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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 0> 'USINESS l<-°' OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly mogozine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS August 27, 1954 » » » * this Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * • * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1954 1953 1954 ITFM 1 TPU Aug. 22 Commodity prices, wholesale: AM commodities 1947-49-100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed.... do.. A l 1 other do. . 22 commodities 2/ .do. . Department store sales.... do.. Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do. . Failures, ind. & comm. .. .number Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/ percent Aug. 7 Aug. 14 Aug. 21 1 10.2 95.6 105.2 1 14.3 90.8 96 1 10.3 95.4 106. 1 1 14.3 91.2 *l 10.6 *96.4 »I04.8 *l 14.9 89.0 **95 1 10. 1 95.3 104.8 1 14.4 90.7 92 **9I 1 **859 122 #1,929 #1,750 207 233 246 351 3 14 3 14 3 13 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 mi 1 kw -hr Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro leum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49-100 Freight car load ings thous cars Miscellaneous do Aug. 7 Aug. 14 Aug. 21 237 0 261.3 235 8 259.8 238.0 262.6 ** 1 , 589 1,233 1,293 **8,5I4 155,722 **6,507 9,059 120,937 6,057 8,996 116, 193 6,062 134.6 **808 **390 95. 1 668 331 95. 1 685 337 Aug. 22 186.7 201.5 116,508 91.7 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ D a i l y average. 4_/ Week ended August 28, 93.1. * Monthly index for August 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,968,000; State programs, 1,789,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1953 1954 July May June COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49-100 Appare 1 do Food do .. Dairy products .do. . Fruits & vegetab les. . . . ,. do. . Meats, poultry & fish... do.. Housi ng , do. . Gas & electricity .do.. House f ur n i sfyi ngs do. . Rent t do MedicaTl care .do. . Personal care .do.. Reading and recreation. . .do. . Transportation .do. . Other goods & services. . .do. . Wholesale p., selected items: Butter, 92-score (N.Y.) dol. per !b. Eggs, extras, large (Chicago) do 1 . oer doz . Cor n,av. 5 markets. .dol .per bu. Wheat, av. 6 markets do.. May June July COMMODITY PRICES - Con. 724 43 64 164 380 73 39,830 1,210 2,789 17, 139 1 1,282 7,410 943 81 111 200 460 91 38,494 2,961 3,674 15,621 11,739 4,499 965 81 132 208 455 89 41,613 2,045 4,514 18,454 1 1,722 4,878 856 80 95 165 417 99 32,230 2,524 4,958 9,986 9,622 5, 140 1 14 7 104 4 1 13.8 108.3 1 18.2 1 12.0 1 17.8 106.4 108. 1 123 8 121.5 112.6 107.4 129.7 118.3 1 15 0 104 2 1 13.3 103.5 1 14.6 1 1 1.0 1 18.9 107.7 105.9 128 3 125. 1 1 13.0 106.4 129. 1 120. 1 1 15 1 104 2 1 13.8 102.9 1 17. 1 II 1. 1 1 18.9 107.6 105 8 128 3 125. 1 1 12.7 106.4 128.9 120. 1 !/ 1 1 5 2 104 0 1 14.6 104.3 120. 1 109.7 1 19.0 107.8 105.7 128 5 125.2 113.3 107.0 126.7 120.3 .656 .577 .575 .531 1.51 1 2.202 .355 1.532 2.544 .351 1.577 2.293 J/ Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) is 192.6. July July BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial & comm. failures: Fa i lures, total . .number Commercial service do.. Construction .do. . Manufacturing & min i ng. ,. do. ; Retai 1 trade .do. . Wholesale trade do.. L i a b i 1 ities, total. .thous. dol. Commercial service ..do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & mining. .do. . Retai 1 trade .do. . Wholesale trade do. . 1954 1 TCM j TCU .578 .397 1.581 2.358 Wholesale prices - Con. Beef steers (Chicago) dol. per 100 Ib. 24 . 26 Hogs (Ch i cago) do . . 23.29 Beef, choice (N.Y. ) .dol .per Ib. .426 .597 Pork, loins (N.Y.) do.. Pig iron, comp .dol. per 1 ton 56 22 Steel ,comp. , fin. . .do 1. per Ib. .0524 Aluminum, scrap castings . 1000 (N.Y.) dol. per Ib. Copper, electro. (N.Y.) . . .do. . .2969 Lead, refined, pig, desi 1. 1368 verized (N.Y.). .dol. per Ib. . 1 100 Zinc, pr ime W. (St. Louis) .do. . Cotton, m i d d l i n g 15/16", av. 10 markets cents per Ib. 33.36 Wool raw (Boston) dol per Ib 1 725 23.54 24.79 .408 .626 56.03 .0524 23.49 21.43 .405 .587 56.03 .0524 23.47 19.75 .417 .598 56.03 .0539 . 1092 .2970 . 1000 .2970 . 1000 .2970 . 1400 . 1029 . 141 1 . 1096 . 1400 . 1 100 34.42 1 731 34.23 1 767 34.42 1 756 53,304 1,793.3 1,417 8 65,641 1,925.3 1,497 6 59,741 1,733.3 1,376.7 60,996 1,836.9 1,387.0 Mai 1 -order & store sales, total, 2 Cos thous. dol. Montgomery Ward & Co do. . Sears, Roebuck & Co do.. 316,298 78,977 237,320 335,726 78,109 257,617 352,655 313,704 81,318 69,881 271,337 243,822 FINANCE Bank debits, total (345 centers) .mil. dol. New York City do.. 6 other centers do. . 147,957 5 1 , 799 32,683 149,616 59,535 31,159 163,407 64,965 33,785 CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE Construction cont. awarded, 37 States (F. W. Dodge Corp.): Total projects number Total valuation m i l . dol. Bui Id ing, total do DOMESTIC TRADE 154,859 61,155 31,556 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1953 1954 1953 1954 1 TCM July June May July 3,619 3,293 52 2,395 937 6,052 237 3,890* 2/ Wheat do. . L i vestock s 1 aughter : Calves thous. animals Cattle do Hogs do. . Sheep and lambs do.. Stocks, cold storage, end mo.: Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. Cheese, total do.. Apples, fresh ... .thous. bu. Fruits, frozen thous. Ib. Vegetables, frozen do.. Meats, total m i l . Ib. Beef and veal thous. ib Lamb and mutton do. . Pork, excluding lard.... do.. Pou 1 tr y . do . . Eggs* Shell ..thous. cases Frozen thous . 1 b . LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production* Calf and kip thous. skins Cattle hide thous. hides Goat and kid thous skins Sheep and lamb do.. 123 94 167 146 138 60 213 42 139 Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces thous. 1 . tons Stocks, end of mo., total. do.. At furnaces do.. On Lake Erie docks do.. Pig iron, production thous. sh. tons Stee 1 i ngots and stee 1 for castings: Production. . .thous sh tons Percent of capacity Copper : Product ion : 109 Mine or smelter sh. tons 80 Ref i nery do. . 94 Deliveries, ref., dom do.. 1 19 Stocks, ref., end of mo... do.. 151 54 Lead, refined (primary ref.): Production sh. tons 159 Shipments (domestic) do.. 38 Stocks, end of month do.. 125 Zinc, slab: Product i on do. . Sh i pments, tota 1 do. . Domest 5 c do . . Stocks, end of month do.. 8,238 24, 105 Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales b i l l e d number 16,842 1,006 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS 105,576 5,037 1 1,241 3, 148 2,827 10,539 3,592 49 44 45 10, 135 2,059 3,946 877 790 852 5,203 4,827 7,115 249 213 1,752 3,374 2/p4,059 2/p3,048 TRANSPORTATION Freight car loadings, indexes: Total, adjusted. .. 1935-39=100 Coa 1 do, . Coke . .... do. . Forest products do. .v Grain & grain prod do.. Livestock do. . Ore . . ... do. . Merchandise, l.c.l do.. Mi seel laneous do. . FOODSTUFFS Grains: Receipts, principal markets: Bar ley thous. bu. Cor n do . . Oats do May 8,239 38,829 34,443 4,386 5,376 29,563 24, 147 5,416 r5,396 r34,996 r29 187 5,809 5, 155 40,723 34 537 6, 186 6,516 4,624 4,724 4,626 9,276 93 7,473 71 7 364 72 6 628 63 88,063 122,036 104,481 77, 100 78,231 108,403 1 1 1,005 8 2 ,III r 85, 329 73,755 1 12, 121 107,095 106,252 97,436 69,181 68,921 40,210 35,652 61,017 49, 139 40,183 109,302 42,317 46,98? 104,626 80,825 74,204 69,498 103,906 73,654 64,566 61,859 209,828 71,540 80,244 72,262 201, 124 70 647 73,886 59, 197 197,885 159,446 209,434 195,781 193,607 2,475 34,954 1,877 29,050 July June ,-,ETALS AND MANUFACTURES FINANCE - Con. Federal Government finance: \J Receipts, Treasury. . .mi 1 . dol. Receipts, net do. . Customs do. . Income & emp 1 taxes . .do.. Mi seel, internal rev.... do.. Expenditures, total do.. Interest on debt do.. National defense, etc... do.. July 111 85 95 127 155 r54 164 38 125 1 12 84 94 128 144 58 136 39 128 8,037 24,231 17,033 1, 136 103, 1 18 6,531 25,835 5,818 921 26,953 7,685 25, 151 7,241 1,684 60,332 616 1,498 3,276 1,108 561 1,439 3,380 1,045 622 1,570 3,453 1,200 309,894 420,280 128 568, 132 468,377 638 163,626 10,410 350,825 1 12,460 1, 199 152,835 421,997 521,763 1,302 702,561 444,834 653 138,622 8, 135 384,643 167,499 1,348 166,983 640 1,622 3,325 1,209 Coal, production: Anthracite thous. sh. tons Bi tumi nous do. . 35 , 7 1 6 37 ,.195 93,030 p2,226 p 1 , 939 30,620 p 27, 650 TEXTILE PRODUCTS *827 * 1 , 999 *3 122 *2,563 r468,453 505,041 602,654 r567,54l r440 174 r 722, 477 797,992 r 443, 724 482,863 525 r605 r 127, 141 123, 126 8,344 r9,450 r 346, 024 278,555 141, 138 r 151, 147 r 1 , 639 1,432 184,567 r!86, 189 706 r2,OI6 2, 124 2, 172 748 2,027 2,477 2, 141 Cotton : 3/ Consumpt i on ba les 742,064 Mfs., spindle activity: Active spindjes, last working day, total thous. 21,344 Consum. I00j£ cotton. .. .do. . 20,007 Spindle hours operated, a l l 10, 126 fibers, total 3/...mil. hr. Av. per working day... do.. 405 Consum. I00£ cotton 3/.do.. 9,484 Operations as % of capacity. 110.9 Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom., producers': 78.8 Filament yarn m i l . Ib. 27.0 Staple (incl. tow) do.. Stocks, producers', end mo.: Filament yarn m i l . Ib. 59.6 32.9 Staple (incl. tow) do.. 645,875 781,767 542,577 20,627 19,325 20,646 19,332 20,606 19,286 8,932 447 8,366 122.6 10,939 447 10,216 122.8 7,066 372 6,578 102.4 58.4 32. 1 r57.8 35.7 53 1 32. 1 68.5 27.9 r67.0 r28.0 70.3 28.9 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. •* June 1953 data. \J Effective with February 1954, data are reported on a budgetary basis; they are not entirely comparable with earlier data which are as o r i g i n a l l y shown in the dai ly Treasury Statement. 2/ Represents expenditures for National security; not strictly comparable with earlier figures. 3/ Data for July 1953 and June 1954 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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