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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 BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED STEEL OCTOBER 13, 1950 BUSINESS INDICATORS INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY U T I L I T I E S (1935-39-100) 225! WEEKLY 200 ^"^^"^^•** 1 1751 150! (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS) DATA ST*~" \ y / ^ -*•"** ™" " \ _ . i STRIKE PER100 v*/**^^1949 V 26 1948^ I / l I 5.5 5.0 r-^Z^J^ 4.5 125 OCT. NOV 100 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 M 1 1 i 1, i1 1 1..L.LI I.J I 1l„l..i.±..L.LJLLi_ l_l_U J-XJLLI I i 4.0 1'-» i I i i 1 1 i i i i I i i i 1 1 i i l i i i i 1 1 i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 PERSONAL INCOME SALES OF RETAIL STORES (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES) (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS-SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) ^^N0NDURA8L£ i i i i i I »i i i i WEEKLY BUSINESS ' ' ' ' ' ' i i ' i I I i ' i ' i I l i I i i STATISTICS1 19*9 1950 ITEM Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Sept. 9 J Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Commodity prices, wholesales All commodities 1926*100.. 169.8 169.1 152.3 167.7 Farm products do.... 161.3 179.5 182.0 181.3 Food do.... 159.0 177.2 178.9 179.0 All other. do.... 145.0 156.5 157.8 159-2 28 commodities 2/ August 1939-100.. 3*5*9 326.9 332.5 33p.6 .296 .405 Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets $1 dol. per It).. .408 .410 2.23 Wheat, Ho. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) dol. per bu.. 2.21 2.20 2.21 Department s tore sales...........* 1935-39*100. • 297 368 322 Insured unemployment, total. - * thoua.. 1.993 95* 909 State programs. do*... l.7*+9 907 *% Veterans* programs. do.... 60 15 Finance: 27.492 Currency in circulation %/ mil. of dol.. 27,3*2 27.094 27.235 27.175 18,406 IS.397 Federal Beserve bank credit, total do.... 19.^38 19.169 19.665 16,016 16,611 16,384 Member bank reserve balances. do.... 16.299 16,865 1,142 S77 Excess reserves, estimated do.... 386 991 Federal Beserve reporting member banks in leading cities? 20.135 22,786 21,668 Bank debits, total mil. of dol.. 30,086 25.132 .8.067 Hew York City. do 9.312 10.556 12.353 46,286 Deposits, demand, adjusted do.... **6,4 57 49,030 ^9.269 48,581 Loans and investments, total. • do... • 66,062 68,855 66,077 69.53* 68,469 U. S. Government obligations do.... 34,840 37.004 37.252 34,698 34,869 Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross) do.... 13.^25 13.3^ 15.330 1^.932 15.517 Failures, industrial and commercial number.. 182 165 181 145 155 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody• a) "jjj .percent.. 2.91 2.85 2.85 2.90 2.87 Stock prices, 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor's) 1935-39*100.. 152.2 126.0 148.4 124.2 152.3 Industrials, 363 stocks do.... I63.8 159.3 132.7 130.6 164.1 Production: Bituminous coal 3/ . thous. of short tons.. 2,013 297 357 1.902 1.879 Electric power, by utilities .mil. of kw-hr.. 6,029 5.450 6,449 5.521 6.457 Motor vehicles (Ward1 s) number. • 144,285 141,032 144,271 176,296 179.313 Petroleum, crude ]J thous. of bbl.. 5.839 5.870 K951 M91 5.826 Steel 4 / . 1935-39*100.. 211.7 215.2 16.9 216.9 17^.7 Freight c*arloadings, t o t a l thous. of c a r s . . 574 866 870 658 Miscellaneous. • do.... 314 406 3^ 403 365 2./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. Z/ Thursday prices. %J Daily averages. 4 / Week 'ending October 14, 219.5* Sept. 30 Oct. 7 169 .~4 180.2 177.4 159 •* 322-5 .406 2.20 320 168.9 179.1 175.3 160.2 3^.8 .408 2.20 27,114 20,075 16,699 856 27,220 19,972 16,626 756 25.507 10,344 49,238 68,779 33.8*5 15.725 148 2.88 I53.9 166.0 1,904 6,503 178,644 5.835 217,6 880 412 11.39* 15* 2.87 157.5 170.3 171.597 * 218.6 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Karlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement STATISTICS 19^9 August 1950 September June July August GENERAL BUSIHBSS IHDIGATOBS Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates! Total personal Income toil, of dol Wage and salary receipts, total do.. Employer disbursements, total do. • Commodity-producing industries do*. Distributive industries do.. Service Industries do.. Government do.. Z>ess employee contributions for social insurance..do.. Other labor income do.. Proprietors 1 and rental Income do.. Personal interest income and dividends do.. t o t a l transfer payments. do. Total nonagricultural income do.. farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, total mil* of dol Farm marketings and CCG loans, total ......do.. Crops * do.. Livestock and products, total * .do.. Dairy products do*. Heat animals do.. Poultry and eggs do.. Indexes for cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, a l l commodities l / 1935-39-100 Crops do.. Livestock and products do.. Indexes of vol. of farm marketings,all commodities l/.do*. Crops do.. Livestock and products do. • 204.3 131.3 133.5 56-3 203.1* 131.6 217.1 140.2 143-2 62.7 40.7 18.6 21.2 3.0 •3* 42.3 17.8 13.4 200*7 r220.7 rl4l.7 '144.5 r63.3 r40.9 rl8.7 r2l.6 2.8 3.4 r45-5 17.8 12.3 r202.7 223.4 144.3 147.2 65.2 41.2 18.8 22.0 1.859 1.825 r2,356 r2,343 rl,058 1.285 351 701 214 p2,5§9 P2.561 p i , 200 pi,361 P323 P792 p229 17.3 20.5 2.2 2.9 1*0.7 16.6 12.6 187.3 56.4 39 -4 U.k 20.6 2.2 3-o 39-2 17.0 12.6 187.8 r2,565 r2,559 rl t 235 rl.324 r331 r2,929 r2,922 *1.557 rl.365 r305 r247 r266 1,266 368 667 203 r3*5 rto2 r3&9 rl71 r204 rl46 r440 r*5 r360 rl88 r&l rl48 r275 rl95 335 120 77 153 353 '371 339 rl43 rl44 rl42 P3«5 p420 P359 Pl54 piTO pl42 166.6 187-2 187.3 190.0 190.4 170,5Cfc 40,713 129.791 8,887 1,609 21,879 97.4l6 197.858 1*0,050 157,808 '6,224 \ 7342,684 *52? 130.409 9.338 2.6*3 26,048 92,339 186,524 45.005 141,516 8,969 1.832 25.431 105,287 10,669 3,>U50 7,189 10,856 3.504 7.352 209,093 44.776 164,317 11,410 2.237 33.876 116,795 11.699 4,179 7.519 rl2,700 r4,679 r8,021 12,686 4,694 7.992 299 281 298 r283 362 261 335 1+4,192 18,225 17.524 2^.362 44,192 18,036 16,512 1.175 23.273 56.6 44,^23 18,415 18,010 23.350 44.323 18,173 15.947 771 23.278 56.3 44,264 18,703 18.331 22,982 44,264 1S.316 15.934 436 22,921 55-7 43,604 18,466 17.969 22,866 43,604 18.139 16.129 595 22,641 55.8 44,049 18,820 18,356 22,389 255.852 256,680 257.357 257.541 257.874 220,563 33.358 1.931 27 24,608 27.393 57,768 52.390 220,642 33.914 1.923 29 24,602 27.412 58,082 52,640 222,853 32.356 2,148 20 24,231 27.156 222,864 32.518 2.136 16 24,136 27.010 223,059 32,705 2,110 18 23.627 r27,120 61,307 55.3U 61,679 55.675 61,988 55.909 103.63 103.86 102.42 102.24 102.26 60,737 78,5^9 47.468 59.560 100,1*44 113.U4 106,846 132.672 82,962 100,627 39.5 557 a 45.9 17.9 11.9 205.3 COMMODITY PRICES Eetail prices, U. S. Department of Commerce: All commodities, index — 2CM2SXXC TBADE do.. Newspaper advertising: LSnage, total (?2 c i t i e s ) thous. of l i n e s Classified... do.. Display, t o t a l do.. Automotive , do.. financial do.. General do.. fietai 1 do.. All r e t a i l stores: Estimated sales (adjusted), t o t a l mil. of dol Durable-goods stores do.. £ondurable~goods stores do.. Department store sales, United States total: Unadjusted index 1935-39-100 Adjusted index .'. do.. flHANCS Federal Beserve 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.. Sxcess reserves (estimated; do.. federal Beserve notes in circulation do.. Beserve ratio percent federal Government finance: Debt, gross, end of month mil. of dol Interest bearing: Public issues do.. Special issues do. • Noninterest bearing do.. Obligations guaranteed by U. S«, amount outstanding. ..do.. Gold, monetary stock. United States do. • Currency in circulation.... do.. Life insurance, all companies (Institute of Life Insurance): Assets, admitted, total ..... mil. of dol Securities and mortgages do.. Bonds: Prices: U. S. Treasury bends (tabable) dol, per $100 bond, Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value thous. of dol, face value do.., DigitizedTJ forRevised, FRASER g/ Preliminary. 1/ Unadjusted. r2& 29.766 118,066 1J4,049 17.912 15.989 r219 22,947 54.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available im monthly issues of the Survey and the 19*49 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement 'H S T A T l S T I C S —Continued 1950 19*9 August September June July iasguat Sep'i&omfeey flNAKCS - Continued Bonds - Continued Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission) - Continued On Hew York Stock Exchanges Market value thous. of dol. lace value » do... Yields: Standard and Poor's Corporation: Domestic municipal (15 bonds) percent. U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable). do... Stocks: Prices: Dow-Jones & Co. (65 stocks) dol. per share. Industrial (30 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (15 stocks) . do... Railroad (20 stocks) do. .• Standard and Poor's Corporation: Combined index (4l6 stocks) 1935-39*100. Industrial (365 stocks) do... Public u t i l i t y (31 stocks) . do... Bailroad (20 stocks) do... Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on a l l registered exchanges: Market value mil. of dol. Shares sold thousands. On New York Stock Exchange: Market value a i l . of dol. Shares sold thousands. Yields: Standard and Poor's Corporation: Preferred, high-grade (11 stocks) percent. 57.108 73.916 44,469 55.721 97,k66 109,088 103.389 128,381 80,536 97,044 2.20 2.24 2.22 2.22 2.09 2-33 3 1.90 2.33 179.2^ 4*8 64.68 180.93 .65 .65 77.37 221.02 k3.0k 5M6 73-22 205.30 38.69 56,46 77 56 216,60 38.88 62.43 121.8 128.0 98.5 94.2 123.8 130.3 100.0 95.1 147.7 157 »6 111.5 107.1 138.2 147.3 103.0 109.7 147.2 .1*58.0 ?.64.2 120.6 807 39.057 871 *»0,457 I.9k9 73.396 1.930 72,026 1,700 65,977 672 28,977 729 29.937 1.680 57.257 1.692 57.074 1,456 50.038 3.90 3.85 3.85 3.92 3-85 3.905 705 3,018 469 58 176 222 3.374 617 59 202 215 31 324 >52 1,57k 4,346 16 8: TBANSPORTATION Freight carloadings: Car a, total (A.a.B.) Xj Coal -. Coke Forest products Grain and grain products Livestock Ore Merchandise, l.c.l....* Miscellaneou3 Freight-car surplus and shortage, daily average: Car surplus Box cars Coal cars Car shortage • Box cars Coal cars . thousands. do.„. do... do... do • •. do... do... .do... do... * number. do... do... do... do... do.. • r2,923 r&59 rloV r2l6 r4l r277 r36U rl.365 3.391 410 rk8 1 193 2ko | 69 299 kl6 1.71k 73 227 229 36 388 400 1,846 3 o6 l.k33 63,822 11.103 ^3.570 2.^51 2.25^ 113 7k.7k5 7.697 62,109 3.582 3.173 104 6,625 1,949 513 11,491 5.845 4,7k8 8,311 234 k.389 21,154 13.875 6,103 12.31k r!2,U50 8,12S 13.9^7 I5.3kl 6.732 19.1k6 18.387 2,230 18,719 18,204 2,6ll 17,733 17,120 3.199 31.108 23.22? 22,264 96k 35.k68 4,188 31.727 21,619 20,489 1,130 33.018 4.986 33.098 24,580 23,886 694 27,870 6,928 21.233 8.067 708,560 21.695 10.537 712,863 33.042 16,142 720,296 12.396 5.251 643.378 9.090 7,009 10.339 15,072 9.869 647,062 16,230 14,029 25.92k 42,874 11,268 25.984 39.k3k 12.510 5.786 219.702 715 2? 38,064 21,846 14,101 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PBODCJCTS Alcohol, denatured: Production. thous. of wine gal. Consumption (withdrawals) do... Stocks. .do... Alcohol, ethyl: Production thous. of proof gal. Stocks, total do... In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses do... In denaturing plants do.. • Withdrawn for denaturing do... Withdrawn tax-paid do... FOODSTUFFS Distilled 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 distilled spirits,prod.,total...thous.of proof gal. Whisky do... Grains: Stocks, commercial, end of month: Barley thous. of bu. Corn do... Oats do... Bye c' do... Wheat do*.. Coffee, visible supply, United States thous. of bags. 26,660 r56,575 T53.513 3.°6J 25.176 r3.587 11.581 8,072 675.217 16,704 „ 9.k7i 673.701 r2t#368 8.703 603,231 r9.053 7.681 604 ',768 10,228 9.250 33.056 5.711 3M95 33.978 J\ X7 ° 260,412 796 26,706 5.^35 261,109 798 rx 16S,*497 609 3.233 Digitizedrjfor Beviged. FRASER jL/ Data for September 1949 and June and September I95O are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 28.^3 39.768 18.275 7,174 256,411 719 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 19*9 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement ST A T 1ST ICS —Continued 19*9 August 1950 September June July August September LUMBER AND MAHUPACTUBBS Lumber ( n a t i o n a l Lumber Manufacturers A s s o c i a t i o n ) : Production, t o t a l . . i . mil* o f bd. f t . Hardwoods... * do... Sof twoods do... Shipments, t o t a l do... Hardwoods do,.. Softwoods ...... do... S t o c k s , g r o s s , end of month, t o t a l do... Hardwoods do... Softwoods do... r3,210 566 r2,6** r2.595 *7,5*3 2,286 3.1*0 564 2,576 3*203 578 2.625 7.*81 2.272 5.209 3.579 75* 2,825 3,600 703 2,897 6,096 1.992 *,10* 3.338 761 2.577 3.265 703 2.562 6,170 2,050 *,120 3.950 829 3.121 3.758 780 2.978 6,361 2,099 4,262 METALS AND MANUFACTURES• I r o n ore (Lake Superior d i s t r i c t ) : Shipments from upper l a k e p o r t s S t e e l p r o d u c t s , met shipments: Total.... B a r s , hot r o i l e a * Caroon and a l l o y Reinforcing Semimanufactures ; P i p e and t u b e s Hates Hails Sheets Strip: thou a. of l o n g t o n s . X1.3X5. 9,*6l 11,738 12,70* 12,482 t h o u s . of short t o n s . • do... do... ao... • ..do... 4,91S 465 156 136 6*8 4si 196 1,377 106 153 300 322 33* 5.236 524 162 125 655 467 162 l,*97 122 179 309 394 386 6,192 693 138 229 807 447 186 1/1.735 157 187 361 438 *7l 669 59* 156 250 703 393 152 l / i 728 115 177 6,326 169 282 801 454 158 1/1.756 170 214 *20 35* a *95 3.710 2,114 4,196 2,875 r*,*17 3,862 37.615 33.591 28.005 79 7,184 641 6.732 5.133 551 7.HS5 5.586 68,621 65.776 13,604 1,45* 25,458 8,196 1,152 15.912 2,845 13.7*3 36.537 27.292 *7 7.161 625 6,3*1 4,709 527 7.882 9.2*5 62,064 59.990 11.903 1,422 24,142 6,680 1,029 14,814 2.07* 46,318 33.2*8 28,763 86* 8,072 636 6.779 *.727 558 7,127 *.*85 51.376 *9.198 11,280 902 19.505 3.802 951 12,758 2,178 *3M7* *33.819 r28,581 *7?5 8,3*0 625 6,797 *.750 *9.983 37.9$ 30,836 ,006 .183 670 ,782 ,988 *6,751 1,029,804 112,819 4oo,q4i l*9,%6 5*. 21? 38,844 155.658 52,44i 121,395 15,**2 9.650 33.351 17.917 3.883 30.863 1,219,325 1*6,62* *6S,571 172,920 57,6*3 *7,2*9 188,297 79.535 106,9*2 12,220 ^7.78* 25.667 13.552 1.590 36.325 rl,l63,715 144,132 r*53.96j 160,826 53.735 41,723 17*.729 76,9*5 rl03,364 13,526 r8,782 21,J01 13.313 1,31* 35.61* 1,314,99* 1*8,996 512,519 187,933 63,566 *7,3«2 200,598 81,80* do. do. do. do. do. do. do. rl*021,405 U9.599 408,055 rl50,137 r57.306 40,654 rl57.247 35.*63 rl39.578 18,237 9.634 38.045 r21,278 4,668 36,024 .do. do. .do. 890,200 365,600 821,600 873.000 360,900 833,800 9*5**00 394,100 907.600 983,300 524,400 816,900 1,20*.500 729,100 1,017,300 long t o n s . do... ^5.307 99.850 *3.978 100,618 63.333 99.*57 r6l,402 r93.653 63.852 87,135 do. • . do... do... 33.8*5 3*.*19 111.333 30,878 32,**3 110,8*8 38.569 48,608 65.3*6 43,820 r*3.687 r67,085 44,671 *9.569 62*083 do... do... ...do... do... do... Cold rolled Hot rolled Structural shapes, heavy. Tin plate and terneplate Wire and wire products P3TH0LEUM, COAL, AHD PRODUCTS do... •.. .do... .....do... Anthracite, production thous. of short tons. Bituminous coal: Production . do... Industrial consumption and retail deliveries, total...do... Industrial consumption, total do... Beehive coke ovens do... Byproduct coke ovens . do... Cement mills do... Electric-power utilities do... Hallways (class I) do... Steel and rolling mills do... Other industrial do... Hetail deliveries do... Stocks, ind. and retail dealers, end of month, total..do... Industrial, total... do... Byproduct coke ovens • do... Cement mills do... Electric-power utilities .do... Hallways (class I ) . do... Steel and rolling mills do... Other industrial do... Hetail dealers, total do... PULP, PAPEH, AKQ PRINTING Wood pulp: Production, total, all grades Bleached sulphate Unbleached sulphate. • Bleached sulphite. Unbleached sulphite Soda * Qroundwcod Defibrated, exploded, etc short tons. .do... do... do. •. do... do... do... do... Stocks, end of month, total, all grades Bleached sulphate Unbleached sulphate Bleached sulphite Unbleached sulphite Soda Groundwood Paperboard: Orders, new Orders, u n f i l l e d , end of month Production. . * . . . . . _ • c 5 3 9 6.735 5.238 r5L979 r*9,75l rlO.395 r9** 20,581 3.238 891 13.702 2,228 .£ ,118 58.96* 56,620 12.353 1.O89 22,925 3.7*6 928 15.579 2,3** 105.*35 13.696 24,506 12,282 1,830 33.580 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Consumption S t o c k s , end of month S y n t h e t i c rubber: Production Consumption. S t o c k s , end o f month.... .* *. TJ Revised. 1/ Includes data for electrical strip. 12.1Q1 977,800 7i*,900 95*,*oo
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