SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

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

250

90

*$z / m m Mingo*/** /

1 I I I I I I 1 ) I I

STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (1935-39*100)

: :v^^? : : : = :^X^

, 1 i 1 M 1 M, 1 1 ,1 1 1 1 1 L.J..I..1. I„ I...L1. i.,1 1 1 ) 1 •JL.I,.l..LJi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES (WLUOMS OF ttLOWMT HOURS)

300

250

800

INCOME PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS (SEASONALLY A0JUSXE0, 1936- 39* 100)

«nNTNur M i *

SAUUHSS 4MP • M B w | (

TOTAL MWM* fWHBtra^

JL1-J1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1..L. ! 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 \ 1 1 . l l l l l l l l l l l 1 1 1 1 » 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1944 1945 1946 1947 1944 1945 1946 1947

WEEKLY BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S 1

IMW 1*7

June 7 Kay 31 May 24 17 May 10

1$46

•Tone 8 June 1

Commodity prices, wholesale? All commodities 2/ - 1926.100..

F a n product© , do... • Food do.... All otter 2/ do....

28 commodities ̂ / .August 1939*100.. Cotton, middling, 15/l6\ 10 markets 4/ do1- P«r ID.. Wheat, Vo. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City) dol. par bu..

Department store tales 1935*39=100.. Insured unemployment, total 6/ tbous.. State prograae do.... Ve t eran e' prograae do....

Finances Currency in circulation 4/ ail. of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit, total do* ... Meaber bank reserve balances do....

£xcess reeerres, eetiaated do.... Federal Beeerve reporting aeaber banks in 101 cities* Bank dsbits, total • do....

Mew York City do.... Deposits, dsaand, adjusted do.... Loans and invettaente, total do.. •.

U. S. Ooveraaent obligations do.... Coaaercial, industrial and agricultural loans do....

Failures, coaaercial number.. Bond yields (Moody1 •) percent.. Stock prices (402 stocks) 1935*39=100..

Productions Bitu-dnous coal 4/ tbous. of short tons. ay,

r, by Motor vehicles (Wards) Jj nuaber.. Petroleum 4/ thoue. of bbl.. Steel 8/ 1935-39*100..

Freight car loadings, total thoue. of care.. Miscellaneous do. •. •

300.2 m

28,266 22.23U X5 '§ir 15.832 6,841

£:$ 33.843 10,630

2.80 116.0

98,643

" 190.1

147.4 178.4 161.6 132.3 297.4 •359 2.75 259

28,194 22,019

512

15.636 6.495

*!?24

10,674 72

2.80 115.6

*,*29 79,315 5.024 187.0

146.9 177.2 160.3 132.2

% 2.69

277

1,842 1,120 679

28, U 4 22,071 15.9|»2

768 16,054 6,177

39.723 5M93 34,580 10,762

102 2.80 113.2

96,651 5.025 188.4

891 386

147.0 176.9 161.1 132.1 296.9

1.95 1 . 1 *

730

28.139 22.233 15.949

807

16.095 6,178 .U03 s

3U.565 10,859

88 2.79 U3.8 2,162 4,616 83,201 5,008 184.7 888 387

146*7 IJ6.3 161.1 131-7 299.7

311 1.9U4 1,140 757

28,190 22,2-0 x 5-m 16,784 7,*89

39.316

£g 10,849

98 2.78 H8.3

2.193

*!75b 5.005 177.6 884 3«3

111.5 139.4 111*9 104.6 196.2 •284

1.770

& 28, 23. 15.799

738

14,0-7 6, 39.J 63.331 45.222 7.U69

13 2.71 155.7 2,124 3.920

109.0 830 357

111.1 138.8 111.8 104.3 193.2 •279

l.*50 1.759

28,097 23.556 15.689

830

1U.657 6,891 }8,*1 63,887 *5.593 7,482

18 2.71 158.6 I 1 8

3.*1

6i7 321

1/ Data do not alvayc cover calendar weeks. 2/ See note in January 1, 1 * 7 iesue. J/ Thursday prices. 4/ Daily average. 5/ *° quotation. 6/ For description eee note in July 13, 1946 iesue. 7/ Beta are for U. S. and Canada and include passenger cars, ooanercial cars, and trucks, §/ Week ending June 14, I89.9.

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2 M O N T H L Y BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S

Earlier data or* available in monthly if sue* of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement

1947

»ny April March february

1$46

ifaar

BUSINESS IKDMXES

Income payments1 Indexes, adjusted: Total Income payments 1935-39-100.

Salaries and wages do... Total nonagriculturel income do...

fotal ail. of del. Salaries and wages, total do...

Commodity-producing industriss do... Distributive industries do... Service industriss do.., Government do...

Public assistance and other relief do... Dividend^ and intsrsst do... Bntrsprsneurial income and net rente and royalties.do... Other income payments do... Total nonagriculturel Income .do,..

Manufacturers' orders, shipments, and inventories: New orders, index, total average month 1939*100.

Durable goods do... Honourable goode do •..

Shipments, index, total do... Durable goods do... Automobiles and equipment do... Iron and eteel and their products do... Machinery, including electrical do... Nonferrous metals and products do... Transportation equipment (exoept autos) -.do... Other durable goods do...

Hondurabl e goods do... Chemicals and allied products. do.., food and kindred products..... do... Paper and allied products do... Products of petroleum and coal do... Rubber products do. . . Textile-mill products do. •. Other nondurable goode do..

Inventories, index, total do... Durable goode do... Automobiles and equipment do.., Iron and eteel and their products do... Machinery, including electrical do.. Honferrouo metals and products do.. Transportation equipment (exoept autos) do.. Other durable goods do..

nondurable goode do.. Chemicals and allied products do.., food and kindred products do.. Paper and allied products do.. Petroleum refining do •. Rubber products do... Textile-mill products do.. Other nondurable goode do..,

COMMODITY PRICES

Pricee reeeived by farmers, all farm products...1909-14.100 Crops do..

Pood grain do. •, Psed grain and hay do.. Tobacco do.. Cotton do.. fruit do.., Truck crops do.. Oil-bearing crops do..

Livsstook and produete do.., Meat animals do.. Dairy products do.., Poultry and eggs do...

Retail pricee, U. 8. Department of Commerces All commodities, index 1935-39-100

CGNSTBUCTIOn AMD BfiAL ESTATE

Hew construction, total '..ail. of dol. Private, total do..

fiesidential (nonfarm) do.. nonresidential building,exo.farms and pub.utility..do..

Industrial do,. farm construction do... Public utility do...

Public construction, total do.., Residential construction do... Military and naval do.. Nonresidential building do..,

Industrial do.., Highway do..,

r/ Revised.

& 276 218 390 270

326 275 i 2 7 2U1 203

942 696

110 246 12 16

»u 110

12.

262.1 261.8 252.4

1U.059 9.263 3.959 2,408 1.580 1.316

122 95*

2.947

240 278 218 286 322 283 266 369 375 611 300 261 274 280 273 237

207 259 221

£! 924 170 201 220 198 200 139

187 223

277 223 3f7 260 223 295 358 282 331 257 204

177.1

r848 r642 r275 r240 142 30

r206 rl6 rl5

3Z 80

r263 217

8 184

18 rl99 211 202

rl96 rl36

r!82 r222

280 266 283 212 390 257 215 ^ 360

199

r!77.2

r785 r6l7 260

*n 20

rl68 24 12 28 3

55

263.6 262.9 253.0

13.467 9.171 3.900

• & a 1.328

118 560

2.871 747

12,059

r254 r295 r229 290

Sl 267

290 275 277 r309 r273 229 315 228 267 213 r232 r284 rl42 306 182 r860 159 197 r204

IS 133 250 178 221

262 2U5 235 185

8 203

3 278 319 270 192

172.7

233;8 12,768 8.629 3 . ^ 2,228 1>76 1.500

94 558

2.577 910

U.H85

224 200

207 142 178

186 554 223 209 215 210 206 181 288 207 208 170 184 223 120 24 5 149 615 125

% 1§3

145.7

816 670 288 282 128 30 70

146 21 14 23

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M O N T H L Y BUSINESS ST A T I STICS—Continued 3

Earlier data ore avail**!* la monthly leeuee of the Survey and the 1942 Supplement

19U7

May April March February

1946

*7

CONSTRUCTION ADD RIAL SSTATS - Continued

Oonotruetion cob , etandard 6-room frame house*' Combined index 1935-39=100. Materiel* do... Labor do...

BCFLOIMBft CONDITIONS AND WAGES

Labor force (Bureau of toe Census) 1 Arned forces thou*. ClTilian labor force. do... Employment • do... Agricultural.. do... Nonagrieultural do...

Unemployment .•••_• •..•do•..

POMttsTIO ffiUQX

Ail retail stores, total sales ail. of del. Durable goods stores do... Nondurable goods stores do...

All retail stores, index* -f sales* Unadjusted, oomblned inde 1935"39«100. Durable goods stores do... Nondurable goods stores do...

Adjusted, eoablasd index • do... Index eliminating prioe changes do...

Durable goods stores do... Nondurable goods stores * do...

Department ctoroo* Sales, unadjusted, total U. 3 do... Sales, adjusted, total U. 8,.,_. do...

FXHANC9

Federal Reserve bents, condition, end of month* Assets, total..,. ail. of dol.

Reserve bank credit outstanding, total do... United States eeeuritleo do...

Gold certificate reservee do... Liabilities, total do... Deposits, total do... Member bank reserve balances do...

Sxeeee reservee (estimated) do... federal Reserve notes in circulation do...

Reserve ratio percent. Cold, monetary stock. United Statce ail. of dol. Currency in circulation..... do... Public finance (Federal)*

Debt, gross, end of month do... Interest bearing* Public issuce * do...

Special issues do... Nonintereet bearing do...

Obligations guaranteed by U. 8. Government, amount out standing ( unmatured) do...

Expenditures, Treasury, total do... War activities do... Interest on debt* •do...

Receipts, Treasury, total do... Receipts, net..••..•.•••.•....••••••••••••••••...do...

Customs «•» do... Internal revenue, total do... Income taxee do... Social security taxes do...

Bond ylelde, domeetlc corporate (Moody's) percent. By ratings* Aaa , do...

.do.

.do.

.do. By groups*

Industrials... ., do... Public utilities do... Railroads do...

Stocks* Cash dividend payments. 600 companies (Moody's)* Total annual payments at current ratee ail. of dol. Number of eharfs, adjusted millions. Dividend rate per share (weighted average) dollars. Banks (21 companies) do... Industrials (492 companies) do... Ineuraace (21 companies). do... Public utilities (30 companies) do... Railroads (36 companies) do...

Prices: Dov-Jonee • Go. (65 stocks)....dollar* per share. Industrials (30 stocks) do... Public utilities (15 stocks) do... Railroads (20 stocks) do...

I t * 60,290 58.330 8.960

49.370 1.960

p279 P290

44,882 22.73* 22,088 19,689 44.882 18.009 16.?3«

P997 24,120

46.7 P».933 P28.217 258.3*3 2i:Is1

3.368 4,466 1.327

3.204 2.865

37 2,578 1.619

364 2.79 2.53 2.63 2.82 3-17

2.60 2.71 3.05

2,310.25 95^65

2.42 3-a 2.50 2.59

2.*66

182.5 188.8 172.4

1.530 59.120 56.700 7.860

48,840 2,420

8,819 1.988 6,831

275-3 249.8 283.6 274.I 154.6 250.7 281.7

268 274

44,236 22,205 21.857

17.479 15.826

654 24,022 47.1

20.774 r28,ll4

257.701 229.147 25,280 3.274

171 3.981 1,728 141

2.624 2.556

41 2.309 1.597

75 2.78

2.53 2.63 2.81 3.16

2.60 2.71 3.03

2,224.53 954.65 2.33 3.21 2.40 2.5? I.96 2.66

61.04 171.28 34.52 45-88

179-6 I85.6 170.2

1.570

56.060 7.240

48,820 2.330

173-8

Si 1,620

58.010 55.520

**|600 2.490

7.464 1.584 5.880

250.1 214.6 261.7 280.6 162.8 250.7 290.3

269

24,117

46,547 19.489 15-g? *$$ 20.33? 28,304

261,418 233.176 24.938 3.305

181 3.946 1.457

124 4.643 4.378

36 4.274 3.222

387 2.78

' ' » 2.79 3.12

2.61 2.72 3-00

2 M 2,30 3-21 2.32 2.59 1.95 2.75

65.83 181.54 37.17 51-74

143.6 139.2 152.5

3.410 57.160 54.850 8,880

45.970 2.310

7.926 1,608 6.318

242.4 199.7 256.3 236.9 I63.8 187.0 253-2

248 258

1.911-77 941.47 2.03 3.21 1.97 2.58 1.81 2.65

76.98 206.63

8$ rj Revised. %/ Prellmiaary.

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

Sarlier date are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1$42 Supplement

lf>7

Kay April March February

igue

May

riKAliCS - Continued

Stocks - Continued. Yields, common stocks (200), Moody's percent. Banks (15 ttocke) do... Industrials (125 stocks) -do... Insurance (10 stocks) do... Public utilities (25 stocks) do... Railroads (25 atocke) 4o...

fCBBlQH XRABS

Sxporte, including reexports, total mil* of dol. Exports of 0. s. merchandise do...

General imports, total do... Imports for consumption do...

Freight carloadiags. Coal Coke Fores t products dra ins and g r a i n produc t s . Livestock Merchandise, l . c . l Ore Mlscel laneoua

XHAKSPOBXATIvdi

total cars 1/ thousands. do . . . do. . .

.do.

.do.

.do.

.do.

.do.

.do.

LUMBER jjQ) MAtfWACTUaBS Liuber (national Lumber Manufacturers Association)!

Production, total o i l . of bd. f t . . Hardwoods do . . . , Softwoods do . . . «

Snipmente, total do . . . , Hardwoods. do . . . , Softwoods do . . . ,

Stocks, gross, end of aonth, to ta l . . ." do . . . , Hardwoods do . . . . Softwoods do . . . .

PAPKB ASD PHISTING Wood pulp J

Production, total , a l l grades 2/ short tons. Bleached sulphate do . . . Unbleached sulphate do . . . Bleached sulphite do . . . Unbleached sulphl te do . . . Soda do . . . Oroundwood do... Dcfibratsd, exploded, ate do...

Stocks, and of aonth, total, all grades do... Bleached sulphate do... Unbleached sulphate do... Bleached sulphite oo... Unbleached sulphite do... Soda do... Oroundwood do...

•11 paper and paper board mills (Bureau of Census) 1 Paper and paperboard production, total do... Paper do... Paperboard *..... do... Builaing board - do...

SXOJiS, CLAY. AND GLASS PBQDUCX3

Port land cement* Production thous . of b b l . . Shipments . . d o . . . . S tocks , f i n i s h e d , end of aonth d o . . . . Stocks, clinker, and of aonth do....

Glass containers: Production thous. of gross.. Shipments do.... Stocks , end o f aonth d o . . . .

P l a t e g l a s s , p o l i s h e d , production thous. of sq. f t . .

TSSTXXJS PRODUCTS

Hos iery: Product ion t&cua. of dozen p a i r s . . Shipments d o . . . . S tocks , end of aonth d o . . . .

Proxylin-coated text i l es (cotton fabrics): Orders, unfilled, end of aonth thous. of linear yd. . Pyroxylin spread thous. of l b . . Shipaents, bil led thous. of linear yd. .

n 5.3 3-7 5.0 7.5

4.376 922

72 233 ad

1.909

5-J 4.6 5.0 3.6 5.9 7.3

1.296 1.276

512

'18 53

W3

1i £?

1.536

2.732 632

2,100 2.560

530 2.030 4.538 1.470 3.067

983.303 87.175 337.0*7 160,223 7M31 41,655 166,408 74,667

l.75u.893 665,046

14.566 15 .M*

10s-M 5.J*3 21,419

13.029

m 8,413

4.6 4.4 4.7

4.9 6.8

I.327

434

4,170 917 73

,67 620 69

1.910

rl,O09.832 69.792

354.293 162,270 73.967 42,092

rl64,969 r76,06l r79.694 7.447 7.04J 21,004 11,128 2,422

r28,630 rl,800,239

r901,973 773.441 124,825

14.205 12.133

r22,178 *5.996 n o . 582 r9.645 5.141 22,605

1 2 . 9 a 12.711 16.853

11,456 6,53* 7.397

4.7 4.2 4.6

P 6.8

rt.151 rl,132

*35 423

3 , S 56

195 202

49 461

49 1 .430

2.403 612

1,791 2.37*

536 1.760 4.346 1,420 2,926

913.142 79.766 321.127 146,907 68.901 37.696 150.650 65.485 74.465 6.990 7.809 17.747 9.936 2,808 27.188

1.629.117 620,583 701,075 107.459

12,618 8.434

20,112 5.35*

9.281 6.650 fc.55*

20,268

13.171 12.J29 13,642

12.152 7.201 S.386

3-0 J-7

851 815 397 390

3.243

201 193

73 575 # 5 1.643

2,666 699

i .969 2 , 6 a

691 1.930 3.^81

2,606

917.754 76,670

307,975 150.015 65.563

l i l !o44 68,628 88,429

7,358 8,055

17.515 11.179 2,916

37.983

1,621,346 823,646 691.129 106,571

l6|o66 11.957 5.1U

8,962

I'M 18.863

14.055 13.404 16,17*

13.182 6,814 9.071

r / a e r l s e d . 1 / Data f o r May 1946 and March and May 1947 are f o r 5 weeks: o ther aontha, 4 week*. Zj f o t a l nroduetlon inc lud*e d e f l b r a t e d , exploded, e t c . , shown separa te ly above,which was not Included pr ior t o the A p r i l 1947 Surrey; s tocks of such pulp are comparat ively small and are not included i n the s tock f i g u r e s .

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