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Source: Department of Commerce
JULY
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FIGURES OF THE WEEK
FEB.
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
C&EN computer forecast based on data not seasonally adjusted.
APRIL 1968
JAN. 1969
INVENTORIES (billions of dollars)* All manufacturers 88.93 85.07 Chemicals and allied products 6.09 5.73 Textile mill products 3.48 3.46 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics 1.80 1.70 Petroleum and coal products 2.05 1.95 Paper and allied products 2.37 2.29 Food and kindred products 7.52 6.98 SHIPMENTS (billions of dollars)* All manufacturers 50.07 49.41 Chemicals and allied products 3.73 4.02 Textile mill products 1.74 1.61 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics 1.23 1.23 Petroleum and coal products 1.79 1.85 Paper and allied products 1.98 2.06 Food and kindred products 7.01 7.47 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEXES (Federal Reserve Board lndex-1957-59=100)| Total industrial production** 163.2 166.2 Chemicals and allied products* 218.9 228.3 Industrial chemicals 261.3 271.8 Basic inorganic chemicals* 266.7 237.1 Basic organic chemicals* 223.5 229.1 Plastics materials 396.5 418,9 Man-made fibers* 351.7 399.8 Synthetic rubber 182.8 170.4 Soap and related products* 149.0 148.6 Fertilizers* 177.0 127.7 Paints 134.0 122*8 Textile mill products* 149.2 152.3 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics 215.9 226.3 Petroleum products* 131.8 134.9 Food manufacture* 122.9 127.7 Electrical equipment and parts* 194.1 202.9 Primary metals** 151.5 138.0 Nonferrous metals and products* 171.6 161.3 Clay, glass, and stone** 145.5 135.4 Automobiles** 183.5 187.7 Drugs, soaps, and toiletries* 183.7 200.2 *Data are preliminary for January 1969. **Data are preliminary for February 1969. C&EN Computer Forecast based on data not seasonally adjusted.
FEB. 1969
MARCH 1969
APRIL 1969
MAY 1969
JUNE 1969
90.44 89.96; 89.64 89.16 88.84 6,00 6.01 5,95 8,96 5,92. 338 3.40 3.38 3.39 3,39 ; 1,93 - · :; 1,86- ' ''I'M . IS7 % \*#&. :
