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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 B U R E A U OF F O R E I G N A N D D O M E S T I C C O M M E R C E AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY Of CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED STEEL 5o! •_! MARCH BUSINESS 5, 1948 INDICATORS IWQOT PRODUCTION (1935-39 r 100) ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) L i_i INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS' PRICES PRODUCTION (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-39 = 100) (1935-39 • 100' 1947 WEEKLY t?&b 1945 !946 8 : : *& E S S S U T I S T I C S 1 19?4? 19^8 JLMmmk Seb* 8 i CS@«M4t;f pri©@®8 w&©l@®al©? Ml corno&i t i . a s 2 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 2 6 a V ) 0 . . far® p f © d s e t © . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a a . . * . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . „ & 3 . , . 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" aak r s s s r r ® b a l a a c s s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . • f@@®rf@®9 a s t i s a t a d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .«<&©«-,, l@d@rsi B a s s r v e r@p©ytis&g ©ssb®? b©ak® l a I@sdlag e i s i e n t j j B i s k d s l l t s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n i l . of d o l » . Saw fork C i t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1^,3 171.7 162, o 128.3 315.2 «33T 2.29 load jl@ld®, do®,@sti© eorporal® (Moodir8®}.. . . . . . . -j>aAse§iii „ . §t©ek prlosa, 402 @tock@ (standard and Peer ).-1935^3901^0Industrials, 35^ @to©k@0.................. Pr@dttetieai BittsnisiOTw e o a l H / . « . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u a - of a b o r t s o n s , a@@tri© p o v e r , % u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a i l . of fe»L^ Mot©? T©M,©1®® (tf&rds) S/.....*......................ats^©?*. P a t r o l a w a U / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of b o l . Staal 2 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 ^ 1 0 0 . f r o i c h t ©&?l®adii^® e t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A i o u s . o f e a r n . 1H6.J* 17b I 167.5 128.7 323 d e34I 2.3U 231 2,323 1,151 2„"T'' lel71 l„12l* ?^e25 ? 24*674 13 s ?7« 614 21,333 dj„... B@p©gltg 9 d a s a n d , adja@t@d» . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . .&©« , . . Loaa® as& ls^@©tm«at©„ t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * d © . . . . U0 So ©or@riM@mt o b l i g a t i o n s . . . a . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . ...od«?. . . , O o m t r e t a l , , i M u s t r i a l and i ^ r i e u l t u r a l l o a n s . . . . * e d&* 3 «. J r a . 31 ^5,211: 6^,372 39,SOS U,?5? <=g 2,73 128.5 132.t< 2^^761 15,781 703 17.313 £ t 6»U 45,121* 63,309 39.619 11e820 7^ ^73 128.7- ? , 17S *03**j6r; ^,786 I&V5 77? 35© 10 2BU0 *f.7S7 ,175 .771 185..0 S50 391 l y«b. 7 I s b . lM- 163.8 195 -5 177^9 1^7.8 332^7 •339 2.82 2^0 1,72^ 1,032 63S 159^7 180.9 173«3 1H7.5 321^3 .322 2.1*1 238 1.8UX) 1,UU 672 28,126 21,175 17,003^ 28,l6S 21,732 17s037 91U 21,103 8,991 ^*S33 64,953 37,3.23 1^4,727 91 3»13 117.5 122.9 21,915 9,507 ^S 8 226 6^,S79 37,315 14.61& 97 3;13 19,670 g,07^ U7 9 6^^ 6U,^io 36,791 1^,692 128 3.13 112.U. les65 5*^29 101,0l*lf 5,3« 192.2 727 1 9 S92 59^12 82,717 5 9 333 189 -8 jkj 351 163.7 195-1 176.5 1U8 »Q 3U9.6 .3U6 3.97 233 1,696 19009 633 28«, 100 22^658 17,305 1,0^9 3*u 121A .117.2 1,872 5,385 83,996 5,3^7 187o2 3^9 fsb. 21 Fab. 28 159^2 181.7 170 s o 320.9 .321 21^782 16, 750 6S0 20,123 7,552 ^7,^9 6U, 277 36,63^ 1^,623 107 3-12 11^.1 119.1 318.9 ,32s 2 A3 2gs032 211767 16,799 7,158 3.10 113.9 119.0 2 8 lH0 110,536 5,3^2 186.8 S05 380 119,^25 189.0 1 / P a t e to n o t &L%^j® eoT@r c a l e n d a r waeks- 2 / S^@ uoU, iu J s m t i y 1, !>•*, t o c a o . ^ / S h u r i d a y p r i c e ® . U/ D a i l y e'rerag©®. 5/ Bata b a g i a ^ i s g J u l y 1 2 , 1947 ljs©lia4@ dmfk i s » d v i n . t o r n o t i n c l u d e d ^ - f t r i r o a l v . f»/ w o? d c c w i r f c i o a ^©e E©t® i n J u l y 1 3 , 19H6 i s s a ® . 7 / Sfeo^a a ©a a ^®fi@®d b a s i s b@giimi&g i a S u p p l s a e n t f o r Jmly 1 8 , 19U7,. J J W * ,\y u J o f L 9 . o»d Cftaada o.ud i n c l u d e pa@s©ag®r c a r s , commercial c a r a e s a d * 3 / ^ ® * ®adiag Ifergfa 6 9 1 9 1 . 0 . 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available ia monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement STATISTICS 1946 Deosaber 1947 January Qstober Iov®ab(gr XtasMibar (UEHSBAL BUSINESS IMDIGAT0B8 Industrial production (federal BeBerv®)* Unadjusted, combined i n d e x . « . . . .1935-39*100. Manufactures • — • • •• ...do.... Durable manuf aetures .do... Iron and s t e e l . . . . . . . . . .do... Lumber and product® do... furniture. « • .do... Lumber. do... Machinery •• do... fionferrous metals and products do... Smelting and refining... do... Stone, clay9 and glass products.. do... Clay products , .do... Transportation equipment do... Automobiles * do... nondurable manufactures do... Chemicals •• do... Industrial chemicals. • do... Leather and products ..... do... Leather tanning do... Shoes. do... Manufactured food products.... do... Meat packing . do... Processed fruits and vegetables.. do... Printing and publishing do... Bubber products do... Textiles and products do... Cotton consumption do... Bayon deliveries «.....* do... Wool textile production do... Mineral®. do... fuels* . .-. do... Anthracite do... Bituminous coal do... Crude petroleum. do... Metals.. do... Adjusted, combined index 1/ do... Manufactures... ° ...do... Durable manufactures do... Lumber and products....... do... Lumber . do... lonferrous metals and products .......do... Smelting and refining... do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Clay products. .do... nondurable manufactures do... Chemicals do... Leather and products... do... Leather tanning. , do... Manufactured food products. do. .. Meat packing. do... Processed fruits and vegetables....do... Printing and publishing ....... do. .. Minerals. do... Metals... *... do... COMMODITY PRICKS Consumers price index (U. S. Department of Labor): Combined index 1935-39-100. Apparel.. do... 2ood do... fuel, electricity, and ice .do... Gas and electricity....... do... Other fuels and ice . do... Housef uraishings. do... fient..". do... Miscellaneous do... fietail p r i c e s , U. S. Department of Commerce: All commodities, index do... 180 188 209 159 129 160 114 276 197 182 203 158 235 1*7 172 250 422 114 110 117 157 175 184 192 218 192 126 161 107 277 208 156 229 181 171 250 430 116 113 118 rl48 191 102 19^ 200 224 204 150 172 13S 280 179 176 210 169 231 198 180 250 42J 192 199 224 202 148 176 133 281 185 178 206 167 23 k 201 179 251 189 -rl96 r227 205 2?i4o rlSl r!19 288 rlSS rlS3 199 r!72 r244 r207 r256 *440 rl!3 112 rll4 rl53 1S7 rlOS 150 r230 pl62 131 287 126 123 128 165 144 173 156 126 126 159 189 118 139 280 167 158 162 126 I63 166 132 190 197 223 143 128 179 I76 201 160 176 248 126 121 155 142 13* 152 155 107 226 172 1% 290 171 155 1&3 119 169 165 pio4 192 199 224 150 137 185 177 201 161 178 250 124 122 156 170 129 153 155 plOS r!83 r205 ?166 rl73 *255 ?114 113 r!57 160 rlJS rl46 r!56 pll? 163.8 189.0 201.6 125.2 92.2 157 -H 187.8 114.9 141.8 164.9 190.2 202.7 126.9 92.5 160.5 188.9 H5»2 143.0 167.O 191.2 206.9 127.8 92.6 162.0 191.4 115^ 144.4 172.7 153.3 179.0 183.8 117.3 91.9 142.1 179.1 103.8 137.1 172.7 184.9 185.9 188.4 352,855 430,97° 575,089 *7^357 ?503e3^ 40.9 40.8 41.1 46.96 u 9-57 44.24 40.6 40.5 40.7 47.10 49.60 44.47 40.6 40.9 40.2 *51.05 5^69 r47.29 40.5 40.8 40.1 r51.35 r4l.2 y4l.7 x 2 ? 141 252 164 141 254 ISO 132 141 121 150 $ 263 V1 141 151 118 iSj 76 iS 182 190 211 141 132 197 181 210 152 174 249 115 110 162 151 170 138 137 111 81 18| 196 221 142 131 203 184 219 168 176 251 116 113 161 163 157 £ MS rl51 162 111 164 166 p84 rl92 *19S r229 *153 r!39 sass 117 1 153.3 176.5 185.9 115.5 92.0 138.3 177.1 136.1 CONSTRUCTION AND RML ESTAfB Contract awards (Engineering Hews-fiecord)i Engineering construction, value 2/ . . t h o u s . of d o l . SCPL0YMSH7 CONDITIONS AHD WA02S Hours and earnings (U. S. Department of Labor): Average weekly hours per worker, a l l manufacturing..hours. Durable good® industries do... nondurable goods industries .do... Average weekly earnings, a l l manufacturing dollars. Durable goods industries do... nondurable goods industries do... r / H®vlsed. for January r5MS ^7.57 40.8 r%.52 »48.7S jj Preliminary. 1/ Indexes for which seasonal f a c t o r s have been fixed at 100 «r© u e t shows; s®@ usadjustsd 8®ri®s and October 1947 and January 1948 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. ^^^ 2 / S&ta, MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Surrey and the 1942 Supplement 3 S T A T I S T 1 C S — Continued 1946 December 19U7 January October Novesber December IMPLOTMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES - Continued Sours and earnings (U. S. Department of Labor) - Continued. Average hourly earnings, all manufacturing ..dollars. Durable goods industries.. ••• •• ...do... Iron and steel and their products. •. .do... Electrical machinery... do... Machinery, except electrical. do... Automobiles. «do... Transportation equipment. except automobiles do... Jfonf errous metals and products. .do... Lumber and timber basic products.... ..do... furniture and finished lumber products. ...do... Stone, clay, and glass products .do... nondurable goods industries.. ..do... Textile-mill products and other fiber mfrs .do... Apparel and other finished textile products......do... Leather and leather products. .do... food and kindred products. .do... tobacco manufactures .....do... Paper and allied products do... Printing, publishing, and allied industries do... Chemicals and allied products do... Products of petroleum sad eoaL.- „»„.„ = <.* * .»o. ° =» 4o=» = Rubber products .do... FIHANC1 Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (H.I.S.E.) dollars. Domestic ...... .. .do... foreign * do... Value, issues listed on Hew York Stock Exchange: Pace value, all issues..... ail. of dol. Domestic. ..... do... foreign ..... do... Market value, all issues....... .do... Domestic .do... foreign.. do... Stocks! Shares listed on Hew Tork Stock ExchangeJ Market value do... Number of shares listed millions. CH^ICALS AND ALLIED PBODUCTS Oile, fats, and by-products* Animal, including fish oil! Animal fats! Production thoue. of lb. Stocks, end of month do... Greases: Production do... Stocks, end of month do... fish oils: Production do... Stocks, end of month do... Vegetable oils, total: Production, crude.. •. do. -. Stocks, end of month: Crude .do... Bef ined do... Cottonseed oil, refined: Production r .. do... Stocks, end of month do... Linseed oil: Production. .do... Stocks, end of month............ do... Soybean -oil: Production: Grud® do... Eefined... ..do... Stocks, end of month: Crude do... Eefined do... Oleomargarine: Consumpt ion (tasi-paid withdrawals) do... Production...... „ do... 1.148 1.216 1.248 1.195 1.277 1.395 I.362 1.210 .931 1.007 I.II9 1.077 »95? 1.006 1.018 1.058 •9^7 1.071 1.374 1.133 I0362 1.331 l.l6l 1.224 1.261 1.199 1.283 1.390 1.356 1.217 .962 1.015 1.125 1.094 .970 037 1.023 1.084 .938 1.088 I.38I 1.143 1.372 1.330 rl.258 1-337 1.397 I.33I 1.400 1.526 1.437 1.312 I.O63 1.105 1.234 rl.175 1.055 1.051 1.082 rl.159 .954 1.215 1.540 rl,273 rI.505 rl.438 rl.269 rl.^48 rl.405 1.339 I.405 1.542 rl.471 1.321 rl.074 1.108 rl.248 rl.185 1.090 1.019 1.094 1.173 .956 1.223 1.555 1.287 1.51S rl.454 rl.279 rl.356 1.413 1.146 1.412 1.570 1.475 328 055 117 102.64 IO3.O7 76.18 102.89 103.30 77.12 1/101.19 " IOI.65 71.90 1/100.46 100.93 70.51 1/99.62 100.11 68.96 137,165 134,995 2,170 140,793 139.139 1,653 137,006 134,859 2,148 140,966 139^10 1,656 1/136,711 134,346 2,115 1/138,336 136,56s 1,521 1/136.879 134,556" 2.073 1/137,509 135,804 1,462 1/136,727 13^,347 2,130 1/136,207 134,500 l,4f>69 68,595 1,771 69,627 1.779 68,884 1,379 67,026 1,896 68,313 1.907 243,908 231,339 303.997 307,623 226,266 250,588 279.792 258,425 307.560 322,045 45,607 64,820 52,591 72,871 47,402 97,555 50,039 96,111 50.536 103,692 7,867 117,410 1,646 107,320 19,889 108,815 6.852 91.459 4,356 85,286 402,604 442,935 467.852 481,032 r488,36l 538,269 262,324 532.006 278,950 471,112 207,383 484,980 210,630 r502,420 241,221 123,070 170,112 113,694 170,988 144,981 107,882 157.374 133.196 159,637 152,916 35.302 152,782 34,823 140,898 59.564 127,444 61.592 124,541 45,496 126,678 137.121 121,729 98,442 61.565 15L554 126,298 97.712 70,131 107,170 88,413 80,496 76,800 133.652 97.345 34,239 59.667 139,551 112,683 77.491 64,161 r57.683 ?59,766 66,262 67,946 82,894 87,005 78,249 81,806 72,914 79,011 24,876 20,848 4,028 25.957 a , 636 4,3a 26,748 22,^33 4,410 26,180 21,847 4,333 27,951 89,160 69,214 r99,491 r74,030 91,890 82,720 69,220 61,760 r74,490 r6o,025 100 051 091 176 .933 1.227 1.567 1.294 1.550 1.454 ELEGfElG POWEE E l e c t r i c power, production, t o t a l . . . . . Utilities ^ Industrial establishments mil. of kw. h r . . do.... .do.... 3ND0DSTUWS AED TOBACCO Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery ( f a c t o r y ) . . . . . . . . . . . Ghees®, t o t a l (factory) vj Bevised. -gl Preliminary. fehous. of l b . . do.... 1/ Includes bonds of International Bank not shown separately. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S — Continued 1946 X a r l i e r d a t a BX® a v a i l a b l e l a Monthly issue© of t h e Survey and t h e 1§42 Sujipleae Dseeaiber 1347 January December fOODSSUWS AMD OTUOO© - Continued of lfeOB M©at©9 p r o d u e t i o a e t o t a l of ife a . B@®£ mi. • e a l * . . . * . . . • ...do.... l a a b and a a t t o n . . . . . . . P©rk, i n c l u d i n g l®J?d. 0 ...do.... L«rd................ of b&g§.» 6©££#©9 irisibl® s u.p^p. l^y . S o b a c c o , a a r a f a e t u r a d product©., s e a s w e p t i © s ( w i t h d r a w a l s ) i C i g a r e t t e s , s n a i l s t a x - f r s e . . . . . . . . . . * • • • • ••- . . . . • I l l l o n a . . Gi<jfyr@tt®§e fltall, t a x - p a i d . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • . . . . . . . . . d o . . , . Clga^© 9 t a x - p a i d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • * . . . . . t h o u s a n d s . . Manufactured t o b a c c o aad &mtts t a x » p a i d ( . . . . t h c u s . of l b . . 1,12k 105,97^ 58.723 959,053 l6S g !2S 1,584 1,556 1J40 •1,918 709,306 61,943, ,14?", 168 792,' 98,SSS 6"3.891 9, ,312 693,312 i n , 8 6l9 i, 707,751 ©os?90 971,957 15^.639 1,11.0 3.527 33.237 587.880 25,909 2,536 27,333 495,401 18.14U 2,997 24,799 H46 # 719 15.6S3 1,125 2.630 3.792 3.563 46,765 r2t269 r2sS93 2*3,065 r37-,982 941 2,406 3.353 2,975 39,824 40,09s 32,561 35.777 10,350 1,815 19,242 5.277 r3,4l4 5.936 492 239 8,192 1,526 15,328 4,541 r2,97^ r4,894 351 176 204,084 IJ69 L 1 4 S M AID FfiOJUGSS Losthar productions Calf and k i p . . . . . . Cattls hids.'...... Goat ®ad k i d . . . . . . othougo of of h i d e s . ©f ikingo ........................do... Sh©@s a a d @lipp@ra, p r o d u c t i o n , t o t a l . . . . . . . t h o u s . of p a i r s . Shoes, §&ad&l@9 and p l a y sho®e ©xcupt a t h l e t i c , t o t a l t h o n g , of p a i r © . By kia&gi Men" s- - . . . . . . - . . . . . . • • . - • • . • • • . . . . . . . . • • • . • - • • . - - d o . . . . Youths 8 a a d b o y 8 , . . . . . . - » » o . . . e s . 6 . . . » . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Women' s . . . . . . . - . . • . « . . . • • . « • » • • . • « » « • « . • • - • . « . . • » d o 0 . o Mi@®@®8 aad c h i l d r e n 8 ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . I n f a n t e 9 and -babies ' . . . . « . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . %. Slipp®re for h o u @ ® t 6 ? @ @ x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Athletic.................................. /..........do... Other, footwear........................................do... 1,011 2,184 2,412 3.667 1/39.06S 41,051 35.3^5 9*012 1,793 1,429 4,187 2,924 2,915 397 213 Msaa»s MB umsiM^wsM iteel predusts6 n e t ehig@®»t®« Total:.......'..... Herehant bars*. Pip© tiad tub@g. Plates......... it s h o r t ton©. .........do... .........do... . . . . . . . v.do... .........do... S h e e t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .do... S t r i p ~ Cold r o l l e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * d o . . . lot roll@d................................do... Structural shapes, h e a v y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . S i a p l a t ® and t e r n e p l a t e . . . < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . W i r t ®nd wir® p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Copper1 2/ Pirodueiioa* If in® ©r & m ® l t ® r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s h o r t ton®. Aaflnexy............................................do... B@liv@ri@s, r e f i n e d , d o m e s t i c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . S t o c k s B r e f i n e d , ®nd of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Le&d, r®fia@ds Production, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Primry............................................do..« Shipments............................................do... Stock®, ©ad of month. . . . . . . . . . . » . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . , . O i l burner®? O r d e r s , a w , n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .number. ©rd@r®, unf l l l e d , ®a,d of m o n t h * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . „ §hip®§nt®«...........................................do... St©ck®6 ®sd of aonth.................................do... Pumps., ©tea®, poi#@r, centrifugal and rotary? 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