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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS A p r i I 9, 1954 Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY **** WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1953 1954 Apr. 4 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 1947-49=100 Parm products do Foods, processed do.. A 1 1 other do 22 commodities 2/ do. . Department store sales do Insured unemployment, total thous State programs do Fa i lures, ind & comm number Bond yields domestic corpo— rate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1954 ITEM ITEM *l 10.0 *99 8 *I04.I *l 13 4 89.5 **l 12 Mar. 20 Mar. 27 1 10.6 98 8 104.7 1 14 3 87.9 95 110.8 99 6 104.8 1 14 4 90.3 100 1 10 9 99 9 105.0 1 14 4 91.7 ** 1,089 ** 1 , 004 171 #2,390 #2, 176 243 277 267 3 35^ 3 13 3 13 3 12 Mar. 20 Mar. 27 Apr. 3 204.7 222.6 203.9 221.7 208.3 227.4 1, 125 1, ! 12 **8,075 160,736 **6,384 8,572 144,698 6,354 8,49i 139, 185 6,344 136.3 **7I5 **400 100.4 610 334 101 . 1 601 332 Apr. 4 Apr. 3 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's.. . .1935-39-100 Industrials (420) do.. Production : Bitum coal 3/. thous. sh .tons Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw -hr Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro ieum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/. .... 1947-49- 100 Freight car loadings thous cars M i see 1 laneous do 193. 1 209.2 ** 1 , 394 135,407 102.6 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weefcs. ^/Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4_/ Week ended A p r i l 10, 101.2. * Monthly index for March 1953. ** For week corresponding to/ latest. # Data'Hr preceding week follow: Total, 2,399,000; State programs, 2,187,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1953 1954 March GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Manufacturers' sales, inventories, and orders - value: Sales total I/ mi 1 dol Durab le goods do. . Nondurable goods. ... do. Inventories, book value, end of month, total I/ mi I dol Durable goods do Nondurable goods do New orders net total I/ do Durab le goods . do. . Nondurab le goods ,. .do. . Unf i 1 led orders total 2/ do Durab le goods do Nondurable ooods do COMMODITY PRICES Prices rec'd by farmers, all farm products. .. 19 10- 14= 100 Crops . . . do. Food gra i ns do. . Feed grains and hay.... do.. Tobacco do . . Cotton do . . Fruit. ... . do. . Commercial vegetab les. .do. . Oil-bearing crops do.. Livestock and products do Meat animals do.. Dairy products do. . Poultry and eggs do.. Prices paid by farmers: A l l commod . & services. .do. . Family l i v i n g items .do. Production items. .. do.. A l 1 commodities and services, interest, taxes & wage rates 1910- 14=100 Parity ratio do 1954 1 TEM ITPM January February #24 724 #12,666 #12,058 r 23, 864 r 1 1 , 580 r 12,284 23,643 1 1 , 366 12,277 #44,581 #24,760 #19,821 #24,513 #12,416 #12,097 #76, 122 #72 850 #3 272 r46,388 r26,526 r 1 9 , 862 r20,7l 1 r8,475 r 12,236 r56, 128 r53,776 r2,352 46,069 26, 132 19,937 2 1 , 854 9,531 12,323 54,500 52 121 2,379 264 252 247 215 424 268 209 267 291 274 301 276 217 259 240 233 207 420 254 222 271 268 277 309 274 213 258 237 236 208 443 258 210 233 269 277 315 267 208 265 269 261 263 271 254 264 271 255 282 94 282 92 282 91 March March CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 2,527 New construct i on, tota 1 .mi 1 .dol . 1,729 Pr i vate , tota 1 . . . -. do . . 863 Residential (nonfarm) do 770 New dwe M i n g un i ts . do Additions, etc do 74 430 Nonresid.b Idg. ,tota 1 37. do.. 1 ndustr i a 1 do 198 Commerc i a 1 do 1 14 Farm construction do 108 320 Pub 1 ic ut i 1 i ty do Pub l i e , tota 1 . do 798 47 Res i dent ia 1 do. . Nonres i dent i a 1 bui I d i n g do 359 M i l ! tary and nava 1 do 111 140 H i ghway do Conservation, etc do. . 65 Construction cost indexes: The American Apprai sa 1 Co. : 256 Avg. 30 cities 1913-100 569 239 At 1 anta ... . do 614 238 579 New York do. . 208 San Francisco do. . 525 443 St. Louis do.. 561 263 EMPLOYMENT 212 246 Labor force (Bureau Census): 4/ 275 63, 134 C i v i l i a n labor force. .. .thous. 271 61,460 Emp loyed do 316 r5,920 Agr icu Itura 1 do. . 257 Nonagr icu Itura 1 .. do.. r55,540 188 Unemp 1 oyed do . . 1,674 Labor turnover in mfg. estab 1 : 264 Accession rate 272 mo. rate per 100 employees #4.2 255 Separation rate, total do.. #3 6 Discharge do #4 #.8 Lay-off do. . 283 Qu it do. . #2.2 90 Mi 1 itary and misc do #4 January 2,538 1 , 765 854 765 68 470 172 156 96 338 773 34 363 75 155 53 2,428 1,717 830 740 67 486 179 164 87 307 7 11 35 341 76 125 51 2,317 r 1,638 r766 680 r64 476 177 158 89 300 r679 34 339 62 r 1 15 45 584 641 623 522 576 585 64 1 624 522 576 586 641 624 529 579 62,840 59,753 5,284 54,469 3,087 63,725 r60,055 r5,704 r54,35l 3,671 63,825 60, 100 5,875 54,225 3,725 £/ Revised. JD/ Preliminary. # February 1953 data. J/ Adjusted. 2/ Unadjusted. 3/ Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t y . responding item in March 1954 SURVEY. February March 28 r4 3 .2 r2.8 1.1 3 p2.6 p3 6 p. 2 p2.3 pl.O P 1 4_/ See note on cor- MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1953 195 4 195 3 1954 1 TCLH January March FINANCE Life insurance (LIAA): Assets, admitted, 49 compan i 8s, tot a 1 mi 1 . do 1 . Bonds & stocks, total do Government (domestic and foreign) total mi 1 dol U S Government do Publicutility do Ra i Iroad do Other do. . Cash do. . Mortgage loans, total... do.. Farm . . . . . do. Other do Policy loans and premium notes do . . Real-estate holdings do Other admitted assets do Bonds : Prices: Average price of a l l listed bonds (NYSE) I/ dollars Domestic . do Fore i gn do . . Dom. m u n i c i p a l (15 bonds), S&P Corp. dol. per $100 bond Value, issues listed NYSE: Market value, all issues _[/ mi 1 do 1 Domest i c do. . Foreign ... do.. Face va 1 ue a l l i ssues 1 / mi 1 do 1 Domesti c do. . Fore i gn do. . Yield: Dom mun i c i pa 1 (15 bond s) S&P Corp percent Stocks: Dividend y i e l d , preferred stocks, I I high-grade (S&P Corp ) percent Prices: Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65 #r65,079 #r 40,63! 68,989 42,607 69,337 42,801 #r 10,982 #8,908 #r 1 1 , 6 1 1 #3,402 #r 14,635 #r774 #r 1 7 , 888 # 1 , 524 #r 16,364 10,509 8 407 12,325 3 505 16,267 889 19,410 1,674 17,736 1 0 , 54 1 8 4 !4 12 447 3 507 16,307 793 19,525 1,685 17,840 #2,318 #r 1 , 664 #1 804 2,447 1 769 1 868 2,460 1 778 1 980 #97 15 #97 56 #75 . 8 1 99 32 99 74 77. 17 100 28 100 68 77.49 121.6 123.6 125.4 #100, 1 17 #98,21 1 # 1 , 432 101 246 99, 162 1,421 107 646 105,557 1,424 #103,055 #100,666 # 1 , 890 101 936 99,419 1,842 107,346 1 04 , 843 1,838 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 2.61 2.50 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: 45,013 Product ion .. .thous. proof gal. Stocks, tota 1 do. . r 77, 702 In industrial alcohol 56,948 bonded warehouses do In denaturing p lants. . . .do. . 20,753 Used for denaturat ion. . . .do. . 40,320 1,892 Withdrawn tax-paid. ..... .do, . Alcohol, denatured: Product ion ... .thous . wine gal. r2 1 , 652 Consump. (withdrawa Is) . . .do. . 17,583 r9,659 Stocks do. . February January 26,312 54, 152 27, 112 51,403 23,912 47,590 35 , 762 18,390 27,880 962 33,204 18, 199 28, 122 982 28, 138 19,452 26, 171 1, I 13 J5, 149 17,451 6,412 15,213 16,210 5,421 14, 171 13,332 6,603 45,052 39,062 5,990 45,478 39,423 6,055 40,887 35,2 1 1 5,676 5,797 5, 162 9,498 5,909 5,434 9,605 13, 120 . 8,650 86 1 , 38 1 14,405 10, 156 862,917 8,301 4,878 717,441 9,020 5,315 718,413 5,533 4,634 5,745 4,834 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, total mi 1 . kw.-hr. Uti 1 ities . do. . Industrial establish do.. 39, 165 33,597 5,567 2.39 125.6 Fermented malt liquors: 6, 191 5,954 Product i on thous . bb 1 . 6, 176 5,630 Tax-paid withdrawals do.. 9,223 Stocks, end of month do.. r9,795 Disti 1 led spirits: r9,599 15,930 Production. .. .thous. tax gal. 10,479 9, 124 Tax-paid withdrawa Is. .. .do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . 890,328 859,297 Whisky: 9,270 6,939 Production do. . 5,982 5,307 Tax-paid withdrawa Is. .. .do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . 733, 138 716,439 Rectified spirits & wines, 6,885 prod. , total . . thous. pr oof gal. 6,634 5,850 Whisky do. . 5,721 2.38 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS 4 23 4 15 4 08 4 04 103 86 286 64 53.33 98. 17 III 55 292 13 54.39 102.44 1 13 1 1 299 15 55.64 101.38 195.4 21 1.9 201 0 177 0 126 7 159.5 199.6 216.5 204 8 178 1 128 8 165.8 204.9 222.9 2M7 180 5 131 0 165.4 123, 190 2,931 124,906 2,937 Natural rubber: Consumption long Stocks, end of month Synthetic rubber: Production . Consumption Stocks, end of month tons do.. 45,23) 94, I5J 42,400 112,316 r 46, 960 r 1 12,679 46,604 1 14,898 do . do do.. 66,970 68,888 1 14,099 59,373 50,902 175,845 57,299 r50, 173 r 180, 839 53,356 48,806 184,081 Motor vehicles, factory sales, 583,001 482,920 tota 1 number 424 190 Coaches, tota 1 do. . 393 189 Domest i c do . . Passenger cars, tota 1 . . . .do. .486,071 387,844 Domest i c do .. 467,440 371,844 96,740 94,652 Trucks, "total do.. 80,224 86,212 Domestic do. . 549,946 401 361 453,378 433,876 96, 167 83,563 p524,4!3 p326 p320 p442,004 p420,929 p82,083 p 70, 060 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT # February 1953 data. _[/ Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February December March FOODSTUFFS 1 12 4 | 286 79 Industrial (30) do 53. 19 Publ ic uti 1 ity (15) do. . 1 10.24 Railroad (20) do.. S&P Corp., combined index 198.0 (480 stocks) . . . 1935-39= 100 214.5 Industrial (420) do.. 199 8 Cap i ta 1 ooods ( 1 29 ) do 185 3 Con sumer s ' aoods ( 195) do 124 9 P u b l i c u t i l i t y (40) do 184.5 Rai Iroad (20) do.. Shares listed on NYSE' Market value m i l . dol. #1 19,749 #2,814 No. shares 1 i sted . . .mi 1 1 ions £/ Revised. JD/ Preliminary. shown separately. February
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