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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available oniy with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS AUGUST 8, 1952 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 9.0 1938-39 * IOO 300 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots ©nd St©@f lor Costings) ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION By UTiliTIES s.o 250 200 ISO 5.0n ' t 1 ' « ' 1 ' « M I ' M I ' » ' ' I i ' ' I ' ' ' I i i n I - ' ' i I M i 1 1 i i i I i i i I I . 1 I J i i I I' I I I I . . I ! ! I I I I , . I I 100 JAW. S 9 3 5 - S 9 • SOO 260 f THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES 250 200 MOTOR-VEHICLE PRODUCTION Cars and Trucks) S949 1951 1950 ftB. 3 MAR. As *?. KAY of 420 JUNE JULY AU8. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. STOCKS J952 1949 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS tf ?51 TTtPM Jtily 2B CoHEfiodiiy prices, wholesale (revised): All commodities* . . . . , Farm products. « «..*«... July 12 July 19 m.i 109.4 .^98 2.22 79 1^108 1,037 110.7 107.6 108.1 111.9 293.0 ,3% 2.23 83 1,261 1,190 27,881 24,282 19,099 669 29 , 148 24,155 20,153 129 299137 24,465 20*413 537 28,994 24,671 25,755 10^ 528 50,383 70,100 30,9^7 19,124 173 3*15 179.4 195,9 38,191 18,144 51,708 77,493 33,5^2 20^567 131 3.17 192.0 209,7 22,376 9,099 51,750 76,728 33»364 20, 580 156 3.17 190.8 208 1 1,658 7,003 115,267 6,121 227.3 813 380 1,120 6,478 79S986 6,011 30,9 447 258 1,018 6 988 61 671 5,984 T*.0 572 293 1,104 7 180 26 784 5,990 35*4 609 301 1,117 7 328 36 332 5,983 35.6 607 303 Aug. 4 July 5 **m.3 , 1947-49=100. . »114.2 *lllsl .......«..*.... «do» . e . 28 cora»oditie$ 2/. ....... *...., August 1939=100. . Cotton , middling, 15/16", 10 mrkets j/ dol. per lb.. Wheat, Mo. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) j^*.....dal« per bu.. Department store sales 1947-49^100, . Insured unemployment , total . . « . « . . » . . . thous . . Stftt** 1952 prOp-TOTIS - . r . , , . . . „ o ..... i , D o , . . . . < « o . ....... a c .. «dO . o . . **107,3 **1Q8.7 **212.6 293*3 *no9? *115.7 327*6 .375 2.31 80 997 970 Finance: Currency in circulation ^/ . . ® , . . . . . . T > T ? r T * - . . . .mil » nf* dol T » 27,759 Federal Reserve bank credit, total do« . . • 24,063 19,088 648 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Bank debits , total ..,....<, mil. of dol. . 23S637 New York City , do. . . . 9 nni 50, 535 70,114 30,949 lSj.958 Ocm&aerclsf * indtustrisilj and agr» loans (gross) ^ . » . .do B . .« 184 3.15 177.0 Stock' prices, 4BO stocks (Standard and Poor's)... ,1935-39=100.. 19^,0 Production: 1,691 Bittaslnous coal 3/# , » * thous. of short tone. . 7,005 123,330 6,125 Steel &J 1935-39^=100. . 227.1 Freight carloadings, total. ....*........ .thotis. of cars. . 820 378 326,8 9358 2-. 32., aa- t1 1,0^ %r - July 26 m.? Aug. 2 m.5 109.6 109.6 109.2 11?. 0 293 5 .391 2.28 79 2»3 578 28,882 24,674 20, 326 516 28,957 24,907 20 409 637 27,100 10,941 52,002 76,643 33,402 20,637 103 3.17 192.3 210.0 26,829 10,629 52,448 76,191 33,256 20,626 137 3.18 192.1 209.7 109,2 111.9 292.7 .391 2.24 82 90./.?? 109»7 119./ •397 2.30 11,792 152 3.18 193.1 210 8 19 CV.5 99 8 I/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices. J/ Daily averages, ij Week ending August 9, 194«5. * Monthly index for July 1951. ** Monthly index for June 1952. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Surrey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1952 1951 Mv June terch April May June COMMODITY HIICES Retail price, U. S. Department of Commerce: 206.5 206.4 208.7 209.7 r210.3 210.5 226,207 53,766 172,01 11,509 2,455 36,120 122,357 202,047 49,861 152,186 10,814 2,214 30,166 108,992 213,228 52,943 160,285 8,553 2,756 30,203 118,773 -218,407 52,790 165,617 9,565 3,133 31,742 321,177 225,606 56,670 168,936 10,457 2,684 33,444 122,352 209,251 52,744 156,506 10,288 2,762 ,31,251 312,204 4.5 4.8 .4 1.2 2.8 .4 4.9 4.3 .4 1.0 2.5 .4 3.9 3.7 .3 1.1 2.0 .3 3.7 4.1 .3 1.3 2.2 .3 3.9 r3.9 .3 rl.l 2.2 .3 Pt.8 P3.7 P.3 pl.O P2.1 P.3 57,894 37,455 13,021 . 10,787 10,376 3,017 11,041 804 34,675 1,263 13,412 2,133 1,321 1,505 58,091 37,486 12,741 10,480 10,457 3,024 11,263 765 34,921 1,283 13,639 2,146 rl,324 rl,449 60,938 38,385 11,588 9,436 10,909 3,182 12,706 785 36,459 1,388 15,071 2,217 1,464 1,628 61,237 38,587 11,546 9,409 10,961 3,185 12,895 773 36,583 1,406 15,176 2,226 1,471 1,597 61,547 38,692 11,275 9,151 31,030 3,1% 13,190 780 36,719 1,423 15,296 2,236 1,483 1,637 61,857 38,780 11,0% 8,989 11,066 3,238 13,380 847 36,852 1,439 15,413 96.28 98.79 71.70 97.86 98.37 71.78 98.26 98.75 73.07 98.87 99.36 73.75 98.82 99.31 73.70 98.61 99.10 73.69 H7.4 116.6 115.9 116.2 116.3 116.2 99,938 98,278 1,369 101,692 99,482 1,910 97,818 96,163 1,366 99,958 97,754 1,904 96,699 94,978 1,338 98,415 96,183 1,831 97,355 95,625 1,347 98,466 96,239 1,827 97,311 95,583 1,345 98,474 96,249 1,825 95,964 94,238 1,343 97,315 95,092 1,823 3.09 3.16 3.19 3.36 3.36 3.17 2,89 2.93 3.15 3.40 2.94 2.99 3.21 3.49 2.96 3.03 3.24 3.51 2.93 3.01 3.20 3.50 2.93 3.00 3.20 3.49 2.94 3.03 3.20 3.50 2.90 3.10 3.28 2.96 3.18 3.33 2.99 3.21 3.36 2.97 3.19 3.32 2.97 3.19 3.31 2.98 3.20 3.32 4.15 4.51 1.87 2.58 2.65 2.73 4.15 4.53 1.87 2.58 2.63 2.73 3.92 4.19 1.91 2.65 2.60 2.84 3.94 4.21 1.91 2.65 2.60 2.84 3.95 4.22 1.91 2.67 2.63 2.84 3.% 4.22 1.91 2.69 2.64 2.88 6.35 6.55 5.85 6.44 4.77 3.49 6.55 6.79 5.90 7.03 4.86 3.48 5.49 5.54 5.50 5.85 4.41 3.37 5.77 5.87 5.62 6.05 4.58 3.41 5.65 5.73 5.53 5.87 4.57 3.30 5.45 5.48 5.51 5.64 4.56 3.1B 100,120 2,452 97,920 2,528 110,690 2,691 314,489 2,706 DOMESTIC TRADE Newspaper advertisings EMPLOYMENT Labor turn-over in manufacturing establishments* FINANCE Life insurance (Life Insurance Association of America): Government (domestic and foreign), total Cash...,. ..... .do.... ......do.... Bonds i Average price of all listed bonds (N.7.S.E.) J/.,, dollars,. Mot (Standard and Poor's Corporation)! Industrial, utility, and railroad U1+ issues) s Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange t Yieldi I By ratings i By iroupol Stocks t Dividends per share, annual ratet Industrial (125 ntmrics)... ..................... ..do.... Rittio utility (24 stocks)... ...........do.... Railroad (25 stocks)..... .«.««...««««««,.««. .....do.... Yields t Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody' s. Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange: percent.. 113,0$9 2,644 107,848 2,661 yst 1,633 I/ Revised. £/ Prelialnary. I/ Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in monthly insue» of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 19 52 19>51 May June Msurch April June May CHMCCALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses...*..*.....do.... Alcohol, denatured: Fats, oile, and toyproduotai Animal fat si Oreafles: Flah oilet Vegetable oilfl, total t Cottonseed oil, refined: Production. ••••• ••••••••••••••••»*«•••••. ..toous. of lb«. Unseed oil, ravt Soybean oil: Oleomargarine* 46,173 91,087 72,221 13,866 52,564 1,721 35,767 99,684 74,411 25,273 43*611 1,178 Zl-T^Q 95*3^0 54,937 40,423 40,922 1.861 •M a«"7 95-685 53,726 41,959 28,063 27,438 8,944 23,322 23,740 8,795 326.209 266,198 32 922 74 420 1,755 26,062 82,369 51,974 30,395 30.539 1,395 21,934 21,4,91 H,035 18,368 20,282 12,093 16,472 19,986 8,550 17,868 18,018 8,055 306,257 373,326 365,093 325.955 349,058 329.406 r 321,630 r336l784 305.335 367.590 54*892 94,507 52,630 101,780 52,114 100^536 50,357 105,411 r49,9B2 rUJf89? 49,486 115,580 9.189 62,053 19,082 79.494 298 73.055 5.T/1 68 5^ 31.060 66.640 12.748 69!931 420 1.062 1,028 430 343 1.054 632 382 rl.123 x624 123,723 /o/.7eft rlOO,080 r432.620 lf)l /Of) 38.953 A1.647 r638,02l U .015 637.975 1B9,977 177,198 185, 1P2 m.2ftO ELECTRIC POWER Electric power: Production, total.. «..«•« ..4.. «««««,.««..«. nil. of kv.*>hr.. 4B3 1-275 1,202 50,584 23 837 33 OQQ 1.447 44? ZOO 539 54,149 226,997 35,473 *»».fj*v 19/120 136,955 413*893 70,002 620,535 74.079 623.490 659,383 646.589 209,264 163,260 124,800 1191641 176,839 139,124 107,383 113,715 218,381 183.469 245,027 109./59 2CU..138 ?24,072 130.234 199,002 1*1^1.249 197^.73 126 7?0 17,959 70,927 19,529 96,762 21,655 101,136 95./1Q 100,709 15.839 104.040 26.837 106.126 151,602 86,770 140.550 128 %2 89,120 127 375 93/Oft 138 692 S3 29ft •j /p 7/0 81 922 35,136 29,871 5,265 34,966 29,840 5.126 38,568 33.040 5,529 36,736 31.515 5.221 ^t*** 37,065 31.824 *.9/n ?f**|W 36,052 31.525 4.526 36,000 34.850 18,000 20,800 34 10D 25 2On 4 725 ftO»344 Shortening* and compounds t 371 34.~10& Z.5.707 19Br6/l 572 79,578 FOODSTOT7S AND TOBACCO Dairy products, production t Condensed vLUc (sweetened): Evaporated nili (unsweetened), case goods*.. Dry nilJc: ....do.... Totaooo, nanufaot^red prochwts, consumption (withdrawals): Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid. ...thouB. of Ibs.. 388,500 371,900 15.650 101,100 14.325 108.400 9 nnn • 67,900 3,9% 32,776 478.693 19,272 3.463 32.474 502.592 19,091 2,229 1.397 7% 2,162 1.309 743 1.711 1.172 661 1.616. 1 2O5 653 1.459 i ini 277,778 101,345 61,918 ?5*.!U4 94^376 57.176 196,8% 80,960 196,215 89,270 56.337 1B0.382 81,770 51 L*ft% r!80,188 130,826 39,194 lft/i.A2A 131.219 41,605 173.694. 131 997 32,118 175.075 13A. 325 173 635 l«p TOO 80.430 77,567 73 093 17./T1 431.7 77.679 79,299 7/ I/O 15.791 393.2 85,028 85,575 80,121 26.004 316.0 3.107 ' 29 878 /7g irn 16,759 / CAA 4,puu 261,850 366,100 Q A^n 11 5«f| JJL,«?U Castings, steel: Zinc, slab: Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net T/ Revised. 1937-39=100.. /Q.ntt/ 347,750 1^1 5ft 82.300 122.300 ui|900 2*889 31 774 3.348 32 920 496 512 o* cOe /QA /4ft 18,331 18,443 491 964 M?076 METALS AND M&NTJFACTOKES Castings, gray iron: Castings, malleable iron. ^ Qnn 7r ,4UU /1Y1 205,000 5. "TOO 620 33.549 35,227 83 Oil 85,592 73 81ft 23^423 ftA Iftft 74.665 ^/ / £7 32.946 385.1 325.2 9*7 91 o f r,ZJLO »r» ioe 47,125 <%X M£/ 36,754 A *a 001 03,031 353.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued Earlier data are aTrailable in aonthly Issus© of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1951 Hay METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Electrical appliances, domestic, aales billed: Vacuum cleaners, standard type. ..... e atnfoer, * 201,963 Washers I/ . <.. do. ... 262,754 Radio sets, production 2/ «..».... do. . . • 1,417,828 405,000 Television sets (including combination), production do..,. PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS Bituminous coals Indngrtrlal ro^gmfflpti^ii, t-ot-al „ , * , 4 J ^thfog, of short terns** 31,286 974 8,708 695 Electric-power utilities + . . e * , * . . . . . . * . . . . » » «<So« ..* 7,664 4,367 Railways (class I).. . . « * » . . , . . . . « . « • « « . * * - * » ' * . »do. . . » 609 33.306 Stocks, iBd, imd retail dealers, ead of month, total.. do.... 74,807 73,109 Industrial total .. do. . » » 1,698 PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING Wood pulp: Production, total, all grades,.,* thaus* of short tons.. 1,482 Bleached sulphate ............ t ..............., ,_ short tone . * 190,388 566,923 Bl««i»hftd gftilph;! t,^r T - , , , T T . T f . . . t - T do. f .^ 211,021 65,886 Unbleached sulphite « do. . . • Soda do. . . . 40,607 221,550 Groundwood. » do. . • . Defibrated, exploded, etc »do« . . « 106,000 102,453 12,197 10,171 24,880 Unbleached sulphite* . . * « . . . , . . * . . , . . . * . . * . , * * . . . . . . .do* « . « 11,158 Soda. . . . . . c** ., ,..do, ... 571 40,487 TRAKSPOR1ATION EQTJIBSSNT 652,727 742 Domestic ».*,.. . . . * . . . . . . . . . , . . » . * » . » ,do» . . » 702 534-.93S Passenger cars , total ....I........*.*...*....,...,...... .do. . « « Domestic . , » « . . . « . . , . . . * . * „ . ......I,,..-,..*.....,....* »do« . » • 4B2,263 Trucks, total. . . . » . . * . . . * . . . « * * » . . . . . . . * * » * . « . . . .do. * * * 140,047 121,461 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Hosiery: Production .thous. of dozen pairs. . 12,943 10,983 Stocks, end of n»nth .do* . • • 29,008 1952 June March May April Jims 194,548 261,648 1,120,417 352,500 290,092 254,135 975,892 510,561 30,150 982 8,465 685 7,72B 3,985 568 3,73.9 76,992 75,258 1,734 32,170 899 8,807 665 8,510 3,698 677 7,070 77,293 76,042 1,251 rl,403 r!82,332 r538,127 r!98,374 r63,568 34,908 r210,883 101,000 rllQ?410 rU,260 12, 9U r26j6U 10,9% 1,068 40,841 1,456 211,906 552,033 213,340 61,776 39,041 214,847 86,773 124,064 13,369 16,557 28,662 13,407 1,973 41,861 1,375 195,895 512,267 207,095 59,253 37,813 198,464 89,170 139,706 34,545 18,349 41,660 22,150 2,161 42,547 617,685 838 773 482 , 029 457,293 134,318 115,079 482,973 569 499 373,231 352,645 109,173 92,033 529,585 597 507 416,155 396,902 112,833 97,591 r503?917 423 329 397,836 381,014 rl05,658 r90,921 513,710 484 382 406,250 392,504 109,976 94,929 12,163 11,453 30,208 13,250 13,961 28,037 13,476 13,551 28,087 13,324 12,317 29,075 13,046 12,481 29,693 217,169 222,266 847,946 322,878 28,422 685 7,627* 6(38 7,781 3,321 582 4,214 78tLU 76,810 1,331 216, 969 219,882 748,344 309,375 206,939 281,635 874,253 361,152 27,741 681 7,854 637 7,724 3S075 562 3,017 79,4% 78,033 1,463 20,256 172 2,930 624 7,369 2,569 348 2,97® 80,766 79,130 1,636 1,402 210,711 513,971 210,273 58,390 37,840 203,259 87,398 1,323 207,457 483,425 188,012 52,355 33,893 194,762 89,236 156,864 33,566 18,247 49,509 15,500 2?£40 ri47*535 17,277 18,139 47,217 12,571 2,170 r41,088 a, 030 r/ Revised. 3/ See corresponding Item in July Survey, J/ Data for June 1951 and.lferch and June 1952 coirsr 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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