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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 mogtmne SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * December 17, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * • WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 1953 Dec. 12 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. .. 1947-49-100 Farm products do.. Foods, processed do. . A 1 1 other . do 22 commodities 2/ do. . Department store sa les. . . .do. . Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do.. Failures, ind. & comm. .. number Bond yields, domestic corpo~ rate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1953 1954 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 109.3 90.7 103.4 1 14 5 90.3 *I09.8 *93.7 *I03.8 *l 14.5 88.6 **I90 109.5 92.0 103.2 1 14 5 90.4 133 ** 1 , 37 1 ** 1,275 216 #1,701 #1,516 226 221 223 3. 12 3 13 3 13 3.39 109.5 91.8 103.5 1 14 5 90.2 191 Dec. 12 Dec. I I 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,cr ude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/. . .1947-49-100 Freight car loadings. thous. cars Miscellaneous . . , do.. 190.8 206.0 1954 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 258.6 289.8 258.2 289. 1 1,470 1 ,417 **8,582 105,758 *-*6,085 9,087 130,396 6, 167 9,612 166,715 6, 181 121.7 **662 **354 1 19.2 584 306 120.8 662 348 ** 1 , 395 Dec. 1 1 264.7 296.7 169,258 121.9 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y average. 4_/ Week ended December 18, 121.0. * Monthly index for November 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,592,000; State programs, 1,413,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 1953 1 TFM November September October November 13,955 I4/T39 r 14, 665° 14,551 2,531 813 2,536 740 r2,49l r8J2 2,558 842 866 384 847 392 r9l 1 r406 91 1 396 1, 156 3,475 975 1,543 r 22, 425 10,234 r!2, 191 r 1, 139 r3,66l rl,OI7 r 1,686 21,996 9,974 12,022 1,081 3,444 985 1,820 r 1 12 r(07 r 1 18 rl!3 e!38 el 14 r63,905 r 62, 206 r6,636 r55,570 1,699 65,243 62, 144 '7,527 54,617 3,099 64,882 62, 141 7,239 54,902 2,741 64,624 61,731 6, 154 55,577 2,893 49,851 16,988 829 2,789 4,216 10,828 2,034 5,467 6,700 r48,526 16,019 r7!9 r2,8!7 r4,032 r 10, 480 r2, 1 15 5,606 6,738 r 48, 620 r 16, 045 r7!3 2,764 r4,OI4 r 10,565 r2, 108 r5,546 r6,865 p48,673 p!6,07l p7!9 p2,692 p3,993 p i 0,727 p2, 105 p5,509 p6,857 1,051 3,291 Food group do. . 898 Gasoline serv. stations. do. . 1,753 General-merch. group... do.. Inventories (adj. ) ,tota 1 .do. . *22,720 * 10, 727 Durable-goods stores. .. .do. . *l 1,993 Nondurable-goods stores. do.. Dept. store sales, U.S. total: Unadjusted index.. 1947-49=100 136 113 Adjusted i ndex do. . EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Labor force (Bureau Census) : C i v i l i a n labor force. .. .thous. Emp 1 oyed do . . Agr icu Itura 1 do. . Nonagricu Itura 1 do. . Unemp Joyed do. . Employees in nonagr. estab 1 . , total, unadj thousands Manufacturing do. . Mining do. . Contract construction. .. .do. . Transp. &. pub. uti 1 do.. Wholesale & retail trade. do.. Finance, ins. A, real est.do.. Service & mi see 1 laneous. .do. . Gover nment do. . r_/ ep,./ Estimat ed. i / Revised, r w v i s e u . j)/ y i Preliminary. ri tr \ iiiiiitai y. ery, and transportation equipment November September 13,534 7,910 187 695 308 459 1,088 902 1,240 913 1,449 243 425 r 12,61 1 r7,OI5 r 1 14 r697 r296 437 r965 r820 r 1,095 r802 r 1, 184 214 r392 5,624 1, 149 101 1,046 1,085 446 522 548 r5,596 r 1,252 110 r987 r 1,053 441 r523 r524 r5,5!6 r 1,165 110 r99l r 1,049 r440 r524 528 184 210 334 177 r!99 330 r 176 r205 r329 109.4 108.7 148.0 102.0 100.2 138.4 r 102.3 r 101. 0 r 139.6 p!02.5 plOI.8 PI4I.3 40.0 40.6 39.1 71.60 76.73 63.73 39.7 40. 1 39.3 71.86 76.99 65.24 39.9 40.4 39.2 72.22 77.97 65.07 p40. 1 p40.6 p39.4 p72.98 p78.36 p65.80 October November EMPLOYMENT & WAGES - Con. DOMESTIC TRADE A l 1 retai 1 stores: Sales (unadjusted), total _!_/ m i l . dol. Durable-goods stores: Automotive group do.. Furniture A, app 1 iances.do. . Nondurable-goods stores: Apparel group do.. Drug & prop, stores. .. .do. . Eating and drinking 1954 ITEM Prod, workers in mfg. ind.: Tota 1 thousands ' Durable goods do.. ; Ordnance & acces do.. Lumber & wood prod.. ..do.. Furniture & f ixtures. . .do. . Stone, clay, etc..do.. Primary metal ind do.. Fab. metal products 2/. do. . Machinery (exc. e lee.). do.. Electrical machinery. . .do. . Transportation equip... do.. Instruments, etc. ...... .do. . Miscel. mfg. ind do.. Nondurable goods do.. Food 4 kindred prod.... do.. Tobacco manufactures. .. do. . T e x t i l e - m i l l products. .do. . Apparel, etc do.. Paper & a l l i e d prod.... do.. Printing, etc do.. Chemicals, etc do.. Products of petroleum and coa 1 do. . Rubber products do.. Leather & leath. prod.. do.. Mfg. prod. -worker indexes: Employment: Unadj . 1947-49= 100 Adj do.. Payrolls, unadjusted do.. Hours and earnings, all mfg.! Average weekly hours per wor ker hour s Durable goods ...do.. Nondurable goods do.. Avg. weekly earnings. .dol lars Durab le goods do. . Nondurab le goods do. . r 12, 655 p 12, 679 r7, 139 p7,232 rl!3 pll2 r7IO p700 r299 p297 r438 p440 p980 r972 r827 p833 r 1,093 p i , 094 r8!8 p833 r 1,257 p i , 337 r2!3 p2!3 r399 p395 p5,447 p 1 , 099 p!02 p992 p i , 045 p442 p524 p529 p!75 p208 p33l * October 1953 data. J./ November 1954 figures are advance estimates . 2/ Excelit ordnaoos, •ochin- MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 ITEM November September October Nondurable goods do.. Food & kindred prod.... do.. Tobacco manufactures. . .do. . Text! le-mi 1 1 products do Appare 1 , etc . . do Paper & a l l i e d prod.... do.. Printing, etc do.. Chemicals, etc do.. Products of petroleum and coa 1 do. . Rubber products do. . Leather & leath. prod.. do.. LUMBER Lumber (NLMA) : Prod., total m i l . bd. ft. Softwoods do. . Sh i pments , tota 1 do. . So f twood s do . . Stocks, gross do.. Softwoods do. . Steel products, net shipments: Total thous. sh. tons Bars* Hot rolled .. do Reinforcing . do. Semimanufactures .. do. Pipes and tubes do.. p lates do. . Rai Is do. . Sheets do. . Strip* Cold r o l l e d do Hot ro 1 led. do. . Structural shapes do.. Tin plate & ternep late. . do. . Wire & wire prod do.. August September October PAPER AND PRINTING 1.79 1.89 1 .91 1.63 1.56 1.75 2.08 1.87 I.V9 1.79 2. 10 1.81 1.60 1.81 1.92 2.02 1.67 1.58 1.79 2. 13 1.90 2.03 1.82 2. 15 1.85 1.61 .81 93 r2 01 .68 .58 .78 r2. 12 r 1.92 2.03 1.83 r2. 15 r 1 .85 r 1.61 p i . 82 p i 93 p2.00 p i . 65 p i . 58 p i . 78 p2. 12 p i . 93 p2.03 p i . 83 p2. 16 p 1.85 p i . 62 1 .63 1.65 1.24 1 37 i .35 1.71 2.22 1 .86 1.66 1.66 1.25 1 36 i 36 1.77 2.29 1.94 1.66 r 1.67 1.25 1 36 1 34 rl.77 2.29 r 1.91 p 1.67 p i . 72 p i . 29 p i 37 p 1 .33 p i . 78 p2.29 p i . 93 2.26 1.92 1.38 *3,540 *2,748 *3,252 *2,602 *8,577 *5,565 2.32 1 .98 1.38 3,240 2,657 3,202 2,662 8,967 5, 103 r2 28 2.02 1.39 p2.29 p2.03 p i . 38 3,349 2,748 3,330 2,730 8,934 5,093 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore, shipments (Lake Superior dis.).thous. 1. tons Steel ingots & steel for cast.: Product ion. .. .thous. sh. tons October November EMPLOYMENT & WAGES - Con. Hours and earnings - con. Avg. hourly earni ngs. .do 1 lars. Durable goods do.. Ordnance & acces do. Lumber & wood prod do.. Furniture i, f ixtures. . .do. . Stone, clay, etc do.. Primary metal ind do.. Fab. metal prod. I/.... do.. Machinery (exc. elec.Kdo.. E lectr ica 1 mach do. . Transportation equip... do.. Instruments, etc do.. Miscel. mfg. ind do.. 1954 1953 1954 ITEM 5,300 7,951 7,252 2,918 8,690 90 6,807 67 7,702 73 8,074 79 *6,727 *758 *I6I *232 *864 *644 *I64 *2,003 *I94 *I80 *442 *36I *329 5,004 471 151 138 694 379 63 1,357 103 108 346 580 359 5,035 530 150 141 662 395 59 1,633 1 10 130 344 273 360 Paper, ex. bldg. paper, newsprint & paperboard (APPA) : Orders, new ...sh. tons Product ion do. . Sh i pments .do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Fine paper: Or der s , new do . . Product i on do. . Sh i pments do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Printing paper: Or der s , new do . . Produ ct i on do . . Sh i pments. do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Coarse paper: Orders, new do. . Production do. Shipments do.. Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . 917,863 936,71 1 937,805 39 1 , 840 r 88 1 , 04 1 r* 888, 960 r 880, 206 r42 1,584 867 , 980 861,099 856,917 428,204 895,000 917,000 91 1,000 431,500 109,887 115, 846 1 16,817 86,660 r 106, 820 r l 12,279 r 106,813 r 104,741 108,552 1 10,331 107,736 109,274 1 17,000 1 18,000 1 14,000 I I I , 000 31 1,553 32 1 , 420 315,040 164,379 r297,809 r 308, 034 r 306, 948 r 1 5 1 , 600 307,601 299,596 297,900 153,295 312,000 315,000 314,000 154,000 313,043 313,984 317,495 75,423 r 302, 502 r 293, 602 r289,863 r 99, 898 283,590 292,000 280,604 308,000 280,946 308,000 99,935 100,000 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Consumption long tons Stocks, end of month do.. Synthetic rubber: Production .... . .do Consumption do Stocks, end of month. ... .do. . Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Production thousands Sh 5 pments do. . O r i g i n a l equipment do.. Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Inner tubes: Product i on do. . Sh i pments do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . 56, 167 1 16, 195 46,744 1 14, 191 38,069 r52,4!2 124,810 r 1 19, 191 57, 170 58,515 166,724 48,807 42,051 170, 159 7,666 7,565 3, 152 13,446 5,427 8,080 2,527 9,985 7,279 r6,269 1,601 I 1, 184 7,869 6,266 1,868 12,799 5,758 5,956 10,904 3,773 5,748 6,588 4,490 r4,034 r7Yl79 3,953 3,087 8,313 thou s . bb 1 .**23,795 do. . **27,433 **I2,859 do.. do . . **5,OOI 25,681 28,802 r 14,399 6,029 25,549 29,058 10,890 4,673 2/ 5,71 1 2/53,358 7.1 2,987 7.1 3,071 2,751 20,429 1,257 1,234 2,452 17, 157 874 1, 170 2,269 17,593 738 1,200 29,930 1 1,790 23,760 9,253 r24,8IO r l 1,580 20, 184 9,500 51,384 55,644 r 53, 878 57,582 r 1 6 1 , 662 161,711 STONE, CLAY, & GLASS PRODUCTS Port 1 and cement : Product i on Shipments Stocks, finished Stocks , c 1 i nker TEXTILE PRODUCTS Women's, misses', juniors1 outerwear, cuttings: Coats thous. units Dresses do. . Suits . . . do Waists, etc . thous doz Wool, consumption, m i l l : 3/ Apparel class thous. Ib. Carpet class do.. r_/ Revised. JD/ Preliminary. * October 1953 data. ** September 1953 data. _[/ Except ordnance, machine ry, and transportation equipment. 3/ Data for October 1953 and September 1954 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2Y Total for three months, October , November, December 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. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Pennlt No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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