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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OOMfttftfRCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURREIjTJWSlNESS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS 225 200 I7*> !50 125 100 Lfi*o*»€J: STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (1935-39 » 100) WEkKLY UATA ^..aj^fcwW^ 1 1 6 5 6 0 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION SY UTILITIES LJ..JJL-L 1=1 J^j-jJ.-i-iau^LJi«j«J,-Lj « LLUJ I DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND : HX% (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, i33&- 3d - IOU COTTON CONSUMPTION (DAiLY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS OF BALES) g 5 LUU-U-LLU. J..J Li /x ^f- WEEKLY $ US i NESS STATISTICS 1 ism Jaa. 10 17 B@€* I I 19M9 J a a . 8 J®n. 15 ; €oataodit7 prie@®9 whol©«l@i All ooaaoditles 2/ .......... F&y« products 2/ .......... food j > / ................... All other 2/ .............. 2g oomoditiss j / . . . . . . . . . . . Gotten* middling, l § / l 6 \ 10 WheatB l o . 2, l@a?& ¥lafe@r ( Bep^rteent store ©al©®*.** .... X&aured unessployaanfe*, t o t a l 5/ Sfc&t® .¥®t©r®a® ..1926*100. ..... „d©oo„ ...... do... ...... do..« t 1939^100, t® V ........ . d o l . p®ff 1%. City) ........ »d©l* p « r bu. ............. .1935-39-100. Curreae^ In clretslatioa 4/.- F « d e x « l E@s@rir@ b&ak c r e d i t . t o t a l . . ....... ail. ©f d o l . .......... ...i8. 3 . .............. do... Ixces® f ®@err es«- estimated ........................... do... F e d e r a l B®s@rT@ r e p o r t i n g ®@sber b®ak§ i n l e a d i n g ettitt* Bank debits, total ............................ mil. of dol. Httr York City ...................................... do... D e p o s i t s , demand^ a d j u t t o d ........................... 4©»<** Loans and investments, t o t a l . — ........ » ......... »««&©«« c U. S. Sof erismeat obligations... • ....... .......... . 4©.. « GoBmereial, industrial and agricultural loss®.» s ®«<de^ , Failure®, commercial ..... *•• ........................ . number. Bond yield®, domestic eorpor&t® (Moody 9 ®) Stock prices, 4l6 stock® \ Standard and Po Industrial®, 365 gtocks ........................ Production* Bituminous coal 4/ .. . t o o n s , ©f iliectrle power, by utilities .................. ail- Motor vehicle® (lards) ............................... aumbar. Petroleua 4/... ••••• \..thoua. of bbl. Staal 2/ ................... ••-'..-••...••-••-•• ••1935-39-100. Freigat carloadlng®, total ..... -/i ........ -•• . ... tooua. of mm. ........ . e » e .,Ae S8 <, L Poor 8 ®) .1935-39-100. 165.5 19s .0 182*9 IkJ .2 *39§ 2-97 SKI l.Wl 990 59^ 8SB62t§ 22,32© 17.503 1,166 19,572 4s,6a© §J$5*lk2 37.6H2 6/1U.718 S7 3-13 123.7 130.0 2,300 5«S7i I078a4o 5.313 191.* 631 3S4 166.6 203*3 isg.o 1US,3 351.6 ~*396 3=10 232 i e 623 913 2S.335 22,568 17 9 S63 1,537 20,565 % «.ip to, 963 o%bm 37,587 14,689 61 3.12 121,2 12.7-3 2, ISO 5,310 104,626 5*326 193.0 811 3S0 161,7 1J5-9 lbg.7 153.1 296.3 .3a 2.2? 576 1.5*9 1,157 3^*5 . 28,410 23,919 20,435 2k,§S6 11.033 4S.29© 6/e2 8 g70 33*44© 1/15,595 96 3.10 119*4 •'•125-5 i,SS6 5.790 117,045 5,645 20109 i62»p 179.* 170 eQ 15S, 8 296.0 .321 473 1,652 1,132 372 gs953S 24 e sa 19.S99 709 25,001 io 8 ©69 47,928 6/63,141 _33^55 6/15.614 116 3.08 119.2 125.4 1,907 5.50S g9,6s6 5,64l 17S .9 609 897 162.2 179 "2 169.6 152*5 296.2 .323 2.27 204 28,314 24,113 20 g 23§ l,0ll9 229414 47,7^ 6/62,751 32,987 6/15.561 128. 3»07 120.1 126.4. l 8 7|5 5.5^2 79.377 5.611 196.5 161.3 175-5 16S .1 152.6' 294.8 .322 274 gg,l42 23,727 20,375 •1,051 6/62.638 33,484 6/15,366 123 3-05 119-5 .-. 125.6 1,914 5 e 692 1 96,101 5.^54 »g.o 722, 347 I6O.5 174 ; j 164.4 152.9 291.4 .324 2.27 27 9 909 23,193 20,105 954 8,36i 3.02 122.1 128.6 104,022 \J Data do not always. e@T@r calendar weak®. 2/ l a t ' l s s d @@ri@@e S@© a@t® i n December 3s 19^-8 i@«.«te ^ ages. ^/ For description se@ note is Jmly 13. 1946 insm®, 6/ B@giimiag Jsaly 1948 indl^idml loan ltaan' f o r ® y e a r @g©„ i n s t e a d of n e t a t f o r a s r l y i t o t a l l e ^ s &r@ ia©imd@A o a a. a # t fe^i® f o r a l l y«s*s< rsday prices 4/ B@ily a w r » groat, ©mrr@ntly and 229 8)6.1. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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Page 1: WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF … · survey of current business weekly supplement united states department of commerce bureau of foreign and domestic oomfttftfrce

SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OOMfttftfRCE

AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURREIjTJWSlNESS

S E L E C T E D B U S I N E S S I N D I C A T O R S

225

200

I7*>

!50

125

100

Lfi*o*»€J:

STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (1935-39 » 100)

WEkKLY UATA

^..aj^fcwW^1 1 6 5

6 0

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION SY UTILITIES

LJ..JJL-L 1=1 J^j-jJ.-i-iau^LJi«j«J,-Lj « L L U J I

DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND : H X % (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, i33&- 3d - IOU

COTTON CONSUMPTION (DAiLY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS OF BALES)

g 5 L U U - U - L L U . J..J L i

/ x^f-W E E K L Y $ US i NESS S T A T I S T I C S 1

ism

J a a . 10 17 B@€* I I

19M9

J a a . 8 J®n. 15

;€oataodit7 prie@®9 whol©«l@i A l l o o a a o d i t l e s 2 / . . . . . . . . . .

• F&y« p r o d u c t s 2 / . . . . . . . . . . food j > / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A l l o t h e r 2 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2g o o m o d i t i s s j / . . . . . . . . . . . Gotten* m i d d l i n g , l § / l 6 \ 10 WheatB l o . 2 , l@a?& ¥lafe@r (

B e p ^ r t e e n t s t o r e ©a l©®*.** . . . . X&aured unessployaanfe*, t o t a l 5 /

Sfc&t® .¥®t©r®a®

. . 1926*100 .

. . . . . „ d © o o „

. . . . . . d o . . .

. . . . . . d o . . « t 1939^100,

t® V . . . . . . . . . d o l . p®ff 1%. C i ty ) . . . . . . . . »d©l* p « r b u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1935-39 -100 .

Cur reae^ In c l r e t s l a t i o a 4 / . -F«dex«l E@s@rir@ b&ak c r e d i t . t o t a l . .

. . . . . . . a i l . ©f d o l .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . i 8 . 3 .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Ixces® f ®@err es«- e s t i m a t e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .

F e d e r a l B®s@rT@ r e p o r t i n g ®@sber b®ak§ i n l e a d i n g e t t i t t * Bank d e b i t s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l . of d o l .

Httr York C i t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . D e p o s i t s , demand^ a d j u t t o d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4©»<** Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , t o t a l . — . . . . . . . . » . . . . . . . . . » « « & © « « c

U. S. Sof erismeat o b l i g a t i o n s . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 4 © . . « GoBmereial , i n d u s t r i a l and a g r i c u l t u r a l l o s s ® . » s ® « < d e ^ ,

F a i l u r e ® , c o m m e r c i a l . . . . . * • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .number. Bond y i e l d ® , domest ic eorpor&t® (Moody9®) Stock p r i c e s , 4 l 6 stock® \ S t anda rd and Po

I n d u s t r i a l ® , 365 g t o c k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P roduc t ion*

Bi tuminous c o a l 4 / . . . t o o n s , ©f i l i e c t r l e power, by u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a i l -Motor veh ic l e® ( l a r d s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a u m b a r . P e t r o l e u a 4 / . . . ••••• \ . . t h o u a . of b b l . S t a a l 2 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • - ' . . - • • . . . • • - • • - • • • •1935-39-100 .

F r e i g a t c a r load lng®, t o t a l . . . . . - / i . . . . . . . . - • • . . . . t ooua . of mm. . . . . . . . . . e » e . , A e S 8 < ,

L P o o r 8 ® ) . 1935-39 -100 .

1 6 5 . 5 19s . 0 182*9 IkJ . 2

*39§ 2-97

SKI l . W l

990 59^

8SB62t§ 22,32© 17.503

1,166

19 ,572

4s,6a© §J$5*lk2

37.6H2 6/1U.718

S7 3-13

123 .7 130 .0

2,300 5«S7i

I078a4o 5.313 1 9 1 . *

631 3S4

166.6 203*3 i s g . o 1US,3 351 .6 ~*396

3=10 232

i e 6 2 3 913

2S.335 22,568 179S63 1,537

20,565

% «.ip to, 963 o%bm 37 ,587

14,689 61

3 .12 121 ,2 12.7-3

2, ISO 5,310

104,626 5*326 193 .0

811 3S0

161,7 1J5-9 l b g . 7 153 .1 296.3

.3a 2 . 2 ?

576 1.5*9 1,157

3^*5

. 28,410 23,919 20,435

2k,§S6 11.033 4S.29©

6 /e2 8 g70 33*44©

1 /15 ,595 96

3 .10 119*4

•'•125-5

i ,SS6 5.790

1 1 7 , 0 4 5 5 ,645 20109

i62»p 179.* 170 eQ 15S, 8 296.0

.321

473 1,652 1,132

372

gs953S 24esa 19.S99

709 25,001 io8©69 47,928

6/63,141 _33^55 6/15.614

116 3.08

119 .2 125 .4

1,907 5.50S

g9,6s6 5,64l 17S .9

609 897

1 6 2 . 2 179 "2 169 .6 152*5 296 .2

.323 2 .27

204

28 ,314 24 ,113 20 g23§

l ,0 l l9

229414

4 7 , 7 ^ 6 / 6 2 , 7 5 1

32,987 6 / 1 5 . 5 6 1

128. 3»07

1 2 0 . 1 126 .4 .

l 8 7 | 5 5 .5^2

79 .377 5 . 6 1 1 1 9 6 . 5

161 .3

175-5 16S . 1 152.6 ' 294 .8

.322

274

g g , l 4 2 23,727 20 ,375 •1,051

6 /62 .638 33 ,484

6 /15 ,366 123

3-05 119-5

.-. 125 .6

1,914 5 e 692

1 9 6 , 1 0 1 5.^54 » g . o

722, 347

I6O.5 174 ; j 1 6 4 . 4 1 5 2 . 9 291 .4

.324 2 . 2 7

279909 23 ,193 20 ,105

954

8,36i

3 . 0 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 2 8 . 6

104 ,022

\J Da ta do not always. e@T@r c a l e n d a r weak®. 2 / l a t ' l s s d @@ri@@e S@© a@t® i n December 3s 19^-8 i@«.« te ^ a g e s . ^ / F o r d e s c r i p t i o n se@ n o t e i s Jmly 1 3 . 1946 insm®, 6/ B@giimiag Jsaly 1948 i n d l ^ i d m l l o a n l t a an ' f o r ® y e a r @g©„ i n s t e a d of n e t a t f o r a s r l y i t o t a l l e ^ s &r@ ia©imd@A oa a. a # t fe^i® f o r a l l y«s*s<

rsday prices 4 / B@ily a w r » g r o a t , ©mrr@ntly and

229 8 ) 6 . 1 .

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Page 2: WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF … · survey of current business weekly supplement united states department of commerce bureau of foreign and domestic oomfttftfrce

2 M O N T H L Y B U S I N E S S S T A T I S T I C S

Saxller data a r t available la monthly issues of the Sairvey and the 1947 Supply sat

0OH9IBDOI1OH AID BKAL SSTAZB

. ..thou*, of d o l . .

..19x3*100,.

. * . . . . do* , . .

. . . . . . d o . . *.

Contract 'ward* (Inglnaari&g S*v*~&aeord) I B&ginawiag construction, T«laa 1 / . . . . . .

Construction cost ind®«®3 Assoc la,tad General Contractor® Call type®) Engineering I®%fs~a@c©rds Building cost ................ Construct!©® cost ( a l l t ypags ) . . . . . . . . . . . .

DOMS9SIC 2BAS1

Department store §&ies, united States totals* Uaadjustad ind©&«... .1935-39*100. Adjusted index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . » .

MFLOMWS C0KDITI0H3 AND WA&B3 Production workers, uaa&j. iade£e a l l mfg. 2 / . . . . ..1939*100.

Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . I ro a and etaal and t h e i r . p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . « d o . . .

Blast furnaces, ataal works, and ro l l ing mi l l s . , .do.••. • - KLectric&l m a c h i n e r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . d o . . .

Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l * . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Machinery and auachiu®-@hop p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Machine t o o l s . . d o . . .

Autoaobiles........................................do... Transportation equipment, ®xe@pt autoaobilee.... ...do... Aircraft and part©, excluding @ngin©g............do... Aircraft anginas ......do... Shipbuilding and boatbuilding....................do...

Noaferrous aetals sad products.....................do.,.. Laabsr sad timber basis products....................do. •. SawmiX 1 a .............do...

furniture and finished Is&bar p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . d o . . . f u r n i t u r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .

Stone, clay, and gla®s products. . . . . . . d o . . . Hoadurable good® i n d u s t r i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .

Tex t i l e - s i l l products and other fiber m f r s . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Cotton aanufaustures, except asaall w a r e s . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Silk and rayon g o o d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Woolen and worsted manufactures . . . . d o . . .

Apparel and other finished t ex t i l e product® . . . d o . . . lien' e clothing . . d o . . . Wcsen's clothing . . . . . d o . . .

Leather aad leather p roduc t s . . . . .do»... Boots and s h o e s . . . . „ . . . . . ' . do . . .

food and kindred p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . • Bak ing . . . . . . d o . . . Caaaing end preserving. — .....do... Slaughtering and meat packing do...

Tobacco manufactures do. .«, Paper aad allied products do... Paper aad pulp do...

Printing, publishing, and allied industries........do... Sewspapera aad periodicals .............do... Printing, book and job .do...

Cheaicals and allied products do... Chemicals ° ..do...

Products of petroleum aad coal d o , . . Petroleum ref in ing . . . . . d o . . .

Rubber products . . . d o . . . fiubber t i r e s aad inner tubes . . d o . . .

Hoasaaufacturiag saaployaent, unadjusted! Mining* 2/

Anthracite d o . . . Bituminous coal . ^ . . . . d o . . . Metallif erou*. . d o . . . Quarrying aad aonnetallic d o . . . Crude petroleua and natural g»s ....do...

Public utilities: Electric light aad power ................do... Street railways aad busses .do... Telegraph ... .do... Telephone .do...

Services* Eyeing and cleaning... ............do... Power laundries ...do... Tear-round hotels d o . . .

Hetail t rade d o . . . Wholeaale t rade. . d o . . .

Production-worker pay r o l l s , ttn&dj.index,all mfg. 2 / . . . d o . . . Durable goods Industriaa . d o . . .

Iron aad s teel aad their products . d o . . . Blast furnaces, steel works, aad ro l l ing m i l l s . . . d o . . .

Elect r ica l machinery d o . . .

19** 7

November j Decaaber

314

*m.i

376 302

160.« 186.8 X63< 130, 229, 230 • 2*8

139 190. 284 .6 336.2 291.0 169.9 178.8 178-5 195 »* 11*7.1 11*5.7 15**0 1*0.4 111.1 123,6 90.

110, 11*1, 13*. 15S-114, 108. 150. 129.. 126.5 151.0 96.

11*8. ll*5, 135-122. 1U9, 204< 294, 156. 153.4 17*.0 188.7

91.2 107.4 96.5

126.2 110.5

109.7 128.7 97*2

193.3

159.4 121.3 117.1 119.8 I I6 .5 353-* 395.0 335-1 255.1 471.9

501,384

313

441*7

485

303

161. q 188.8 164.7 130 •* 230.2 233.8 249.0 140.2 195.2 291*6

335-* 291.0 181.5 180.3 178.4 194.7 l4o. 3 1*7.8 154.7 140.7 112.7 125.1 91.8

112.4 144. S 135-2 164.4 115.3 110.6 146.9 127.2 110.3 160.8 94.4

149-147-135. 122. 150, 205, 296.1 155.5 153.7 175.3" 187.8

91.5 108.3 97.0

122.6 110.1*

110.3 128.6

97.6 195.0

156.5 120.9 118.1 130.2 117.1 365.7 411.0 345.8 257.8 481.2

SaptittWr

665,417

3*1

?57*X 1 480.2

319 31S

1 rl64.6 rl8S.4 166.2 137.7

. . a i * 5 -228.7 245.1 131.2

rl95-9 276.3 349.2

I 300.I | 140.8 I 173.9

200.6 220.4 142.0 141.9 158.2 145.9 UO.3 I23.6 96.5

105.2 j 148.6

139.5 171.3 IO9.3 104.4 179.9 133.0 295-7 144.5 93.9

rl49.8 150.0 133.0 125.9 1*5.3 207.1 301.6 159.1 155.7 162.8

.168.6

9.2.7 109.7 96.5

128.3 116.4

116.2 127.9 92.3

202.3

152.5 118.4 115.7 113.4 117.1

r^82.2 r423.7

365.O

!9kB

October

648,434

3*1

355*9 &7S.3

328 306

rl63-3 r!89.0

167.1 137.7

-..,,,,213.4, 228.7 244.0

.1J0.0 rl94.9

282.9 366.2 309.O 140.5 176.0 197-7 216.2 143.3 1*3-6 159.4 143.1 109.2 122.2 96.7

101.2 148.8 139.0 170.8 108.3

r!03.3 163.8 135.5 194.1 146.4 95.9

151.0 149.5 134.8 127.0 147.9 208.1 3OO.3 153.6 148.1 163.5 165.9

91.7 108.8 99.3

126.5 113.5

115.2 126.9

91.6 201.9

rl53-7 116.7 116.2 116.0 118.1

r l82.1 r434.1

376.O 305.0 474.4

November

451,112

3*1

355-6 477.7

*356 r287

r l 6 l . 5 138.6

r l$6 .8 ' 138-5-

T215.1 227.9 243.5 129.7 193.6

r285.7 377.4 315.0 136.5 176.1 195.4 212.7 1*3.1 144.2 158.9

r l*0.3 108.5 121.6 96.4

IOO.3 rl*6.9

134.1 170.6

r l04.5 99.4

rl52.9 13U.3 131.0 152.0 96.5

H51.7 150.0

r l3*.7 127.2 1*7.1

r207.1 299.9

rl58.9 rl57.0b r l64.5

168.2

92.1 IO8.3 95-0

124.6 114.0

115.5 126.2 90.7

202.1

I5O.5 114.8 115.2 119.4 I I8 .3 378.1 428.3 373.6 304.7 479.2

December

843,5*4

3*1

p491 P307

.....-;....

. . . . . . . . . .

•*-

TJ aevlsed. 2 / Pre l ia iaary . 1/ Data for September and December 1948 are for 5 weeks? other moaths, 4 weeks. 2/ The employment and w ro l l groups, the individual iadustr ies and the mining industr ies have been adjusted to Federal Security data through 1946, with the ex-^ caption of the men's aad women's clothing iadustr ies and the industr ies in the "Transportation eauioment" c r a m . "Transportation equipmeat" group.

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O N T H L Y B U S I N E S S S T A T I S T I C S- nontinued

Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1347 Supplement

1347

Decea^s*

194S

fflWABCE

Bank d e b i t s , t o t a l ( l 4 l c e n t e r s ) n i l . of d o l . New York C i ty d o . . . O u t s i d e New Tork C i ty . d o . . .

Bond s? Y i e l d s :

Domestic c o r p o r a t e , Moody's . p e r c e n t . By r a t i n g s :

A a a . . . . . . d o . . .

. a o . .

. d o . ,

. d o . . A Baa

By g r o u p s : I n d u s t r i a l . d o . . . P u b l i c u t i l i t y d o . . . H a i l r o a d d o . . .

Domestic municipal (15 bonds) .do... U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) do...

Stocks: Dividend r a t e p e r s h a r e :

Common s t o c k s (200 s t o c k s ) , M o o d y ' s . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o l l a r s . I n d u s t r i a l (125 e tocks ) d o . . . P u b l i c u t i l i t y (25 s t o c k s ) , d o . . .

mPLOTMMT CONDITIONS AND WAGES - Cont inued

P r o d u c t i o n - w o r k e r pay r o l l s , u n a d j . i n d e x , mfg. l / - Con. Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s - Cont inued

Machinery , excep t e l e c t r i c a l 1939*100 Machinery and machine shop p r o d u c t s d o . . Machine t o o l s - d o . .

Automobiles « d o . . T r a n s p o r t a t i o n .-acttipiaeat, excep t a u t o m o b i l e s d o . .

A i r c r a f t ?.vi& t ^ r s i i , e x c l u d i n g e n g i n e s d o . . Alrci'44.11; ^.agittea d o . . Shipbu-L iair^g and b o a t b u i l d i n g d o . .

Bonfeyrous m e t a l s and p r o d u c t s d o . . Lumber and t i a b s r b a s i c p r o d u c t s d o . .

Sawmi l l s . . . . . . . . . . . - . d o , . f u r n i t u r e and f i n i s h e d lumber p r o d u c t s d o . . . . j

f u r n i t u r e d o . . . . j S tone , c l a y 8 and g l a s s p r o d u c e s d o . . . . |

Nondurable goods i n d u s t r i e s d o . . . . j T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s and o t h e r f i b e r mfrs d o . . .

Cot ton m a n u f a c t u r e s , . e x c e p t s s a l l w a r e s . d o . . . S i l k &ad rayon goods . . . . . . . d o , . . Woolen and wors ted manufacture® d o —

Apparel and o t h e r f i n i s h e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s d o . . . Men 's c l o t h i n g . . . ». . d o . . . Women's c l o t h i n g . . . . . . d o . . .

L e a t h e r and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s * . d o . . . Boots and shoes . . . . . . . d o . . .

food and k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Baking d o . . . Canning and p r e s e r v i n g . . d o , . , S l a u g h t e r ! ng and meat pack ing d o . . .

Tobacco manufac tu res » d o . . . Paper and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s d o . . .

P a p e r and p u l p - . . . . . d o . . . P r i n t i n g , p u b l i s h i n g , and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s , , , d o . . .

Newspapers and p e r i o d i c a l s . . . . . . . d o . . . P r i n t i n g , book and j o b . d o . . .

Chemicals and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s d o . . . Chemicals . . . • d o . . .

P r o d u c t s of pe t ro leum and c o a l . . . . . . . d o . . . Pe t ro l eum r e f i n i n g d o . . .

Bubber p r o d u c t s . . . . d o . . . Bubber t i r e s and i n n e r t u b e s . . d o . . .

Pay r o l l s . , n o n s a n u f a c t u r i n g , unad ju s t ed : Mining: 1/

A n t h r a c i t e d o . . . Bi tuminous c o a l d o . . . M e t a l l i f e r o u s . . d o . , . q u a r r y i n g and n o s m e t a l l i c . . d o . . . Crude pe t ro l eum and n a t u r a l gas d o . . .

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s : E l e c t r i c l i g h t and power d o . . . S t r e e t r a i l w a y s and b u s s e s d o . . . Te legraph . d o . . . Telephone «do. . .

S e r v i c e s : Dyeing and c l e a n i n g d o . . . Power l a u n d r i e s «. . d o . . . . Year- round h o t e l s d o . . .

B e t a i l t r a d e d o . . . Wholesale t r a d e — d o . . . .

459.6 498. S 253.3 395.6 555.1 653.8 ^79.2 316.6 367.3 429.1 476.2 343.0

331.2 312.8 2SS.2 362-1 2*4.1 276.6 304.8 3OI.5 319.3 252,5 246.7 323-5 24<5.4 293.7 337.6 216.3 325 325 257 224, 292, 416 566, 309 295-S 361.4 362.4

I 224.4 327.4 194.8 305.7 211.0

187-6 223.6 206.s 321.5

293-7 226.8 228.6 216.5 I 213.6

82,740 : 31B?3S j 51,002 !

3.02 ! i

2.77 i 2.85 : 3 .01 ! 3.44 ;

2.84 2.93 3.30 2.18 2.36

2.54 2.54 3.20

I

rj Bev i sed . 1/ See f o o t n o t e 2 , on page 2 .

292.8 i 233.6 ! 233.? i 237.6 i 213.9 :

i06,520 :

^6,225 i 60,295 i

3-12!

2,86 2.94 3.16 3.52

2,92 3.02 3.42 2.35 2.39

2-55 2.56 3.20

S^is.SSbG'V ; October

296.8 232.9 235.3 219.4 220.S

! 93*511 37.531 55,980

3.09

2.8U 2.93 3.13 3.45

2.88 3.07 3.32 2.46 j 2.45 I

2.80 2.04 3.25

Kov sabe r Dec ember

479-9 518*9 262 .2 427-7 6 0 0 . 2 668 .7 503 .5 3 7 s . 9 377 .8 431 .8 473.U 355-7 356 .2 335 .7 321 .4 302.0 376.4 266 .5 294,4 327 .3 309 .5 355-9 259-6 256.O 321.9 251 .3 278 .2 361 .2 219.8 33^ .0 332 .5 263 .1 230.0 297.8 4 2 4 . 1 580.8

313 .? 300 .4 373.6 3 b 5 . b

239.4 345.8 198.8 295-3 203 .2

185-7 226.7 207.8 313.0

48U.O 523.2 248.3

rUZ5-9 581.8 746 .1 570.0 2S3.1

386-3 523.3 584 .4 344,5

^ •

361.2 r341 .6

295.5 351+.9 301 .3 286 .1 348 .1 324 .7 390 .2 245 .1

r 2 3 8 . 7 389 .8 282 .6 335 .0 303 .5 23.4.8 355.0 362.9 273-6 253.6 304.8 4 6 2 . 5 641.6 3*3.6 3 2 6 . 1 xUk.o 326 .2

247 .3 r 3 5 5 . 1

211 .2 342 .4 235.6

204 .3 239.7 220.4 335.4

4-91.7 531 .5 250 .3

*439.9 6 1 3 . 3 794.9 599 .7 291 ,2 394 .2 519 .2 575 .3 354.9 tKHZ 1

3 7 2 . 1 331 .2 s q i . ? 350^0 299.4 265 .7 325 .0 302 .4 751.0

r 2 3 6 . 8 r227-6

353*2 236 .6 5*4.3 305.4 224 .3 357-4 3 5 9 . 1 273.6 252 .2 305 .4 4 6 0 . 1 628 ,6 3 4 4 . 1 323 .6 345 .5 3 1 8 . 2

260 .4 358 .5 224 .9 3 4 5 . 2 230 .7

204 .5 242.0 217 .4 3 3 8 . 2

r 3 0 0 . 0 227 .6 23S. 7 2 2 3 . 5

r 2 2 2 . 5

95,582 38,169 57.413

3.11

2.84 2.94 3-15 3.50 j

2.90 3.07 3-35 2.45 2.45

2.90 2.9? 3". 28

486-9 I

527.3 i '248.1 !

425-5 611.8 83O.7 601.3 262.4 391.1 49'U7 5415.7 ! 349-2 i 356.7 ! 366.q i 329.1 ! ?qi,q ; 348.9 I 299*1 • 2G7.S 335-4 300.1 379-8 223.3 211.3 340.7 280.8 317.9 336.2 223.5 362.2 364.7 275.4 253.3 307-9 460; 2 634.O 352.7 341.0

'341-9 312.9

227.3 343.1 215.2 329.5 235.3

205,8 237.4 215-3 349.0

289o 226.9 237-4 228.4 224.2

91,569 34,754 56.815

3.12

2.84 2.92 3-18 3.53

2.89 3.09 3.37 2.42 2.44

3,02 3,12 3.29

109,908 46,i94 63,714

3-09

2.79 2.88 3.16 3.53

3.0^ 3.36 2.26 2.UU

3.04 3.14 3.3O

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M O N T H L Y BUSINESS ST A TISTICS —Contlnrad

l a r l i t r date are avaUftbls i s monthly igfm®§ of %h§ S w i ^ and the i |47 Mv^plmmt

itooks - Oontim&ad Dividend r» t t per share - OoatiBuad

Oeamoa stoeks (200 stosks) , Moody1® - Continued BaUread ( K stocks). Bank (15 stecks) * . . . • . . . * . . «* . . . * . Insurance (10 s tocks) . . e . . . . . . • • • . . . • • •

Dividend j l s ldss Common stocks (£00 stocks), Moody ' s . . . . . .

Industr ial (125 s t o e k i ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Futl lo atiUtgr (25 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . • . . . . BailroaA ( $ gt©ekg) e 8 e e 9 e e 9 8 S*3 , s***** Bask ( l ^ t t ook t ) • • • • • ' . . . . ' • • • • • . # . . . . . . . X&juraaeo (10 ftooki) . • . . . . . • • • • • • • • • ••-

Frsftrs»®4* hiffe-grad® (IB stocks)

QBBIXCAL8 MS 4LII®) PiDOTCSS laequor, and f i l ler®, salesi

. .dollars*

. . . . d o . . .

•percent. . . . . d o . . . . . ••do. .« . . . , d e . . . e 6 S « d © , s e , » e s 8 d § , * a

Faint , varnish, fetal.

Classified, to ta l Industr ial T r a d ® . . . . . . . . . .

Uno las s i f l t d . . . . .

. thSUSo. of d©I. , .«&©»*« . . . d o . . . - . . d © . . .

FOODSOTFg AND SOBACCO

Livestock slaughter (federally inspected)! Calves • . . . . . . . . • • . . . . t h o u s . of aainals .

................................do...

................................do...

................................do...

Cattle........................... Hogs..... .................... Sleep and lambs..................

Stocks, cold storage; end of month? ipples, fresh..................... Butter? creamery•................ Ghees®, total. .......••.......--• Fruit®, frosen................... Vegetables, frossn............... Bggs, shell Eggs, frosen Total Beats..... Beef and veal.. Lamb and mutton................ Pork, total

fresh and cured Lard.

. i . . t hous .

...cthou@e

. thous. ol

. . . . thous .

of bu. of l b .

. . d o . . .

. . d o . . . eaies. of lb .

. . d o . . .

. . d o . . .

. . d o . . .

. . d o . . .

. . d o . . .

. . d o . . , Poultry. . . . . d o .

M^ALS Am MHOTAGTUHSS Cast lags, steel*

Shipment e, to ta l short tons. for sale, t o t a l do . . .

Sail way specia l t ies . . d o . . . Steel ingots and s tee l for cast ings:

Production * thous. of short ton®. Percent of capacity

Steel products, net shipmentsi Total . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Merchant bars............... ...................do... Pipe and tubes. .......... ...do... Plates ». .do... Bails do... Sheets ...do... Strip — Cold rolled ..do...

Hot rolled do... Structural shapes, heavy. ...do... Tin plate and ternepl&te .do... Wire and wire products. .do...

Coppers Production: Mine or smelter short tons. Kefinery ....do...

Deliveries, refined, domestic ...do... Stocks, refined, end of month .do...

Zinc, slab: TJJ Production „ . . . d o . . . Shipments, t o t a l . . . . d o . . .

Domestic . . . . . , ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Stocks, end of month . . . . . . d o . . .

Foundry equipment, new orders, net: Hew equipment .1937»39»100.

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

Cotton: Consumption. .bales.

mi Mmmhm

1.86 2*52

5.5* 3M 6,02

it.Ss 3.57

s 1.199 492G0

28,623 5§»577

999

762 1,337

1,1*71

35*79© 46,002

l6gB6S2 392.077 323,991

8214 16^,673 635,339 151,856

I?,280 378.228 30M51

73,377 317,112

130,125 97.143 25.§35

7.2142 96.5

5.217 ksk 534 513 209

1,264 126 137 353 32s Hoo

72.53** 97.525

106,232 66,622

69.682 79.7«9 59.154 69.166

286.1

759.866

fieeeatber

I.85

1.88

SM 3M g*04 5.76 M O 3-50 1,0?

6g89l4 62,213 29,688 32*526 6,700

673 1.3*6 6.25U 1.^51

29,807 23,672

147,6S3 369.470 291,752

196 13S,192

r9699996 196,252

» , U 7 640,445 527.159 113,286 317.^63

148,124 110,970 34.919

7.376 95.4

5.613 521 558 591 211

1.352 134 149 380

405

80,954 108,816 113,446 76.035

70.996 72,151 61,258 68,011

467.8

754.847

19U8

Ssptsjiber

2,19 8-33 iM

3.90 6*25 4.67' 3,40

76.80

9i*4g2 81,842 34,464 47,378

599 1,178 2,836 1,464

4,902 93,850

212,282 364,115 311.734

3.290 200,968 491.557 80,587 10,47s

331.496 234,909 96,5S7 log,36s

149,222 112,551 36,457

7,4l6 96.1

5.5U 523 583 572 184

1.360 150 141 334 334 408

88,105 102,976 122,938

72,215

6 4 , 7 a 68,850 60,990 41,117

273.5

739.139

©§t©!>@;f

2.24 8.33 1.81

5*gg 5*93 5.8O S.ao 4*45 1.16

rSl.Tgl r74,0?0 r j l ,600 rU2,470'

7.711

633 1,176 4809S 1,632

22,413 S3,412

195.470 362,423 311.96s

1,685 169,287 44S6650 97.705 16,296

269,689 203,163 66,526

154,617

r!52,983 rll48819

38,833

7.987 100.0

5.952 535 63s 641 190

1.463 161 154 392 350 436

- 81,474 101,436 112,580 76,371

70,716 67,402 61,751 44,431

296.O

695,887

f©Viil1r*»

2.32 2.33 1.87

6.72 6.9S 6. QB 7.42 U.87

- > 3 0 i/4*21

71,523 65,133 29.871 35.262 6,4*9

6l4' 1,151 5,425 1,444

r21,836 r6o,2l4

rl64e4l0 r346894l r30S8S?9

s?444 rl39,298 r6l2,077 s°126,2S7 1*23,305

r3§7s727 r310,7D6

r77.021 r!718472

1469E35 110,275

36,014

7,779 100.6

5.732 534 614 629 190

1.418 165 146 368 315 417

r58.297 102,779 ?99.b55 89.756

71.195 96,142 66,211 19,484

284.4

685,166

Daesn'Dfr

>4© ,34 .99

-57 ,78 ,09 >SJ 74 J . *

572 1,197 6eOS9 1,329

I7666l 33,506

148,251 334.345 282,371

157 105,422 S99s550 172,026

26,819 603,693 487.145 116,5*40 161;189

7.756 97 A

64,088 96,117

102,292 96,080

76,946 75.582 68,246 20,848

680,670

vj Bevised. 1/ Data based on Ik stocks. 2/ Data based on 11 stocks. %J Sa® note on corresponding item in the December 1948 Survey.

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