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1. Annual Review of 1937
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 18, No. 03  (March 1938) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents the first annual economic review published in the Survey of Current Business. The article provides a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events and the trends in business, finance, and trade in 1937. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as national income produced, income payments, industrial production, factory employment, construction activity, electric power usage, freight-car loadings, corporate earnings, inventories, commodity prices, farm incomes, retail sales and wholesale trade activity, foreign trade, and monetary developments.
2. Introductory Review [Review of 1938]
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 19, No. 2  (February 1939) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events and the trends in business, finance, and trade in 1938. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as national income, income payments, industrial production, capital outlays, manufacturing production, electric power usage, mineral production, farm incomes, construction activity, retail sales and wholesale trade activity, commodity prices, transportation volumes, foreign trade, labor conditions, and monetary developments.
3. An Economic Review of 1939
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 20, No. 02  (February 1940) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events on business, government, and consumers in 1939. The article notes the start of war in Europe and examines key measures and indicators, such as national income, income payments, business profits, industrial production, agricultural output and income, consumption, inventories, construction activity, public utility volumes (electric power, transportation, and communication), employment and unemployment, commodity prices, domestic banking and finance, federal government transactions, and international trade and finance.
4. An Economic Review of 1940
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 21, No. 02  (February 1941) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events on trends in business, government, and consumers in 1940. The article analyses the impact of the war in Europe and defense production on the U.S. economy. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as national income, income payments to individuals, profits, industrial production, agricultural output and income, consumption, inventories, construction activity, public utility volumes (electric power and transportation), employment and unemployment, commodity prices, domestic banking and finance, federal government transactions, domestic banking, and international trade and finance.
5. An Economic Review of 1941
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 22, No. 02  (February 1942) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events on business, government, and consumers in 1941. The article analyzes the transition to a war economy and the impact of war mobilization. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as national income, gross capital formation, commodity prices, industrial production, agricultural output, raw materials, consumption, inventories, construction activity, public utility volumes (electric power and transportation), employment and working conditions, international trade and finance, federal government transactions, and domestic banking.
6. The American Economy in 1942
Charles A. R. Wardwell and Robert B. Bangs
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 23, No. 01  (January 1943) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events on business, government, and consumers in 1942, and provides a detailed analysis of the continuing impact of the war, such as the effect of increasing government expenditures and price controls. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as gross national product, national income, income payments to individuals, manpower, industrial production, inventories, transportation volumes, electric power usage, foreign trade, commodity prices and the cost of living, construction activity, consumer expenditures, consumer income and savings, federal government transactions, and banking developments. This is the first economic review to use gross national product estimates.
7. The American Economy in 1943
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 24, No. 01  (January 1944) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events on the business, government, and consumers in 1943. The article provides a detailed analysis of the impact of extensive industrial mobilization and price controls for World War II. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as gross national product, manpower, raw materials, industrial production, plant and equipment expenditures, manufacturers’ shipments, retail and wholesale trade, business inventories, electric power, construction activity, foreign trade, commodity prices, income payments and savings, corporate profits, and federal government transactions.
8. The Economy in the Third Year of War : A Review of 1944
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 25, No. 02  (February 1945) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of important events on the business, government, and consumers in 1944. This article reviews the impact of the culmination of the industrial mobilization for World War II and provides information about conversion from the war economy back to a peace one. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as gross national product, government expenditures, private gross capital formation, consumer expenditures, national income, corporate profits, income payments to individuals, munitions production, manufacturers’ shipments, agricultural production, raw materials, utilization of labor, construction activity, transportation volume, retail and wholesale trade, foreign trade, and prices and the control of inflation.
9. The Economy in War and Transition: A Review of 1945
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 26, No. 02  (February 1946) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, including the impact of conversion from a war economy to a peace economy and the resulting loss of government controls. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as gross national product, government expenditures, private capital outlays, consumer expenditures, income payments to individuals, labor market conditions, manufacturers’ shipments, agriculture production, construction activity, transportation volume, retail sales, foreign trade, prices and control of inflation, and financial transactions.
10. The Economy in Reconversion: A Review of 1946
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Survey of Current Business: Vol. 27, No. 02  (February 1947) posted to Digital Library October 2006
This article presents a review and analysis of the U.S. economy, especially the conversion from a war economy to a peace economy, in 1946. This article provides information about gross national product, national income, business, and the elimination of price controls. The article examines key measures and indicators, such as gross national product, national income, income payments to individuals, wholesale and retail prices, labor force conditions, manufacturing output, agricultural production, construction activity, transportation volume, foreign trade, government transactions, and domestic banking.
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