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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Availoble only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * February 5 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1 TPM Jan. 31 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities .1947-49=100 Farm products do Foods, processed do. . A 1 I other do 22 commodities 2/ do.. Department store sa les do Insured unemployment, total thous State programs do. . Failures, ind. i, comm. . number Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody "s) 3/ . percent 1954 1953 1954 1 TPM Jan. 16 Jan. 23 *I09.9 *99 6 *I05.5 *! 13 1 88.7 **86 1 10 9 98 5 106. 1 1 14 5 88.6 85 **| 25 1 **l, 165 162 2 220 2,038 200 208 3 24 3 35 3 33 1 10 9 98 4 105 9 1 14 5 87.7 87 Jan. 31 Jan. 30 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39=100 1 10 9 Industrials (420) do.. 98 9 105.6 Product i on : Bitum coal 3/ thous sh tons 1 14 5 Electric power ,by ut i 1 ities 87.5 mi 1 kw . -hr Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petroleum crude 3/ thous b b l Steel (ingots & for castings, 233 quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 Freight car loadings thous cars 3 30 M i see 1 1 aneous . do. . Jan. 16 Jan. 23 197.4 213.9 192.5 208.3 197. 1 213.8 ** 1,535 1,363 1,363 **8, 144 141, 137 «*6,400 9,014 139,341 6,236 8,976 137,681 6, 195 139.5 **698 «*370 1 10.3 620 319 109.9 617 320 Jan. 30 199.2 216.5 136, 196 1 12.2 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ D a i l y averages. 4V Week ended February 6, 109.7. * Monthly index for January 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 2,130,000; State programs, 1,952,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 ITEM January November December EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau Census) : C i v i l i a n labor force. .. .thous. Emp loyed do Agricultural do. . Nonagr icu Itural do. . Unemp 1 oyed do . . #120.6 62,700 60,800 5,825 54,975 1,900 Bonds (S&P Corp.): Dom. m u n i c i p a l (15 bonds): 124.0 Price dol. per $100 bond 2.47 yield percent Stocks: Cash d i v i d e n d payments: Total (pub. reported) mi 1. dol. #1,736. 1 F \ nance do #195.2 Manufacturing do.. #1,045.5 #141.9 Mining do. . #49.7 Communications •... do.. Heat, light & power ... .do. . #92.6 #88.4 Rai Iroad do. . Trade . .. do . #79.2 Div. yields, pref. stocks, I I high-grade (S&P) . .percent 4. 16 Price, comb, index (480) (S&P Corp.) 1935-39=100 197.6 214.3 Industrial (420) do.. 200.4 Capital goods ( 129) do.. 184.7 Consumers 'goods (195).. do.. 124.0 P u b l i c u t i l i t y (40) do.. do.. 185.2 : Rai Iroad (20) p/ Preliminary. November December 280.6 287.2 r285.9 284.7 192.5 87.0 50. 1 22.6 32.8 199.3 88.7 52.7 24.2 33.7 r 198.3 r87.7 r52.9 24. 1 r33.6 196.4 85.9 52.8 24.2 33.5 188.7 5. 1 195.6 5. 1 H94.5 5. 1 192.6 5. 1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS 122.9 63,353 61,925 6,651 55,274 1,428 123.0 62,614 60,764 5,438 55,326 1,850 62, 137 59,778 5,345 54,433 2,359 FINANCE r/ Revised, October December January CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost indexes: Department of Commerce, composite 1947-49-100 1953 1952 1954 ITEM 121.4 2.62 232.4 52.5 102.0 2.5 !. 1 57.0 2.9 7.8 122.3 2.59 123.6 2.50 1,715.2 170.6 1,081.7 141.3 43.7 100.3 87.4 48.8 4. 15 4.20 4. 15 187.5 202.3 192.2 171.0 123.6 158.5 190.7 206.2 197.0 172.9 125.2 156.9 195.4 211.9 201.0 177.0 126.7 159.5 Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Total bi 1 . dol . Wage & salary disbursements, total bi 1 . dol . Comm -producing ind . do.. Distributive ind do.. Service i ndustr ies. . . . do. . Government do. . Wage & salary receipts, tota 1 bi 1 do 1 Other labor income do. . Proprietors' and rental income . . . b i 1 . do 1 . Personal interest income and d i v i d e n d s do.. Transfer payments do. . Less personal contributions for social ins b i l . dol. Tota 1 nonagr i ncome do . . Industrial prod. (FRB) : Unadj., combined index 1947-49=100 Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . Primary metals do.. Stee 1 do. . Metal fabricating do.. Fab . meta 1 prod do. . Mach i nery . . do. . Transportation equi.p.do.. Autos do. . Instruments, etc do.. Furniture & f i xtures. .do. . Lumber & products. . . .do. . Stone, clay & g lass. . . .do. . # December 1952 data. ## November 1952 data. 51.8 49.5 50.0 50.4 21.5 13.6 22.8 14.5 r22.7 13.8 22.5 14.3 3.9 261.6 4.0 270.5 4.0 r269.0 4.0 267.2 131 133 151 131 ##144 136 138 154 129 136 r!30 r!32 r!46 r!22 129 p!25 p!27 p!42 pill 166 134 164 182 1 14 156 125 103 128 167 135 161 189 151 156 117 122 140 r!58 r!32 155 r!7l 107 r!57 1 14 r 115 134 p!56 p!30 p!49 p!74 p!07 p!57 p i 14 p!04 p!3l MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1952 1 TPlll December GEN. DUS. INDICATORS - Con. Industrial prod. - Con. Unadjusted index - Con. Manufactures - Con. Nondurable mfs. . 1947-49= 100 Food & beveraoe mfs do Food manufactures. .. .do. . Beverages do. . Tobacco manufactures. .do. . T e x t i l e - m i l l prod do.. Apparel & a l l i e d prod. do.. Leather & products. .. .do. . Paper 4, a l l i e d prod... do.. Printing & pub 1 ishing.do. . Chemicals, etc do. . Petroleum & coal prod. do.. Rubber products . . . .do. . M i ner a 1 s . . . do . . Coa 1 do. . Crude o i l & nat. gas... do.. Adj., combined index do.. Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . Primary metals do.. Metal fabricating do.. Fab. metal products. .do. . Machinery do. . Transportation equip. do.. Instruments, etc do.. Furniture & f ixtures. .do. . Lumber & products . . .do. . Stone, clay & glass... do.. Nondurable mfs do.. Food & beverage mfs... do.. Tobacco manufactures . .do. . Text i le-mi 1 1 prod do. . Apparel & a l l i e d prod. do.. Leather & products. .. .do. . Paper & a l l i e d prod... do.. Printing & pub 1 ishing.do. . Chemicals, etc do.. Petroleum & coal prod. do.. Rubber products do. . M i nera I s . . do Coa 1 do Crude o i l & nat. gas... do.. October November 115 102 105 #101 93 104 111 98 121 121 143 128 123 1 15 85 134 133 135 152 135 166 134 161 190 154 120 115 129 118 106 1 14 108 1 14 104 127 119 141 128 128 1 17 82 134 123 120 r!23 1 16 116 102 106 97 140 127 150 131 r!27 118 84 131 132 134 151 128 165 132 159 189 155 113 1 16 133 117 108 106 100 106 93 132 123 146 129 M20 1 14 76 131 r 1 18 rill r l 15 99 rill r96 100 "r88 135 126 r!5l r 131 r!20 MI2 76 r!30 r!29 r!3l r!46 r!22 r!59 r!32 r!53 r!78 155 110 116 133 116 r!08 r!08 r96 101 r90 r!32 r!2l 146 r!29 r 1 18 rill r70 r!30 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, total m i l . kw.-hr. Uti 1 ities ... . . . .do. Industrial establish do.. 42,389 36,536 5,853 43,751 37,614 6, 137 42,317 36,378 5,939 FOODSTUFFS Fermented malt liquors: Production thous. bb 1 . Tax-paid withdrawals do.. Stocks, end of month do.. Coffee, vis. supp ly. thous. bags 6,686 6,774 r9,097 691 7,606 6,941 10,091 628 5,649 5,644 9,830 778 December December pi 1 1 plOO p!03 p89 p89 p99 p86 p!2l p!2l p!48 p!28 p i 12 p!09 p7l DI3I METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces 8,220 thous. 1. tons Stocks, end of mo. , total . .do. . 45, 172 At f ur naces do . . 39,055 6,116 On Lake Erie docks do.. Castings, gray iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale #1,309.3 thous. sh. tons Shipments, total do... #1,060.7 #593.8 For sale do.. Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unf . ,for sa le. .sh.tons #167,842 #76,099 Sh i pments , tota 1 do. . #46,708 For sale. .do. Pig iron, production 6,510 thous. short tons Castings, steel: #148,259 Shipments, total .. .short tons #110,467 For sale, total do.. #22,287 Railway specialties. .. .do. . Stee 1 forgings: J./ Orders, unf... thous. sh. tons #1,398.9 #155.6 Shipments, for sale do.. #112.6 Drop and upset do.. #43.0 Press and open hammer. .do. . Electrical app 1 . , sales b i l l e d : Vacuum cleaners, stand. .number 249,032 Washers do. . 317,914 Radio sets, production 2/ 1,498.3 thousands Television sets, prod .27. number 921. 1 p!27 p!29 p!43 p i 14 p!57 p!30 p!47 pl8l p!55 p!08 pll5 p!33 p i 14 p!05 PAPER AND PRINTING p!08 P92 Newsprint, Canada: sh . tons p!02 Product i on Shipments from mi 1 Is do.. p9l p!28 Stocks, m i l l s , end mo.... do.. Newsprint, United States: p i 19 p!47 Consump. by pub 1 ishers. . .do. . do. . p!28 Production do. . pM7 Shipments from m i l l s Stocks, end of month: pill At mi 1 Is do. . p69 At pub 1 ishers do. . p!3l In transit to pub do.. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 45,052 Motor vehicles, factory sales, 39,062 tota 1 . . . number 5,990 Coaches, total do.. Domestic do. . 5,954 6, 176 9,223 723 Passenger cars, total ... .do. . Domestic do. . Trucks, total do. . Domestic . . .do . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS December 8, 131 55,699 47,419 8,280 7,522 r54,98l r46,896 8,085 7,022 48,815 41,145 7,671 1,075.5 1, 141.5 650.2 977.0 1,004.3 563.9 104,046 73,473 45,515 93, 156 63,435 37,500 6,498 6,063 140,702 106,788 r 25, 354 5,779 1 14,088 84,945 17,784 741.7 144.6 103.7 41.0 249,383 319,066 216,227 244, 144 190,773 200,034 1,052.5 680.4 1,065.8 560.2 1, 101. 1 449.8 463,377 463,064 122,512 510,772 506,544 144,764 473, 176 491,450 126,490 473,325 488,571 111,244 386,627 86,659 83,007 429,509 97,112 96,288 427,904 92,385 90,847 388,237 89,656 90,240 11,726 530,651 81,258 7,072 514,419 80,803 8,610 464,899 87,468 8,026 477,800 73,969 r 535, 428 r620,562 519 231 189 496 452,487 371 288 482,920 424 393 528,088 516,257 r9 1,955 r79,54l 378,406 369,994 73,710 64,781 387,844 37 1 , 844 94,652 80,224 r4!8,983 r406, 157 rll6,2!4 r 104, 048 2/ Data for December 1952 cover PENALTY FOft PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT Of POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November October 797.5 155.8 112.8 43.0 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. # November 1952 data. _[/ See note on corresponding item in January 1954 SURVEY. 6 weeks; October and November 1953, 4 weeks; December 1953, 5 weeks. Permit No. 1953 1952 1953 1 TPM
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