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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 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'^ SSB-^S^fLjj!95Q AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO'SURVEY OF -CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED' BU.SINESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS) (1935-39=100) LJ-JJ_J-J_JJJ^UJ_J_J_J-IJJ_J_LJ_J_L^^ PRICES OF 365 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS MOTOR-VEHICLE PRODUCTION (CARS, BUSES, AND TRUCKS) (1935-39 = 100) (THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES) 200 !50 U.S. TOTAL 100 50 180 WEEKLY DATA . jjh <W\(l/'l 1948 WEEKLY ^V 4M V\/^^v !20 ^X-UJ-J-J 1 1 LJ-OJL-. 1949 - 140 p If 1947 CLOSE 160 T^fO^TJfv vf v "' ULi-JLX. t 1 UJLi-UL- - i - L X J - J 1 ! l U J - L . WEDNESDAY | "" too 1950 BUSINESS U-LJ-J-J-JL-LJULJ-. ±j_j_j_Li_L-uLJ_L_ .JLJ-IJ^AJL-XJU-JL. s 1948 STATISTICS 1950 ..Sept. 24" Oct. 1 Digitized1/forBat FRASER a do n o t a l w a y s c o v e r c a l e n d a r weeks.. 2/ Thursday p r i c e s , I54.O I63.5 I63.3 145,5 247*9 .29s 2.16 292 2,051 1,845 17: 633 15 760 516 23,397 9,436 46,436 66 8 463 37,874 13,289 169 2.90 123.0 129.4 331 5,556 150,815 4,875 17s. 0 661 362 Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept, 23 167.7 179.5 177-2 156-5 326.9 .405 2.23 295 956 907 15 169.1 182*0 178.9 157.8 332-5 .408 2*20 367 169*8 181.3 179*0 159.2 330.6 o4l0 2.21 ? <21 27,175 19,665 16,865 991 27,094 19,169 16,299 386 30,og6 12,353 49,063 " ,567 ,919 15,517 155 2,87 152.3 164.1 152.4 160.2 15s .9 145«3 244.9 *296 2.16 302 2,605 1,776 167 c 2 179 .'5 176.5 155.4. 319.9 .391 2.21 310 984 27*3^2 18,397 16,016 877 27,089 is,979 16,285 540, 27,235 19.438 16,611 20,135 8,067 46,457 66,062 37,004 13*384 181 2.90 124.2 130.6 27.156" 13,218 48,995 68,583 35*082 14,739 143 21,668 9,312 48,581 68,469 34,698 25,132 10,556 49,269 14,932 148.1 159-0 148.4 159.3 15,330 165 2*85 152 = 2 I63.S 297 1,837 6,459 178,385 5,690 209.S 2,013 6,029 144,271 5,839 211.7 852 39s 344 72 27 376 1950 1949 1 l9k9 Commodity prices, wholesale! All commodities*................................. ....1926*100. Farm products........................................do... food................................................. .do... All other............................................do... 28 commodities 2/........................... .Aagugt 1939*100. Cotton, middling, I5/1618, 10 market a j / . . . . . . . . .dol. per lb. Wheat, Ho. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) .........dol. per bu. Department store . gales........................... *1935"*39s!?100 Insured unemployment, total. .thous. State programs...... — .-.. do... Veterans8 programs.....................................do... .Finance-Currency i n c i r c u l a t i o n j j / . . . . . . . m i l . of d o l . f e d e r a l E e s e r v e bank c r e d i t , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s . . . . . . . do... Excess reserves* e s t i m a t e d . . . . do... F e d e r a l B e s e r v e r e p o r t i n g member banks i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s * Bank d e b i t s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l . of d o l . Kew York C i t y . . . . . . .............do... D e p o s i t s , demand, a d j u s t e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . .do... Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , t o t a l . .do. -. U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s . .do..• Commercial, i n d u s t r i a l , and a g r . l o a n s ( g r o s s ) . do.„. f a i l u r e s , i n d u s t r i a l and commercial number. 8 Bond y i e l d s , d o m e s t i c c o r p o r a t e (Moody s) j j j > / . . . . . . . . . . p e r c e n t . Stock p r i c e s , 4 l 6 s t o c k s ( S t a n d a r d and P o o r ' s) . . - . 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 * 1 0 0 . I n d u s t r i a l s , 365 s t o c k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Productions B i t u m i n o u s c o a l %J . t h o u s . of s h o r t t o n s . E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l . of k w - h r . 8 Motor v e h i c l e s ( W a r d s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n u m b e r . Petroleum, crude 2 / . . . .thou©, of b b l . Steel 4/ .1935-39^100. f r e i g h t c a r l o a d i n g s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of c a r s . Miscellaneous..........................................do... ^V V v V^ *\r' " 194? J/ •933 17 5,521 144,285 4,891 174.7 65s 365 j / Daily averages. 2.84 89S 145 2,85 68*855 34fg4o 1,879 6,449 176,296 5,870 215.2 866 406 4 / Week ending O c t o b e r 7, 2 1 8 . 6 . 1,901 6,457 179,313 5,826 216.9 870 403 Sept. 30 169.4 •180.2 177®4 159 »4 322.5. *4o6 2.20 27,114 20,075 16,699 10,344 8.8g 153 -9 166.0 176,369 217-6 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 Statistical Supplement STATISTICS 1949 August 1950 September June July- August BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial and commercial failuresJ failures, total Commercial service Construction Manufacturing and mining Eetail trade •. Wholesale trade Liabilities, total Commercial service Construction Manufacturing and mining Retail trade. Wholesale trade . .... number. do... — .do... do... do... do... thoua. of dol. .,... do... • • ..do... .do... .do... ...do... 810 53 55 221 3*5 96 732 67 71 I83 329 31,175 5,281+ 20,59S 1.289 2,148 9,379 4,929 2.853 244 214 205 I65 400 246 181 170 241 271 310 244 225 &7 212 211 166 393 250 160 188 227 279 319 251 236 238 242 234 249 .98 2,272 16,008 6,424 694 62 65 151 343 73 787 51 91 173 i|02 70 19.53S 1.1*95 1,619 S.533 2! 640 18,448 2,077 1.233 7.225 5,685 2,228 247 225 218 190 3&8 251 207 182 254 268 342 227 156 263 236 226 195 387 278 211 200 267 287 371 232 173 267 239 224 193 399 311 200 164 293 292 369 240 191 2-34 248 100 245 243 247 255 97 247 245 249 256 103 248 248 249 258 103 2,a4 1.513 809 r2,535 r1,883 rl,171 r2,675 rl,997 rl.253 r2,771 r2,050 rl,286 306 78 110 108 285 r652 28 rl91 10 250 r92 r81 r324 S3 rll7 113 296 r678 24 rl96 rlO r275 r91 r332 r90 rll3 116 305 r721 27 204 11 r305 r90 rS4 r351 r372 r325 r369 344 35S 332 362 82 7f5 67 61 167 363 67 18,072 1,572 7! 244 5.154 2,569 COMMODITY PRICES Prices received by farmers, a l l farm products.. .1910-14=100. Crops ...do... ffood grain do... Feed grain^and hay '..... • . • -- • •. • -• «.••*• • • ^ d o . , . . Tobacco do... Cotton :.'' do... Fruit » do... Truck crops do... Oil-bearing crops do... Livestock and products do... Meat animals do... Dairy products do... Poultry and eggs do... Prices paid by farmers! All commodities do... Commodities used in l i v i n g . . . . — do... Commodities used in production do.. . All commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates do... Parity ratio (prices rec'd to prices paid by farmers)..do... CONSTRUCTION AND HEAL ESTATE New construction, t o t a l . . . . mil. of dol. Private, total .. do... Residential (nonfarm) do... nonresidential building, except farm and public u t i l i t y mil. of dol. Industrial do... Commercial.... ... .do — ]?arm construction do... Public utili ty do... Public, total do. Residential do — Nonresidential building do... Military and naval do... Highway. .do... Conservation and development do... Other types . • do — Value of contracts awarded (Federal Reserve indexes)! Total, unadjusted ..1923~25«100. Residential, unadjusted .do... Total, adjusted •. do... Residential, adjusted do... Construction cost indexes: American Appraisal Co.: Average, 30 cities 1913*100. Atlanta — do... New York — do... San Ifranci sco do... St. Louis do... 2,195 1.514 782 271 71 89 l4o 262 69 -S3 127 308 681 37 187 15 275 80 *7 238 226 229 701 40 as 15 255 81 92 rS2 228 246 254 334 358 291 325 486 506 495 446 474 485 503 493 443 471 498 518 504 459 485 502 519 514 465 488 50S 526 522 473 495 1,468 63.637 59.947 8,507 51,441 3,689 1,459 62,763 59.411 8,15s 51.254 3.351 1,3H 64,866 61,482 9,046 52,436 3.3S4 1.315 64,427 6i,2i4 8,44o 52,774 3.213 1.337 64,867 62,367 8,160 ^,207 2,500 4.4 4.0 •3 1.8 1.8 .1 4.1 4.2 .2 1.8 2.1 .1 4.8 3.0 •3 •9 1.7 .1 r4.y p6.6 p4.4 P.4 p.7 P3-0 P-3 247 254 EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau of the Census)! Armed forces Civilian labor force. .• thousands. do... Eooployment do... Agricultural — do... N onagri cultural — .do... Unemployment — » do... Labor turn-over in manufacturing establishments! Accession rate monthly rate per 100 employees. Separation rate, total do... Discharges do... Lay-offs • do... Quits. • .do... Military and miscellaneous.. ..........do... http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ r] Revised. %J Preliminary. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis r2.9 •2 .6 rl.8 .2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 Statistical Supplement 3 ST A T IS T IC S — Continued 19^9 July 1950 August May June July FINANCE Life insurance (Life Insurance Association of America): Assets, admitted, 49 companies, t o t a l — mil. of dol. Bonds and stocks, "book value, total . .do... Government (domestic and foreign), total . do... U. S. Government do... Public utility. do... Railroad do... Other do... Cash do... Mortgage loans, total do... Farm ...do... Other do... Policy loans and premium notes do... Seal estate holdings . do... Other admitted assets ••do... Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.) 1/...dollars. Domestic do..•. Foreign do... Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange: 1/ Market value, all issues. mil. of dol. Domestic do... foreign... do... face value, all issues do... Domestic do... Foreign ...do... Stocks: Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange: Market value .. do... Number of shares listed .millions. 51,364 36,951 16,151 14,106 9,090 2,861 8,81*9 54,476 37,679 15,383 13,256 101.40 101.86 71.77 1,045 1,066 101.82 102.28 72.07 54,196 37,674 15,59S 13.453 9,638 2,914 9,524 719 11,37? 1,054 10,325 1.983 1,159 1.283 101.43 101.84 75-89 132,811 131,124 1.436 130,975 128,724 2,001 13L956 1,432 131.254 129,017 1,988 125,353 123,633 1,466 123,58! 121,400 1,931 124,633 122,957 1,421 123,471 121,298 1,923 125,209 123,581 1,375 123,660 121,493 67.279 2.150 68,668 2,154 85.625 2,225 80,652 2,236 82,000 2,247 thous. of lb. do... 254,842 322,97^ 264,394 292,421 298,594 394,479 299,189 388,296 255,357 346,257 Production. Stocks, end of month Pish o i l s : do.,. do... 45,702 129,265 46,753 124,518 52,369 122,910 53,266 122,920 45,750 118,590 Production. Stocks, end of month Vegetable oils: Production, crude Stocks, end of month: do... do... 12.735 69,5H 18,362 79,062 3,649 69,944 17,506 2/48,093 r23,113 2/49,440 do... do do... 337,805 732,423 266,37s 361,323 718,223 188,297 388,104 1,019,974 392,063 354,366 2/7^8,299 r36j,703 r2/786,6l2 363.127 296,887 do... do... 61,255 132,766 71,976 72,590 98,983 251,672 80,792 225,034 59,523 167,553 do... do... 69,949 378,788 77,071 407,230 43,697 539,931 63,490 551,263 82,216 569,973 do... do... do — do... 155,148 110,190 90,881 92,807 136,015 135,106 71,925 76,384 169,001 131,848 91,462 74,809 141,705 132,235 86,338 159,261 109,067 104,423 73,394 mil. of kwhr.. do do.... ?27,977 r23,69S r4,279 r29,551 r25,028 r4,523 31,486 26,525 4,962 31,608 26,685 4,923 31,626 26,780 thous. of bbl.. do.... do.... 9,391 9,182 8,902 10,037 8,317 7,615 10,841 9,368 8,696 9,24l 8,511 11.196 128,440 108,410 26,130 65O 9,828 928 8,900 1,878 1,042 1,015 51,529 36,911 16,016 13.974 9.13^ 2,855 rS,904 703 9,971 938 9,033 1,892 9,740 2,949 9,607 794 ll,6ll 1,071 10,540 1,994 1,176 1,222 100.94 IOI.37 73-92 54,811 37,781 15,366 13,242 9,806 2,948 9,661 726 11,821 1,085 10,736 2,009 1,207 1,267 101.25 101.72 71.71 1,917 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PEGDUCTS Pats, oils, and byproducts: Animal fats: Production Stocks, end of month Greases: Crude Eefined Cottonseed oil, refined: Production— Stocks, end of month Linseed oil: Production Stocks, end of month Soybean oil: Production: Crude Eefined Stocks, end of monthi Crude Eefined '. 77,528 ELECTEIC POWER Electric power, production, total Utilities Industrial establishments 4,846 FOODSTUFFS fermented malt liquors: Production Tax^paid withdrawals Stocks, end of month Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery (factory) Cheese, total (factory) Condensed milk ( sweetened): thous. of lb.. do.... Bulk goods do.... Case goods... . .... ..do.... Evaporated milk (unsweetened), case goods do.... Dry milk: Dry whole milk do.... Nonfat dry milk solids (human food) do . Meats, production, total mil. of lbs.. Beef and veal. thous- of lbs.. Lamb and mutton .do.... Pork, including lard •-. .do.... Lard, do.... 8,734 10,153 136,390 118,735 306,750 273,650 156,195 132,305 29,550 5.375 346,850 12,620 88,360 1.358 638,252 40,975 678,466 134,178 10,890 76,750 1,441 716,737 48,257 675.735 128,257 11,410 113,000 1,488 638,652 43,184 806,047 155,971 22,490 8,200 8,800 10,982 166,760 142,355 30,200 5,300 348s800 13,200 118,750 „ 1,501 628,277 43,597 829,338 163,743 TJ Revised, if Includes bonds of the International Bank for Eeconstruction and Development not shown separately. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ "spending item i n the September I95O Survey. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 148,225 123,430 27,400 4,900 302.000 11,650 89,300 1,366 626.299 41,543 697,727 133.375 j2/ See note on c o r r e - 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1949 Statistical Supplement ST A T I S T I C S —Continued 19^+9 July 1950 August. May June July LEATHER AND PRODUCES. Shoes and slippers, production, total....... thous* of pairs. Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exe. athletic,total..do... Men! i .......»,.....,...,. do... Youthss and boy®* .............................. do... s Women 3 . do... 1 1 Misses and children s.............................do... 1 1 Infants and babies .................. do... Slippers for housewear...............................do... Athletic...................................... .do... Other f o o t w e a r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . 3^56 29,880 46,43s 39,965 8,753 1,808 ^39,070 r34,221 rS,55^pl,4l8 rl6,756 r4,632 r2,86l f4,242 2519 r2S8 222 265 38,^5 3^,215 8,287 1,281 17,105 4,538 3,004 3,708 319 243 M73 4,477 5,855 5,633 5,879 3^*239 293*206 55,033 70,129 55,072 15,057 311,923 257,259 54,664 95,79*+ 73,630 22,164 372,804 311,811 60,993 113,657 93^59 20,19g 408,345 342,535 65,810 117,333 96,061 •21,272 445,567 391,820 53,747 94,929 79,081 I5,84g 5,815 M33 30 5,645 1,990 33 4,410 1,967 - 35 4,856 2,089 36 5,795 2,128 44 146.6 127.1 29M 622.7 401,8 200,900 161,920 323,800 219,909 304,600 278,645 325,200 250,190 282,300 279,967 145,sis 160,35s 267,586 148,192 162,485 260,585 159,441 171,599 239,877 161,332 169,663 242,287 170,017 182,330 240,270 25,670 32,250 27,972 3 3 . ^ 30,920 32,95^ 31,112 32,058 32,253 35,338 71,553 66,084 76,037 66,843 1/42,739 39,482 i/53,679 40,124 1/62*555 42,165 3.55*+ 9,731 3,510 8,962 4,039 8,280 4,002 7,736 4,151 7,427 82,953 73,740 12,479 82,232 73,069 13,054 84,801 74,958 14,246 85,181 75,128 14,254 91,017 80,365 15,002 103,867 7,350 7,66s 97,724 7,155 7,391 112,915 8,120 8,163 106,026 8,048 8,151 102,769 8,286 8,730 thou®, of bbl.. do.... do.... ........do 18,856 19,321 19,313 6,212 18,715 23,633 14,381 5,798 r!9,9^1 22,834 r20,050 r8,142 r20,001 24,749 15,298 7,305 20,709 23,167 rl2,848 r6,27S t h o u s . of g r o s s . . .do.... ...do.... 8,108 7,746 9,425 8,662 8,933 8,906. 9,377 9,371 9,714 r9,125 9,045 r9,382 8,870 9,141 8,931 t h o u s . of dosen p a i r s . . .do... • .do.... 9,981 9,752 26,029 12,381 12,844 25,566 12,530 11,125 26,794 12,573 11,926 28,613 10,090 11,121 27,582 579,048 439 399 1483,261 471,752 95,348 85,427 657,664 444 696,893 412 323 575,518 563,119 120,963 108,997 856,61s 59s 706,672 397 291 595,067 581,069 111,208 98,573 6,434 l,474 15*910 3*764 2,298 4,121 233 a , 467 5,005 2,932 %m 319 35,330 30,889 6,905 1,333 16,527 3,955 2,1693*9^3 286 212 METALS AND MANUSACTUHES Pig iron, production . t h o u s . of s h o r t t o n s * . S t e e l forging®, for s a l e : Orders* u n f i l l e d , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s h o r t t o n ® . . Drop and u p s e t . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . P r e s s and open h a m m e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . • Shipment®, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do.... Drop and u p s e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . ^ P r e s s and open h a m m e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .do.... B a r r e l s and drums, s t e e l , heavy t y p e s : O r d e r s , u n f i l l e d , end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s a n d s . . Shipments. do.... S t o c k s , end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . ...........do...• Foundry equipment, new o r d e r s , n e t s New equipment 1937-39*100.. E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s , domestic,, s h i p m e n t s : Washers number.. Vacuum c l e a n e r s , f l o o r t y p e do..... PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS Crude p e t r o l e u m : Production , . . t h o u s . of b b l . . Consumption ( r u n s t o s t i l l s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . S t o c k s , end of month: G - a s o l i n e - b e a r i n g i n U. S .do.... Refined petroleum p r o d u c t s : fuel o i l : Production: D i s t i l l a t e fuel o i l do.... Eesidual fuel o i l do.... S t o c k s , end of month? D i s t i l l a t e fuel oil i ......do..... Eesidual fuel o i l do Lubricating o i l s : Production. ..do.... S t o c k s , r e f i n e r y , end of month do.... Motor f u e l : Production, total. .do.... Gasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum........do*.... Natural gasoline and allied products— .. ....do.... Stocks, gasoline, end of month: Fini shed gasoline................................do...• Unfinished gasoline.... .................. do.... Natural gasoline — ... do.... STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: Production. Shipment s S t o c k s , f i n i s h e d , end of month. „ S t o c k s , c l i n k e r , end of month Glass c o n t a i n e r s : Production Shipments * S t o c k s , end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . TEXTILE PEODUGTS Hosiery: Production. Shipment s S t o c k s , end of month. TEANSPOETATION EQUIPMENT Motor v e h i c l e s , f a c t o r y s a l e s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n u m b e r . . Coaches, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Domestic ...do.... Passenger carsg t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Domestic ..do.... Trucks, t o t a l . ..do..'. • Domestic*. .do.... http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ TJ E e v i g e d . l / See n o t e on c o r r e s p o n d i n g i t e m i n t h e September I95O S u r v e y . Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 420 % 557,370 1 544,630 99,850 89,989 I r3kQ 720,688 702,935 135,332 120,236
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