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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available only with scbtcfiption to tfie month y magazine SURVEY Of CUWENT ftUSINESS * * * * January 29, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and Monthly deta subsequent to those published in the latest Monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1953 1953 1954 1954 ITEM ITEM Jan, 24 Commodity prices, whoelsaie: All commodities.. 1947-49.100 Farm products .do. . Foods, processed. ..... .do. . Al 1 other do. . 22 commodities 2/ do.. Deportment store ssies...do. . Insured unemployment, total thous State program do. . Fai lures, !nd & comm. .number Bond yields domestic corpo~~ rate (Moody *s) 3/ • percent Jan. 9 Jan. 16 *I09.9 «99.6 *I05.5 *l 13.1 89.8 **92 1 10.4 95.9 105.2 114.5 88.5 ' 94 **\ 289 **l,205 173 fl 109 #1,952 202 200 3 23 3 37 3 35 JI0.9 98.5 106.1 II4;5 88.6 85 Jan. 24 Jan, 23 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's I935-39«IOO MO. 9 Industrials (420). do.. 98.4 106.0 Production: Bituw.cool 3/. . .thous. sh. tons 114.5 Electric power, by utilities 87.7 mi 1. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (Hard's) No. Petroleum, crude 3/ thous bbl Steel (ingots 4 for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 208 Freight car load ings thous cars Miscellaneous do j3 33 Jan. 9 Jan. 16 197. 1 213.7 192.9 209.0 192.5 208.3 **l,593 1,365 1,363 *»8, 121 140,396 **6,434 8,825 143,431 6, 189 9,014 139,341 6,236 139.9 **705 **369 1 11.9 624 328 109.6 620 319 Jan. 23 197. ! 213.8 142,748 109.9 I/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks, g/ Tuesday price*. 3/ Daily averages. 4/ Week ended January 30, 109.6. * Monthly index for January 1953. *» For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 1,968,000; State programs, 1,816,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 December October November December December October November December COMMODITY PRICES - Con. BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial & comm. failures: Failures, total ....... .number Commercial service ..... .do. . Construction do Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retail trade ....do.. Wholesale trade do.. Liabi lities, total.. thous. dol. Commercial service do.. Construction .do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. RetaiJ trade do. . Wholesale trade. — .....do.. COHTCDITY 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 . Housing do Gas & electricity ,do.. Housef urn ish ings do. . Rent do. . Med i ca 1 care do. . Persona 1 care do . . Read i no and recreat i on do Transportation do. . Other ooods & services do Wholesale p selected items* Butter 92- score ( N Y ) dol per Ib k t d 1 Wheat, av. 6 markets 1953 1952 l1£M ITEM b do. . 583 43 76 131 288 45 23,400 953 5,068 8,458 7,046 1,875 114. i 105.1 113.8 112.7 115.8 1 13 0 1 16.4 105.6 108.2 120.7 1 19.3 112.5 108 0 128.9 1 15 9 1 840 75 89 188 404 84 37,076 3,848 4,366 14,956 9,671 4,235 1 15.4 105.5 1 13.6 110. 1 107.7 111. i 1 18.7 107.0 108.1 126.8 122.8 113.2 108 6 130.7 1 19 7 678 682 489 613 j 44.3 2.562 KQ7 2.568 815 66 97 175 389 88 36,795 2,687 4,621 13,568 11,083 4,836 813 64 89 193 382 85 43,754 1,871 4, 154 23,731 9,757 4,241 Wholesale p., sel. items - Con. Beef steers (Chicago) dol. per 100 Ib. Hogs (Chicago) do.. Beef, choice (N.Y.).dol.per Ib. Pork, loins (N.Y.) do.. Pig iron,comp.2/dol.per l.ton Steel, composite, finished dol. per Ib. Copper, electro. (N.Y.).. . .do.. Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (N.Y.).. .dol. per Ib. Zinc, prime W. (St. Louis). do.. Cotton, middling, 15/16", av. 10 markets cents per Ib. Wool, raw (Boston) .dol .per Ib. 28.77 16.52 .514 .402 56.31 25.35 21.54 .427 .516 56.03 24.83 20.80 .431 .452 56.03 23.65 23.69 .424 .509 56.03 .0498 .2420 .0524 .2960 .0524 .2965 .0524 .2967 .1413 .1250 .1350 .1000 .1350 .1000 .1350 . IQOO 33 1 1.725 32.7 1.725 32.7 1.725 32.6 1.725 50,049 1,892.4 1,392.7 41,379 1,394. 1 1,096.0 35,777 1,299.8 973.8 r 13, 827 979 r3,90l 379 286 3, 100 338 \ ,429 1,271 r2, 146 13,664 1,034 3,658 336 220 2,988 46 i 1,399 !,33S 2,238 115.0 \l 114.9 105.3 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 105.5 1 12.3 1 12.0 U0.3 Construction cont. awarded, 37 HO. 5 107.4 States (F. W. Dodge Corp.): 109.2 number 107.0 34,661 107.8 Tota 1 projects 1 18.9 118.9 Total valuation 1,467.4 m i l . dol. 107.3 Bui Iding, total do. . 1, 147.7 107.2 108.3 108.1 DOMESTIC TRADE 127.3 127.6 123.3 123.6 Radio advertising: 113.4 113.6 Cost of facilities, total #14,478 108 9 108 9 thous. dol . "#640 128.9 Automotive, inc. acces..do.. 130. 1 #3,787 120.3 Drugs & toi letr ies do.. 120 2 E lee household equip do #474 Financial & insurance. . .do. . #285 .676 .666 Foods, soft dr inks, etc. .do. . #3,424 #366 Gaso 1 i no x oi 1 do #1,482 Soap cleansers etc do 479 543 #1,277 Smok i no mater i a 1 s do 1 439 1 530 #2,744 A l l other .do.. 2.578 2.596 £/ Revised. # For November 1952. _[/ Index on base previously used (I935-39»IOO) is 192.1. 2/ See note on corresponding item in January 1954 SURVEY. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM December DOMESTIC TRADE - Con. Magazine advertising: Cost total ....thous. dol. Apparel & accessories do Automotive i nc acces do B u i l d i n g materials do Drugs & toi letries do Foods soft drinks, etc do Beer wi ne 1 iouors do Household eouip etc do Household furnishings do Industrial materials do Soaps cleansers, etc do Srook i ng mater i a 1 s do Money orders issued, domestic (50 cities): Number thousands Value thous dol Mai 1 ~order & store sales tot a 1 2 cos thous do 1 Montgomery Ward & Co do Sears, Roebuck & Co :do. . #63,849 #4,296 #5 102 #2,363 #7,657 #8,753 #3 250 #4, 171 #3,290 #4 175 #1,429 # 1 , 527 October November 72,670 5,856 5 770 3,604 7,915 10,010 3 126 4,985 4,596 4 640 1 , 66 1 1,754 FOODSTUFFS & TOBACCO - Con. Tobacco, manufactures prod.: Production, total .. .thous. Ib. #16, 123 #6,378 Chewing, plug & twist... do.. #6,843 Srook i ng do . , #2,903 Snuff do.. Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free #3,408 m i l l ions Cigarettes, small, tax-paid mi 1 1 ions #30,386 Cigars, tax-paid thousands #528,081 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-paid thous. Ibs. #15,653 69,846 5,071 5 405 2 193 7,555 9,599 3 888 3,874 3,826 4 999 1 ,446 1,603 7,299 131,677 6,556 1 19,218 5 ,995 1 13,791 6,669 125, 106 546,465 155 594 390,870 377,007 99,860 277, 147 369,320 93,800 275,521 5 1 1 657 138,930 372,727 FINANCE Federal Government finance* Receipts, Treasury. . .mi 1 . dol. Receipts net do Customs do 1 ncome & emp 1 taxes do M i see 1 internal rev do Expenditures total do 1 nterest on debt do National defense etc do 6,350 6 003 51 5 024 939 7 124 1 146 4 081 2,894 2 659 51 1 698 1 019 5 477 354 3 647 5, 144 4 695 47 3 947 968 5 423 164 3 540 5,403 5 183 48 4 133 919 6 387 1 294 3 465 TRANSPORTATION Freioht car loadings indexes* Total adjusted i 935-39= 100 Coa 1 do. . Coke do . . Forest products do Grain & grain prod do Livestock. do. . Ore do . . Merchand i se 1 c 1 do Miscellaneous do 131 1 II 191 152 131 69 248 45 144 126 1 10 163 136 157 70 172 44 137 122 104 155 145 140 69 172 42 134 1 17 97 135 135 1 19 58 201 40 132 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Paints, varnish, and lacquer: Factory shipments total thous dol 1 ndustr i a 1 sa les do. . Trade sales do FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Livestock slaughter: Calves thous. animals Catt le do. . Hogs do . . Sheep and lambs do. . £/ Revised. #94 769 r 1 16,432 #40,808 r46,734 #53,961 r 69, 698 523 1,252 7,251 1,218 776 1,782 4,994 1,529 657 1,723 5,439 1,290 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: Calf and kip thous. skins Cattle hide thous hides Goat and kid thous. skins Sheep and lamb do.. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel products, net shipments: Tota 1 thous . sh . tons Bars, hot rol led: A l l grades. . ... .do . Re i nforci ng do. . Semimanufactures do Pipes and tubes . . do. Plates do Ral Is do. , Sheets do. . Strip: Cold rol led .do.. Hot rol led do. . Structural shapes do.. Tin plate & ternep late. .do. . Wire & wire prod do.. Lead, refined (primary ref.): Production sh. tons Shipments (domestic) do.. Stocks, end of month do.. Machine tools: New orders 1945-47*100 Shi pments do. . October November December 19,273 7,473 8,424 3,376 16, 170 6,808 6,307 3,055 2,813 3,535 34,860 540, 124 30,338 547,704 18,580 15,825 #846 #1,963 #2,572 #2,442 804 2,065 r2,580 2,409 724 1,901 2, 1 15 2, 192 #6,648 6,727 5,904 #828 #153 #350 #783 #679 #145 #1,714 #166 #194 #416 #388 #443 758 161 232 864 644 164 2,003 194 180 442 361 329 633 140 190 728 609 182 1,768 169 151 443 303 270 48,651 39,370 43,560 44,741 44,987 58,236 52,562 43,234 67,494 48,687 35,007 81,152 225.2 355.0 198.7 348.4 r 146.6 r320.2 149.2 303. 1 872, 128 684,990 757, 152 21,244 19,953 21,252 19,990 20,933 19,695 11,853 479 1 1, 192 130.6 9,232 474 8,719 129. 1 10,246 436 9,683 118.8 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: ±/ Consumpt ion ba 1 es r69 1,298 Manufactures: Spindle activity: Active spindles, last working day, total thous. 21,632 20,290 Consum. I00# cotton. . .do. . Spindle hours operated, all 9,183 fibers, total mi 1 . hr. 483 Av. per working day.. do.. 8,637 Consum. lOOJf cotton ... do .. 130.9 Operations as % of capacity # For November 1952. \_/ Data for October and December 1953 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PENAITY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUdNEM Permit NO. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 98,516 40,717 57,799 658 1,609 5,540 1,159 December December
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