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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AvoilobSe only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * February 12, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1954 1953 1954. 1 TCM Feb. 7 Jan. 23 Commodity prices, wholesale: *I09 6 1 10 9 A l l commodities 1947-49-100 98 4 *97 9 Farm products do. 105.9 *!05.2 Food^, processed., do.. *l 13 1 ! 14.5 A 1 1 other do 87.8 87.7 2? commod i t i es 2/ . . , do . . **87 86 Department store sa les do Insured unemployment, total #2 275 thous **l 225 *» 1 | 38 #2 104 State programs do 208 !59 Fai lures ind & cosnm number r3"'~G (Moody 's) 3/ ctercent 3 24 3 33 Jan. 30 1 10 9 98 9 105.5 1 14.5 87.5 86 233 3 30 Feb. 7 Feb. 6 Stock prices (480), Standard 198.8 and Poor's . ...1935-39-100 1 10 6 215.6 Industrials (420).. do.. 97.8 105. 1 Product i on : Bitum.coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons ** 1,479 1 14.5 87.9 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw. -hr . **8, 151 Motor vehicles (Ward's) ... .No. 137,732 Petro leum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6,428 Steel (ingots & for castings, 137. 1 238 quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 **697 Freight car loadings thous cars **374 do. . 3 26 Mi see 1 1 aneous Jan. 23 Jan. 30 197. 1 213.8 199.2 216.5 1,402 1,396 8,976 137, 68i 6, 195 8,855 133,095 6, 159 109.9 617 320 1 12.2 628 330 Feb. 6 199.5 216.7 127,319 1 10.4 _!_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended February 13, 109.8. * Monthly index for February 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 2,204,000; State programs, 2,038,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Commerci a i do. . Farm construction .do.. Public utility do.. Pub I ic tota I do Res i d e n t i a l . do.. Nonres i dent i a 1 bu i Id 5 ng . do. . M i l i t a r y and naval do Highway . do Conservation, etc do. . V a l u e of contracts awarded (Federal Reserve indexes): Total, unad : 1947-49-100 Total, adjusted do . Residential, ad justed. . .do. . Contract awards (ENR) : Engineering cor.s+ruct ion, value !/ , , m i i . dol. Construction cost indexes: The American Appraisal Co.: Avq 30 cities 1913 100 At 1 anta do New York .do. . San Francisco . . do.. St Lou is do . . Engineering News-Record: 2/ Buildtnq 1947-49-100 Construct i on do. . January January November December 2,361 1,627 816 735 63 2,988 2,052 1,024 905 94 2,661 1,908 952 850 78 2,425 I,7I3 825 735 67 431 201 108 97 275 734 47 331 !06 115 61 523 177 r 192 100 396 936 42 355 101 280 63 505 176 182 88 354 753 39 336 92 145 56 487 ISO I64 87 307 7I2 35 333 85 I25 51 #166 #156 #205 #183 201 r 171 224 r 177 166 149 206 174 1,886.5 794.3 1,510.9 568 61 1 574 522 560 585 641 609 525 576 585 641 609 525 576 125.8 r 129.8 128.9 135.0 129.2 135.5 November December January FINANCE r/ Revised. j>/ P r e l i m i n a r y , # December 1953 data . _[/ Da1a reported at the beginning of ea<:h month ar e shown here for the 1954 ITEM January CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construction, total m i l . dol . Pr 5 vate , tota 1 do . . Residential (nonf arm) . . .do. . New d w e l l i n g units do.. Additions, etc do.. Nonres i dent ia 1 b u i l d i n g , total, exc . 'arm and public utility m i l dol 1 953 1 954 '953 ITEM Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of month: Assets tota ! m i l . do I . Reserve bank credit outstanding, tota I... mi I. dol. U S securities do.. Gold certif. reserves. . .do. . L i a b i l i t i e s , total do.. Depos i ts do. . Member bank res. bal...do. . f Excess reserves, e jt..do.. FR notes Pi circu I "at . . .do. . j Reserve rat.o percent Federa I Government finance: Gross debT (direct), end of month . m i l . dol. I nterest-bear ing, tota I . .do. . P u b l i c issues do.. Special issues do.. Non interest bearing do.. | Obligations guaranteed by I'. S. Government do.. 51,948 5 1 , 1 50 52,315 50,509 26,478 23,944 21,790 51,948 22,515 20,61 614 25,638 45.3 26,133 25,095 21,348 5 1 , 1 50 20,669 19,434 347 26,455 45.3 26,880 25,916 21,354 52,315 21,422 20, 160 r763 26,558 44.5 25,437 24,639 21,274' 50,509 20,688 19.384 p239 25,885 45.7 275,209 275, 168 273, 128 272,881 232, 1 15 231,684 41, 197 41,013 2,287 2,081 274,849 272,632 23 1 , 623 41,009 2,216 267,402 265,323 226,226 39,097 2,079j 48 ' 74 76 75 r 22, 028 r22,030 p2 1,956 22,986 Gold, monetary stock, U.S. .do. . p29,977 r 30, 807 r30,78l 29,691 Currency in circu lati on. . .do. . Bonds: 766.3 Price, U. S. Treasury 94.98 95.85 97.42 95.68 dol . per $ IOO bond Yields: 2.79 2.68 2.80 2.85 U S Treasury percent 584 64! Stocks: 623 Pr ices: Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65 522 103.86 106.74 105.82 1 12.25 576 stocks) .... .dol . per share 286.64 288.44 28 1 . 1 5 277. 10 industrial (30) do.. 53.33 52.54 52.20 51. ol I29 4 P u b l i c u t i l i t y (I5)....do.. 98. 17 96.37 97.23 109.99 I35.7 Rai Iroad (20) . .do . ' Data weeks. 2 months, 4 ry and December 1 953 are for 5 weeks; other for Janua previous month . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1952 December October November Farm income and marketings: Cfish receipts from farming, i nc Gov ' t pavn'ts mi i dol Farm marketings, and CCC loans total do Crops . . .do. . Livestock and products, tota 1 . mi 1 , do I . Dairy products do Meat an i ma 1 s do Poultry and eggs do.. Indexes of cash receipts from market inos etc I/ 1935-39-100 Crops do. . Livestock and products. .do. . Indexes volume of farm marketings, etc. _[/.... do. . Crons, do. . Livestock and products. .do. . Manufacturers' sales and inventories - value (adj.): Sales total mi 1. dol Durable Goods do Nondurable goods do.. Inventories book value, end of month, total ... .mi 1 . dol. Durab le ooods do Nondurable qoods do Manufacturers' new orders, net (adj ), total mi 1 dol Durab le goods. . . do. . Nondurab le goods do. . Manufacturers' unf i 1 led orders ( u n ad i ) tot a 1 m i l dol Durab le goods do. . Nondurable qoods do 2 959 3 693 r3 500 p2 945 2,943 1,478 3 686 2, 163 r3,487 r 1,914 p2,92l p i , 497 1,465 352 761 334 1,523 336 812 354 1,573 334 858 365 p i , 424 p336 p739 P33I 556 765 401 r526 r676 414 o44 1 p529 p375 174 186 165 224 283 179 r206 r233 185 p!76 p!95 p!62 24 . 706 r25,OIO 12 536 12 376 12, 170 r 12,634 r24,304 r 1 1 867 r 12,437 24 , 097 1 1 567 12,530 44, 190 24 399 19 791 47,044 26 987 20 057 r 46, 899 r26 975 r 19 924 46,719 26 791 19 928 r 24, 948 r 12, 733 rl2,2!5 r22, 163 9,677 r 12, 486 r2 1 , 642 r9,63l r 12,01 1 75 ' 333 63 626 r72, 162 r60,796 2 830 3 171 r60 789 r 58, 227 r2 562 METALS AND MANUFACTURES 2 1 , 946 9,543 Barrels & drums, steel, heavy: Orders, unf., end mo thous. 12,403 Shipments do. . Stocks, end of month do.. 58 259 55,940 Foundry equipment (new), new orders 1937-39-100 2 319 November )ecember 97.81 98.25 75.84 97.59 98.03 75.70 97.30 97.72 75.78 98.32 98.74 76.30 100,256 98,276 1,492 94,572 92,613 1,406 96,506 94,549 1,406 99,828 97,871 1,406 102,502 100,025 1,967 96,904 94,471 1,858 99,184 96, 754 1,856 101,539 99, 122 !,842 120,536 2,788 1 15,428 2,902 1 17,478 2,918 1 17,257 2,927 2,860 2,240 2,88-2 2,249 3,536 2,744 3,246 2,596 3,075 2,357 2,869 2,245 2,873 2,235 2,701 2, 151 8,306 5, 105 8,587 5,575 8,793 5,686 8,967 5,773 4,949 2,046 48 3,748 2, 101 84 3,404 1,848 88 3,231 2,003 7o 343.3 202.9 455.8 494.3 46,744 r43,25l 1 14, 191 r 1 12,677 42,361 112,192 57, 170 57,221 58,515 r 52, 670 166,724 r 166,523 59,373 50,755 176, 148 7,C64 7,573 3, 155 13,446 6,566 5,085 2,221 r 14,854 6,481 5,667 2,620 15,720 5,752 5,960 10,904 r4,738 4,006 r ! 1 , 11 1 4,533 r 4 ft? > 1 !,564 LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (NLMA) : Prod., total m i l . bd. ft. Softwoods do. . Shipments, total do.. Softwoods do. . Stocks, gross, end of month, total mi 1. bd. ft. Softwoods do. . RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tota 1 thous . sq . yd . 3/ 4,675 446 A irports .... do. .• 3/ 7 775 Roads do Streets and alleys do.. 3/ 1,454 6,094 822 3 691 1,582 EMPLOYMENT Labor turnover in manufactur+ do do do. 1 Bonds: Average price of a l l listed bonds (NYSE) 4/. . .dollars Domestic do. . Foreign do. . Value, issues listed NYSE: Market value, all issues 47 mi i . dol . Domestic do. . Fore i gn do. . Face valus, a l l issues 4/ m i l . do L Domestic do. . For eign do.. Stocks: Shares listed on NYSE: Market value m i l . dol. No. shares 1 isted. . .mi 1 1 ions 44 1 522 385 Highway concrete pavement l ay—of f Quit M i l i t a r y and misc October FINANCE CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE mo. rate pei 100 employees Separation rate, iota 1 . . .do. . December December GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS A 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM 3.3 3.4 .3 1 0 1 7 .3 3.3 4.5 .4 1 8 2 1 .3 Natural rubber: 44,790 Consumption long tons 95,260 Stocks, end of month do.. 3,258 3/ 6,605 148 Synthetic rubber: 100 65,740 Producti on do. . 1 774 3/ 4 336 Consumpt i on do. . 71,635 1,384 3/ 2, 121 1 18,987 Stocks, end of month do.. Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: 7,920 Production . .. .thousands 6,214 Shipments .do. . 2,916 O r i g i n a l equipment do.. pi. 9 2.7 14, 110 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . p4.3 r4.2 Inner tubes: .3 p. 2 5,642 Product i on do. . o2 9 r2 3 4,863 Sh i pments do , . 1 5 P1 1 12,036 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . .3 P. 2 £/ Revised, .j)/ Preliminary. _[/ Unadjusted. 2/ Data for December 1952 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 3_/ Data include some contracts awarded in prior months but not reported. 4V Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. 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