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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 C O M M E R C E BUREAU O F F O R E I G N AND D O M E S T I C COMMERCE SEPTEMBER AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SUPVFY CF CURRENT BUSINFSS SELECTED BUSINESS 19, 1947 INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) ( 1 9 3 6 - 3 9 « 100) 250 * ! £ • . • :•••• '?--.7 200 j * ^ * ^ -K, 150 — \\f 100 50 /-v - V^ v / \ A . . i 1 i i • i , . . 1 : • . 1 . . . , i : . ..1 1.1 i J - I - L J - L - L . - L ^ - l I 1 PRICES OF 354 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND STOCKS (1935-39-100) (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 - 1 0 0 ) 6bU V.NThL> r.;.'4 V ; i ! 1 ! 300 175 SALES ^ \J ..._. V 100 £00 * * ^ „ ISO .J_.j -| — 150 | iy \ / l 250 I WEOWSOAT cuose i._L 1 i. i ^ ^ » j / " ^ STOCKS 0^ »^»^(^** Trrr^t^yT, i,, 7 ^ 7 , 1945 = •; : -. 11, i i, 1.1 1 : i J 1 1 1 1. 75 - i i i i i ,i i i. L J ^ : i I I i 1l I i l WEEKLY l : ^i-LLii 1945 1 1947 BUSINESS ill 1 l„l STATISTICS 1946 19^7 ITEM Sept. 13 I Sept. 6 I August 3Qj August 231 August 16 Commodity p r i c e s , 1 l . l.t-L i f_L ..iLi..l 1946. Sept. 14 I Sept. 7 wholesale: Aii eoiuaoaltlas 2/ 1926*100.. faru: products do.. .. feed , , do... . All otter 2/ do.. .. 2d commodities J/ August 1539*100., Cotton, sideling, 15/l6 H , 10 markets 4/ dol. per l b . . *neet, No. 2, iiard Vinter (Kansas City) £ / dol. per bu.. Department store sales 1935~39*1C0.. Insured unemployment, total 6J tuou©.. state programs do.... Veterans' programs do.,.. finance: Currency in circulation kj mil. of d o l . . federal .deserve bank credit, total do.... Member bank reserve balances do.. .. idicess reserves, est legated do federal iteserve reporting member banks in leading c i t i e s : jj .sank deoits, total o i l . of d e l . . New York City do.... Deposits, demand, adjusted do.... Lean8 and investments, total do.... U. S. Government obligations do.... Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans do.... failures, commercial number. . Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) percent.. Stock prices^ 402 stocks (Standard and Poor's) 1935-39*100.. Industrials, 354 stocks do.... Production: Bituminous coal 4/ SIectrie power, by u t i l i t i e s Motor venicles (sards) Sj Petroleum 4/ Steel 2 / freight carloauings, total Miscellaneous thous. of short tons.. mil. of kw-hr.. number.. thous. of b b l . . 1935-39*100.. . . . . . t h o u s . of cars.. do... . 154.9 182.4 174.1 137.9 310.2 .320 2.54 265 321* .316 2.69 i 28,728 22,472 10,932 1,103 6,803 28,718 22,623 16,628 939 15.544 6,071 63.799 38,351* 12,518 60 2.82 122.0 127.1 2.80 124.3 129.3 2,130 4,721 33,444 5.173 181.1 15U.0 181.7 172.1 1370 306.3 .330 2.43 277 1,620 917 668 28.357 22,478 16.493 153.5 181.4 172.3 136.6 305.I .340 24 3 1,742 995 712 152.7 181.4 172.3 135- U 305.5 .3U5 2.29 225 i 1.799 1.039 723 121.7 151.8 128.1 111.0 238.3 • 364 1.95 293 2,501 959 1.491 122.0 150.4 130.7 110.8 237.9 .364 1.94 264 2,56l 1.556 28,252 22.636 16,407 792 28,228 22,494 16,428 849 28,500 23.935 16,086 754 28,494 16,985 6,637 47,095 63.730 38,400 12,406 64 2.80 123.3 128.9 18.013 6, Gift 46,780 63,646 38.527 12.301 59 2.79 124.4 130.2 16,868 6,298 46.574 63.513 38.588 12,238 78 2.79 124.4 130.0 16,692 6,453 45.770 67,420 ^5.795 9.570 14 2.75 128.2 131.8 2,005 4,940 38,098 5.157 I83.I 926 411 2,000 ^.953 84,726 5.153 181.9 901 396 18.277 6,834 46.004 67.563 45.930 9.731 31 2.78 124.8 127.7 2,148 4.521 24,011 15.989 778 2,221 4,184 72.535 4.773 4,800 i 165.2 174.7 166.8 309 707 794 354 393 342 1,/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2j aee note in January 1, 1^47 issue. }J Thursday prices. 4/ Daily average. 5/ Data for 1947 include dark nard winter not included previously. SJ for description see note in July 13, 1946 issue. jJ Shown on a revised basis beginning in Supplement for July 18, 1^7. 8/ Data are for U. 5. and Canada and include passenger cars, commercial cars and trucks. £ / seek ending September 20, 175-2* 109,123 1.958 4,923 83.501 5.159 182.7 906 397 SS.8SS 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier date are available la monthly issues of the Surrey and the 19U0. Supplement STATISTICS 1946 19*7 August July June August May CGHSTBUCTXOV AMD BSAL SSXiSB Value of contract* awarded (federal Be earye indexes) 1 Total, unadjusted 1923-25.100. Besidential, unadjusted do... Total, adjusted do... Besidential, adjusted do... Construction cost indexes* American Appraisal Co., average, 3° cities 191>100. Atlanta ..do... Hew York do... San francisco do... St. Louis do... Associated General Contractore (all types) do... federal Home Loan Bank Adnn., standard 6-room frame house: Combined index 1935-39-100. Materials do... Labor do.. • Pl5* Pl?7 plhj pl26 446 UTO 448 U17 441 300 rl58 rl27 A36 rli6 153 130 127 110 427 UU8 U19 *3f uug 164 155 158 157 3 U1 313 396 421 29U »»32 392 U05 290 18§.l I8S.5 161.0 184.8 189.0 179.2 183-7 189.1 175-5 149.8 146.1 157.2 219 287 265 289 250 ?3l 242 290 1.470 60,290 58.330 8,960 49.370 2,450 59.750 57.690 9.1U0 48,550 2,060 U09 W30 295 263 DOMESTIC TBADB Department store sales, United States totals? Unadjusted index Adjusted index 1935*39" 100. do... MPLOYMBiT COMDITIQHS ASD VA&SS Labor force (Bureau of the Census)* Armed forcee thouo. Civilian labor force do... Employment do... Agricultural do... Xonagricultural 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.... . Production-worker pay rolls, all manufacturing, unadjusted (U. S. Department of Labor) 1939.100. Durable goods Industries do... Iron and steel and their products do... Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills...do... Electrical machinery do. •. Machinery, except electrical do... Machinery and machine shop products do... Machine tools do... Automobiles do... Transportation equipment, except automobiles do... Aircraft and parts (excluding engines) do... Aircraft engines do... Shipbuilding and boatbuilding do... Monferrous metals and products do... Lumber and timber basic products do... Sawmills 1/ do... furniture and finished lumber products do... furniture 1/ do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Nondurable goods industries do... Textile-mill products and other fiber manufacturee.do... Cotton manufactures, except small waree do... Silk and rayon goods do... Woolen and worsted manufactures do... Apparel and otner finished textile products do... Men'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 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... Newspapers and periodicals 1/ do... Printing, book and Job 1/ do... Chemicals and allied products do... Chemicals do... Products of petroleum and coal do... Petroleum refining do... .| Bubber producte do., Bubber tires and inner tubes 1/ do.. r/ Bevised. pj Preliminary. 1.352 62,035 59.91* 9.U73 50,441 8,121 ££ 60,079 10,066 50,015 2.5* 1.960 P4.8 h.8 5 pl.O P3.0 p.i 313-9 350.6 304.4 234.2 422.3 420.7 356.1 239.9 3»7.; 479-6 607.7 485.1 3.5 r3l9. 281.4 274.4 294.6 277-9 237.5 288.7 191.3 231.1 278.9 260.0 284.6 211.2 200.7 290.8 208.2 26^.2 259.9 200.0 298.7 309.6 233-6 208.9 259.8 378.7 341.8 35\6 265.U 352.7 393.8 .1 312.2 353.8 306.7 236.? 407.1 *m 326.6 358.4 395-J* :i 1.4 rUi2.9 290.4 263.6 329.0 561.3 639.2 477.0 395.6 3U9.0 351.* r38U.7 285.1 278.9 286.9 r27l-5 246.3 303.2 200.U 240.5 272.1 270.5 260.3 207.0 197.0 252.8 199.7 IU3.U 231.9 182.8 r291.1 289.4 23U.2 209O 255.* 381.5 33M 275-7 2U3.8 r567.2 r399.3 7.0 6.6 .4 •7 5.3 .2 284.4 316.1 265.9 204.0 3J8.9 362.2 314.2 281.4 319.0 558.1 640,8 »»98.3 421.5 32l, 285.6| 313.1 250.0 246.7 260.1 253.U 229.4 275-5 181.4 234.1 272.5 236.4 306.' 199.6 188.1 254.3 184.1 387.4 202.3 186.2 256.5 227.8 198.1 168.8 222.4 320.0 288.0 253-1 228.7 336.9 r356.4 1/ Data for the indicated industries have been adjusted to 1945 data from the federal Security Agency. MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement 3 S T A T IS T I C S — Continued 1946 19*7 August July dune August M*y EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES - Continued Pay rolls, nonmanufacturing,unadjusted (U.S. Sept. of Labor): Mining: Anthraci t e 1939*100.. Bituminous coal do.... Metalliferous do.... Quarrying and nonmetallic do.... Crude x>etroleuir 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... • Fower laundries do.... Tear-round hotels do.... He tail trade do.... Wholesale trade do.... 171.8 194.9 171.9 251.2 173.9 194.6 252.3 rl81.8 251.3 175.3 186.3 244.6 172.1 241.7 163.4 193.3 241.0 145.2 225.1 152.6 178.4 222.1 215.2 302.2 177.5 222.1 218.8 292.5 168.2 220.0 226.9 202.9 152.4 211.2 227*6 210.3 222.0 198.6 196.5 241.9 211.1 226.4 201.2 198.0 231.5 203.8 221.1 rl95-3 191.4 216.9 188.4 208.9 174.6 177.3 75.<*8 28.331 W.717 83.957 3&.7T9 49.178 84,897 78,359 3ft m 73.900 30.216 43,684 122.3 116.1 123.9 113.9 110. 4 134.3 103.9 122.5 115.7 122.8 113.8 110.5 13^.7 IO3.3 122.8 114.3 122.6 113.0 107.3 134.4 104.1 122.9 115.0 123.2 112.5 109.2 133.9 104.5 123.8 119.1 124.0 115.4 117.7 140.0 104.1 85.253 109.385 67.U90 88,531 71,024 98.3>*9 72.691 94,121 76,972 99.723 58,248 78.115 63,880 90,458 69.3U6 90,244 2.81 2.79 2.73 2.82 3.18 2.0 2.64 2.83 3.21 2.53 2.63 2.82 3.17 2.51 2.62 2.71* 3-03 2.62 2.72 3-06 1.91 2.25 2. 60 2.72 3.10 1.92 2.22 2.60 2.71 3.05 1.95 2.19 2.58 2.70 2.89 I.65 2.23 3.21 2.55 2.59 1.99 2.68 2.329.35 95>*.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 £.310.25 95^.65 2.42 3.21 2.50 2.59 I.96 2.66 1.957.89 941.47 2.08 3.21 2.03 2.58 1.82 2.71 124.5 130.2 101.4 105.2 126.0 131.7 102.2 108.2 119.1 124.1 100.8 97.6 115.2 119.0 102.0 95.1 146.4 150.4 125.3 147.1 1,051,468 ^.536 804,299 35.3^ 883,662 40,181 1.163.513 U5.915 889,566 32.951 667,985 23.643 739,20? 27.854 982.461 32.196 5-1 U 3.9 3.8 3.8 3-2 4.2 5-6 T.4 267.6 JINANCE Bank debits, total (141 centers) mil. of dol. New York City do... Outside Hew York City do... Bonds: Prices: Industrials,utilities,and rails (Stan.and Poor*s Corp.): High grade (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond. Medium and lover grade, composite (50 bonds) do... Industrials (10 bonds) do... Public utilities (20 bonds) do... Bailroads (20 bonds) do... Domestic municipalo (15 bonds) do... U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) do... Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value thous. of dol. face value do... On New York Stock Exchange: Market value do... face value do... Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's) percent. By ratings: Aaa do... Aa do... • do... Baa do... By groups: Industrials do... Public utilities do... Bailroads do... Domestic municipals (15 bonds) do. •. U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) do... stocks: Cash dividend payments, 600 companies (Moody's): Total annual payments at current rates mil. of dol. Number of shares, adjusted millions. Dividend rate per share (weighted average) dollars. Banks ( 21 companies) do... Industrials (492 companies) ido... Insurance (21 companies).. , do... Public utilities (30 companies) do... Bailroads (36 companies) do... Prices: Combined index (402 stocks) 1935-39»100. Industrials (3i)4 stocKe) do... Public u t i l i t i e s (28 stocks) do... Bailroads (20 stock*:) ; do... Sales (Securities and Rwhang* Commission):' Total on all registered exchanges: Market value •thous. of dol. Shares sold On New York Stock Exchange: Market value thous. of dol., 3hares sold ....thousands.. Yields: Common stocks (200) Moody1 .percent. Banks (15 stocks) ....do... Industrials (125 stocks) do... Insurance (10 stoc -.s) j do Public u t i l i t i e s (25 s t o c k s ) . . . . ] '.to'/.'. Bailroads (25 stocks) J <j. 0 ... Preferred, high-grade (15 stocks) do.!. rj Bevised. 2.80 2.§6 2.64 2.81 3.17 2.62 2.72 3.03 2.*24 2,348.44 8 5.0 3.6 5.0 7.0 3.7 m U.9 4.4 4.8 3-5 3.7 4.6 5.0 3.5 5.1 7-3 3-8 5.3 3.7 5.0 7.5 3-8 MONTHLY 4 BUSINESS Surlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement S T A T l S T l C S — Continued 19U6 19*17 August July June May August TBANSPOBTATIOH Freight car loadings, combined index, adjusted. Coal Coke Forest products Grains and grain products Livestock Merchandise, l . c . l Ore Miscellaneous. CH2MICAL3 AND ALLIED PBODUCTS Faint sales! Calcimines, plastic and cold-water paintst Calcimines Plastic-texture paints Cold-water paintsi In dry form In paste form, for interior use Paint, varnish, lacquer, and f i l l e r s * Total Classified, total Industrial Irade Unclassified .1935-39-100. do... do... do. do. do. do. do. .do. 184 152 162 92 73 190 149 13* 115 170 152 168 107 71 $ 76 ifi 184 1*5 145 87 135 449 355 407 312 53* 286 92,643 82,985 31.75** 51,232 9.658 r99.586 r88,755 r32,631 r56,125 10,831 68,482 61,240 26,060 35.180 7.2*2 621 1.207 3.653 1.329 627 1.264 3.831 1.355 2! 843 1.578 116,956 85,014 a , 280 139.031 103,888 31.879 140,874 103.779 28,850 129,666 94,063 24,712 r6,570 r84.9 6,969 92.8 7.3?9 9*-5 6.925 88.7 I.63O 1,565 1.925 1.3*6 1,428 1,212 1,424 1,588 *.975 493 480 464 199 1,181 116 131 357 324 335 5,264 501 5f7 563 205 1.225 138 141 364 308 407 5,442 56l 535 579 204 l,?-74 142 150 382 305 425 *,965 501 69,12s 59.737 44,801 183,718 70.990 63.527 52,390 174,327 73.970 70,803 58,827 166,864 59.752 51,886 43,522 237.613 7.092 5.851 5.281 20,354 380 81.269 270 63,168 170 52.981 427 70,827 760,236 511,918 805,744 742,918 575.021 768,200 459 389 86,865 77.950 30.079 *7.87l 8.915 do... do... do,.. do... do... 141 152 184 157 131 118 90 227 197 do... do... 142 155 I85 148 138 104 82 230 83 thous. of dol. • do... V7 141 173 1*5 140 rl07 7* 184 142 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected)} Calves t h o u s . of animals. Cat t i e do... do... Hogs .do. Sheep and lambs. 628 1.217 2,731 1.253 656 1.27* 3.*55 1,280 METALS AND MANUFACTUBMS Castings, steel: Shipments, total For sale, total Hallway specialties Steel ingots and steel for castings: Production Percent cf. capacity Boilers, steel, new orders: Area Quantity Steel products, net shipments: Total Merchant bars Pipe and tubes Plates Bails Sneets Strip — Cold rolled hot rolled structural anapee, heavy Tir. plate and ternepiate. wire and wire products Zinc, slab* Production Shipments Domestic Stocks, end of month Mechanical stokers, sales: Classes 1, 2, and 3 Classes 4 and 5: Number Horsepower .* short tons. do... do... thous. of short tons. 90.2 thous. of sq.. ft. number. thous. of short tons. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... short tons. do... do... do... 66,852 59.653 52,132 190,917 number. v 421 217 1,116 124 137 351 295 387 PAPISH AND PAP£fiBOAHD Paperboard: Orders, new Orders, unfilled, end of month Production short tons. do... do... 720,388 425,412 768,412 742.712 494,554 714.529 46l,?26 737.551 thous. of short tons. do... 4,994 P51.020 r4,0S4 P39.690 P47,800 P56.840 7.494 4,151 4.587 7.778 *.557 6,034 8.177 5.726 7.121 PKTBOLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS Anthracite, production bituminous cpgl, production r4,60'9 a ,42g ,686 TEXTIL3 PRODUCTS Proxy1in-coated textiles (cotton fabrics): Orders, unfilled, end of month thous. of linear yd. Pyroxylin spread tnous. of lb. Shipments, billed thous. of linear yd. rj Hevi8ed. p_/ Preliminary. 13.589 6,972 8.552
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