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IURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES D E P A R T M E N T OF C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURREM7 BUSINESS SELECTED JUNE 23, 1950 BUSINESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (1935-39-100) (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS) MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS COTTON CONSUMPTION (UNADJUSTED, 1939 * SOO) (DAILY AVERAGE - THOUSANDS OF BALES) bu MONTHLY DATA 40 30 20 10 WEEKLY 1TM 1 1 I BUSINESS 1 j J _ J _ J U L ,i I ' I i II 1 I l i l I i I I I ! 1 l l II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Li™ STATISTICS1 1949 J m e 11 l 1950 June IS May ao May 21 June 3 Commodity prices, wholesales 156.2 156.1 M i commodities. .1926^100.. 156.8 15M" 155.9 172.2 Farm products.........•.••.•....•..•.•........••....»&©...• 165^3 164.7 167.5 169.7 166 .6 Food........................... o..................... .do.... 161.5 160.7 160.5 163.1 146.0 All other............................................do.... 147.7 147.6 145.7 147.5 232,8 28 commodities 2/...........................Angus* 1939^100*. 263.5 231.2 266.9 260.3 .32s Cotton, ®iddling7 15/16"• 1° marketa ^/..........dol. $®r lb.. °333 «337 »329 «330 Hheat, Ho« 2, hard winter (Kansas City).........dol. per bu.« 2.14 2.26 2.30 2.25 2*08 Department store sales............................1935-39^100.. 2SS 282 261 275 2S5 Insured unemployment, total .............................. thou®.. 2,657 1,704 1,775 2,721 2,046 1,601 Stat® programs .do.... 1,671 2,085 32 Veterans' programs, ........•..••. .do.... 545 34 563 Finances 27.UOO 26,948 26*9^7 27,084 Currency in circulation 3/............... .......mil. of dol.. 27,480 19,911 18,001 Federal Reserve "bank credit, total.............. .do.,.. 17,683 17,935 19,956 IS,606 16,123 Member bank reserve balances............ ..do.... 15,922 15,814 is,170 SS3 i9a9 Excess reserves, estimated. .do.... 52S 633 921 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities* 20,15s 22,528 22,836 Bank debits, total mil. of dol.. 18,867 20,9S5 New York City............... .................do...-. 8,603 7,421 9*067 9,23^ 8,526 Deposits, demand, adjusted......... ........do.... ^,295 46,844 46,933 47,380 47,533 Loans and investments, total do.•.» 62,603 66,951 66,689 61,916 67,103 U. S. Government obligations. .do.... 36,359 34,867 36,251 3 ^ 7 36,456 Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross) do.... 13.359 13.3^5 13.377 13,424 13,359 Failures, industrial and commercial number.. 214 196 199 174 168 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 a) J»/.. percent.. 3.00 3.00 2.S6 2.86 14S.4 Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Standayd and Poor's) 1935-39»100.. 110.7 111.5 148.S 147.1 Industrials, 3&5 stocks........ ..do.... 115.6 157.9 116.2 158.4 156*3 Productions 1,602 1,681 Bituminous coal 3/ thous. of short tons.. 2,17S 1,689 365 Electric power, by utilities.... mil. of kw-hr.. 5*300 5.894 5,845 5,632 5.373 Motor vehicles (Ward*®) . .number.. 130,151 179,063 138,402 167.035 139,005 Petroleum, crude j / . thous. of b b l . . 4, §76 5,041 5,128 5,042 4,S6S 184.0 Steel 4 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 * 1 0 0 . . 217.4 216.7 179.0 216.3 SOS Freight carl@adings, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of e a r s . . 781 710 649 743 Miscellaneous . d o . . •• 339 337 374 333 357 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday p r i c e s 2/ Daily average®. 4/ Week ending June 24, 216.1. June 10 $im@ 17 157.4 166.4 163.2 148.2 269.4 .33S 2.20 156.7 164.5 161.0 148.3 262.9 .33S 302 27,084 18.141 16,067 750 26,998 18.270 16,309 927 22,788 9,396 47,519 66,960 36,183 13,394 164 2.87 149.2 159.3 l,79S 5,921 191,417 9,1^5 178 149.0 158.9 194,639 5,228 216.3 796 375 "*°215*.9 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS 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 of the Survey and t h e 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement STATISTICS 19^9 April 1950 May February March April COMMODITY PRICES Wholesale p r i c e s of s e l e c t e d commodities: B u t t e r , 9 2 - s c o r e (Hew York) . d o l . per l b . Cotton, m i d d l i n g , 1 5 / l 6 M , average, 10 m a r k e t s . . . . do... ISggs, e x t r a s , l a r g e (Chicago) . d o l . per doz. Grains and g r a i n products: Corn, w e i g h t e d average, 5 markets dol. per bu. Wheat, weighted average, 6 markets. do... L i v e s t o c k and meats: Beef s t e e r s (Chicago) * d o l . per 100 l b . Hogs, all grades (Chicago) do... Beef, fresh, steer carcasses, good (K.T.)....dol. per lb. Pork, fresh, loins, S-10 lb. (Hew York) do... Metals and manufactures: Pig iron, composite. ... — .dol. per long ton. Steel, composite, finished .....dol. per lb. Copper, electrolytic (Hew York) do... Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (Hew York) do... Zinc, prime, Western (St. Louis) .do... Wool, raw, territory, fine, scoured do... .3297 .483 0.597 .3285 .483 0.635 .3198 •327 O.607 .3193 .358 0.599 .3247 .344 1.322 2.285 1.279 2.254 1.261 2.253 L.305 2.300 1.419 2.322 24.20 18.32 .404 .518 24.88 18.49 .410 .515 25.58 16.55 .430 .430 25.90 L6.13 .433 .409 r26.94 16.02 .447 .412 47-55 .01*20 .211+5 .1515 .i4o6 1.800 46.62 .0420 •1776 .1372 .1188 1.7«1 46.85 .0438 .1820 .1200 •0975 1.625 47.28 .0438 .1820 .IO96 .0994 1.625 47-28 .0438 .1864 .1063 .1066 1.629 31,570 8*12,586 620,195 589,693 33,474 880,344 666,881 601,709 35.715 779.530 627,019 686,221 53.494 1,300,201 1,075,339 993,453 59,616 1,350,496 1,123,455 885,044 348.9 472.1 349.3 473.* 360.O 488.4 362.8 491.9 364.3 496.6 295,754 101,110 194,644 292,936 100,334 192,602 206,104 63,805 142,299 268,483 85,639 182,845 291,580 94,751 196,829 42,966 14,177 984 ,036 991 478 757 768 42,731 13,877 974 2,137 4,021 9,342 1,763 4,804 r4l,66l rl3.997 r595 rl,86l 3.841 r9.152 775 5.813 11.324 6,057 21 659 399 259 414 106 991 534 4,696 5.742 rll,460 r5,982 17 r652 r386 297 408 108 r978 512 r42,26l rl4,101 r919 rt,903 3,873 r9,i99 1,790 r4,707 5,769 rll,551 r6,071 18 r677 r401 45 45 46 r42,856 rl4,153 r917 r2,065 r3,92S r9.332 rl,803 r4,756 5,902 rll,592 r6,191 18 r693 413 303 r420 113 rl,007 522 *6 683 97 1,014 538 r698 112 r96o *573 872 r709 114 r9Sl r580 r879 r576 184 0.599 COHSTRUCTION AHD SE&L ESTATE Contract awards, 37 States (I. W. Dodge Corp.): Total projects *.».*•..••* .number. Total valuation thous. of dol. Building, total do... Contract awards (E.N.R.), engineering const.,value l / . . . d o . . . Construction cost indexes (Engineering News-Record)s 2/ Building cost 191>100. Construction cost ( a l l types) do... DOMESTIC TRADE M a i l - o r d e r and s t o r e s a l e s , t o t a l , 2 companies.thous. of d o l . Montgomery Ward & Co do... Sears, Roebuck and Co do... BiPIOYMENT AND WAGES Employees in nonagr. establishments, total, unadj..thousands. Manufacturing do... Mining do... Contract construction do... Transportation and public utilities do... Trade do... finance do... Service *do... Government ....do... Production workers in manufacturing industries, total...do... Durable-goods industries do... Ordnance and accessories do... Lumber and wood products (except furniture) do Sawmills and planing mills . ...do... Furniture and fixtures. do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Glass and glass product s do... Primary metal industries do... Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills....do... Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metals thousands. Fabricated metal products (except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment) thousands. Heating apparatus and plumbers' supplies Jj/ do... Machinery (except electrical) .do... Electrical machinery do... Transportation equipment do... Automobiles ... do... Aircraft and parts do... Ship and boat building and repairs .do... Bail road equipment do... Instruments and related products do... Miscellaneous manufacturing industries. do... Nondurable-goods industries .do... Pood and kindred products do... Meat products .do... Dairy products. -do... Canning and preserving. do... Bakery products do... Beverages. do... 11,616 6,262 659 389 26s 4l6 105 1,028 545 k l 706 103 1,066 56O 1,012 649 192 410 109 r982 r506 r721 118 r1,002 595 955 rS95 601 591 567 187 IS5 184 92 67 67 P r68 67 44 44 r45 69 177 172 171 rl74 3 181 356 P *363 343 ,4S( 5.267 480 5.^78 r5,40l 5,354 i,060 1.095 rl,055 rl,065 1.071 229 221 232 224 217 115 99 103 97 108 rllO 131 121 125 rllO 189 188 190 186 188 148 139 141 140 Tobacco manufactures .do... 134 78 82 76 82 81 Textile-mill products. do... rl,183 1,087 1.172 rl,183 1,100 Broad-woven fabric mills .... ..do... r574 526 573 r571 530 Knitting mills .do... 221 202 218 223 Apparel and other finished t e x t i l e products ,.do.,. 207 1,058 956 r1,003 1,065 Men's and boys 1 s u i t s and coats do... 1,008 118 132 Men's and boys' furnishings and work clothing do... 241 239 $ 241 Women' s outerwear. do... 289 r315 257 305 271 Digitized TJ for Revised. FRASER £ / Preliminary. 1/ Data for March i s for 5 weeks; other months 4 weeks. 2/ Data, reported at the beginning of each mon.tn are shown for previous month. ]J Except electrical heating apparatus. * MONTHLY BUSINESS B&rlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement 3 S T A TI S T I C S— Continu«l 1949 April 1950 May February Marsh ipril BOPLOyHMX AM) WAGES - Continued Production workers i n manufacturing i n d u s t r i e s - Continued Nondurable-good® i n d u s t r i e s - Continued Paper and a l l i e d products thousands. Pulp, paper, and paperboard m i l l s . • • .do... P r i n t i n g , publishing, and a l l i e d i n d u s t r i e s . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Newspapers ... do... Commercial printing .do... Chemicals and a l l i e d products. '. do... I n d u s t r i a l organic chemicals do•.. Drugs and medicines • .— do... P a i n t s , pigments, and f i l l e r s do... Products of petroleum and c o a l . . . . ..do,.. Petroleum refining. .do... Bubber products do... Tires and inner tubes . do... Leather and leather products. • do... footwear (except rubber) .. .do... Manufacturing production-worker employment index, totals Unadjusted (U. S. Department of-labor) 1939*100. Adjusted (Federal Beserve) do... Manufacturing production-worker payroll index, unadjusted (U. S. Department of Labor). . . . . . . . . . . . * .1939*100. l4l 162 476 142 60 ^3 189 149 185 87 332 216 386 r200 495 rl45 165 r485 144 59 45 I83 144 r!58 83 357 235 145 58 45 182 143 rlS9 rS3 357 235 l4l.8 143-4 138.2 140.8 139.9 rlM0.2 141.0 rl4l.'3 319.2 -312.8 r330.0 *333-3 mil. of dol. do... .....do... 89,206 35.832 53.374 88,969 36,974 51.995 86,273 35,727 50,546 104,0f:7 43,112 60,915 91,714 37,025 54,689 do... do... .do... do... .do... do... do — ...do... do... 2,306 1,340 29 1.30s 81 3.607 2,972 35 2,342 544 599 2,%6 161 944 5,622 2,092 1,488 3.151 178 1,080 751 945 28 544 410 656 104 125 011 1,166 1,156 1,092 1,082 773 765 rl/S6S i/858 1/808 i/799 196,206 98.53S 97.029 133.505 630,720 173.500 139,075 86,132 127,224 556,323 1^1,365 68,476 44,053 86,874 420,680 165,638 64,465 48,203 91,319 488,168 146,027 65.536 54,399 87.205 445,575 341,983 100,674 114,239 814,014 73.350 74,223 76,711 231,907 54,042 61,525 53^.296 526,903 343,407 80,653 151.0*3 738,848 64,968 63.732 70,439 2/206,56V 54,252 55,402 246,013 102,389 70,179 515.434 1/46,937 53,398 , ^.375 #159.524 36.459 33.128 260,705 11I,%2 66,517 597,089 1/48,610 62,161 39.879 1/193,745 44,' 638 234,389 78,875 68,441 564,354 1/46,278 60,220 38,893 1/174,251 40,131 44,701 540,630 533.^35 r600,300 r590,200 r664,4oo r659,800 583,300 571,728 145,509 109.913 60,917 110,697 99.867 154,123 90,189 68,997 114,362 105,965 216,116 48,995 19,933 39,730 10,629 317,519 72,041 17.838 39,195 36,855 169.177 139,523 58.090 129,635 92,228 184,071 128,459 80,124 145,694 120,312 161,918 109,378 61,864 130,383 108,184 294,704 84,241 18,991 27,6l4 35.081 293.949 58,283 19,747 31.708 38,186 306,496 73.089 22,947 ^3,3^4 31.86-5 352,164 54,018 21,696 35,606 51,305 262,724 64,126 29,659 30,393 27,925 309,003 43,866 15,898 33,703 47,675 59.725 60,419 81,299 81,218 95.315 89,834 ,803 9 ,817 377 196 1*95 140 163 495 148 61 44 188 149 190 89 348 228 372 194 ksk 200 497 147 I65 r487 3*391 201 497 148 I65 r490 146 61 k5 176 136 rl90 84 r34l 222 rl4l.5 rl43.0 JTKslTCS Bank debits, total (l4l centers) * New York City Outside Hew York City federal Government finances Receipts, Treasury, t o t a l Beceipta, n e t . . . Customs. Income and p r o f i t s t a x e s . . . Employment taxes Miscellaneous i n t e r n a l revenue. Expend!turea, t o t a l I n t e r e s t on debt National defense and related a c t i v i t i e s 4,820 43 4,429 362 701 3.269 636 l,06l 1,267 629 2,847 184 977 JOBElGft TRADE Exports, including reexports, t o t a l do. Exports of U. S. merchandise, t o t a l . do. By economic classes: Crude materials .thous. of d o l . . Crude foodstuffs. .do.... Manufactured foodstuffs and beverages. .do.... Semimanufactures .........•...•'•...'...... do finished manufacture® .do.... By principal commodities? Agricultural product®, t o t a l . . . . . . . do.... Cotton, unmanufactured. do . Grains and pr eparat ions .do Nonagricultural products, t o t a l . . . . do.... Automobiles, p a r t s , and accessories do.... Chemicals and related products do.... Iron and s t e e l - m i l i products do.... Machinery, total. . do.... Petroleum and products do.... Textiles and manufactures.... do.... General imports, total. »....«.»... do... Imports for consumption, total......••.•••• do... By economic classes: Crude materials do... Crude foodstuffs do... Manufactured foodstuffs and beverages. do... Semimanufactures do... finished manufactures. do... By principal commodities? Agricultural products, total do... Coffee... ,...do... Bubber, crude, including guayule. ........do... Sugar do... Wool and mohair, unmanufactured. do... Nonagricultural products, total do... Nonferrous ores, metals, and manufactures do... Paper base stocks. do... Newsprint. do... Petroleum and products .do. •. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Oleomargarine: Production .. thous. of l b s . Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) do... rj Revised, g/ Preliminary. \J See note on corresponding item i n 227,046 58,906 19,387 35.292 10,813 299,85s 73.767 12,427 34,200 38,244 65,665 §.7?2 the June 1950 Survey. MONTHLY BUSINESS E a r l i e r data a r e available i n monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement S T A T I S T I C S — Continued 19^9 April February May Marc! ^i»U May •ERAKSPORIEAIIOK F r e i $ i t , c a r l o a d i n g 8 (Federal Beserve indexes) i Total, adjusted. • • • . . . ' . . . • • . . . . . «1935-39® loo* C o a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d@ «, • e Coke. . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < . . . . . . ee,doe.3 ,.do... Forest products.•......•.....«•....-•.••••< do,»o Grain® and grain products. • • .... . •.. • ...... Livestock ............••••..••..•..... . . . . . . ^ d o . . . Or©.. Merchandise} l . e . l . Mi s c e l l a n e o u s . . . . . . ed©. 9 do s 12? 129 188 119 138 76 ZL5 59 132 124 130 173' 123 150 73 215 104 46 122 119 113 65 156 52 130 IpS 14*5 67 1*54 53 134 126 123 ! i8i 129 131 68 136 137 122 iw 181 134 127 66 121 51 133 494 959 4,316 S34 496 1.075 4,338 941 53 FOODSTUWS Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected)! C a l v e s . . . . . • • • • . . • • . . • . . . . • . • • • • . . . • . • . . . t h o u s . of animal®. Cattle......................•.......•.....••.•••.••••.do... Hogs.•..•••••.••......•....•....•..••..•......•••..••»d©..• Sheep and lambs..•.......•........ Stocks, cold storage, m& of month! ipples, fresh..................... Butter, creamery.................. Cheese, total..<........•.••.....< Fruits, frozen.................... s d©» . . . . t h o u s . of b u . . . . . t h o u ® , of l b . ............do... . . . . . . . , , . o s d e . 00 .........»,,de... Vegetables, f r o z e n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < .thous. ©f ea©®©. Sggs, s h e l l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • •. . . . . . . . t h o u s . of l b . Egg®, f r o s e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d O . SO Meats, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < ............do... Baef and v e a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < ............do... Lamb and x r a t t o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do. Fresh and c u r e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do. Lard..............................................do. Poultry...............................................do. METALS MB 562 996 3,894 676 15,33s 125.903237.419 191,666 107,05s 929*625 119,1*31 9,864 683,1*7 5^231 138,216 89.205 141,361 79s,621 94,035 7,007 591*931 466,108 125,S23 77*823 g g 868 11,656 1&63.883 r3*5.oi5 r7S,S6S rl04,108 r26,gl9 4li,6oi 338,912 72,689 91,775 67,580 24,195 7,7^5 92 5,597 677 i4i '223 635 619 199 1.437 11* 155 375 295 365 7,590 93 5,235 597 134 202 618 590 193 •1.33° 132 142 378 292 338 443 939 4,191 863 5S6 1 9 Q82 12,502 929gS6 163,922 265,204 305,316 735 73 ,159 896 ,752 123,281 13,062 654,282 5731108 81,174 260,523 7 ,074 93 3 5,020 939 15S l * ii-9 .980 1,29b 116,546 865,721 110,022 10,689 635,946 548,64c 87.306 212g05S *3,645 riO9902O ! ^•171,553 r243,S6l ! r&l,992 | r2,l47 .rl55,10S PS57.419 r9S 9 839 r8,44o 1=650,060 *54l,955 rf.og.105 rl67 9 000 1*295 135,805 207,318 283,650 221,762 3.413 178,667 800,328 79.908 7.218 618,660 489,981 128,679 136,6og MMWAGTJJMB Iron ore (Lake Superior d i s t r i c t ) ! Shipments from upper lake p o r t s . . . . . . . . thous. of long tone. Steel forgings, for sales Orders, u n f i l l e d , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s h o r t tons. Drop and upset .do... Press and open hammer. .do... Shipments, t o t a l ..do... Drop and u p s e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . * Press and open h a m m e r . . ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . d o . . . Steel ingots and s t e e l for e a s t i n g s ! P r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of short ton®. Percent of c a p a c i t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steel products, net shipments 9 t o t a l . . . • . . . . • . . . . • . • . . . . d o . . . Bars, hot r o l l e d ! Carbon and a l l o y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Beinf orcing* . . . . • • • . • • • . . . • • . . . . ' . . . d o . . . Semimanufactures. . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . • . . . . . • . . . . • • . . . . • • . . . d o . . . Pipe and t u b e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Plates.. ............••....:•.........do... Sails ...do... Sheets • ....•.....•...•........•..•...••• .*do„.. Strips Cold rolled...................................do... Hot rolled....................................do... Structural shapes, h e a v y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . « . d o . . . Tin p l a t e and t e r n e p l a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Wire and wire product a. do... Coppers Production! Mine or s m e l t e r . . . .short tons. fiefinery .do... Deliveries, refined, domestic......... Stocks, refined, end. of month. do..• .do•.. TJI,289 91,589 93,873 76,134 76.49* 349 350,35s 62,484 108,677 87.745 20,932 9.496 3^7,238 297,032 60,206 99*193 80,950 18,243 P8.213 100 5,780 646 122 225 743 43S 164 1/1.686 146 179 333 8.549 101 !!!!!!!!!! 80,756 94,036 112,773 77.472 90,"*35 113 ,'©6 123,030 60,276 r83,782 103,293 101,729 57.028. 83.023 112,388 113,8 5.837 ,020 51.0 739.438 S9S§22S 711,511 728,827 TEXTILE PBODUCTS Cottons 2/ Consumption .bale®. Manufactures, spindle activity (cotton system spindles)I Active spindles, last working day, total.... ....thousands. Consuming 100 percent cotton......................do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.....mil. of hr. Average per spindle in place.....................hours. Consuming 100 percent cotton...... ....mil. of hr. Operations as percent of capacity Bay ons Consumption: Filament yarn................ .............mil. of lb. • Staple fiber ...do... Stocks, producers', end of months Filament yarn.......................................do... Staple fiber........................................do,., 598,502 580,476 20,864 rl9.,805 r7,769 327 20,936 rl$,856 ^7.727 >326 r7*34S r93-9 21,596 20,340 11,808 3/^72 11,130 127.3 21,301 20904g 9.299 21,458 20,229 9.467 8,764 127 e 8 8,935 128.1 ^7-9 6.2 52.1 7.8 81*0 r25.4 r70„2 r23*3 76.0 24.9 44.1 19.1 49.8 20.4 12.3 3.* rf.4.2 Ao4 15.0 5*8 rJM9 F9S.O Digitized TJ for Revised, FRASER if Include® data for e l e c t r i c a l s t r i p . 2/ Data for February, ^ r i l , and Kay I95O cover 4 weeks and for March, 5 w@@ksf p r i o r http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ to 1950 calendar months a r e represented. Data for activ® spindle® are for and of period covered, j / A¥©»gs§ per working d&y. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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