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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Ion to th* monthly mogozlnt SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS JANUARY 2. I9S3 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS 100 > 100 BILLION! OF KILOWATT-MOUM STEEL PRODUCTION end Stttl for Gcutlnp) ELECTRIC. POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES too 7,0 ISO 6.0 ^^-^** 100 i i 1 I i. Li i J J uA.J,...L.i._Lj .1-1.1.1.1. i.. i 1 JAN, FIB, MAR, 4P*. MAY JUNt i M J . J L llLLa..l.Lm. 5SPT.6CT, M6Vi OEO, ) - 100 260 5.0 -.J-±^A-J.,.1 J..J,...Li...LJ-l.,i...Li lA..L.LJ-...LJ.J. ± I...L.LJ-i..-Ll-Ll-t-I-4-l ] I I II J I I I I I I I I JAN, FilL MAR.AM, MAY JUMt JWLy^^ AUfti liPTT^^CTr* THOUSAND* Of VEHICLES ,--___ . — PRICES of 420 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS MOTOR-VEHICLI PRODUCTION (Passenger Cars and Trucks) IAV CLOSC) 220 180 140 100 1949 I960 1951 1952 1949 1950 1951 1952 1 WEEKLY STATISTICS 19 51 1952 1 TFM Dec. 22 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities 1947-49-100 Farm products do Foods , processed , do .... A 1 1 other do 22 commodities (revised series) 2/.... ,. .do Cotton, m i d d l i n g , 15/16", 10 markets 3/ dol. per Ib.. Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) _3/....dol. per bu.. Department store sales ,.1947-49-100.. 1 nsured unemp loyment, tota 1 thous State programs ... . . do. F i nance : Currency in circu ! at ion 3/ , m i l of do i . Federal Reserve bank credit +otal . . , do Member bank reserve balances . , , . do Excess reserves, estimated . ...... „ do. ... Federal Reserve reports no rre^.bc-r banks in leading cities: Bank debits, total. m i l . of do!.. New York City do. .. Deposits, demand, adjusted, do. . . . Loans and investments tote! „ ... do U . S . Government ob i i gat i OPS ... . .... do. . Commercial, industrial, and agr . loans (gross) .. .do. ... Fa i 1 ures, 5 ndustr i a 1 and commerc i a 1 ..... number . . Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/. ...... .percent. . Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor 's) .. 1935-39= 100. . Industrials, 420 stocks do.... Product ion : Bituminous coal 3/ .thous. of short tons.. Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l of kw -hr . Motor vehicles (Ward's) number.. Petroleum, crude 3/ thous. of bb 1 . . Steel 4/ 1935-39-100. . Freight car loadings, total thous. of cars.. M i see 1 1 aneous do .... J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. for December 1951. ** Monthly index for November 1952. * ! 1 3 r-i *! M 3 * 1 10 7 •*l 14.6 109 3 .417 2.54 228 1,098 1,056 Dec. 29 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec . 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 1 10.3 .420 2.52 92 1,305 1,263 #*i iO 7 **I03 8 **I07 7 **l !2 8 9! 3 .344 2.42 138 795 747 1 10 0 102 4 !04 3 1 12 8 91 3 .339 2.46 195 877 824 109 6 99 7 104 i 1 i2 8 90 6 .331 2.48 224 109 3 99 5 103 1 1 12 8 89 7 .326 2.44 237 109 5 101 0 102 8 1 12 7 90 2 .328 2.43 29,31 1 25,745 20,798 1,031 29.333 25,576 20,208 571 30, 141 26,301 20,917 603 30,302 26,751 20,939 660 30,395 26,860 20,868 642 30 539 27,039 21, 1 98 719 30 712 27 499 21 050 668 33,789 14,701 54,822 74.842 32,577 21,442 1 17 3.25 183.9 200.8 24,682 10, 1 16 54,059 74 . 878 32,522 2 1 , 592 163 3.26 182.4 199. 1 29,513 1 1 , 925 53,960 78,458 33,039 22,876 127 3. 19 193.7 209.8 28,426 ! 1 , 933 54,392 78,266 32,947 22,949 120 3. 18 195.0 21 1 .2 27,490 1 1,718 55, 127 78,353 32,819 23, 136 157 3. 19 196. 1 212 6 34,825 14,693 55,816 78,990 32 925 23,236 141 3. 19 196.5 213 0 1,789 7,824 102,837 6, 1 15 234 9 671 332 1,581 6,922 35, 193 6, 1 12 227 i 502 254 1,800 7,70' 1 13 250 6,587 246 9 670 336 1,673 8 165 123 312 6,394 244 3 719 365 1 ,658 8 140 1 15 320 6,477 247 3 721 373 1 633 8 280 127 881 6,525 250 6 710 364 16,010 QC 3. 19 197.6 O I / / 106 255 238 9 3/ Dai ly averages. 47 Week ending January 3, 248.7. * Monthly index MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Earlier data are a v a i l a b l e in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement l<>5I October l<352 November August September October November DOMESTIC TRADE Radio advertising: Cost of f a c i l i t i e s , total Automotive, i n c l u d i n g accessories Drugs and toiletries Electric household equipment ...thous. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... Foods, soft drinks, confectionery do.... 14,948 377 3,991 266 307 4, 170 459 1,631 1,855 1,893 14,377 33^ 3,699 274 315 4, 127 445 1,546 1 ,841 1 793 ! 0 , 94 1 256 3 010 316 367 2 971 434 1,250 776 1,559 55 520 4 232 3,635 1,937 6 674 7,88i 3,254 3 839 3,506 3,309 1 361 1, 170 14,72? 4, 129 r I?,R54 32 ^ r3 283 r304 331 V 319 452 r 1 ,595 1,042 2 206 15,762 394 4 225 43! 3r'S 3 673 37 1 1,645 1 292 2 925 38 442 3,588 3,671 1,549 5,456 5,472 1,672 1,375 979 2 861 774 1,398 9,648 3,960 56 978 6,469 4,366 3, 127 6,653 6 883 2 388 3 688 2 747 3 774 1 266 1,437 14, 182 4,798 63 494 5,250 4,775 3 139 7 556 9 047 2 924 4 590 4015 • 3 981 1 509 6,878 121,892 398,865 121,494 277,371 6, !74 ! 19,935 351,558 101, 150 250,409 6,71 i 127,034 373,724 102,462 27 1 , 262 6,764 125,622 418,732 1 18, 142 300,590 137 140 218 152 159 70 180 46 144 !25 10! 160 149 134 65 216 46 140 134 135 189 140 123 70 235 45 144 127 93 (88 139 157 76 21 1 46 145 !23 195 15? !47 76 233 46 144 3,375 203 4 8,586 2,^59 5,31 1 17,418 2, 1 14 7,888 6, 156 2,448 3,429 5,693 331 1 13 12,078 3,822 7,691 8,914 25 6,996 14, 194 8,235 5, 169 5,294 33 2,030 7,075 4,253 2,472 47,336 103 °27 66,465 37 46? 43 362 3/016 40,477 91 184 6 1 , 830 29 280 45 739 3, !79 32,984 82,661 47,420 35,241 28,577 1,629 36,439 87,430 48,430 39,000 31,249 2,057 33,839 85,838 46,4!9 39,4!9 35, 172 2,058 23,^75 27,228 6,636 74 , 425 24 , 1 96 7,477 15,437 18,261 7, 158 16,987 16,799 7,326 19,226 19, !66 ' 7,347 thous. of Ib.. do. ... 86,633 83,630 68,436 65,030 108,320 ! 12,370 94,885 99,235 39,575 ' 89,090 76,420 78, ! iO thous. of bu.. . do do do. . do 10,200 24 565 7 503 1,381 47 284 1 1,518 33,948 9 224 806 35 730 23,234 18,206 22,030 1,770 59, 153 ! 1,264 2 1 , 567 10,705 815 43,666 8,613 48,645 5,573 328 23 804 8,294 56,549 4 735 302 21 383 26 779 47 299 28 173 6,217 202,464 17,899 17, 167 30,814 3,210 308.618 19,002 31,072 30 141 2,905 293;878 16,967 60,880 26,546 2,698 276.075 Soap, cleansers, etc......... „ do.... Smok i ng mater i a 1 s , do .... A 1 1 other do .... Magazine advertising: Cost, total do. . r 62, 294 Apparel and accessories.... do.... r5,539 Automotive, including accessories do.... r4,622 Bu i Id i ng mater i a 1 s . do. ... r2,975 Drugs and toiletries ..do. r6,980 Foods, soft drinks, confectionery.. do. r8,932 Beer , w i ne , 1 i quor s . do . 3, 1 18 Household equipment and supplies do. r4,7!6 House ho Id furnishings , do. r'4,299 1 ndustr ia 1 mater i a Is do. r3,86l Soaps , cleansers, etc do. 1,612 Smok i ng mater i a 1 s , do .... r 1,240 A 1 1 other .do .... r i4,400 L i nage , tota 1 thous . of i i nes . . 4,849 Money orders, domestic, issued (50 cities): Number thousands . . 7, 168 Value .' thous. of dol. 126,545 Mai 1 -order and store sa les, tota 1 , 2 compan ies do. ... 374 ,319 1 1 7 , 37 1 Montgomery Ward & Co. do. . . . Sears, Roebuck and Co do.. . 256,949 1 , 480 1^,228 4 , 898 4,299 6,275 1 14,728 39 1 , 569 108,525 283,045 TRANSPORTATION Freight car load ings (Federal Reserve indexes): Total, adjusted 1935-39=100. . i35 Coa 1 do .... 134 Coke do .... 206 144 Forest products , do. ... 154 Grain and grain products .do. 83 Livestock.... do Ore .do .... 180 46 Merc hand i se, I.e. 1 do. ... Mi see 1 laneous , do. ... 144 Freight-car surplus and shortage, d a i l y averages: Car surplus number.. 2,593 Box car s , do ... 86 Coa 1 car s : , , . . do . . . . 19 19,045 Car shortage ., do . . Box cars .. do. 6,235 Coa 1 car s do .... 10, i68 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: Product i on thous of proof ga 1 . Stocks, total do In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses..., do.... In denaturing plants do Used for denaturation do Withdrawn tax-paid do. ,. Alcohol, denatured: Production . thous. of wine gal.. Consumption (withdrawals) .....do... Stocks do.... 134 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery (factory) Cheese ( factory) , tota 1 Grains: Receipts: Barley Corn Oats ......... . . . .. Rye Wheat Stocks, commercial, end of month: Bar ley . do Oats do Wheat do r/ Revised. 27,704 38,497 3 1 , 507 6,471 224,941 20,085 18, 186 34,204 3,285 313.561 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 195! October 1952 November August September October November FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO - Continued Livestock: Cattle and calves: Receipts, p r i n c i p a l markets thous. of animals.. Shipments, feeder, to 8 corn belt States do.,.. Hogs: Receipts, p r i n c i p a l markets , do.... Sheep and lambs: Receipts, principal markets.. do.... Shipments, feeder, to 8 corn belt States do.... Coffee, v i s i b l e supply, United States thous. of bags.. Sugar, U. S., deliveries and supply (raw value): Production .... ..short tons.. Entr ies from off-shore do. ... Hawa i i and Puerto R i co do .... De 1 i ver i es , tota 1 do .... For domestic consumption do.... Stocks, raw and refined, end of mo... thous. of short tons.. Tobacco, manufactured products: Product i on , tota 1 thous . of 1 b . . Chewing, plug, and twist .. , do* .. Smok i nq , do ... Snuff do 2,928 893 2,063 460 2,078 338 2,641 563 3,460 4,098 2,203 2,152 822 736 1,157 305 562 1,455 479 605 464,289 444,726 92,575 679,382 677,214 1, 167 627,848 314,637 102,389 r 559, 800 r557,430 1,583 9,971 573,936 177,671 734,684 731,376 831 18,292 7, 120 8,0i7 3, 154 20,624 7,853 9,243 3,528 thous. of fong tons.. do.... do. ... do.... .......short tons.. . do do do millions. thous. gross.. 7,749 50,229 43,425 6,804 374,200 254,635 119,565 333,018 1,026 24,625 short tons.. do. ... '.........do . . do.... 3,101 1,088 2,379 667 2,540 3,099 3,326 2, 1 19 722 889 2,228 788 61 1 1,289 319 529 91,126 725,621 237,299 ' 744,355 742/146 697 602,545 387,590 273,166 680,035 677,919 1,045 226,961 108,362 523,713 522,474 18,554 7, ON 8,373 3,170 20,051 7,366 9,406 3,279 21,342 7,936 9,781 3,625 7,624 49,099 42,258 6,841 263,468 156,035 107,433 229,422 820 19,900 7,243 34, 137 29,449 4,688 465,820 348,906 1 16,914 421,22! 1.126 29,462 7,659 41,532 36,206 5,326 460, 155 348,500 1 ! 1,655 405,368 ! , !46 r 33, 060 8,048 47,839 4 i , 699 6, 140 355,341 240,159 115,182 304,836 1,229 33,467 87,896 104, 148 125,286 78,192 82,617 103,614 (23,646 68,160 79,368 95,366 127,910 83,77i 82,426 98,930 135,486 71,456 34,273 31,164 26.7.42. 372.4 36,234 37,084 25,871 305.5 41,836 45,499 39,767 31 1.6 42,791 49,850 3 ! , 837 365.9 51,521 43, 15037,7(8 335.8 49,806 51.271 35,686 258. 1 403.9 221.3 330.5 226.0 311. 1 317.0 302,4 368.3 r243.3 r 357.8 • p2IO. i p.338.2 259,469 874,723 411,867 219,1 19 747,914 415,332 222,413 543,802 397,769 237,541 865,654 755,665 292,474 772,346 724,117 188, 149 198,258 261, 100 192,798 202,661 264,368 195,528 210,510 264,723 202,044 213,358 269,776 40,726 39, 1 1 1 94,917 45,378 46,933 38,822 104,257 54,061 45,053 36,887 1 17,252 56,200 45,183 37,321 120,721 53,052 5,!44 9, 1 ! 1 4,857 9,620 4,694 9,745 4,940 9,869 95,859 84,976 18, 191 107,427 95,742 18,259 104,977 93,663 18,248 i 04, 873 92,564 19,605 105,117 6,91 1 8,379 110,750 7,842 9,722 113,698 7,293 8,925 l i 1,770 8,292 8,890 471,732 491,020 128,078 486,496 488,575 142,015 461,508 462,404 141,119 502,791 486, 159 157,751 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): Consumption by furnaces Stocks, end of month, total At furnaces On Lake Erie docks Cans, metal, shipments, total Food . Nonfood . Shipments for sale..... Commercial closures, production Crowns, production Copper : Production: Mine or smelter Ref i nery Deliveries, refined, domestic...... Stocks, refined, end of month Lead, refined (pr imary ref iner ies) : Product i on ;. Shipments (domestic) ... . . . . do do Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net 1937-39*100., Machine tools: New orders. !945~47»IOO. . S h i pments do .... Electrical equipment, domestic: Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales b i l l e d number.. Radio sets, production I/ do.... Television sets (jncl. combination), product ion _[/ . ..do. ... "PETROLEUM ANd PRODUCTS Crude petroleum: Product 5 on ... thous of bb ! , 197,610 199,826 Consumption (runs to stills) do... 262,266 Stocks, end of month: Gasoline-bearing in U. S do.... Refined petroleum products: Fuel oi 1: 40,159 Product i on : D i st i 1 1 ate f ue 1 o i l do .... 37,944 Residual fuel o i l , ..do.... ri09,544 Stocks, end of month: Distillate fuel o i l do.... r49,573 Residua! fuel o i l . do ... Lubricating oi Is: Production do 5.432 8,9J4 Stocks, refinery, end of month . ..do Motor fuel: 98,510 Production, total . do . 86,942 Gasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum do.... 18,167 Natura 1 ' gaso 1 5 ne and a l l i e d products do Stocks, gasoline, end of month: 101,837 F i n i shed gaso 1 i ne do .... 6,963 Unfinished gasoline do 9,003 Natura 1 gaso 1 i ne do .... r84,824 105,, 770 r 138,759 59,760 7,826 51,208 44,318 6,890 80,634 100,075 125,338 69,237 254,297 924, 195 780,486 PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Shipments from m i l l s Stocks, at m i l l s , end of month do do.... 492,475 497,410 147,366 £/ Revised, £/ preliminary. J/ Data for September 1952 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 463,435 498,987 122,199 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued larliir- dita ar§ a v a i l a b l e In menthly i§§u@§ §f the iurv§y and the If II if if lit leal Supplement 195 1 199; §epf@mb§r Qefeber Oetober N©v@ffsb§r 405,277 100,339 97, 791 402,829 0^,047 99,301 341,371 ^7,831 99,000 379,669 92,301 90,645 42^,981 97, 144 97,789 416,974 89,842 90,429 10,980 434,141 I00,2t2 7,52S 431,244 107, 144 7,630 §73, §02 §8,444 *>nt*m 3,306 77,i?g 8,661 561,010 69,364 ©,074 927, §2& 97"»2fte 971,600 417,100 943, ©00 ©12,100 365 400 6&3,4£Q 917,100 3§S,400 §50, 600 1,001,600 410,900 <30S,700 !, 076,500 413,000 1 142,206 i,0f6,90y 4=57-400 i, 004, 900 9,341 8,948 9,084 7,804 7,714 9,710 10,700 1 1 . i26 9 449 10, 100 ^,688 9,S94 10 704 10, 1 19 9 854 23,472 6,652 f 30-432 9 044 r30,872 10, §48 38,06§ !2»945 130 1,787 10 163 i > 121 20 r 166 r i ,811 19 169 1,894 18 96 41 i 13 46 i34 52 138 54 73,806 83,377 r75,293 74,970 86,973 154 72, 190 8,970 47,700 15,520 August Novdffibsr PAPER AND PRINTING - Conf inusd Newsprint, United States I §H ! pint's f r Qfn ml 1 1 @ i < 1 1 1 1 1 1 > . 1 1 1 1( 1 1 1 » « i < 1 1 1 > 1 1 1 1 1 1 <d@> > 1 1 §t©ek§, end ef menthi At ml 1 1§, ,,,.....,,,...,. .!« ,,,,.,,,..... , ,,,,de,, ,, PipefbeiFdi STONI, CLAY, AND QLASS PRODUCTS Ol§§§ container!: Froduet Ion ,, i , « . , , , , » , , , , , • • » , , , « • » i •,, •, thous , of gross » „ S h 1 pint nt §,.,,,,., * .,,,,,.,.. * , ... * ,. . i ., > ,,« * . i < * • > . , do ,,,, TIXTILi PRODUCTS Wool! I/ Consumption (§€our@d basts): Appif© 1 € 1 i§§ , , « , , , , i , i .,,.,,,,,», i ,, • *,, i . thous, of Ib, 3 i , 600 Oaf p§t € !§§§ , . > i , . , , 1 1 1 * ( i < . i . « 1 1 . * 1 1 • i > , * * 1 1 1 1 1 , • ido«( < » 7,780 Machinery activity (weekly average): Loom§ : Woolen and worsted: 124 P i l e and Jaccjusrd, ,.,,,,.,., , thous. of active hours.. 1,750 Broad do. ... 9 Carpet and rug: 98 Broad do, ... 43 Narrow do ... S p i n n i n g spindles: 69 869 Woo 1 en do 77,098 Wor sted do .... 124 Worsted corobs do 60 955 Manufactures wool yarn production tots 1 thous of Ib 6,615 Kn i tt > ng . do. . . . 43', 965 10,375 Carpet and other do. ... 72,835 76,698 120 50 81? 5 . 400 36.460 8.952 U9 55,340 7,960 67 , ?08 10, !72 r 86, 475 r 155 r 57, 832 7,608 r38,OI6 r (2,208 8,888 8 296 10 ',087 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, total Coaches, tota 1 Domestic Passenger cars , tota 1 Domest ic Trucks, tota 1 .' Domest i c number.. do. ... do. "... do. . . . do . . . . do. . . . . . do 526,448 1, 174 1, 108 414,533 40 1 , 392 1 10,74! 92,276 r 450, 268 833 710 r3^6,590 r346, 138 rQ2,545 r75,4!8 270,982 349 27! 218,577 2! 1, 140 52,056 45,204 551, 159 387 330 438, 397 425,266 i 12,375 99,375 604,261 389 260 471,808 459,958 132,064 1 16,449 519,536 319 244 405, I 1 1 394,313 1 14, 106 102,504 £/ Revised. J_/ Data for October 1951 and 1952 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 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
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