SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE B U R E A U O F F O R E I G N A N D D O M E S T I C C O M M E R C E

AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS OCTOBER 17, 1947

M O N T H L Y BUSINESS STAT IST ICS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION

(1935-39-100) ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 3Y UTILITIES

(BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS)

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ISO

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DEPARTMENT STORE SALES AND STOCKS (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1935-39-100)

J 1 ! i

SALES ^ ! / /

. .y%A/\ysy\ J^ **** \ * ^ > > a j J^" STOCKS j

1 TT?*V*?"TTi i ! 1 j T T i i ! 1 1 i i J. i_J_.l_ J_ J—l_i_l 1 ! 1 1 ' 1 1 i i

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT AND * W ROLLS (UNADJUSTED. ! 9 3 S - ' 0 0 )

1946 1947

WEEKLY BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S 1 1944 1945 1946

ITEM 19U7

Oct. XI Oct. 4 I Sgpfe. 2? I Sept. 801 Sept. 13

1946

Oct. 12 Oct. 5

Commodity prices, wholesales All commodities 2/ 1926*100..

Sarm products <> d o . . . . tfood d o . . . . All other 2/ d o . . . .

28 commodities 2 / . August 1939*100 •* Cotton, middling, 15/lfi", 1C markets 4/ dol. per l b . . tinea*, So. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) £ / . . • . .dol. per bu..

Stopartment store s a l e s . . . . . 1935""39»100,. Insured unemployment, total 6/ thous..

State; programs., . d o . . . • Veterans' program® d o . . . .

finance* Currsaey In sirsulation 4 / . . . . a i l . of dol . , Vedoral iiteserv© bank credit, total d o . . . . Member bank reserve balances d o . . . .

$g»ess reserves, estimated d o . . . . federal. Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities? jj

Bank debits, total rail, of dol . . Sew lork City d o . . . .

Deposits, deaand, adjusted ...do.... Loans and. investments, total do....

0. 9. Government obligations do.... Commercial, Industrial and agricultural loans do....

failures, commercial <• number.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) percent.. Stock prices, 402 stocks (Standard and Poor*s).1935-39-100..

Industrials, 354 stocks do.... Production!

Bituminous coal 4/ thous. of short tons.. Klectrlc power, by utilities ail. of kw-hr.. Motor vehicles (Wards) 8/ auaber.. Petroleum 4/ ....thous. of bbl.. Steel 2 / 1935-39-100..

freight carloadlnge, total thous. of cars . . Miscellaneous d o . . . .

33^-7 .312 2.87

22,853 17 .1k 1.138

2.93 123.2 128.9

97,372

157.1 187-5 17603 138,6 334.5

O07 2.86

28,525 22,931 17.0-J4 1,041

22,139 9,119

47,05f 64,796 38,400 13,116

2.92 122.9 128.3

2,032 »+,935

101,608 5,208 IS5.0

?43 429

156.2 1S4»7 177-6 13s.2 326.9

-310 2.6? 317

:>,307 769 480

23,563 22*573 16,831

953

3:3 38,680 12,935

77 2.89

121.9

127.*

2,050 4,956

106,894 5,196 184., 5

933 421

15s. I 189.8 182-3 13s.0 324.8

.321 2c 72 301

1,425 •35 551

2* 631 22^94 17.128 1,145

20,383 7.710

47,498 64,714 39,022 12,858

73 2.85

124.0 129.6

2„040 4,97?

109,73^ 5,200 175.2

931 413

157*4 187 o 180,9 2„3go! 324.6

.316 2o6s

291 *«536

874

28,728 22,472 16,932

1,103

!7,4r*3 6,803

47,350 64B2$2 38,699 12,719

75 2.82

122.0 127..1

2,100 5.053

106.095 5,217 I65.2

922 404

126.0 3.60,2 137.7 112.6 243.8

.388 2.02 281

8.039 922

1.061

?fft609 24,048 16,019

766

18,010 6,923

66,607 4U,504 10f412

25 2.82

117-S 121.1

2,086 M 9 5

86,330 4,737 178.5

899 3«9

125.I 158.0 135.5 112.6 243. %

,386 2.0.1 27?

2,082 918

1,110 2? ^4£ 24i140 16.166

934

20,597 8.213

45,621 66,450 44,281 10,180

28 2.82

125a 128.9

2,092 4,478

91,925 U.737 178-1

90? 395

1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeke^ 2/ See note in January 1, 1947 issue, j / Ihursday prieaa. 4/ Daily average. 5 / Data for 1947 Include dark hard winter not included previously. 6/ For description see note in July 13, 1946 issue, jj Shown on a revised tanla beginning in Supplement for July 18, 1947. 8/ Data are for U. S. and Canada and include passenger coirs, commercial ears, and trucks. 2 / tfsek ending October 18, I89.8.

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SELECTED BUSINESS I N D I C A T O R S

teller data are available la monthly U I U M of the Surrey and the 1948 Supplement

W7 ' September August Ju ly June

19*6

September

COBSTBJXTXOB ABB BBAL BSTATB

Construction c o s t s * JkaarJLppr.Go. t a v g . , 3 0 c i t i e s . . - 1 9 1 > 1 Q 0 . At lan ta d o . . . Hay York d o . . . San Francisco d o . . . S t . Louis d o . . .

.1935-39-100. d o . . .

DOMESTIC TBABB

Department e tore e a l o o , United S t a t e * t o t a l s * Unadjusted index Adjusted index

MPLOIIUK COHDZf ICH8 AMD VA0B3

Production workers, all manufacturing, unadjusted.*1939»100. Durable goods industries do...

Iron and steel and their products do... Blast furnaces, steel vorks, and rolling Bills...do...

Bleetrical aechinery do... Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l d o . . .

Machinery and •achlns-shop products d o . . . Machins t o o l s d o . . .

Autoaobi les d o . . . Transportation equipment, except a u t o a o b i l e s d o . . .

A ircraf t and p a r t s (exc luding engines) d o . . . Aircraf t engines d o . . . Shipbui lding and boatbui ld ing d o . . .

l onf srrous a e t a l s and products d o . . . Luabsr and timber bas ic products d o . . .

Sawsdlls 1/ do... furniture and finished luaber products do...

furniturs l/ • do... Stone, clay, and glass products do...

Nondurable goods industries do... Textile-Bill products,and other fiber aanufactures.do... Cotton manufactures, except email wares do... Silk and rayon goods do... Woolen and worsted asnufactures do...

Apparel and other finished textile products do... Msn'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 preeerrlng do... Slaughtering and seat jpaoking do...

Tobacco manufactures do... Paper and allied producte do... Paper and pulp do...

Printing, publishing, and allied industries do... Bevspapero and periodicals 1/ do... Printing, book and Job 1/ do...

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

Products of pstrolouB and c o a l <• d o . . . Petroleum r e f i n i n g d o • . .

Bubber producte d o . . . Bubber t i r e s and inner tubes 1 / d o . . .

Bonaanufactaring employment, unadjusted: Mining:

Anthracite d o . . . Bituminous coal do... Metalliferous do...

-quarrying and nonmetallic do... Crude petroleum and natural gas do... Public utilities*

Blectric light and power do... Street railways and busses do... Telegraph do... Telephone do...

Serriceei Dyeing and cleaning do... Power laundries do... Tear-round hotels do. •.

Botail trade do... Wholesale trade do...

Production-worker pay rolls,all manufsuturing,unadj....do... Durable goods lndustrlee do...

Iron and steel and their producte do... Blast furnaces, stsel works, and rolling mills.. .do...

Blectrical machinery do... Machinsry, except electrical do... Machinery and machine shop products do...

452 475 424 446

P297 p»9

446 470 448 417 44l

235 281

rl53-« rl77-l rl58.5

129.5 ra5.6 222.2 185.9 141.6

r l9L3 r247.2 329-3 299.9 121.3

rlTO.0 r l6 l .5 rl75.« rl31.?

129.4 rl44.0 rl35-4 r102.5

112.6 75.3 98.2

142.5 128*3 154.0

91 rl52.0 109.3 153.7 125.1 r91.6 11*3.0 142.6 129.8 120.8

Autoaobiles do..

l/ fierised. 2I frellainary. 1/ Bate for the indicated industries have 1

23 ti2 409

a9 2«7

149.0 174.7 156.1 126.2 215.0 217.9 184.5 136.8 195.0 248.9 326.0 301.1

r!26.1 168.2

rib?!* 127.8 125-9 140.2 130.3 101.2 112.3 r74.2

95.4 13L7 121.1 140. U 100.6

93.9 140.8 108.7 108.2

A24.9 89.6

140.7 140.9 128.8 119*8

rl38.2 189.8 180.8 153.7 141.4 175-2 212.3

78.7 81.8 89.1

106.0 97.2

AO9.3 130.9 IOI.5 193.3

123.4 112.8 118*3 110.2 111.1 313.9

r35p.4 304 .4

*235-3 4 2 2 . 3 420 .7 356 .1 239.9

r348.8

427 448 *2

421

265 2«9

151.4 179.7 157.5 128.0 221.5 224.2 188.7 145.9 196.2 291.8 337.4 302-5

r202.7 175.1 158.2 170.5 129.8 127.6 144.0 129.I 10J.1 114.5 r75.b

98.3 131-7 123.9 135.9

99.8 92.9

130.3 107.2

67.9 121.1

90.2 143.4 141.3 129.I " 9 . 7 137.8 I88.5 182.1 150.8 139.2 I8O.7 217.0

8O.3 88.7 90.4

105.7 95-5

107.5 130.4 102.3 190.4

127.7 112.2 119*4 111.4 110.5 319.6 365.9 316.1 247.0 432.6 434.6

£:l 357.0

342 367 3*7 317 332

82.2 90.5 83.5

102.5 93-9

101.9 129.9 112.0 181.0

125.6 109.9 U9.5 IO9.8 109.4 290.3 323.3

206.3 397.2 376.2 322-3 2*5-5 330-3

* l

323

242 290

147.7 170.6 150.2 123.6 210*5 206.6 176.2 167.5 187.8 294.7 338.3 309.3 228.6 177.3 139.0 150.7

.123-4 122.2 141.6 129.7 104.0 114.2

77.2 104.4 130.5 115.7 140.5 102.7

94.1 138.6 102.7 153.5 114.8

91.7 139.2 135.5 121.6 110.4 132.1 I8O.5 I68.5 147.4 137.4 184.0 217.5

82.0 90.8 82.5

103.2 95.5

101.9 130.2 111.9 181.1

124.5 111.6

106.6 109.1 284.4 316.1 265-9 204.0 378.9 362.2 314.2 281.4 319.0

1 adjusted to 1945 data from the Federal Security Agency.

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M O N T H L Y B U S I N E S S ST A T IS T IC S —Continued

Barlior data are available la Monthly lesues of the Survey and the 13*12 3uppl<BHvent

1947

September | August July June

1946

Sept amber | August

mpuHMBir COHDXTIQMS ASD WAGES - Continued

Productioa-vorkar pay rol l s - Continued. Parable goods Industries - Continued.

Transportation equipaeatt except automobiles...193^1°0' Aircraft and partis (excluding engines) . d o . . . Alr«raf t engines d o . . . Shipbuilding and boatbuilding d o . . .

Moaf errous metals and products d o . . . Lumber and timber basic products do.

Sawmills 1 / . . . . do. Jurnituro and finished lumber products do. furniture 1/ do.

Stone, clay, and glass products do. Koadurable goods industries do.

!T*xtlle~mill products and other fiber manufactures.do. Cotton manufactures, except small wares »...do. Silk and rayon goods do. Woolen and worsted manufactures do.

Apparel and other finished textile products do. Men3 B clothing 1/ do. Women1 s clothing %j do.

Leather and leather products do. Boots and shoes 1/ do.

food and kindred products do. Baking•.* do. Cannl»,;; w.-.L 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.

Hewspapsrs and periodicals 1/ do. Printing, book and job if do.

Chemicals and allied products do. Chemicale do.

Products of petroleum and coal do. Petroleum refining. do.

Bubber products - do. Bubbor tiree and inner tubes 1/ do.

Pay rolls, ncnmanufacturing, unadjusted: Mining: Anthracite do. Bituminous coal do. Metalliferous do. Quarrying and nonmetallic do.

Crude petroleum 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. Power laundries do. Tear-round hotels do.

Eetail trade do. Wholesale trade do.

raises Bank debits, total (l4l centers) mil. of dol..

Bev York City do..., Out«id* Sew York City do...,

Public finance (Pederal): 8$$$, gross, end of month do....

Interest bearing: Public issues do.... Special Issues do...,

Bonlnterest bearing do... < Obligations guaranteed by U. S.r amount outstanding..do....

Bonds: Prices:

Industrials, utilities,and rails (Stan.and Poor's Corp.): High grade (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond.. Medium and lower grade, composite (50 bonds). do....

Industrials (10 bonds) do.... Public utilities (20 bonds).. do fiailroade (20 bonds) .do....

Domestic municipals (15 bonds) do.... U. S. Troaeury bonds (taxable) » do....

Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges:

Market value thous. of dol.. Pace value do....

On Sew York Stock Exchange: Mark* t value d o . . . . Pace value d o . . . .

91.889

49!962

259.145 226,587 29.520 2,926

70

121.5 115.8 121.9 114.1

$£ 104.0

482. 637-518, 237. 332.

•430! 293. 284, 299. 288, 239. 291. 195 221,

264! 324, 220, 209, 313 208, 4?4, 249, 203 300, 3U 235 214. 254, 383. 336. §7' 262,

357. 397.

209. 267, 179. 259. 173'

182, 225-

208, 203, 220, 197. 198,

75.048 28,331 46,717

64,886 81.063

56,618 70,705

r483.0 r622.4 485.1 241.8 326.6

r359.8 397-4 281.4 274.4

r285-9 r278.1 237.5 288.7

rl90.8 231.1 278.9 260.0 284.6

r2l4.2 r204.8 290.8 208.2 265.2 260.2 200.0 298.7 309.6 233-6 208.9

r258.9 378.7 341.8 295-6 265.4 352.7 393.8

56O.3 621.5 481.5

%-\ 374.9

r412.2 290.4

' 284.7 298.2 274.2 242.5 293-5

rl93-8 240.2 274.9

r248.3 264.1 211.5 201.7 267.8 203.9 I63.8 241.2

' 194.8 298.0 302.1 235.9 210.0 258.1 373.3 33?.9 286.2 253.8 361.9 396.1

171.8 194.9 171.9 251.2 173-9

178.4 222.1 215.2 302.2

r228.2 210.3 222.0 198.6 196.5

260,097 227.890 29,220

2.987 73

122.3 116.1 123.9 113.9 110.4 134.3 103.9

259.448 227,805 28.516 3.327

74

122.5 115.7 122.8 113.8 110.5 134.7 IO3.8

85.253 109,385

76,972 99,723

194.6 252.3 131.8 251.3 175.3

177.5 222.1 218.8 292.5

241.9 211.1 226.4

r201.6 198.0

84,897 35.632 49,265

258,286 227.747

27.366 3.173

83

122.8 114.3 122.6 113.0

SK 104.1

67,490 88,531

58,246 78.115

524.1 663.9 507.8 346.6 331.8 285.2 309.8 254.4 249.9 267.0 258.1 235-5 281.7 180.9 242.7 283-0 242.7 320.1 204.7 195.2 246.5 187.5 .466.3 118.2 196.0 259.8 2530 203.1 175.6 227.9 329-1 289.6 257.3 232.7 363.9 400.2

194.0 234.9 147.0 227.9 149.5

553.1 640.8 498.3 421.5 324.2 285.6 313.1 250.O 246.7 260.1 253.4 229.4 275.5 181.4 234.1 272.5 236.4 306.3 199.° 188.1 254.3 184.1 387.4 202.3 186.2 256.5 252.7 198.1 168.8 222.4 320.0 288.0 253-1 228.7 33f.? 356.4

193.3 241.0 145.2 225.1 152.6

153-3 207.9 177.3 265.0

152.4 211.2

r/ Bevised. 1/ Data for the indicated industries have been adjusted to 1945 data from the Pederal Security Agency

225.6 188.7 209.5 180.8 182.8

74,552 3L397 43.155

265,369 240,364 23.854

1.151 391

122.8 117.4 123.3 114.7 114.3 137.8 IO3.3

104,881 167.352

99.647 160,265

216.9 188.4 208.9 174.6 177.3

73.9PO 30.216 43,684

' 267.^46 242,916 23.443 1.187

370

123.8 119.1 124.0 115.4 117.7 140.0 104.1

72.691 94,121

69.346 90,244

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4 M O N T H L Y BUSINESS S T A T I S TICS—Continued

Earlier data are available In monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement

September

19*7

August July •Tune

1946

September

.percent.

...•do...

mil. of dol. . do...

..do.

VZKaHCS - Continued

Bonds - Continued. Tields:

Domestic municipals (15 sonde) U. 8. Treasury bonds (taxable)

Stocksi Cash dividend payments publicly reported*

Total dividend payments Manufacturing Mining Trade Usance uo.. Sfeilroade*..» do*. Beat, light, and power do.. Communications .... do.. Mlscsllaneoue do..

Prices: Combined index (402 stocks) 1935-39»100

Industrials (354 stocks).., do.. Public utilities (28 stocks)...0 do*. Bailroade (20 etocks) do..

Sales (Securities and Exchange Commiesion)i $ctal on all registered exchanges:

Market value thous. of dol Sharee sold I.. .thousands,

On New York Stock Exchange* Market value... thous. of dol Sharee sold..., thousands,

Yields* P r e f e r ? ^ high-grade (15 stocke) percent

SBAVSPOBXAZXOS

freight c&rloadings, combined index, adjusted. Coal.

.1935-39-100. do...

Coke. ..do. Porsat products...... do. Oralae and grain products do. livestock do. Merchandise, I . e . I do. Ore do. Miscellaneous do.

JOOJJSTuWS AND TOBACCO

Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected): Calves thous. of animals. Cattle d o . . . Hogs. Sheep and lambs.

.do.

.do.

METALS AHD M A H U F A C T O H S S

JSinc, slab: Production short tons. Shipments. do... Somee&ic do...

Stocks, end of month do...

PSSaOLEUH AKD COAL PfiOSUCSS

Anthracite, production thous. of short tons-Bituminous coal, production* do...

STOHB, CLAY, AVB OLASS PBQDUC5S

•thous. of standard brick.

do.

Clay products: Brick, unglased:

Production Shipment s Stocke, end of month

Structural t i l e , unglased: Production Shipments Stocks

Vitrified clay sewer pipe: Production.. • do. Shipments do. Stocks do,

short tons. d o . . .

. . . . . . d o . . .

I'M 559.3 3*9.0 58.0 1(2.2 29.8 17.1 3*-7 9.8

I8.7

123.1 126.4 102.0 IO3.6

3.7

142 153 180 1*9 137 105

73 181 1*5

719 1.407 2.9*8 l .*5*

67.8*3 ft.500 50.532

195.2&

5.136 52.350

\%

17? -4 96.4

1.5 9.3

31.7 5.9

31.0 •3

3.3 124.5 130.2 101 .4 105.2

727.356 29.191

624.325 21.53*

3-7

tig 184

x§ 92

73

149

628 1.217 2,731 1.253

66,852 59.653 52.132

190,917

*,99* 51.020

*66,477 457.123 512.413

113.882 112,784 124,675

Hi; J13 110,631 156,570

1.91 2.25

444.9 191-7

12.4 29.4 90.6 11.8 46.2 50.0 13.4

126.0 131-7 102.2 108.2

x ' « 889.566 32.951

3-7

134 115 170 152

107 71 194 143

1.274 3.*55 1,280

69.128 59.737 44,601 183.718

4,084 39.«66

r455.6l6 r504,i24

rll8,Sl4 rllO.226 A?3.9*3

r!09,686 rll0,012 rl55.971

1.92 2.22

609-4 3H:J m

34.2 51.2

9-* 18.2

119.1 124.1 100,6 97.6

804,299 35.349

667.985 23.643

3.8

141 173 5,45 140 107 7? 184 142

621 1.207 3.653 1.329

63. 0.99O 63.527 52.390 174,327

*.609 47.500

414,634 406,918 528.873

101,742 98.364 117.080

115.717 111.5*7 156.35«

1.75 2.28

276-9 23.9 40.9 31.8 17.3 3*-* 12.6

16.9

125.4 128.8 109=7 119.0

1,902,717 81,805

l,6l69631 60,438

3.6

s 125 91

xE 13s

364

438 1.300

56**75 65.927 60,130

230,161

5.033 51.922

310,814

Il6;s45

$ « 99.000

106.518 125.*91

rj Bevised.

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