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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 MONTHLY STEEL INGOT OCTOBER BUSINESS 17, 1947 STATISTICS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 3Y PRODUCTION UTILITIES (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) (1935-39-100) U..i.JL..L_i.J.-L_l_ijLJ_JULJ_l-J„LJL^^ DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND STOCKS MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT AND * W ROLLS (UNADJUSTED. ! 9 3 S - ' 0 0 ) (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 - 1 0 0 ) J 1 ! i 500 a so SALES ^ 200 ._... .. aatr S n ^ * 8 ^ ISO . **** \ !/ / .y%A/\ysy\ *^>>a j J^" J^ STOCKS j . L 1 1 l*Tl ' 1 TT?*V*?"TTi i ! 1 j T T i i ! 1 1 i i J. i_J_.l_ J_ J—l_i_l 1 ! 1 1 ' 1 1 i i 1946 1947 WEEKLY BUSINESS 1944 1946 19U7 ITEM Oct. XI Commodity prices, wholesales All commodities 2/ 1926*100.. Sarm products <> do.... tfood do.... All other 2/ do.... 28 commodities 2 / . August 1939*100 •* Cotton, middling, 15/lfi", 1C markets 4/ dol. per l b . . tinea*, So. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) £ / . . • . .dol. per bu.. Stopartment store s a l e s . . . . . 1935""39»100,. Insured unemployment, total 6/ thous.. State; programs., . do... • Veterans' program® do.... finance* Currsaey In sirsulation 4 / . . . . a i l . of d o l . , Vedoral iiteserv© bank credit, total do.... Member bank reserve balances do.... $g»ess reserves, estimated do.... federal. Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities? jj Bank debits, total rail, of d o l . . Sew lork City do.... Deposits, deaand, adjusted ...do.... Loans and. investments, total do.... 0. 9. Government obligations do.... Commercial, Industrial and agricultural loans do.... failures, commercial <• number.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) percent.. Stock prices, 402 stocks (Standard and Poor*s).1935-39-100.. Industrials, 354 stocks do.... Production! Bituminous coal 4/ thous. of short tons.. Klectrlc power, by utilities ail. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) 8/ auaber.. Petroleum 4/ ....thous. of bbl.. Steel 2 / 1935-39-100.. freight carloadlnge, total thous. of c a r s . . Miscellaneous do.... 1945 STATISTICS1 157.1 187-5 17603 33^-7 .312 2.87 138,6 334.5 O07 2.86 28,525 22,853 17.1k 1.138 2.93 123.2 128.9 1946 Oct. 4 I Sgpfe. 2? I Sept. 801 Sept. 13 22,931 17.0-J4 1,041 22,139 9,119 47,05f 64,796 38,400 13,116 2.92 122.9 128.3 156.2 1S4»7 177-6 13s.2 326.9 -310 2.6? 317 :>,307 769 480 15s. I 189.8 182-3 13s.0 324.8 .321 2c 72 301 1,425 •35 551 23,563 22*573 16,831 953 2* 631 22^94 17.128 1,145 20,383 3:3 38,680 12,935 77 2.89 121.9 7.710 47,498 64,714 39,022 12,858 73 2.85 157*4 187 o 180,9 2„3go! 324.6 .316 2o6s 291 *«536 874 28,728 22,472 16,932 1,103 !7,4r*3 6,803 47,350 Oct. 12 Oct. 5 126.0 3.60,2 137.7 112.6 125.I 158.0 135.5 112.6 243. % ,386 2.0.1 27? 243.8 .388 2.02 281 8.039 922 1.061 ?fft609 24,048 16,019 766 18,010 6,923 38,699 12,719 75 66,607 4U,504 10 f 412 25 2.82 2.82 64 B 2$2 2,082 918 1,110 2? ^4£ 24i140 16.166 934 20,597 8.213 45,621 66,450 44,281 10,180 28 2.82 125a 117-S 122.0 128.9 127..1 121.1 127.* 2,032 2„040 2,100 2,086 2,092 2,050 4,478 »+,935 4,97? 5.053 M95 97,372 109,73^ 4,956 101,608 91,925 86,330 106.095 5,200 5,208 106,894 U.737 4,737 5,217 175.2 IS5.0 178-1 5,196 178.5 I65.2 931 90? 899 ?43 184., 5 922 395 3«9 413 429 933 404 421 prieaa. 4/ Daily average. 5 / Data for 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeke^ 2/ See note in January 1, 1947 issue, j / Ihursday 1947 Include dark hard winter not included previously. 6/ For description see note in July 13, 1946 issue, jj Shown on a revised tanla beginning in Supplement for July 18, 1947. 8/ Data are for U. S. and Canada and include passenger coirs, commercial ears, and trucks. 2 / tfsek ending October 18, I89.8. 124.0 129.6 SELECTED teller BUSINESS I N D I C A T O R S W7 ' data are available l a monthly U I U M of the Surrey and the 1948 Supplement September August 19*6 July June September COBSTBJXTXOB ABB BBAL BSTATB Construction c o s t s * JkaarJLppr.Go. t a v g . , 3 0 Atlanta Hay York San F r a n c i s c o S t . Louis cities..-191>1Q0. do... do... do... do... 23 ti2 446 446 470 448 417 44l P297 p»9 235 281 a9 452 475 424 427 448 *2 409 421 342 367 3*7 317 332 *l 323 DOMESTIC TBABB Department e t o r e e a l o o , United S t a t e * t o t a l s * Unadjusted i n d e x Adjusted index .1935-39-100. do... 2«7 242 290 265 2«9 MPLOIIUK COHDZf ICH8 AMD VA0B3 Production workers, all manufacturing, unadjusted.*1939»100. Durable goods industries do... Iron and steel and their products do... Blast furnaces, steel vorks, and rolling Bills...do... Bleetrical aechinery do... Machinery, e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l Machinery and • a c h l n s - s h o p products Machins t o o l s Autoaobiles Transportation equipment, e x c e p t a u t o a o b i l e s A i r c r a f t and p a r t s ( e x c l u d i n g engines) Aircraft engines S h i p b u i l d i n g and b o a t b u i l d i n g l o n f s r r o u s a e t a l s and p r o d u c t s Luabsr and timber b a s i c p r o d u c t s do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... Sawsdlls 1/ do... furniture and finished luaber products do... furniturs l/ • do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Nondurable goods industries do... Textile-Bill products,and other fiber aanufactures.do... Cotton manufactures, except email wares do... Silk and rayon goods do... Woolen and worsted asnufactures do... Apparel and other finished textile products do... Msn's clothing 1/ do... Women's clothing 1/ do... Leather and leather products do... Boots and shoes 1/ do... food and kindred products do... Baking do... Canning and preeerrlng do... Slaughtering and seat jpaoking do... Tobacco manufactures do... Paper and allied producte do... Paper and pulp do... Printing, publishing, and allied industries do... Bevspapero and periodicals 1/ do... Printing, book and Job 1/ do... Chemicals and allied products do... Cheaicals do... Products o f p s t r o l o u B and c o a l Petroleum r e f i n i n g Bubber producte Bubber t i r e s and inner t u b e s 1 / Bonaanufactaring employment, unadjusted: Mining: Anthracite <• do... do•.. do... do... do... Bituminous coal do... Metalliferous do... -quarrying and nonmetallic do... Crude petroleum and natural gas do... Public utilities* Blectric light and power do... Street railways and busses do... Telegraph do... Telephone do... Serriceei Dyeing and cleaning do... Power laundries do... Tear-round hotels do. •. Botail trade do... Wholesale trade do... Production-worker pay rolls,all manufsuturing,unadj....do... Durable goods lndustrlee do... Iron and steel and their producte do... Blast furnaces, stsel works, and rolling mills.. .do... Blectrical machinery do... Machinsry, except electrical do... Machinery and machine shop products do... Autoaobiles do.. l/ fierised. 2I frellainary. 1/ Bate for the indicated industries have 1 rl53-« rl77-l rl58.5 129.5 ra5.6 222.2 185.9 141.6 rl9L3 r247.2 329-3 299.9 121.3 rlTO.0 rl6l.5 rl75.« rl31.? 129.4 rl44.0 rl35-4 r102.5 112.6 75.3 98.2 142.5 128*3 154.0 91 rl52.0 109.3 153.7 125.1 r91.6 11*3.0 142.6 129.8 120.8 149.0 174.7 156.1 126.2 215.0 217.9 184.5 136.8 195.0 248.9 326.0 301.1 r!26.1 168.2 127.8 125-9 140.2 130.3 101.2 112.3 r74.2 95.4 13L7 121.1 140. U 100.6 93.9 140.8 108.7 108.2 A24.9 89.6 140.7 140.9 128.8 119*8 rl38.2 189.8 180.8 153.7 141.4 175-2 212.3 151.4 179.7 157.5 128.0 221.5 224.2 188.7 145.9 196.2 291.8 337.4 302-5 r202.7 175.1 158.2 170.5 129.8 127.6 144.0 129.I 10J.1 114.5 r75.b 98.3 131-7 123.9 135.9 99.8 92.9 130.3 107.2 67.9 121.1 90.2 143.4 141.3 129.I "9.7 137.8 I88.5 182.1 150.8 139.2 I8O.7 217.0 78.7 81.8 89.1 106.0 97.2 8O.3 88.7 90.4 105.7 95-5 AO9.3 130.9 IOI.5 193.3 107.5 130.4 102.3 190.4 123.4 112.8 118*3 110.2 111.1 313.9 127.7 112.2 119*4 111.4 110.5 319.6 365.9 316.1 247.0 432.6 434.6 rib?!* r35p.4 304.4 *235-3 422.3 420.7 356.1 239.9 r348.8 £:l 357.0 147.7 170.6 150.2 123.6 210*5 206.6 176.2 167.5 187.8 294.7 338.3 309.3 228.6 177.3 139.0 150.7 .123-4 122.2 141.6 129.7 104.0 114.2 77.2 104.4 130.5 115.7 140.5 102.7 94.1 138.6 102.7 153.5 114.8 91.7 139.2 135.5 121.6 110.4 132.1 I8O.5 I68.5 147.4 137.4 184.0 217.5 82.2 90.5 83.5 102.5 93-9 101.9 129.9 112.0 181.0 125.6 109.9 U9.5 IO9.8 109.4 290.3 323.3 206.3 397.2 376.2 322-3 2*5-5 330-3 1 adjusted to 1945 data from the Federal Security Agency. 82.0 90.8 82.5 103.2 95.5 101.9 130.2 111.9 181.1 124.5 111.6 106.6 109.1 284.4 316.1 265-9 204.0 378.9 362.2 314.2 281.4 319.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS Barlior data are available la Monthly lesues of the Survey and the 13*12 3uppl<BHvent ST A T IS T I C S —Continued 1946 1947 September | August July June Sept amber | August mpuHMBir COHDXTIQMS ASD WAGES - Continued Productioa-vorkar pay r o l l s - Continued. Parable goods Industries - Continued. Transportation equipaeat t except automobiles...193^1°0' Aircraft and partis (excluding engines) .do... Alr«raf t engines do... Shipbuilding and boatbuilding do... Moaf errous metals and products do... Lumber and timber basic products do. Sawmills 1 / . . . . do. Jurnituro and finished lumber products do. furniture 1/ do. Stone, clay, and glass products do. Koadurable goods industries do. !T*xtlle~mill products and other fiber manufactures.do. Cotton manufactures, except small wares »...do. Silk and rayon goods do. Woolen and worsted manufactures do. Apparel and other finished textile products do. Men3 B clothing 1/ do. 1 Women s clothing %j do. Leather and leather products do. Boots and shoes 1/ do. food and kindred products do. Baking•.* do. Cannl»,;; w.-.L preserving. do. Slaughtering and meat packing. do. Tobacco manufactures do. Paper and allied products do. Paper and pulp do. Printing, publishing, and allied products do. Hewspapsrs and periodicals 1/ do. Printing, book and job if do. Chemicals and allied products do. Chemicale do. Products of petroleum and coal do. Petroleum refining. do. Bubber products do. Bubbor tiree and inner tubes 1/ do. Pay rolls, ncnmanufacturing, unadjusted: Mining: Anthracite do. Bituminous coal do. Metalliferous do. Quarrying and nonmetallic do. Crude petroleum and natural gas do. Public utilities: Electric light and power .do. Street railways and busses do. Telegraph do. Telephone do. Services: Dyeing and cleaning do. Power laundries do. Tear-round hotels do. Eetail trade do. Wholesale trade do. 357. 397. r483.0 r622.4 485.1 241.8 326.6 r359.8 397-4 281.4 274.4 r285-9 r278.1 237.5 288.7 rl90.8 231.1 278.9 260.0 284.6 r2l4.2 r204.8 290.8 208.2 265.2 260.2 200.0 298.7 309.6 233-6 208.9 r258.9 378.7 341.8 295-6 265.4 352.7 393.8 209. 267, 179. 259. 173' 482. 637518, 237. 332. 374.9 r412.2 290.4 ' 284.7 298.2 274.2 242.5 293-5 rl93-8 240.2 274.9 r248.3 264.1 211.5 201.7 267.8 203.9 I63.8 241.2 ' 194.8 298.0 302.1 235.9 210.0 258.1 373.3 33?.9 286.2 253.8 361.9 396.1 524.1 663.9 507.8 346.6 331.8 285.2 309.8 254.4 249.9 267.0 258.1 235-5 281.7 180.9 242.7 283-0 242.7 320.1 204.7 195.2 246.5 187.5 .466.3 118.2 196.0 259.8 2530 203.1 175.6 227.9 329-1 289.6 257.3 232.7 363.9 400.2 553.1 640.8 498.3 421.5 324.2 285.6 313.1 250.O 246.7 260.1 253.4 229.4 275.5 181.4 234.1 272.5 236.4 306.3 199.° 188.1 254.3 184.1 387.4 202.3 186.2 256.5 252.7 198.1 168.8 222.4 320.0 288.0 253-1 228.7 171.8 194.9 171.9 251.2 173-9 194.6 252.3 131.8 251.3 175.3 194.0 234.9 147.0 227.9 149.5 193.3 241.0 145.2 225.1 152.6 182, 225- 178.4 222.1 215.2 302.2 177.5 222.1 218.8 292.5 153-3 207.9 177.3 265.0 152.4 211.2 208, 203, 220, 197. 198, r228.2 210.3 222.0 198.6 196.5 241.9 211.1 226.4 r201.6 198.0 225.6 188.7 209.5 180.8 182.8 216.9 188.4 208.9 174.6 177.3 84,897 35.632 49,265 74,552 3L397 43.155 73.9PO 30.216 43,684 •430! 293. 284, 299. 288, 239. 291. 195 221, 264! 324, 220, 209, 313 208, 4?4, 249, 203 300, 3U 235 214. 254, 383. 336. 7 §262, ' 56O.3 621.5 481.5 %-\ 33f.? 356.4 raises Bank debits, total (l4l centers) mil. of dol.. Bev York City do..., Out«id* Sew York City do..., Public finance (Pederal): 8$$$, gross, end of month do.... Interest bearing: Public issues do.... Special Issues do..., Bonlnterest bearing do... < Obligations guaranteed by U. S.r amount outstanding..do.... Bonds: Prices: Industrials, utilities,and rails (Stan.and Poor's Corp.): High grade (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond.. Medium and lower grade, composite (50 bonds). do.... Industrials (10 bonds) do.... Public utilities (20 bonds).. do fiailroade (20 bonds) .do.... Domestic municipals (15 bonds) do.... U. S. Troaeury bonds (taxable) » do.... Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value thous. of dol.. Pace value do.... On Sew York Stock Exchange: Mark* t value do.... Pace value do.... r/ Bevised. 91.889 49!962 75.048 28,331 46,717 259.145 226,587 29.520 2,926 70 260,097 227.890 29,220 2.987 73 259.448 227,805 28.516 3.327 74 258,286 227.747 27.366 3.173 83 265,369 240,364 23.854 1.151 391 121.5 115.8 121.9 114.1 122.3 116.1 123.9 113.9 110.4 134.3 103.9 122.5 115.7 122.8 113.8 110.5 134.7 IO3.8 122.8 114.3 122.6 113.0 104.1 122.8 117.4 123.3 114.7 114.3 137.8 IO3.3 123.8 119.1 124.0 115.4 117.7 140.0 104.1 64,886 81.063 85.253 109,385 67,490 88,531 104,881 167.352 72.691 94,121 56,618 70,705 76,972 99,723 58,246 78.115 $£ 104.0 SK 1/ Data for the indicated industries have been adjusted to 1945 data from the Pederal Security Agency 99.647 160,265 ' 267.^46 242,916 23.443 1.187 370 69.346 90,244 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available In monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement S T A T I S TICS—Continued 1946 19*7 September August July •Tune September VZKaHCS - Continued Bonds - Continued. Tields: .percent. Domestic municipals (15 sonde) ...•do... U. 8. Treasury bonds (taxable) Stocksi Cash dividend payments publicly reported* mil. of dol. Total dividend payments . do... Manufacturing Mining ..do. Trade Usance uo.. Sfeilroade*..» do*. Beat, light, and power do.. Communications .... do.. Mlscsllaneoue do.. Prices: Combined index (402 stocks) 1935-39»100 Industrials (354 stocks).., do.. Public utilities (28 stocks)...0 do*. Bailroade (20 etocks) do.. Sales (Securities and Exchange Commiesion)i $ctal on all registered exchanges: Market value thous. of dol Sharee sold I.. .thousands, On New York Stock Exchange* Market value... thous. of dol Sharee sold..., thousands, Yields* P r e f e r ? ^ high-grade (15 stocke) percent I'M \% 559.3 3*9.0 58.0 1(2.2 29.8 17.1 3*-7 9.8 I8.7 17? -4 96.4 1.5 9.3 31.7 5.9 31.0 123.1 126.4 102.0 IO3.6 124.5 130.2 101 .4 105.2 1.92 2.22 1.91 2.25 444.9 191-7 12.4 29.4 90.6 11.8 46.2 50.0 13.4 •3 3.3 126.0 131-7 102.2 108.2 1.75 2.28 609-4 3 H:J m 34.2 51.2 9-* 18.2 276-9 23.9 40.9 31.8 17.3 3*-* 12.6 16.9 119.1 124.1 100,6 97.6 125.4 128.8 109=7 119.0 ' « 804,299 35.349 1,902,717 81,805 624.325 21.53* 889.566 32.951 667.985 23.643 l,6l69631 60,438 3.7 3-7 3-7 3.8 3.6 142 153 180 1*9 137 105 73 181 1*5 tig 134 115 170 152 719 1.407 2.9*8 l.*5* 628 1.217 2,731 1.253 67.8*3 727.356 29.191 x SBAVSPOBXAZXOS freight c&rloadings, combined index, adjusted. .1935-39-100. do... Coal. ..do. Coke. Porsat products...... do. Oralae and grain products do. livestock do. Merchandise, I . e . I do. Ore do. Miscellaneous do. 184 x§ 92 73 149 107 71 194 143 141 173 5,45 140 107 7 ? s 125 91 184 142 xE 621 1.207 3.653 1.329 364 1.274 3.*55 1,280 438 1.300 13s JOOJJSTuWS AND TOBACCO Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected): Calves thous. of animals. Cattle do... .do. Hogs. .do. Sheep and lambs. METALS AHD M A H U F A C T O H S S JSinc, slab: Production Shipments. Somee&ic Stocks, end of month short tons. do... do... do... ft.500 50.532 195.2& 66,852 59.653 52.132 190,917 69.128 59.737 44,601 183.718 0.99O 63.527 63. 52.390 174,327 56**75 65.927 60,130 230,161 thous. of short tonsdo... 5.136 52.350 *,99* 51.020 4,084 39.«66 *.609 47.500 5.033 51.922 *66,477 457.123 512.413 r455.6l6 r504,i24 414,634 406,918 528.873 113.882 112,784 124,675 rll8,Sl4 rllO.226 A?3.9*3 101,742 98.364 117.080 Il6;s45 Hi; J13 110,631 156,570 r!09,686 rll0,012 rl55.971 115.717 111.5*7 156.35« 99.000 106.518 125.*91 PSSaOLEUH AKD COAL PfiOSUCSS Anthracite, production Bituminous coal, production* STOHB, CLAY, AVB OLASS PBQDUC5S Clay products: Brick, unglased: Production Shipment s Stocke, end of month Structural t i l e , unglased: Production Shipments Stocks Vitrified clay sewer pipe: Production.. • Shipments Stocks rj Bevised. •thous. of standard brick. do. short tons. do... ......do... do. do. do, 310,814 $ «
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