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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS December 31, 19*14 Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly mogqzine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS » * * » This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * ** WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1954 1953 1954 1953 ITEM ITEM Dec. 26 Commodity prices, wholesale: *l 10. 1 A l l commodities. .. 1947-49=100 *94.4 Farm products do. . *I04.3 Foods processed . ..do.. •*l 14.6 A 1 1 other .... . . do. . 88.3 22 commod i t i es 2/' '. do. . **234 Department store sa tes. . , . do. . Insured unemployment, total ** 1,724 thous. >* 1 , 589 State programs do.. 162 Failures, ind. i, comm. .. number Bond yields, domestic corpo3.39 Dec. 18 Dec. 25 109.4 90.9 103.4 1 14.7 90.3 223 109.4 90.2 103.4 1 14.7 89.4 240 109.4 90.6 103.0 1 14.7 89.9 #1,779 #1,583 224 208 213 3. 13 3. 13 3. 14 Dec. I I Dec. 26 Stock prices (480), Standard 189.7 and Poor ' s 1935-39= 100 205.0 1 ndustr i a 1 s (420) do. . Production: **l,417 Bitum. coal 3/. .thous. sh. tons Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mi 1 . kw.-hr . **8,896 Motor vehicles (Ward1 s) . . . .No.85,259 Petro leum, crude _3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6, 154 Steel (ingots & for castings, 89.9 quantity) 4/ 1947-49-100 **6I8 Freight car loadi ngs. thous. cars **325 Mi see 1 laneous do. . Dec. I I Dec. 18 Dec. 25 264.7 296.7 261.5 292.7 1,463 1 , 500 9,846 170,723 6,235 9,909 173,833 6,268 121.9 654 338 121.4 642 332 267.6 300.7 141,563 107.4 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3_/ D a i l y average. 4/ Week ended Janu ary I, 114.9. * Monthly index for Decamber 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,772,000; State programs, 1,576,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1954 1953 1953 November September October November COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49-100 A p pare 1 do. . Food do. . Dairy products do. . Fruits & vegetables do.. Meeits, poultry & fish... do.. HOUCJ i ng do Gas & electricity do.. Housef urni shings do. . Rent do. . Medical care do Personal care do.. Reading and recreation. . .do. . Trans port at ion .do. . Other goods & services. . .do. . 1 15,0 105.5 1 12.0 1 10.5 407.4 107.0 1 18.9 107.3 108.3 127.3 123.3 1 13.4 108.9 130. 1 120.2 1 14.7 104.3 1 12.4 105.8 1 10.5 106.7 1 19.5 107.9 106.0 128.8 125.7 113.5 106.5 126.4 120. 1 1 14.5 104.6 1 1 1.8 106.7 111.) 103.9 119.5 108.5 105.6 129.0 125.9 1 13.4 106.9 125.0 120. 1 I/I 14.6 104.6 1 1 1. 1 106.6 109.6 103.5 1 19.5 108.7 105.4 129.2 126. 1 1 13.8 106.8 127.6 120.0 201 170 224 176 234 254 231 253 231 256 241 263 p223 p244 p246 p253 3,258 100 1,774 1,384 7,821 1,206 4,301 2,314 8,376 582 5,485 2,309 5,076 1,500 1,919 1,657 345,570 370,634 81,298 88,435 264,272 282, 199 384,428 93,531 290,898 DOMESTIC TRADE Mail-order & store sales, tota 1 , 2 Cos thous . do 1 . Montgomery Ward & Co do. . Sears, Roebuck <?« Co do. . November September 373,870 98,349 275,521 Federal Government finance: 3_/ Receipts, Treasury. , .mi 1 . dot. t «• ' d Income i, emp 1 . taxes. .. .do. . Miscel. internal rev. ...do.. A l l other receipts do.. Expenditures, total do.. 1 nterest on debt do. . November 5, 144 4,605 47 3,947 968 182 5,333 164 5,280 4,951 48 4,277 839 1 17 5,019 541 2,887 2,639 47 1,850 850 140 4,857 346 4,905 4,201 52 3,791 839 224 3,842 368 349 3,540 1,280 321 3,261 897 349 p3,300 p i , 558 373 p3,3!6 p-215 15,803 17,792 49 159 1,335 85 158 1,259 Veterans' services and National security do.. AM other expend itures. . do. . FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO D i s t i l l e d spirits, consumption, for beverage purposes thous. wine ga 1 . *I8,73I Wines & d i s t i l l i n g materials: Spark 1 i ng wi nes : *96 Product ion .. .thous. wine gal. *I74 Tax-paid withdrawa Is. . . .do. . * 1,320 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Sti 1 1 wines: Production do. . *r64,835 Tax-paid withdrawals. .do.. *r!2,822 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . r 206, 884 D i s t i l l i n g materials produced at wineries ...do.. *r 128,768 Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery .... thous, Ib. 90,765 82,390 Cheese (factory), total.. do.. Rice, Southern States (Ark,, La. , Tenn. , Tex. ) : Receipts, at mi i Is. . . .mi 1 , Ib. r492. 1 251.0 Shipments from mi Ms do.. Stocks, dom., rough <$, cleaned (cleaned basis) m i l . Ib. r 1,094.6 r7 Revised. £/ Preliminary. * October 1953 data. _[/ Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) is 191,6. fective with February 1954, data are reported on a budgetary basis. October FINANCE CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Value of contracts awarded (Federal Reserve indexes): Total unadj 1947-49-100 Residential, unadj do.. Total, adjusted do.. Residential adjusted do Highway concrete pavement contract awards: 2/ Total thous sq yd A ir ports .. do Roads do. . Streets and a l l e y s do.. 1954 ITEM ITEM 26,985 1 1 , 899 139,287 65,505 12,299 195,813 61,975 1 19,756 92,555 93,405 87,600 87,200 86,445 83,285 1, i 13.7 216.0 721.4 197.7 173.7 121 .6 821.8 1,071.8 1,049.6 2/ Data are for 4 weeks, 3/ Ef- MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued \ 1954 1953 ITEM November September October slovember November Livestock: Cattle and calves: Receipts, p r i n c i p a l markets 2,997 thous. animals Shipments, feeder, to 9 643 corn~belt States do Hogs: Receipts, pr i n . markets 2,950 thous. animals Sheep and lambs: Receipts p r i n markets do 1,412 Shipments, feeder, to 9 corn-belt States. do.. 292 Meats, product ion, tota 1 . .mi 1 . Ib. 1,941 Beef and veal thous. Ib. 897,620 51,566 Lamb and mutton do. . 991 Pork, i n c l u d i n g lard. ..mil. Ib. 180,413 Lard thous Ib Tobacco, manufactured prod. : Production, tota 1 ... .thous. Ib. *I9,273 *7,473 Chewing, p l u g & twist. .. .do. . Smok ing do . . *8,424 *3,376 Snuff do.. Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free mi 1 1 ions *2,8I3 Cigarettes, small, tax-paid mi 1 1 ions *34,860 Cigars, tax-paid. .. .thousands *540, 124 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-paid thous Ibs * 18, 580 2,878 2,993 2,980 540 939 815 2,496 2,746 3,308 1,806 1,841 1,323 539 1,897 924,790 56, 1 19 916 171, 156 344 2,026 901,498 52,466 1,072 198,822 631 1,796 917,746 55 , 324 823 146,772 18,866 7, 105 8,361 3,399 18,252 7,021 8,214 3,017 2,472 3,395 3 1 , 964 503,475 31,593 501,498 18,487 17,219 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: *804 *2,079 *2,566 *2,407 Cattle hide. ...thous. hides Goat and kid ...thous skins Sheep and lamb do.. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces thous. 1. tons Stocks, end of mo. ,tota 1 . .do. . At furnaces do. . On Lake Erie docks do.. Castings, gray iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale thous. sh. tons Shipments, total do.. £/ Revised. 7,522 54,981 46,896 8,085 r730 1,959 1,920 r2,036 4,620 49,753 43,083 6,670 5,398 5 1 , 868 44,980 6,889 861 921 559 789 943 552 tons * 104, 046 do . . *73,727 do . *45,589 66,742 58,015 33,929 71,090 64,321 36,956 4,462 4,984 tons DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS October November 6,063 Castings, stee 1 : Shipments, tota 1 ... .short tons For sale, total do.. R a i l w a y specialties do.. Steel forgings: Orders, u n f i l l e d do.. Shipments, for sale do.. Drop and upset do. . Press and open hammer ... .do. . Machine tools: New orders I/ 1945-47-100 Shipments I/ do.. Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales b i l l e d thous. * 140, 766 *I06,8I3 *25,3I8 88,359 64,722 8,668 87,085 64,004 8,580 *797,523 *I55,772 *l 12,803 *42,969 408,977 109,093 81,714 27,379 381,976 1 12,683 85,978 26,705 146.6 320.2 180.9 213.4 148.9 r 191.0 p i 18.9 p!79.6 216.2 238.2 263.2 237.9 25,549 r 29, 062 rlO,90l r4,720 25,887 27, 133 9,655 3,806 576, 185 589,340 561, 190 571, 103 156, 1 15 157,590 148, 169 153,246 81,278 77,095 81,367 79,160 9,883 10,634 13,299 10,843 10,079 13,684 9, ib«f 13,423 62.9 25.5 r62.0 r32.4 64.2 32.4 66.9 33.5 71.3 29.9 64.8 r30.3 r6l.4 33.2 59.3 33.5 6,574 4, 173 3,912 2,401 2,958 1,600 1,208 1,358 2,348 1,338 807 1,010 1,770 1,085 617 685 736 422 . 44 44 587 448 42 22 563 434 38 25 514 405 54 34 STONE, CLAY & GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: Product i on thous . bb 1 . *24,738 Sh i pments do. . *27,556 *l 0,049 Stocks, finished do.. *4, 109 Stocks, clinker do.. Ciay products: Br ick, ung lazed : Production. .thous. stand.br ick *545,504 Sh i pments do. . *553,979 Clay sewer pipe, v i t r i f i e d : Production sh tons *I45,7I8 Sh 5 pments do. . * 154, 689 Structural t i l e , unglazed: *87,313 Production sh tons Shi pments do. . *83, 163 Glass containers: 10,094 Production thous. of gross 9,298 Shipments do. . 1 1 , 633 Stocks, end of month do.. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom. , producers': 5,845 49,869 42,958 6,91 1 5,257 Staple (incl. tow) do.. Stocks, producers', end mo.: Filament yarn m i l . Ib. Staple (incl. tow) do.. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Railway equipment (ARCI): Freight cars: Shipments, total number Equip, mfrs., total do.. Domestic do. . Rai Iroad shops, dom do. . Passenger cars: Orders, u n f i l l e d , total.. do.. Domestic do. . Sh i pments , tota ! ,-. . « . ... . do . Domest i c do. . _]_/ Monthly average shipments, 1945-47=100. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINEM Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 792 2,01 1 1,951 1,873 * 1,076 *l, 147 *657 £/ Preliminary. September METALS & MANUFACTURES - Con. FOODSTUFFS & TOBACCO - Con. Castings, m a l l e a b l e iron: Orders, unf.,for sale.sh. S h i pments , tota 1 For sa le .. Pig iron, production thous. sh. 1954 1953 ITEM
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