• U.S.

Business: Health Chart

1 minute read
TIME

Signs of health in the economy last week:

¶ Department-store sales up 24% over last year.

¶ Steel production up to 88% of capacity, 13% over early January.

¶Auto output up to 128,319 cars. 6% above the week before.

¶ Prices remarkably stable; wholesale prices dipped a fraction to reach aten-month low.

¶ The Pennsylvania Railroad approved construction of 11,500 new freightcars, beginning an extensive program to meet growing business.

More Must-Reads from TIME

Contact us at letters@time.com