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BUSIES INDEXES

19L7-L9 average = 100

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December 31^ 19$3 ^

Seasonally adjusted Unarijusted

1953 | 1952 1953 1952

Nov. j Oct, j Nov. Nov. | Oct. Nov,

Ir.TJ3^ri :;rod"jc^i?n [31^1 p!30 132 133 pl31 136 13 h Xanufac tures

Total pl32 13 U 135 pl33 138 136 T urable plli? 151 151 p l l ? 15b 152 I^ ond rable r l ! 6 117 118 o l l9 123 120

Minerals p l l 3 111; 113 pll i i 118 119 I \^ j ; r cor.s^ner "iiraules 2 /

p l l 3

I ; T a l 0123 132 13 L Pll9 139 133 PaJ:enger ca^s pl27 lit?. 131 ollO lhS 130

gocis p!20 122 137 P128 132 IIS %n3tr ;c : icn contracts , value 2 /

. otal p22u 230 196 t>201 220 177 kes iden t i s l cl?8 183 178 pl72 178 172 Ail oihcr _ p25U 262 207 p220 21:8 180

Lr / I vyrr.i nt 'z.n : ay r^ l l s ^ p25U

Uon-igricultural err loynent, t o t a l p i l l . 5 112.1 111.8 p l l2 .6 113.ii 112.3 hanufac;%ri:ig Production rorkers

En; 1 ryr.^ nT, r: + al D106.9 108. is 109.2 plO-7.9 110.1 110.2 :^rrblA PU5.7 118.1 117.8 p l l 6 . h 118.8 113.5

..jrable P 96.6 97.0 99.2 P 97.8 100.0 100.h to m l - - . - - - elLL.7 lis.2 lli6.3

Freight c^rlc^di^ps i / 92 95 101 9h 102 lOh Denartmcit s iore sa les , value pl!2 110 111 pl36 115 13 U Tepartrent store -rocks, value n,a 126 122 n . a . l i d 137

1/ Mevi i inzxx. For f u l l descr ipt ion of methods and s e r i e s , and f o r back figure;;, sec Federal Reserve Bullet in fo r December 19$3. Reprints of BuZ.1 ev.n nater:&1 available upon request ,

2 / P : l l i e i t ion of de ta i led f igures ord inar i ly shown on page b has been di:conti%ued pei.oing revision of th is index.

3/ Cons t rue t icn contract indexes based on 3-month moving averages, centered at second Ttonth^ of F. Dodge data fo r 37 Eastern S ta t e s .

j:/ The una-j jus teu Indexes of employment and payrol ls are compiled by or based cn cata, of the ^-.ireau of Labor s t a t i s t i c s .

ro ta l ln;Hx r mvorted to a 1947-^9 base fo r comparative purposes*

e - Estimated p - Preliminary - r - Revised n*a ~ Not avai lable Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

f r i r z r y x t t a i r Perrons r x i L l :

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Karrical .: rrr iuc:s S t r u c t u r a l z e t a l p a r " : 3ta;rpi:^r and ri?:c : . e i - l prod,

r a c h i m r y K c r e l e c \ r i : ^ l tiarhlr+ r :

rarr . y I n i u ^ r i - 1 ; r i a l

z) l tc"r i ;a l : inc ry z l e c t r i c a ] arr-aratus and pa r t s

Transpor ta t i rn ^qu'prcert A^tos T^'ucks Railroad cars

Zns'ruzen^s and ; ^ l 3 : r d prczucts Clay ^ g l a s s . a*ic ]%%.: ^r nro i y t s

r + ore , clay : r i Glass and pot tery p r : uct^

Limber And rrr-'i;c^H L ^ b e r

Furn i tu re and %iscellar.ecus r .aruf . f u r r . i r j r e an : : i x t %re< ] i s r e l l a n c T j r rr.3r.Lfa" + %,ff

%%iiles an% apparel 7ev*d Ivs :;.il li:

Cotton and syn the t i c f a b r i c s Cotton cons^ir.pT:on Synthet ic f a b r i c s

%vcl t e x t i l e s V.ool f a b r i c s

Knit f : oc s Apparel and r^la^ed products

Lien1 s outerwear Wo%9n^ s outer.vear Lisa , apparel ? e

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t et: ly-2 ' : c ' .

11 ! e l ' 6

> o ? i

111 128

97

116 12? ICi;

/ - / : r- i e 86 97 10h i ** 1 2 1 1? J 126

: i?3 112 1'> Iho 1^0 } r : :ard 1 119 i::3 132

V > - - * -r\ ?+ y ^ t-1- I -19 ! 12 127 l'":U - ' ^ v - y.. - y *- .* v, - % y~ ^ -? ? avai lable

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FREIGHT CAELQATrCS (1935-39 averagi " )

Seasonally

Nov, 2 2 j i

Oct. i m . :'cv. ,0V . , 0 V .

Total 122 126 13- 124 135 138 Coal 104 110 123 1C- 110 12' Cok3 155 163 1*5 155 if.c -2> Grain 140 157 1-7 i r 157 Livestock 69 70 7" i fS 95 Forest products 145 136 152 1-2 1-.4 1*9 Ore 172 172 233 140 v3 255 Miscellaneous 134 137 1-!. 1-C 1-9 150 Merchandise, l . c . l . 42 44 46 -3 45 47

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