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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 magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * December 25, 1953 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 Dec. 20 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 1947-49-100 Farm products. . , do. . Foods, processed do.. A 1 1 other do 22 commodities 2/, do. . Department store sales do Insured unemployment, total thous State programs do Fa i lures i nd & comm number rate (Moody 's) 3/ 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM percent Dec. 5 * 1 09 . 6 *99.2 *!04.3 *! 12 9 89.7 **223 1 10.2 95.0 104.2 1 14.6 88.6 190 **879 **824 14 1 #1,468 # 1 , 369 202 3 19 3 39 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 1 10. 1 95.0 104.7 1 14 5 88.6 217 216 3 39 1 10. 1 94.8 104.9 1 14.4 87.9 210 3.38 Dec. 20 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 196.5 213.0 1 ndustr i a 1 s (420) do. . Production: Bitum.coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons ** 1,688 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mi 1 kw -hr . **8, 140 Motor vehicles (Ward's) ... .No. 127,881 Petroleum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6,477 Steel (ingots & for castings, 139.3 quantity) 4/ 1947-49-100 **72I Fre i qht car 1 oad i nqs thous car s **373 M i see 1 laneous . . . . do . Dec. 12 Dec. 19 192.0 207.5 190.8 206.0 191.5 207.2 1,367 1,403 8,582 1 16,867 6,085 8,661 105,758 6, 131 122.8 662 354 121.7 652 351 Dec. 5 124,947 1 18.3 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended December 26, 93.5. * Monthly index for December 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 1,371,000; State programs, 1,275,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1952 1953 November BUSINESS POPULATION I n d u s t r i a l & comm. failures: Failures, total number Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & m i n i n g . . do.. ; Retai 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. L iab i 1 it ies,tota 1 . .thous . dol. Commercial service do.. Construction . . do. . Manufacturing & m i n i n g . . do.. Reta i 1 trade . do . Wholesale trade do.. 590 61 62 121 280 66 18,757 3,027 1,588 5,853 5,865 2,424 September 686 31 89 145 336 85 33,817 1,286 4,451 13,676 9,790 4,614 October November 840 75 89 188 404 84 37,076 3,848 4,366 14,956 9,67 1 4,235 815 66 97 175 389 88 36,795 2,687 4,621 13,568 1 1 ,083 4,836 COMMODITY PRICES Wholesale prices (Dept. Labor) : A l 1 commodities. . . 1947-49=100 Farm products do. . Fruits and vegetab les . . do. . Gra ins do.. L i vestock, 1 i ve poultry. do.. Foods, processed do. . Cereals & bakery prod.. do.. Dairy prod. 4, ice cream. do.. Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Meats, pou Itry & fish... do.. Commodities other than farm prod. & foods. . 1947-49-100 Chemicals, etc do.. Chemicals, indust do.. Drugs, etc do. . Fats and o i l s do.. Fertilizer mater ia 1 s. .do. . Paint, etc do. . Fuel, power, etc do,. Coa 1 do. . E 1 ectr i c i ty do . . Gas do. . Petroleum & prod do. . r/ Revised. 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM 1 10.7 103.6 1 13.2 96.5 93.0 107.7 107. 1 1 15.5 106.0 102.0 1 1 1.0 98. 1 96.0 88.3 90.6 106.6 MO. 8 1 1 1.3 104.7 97.4 1 10.2 r95.3 r94.2 87.9 82.0 104.7 112.0 1 12.7 r 104.9 r88.9 109.8 93.6 96.0 89.3 78.4 103.8 1 12.6 1 13.9 104.9 86.2 1 12.8 103.5 1 12.7 91 .9 53. 1 1 II . 1 106.3 106.7 1 13.6 98.0 104.9 108. 1 1 14.7 106.7 120.0 93.5 51. 1 1 13.0 107.3 1 10.9 1 12.3 98.0 106.0 1 16.5 r 1 14.6 106.7 1 19.5 93.5 r53.3 1 12.9 r 107.9 r 1 1 1 .2 1 12 5 r98.5 r 106 6 1 16.6 1 14.5 107.2 1 19.2 93.5 58.0 1 12.9 108.2 1 1 1 .0 1 12.5 98.5 106 6 1 16.3 COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Wholesale prices - Con. Furniture, etc. .. 1947-49= 100 App 1 iances, household ... do. . Furn iture, household. ... do. . Rad ios do. . Television sets do.. Hides, skins, etc .do.. Footwear do. . Hides and skins.. do.. Leather. ...» do. . Lumber & wood prod do.. Lumber . do Machinery, motive prod.. do.. Agr 5 . machinery, etc... do.. Elec. mach., etc do.. Motor vehicles do.. Metals & metal prod do.. Heating equipment do.. 1 ron and stee 1 do. . Nonferrous metals do.. Nonmetallic minerals, structure 1 do. . Clay products do.. Concrete products do . . Gypsum products do Pulp, paper, etc do.. Paper do. . Rubber and products do.. Tires and tubes .. do Text i le prod. , etc. . . . do. Apparel do.. Cotton products do.. S i l k products do.. Synthetic textiles do.. Wool products do Tobacco mfrs.& bot. bev. .do. . Be veraqes Q | coho l i e do Cigarettes do. . November September October November 112. 1 107.2 1 12.8 97.6 1 1 1 .0 69.2 90. 1 1 19.7 120.0 121 .4 121.6 126.2 1 19.5 1 19.7 123.9 113.6 127.0 122.5 1 14.9 109. 1 1 14.2 94.8 74.2 99.7 1 1 1 .8 74.2 94.5 1 19.2 1 18.3 124.0 122.3 130.9 126.2 1 18.6 128.5 1 15.8 134.6 122.8 1 14.8 109.0 1 14.2 94.8 74.2 r97. 1 1 1 1 .7 64.4 90.4 r 1 18. 1 r 1 17.2 124. 1 122.4 131.0 126.5 r 1 18.5 r!27.9 1 15.8 133.4 122. 1 1 14.9 109.0 1 14.2 94.3 74.2 97.2 1 1 1 .8 64.3 90.7 1 17.5 1 16.3 124.2 122.5 131.0 126.5 1 18.5 127.9 1 15.8 133.6 122.3 1 14.5 124.0 112.7 1 17 7 115.5 124.9 126.4 126.3 98.6 98.3 98.4 139.3 89.0 1 12 6 112. 1 1 10 5 1 12.0 120.7 132.0 1 17.4 122. 1 1 16.9 126.5 124.0 126.4 96.9 98.5 93.7 134.7 86.7 1 1 1 .2 116.2 1112 124.0 120.7 132.0 1 17.4 122. 1 1 17.5 r 126.6 124.2 130. 1 96.5 r98.7 92.4 135.8 85.9 1 1 1 .6 1 18. 1 1 14.9 124.0 120.8 132.1 1 17.4 122. 1 1 17.3 126.8 124.3 130. 1 96.2 98.6 91.6 136.5 85.2 1 1 1 .5 1 18. 1 1 14.9 124.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued ITEM November September October Engineering construction, value I/ mi 1 dol Construction cost indexes: Associated General Contractors ( a l l types) 1913—100 Engineering News-Record: 2/ Bu 5 1 d i ng 1 947-49- 1 00 Construction do October November METALS AND MANUFACTURES 41,569 1,248.8 989.9 42,586 1,741.7 1,290.7 50,049 1,892.4 1,392.7 41,379 1,394. 1 1,096.0 1,079.9 1, 1 16.6 1,469.3 794.3 398 417 418 418 125.7 r!29.8 129.0 134.8 129.0 r!35. 1 128.9 135.0 147,830 54,888 31,422 149,738 54,152 31,778 141,115 50,470 30,477 6,402 6,041 50 5,218 981 6, 1 19 560 3,787 2,894 2,659 51 1,698 1,019 5,477 354 .3,647 5, 144 4,695 47 3,947 968 5,423 164 3,540 F 1 NANCE Bank debits, total (345 cen•f-pj-s) mi 1 do 1 127,647 44,209 New York City do. . 6 other centers do. . 27,064 Federal Government finance: Receipts, Treasury. .. .ml 1 . dol. 4,731 Rece 5 pt s , net do . . 4, 151 44 Customs do. . 3,624 Income & emp i . taxes do.. 888 Miscel. internal rev do.. 5, 161 Expenditures, total do.. ! nterest on debt do. . 185 National defense, etc. ...do.. 3,302 TRANSPORTATION Freight car load ings, indexes: Total, adjusted 1935-39=100 Coa 1 , do . . Coke do. . Forest products do. . Grain & grain prod do.. November September November CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Contract awards: F.W. Dodge Corp. (37 States): Tota 1 projects number Totai valuation m i l . dol. B u i l d i n g , total do.. 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM 134 123 195 152 147 76 233 46 144 Ore do. . Merchandise, l.c.l do.. Mi see 1 laneous do. . FOODSTUFFS Livestock slaughter: 510 Calves . thous, animals Cattle do. . 1, 151 5,772 Hogs do . . 1,069 Sheep and lambs do.. Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption: Cigarettes, small, tax-free #4,294 mi 1 1 ions Cigarettes, small, tax-paid m i l l ions #37,372 Cigars, tax-paid thousands #548,196 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-pa id thous . 1 bs . #20,791 126 114 164 137 131 59 216 43 139 687 1,644 4,059 1,366 126 1 10 163 136 157 70 r!72 44 137 776 1,782 4,994 1,529 3,585 33,598 p 35, 045 518,748 _p587,666 18, 103 p 19, 034 122 104 155 145 140 69 172 42 134 658 1,609 5,540 1, 159 Steel ingots and steel for castings: Production. .. .thous. sh. tons Steel products, net shipments: Tota 1 thous sh tons Bars, hot rol led: All grades do.. Reinforcing do.. Semimanufactures do. . Pipes and tubes do., p | ates do Rai 1 s do. . Sheets do. . Str i p : Co Id rolled ....do.. Hot rol led do. . Structural shapes do.. Tin plate & ternep late. .do. . Wire & wire prod do.. Copper : Production: Mine or smelter sh. tons Ref i nery do. . De 1 5 ver ies,ref . , dom do.. Stocks, ref . ,end 'of mo.... do.. 8,71 1 90 9,440 106 8,883 ,92 9,463 95 #7,156 6,401 6,727 #846 #197 #377 #861 #709 #156 #1,819 #189 #207 #412 #435 #497 723 163 232 833 586 162 1,864 191 192 393 340 349 758 161 232 864 644 164 2,003 194 180 442 36 i 329 80,436 100,075 125,338 69,237 86,748 114,760 104,886 72,907 r 92, 435 87,014 126, 138 1 19,230 1 10,519 100,908 84,303 93,274 3,405 41, 195 2,650 41,095 2,904 p2,3!6 p40,670 p35,380 702,425 872, 128 684,990 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Coal, production: Anthracite. .. .thous. sh. tons Bituminous do. . TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: JL/ Consumpt i on ba les r754,987 Manufactures: Spindle activity: Active spindles, last work21,583 ing day, total ... .thous. Consum. I00# cotton. . .do, . 20, 180 Spindle hours operated, a l l f i ber s , tot a 1 m i l . hr . 9,670 506 Av. per working day.. do.. 9,219 Consum. I00# cotton. . .do. . 137.0 Operations as % of capacity Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom., producers': 73.6 Fi lament yarn m i l . Ib. 26.8 Staple (incl. tow) do,. Stocks, producers', end mo. : 59. F i 1 ome nt yar n . ...... .mil. Ib. 15.9 Staple (incl. tow) do.. Wool: 3/ Cons., m i l l (clean basis): #38,280 Apparel class thous Ib #13,240 Carpet class do.. 21,322 20,039 21,244 19,953 21,252 19,990 9,582 491 9,044 133.9 11,853 479 1 1 , 1 92 130.6 9,232 474 8,719 129. 1 63.6 23. 1 r65.4 r26.4 63.3 26.3 72. 1 35.8 r74.3 34.0 71.6 30.0 27,736 9,940 29,650 12,235 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. # For October 1952. J/ Data for October 1953 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2/ Data reported at the beginning of each month are shown here for the previous month. 3/ Data for October 1952 and October 1953 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUWNKM Permit NO. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT Of POSTAGE. $300
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