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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND D O M E S T I C COMMERCE JANUARY 2 5 , 1947 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (MILUOMS Or.BARRELS-DAILY AVERAGE) (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) PRICES OF 354 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS COTTON CONSUMPTION (DAILY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS ! CRUDE OIL RUNS-TO-STILLS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (1935-39'100) (I935-39M00) OF BALES) IIS 1 wtCHtsnnr nose 1 s " ] 150 1 "I • 1 II. ll 1 1 1 111 i 1 1 1 l 1 1 1943 1944 125 100 1 l 1 1 1 • 1 1 • • • I i.X-ui 1 1 1945 i i iJ 75 . 1 1 1 .1 1 I I I H.J-L-I-I 1 1 1 1 l-L-LL 1i 1-1—LJ- 1 J . L 1 1 I 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1945 1946 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-!/ Joc.lt Comacdity p r i c e s , v n o l e s a l e ! .1926-li.O. do... /arm si-ouucts • j'ooa uo.... A l l ow*?r 2 / . . . . ..QO...23 begic j o o m o a i t i e s 3 / . . . A u g u s t 1939*100., Cotton, ail(lulin£, l ^ / l o 1 1 . 10 at-iketa 4 / d o l . per l a . , •315 2.10 Wneat, n o . 2 , i i d , W i n . U . C . ) . . . . d o l . per bu.. Uepartiaent s t o r e s a l e s 1935-39=100. • Insured unemployment, t o t a l $J tilths... i i a t e programs do.... Voter fans' programs dd..., Vinar.ce: dank deoiis. memoer banks In 101 cities: local mil. of col. 16,409 6,800 riew York C i t y do Currency in c i r c u l a t i o n 4 / d o . . . 23.501 i'eaerai iteaerve bank c r e d i t , t o t a l . . . d o . . • < 24,105 All COOIOUUit i « S 2 / Jan. 19 S:i, •329 2.08 233 17,780 7.665 28,717 2U.375 106.7 129. 107.3 100.8 137.H] Jan. 11 Jan.lt Jan.19 I 16,457 829 16.139 555 16,145 1,423 39,844 55.601 35.802 10,222 37 2.80 "^79 122.0 I 126.9 39.981 56.153 36.029 10,251 30 2.81 126.7 37,728 37.38U 68,220 6 7 , 8 3 8 49.629 »*9.133 7.296 7,242 10 20 2.73 • 2 . 7 5 144.1 147.2 2.283 U.853 77.03U 4,«?31 177.1 53."*37 4,649 173.1 Jan.IS Jan.12 f i n a n c e - Continued. Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s . . . n i l . of d e l Excess r o s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d do....| Federal Reserve r e p o r t i n g member banks: D e p o s i t s , demand, a d j u s t e d . . . n i l . o f d o l . . | Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , t o t a l do.. U. 3 . Qovernnent o b l i g a t i o n s do.. •245] .245 Conner., I n d u s . , and a g r . , l o a n s . . d o . . •332| I.69 1.691 Failures, commercial number.j 2.05 138) 191 187 Bond yields (Moody's).. oerceht, 2,861 2.758 2.338 Stock prices, 402 stocks...^....1935-39^100., 1,110 1*825 1.814 Production: 1,007 1.1^6 Bituminous coal kj thous. of short tons J '920 Electric power..? m i l . of k t r - h r . . . i | Motor v e h i c l e s (Wards) 6 / number. Petroleum 4 / t h o u s . of b b l . 18.395 16,578 16.258 Steel 2 / 1935T39-100.J 7.9»*2 8.350 8,285 2 8 , 9 1 7 2 3 , 1 1 0 28,276 F r e i g h t c a r l o a d i n g s , t o t a l . . . . t h o u s . of c a r s . Miscellaneous .do... 2»».093 2 4 , 0 7 2 2U.536 lHO.OJ I65.8 158.1 156.4 125.0j - 1 2 4 . 1 30U.9 305.I 1946 1947 19U6 W 106.7 130.0 107.6 100.7 137-? I6.U3I 837 40,100 5§,073 36,231 10.329 64,828 ITO'.O 8 l 2\ 225 > 362 IS 2,144 4,145 28,465 4,606 157.0 749 329 \J 33i.ta do not always cover calendar weeks, 2 / See note i n January 1 1 , 1947 i s s u e . 2 / laursdoy p r i c e s . 4 / D a i l y aver y e . 5 / Data from Federal S e c u r i t y Agency; J u l y 1 3 , i<>46 i s s u e . 6 / Uuta are f o r U. S. Mid Canada and c o v e r a l l wheel-type v e h i c l e s . jJ W e e k undine January 2 5 , 1 8 1 . 2 . Jan.12 15,82? 1,266 1.917 4,163 23,340 U.57S 168.2 773 359 see rote i i MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS E a r l i e r data are a v a i l a b l e i n monthly Vssues of the Survey and t h e 1942 Supplement 1946 1946 1945 December - December October E a r l i e r data a r e a v a i l a b l e i n nonthly i s s u e s of the Survey and t h e 1942 Supnlenent COMMODITY PillCSS Wholesale p r i c e s o f s e l - c t e d c - n n o d i t i e s * C o a l , bituminous, mine run, ccmuoaite d o l . per short t o n . . C o f f e e . Santoa.No.4 (H.Y.) d o l . per l b . . Cotton, a'.ddling, 1 5 / l 6 " . average, 10 m a r k e t s . . . . d e l . per l b . . Cotton c l o t h : 19»»5 19U6 1 December October Hovembor COMMODITY PRICKS - Continued 6.048 .264 5.^36 .3238 47.72 48b .822 .388 jJuUer, 9 2 - s c o r e (Hev Y o r k ) . . . . u o l . per l b . . ttg£s,fresn f r u i t s ( C u i c a g o ) . . . a o l . per d o c . Grains ana g r a i n p r o d u c t s : Corn, wiigh'ted average, 5 markets " 1.25 Q O I . per b u . . Vljieat, *eigated u v g . , 0 markets do.... 2.17 Wneat f l o u r , stbnaard p a t e n t s , 11.61 H l a e s , p a c k e r ' s . ii^B-vy^ n a t i v e s t e e r s d o l . per l b . . .276 L i v e s t o c k anu meats! •Beef s t e e r s ( C a i ' c a g o ) . . . d o l . per 100 l b . . 23-13 n o g s , a l l g r a d e s (Cnicego) .do.... 22.87 B e e f , f r e s h , n a t i v e 3 t e e r e (Coicags) a o l . pur l b . I."15 i Pork, f r e s n , l o i n s , 3 - 1 0 l b . ( C n i . ) . . a o . . . . .404 i 1946 December November . 434 5*989 .241 5.993 '.263 .2451 .36O7 .3039 20.61 ..099 .^73 .429 30.86 .146 .840 .42C 40.73 .147 .816 .406 .97 I.63 1.31. 1.71 2.14 2.2^ 6.55 9.55 10.99 .155 .155 .289 16.59 14.66 23.57 22.32 -.200 .259 • 380 .47G 23.&J Wholesale p r i c e s of s e l e c t e d commodities - C o n . Lumber: Douglas f i r . dimension, H o . l , common. 47.824 Ponderoea p i n e , 1 ( 0 . 3 , common, 1 s 8 . . d o . . . . 43.30O Metals and manufactures: P i g i r o n , c o m p o s i t e . . * . d o l . per long t o n . . 30.12 .0312 S t e e l , composite, f i n i s h e d . . . d o l . o e r l b . . Structural s t e e l (Pittsburgh) do.... .0235 S t e e l scrap ( C h i c a g o ) . . d o l . per long t o n . . 27.25 Copper, e l e c t r o l y t i c ( K . T . ) . . d o l . per l b . . .1928 Lead, r e f . ( p i g , d e s i l v e r s i z e d (H.Y.) d o . . .1219 Zinc, prime, Vestern ( S t . L o u i s ) do.... .1050 Petroleum and p r o d u c t s ! Crude petroleum (Kansas-Oklahoma),at w e l l s d o l . per b b l . . 1.560 G a s o l i n e , tank wagon ( N . Y . ) . d o l . per g a l . . .161 .073 Sugar, r e f l n e d , g r a n u l a t e d ( H . Y . ) d o l . per l b . . 1.145 Wool,raw, t e r r i t o r y , f i n e , s c o u r e d . . . . d o . . . . 3^.790 36.070 42.630 40.380 25.92 .0275 .0210 18.75 .1178 .0650 .08?5 28.73 .0305 .0235 18.75 .1415 .0825 .0837 28.73. .0305 .0235 23.13 .1704 .1044 .1012 1.110 .149 .054 1.035 1.M60 .15? .074 1.037 1.485 43.855 4O.36O ."076 l.lOS ' CCKSTBUCTIOV AND DEAL ESTATE 24.0fi Contract awards, 37 States(F.V.Dodge C o r p . ) : .40oj .512) B u i l d i n g , to:.al 25,536 457.278 d o . . . . 3*1.379 | 1 14,298 j 33.3*2 j 27,149 330.685 i 573,206 503.745 297.723 1 460,423 I 381,984 BUSINESS STATISTICS - Continued MONT E a r l i e r oata a r e a v a i l a b l e i n , monthly i s s u e * of the Survey and the 1942 ttuppl'euent 1946 - 194-5- •; December B e r i i e r data a r e a v a i l a b l e i n monthly i s s u e * o f t o e Survey and t h e 1942 Buppleaent 1V46 1,890 56,430 56.310 7.210 49,100 2,120 7.799 53.IJOI. 51.1&0I . 7fcl6d 44,ood 1.979 2.170 58..'9* 57.030 8,620) 48,4ld 1.969 40,91* 15.016 820 1.725 3.962 S,6i6 5.317 5,440 149.6 172.1 147.2 (a) 221.8 210.9 (a) (a) 18J.4 37.463J 13.059 802] 1.042] 3.896] r40.17tf 14,763 r627J r 2,0401 r3.987^ r8.039j 5.20S r5.313j rI46.s] *.936] 12S.4J i4i.a 130.S ii4.9| 166.4 172.9] I6O.5] 145-9 121.9] r215.a 206.5] 183.q 169.2 ri65.q 263.2 (a) (a) (a) 178-9 152.4 (a) 123.9 (a) W.7 131.9 338.q 277.11 304. u 357.SJ 246. d 321.9 382.3J " 19 U .5 142. a 175-H ll " 116.61 * S0.9I 68.! 119.8 102.1 104.71 90. l] 139.9] lO9.lI rl29.0| 113.41 109.6 (a) (a) (a) 139.1 (a) (a) IO3.6 (a) 130.4 (a) (a) (a) 97.9 144.5 (a) 97-a 107.0] 72.71 98. a 118.4 81.3 75.« 95-1 81.6] 126. a 109.8 122.6 (a) (a) 142.5 (a) 204.6 (a) 108.31 IO2.7! "5.3 169.3 162.' 132-3 130.3 l68.2j 177.4 120.J 112.0 128.9] 170, I69.8] 142.8J 136.2) 198J 204.d (a) -86.4 79.q 89.4 83, 90.ll 83-9 101.71 r93.M 17 & V (a) 103.0 129.8 (a) (a) 122. d 67. i 126, in 83. sj 68.W 107 .ol ll6.0| 76.3^ 107.9 137.4 91.3] 79-9 101.9 87.S m rl26.9 70.0) 95.8J ' 140.2 '122.d 102.cj rl30.3] 110.3 . 181.9 120.2 110.5 120.3 90. J 122. n 126.4 1^3-Q 119. s| 107.4 117.d 126.1 114.8 (a) 116 .d 104.1! 315.1 112 .i 110.71 2/199^.2] 102.64 IO3.O7 7b.16 103.64 104.04| :. 8 2 .65 f 102.461 102.88 77.19 137.165 13^.995 2.170 140,793 139.139 1,653 i38.085 •135 • 2L A3.111I 140,998 2.112] I36.88O 68,595 1.771 73.7651 1, ' 126.ll 110.1] 120.> PIBASCB Bends! Average price of all listed bonds (Mew . York. Stocks Exchange) dollars. Domestic do... Foreign do... Value, issues listed on B.Y.3.E.! lace value, all issues ail. of dol. Domestic do... foreign do ... Market value, all issues do... ' Domestic do... Foreign do... Stocks! Shares listed, Mew York Stock Exchange: Market value ail. of dol. fluaber of shares listed Billions.« 1945 POODSTUPIS KMPLOYKaMT CUitDMUaS AHD WA03S Labor f o r c e (Bureau o f the Census)! if Armed f o r c e s thou*.. C i v i l i a n labor f o r c e do.... Baployaient do.... Agricultural do. . . • a'onagr i c u l t u r a l ».... do.... Unemployment \ do.... Employment ( U . S . Department o f Labor): Employees i n ttonagricultural e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ! Unadjusted, t o t a l thoue.. Manufacturing do.... Mining : do.... Construction •'-•.*« do.... Transportation and T«,ft.utlllti^s..do.... Trade '. do.... Financial, service, end aieel to..-. Government do.... Production wotfrere.all nfg.unadj..1939-100.. Durable goo^» .do.... Iron a'id «teel and their products.do.... Blast furnaces, steel works, and . rolling a i l l s 1939-100.. Electrical aacainery do..... Nacninery, except e l e c t r i c a l . . . . . . d o . . . . Machinery and machine-shop prod.do.... Mucnine tools ao.... Automobiles do.... Tranuporcation equipoent. except uutbg' 1939-10°" Aircraft ana parts(ea.c.engines).do... Aircraft engines do... Shipbuilding and boatbuilding...do... tionferroue metals and proaucts....do... Luaber and timber basic products..do... Sawaills..; do... furniture ana finished lumber prodao... Furniture do... Stone . c l a y , and g l a s s products do... Nondurable goods do... T e x t i l e - m i l l products ana other f i b e r manufactures .1939*100. Cotton a f r s . , e x c e p t s n a i l v w e s . f c o . . . •Bilk end rayon good* do... Woolen and worsted manufactures.do*.. Apparel ana other f i a . t e x . p r o d . . . . d o . . , Men's c l o t h i n g do... Wanen* s c l o t h i n g do... Leataer and l e a t h e r products do... Boots and shoes do... Pood and kindred products do... Baking do... s Canning and preserving do... .Slaughterlag and meat packing...do... Tobacco manufactures do... Paper and allied products do.., Paper and pulp do... Printing..publianing, and allied industries 1939=100, Newspapers ana periodicals do.. Printing, book and job do.. Chemicals and allied proaucts do.. Gheiaciela do.. Prouucts of petroleum and coal....do.. Petroleum refining do.'. Aubaer products do.. Rubber tires and inner tubes....do... Bonmanufatcuring, unadjusted! Mining!' Anthracite do.. Bituminous coal do.. Metalliferous do.. Quarrying and nonaetallic do.. Crude petroleum and natural gas do.. Public utilities! Electric light ana power do.., Street railways and busses do.. Telegraph... do.. Telepnone do.. Services! Dyeing and cleaning do.. Power laundries do.. Year-round hotels do.. Trade! Retail, total cu.. Wholesale do.. Water transportation do.. 1946 October ^November l4o|?45 136.520 1.736 66,115 1.756] S t o c k s , c o l d s t o r a g e , end o f aonthi Apple's, f r e s h t h o u s . o f sew. 2,010 ,. thous. o f l b . . '58.9701 gutter,"creamery Cheese, t o t a l * ,..do.... 57.040, Bgge, s h e l l . . . . ..thou*, of ease*.. • 7.909 Egg*, froeen thous. of l b . , 49,140[ Fruits, frozen...« thoue. of l b . , 1.930] Vegetable*, frosen do . . . , Total aeats 3 / n i l . 1 of l b . . Beef and v e a l thoue. of l b . , r40,453 Laab i.nd mutton do... rl4,979 Pork, t o t a l do... r628 Tresh end cured do... rl,S64|s Lard do... r4,007 Poultry do... r8,266 r5,244] KBTALS Alfi) MASUFACTUEES '5.273 rl49.l[ Copper! Production! rl71.«| Mine or s m e l t e r i . . . . s h o r t tons.. rl46.9 Hef i n e r y . do.... 124.6] Deliveries, refined, domestic do..., Stocks, refined, end pf month do..., '219. dl r209.5 TEXTILE PRODUCTS 186.7J| I62.9] Cotton! Consumption Bales., '185.91 Spindle activity! Active spindles thousands. 281.9 Active spindle hrs., total..ail.of hours.. Average per spindle in place hours. 329.0 Operation* percent of capacity 194.3 177.3 TBAHSPORTATIOH SiUlPMEBT 152.8 • 81.3 number* 122.1 Passenger cars, production 106.2 Truck* and truck tractor*, production...do... rl40.0 rl31.2j 3L973J 59.589 27;35q 27.778] 124,i«8a 775l 104.03U >»77.57T| 336.684 6011 156.6» 17.3^ 335.35V 272,09a 63.259 318.119 16,155 53.^7 127.011 113 129,4241 375.7731 191.2181 667] 78.140J 77.578] 148,218| 61,832] 62,641^ 66,062] 103. 76. 72.801 77,9471 136,451] 91.161] 774,1771 65L931 931.229 . 21,66a 20,649 7,740 325 101.7 ••a %« 403,397^ 320.571^ 82,8261 355.914 3.583 168,593 510,253 351.273 , ^ 64,5231 ,10,6oa 174.4M 142,91§ ?6l,Ooi lo.vy 424] 116.2] 107.8? 262,0761 101,464r r 30.016 29.5>»2 r285,6o6 109.953 September! EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES 108,4 117.5| 79.1 Labor turn-over in afg. establishment*! Accession mte...ao.rat* per 100-employees. 8.7 108.7I 7.1 Separation rate, total do... '137.2 6.9 7*1 Discharges do... .4 93-M •5 Lay-offs do... 76.9 1.0 1.7 .4Quit* do... rl02. r 5.3 4 . 7 .7 M i l i t a r y and m i s c e l l a n e o u s do... 88.1 >2 3.7 131.M .1 POODSTUPPS 107.9 96.M 115.3 Sugar, U. 8 . , d e l i v e r i e s and supply (raw v a l u e ) Deliveries, total* short t o n s . 482,194 r 4 l 9 . 6 7 6 r97.6 52**.73H f o r d o a e e t l c consumption .do... 513.527^ rl42.9 U75.921 rUl0,459 Production, domestic, and r e c e i p ts! 123.91 B n t r i e e f r o a o f f - a h o r * area* do... 223.761 5 1 0 , 3 9 2 297.275 rl21.6|] 644,161 P r o d u c t i o n , domestic cane and b e e t . . d o . . . 642,633 94,691 "3 S t o c k s , raw and r e f i n e d d o . . . 1,209,620 1,165.1171 519.727 0.611 130, LEATHER ADD FK>D0CI9 rl73.7| Leather production! 173. Calf and k i p ."-..thous. o f s k i n s . 946 [ 981 83d rl42. „ Cattle hid* .'...thoue. of hides. 2,320 2.136 1.899 136.OJ] Goat and U d thous. of skins. 1.780 2.295 1.739 202.9 Sheep and l a m b . . . . , do... 4,088 3.702J 207.6] 4.639 Stocks o f c a t t l e h i d e s and l e a t h e r , end o f month, to tat-* . . . . . . t h o u s . o f sajulv. h i d e s . 9.605 8,476 7.565 L e a t h e r , . i n p r o c e s s and. f i n i s h e d do... 82.9H 6,004 5.911I 5.714] Hide*, r a w . : do... '90. q 1.442 1.851 3. r64.9 METALS AHD MaKuTACTUBSS 101.2] 93-o|| |Baxrele and drum*, s t e e l , heavy t y p e s ! rl02, Orders, u n f i l l e d , end o f month.. 12,202 13,612] 4,645 ' Production...' .' do.., X130, 2,0" 1,623 2,1981 do.., IO8.7II Shipments 2.0; 1.825 2,213k 183.4] S t o c k s , end o f .month do.., 30| 38 19[ S t e e l .products, p r o d u c t i o n f o r s a l e : r123.ol Total t h o u * , of short ton*. 5.0201 4',59(J fc.367 rl09.9] Merchant bar* ..do.., 450 45a 120.3 P i p e and tub* do.. 446 Plates.. do.. 4661 397 Bails do.., 117.21 2101 Sheets do.., 112.1 1.076 ,2201 204 S t r i p — Cold rolled do.. C • "5 132| 993 Hot rolled do.. 137 1441 108 Structural shapes, heavy.... do.., 347 356 120 - Tin plate erd terneplate do... \ 244 246| 324 Wire and wire product* do, 365 3911 209 350| PAPER AND PRINTING 102.00 102.411 76.69 All paper and paperboard nill*(Bu. of Census): Paper and paperboard production, : total. 136.787 abort ton*.. 1,672,960! 1 . 5 0 3 . 9 2 3 1 . 5 9 6 , 1 8 ^ 1 . 7 5 1 , 1 * 7 134,5841 8«-Mx Paper* ..................'..:'.:........ .do* • •, 845,1021 '60,310!I 799,698 • 8.203 Paperboard do..., 796.489 654.320T ^.320 139.521 Building board do... 119.1581 8 9 . 2 9 3 M09,016| 137.827 • 1.694 TEXTILE PRODUCTS u, 3 65.741 • 1.76H JWool, consumption (scoured basis): 4/ Apparel class i....thou*. of lb. Carpet class do... 48.0001 ii,6ool *fea 49.90« 10,260 if R e v i s e d , a/ Data not a v u i l a b l e . 1 / Data have been •.•svised beginning J u l y 1945 t o take.account o f improved c i v i l i w . Tjonulation e s t i m a t e s ; r e v i s i o n s o f t h e e a r l i e r c a t a fluve n o t been completed. 2 / Data f o r 0 « Q b e r 1946 r e l a t e t o the end o f the preceding nonth." 3"/ I n c l u d e s canned a e a t e and n e a t nroduct* and aaueage and sausage room products not shown s e p a r a t e l y , hf Data f o r Octobnr a r e f o r 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks*
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