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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 OH CURRENT BUSINESS # » * * December 3, This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1954 * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1954 1954 1953 I Tpriui 1 TPM Nov. 28 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. .. 1947-49-100 *I09.8 *93.7 Farm products do. . *I03.8 Foods, processed do.. A 1 1 other do. *l 14 5 88.0 22 commodities 27 do. . Department store sa les . . . .do. . **I3I Insured unemployment, total thous. **l, 183 State programs . . do **l, 107 Failures, ind. 4 cornm. .. number 173 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/. ...percent 3.39 Nov. 13 109 7 92.2 104.3 1 14 5 91.8 130 # 1 , 662 #1 490 227 3 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 109 7 93.0 103.8 1 14 5 90.7 134 109 5 92.0 103.2 1 14 5 90.4 208 226 3 13 3 12 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 203.2 250.7 280.0 254.5 284.8 258.6 289.8 ** 1,496 1511 1,483 9, 197 6, 120 9,317 155,960 6, 163 1 16.7 709 355 1 17.8 697 354 Nov. 28 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 Industrials (420) . . do.. Product ion : Bitum coal 3/ thous sh tons Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s 188.4 m i l . kw. -hr . **8,4I6 69,204 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro leum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6, 165 Steel (ingots & for castings, 121.8 quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 **726 Freight car loadings thous cars **37I M i see 1 laneous . . . do. . Nov. 137,781 128,800 I 19.2 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks, 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y average. 4/ Week ended December 4, 119.5. * Monthly index for November 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,557,000; State programs, 1,390,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 1953 ITEM October GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Farm income: Cash receipts from farming, inc. Gov't paym'ts. .mi l.dol. Farm marketings _]_/ do.. Crops . do. . Livestock and products, tota 1 ...mil. do 1 . Dairy products do Meat an i ma 1 s do . . Poultry and eggs do.. Farm marketings, indexes: 2/ Cash receipts _[/.. 1935-39=100 Crops do. . Livestock and products. .do. . Vo 1 ume do . . Crops do. . Livestock and products. .do. . Industrial A, comm. failures: Failures, total number Commercial service do.. Construct i on do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retai 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. L i a b i 1 i ties, total . .thous. dol. Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retail trade do.. Wholesale trade do.. 1954 ITEM August September 3,888 3,881 2,309 2,581 2,569 1,219 3, 158 3, 146 1,753 1,572 349 842 364 1,350 348 727 259 1,393 326 791 260 585 816 414 229 286 186 388 431 355 168 168 167 475 620 367 201 233 177 840 75 89 188 404 84 37,076 3,848 4,366 14,956 9,671 4,235 912 80 100 187 451 94 32,582 2,381 2,386 12,388 11,225 4,202 COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49-100 1 15.4 105.5 Appare 1 do 113.6 " Food do . Dairy products do.. 1 10. 1 Fruits i, vegetab les. . . . .do. . 107.7 Meats, poultry & fish. ..do.. 1 i 1. 1 115.0 103.7 1 13.9 105. 1 1 14.7 107.6 819 59 88 153 406 113 36,381 2,290 5,584 11,262 1 1 , 879 5,366 1 14.7 104.3 1 12.4 105.8 1 10.5 106.7 October October COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Consumer price index - Con. Housing 1947-49-100 p3,543 Gas & electricity do.. p3,533 p2,069 Rent do. . Medical care do p i , 464 Persona 1 care do. . Reading and recreation. do.. p335 .. . do.. p836 Transportation Other goods & services. .. .do. . p276 Purchasing power of the dollar p533 as measured by — p73l Wholesale prices. . 1947-49=100 Consumer prices do.. p385 Retai 1 food pr i ces do. . p222 p265 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE p!90 Value of contracts awarded 871 (Federal Reserve indexes): 1947-49=100 68 Total, unadj 109 Residential, unadj... .do.. 189 Total, adjusted do.. 414 Residential, adjusted. .. .do. . 91 Construe. cost indexes, avg. 20 29,000 cities (E.H.Boeckh & Assoc.): 1,952 Apts., hotels & off. bldgs.: Brick and concrete 4,733 U. S. avg. 1926-29=100 7,547 Br i ck and stee 1 do . . 1 1 , 845 Br i ck and wood do . . 2,923 Comm. & factory bldgs.: Brick and concrete do.. Brick and steel do.. Br i ck and wood * . do . . 3/ 114.5 Frame... .do.. 104.6 Steel , do. . i 1 1.8 106.7 Residences: 1 1 1. 1 Br ick do. . 103.9 Frame do. . August September 1 18.7 107.0 108. 1 126.8 122.8 113.2 108.6 130.7 1 19.7 1 19.2 107.8 105.4 128.6 125.5 1 13.4 106.6 126.6 120.2 119.5 107.9 106.0 128.8 125.7 113.5 106.5 126.4 120. 1 90.7 86.7 88.0 90.5 87.0 87.8 90.9 87.2 89.0 220 178 230 183 229 243 218 244 234 254 231 253 p235 p257 p246 p264 255.6 253.2 257.3 257.9 253.3 256.3 258.3 253.7 256.5 258.5 253.9 256.8 261.9 258.6 255.2 257.6 242.5 265.8 261.7 255.3 255.5 245.5 266. 1 262. 1 255.4 255.7 2*5.9 266.3 262.2 255.6 256. 1 245.9 257.8 252.9 257.0 250.8 257.2 251.1 257.5 251.4 October 119.5 108.5 105.6 129.0 125.9 1 13.4 106.9 125.0 120. 1 4/ 91.2 4/ 87.3 4/ 89.4 r_l Revised. JD/ Preliminary, _[/ I n c l u d i ng CCC loa ns. 2/ Un adjusted, 3/ Index on base previously used ( 1935-39=100) is 19 .4. 4/ I idexes on base previously used (1935-39= 1C)0) are as fol lows: Measured b y — wholesa le prices, 47.7; consumer prices, 52.2; ret ai 1 food, ^14.3. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1954 1953 1954 1 TTM October August September October EMPLOYMENT 3.3 4.5 .4 1 .8 2. 1 .3 r3.4 r3.9 .2 1.7 1.8 r.3 3.3 3.5 2 1 .7 1 4 .3 p3.6 p3. 1 p. 2 pi. 5 pi. 2 p. 2 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: Product ion .. .thous . proof gal. Stocks, total do.. In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses do. . In denaturing p lants. . . .do. . Used for denaturation do Withdrawn tax-paid do. Alcohol, denatured: Product ion. .. .thous. wine gal. Consump (withdrawals) do Stocks. do. Explosives (indust ), shipments* Black blasting powder. thous. Ib. High explosives do.. October 2,501 3,395 31,964 503,475 *I8, 103 36,443 21,066 29 956 923 35,996 20,556 29 825 854 r 18,731 r 17 059 r8,23l 16, 181 15 878 7 002 16, 106 16 817 6,276 1,000 70,924 722 60,424 754 59,57! 32,887 Castings, gray iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale 20,700 thous sh tons *l, 170 29 733 Sh i pments, tota 1 do . *l, 1 10 941 *6I8 For sale do.. 16,060 Castings, m a l l e a b l e iron: Orders, unf , f or sale sh tons *l 14,523 16 805 Shipments, total . ...do . *74,593 5512 For sale do.. *45,540 937 Castings, steel: Shi pments , tota 1 do. . *I35,453 58,619 For sale, total do.. * 102, 986 R a i l w a y specialties do.. *24,080 A l u m i n u m fabricated products, *237.4 shipments, total m i l . Ib. *53.3 Cast i ngs do. . 0 i 1 burners : Shipments . number *IOO,955 Stocks, end of month do.. *67,625 Vacuum cleaners, standard type, 249.4 sales b i l l e d thous. Radio sets, prod. J/. .thousands 1,052.5 Television sets, prod, I/. .do.. 680.4 35, 149 6,795 16,920 346 8,588 1,236 6,786 16,996 344 8,723 1,118 305 797 57 328 798 57 616 706 620,917 92,375 87 775 1,913 994 , 342 64 856 853 449 149,478 108,990 1 1 1 800 1,673 919,606 53,001 700 693 127,058 92,555 93 405 1,796 917,746 55 324 822 728 146,772 628 820 765 * September 1953 data. 18,866 7, 105 8,361 3,399 34,568 526,817 r4l, 1 14 17,457 34 , 685 1,538 35,045 18,363 7, 196 7,612 3,555 *3,585 28,793 53,587 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1 7 , 902 18,487 METALS & MANUFACTURES 830 935 542 861 921 559 62,494 59,259 34 , 528 66,742 58,015 33,929 89,590 66,792 9,344 88,359 64,722 8,668 227.2 42.4 226.8 -46.2 90,662 72,238 102,888 57,306 185.4 785.5 633.4 238.2 932.3 947.8 25,681 28,802 14,329 6,029 25,549 29,058 10,890 4,673 582,952 586,532 576, 185 589,340 148,594 1 62 , 363 156, 1 15 157,590 84,626 80,906 81,278 77,095 263.2 997.8 921.5 STONE, CLAY, & GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: Production Shipments Stocks, finished.. thous. bb 1 . *23,795 do. . *27,433 *I2,859 do.. *5,OOI Clay products: Brick, unglazed: Product i on. .thous . stand . br ick*538,5I5 Sh i pments do. . *559,5I9 Clay sewer pipe, vitrified: Production.. , sh. tons *I46,3I4 *I48 030 Shipments do Structural t i l e , unglazed: *84,430 Production sh. tons Shipments do. . *76,829 695 87,600 87 , 200 1,897 924 , 790 56 1 19 915 733 1 7 1 , 156 J./ Data for September 1954 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS September *33,598 *5I8 748 30,650 56,552 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS * 18, 833 *7,249 *8,302 *3,28I 32,850 57,509 ELECTRIC POWER £/ Preliminary. Tobacco, manufactured prod.: Production total thous Ib Chewing, p l u g & twist do. Smoking do Snuff do Consumption (withdrawals)* Cigarettes, smal 1, tax-free m i l l ions Cigarettes, s m a l l , tax-paid m i I I ions Cigars tax-paid thousands Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-paid thous Ibs 29,033 r58,572 Edison Electric Institute* Sales to ultimate customers, *32 , 735 tota 1 . mi 1 . kw -hr Commerc i a 1 & i ndustr i a 1 * *6 , 1 9 1 Sma I I 1 i ght & power .... do. . Large 1 i ght & power .... do. . *I6,286 *369 Railways and rai Iroads. .do. . *7,65I Residential or domestic. do. . *l, 120 Rural (dist. rural rates)do.. Street i, highway *309 | j ght i ng do *757 Other p u b l i c auth do Interdepartmental do *52 Revenue from sales to u l t i ~ *575,288 mate customers thous dol jr/ Revised. August FOODSTUFFS & TOBACCO - Con. Labor turnover in manufacturing estab 1 i shments : Accession rate mo. rate per 100 emp loyees Separation rate, total, .do.. Discharge . do. Lay-of f . . . . . . do. Quit ... do . M i l i t a r y and misc do.. Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery ... .thous . Ib. Cheese (factory) total do Meats production total mi 1 Ib Beef and veal thous. Ib Lamb and mutton do Pork i n c l u d i n a lard do Lard do. . Cof fee v i s i b l e s u p p l y thous. bags October
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