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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (1935- 39-* 100) 2251 JUNE 16, 1950 (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS) 6.5 WEEKLY DATA [ WEEKLY DATA * 1950 200 6.0 175 5.5 150 5.0 i 125 4.5 too J J , . L b , J J l J L ^ ^ 4.0 L u - j J ^ j » L j . J ^ - i ^ j - i - i - i J - i j - i - L i - L j J - l -j-juJ.a.j.jJjL J ^ L j J j .-U-l 1 1-JjU-LJ-J 350 300 250 ps^r-"*^ P^ (F <P\ V 1 p*>^_ , / *—>"w""*V & %f DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND STOCKS VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' SALES AND INVENTORIES (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-39 • 100) 1 (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) MONTHLY DATA y" SALES -^^7 V _-*—/ — *&o4 i£F*Z^ZA J f^c^y:*S* ^ " • " ^ V . STOCKS (END Of MONTH 1 200 150 900 ..1X1,1.1 1 1 1,1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 _ U J L , 1 J - J . 1 I J,J.,.J.J-. - L t ) 11 11 111 1 1947 WEEKLY 1948 1950 STATISTICS1 BUSINESS 19^9 ITEM Commodity p r i c e s , w h o l e s a l e : A l l commodities Farm product s . Food All other 28 commodities 2/ Cotton middling, 15/l6 w , 10 markets ^/ Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) Department store sales Insured unemployment, total State programs Veterans' programs Finance: June 4 1926.100 do.. do.. do.. .August 1939«100 dol. per lb dol. per bu 1935"*39»100 thous do.. . . . -do.. 156.2 173.1 165.8 146.0 235.8 .325 1-99 259 2,648 Currency in circulation %J mil. of dol Federal Reserve bank credit, total do.. Member bank reserve balances do.. JSxcess reserves, estimated do.. Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Bank debits, total mil. of dol Hew York City do.. 27,509 20,1^5 18,076 Deposits, demand, adjusted do.. Loans and investments, total do.. U. S. Government obligations do.. Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross) do.. Failures, industrial and commercial number Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's) %J percent 1 Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor •) 1935-39-100 Industrials, 365 stocks do.. Production: Bituminous coal ]J . . . t h o u s . of short tons Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mil. of kw-hr Motor vehicles ( W a r d ' s ) . . . . . . . , , .number Petroleum, crude V thous. of bbl Steel 4/ 1935"39*100 Freight carloadings, total thous. of cars Miscellaneous do.. 1/ Data do not always co*er calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices. 2,048 526 1950 June 11 May 13 May 20 May 27 156.2 172.2 166.6 146.0 155-1 162.9 15S.7 147.2 259-0 .326 2.32 155-9 164.7 160.5 147-5 260.3 156.1 165.3 160.7 147.6 263.5 -333 2.26 232.8 -328 2.14 288 282 27,480 27.059 17,978 15.907 764 26,987 18,001 16,123 883 26,948 17,683 15.922 633 27,084 17.935 15.814 528 21,265 9.219 46,881 66 s 4oi 35.899 13.365 217 2.85 1*5-3 154.3 1,662 5.864 167,282 5.042 213.8 712 338 22,836 9.067 *6,933 66,689 36,251 13.377 199 2.86 147.1 156.3 22,528 9,23* ^7,380 66,951 36,359 13,35? 18,867 7,421 *7,533 67,067 36,424 13.355 168 788 20,158 8,603 46,295 61,916 3*.3*7 13,424 174 3.00 111.5 116.2 189.6 699 302 £ / D aily 27,084 18,14 3 16,067 750 275 1.769 1,671 3* 18,120 7,44? 46,36& 62,336 3M35 13^76 165 3.00 113.1 118.1 4,889 157.4 166.4 163.2 148.2 269.4 •338 2.20 1,837 1,737 37 308 214 2.86 148.4 157.9 1,681 5.894 179.063 5.041 217.4 781 374 1,602 5.845 167.035 5.042 216.3 808 743' 339 357 averages. 4/ Week ending June 17, 215.9. 2,178 5,300 130,151 4.876 184.0 June 10 156.8 167.5 161.5 1*7.7 266.9 •337 2.25 260 2,657 2,046 545 19.956 18,170 921 1,868 5.018 91.955 .329 2.30 June 3 2.86 148.8 158.4 1.689 5.632 138,402 5.128 216.7 710 337 9.396 164 2.87 149-2 159-3 191.588 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 19*9 Statistical Supplement STATISTICS 19*9 April 1950 May February March April CHHSBAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Manufacturers1 sales and inventories - value (adjusted): Sales, total mil. of dol. Durable-goods industries, total do.. Iron, steel, and products do.. Nonferrous metals and products do.. Electrical machinery and equipment do.., Machinery, except electrical do.. Automobiles and equipment do.. Transportation equipment, except automobiles do.. Lumber and timber basic products do., Furniture and finished lumber products do... Stone, clay, and glass products do.. Other durable-goods industries do.. Nondurable-goods industries, total do.. Food and kindred products do.., Beverages do.., Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s do.. Textile-mill products do.. A p p a r e l and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s do.. L e a t h e r and p r o d u c t s do.. P a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s do.. P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g do.. Chemicals and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s do.. P e t r o l e u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s do.., Rubber p r o d u c t s do... Other n o n d u r a b l e - g o o d s i n d u s t r i e s do.. I n v e n t o r i e s , book v a l u e , end of month, t o t a l do.., Durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l do.. I r o n , s t e e l , and p r o d u c t s do.. N o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s and p r o d u c t s do.. E l e c t r i c a l machinery and equipment do.., Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l do.., Automobiles a n d equipment do.. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment, e x c e p t a u t o m o b i l e s do.. Lumber a n d t i m b e r b a s i c p r o d u c t s do.., F u r n i t u r e and f i n i s h e d lumber p r o d u c t s do.., S t o n e , c l a y , and g l a s s p r o d u c t s do.., Other durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s » do.., Nondurable-goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l do.., Food and k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s do.., Beverages do.. Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s do.., Textile-mill products do.., A p p a r e l and r e l a t ed p r o d u c t s do.., L e a t h e r and p r o d u c t s do.. P a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s do.. P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g do.., Chemicals a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s do.. P e t r o l e u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s do.., Bubber p r o d u c t s do.. Other nondurable-good8 i n d u s t r i e s do.., M a n u f a c t u r e r s ' new o r d e r s , n e t - v a l u e ( u n a d j . ) , t o t a l . . d o . . , Durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l do.., I r o n , s t e e l , and p r o d u c t s do.. Nonferrous m e t a l s and t h e i r p r o d u c t s do.., E l e c t r i c a l machinery and equipment do.. Machinery, e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l do.., T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment, e x c e p t a u t o a do.., Other d u r a b l e - g o o d s i n d u s t r i e s do.. Nondurable-good8 i n d u s t r i e s do.., COMMODITY PHICSS B e t a i l p r i c e s , U. S. Department of Commerce: All commodities, index 17.6*3 1.883 *88 720 1,261 1.289 426 £ 10,193 2,942 607 266 943 895 291 U61 596 1,086 1.5*0 257 31* 34,018 16,466 3.654 1.123 2,024 3.628 2,201 926 737 795 570 808 17.552 3,028 1,114 1.595 2.395 1.363 595 911 616 2,3*6 2.527 648 414 15,968 6,127 1,425 *37 619 985 160 2,501 9,841 17.741 7,488 1,768 452 741 1,229 381 328 367 350 10,253 3.027 671 284 936 807 279 451 573 1,144 1.523 248 310 33.565 15.99* 3.629 1,120 1.941 3.533 2,008 909 725 787 557 785 17.572 2,993 1,108 1,614 2,404 1,404 617 894 611 2,316 2,539 650 420 15.73* 993 1,328 358 584 986 *95 2,2*1 9.742 18.035 7,*6l 1.937 5fr 789 1,12* 1,29* 363 395 rl9,l44 1 r8,127 rl,989 r572 rSS5 rl,272 rl,456 5 $o 308 377 31? 10.57* 3.010 507 273 1.087 698 280 610 709 1.192 1.565 286 356 31.098 13,923 3.101 982 1,605 3.098 1,810 70s 646 787 493 693 17.175 ,168 ,124 ,670 .31* ,480 610 778 588 2,154 2,322 594 375 17,983 7,513 1,995 578 75* 1,196 353 2.638 10,470 r366 i r389 r344 1 rll,017 1 r3,010 r604 r286 rl,091 r724 r290 r636 r722 rl,311 rl,632 306 r406 r31.103 T13.878 r3,109 r977 rl,593 r3,117 rl,806 r677 r6l5 794 495 r695 rl7.225 r3.220 rl,159 rl,673 r2,338 rl,524 r6l6 x-775 r606 r2,112 r2,246 595 r36l r 20,228 r9.075 r2,382 r638 rl,006 rl.396 r311 3.3*1 11.153 18,302 7,930 2,020 .559 825 1,228 1,*92 440 358 359 311 10,372 2,899 631 255 1,02? 623 262 567 651 1.227 1,618 330 31.210 13.95* 3.1*6 988 I.609 3.U0 1,825 654 607 804 506 707 17,257 3.25* 1,140 1.694 2.329 1.510 645 776 618 2,128 2,203 366 18,320 8,380 2,025 616 810 1.362 408 3,160 9.941 I935-39.IOO I89.2 188.3 IS3.3 I83.8 184.1 1913*100 do.. do.. do.. do.. do•. 494 521 510 447 482 340 492 528 508 446 480 340 486 506 495 443 474 346 486 508 *95 444 474 346 488 511 497 447 476 346 t h o u s . of l i n e s ...do.. do.. do.. ...do.. do.. do.. 205,466 43,404 162,062 9.791 . 2,143 32.453 117.676 210,677 *5.386 165.291 9.55* 2,001 33.758 119.978 170,738 35.362 135.376 7.668 213,488 *1,139 172.350 9.&0 2,355 35.691 125,064 215.753 *3.326 172,*27 11,290 2.316 35,6*5 123.176 CQNSTBUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost indexes: American A p p r a i s a l C o . : A v e r a g e , 30 c i t i e s Atlanta New Tork San F r a n c i s c o S t . Louis Associated General Contractors ( a l l typei) DOMESTIC TBADB Newspaper a d v e r t i s i n g : Linage, t o t a l (52 c i t i e s ) Classified Display; t o t a l Automotive Financial General Betail Revised. Digitized_r/ for FRASER , 1.9H 96',324 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Surrey and the I9U9 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement 3 S T A T IS T IC S —Continued 1949 April 1950 May February March April DOMESTIC TRADS - Continued All r e t a i l stores: Estimated inventories (adjusted), total Durable-goods stores Nondurable-goods stores Department store sales, United States totals: Unadjusted index Adjusted index mil. of dol. do... do... 1M58 5,669 8,789 14,139 5.375 3l; 5.764 13,800 5.163 8,637 1935"39-100. do... 295 293 287 291 224 280 257 274 286 292 Labor turn-over in manufacturing establishments! Accession rate monthly rate per 100 employees. Separation rate, total do... Discharges do... Lay-offs do... quits do... Military and miscellaneous do... FINANCE 2.9 4.8 .2 2.8 1.7 .1 3.2 3.0 .2 1.7 1.0 .1 3.6 2.9 .2 1.4 1.2 .1 3.4 2.9 .2 1-3 1-3 .1 i: rl4,2S2 r5.259 i r9.023 14.153 5.256 8,897 EMPLOYMENT Bonds: Prices: U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) dol. per $100 bond. Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on a l l registered exchanges: Market value thous. of dol. Face value do... On New'fork Stock Exchange: Market value do... Face value do... Yields: Domestic corporate, Moody's percent. By ratings: Aaa do... Aa do... A do... Baa do... By groups: Industrial do... Public utility do... Railroad do... Domestic municipal (15 bonds),Stand.& Poor's Corp...do... 1). S. Treasury bonds (taxable) do... Stocks: Dividend rate per share: Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody's dollars. Industrial (125 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (24 stocks) do... Bailroad (25 stocks) do... Banks (15 stocks) do... Insurance (10 stocks) do... Dividend yields: Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody's percent. Industrial (125 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (24 stocks) do... Bailroad (25 stocks) do... Bank (15 stocks) do... Insurance (.10 stocks) .do... Preferred,'high-grade ~(ll' stocks) do... Prices: Dow-Jones & Co. (65 stocks) dol. per share. Industrial (30 stocks) do... Public utility (15 stocks) '. do... Bailroad (20 stocks) do... Standard and Poor's Corporation: Combined index (4lb stocks) 1935-39*100. Industrial (365 stocks) do... Public utility (31 stocks) do... Bailroad (20 stocks) do... Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value mil. of dol. Shares sold thousands. On New York Stock Exchange: Market value mil. of dol. Shares sold thousands. TRANSPORTATION Freight car loadings: Cars, total (A.A.R.) 1/ do... Coal do... Coke do... Forest products do... Grain and grain products do... Livestock do... Ore do... Merchandise, l.c.l do... Miscellaneous do... IOI.65 101.62 IO3.62 103.24 102.87 53.189 76,590 50.767 67.997 67,512 84,939 88,494 116,471 77.916 97,114 50,>+59 72,458 47.431 63,601 63.443 78,760 84,757 Ul.305 75,l6l 93.378 2.83 2.58 2.65 2.86 3.24 2.63 2.78 3.08 2.06 2.24 2.84 2.58 2.66 2.86 3-24 2.64 2.78 3.08 2.07 2.27 2.84 2.60 2.66 2.86 2.64 2.79 3.O8 2.08 2.30 3.00 2.70 2.79 3.05 3*5 2.78 2.96 3-27 2.20 2.38 3.09 3.18 1.66 2.46 2.35 1.99 3.08 3.17 1.66 2.46 2.35 1.99 3.27 3-43 1.70 2.16 2.47 2.40 3.27 3-44 1.70 2.11 2.47 2.40 3-29 3.47 1.71 2.11 2.47 2.41 6.81 7.02 5.98 8.63 4.71 7.04 7.29 6.01 8.91 4.75 6.16 6.40 5.3? 6.74 4.42 3.30 3-81 5-98 6.18 5-27 6.72 4.38 3.44 3.82 ?•* 4.04 6.24 6.49 5.33 6.85 4.32 3.28 3.84 4.07 63.4 7 175.65 35-73 48.27 62.79 174.03 35.73 45.90 73-64 203.46 42.62 55.16 74.52 206.30 43.16 55-48 75.86 212.67 U2.86 55.72 II8.5 124.2 96.1 97.1 117.7 123.5 95.3 95.8 136.7 144.4 107.4 107.2 138.8 146.5 109.6 108.5 141.8 150.0 111.0 109.5 .a 765 37.411 1.374 59.240 1.691 r67.872 1,807 86,339 722 30.293 639 26,709 1,164 45.078 1,422 54,725 1.532 64,018 3.099 633 54 159 188 37 2,288 259 42 140 157 29 46 320 1.297 3.446 787 56 191 206 37 40 3 'g59 148 174 il 378 1.381 Digitized TJ for Berleed. FRASER 1/ Data for March 1950 are for 5 weeks; other nonthe, U weeks. 1.350 & 1,688 2 ill 56 159 16U 72 3>» 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1949 Statistical Supplement S T A T I S T I C S — Continued 191*9 April 1950 May February March April TRANSPORTATION - Continued Freight-car surplus and shortage, daily average: Car surplus * ...,,„..,,number Box care do.. Coal cars do.. Car shortage do.. Sox cars do.. Coal cars do.. 78.336 28,600 39.994 236 3 ? 74 ^9,195 34.365 4,321 375 71 164 165,541 11,701 139.311 569 414 16 76,055 4,867 58,377 5,012 2,749 2,121 18,362 5,103 75.921 53.1*3 35.9*8 77.537 52,689 35.564 75,830 69.639 84,257 72,843 67,419 77.946 85,589 74,700 59.776 75,877 83,133 73.389 52,520 172.0 121.9 113.1 225-2 160.6 3,722 4,403 2,581 4,882 47,425 37.494 31,363 47,795 3*.764 29,718 825 8,305 670 6,142 5.892 621 7.263 5,046 72,755 70,273 15.870 1.433 25,41*4 9,701 1,360 16,465 2,482 11,950 3^.322 25,&58 4,119 649 7,960 8,864 24,583 24,118 3,449 528 11,055 2.093 r *53 6,540 465 53.104 r40,033 30,008 r392 7,144 565 6,900 5,522 745 8,740 10,025 28,054 26,893 4,848 553 11,167 2,755 500 7,070 1,161 ^5,698 36,600 30,024 649 8,091 ,631 6,538 i 5,341 663 8,111 6,576 37,590 36,047 I 1.543 807 6S3 54 686,700 238,700 692,300 1,796 898 810 87 r2,032 rl,029 901 101 1.903 960 848 802,800 314,600 817,000 952,600 371,800 908,600 847,100 343,700 858,300 691 7,583 12,341 55 N4,906 2 2,795 1,810 METALS AM) MANUFACTURES Zinc, slab: Production Shipments, t o t a l Domestic Stocks, end of month Foundry equipment, new orders, n e t : New equipment short tons do... do.., do.. 1937-39*10° 50,982 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Anthracite, production thous. of short tons Bituminous coal: Production do.. I n d u s t r i a l consumption and r e t a i l d e l i v e r i e s , t o t a l . . . d o . . , I n d u s t r i a l consumption, t o t a l do.. Beehive coke ovens do.. Byproduct coke ovens do.. Cement m i l l 3 do.. Electric-power u t i l i t i e s do.. Railways (class I) do.. Steel and rolling mills... do.. Other industrial do. Retail deliveries do.., Stocks, ind. and retail dealers, end of month, total..do.., Industrial, total do... Byproduct coke ovens Cement mill s. Electric-power u t i l i t i e s do.. do.. do.., Railway a (class I) do.., Steel and r o l l i n g m i l l s Other i n d u s t r i a l Retail d e a l e r s , t o t a l do.., do... do.. 995 8,253 649, 6,330 6,121 714 8.301 6,131 65,164 63,066 12,914 1,105 23.^99 9,296 1,160 15.092 2,098 5,714 579 6.397 3.355 668 I 13.820 2.902 I 695 10,471 1.543 PAPER AND PRINTING All paper and paperboard m i l l s (Bureau of the Census): Paper and paperboard production,total..thous.of short Paper Paperboard Building board Paperboard: Orders, new short Orders, unfilled, end of month Production tons. do... do... do... 1,570 r827 tons. do... do... 688,000 260,300 696,700 thousands. do... do... do... 6.759 6,609 2.770 13.191 do... do... do... thous. of dosen p a i r s . do... rfyk 49 94 I RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Production Shipments Original equipment Stocks, end of month Inner tubes: Production Shipments Stocks, end of month 3, 24 7 11, 797 7.31* 6.794 2,830 12.355 5,977 5.344 11.748 6,934 6,822 2,379 13,301 6,005 5.237 12,410 5, 8O3 5, 610 11.059 6,223 5.733 11,432 6,285 I 6,094 U.710 11.155 11.721 23,820 U.052 10.934 23.938 13,042 12,950 24,690 14,072 14,126 24,636 12,231 11,480 25,386 543,118 481,467 564 5U 394,703 380,489 86,200 75.518 r475,465 133 128 r385.36l r377.185 r89,971 r80,939 r580,660 199 170 r469,6l8 461,119 rllO,843 r99,809 559,311 268 234 455,193 446,524 103,850 93,294 !; 216 7,526 I 2,975, TEXTILE PRODUCTS Hosiery: Production Shipments Stocks, end of month do... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, total Coaches, total • Domestic Passenger c a r s , t o t a l Domestic. Trucks, t o t a l Domestic Digitized xj for Revised. FRASER number. do... do... do... do... do... do... 494 436,392 422,1U9 106,212 91,808
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