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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were other signs that U.S. industry, despite the soft spots in numerous lines, was holding steady. In October, reported the Federal Reserve Board last week, an -upturn in the output of durable goods had sent its index of industrial production up three points to a new peacetime record of 195. Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics found "unexpected declines" in employment in consumer goods industries, total non-farm employment had hit a record 46 million in October, 1,200,000 higher than a year...
There were other signs of economic exhaustion. Government statistical reports were months late, as if functionaries were afraid to let the world know the score. Though the last cost-of-living index appeared in March, labor argued that living costs had doubled in a year, and was out for higher wages. The last reliable official reports on foreign trade were for April...
Businessmen have long been dissatisfied with the Department of Labor's weekly wholesale price index. So has the Department of Labor. For one thing, accurate weekly checks were made on only half the 900 different commodities that the index was supposed to cover. For another, the relative importance of individual items in the index was based on sales during 1929-31. The result was that items which had since increased vastly in importance, e.g., rayon, were given much less weight in the index than they deserved. Newer items were left out entirely. Last week, after months of preliminary tooting...
Though the job of revaluating all the commodities will not be finished until mid-1950, it has already begun to make a difference. The final report on the old weekly index last week showed that wholesale prices had dropped 0.1% for the week ending Nov. 13. Next day, the first published report on the new index, which covered the week ending Nov. 16, showed that prices were...
Though intended mainly for Harvard graduates, the center's facilities will be open to Yale men as well. It will handle messages between alumni, keeping a file of notices, with a cross-index listing of the sender and addressee...