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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT U N I T E D STATES D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE SEPTEMBER AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS 5, 1947 INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) 11935-39-100) veenr OAT A WSSKLV DATA •i 1,1 L U I J ^ L J U - I J L J U ^ L J L L J I I I I L.L l-JL..l„.l..l., INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION HOURLY EARNINGS AND HOURS IN MANUFACTURING (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-39-100) 400 h _. HOURS DURABLE ^MANUFACTURES. "**"LTN^. 325 260 DOLLARS MONTHLY M T A KSa! acj !w, * * ^ mn»J_™. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION NONDURABLE' MANUFACTURES A ••" • \ \ 1 •~^a ' 1945 „ - ^ = 100 -JuJL 1 1 j J L l _ l _ l . . LJL • J U - J U - 1 1 1 1 1 LJL..J_L.,i_LJ. 1 1 1. _L-i_ 1 1944 • 1946 WEEKLY M 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 L J. 1 .901 I I I I l I l l l I I 1 I I l t I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 1 J I 1 I ,1 1 I J U 1 I ! I i lU-JLJ 38 1944 1947 BUSINESS 1945 STATISTICS 1946 W ITEM JAugust 30 August 23 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 2/ 1926=100... farm products do.... food ,..,,.....,...,, do.... All other 2/ do.... 28 commodities ]J August 1939=100.. M Cotton, middling, 15/l6 , 10 markets 4/ dol. per lb.. Wheat, No. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) £/ dol. per bu.. Department store sales 1935-39=100.. Insured unemployment, total 6/ thous.. Stat e programs do.... Veterans' programs do... • finance: Currency in circulation 4/ mil. of dol.. federal Reserve bank credit, total do.... Member bank reserve balances do.... £xcess reserves, estimated do.... federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Jj Sank debits, total mil. of dol.. tfew York City do.... Deposits, demand, adjusted......... do.... Loans and investments, total , do.... U. 8. Government obligations.... do..*. Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans do.... failures, commercial number.. 1 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody s) 8 percent.. Stock prices, 402 stocks (Standard and Poor s)..1935-39=100.. Industrials, 354 stocks .'...'. .do.... Production: Bituminous coal 4/ 8/ thous. of short tons.. Slectri*. power, by utilities mil. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) 2/ number. • Petroleum 4/ thous. of bbl.. Steel 1935-39=100.. freight car loadings, total thous. of cars.. Miscellaneous do.... 306.3 .330 2.^3 22,478 16.U93 123.3 128.9 I83.I 153.5 181.4 172.3 136.6 305.1 .340 28,252 22,636 16,407 792 28,228 22,494 16.428 849 "MS S:K 16,868 6,298 38.527 12,301 59 2.79 124.4 130.2 1,992 *.953 8*. 739 5.153 181.9 901 396 1946 August 16I August 9 152.7 181.4 172.3 135.4 305.5 .345 2.29 225 1,802 1,042 722 63.513 38,588 12,238 78 2.79 124.4 130.0 1.958 4,923 83.501 5.159 »U i947 1 152.2 181.2 171.1 135-2 307.1 .356 2.29 223 1,844 1.079 727 28,216 22,211 16,409 813 17.830 7,000 46,809 63.629 38,735 12,092 60 2.79 125.7 131.6 1.968 M74 79.017 5,105 186.0 905 220. August 2 August 31 August 24 151.3 180.8 168.0 13^.7 306.2 .363 2.27 220 1,886 1.115 733 28,140 22,310 16.35* 798 1S,0$4 47,145 63.^79 38,739 11,967 69 2.79 125.1 130.9 1.950 4,806 97.712 5,088 185.0 922 398 128.2 157.1 150.9 111.0 241.1 .36O 1.95 281 2,5*2 1,5! 28,403 24,102 15.867 714 17.200 6,297 45,625 ?8.375 46,8*4 9.444 28 2.73 128.4 160.9 148.1 111.0 241.0 .35? 1.94 2.694 1,014 1.633 28,367 24,109 15.933 8O5 19.029 6,848 45,504 68,(23 47,013 9.3*3 17 352 146.9 150.9 2,086 4,404 74,960 M33 176.5 908 2,026 4,444 91.36O 4,836 177.1 m 397 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ See note in January 1, 1947 issue. J/ Thursday prices. 4/ Daily average. 5/ Data for 1947 include dark hard winter not included previously. 6/ for description see note in July 13, 1946 issue. 7/ Shown on a revised basis beginning in Supplement for July 18, 1947. 8/ Continues series from Bureau of Mines published in the Supplement through the June 6, 1947 issue. 2/ B a t & •*• f o r U. S. and Canada and include passenger cars, commercial cars, and trucks. 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement STATISTICS 19*7 July June 19M6 May April July BUSINESS INDEXES Industrial production (Federal Reserve): Unadjusted, combined index : Manufactures Durable manufactures Iron and steel Lumber and products.. Furniture Lumber Machinery Nonferrous metals and products '. Smelting and refining.. Stone, clay, and glasB products..... Clay products Transportation equipment Automobiles Nondurable manufactures Chemicals Industrial chemicals Leather and products Leather tanning Shoes Manufactured food products Meat packing Processed fruits and vegetables Printing and publishing fiubber products Textiles and products Cotton consumption fiayon deliveries Wool textile production Minerals Fuels Anthracite Bituminous coal Crude petroleum „ Metals Adjusted, combined index 1/ Manufactures T Durable manufactures Lumber and products Lumber Nonferrous metals and products Smelting and refining Stone, clay, and glass products Clay products nondurable manufactures Chemicals Leather and products Leather tanning Manufactured food products Meat packing Processed fruits and vegetables Printing and publishing.. Minerals... Metals , 1935-39=100. do. •. do... do... do... do... do... do... do.,. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do.. • . .do... do •.. do... .do.. • do... .do... do •. • do.. • do... do.. • ...do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do.. • do... do..., -do... do. • • do..., do..., do..., plSO pl86 p210 181 pl*l P157 P 132 p26S plSO pl99 PI65 P 223 P 1S9 pl66 p2*9 1*36 pl68 pl*3 P176 pl37 p210 P i*4 118 26>+ P l44 P l43 P93 P117 pl58 Pl78 pl«5 P209 P133 p!21 plSl pl?S PI65 PI65 P252 pl58 P152 pl?6 PW7 P139 rl85 r!9l r219 193 rll+8 159 rl42 r275 rl79 rl87 r209 rl63 r233 rl91 rl69 r247 r440 107 112 103 rl55 150 101 146 r2l6 15* rl33 r263 154 rl52 153 rllO 1*7 159 rl49 rlS4 rl9l r2l8 rl4l rl31 rl79 188 r207 rl65 rl6S r250 108 115 rl55 rl52 r I85 191 218 197 1*3 158 136 273 187 198 206 162 185 .193 222 195 14 3 161 13* 276 195 203 208 160 237 193 169 253 224 252 434 113 119 110 149 151 89 1*5 220 164 148 271 161 15* 156 104 168 157 139 I85 191 218 141 132 187 198 200 162 170 253 113 119 155 151 *33 115 118 113 144 139 88 144 234 166 15* 270 159 144 102 112 187 19* 222 144 135 195 203 211 164 172 251 115 119 158 number. do... do... do... do... do... thous. of del. do... do... do... do... do... 299 30 17 107 105 40 37.137 19.86J 384 12,466 2,280 2,l44 EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES Sours and earnings (U. S. Department of Labor) i Average weekly hours per worker, all manufacturing...hours.. Durable goods industries. do.... Nondurable goods industries do.... Average weekly earnings, all manufacturing dollars.! Durable goods industries do.... Nondurable goods industries. do.... 283 21 23 95 108 36 18,982 610 664 14,220 1,614 1.87* 126 172 177 202 129 121 140 157 235 103 99 165 144 141 pl24 3 145 103 BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial and commercial failures* Grand total Commercial service Construction Manufacturing and mining Betail trade Wholesale trade Liabilities, grand total Commercial service Construction Manufacturing and mining Betail trade Wholesale trade 9* 106 161 15* 228 115 211 145 127 239 144 150 153 128 127 155 &2 rl48 P127 17* 178 203 180 137 1*4 133 243 150 139 193 1*7 241 176 159 232 396 101 378 33 20 155 119 277 7* S 7 17.326 739 321 10,971 3.037 2,258 16,080 1.015 247 11,822 1.503 117 84 £ 37 i.*93 17 5 3.*3* *13 162 1.9*8 833 76 rto.3 40.1 40.0 39.7 rMo.6 40.5 40.7 r39-8 *39-8 4o!l 39.6 48.46 r49-37 *3-38 r*7-50 '52.95 46.24 93 *0.46 r45.47 r/ Bevlsed. £/ Preliminary. 1/ Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shown; •ae unadjusted series. P39-9 pUO.O P39-8 P^.25 P52.*l P*5-89 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement 3 S T A Tl S T l C S — Continued 19*7 July June 1946 May April July EMPLOYMENT CONDITION'S AMDtfAGES- Continued Hour8 and earnings ( U. S. Department of Labor) - Continued. Average hourly earnings, all manufacturing dollars. Durable goods industries ...do... r Iron and steel and tneir products do... Electrical machinery do... Machinery, except electrical do... Automobiles do... Transportation equipment, except automobiles do... Nonferrous metals and products do... Lumber and timber basic products do... Furniture and finished lumber products do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Nondurable goods industries do... Textile-mill products and other fiber mfrs do... Apparel and other finished textile products do... Leather and leather products do... Food and kindred products do... Tobacco manufactures do... Paper and allied products do... Printing, publishing, and allied industries do..* Chemicals and allied products , do... Products of petroleum and coal do... Rubber products do... CHEMICALS AM) ALLIED PRODUCTS Oils, fats, and by-products: Animal, including fish oil: Animal fats: Production Stocks, end of month Greases: Production Stocks, end of month Fish o i l s : Production Stocks, end of month Vegetable oils, totals Production, crude Stocks, end of month: Crude Hefined Cottonseed oil, refined: Production Stocks, end of month Linseed oil: Production. Stocks, end of month Soybean oil: Production: Crude Refined Stocks, end of month: Crude Refined Oleomargarine: Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) Production PI.23U pl.310 Pl.153 rl.227 rl.303 1.363 1.295 I.362 1.484 .388 .285 .056 .062 .191 rl.l4l 1.024 .994 I.O52 1.127 .949 1.167 1.501 1.232 1.464 1.423 1.208 rl.278 rl.333 1.264 rl.33^ rl.463 rl.376 rl.260 rl.025 rl.047 rl.173 rl.130 1.025 .988 I.O33 1.110 r.948 1.135 rl.487 rl.211 rl.448 I.430 1.121 rl.462 1.192 rl.418 1-397 1.057 1.009 .877 .941 •95* .986 .851 007 2S7 098 355 292 1.186 1.243 rl.280 1.210 rl.308 1.406 rl.363 rl.234 .990 rl.032 1.149 1.122 1.027 -999 1.029 1.097 .949 1.093 1-177 216 158 232 s 166 .910 .937 thous. of lb. do... 238,814 444,602 255.713 428,3,604 " 262,265 389,074 230,470 339,877 193.029 180,883 do... do... 46,611 101,964 48,260 98,827 48,613 84,829 U6.735 69.983 45,042 103,285 do... do.•. 21,739 65.152 10,927 59.041 1,301 57.728 1.577 66,335 27.874 79.276 do... 278,083 r283,497 312,998 355.646 261,291 do... do... 582,197 359.489 r585.873 r385,425 578,705 391,931 557,291 353.193 406,629 do... do... 26,287 171.3*2 35.750 203,856 us,730 217,204 71.126 207,411 ri5.l96 263,15* do •.. do. •. 32,250 157,724 32.057 144,544 25,064 134,627 28,850 131.769 75,884 121,810 .do... do... 125.706 99.620 rl22,436 83,890 135.889 92,605 141,456 115.877 116,508 96,301 do... do... 125.792 142,440 rl22,760 r128,141 108,829 114,604 89,302 91,327 146,866 103,110 39,649 4l ,400 36,493 37.730 39.376 U6.716 37,2|2 *7,262 24,469 20,244 4,225 25.009 20,776 U.203 24,652 20,504 4,148 22.583 18,620 9,044 8,776 9,453 8,342 7,939 9.565 7.983 7.511 9,538 7,*35 7.029 9,399 r7.*21 r7.251 r7,9*l 13.726 5.650 529,523 l6f4l6 6,037 525,828 516,738 27.U56 8,650 506,031 rl6,046 rl2,l65 r421,391 7.197 2,975 468,432 9.932 3*278 464,825 14,099 3*183 *57.9*l 17,123 4,44$ ^49,351 8,526 r4,895 r376,218 7,831 7,012 7,004 6,518 6,691 6,159 9,3*2 8,675 rl4,520 rll,S23 do... do... 503.350 ELECTRIC POWER Slectric power, production, total Utilities Industrial establishments mil. of kw. hr. do... do•. • 24,938 20,782 M56 3.963 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Fermented malt l i q u o r s : Production thous. of b b l . Tax-paid withdrawals. do... Stocks, e*id of month do... Distilled spirits: Production thous. of tax g a l . Tax-paid withdrawals do... Stocks, end of month do... Whisky: Production do... Tax-paid withdrawals. do..., Stocks, end of month do... R e c t i f i e d s p i r i t s and wines, production, t o t a l thous. of proof g a l . Whisky do... jr/ Revised, js/ Preliminary. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS Sarlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement S T A T IS T IC S — Continued 19*6 19*7 July June May April July PGODSTOTS AND TOBACCO - Continued Dairy products, productions Butter, creamery (factory) thous. of lb.. Cheeew, total (factory) ..do-... Condensed and evaporated milk: Condensed (sweetened): Bulk good8 do.... Case goods do.. •. Evaporated (unsweetened), case goods * do.... Dried eklm milk;, total » do.... Por human consumption. ....... do.... Meats, production, total ...mil. of lb.. Beef and veal thous. of IT).. Lamb £>»d sm&ton * .do Fork, including lard.. 0 .do.... Lard... do.... Coffee, v i s i b l e supply . t h o u s . of b a g s . . Tobacco, manufactured p r o d u c t s : Consumption ( w i t h d r a w a l s ) : Cigarettes: ffax-fres...... .millions.. Eax-paid . . o. . d o . . . . C i g a r s , t&^p&id* .. thousands.. Manufactured" tobacco and snuff., t a * - p a i d . . „ t h o u s . of l b . . lUS.855 136,155 rl57,120 rl52,125 ri46,455 rl44,0i5 rll6,530 rl!5,540 129,957 U7.578 76,555 15.025 31+7,600 81,830 78,500 1.509 702,877 53.172 753.173 11*8,100 1,003 116,620 12.950 410,000 102,020 96,730 1.490 670,038 5*.823 756.848 146,690 1.132 111.875 13,000 416,200 91.665 88,200 1.525 705.739 60,183 758.646 144,207 1,222 82,800 11,850 320,500 77.390 75,040 1,438 679,933 60,737 697.129 128,445 1.357 112.694 10,84-A 335.3*9 75,866 74,218 1,581 674,964 68,844 837.553 123,3*8 2,122 29,549 439,108 21,008 2,269 29.097 432.527 18,792 2,966 25,068 473.968 16,111 2,S05 27->93 416,270 19,716 2,487 25,440 439,396 20,949 3*.104 l/r36,404 39.525 34,104 300 l/r36,404 359 29,805 1,485 2,276 3.987 8,280 13.777 1.532 2.252 215 32.178 1.367 2,376 4,287 9,042 15,106 1.55* 2.r- 39.525 375 3M79 1,449 2.708 4,690 9,191 16,841 1,749 2.364 158 LKA5BUR m> PRODUCTS Soot and shoe p r o d u c t i o n , fcc-t&i, *, - . . . . . . . . « . . t h o u s . of p a i r s * . Gtaverntaent shoes •> .. •. . d o . . . . C i v i l i a n shoes, t o t a l . - . . . , . do.... Athle t i c , do.... Dress and work, including plsyshoes, etc.: Leather uppsra, total. , * ........ ...<.... «„....».do Boys' and youths 1 *.................. -do.. *. Infants' ....... do.... Misses' and c h i l d r e n ' s «,.... do.... r. 1 Men e » . . . .... do..., Women's. do.... Part leather a»& nonieather uppers do.... Slippers and moccasins, aoueewear do.... All other footwear * do.... y 37.021 139 c 36,382 536 26,504 1,502 2,456 3,346 7,662 11,538 4.693 4,980 169 METALS A1IP MANUFACTURES Pig iron, production thou&. of short tons. Lead, refined: Production, total short tons. Prom domestic ore do... Shipments * do... Stocks, end of month » do... foundry equipment: Sew orders, net, total ..1937-39=100. Hew equipment do •. • Repairs... do... Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotary: Orders, new ,.,*. ...thous. of dol. 4,535 4,810 5.081 4,830 4,705 46,012 42,536 52.5*9 31.290 }*5.235 41,505 54,627 37,836 53,822 49,984 50,482 *7.233 53,424 48,995 50,568 44,834 34,029 32,622 35.591 3L396 45f.7 426.1 649.9 658.9 620.7 5*8,6 525.9 623.0 44!5-9 727.9 481 .,1 2.999 2,973 3.638 4,014 of bbl. do... 153,604 152.978 153.3*8 156,024 1*1,210 149,228 150,541 152,586 do.-., do... 237.278 5.*29 237.768 5.825 235.710 5.953 224,351 4,968 do... do... 24,214 36,977 24,95* 37,328 22,925 3*.*38 24,589 36,060 do... do... 39.676 *3.515 3*.279 39,992 30,268 36,455 46,439 45,446 do... do... do... 69,847 61,855 10,505 68,535 60,681 10,392 63,37* 55,502 10,803 67,**5 59.921 9,558 do... do... do... 81,160 8,6l4 5.*52 86,727 8,482 92,719 5,604 79,38* 8,39* 7,33* do... do... 4,427 8,281 4,608 8,070 4,267 7,936 3,620 7,293 565.3 3.1*8 H2.1 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS Crude petroleum: Consumption (runs to stills) thous. Production Stocks, end of month: Refinable in U. 5 Heavy in California Refined petroleum products: Gas and fuel oils: Production: Qas oil and distillate fuel oil Residual fuel oil. Stocks, end of month: Oas oil and distillate fuel oil Residual fuel oil Motor fuel: Production, total *. -, Gasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum fiatural gasoline and allied products Stocks, gasoline, end of month: .Finished gasoline..... Unfinished g a s o l i n e . Hatural gasoline Lubricants: Production Stocks, r e f i n e r y , end of month tl Revised. 5.566 9,oop 1/ Includes minor revisions not available for the detail. 2/ Jtfot reported separately; data included with civilian.
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