TABLE OF CONTENTS OF APPENDIXES
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Appendix A: Explanation of the Nation's Economic Budget
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Appendix B: Statistical Tables Eelating to Employment, Production, and
Purchasing Power
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I. Gross national product or expenditure, 1939-46
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II. National income by distributive shares, 1929-46
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III. Income payments to individuals, 1929-46
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IV. Disposition of income payments, 1929-46
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V. Disposable income, population, and consumers' prices, 1929-46.
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VI. Consumers'prices, 1939-46
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VII. Wholesale prices, 1939-46
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VIII. Gross weekly earnings in selected industries, 1940-46
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IX. Average hourly earnings in selected industries, 1940-46
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X. Corporate profits before and after taxes, 1939-46
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XI. Total labor force classified by employment status and sex, and
veteran status of males, 1940-46
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XII. Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural estab-
lishments, 1940-46
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Appendix C: Excerpt from the State of the Union Message
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APPENDIX A
EXPLANATION OF THE NATION'S ECONOMIC BUDGET
The Nation's-Economic Budget is designed to depict the flow of
funds by which major economic groups are interrelated in the national
economy. To this end it shows income and expenditures for con-
sumers, businesses, and government, as well as the balance of inter-
national trade. Broadly speaking, the decisions to spend or to save
of each of these groups of consumers may be considered as springing
from a different set of considerations than those of the other groups.
The results of these decisions are embodied in four sets of accounts
comprising the Nation's Budget.
Expenditures.—The expenditure side of the accounts is clear and
unambiguous. The meaning of consumer expenditures is just what
the name implies. One exception may be mentioned: residential
construction is included with all other construction in business outlays.
Business expenditures are not the total expenditures of business, but
only that part which consists in additions to or replacements of plant,
machinery or other equipment, and additions