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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D. C , OCTOBER 17, 1940
SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRENDS
DJUSTED indexes of manufacturing activity for the early
A
L weeks of October when, customarily, output in general
is at a peak for the year, reveal a small upward movement from
ended October 5, though total traffic decreased owing to lighter
coal movements.
In retail trade sales volumes expanded as the fall season got
September—indicating that normal seasonal gains are being under way, but reports for September suggest that the gains
superimposed upon the current high level of production. Steel were less than usual for the month. The Reserve Board's adand automotive activity moved upward, and other major in- justed index of department-store sales fell 2 points from 99 in
dustries for which weekly data are available were relatively August, though dollar values of sales rose one-third. Yet,
unchanged. Output of mineral fuels, with large stocks on consumer buying is continuing at a high level as indicated by
hand, tended to recede.
the fact that the month's showing is surpassed, since 1931, only
Steel-ingot production continues to set the industrial pace, by the August mark. Essentially the same situation prevailed
with open-hearths operating near maximum capacity throughout in the variety-store and mail-order fields. On a daily average
the country, and increasing utilization of Bessemer facilities. basis variety sales advanced about 6 percent over September a
For the current week steel ingots are scheduled higher at 94.4 year ago, the adjusted index declining slightly from August.
Mail-order sales topped August reports by 10 percent, but the
percent of capacity, the same as in the industry's previous peak margin
gain over a year ago was smaller than in recent months.
attained last November. The composite scrap price, however, As 1941ofmodels
became available, retail automobile sales imweakened for the first time in 10 weeks. Automobile assem- proved. In the last 10 days of the month sales were reported at
blies, totaling over 108,000 units, reached about the maximum the highest rate since July. Total consumer purchases approxiexpected by the trade for the fall period. Miscellaneous car- mated 200,000 units for the month, and the low dealer stocks
loadings (including most manufactures) rose sharply in the week were augmented by only about 65,000 units.
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
100
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
(PERCENT OF CAPACITY)
(BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS)
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
(THOUSANDS OF CARS)
1940
80
60
/939 -^1****
AO
20
* ^ > ^ -
0
i
1
AUTOMOBILE
BITUMINOUS
PRODUCTION
COMMERCIAL
COAL PRODUCTION
LOANS
{BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
(DAILY AVERAGE - THOUSANDS OF TONS)
(THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES)
>
*
,
1
(INDEX, IS26 '
(AUG. 1939 = IOO)
160
,
,
,
1
1
PRICES OF 3 5 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
PRICE INDEX OF 2 8 BASIC COMMODITIES
)
THURSDAY FIGURES
140
120
\
—S
100
80 ., , i , . i , , i . ,
1937
. . 1, . 1 , . 1 , .., 1, , 1 . . . . .
1938
1939
INDUSTRIAL
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^
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1937
1940
1936
J?
DEPARTMENT STORE S A L E S
PRODUCTION
1940
(SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1 9 2 3 - 2 5 « IOO)
(SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 = I O O )
MONTHLY DATA
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1937
267039—40
1938
1939
1940
1937
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1939
1940
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS*
jWeekly average, 1923-25 «1001
1938
1939
1940
1939
1940
Oct. Oct. Sept. Sept. Sept, Oct Oct. Oct. Oct.
14
7
12
5
23 21 14
15
8
1938
Oct. Oct. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
12
5
28 21 14
15
8
14
7
Finance—Continued.
Banking:
Debits, outside N. Y. C.t.... 90. S 108.0 92.5 105.3 90.9 86.2 102.7 85.8 95.1
Federal Reserve reporting
member banks:
Loans, total
7a 4 70.3 19.5
Commodity prices, wholesaler
65.9
69.3 67.3 67.0
Interest rates:
Dept. of Labor, 1926=100:
24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 2i.2
Call loansf_
Combined index (813).
77.8 77.7 77.7 77.9 78.9 79.0 77.7 77.8
TimeloansJ
28.6 28.6 28.6
28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 23.6
Farm products (67)
65.5 65.7 65.7 66.8 66.7 66.8 67.41 67.4
Currency in circulation J
72.9 73.6
70.7 70.8 71.1 71.3
Food (122)
169.0168.5 167.0 166.6 166.6 161.3 150. 7 137.5 137.0
Production:
82.5 82.5 83.7 83.7 81.6
82.9
All other (624)..._.
137.9 133. 7 122.1100.2 80.4 96.5 »6.8 55.4 42.2
Automobiles
Fisher's index, 1926=100:
Bituminous coalj
82.7
Combined index (131)
82.8 82.4 82.1 81.9 81.8
84.7 19.7 91.0 (9.1 104.9 102.3 82.6 79.7
129.5 132.3 130.4 130.4 132.3 107.9 102.4
Cotton consumptionJ
73.9
85.5
85.5 85.5 82.6 80.4 81.2
Copper, electrolytic!
Electric powerf
Cotton, middling, spot..
36.0 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.0 33.8 33.8 31.6 31.3
158. 5 160.3 157.8 158.4 149.8 148.0 131.0 129.3
Lumber
_
_._
58.5 04.5 59.0 57.4 55.3 54.1 51.3 51.3
Petroleum*
94.0
78.6 97.4 70.5
Construction .contracts?
173.0 188.4 179.6 180.9 184.2 170.4 162.3 161.1
Steel ingots©..
_
Distribution: Carlcadings
84.6 86.3 85.4 84.4 88.7 87.1 76.2 73.8
6 158.8 158.6 159.3 157.6 152.2 150.3 86.8 80.9
Receipts, primary markets:
102.2
77.7
111.6
Employment, Detroit, factory. •__
87.8 96.5 104.8 98.6
88.2 S6.0 91.5
Cattle and calves
43.1 48. 43.6 41.9 41.8 33.0 53.9 49.2
nogs
Finance:
112.3
Cotton.
82.7
258.1266.9
248.1225.0
Bond yieldst-.
60.1 60.3 60.5 60.8 61.0 67.2 67.9 >.8 70.7
212.3 153.8
139.
L53.8 139
Wheat
:.......i....
Stock prices*..
99.4 101.8 100.6 98.7 97.3 112.8 113.1 109.8 106.9
46.9 66.21 97.8 121.7 143.9 53.4 77.7 77.9 97.2
• D a t a do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
§Computed normal—100.
tDaily average.
tWeekly average, 1928-30=100.
^Seasonally adjusted.
©Index for week ended Oct. 19 is 161.9.
cfFor description of these indexes, see p . 4 of the Dec. 16,1937 issue.
Business activity:!
New Y k T i S
Barron'scf.Business Week..
107.3 108.6 108.5 107.2 103.2 102.3 87.7 84.9
115.1 114.0 112.6 111.9 111.3 107.5 87.6 84.2
131.5 132.9 133.1 131.6 121.1 120.5 98.9 94.8
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS*
1939
1940
Oct. 12
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE
Copper, electrolytic, New York?
dol. per lb__
Cotton, middling, spot, New York
do.
Food index (Bradstrect's)
do.
Iron and steel, composite
dol. per t o n . .
Wheat, No. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City).dol. p e r b u , .
FINANCE
Banking:
Debits, New York City
mil. ofdol._
Debits, outside New York City (140 c i t i e s ) , . . . d o . . . .
Federal Reserve banks:
Reserve bank credit, total
do—..
17. 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, total§
do_,_
U. S. Government direct obligations.
do_—
Obligations fully guaranteed by U. S. Government. , .
___.
mil. of d o l Loans, total§...
.
do...
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans§
mil. of dol—
Interest rates, call loans J
percent—
Interest rates, time loanst
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) (120bonds)J
,.percentStock sales (JV. Y.8.E.)
'.
thous. of shares..
Stock prices (JV. Y. 7Tfro<w)t—
dol. per share..
Stock prices (Standard Statistic*) (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. ofkw.-hr..
Petroleum!
...thous. of bbl..
Steel ingots®
.
pet. of capacity..
Construction-contract awards?
thous. of doLDistribution:
Freight-car loadings, total..
_cars._
Coal and coke
__
do
Forest products
do .
Grains and grain products
do
Livestock
do
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
_
_,do
Ore
.
do
Miscellaneous
_
do_ .
Receipts:
Cattle and calves
thousands..
Hogs_.
_
_
__do..^_
Cotton into sight..
_
thous. of bales..
Wheat, at primary markets
thous. of bu.,
Oct. 5
,. 28 Sept. 21
Sept. 14
Sept. 7
Oct. 11
1937
193S
Oct. 7
Oct. 15
Oct. 8
Oct. 16
0.118
.098
2.32
38.07
.81
0.118
.099
2.31
38.05
.79
0.114
.099
2.31
37.98
.77
0.111
.099
2.31
37.96
.76
0.112
.098
2.31
37.04
.74
0.108
.099
2.32
37.81
.75
0.123
.092
2.39
37.62
.82
0.118
.092
2.41
37.74
0.104
.086
2.42
36.13
.66
0.102
.085
2.42
36.61
.64
0.118
.086
2.82
39.60
1.03
2,978
4,212
3,916
5,008
3,112
4,292
3,111
4,884
2,783
4,217
2,442
3,731
2,564
3,993
4,761
2,986
3,313
3,722
4,409
2,649
3,814
2,445
2,399
13,927
6,816
2,482
2,424
13,800
6,721
2,472
2,434
13,703
6,645
2,485
2,434
13,596
6,541
2.490
i434
13,524
6,494
2,810
2,765
11,739
5,399
2,837
2,785
11,672
2,605
2,564
8,400
3,045
2,564
8,321
3,019
2,558
2,526
6,919
992
21,238
5,353
15,527
9,272
21,152
5,359
15,544
9,280
21,080
5,352
15,477
9,203
2,495
2.434
13,624
6,531
20,984
5,355
15,592
9,305
21,079
5,360
15,629
9,377
20,901
5,358
15,622
9,373
18,451
5,242
14,160
8,559
18,306
5,236
14,123
8,503
15,604
5,163
13,023
8,053
15,396
5,175
12,949
8,055
14,801
5,270
12,005
7,917
2,586
8,800
2,582
8,785
2,576
2,583
2,587
8,665
2,584
8,566
2,240
8,403
2,240
8,375
1,678
8,272
1,679
8,240
1,133
9,994
4,672
1.00
1.25
4,630
1.00
1.25
4.575
1.00
1.25
4,578
1.00
1.25
4,571
1.00
1.25
4,480
1.00
1.25
4,288
1.00
1.25
4,251
1.00
1.25
3,924
1.00
1.25
3,896
1.00
1.25
1.00
1.25
•4.036
270
8,209
M.036
252
8,182
« 4.037
258
8,109
M.035
216
8,090
•4.032
249
8,090
-4.032
177
8,090
4.014
237
7,347
4,027
279
7,316
4.745
4.795
4.958
6,679
6,651
6.5S2
20,130
3.47
2,127
96.53
80.0
92.8
79.4
26.8
41,780
3.48
3,427
98.85
82.3
95.7
80.3
27.9
37,230
3.49
3,503
97.68
82.2
95.5
81.0
27.3
31,310
3.51
2,280
95.89
80.7
93.4
80.7
26.9
23,090
3.52
2,247
94.49
79.6
91.9
80.8
26.2
28,950
3.52
3,507
96.75
81.2
93.8
81.6
27.5
28,000
3.88
3,183
109.59
94.4
111.5
85.2
32.5
44,870
3.92
5,634
109.88
93.9
110.9
84.9
32.5
35,850
4.03
8,981
106.60
92.2
110.8
78.0
29.3
51,320
4.08
9,674
103.77
92.2
111.4
76.6
28.6
42,460
4.11
9,855
99.96
89.0
104.6
79.3
34.1
108,457
105,153
1,443
2,641
3,489
92.6
95,990
1,698
2,f>70
3,800
92.5
78,820
1,550
2,629
3,621
92.9
12,622
63,240
1,517
2,639
3,647
91.9
15,645
39,665
1,582
2,463
3,624
82.5
75,860
1,786
2,495
3,714
88.6
11,317
76,095
1,743
2,465
3,436
87.5
43,540
1,407
2,183
3,272
51.4
15,100
33,165
1,357
2,154
3,249
47.9
89,635
1,645
2,276
3,602
63.6
8,326
805,986
139,414
40, 728
39,387
19,599
159,636
66,005
341,217
822,434
170,174
40,668
39,392
17,517
158,034
67,215
329,434
813,329
155,585
41,022
40,943
18,592
157,201
68,397
331,589
804,309
151,307
40,434
42,494
17,379
695, 258
128,257
34,457
36,775
15,863
134,181
844,955
181,753
38,432
38,793
21,391
160,683
66,059
337,844
830,102
178,656
36,824
41,182
20,811
159,993
62,125
330,506
726,142
142,954
32,571
43,204
22,657
160,053
30,737
293,966
702,616
140,450
31,797
42,495
19,565
161,564
28,515
278,230
806,095
169,252
37,083
35,416
21,830
169,636
50,139
322,739
279
272
316
362
7,779
289
283
292
9,682
282
272
215
11,446
278
271
671
4,247
305
214
694
6,182
331
350
645
6,200
312
319
585
7,731
245
750
4,551
94.2'
552
3,733
280
400
5,265
156,442
73,645
322,608
276,247
. '
256
250
188
10,115
®Rate for week ended Oct. 19 is 94.4.
tDaily average.
»Data do not cover calendar weeks In all cases.
^Source: Ward's Automotive Reports.
§Data for 1939 and 1940 not strictly comparable with data for earlier years; see note on corresponding data shown on p. 51 of the 1940 Supplement.
"Free rate.
3
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
COMMODITY PRICES
Page 12
Retail prices:
Food (U. S. Dept. of Labor)t-1935-39=100..
Faircnild's index:
Combined indei
Dec. 31,1930=100..
Apparel:
infants'.
do-._.
Men's
do
"Women's
__
do
Home furnishings.
do
Piece goods
_
do
DOMESTIC TEADE
.
Pages 27, 30
Postal business:
Receipts, postal:
50 selected cities
thous. of dol _
50 industrial cities
_do
Retail trade:
Chain-store sates, indexes:
Chain-Store Age, combined index (20
chains)__av. same month 1929-31=100..
Apparel chains..
do
Department stores:
Sales, total U. S., unadjusted; 1923-25=100.:
Atlantat
1935-39*= 100..
Boston
1923-25=100..
Chicago
do
Cleveland
do
Dallas
_
do
Kansas City
_
1925=100_.
Minneapolis
_
1929-31 =100_.
NewYork
1923-25=100..
Philadelphia
_do___.
Richmond
do
St. Louis__
_do
San Francisco
_
.do
Sales, total U. S., adjusted
do.--.
Atlantaf..
.1935-39=100..
Chicago....
.1923-25=100Cleveland
__
do
Dallas
do
Minneapolis
1929-31=100..
New York,____
_
1923-25=100..
Philadelphia
.do.-St. Louis...
_
do
San Francisco..
do
1940
1940
1939
September
October
January
Febru-
March
April
May
June
July
August
97.2
98.4
97.6
96.7
94.9
94.8
96.6
95.6
96.2
97.0
98.3
97.4
96.2
93.2
90.2
91.2
91.9
92.0
92.3
92.6
92.8
92.8
92.8
92.9
92.9
92.9
97.3
89.1
91.8
95.0
86.7
96.1
88.6
89.5
91.7
84.3
96.3
88.7
90.4
92.7
84.7
96.4
88.7
90.9
93.5
85.0
96.4
88.7
91.0
93.5
85.3
96.6
88.8
91.4
93.7
85.5
96.6
88.8
91.8
94.1
85.9
96.9
88.9
91.9
94.4
86.0
96.9
88.9
91.7
94.3
86.0
88.9
91.8
94.6
86.0
97.0
89.1
92.0
94.5
86.0
89.1
92.1
94.6
86.0
97.0
89.1
92.2
94.6
86.0
30,325
3,572
' 30,046
3,413
31,960
3,788
32,446
42,938
5,117
30,380
3,791
29,737
3,665
32,657
3,993
31,615
3,923
32,265
3,786
3,451
27,626
3,565
28,974
3,568
121.0
137.0
114.5
127.0
113.3
125.0
117.0
132.0
120.0
142.0
113.5
120.0
114.0
119.0
115.0
128.0
115.0
122.0
119.0
120.0
119.0
132,0
t 122. 8
134.0
3
"131
97
118
83
102
96
115
90
llfi
97
74
118
99
122
85
106
125
116
94
116
104
80
132
96
103
90
110
89
94
103
97
91
69
85
107
117
88
97
115
95
131
102
105
95
114
90
100
104
94
97
78
87
100
168
206
140
164
171
195
154
160
172
139
217
150
179
96
119
98
100
113
105
95
76
94
104
71
83
69
75
70
86
67
81
74
52
84
71
100
53
74
73
91
70
70
69
53
83
73
117.0
123.0
89
114
74
93
94
105
86
100
85
74
120
88
95
87
115
92
87
105
100
88
74
87
98
75
92
93
90
76
97
89
73
112
82
88
91
115
94
95
102
97
92
75
64
81
51
65
67
76
66
73
67
50
83
91
118
92
92
108
103
94
73
95
101
'77
107
'62
'86
'84
••94
'86
101
'76
60
'104
••78
'98
'99
123
'106
'101
"122
'115
'101
r 80
'104
'104
P78
"104
"107
M29
"85
"100
"102
"79
"120
"104
"10-1
"97
92
108
94
93
113
102
94
72
87
.
115
92
93
107
97
86
70
85
99
123
69
92
86
110
87
93
82
69
110
91
95
89
120
94
91
112
90
89
71
92
102
86
104
71
91
90
99
85
100
83
65
105
90
90
89
111
92
SS
103
101
90
"79
"97
"101
91
109
98
92
104
104
93
74
92
95
30,861
12.594
18,267
33,664
15,138
18,526
32,711
13,683
19,029
31,676
13,041
18,636
40,019
17,633
22,386
34,717
14,739
19,978
29,482
12,138
17,344
34,738
15,201
19,537
34,769
15,519
19,250
34,195
14,536
19,659
31,960
13,110
18,850
31,845
13,612
19,233
29.918
11,604
18,314
5,657
5,557
5,552
5,547
5,599
5,616
5,632
5,676
5,660
5,644
5,670
5,631
5,629
92.08
96.56
43.07
88.50
92.41
47.29
90.79
94.59
50.55
91.24
95.05
51.23
92.33
96.02
52.23
92.02
95.70
52.00
91.97
95.68
51.58
92.86
96.55
52.77
92.48
96.51
48.86
87.87
92.47
38.38
90.14
94.93
39.09
95.62
40.64
91.33
95.72
43.28
53,913
49,400
4,514
49,643
47,699
1,944
52,466
47,917
4,549
46,431
44,279
2.151
52,452
47,922
4,531
47,621
45,331
2,290
52,435
54,067
49,512
4,554
49,920
47,541
2,379
53,988
49,440
4,548
49,679
47,314
2,365
53,937
49,400
4,537
49,605
47,265
2,340
49,313
4,540
50,006
47,611
"2,396
53,646
49,108
4,538
49,612
47,395
2,217
53,414
48,879
4,535
46,937
45,197
53,431
48,903
4,528
1,740
52,879
48,347
4,532
47,666
45,894
1,771
46,762
1,840
53,914
49,399
4,515
49,239
47,285
1,954
3.50
3.95
3.63
3.60
3.58
3.54
3.65
3.72
3.57
3.55
2.82
3.01
3.52
4.66
3.25
3.49
4.05
5.00
3.15
3.35
3.94
4.88
3.00
3.16
3.78
4.85
2.94
3.14
3.74
4.92
2.88
3.08
3.69
4.86
2.86
3.05
3.63
4.83
2.84
3.04
3.65
4.80
2.82
2.99
3.59
4,74
2,93
3.08
3.65
4.94
2.96
3.10
3.70
5.11
2.88
3.01
3.57
4.80
2.85
3.03
3.55
4.76
3.10
3.19
4.23
3.57
3.70
4.58
3.43
3.57
3.25
3.41
4.44
3.21
3.38
4.47
3.14
3.35
4.39
3.12
3.33
4.37
3.09
3.29
4.37
3.05
3.24
4.33
3.20
3.30
4.46
3.25
3.33
4.57
3.15
3.23
4.32
3.12
3.23
4.30
66.7
65.9
65.8
63.2
64.4
63.0
63.6
64.3
64.3
50.2
53.1
64.6
55.6
38,775
1,450
39,992
1,454
40,706
1,454
P121
"100
"102
"110
96
FINANCE
Pages 48, 52, 56
Banking:
Bank debits, total (141 cities)...-mil. of dol..
New York City
do....
Outside New York City
do....
Savings deposits:
Savings banks in New York State-:
Amount due depositors
mil. of dol..
Security markets:
Bonds:
Prices:
Average price of all listed bonds (N. Y.
S. E.)
dollars..
Domestic
do
Foreign
do
Value, issues listed on N . Y. S. E.:
Face value, all issues
mil. of dol._
Domestic issues, j
do
Foreign issues
_._do
Market value, all issues
do
Domestic issues...__-_
do
"'
Foreign Issues..._:._"___; J.„_™do...7.
Yields (Moody's):
Domestic (120 bonds)
percent,.
By ratings:
Aaa (30 b o n d s ) . . . . .
do
Aa (30 bonds).
_
.do
A (30 bonds)..
do....
Baa (30 bonds)
do
By groups:
Industrials (40 bonds)
do
Public utilities (40 bonds)
do.-.
Rails (40 bonds)
j.
do
Stocks:
Prices:
Average price of all listed shares (N. Y.
S. E.)
Dec. 31,1924*100..
Shares listed, N. Y. R. E.r
Market value, all listed shares.mil. of dol.
Number of shares listed
millions..
TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATION
Pages 82,83
Class I steam railways:
Freight-car loadings (Federal Reserved:
Combined index, unadjusted.. 1923-25=100.
Combined index, adjusted
do
Grains and grain products
do
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
do
Ore
__„
do.
41,492
1,453
86
77
79
61
106
47,440
1,431
4,566
47,839
45,500
3.70
47,374
1,431
45,505
3,432
46,468
1,435
45,637
1,441
46,058
1,441
46,695
1,444
46,769
1,446
89
80
87
62
108
83
82
88
63
191
73
78
87
62
116
72
78
73
62
114
73
75
61
107
67
69
75
60
105
67
70
79
59
102
t Raised series! RevSe^indexes of retail food prices beginning 1923 wfll appear in a subsequent survey.
1919; data not shown above will appear In a subsequent Survey.
36,547
1,447
75
75
74
60
100
78
76
74
61
Department store sales In Atlanta district revised beginning
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
1939
1940
FOODSTUFFS
Pages 101, 102, 110, 111, 112,114
Stocks, cold storage, end of month:
Butter, creamery
.thous. of Ib. 127,971
Cheese, total
_
_do__. *148,616
Eggs:
Shell
thous. of cases. P 6 , 0 3 9
Frozen
_
thous. of ]b. *13Q, 621
Fish, total (15th of month)
do..
85,568
Total meats
..mil. of 1b.
P661
Beef and veal.
thous. of 1b.
36,359
Pork, total
_
do... "563,333
Fresh and cured
do... 328, 739
Lard
do... 231, 594
Lamb and mutton
.__„_„.._do... * 3,412
Poultry
„_
.do... p 90,446
154,594
116, 561
5,430
121,471
79,384
478
36,917
379,020
78, 794
2,965
63,164
August
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS
Pages 118,119,120,121
Petroleum and products:
Crude petroleum:
Consumption (run to stills) .thous. of bbl-.
Production
_
do....
Refinery operations
pet. of capacity..
Stocks, end of month:
California:
Heavy crude and fuel...thous. of bbl..
Light crude.__
_
_do
East of California, total
do....
Refineries
_do
Tank farms and pipelines
do
Refined petroleum products:
Gas and fuel oils:
Production:
Residual fuel oil
do....
Gas, oil, and distillate fuels, total.do....
Stocks, end of month:
Residual fuel oil, east of California
thous. of bbl..
Gas, oil, and distillate fuels, total.do....
Motor fuel:
Demand, domestic
do
Production, total
do
Benzol,..
.do
Straight-run gasoline
do
Cracked gasoline
do
Natural gasoline
do....
Natural gasoline, blended
do
Stocks, gasoline, end of month:
Finished gasoline, total
do
At refineries
do
Natural gasoline
_
do
Kerosene:
Consumption, domestic.
do
Production
do
Stocks, refinery, end of month
do
Lubricants:
Consumption, domestic
do
Production..-.
do
Stocks, refinery, end of month
do
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
Page 123
Leather:
Production:
Calf and kip
thous. of skins..
Cattle hides
-thous. of hides..
Goat and kid...
thous. of skins..
Sheep and lamb
do
Stocks of cattle hides and leather, end of
month:
Total.
thous. of equiv. hides..
In process and
finished
do
Raw
do
' Revised.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
128, 111
114,736
89,783
112,217
55,462
108,241
29,189
94,295
18,366
82,664
8,875
74,937
9,504
78,706
25,463
87,555
81,005
114,362
123,628
138,049
r 134,266
r148,173
3,519
1,580
87,802
84,571
562
67,672
421,227
332,272
88,955
4,387
127,649
532
72,279
92,431
808
76,974
631,564
57
56,249
78,563
81
38,070
62,622
1,093
854
44,199
45,592
1,100
72,560
921,510
652,733
268,777
4,257
115,442
3,341
79,454
34,835
1,031
62,020
878,008
611,956
266,052
3,580
5,980
123, 793
33,756
1,010
53,193
876,512
592, 575
283,937
3,463
76,904
7,513
150,366
45,473
1,034
45,972
905,296
598,522
306,774
3,254
82,336
7,784
154,947
62,062
974
42,004
851,896
548,688
303, 208
3,342
82,415
' 7,241
' 145,653
'76,479
••796
' 35, 663
' 689,854
' 417,564
'272,290
r 3,192
'82,178
May
June
104,282
83,296
452
49,242
341,393
272,655
68,738
3,499
79,228
469,459
162,105
4,803
167,643
977
78,573
790, 776
588,601
202,175
4,412
166,962
74, 708
907,293
650,653
256,640
4,488
144, 759
1940
1939
1940
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Pages 95, 96
Paint sales:
Plastic paints, cold-water paints, and calcimines:
Plastic paints
.thous. of doL
Cold-water paints:
In dry form
do...
In paste form
do_._
Calcimines _.
do—
Paint, varnish, lacquer, and fillers:
Total
do_._
Classified, total.
do...
Industrial
do
Trade
do_
Unclassified
do...
1940
Septem- Septem- October Novem- Decem- January
ber
b
ber
ber
Decem- January FebruAugust SeptemOctober Novemary
ber
ber
ber
March
April
43
47
242
413
302
207
316
247
199
251
193
41,722
29,744
11,051
18,693
11,978
36,271
25,828
9,776
16,052
10,443
34,056
24,278
9,895
14,383
9,779
110,079 106,979 111,817 108.237
120,075 116,045 118,283 111, 690
84
82
81
107,902
113,244
SO
46
49
40
34
32
34
42
54
54
183
295
202
154
2S7
255
179
270
233
140
252
205
25,934
19,333
9,409
9,924
6,602
27,665
20,456
9,991
10,465
7,210
133
264
186
25,536
18,806
8,920
9,887
6,729
186
320
215
33,087
23,413
9,309
14,104
9,674
153
206
213
29,396
21,772
10,234
11,538
7,624
159
277
203
34,991
24,973
10,019
14,354
10,018
171
289
279
36,960
25,515
10,420
15,095
11,445
234
382
272
36,206
26,552
10,972
15,580
9,654
108,756
110,523
81
107,632
76,373
36,493
220,234
47,950
172,284
84,039 82,927 82,718 81,112 80,223
38,072 37,372 35,533 35,129 35,478
192,985 189,341 187,579 191,164 195,836
37,441 35, 781 36,922 39,427 40,033
155,544 153,560 150,657 151, 737 155.803
84
34,540
24,995
30,976
14,020
9,544
105,505 110,980 104,916 105,835
108,168 114,198 111, 887 114,810
85
81
106,530 101,766
113,140 108,668
81
81
July
30,370
22,610
10,080
12,531
7,759
79,380 79,047 78,440 78,866 78,359 78,443
35,567 36,110 35,943 36,000 35, 782 35,368
196,407 200,704 207,407 214,321 218,492 218,998
39,162 40,212 40,871 42,119 45,183 47,525
157,245 160,492 166,536 172,202 173,30£ 171,473
77,550
36,182
•219,796
*• 47,959
171,837
26,451
14,872
25,299
13,246
26,302
12,975
27,594
15,017
26,088
13, 757
26,944
14,433
28,082
16,548
24,680
16,262
26,870
16,346
25,372
15,260
26,548
14,541
25,469
14,154
25,248
14,439
24,042
33,964
26,111
29,282
26,249
30,018
26,109
30,951
24,018
30,179
20,881
26,374
18,764
21,057
19,130
19,615
19,160
18,541
18,475
20,310
19,116
23,112
20,339
26,412
21,909
30,134
55,346
52,658
271
22,120
25,587
4,680
3,081
52,161
210
22,371
26,180
3,400
3,092
49,347
51,890
225
21.883
25,700
4,132
3,237
49,687
54,974
259
23,611
26,623
4,481
4,358
47,275
52,691
267
22,415
25,621
4,388
4,286
43,694
52,351
275
22,017
25,589
4,470
4,018
40,370
50,243
272
21,709
23,991
4,271
3,285
37,557
47,596
231
20,409
22,777
4,179
3,067
44,607
51,230
237
21,774
24,730
4,489
2,986
47,683
50,625
228
23,082
22,901
4,414
2,783
52,946
52,183
247
22,526
24,823
4,587
3,075
55,459
51,325
263
22,422
24,239
4,401
2,600
53,865
51,879
279
22,420
24,496
4,684
2,744
77,134
50,056
7,702
66,448
41,046
6,624
65,498
41.423
5,891
68,116
43,516
5,140
71,619
4,579
77,301
51,920
4,421
84,863
60,420
4,476
92,721
68,227
4,757
96,467
70,274
5,393
96,615
69,407
6,112
93,474
65,871
6,514
86,276
59,708
7,000
82,025
54,414
7,584
4,114
5,629
9,476
4,436
5,783
9,361
4,638
5,806
9,952
5,019
6,141
9,967
6,023
5,642
9,019
6,613
5,822
7,576
7,642
5,375
4,918
6,263
5,945
4,302
6,273
6,570
4,114
5,621
6,257
4,351
5,297
6,641
5,309
3,952
5,785
6,810
4.257
5,797
8,191
2,024
2,635
8,457
1,963
3,056
7,069
2,207
2,854
6,704
2,656
3,575
6,639
1,927
3,277
6,799
1,825
3,478
7,142
2,054
3,308
7,328
1,522
3,108
7,825
1,883
3,335
8,084
2.138
3,280
8,065
2,063
3,341
8,170
2,146
3,212
8,161
1,871
3,024
8,573
990
1,744
3,047
3,244
1,155
1,949
3,362
4,201
1,078
1,814
3,075
3,768
1,162
1,928
3,707
3,939
1,057
1,957
3,361
3,429
955
1,858
3,167
2,950
1,094
' 1,970
3,662
2,973
954
1,892
3,246
2,996
868
1,700
3.226
3,045
1,566
3,411
3,189
991
1,590
3,247
3,328
936
1,452
3,074
2,852
953
' 1,534
'3,096
'2,879
12,569
8,623
3,946
12,758
9,052
3,706
12,653
8,867
3,786
12,556
8,846
3,710
12,727
9,042
3,685
12,997
9,276
3,721
13,029
9,357
3,672
12,887
9,203
3,684
12,578
8,911
3,667
12,529
8,730
3,799
Preliminary.
12.508 * 12,737 M2,627
8,812 ' 8,891 r 8,749
'3,878
3,846
3,696
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