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February 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 53
AppendixA. Summary Table: Selected Business Indicators for Specified Years and Percentage Changes
NOTE.Data for the intervening years and for those prior to 1929, together with explanatory notes and references to the sources of the data may be found in the 1938Supplement to the Survey of Current Business unless other reference is given in the appropriate footnotes on pp. 58 to 95 of this issue.
Item Unit or baseYear
1929 1932 1933 1937 1938 1939
Percentage change, 1939 compared with
1929 1932 1933 1937 1938
Total.INCOME PAYMENTS
Salaries and wages: TotalCommodity producing industries. _.Distributive industries -Service industriesGovernment... _._Work-relief wages .
Direct and other reliefSocial security benefits and other labor in-
come.Dividends and interestEntrepreneurial income and net rents and" royalties.Total nonagricultural income
Mil. ofdol .Mil. ofdol .Mil. of dol.Mil. ofdol .Mil. ofdol .Mil. ofdol .Mil. ofdol .Mil. ofdol .Mil. of dol
Mil. ofdol .Mil. ofdol .
Mil. of dol.
PRODUCTION
industrial production, total. -Manufactures, total .
Durable goods, total -AutomobilesCement . . __..Glass, plate -Iron and steel .
Nondurable goods, total .__Boots and shoesNewsprint consumption....Petroleum refining .Rubber tires and tubesSlaughtering and meat packing.TextilesTobacco manufactures...
Bituminous coalPetroleum, crude
Electric power production. . . .
1923-25=100-1923-25=100-1923-25=100..1923-25=100..1923-25=100-.1923-25=100..1923-25=100..1923-25=100-.1923-25=100..1923-25=100-1923-25=100..1923-25=100-1923-25=100.1923-25 = 100-1923-25=100.1923-25 = 100.1923-25=100-Mil.kw.-hr..
PKICES
Prices received by farmers..-.- _.Wholesale, combined index
Farm products.. _.FoodsCommodities other than farm products and
foods.Economic classes:
Finished productsRaw materials .Semimanufactures
Retail:Food (Bureau of Labor Statistics)Fairchild's, department store articles...
1909-14=100--.1926=1001926=1001926=1001926=100
Cost of living, combined index (N. I. O. B.)_T E A D E
Sales, retail:New passenger a u t o m o b i l e . . . . - . . . Chain store:
GroceryVariety store (7 chains)
Department store, totalRural general merchandise . _ .
Foreign trade:Exports, total (Incl. reexports) value.
U. S. merchandise:Q u a n t i t y - . .Value . .
Imports (general), total value___-_._.Imports for consumption:
Quantity Value
1926=1001926=1001926=100
1923-25=100 . . .Dec. 31, 1930 =
100.1923=100 . .
1929-31 = 100
CONSTRUCTION
Construction contracts awarded, total, 37 States(F. W. Dodge Corporation).
Nonresidential buildingsResidential buildingsUtilities . -Public works
Engineering construction contracts awarded(Engineering News Record).
TRANSPORTATION
Steam railways (class I):Freight-car loadings (F. R. index)Operating revenues, totalNet railway operating income _.
Operations on scheduled domestic airlines:Passenger miles flown . . . ,Express carried
1929-31 = 1001929-31 = 1001923-25=1001929-31 = 100
1923-25 = 100-_.__
1923-25 = 1001923-25 = 1001923-25=100
1923-25 = 100-. . . .1923-25 = 100
Thous. ofdol
Thous. of dol____Thous. of dol.Thous. ofdol.Thous. ofdol..Thous. of dol .
1923-25=100.-.Thous. of doL ,Thous. of dol.-.
Thous. of miles.Pounds
81,64453. 35221,113, 83711, J4,922
072
859
11,51726,844
73. 542
11911912213511415213011711013716813594
115134102137
95,925
14695.3
10499 991.6
94.597.593.9
104.70)100.1
144.1
102.9107.1111124.9
115
132115113
2 131* 113
49.39831,0719,4288,6377,9914,883132338
1.158
8,2868,545
46, 551
633335515331889510514078898311159107
82,377
6564.848.261.070.2
70.355.159.3
68.375.877.9
35.5
85.780.86963.1
35
3534
2 792 34
46, 78329,0829,1467,7567,1694,365646554949
7,3668,826
43,174
767550484391539810610014588979711664123
84,736
7065.951 460.571.2
70.556.565.4
66.477.5
74.9
43.3
80.382.56769. 2|37
3737
i
72, 44945, 25817. 26010, 6979.9475,5711.783841
1,112
10,22515.013
65,282
110109107121781941181101251422041068411115985174
121,837
12186.386.485.585.3
87.284.885.3
85.195. 1
88.5
108.3
95.7102.092121.7
73
10574
13179
66, 27141, 55714, 08610. 0499,4385,8392,1451,0071,545
8,47613, 686
60,236
8684656371866610011812720079889215965165
116, 681
9578.668.573.681.7
82.272.075.4
78.989.7
86.4
66.7
94.198.085
114.1
1056851
9451
69. 68343, 78315. 58610, 5149,7826,0311. 8701,0631,631
9,08114,125
63,452
-14 .7-17 .-28 .2-24 .0-17 .8+22.5
-f-1,376.4+89.9-21.2-16.1
-13.7
105105959082
14310811212813121411392
11416774
172130, 271
9277.165.370.481.3
80.470.277.0
77.089.9
85.2
90.7102.5102.090
127.5
70
10970
10859
5, 750, 791
2,425. 3081,915.729
469.616940,138
3,950, 315 1
1,351,159 1, 255, 709 2,913,060 3,196,928 3, 550,543
1076,2831, 252, 297
062 3,
487. 622280. 069
62. 380521,088
1,219, 309
55J, 125,428 3,095. 539 4,
326,392
58539
474,268
417.462 1,156,161 1,072.137249. 264 905. 293 985. 787
84, 525 262.948 288. 847504. 458 588. 658 850,157
1,068,369 2,437,623 2, 791,931
965. 6381, 334. 272
288. 951961. 682
3, 002, 856
78;, 166,182 3, 564,
590, 221
62 70,830 3,995,061
373,151 588,201
- 1 1 .- 1 1 . 8- 2 2 . 1-33 .3- 2 8 . 1- 5 . 9
-16 .9- 4 .
+16.4- 4 . 4
+27.4-16.3-2.1- . 9
+24.6-27.5+25. 5+35.8
-37.0-19.1-37.8-29.5-11.3
-14 .9- 2 8 . 0-18 .0
- 2 6 . 5
0) 127,039 173,492 476,603 557,719 749,787 +490.2249,634 1,003,970 1, 510, 215 7,127, 369 7, 335,967 9, 514, 300 +3 , 711. 3 +820.2
-14 .9
-38 .1
- . 4- 4 .
-18 .9+2.1
- 3 9 . 1
-17 .4-39 . 1-46 .9
-17 .6- 4 7 . 8
-38 .3
-60 .2-30 .4- 3 8 . 5+2.3
-24.0
-34. 6-36.4-53.0
+41.1+40.9+65. 3+21.7+22.4+23.5
+1,316 7+214. 5+40.8
+9.6+65.3+36.3
+64.1+66.7
+187.9+ 157 1+60.8
+ 169.8+248. 4+27.3+34.7+24.-+52.9+44.9+3.4
+37.3+50.5+25.4+60.7+58.1
+41.5+19.0+35. 5+15.4+15.8
+14.4+27 A+29.8
+12.7+18.6
+9.4
+155. 5
+19.6+26. 2+30.4
+102.1
+100.0
+58. 0+100.0+76.5
+36.7+73.5
+162. 8
+98.0+376 4+363. 2+84.
+146.3
+27.3+27.8+80.2
+48.9+50. 6+70.4+35. 6+36 4+38.2
+189. 5+91.9+71.9
+23.3+60.0+47.0
+38.2+40.0+90 0+87 5+90.7+57. 1
+103. 8+ 14.3+20.8+31.0+47.6+28.4-5.2
+17.5+44.0+15.6+39 8+53.7
+31.4+17.0+27.0+16.4+14.2
+14.0+24.2+17.7
+16.0+16.0
+13.8
+109. 5
+27.6+23.6+34.3+84.2
+89.2
+58.0+89.2+62.2
+25. 6+59. 5
+182.8
+131.3+435. 3+241.9+90.6
+181.1
+20.7+29.1+24.0
+332. 2+530.0!
- 3 . 8- 3 . 3- 9 . 7- 1 . 7- 1 . 7+8.3+4.9
+26.4+46.7
-11.2-5.9
-2.8
- 4 . 5- 3 . 7
11 2- 2 5 6+5.1
-26.3-8.5+ 18+2.4
+4^+6 6+9.5+2 7+5 0
-12 .9- 1 . 1+6.9
-24 .0-10 .7-24 .4-17 .7- 4 . 7
- 7 . 8-17 .2- 9 . 7
- 9 . 5- 5 . 5
-3.7
-16 .3
- 2 . 2+4.8
+3.8- 5 . 4
-25 .0
-17.6-25.3
+21.9
-16.5+47.4+9.9
+63. 4+23.2
-10 .3- 4 . 1
Q
+57.3+33.5
+5.1+5.4
+10.6+4.6+3.6+3.3
-12.8+5.6+5.6
+7.1+3.2
+5.3
+22.1+25.0+46.2+42.9+15.5+66.3+63.6+12.0+8.5+3.1+7.0
+43.0+4.5
+23.9+5.0
+13.8+4.2
+11.6
- 3 . 2- 1 . 9- 4 . 7- 4 . 4- . 5
-2.2-2.5+2.1-2.4+.2
- 1 . 4
+36.0+8.9+4.1+5.9
+11.7
+2.9+3.8+2.9
+17.6+14.9+15.7
+11.1
+35.4(3)
+13.1+7.6
+12.9+12.1+57.6
+34.4+29.7
Bee footnotes at end of table.
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54 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February 1040
A. Summary Table: Selected Business Indicators for Specified Years and Percentage ChangesContinued
Item
FINANCE
Federal Reserve reporting member banks, condi-tion, end of year:
Deposits:Demand, adjustedTimeDomestic interbank
Investments, totalLoans, total
Bank debits, totalNew York CityOutside New York City
Gold, monetary stock, United States, end of year-Currency in circulation, total, end of yearFederal debt, gross, end of yearCapital flotations, total
New capital, totalDomestic, total
CorporateMunicipal, States, etc
Foreign, totalRefunding, total
Domestic, totalCorporateMunicipal, States, etc
Foreign, totalBond prices:
Average price of all listed bonds (N. Y. S. E.),end of year.
Bond yields:Moody's, domestic, 120 bonds, end of year. .
Stock prices:Average price of all listed stocks (N. Y. S. E.),
end of year.Stock yields:
Moody's, common, 200 stocks, end of year_-Stocks, dividend rate per share, 600 companies
(weighted average), end of year.Corporation earnings (Fed. Res. Bank of N . Y.)_Commercial failures:
Number .Liabilities
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Employment:Nonagricultural employment, monthly
average.Factory
Durable-goods groupNon-durable-goods group
Selected nonmanufacturing industries:Mining:
Bituminous coalMetalliferousPetroleum, crude, producing
Public utilities:Electric light and power, and
manufactured gas.Railways, class I (I. C. C.)Telephone and telegraph.
Trade:RetailWholesale
Pay rolls:Factory
Durable-goods groupNon-durable-goods group
Selected nonmanufacturing industries:Mining:
Bituminous coalMetalliferousPetroleum, crude, producing. _.
Public utilities:Electric light and power, and manu-
factured gas.Telephone and telegraph
Trade:RetailWholesale
Unit or base
Mil. of dol.Mil. of dol.Mil. of dol.Mil. of dolMil. of dol.Mil. of dol.Mil. of dol.Mil. of d o l . . . .Mil. of dolMil. of d o l . . . .Mil. of d o l . . . _Thous. of dol..Thous. of dol..Thous. of dol..Thous. of dol..Thous. of dol-Thous. of dol-Thous. of dol_.Thous. of doL.Thous. of doL.Thous. of dol_.Thous. of doL.
Dollars
Percent.Dec. 31, 1924=
100.
Percent.Dollars..
Year
1929
0)6,787
0)5,514
17,649935,027603,089331,938
3,9974,578
16,30111, 592,16410,182. 7679, 419, 8398,002,0641, 417, 775
762,9281, 409, 3981, 387, 3651, 374, 489
12, 87622, 033
95. 59
1932
0)5,6560)8,50710, 297322, 366167,964154,4014,2265,38820,805730, 282 1,192, 248164, 941325,362762,48027, 307538. 034498,034318, 53487,00040,00077.:
Mil. of dol
Thous. of doL.._
Thous. of em-ployees.
1923-25=100....1923-25 = 100....1923-25 = 100..-.
1929=100..1929 = 100..1929 = 100..
1929=100..
1923-25 = 100.1929=100
1929 = 1001929 = 100....1923-25 = 100..1923-25=100..1923-25 = 100..
1929=100..1929=100.1929=100..
1929=100.
1929 = 100-
1929 = 100.1929=100.
5.1
111. li
4.43.03
1,348.8
22,909 483, 250
36,160
106.0106.2105.
100.0100.0100.0100.093.0
100.0100.0100.0110.4111.109.6
100.0100.0100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
1933 1937
6.31
34. 51
5.91.21
58 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February 1941
NOTE.the dai
AppendixA. Summary Table TSelected Business Indicators for Specified Years and Percentage Changes
OTE.Available data for'years prior to 1929 and data for subsequent years not included in this table, together with explanatory notes and references to the sources of,ta, may be found in thefl940 Supplement to the Survey of Current Business unless other reference is given in the appropriate footnotes on pp. 65 to 102 of this issu^.
Item
INCOME
Total income paymentsSalaries and wages: Total
Commodity producing industriesDistributive industriesService industriesGovernmentWork-relie^ wages
Direct and other reliefSocial security benefits and other labor
income.Dividends and interestEntrepreneurial income and net rents
and royalties.Total nonagricultural income
Cash income from farm marketings, cropsand livestock, combined index.
PRODUCTION
Industrial production, totalManufactures, total
Durable goods, totalAutomobilesIron and steelLumber productionMachinery
Nondurable goods, totalMeat packingPaper and productsPetroleum refiningRubber productsShoesTextiles
Cotton consumptionWool textiles
Tobacco manufacturesMinerals
Bituminous coalPetroleum, crude
Electric-power production . . . _ _PRICES
Prices received by farmersWholesale, combined index
Farm productsFoodsCommodities other than farm products
and foods.Economic classes:
Finished productsRaw materialsSemimanufactures
Retail:Food (Bureau of Labor Statistics)Department-store articles, Fairchild's--.
Cost of living, combined index (N. I. C. B.)_TRADE
Sales, retail:New passenger automobileChain store:
GroceryVariety store (7 chains)
Department store, totalRural general merchandise
Foreign trade:Exports (including reexports), total value
U. S. merchandise:QuantityValue
Imports (general), total valueImports for consumption:
QuantityValue
CONSTRUCTION
Construction contracts awarded, total, 37States (F. W. Dodge Corporation).
Nonresidential buildingsResidential buildingsUtilities-Public works
Engineering construction contracts award-ed (Engineering News Record).
TRANSPORTATION
Steam railways (class I):Freight-car loadings (F. R. index)Operating revenues, totalNet railway operating income
Operations on scheduled domestic airlines:Passenger-miles flown .Express carried.
I
Unit or base
Mil. of dol. . . do
do. do -
dodododo
do _ . . .do
. . . do1924-29 = 100
1935-39 = 100do
. . dododododo .
. . dododododo .
. . . dodo - - .
. dodo -do .dododo, .
Mil. kw.-hr
1909-14 = 1001926=100
dododo
dododo
1935-39=100Dec. 31, 1930=100-1923-100
1929-31 = 100
do - . .1935-39 = 1001923-25 = 1001929-31 = 100
1923-25 = 100
do .dodo . .
dodo
Thous. of dol
dododo-. . . -dodo
1923-25=100Thous. of dol_.
do-
Thous. of milesPounds
Year
1929
82, 06452, 29921,71713,90211, 7804,900
60935
11,85116,919
73,817104
11011013313913515213093
1158590
1008994
1059796
107135
8695, 925
14695.3
104.999.991.6
94.597 593.9
132.5(0100.1
144.1
102.9108.6
111124.9
115
13211113
2 132 113
5,750,79
2, 425, 301,915,72
469, 61940,13
3,950,31
106,283,061, 252,29
0)249, 63
1932
49, 31931, 0309,5498, 5567,9434,850
132326
1,248
8,3938,322
46, 51844
5857413633494370
1086572647771756079667867
82,377
6564.848.261.070.2
70.355.159.3
86.475.877.9
35.5
85.781.9
6963.1
35
69334
2 7923
1,351,15
487, 62280,0662,38
521,081,219,309
53,125,42
326, 39
127,031,033, 97
1933
46, 83029,1249,2347,7627, 1444, 328
656580
1,042
7, 3518,733
43,03249
6968545055645079
1197675778688938480768477
84,736
7065.951.460.571.2
70.556 565.4
84.177.574.9
43.3
80.383.6
6769.2
37
693737
2 862 37
1, 255, 709
417, 462249, 26484, 525
504, 4581,068, 369
583,095,539
474, 268
173, 4921,510,21.
1937
71, 78345, 29717,38310, 8679, 9535,5581, 536
S371, 216
9,79414, 639
64, 60982
11311312212512311112610694
107106104102106111103103112112109
121,837
12186.386.485.585.3
87.284 885.3
105.395.187.8
108.0
95.7103. f
92121.7
7':
10780
137
2,913,06
1,156,16905, 29262, 94588, 65
2,437, 62
74,166,18
590, 22
476, 607,127, 36
1939
70, 09644, 41215, 98010,6119,8976,1111,8131,0671, 686
8,98313, 948
63, 74773
10810810893
11410610410811211411111310511211010810610699
108130,336
9377.165.370.481.3
80.470 277.0
95.289.984.5
90.7
102.5103.5
90127.5
70
1107060
10859
3, 550, 543
965, 6381,334, 27
288, 95961, 68
3,002, 856
703, 995,00
588,82
749, 789,514,30
1940
74, 27247, 03517, 49811,11510, 3466, 5451,5311,0681, 853
9, 62314, 693
67, 53378
122123135116144115135113125122113118
98115120106109117114115
144,965
9878.667.771.383.0
81.671 979.1
96.693.085.3
119.5
112.5107.6
94134.6
8
1286
116
4,003, 95
1, 294, 641,596, 94
281,06831,30
3, 987, 243
4,296,45677,42
1, 147,4412,506, 57
Percentage change, 1940 compared with
1929
- 9 . 5-10 .1-19 .4- 2 0 1- 1 2 . 2+33.6
+ 1,680.0+98.2
-18.8-13.2
-8.5-25.0
+10.9+11.8+1.5
-16.6+6.7
- 2 4 . 4+3.8
+21.5+8.7
+43.5+25.6+18.0+10.1+22.3+ 14.3+9.3
+13.5+9.3
-15.6+33.7+51.1
- 3 2 . 9- 1 7 . 5- 3 5 . 5- 2 8 . 6- 9 . 4
-13 .726 3- 1 5 . 8
- 2 7 . 10)- 1 4 . 8
- 1 7 . 1
+9.3-15.3+7.8
- 2 3 . 5
- 2 . 3- 2 3 . .- 3 9 . 8
- 1 4 . .- 4 1 . 6
-30 .4
- 4 6 . 6- 1 6 . 6- 4 0 . 11.
+.9
- 2 9 .- 3 1 .- 4 5 .
0)+4,910.
1932
+50.6+51.6+83.2+29.9+30.3+34.9
+1,059.8+ 227.6+48.5
+14.7+76.6
+45.2+77.3
+110.3+115.8+229. 3+222. 2+336. 4+134.7+214. 0+61.4+15.7+87.7+56.9+84.4+27.3+62.0+60.0+76.7+38.0+77.3+46.2+71.6+76.0
+50.8+21.3+40.5+16.9+18.2
+16.1+30 5+33.4
+11.8+22.7+9.5
+236. 6
+31.3+31.4+36.2
+113.3
+151.4
+87.0+151.4+100. 0
+41.8+94.1
+196. 3
+165. 5+470. 2+350. 6+59 5
+227.0
+38.+37.
+107.
+803.+1,109.
1933
+58.6+61.5+89.5+43. 2+44.8+51.2
+133.4+84.1+77.8
+30.9+68.2
+56.9+59.2
+76.8+80.9
+150. 0+132.0+161.8+79.7
+ 170.0+43.0+5.0
+60.5+50.7+53.2+ 14.0+30.7+29.0+26.2+36.3+53.9+35.7+49.4+71.1
+40.0+19.3+31.7+17.9+16.6
+15.7+27 3+20.9
+14.9+20.0+13.9
+176. 0
+40.1+28.7+40.3+94.5
+137. 8
+87.0+137.8+83.8
+30.2+78.4
+218. 9
+210.1+540. 7+232. 5+64.8
+273. 2
+31. C+38.8+42.8
+561.4+728. ]
1937
4-3.5+3. 8+.7
+2.3+ 3.9
+17.8- . 3
+27.6+52.4
- l . S4 -4
+4.5-4.9
+8.0+8.8
+10.7-7.2
+17.1+3.6+7.1+6.6
+33.0+ 14.0+6.6
+13.5-3.9+8.5+8.1+2.9+5.8+4 5+1.8+5.5
+19.0
- 1 9 . 0- 8 . 9
-21 .7-16 .6- 2 . 7
- 6 . 4 15 2- 7 . 3
- 8 . 3- 2 . 2- 2 . 9
+10.6
+17.6+3.9+2.2
+10.6
+20.5
+22.9+18.9-15.0
-14.5-16.5
+37.4
+12.0+76.4+6.9
+41.2+63.6
-2.6+3.1
+14.8
+140.8+75. t
1939
+6.0+5.9+9.5+4.74-4. 5
-15 .6+- 1
+9.9+7. 1+5.34-5.9+6.8
+ 13.0+13.9+25.0+24.7+26.3+8.5
+29.8+4.6
+11.6+7.0+1.8+4.4-6.7+2.7+9.1-1.9+2.8
+10.4+15.2+6.5
+11.2
+5.4+1.9+3.7+1.3+2.1
+1.5+2 4+2.7+1.5+3.4+.9
+31.8+9.8+4.0+4.4+5.6
+25.7+17.3+25.7+13.3+3.7
+11.9
+12.8+34.1+19.7- 2 . 7
13.6+32.8
+8.6+7.5
+15.0+53.0+31.5
See footnotes at end of table.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
February 1941
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A. Summary Table: Selected Business Indicators for Specified Years and Percentage Changes Con.
Item
Federal Reserve reporting member banks,condition, end of year:
Deposits:Demand, adjustedTime, excluding interbankDomestic interbank
Investments, totalLoans, total
Bank debits, totalNew York CityOutside New York City
Gold, monetary stock, United States, endof year.
Currency in circulation, total, end of year . . .Federal debt, gross, end of yearCapital notations, total
New capital, totalDomestic, total
CorporateFarm loan and other Govern-
ment agencies.Municipal, States, etc
Foreign, totalRefunding, total
Domestic, totalCorporateFarm loan and other Govern-
ment agencies.Municipal, States, etc
Foreign, total ._Bond prices, end of year:
Average price of all listed bonds (N. Y.S. E.).
Standard Statistics Co.:Composite (60 bonds)
Industrials (20 bonds)Public utilities (20 bonds)Rails (20 bonds)
Bond yields, end of year:Moody's domestic corporate
Stock prices, end of year:Average price of all listed stocks (N. Y.
S. E.).Standard Statistics Co.:
Combined index (420 stocks)Industrials (350 stocks)Public utilities (40 stocks)Rails (30 stocks)
Stock yields, end of year:Moody's, common, 200 stocks
Stocks, dividend rate per share, 600 com-panies (weighted average), end of year.
Corporation earnings (Fed. Res. Bank ofof N. Y.).
Commercial failures:NumberLiabilities
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Employment:Nonagricultural employment, monthly
average.7Factory
Durable-goods groupNondurable-goods group
Selected nonmanufacturing indus-tries:
Mining:Bituminous coal__MetalliferousCrude petroleum producing.
Public utilities:Electric light and powerRailways, class I (I. C. C.)__Telephone and telegraph
Trade:RetailWholesale
Pay rolls:Factory
Durable-goods groupNondurable-goods group
Selected nonmanufacturing industries:Mining:
Bituminous coalMetalliferousCrude petroleum producing
Public utilities:Electric light and powerTelephone and telegraph
Trade:RetailWholesale
Unit or base
Mil. ofdol..dodo
. d o ._do_-do .. d o .. d o ...do..
. . . . . do
. . . . . doThous. of dol..
do_do_.do ..do .
0)6,787
0)5,514
17,649935, 027603,089331, 938
3,9974,578
16, 30111, 592.10,182,7679,419,""8,002,064
0. d o .
. .do.
. .do.. do.. d o .. .do.. .do.. do .
Dollars..
Dol. per $100 bonddodo
. . . . . do .Percent
Dec. 31, 1924=100.
1926=100.do. . . . .do . . . . .
- . . d o -Percent.Dollars. .
Mil. of dol.
Thous. ofdol-.
Thous. of em-ployees.
1923-25=100do
. .do
1929 = 100... .do. .
dodo1923-25 = 100.1929=100
.do .
. d o .1923-25=100... do
do
1929=100..d o . . .
_ . d o . . .. d o ._do...do ..do-
Year
1929
164 1,
839 1
1,417, 775762, 928
1,409, 3981,387, 3651,374, 489
012,87622,033
95.59
98.692.298.5
105.2
5.17111.1
153.146.9200.136.3
4.43.03
1, 348.8
36, 448
106.0106.2105.9
100.0100.0100.0100.093.0
100.0100.0100.0110.4111.2109.6
100.0100.0100.0
100.0100.0
100.0100. 0
1932
0)5.6568,50710, 297
322, 366167, 964154, 4014,226
5,38820, 805
.,730,""1,192, 248:,164,941325, 36277,100
762,48027,307538,034498,034318,53492,500
87,00040, 000
77.27
67.62.481.159.6
6.31
34.5
47.144.578.25.4
5.1.21
28, 035
66.352.879.2
76.336.555.3
82.57.879.1
75.176.8
46.733.461.6
41.321.644.1
80.681.1
61.664.2
1933
712 4882 2,584 1.
197 1
266 1;
z0)8,6668,915
4 282, 706148,449< 134, 257
4,0365,519
23,8151,053, ""
709, 515707,160,
63, 900483,398
1,633344,282, 597219 ,""26,25037,08061,600
83.34
73.71.577.172.2
5.93
51.0
70.478.67.40.0
3.1.11
170.7
19, 859
457,520
28, 222
73.457.588.5
79.934.662.2
77.354.470.6
74.276.1
50.136.865.0
45.420.644.1
71.868.5
55.256.8
6, 55037, 286
, 001,3382,100, 691\ 093,641., 225,012157,000
1937
14,4315,2055,09012,0159,387
433, 042197, 836235, 20612, 760
078 4,
7,59841,961
338 5,853,2,298,2,238,383,453924,430
), 648 3711,6287,050
,900, ""'1,680,",208,680 1
280, 714 1
190, 679220, 575
89.70
82.781.494.272.5
4.16
54.6
82.295.278.831.2
6.72.18
977.9
35, 560
108.6104.3112.7
99.376.76.592.462.478.993.192.0
102.5102.4102.6
88.574.068.2
100.691.582.276.6
1939
18, 5665,2888,190
14,4138,674
389, 680171, 382218, 298
17,644
405 17051
673 2.423 %
930,82259, 700
,554, """,465,,733,213,537,130
195,07989,25092.33
82.1101.58.03.
64.4
91.8107.986.729.64.5
1.70742.9
*U4(6 14, 71
^168,204182, 520
34, 38399.990.2
109.2
62.765.889.055.375.
89.292.286.2
69.956.061.0
100.495.680.876.6
1940
22, 2995, 4559,065
16,1379,390
407, 526171, 582236, 943
21, 9958,732
45,025{, 765,219,944,255,942,130724, 272460,707757,152
2,125!, 820,964!, 817, 764
1, 996,402343, 597
477, 765 +3,3,200
93.84
84.090.2
100.761.13.3657.2
80.494.077.26.45.7
1.91 916.1
13, 619166, 684
35,450
107.5104.2110.6
88.169.962.991.157.577.9
92.390.4
105.4107.8102.7
81.266.58.2
104.8100.284.279.0
Percentage change, 1940 compared with
1929
0)-19 .60)
+192. 7-46 .8-56 .4-71 .6-28 .6
+450. 3+90. 7
+176.2-58 .9-80 .9-79 .4-90 .9
-46 .6-99.7
+100. 2+103.1+45.2
!, 610.-85 .5- 1 . 8
-14 .- 2 . 2+2.2
- 4 1 . "
-35.0-48 .5
-47 .7-36.0-61.4-80.6+29.5-37.0-32 .1
0)0)
- 2 . 7
+1.4
-11 .9-30 .1+37.1
-38 .2-22 .1
- 4 . 5- 3 . 16. 3
-18 .8-33 .1-41 .8+4.8+.2
-15 .8-21 .0
1932I
0)- 3 . 6
0)+89.-8.8
+26.4+2.2
+53.5+420. 5+62.1
+116. 4+175. 4+63.1+66.7
+122.6+497. 5
- . 7-92.2
+424.+465.8+ 526.7+271. 5+1+449.2 +1,188. 5
-94.8-92.0+21.4
+24.1+44.6+24.2+2.5
-46.8+65.8
+70.7+111.2
- 1 .+3.9- 3 . 4
+57.9
0)0)
+26.4+62.1+97.3+39.
+15.5+91.5+13.7+9.- . 5
-1.5+22.9+17.7
+125.7+222.8+66.7
+96.+209. 7+32.0
+30.0+23.6+36.7+23.1
1933
0)+13.50)+86.2+5.3
+445. 0+58.2+89.1
+352. 2+174.0+174.4+351.0+621.0+56.6+30.1
+719. 6+897.1+810. 5,208.9
+12.6
+14.1+26.2+30.6-15.4-43.3+12.2
+14.2+19.3+14.5-34.0
+50.0+72.1
+436. 7
(00)
+25.1+46.5+81.2+25.0
+10.3+102.0
+1.1+17.9+5.7
+10.3+24.4+18.8
+110. 4+193.0+58.0
+78.9+224.8+32.0
+46.0+46.3+52.5+39.1
1937
+54.5+4.8
+78.1+34.3(3)-5.9
-13.3+.7
+72.4
+33.3+20.8+19.1
- 7 . 4- 7 . 2
-40 .9+193. 4
+6.4- 6 9 .+48.4+67.7+65.2+22.4
+150.-98.5+4.6
+1.6+10.8+6.9
-15.7-19.2+4.8
- 2 . 2- 1 . 3- 1 . 5
-15.4-14.9-12.4
-6.3
0)0)
- . 3
- 1 . 0- . 1
- 1 . 9
-11 .3- 9 . 0
- r
- 1 . 4- 7 . 9 1.3- . 9
1.7+2.8+5.3+.1
- 8 . 2- 9 . 6
-14 .7+4.2+9.5+2.4+3.1
1939
+20.1+3.2
+10.7+12.0+8.3+4.6+.1
+8.5+24.7+14.9+7.3
-18 .6-15 .4-13 .2+88.9-50 .2
-18 .7- 9 6 . 4-20 .6- 1 8 . 7+15.2- 7 7 . 6
+144. 9-96 .4+ 1.6
++3.9- . 9
+5.3- 9 . 0
-11 .2
-12 .4-12 .9-10 .5-10 .8+26.7+12.4
+23.3
-7.8-8.7
+3.1+7.6
+15.5+1.3
+12.1+11.5
- 4 . 4+2.4+4.0+2.8+2.8+1.3
+14.3+25.1+3.8
+16.2+19.5
- 4 . 6+4.4+4.8+4.2+3.1
1 Not available.
2 Indexes are based on "general" imports for 1929,1932, and 1933.3 Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
* Total for 11 months, January, February, and April-December.6 Data comparable with figures for later years are not available.
s Figures in italics are comparable with those for earlier years; other figures are revised data comparable with figures for 1940. See note on p. 31 of the March 1940 Surveyregarding change in the compilations.
7 Estimates of U. S. Department of Labor not heretofore shown in the Survey. Includes self-employed persons, casual workers, and domestic servants.
_ jbruary 1942 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 63
AppendixSummary Table: Selected Business Indicators for Specified Years and Percentage Changes
NOTE.Available data for years prior to 1029 and data for subsequent years not included in this table, together with explanatory notes and references to the sources of thedata, may be found in the 1940 Supplement to the Survey of Current Business unless other reference is given in the appropriate footnotes on pp. S-l to S-38 of this issue.
Item Unit or base i~1929 1933
Total income payments Mil. of dolSalaries and wages, total Mil. of dol
Commodity producing industries. _ Mil. of dolDistributive industries Mil. of dolService industries Mil. of dol ._Government Mil. of dolWork-relief wages Mil. of dol
Direct and other relief Mil. of dolSocial security benefits and other Mil. of dol
labor incomeDividends and interest Mil. of dolEntrepreneurial income and net rents Mil. of dol
and royaltiesTotal nonagricultural income Mil. of doL
Cash income from farm marketings, crops, 1924-29 = 100and livestock, combined index
PRODUCTION j
Industrial production, total 1935-39-100Manufactures, total 1935-39=100
Durable goods, total 1935-39=100Iron and steel 1935-39=100Lumber production 1935-39=100Machinery 1935-39=100Transportation equipment 1935-39=100
Aircraft 1935-39 = 100Automobile bodies, parts,
and assembly | 1935-39=100Shipbuilding j 1935-39 = 100 . . .
Nondurable goods, total 1935-39=100Meat packing 1935-39=100Paper and products 1935-39=100Petroleum refininsr 1935-39=100Rubber products . . . 1935-39=100Shoes 1935-39 = 100Textiles | 1935-39=100
Cotton consumption I 1935-39 = 100Wool textiles. _ 1935-39 = 100
Tobacco manufac tures . . . . . 1935-39 = 100Minerals . , . ._ 1935-39 = 100
Bituminous coal | 1935-39 = 100.Petroleum, crude 1935-39=100..
Electric-power production Mil. kw.-hr. .
PRICES
Cost of living (U. S. Dept . of Labor) .Food
Prices received by farmersWholesale, combined index..
Farm products
1935-39 = 100.1935-39 = 100-1909-14 = 100..1926 = 100 .1926 = 100 I1926=100Foods.. . . . _.Commodities other than farm prod- 1926=100
ucts and foods 'Economic classes: i
Finished products l 1926=100Raw materials ! 1926=100Semimanufactures 1926=100
82, 37452, 20221, 70313,68011,9134,906
Year
1941
60935
11,84517, 332
74, 311104.4
1101101321331521301340)0)19893
1158590i
10018994
1059796
107135
8695,925
122.132.5
14695.3
104.99.991.6
94.597.593.9
48,459124.8149.3116.8
163102.9108.6
111124.9
TRADERetail sales: !
All retail stores, total sales.. i Mil. of dolIndex, all stores j 1935-39=100
Durable goods stores I 1935-39 = 100Nondurable goods stores j 1935-39=100
New passenger automobiles ! 1935-39 = 100Chain stores: j
Grocery I 1929-31 = 100Variety stores (7 chains) > 1935-39 = 100
Department stores, total j 1923-25=100Rural sales of general merchandise ! 1929-31 = 100
Foreign trade: !Value:
Exports,including reexports j Thous. of dol ...i5,,Imports, general j T hous. of dol J4,:
CONSTRUCTION
Construction contracts awarded, total, 37 Thous. of dol 5,750,791States (F. W. Dodge Corporation)
Nonresidential buildings _ Thous. of dol..Manufacturing buildings Thous. of dol..
Residential buildings Thous. of doL.Public works Thous. of dolUtilities Thous. of dol..
Engineering construction contracts Thous. of dolawarded (Engineering News Record). ;
See footnotes at end of table.
46, 80829, 0859,2297,6607,2014, 339
656580
1,042
7,3318,770
43,17849.1
6968545464504835
0)4679
119i7675778688938480768477
84, 736
92.484.1
7065.951.460. 571.2
70.556.565.4
24, 51763.151.067.1
48
80.383.6
1937
72, 21345,81117, 37211,16510, 0325, 6031,639837
1, 217
9,76214, 586
65,12381.4
1939
71, 01645, 77216, 61011,07710, 0826,1331,8701,0701,695
8,64813,831
64, 64272.6
113113122123111126123105
12111110694107106104102106111103103112112109
121, 837
102.105.3
12186.386.485.585. 3
87.284.885.3
I
42,148108.5114.6106. 6
12095.
103.692
121.7
i
108108109114106103103174
94127|108|112!11411111310511211010810610699108
130, 336 j
99.495.2
9377.165.370.481.3
80.470.277. o!
42,039108. 3109.2107.9100
102. 5103.5
90127.5
240,995 1, 674.994J3, 349,167 J3,177,176399,361 1, 449, 559 3,083, 668 2, 318,081
76 4,
1,255,709 2,913,060 3, 550, 543 4,003,957 6,007,474
127, 517249,264504,458~4, 525
417,4621,156.161313, 689905,293588. 658262, 948
638 L2, 425, 308545,862
1,915,729940,138469, 616
3,950, 315; 1,068; 369 2,437; 623 3,002'. 856 3. 987,243 5,868,699
965,174,847
I, 334,272961,682""" 151
5,002.
75, 70649, 25018, 85111, 64210, 5516,6291,5771,0961,891
9,08514, 384
69, 08777.0
123124138147115135145419
11619011312512311312310011412010610911114116
144,985
100.296.698
78.667.71.383.0
81.671.979.1
45,694117.128.0114.3131
112.3107.
94134.6
89,42559, 87926, 24512,92911,1748,3171,2141,113 -4-11,813
9,56117, 059
80, 790102.8
Percentage change 1941 compared with
1929 1933 1937 1939
+8 . 61+14.71+20.9-5.5-6.2
+69. 5
v 193186
v 129P 2 0 9P 2 3 6
M43*135
129142
P 1243 151
p 122v 151
158*160
1201p 125|v 126120
167. 665
105.2105.5
87.382.482.789.0
89.183.586.9
53, 613138.1156. 7132.0
155
v 135.4v 121.0
110170.4
:, 023.022 5,145, 7982,625,379 3, 345,058
1,294, 640 2, 315, 671442,424 1,181, 523
1, 596,944831, 304281,069
1,953, 8011,109,253
628. 749
+91. 0+105.9+184.4+68.8+55.2+91.7+85.1+91.9+74.0
+30.4+94. 5
+8. 7j +87.1-1.5J +109.4
, 755. 01+93.9|-19. 31
i
+41. 8;+46.4|+46. 2j+39. 81-15. lj+60. 81+76.1
0) I
(0 !+45. 2;+12.21+67.1 j+37. 8 i
0)+37.1I+60. 61+50. 5|+ 64. 9 i+25.0|+16.8!
-6.7!+39.51+74.8!
- 1 4 . l j- 2 0 . 4 ;- 1 6 . 41
- 8 . 4 |21. 4|-17. 2j
- 2 . 8
- 5 . 7-14.4
- 7 . 5 |
+10. 6+10.7+5.0
+13.0
+31.6+11. '
- . 9+36. 41
- l . s i-24.0
+4.5-4.5
+116. 5+2.0
+18.0+33.9+48.6
+126. li+136.8!+257. 4|+244.4+ 101. 6+318.0+391. 7
0) i0) I
+70.9|+8.4
+86. 8+65.3
0)+41.9!+71. 6|+69. 9!+90. 51+50.01+64. 51+50. 0|+55.8|+97.9!
+13.9+25. 4 i+74.3+32.5+60.3+36.7+25.0
+26. 4+47.8+32. 9
+118.7+118.9+207. 3+95.7
+222. 9
+68.6+44.7+64.2
+146. 2
+207. 2+130.8
+378.4 j+454. 7+826. 6.+683.8+119. 9+643. 9+449. 3
1940
!
+23.8+30.7+51.1+15.8+11.4+48.4-25.9+33.0+49.0
+17^0+24.1+26. 3
+38.1+42.5+58.2+51.2+16.2+65.9+91.9
0)+15.7
0)+27.4+37.2+32.+17.0O)
+19.6+42. -+42.+55.3+16. +11.6+12.5+ 10.1+37.6
+2.4+.2+
-4* .- 3 .+4.
+2.- 1 .+1.
+27.+27.+36.+23.+29.
+41.+16.8+19.6+40.0
+53.6+8.5
+106. 2
+100.3+276. 7+115.8+88.4
+139.1+140. 8
+25.9+30.8+58.0+16.7+10.8+35.6-35.1+4.0+7.0
+10.6+23.3+25. 0+41.6
+44.4+49.1+77.1+63.2+21.7
+102.9+129.1
0)^+48.9
0)+25.0+15.2+24.6+11.7
(0+16.2+34.8+43. 6+48.1+13.2+17.9+27. 3+11.1+28. 6
+5.8|+10. 8|+31. 2i+13.2+26. 21+17. 5
+9. 5
+10.8+18.+12.9
+27.5+27.5+43.5+22.3+55.0
+32.1+16.9+22.2+33.6
+62.0+44.3
+69.2
+139. 8+575. 7+46.4+15.3
+117. 6+95. 4
+18.1+21.6+39.2+11.1+5.9
+25. 5-23.0+1.6-4.1
+5.2+18. 6
+16.9+33. 5
+26.8+29.8+39.9+26. 5+12.2+54. 8+62. 8
0)+20.7
0)+19.5+3.2
+15.4+9.70)
+22.0+32. 5+31.7+50.9+10.1+6.8
+10. 5+3.4
+15. 0
+5.0+9. 2
+24. 5+11.1+21.7+16.0+7.2
+9.2+16.1+9. 9
+17.3+17. 3+22.4+15.5+18. 3
+20. 6+12.3+17.0+26. 6
+27.9+27.4
+50.0+78.9
+167.1+22.3+33. 4
+123. 7+47.2
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64 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February 1942
Summary Table: Selected Business Indicators for Specified Years and Percentage ChangesContinued
Item Unit or base
Thous. of employees.
1923-25 = 100
EMPLOYMENT AND W A G E S
Employment , monthly average:Total civil nonagricultural employ-
mentFactory
Durable-goods group | 1923-25 = 100Nondurable-goods group. | 1923-25=100
Selected nonmanufacturing indus- jtries: j
Mining: jBituminous coal | 1929 = 100.__Metalliferous I 1929=100
Year
1929 1937
1929 = 100.1929 = 100.
Crude petroleum producing.Public utilities:
Electric light and powerRailways, class I I 1923-25 = 100.Telephone and telegraph I 1929 = 100
Trade: IRetail ! 1929=100Wholesale | 1929 = 100
Pay rolls: !Factory ! 1923-25=100..
Durable-goods group I 1923-25= 100.,Non-durable-goods group | 1923-25 = 100.-
Selected nonmanufacturing indus- jtries: j
Mining: !Bituminous coal j 1929 = 100Metalliferous j 1929 = 100Crude petroleum producing. . . j 1929= 100
Public utilities: ' IElectric light and power . _ | 1929 = 100Telephone and telegraph ! 1929 = 100
Trade: iRetail _.i 1929 = 100Wholesale i 1929=100
36, 474
106.0106.2105. 9
100. OS100. 0]ioo. o!loo.oj93. 0|
100.0!100.0100.0110. 4J111.21109. 61
100. Oj100. 0i100. 0!
i
100. 01100.0:100. 01100.0;
28, 23473.457.588.5
79.934. 6 i62.2!77. 3!54.4;70.61
74 2 |
76.150.136.865.0
45.420. G!44. I ;71.8!68.5|55.2i56.8!
35, 773108.6104. 3112.7
99.376. 8:76. 5;92.462.478.993.192. 01
102.5102.4102. 6
88.5:74.0'68. 2.
100. 691. 5;82. 276. 7
1939 1940
35,016; 36.228! v 39, 36199.9!90. 2!
109.2?
78.6:62. 7 65.889.055.375.8:89.8;89. 21
!92. 2i80. 2:98.9
69. 9156.0!61.0;
100. 495. 6:80.8^76.6
107. 5 i104.21110.6!
88.0:69. 9 i62. 9;
I91. l!57. 5;77.9iI92.3190.4:
105. 4!107.8;102. 7:
81.266. 7'58.2:
104. 8100.2:84.2;79.0!
Percent change 1941 compared with
1933
+7.9 | +39.4
FINANCE IFederal Reserve weekly reporting member j
banks, condition, end of year: jDeposits: I
Demand, adjusted i Mil. of dolTime, excluding interbank, | Mil. of dolDomestic interbank ! Mil. of dol
Investments , total | Mil. of dol . - -Loans, total I Mil. of dol .
(6,78:0) :5,514!
17.649!Mil. of dol i 935,027!Mil. of dol i 603,089;Mil. of dol j 331,9381 '
3,997!4, 578!
16, 3011Capital notations, total ". j Thous. of dol jll,592,164'
Bank debits, totalNew York CityOutside New York C ity
Gold, monetary stock, United States, endof year 1 Mil. of dol
Currency in circulation, total, end of year-Federal debt, gross, end of year.
Mil . of dol \Mil. of dol.
New capital, total | Thous. of dol i 10,182,767Domestic, total [ Thous. of dol 9, 419, 839
C o r p o r a t e - - - " . " " - " " - . " " - " ! Thous. of dol s'002'064JFarm loan and other Govern- ' Thous. of dol : 0!
ment agencies. j | iMunicipal, States, etc - . Thous. of dol 11,417,775
Foreign, total i Thous. of dol | 762,928Refunding, total Thous. of dol [1,409, ~~~
Domestic, totalCorporateFarm loan and other Govern-
ment agencies.Municipal, States, etc j Thous. of dol 12,876
Thous. of dol 1, 387, 365Thous. of dol ! 1, 374, 4891Thous. of dol i
0)4,808(1)
i8,666|8,91514
282, 706!4 148,449!
* 134,257!4, 03615,5191
23.815!,053, 712J4,709, 515! 2,707, 882! 2,160, 584! 1,63, 900]
I483, 398
1,633344, 197282, 597219, 266 126, 250
Foreign, total i Thous. of doLBond prices, end of year: J
Standard and Poor's Corporation: jHigh-grade (15 bonds) j Dols. per $100 bond-_:Medium and lower grade (50 ' *
bonds).Industrials (10 bonds)Public utilities (20 bonds)Rails (20 bonds)
U. S. TreasuryBond yields, end of year:
Moody's domestic corporate ! Percent-Stock prices, end of year: j
Standard and Poor's Corporation:Combined index (402 s tocks) . .
Industrials (354 stocks)Public utilities (28 stocks) _Rails (20 stocks)
Stock yields, end of year: IMoody's , common, (200 stocks) | Percent - .
Stocks, dividend rate per share 600 com- | Dollars.,panies (weighted average), end of year i
Dols. per $100 bond- -jDols. per $100 b o n d - JDols. per $100 bond- _ iDols. per $100 bond-_!Dols. per $100 bond . _|
1935-39 = 1001935-39 = 1001935-39 = 1001935-39=100
22,033!
0)0)
37,080161, 600
0)0)
v 127. 6p 134.0p 121.6
?86. 2P 7 7 . 5P 6 6 .
*>92. 863.8
^86.3
*>98.0P 9 4 . 0
P148.1*167. 8P127.4
P100. 0P81.7P60.4
p i l l . 3P112.6.
P93. 3:p 87. 1!
23, 6505,3689, 0401
18,715!11,370
491, 499197, 724293, 775
12,760 17,644: 21,995! 22,73'6,550; 7,598! 8,732| 11,160
37.286! 41,961 j 45.039! 57,938001, 338!5, 853, 078;4, 805, 914!5, 466, 949100, 691 j2, 298, 405 1, 950, 53812, 811, 620093, 64112, 238, 705il, 948, 413J2, 810,120225,012! 383,453! 736, 383! 1, 022, 314157,000 924,430; 460, 707! 1, 272, 120
711,628 930,82212,751,324 515,6857,050! 59,700 2,125 1,500
900, 648! 3, 554, 673! 2, 855, 376! 2, 655, 330680, 073! 3,465, 423! 2, 852,176 2, 655, 330- - - - - -
1 1,545,136
690, 635419, 558
+20.4!+26.2+14.8
-13.8-22.5-33.9
1937
+73.8+133.0+37.4
+7.9+124.0
+6.3
+10.0+17.5+28.5+7.9
14,4315,205|5,090!
12,015|9,387!
433,042!197, 836!235,206; 218,298! 236,952;
18, 566:5,288'8, 190!
14.41318, 6741
389, 680171,382
22,299!5, 455!9,065!
16,137'9,390
408, 535171, 582
, 208, 680| 1, 733, 213!2, 026, 195280, 714! 1,537, 130! 343,597190,679 195,079220,575! 89,250
482, 3833.200
110.7!83.6'
114.492.1
0)0)(00)
0)0)0)
90.5
88.89.73.
101.
7;o110!
94.5102.679. 1
105. 35.93! 3.69
TRANSPORTATIONSteam railways (Class I):
Freight-car loadings (F. R. index)Operating revenues, totalNet railway operating income
Operations on scheduled domestic airlines:
162.4132.7!234. 7!361. 5
4. 4!3.03;
74.371.278.6
107. 03.8
1.11
85.785. 190.881.1
6.72.18
97.097.6
101.378.44.5
1.70
117.798.1
102. 81105.3!86.2|
111.8J3.36!
84.9!84.9!90.6!70.0:
1.91!
- 7 . 2 +20.131.4| +17.3- 1 3 . 7 +22.2
- 2 . 0 +32.1-6.01 +23. 5
+34.7 +196. s\+50.9 +356.0!+ 16.2 +96.0!
01 +120.3!-18.3 +296.6|-39. 6| +37. 0|+11.31 +55.0!+12.6! +64.4!
-6.7J +69.0-12.9; +53.3!
0) i+ 11.6
+116.01+27. 5J
0)0)0)
+463.41+102. 2+143. 3+418.8+296. 3+297. 0+536. 6
+1, 890. 8
+6.7-8 .1
+671.5+839. 6+604. 7
+2, 531. 0
+3,158.4 +1,031.5
1939 1940
+12.4! +8.6+27.7!+48.6,-+-11. 4j
+ 18.7+28.6+9.9
-13.2+.9
- 1 3 . 6+.4
+2.2+9. 41+5.3! +9.1;+2.2 +5.4!
+9.7 -2.0+23.61 +10.9
+.5| +5.1+4.3| +1.9
+ 15.4! +11.0+13.9J +10.8
i+6.2+4.0
!+45.11+63.9+24 2!
+13.0+10.4-11.4
+10. 6 [+23. Ij+13.5!+13.7
+63.9;+3.1!
+77.6!+55.8!+21.11
13.5!
+24'. 9+78. 2 i+70. 4|+55.4+36.6!+33. 8+34.2- 1 6 . 5
+710. 3
- 2 7 . 5- 7 8 . 7+39.7+58.0+27.8
+146. 0+120.0
+61.3 +41.1+94.7| +55.7+28.8! +24.1
+43.1! +23. 2+45.9! +22.5-l.Oi +3.8
3.35
7.32.05
0)0)(00)0)+22.3
- 3 5 . 21 - 4 3 . 5
- 3 . 4+3.7
- 1 5 . 8- 4 3 . 0
Passenger miles flown_Express carried
1935-39=100Thous. of dol 1Thous. of dol \\
+65. 9-32.3
+92.+84.7
152! 82! 111 101 109 130 - 1 4 . 5,6, 283, 062 3, 095, 539:4,166, 182:3, 995, 004 4, 298. 002(5, 346, 700: - 1 4 . 9i 1, 252, 297 474, 268! 590, 2211 588, 829 i 682, 54311. 000, 5971 - 20.1
Thous. of milcs-Pounds
+58. 5+72.7
+111.00) 173,492! 476,603! 749,7871,147,445J1,491,73o| 0) +759.8
249. 634 1, 510, 215!7,127, 369!9, 514, 300:12,506,576] 19,258,592)+7, 614. 7|+1,175. 4
+6.1+16.5+18.4+17.6+12.7+9.6
-19.5
-16.2-13.3-27.1-24.8+9.0-6 .0
+17.1+28.3+69. 5j
+213.0+170.2
+10. 9+17.8+ 15. 5+ 13.7
+27.4!+ 1.5;
+10.4+29.8+31.1+26. 1+15.4+34.6
+28.9+46. 9+38. 1;
-6.6!+22.3+25. 5
+166. 6+37. 6-44.6-97. 5-25.3-23.4-10.9!-55. 1
+ 115.1
+6.2+12.4+10. 8+10.3
+6.1 1.6
- . 3+16.0+21.1+20.3+ 15.2+24. 0+3.4
+27.8+28. 6+13.8+44.1+44.2+38.8
+176. 1
-31.4-29.4- 6 ! 9
-23.7+ 101.0-13.0
+2.7!+5.8J
+2.0|+4. 2!+5.1- 9 . 2
+2.1
- 4 . 4- 1 . 0
- . 3
- 2 6 . 0 - 1 5 . 4-24 .4 ! - 1 3 . 1-34 .6 ! - 2 6 . 9 22.2] - 1 3 . 9+62. 2! +28.1+20.61 +7.3
+28. 7 +19. 3+33. 8 +24. 4+69.9! +46.6+99.0! +30. 0
+102. 4j +54. 0
v Preliminary.1 Not available.2 Average for 11 months.
3 Average for 10 months.
< Total for 11 months, January, February, and April-December.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
February 1942