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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 magoiine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS August 7. 1955 * * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published HI fh? latest monthly SURVEY * ** * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities.. . 1947-49=100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed .do.. A 1 1 other do. . 22 commod i t i es 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 1953 1952 1953 1952- . ITEM ITEM Aug. 2 July 18 1 1.8 10.2 10.0 12.5 96.5 **79 1 10.5 97.4 104.6 1 14.5 87.9 84 ** 1,323 ** 1,236 152 #941 #889 148 *l *l *l *l 3. 18 3.54 J u l y 25 1 II.0 98.9 106.3 1 14.5 88.2 83 184 3.53 1 10.5 97.4 104.9 1 14.5 88.4 182 3.52 J u l y 18 J u l y 25 193. 1 210.8 184.7 199.2 185.0 199.4 **l, 1 15 1,525 1,527 **7,328 18,760 **5,983 8,209 163,955 6,464 ' 8,460 161, 137 6,483 55.5 **607 **303 132.9 791 369 132.5 781 367 Aug. 2 Aug. 1 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39=: 100 Industrials (420) do.. Production: Bi turn. 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. Petroleum, crude J3/. .thous. b b l . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 Freight car load ings. thous. cars Misce 1 laneous do. . Aug. 1 185.5 200. 1 159,226 130.0 I/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily averages. 47 Week ended August 8, 136.3. * Monthly index for J u l y 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 934,000; State programs, 882,000. MONTHLY ITEM BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 June Apri 1 May June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial prod. (FRB): Unadj., combined index 1935-39=100 Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. .. do. . Iron and steel do Lumber and prod ,do. . Furniture ,do. . Lumber ,. do. . Machinery ,. do. . Nonferrous metal s, etc ..do. . Smelting & ref i n i ng. . do. . Stone, clay, etc do.. Clay products do.. Transportation equip.. do.. Autos (incl. parts).. do.. Nondurab le mfs do. . Chemical products do.. Industrial chemica Is. do. . Leather and prod do. . Leather tann i ng do. . Shoes do Mfd. food products. .. .do. . Meat pack i ng do. . Processed fruits & vegetab les do. . Printing & pub 1 i sh i ng.do. . Rubber products do. . Textiles & products. . .do. . Cotton consumption. .. do. . Rayon deliveries do.. Minerals do Fue Is do Anthracite do. . Bituminous coal do.. Crude petroleum do. . Metals do 1953 1952 ITEM June Apr i 1 May June GEN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con. 205 215 249 140 155 169 148 352 210 246 225 169 339 229 240 254 325 292 168 190 157 402 263 299 230 160 415 31 1 r240 r253 r322 291 r 154 184 r 139 r399 r263 r290 r238 r 160 r404 300 p242 p254 p322 p288 p!6l p!83 p 149 p400 p263 p285 p236 p i 63 p408 p300 187 296 563 #105 #90 #1 15 165 147 196 322 615 1 13 102 1 19 150 159 r 198 r320 r6!9 111 104 1 16 r 156 154 p!99 p322 p626 124 175 #242 154 133 312 149 161 74 102 193 74 89 187 272 168 141 355 163 167 47 113 201 134 r99 187 269 r!73 143 r367 r 168 170 66 1 13 p203 r 1 59 p!62 p i 53 p i 08 p!78 p i 74 142 366 p j 74 Dr 176 ' 'w 66 125 p207 n 11 fiR P 0.2 Industrial prod. - Con. Adj., combined index I/ 1935-39=100 Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . Lumber Nonferrous metals do. do. . 204 214 247 z/z 11 7n /U 241 255 326 1 68 157 263 234 1i f\^ DD r240 r253 r32l r 15 1 r 134 r263 r23l r 1 60 p24l p253 p32l p i52 p 135 p263 p233 p 1 64 186 298 #105 #90 166 148 198 319 1 13 103 164 171 r 199 r320 11I 104 r !63 154 p !99 p324p 162 p!55 161 176 147 65 146 181 1 64 1 *f D r!52 184 r r 1i Afi DO rr 11 AJ*i 4-.? _ i ->r\ P ! /U o ^O p i1 .Dy 95.46 95.84 75.27 94.42 94.79 74,88 95.30 95.69 74,62 95 , 964 94 , 238 i1 ,"^/i 34"^J 98,562 96,662 1 ,429 98,985 97,094 1 ,42 1 99,454 97,576 1 ,4! i 97,315 95 , 092 1 ,823 103,251 100,853 1,899 104,830 102 432 1,898 104,357 10 1 966 1 , 69 1 146 134 210 OT5 Clay products do Nondurab le mfs do. . unem i ca i products do . . Leather and prod do. . Leather tanning do. . Mfd. food products. .. .do. . Meat packing do. . Processed fruits & vegetab les do. . Printing & pub 1 i shi ng .do. . M i nera 1 s do Metals do |/C p i 40 p i 79 F 1 NANCE Bonds: Average price of a l l listed bonds (NYSE) 2/ dollars Domestjc do. . Foreign do. . Value, issues listed NYSE: Market value, a l l issues -~ 2/ m i l . do 1 . Domest i c do . . p • . Face value, all issues 27 m i l . dol . Domestic do. . Fore i gn do . . 98.61 99. 10 73.69 r./ Revised ^/Preliminary. # For May 1952. _[/ Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at lOv, are not shown; see unad ii-ted series. 2/ Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1952 ITEM Apr i ! June May FINANCE - Con. Slocks : Si-.ar^*; i '<ied on NYSE • IMsrket vsiu@ . mi i . dol. 1 14,489 2,706 No shares i I stsd m < 1 1 ions CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS A ! c^hoS ©thy i • 32 922 ^rodu5"" f i on ~i~hous proof oal Stocks, total. . . . . do. . 74,420 If? Industrie! alcohol bonded warehouses. .... .do. . 50,584 23 837 j n cipna'i ur ' no p i ants do '• 'sed for densturation do 33 102 1,447 Withdrawn tax-paid do.. f A, | re?'-,--! denatured • c-i- r^e --i^-t- j on thous wine ga i 17 868 Cr>. -."iTfj . (w i thdrawa is)... do. . 18,018 ^ I~GCKS do 8 055 44 681 74,492 55,022 19 470 34 435 2, !05 18 414 23, 105 10,207 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power , production, tota 1 . m i l . kw . - hr . Ut i ! i + i es do ! ndustr ia 1 estab i ish do. . 36,052 3 1 , 525 4,526 41,510 35 , 627 5,882 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. 130,210 Cheese (factory), total.. do., 139,870 ^ondepsed mi Ik (sweetened) r-ase goods thous ib 4,750 Evaporated mi ik (unsweet349,000 ened), case goods do . Dry mi 1 k • Dry whole mi Ik do #1 1 035 Nonfat dry m i l k sol ids.. do.. #120,850 1,444 Meats, product ion, total . .mi 1 . Ib. Beef and veal thous Ib 582 712 Lamb and mutton do. . 4 1 , 392 819 934 Pork, i n c l u d i n g iard do Lard do. . 160,274 Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals) : Cigarettes, sma! 1, tax-free #3,348 mi 1 1 ions Cigarettes, s m a l l , tax-paid #32,920 mi 1 1 i ons Cicj?vrf". "t^x-pa'd thousands #483,475 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-p^id thous ibs #18,815 METALS & MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders unf i i led for sal© thous sh tons Shipments, tota! . do For sale do. . £/ Revised, j)/ Preliminary. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS #i 459 #1 , 101 #624 134,330 119,915 155,660 149,720 157,280 15!, 225 4 480 5 350 3 775 243, 500 322 , 600 327 , 600 8 iOO 124,900 1,649 826 083 52^458 770 875 146,255 9 200 146,400 1,617 1,537 812 729 859 894 44,558 46,755 677,203 7 12,978 128, 166 130,863 2,703 17,887 i 1 # For May S952, r 17,438 306 277 683 June 1 272 1 , 186 642 PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada: Product ion sh . tons Shipments from mi 1 is do. . Stocks, m i l l s , end mo.... do.. Newsprint, United States: Consump . by pub 1 i shers. . .do. . Production do. . Shipments from mi 1 Is do. . Stocks, end of month: At m i l l s do At p u b l i s h e r s do.. In transit to pub do.. i953 Apr 5 1 May #180,382 #8 1 , 770 #51 ,476 174,514 95,923 57 757 160,387 82 , 050 48,01 1 #173 635 #132 129 #35 227 179 615 1 40 05 1 34 035 165,649 126 380 29 552 #13 346 #90 225 9 286 83 423 12 83 1 89,479 #2, 145 #9,665 1,740 5,310 1,821 6,745 #4 ! , 707 #5 1 , 743 #74 1 83 48,960 53,904 78 784 53,657 64, 173 86 387 342.9 330.8 276.8 372 . 7 June p272.8 p34! ! r246.4 r356.4 206,939 28 1 , 635 268,548 r 252, 404 294,960 295,393 197,506 313,005 451,915 483,791 141,805 480,316 498,889 183,273 480,239 467,656 195,856 463, 193 486,389 172,660 379,943 99,080 98, 138 408,874 88, 194 89,004 429,562 92,405 91, 168 38 1 , 1 86 90,727 89,640 9 568 476,479 74,592 7,887 515,063 91,272 9 !24 483,059 69,684 10,21 1 484,762 76,270 75.2 27.2 r78.3 r24.0 r8!.5 r26.6 80 2 27.2 78.8 15.2 r60.2 22.9 r57.9 r26. 1 56.9 29.7 #25, i08 #8. 132 36,490 14,320 31,540 9,736 #~- \ , 64-8 #6,252 #34,692 #10,704 r 6 9, 235 9, 185 r43,065 r 16,985 57,464 7,708 37,992 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom. , producers7: F i 1 ament yar n ..mil 1b Staple ( i n c l . tow) do.. Stocks, producers', end mo.: F i i ament yar n . ..mil 1 b . Stap !e ( i nc 1 tow) . , do . Woo ! : I/ Consump., m i l l (clean basi1^): Apparel c less. ,.,, .thous . !b. i C a r o e t class do Yarn, woolen & worsted, prod., tota 1 thous 1 b Knitting do Weaving exc carpet do. Carpet and other do. . i i , 764 \_! Data for A p r i l 1953 cover 5 weeks; other monihs, 4 weeks PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE 10 AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUSINESS 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 2,658 3 1 , 607 r30,587 477,570 r507 629 WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Permit .No. June METALS & MANUFACTURES - Con. Castings, m a l l e a b l e iron: Orders unf for sale sh tons Shipments to+al do 1 1 5 37 i 1 13 306 For sale do 2 878 2 862 j Castings, stee I : Shipments total do For sale total do 43 394 40 645 Rai 1 way specialties do Boilers, radiators and con78,581 72,519 vectors, cast iron: Boilers (round and square): 53,81? 54,872 Shipments thous Ib 18 707 23 709 Stocks end of month do 35 640 37 469 Rad i at ion : 2,206 2,030 Shipments. .... .thous. sq. ft. Stocks, end of month. . . .do. . 20 !26 19 201 Oi 1 burners : 23^309 21,845 Orders, unf , end mo number 6 844 8 855 Shipments do , Stocks end of mo do Machine tools: 42,733 New orders. 1945-47-100 41,995 Sh i pments . . , . . . ....... do 35 , 982 36 , 827 Electrical a p p l . , sales b i l l e d : 6,013 5,905 Vacuum c leaners, stand ..number i Washers .do. . 114, 862 2 840 1952 ITEM
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