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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly mogozine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * » » » August 6, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 Aug. I Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. . 1947 -49:= 100 Farm products. do* . Foods, processed do.. A 1 1 other do . , 22 commodities 2Y .do. . Department store sales... do,. Insured unemployment, total thous . State programs do. . Failures, ind. & comm.. number Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/. .. .percent 1953 1954 • TCM J u l y 17 J u l y 24 J u l y 31 *l 10.9 *97.9 *I05.5 *l 14.8 88,4 **83 1 10.2 95.9 105.6 1 14.2 91.6 88 1 10.2 95.8 105.5 1 14 2 91.5 84 109.7 94. 1 103.9 1 14 2 90.9 **94I **889 182 #2,095 # 1 , 920 226 3.52 3. 16 188 195 3. 15 3. 15 Aug. 1 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39=100 Industrials (420) do.. Product i on • 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 leum, crude 3/ thous bb 1 Steel (ingots & for castings quantity) 4/ 1947-49-100 Freight car load ings. thous. cars Mi see 1 laneous do. . 185.5 200. 1 1954 J u l y 17 J u l y 24 230 2 253.6 230 3 253.0 1 200 1 172 **8,46Q 157,991 **6 483 8,951 125,091 6 200 9 103 122,789 6 17 1 130 0 **78I **367 95 5 695 332 96 9 684 332 **l 529 J u l y 31 234 2 257.8 123,740 95 4 j_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. V D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended August 7, 96.1. * Monthly index for J u l y 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # Data for preceding week: Total, 2,094,000; State programs, 1,919,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1953 1954 1954 ITEM Ju 1y COMMODITY PRICES Prices rec'd by farmers, all farm products. ... 1910- 14= 100 Crops. do. . Food gra i ns do, . Feed grains and hay do.. Tobacco. do Cotton , . . do . . Fruit do. . Commercial veoetables do Oil-bearing crops do.. Livestock and products do Meat an 5 ma 1 s do . . Dairy products do 260 237 2!8 204 426 270 193 252 268 280 319 261 Prices paid by farmers* A l l commod . 4 services. .. do. . F a m i l y l i v i n g items do. Production items do AM commod., services, int., taxes, etc . . 1910-14-100 Parity ratio do.. Retail price (Dept. Comm.): A l l commodities. .. 1935-39=100 £/ Revised. * June 1953 data. June 258 249 2?7 207 446 272 215 279 286 267 331 230 July 248 244 216 205 445 ?74 ?40 200 283 25 ' 299 229 June 247 248 225 202 446 272 228 243 286 247 286 237 261 271 250 267 276 256 r265 r276 252 263 277 747 279 93 284 91 282 88 280 88 r208.7 209.0 *209 . 7 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construe., total.. m i l . do 1 . Pr i vate, tota 1 do . Residential (nonfarm) . do New dwe I I i ng units do . . Additions, etc do . Nonres. bldg., total J_/..do.. 1 ndustr i a 1 do. . Commercial do. . Farm construction do.. Public utility ..do.. Publ ic, total .do... Residential do. . Nonresid. b u i l d i n g do.. M i l i t a r y and nava 1 . . . . . .do. . Hiahwav do. . May 3,325 2,218 1, 126 990 1 i? 489 176 165 182 408 1, 107 46 373 122 382 r3,094 r2, 1 15 r 1 , 092 r955 1 11 r490 r!65 r 167 145 379 r979 31 r387 r63 320 r3,358 r2,276 r 1 183 r 1,040 1 14 r527 r 164 r(88 157 398 r 1 , 082 29 r399 r8l 385 3,513 2,377 1 237 1,095 1 13 554 164 203 164 410 1, 136 26 409 90 415 J./ Except farm and p u b l i c utility. CONSTRUC. & REAL ESTATE - Con. Construction cost index, composite, Dept. of Commerce 1947-49=100 Apr 5 1 May June 122. 1 121.2 M2I.4 122.3 287.3 284.4 r286.2 286 4 199.9 89.3 51.9 194.3 83.7 52.0 r 195.0 r84.2 r52.3 195.2 84.2 52.4 oc r> oc 9 OK O 9E5 9 33.7 6.3 33.4 6.6 33.3 6.6 33.4 6.6 48.8 48.2 r49 4 49 4 22.8 13.6 24.0 15.9 24.0 M5.8 24. r 15.8 4. 1 4.6 4.6 4.7 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Tota 1 bi 1 dol . Wage & salary disbursements, tota 1 b i 1 . do 1 . Comm. -producing ind.... do.. Distributive ind do.. Government .do Other labor income do.. Proprietors' and renta i income b i 1 do 1 . Personal interest income and dividends do.. Transfer payments do. . Less personal contributions for social ins b i l . dol. Total nonagri cultural income b i l . dol. Manufacturers' sales, inventories, and orders - value: Sales total 2/ m i l . dol. Durable goods do.. Nondurable goods do.. Inventories, book value, end of month, total 2/..mil. dol. Durab le goods do. . Nondurable goods do.. New orders, net, total 2/.do.. Durable goods do.. Nondurab le goods do. . U n f i l l e d orders, total 3/.do.. Durable goods do.. Nondurable qoods do.. 2/ Adjusted. 3/ Unadjusted. 271.5 269. 1 r269.7 270. 1 25,882 13, 166 12,716 24,418 11,502 12,916 r23,978 r 1 1,344 r 12, 634 24,177 1 1,300 12,877 46, 160 26,048 20, 1 12 25, 152 12,392 12,760 73,588 70,095 3,493 45,183 25,345 19,838 23,017 10,021 12,996 51,695 49,350 2,345 r 44, 798 r24,926 r 19, 872 r22,8!9 r 10, 050 r 12, 769 r50, 140 r47,657 r2,483 44,538 24,593 19,945 22,9!9 9,988 12,93! 48,925 46,202 2,723 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1953 1954 1954 1 TCM Apr June EMPLOYMENT Labor turnover in mfg. estab 1 . : Access ion rate mo. rate per 100 employees Separation rate, total do . D i scnarge do Lay-off do Quit do. . M i l i t a r y and misc. . . do. . i1 May 2.7 r3 3 2 r1 9 1 0 2 2.4 38 2 24 1. 1 2 5. 1 42 4 9 26 3 p3.6 p3 1 P 2 pi 7 p i .1 P 2 FINANCE Bonds • Average price of a l l listed bonds (NYSE) I/ dollars Domestic. . .... do Fore i gn . . do . Value, issues 1 isted NYSE: Market value a l l issues i / m i l . dol. Domest i c do . F or e i q n do Face value, al 1 issues _[/ m i l . dol . Domestic do. . Fore i gn do. . Stocks: Cash d i v i d e n d payments p u b l i c l y reported .. .mi 1 . dol. F i nance do Manu f actur • nQ do M i n i ng do Communications do Heat, light & power do.. Ra i Iroad . . . do. . Trade do Shares listed on NYSE* Mar ket va 1 ue do . No. shares 1 i sted. . . .mi 1 1 ions 95.30 95.69 74.62 1 0 ! . 00 101 .41 78 17 100.00 100 40 77 64 100.71 101 12 77 90 99,454 97,576 1,41 1 108,356 106,255 1 440 105,094 102,990 1 436 105,582 103,474 1,437 104,357 !0 1,966 1,891 107,288 104,781 1 ,843 105,091 102,577 1 849 104,835 102,325 i ,844 588.3 108 0 2125 68 107 6 70.2 24 7 51 3 227.6 55 8 96 7 '<L 1 I | 57.3 29 76 1,252.5 86 4 816 5 94 5 38 4 100.7 55.2 37 4 1 13,306 2,878 134,586 2,967 137,928 2,979 139, 188 3,047 40 645 72 5 18 35 465 44 347 36 521 46 531 37 268 51 132 53,812 18 706 37 475 2 206 24,978 19 368 33 676 644 25,850 20 681 32 636 725 30,779 20 353 32 357 835 18 172 20 126 23 3| | 18 430 7,377 6,844 17 574 1 7 582 7,377 17 5 1 1 17 394 7,483 1 , 234 . 7 87 6 802 2 87 3 36 2 94.6 56 4 49 0 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl : Production thous proof oa 1 Stocks tota 1 do r 1 n i ndust i a 1 a 1 coho 1 bonded warehouses do. . ., . + r f Withdrawn tax~paid Alcohol, denatured: Production thous d' do wine pal Stocks do ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, tota 1 m i l kw -hr Uti 1 ities do Industrial establish do.. £/ Revised, orately. £/ P r e l i m i n a r y . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS i 42,899 36,977 5,922 42 . 857 36,835 6,021 * May 1953 data. 44,975 38,901 6,074 FOODSTUFFS Fermented malt liquors: 8,767 Production thous bb 1 . 8,097 Tax-paid withdrawals do.. 1 1,058 Stocks, end of month do.. D i st i 1 1 ed sp i r i ts : 1 1,469 Production thous tax gal. Tax-paid wi thdrawa Is. . . . . do. . 10,838 88 1 , 8 13 Stocks end of month do. . Whisky: 7,674 Production do. . 5,499 Tax- pa id wi thdrawa Is do. . 730,919 Stocks end of month. do. Rectified s p i r i t s & wines, 8,051 prod . , total . .thous . proof gal. 6,733 Wh5 sky do. . Meats, product ion, toto 1 . .mi 1 . Ib . 1,617 • Beef and veal . . thous. Ib. 859,894 Lamb and mutton . . . , do . . 44,558 712,978 Pork, i n c l u d i n g lard do.. Lard do. . 130,863 Coffee, v i s i b l e supply 666 thous. bags LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Shoes & slippers, production, r4l, 1 18 to+al thous. pairs Shoes, etc., exc. athletic, r36,084 total .thous. pairs 8, 136 Men ' s . do 1,595 Youths' and boys' do. . Women ' s . . do . .r 18,455 5,077 Misses' and chi Idren's. . .do. . Infants' and babies' do.. 2,821 Slippers for houseweor . . . .do. . 4,533 258 Ath letic do. . 243 Other footwear do. . METALS & MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale thous sh tons * 1 , 272 Sh i pments, toto 1 do. . * 1 , 1 86 For sa le . . . do. . *642 Costings, m o l l e a b l e iron: Orders unf for sole sh tons * 160, 387 *82 050 Shipments total do *48,OI I For sale do.. Cast i ngs, stee 1 : *I65,649 Shipments, total ...short tons * 126, 380 For sa le tota 1 do *29,552 Railway specialties do.. Leod, refined (primary ref.): 36,880 Production short tons 44, 140 Shipments (domestic) do.. 56,569 Stocks, end o' month do.. Electrical app 1 . , sales b i l l e d : 197,506 Vocuum cleaners, stand . .number Washers do. . 313,005 I n c l u d e s bonds of the Internationol Bonk for May June 7,949 7,011 10,680 8,556 7,239 1 1 , 54 1 9,547 8,646 1 1,846 14,636 12,029 864,016 13,876 1 1,853 864,004 13,905 12, 143 864,343 9,862 5,998 718,726 9,579 5,748 719,567 9, 139 5,732 720,713 6,605 5,823 1,609 828,596 52, 190 727,839 131,394 6,851 5,996 1,563 838, 154 48,262 676,709 125,254 7,091 6, 126 1,683 905,294 51,950 725,640 137,369 637 694 832 42,306 36,790 41,224 38,336 7,857 1,543 21,096 4,756 3,084 3,376 275 319 r 33, 279 r6,963 r 1 , 509 r 17,652 r4,370 r2,785 r3,082 260 r!69 36,825 7,631 1,716 19,604 4,821 3,053 3,989 271 139 826 995 528 775 943 516 69,094 74,515 39, 102 67,040 67,856 37,306 105,788 78,754 10,768 94,610 70,596 9,337 46,730 47, 161 100,441 49, 139 40, 183 109,302 220,849 r 209, 434 272,593 254,017 42,317 46,987 104,626 195,781 309,012 Reconstruction and Development not shown sep- PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUttNEM Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 43,529 37 , 429 6, 100 Apri 1 June June
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