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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT U N I T E D S T A T E S 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 CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED N O V E M B E R 4, 194gj BUSINESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (1935-39*. 100) ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) i WEEKLY DATA 200 —j | 1949 175 1^1943 150 t "*-194? 125 100 4.5 i O o a J J L A J U L t J O JJxgqgJLi Uua IMTWML'••*! ! i|T8 u.,LuuJ,Ljuj.,i u.4JLuu J t lUUilL.,.! tLtju, 4.0 LXJUULXJULXW JLXJLLX^LX 8 225! a~LuuJ v UULLLIU 300! MONTHLY OAVA *s^^» FOOD . \l g J j u u J j J L 4 J uPRODUCTION JiajJa.jaJLu il INDUSTRIAL (SEASONALLY AOJUSTED, 1335 - 39 * !00) CONSUMERS PRICES (1935 -39 « 100) 2001 V /'V ~vjy - - -v """"X^— >-** >•*•< 1 250 \ P-% \ 175; 200 150 125 mmmm****0^* 150 TOTAL 100 1 LLU^jJjULJ^JLL*J U U U.ij I I \ 1 I I 1 1 1 L i LI M 1947 1948 1946 WEEKLY 1 I l l 1, 1 1, 1, 1, j,JL. 100 1949 1946 BUSINESS 1947 STATISTICS 1948 19^9 ITSH Commodity prices, whole sal ©J JU1 commodities 1926*100 farm product* . • do*. food. do.. All other do.. 28 commodities 2/ August 1939*100 Cotton, middling, 1 5 / l 6 \ XO markets V d o l . per lb, Wheat, Bb. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas C i t y ) . . , dol. per bu Department store sales* . . . . - . . * . . , . . . . • • . . . • .X935~39«100 Insured unemployment, t o t a l . thous State programs . do.. Veterans' programs . do.. finances Currency in circulation j/ . .mil. of dol federal Reserve bank credit, total. ....do.. Member bank reserve balances • do.. Sxcess reserves, estimated. do.. federal Reserve reporting member banks In leading cities) Bank debits, total . mil. of dol Hew Tork City.... do.. Deposits, demand, adjusted do.. Loans and investments, total do.. V, 3 . Government obligations do... Commercial, industrial and agr. loans, g r o s s . . . . . . . d o . . f a i l u r e s , industrial and commercial. number Bond y i e l d s , domsstlc corporate (Moody' s) j / . . percent. Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor's)....1935~39«100. Industrials, 365 stocks do... Productions Bituminous coal j / . . . . t h o u s . of short tons. KLectric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . of k v h r . Motor vehicles (Wards) number. Petroleum j | / . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of bbl. Steel 4 / 1935-39*100, freight carloadings, total .* thous. of cars. Miscellaneous. • .do. •, jl/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices.. Oct. 23 Oct. 30 165.8 186.0 178.1 153.5 306.0 .314 2.24 3*0* 1,106 164.8 182.6 I76.7 153.4 3O5.O .310 2.25 31? 1.074 236 sa Oct. 1 Oct. 8 28,158 23,869 19,910 870 229 28,140 23.797 19,960 874 16,016 907 l§2*3 161.3 159.7 145.0 245.9 .296 2.21 297 1.974 1,749 60 27,492 18,406 16,384 1,152 24,696 9,652 46,998 62,296 33.416 15,374 124 3-U 128.8 135-5 22,685 9,374 47,422 62,441 33,526 15,410 104 3.13 130.2 137.1 20,135 8,067 46,457 66,062 37,004 13.3S* 181 2.90 124.2 130*6 22,786 9,887 46,286 66,077 37,252 13^3* 182 2.91 126.0 132.7 2,088 2,134 5,555 110,956 • 5,604 199.7 938 428 304 5,521 144,285 4.891 174.7 658 3*5 she 5,539 116,973 5,596 200.1 027 427 1949 1948 1 2/ Daily averages. 27,3*2 lf.397 Oct, 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 152.1 160.1 159-9 145.0 2*5.3 •296 2.19 290 152.1 159*6 160.5 144-9 246.1 .296 2.18 295 152. 152. i6i. 144. 247. .297 2.18 27,539 18,287 16,116 958 27,441 18157 l6 $ 405 1,139 27,370 17.833 16,098 16,673 6,260 46,283 66,207 37,300 13.566 172 2.90 127.4 134.4 23,910 9,227 46,738 66,439 37,625 13,647 181 2.91 127.2 134.2 423 %S$ 398 5,450 5****1 141,032 135,656 139.918 M57 4.9«5 19.2 I6.9 19*2 589 574 584 320 320 31* 4 / Week ending Hovember 5, 1 8 . 2 , SX2 8,217 2.90 128.7 136»1 134,208 * "is*.6 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 the 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement STATISTICS 1948 August 191+9 September June July August GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Vara Income and marketings: Cash r e c e i p t s from f a r m i n g , i n c l . G o v ' t pay H s . . . m i l . o f d o l . Prom marketings and CCC l o a n s , t o t a l do... Crops • do... Livestock and products, total do..• Dairy products* *<>•.. Neat animals do... Poultry and eggs • do... Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, all commodities 1/ 1935"39«100. Crops do... Livestock and products • do.•. Indexes of v o l . of farm marketings,all commodities l / . d o . . . Crops do... Livestock and products do... Industrial production (federal Reserve): Unadjusted, combined index do... Manufactures • *o. • • Durable manufactures. • • • do... Iron and steel • do... Lumber and products. do..• Furniture do... Lumber • .do.. • Machinery ••• «do. Monferroue metals and products * do... Smelting and refining do... Stone, clay, and glass products do. •. Clay products do... Transportation equipment do. • • Automobiles ( including parts) do•. • Nondurable manufactures.....•• do... Chemical products do. •. Industrial chemicals • do... Leather and products • do.. • Leather tanning do... Shoes • do o.. Manufactured food products do... Meat packing do... Processed fruits and vegetables do... Printing and publishing do.. • Rubber products do... Textiles and products do... Cotton consumption do.. • Rayon deliveries do... Wool textiles do... Minerals do... fuels • * do... Anthraci te do... Bituminous coal do... Crude petroleum do. •. Metals.. do... Adjusted, combined index 2/ do... Manufactures. do... Durable manufactures » do. • • Lumber and products do •. • Lumber • • do... Honferrous metals «... -• do.•. Smelting and refining. do... Stone, clay, and glass products • do. •. Clay products • do... Nondurable manufactures do.• • Chemical products* * * *.. * *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... BUSINESS PQPULATIOH Industrial and commercial failures:. failures, total Commercial service. Construction Manufacturing and mining Retail trade Wholesale trade Liabilities, total Commercial" service Construction. .* ••••. Manufacturing and mining Retail trade Wholesale trade Digitized for r/ FRASER Revised, jj Preliminary justed series. 410 766 256 415 *57 3«3 152 179 131 194 200 224 207 158 163 156 271 186 190 218 180 230 198 180 256 450 112 103 119 174 HI a>3 147 207 166 127 318 168 164 166 117 158 17^ 149 191 197 223 148 140 186 190 210 175 177 259 U3 IO5 15f 126 107 155 159 115 2,996 2,991 1,485 1,506 864 271 2,053 2,036 757 1,279 5? 239 490 520 397 164 204 134 g6 197 203 227 214 153 I65 147 273 192 193 216 175 231 197 185 170 176 195 177 129 13? 124 225 133 192 188 257 km 118 106 126 188 124 317 155 205 168 132 322 166 160 162 119 156 170 148 192 199 225 143 132 192 193 207 169 178 257 119 108 163 162 154 156 119 265 33« 132 110 148 241 212 161 228 395 104 95 111 165 139 1 2 ? 148 179 127 105 217 124 137 135 7 ? 104 153 150 169 194 125 114 133 ill 231 105 v 165 141 x 3 7 149 134 124 439 2,177 2,168 972 1,196 3*7 592 233 *2,4i7 r2,4ll rl,l62 1.249 328 661 245 326 340 316 l4l 1*5 138 190 11*0 163 169 186 156 121 136 127 179 187 140 248 222 382 94 80 104 X 3 7 140 180 134 175 121 87 238 111 128 126 93 80 147 140 162 168 I85 104 128 18Q 185 139 155 2 96 84 162 150 139 145 123 106 173 180 rl94 178 "SS rl26 r215 rl4l rl74 rl91 rl50 r244 r225 rl69 r225 rllO 90 rl23 rl86 134 r286 rl43 rl77 rlUO 111 "S 134 rl34 r82 108 rl49 ri.36 170 177 rl92 rl26 r!15 rl4l rl74 rl8J rl46 rl65 r228 rill 92 rl64 153 rl50 rl51 rl29 rl03 398 828 810 719 49 3« 53 & 61 37 55 109 188 98 215 2a 194 344 173 372 385 6l 52 77 92 96 21,442 20,703 28,l6l a,804 9.0J4 31,175 1,032 1,862 1.393 1.187 l,86l 2,476 1,101 1,845 2,272 5,580 13,500 12,165 10,183 16,008 3.036 5,629 6,234 2.729 6,424 5,6r 4,089 1,931 2,75* 3,676 5.284 2/ Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shown; see unad- number. do... do... do... do... do... ...thous. of dol. do •.. do... do... do... do... 1/ Unadjusted index. 2,761 2,755 l.3<* 5 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available In monthly Issues of the Surrey and the 1949 Statistical Supplement 3 S T A Tl S T I C S — Continued I9U9 192*8 August September June July August COMMODITY PBICSS 1 Consumers price index, all items 1935-39^100. Apparel . • do... •do. food. Cereals and bakery product*. do. Dairy products.... ..... do. fruits and vegetables... ...do. Meats, poultry, and fish ...do. fuel, electricity, and refrigeration..... do. Oae and electricity .do. Other fuels...., do. Houtefurnishings . *. do. Bent * <SLo. Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; do. C0N3TBDCTI0N AND REAL ESTATE Value of contracts awarded (federal Reserve indexes). Total, unadjusted . 1923~25»100. Residential, unadjusted. do... Uotal, adjusted do... Residential, adjusted do... 174-5 199.7 216.6 170.S 211.0 199*6 267.0 13&.S 94.5 190.1 196.3 117.7 152.4 174.5 201.0 215.2 170.7 206.7 195.8 265.3 137.3 9>i.6 191.0 19S .1 US .5 152.7 169.6 190.3 204.3 169.7 182.0 210 175 201 177 40.1 110*6 240.6 135.6 96.9 183.0 187.3 120.6 154.2 168 188 201 169 182 210 236.0 135.6 96.9 I83.I 186.8 120.7 154.3 168.8 1 187.4 202.6 [ 169.4 184.9 201.9 I 239.5 i 135.81 97.11 183.1 184.8 120.8 I54.8 195 165 193 165 r226 rl94 *i95 r!76 r22S r202 r209 r200 r238 r226 r229 r228 *39.1 r39.2 r5^.63 r57-47 r51.51 rl.408 rl.477 rl.480 *1.291 rl.SPIO I.368 rl.588 r^!| r57.74 r51.3l rl.398 rl.4TJ rl.474 rl.306 r1.228 rl.367 rl.582 1.428 1*498 1.427 1.614 1.356 1.227 1.293 1.235 .963 1.175 1.205 1.318 1.713 1.393 1.745 l.*«97 1.124 1.440 1.512 1.435 1.635 I.363 1.242 1.304 I.236 .952 1.194 1.218 1.354 1.746 1-393 1.777 I.500 1.143 38.8 39.2 38.5 r^.51 J57.82 r50.97 rl.405 rl.475 1.479 rl.300 rl.240 I.360 1.591 rl.464 rl.529 1.440 rl.658 rl.393 1.262 rl.324 1.289 1.015 rl.184 *1.133 rl.340 rl.821 rl.448 rl.7«7 1.526 1.136 38.8 r38.9 1.289 1.198 1.328 1.567 39.8 U0.0 39*6 55.16 58.28 51.64 1.J86 1.457 1.404 1.297 1.2a 1.347 1.599 rl.»»67 rl.531 1.447 rl.66l rl.394 rl.251 rl.331 I.296 rl.019 rl.183 1.158 1.351 rl.828 1.463 1.808 rl.520 rl.127 rl.468 rl.530 rl.453 rl.66l rl.391 rl.24l rl.319 rl.269 r.993 rl.150 rl.174 rl.343 rl.846 rl.449 rl.792 rl.507 rl.129 rl4,529 rl4,203 rl*435 rl5,660 *15.6l9 rl,469 16,559 25,746 36,098 '4$ 26,263 3.432 r27,965 *32.133 r31.72l r4l2 r28,7l6 r3,809 3L796 51.015 50,544 471 P . 593 3,o4o 23,760 53.788 53.273 515 18,663 2,664 mil. of kw-hr. do... do... 28,789 24,242 4,^7 28,065 23,613 4,452 28,025 9.617 4,407 27. 29.492 25,oa 4,471 thous. of bbl. • ...do... ...do... 8,682 8,396 9.511 r7.947 r8,054 *9.057 «9.258 r8,629 9.382 8.722 10,147 9.182 8,901 10,0321 15.935! r21,154 aCPLOmKNT AND VAOSS Hours and earnings (U. S. Department of Labor) t average weekly hours pw worker, a l l manufacturing.. .hours. Durable-goods industries ...•• .do... Nondurable-goods industries .do. . . Average weekly earnings, a l l manufacturing dollars. Durable-goods industries do... nondurable-goods industries do. •. average hourly earnings, a l l manufacturing do. •. Durable-goods industries. • do... Ordnance and accessories do... Lumber and wood products (except furniture) do... furniture and fixtures do... Stone, clay, and glass products * .do... Primary metal industries do... fabricated metal products (except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment) dollars. Machinery (except e l e c t r i c a l ) . . . . . .....do... Electrical machinery do. •. Transportation equipment. do... Instruments and related products do... Miscellaneous manufacturing industries do. • • Nondurable-goods Industries. do... food and kindred products do.. • Tobacco manufactures do.•. Textile-mill products do. • • Apparel and other finished t e x t i l e products do. •. Paper and a l l i e d products.• • • do..• Printing, publishing, and a l l i e d Industries ..do... Chemicals and a l l i e d products .do. • • Products of petroleum and coal do... Rubber products do.. • Leather and leather products do. •. CB9UCALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS. Alcohol, denatured* Production thous. of wine g a l . Consumption (withdrawals) ....do... Stocks do.. • alcohol, ethyls Production thous. of proof gal. Stocks, t o t a l . * .do... In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses • .do • . . In denaturing plants .do • . . Withdrawn for denaturing do... VIthdrawn tax-paid .do. • • 55.06 58.50 51.07 I'M 1.384 35 12)444 8,126 26,660 r56,588 53.527 r3,06l 25.176 3.572 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, t o t a l Utilities Industrial establishments fOODSTDffS AHD TOBACCO fermented malt liquors* Production. Tax-paid withdrawals Stocks, end of month Distilled spirits* Production... Tax-paid withdrawals Digitized for Stocks, FRASERand of month http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ r / Revised, g/ ^ e l l m i a a r y . Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis . • thous. of tax gai. ....do... do... 607|67b r6ll*6l3 *9.879 rl3.732 677.3H4 8,818 J,067 676,337 11.581 8,072 675,217 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data arc available i a monthly issues of the Survey and the 19*19 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement ST A T I S T I C S — C o n t i n u e d 191*8 August 19*9 September June July August POODSTUJTS AND TOBACCO * Continued D i s t i l l e d s p i r i t s - Continued Whisky* Production thous. of tax gal. Tax-paid withdrawals do.». Stocks, end of month do- . < Rectified d i s t i l l e d s p i r i t s , prod.,total..thous.of proof gal. Whisky. • «*••• Dairy products, productions Butter, creamery (factory)....* . thous. of lb*. Cheese, total (factory) do.., Condensed milk ( sweetened) s Bulk goods. do... Case goods .do... Evaporated Bilk (unsweetened) , case goods do.. Dry milks Dry whole milk do.., Nonfat dry milk solids (human food) .do.. • Meats, production, total mil. of IDS. Beef and veal thous. of I D S Lamb and mutton do.. Pork, including lard do.. Lard do.. Coffee, r i s i b l e supply thous. of bags Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals) I Cigarettes, small, tax-free millions, Cigarettes, small, tax-paid... do.. Cigars, tax-paid thousands Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid.. ...thous. of lbs 9,5*0 3.97* 533.276 *9,326 8.513 ll.*29 *.736 r533,051 rll,086 rlO t 271 7,852 , 3.537 602,926 *9,069 7,339 5,099 *,0l*3 602,865 8,008 6,361* 5.959 , *.383 603.231 9,0*3 7,681 UJ.aSj 106,730 96,360 87,660 155,585 136,585 136,870 118,350 rl29,355 rl07,690 28,700 12,600 360,100 19.500 10,300 282,600 35,070 10,550 357.500 23.*50 9,600 312,500 25.575 8,800 273.750 16,31*5 52.515 1,11+9 599.67* 13,100 38,020 „ 1.229 650,370 61,783 517.028 87,107 913 12,525 109,*oo i,*38 6*5,2*9 37,*27 75*,370 ill*, 793 803 *.103 12,620 88,900 , 1.358 6j8,252 *0,975 678,*66 13*.178 859 2,155 25,806 1*22,1*96 16,625 10,890 76,1*00 1,**1 716,737 *3,257 675,735 123,257 796 3,01*1 35.3*7 516,208 22,869 ^96,236 90,59* 915 a,sol 5**'856 23.157 3.236 32,3*9 519.509 20,533 5.255 5,208 *,819 *,173 *,*77 7.036 37.031 33.236 3.**5 69.8 6,965 1*0,923 6,2*9 27.696 2*,957 2.739 79.0 5.2§8 35.061* 3L*93 3.571 60.7 5.7U *0,811 36,081* *.728 r67.3 3.019 3.358 3.767 3.5*7 3*,192 505,22s METALS AND MANUFACTURES Pig iron, production thous. of short tons Iron ore (lake Superior d i s t r i c t ) : Consumption by funlaces thous. of long tons Stocks, end of month, t o t a l . . . . . do.. At furnaces do.. On Lake Brie docks do.. Machine tools, shipments. 19l*5«-l*7»100, Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotary: Orders, new thous. of dol PAPiiR AND PHINTXNO Newsprint, Canada: Production. • short tons Shipments from mills ; do.. Stocks, at mills, end of month .....do.. Newsprint, 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.., RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Production. thousands Shipment s do.. Original equipment do.. Stocks, end of month do. • Inner tubes: Production do.. Shipments do.. Stocks, end of month do.. STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: Production thous* of bbl Shipments • do.. Stocks, finished, end of month do.. Stocks, clinker, end of month. do. • Glass containers: Production thous. of gross Shipments do. • Stocks, end of month • do.. TRANSPORTATION BqUIPMMT Motor vehicles, factory sales, total number Coaches, total do.. Domestic do.. Passenger cars, t o t a l . . . . . . . do.. Domes tic do •. Trucks, total .do.. Domestic. do.. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ tj fierised. jjj Preliminary. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis *.?20 $*? 81*.7 3,*7* 389,1*8 396,01*9 88,1*50 376,062 387,897 76,615 399.891 *oi,538 86,683 385,027 382,059 89.656 *08,76l 399,2<3 I 99,19* I 31*.0*5 75.735 71,966 8,602 382,8*9 76,8*2 337,196 71,*12 69.297 7,675 382,559 89,881* 3*9.9** 76,316 7*.359 13.091 38*.372 75.863 313,U8 69.903 70,318 12,176 *16.595 76,8l»8 318,01*6 75.7*9 73.7*6 1*,179 **6,96* , 86,01*1* 6,957 7,8*9 2,291 9,352 6,909 6,711 2,115 9,802 7.392 7.535 3.23* 13,13* 6,261* 7,69* 3.093 11,717 6,223 7,768 3.191 9.970 6,618 6,928 8,527 6,171 6,210 8,7*8 6,1*30 6,*09 12,*66 5,230 6,300 11,36* 5.169 6,603 9.858 13,961 20,705 8.355 3.916 18,605 19,938 7,o6i 3.068 18.279 20,6b7 19.78* 6,922 18,856 19,320 19,313 6,212 8,93* 8,399 8,876 3,737 10,35* 7,16* 8,036 7,928 9,270 8,108 7.7*6 9,* 25 18,715 23.633 rl*,390 r5.771 8,662 8.933 8,90b *6l,353 *13,537 1.1*3 1,051 301,170 282,1*53 111,22* 9*.196 593,6*0 632 522 *93,832 *30,009 99,126 89,17* 579,0*8 *39 657,661* *** 1*20 I 1*33,261 *71,752 95,3*8 85,*27 $*|630 99.850 89.989 J 71 675 x 3*8,822 328,19* 111,760 97.222 » w
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