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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUSINESS tc° OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December 4, * * # * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthfT'SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 ITEM Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 *l 10.7 *I03.6 *I07.7 *l 12 8 91 .3 **I34 109.9 93.7 104. 1 1 14 5 86.9 133 109.8 93.2 103.9 1 14 6 87.7 131 1 10.0 95.0 103.8 1 14 6 88.0 **723 **68I **I67 #1 180 #1, 107 155 223 3 19 3 37 3 39 Nov. 29 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities 1947-49-100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do. . A 1 1 other do 22 commod i t i es 2/ do. . Department store sales do.. Insured unemployment, total thous State programs do. . Failures, ind. & comm. .. .number Bond yields domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM 3 39 Nov. 29 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 m i l . kw. -hr . Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petroleum crude 3/ thous bb 1 Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/. 1947-49=100 Freiqht car load inqs thous cars M i see 1 1 aneou s do t Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 188.4 203.2 193.7 209.8 187.2 202.0 186.6 201. 1 ** 1,753 1,546 1,475 **7,97I 1 10,784 **6,582 8,457 111,578 6, 127 8,416 104,231 6, 165 137.2 **8l 1 **389 129.5 727 365 127.3 726 371 69,778 121.8 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily averages. 47 Week ended December 5, 121.8. * Monthly index for November 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 1,033,000; State programs, 963,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS October August ITEM COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49=100 Appare 1 . . do. . Food do Dairy products do. . Fruits & vegetables do.. Meats, poultry & fish... do.. Hous i ng do. . Gas & electricity do.. Housef urn i shings do. . Rent do Medical care do.. Personal care do.. Reading and recreation. . .do. . Transportation do. . Other goods & services. . .do. . Wholesale p., selected items: Butter, 92-score (N.Y.) doi. per Ib. Eggs, extras, large (Chicago) dol. per doz. Corn,av.5 markets. .do J .per bu. Wheat, av. 6 markets do.. October September October August September October COMMODITY PRICES - Con. BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial & comm. failures: Fa i 1 ures , tota 1 number Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retai 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. Liabi 1 ities, total . .thous. dot. Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing 4 mining.. do.. Reta i 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM 631 52 88 146 291 54 35,049 2, 175 5,167 13,079 6,078 8,550 700 49 92 148 340 71 28,529 1,077 3,868 10,267 10,275 3,042 686 31 89 145 336 85 33,817 1,286 4,451 13,676 9,790 4,614 114.2 105.6 115.0 113.2 III.3 116.9 115.2 105.0 107.9 118.8 1 18.9 112.3 107.6 128.4 115.8 1 15.0 104.3 1 14. 1 109. 1 112.7 114. 1 1 18.0 106.9 107.4 125. 1 121.8 112.7 107.6 130.6 118.4 115.2 105.3 113.8 109.6 106.6 113.5 118.4 106.9 108. 1 126.0 122.6 1 12.9 107.8 130.7 1 18.5 .716 .661 .670 .631 1.571 2-519 .587 1.550 2.439 .624 1.568 2.533 Wholesale p., se 1 . items - Con. Beef steers (Chicago) 24.79 32.09 dol. per 100 Ib. 22.97 Hogs (Chicago) do. . 18.55 Beef, choice (N.Y.) .dol .per Ib. .556 .432 .570 .515 Pork, loins (N.Y.) do.. 56.23 Pig iron,comp.2/dol .per l.ton 56.31 Steel, composite, finished .0524 .0498 dol. per Ib. .2961 .2420 Copper, e lectro. (N.Y.) do. . Lead, refined, pig* desil.1400 . 1440 verized (N.Y.).. .dol. per Ib. .1098 . 1330 Zinc, prime W. (St. Louis). do. . 1.725 Wool, raw (Boston) do.. 1.665 DOMESTIC TRADE I/ 115.4 Money orders issued, domestic 105.5 (50 cities): 5,856 thousands 6,764 113.6 Number 1 17,247 110. 1 Va 1 ue thous . do 1 . 125,622 107.7 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS III. 1 1 18.7 Paints,, varnish, and lacquer: 107.0 Factory shipments, total 108. 1 thous. dol. #117,026 r 12 1,687 126.8 #44,636 r 47, 970 Industrial sales do.. 122.8 Trade sa les do. . #72,390 r73,7!7 113.2 ELECTRIC POWER 108.6 130.7 Electric power, production, 44,497 40,571 1 19.7 total m i l . kw.-hr. 38,497 34,868 Uti lities do.. 6,000 5,703 Industrial establish do.. .682 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO .613 Dairy products, production: 1 19,645 89,575 1.443 Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. 114,330 89,090 2.562 Cheese (factory), total.. do.. 840 75 89 188 404 84 37,076 3,848 4,366 14,956 9,671 4,235 25.41 24. 18 .451 .543 56. 10 25.35 21.54 .427 .516 56.03 .0524 .2962 .0524 .2960 .1374 .1018 1.725 .1350 . 1000 1.725 6,281 122,917 6,556 1 19,218 1 19,284 45,868 73,416 42,923 37,038 5,886 43,751 37,614 6, 137 96,730 97,500 92,375 87,775 £/ Revised. # For September 1952. J./ Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) is 192.9. 2/ See note on corresponding item in November SURVEY. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1953 1952 October August September October FOODSTUFFS & TOBACCO - Con. 1,525 860,476 49,401 614,699 105,809 1,675 925,007 57,474 692,034 116,615 1,913 994,342 64,856 853,449 149,478 334,853 445,575 509 602,001 573,601 532 153,672 9,460 265,981 127,340 827 133,427 r323 077 r 460, 488 r7,887 r 580, 867 r688,353 r460 r 159,376 rlO, 1 13 r200,597 r 176, 385 r494 r 109, 869 304,359 445,080 27,588 577,448 734,377 464 189,785 1 1,339 178,974 257,544 277 86,752 582 812 17,814 6,879 7,569 3,367 18,833 7,239 8,302 3,281 2,770 3,585 34,658 497,670 33,598 518,748 17,539 18, 103 628 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces r8,038 thous. 1. tons Stocks, end of mo. ,tota 1 . .do. . 47,839 41,699 At furnaces do 6, 140 On Lake Erie docks do.. Castings, gray iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale thous. sh. tons #1,451 #1, 1 19 Shipments, total do.. #630 For sale do . . Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unf . , f or sa le. .sh.tons #168,367 #75,950 Shipments, total do.. #45,849 For sa le . . do . Pig iron, production thous. short tons 6,515 Castings, steel: Shipments, tota 1 ... short tons #158,392 For sale, total do.. ,#121,402 Railway specia It ies. . . .do. . #19,930 £/ Preliminary. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 8, 150 45,579 39,988 5,591 7,699 51,767 44,612 7,155 1,223 1,069 589 1,170 1, 103 612 120,801 73,855 45,415 1 14,523 74,333 45,466 6,472 6,202 141,340 107,941 25,026 134,679 102,880 24, 108 8, 142 55,700 47,420 8,280 6,498 # For September 1952. _[/ Excluding lard. August October Lead, refined (primary ref.): 51,521 Product 5 on sh . tons 40,970 Shipments (domestic) do.. 37,718 Stocks, end of month do.. Machine tools: 243.3 New orders 1945-47=100 357.8 Sh i pments do. . Electrical appl., sales b i l l e d : Vacuum c leaner s, stand. .number 292,474 Washers do. . 335,616 Radio sets, production 2/ 870.3 thousands Television sets, prod. 2/. number 724, 1 17 38,022 40,836 58, 103 42,154 41,598 58,490 44,741 44,987 58,236 286.9 299.6 r223.7 r328.3 p!99.2 p348.2 188,536 296,589 227,253 249,383 349,342 3i9,066 991.6 603.760 1,216.5 770,085 204,059 222,048 196,717 210,686 285,352 289,614 44,539 37,894 43,433 36,098 119,542 50,007 126,709 50,516 4,627 9,684 4,562 9,700 1 14,321 107,729 101,833 95,644 9,502 2,986 9,991 2,094 137,972 8,078 11,959 136, 192 7,992 12,636 8,153 7,013 9,941 5,700 7,894 6,655 10,099 5,640 75.0 24.1 72.0 23.8 r63.6 r23. 1 64.9 26.2 58.4 17.8 65. 1 37.0 r72. 1 r35.8 74.5 34.0 1,052.5 680,433 PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS Crude petroleum: Production thous. bb 1 . #195,528 Consumpt i on do . . #210,510 Stocks, end of month: Gasoline-bearing in U. S. thous. bb 1 . #264,723 Refined petroleum products: Fue 1 oi 1 : Prod.: Disti 1 late. .thous. bb 1 . #45,053 Residual do. . #36,887 Stocks, end of month: Disti 1 1 ate do . . #117,252 Res i dua 1 do. . #56,200 Lubricating oi Is: #4,694 Product ion do. . #9,745 Stocks, ref., end mo.... do.. Motor f ue 1 : Gasoline (incl. aviation): 225 Product ion, total . . thous. bb 1 £105 . Gasoline and naphtha from crude oi 1 thous. bb 1 . #93, 1 14 Natural gasoline: Used at ref i ner ies. . .do. . #9, 186 #2,925 Sold to jobbers do.. Stocks, gasoline, end mo.: ?l 13,698 Finished thous. bb 1 . #7,293 Unfinished do. . #8,925 Natura 1 . do. . Aviation gasol ine: #7,001 Production, total do.. #5,549 100-octane and above.. do.. #8,267 Stocks, total do.. #4,280 100-octane and above.. do.. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom. , producers': F i 1 ament yar n m i l . Ib. Staple (incl. tow) do.. Stocks, producers', end mo.: Filament yarn m i l . Ib. Staple (incl. tow) do.. 2/ Data for September 1953 cover 5 weeks; otter 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 1953 September METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Con. 1,819 Meats, product ion, tota 1 . .mi 1. Ib. 801,489 Beef and veal thous Ib 6 1 , 726 Pork, including lard do.. 955,425 175,664 Stocks, cold storage, end mo.: 102,177 Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. Cheese, total do.. 256,885 Apples, fresh thous. bu. 26,892 532,993 Fruits, frozen. thous. Ib. Vegetables, frozen do.. 576,522 557 Meats, toial I/ m i l . Ib. 214,594 Beef and veal thous. Ib. Lamb and mutton do. . 16,002 234,894 Pork, excluding lard.... do.. 279, 191 Pou Itry .do. . 1,000 EQQS * She 1 1 thous cases 95,333 Frozen thous Ib Coffee, v i s i b l e supply, United 61 1 States thous . bags Tobacco, manufactured prod.: #20,051 Production, tota 1 .. .thous. Ib. #7,366 Chewing, p l u g & twist... do.. #9,406 Smok i ng do #3,279 Snuff do Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free #4,325 mi 1 1 ions Cigarettes, small, tax-paid #34,950 mi 1 1 ions Cigars, tax-paid. . .thousands #498,518 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-paid thous. Ibs. #19,315 r_l Revised. 1952 October ITEM ITEM
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