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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * January 8, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* ITEM Jan. 3 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l 1 cormod i t i e s 1947-49—100 Farm products do Foods, processed . do.. A 1 1 other do 22 commodities 2/ do.. Department store sales do Insured unemployment, total thous State programs . do F a i l u r e s , i n d . &>v comm. .. number r ate (Moody 's) 3/ 1954 1953 1954 1953 ITEM Dec. 19 Dec. 26 *I09.6 *93 6 *I03 8 * 1 14 5 90.5 **I46 1 10 1 94 7 104.9 1 14 5 87.9 234 **867 **805 # 1 520 #1 402 210 162 3 38 3 39 89; 3 20 percent I 10 1 95 4 104 4 1 14 4 88.3 163 Jan. 3 Jan. 2 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39=100 1 10 6 Industrials (420) do.. 97 0 105 6 Production : Bitum.coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons 1 14 5 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s 89.0 mi 1 . kw.-hr . Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro leum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 150 Freight car loadings thous car-s do. . 3.39 Mi see 1 laneous 199 0 217. 1 Dec. 19 191 .5 207.2 Dec. 26 Jan. 2 189.7 205.2 189.7 205 . 0 ** 1,320 1,383 1,515 **7,550 100,714 **6,507. 8,896 123,241 6, 154 8, 150 85,259 6, 158 98.8 **522 **275 1 18.3 618 325 84,218 89.9 481 ' 249 106.2 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. £/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended January 9, I I I . 3 . * Monthly index for December 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 1,519,000; State programs, 1,402,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 1 TFM December October November December Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Tota 1 ... b i 1 . do 1 . Wage & salary disbursements, tota 1 . bi 1 dol . Comm -producing ind do D i s t r i b u t i v e ind.. do Service i ndustr ies . . . .do. . Government do. . Wage & salary receipts, tota 1 bi 1 dol Other labor income do. Proprietors' and rental income b i 1 do 1 Personal interest income and dividends do.. Transfer payments do. . Less personal contributions for social ins bi 1 dol Total nonagr income do.. #277.2 r287.2 285 4 #191 4 #85 6 #50 0 #22.5 #33.3 r 199 3 r88 7 r52 7 r24.2 r33.7 197 7 87 3 52 6 24. 1 33.7 #187 8 #5 1 r 195 6 5 1 193 9 5 1 #50.0 r49 5 50 0 #21 .4 #13. 1 22.8 r 14.5 22.8 13.8 #3 8 #259. 1 40 r270.5 40 268 6 Prices p a i d by farmers: A l l commodities. .. 1910- 14=100 Used in 1 i v i ng do. . Used in production do.. A l 1 commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates 1910-14-100 Par i ty r at i o do . . Pr ices rec'd by farmers, a! 1 farm products 1910-14=100 Crops do Food gr a i ris do . . Feed grains and hay do. . Tobacco do. . Cotton . do Fru it do. . Truck crops do. Oi l-bearing crops do October November December 267 269 264 258 270 246 259 270 248 260 270 250 281 96 276 91 277 90 278 9! r63,325 r6 1,900 r6, 150 r55,750 r 1,425 63,404 62 242 7, 159 55,083 1, 162 63,353 61 925 6,651 55,274 1,428 #r63 819 #r39,999 67 685 41 ,976 68 046 42, 120 #r 1 1 007 #r8,966 #r 1 1 , 472 #r3 349 #^14 171 #r77l #r 1 7 , 474 #1,490 #r 1 5 , 984 10517 8,566 12 132 3 45 1 15 875 776 18,950 1,648 1 7 , 302 10 476 8,480 12 213 3 461 15 97 1 111 19,098 1 , 654 1 7 , 444 #r2,30l #r 1 , 552 #r 1.722 2,413 1,745 1.824 2,425 1,752 1,875 EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau Census)* C i v i l i a n labor force. .. .thous. Emp loyed do Agr icu 1 tura 1 do. . Nonagr i cu Itura 1 do. Unemp 1 oyed • do . . F 1 NANCE COMMODITY PRICES r/ Revised. December COMMODITY PRICES - Con. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Livestock and products. . Meat a n i m a l s Dairy products POLI l+rv and eaas 1953 1952 1 TFM .do. . do do do.. # For November 1952. 247 218 428 268 206 256 300 250 231 223 187 439 274 214 175 255 249 234 229 188 433 268 219 186 263 252 233 230 197 427 259 215 195 269 280 291 309 221 267 273 283 236 263 267 289 225 269 285 283 219 269 257 Life insurance (LIAA): Assets, admitted, 49 companies, total mi 1 dol Bonds & stocks, total... do.. Government (domestic and f ore i gn) , tota 1 m i l dol U. S. Government do. Public utility do Ra i Iroad . do Other . do Cash do Mortgage loans, total... do.. Farm do. . Other do. . Policy loans and premium notes do . . Real -estate holdings. .. .do. . Other admitted assets. . .do. . 62,614 60 , 764 5,438 55,326 1,850 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1 TEM November September Fats, o i l s , and byproducts: Animal fats: Production thous Ib Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Greases: Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Fish oi Is: Production do Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Vegetable oils, total: Production, crude. .. .mi 1 . Ib. Stocks, end of month: Crude . do. Ref i ned do Cottonseed o i l , refined: Production thous. Ib. Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . L i nseed o i l , raw: 368,012 327,150 282,060 280,903 334,269 249,836 367,294 252,586 55,434 107,530 43,702 102,327 47,945 91,557 51,774 86,410 6,404 92,801 30,052 90,397 15,939 92, 126 2,933 79,383 594 451 618 583 1,097 578 925 1,050 959 r 1,083 month. .. .do. . 54,620 626,61 1 48,842 558, 139 57,003 556,874 do do. . 230,755 173,576 173,756 212,568 229,966 214,418 do . (jo 139,688 73,545 105,352 69,052 87,907 62,353 106,584 do. . whse. ) . . .do. . 21,880 114,574 19,350 136,217 1 6 , 382 do. . month. .. .do. . 152,322 89,440 172,988 84,703 month: 126,622 93,678 October Movember 114,523 74,333 45,466 104,046 73,473 45,515 6,202 6,498 6,063 r 135, 303 102,880 24, 108 140,702 106,788 25,41 1 463,435 498,987 122, 199 467,431 482,598 140,536 510,772 506,544 144,764 473, 176 491,450 126,490 416,974 89,842 90,429 385,386 85,966 85,824 429,509 97,112 96,288 427,904 92,385 90,847 8,074 527,525 97,206 6,248 548,537 77,414 7,072 514,419 80,803 8,610 464,899 87,468 4 1 , 749 86,243 45,225 121,618 r 46, 744 r 1 14, 191 43, 167 1 12,397 60,540 66,240 123,745 57,170 60,677 r58,5!5 58,652 167,625 r 166, 724 57,221 52,518 166,514 PAPER AND PRINTING RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS 88,437 74,423 Natural rubbar: Consumption .. long tons Stocks, end of month do.. 107,419 22,021 Synthetic rubber: Production do. . do. . 1 9 1 , 747 Consumpt ion Stocks, end of month do.. 75,793 STONE, CLAY, & GLASS PRODUCTS Electric power, production, total mi 1 kw — hr Ut i 1 i t ies do Industrial establish do.. 39,365 33,781 5,584 42,923 37,038 5,886 43,751 37,614 6,137 FOODSTUFFS 1,742 662,271 47,505 do. . do.. 1,031,841 194,381 do. . Meats,production,tota 1 . .mi 1 . Ib. 1,675 925,007 57,474 692,034 1 16,615 1,913 994,342 64,856 853,449 149,478 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfi 1 led, for sale thous. sh. tons Shipments, total do.. For sale do. . #1,392 #1,233 #689 1, 170 rl, 106 612 1,076 1, 142 650 Brick, unglazed: Production. .thous.stand.br ick 42,317 do. . 36,378 Shipments 5,939 Clay sewer pipe, v i t r i f i e d : Product i on sh . tons Shipments do Structural t i l e , unglazed: Production sh. tons 1,941 Shipments. ... do. . 897,620 51,566 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 991,497 180,413 Motor vehicles, factory sales, tota 1 number Coaches , tota 1 do . . Domestic . . do.. Passenger cars, total ... .do. . • Domestic do.. Trucks, tota 1 do. . Domest i c do . . #557,001 #557,890 531,172 533,562 538,051 548,073 #151,442 #160,969 144,989 147,954 144,393 154,601 #80,975 #85,354 82,428 75,654 85,245 81,884 519,536 319 244 405 , 1 1 1 394,313 1 14, 106 r 102, 501 573,688 348 344 475,289 465,737 98,051 86,919 620,588 519 496 528,088 516,257 9 1 , 98 1 79,566 452,487 371 288 378,406 369,994 73,710 64,781 # For October 1952. 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 Castings, m a l l e a b l e iron: Orders, unf ., for sa le. .sh.tons #168,609 Shipments, total do.. #88,062 #52,922 For sa le do . Pig iron, production 6,227 thous. short tons Castings, steel: Shipments, tota 1 ... short tons #165, 155 #124,626 For sale, total do.. Railway specia It ies. . . .do. . #22,610 943 Newsprint, Canada: sh . tons 1, 148 Product ion Shipments from mi Ms do.. Stocks, m i l l s , end mo.... do.. 221,226 1,016,037 Newsprint, United States: Consump. by pub 1 ishers. . .do. . Product ion do. . 41,805 do. . 53 1 , 90 1 Shipments from mi 1 Is Stocks, end of month: At m i l l s do. . At publishers do.. 219,304 In transit to pub do.. 192,662 179,751 97,992 927,026 r966,498 ELECTRIC POWER r/ Revised. September METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Con. 189,888 445,409 Lamb and mutton Pork, including lard Lard November November October CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS Stocks, end of Soybean o i l : Product! on : Crude Ref ined Stocks, end of Crude Ref j p@(j Margarine: Product i on Stocks (fac & Shorten i ng : Production Stocks, end of 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM
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