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SURVEY OF CURRENT 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 _NOVEMBER 14, 1947 INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (BLUONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) (1935 -39" 100) *eeKtr OTA £ \j>«/ ^ — I94S 1 J.L.I. „l„.l 1 1,i.... DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND STOCKS u 1 •i ,1. .1.1 1, 1 1.1 ,LM i l -1-i.Ji.JU.JL.JI . I . i l l II VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' INVENTORIES AND SHIPMENTS (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-39-100) 350 II 1 1 . . •1 h (AVERAGE MONTH, 1939-100) MOMTHLf OAT* '" * " " ~" ' 2 50 SAL£S^^ 200 150 •+ t f i T T T r T1944 T T T ? .•.-& i 1 i i I I i1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i I I 1 1 I.I. I.I 1 I I 100 I I I I I I 1945 1 1947 WEEKLY BUSINESS 1946 STATISTICS 19U6 19*7 IT94 Uov. 3 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 2/ 1926-100.. /arm products .do.... food do.... •11 other 2/ do.... 28 commodities ^/ , August 1939*100.. 3*7-5 Cotton, middling, 15/l6M, 10 markets */ ..dol. per lb.. •323 Wheat, Mo. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) £/ dol. per bu.. Uepartaent store sales 1935-39*100.. Insured unemployment, total 6/ thous.. State programs .T do.... Veterans' programs .... do.... finance: Currency in circulation */ mil. of dol.. 22,61+0 federal Ke serve bank credit, total do....' 17,088 Member bank reserve balances «..do.... Uxcess reserves, estimated do.... federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Jj 1.005 J»ank debits, total mil. of dol.. ttew York City do Deposits, demand, adjusted ' do.... "7.893 Loans and investments, total do.... U. 3. Government obligations .....do.... Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans do.... failures, commercial number.. .bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) percent.. 2.98 itock prices, *02 stocks Utanaard and Poor*s). 1935~39« 100.. Industrials, 35** stocks do.... Production: Bituminous coal kf. thous. of short tons.. Electric power, b"y utilities mil. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) 8/ number.. 105,022 Petroleum kj thous. of bbl.. Steel 2/... 1935-39-100.. freignt car loadings, total thous. of cars.. Miscellaneous .do.... Nov. 1 Oct. 25 157-* 187-7 173.8 1U0.9 158.0 190.7 176.2 1*0.2 3*5.1 .326 3.0U rm.6 •323 2-35 315 30b 28.539 22,789 16.859 823 28,565 20,39* 8,301 *7.77l 65,03* 38,192 13.817 70 2.97 125.6 132.O 2.1U2 5.009 107,2*0 22,339 8,*97 *7,*67 65.029 38.632 13.595 81 2.96 127.3 133.7 2,106 *,96* 106,159 5.295 190.3 955 *32 22,31*8 17,037 979 Oct. 18 Oct. 11 157-9 190.9 178.5 130.3 335.9 .316 3.00 299 1,209 75* U05 158.0 190.1 180.0 139.0 33*.7 .312 28,635 ?2,307 17.229 1.265 18,070 6,777 *6,927 6U.620 38.103 13.*36 75 126.2 132.5 Hov. 9 Nov. 2 I3U.8 166.5 165.9 11*.0 262.8 .309 UOU 13*.8 166.0 162.5 115-5 270.5 .300 2.07 31* 1.799 8*5 896 28.6U2 .?2,852 17.1*2 1,138 28.737 2\107 16,060 637 28,605 2*.101 iq.111 737 18,918 7,*36 *6.767 6*, 719 33,373 13,202 62 2.93 123.2 128.9 22,7*0 7,**7 *6,091 66,053 *3.231 10,912 25 2.82 120.6 123.8 19.825 6.797 *6,187 67.OU0 **.375 10,825 22 2.83 118.9 122.1 2.87 30U 1,133 735 2.07 277 1,850 86? 931 2,108 2,110 2,122 2.125 *,682 *,628 *.9*6 *.958 92.760 98.978 89,180 95.*27 *.779 5*268 5.2*5 *.J59 '"i96!i 188 .U 189-8 176.5 179.8 9*1 957 95* 913 922 U30 *3h *33 U02 *13 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ See note in January 1, 19*7 Issue, jj Thursday prices. U/ Daily average. 5/ Data for 1947 include dark hard winter not included previously. 6/, for description see note in July 13, 19U6 Issue. Jj Shown on a revised basis beginning in Supplement for July 18, 19*7* 8/ Data are for U. S. and Canada and.include passenger cars, commercial cars, and trucks. 2/ Week ending November 15, 189-9* 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 19>«6 19*7 Earlier data axe available in monthly iecuee of the Surrey and the 1942 Supplement October September Auguet July October [ September QKNSHAL BUSIKBSS IMDlCATORS Manufacturer*' ordere, ehipmente, and inventoriee* Eew ordere, index, total average month 1939*100. - durable* goode do... Nondurable good* do... Shipments,' index, total ..... .do.,. Durable good* .do* \. Automobile* and equipment do... Iron and eteel and their product*.......*.....i..do..• Machinery, including electrical do... Eoaferroue metal» and product* do... Transportation equipment (except autoaobilee)....do... Other durable, good* do. •. Jfondurable goode. ,;..... do, •. Chenlcale and allied product* do.., Pood and kindred product* do... Paper and allied product*. .....do... Product* of petroleum and goal do.•• Rubber product* ' do... Textile-mill product* ••• do... Other nondurable goode do. •. Inventories, index, total do... Durable goods. do... Automobiles and equipment do... Iron and steel and their products. do... Machinery, including electrical ........do... Jfoaferroue metal* and products do... Transportation equipment (except automobiles)..•.do..• Other durable goods do... nondurable goods do... Chemical* and allied product* do... Pood and kindred products do... Paper and allied product* do... Petroleum refining. dp.... Rubber products -..; do... Textile-mill products do... Otner nondurable goode , do. •. COMMODITY PRICES Pricee received by farmers, all farm products...1909-l4al00. Crops ..do... Pood grain ..do.,. Peed grain and hay do... Tobacco Cotton Pruit Truck crops Oil-bearing crope Livestock and products Meat animals Dairy products Poultry ana egge CQNSraUCTIOJI AND REAL ESTATE New cone true t ion, total ". Private, total 33? 296 294 392 335 518 316 300 295 332 279 280 235 301 S 3? 1 l& 3*5 193 1.019 174 208 219 214 2*5 157 185 217 a 166 238 344 286 254 278 297 352 252 181 179 311 283 251 282 246 302 284 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 7 3? 247 mil. of dol. do... Mi SI Residential (nonfarm) do. .. Nonresidential building, exc. farm and pub.utility.do... Industrial do... Parm construction do... Public utility do... Public construction, total do... fieeldential construction do... Military ana naval do... Nonresidential building do... Industrial do.«. Highway do... All other , do... DOMESTIC TRADE Department store salss, United States totalet •1935-39-100. Unadjueted index do... Adjusted index PIMAMCE Pederal Beserve banks, condition, end of months Assets, total ail. of dol.. Reeerve bank credit outstanding, total do.... United States securities do.... Gold certificate reeervee...^ do.... Liabilities, total ~. .do.... Deposits, total••«..•..••....•....*.•••••••••••••.do.... Member bank reeerve balances ..do.... Sxceee reeervee (eetimated) do.... Pederal Reeerve notes in circulation do.... Reserve ratio.;• percent. 1 rj Revieed. p/ Preliminary. 257 287 238 3U 500 281 138 50 127 294 9 ,19 *3 1 140 83 rl.2 r485 r275 140 65 rl32 r302 9 r21 *5 rl 140 87 .£ r2l4 28? 301 252 271 351 11 ? 497 289 256 294 266 266 300 205 271 231 259 327 160. 3*3 191 990 Hi 206 223 209 239 l 2 ? 262 185 218 276 SS 270 3 3? 267 177 211 308 -8 s 213 271 287 264 251 340 291 496 259 260 252' 292 S 228 248 215 244 262 217 228 287 3 . #3 231 224 248 225 203 289 188 256 228 333 217 2a -256 211 320 157 3*1 191 970 171 204 196 229 148 272 186. 222 gf 251 253 390 289 215 189 314 286 244 197 263 « 167 IS 184 180 195 183 132 212 174 200 B218 222 410 304 208 151 255 JO 300 258 224 220 rl,242 r937 r46l r266 139 75 rl35 '305 9 r22 *5 rl rl39 90 1,161 876 128 85 r5 429 259 139 60 128 285 9 19 44 2 257 1,070 788 3*7 318 171 40 83 282 66 20 32 9 P300 P278 298 290 236 ,282 219 287 278 257 46.583 22,906 22,168 21,044 U6.5*3 19.240 16,956 P951 24,481 48.1 tf.153 .22.730 22,329 20.723 W.153 18.718 16.784 r84l 24,482 48.0 *5.6l5 22.759 22.192 20,53* *5.6l5 18,695 16,601 44,626 21.875 21.549 20,296 44,626 17,869 1.6,007 399 24,090 48.4 44,889 24,109 23.518 18,229. 44,883 17.579 15.931 823 2*r3*5 47.7 , &1 2*.583 *3-2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data arc available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement 3 S T A T I S T I C S —Continued 1946 19*7 October September August October July IXXAHCS - Continued federal Government finance* Debt, gross* end of south ....all* of dol.. Interest bearing; Public issues do.... Special issues....... .do.... Moninterest bearing *. • .do. • •. Obligations guaranteed by U . S., amount outstanding..do.... Gold, monetary stock, United States.... ..do.... Currency in circulation * .......do.... Bonds* Prices* Industrials,utilities/and rails (Stan.and Poor's Corp.): nigh grade (15 bonds). .. .dol. per $100 bond.. Medium and lower grade, composite (§0 bonds)..•..do.... Industrials (10 bonds) ...do..., Public utilities (20 bonds) .do..., Bailroads (20 bonds) '.. ....do.... Domestic municipals (15 bonds) • do..., U. 8. Treasury bonds (taxable) do.... Yields! Domestic corporate (Moody1 s) percent.. By ratings* .do. .do. .do. •do. By groups^ Industrials *-......... do.... Puolic utilities • do.... .Bailroads. • •,. • do.. •. Domestic municipals (15 b o n d s ) . . . . . . . . ....do..., U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) ...do.... Stocks* Cash dividend payments, 600 companies (Moody's)* Total annual payments at current rates mil. of dol.. Xumber of snares, adjusted millions*. Dividend rate per share (weighted average) dollars.. Banks (21 companies) do.... Industrials (492 companies) do. • •. Insurance (21 companies) do.... Public utilities (30 companies) • • do. •.. Bailroads (36 companies).... do.... Prices* Dow-Jones & Co. (65 stocks) dollars per share*. Industrials (30 stocks) do*... Public utilities (15 stocks)... do.... Bailroads (20 stocks) do.... Combined index (402' stocks) 1935-39*100.. Industrials (354 stocks) .....do..., • Public utilities (28 stocks) do..., Bailroads (20 stocks) do.... Yields* Common stocks (200), Moody's percent.. Banks (15' stocks) *, do*... Industrials (12*> stocks).... do.... Insurance (10 stocks) : do.•.< Public u t i l i t i e s (25 stocks). ...do..., Bailroads (25 stocks) do*... Preferred, nigh-grade (15 stocks) ...do*... 259.071 226/822 29.^7 2,801 7 ? p22,294 p28.5*7 2§;i45 226,587 29.520 2,92* 70 21.955 r28,567 260,097 227.890 ' 29*220 2.987 120*0 il4.0 120*8 114.3 106*9 132.5 IO3.4 121.5 115.8 121*9 114.1 21,766 28,434 259.448 227,805 28,516 3.327 7* 21.537 28.149 *3*532 838,400 24,015 1,116 378 20,402 28,6*00 122-3 116.1 123.9 H3.S 110.4 134.3 103.9 122.5 115.7 122.8 113.8 U0.5 13^.7 IO3.8 121.8 115.8 122.2 112.9 112.3 I36.O 103.6 2.80 2.80 2.82 $2 2.95 104.0 2.85 2*70 2.79 2.95 3.35 2.61 2.69 2.86 3-23 2.76 2*87 3*22 2.02 2.27 2.67 2.78 3.09 1.93 2.24 2.63 2*72 3.03 2,387 955 2*50 3*21 2.62 2.59 1.99 3-63 2,358 955 2.47 2,348 2.59 1.99 2.68 63.93 181*92 35.48 49*u4 125*1 131.1 101.0 104.2 2.64 2.81 3.17 m 2.82 3.18 2.62 2.72 3*06 1.91 2.25 £8 2.55 2.59 1-99 2*68 3-a 2.329 955 2.44 3-21 2*52 2.59 1.99 2.67 63.39 17b .82 35.25 48.10 123.1 128*4 102.0 IO3.6 64.36 180.08 35.58 50.$5 124.5 130.2 101.4 105.2 65.32 183.51 35-bl 49.38 126.0 131.7 102.2 108.2 2,002 955 2.10 3.20 2.05 2.59 1.88 2.59 61.10 169*48 14*58 47.28 122.3 125.9 107.2 110.2 5.1 3.5 5-2 7.0 3*86 5.2 4*5 5.1 3*6 5.1 7.1 3.72 8 3.808 3.600 & 2 ?2i 3.a 2.56 5*0 3.6 5.0 7>0 3*7* thousands. .do* ..do. do. ..do. do* do* •do* do* is 6.3 3.65 3.276 *3.68l 755 57 178 192 200 112 91 491 274 1.728 ao 299 1.592 1.992 22,218 -8.639 537.^71 14,187 7.170. 533.051 9.790 (.258 W.956 7.229 3> 72 . ! H71.273 7.197 9.689 8.965 8,083 7.522 468,432 7.831 7.012 191 £ P 3-72 K560 886 70 248 317 62 ^ 2.26 4.4 4.8 3.5 THANSPOiiTATION freight carloadings, total cars 1/ Coal. Coke for ee t produc t s. *.... drains and grain products.« livestock Merchandise, 1 *c*l Ore* Miscellaneous 2.60 2.70 2.84 3.15 HI *517 249 rl.599 POODSTUJTS AND TOBACCO D i s t i l l e d spirits* . Production.., , . .thous of tax gal* Tax-paid withdrawals do... Stocks, end of month. do... Whisky* Production do*. Tax-paid withdrawals do. • Stocks, end of month..... ......do.. Rectified s p i r i t s and wines, production, total thous* of proof gal Whisky. ,-. do.. vj Revised, jjj Preliminary, l/ Data for August 1947 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 13,726 5.690 33.039 X3 2 4 ' !7 418,924 529.523 9.257 5.967 380,295 16,423 14,609 4 MONTHLY B U S I N E S S ST A T I S T I C S — Continued Earlier data u e Available in monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement 19*6 19*7 September July August June September August LSAT&SK ASP PBD1XJCTS Snoes and slippers) Production, total.;.' .................thous. of pairs. Shoes, sandals* and play shoes except athletic, total thous, of pairs* By type of uppers* All leather.. * do... Part leather and nonleather...... v.. ....do... «y kinds* Men's..... .'•• do... Youths1 and boys 1 Women'e... •*-. Misses' and children's Infants' and babies.* ., . • * Sllppare for housewear Athletic Other footwear do... ....do... do... .do... 38.668 33.870 3M31 41,651 . 3*.628 30.875 3L3*3 35.301 33.^5* 1,174 29.728 1.091 29,805 1.532 30,022 5.279 8,425 1.610 17**98 8.053 1,521 14,768 3.985 2,548 2,512 308 175 8.297 l.*?5 15.069 4,0*1 2,441 2,272 301 215 7.963 1.629 19.037 3,880 2,792 5,681 330 199 26,591 31.972 248,798 78,524 *5.?91 44,369 277,309 69.507 39.631 2,840 3.U65 372 205 , .do... do;.. 1... .do... MSTALS AMD MAHWACTUaES. Castings, malleable iron: Ordere, new, for sale Ordere, unfilled, for sale Shipments, total. • To outside trades..• Castings, steel: Shipments, total; i*or sale, total Bailway specialties Steel products, net snipmentss Total * Mercnant bare.. Pipe and tubee Plates Kails....; Shee t e Strip — Cold rolled Hot rolled Structural shapee, heavy Tin plate and terneplate Wire and wire products t * .* >,'.".»... #... * ....i short tons. do... do... do... do. •. do... .do... *thous. of short tons. *..... .do... * do... *.. .do... .do... do... I'.... -do... C *.., 3L379 220,976 71.568 40,138 33.244 229.735 62,404 38,165 %% 137.*57 102,913 32.967 120,405 88,719 22,584 116,956 85,014 21,280 139.031 103,888 31.879 126,471 90,567 25,910 *97 495 182 1,224 5.278 53* 517 540 190 1.19? 136 135 *.975 *93 480 464 199 1,181 116 131 357 324 335 5,264 501 5?7 563 205 1.225 138 141 364 308 407 *.590 452 446 397 19? 1,076 115 137 3*7 244 365 40,029 33.705 711 7.586 42,424 r34,04l 784 *X 38,661 33.3*3 662 7.696 648 6,719 8,151 718 8,749 6.360" 8,385 742 9,288 6,324 202 6,280 8,790 725 9.283 8.3g *6,353 ^5.366 *2,176 142 36O do... do... .do,.. do... 410 336 393 *0,733 pjeraoLSiM ANI> COAL PRODUCTS Bituminous coals 1/ Industrial consumption and retail deliveries, total thous. of short tons. Industrial consumption, total do... Beehive coke ovens • .do.. • Byproduct coke ovene. ...» do... Cement mills. . .do.. • Electric power utilities do... Hallways (class I)...... do... Steel and rolling mills do... Other industrial do... Eetail deliveries do... Other consumption, coal mine fuel do... Stocks, industrial and retail dealere, end of month, total ••> taoue. • of short tons. Industrial, total .do. •. Byproduct coke ovens....................... .do... Cement mills. ......do... alectric power utilities do... Bail ways (class I) ..do... Steel and rolling mills..................... do... Other indue trial .do... Ketail dealers, total do... *1.793 3^.757 891 7 1tf 7.6l6 5.3J8 9,739 7.036 221 *8,370 168 6,216 909 16,15* 6,227 1.O89 15.758 2,017 968 15.292 6,808 1,086 13,218 3.190 *9.778 46,384 7,096 1.079 16,469 8.517 1,226 12.057 3.39* 42,529 3*5.175 4,804 | i 1 ! ! 52,369 r48,967 »5,o26 891 1*.563 8,800 855 17.932 3.*02 mmaai AND BUBBKB PKOUUCSS natural rubbers Consumption... Stocks, end of month 2/ Synthetic rubbers Consumption Production. Stocks, end of month..... long tons. do... 50,522 121.833 r*7,289 rl30,040 *0.389 131,624 ..do... .do... do... *1.777 30.518 79.128 39,001 32,901 91,288 37.607 3L917 97.728 42,580 I 35.681 97.612 58.798 63.765 108,840 Proxy1in-coated t e x t i l e s (cotton fabrics): Orders, unfilled, end of month......••thous. of linear yd. Pyroxylin spread.. thous. of l b . Shipments, b i l l e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s * of linear yd. 8,006 *.3U 5.001 7.724 r5.046 r5.*09 7.553 4,087 *.56l 7.778 *.557 6,034 13.281 6.287 7,151 .'. 31.123 199,591 TEXTILE PBQJD0CTS Revised. 1/ These data continue the series published in the monthly Survey through March 1^4 7 which were temporarily suspended. Beginning July 19*7 data are reported stocks available to industry.
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