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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 29, 1941
SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRENDS
INFORMATION now available on the course of employment
during April indicates that the reduction of workers engaged
in coal mining was more than offset by a general advance in
other industries. Total nonagricultural employment rose almost
400,000 to a total of 37,617,000. The principal increases were
reported in manufacturing and trade, the latter being largely a
seasonal movement. The most substantial gains in factory
employment appeared in the machinery industries, these increases
leading an advance of almost 3 points in the adjusted index of
durable goods employment. Combined with a substantial rise
in nondurable goods employment, this lifted the adjusted index
for total factory employment (1923-25 = 100) to a new high of
.121.7 cud established the largest monthly gain of the current
year on a seasonally adjusted basis. The largest increase in the
month occurred in the agricultural implement industry, where the
adjusted index jumped from 126 to 169-—a new high since 1937.
In part, this reflects the attainment of higher production volumes
following the settlement of industrial disputes earlier in the year.
Business continues to receive strong support from the current
level of construction activity as demand in this area has remained
high. April awards as reported by the F. W. Dodge Corporation
amounted to $407 million compared with $480 million in the
previous month. Inasmuch as a much larger volume <^{Jre* viffusly1
let defense contracts were included in the March totalLrfljk £$@
decline is of little significance. More important is the tact that
the April dollar total marked the second straight month in which
awards have exceeded $400 million and that sustained awards at
these levels have not been reached since 1930. Residential
awards rose from $148 million to $166 million over the period,
the advance being almost double the usual seasonal movement.
Recent price developments have featured a leveling off of the
sensitive commodity index coincident with the widened activity
of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics* 28 commodity index showed little
change during the week ending M23 23, after rising from 137 to
144 during the first half of the month. The chief activity of the
Price Administrator centered in the announcement of maximum
prices for combed, cotton yarn and in the proposal to several
commodity exchanges of measures designed to curb speculative
activity. The latter included higher margin requirements affecting futures trading in rubber, coffee, and pepper, together with
certain modifications of exchange practice in these commodities
and in cocoa.
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION
FREIGHT-CARLOADINGS
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
(PERCENT OF CAPACITY)
120
(THOUSANDS OF CARS)
(BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS)
100
80
\^t940^
60
40
20
—<T
i
-
^
i
•
/
i
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
BITUMINOUS COAL PRODUCTION
COMMERCIAL LOANS
(THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES)
(DAILY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS OF TONS)
(B1LUQNS OF DOLLARS)
-1941
^1939
CRUDE OIL RUNS-TO-STILLS
MISCELLANEOUS CAR LOADINGS
F H.A. HOME MORTGAGES
(MILLIONS OF BARRELS - DAILY AVERAGE)
(THOUSANDS OF CARS)
[NUMBER SELECTEE FOR APPRAISAL ON HOMES TO BE BUILT'
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT 8. PAYROLLS
PRICE INDEX OF 28 BASIC COMMODITIES
160
fl923-Z5»IOO)
CAUG, 1 9 3 9 ' 1 0 0 )
THU*$OAY FIGURES
f
140
120
100
|
80
, . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . .,, i , . i . . i . ,
1938
1939
318545-41
1940
1941
1938
1939
1940
(941
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
[Weekly average, 1923-25^100, except as indicated]
1940
1941
ITEM
1941
1939
ITEM
May May May May Apr. M a y May May M a y
10
18
24
20
26 25
3
Business activity:^
127.8 126.2 123.7 l?0 4 104.4 103 7
New York Times§
131 5 130 9 130.4 104 4 103 5
Barrons'
Business Week
143.5 142.5 139.3 138.2 114.1 1U. 2
Commodity prices, wholesale:
Dept. of Labor:
Combined index, 1926=100
84.6 84.0 83 2 83 0 77.8 78.5
76.3 75.1 74.4 74 3 66.8 68.2
Farm products
79.7 79.0 78.0 78 1 70.7 71.7
Food 87.3 86.9 86.4 86.1 82.7 82.9
Allother...
143.6 143.6 141.7 137.7 13fi 8 110.5 114 4
28 basic commodities©—
Fisher's index, 1926=100:
92.5 91.7 90.7 89.9 89 9 83 4 84.0
Combined index
85.5 85.5 85.5 85.5 85 5 80 4 81.2
Copper, electrolytic!
Cotton, middling, spot
50.0 48.9 46.3 43.4 41.5 39 0 36.4
Construction contracts!
75 3 75.2
121.6
Distribution:
90.4 S7.9 83.4 75.8 72.2 71.3
Carloadings
110 128 124 114 97 99
Department store sales A
.
120.3
123.8
Employment Detroit, factory
104.8
Finance:
Bond yields!
58.4 .58.2 58.4 58.6 .58.8 65.3 62.9
Stock prices!
87.6 87.1 87.3 86.5 86.8 88.7 97.7
92.8 91.9
88 7 86.0
95.3 93.3
75.8
63.5
67.6
80.7
75.9
64.1
67.4
80.7
79 7 79 7
71.0 71 0
36.0 36.0
74.9
65.5 64.3
95
98
65.5 65.7
98.0 94.9
1940
1939
May M a y M a y M a y Apr. May M a y May May
26
3
10
25 18 27
17
24
Finance—Continued.
Banking:
110 6 114.5 117 5 116.6
Debits, outside N. Y. O.t.Federal Reserve reporting
member banks:
Loans, total
79 6 79.1 79 0 78.7
Interest rates:
24.2 24 2 24.2 9A 9 24.2
Call loans!
Time loans!
- 28.6 ?8 6 28.6 28 6 28.6
188.8 188.5 187.3 185.3
Currency in circulation!
Production:
Automobiles
- 169.9 161 <)168.4 166 1 137.6
98 8 92.0 50 9 15.7
Bituminous coal!
..
167.2 171 3 168.1
Cotton consumption J
168 1 167.6 164.1 165.1
Electric powerf
56 7 55.4 57 ? 56.3
Lumber
- '
103.4 96 9 81.5 89 8
68.5 69 2 65.0 64.4
24.2 24 2 24.2 9A 9,
28.6 28 6 28.6 ?R 6
157.0 156.7 142.3 142.4
123.1
76.7
110.7
147.0
56.1
187.6 186.3 173.9 184.8 190.2
175.7 174.5 170.3 165.9 168.9 125.2
Steel ingots®
Receipts, primary markets:
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Cotton
Wheat
66.6 60 7
46.9 45 7
73.5 58.8 65.8 76.2 77.7 51.5
114.3 77.3 53.5 51.0 51.2 71.6
126 0
73 8
114 8
145 4
52 3
190.2
120.0
86 2
60 4
109 3
132 4
52 5
177.8
83.3
101 9
49 9
113 9
130 3
50 6
170 5
78! 0
57 0
44 8
34.6 36.5 28.5
83.9 79.1 80.0
•Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
^Seasonally adjusted.
tDaily average.
f Weekly average, 1923-30=100.
I Computed normal=100. Index revised beginning Jan. 8, 1938: revised data not given in the issue for Jan. 23.1941, and subsequent issues will be shown later.
©Index for week ended May 31 is 173.5. Data for 1941 are based on production of steel ingots and steel for castings.
A Weekly average 1935-39=100. The index is compiled by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; it is not adjusted for seasonal variations.
©Thursday prices; August 1939=100.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
1941
May 24
May 17
May 10
0.11S
.136
2.95
38.15
.93
0.118
.133
2.93
38.15
.92
0.118
.126
2.85
38.15
.91
3,145
fi,!27
1940
May 3
1939
1933
Apr. 26
May 25
May 18
May 27
May 20
May 28
0.118
.118
2.80
38.15
.87
0.118
.113
2.78
38.15
.86
0.111
.106
2.20
37.51
.83
0.112
.099
2.27
37.40
.89
.098
2.25
35.63
.78
0.098
.098
2.27
35.63
.76
0.08S
.080
2.35
38.44
.77
0.093
.085
2.35
38.60
.82
3,703
5,310
3,691
5,445
3,752
5,405
3,699
4,791
3,114
4,493
3,071
3,779
3,340
4,161
2,782
3,532
2,937
3,967
2,239
2,184
13,458
. 5,689
2,229
2,184
13,440
5, 711
2,239
2,184
13,506
5,760
2,520
2,477
13,223
6,373
2,518
2,474
13,094
6,300
2,576
2,564
10,097
4,304
2,576
2,564
10,005
4,244
2,583
2,564
7,716
2,632
2,589
2,564
7,622
2,555
23,846
5,435
17, 789
10,952
23,616
5,440
17,709
10,910
2,234
2,184
13,524
5,771
23,712
5,452
17,680
10,812
23,762
5,443
17,715
10,810
20,201
5,312
14,982
9,105
19,928
5,315
14,949
9,088
16,955
5,247
13,548
8,264
16,681
5,247
13,563
8,304
14,697
5,212
12,252
7,922
14,569
5,209
12,271
7,979
3,137
9,953
3,111
3,115
9,870
3,101
9,831
2,389
8,562
* 2,387
8,643
2,046
8,125
2,031
8,046
1,385
8,345
1,364
8,408
5,568
1.00
1.25
- 4.030
248
9,155
5,532
LOO
1.25
•4.030
272
9,095
5,509
1.00
1.25
"4.024
272
8,997
4,394
1.00
1.25
« 3.216
297
7,622
4,414
1.00
1.25.
"3.219
266
7,610
3,837
1.00
1.25
4.681
303
6,908
3,845
1.00
1.25
4.681
289
6,916
4,031
1.00
1.25
4.946
4,074
1.00
1.25
4.965
270
9.170
5,604
1.00
1.25
M.030
286
9,170
6,417
6,403
30,900
3.37
2,062
85.06
73.5
86.3
67.6
26.4
39,250
3.36
2.113
84.59
73.1
85.6
67.7
26.6
58,780
3.37
3,097
84.83
73.0
85.4
67.6
27.4
47,490
3.38
2,137
83.96
71.9
83.6
68.2
26.7
44,540
3.39
2,406
84.34
72.4
84.0
69.8
26.7
44,870
3.77
10,378
86.19
70.3
81.8
71.2
20.7
57,80Q
3.63
17,103
94.87
79.0
92.6
71.0
23.8
33,290
3.78
3,871
95.18
84.6
98.7
83.9
25.6
25,080
3.79
2,501
92.16
81.1
94.5
81.2
24.0
24,520
4.32
3,059
77.91
70.8
83.5
67.9
20.5
26,480
4.24
2,427
81.24
74.8
88.5
70.2
22.0
133,560
127,255
1,6S3
2,800
3,784
99.2
132,380
1,567
2,792
3,756
96.8
130,610
867
2,734
3,507
94.3
19,517
108,165
267
2,750
3,727
96.0
96,810
1,307
2,449
67,740
1,028
2,205
3,585
48.5
80,145
849
2,170
3.438
45.4
12,019
46,120
906
1,973
3,099
29.0
18,842
49,310
842
1,968
3,176
30.7
8,481
861,277
160,565
41,342*
38,90512,936
162,519
76,609
368,401
837,149
151,911
40,567
35/118
12,193
162,887
78,400
356.073
794,301
103,059
42,674
33,854
12,835
163,691
79,271
358,917
721,702
48,327
40,522
33,743
12,523
162,055
75,436
349,096
687,490
125,528
34,665
29,432
10,506
148,906
59,019
279,434
679,065
121,640
34,777
30,754
11,861
148,918
48,935
282,180
623,542
101,076
29,759
33,910
10,706
152,859
43,670
251,562
612,888
94,179
30,085
34,169
11,811
152,783
36,225
253,636
562,076
102|453
26; 841
33,344
12,048
148, 526
20,431
218,433
545,789
91,312
'25,870
32,160
13,366
148, 768
14,103
220,210
171
4,253
210
304
198
4,056
192
296
202
4,071
' 180
291
90
6,676
95
6,291
. 74
6,362
. 55
3,058
75
3,543
May 21
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE
Copper, electrolytic, New York?
dol. per lb_
Cotton, middling, spot, New York
do
Food index (Dun & Bradrtreet)
do...
Iron and steel, composite..
dol. per ton.
Wheat, No. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City).dol. per bu,
FINANCE
Banking:
Debits, New York City
.mil. of dol
Debits, outside New York City (140 cities)
do...
Federal Reserve banks:
Reserve bank credit, total
..do
TJ. S. Government securities
do
Member bank reserve balances
_„
do...
Excess reserves, estimated
do,..
Federal Reserve reporting member banks:
Deposits, demand, adjusted
do
Deposits, time
do
Investments, totalj
do
U. S. Government direct obligations
do
Obligations fully guaranteed by XL S. Government
mil. of dol..
Loans, total$
..do
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans§
mil. of dol..
Interest rates, call loans!
percent..
Interest rates, time loan!_
do
Exchange rates: Pound sterling!
_dollars,.
Failures, commercial
number..
Currency in circulation!
..mil. of dol.
Security markets:
Bond sales (N. Y. S.E.)
thous. of dol. par value..
Bond yields (Moody's)
(120 bonds)!
percent..
Stock sales (Ar. Y. S. E.)
thous. of shares..
Stock prices (N. Y. Times)%
dol. per share..
Stock prices (Standard and Poor's) (420)...1926=100..
Industrials (350)
.do.
Public utilities (40)
.
.do.
Railroads (30)
do.
PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND
DISTRIBUTION
Production:
Automobiles!
•.
number..
Bituminous coalt
thous. of short tons.
Electric power
mil. of kw.-hr_
Petroleum!.......
. „ thous. of bbl_.
Steel ingots®
pet. of capacity..
Construction contract awards!
..thous. of dol
Distribution:
Freight-carloadings, total.
cars..
Coal and coke.
. . . . . . . . I - . . . : : . - .". 1..do....
Forest products..
_.
do
Grains and grain products.. _•_•;-_............ .do
' Livestock
do
Merchandise, l. c. 1
..do
Ore.
,
_
do....
Miscellaneous
. „.;
._,,,.._ . d o . . . .
Receipts:
Cattle and calves
thousands..
Hogs
_
do
Cotton into sight
thous. of bales.,
Wheat, at primary markets
thous. of bu._
2,237
2,184
13,732
5,855
1.00
1.25
191
9,096
153
6,151
73.0
12,087
. 134
• 5,692
1,257
2,422
3,835
70.0
. 12,082
JDaily average.
*Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
ISource: Ward's Automotive Reports.
§Data for 1938 not strictly comparable with data for later years; see note on corresponding data shown on p. 51 of the 1940 Supplement.
• Free rate.
©Rate for week ended May 31 is 98.fi; data for 1941 arc based on capacity Dec. 31, 1940 of open-hearth, Bessemer, and electric ingots and steel for castings.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
Monthly statistics through December 1939, together with explanatory notes and references
to the sources of the data, may be found in the
1940 Supplement to the Survey
BUSINESS INDEXES
Page 10
Agricultural marketings:
Cash income from farm marketings:
Crops and livestock, combined index:
Unadjusted
1924-29=100..
Adjusted
do—
Crops
do
Livestock and products.—
-do
Dairy products
do
Meat animals—.
.do
Poultry and eggs
.do
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Page 18
Dwelling units provided:
Families provided for and indicated expenditures for building construction (based on
bldg. permits), U. S. Dept. of Labor indexes:
Number of families provided for. 1929=100Indicated expenditures for:
Total building construction
-..do
New residential buildings
do
New nonresidential buildings.^.do
Additions, alterations, and repairs
1929=100DOMESTIC TRADE
-"
Pages 26, 27
Postal business:
Money OTders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities):
Number
thousands..
Value
thous. of dol..
Domestic, paid (50 cities):
Number
.
thousandsValue
thous. of doL.
Retail trade:
Chain-store sales, indexes:
Drug chain-store sales:*
Unadjusted
1935-39*= 100._
Adjusted
do....
Grocery chain-store sales:
Unadjusted
1929-31=100..
Adjusted
-do-..
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND
WAGES
Pages 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44
Employment:
Employment estimates (U. S. Dept- of
1940
1941
April
j-74.5
*93.0
»77.5
v 107.5
*109.0
*>114.5
April
May
June
July
October
August
No
^erm-
De c m
b |r -
86.0
85.5
72.0
98.0
104.0
96.0
89.5
62.5
81.5
77.0
85.5
89.5
88.0
70.5
66.0
80.0
73.5
85.5
84.5
90.5
70.5
62.5
70.0
61.5
78.0
82.0
79.0
64.0
75.0
71.0
57.5
83.0
84.0
88.0
65.0
79.0
71.0
59.0
81.5
90.0
82.0
65.0
95.0
75.5
64.5
85.5
92.0
88.0
67.0
117.0
80.5
69.0
90.5
93.5
94.5
70.5
96.5
79.5
66.5
91.5
99.5
91.0
74.5
January
1941
February
74.5
86.5
73.0
98.5
99.5
101.0
85.0
61.5
84.0
66.5
100.5
102.0
105.0
78.0
'68.0
'88.5
'79.5
'97.0
'97.5
r 100.0
82.0
82.2
79.6
63.0
79.5
80.4
86.2
98.0
67.4
66.2
63.4
84.0
65.3
82.2
34.1
52.0
57.0
29.7
52.9
58.5
30.6
46.7
45.2
31.0
56.0
56.4
39.7
55.5
55.5
40.9
51.4
60.5
28.0
77.7
68.5
69.8
60.8
47.4
60.3
63.4
45.6
67.4
41.8
43.8
27.5
39.9
43.6
24.4
47.1
59.8
22.4
62.5
64.4
62.1
65.8
60.4
60,5
57.0
43.5
40.2
43.7
43.8
54.5
4,845
46,535
4,503
41,54S
4,309
40,028
15,054
118,156
13,624
100,793
v 107. 7
rill. 4
v 130. 2
v 126. 2
4,226
40,144
4,134
39.472
3,901
39,041
4,527
42,719
4,373
41,646
4,914
45,154
4,879
44,982
4,496
43,005
5,553
53,309
13,928
103,120
4,151
38,218
13,138
97,435
13,106
100,955
13,106
102,390
12,469
99,068
15,096
119,500
14,177
111,864
15,876
123,430
14,541
111,638
13,530
104,754
16,096
128,510
96.6
99.9
98.7
102.1
98.5
104.8
99.4
103.8
102.2
107.6
98.6
102.7
104.7
• 103.2
105.2
105.3
140.3
103.8
104.1
108.7
100.4
107.4
109.2
109.7
113.2
109.9
114.0
112.3
112.8
111.1
109.9
112.2
110.0
114.6
110.2
112.4
" 112.4
111.8
115.3
115.3
120.8
117.2
118.4
122.1
123.4
122.8
127.4
126.1
35,454
35,902
36,528
36,867
36,986
37,608
36,621
36,928
' 37,227
29,311
9,832
837
1,378
29,759
10,163
839
1,443
30.385
10,479
846
1,5U
30,724
10,668
856
1,654
30,843
10,735
853
1,709
31,465
10,856
855
' 1,714
30,478
10,797
852
1,623
30,785
10,982
854
1,678
••31,084
' 11,152
3,059
6,159
4,218
3,828
516
3,081
6,168
4,226
3,839
549
3,120
6.321
4,255
3,853
634
3,121
6,362
4,187
3,876
733
3,065
6,433
4,167
3,881
822
3,039
6,884
4,180
3,931
884
3,012
6,165
. 4,142
3,887
058
3,028
6,173
4,164
3,906
1,145
'
'
'
'
103.2
98.4
107.8
105.1
100.4
109.6
107.4
102.4
112.2
107.4
104.3
110.2
111.4
108.2
114.4
108.9
107.4
110.3
113.8
112.8
114.8
111.4
111.2
111.5
114.7
115.5
113.9
114.2
114.6
113.8
116.2
117.6
114.8
116.6
117.5
115.7
••115.5
118.3
112.7
' 118.2
121.1
115.6
117.8
121.0
114.7
118.5
122.1
115.2
119.9
'123.7
'116.3
'119.4
'123.0
116.0
50.4
49.4
89.2 . _,S9.8
72.5
72.6
62.4 . 61.3
47.2
48.8
50.8
90.1
72.2
60.7
45.4
50.3
. 90.2
72.5
60.5
41.7
50.6
_'90.6
'73.4
'60.5
Civil nonagricultural employment, total
thousands. . 37,617 34,882 35,163 35,425
Employees in nonagricultural establishments, total—
.thousands... 31,474 28,739 29,020 29,282
9,824
11,342
9,832
Manufacturing
..do
9,776
838
547
835
845
Mining
do
1,321
1,760
1,118
1,249
Construction
do
Transportation and public utilities
3,122
3,032
2,956
thousands3,000
6,457
6,254
6,122
Trade
do—
6,197
4,262
4,214
4,160
4.202
Financial, service, and misc
do
3,984
3,799
3,716
3,751
Government
—
do—
1,532
474
461
464
Military and naval forces
do—
Factory, unadjusted (U. S. Department of
103.1
103.2
122.3
102.5
Labor)t
1923-25=10099.8
98.7
127.3
99.2
Durable goodst--do
106.2
107.5
117.6
105.6
Nondurable goodst
do
103.9
102.8
121.7
102.8
'Factory, adjusted (Federal Reserve) t—do
99.0
97.7
125.8
97.9
Durable goodst
-do
108.5
107.6
117.8
107.4
Nondurable goodst-do—
Nonmfg., unadjusted (U. S. Dept. of Labor):
Mining:
51.2
49.7
48.7
51.8
Anthracite
1929=100..
86.2 ..._-85.1.. _- 83.8
21.1
Bituminous coal
--do
67.7
70.3
76/6
69.2
Metalliferous
-..do.
63.1
63.8
60.8
63.3
Petroleum, crude, producing
do
44.5
47.9
48.1
Quarrying and nonmetallic
do
46.9
Public utilities:
91.2
90.3
91.9
90.6
Electric light and powert—
do
68.5
68.3
68.2
68.4
Street railways and bussesf
do
77.8
76.7
83.0
77.3
Telephone and telegrapht—
do
Trade:
91.9
89.8
97.7
91.2
Retail, totalt—
—-'do.
89.6
89.3
92.3
88.9
Wholesale.
do.
Pay rolls (U. S. Dept. of Labor):
99.5
97.9
134.4
97.8
Factory, unadjustedt—
_. 1923-25=100..
101.4
98.4
149.7
98.7
Durable goodst
.-do
97.4
97.3
117.4
96.8
Nondurable goodst
....I.
do
Nonmfg.. unadjusted (U. S. Dept. of Labor):
Mininz:
40.6
36.3
40.0
Anthracite
—
.1929=100.. : 24.3
73.9
75.3
72.2
Bituminous coal
.do
. 15.5
65.4
65.7
63.5
Metalliferous
do
76.9
58.8
58.7
59.0
Petroleum, crude, producing
do
57.5
43.9
42.7
38.1
Quarrying and nonmetallic
_ _ do
47.0
Public utilities:
104.8
104.2
103.3
107.8
Electric light and powert--do
70.5
69.2
69.2
71.8
Street railways arid bussest
-jdo
100.0
108.1 ,:- 98.7 - 98.8
Telephone and telegrapht--..do.-..
Trade:
83.4 1 84.8
82.3
91.3
• Retail, totalt
::
..dol;.:
78.4
83.0 ' 77.4
Wholesale.-.do.
77.4
49.8
50.5
49.9
84.9 „.. 86.6 ......87.7.
72.5
71.0
71.5
63.0
63.6
63.7
48.9
48.5
48.1
'864
' 1,631
3,056
6,259
4,187
3,935
1,343
92.2
68.4
78.8
93.0
68.4
79.0
92.7
68.5
78.9
92.3
68.7
79.1
91.8
68.7
79.2
91.3
68.4
79.7
90.5
68.3
80.4
••90.1
68.0
••80.9
50.2
91.4
74.0
60.5
44.1
90.4
68.3
81.8
89.1
89.2
88.7
90.1
92.8
90.9
94.3
91.0
96.3
91.8
108.1
92.5
90.5
91.2
••90.7
'91.4
92.1
91.7
98.2
97.4
99.1
105.5
106.5
104.4
111.6
115.1
107.7
116.2
123.4
108.1
116.4
125.1
106.6
122.4
131.6
112.1
120.7
'132.0
108.0
126.9
'139.3
112.9
'131.2
' 144. 5
116.3
36.5
75.2
63.7
59.1
43.5
33.1
- 82.5
68.5
59.0
45.2
39.3
83.2
69.5
58.2
46.2
32.3
83.6
71.4
57.6
46.7
37.6
84.5
69.8
56.8
42.3
42.7
91.4
72.8
56.9
42.4
38.5
87.8
70.4
56.2
36.9
45.2
'90.8
'71.8
'57.6
'38.2
42.4
95.0
72.7
56.8
40.2
105.8
70.0
: 101. 3
82.6
78.3
108.1
70.4
100.4
105.8
71.5
101. S
107.0
70.7
102.2
106.9
70.3
103.2
106.0
73.1
103.6
105.1
70.7
103.9
'105.4
'71.0
M04.3
106.8
72.8
106.8
81.5
78.7
85.1
81.1
85.8
80.2
87.1
80.7
97.3
83.4
83.7
80.5
'84.6
'81.4
86.3
82.2
••42.4
p . 11
11of
ofthe
theNovembeM940
NovembeM940 Survey.
Survey. The
TheDepartmet
Department of
of Labor's
estimates of employ* New series. For data ondrug chain-store sales beginning July 1934, see table 1, p.
abo
py
i 19299 are shown
h
i table
t b l 11,
11 pp. 17
17and
d 18
18 off the March 1941 Survey,
Survey except for data on total civil nonagricultural
n o n a g r i c u l t l employment,
l
t
total employees
p l e e s in ^nagricul^nagricul
ment beginning
in
tural establishments, and manufacturing beginning 1937, which have been subsequently revised to include preliminary adjustment of factory wage earner estimates to 1939
Census of Manufactures data. Revisions not shown above will appear in a subsequent Survey.
«»/>*«, A ™ i n o i i f l n ™ w p . . t . r v
tRevised series. For revised data for the indicated series on nonmanufacturing employment see footnote marked with a • t oni p.:27 of the Apnl 1941 survey. * actory
emp oyraent and pay-roll indexes revised to adjust data to preliminary 1939 Census figures. Revisions appear in table 12, p. 18 of the March 1941 Survey.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Monthly statistics through December 1939, together with explanatory notes and references
to the sources of the data, may be found in the
1940 Supplement to the Survey
1941
April
1941
1940
April
May
June
July
August
ber
October
ber
ber
January
February
March
FINANCE
Pago 57
Life insurance (Life Ins. Sales Res, Bur.):
Insurance written, ordinary, total
thous. of doL 597,203 574,453
New England
do...
47,503 43,976
Middle Atlantic
do.... 161,810 158,874
East North Central
do
136,931 132,454
West North Central
do.
56,020 54,293
60,599 57,784
South Atlantic
do
24,583 20,752
East South Central
do
43( 591 42,825
West South Central
do.
15,845 15,754
Mountain
do.
50,312 47,741
Pacific
_~_
.do.
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Page 88
Chemicals:
Alcohol, denatured:
Consumption
thous. of wine gaU.
Production
do
Stocks, end of month
do
Alcohol, ethyl:
Production
thous. of proof gaL.
Stocks, warehouses, end of month...do
Withdrawn for denaturing
do..—
Withdrawn, tax-paid...
do
FOODSTUFFS
Page 100
Alcoholic beverages:
Fermented malt liquors:
Production
thous. of bbl..
Tax-paid withdrawals
do....
Stocks
do.-.
Distilled spirits:
Production
-thous. of tax gal
Tax-paid withdrawals^-.
do
Stocks
..do
Whisky:
Production
„
do
Tax-paid withdrawals
do
Stocks
do
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Pages 130,131,133
Pig iron and iron manufactures:
Castings, malleable:
Orders, new
short tons..
Production.
..do
Shipments
short tons..
Boilers and radiators, cast-iron:
Boilers, round:
Production
thous. of lb..
Shipments
^
do
Stocks, end of month
do
Boilers, square:
Production
...do
Shipments
,,_do
Stocks, end of month
do
Ksdiators, ordinary type:
Production ..thous. sq. ft. heating surface_.
Shipments
do
Stocks, end of month
do
Boilers, range, galvanized:
Orders, new, net..
number of boilers..
Orders, unfilled, end of month
do—
Production
do.
Shipments
do,
Stocks, end of month
do
Steel, manufactured products:
Boilers, steel, new orders:
Area
_
—thous. of sq. ft..
Quantity
number..
PAPEE AND PRINTING
P a e s 145
m
Paper:
S
'
Newsprint:
Canada:
Production
short tons..
Shipments from mills
do
Stocks, at mills, end of month
do
United States:
Consumption by publishers
do
Production
do
Shipments from mills
do
Stocks, end of month:
At mills
do
At publishers
.do
In transit to publishers
do
571,625 553,086 566,061 528,330 503,427 573,504
42,416 41,727 40, 743 39,632 38,056 44,112
157,222 146,613 151,409 133,296 129.066 158,087
131, 230 123,270 129,284 119,572 113,821 130,687
58,864 54,290 58,097 54,877 50,238 5G, 173
55,897 58,094 57,633 52,751 51,668 56,987
21,857 24,711 22, 218 20,882 20,913 21,624
41,550 44,595 45,349 42,674 42,647 41,778
15,154 14,956 14,893 15,994 12, 758 14,747
47,435 44,830 46,435 48,652 44,260 49,309
598,217
46,533
160,635
138,612
54,634
59,030
25,156
47,986
14,517
51,114
12,451
12,654
1,511
9,791
9,994
1,591
10,037
10,037
1,586
9,625
9,707
1,662
9,497
10,443
2,605
11,195
11,510
2,919
14,157
13,694
2,445
15,566
15,098
1,975
13,544
13,158
1.586
12,441
12, 215
1,360
10,499
10,610
1,468
10,558
10,556
1,465
13,339
13,192
1,313
26,248
11,330
22, 789
2,449
20,218
20,957
17,610
2,035
20,948
21,921
17,752
1,782
21,423
21,799
17,490
3,380
22,457
22,393
19,621
2,020
24,094
23,645
20,918
1,424
21,559
18,480
24,218
2,045
23,350
13.471
25, 552
2,357
23,354
10,027
23,110
2,959
23,762
9,503
22,056
2,128
24,224
11,963
19,434
1,742
22,030
12,166
19,070
1,766
21,702
11,127
23, 705
2,735
5,129
4,522
8,642
5,124
4,187
9,127
5,485
4 884
9,509
5,597
5,856
9,019
5,851
5,320
9,324
5,074
5,393
8,776
4,001
4,300
8,314
3,915
4,194
7,840
3,396
3,765
7,325
3,606
3,777
7,001
3,863
3,200
7,483
3,660
3,185
7,787
4,434
3,786
8,255
7,581
14,725 13,949 13,926 10,658
6,742 16,701 21,487 17,567 15,712 16,015 15,131
7,522 10,862
7,793
7,634
8,011
8,176 11,494 13,173
6,043
8,958
4,850
6,974
546,764 522,515 525,441 525,395 523,596 521,601 519,017 518,638 518,358 522,699 630,859 536,917
15,475
8,458
541,932
8,187
11,860 11,233 11,492
6,762 10,303 11,761 12,265 13,532 12,658
5,200
3,252
5,773
6,144
6,354
8,331
5,827
5,475
5,019
3,617
7,331
8,982 10,529
5,834
499,854 477,873 480,599 480,938 479,189 477,484 476,980 476,298 475,611 479,102 486,133 491,301
12,602
6,637
495,735
84,844
76,109
73,056
35,290
40,529
41,975
35,563
37,511
40,919
36,503
34,700
33,323
45,025
38,872
34,226
52,994
48,926
43,216
53,079
49,804
45,943
71,129
62,293
01,161
64,612
57,717
56,321
66,665
60,155
60,127
81,089
68,742
65,884
76,055
63,331
62,066
86,293
66,208
67,415
2,214
1,358
H, 107
23,525
13,360
117,058
2,292
1,177
13,565
2,754
1,334
14,923
1,697
1,613
15,009
1,449
1,698
13,477
1,848
2, 732
13,873
2,371
3,851
12, 513
3,598
5,145
10,750
2,416
2,451
10,622
1,934
1,884
11,021
2,071
1,608
11,687
1,920
1,222
12,391
2,252
1,092
13,256
105,043
20,922
12,024 14,776
114,032 117,975
17,352
22,916
112,369
26,185
31,100
107,267
26,340
40, 342
93,029
32,701
43, 767
82,205
23.788
26,059
80,064
18,964
18,547
80,564
23,443
14,437
89,300
22,647
13,489
106,958
6,967
4,495
30,375
5,670
3,626
28,896
6,579
4,539
30,971
5,697
4,670
31,913
4,817
6,486
30,108
7,147
8,193
29,168
6,415
9,436
26,087
8,454
11, 769
22,805
8.042
8,952
22,103
6,245
6,537
21,831
7,244
5,839
23,461
22,579
13,086
99,040
6,744
4,891
25,393
46,448
86,459
83,404
38,441
51,062
18,507
51,012
51,716
34,158
72,725
23,048
68,816
68,184
34,790
75,427
31,158
70,452
67,317
37,925
85,139
38,194
77,879
78,103
37.701
64,831
27,315
76,467
75, 710
38.458
73,821
32,119
68,522
69,017
37,963
106, 716
42,094
97,266
96,741
75,369
35,220
80,371
82,243
36,610
70,989
38, 795
72,245
67,414
41,447
89.748
45,615
80,705
82,928
39,224
50,777
74,113
75,421
37,916
94,-992
60,419
82,820
85,350
35,386
1,761
1,007
1,680
1,214
1,275
1,098
3,726
1,557
1,708
1,221
1,722
1,026
1,563
835
2,210
994
1,544
850
3,522
1,297
315,343 332,689 316,607 282,322 309,957 282,344 252,897 261,298 245,607
338,446 337,508 332,234 284,133 287,943 286,739 276,457 243,394 239,745
180,569 175,750 160,123 158,312 180,326 175,931 152,371 170,275 176,137
241,639 206,913 213,105 238,176 261,028 251,457 256,036 229,799 219,362
84,762 82,579 86,633 77,S88 88,192 85,338 80,837 89,124 79,720
85,194 86,229 81,714 77,470 88,774 87,331 84,037 84,141 81,241
275,769
265,724
186,182
258,518
87,376
85,503
14,303 16,680 17,975 17,543 13,893 18,812 19,230 18,648 16,655 14,455 18,438 16,917
255,588 238,670 247,206 257,567 318,609 361,179 364,207 339,211 327,913 308,880 301,662 284,799
46,679 42,329 43,312 47,435 44,679 46.245 45,919 42,039 39,188 47,592 34,719 42,163
18,790
252,856
44,312
17,900
2,339
1,336
878
1,066
809
279,996
285, 789
180,389
268,947
267,134
214,5,50
323,563
334,441
203,672
256,431
87,000
91,487
244,181
86,277
85t 412
257,565
9p,207
88,912
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Page 159
Automobiles:
Production:
Canada, total
number.. 27,584 19,687 21,277 17,930 14,468
3,397
8,739
13,487 12,677
12,091
Passenger cars
do
462,257 432,746 391,215 344,636 231,703
United States (factory sales), total ...do
374,979 362,139 325,676 286,040 168,769
Passenger cars
do
87,278 70,607 65,539 58,596 62,934
Com'I cars, trucks, road tractors. ..do
505,474 596,534 522, 762 537,557
38,381 40,072 43,440 46,-549
139,103 159,584 151,318 148,981
115,940 137,459 121,164 126,136
47,328 58,527 46,963 49,509
50,654 61,072 49,473 50,217
19,440 25,230 19,207 20,201
37,908 46,644 35.973 39,829
12,924 16,370 12,348 12,481
43,796 51,576 42,876 43,654
13,993 15,475 21,151 23,621 23,364 23,195 23,710
3,410
7,056 10,814 11,653 11,990 10,647
1,510
75,873 259,108 493,223 487,352 483,567 500,931 485,523
46,823 224,470 421,214 407,091 396,531 411,258 394,483
29,050 44,638 72,009 80,261 87,036 89,673 91,040
6,871
4,371
27,890
26,044
12,093
507,868
410,258
97,610
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