 143,2631 71,1951 3.9991 8,694 17,105, 9.461 1.9*3 26,481 905,374 r877.420 79,3ll| r77,472 ?L3.!!57 3?6.697 152,654 rl4a t 605 75.73^ r71,711 r40,717 42,010 158.71* 159.873 72,1-32 r76,590 6,218 7.5S9 8.765 7,665 18,615 17,620 15,294 15.399 r2,6ll 2,4 «1 21,423 17.9 U 3 141,7791 KS.S1 140,5i4 218,763 4,Ur-6| ?22,177j 5^8? 226.U53 5.335 21,176! 38,609 24,!.3.?| 73,777 23.7«1 3?.015 la)! U)\ 35.778 37.156 67,870 55.5801 68,145 52,735 (a) (a) (a) (a) 66,055? 23.885 3ii,504 9,S 7 1 67,^05 25.155 311,452 10,?75| 66,072 24,612 •»4t024 10,155 (a) (a)| (a) 89,360! 8,316! 4,32?| ?7,f?F?' 3,324| 6,312 5,607 5.^57 (a)! (a) 3,3i:, 7.773 U.327 7.338 3.857 7,384 822,7711 7^.1351 305.130 141,?58 67,0471 39.154 149,5581 70,69;' 6.831 7,2221 20,3261 9.5131 2.0881 22.8971 (a)! •a)
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