1953

STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

B U S I N E S SS T A T I S T I C S

1953 Biennial Edition

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E

SINCLAIR WEEKS, Secretary

O F F I C E O F B U S I N E S S E C O N O M I C S

M. JOSEPH MEEHAN, Director

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRIZING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1953

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Contents by Subject(General Index begins on page 308)

PageForeword 5General business indicators:

National income and product:National income 6Gross national product 7Personal income 8

Plant and equipment expenditures 9Farm income and marketings 9, 10Industrial production 10-15Business sales and inventories 15, 16Manufacturers' sales, inventories, and orders 16-22

Business population:Operating businesses and business turnover... 23, 24Business incorporations 24Industrial and commercial failures 24

Commodity prices:Prices received and paid by farmers 25Retail prices 26Wholesale prices 27- 31Purchasing power of the dollar 31

Construction and real estate:Construction activity 32Contract awards 33-36New dwelling units 36Urban building 37Construction cost indexes 37, 38Construction materials 38 Real estate 39

Domestic trade: ~~Advertising 40- 42Postal business 42Personal consumption expenditures 43Retail trade:

All types of retail stores, sales and inventories 44-48Firms with 4 or more and 11 or more stores 49, 50Department-store accounts, collections, sales, and stocks 51-53Rural sales 53, 54

Wholesale trade 54Employment and population:

Population 55Employment:

Employment status of the civilian noninstitutionalpopulation 55

Employees in nonagricultural establishments 56-58Production workers in manufacturing industries 58-61Manufacturing production-worker employment indexes 61Miscellaneous employment data 62

Payrolls:Manufacturing production-worker index 62

Labor conditions:Average weekly hours per worker in manufacturing and

nonmanufacturing industries 62-67Industrial disputes (strikes and lockouts) 67Employment security operations 67, 68Labor turnover 68

Earnings and wages:Manufacturing, average weekly earnings, by industries 68-71Nonmanufacturing, average weekly earnings, by industries 72, 73Manufacturing, average hourly earnings, by industries 73-76Nonmanufacturing, average hourly earnings, by industries 77, 78Miscellaneous wage data...., 78

Finance:Banking:

Acceptances and commercial paper outstanding 79Agricultural loans 79Bank debits 79Federal Reserve banks, condition 79, 80Federal Reserve weekly reporting member banks, condition.... 80, 81Money and interest rates 82Savings deposits o 0 o 82

FinanceContinued PageConsumer credit ,.oo.83, 84Federal Government finance:

Budget receipts and expenditures by major classifications 84, 85Public debt 85Government corporations and credit agencies 86, 87Reconstruction Finance Corporation, loans 87

Life insurance 88-90Monetary statistics 91, 92Profits and dividends 92, 93Securities issued 93-96Commodity markets:

Volume of trading in grain futures 97Security markets:

Brokers' balances , 97Bonds (prices, sales, values, and yields) 97-99Stocks (dividend payments and rates, prices, yields,

earnings, sales, and shares listed) 99-102International transactions of the U. S.:

Balance of payments 103Foreign trade:

Quantity and value indexes 104Shipping weight 104Exports by geographic regions and leading countries 105- 107Exports by economic classes and principal commodities.... 107, 108General imports by geographic regions and leading

countries , 109-111Imports for consumption by economic classes and

principal commodities Ill, 112Transportation and communications:

Transportation:Airlines 113Express operations 113Local transit lines 113Motor carriers 114Freight carloadings, car surplus and shortage 114-117Railway finances and operating results 117Waterway traffic 118Travel 118

Communications:Telephone carriers .. 119Telegraph, cable, and radiotelegraph carriers 119

Chemicals and allied products:Chemicals:

Inorganic 120, 121Organic...... 121, 122

Fertilizers 123, 124Naval stores 124Miscellaneous chemicals 124Fats, oils, oilseeds, and byproducts:

Animal fats and greases, fish oils 125Vegetable oils, oilseeds, and byproducts 125-129

Paint sales 129Synthetic plastics and resin materials 130

Electric power and gas:Electric power, production and sales 131, 132^Manufactured and mixed gas and natural gas 132, 133

Foodstuffs and tobacco:Alcoholic beverages 134, 135Dairy products 135-137Fruits and vegetables 137, 138Grains and grain products 138-142Livestock (cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs) 143, 144Meats (beef, veal, lamb, mutton, and pork) 144, 145Lard 145Poultry and eggs... 145, 146Miscellaneous (confectionery, cocoa, coffee, fish, sugar,

and tea) 145-148Tobacco and products 148, 149

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CONTENTS

Leather and products: PageHides and skins 150Leather 150Leather manufactures (shoes and slippers) 151

Lumber and manufactures:Exports and imports 152All woods (production, shipments, and stocks) 152Softwoods (Douglas fir, Southern pine, Western pine) 153, 154Plywood and flooring 155

Metals and manufactures:Iron and steel:

Foreign trade 156Iron and steel scrap 156Ore (iron) 156, 157Pig iron andiron manufactures 157, 158

Steel:Crude and semimanufactures 158, 159Manufactured products 159, 160

Nonferrous metals and products 161-164Heating apparatus, except electric 164, 165Machinery and apparatus 166Electrical equipment 167

Petroleum, coal, and products:Coal (anthracite and bituminous) 168, 169Coke..... 170Petroleum and products:

Crude petroleum 170, 171Refined products 171-174Asphalt products 174

Pulp, paper, and printing: PagePulpwood and waste paper 175Wood pulp 175-177Paper and paper products 177- 180Printing 180

Rubber and rubber products:Natural, chemical, and reclaimed rubber... .. 181Tires and tubes.... 182

Stone, clay, and glass products:Abrasive products 183Portland cement 183Clay products (brick, sewer pipe, and tile) 183Glass products... 184Gypsum and products 185

Textile products:Hosiery 186Cotton and linters 186, 187Cotton manufactures... 187, 188Rayon and acetate manufactures 188Silk 189Wool 189Wool manufactures 189, 190

Transportation equipment:Aircraft 191Motor vehicles 191, 192Railway equipment 192-194Industrial electric trucks and tractors 194

Explanatory notes to the statistical series 195-305Sources of data 306, 307General index 308-320


ForewordThis volume is the latest in a series of base books designed to give the his-

torical record of the business indicators which are presented in the monthly S U R V E YOF C U R R E N T BUSINESS. This is the ninth edition in its present form. The 1932Statistical Supplement to the S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS was followed bythe Statistical Supplements of 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1947, 1949, and 1951. Untilup-dated in 1955, this report will be the standard reference essential for proper under-standing and use of the 40-page Monthly Business Statistics Section of the S U R V E YOF C U R R E N T BUSINESS.

The 2,600 series of business statistics presented here were selectedgiventhe space considerations of monthly issueas significant measures of the currentoperations of the national economy. The selection has been determined by our ex-perience since 1921 in publishing the monthly S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T BUSINESSby years of exploring with business the information most useful to each trade andindustry group and to business in general.

The statistical tables first present monthly data from January 1949 throughDecember 1952 and annual averages of monthly data from 1935 through 1952. Theexplanatory notes which follow provide sources and descriptionsas complete asbrevity will permitof the data contained in the tables in this volume and in themonthly issues of the S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS.

For users desirous of having the monthly tabulations going back for yearsearlier than are here presented, reference should be made to previous editions.Small quantities of the 1947 edition (monthly statistics back to 1943) and of the1949 edition are available from the Superintendent of Documents. The supply ofthe 1951 edition is adequate to take care of a continuance of the demand for thisvolume for quite some time. The sales supply of the prewar editions is exhausted,but reference copies are on file in the Field Offices of the Department of Commerceand in the hundreds of Government depository and other libraries. These provide,in some instances, comparable monthly series as far back as 1923.

To the compilation of the data and the development of the explanatory notespublished here, the many private organizations and Government agencies which reg-ularly provide material for the monthly S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS contributedgenerously. The Office of Business Economics, well aware that without their helpthis series of volumes would not have been possible, gratefully acknowledges theircontribution. These sources are listed, with their addresses, in an appendix table.

This publication was prepared by the Current Business Analysis Division,of which Dr. C. A. R. Wardwell is Chief. K. Celeste Stokes, Chief of the StatisticalSeries Section, was in immediate charge of its preparation. Staff members contributingwere: Ida W. Bates, Emily J. Brigman, G. Alva Carriere, Dorothy H. Hollohan, JeanM. Plass, Edith M. Robinson, Anne Taeves, and V. Grace Watson.

M. JQ8EPH MEEHAN, DirectorJune 1953 Office of Business Economics

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6 1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-NATIONAL INCOME

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 annua tota . .1936 annua tota . .1937 annua tota . .1938 annua tota . .1939 annua tota . .1940 annua tota ..1941 annua tota . .1942 annua tota . .1943 annua tota . .1944 annua tota . .1945 annua tota ..1946 annua tota ..1947 annua l tota ..1948 annua l tota ..

I9U9January. ..........February. ........ .March. f . . .A p r i lMay

J U l y

AugustSeptemberOctober.NovemberDecember.

Annual total....1950

January.

March . . . .A p r i lMay

Jy |y

S t b

OctoberNovember. ... ... .December .


FebruaryMarch . . .A p r i lMay

J u l y . ... ..

S t hOctoberNovember. . .December. . . .


FebMarchA p r i lMav

J u l y

October.November. . . .December. . . .

A n n u a l total....

N A T I O N A L INCOME BY D I S T R I B U T I V E SHARES 1

Annua l totals or seasonally adjusted quarter ly totals at annual rates

Total

56.864.773.667.472.581.3

103.8137.1169.7183.8182.7180.3198.7223.5

j 221.2

I 215.7

| 215.5

J 212.7

216.3

J 220.8

| 233.9

| 247.8

| 260. 1

240.6

J 270.6

j 276.6

J 280.9

j 285.5

278.4

j 286.8

j 287.9

j 290.4

j 30 1 . 4

291.6

Compensation of employees

Total

37.142.747.744.747.851.864.384.9

109.2121. 2123.0117. 1128.0140.2

140.9

139.8

139.4

139.7

139.9

142.0

148.6

157.6

165.6

153.4

172.5

178.0

181.2

184.0

178.9

187.9

189.5

194.1

201.3

193.2

Wages and salaries

36.541.845.942.845.749.661.781.9

105.61 16.9117. 71 11.2122. 1134.4

134.5

133.3

132.8

132.9

133.4

134.7

141.0

149.5

157. i

145.6

163.5

168.9

172.2

174.9

169.8

178.6

180.1

184.4

191.3

183.6

Gov-

mentc i v i l -i a n 2

Supple-ments

to

andsala-ries

Proprie tors ' and rental income

Busi-nessand

fes-sion-al 3

Rentali ncome

per-sons

Corporate p r o f i t s and inventory v a l u a t i o n adjustment

Total

Corpo-rate

prof i t stax 1 i a-

b i l i t y

Corpo-rate

prof i t safter

tax

Inven-tory

valua-t ion

adjust-ment

in-ter-est

Bi 1 1 ions of dol lars

30.033.938.434.637.54 1 . 151.565.878.883.482.190.6

104.8115.7

I I 4 . 7

113. 1

112. 2

112. 0

113.0

113.8

1 19.9

127.3

132.9

123.4

137.3

141.0

143.2

144.3

141. 2

146.9

147.7

151.5

158.3

151. 1

0.3.3.4.4.4.6

1.96.3

14.420.622.68.04.14.0

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.5

4.2

4.4

4.3

4.9

6.3

5.0

7.4

8.4

9.1

9.6

8.6

10. 1

10.4

10.6

10.4

10.4

6.27.67.27.97.87.98.39.8

12.412.813.012.713.214.7

15.7

16.1

16.4

16.4

16.1

16.5

16.8

17.4

17.9

17.1

18.8

19.5

20.8

20.9

20.0

21 .6

22.0

22.4

22.6

22.2

0.6.9

1.71.92.12.22.63.03.64.25.45.95.95.8

6.3

6.5

6.6

6.8

6.6

7.3

7.6

8.0

8.5

7.9

9.0

9.1

9.1

9.2

9.1

9.3

9.5

.9.6

10.0

9.6

12. 112.615.414.014.716.320.828.432.835.537.542.042.447.3

43.8

42.2

41.2

41.3

42.1

43.5

44.7

46.3

47.3

45.4

50.1

50.1

50.9

51.6

50.7

50.5

51.5

51.5

51. 1

51.2

5.06.16.66.36.87.79.6

12.615.017.218.720.619.822.1

21.8

21.7

21.5

21.6

21.6

22.1

23.2

24.6

24.6

23.6

26.3

26.1

25.9

26.1

26.1

26.1

26.3

26.1

26.7

26.3

4.93.95.64.44.54.96.9

10.511.811.812.514.815.617.7

14.4

12.8

12.0

11.8

12.8

13.2

13.1

13.

14.0

13.3

15.0

15 .1

15.8

16. 1

15.5

14.7

15.3

15.2

14.0

14.8

2.32.73.13.33.53.64.35.46.16.56.36.67.17.5

7.5

7.7

7.8

7.9

7.7

8.2

8.4

8.5

8.7

8.5

8.8

9.0

9.2

9.4

9.1

9.6

10.0

10.2

10.3

10.0

3.04.96.24.35.8.9.2

14.619.924.324.019.218.324.731.7

31.8

28.7

29.8

26.5

29.2

29.8

34.9

38.

4 1 . 1

36.0

41.7

42. 1

42.3

43.3

42.4

41.7

39.9

37.7

4 i .7

40.2

3.25.76.23.36.59.3

17.221 .1

. 25.124.319.723.530.533.8

31.3

24.7

26.6

25.8

27.1

31.3

37.0

45.6

50. 1

41.0

50.7

44.0

39.4

40.6

43.7

41.5

38.2

37.0

40.3

39.2

1.01.41.51.01.52.97.8

11.714.413.5I I . 29.6

I I . 913.0

12.5

9.9

10.7

10.3

10.8

13.9

16.5

20. 3^

22.3

18.2

27.5

23.8

21 .2

21.8

23.6

21.8

20.1

19.4

2 1 . 2

20.6I

2.34.34.72.35.06.49.49.4

10.610.88.5

13.918.520.7

18.8

14.8

16.0

15.5

16.3

17.3

20.5

25.3

27.7

22.7

23.2

20.1

18.2

18.8

20.1

19.7

18.0

17.5

19. 1

18.6

-0.2- .7

(4)1.0

- .7- .1

- 2.6- 1.2- .8- .3- .6

- 5.2- 5.8-2 .1

.5

4.0

3.1

.7

2.1

-1.4

-2.1

-7.4

-8.9

-5.0

-9.0

-1.9

3.0

2.7

-1.3

.2

1.7

.7

1.4

,.0

4.54.54.44.34.24.14. 13.93.43.13.02.93.54.3

4.8

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.8

6.0

5.7

6.2

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.4

6.7

6,9

7.1

7.4

1For footnotes gi v i n g source of data and description of series, see p. 195.


1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 annua tota ..1936 annua tota . .1937 annua tota . .1938 annua tota . .1939 annua tota . .1.940 annua tota ..1941 annua tota ..1942 annua tota ..1943 annua tota ..1944 annua tota . .1945 annua tota . .19*6 annua tota . .1947 annua tota . .1948 annua l tota . .

I9U9

February. > . . MarchApr i 1Mav

Jy|y

p y , .

OctoberNovember.


F hMarchA p r i lMav

JU | y

October

D h


January

MarchA p r i lMay

J u l y

A n n u a l total....1952

MarchA p r i lMay

J U ] y

September

Annua l total.. . .

GROSS N A T I O N A L PRODUCT OR E X P E N D I T U R E 1

Annual totals or seasonally adjusted quar ter ly totals at annual rates

Total

Personal consumption expendi tures

Total Durablegoods

Non-durab le

goodsServ-ices

Gross private domestic investment

TotalNew

con-struc-

t ion

Produc-ers-

durab leequip-

ment

Changei n

busi-ness

inven-tories

Netfor-e i g nin-

vest-ment

Government purchases of goods and services

Total

Federal

TotalNat ionalsecu r-

i t y 2Other2

Less:Govern-

mentsales3

Stateand

local

B i l l i o n s of dol lars

72.282.590.284.791.3

101.4126.4161.6194.3213.7215.22 1 1 . 1233.3259.0

j 260.6

| 258.6

| 256.9

j 256.8

258.2

1 265.0

j 280.3

J 295.6

| 306.3

286.8

j 319.6

1 330.4

| 332.5

| 336.9329.8

j 340.4

| 345. 1

| 345.3

j 361 .1

348.0

56.262.567.164.567.572.182.391.2

102.21 1 1 . 6123.1146.9165.6177.9

178.7

180.2

180.5

183.0

180.6

185.1

189.7

203.8

199.6

194.6

210.2

204.8

206.6

210.9

208.1

213.7

217.2

217.2

224.4

218.1

5.26.47.05.86.77.99.87.16.87.18.5

16.621.422.9

22.4

23.6

24.5

25.0

23.8

26.0

26.8

34.2

29.8

29.2

31.2

26.5

25.7

25.7

27.3

26.0

27.4

25.1

28.2

26.7

29.432.935.234.035.337.644.052.961.067.174.985.895.1

100.9

100. 1

99.6

98.1

99.1

99.2

98.6

100.7

106.1

105.1

102.6

113. 1

1 1 1 . 6

113. 1

115.8

113 .4

117.2

118.0

118.7

1 2 1 . 1

118.8

21.723.324.924.725.526.628.531.234.437.439.744.549.154.1

56.3

57.0

57.9

58.9

57.5

60.4

62.2

63.5

64.8

62.7

65.9

66.7

67.7

69.3

67.4

70.5

71.8

73.3

75.1

72.7

6.18.3

11 .46.39.9

13.918.310.95.77.7

10.728.730.242.7

37.5

32.6

32.7

31.0

33.5

40.2

52.0

54.7

63.3

52.5

59.9

65.5

57.2

51.6

58.6

50.4

49.6

52.3

57.9

52.5

1.92.83.73.34.95.66.84.02.52.83.9

10.313.917.7

17.1

16.8

16.9

18.2

17.2

20.7

22.0

24.1

24.1

22.7

24.6

23.4

22.3

22.3

23.1

23.3

23.4

23.1

23.9

23.4

3.44.55.44.04.66.17.74.94.15.77.5

12.317.119.9

19.2

19.1

18.3

18.2

18.7

18.7

21.7

24.7

24.1

22.3

24.4

25.0

24.5

24.3

24.6

25.6

25.6

24.9

25.5

25.4

0.91.02.3

- 1.0.4

2.33.92.1- .9

- .8- .76.1- .85.0

1.2

- 3.2

-2.6

- 5.4

-2.5

.7

8.3

5.8

15.1

7.5

10.9

17.1

10.4

5.0

10.9

1.5

.7

4.2

8.5

3.7

- O . I- .1

.1I . I.9

1.51.1

- .2-2.2-2 .1- 1.4

4.68.91.9

1.2

1.3

.2

- .5

.5

-1.7

-1.6

-3.2

-2.7

-2.3

-2.7

-.2

1. 1

2.8

.3

2.1

.5

-2.0

-1.6

-.2

9.911.711 .6 -12.813.113.924.759.788.696.582.830.928.636.6

43.2

44.5

43.6

43.3

43.6

41.5

40.3

40.3

46.1

42.0

52.2

60.2

67.5

71.6

62.9

74.1

77.7

77.8

80.4

77.5

2.94.84.65.35.26.2

16.952.081.289.074.820.915.821.0

25.6

26.6

25.1

24.5

25.4

21.9

20.7

20.4

25.4

22.1

31.0

38.5

45.7

49.2

4 1 . 1

51.0

54.7

54.6

56.4

54.2

!i1.32.2

13.849.680.488.675.921.213.316.1

19.3

20.5

19.4

17.8

19.3

17.0

17.2

17.4

22.4

18.5

27.9

35.0

42.4

44.4

37.4

46.2

49.8

49.2

50.5

48.9

12.94.8

4 4.6

4 5.33.94.03.22.71.51.61.02.53.85.6

6.6

6.3

6.4

7.0

6.6

5.2

3.8

3.2

3.3

3.9

3.4

3.8

3.8

5.3

4.1

5.4

5.4

6.0

6.3

5.8

55555

5)5)

.2

.61.22.22.71.3.6

.3

.3

.7

.3

.4

.3

.2

.2

.3

.2

.3

.3

.6

.5

.4

.5

.5

.6

.5

.5

7.06.97.07.57.97.87.87.77.47.58.0

10.012.815.6

17.5

18.0

18.5

18.8

18.2

19.6

19.5

19.9

20.6

19.9

21.2

21.7

21.8

22.4

21.8

23.1

23.0

23.2

24.0

23.4

For footnotes giving source of data and description of series,'see pp. 195-197.


8 1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESSGENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-PERSONAL INCOME

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 annual tota . .1936 annual tota . .1937 annual tota ..1938 annual tota ..1939 annual tota ..1910 annual tota ..1911 annual tota ..1912 annual tota ..1913 annual tota ..1911 annual tota ..1915 annual tota ..1916 annual tota ..IS17 annual tota ..1918 annual tota . .

I9U9January. . . .February. MarchA p r i lMay

J u l y

OctoberNovember. .December

Annual total....,I960

MarchA p r i lMay iJune.J u l yAugust . ............September


MarchA p r i lMayJune.J u l yAugust .September. ....OctoberNovember.December


January.February '. ...March ./.A p r i lMay . . .

J u l y

October .....

Annual total....

D I S P O S I T I O N OF PERSONAL I N C O M E 1

Annual totals or seasonally adjustedquarterly totals at annual rates

1

Total

59.968.171.068.372.678.395.3

122.7150.3165.9171. 9177.7191. 0209.5

| 207.5

| 206.0

I 201.7

I 205.5

205.9

| 218.3

| 220.2

J 228.9

I 239.1

226.7

| 216.5

| 252.8

I 256.5

1 261.5

251.3

| 262.8

| 266.0

I 271.1

i 278.3

269.7

Per-

taxand

nontaxpay-

ments

Disposable per-sonal income

Total 2Per-sonalsav-i n g 2

PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCES1

Annual totals or seasonally adjusted monthly totals at annual rates

Total

Wage and salary disbursements and receipts

Employer disbursements 3

Total

1.92.32.92.92.12.63.36.0

17.818.920.918.821.521. 1

18.7

18.6

18.6

18.6

18.6

19.3

19.9

20.6

23.6

20.9

28.1

28.9

29.3

30 .'7

29.3

31.2

31.3

31.8

35.3

31.6

58.066.171. 165.570.275.792.0

116.7132.1117.0151.1158,9169.5188.1

188.8

187.3

186.1

186.9

187.2

199.0

200.3

208.3

215.8

205.8

218.1

223.9

227.2

230.8

225.0

228.1

231.7

236.6

213.0

235.0

1.83.63.91.02.73.79.8

25.630.235.128.012.03.9

10.5

10.1

7.1

5.6

3.9

6.7

13.9

10.6

1.1

16.2

11 .3

7.9

1 9.1

20.6

20.0

16.9

15.0

11.5

19.1

18.6

16.9

59.968.171.068.372.678.395.3

122.7150.3165.9171.9177.7191.0209.5

( 210.0I 206.3( 206.1f 205.9< 206.2( 205.8( 201.0< 201.9I 205.2( 202.9{ 201.1I 209.0

205.9

f 211.5217.3

I 223.1f 219.0\ 220.21 221.3( 221.8< 229.01 232.9f 235.0{ 236.9I 216.3

226.7

f 211.9< 216.8I 217.9f 251.1( 252.8I 251.3( 251.6< 256.7( 258.0f 261.7\ 260.8I 262.0

251.3

( 261.0< 263.8I 263.8( 263.1< 266.21 268.1f 266.3< 271.3I 276.1( 277.3< 277.2( 280.6

269.7

36.511.815.912.815.719.661.781.9

105.1117.11 17. 7111.3122.0131.3

135.9131.1132.9131.0133.9133.0132.7132.6133.2131. 7132.6131.3133.1

131.2133.6136.3138.5110.7113.9116. 11 50 ".2152.5155.2156.7158.7115.5

161.3163.2165.5167.5168.5171. 2170.7171.0172.6171.5175.3176.8169.8

177.2179.1179.3178.7179.9181.6180.3185.1188.1190. 2191. 1192.5183.7

Commod-i ty

produc-ing

indus-tries

Dis-t r ibu-

t iveindus-tries

Ser-ice

indus-tries

Gov-ern-ment

Wageand

salaryre-

ceipts,total

Otherlabor

in-come 4

Pro-prie-tors'

andrental

in-come

Per-sonalinter-est

incomeand

d i v i -dends

Trans-fer

pay-,,ments 5

Lessper-

sonalcon-

t r ibu-tions

forsocialinsur-ance 6

Totalnon-agri-cul-tural

in-come7

Bi 1 1 ions of dol lars

13.515.818.115.317.119.727.539.119.050.115.916.151.360.2

60.058.957.357.156.956.355.956.356.551.755.657.156.9

56.856.058.059.161.162.861.066.167.169.170. 171.163.5

71.872.573.571.771.975.375.175.076.176.176.277.971.9

77.778.878.778.278.078.275.880.683.881.785.687.080.6

10.711.813.112.613.311.216.318.020.122.721.730.935.138.8

39.038.838.6.39.339.539.138.938.939.038.738.638.938.9

39.039.039.139.810.311. 111.912.612.813.113.013.611.3

11.311.915.115.315.516.916.316.316.116.516.616.915.9

17.217.117.617.118.018.519.519.519.150.050.050.118.7

5.86.36.96.76.97.37.88.69.5

10.511.513.715.316.6

17.116.917. 117.217.117.217.216.917. 117.117.117.117.2

17.517.717.918.118.318.718.819.019.019. 119.219.118.6

19.719.620.020.120.220.120.520.120.120.720.820.920.3

20.92 1 . 121. 121.321.621.822.222.222.322.122.522.621.8

6.57.97.58.28.28.5

10.216.126.833.535.620.617.218.7

19.819.819.920.120.120.120.720.520.620.921.020.920.1

20.920.921.02 1 , 221,021.321.122.223.323.621.121.622.1

25.526.226.927.127.928.628.829.329.730.931.731. 128.7

31.131.831.931.832.333.132.833.132.933.133.332.832.5

36.311.615.112.315. 118.960.980.7

103.6111.9115. 3109.2119.9132. 1

133.6132.1130.6131.8131.7130.7130.6130.1131. 0129.5130.1132.1131.2

131.3130.9133.5135.8137.9110.9113.2117. 1119.7

- 152.1153.6155.8112.6

157.8160.0161.9161. 1165.0167.9167.2167.7169.2170.9171.8173.1166.1

173.7175.6175.7175.3176.1178.0176.7181.9181.8186.6187.8188.7180. 1

0.1.5.5.5.5.6.6.7.9

1.31.51.92.12.8

2.82.92.93.03.03.03.13.13.13.23.23.33.1

3.13.13.63.73.83.83.91.01.11.21.31.13.9

1.31.31.31.31.31.31.31.31.31.31.31.11.3

1.51.51.51.61.61.71.71.71.95.05.15.11.7

12.112.615.111.011.716.320.828.132.835.537.512.012.117.3

15.512.812.911.812.212.610.711.711.311.011.111.712.1

11.012.913.711.015.711.316.516.715.616.517.118.115.1

50.150.119.650.850.619.050. 151.551.052.851.150.550.7

50.050.950.650.651.852.251.550.652.551.150.051.851.2

8.610. 110.38.79.29.19.99.7

10.010.611.113.211.516.0

16.816.816.816.816.917.017.117.017.017.017.118.917. 1

17.718.018.218.118.518.718.919.321.919.819.825.719.6

20.20.120.120. 120.220.320.120.520.920.720.721.120.5

20.620.720.820.820.920.920.921.021.221.321.121.521.0

2.13.52.12.83.03.13.13.23.03.66.2

I I . 111.811.3

11.311.712.912.512.112.512.512.712.812.212.613.012.1

18. 122.121.1

17. 111.313.612.311.9I I . 612.112.112.015. 1

12.312.012.012.112.712.812.612.712.613.012.612.312.5

12.612.312.312.112.712.612.713.113.313.313.113.612.9

0.2.2.6.6.6.7.8

1.21.82.22.32.02.12.2

2.32.32.32.22.22.32.12.22.22.22.22.22.2

2.82.72.82.72.82.92.73.02.83.23.13.02.9

3.53.33.63.33.63.13.13.33.33.53.53.13.1

3.93.73.73.73.73.93.83.83.93.93.8

3.93.8

53.162.866.562.166.371.586.1

109.1135.2150.5155.7158.8170.8187.1

189.3188.5188.3189.0188.8188.1187.7188.1189,1186.8188.6192.1188.7

196.2200.1205.6201.5201.7205.0206.9211.1216.0217. 1218.1227.3209.0

225.1226.9228.6230.6232.6235.5231.1235.5237.3239.8210.1211.8231.0

21 1 . 9213.9213.8213.8215.6217.1216.0251.9255.7258.0259. 1261.6219.9

For footnotes giving source of data and description of series, see pp. 197-199.


1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 9

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-PLANT AND EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES AND FARM INCOME

YEAR ANDMONTH

1939 month ly avg...

1942 month ly avg. . .1943 month lv avg. . .1944 monthly avg. . .

1945 monthly avg...1946 monthly avg...1947 monthly avg...1948 month ly avg...

1949

FebruaryMarchA p r i lMayJune. ..............J u l yAugust .SeptemberOctoberNovember.December

Month ly avg. . . .I960

JanuaryFebruaryMarchA p r i lMay.JuneJ u l y . . .Augus t . . . .

OctoberNovember . .December . . .

M o n t h l y avg. . . .1951

JanuaryFebruaryMarchA p r i l .MayJuneJ u l y

SeptemberOctoberNovember.

M o n t h l y avg. . . .1952

February. ..........MarchA p r i lMayJune.J u l yAugus t . ...SeptemberOctoberNovember.December. ..........

M o n t h l y avg. . . .

NEW PLANT AND E Q U I P M E N T E X P E N D I T U R E S 1

Quarterly total (or average)

A l lindus-tries,total

1,378

2,1733,7125,1535,515

) ^,710

j 4,978

| 4,672

j 4,927

4,821

| 4,188

1 4,844

j 5,251

| 6,322

5,151

| 5,465

| 6,502

1 6,505

| 7,173

6 , 4 1 1

| 6 , 1 4 1

I 6,808

j 6,244

| 7,265

6,614

Manu-fac-tur-i n g

M i n -i ng

R a i l -roads

Trans-porta-t ion ,otherthanr a i l

P u b l i cuti l i t ies

Commer-c ia land

other2

FARM I N C O M E 3

Cash receipts

Total ,includ-

ingGovern-

mentpay-

ments

Receipts from marketings and C.C.C. loans

Total

M i l l i o n s of dollars

486

9961,6982,1762,284

1,855

1,874

1,655

1,765

1,787

1,444

1,714

1,859

2,474

1,873

2,157

2,743

2,738

3,214

2,713

2,650

3 , 1 56

2,820

3,367

2,999

82

96107173220

215

204

183

191

198

167

173

171

197

177

194

242

241

252

232

217

228

206

229

220

70

137146222330

361

381

310

300

338

222

291

288

310

278

294

394

354

432

368

360

386

289

357

348

91

144231324321

217

226

233

2 1 1

222

259

303

321

329

303

354

415

375

346

373

356

372

302

335

341

130

126198385636

636

774

797

918

781

640

745

852

1,073

827

729

897

983

1,055

916

821

928

947

1 , 1 4 2

960

520

6751,3331,8731,724

1,426

1,519

1,494

1,542

1,495

1,456

1,618

1,760

1,939

1,694

1,737

1 , 8 1 1

1,814

1,874

1,809

1,737

1,738

1,680

1,835

1,747

637720763679715755968

1,3451,6671,7631,8442 ,1112,5022,539

( 2,276< 1 , 7 1 1( 1,952( 1,838< 1,935( 2,074( 2,229\ 2,467( 2,914( 3,310< 2,950( 2,473

2,344

f 2,371< 1,636I 1,736( 1,716( 1,870( 1,889f 2,2761 2,461( 2,850( 3,5961 3,361( 2,849

2,384

C 2,6101 1,983( 2,078( 2,143I 2,175( 2,188f 2,557< 2,886( 3,348( 4,216( 3,712( 3,012

2,742

/ 2,642( 2,043( 2,122( 2,100< 2,176I 2,381( 2 ,711

2,882( 3,620f 4,123< 3,546( 3,072

2,785

590696735642652694923

1,2901,6131,6981,7822,0472,4752,517

2,2601,6961,9261,8111,9062,0572,2202,4612,9073,2982,9382,4642,329

2,3391,6181,7041,6661,8291,8552,2632,4532,8433,5843,3452,8292,361

2,5811,9572,0262,0942,1422,1622,5462,8793,3404,2063,6952,9942,719

2,6192,0102,0792,0532,1422,3612,6972,8743,6094,0983,5283,0562,760

Crops

Livestock and products

TotalDai ryprod-ucts

Meatani-mals

Poul-tryandeggs

246302326266275286384537658753785903

1,1021,095

1,002619648554608768

,038,142,545,819,581,261

1,049

1,203596

* 533492458589994

,074,355,950,759,349

1,029

1,031617519512448600

1,0281,2551,5732,1521,8851,4331,088

1 , 1 1 1638628571573851

,235,377,926

2,303,877,537

1 , 2 1 9

343394409376377408539754955945997

1,1441,3731,423

1,2581,0771,2781,2571,2981,2891,1821,3191,3621,4791,3571,2031,280

1,1361,0221,1711,1741,3711,2661,2691,3791,4881,6341,5861 ,4801,331

1,5501,3401,5071,5821,6941,5621,5181,6241,7672,0541,8101,5611,631

1,5081,3721,4511,4821,5691,5101,4621,4971,6831,7951,6511,5191,542

109123127116112127158195234245252309334

'366

295276312312366371351329306296273275312

268258301310363357341330308304282297310

310298348369422426400377348342325325358

330330369389433427410394370365346338

375

158189196182189199269397486475492587775779

736584704664634640574726774903765641694

681584649636762676694797910

1,045978836771

1,00281085889288476180!934

1,0671,3441,082

873942

924809817812825769759812984

1,0889 1 1826861

67697267656996

144215206235230247262

219209252267275250240248267267308274260

178171209209213205215235256273317340235

230223,282

284315308288296338355394354306

243227254262272271269278316330384349

288

Indexes of cash, receiptsfrom marketings and C.C.C.loans

Total Crops

Live-stock

andprod-ucts

1935-39 = 100

89105

9699

105140193244255270312377383

342257291274288311336372439499444372352

353244257251276280341370429541505427356

389295306316323326384434504635557452410

395303314310323356407434544618532461416

871071159398

101138185233264278326394393

354219229196215271367404546643559446371

4252 1 1188174162208351380479689622477364

364218183181158212363444556760666506384

39322622220220230143648768114663544431

901041089999

108142199252249263301363376

332285338332343

.341312349360391359318338

299269308309361333334363392430418390350

4083533974164464 1 13994274655414764 1 1429

397361382390413398385394443472435400

406

For footnotes g iv ing source of data and descript ion of series, see p. 199.



GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-FARM MARKETINGS AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 monthly avg. . .1936 monthly avg. . .1937 monthly avg...1938 monthly avg...1939 monthly avg...1940 monthly avg...1941 monthly avg...1942 monthly avg...1943 monthly avg...1944 monthly avg...1945 monthly avg...1946 monthly avg. . .1947 monthly avg...1948 monthly avg...

I9H9

F hMarchAprilMay

July

October . .

0 h

Monthly avg. . . .

1950

MarchAprilMayJune.

July...

Monthly avg... .

1951

MarchAprilMay

July

October

Monthly avg. . . .

1952

MarchAprilMayJune

JulyAugustSeptember. .........

Monthly avg. . . .

FARM MARKETINGS 1

Indexes of physical volume unadjusted for seasonalvariation

Total CropsLivestock

andproducts

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION2

Indexes unadjusted for seasonal variation

Tota1

Manufactures

Total

Durable manufactures

TotalIronand

steel 3

Lumber and products

Total Furni-ture3

Lumber

Machin-ery 3

Nonferrous metals and products

Total Fabri-cating3

Smeltingand

refining

1935-39 = 100

8896101105109112116128133140137141146142

139109120113124137151166187211188165151

1601 1 1115110119123140149162201175157144

143106110112118124145163181216185157147

1451 1 5119116123139154161196220190180155 j

8490105108

109

123119124134135146149

14894947687119168190239273227186158

185968067648814115718025,192164139

1368270636083143179211265206160138

13782766468108165182237274217197151

9210098102108114119132143152140145145136

132120139141152151138147148164159149145

141123141143161150139143149163163151147

1481241411481621551461511591-79170154153

151140151155164162145145164179170168158

8710311389109125162199239235203170187192

187185181177174170163174178

4 169174178176

179177183188195200198212216220215216200

216217219222223223214220223222220217220

217218217215211205194218232233235233219

8710411387109126168212258252214177194198

195193190183179176169181188

4 179180186183

189188191197203209207221224229226227209

226228231232233232223229232230229227229

227229228224224215203228242245246246230

8310812278109139201279360353274'192220225

225223221212202195186194200

4 176181201202

206204210221232238237249253263260266237

264268275278277276266269273276277280273

280281283277278249232269292301305310280

8111412368114147186199208206183150195208

228232233219204177156178179

4 102145201188

203201205222226231228236245253246253229

255252263264263261253254258261261263259

261261263245246140139244270281283286243

8510511390106116134134129125109131143145

118115124126129129121134141138144145130

130138147158162166161177179176168158160

153154160169168164151158158158155141157

142148149152145155150160167164160151154

8310611787107118145142149144133147165168

154154150144139139136148158165163170152

166173176175175178174192196198197195183

190193195185173164160165167171172178176

175176175170168169165175183189191196178

86105

92106115129ISO1 1911598122132134

10096110116124124113126132125134132119

i l l119133150155160155170170165153140148

134134141161165163146154153151146

' 122148

125133135143133148143152159151143128141

8310512682104136221340443439343240276277

268262252240232225217216224226217227234

229236243251258262265279283303311321270

322328335337336338328328336340347358336

359360359354353352331336354363371385356

8010412280113139191214267259204157187193

183185183167145133127141157164164167160

180190201198197206202212216223226Til206

224217209211206205199197197201209207207

216217218218216210201213225237241246222

113140202218263265216163188193

182180172151123108105128150162161163149

176184197194192202199212219225228230205

226215202204197197188191190190198196199

206204204203199195184197216231236241210

769912589113139163205111247173140186191

186200210209200192179174175167170175186

191202208207208218207212209217221219210

220222225227227225225213214230236235225

243249252257260246241251248251251259251

For footnotes giv ing source of data and description of series, see pp. 199 and 200.



GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Continued11

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 monthly avg. . .1936 monthly avg...1937 monthly avg...1938 monthly avg...1939 monthly avg. . .1940 monthly avg. . .1941 monthly avg...1942 monthly vg. . .1943 monthly vg. . .1944 monthly vg. . .1945 monthly vg. . .1946 monthly vg. . .1947 monthly vg...1948 monthly vg...

I9H9

February.MarchApri 1May.

Jy]y

SP t hOctoberNovember. ........December.

Monthly avg. . . .

I960

F hMarch

A p r i l ...MayJune.

Jul y

October

Monthly avg. . . .

1951

MarchAprilMay.June. ....July

SeptemberOctoberNovember, ..........December

Monthly avg

1952January

March

April . ....May . .

July

S t h

October

D h

Monthly avg. . . .

INDEXES UNADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION 1


Stone, clay, and glass products

Total CementClayprod-ucts

Glasscon-

tainers

Transportationequipment 2

Total

Automo-biles,includ-

ingparts 3

Nondurable manufactures

TotalAlco-holicbever-ages

Chemical products

TotalIndus-trialchemi-cals2

Leather and products

Total Leathertanning Shoes

2

1935-39 = IOO

77103114921 1 4124162168173164163192206206

192187185186190188187190191193188181188

179179180197209212214221223240233227209

223221232243242241239238237230217212231

205208212216224225216231232235226214220

72105109991141221541721258597154175193

169168171202206209209207219211206187197

168160157207221229229242239249231211212

193186207231242251248251254252237220231

188196200226241237236261263267252231234

116122161154134123119148163173

166166163160156151140149151154153154155

147150151154160160162172175177182178164

. 178176180183184184179182180182179177180

169168167168167169160169167173167165167

869811493110116151169199214226248247212

185179178179202204214212199210195177195

202201201222238232234223229269250246228

251253269292275266273259251228206201252

219232239242260266255272267262245210248

9311012372103145245464735719487232230235

244241240235220240249246252238206211235

242210214226262277272287284291278292261

2853043143113103072933053 1 13 1 1313320307

318322327329338339287300353371376392338

1041141216794118152155222231180159191198

209206204203184211225225231216175181206

224182189204249268262273265271249260241

246262265255248238216223226223216221237

218219222227231229162175247265272282229

90100106951091 1 5142158176171166165172177

170168164159160161156170178181178175168

175176177178180184182198201201197196187

196196194195197197188197199193191185194

184186184180180187181195201200199193189

891091089698101117118117144178191190182

153159173163182190188179179180171151172

143143162168177202219237217205-195189188

211198185175180191190179193197178154186

145152155155158176186159159173163142160

899911296II21 30I7627838432428423625!254

25525!24823923323022522623824524724924!

249250250253255258259265272282284288264

28829!29629829830030!303303303304302299

30230029829529!2962952993053093I3314302

120153210286367404392394432442

447435427417406404392388405414417422414

419424428434443451453458465488497504455

506510524532538548554557560556563563542

562562563559558563565568567578595598570

991031029310598123122114113117122116

1081161131061011049411011410898101106

10811811511010110499119123115

107I I I

11612511810697988398100919188101

100109108102105102901161 1 11121 1 4107106

1051041038710395123128113

1 1 3109117106

1041159996959580909899959997

96109971019410087106109107

106102

10812010497888671808380817990

8696868490907795951041079992

9510210296105100123119114114119131116JI4

1 171231131051101041231251 1 51011031 1 3

116124128115106107107128133121110109117

12112812711210310692no

989794

108

no118122114115

98129123118120112116

For footnotes g iv ing source of data and description of series, see p. 200.



GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Continued

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 monthly avg. . .1936 monthly avg. . .1937 monthly avg. . .1938 monthly avg. . .1939 monthly avg...1940 monthly avg...1941 monthly avg...1942 monthly avg...1943 monthly avg...1944 monthly avg...1945 monthly avg...1946 monthly avg...1947 monthly avg...1948 monthly avg...

I9UO

MarchAprilMay.June.JUlyAugust. ............September. ........October. . .NovemberDecember.

Monthly avg. . . .I960

January.February. ..........MarchAprilMay

Jyly

September .October ....

DecemberMonthly avg. . . .

1951

MarchAprilMay

JulyAugust.September. .........October

Monthly avg. . . .1952

MarchApr i 1MayJuneJulyAugust.September.October.November.December.

Monthly avg. . . .

INDEXESUNADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION l

Nondurable manufactures

Manufactured food products

TotalDairyprod-ucts

Meatpack-

ing

Pro-cessedfruitsandvege-tables

Paper and products

TotalPaperandpulp

Petroleum and coal products 2

Total Coke Gasol ine

Print-ingand

pub-1 ish-ing

Rubberprod-duct2

Textiles and products E

TotalCottoncon-sump-tion

Rayondeliv-eries

Wooltex-tiles

Tobaccoprod-ucts

1935-39 = 100

8998103101108113127134145152150149157159

148146145148156165172189190177162156163

149146148150157164178189190173163161164

155149149152159165176189192177164158165

151J49148149154165174185192178165161164

8797103106108114131145139144141131150148

921041241602032232221971591219796150

951071281591992262231951561199490149

901011201531962212212151691289895151

8697116152197217215214173133106107151

8610594103112125129148165177143130154141

179149141134138139140134145155172186151

183144148145144146141134152158184203157

193142147150149144141139149156188195158

193175165152147147137138154169190208165

107109135126129134132158140143

90868594102133181287267193123103145

9286839098122191254276190137

144

10510097103108123191263297210

96150

8384828996124179234279190114100138

869810795114123150142139139139145158164

163158151146144143

128155169176177167156

178179179182181185172191194202201197187

203208208215212209189196196196191183201

187194192186182182159188191203205195189

869810795113124148143137135135141152159

158154148142139138

125148160168168160151

171172173175173178166181184193191188179

192198198205201199182189191191187181193

185190,188181175177153180181192194185182

8597108100110120135147185247236173193218

228221213209207202

198203208198205219209

211205207206216222229238243251253263229

272269269255263263262265266269276281267

281281278261209251259280282279290291270

8411012477105135152164167172157136171174

18418517818217515913914614549102158150

154124146174175177176176178183178182169

187183184185186187183187185185185185185

1881882041661657267169177179182186162

8694105104112112126110

135145140152168

174170169170177177

178177179180J77180176

17617417317118118819420019519619519718,7

202198199193207212211213214212214215207

2 1 1212210205157216225231234225233229216

899910996106112127115

101108127144154

149152156157158148133143159169167162155

157166172174169169150161172183182179170

164176179188179170155166180181183178175

170175180180174175145157166180183172171

93107104831 1 3123163172228234215225226206

193188182177178178175178174192187193183

194195197203213221222236244250250251223

244235239238247251243243245239245250243

248243242235242246225242252260264272248

9310410685112114152157153148146162163170

160157142129123126120140155169175173147

178179173174175173165189191197193194182

194194188185190185160170163154157152174

157160152144151154147170177172176169161

841061 1 188110120158171159145137147143136

1231251201 1 110310587

i l l127134138134118

144144138139140132123155152162158158145

163174175153164157123145142140144136150

144150141130135133

143145142149141138

81979791128138166173183196219245272312

313305275240214217

238259294318340350280

355357350348347348361366380374381397

364

392390374380377378379360334293289283352

296295288280287312343369377361356337325

10710710376108106160156154149143171163169

150143122112118120109134139161158151135

154159152154157161134172171180164160160

156144133146144137100115114114120118129

116122112108117112103123137134137138121

9099103102106109120131133125136156160164

158153163153170179152184185171172138165

162154167152168176160204181170174142166

177170161167172178167190188191198137175

176167164174178197179193198197184159180

For footnotes giving source of data and description of series, see p. 200.



GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Continued13

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 monthly avg. . .1936 monthly avg. . .1937 monthly avg. . .1938 monthly avg...1939 monthly avg...1940 monthly avg...1941 monthly avg...1942 monthly avg...1943 monthly avg. . .1944 monthly avg...1945 monthly avg...1946 monthly avg. . .1947 monthly avg...1948 monthly avg. . .

I9H9January.February. ..........MarchApr j |May

July

October

Monthly avg. . . .

I960JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril...May

Jy]y

0 , ,

October

D h

Monthly avg. . . .

1951

March.AprilMay

JU|yAugust .September . .October.November. ..........December

Monthly avg. . . .

1952

F hMarch

MayJune

JulyAugust.SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Monthly avg. . . .

INDEXES UNADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION 1

Minerals

Total

Fuels2

Total Anthra-cite

Bitumi-nouscoal

Crudepetro-leum

Metals

INDEXESADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION1

Total

Manufactures

TotalTotal


Lumber andproducts

Total Lumber

Nonferrous metals

TotalSmelting

andrefining

Stone, c ay, andglass products

Total

1935-39 = 100

869911297106117125129132140137134149155

143143131146148137128134123112141128135

125113139138147155149163168169159153148

159153153162168169161170171176169159164

162162158165143149144161180166170163160

899910999105114122125132145143142155161

156155137148149135126134122120152136139

133118148147148155148162167170165163152

169163163167168169160171172179178170169

175174170171140161155161180167177176167

10210710190101101no117118126107119112112

88745288105789382501181176384

6965108839796689792102848087

968948648386667779104998681

9177687473745761889587-7176

94no1128899116129145147156144133155147

14514293144144104801086031133103107

9638149143131136109142144151138143127

151125127133126133105134137147152135134

1471351221 191071029110214493135125I 17

8594109104108116120118128143146148159172

167168163156155153147149154156163157157

154155152155160168171177184184184178168

184185189191192191192194195199196193192

194199199201159193190194203203202207196

731021278611313414914812611310188118120

687693134142150140135128637681107

8081838714015515817017116112493125

94949212916617116616716616311589134

889190130159748116417816413184120

191189184179174169161170174166173179

183180187190195199196209211216215218

221221222223222221212217218218219218

2212222212162 1 1204193215228230234235

198196193184179175168178184176179188

192192194199204208206218220225224229

231232234234233231222226228226228228

231232231225224214202225237242245247

227225223212201194185193199175181203

209207211222231237235247251261260268

268271277279276274265267271274277282

282284285277277247230267290300304313

129123129126126123115126132133147159

144150156159158155151165166166169173

171169169170163153141146146149157154

159162158152142146141149155155161165

117107119118120114104115119116139153

132138145150149144140151150150155162

162156156162158147131137135138149141

150154149143128134128135140138146

, 149

183185183167145133127141157164163166

180190200198197207202212216223226227

224217209211206205199197196201209207

216217218218216210201213225237240246

186200210209200193180174175167169174

191202208207208219208212209217221218

219222225227227226226213214230235235

243249252257259247242251248251251258

204202195189185186185183183184183187

190192188200203210212212215229227235

236237243247236239237228228219212219

217224222220217222214221222224221221

Cement

208222208213196195190183189182191206

207211192218210214208214206214214232

238245252243231235226222219217219242

233257244238230222215231227231233254



14 1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESSGENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Continued

YEAR ANDMONTH

1911 monthly avg...

1916 monthly avg. . .1917 monthly avg. . .1918 monthly avg...

I9H9

MarchAprilMayJuneJUlyAugust.SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1950January

March 6.4

121.6121.8121.7121.8121.8121. 8122.2122.1122.1121.8122.1121.8mTIf

121.5121.612!. 5120.9120.8120.0119.9119.8119. 7119.0119.5119.6-tttr3

50.249.753.256.955.757.761.667.167.167. F68.879.791.3100.8

107.4108.5108.7108.2107.8107.3107.9107.9107.8107.7107.5107.6J07.9

107.4106.8106.6106.6106.7106.7106.7107.1107.5107.7107.8109.0T07:2

109.1109.5112. 1112.1112.1112. 2112.5112.8114. 1116.0116.3116.61-4*^ 8-

117. 1120.0120.01 19.7119.7119.71 19.71 19.7119.71 19.7119.71 19.7119. 6



30 1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESSCOMMODITY PRICES-WHOLESALE PRICES Continued

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 month ly avg. . .1936 month ly avg...1937 month ly avg.,.1938 monthly avg.,.1939 month ly avg. . .

1940 m o n t h l y avg...1941 month ly avg...1942 month ly avg. . .1943 month ly avg. . .1944 month ly avg., .

1945 month ly avg. . .1946 month ly avg. . ,1947 month ly avg...1948 mon th ly avg. . .

19*49January* ...... . * , . *February. ...........March

A p r i lMay. ... ..June ..... i

J u l y .August . . September.

December. ..........Month ly avg. . . .

1950January. ,February. . . . . ... .March .-.. ..A p r i 1May. . , .

J u l y ..... ...August ... . . . . September . . . . .October.November. . . ... . .December . , , . .

Month ly avg. . . .1951

February.March ... . . .A p r i lMay, .. . . .

J u l y . ........

September. ** . .October. .......,.,November . ...December . . . . . .

Month ly avg. . . .1962

FebMarchA p r i l . .May . ,June . . .J u l y

October. , . . . , ......November,

Month ly avg. . . .

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR I N D E X E S 1

C o m m o d i t i e s other than f a rm products and foods

Metals and metal products

Total

56.257.365.663.162.662.864.064.964.864.865.973-991.3

103.9'

1 1 1 .2I I O . I109,0105.8103.2101.8101.7102.1102.9102.7103.0103.4104.8

104.3104.9

.104,8105.2106.6108.8109,2M O . 8113. 3116. 1117. 7121 . 9110. 3

124.0123.7123.2123.3123.2122.7122.3122.2122. 1122.4122.5122.5122.8

122.4122.6122.6122.51 2 1 . 81 2 1 . 11 2 1 . 9124.1124.6124. 1123.9124.0123.0

Heat inge q u i p m e n t

95.3101.2

105.7105.6104.9104.6104.5103.6102.7102.5102.3102.2102. 1102.1103.6

101.8102.0102.0102,0102.2102.0102.9105.4107.2109,8110,6113.0105,1

114 . 5114 . 7114.8114.8114.8114.6114.41 14.51 14.5114.6114 .41 1 4 . 5114.6

114.0114.01 14.0113.9113.7113.5113.6113.7113. 7113.7113.6113.6113. 8

. I ronand

steel

58.158.765.866.164.263.864.665,265.265.166.574.089.7

104.3

I I 1.6109.6108.6105.1103.4103.1102.6103.2105.3105.8106,3107.7106.0

108.9109.7109.7110. 0

I I 3 J112.7113.8114. 5115.4116.3122.6113. 1

124.5123.5122.9122.9122.9122,9123.0123.123.123.123.123.123.2

123.123.2123,2123,0122.8122,4122,3127.2127.5127.3127.0127.0124.7

Nonferrousmetals

48.250.362.951.154.857.159.360.260.460.360.370.095.6

105.7

1 15.2I 14.3I I I . 2104.295.690.491.393.293.391.692.391.498.7

91.391.090.49 1 . 195.3

101.8102.9106.1112.81 1 9 , 0123.0124.3104.1

126.0126,7125.3125.7125.4123.2121 .51 2 1 . 6122-0124.0124.11 24 . 2124.2

124.2125.0124.9124.8122.0120.0124.0124.4124.7122.9122.5122.3123.5

N o n m e t a l i c m i n e r a l s , s t ruc tu ra l

Total

71.671.773.471.169.569.771.374.174.575.979. T84.293.9

I O I . 7

104.3104.4104,4104.4104.4104.4104.2104.3104.3104.3104.4104.4104.4

105.0105.2105.6105.4105.2105.4105.6106.4107.1109.5110.7I I I . 7106.9

113.6113.7113. 7113.7113.6113 .61 13.6113.6113. 6I 13.6113. 61 1 2 . 8113.6

1 1 2 - 9112 .91 1 2 . 91 12,8112 .9113.81 ^.8113 . 8113. 81 14.4114 .51 14.6113.6

C l a yproducts

Concreteproducts

Gypsumproducts

P u l p , paper , a n dal 1 ied p roduc t s

Total Paper

R u b b e r products

Total T i r e sandtubes

1947-ijg , 100

58.857.960,860.461.561.465.269.966.667.375.183.893.3

101.4

105.2105.3105.3105.3105.4105.4105.4105.2105. 1105.1105.3105.3105.3

108.4109.2109.4109.4110 . 0110.51 1 1 .4112.3113. 0117.6119 . 2120.3112.6

121 .31 2 1 . 41 2 1 . 4121 .4121.41 2 1 . 4121 .41 2 1 . 41 2 1 .41 2 1 .41 2 1 . 41 2 1 . 4121 .4

1 2 1 .41 2 1 . 41 2 1 .4121 .31 2 1 . 412 1. 41 2 1 . 31 2 1 , 3121 .3124.0124.0124.0122.0

76.581.482.075.074.866.775.979.979.979.979.984.896.1

100.8

102,2102.2102.7102.7102.7102,7102.7103.9103.9103.9103.9103,9103.1

103.6103.7103.7103.7104.1104.5104.5105.1106,8108.4108.5109.4105,5

1 1 2 . 1112.4112 .41 1 2 . 4112.4112.4112 .41 1 2 . 4112 . 4112.41 1 2 . 41 1 2 . 4112. 3

112.4112.41 12.41 1 2 . 4112 .41 1 2 . 4112.4112.4112 . 7

112.71 1 2 . 7112 .7112.5

94.5103.2

102.6102,3102-3102.3102.3102.3102.3102.3102.3102.3102.3102.3102.3

102.3102.3102.3102,3102.3102.3102.3104.7107.0107. 1107. 1113. 4104.6

117.4117.4117.4117. 4117. 4117,4117.41 17.4117.4M7.4117.7117. 7117 . 4

117 .7117.7117.7117. 7117. 7117. 7117.7117.7117.7117.71 1 7 - 7117.7117.7

98.6102.9

1 03. 1102.8102.1100.899.297.396.095.796.196.196.396.498.5

96.396.296.096.095.795.997.8

101. 4103.6107,3109.9114.4100.9

120.1120.5120.3119. 7119. 8120.2120.2I 19.5119. 4118.8118.4118.4119 .6

118. 2118.3117. 7117.4116 .9116.7115.31 15.6115 . 6115.5115.51 15.9116 ,5

56.657.060.661.860.263.166.368.069.871.271.978-693.4

102.8

106.0105.8105.7105.6104.0102,6102.5102.4102.8102.8102.9102.9103.8

102.9103.0103.1103.2103.2103.3105.2106.8108.3110 .61 12.4115.5106.5

1 17.117,117 .117.117.117.61 18.3119.8121 .5122 .1122.4122.41 19 .1

122.8123.7123.8123.5123.5124.2123.8124.0124.0124.9124.9124.9124.0

99.01 02.1

102.4101.6101.7100.9100.497.696.296.096.496.197.799.998-9

100.8101.4101.5103.6106.6109.5115 . 6129.6135-2140.7149.2152.0120.5

153.0152.5152.3151.5151.3148.3144.3144.3144.7144.7144.6144.3148.0

144. 1143.1142.0140.6140.4133.4130.0127.8126.3126.0126.4127.7134.0

71.673.987.490.491.880.986.9

105.4109.2107.5103.4103.899.4

101.8

103.2101.8101.7101.7101.597.294.794.794.794.998.0

101. 298.8

101.2101.4101 .4102.71 04.1106.1109.2120.3124.6125.8133.2133.61 13.6

133.9133.9133.9133.9133.9133.9133.9133.9133.9133.9133,9133.4133.9

133.4133.4133.4133.0133.0130.5129.6126,3126.3126.3126.3126.3129.8

For footnotes g iv ing source of data and description of series, see p, 205.



COMMODITY PRICES-WHOLESALE PRICES AND PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR31

YEAR ANDMONTH

1938 month ly avg1939 month ly avg

1941 monthly avg1942 month ly avg1943 month ly avq1944 month ly avq1945 month ly avq1946 monthly avg1947 month ly avg...1948 mon th ly avg. . .

I9U9January. ...........

MarchA p r i lMayJun*3

J u l yAugust . ............September

DecemberMonth ly avg. . . .

I960

February.MarchA p r i lMayJune. . .J u l yAugust .September.October

DecemberMonth ly avg. . . .

1951

FebruaryMarchA p r i lMay

J u l yAugus tSeptember. ....OctoberNovemberDecember

M o n t h l y avg. . . .1952

JanuaryFebruary . . . . . . . ...MarchA p r i lMay

J u l y

September. . . .OctoberNovemberDecember. ...... ...

M o n t h l y avg. . . .

WHOLESALE PRICES, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INDEXES 1

Commodities other than farm products and foods

T e x t i l e products and apparel

Total Apparel CottonproductsS i l k

productsSynthetictextiles

Woolproducts

Tobacco manufactures andbottled beverages

Total Beverages,alcohol ic Cigarettes

Miscellan-eous

P U R C H A S I N G POWER OFTHE DOLLAR 2

As

Whole-sale

prices

measured by-

Con-sumer

prices

Retai lfood

prices

1947-49 = 100

100.1104.4

100.899.898.396.594.593.793.493.493.693.994. I94.3

^S^

94.394.494.193.092.893.396.2

100.4104.3107.4109. 11 1 1.499.2

114.6115.7115.9115.5114.8112.9I I 1.6108.5105.9103.9103.9104.0110.6

103.3102. 1100.699.999.399.098.999.199.599.298.698.299.8

101. 2103.2

99.798.898.196.093.993.594.394.294.295.094.794.5

-s-fc-e-

94.094.094.192.692.592.795.496.998.5

100.8101.5102.396.3

104. 1104.4104.3104. 1104.1103.7105.0104.5104.1103.3102.3102. 1103.8

101.7101. 7101.6101.2100.8100.399.599. 199.398.498.398.3

100.0

45.443.745.935.636.638.851.261.161.363.066.081.9

103.1105.1

97.196.094.292.891.090.088.889.090.390.591.191.5

_.-9+ff$

92.192.491.590.489.790.094.3

102.1107.7111 .3114.6117.899.5

118.9119.2118.9118.8117.8116.0113.0106.9102.5100.8102.3103.3i l l . 5

102.8101. 099.698.697.295.496.197.698.999.298.497.798. 5

117.292.8

92.892.892.890.989.89.88.88.88.88.89.90.289.9

90.990.988.488. 188.888.896.5

108. 1108.1111.9115. 1122.199.7

138.6146.3146.3138.3124.9133.7116. 1112.3117.9122.5123.2125.3128.8

126.0130.2129. 1128.4128.8129.8134.7139.3139.3140.0139.3139.7133.7

96.6108.3

106.6104.499.997.194.692.690.490.291.091.791.791.995.2

92.392.592.491.691.491.392.897.299.0

100.4101. 0101.795.3

103.1103.9102.399.798.798.096.794.092.991.591.591.797.0

91.489.987.386.786.888.689.290.589.989.589.087.888.9

54.058.964.754.956.660.868.678.479.880.080.082.190.6

104.4

109. 1108.9108.5107.9107.2106.3104.7103.4101.9100.4100.4101. 3105.0

101.6101. 8102.0102.0102.8105.3107.4I I 2 . 4123.0127.4130.7138.3112.9

153.8160.1164.7164.5161.8151.7145.5140.0129.8120.8122.0120.31 44. 6

118.01 14.4111.8109.2I I I . 7112.81 13.9113.3112.4113.2112.6112.6113.0

97.2100.5

102.4102.4102.4102.4102.4102.3102.2102.2102.3102.2102.2101. 9102.3

102.0102. 1102.1102.0102.0102.0102.0103.6104.0105.4106.6108. 1103.5

109.6109.6109.6109.6109.6109.6109.1109.0109.0109.0109.4109.4109.4

109.4112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112. 1112. 1112. 1112. 1H I . 8

97.4101.3

101.4101.4101.4101.4101.4101.4101.4101.4101.4101. 3101. 3100.8101.4

100.8100.8100.8100.6100.6100.6100.6100.7101.3103.9106.3106.4101.9

106.4106.4106.4106.4106.4106.4105.5105.2105.2105.2105.3105.3105.9

105.3110.5110.5110.5110.5HO. 5110.51 10.51 10.5i io .5110.5110.5110. 1

94.899.4

105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9

105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9105.9112.0112.0112.0112.0I 12.0108.4

112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.0112. 0112.0112.0

112.0112.0112.0112.0112. 0112.0112.0112.0112.0112.01 12.0112.0112.0

100.8103.1

97.393.195.297.495.695.799.1

102.596.494.192.793.596. 1

91.790.994.196.3

100.496.9

103.597.196.094.797.3

100.496.6

102.6103.9104.2105.7103.0102.8103.7102.6105.1106.9108.9109.8104.9

l l i . l1 1 1 . 4109.2109.5108.4108.1105.5108.9108.3108.4105.7105. 1108.3

192.3190.5178.3195.7199.6195.7176.1155.8149.3147.9145.3127. 1103.795.8

97.398.899.1

100. 1101. 0101.8102.0101.8101.7102.1102.2102.4100.8

102.4101. 7101. 5101. 5100.499.897.195.193.492.991.589.297.0

87.085.8

*85.886.086.386.987.688.088.288.088.088.187.1

88.588.989.089.489.689.989.489. 189.490.090.391.289.6

170.4168.6162.9165.8168.4166.9159.0143.5135.1133.0130.01 19. 9104.797.3

97.498.498.197.998.298.098.698.497.998.598.499.098.2

99.499.699.399.298.798.297.296.495.895.294.893.597.3

92.191.090.790.690.290.390.290.289.689.288.788.490.1

88.489.089.088.688.588.287.687.587.687.687.587.688.1

201.2199.6191.9206.6212.3209.2191.6163.1146.4148.4145. 1126.6104.396.1

98.6101.1100.299.699.898.9

100. 199.798.9

100.7100.6102.4100.0

103.1103.6102.8102.4101. f99.597.096.296.295.995.893.498.8

91.089.489.389.588.889.088.789.088.988.187.387.088.8

87.088.888.787.887.587.386.085.886.787.087.087.987.3

For footnotes g iv ing source of data and descript ion of series, see p. 205.


32 1953 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTSURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESSCONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 month ly avg. . .1936 monthly avg...1937 monthly avg...1938 month ly avg...1939 monthly avg. . .

1940 monthly avg...1941 monthly avg...1942 monthly avg. . .1943 monthly avg...1944 monthly avg...

1945 monthly avg. . .1946 monthly avg...1947 month ly avg...1948 mon th ly avg...

I9U9

F bMarchA p r i lMayJuneJ U l y

August.September.October.NovemberDecember


January

MarchA p r i lMav .... ....

J u l y

October

n h

M o n t h l y avg. . . .1951

MarchA p r i lMay

J U l y

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember. ... ......

M o n t h l y avg. . . .1952

F hMarchA p r i lMay

J u l y

October

Month ly avg. . . .

NEW CONSTRUCTION l

Total

Private

Total

Res iden t ia l (nonfarm)

TotalNew

dwel l -ng

u n i t s

Addi -t ions

andaltera-

t ions

Nonres iden t i a l b u i l d i n g(except farm and pub-1 ic u t i 1 i ty)

Total Indus-t r ia lCom-mer-~ i a l

Farmcon-

struc-tion

P u b l i cu t i l -

i ty

Publ ic

TotalResi-den-t i a l

Non-res i-den-t i a l

b u i l d -i n g

M i l i -taryand

naval

High-way

Con-ser-va-t ionand

devel-opment

Othertypes

Mi 1 1 ions of do] lars

353541583582683724996

1,173692438469

1,0001,3911,807

1,5341,4181,5141,6441,8792,0472,1342,2122,2362,2032,0741,8941,899

1,7611,6681,8312,0742,3532,6502,7882,9092,9372,8482,6342,2962,396

2, 1612,0342,2572,4482,6492,8072,8702,9272,9012,8492,6242,3662,574

2, 1742,0882,3322,5162,7432,9453,0273,0953,0983,0112,7872,5132,694

167248325297366421517285165182270803

,105,404

,176,087,131,194,324,437,499,530,534,531,508,433,365

,335,304,380,544,766,974

2,1042, 1792,1792,0981,9641,7831,801

1,6421,5731,6631,7421,8371,9331,9681,9711,9551,90.81,8181,6741,807

1,5171,4631,6171,6901,8111,9251,9942,0372,0301,9881,9241,7891,815

84130156166223249293143746892

335526-715

560482502547637712756781810834840806689

74471475388 \

1,0361,1781,2691,3221,3221,2471,1311,0031,050

902827862895918957965956958963930840914

719676799849922983

,023,047,049,048,033953925

59101123135189213253120594860

275454625

492H20435465544614658688716742753730605

682652687799941

1,072,16!,212,211,145,040923960

830750785807821853857847849858832760821

650600710750810865905930935935925865823

2125272527283119131828486177

54495367768181777876726169

51515570829293939484736275

55606172818891929391846678

5663778799

103101999695907086

395990646685

12453192985

278262302

290274266257262272273271262264270267269

257252249249274305324333354382403395315

378384399410440465471465460440425415429

4154063983863924044 1 1418430434435421413

1322411921376729131754

141142116

NO104968981767271

6968686881

6970697073788491

10111212012589

129135143152164180195204210205200200176

209209202194188182180181187189190187192

182432242429341335

179471

104

85808178869493898384888686

7977777792

110116114121136149140107

122121127126131131121108101959692

114

8375747382929798

10110410910791

1 11317141820262224242271

116129

9597

104115133145154159149127110100124

102109122139163181194200184153130114149

115119129143166180191194179148126HO150

1 10113123136157171180183168139117103142

3043595057647366486069

115195254

227229254269286300308311306299281253277

223220247264280297306313312309293266278

242238268289309326336350352351331303308

267263292313333359371381376360331304329

186293258285317.302479888527256200197286402

358331383450555610635682702672566461534

426364451530587676684730758750670513595

519461594706812874902956946941806692767

657625715826932

1,0201,0331,0581,0681,023

863724879

15835

17364562187

311713

16172226253332374041363430

35282928272824272830313029

29303642454747566366686650

63585554545453555352494754

275846568151

137307168113783050

108

139135153158167173176188220217182160172

154154171183203201202213230247228216200

229217259288303310315324319318300289289

286275311343356375375373369352332314338

3235

1032

1354182137058161713

88899

1 1121515161412I I

1088989

10162128262415

303452666874839396

1031098874

9185

1001091161191211291271251171071 1 2

701 14102118115109896137303375

121148

896884

128206236255276255233184117178

10364

1 1 4166191269277299303268224103198

9465

107154225265282314303293187

200

9090

11517525031032033535033021*120225

58555046484442302414I I203352

43414758707876798079746866

55486071818786868483756573

63496169768280777778767272

62566568727676757977706270

2659495758504127241214264967

63626971787984879286767076

69626973778285899294867579

746679879596959288.83756683

65616977848688919087807479

For footnotes giving source of data and description of series, see pp. 205 and 206.



CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE-CONTRACT AWARDS

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 monthly avg. . .1936 monthly avg. . .1937 monthly avg...1938 monthly avg...1939 monthly avg. . .1940 monthly avg...194! monthly avg...1942 monthly avg...1943 monthly avg. . .1944 monthly avg...1945 monthly avg...1946 monthly avg...1947 monthly avg...1948 monthly avg...

I9H9

FebruaryMarchAprilMayJune.JulyAugust.September. .........

November


MarchAprilMayJune ..... .

JulyAugust.SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember


February.MarchAprilMay

JU]yAugustSeptember. . .October. ...........November.December.


January.February. ...... . .MarchAprilMay

July

, ,

October ......... .

December. .... ...Monthly avg. . . .

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 37 STATES (F. W. DODGE CORPORATION)1

Total construction

Totalprojects

Number

9,45811, U214,45515,81820,44827,26937,02737,46715,6769,03911,63736,53528,46829,781

15,59716,51024,2813 1 , 57033,47437,20332,57937,66246,92543,78240,13234,70432,868

30,98935,71553,49459,61665,30560,65860,94270,44950,284U9.60446.85640,16852,007

38,12142,05748,37649,49852,70044,75544,33446,31942,43542,73536,32328,83243,040

31,84233,76745,04150,09763,70950,84552,07852,90947,00650,54241,56934,66146,172

Valuation

Total

By ownership

Publ ic Private

Thousands of dollars

153,712222,942242,755266,411295,879333,663500,623687,922272,833166,168274,942624,144646,656785,802

482,984568,467747,619842,586880,344945,676943,560905.748

1,093,7241,061,751957,761929,030863,271

730,855779,530

1,300,2011,350,496

. 1,347,6031,345,4631,420,1811,548,8761,286,5411,135,8151,087,0621,168,4321,208,421

1,043,2481,140,5271,267,4501,374,99!2,572,9611,408,9321,379,8301,262,8111,082,8551,051,419931,768

1,234,3391,312,594

902,091885,206

1,321,2541,597,5171,563,6601,488,8501,511,2851,438,7252,039,2031,310,9581,248,803.1,467,3841,397,911

83,9251 1 1 , 1 8695,995142,060142,353150,180291,0! 1595,501224,592119,591109,279146,196191,362258,918

159,942251,866281,947318,506368,551375,431410,352316,409288,75433 1 , 892315,683298,714309,837

200,541284,925480,972354,115388,643428,264459,921437,770364,298308,118320,426381,330367,444

305,941332,032418,457456,319

1,474,166583,146615,370486,452317,731306,604323,736502,416510,198

296,897338,662554,050636,357557,803559,140618,737501,258

1,269,355410,433490,650477,693559,253

69,787111,756146,760124,351153,525183,483209,61292,42048,24046,577165,663477,948455,293526,884

323,042316,60!465,672524,080511,793570,245533,208589,339804,970729,859642,078630,316553,434

530,314494,605819,229996,381958,960917,199960,260

1,111,106922,243827,697766,636787,102840,978

737,307808,495848,993918,672

1,098,795825,786764,460776,359765,124744,815608,032731.923802,397

605,194546,544767,204961,160

1,005,857929,710892,548937,467779,848890,525758,153989,691838,658

Nonresidential buildings

Total

Number

22,99023,I543,2463,2073,3284,8196,5509,2923,5562,8633,9204,3564,1054,195

2,9012,9293,6954,1544,1384,5784,3844,3184,1864,5283,5183,2933,885

2,8823,0174,3734,9985,2045,0905,0855,9875,0944,8304,8684, 5324,663

4,6143,1984,2224,2594,4214,4634,4964,1704,5584,7753,6183,2624,171

3,3253,4724,3114,4495,0885,0225,4685,1964,2895,1614,3823,5894,479

Floor

Thousandsof sq.ft.

9,51315,23017,006

/ i'5,47914,90022,33936,69170,62720,38812,96323,84435,99229,05532,092

21,68521,64627,95331,92930,16632,96133,28325,74632,44832,00425,49528,34528,638

22,29724,79037,53943,07140, 48245,25446,58051,74!47,45842,58341,47240,06940,278

43,97137,09943,30141,47344,80441,16239,92636,70036,27334,78227,61!43,01639,177

24,86824,94133,34539,34337,34641,72540,97938,91229,25738.82239,78851,59636,744

Valua-

Thousandsof dollars

56,74879,98296,34789,34580,470107,887192,973324,727118,68874,953154,204226,358226,305305,537

221,883221,895327,44!316,370320,630335,961350,282278,031345,023357,085266,103303,205303,659

235,294265,567500,658448,619408,543443,996487,115540,989498,725426,820434,894490,375431,800

461,01643 1 , 1 66469,254518,02!

1,633,908553,280536,533475,957404,462418,203327,706593,007568,543

357,676301,404463,276562,256462,863551,500562,686519,940

1,272,367470,520461,476713,100558,255

Commercial

Number

1,8041,8681,9341,4431,6431,9152,0401,302515604

1,4492,1592,063. 1,929

1,3271,3421,7141,9301,8551,8041,7571,9611,9392,1631,6201,4911,742

1,3941,4612,0142,3592,3832,0942,2102,8082,4082,2632,1942,0652,138

2,1371,1741,3261,4631,4091,3161,4501,3972,0442,0171,4341,2001,531

1,4011,5191,7901,8832,1451,9902,1232,1751,8702,3601,9581,5041,893

Floor

Thousandsof sq.ft.

2,9494,7655,190'3,4824,0675,5498,8216,1731,8481,0415,2669,8808,2538,384

5,5225,5178,4349,1956,5737,3767,6166,3789,4267,4866,2916,6327,204

5,9345,8478,84010,65710,41910,67312,22014,43012,89910,55010,0099,95210,203

1 1,3127,8326,7227,6354,8435,4876,1184,7517,6876,5814,8603,3866,435

3,7504,8795,9256,5696,5916,2976,4147,8597,2579,6817,9758,8756,839

Valua-

Thousandsof dollars

13,70720,76124,75417,98420,57626,52739,26425,18710,0626,73728,86464,43664,92581,246

62,63158,82388,41691,98468,50570,85673,37264,442103,90182,77258,59160,69573,749

60,63558,32988,575106,79296,38797,677117,356137,850137,157104,48394,356108,882100,707

121,147101,83178,779 .106,33160,55365,44775,39965,52279,99268,83348,35743,14876,278

55,66562,21170,55775,27279,91574,17292,22194,20097,05193,09484,491100,38681,603

Educational and science

Number

301341278498310299314363224244162178262363

231265357413470654736573465401301326433

271282479563636832783723561415443387531

396321,545528608746707639491434356394514

367375520539713742797715457569455418556

Floor

Thousandsof sq.ft.

2,1713,4993,0414,7522,8682,0632,0422,549997816

1,0382,1573,4206,029

3,9394,3735,8756,9367,0527,6958,2996,8367,3118,0186,1896,5256,587

5,6895,9009,13610,0679,28612,10310,92210,25211,0078,2869,9987,9089,213

7,4537,13911,7748,55110,93110,77911,6389,9217,7247,0476,29010,2439,124

7,7897,7848,9458,94810,17!8,2578,1 1310,2976,4038,5219,06812,4218,893

Valua-

Thousandsof dollars

14,02218,24918,60127,83916,78412,26711,74!12,3275,2015,7698,35318,44832,65460,383

38,07644,66560,41168,43376,00181,37491,22972,86778,58883,55662,30866,87568,699

63,46158,00696,26297,020100,186128,280121,167113,095119,36486,284109,43187,23198,316

84,63880,978128,370103,460123,153128,084150,090127,90298,47994,47678,974136,019111,219

98,061104,194118,664134,434145,652126,677122,417145,36687,330126,003116,936145,878122,634

For footnotes giving source of data and description of series, see p. 206.256453 O - 53 - 3



CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE-CONTRACT AWARDS Continued

YEAR ANDMONTH

1935 monthly avg. . .1936 monthly avg...1937 monthly avg...1938 monthly avg.. .1939 monthly avg. . .1940 monthly avg...1911 monthly avg...1942 monthly avg...1943 monthly avg...1944 monthly avg...1945 monthly avg...1946 monthly avg...1947 monthly avg...1948 monthly avg...

I9H9January. ..........

MarchApri 1 . .May

July

September .OctoberNovember. . . ..... .December.


January.February. . ...... .MarchAprilMay

Jyly

S t h

October .....NovemberDecember. . .....

Monthly avg. .. .195!

MarchAprilMay

July

October . . . .

0 h


MarchAprilMayJune ,

JulyAugust. ............September.

Monthly avg. . . .

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 37 STATES (F. W. DODGE CORPORATION) 1

Nonresidential buildings

Hospital and institutional

Proj-ects

Number

616775998214023744925794

2108578105

10996

1 1 31541382031631 19118152118126134

84109116139126174162171156142138138138

136109141126144154142141120137123103131

1068212711 41621631711631031589399128

Floorarea

Thousandsof sq.ft.

515864951

1,436966

1,2001,2832,8401,662636944

1,2701,6602,957

2,8173,1612,0833,5193,3485,2444,6462,1174,5224,3823,5482,6893,506

1,8174,3304,6833,1873,1843,5505,3454,3134,2642,5003,3893,9643,711

3,4203,5433,1782,3875,6412,4651,8172,2821,8174,0393,6003,6923,157

1,6731 ,0972,0322,7632,9102,1553,4482,265593

1,7603,3822,0992,181

Valua-tion ,

Thousandsof

dollars

3,9216,1776,8209,6336,9057,8397,37415,4129,2274,9369,38110,90516,00133,744

32,20431,54122,54941,87844,54865,23864,81730,29555,32364,06057,76744,57946,233

27,75666,94966,89741,17947,58449,91976,02357,33165,19838,61957,15560,57454,599

48,00657,46645,35838,24359,63539,81232,94939,72232,23669,43053,18864,73748,399

36,07217,11740,35651,05743,47533,89556,55436,52712,96332,55744,14138,99536,976

Manufactur ing

Proj-ects

Number

322380421333493733

1,3211,743816

1,0581,2091,317998797

5 1 1441494520476487458468497605566544506

429402620650718607624918790822959799695

800696862815789645662709673779602532714

501617698699693685701822723865755661702

Floorarea

Thousandsof sq.ft.

1,7203,3585,0682,1043,6897,89815,66037,1718,8197,03013,18419,60311,9169,141

5,6054,3934,7235,6185,4025,4075,0253,8734,4575,2914,5426,8075,095

4,7293,8326,68610,98410,0869,8749,37313,29010,81912,93211,0671 1 , 1 889,572

14,44412,73713,15214,43313,57513,30411,46812,3801 1 , 1 868,2326,76116,55912,353

6,2795,9966,80710,8077,611

1 1,84910,8169,6458,2639,7519,76317,4369,569

Valua-tion

Thousandsof

dol lars

9,07216,50226,14110,09014,57136,86998,460185,62263,85439,38885,585109,77178,45269,984

43,59437,83866,17343,76651,51345,39641 ,48541,14537,99348,92835,93964,82946,550

37,67827,876161,5051 19,19983,69669,29179,780128,82190,83793,596103,909146,1 10

95,192

128,4001 1 6 , 1 73122,710174,339

1,274,909211,474164,114158,759109,43595,79977,244249,965240,277

110,09160,973120,244204,84978,893166,416139,9*41141,453995,106113,4281 17,431313,309213,511

Public

ects

Number

152138118203143209117963333107725610411 2

981371291361601801691411271331181 1 3137

9685158177166202161149147131119134144

9988

1 1 4153144176190138128160136101136

1 1499150147165193220182155180172145160

area

Thousandsof sq.ft.

,127,190,039,297,260989,204,651396167155184527515

473310

1 ,336357461671954

1,167337863346451644

483622

1,120459571

1,4511 ,270999772731658320788

648743946978685708

1,447745634905590

1,771900

431304,3441,2822,045,429

1 ,473923,121

- 1,7631,1471,436,225

Thousandsof

dol lars

8,1498,5178,7429,5059,1706,6877,4478,4672,055989

1,3222,0926,0956,959

6,4825,17931,0906,2366,0957,95211,05216,1215,63212,2464,7706,0279,907

5,8459,86013,4276,7918,36215,57816,18314,80210,5928,9017,6466,28510,356

11,0738,72015,09114,2699,3969,91619,38212,4358,97510,98511,79326,15213,182

5,2677,15436,73917,10623,06524,36924,27013,70516,78526,16617,17621,39819,433

Rel iginus

Number

1271331551571701902181206280126145214295

208206294368357398440420386394271216330

213219357403414446421477377368332303361

298278382387400409338389340361264215338

2232093173564073874083963583993 1 1213332

Thousandsof sq.ft.

29535947844251859271429083118381700

1,0241,764

1,3921,3791,9372,41 12,0912,3792,559

' 2,1612,8642,2491,492,684

2,050

1 ,4241 ,4232,4902,7602,5372,9742,7243,1233,0842,6842,188,960

2,448

2,2592,0182,8832,7872,7402,561,881,752,934,869,166,283

2,094

922826,603

2,6952,5492,1 142,4032,0731 ,4942,1081,9651,5431,858

Thousandsof

dollars

1,9732,3543,0722,9853,2033,8044,3781,959592968

2,9045,6359,79220,436

16,29615,93621,71026,62023,08026,16729,40623,82330,94624,79517.25919,47822,960

16,97115,86228,11331,75428,46736,40531,49735,08433,60929,57525,35923,58828,024

25,04222,94132,13032,94031,1 1530,52223,45022,12223,76522,69916,40916,14324,940

13,0521 1,61522,05433,61537,88533,84033,63528,78121 ,62629,08429,92322,37026,457

Social and recreational

Number

222227232225227233230639226117139159186273

195187272288295308312289283272214184258

148219270290307291285334258197175142243

134951291 1 71651201511481551409398129

114110153144193162207175172162147131156

Floor

Thousandsof sq.ft.

659,071,129,474,031992.230,9441,072425675941

1,1861,831

1,090994

1,8142,0502,2331,9022,248,777,716,927,891,350

1 ,749

1,2771,7842,6642,8242,2862,3872,1012,4761,7501,7181,419,533

2,018

973853882

1 ,2931,239760

1 ,373598

1,158673SIS634938

688353588960

1 ,4091 ,4571 ,081947,096,124761

1 ,259977

Valua-tion

Thousandsof

dollars

4,5716,2406,9868,9996,8505,2146,5098,4424,8512,7235,0277,70810,17419,363

14,36311,32219,72420,54121,92119,97022,77618,34516,78222,59219,82413,85218,501

14,59718,73131,04428,82324,73925,20020,48724,78320,1 1920,64314,45117,72821,779

1 1 , 1 6 19,81411,38714,57415,4057,40017,4998,08912,5878,22111,6098,672

I I ,368

8,4065,9527,63910,45517,05120,35016,530I I ,60812,33715,84610,94916,28012,784

For footnotes g iv ing source of data and description of series, see p. 206,

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