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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS August 21, 1953 * * # •* This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * ** WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 ITEM Aug. 16 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities 1947-49=100 *l 12 2 Form products. . , , . .do. . *IQ9.9 *! 10 5 Foods, processed .. .do.. A i i other . . do . *l 13 0 95.9 22 commodities 2/.. do.. **9Q Insured unemployment, total thous . ** 1 , T73 State programs,.,,, do.. *** 1,294 Fa i lures ~ Ind & comm number 14 1 Bond yields, domestic corpo~ 3 18 rate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1953 '952 ITEM Aug. i Aug. 8 ##l 10 9 ##97.9 ##105.5 ##! 14 8 88.4 86 1107 97.0 105.2 1 14.8 87.8 92 Aug. 15 1 10.6 96.6 104.7 ! 14.8 88. 1 #895 #843 182 195 150 3 5? 3 50 3 50 Aug. 16 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-35-100 193.2 industrials (420) do.. 210.6 Production : Bitum.coal 3/. . . thous ^sh.. tons **L572 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw . - hr . #*7,495 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 32,612 Petro leum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6, 181 Steel (ingots L for castings, quantity) 4/ .. I947-49»IOO 120.6 Freight car load i ngs, thous. cars **782 **360 Miscellaneous do. Aug. 1 Aug. 8 185.5 200. 1 189.0 204,3 1,542 1,565 8,5 12 157,991 6,471 8,464 135,482 6,451 130 0 794 377 131 .9 785 376 Aug. 15 190.0 205.3 152,836 133 6 J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4_/ Week ended August 22, 135.2. * Monthly index for August 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 915,000; State programs, 863,000. ## Monthly index for July 1953. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ITEM July COMMODITY PRICES Wholesale prices (Dept. Labor) : A l l commodities.,. 1947-49* 100 Farm products do. . Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Oral ns do. . Livestock, 1 ive poultry. do.. Foods, processed do.. Cereals & bakery prod.. do.. Dairy prod.& ice cream. do. . Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Meats, poultry 4 fish. ..do.'. Commodities other than farm prod. & foods.. 1947-49=100 Chemicals, etc do.. Chemicals, indust do.. Fats and oi Is do. . Fertilizer mater ials. .do. . Paint, etc do.. Fuel, power, etc do.. Coa'l do E lectr i c i ty do . . Gas do Petroleum i prod do.. Furniture, etc do.. App 1 iances, household. .do. . Furniture, household. . .do. . P. ad i os . . do . . Television sets. ...... .do. . Hides, skins, etc do.. Footwear do . . Hides and skins do.. Leather do. . Lumber & wood prod do.. Lumber do. . Machi nery,mot i ve prod.. do.. Agri. machinery, etc.. do.. Construction mach do. . May June 1 1 1 .8 110.2 128.2 94.9 108.2 1 10.0 106.5 113.8 103.9 1 10.6 109.8 97.8 105.4 93.4 91.7 104.3 109.0 107.9 104.0 93.8 r!09.5 r95.4 109.9 r84.2 86.8 103,3 107.9 107.7 103.7 91.6' 110.9 97.9 94.7 85.4 95.9 105.5 108.5 110.0 104.8 97.0 1 12.5 104.2 1 14.7 92. 1 49.8 i 10.7 106.9 106.0 106.0 99. 1 101.4 109.4 i 1 1.6 106.8 1 12.6 1 13.6 105.5 1 18.0 93.1 49.9 1 12.9 106. 1 107. 1 1 10.8 97.4 108.2 109.4 1 14. 1 108. 1 1 14.0 94.9 74.9 100.4 1 1 1.5 74.8 97.3 121.8 121.0 122.4 122.4 129. 1 r 1 13.9 r 105.6 1 19.2 93. 1 46.6 1 10.6 106. 1 r 108.3 III.2 r98.5 108.2 r 1 II. 1 r 1 14.3 108. 1 r l 14. 1 r95.4 r75.0 r 101 .0 1 1 1.7 r76.3 98.0 r 121.5 M20.7 r 122.9 r 122.6 129.4 1 14.8 106.3 120.2 93.6 46.8 113. 8 106. 1 1 1 1.3 1 1 1.9 98.5 108.2 1 16.8 1 14.4 108. 1 1 13.8 95.0 74.3 100.0 1 1 1.7 73,4 96. 1 121.2 120.3 123.2 122.6 129.6 96.2 1 10.6 61.8 89.3 120.2 120.4 121 .4 121.5 125.4 July July COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Wholesale prices - Con. Machinery, mot ive prod.- Con. E lee. mach. , etc . . 1947-49-100 Motor vehicles do.. Metals & metal prod do.. Heat i ng equ i pment do. . Iron and stee 1 ......... .do. . Nonferrous metals .do.. Nonmetallic minerals, structure 1 . .do. . Clay products do.. Concrete products do. . Gypsum products do. . Pulp, paper, etc do.. Paper do. . Rubber and products do.. Tires and tubes ,.do.» Textile prod., etc. . . , . .do. . Cotton products do.. S i l k products do.. Synthetic textiles do.. Wool products do.. Tobacco manufactures and bottled bev 1947-49=100 Beverages, alcohol ic. . .do. . C 5 garettes do. . CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Contract awards (ENR) : Engineering construction, va 1 ue 1 / . mi ! do 1 Construction cost indexes: Associated General Contractors (el! types) 1913=100 Engineering News-Record: 2/ Bu i 1 d i ng 1 947-49= 1 00 Construction do. . £/ Revised. J/ Data for J u l y 1952 and 1953 are i or 5 weeks ; other mejnths 4 weeks. here for the previous month. 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM May June July 119.9 1 19.7 121.9 113.6 122.3 124.0 122.6 1 10.6 125.7 114.4 128.9 126.6 M24.2 1 18.6 r 126.9 r 1 14.6 M30.9 127.6 124.4 1 18,6 129.3 115.2 135,6 126.4 113.8 S2I.3 112.4 1 17.7 115.3 123.8 130.0 129.6 98.9 99.5 96. 1 134.7 89.2 I 13.9 117.2 124.7 115.5 122. 1 1 15.4 124.9 125.4 126.3 97.6 99.9 93.3 133.0 87.4 1 12.0 r 1 18. 1 r 125.1 1 15.5 122.1 rl 15.8 124.7 r 125.0 126.3 r97,4 r99.4 93.4 134.7 87.5 1 1 i.6 1 19.4 131. 1 1 15.6 122.1 1 15.8 125. 1 124.7 126.3 97.3 99.4 93.2 134.7 87.5 1 1 1.7 112.0 1 10.5 1 12.0 1 14.8 1 10.0 124.0 1 14.9 I 10.0 124.0 1 15.6 ! 10.0 124.0 2,311 1,084 1,318 1,263 39' 402 41 1 41 1 124.9 128.8 126. 1 130.9 128.7 133.4 129.3 135. ! 2/ Data reported a t the becir•^ning of ee ch month zire shown MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1952 ITEM May July June July i Bank debits, total (345 centers) mi 1 do 1 New York City do. . 6 other centers. do. . 137,334 50,472 29,483 23 350 Currency in circu letion. . .do. . 28,978 Bonds price (S&PCorp ) * 1 nd ut i 1 i RR ( A 1 + issues)* Composite (17 bonds) dol per $100 bond 1 16 0 Bonds (Stan. & Poor's Corp.): Dom. m u n i c i p a l (15 bonds), pr i ce do 1 per $ 100 bond 130 4 Dom. m u n i c i p a l (15 bonds), 2. 12 Stocks: Cash d i v i d e n d payments: 546 7 Total (pub reported) rni 1 dol 128 6 ~F i nance . . do 199 2 6 7 M i n i ng do Communications , .do. . 89.8 Heat 1 iqht & power do 58 7 Railroad . . do 12 2 Tr ade . « do . . 38.6 Mi see 1 laneous do. . 12.9 142 175 !54 i06 50,255 56 ',623 32,283 33,807 22 537 2° 'i^* 29,951 r30, 125 109 8 ioe a 1 19 4 1 15 i 2.73 2 99 22! 5 49 0 100 4 26 1.0 51 8 3 1 7.6 6.0 I !M<3 6 87 6 802 2 87 ^ 5! . i Q/i 5 56 4 49.0 21.4 TRANSPORTATION Gondolas & open hoppers. dp,. Car shortage , f .do. . Gondolas & open hoppers. do.. £_/ Revised. # For June I9§2. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT* WASHINGTON 35, p, c. 2,236 317 15 170 r254 24 44 r256 1 155 3,883 626 71 2 17 215 41 438 346 1 929 102 75 57 146 153 56 46 43 1 15 130 106 183 137 14! 65 237 45 146 40,31 1 7,477 26,642 2,070 1,490 448 40,222 12,461 16,278 2,269 1,385 527 103 179 145 r60 212 43 !42 25 , 302 7,3! i 7,400 4, 129 3, M 1 673 153 99,751 239,632 593 ^ 18 Vegetables, frozen do.. 385,494 30. i 13 ! i P g g c . - shell thous cases 2,728 I Frozen ,......, thous . 1 b . 163,359 850 Meats, -total 2/ mi!. Ib. 1 10 "7 I Poef pnd vea ! thous !^ 17!, 444 i i 1,814 Lamb and mutton do.. 542,707 ''ork, excluding lard..., do.. POL,' i tr y . ... ....,.do . . !57 04^ 1 1 5 •' 2.09 June July FOODSTUFFS Stocks, cold storage, end mo.: Apples, fresh thous. bu. 148 13^ 5 i . 799 i Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. do. . 32,683 | ChAesc,- , tota 1 1,377 193,609 3! 3, 276 456 980 361,217 1,431 132,294 818 2iO,?74 14,720 459,755 i 23, 485 123 r306 r257,447 311,737 r3T5,855 417,659 r487 259 556 717 r384,292 465, 129 r 1,513 1, 195 r 159,755 154,284 r749 632 r 190,408 163,458 r !3,46! 10,968 r4 14,227 340,520 r ! i 7 , 876 Mi, 876 LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES | Uii^-er (NLMA): *>->< o i Prod , tt--tal >ni ! . bd ft. 1 37 . 0 ! Sortwoods do. . Shipments tots! do 200 6 Softwoods . . , ,.,..,..., do, , 5 6 Stocks, gross, *r»d of morth. 104.3 6fi 3 ! tota! *. , . . . .m'' 1. bd. *t. Softwoods. ,do. . 14 1 ' #r3,2!9 #r2,602 #r3,06l #r? , 500 3,204 2,659 3 f 3S i 7.607 3,428 2.806 3,408 2, "?2C #r8. l?0 #r4,986 7 , 95 i 5 , 309 7,739 5, i63 9,997 !00 9,404 97 #6.406 .#1,655 #35 4,393 2,054 8! 4,459 2,086 90 76,950 43,3i>3 38,7!4 96,919 82,422 84,250 75,648 92,452 81,617 76,784 72,612 97,285 80,825 74,204 69,498 103,906 845.8 1,040. 1 I, !52. i 973.3 444.? 459.8 i, 073,4 96 567.0 1,092.0 93 522,5 939,7 81 39.2 8.9J METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel ingots and steel for l castings; Product ion .., ..thous. sh. tons Percent of capacity . .... 2 ,964 1 Barrels & drums, steel, haavy: 397 1 i Orders, unf.,ond mo. ... .thous. Sh ipments do. . 50 179 stocks, end of month,.,., do . 236 Zinc, slab: 25 Production .sh ton* Shipments, total , do.. 378 257 Donestic do*. Stocks, end of month, ... .do, < l .450 173 94 !67 • 46 138 60 213 4-? 139 32,7!7 2,315 23,983 3,934 5,400 246 ! , 67,7 iS 9,284 93 PAPER Paper bow d : Orders, new thous, sh. tons Orders, u n f i l l e d , end of month , . . .thous. sh. tons Produdion, total do.. Percent of act i v i ty , 773.7 7! TEXTILE PRODUCTS Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom., producers': 83. ! F i 1 ement yer n ..„.„,.. m I ! . I b , Staple ( I nc 1 . towK . . . . ,do. . 26,? Stocks, producers', snd mo.; F i I arnent yar n ...,.„,. m I !. 1 h . 65. ! 15.9 Staple (incl. tow) do t . J./ Data for May are for f i v e weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 81,3 26.6 SO. 2 27.2 80.8 26.0 57.9 26.1 56.9 r29.8 57.6 30.9 2,7 Excluding lard. PENALTY FO9 P3!VATi USP TO AVOID P.-4YMINT Of; PO9TAGI, I30Q FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL. BUIINEU Permit No. 1006 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 3,204 540 56 186 219 ^g 369 268 ! ^37 May July FINANCE Freight carload (A A R ) * I/ Total cars .. . .thousands Coa 1 do Coke do, . Forest products do Grain and grain prod,... do.. Livestock do Ore do. . Merchandise, I.C.I ,do., M i see 1 laneous do Federal Reserve indexes, total, adj 1 935-39= 100 Coa 1 do. . Coke do . . Forest products do Grain & grain prod do.. L i vestock do , . Ore do, . Merchandise, 1 c J do Mi see 1 laneous do. . Freight-car surplus and shortage, dai |y averages: Car surplus ,, number 1953 1952 ITEM
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