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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU O F F O R E I G N A N D D O M E S T I C AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT SELECTED COMMERCE OCTOBER 10, 1947 BUSINESS BUSiNESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (1935 - 3 9 - 1 0 0 ) 250 V^I9*6 OtT» KOI PiOTTTO SO (BILLONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) weeifLr DATA WeSKLt OATA Jf tf I I I I I - 1 1 1 JJr J. J L . L i . u a J . J J - ' i • i i .1 i L ! i i i ! i i i i i I i i i i I i i i • L J - L l . . L . . J L . L l . ! . . L . . l J , J l . L J . . i .1.1 ! ,Li_L.I_L...I 1 .1. 2 ! .Jl J . JL, J,.J,J..L.U.L.i_.'_.l~i CONSUMERS PRICES (1935-39' 100) PERSONAL INCOME BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL KATES £00 MONTHLY DATA 175 150 fOOO^ 125 "™"^-TOTAL 100 L.J 1 1 1 1 1 J „ J . J _ I . 1944 1947 WEEKLY nm ..A.1.LJL.LLL.1.J.JLJ-LJ-L.L.I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I.I 1.1, 1 1947 1946 STATISTICS1 BUSINESS 1947 1946 October 4 | Sept. 27 | Sept. 20 | Sept. 131 Sept. 6 October 5\ Sept. 28 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 2/ 1926»100.. Far© products do food -.. do All other 2/ do 28 commodities ]J August 1939=* 100.* 33^5 Cotton, middling, 15/l6", 10 markets 4/ dol. per lb.. .307 Wheat, Ho. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) 5/ dol. per hu.. 2.86. Department store sales 1935~39a»100.. Insured unemployment, to+al 6/ thous.. S tate programs do.... Veterans' programs do.... finance: Currency in circulation 4/\ . .mil. of d o l . . 24,499 federal Reserve bank credit, total do.... 22.931 Member bank reserve balances do.... 17.0-J4 1,041 Excess reserves, estimated do.... federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: jj Bank: debits, total mil. of dol.. New York City do.... 9.H9 Deposits, demand, adjusted do.... Loans and investment-e, total do..... U. S. Government obligations do.... Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans do.... failures, commercial number.. .Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) percent.. 2.92 Stock prices, 402 stocks (Standard and Poor's)..1935-39*100.. 122.9 Industrials, 354 stocks do.... 128.3 Production: .bituminous coal 4/ thous. of short tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) 8/ number.. 103.443 Petroleum 4/ thous. of bbl.. Steel Q/ 1935-39-100.. I85.O freight car load i«g«, total ..thous. of cars*. Miscellaneous do.... 156.2 184.7 177.6 138.2 326.9 .310 2.67 317 28,561 22.573 16,831 953 3:8 38,680 18.935 77 2.89 121.9 127.2 2,050 4.956 106,894 5.196 184.5 938 421 158.1 189.8 I82.3 13s .0 324.8 .321 2.72 157.4 W7.3 I8O.9 138.1 324.6 .316 2.69 291 1.536 874 624 15^.9 182.4 174.1 137.9 310.2 .320 2.54 265 1.597 905 655 125.1 158.0 135.5 112.6 243J .386 2.01 277 2,082 918 1,110 124.4 156.6 133.0 112.4 243.J •376 2.00 28.631 22.394 17.128 1,145 28,728 22,472 16,932 1.103 28,718 22,623 16,628 939 28,546 24,1*10 16,166 934 28,460 24,585 20,389 7.710 47,498 64,714 39,022 12,858 73 2.85 124.0 129.6 17.492 6,803 47.350 64,292 38.699 12.719 75 2.82 122.0 127.1 15.544 6.071 46.95* 63.799 38.35* 12,518 60 2.80 124.3 129.8 20,597 8,213 45,621 66,450 44,281 10,180 28 2.82 125.1 128.9 19,830 7.035 2,0lt0 4,977 109.73* 5.200 175.2 931 413 2,100 5.053 106,095 5.217 165.2 922 404 2,148 4.721 83,444 5.173 181.1 809 35* 1.432 837 557 2.169 911 1,205 15 1£ 61:225 *5.3J9 10,068 28 2.82 125.4 129-3 2,144 4,518 85.495 4,778 178.5 917 398 2,092 4,478 91.925 4,737 178.1 907 395 1/ Uata do not always* cover calendar weeke. oj See not© in January 1, 1947issue. J/ Thursday prices. 4/ Daily average. 5/ Data for 1947 include dark nard winter not included previousv- 6/ for description „see . note in July 13, 1946 issue, jj Shown on a revised basin beginning in Supplement for July 18, 1947. Sj Data are for v. 3. and Canada and include passenger cars, commercial cars, and trucks. 2/ Week ending October 11, 188.4. ~ J_ e MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 19U7 Earlier data are available la monthly issuee of the Surrey and the 1942 Supplement September august 1946 July June September BUSINESS INCHES Pereonal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Total pereonal income b l l . of d o l . Wage and ealary receipts, t o t a l do... Total employer diebureemente do... Commodity-producing inauetriee do... Distributive indue trie* do... Service induetriee do... Government *.do... Lees employee contributions for social insurance..do... Other labor income do... Proprietors' and rental income do... Pereonal interest income and dividends do... Total transfer payments do... Total nonagricultural income do... 194.4 122.1 124.2 56.O 35-7 15.3 17.2 2.1 1.8 45.8 14.2 IO.5 172.6 rl96.1 rl21.2 rl23.3 r55-l r35-5 rl5.4 rl7-3 2.1 1.8 r47.8 rl4.2 11.1 rl72-3 195.1 121.1 123.2 55.5 35.3 15.2 17.2 2.1 1.8 47.6 14.1 IO.5 171.9 178.5 276 255 246 270 3*3 267 177 211 308 295 349 258 224 276 £ 3 m.o 114.8 49.4 31.8 14.1 19.5 1.8 1.6 39.5 13.3 ll.i 162.0 COMMODITY PRICRS Prices received oy farmers, all farm products....1909-lhalOO. Grope do... food grain do... Peed grain and nay do... Tobacco do... Cotton do... fruit do... Truck crepe do... Oil-bearing crops... do... Livestock and products do... Meat animals do... Dairy products do... Poultry and eggs do... Consumers' price index (U. i. Department of Labor): Combined index • 1935"39*100. Clothing do... Pood do... Puel, electricity, and ice do... Gas and electricity do... Other fuels and ice do... floueefurnishings do... Bent do... Miscellaneous do... 286 254 278 297 352 252 181 179 311 3J5 367 282 246 flonresidential building. exc. farm ana pub. u t i l i t y . d o . . . . Public construction, t o t a l . Reeidential construction. Konreeidentiel building*. Highway 244 220 158.4 184.7 193.1 119.5 &2 184.3 110.0 139.5 CONSTRUCTION AND JQ&L SSZAIS . . m i l . of d o l . . 251 253 390 289 215 189 3 1U 286 1.262 950 ^75 276 141 65 134 312 9 24 48 2 140 91 rl.238 46.153 22.730 22,329 20,723 46,153 18,718 16.784 P889 24,482 48.0 rl,l6l r876 r429 r259 139 I 60 rl28 i r285 253 240 390 275 228 215 318 278 338 233 205 157.1 185-7 190.5 117.7 91.7 143.0 182.6 109.2 139.1 207 221 396 285 210 154 236 250 249 271 221 145.9 165.9 174.1 114.4 91.7 I36.5 I65.6 108.8 129-9 1,066 800 356 315 167 50 79 266 19 44 2 rl28 rS5 rl,070 r811 r387 r254 140 50 rl20 259 6 15 42 • 2 117 79 45.615 22.759 22.192 20,534 45.615 18.695 16.601 r823 24.345 47.7 44.626 21.875 21.549 20,296 44,626 17.869 16,007 399 24,090 48.4 44.425 22,170 21,872 20,039 44,425 17.748 16,112 738 24,154 47.8 44.813 24,594 24,049 18,095 441813 18,060 15.910 725 24.448 42.6 40,446 6,041 639 5.402 639 1.490 30.940 18,864 17.478 5.169 2,500 140,287 5.953 632 5.321 631 1.485 30.936 18.986 17.603 5.1" 2,512 4.327 40,057 5.837 624 5.213 622 1,481 30,740 19.093 17.704 ^.965 2,522 4,160 588 789 38.079 5.289 592 4.697 594 1.475 29.504 19.754 18,425 4,454 2.*22 2W74 540 677 3& r267 rl40 75 rl33 303 r9 r24 r45 2 135 r90 r9 * 16 35 9 93 68 riKiiics federal Reserve banks, condition, end of month: Assets, total , mil of dol. Reserve bank credit outstanding, total.. ..do... United States securities ..do... Gold certificate reserves ..do... Liabilities, total ..do... Deposits, total ..do... Member bank reserve balances ..do... Rxcees reeerves (estimated) ..do... federal Reserve notee in circulation. ..do... Re ear vs ratio r percent. Life insurance (Life Insurance Association of America) Assets, admitted, total mil. of dol Mortgage loans, total do.. *•» do.. Other , do.. Real-estate holdings do.. Policy loans and premium notee do.. Bonde and stocks held (book value), total do.. Government (domestic and foreign), total do.'. U. S. Government do.. Public utility do.. Railroad do.. Other do.. Cash do.. Other admitted assets do!". r/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. *'% 790 5251 757 | MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement 3 S T A T l S T l C S — Continued 19^7 September August 19U6 July September June FIHANCB - Continued 21.766 r2S,434 !l49 i >5; 21,266 28.297 20,305 28,507 2.83 2.80 2.80 2.81 2.79 2.61 2.69 2.86 3.23 2.56 2.64 2.81 2.17 2.55 2.64 2.82 2.18 2.67 2.78 3.09 2.63 2.72 3.O3 2.62 2.72 3.O6 2.83 3.21 2.60 2.72 3.10 2,357-98 95^.65 2.U7 3.21 2.56 2.59 1.99 2.68 2,34S.4h 95^.65 2.46 3.21 2.55 2.59 1.99 2.68 2.329.35 95U.65 2.44 3.21 2.52 2.59 1.99 2.67 2.310.25 95^.65 2.42 3-21 2.51 2.59 1.98 2.66 1.95^-89 941.47 2.08 3.21 2.03 2.58 1.82 2.65 63.39 176.82 35.25 64.36 130,08 35.58 50.1*5 65.32 183.51 35.61 49.33 61.26 173-76 .98 .86 62.66 172-72 35.05 49.59 6.7 5-1 4.6 5.0 3.5 5.1 7.3 4.4 4.0 4.1 3.6 4.6 6.5 1,150 1.139 399 403 1.151 1.139 450 445 1,242 1,228 46 3 469 643 627 378 378 U.560 886 70 248 62 577 1*07 1.992 3.276 495 *9 178 275 46 429 3.5^3 708 5* 188 200 *9 464 324 1.555 3.517 7U3 55 197 191 6: rV rl.523 do... 208,609 400,170 238,814 444,602 255.713 428.6Q4 r6l,155 rl45,068 do... do... 44,434 106,382 46,611 101,964 48,260 98.827 r27.66l r78,393 do... do... 21,109 86,455 21.739 65.152 10.927 59.041 21,540 108,211 Gold, monetary stock, United States •11. of dol. Currency in circulation do... Bonds: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody1 s) percent. By ratings: Aaa do... Aa do... • do... Baa do... By groups: Industrials do... Public utilities do... Bailroads .. do... Stocks: Casn dividend payments, 600 companies (Moody's): Total annual payments at current rates.......ail. of dol. MumDer of shares, adjusted millions. dividend rate per 3.lure (weiguted average) dollars. banks (21 companies) do... Industrials (4^2 companies) do... Insurance (21 companies) do... Public utilities (30 companies) do... Railroads (3° companies) do... Prices: Dow-Jones & Co. (65 stocks) Inauetrials (3° stocks) Public u t i l i t i e s (15 stocks) dailroads (20 stocks) Yields: Common stocks (200), Moody's Banks (13 stocks) Industrials (125 stocks) Insurance (10 stocks) Public u t i l i t i e s (2p stocks) Bailro&de (23 stocks) dollars per share. do.. do... 1 do... percent. do... do... do... do... do... . P21.9 p2S,5 US. 10 55-2 "i 3.6 5.1 7.1 5-1 4.4 5.0 3.6 5.0 7.0 m m 4.4 4.8 3-5 2^8 2.80 3.10 2.64 2.75 2.98 FOEiiiatJ TKA131 Exports, including reexports, total Exports- of U. S. merchandise General imports, total Imports fur consumption mil. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... T&aNSPOETATIOH Preignt carloaaings, total cars 1/ Coal Coke forest products Grains and grain products Livestock thousands. do. do. CLO. do. do. Mercruuidise, l . c . l Ore Miscellaneous CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Oils, fats, and by-products: Animal, including fish o i l : Animal fats: Production thous. of l b . Stocks, end of month Greases: Production Stocks, end. of month fish oils: Production Stocks, end of month Vegetable oils, total: Production, crude Stocks, end of month: Crude defined Cottonseed oil, refined: Production Stocks, end of month Linseed oil: , Production Stocks, end of month Soybean o i l : Production: Crude Eefined Stocks, ena of montn: r/ Kevieed. Crude xteif ined %J Preliminary. do. do... .do... , 3.600 191 210 $ 299 1.592 do... 248,383 278,083 283,497 279.^26 do... do... 503.973 292,228 r582,091 r358.720 585.878 385.^25 515.047 266,688 do... do... 24,913 116,709 26,287 171.3^2 35.750 203.856 r23,658 rl60,l07 do. do. 26,527 132,682 32.250 157.724 32.057 144,544 r47.1§9 rl29,267 do. do. 105,364 91.251 105,839 140,457 125,706 r98,720 r125,686 rl4l,67l 122,436 83,890 122,760 128,141 r82,506 88,106 rll6,401 r77.2l6 do. do. \j Data for August 1S46 and August 1947 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S — Continued 1946 1947 Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement August July- June May August PQODSTUOTS AND TOBACCO Formantea malt liquors: 9,044 8,776 9,453 r1,000 8,342 7.939 9.565 1.132 7.983 7.511 9,538 1,222 r6,794 rj.538 r6,926 2,162 33.310 307 r34,131 r299 36,404 359 1/46 236 486 29.728 1,514 2,388 3.942 8,028 13.856 1.091 2,507 177 29.805 1.485 2,276 3.987 8,260 32.178 1.367 2.376 4,287 9,042 15,106 1,554 2,251 149 32,117 1,720 2,838 4,119 8,692 14,748 6,679 6,563 213 2,996 702 2,234 2,907 6s4 2,223 5.64 5 1.399 3.746 2,728 657 2.071 2.53S 582 1.956 5.608 1.932 3.676 2,621 639 2.182 2.497 545 1,952 5.266 1,741 3.525 «,93« 632 2,306 2,704 •588 2,116 4,761 1,463 3.298 4,917 4,535 4.810 5,081 4,898 3.8^3 3.148 2.999 2,973 3,789 1.765«,206 S94.134 766,665 104,407 1,625,457 817,030 707.743 100,684 l 9 727 9 65l 682,506 r750,505 r94,640 rl, 833,669 1-929.555 r604,600 x-99.314 1,703,203 86-5.431 754.796 64,976 665.335 69L597 691.329 r662,328 r653.139 r643,993 r706,860 r714,440 r706,668 714,355 752,028 743.947 646,869 704,694 701,343 68,346 100,806 102,046 50,260 r96,9l4 rS9.9S3 r86,491 r52.307 r104,998 rl0l,31l rlOO,313 r52,68l 90.494 107,558 108,327 49,285 85.449 103,161 99.592 53.504 24?,955 246,345 242,060 80,855 r233,202 r234,509 r232.759 r82,103 r243,5l9 r248,796 r246,379 r72,765 259,649 264,444 258,296 68,674 202,087 236,530 237.857 55,331 238,034 252,321 255.133 59.372 r248,642 r24l,642 r23S,278 r66,625 r265,650 r268,179 r264,9i+7 r67.455 263,424 276,919 275.131 60,225 261,804 266,987 267.254 64,162 thous. of gross. do... do... 9.476 8,859 7.300 rS0877 r8,127 r7,065 9.619 8.316 6.8*3 10.578 9.492 6,085 10,659 10,406 3.917 t h o u s . of doson p a i r s . do... do... 11,615 11.769 21.113 10,428 9.956 21,267 10.558 10,542 20.795 11,672 11.269 19,910 13.545 12.135 18,129 r343.432 rl,765 1.572 261,156 240,358 86,509 66,405 379.251 1,606 1.694 279.631 257.881 97,814 78,503 Production rtiicus. of bbl. Tax-paid withdrawals do... Slocks, end of month • do... Coffee, risible supply... thous. of Dags. L£ATh£R A&J PRODUCTS Boot ana suoe proauction, total thous. of pairs. Atnletic do... Dress ana work, i n c i t i n g playsnoes, etc.: Lpfctner uppers, total do... Boys' and youths' do... Infants' do... Misses' and children's do... Ken's do... Women's do.... Part leather and nonleather uppers Slippers ana moccasins, houeswear All other footwear M33 8,842 9,050 1,05& do... do... do... 13.777 1.532 r2 e 273 r217 LIMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association)! Production, total mil. of bd. ft. Hardwoods.. ........... r, do = *» Sof twoodti o do... Shipments, total do... Hardwoods , do... Softwoods ..,....., do. c. Stocks, gross, end of month, total., do... hardwoods .do... Softwoods do... e MBTAL3 AHD 2B ^4 2.160 2.7101 630 2,026 4,068 1.125 2.9*43 NLAHUSACTURBS Pig iron, production thous. of short tons. Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotary: Orders, new thous. of dol. PAPS1R A & D PRINTING All paper ana paperboard mills (Bureau of the Census): Paper and paperboara production,, total short tons. Paper do... Paperboard .do... Building board do... Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint and paperboard (American Paper and Pulp Association): Oraers, new short tone. Production do... Shipments do... Pine paper: Oraers, new do... Production do... Snipments do... S t o c k s , end of month do... P r i n t i n g paper: Oraers, new do... Production do... Shipments do... Stocks, end of month do... Wrapping paper: Orders, new. do... Production do... Shipments do... Stocks, end of month do... S1'0N£, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containers: Proauction Shipments S t o c k s , end of month TSXTILK PRODUCTS Hosiery: Proauction Shipments ? S t o c k s , end of month TRANSPORTATION BtfJlPMSffT Motor vehicle©, factory sales, total Coaches, total Domestic Passenger cars, total Domestic numoer do.. do.. do.. do.. 382,640 346,209 1,067 1.853 867 1.599 247,261 284,357 229,083 261,240 Trucks, total do.. 97.881 96,430 Domestic do, 78,283 75.696 r/ Revised. Xj Includes 139,000 pairs of government shoes for July and 172,000 pairs for August, not distributed by type. 400,562 1,626 1,409 307.124 284,576 91,810 73.803
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