Summary: | This is the volume 2, issue 4, March 1, 1932 issue of The Alabama Economic Review, a newsletter published monthly by the Bureau of Economic Research and the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The newsletter includes articles of interest related to economics in Alabama. Topics include construction, retail sales, and farm income and credit. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.Articles: Summary: National economic conditions (Agriculture, Business outlook, Business activity index), Alabama economic conditions (Agriculture, Business summary); Finance: Bank debits, Bank deposits, Bank failures; Building and construction: Building permits, Construction contracts; Industrial production: Steel and iron, Coke output, Electric power, Cotton consumption, Cotton spinning; Merchandising: Newspaper advertising, Freight car loadings, Automobile sales, Life insurance sales, Business failures, Foreign trade; Prices: Commodity prices, Farm prices in the United States, Alabama farm prices, Purchasing power of farm products, Gasoline tax collections, Tonnage taxes; Transportation of cotton by truck in Alabama (by John H. Goff);
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