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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 mogoiine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS July 2, 1954 * * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1954 1954 1953 1 TCM Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. . 1947-49-100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do. . A l 1 other . . .do. . 22 commodities 2/ do. . Department store sales do Insured unemployment, total thous State programs do. , Fai lures, ind & comm. . number Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/ .percent June 27 June 12 June 19 June 26 *109.5 *95.4 *I03.3 *l 13.9 86.8 **l 1 1 1 10.5 96.6 105.8 1 14 4 93.2 111 1 10.0 94.7 104.8 1 14 4 91.6 1 15 109.9 94.4 104.5 1 14 4 91.9 **885 **840 195 #2, 150 # 1 , 985 206 -207 215 3.62 3. 16 3. 15 3 15 June 27 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 184. I Industrials (420) do. . 199.2 Product ion : Biturn coal 3/ thous sh tons **l 616 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mi 1 kw -hr **8 329 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 162,924 **6 381 Petroleum crude 3/ thous b b l Steel (ingots & for castings, 135.9 quantity) 4/ . 1947-49-100 **8I3 Freight car loadings thous cars **389 M i see 1 laneous do . June 12 June 19 June 26 216.3 237.0 222. 1 244.5 223 3 246.0 1 260 1 325 8 658 141,878 6 396 8 850 133,893 6 396 108.7 698 344 107 4 707 346 134,378 107. 1 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. ^/ Tuesday prices. J>/ D a i l y averages. 4V Week ended J u l y 3, 99.4. * Monthly index for June 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # Data for preceding week: Total, 2,200,000; State programs, 2,035,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 1953 ITEM May BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial & comm. failures: Failures, total number Commercial service do-.. Construction do Manufacturing i m i n i n g do Retai 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. Liabi 1 i ties, total . .thous. dol. Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & m i n i n g . . do.. Retai 1 trade . . do. . Wholesale trade . do CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 697 66 70 143 344 74 32,789 3,536 2,51 1 13,981 6,909 5,852 March 1, 102 87 143 198 55*1 123 57,280 3,506 7,255 15,359 26,043 5 \ 17 Apri 1 975 66 92 200 535 82 42,512 1,648 3,692 20,568 12 030 4 574 May 943 81 111 200 460 91 38,494 2,961 3,674 15,621 1 1 739 4 499 May CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE -Con. Construe, cost indexes, avg. 20 cities - Con. Res idences : Brick 1926-29-100 Frame do EMPLOYMENT Labor turnover in mfg. estab 1 . : Accession rate mo. rate per 100 employees Separation rate, tota 1 . . . . do. . Discharge. do Lay-off . . . do. . Qu 5 1 . . . do. . Mi 1 itary and misc . do. . March Apri 1 May 256.0 252 0 254 2 248 9 253 4 247 4 254 5 248 3 4. 1 4.4 .4 1 0 27 .3 2.8 3.7 2 23 1 0 2 2.4 r3.8 2 24 I | 2 P2.7 32,594 46,976 35,465 44,347 36,521 46,531 26, 183 20,794 33,664 978 24,978 19,368 33, 676 644 25,850 20,681 32,636 725 18, 176 17,206 7,637 18, 172 18,430 7,377 17,574 17,582 7,377 7,918 6,607 10,406 7,949 7,01 1 10,680 8,556 7 239 1 1 , 54 1 16,387 12,718 864,231 14,636 12,403 864,016 13,876 1 1 853 864,004 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Construction cont. awarded, 37 States (F. "W. Dodge Corp.): A Icohol , ethyl : 43,399 55,659 Product ion ... .thous. proof gal. Tota 1 projects number 52,544 65,641 65,521 1 , 606 . 1 1,527.5 1,691 .9 78,581 Tota 1 va luat ion m i l . do 1 . 1 , 925 . 3 Stocks, total.. do.. 1,219.8 1, 199.8 B u i l d i n g , total do.. 1,401.6 1,497.6 In industrial alcohol Highway concrete pavement bonded warehouses do. . 54,872 contract awards: J_/ 23,709 In denaturing plants do.. 8,333 Total. . 'thous. sq . yd. 6,075 7,791 Used for denaturation do.. 35 , 640 6,255 413 1,078 Airports do. . 1,480 Withdrawn tax-paid do.. 2,030 1,21 1 Roads do . . 5,237 2,347 1,820 Alcohol, denatured: 4,005 2,649 19,231 Streets and alleys do.. 2,682 2,575 2,954 Production. . thous wine gal. Construe. cost indexes, avg. 20 21,845 Consump. (withdrawals) ... .do. . Stocks ... . . do. . cities (E.H Boeckh & Assoc.): 8,814 Apts., hotels & off. bldgs. : FOODSTUFFS Brick and concrete 254.0 U. S. avg. 1926-29=100 249.2 254.2 255.7 Fermented malt liquors: 251 .3 247.4 250.7 Br i ck and stee 1 do . . 250.2 Production thous b b l . 7,791 253.7 252.8 253 9 Brick and wood . ... .do. . 255.5 Tax-paid withdrawals do 7, 1 i9 Comm. & factory bldgs.: Stocks, end of month do.. 10,902 261.0 Brick and concrete do.. 262.9 255.2 260.2 251 .0 257 4 Brick and steel do.. 257.2 258 8 D i st i 1 led sp ir i ts • 252.3 251.9 Br i ck and wood do . . 252.5 253. 1 Production thous. tax gal. 1 1,812 Frame do. . 257 4 10,774 Tax-paid withdrawals do 252 7 251 5 252 6 Steel. . . ; do. . 884,310 Stocks, end of month do.. 234.2 241.2 241.2 242.2 £/ Revised. JD/ Preliminary. _[_/ Data for March 1954 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 1954 ITEM P3.5 P p2 p1 P 2 1 0 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1953 1953 1954 FOODSTUFFS - Con. D i s t i l l e d spirits - Con. Whisky: Production. ... .thqu.s. tax gal. Tax-pa i d w i thdrawa Is ... .do. . Stocks, end of month. .... do, . Rectified spirits & wines, prod. , total . .thous. proof gal ., Wh i sky '. . . do . . Dairy products, production: Butter ,, cr eajner y 1 hou s . 1 b . Cheese (factory) , tota 1 . . do.. . Grains: Receipts, principal markets: Bar ley thous. bu. Cor n do . . Oats do Rve ^JQ Wheat . .> do. . Stocks, comm., end of mo.: Apri 1 March May May May METALS & MANUFACTURES - Con. Radio sets, prod. 2/. .thousands Television sets, prod. 27. . do.. 7,232 5,612 730,838 7,990 6,708 156,550 149,075 7,479 20,621 4,854 1,201 27,035 9,862 5,998 718,726 9,578 5,747 719,565 6,605 5,823 6,850 5,996 I4f >fe5 • •144.* 305* 126,930 1 15y 555 163,815 156,480 7,594 22,798 4,602 667 19,660 6,531 25,835 5,818 921 26,953 - 10,029 6,272 718,516 7,400 6 ,.349. 8,566 24,741 4,886 231 22,028 7, 119 8,833^ 5,960 2 1 , 704 21,740 33,786 4,750 8,648 10,828 8,933 9,81 1 3,627 295,060 205,929 315,984 1,609 1,537 1,772 828,596 812,729 886, 182 52, 190 55,672 46,755 ; 727,839 677,203 -830,303 131,394 147, 106 128, 166 Corn do. . Oats do Rye do . Wheat do. . Meats, product ion, tota 1 .mi 1 . Ib. Beef and veal thous Ib Lamb and mutton .do. . Pork, i n c l u d i n g lard do.. Lard do. . Coffee, v i s i b l e supply thous. bags 637 735 511 6,500 16,984 4,600 8,782 291, 191 1,563 838, 154 48,262 676,709 125,254 694 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces thous. 1. tons Stocks, end of mo. ,tota 1 . .do. . At furnaces do. . On Lake Er i.e docks do.. Stee 1 i ngots land stee 1 for cast i ngs : Product ion. .. .thous. sh. tons Lead, refined (primary ref.): Production . . ..sh. tons Shipments (domestic) do.. Stocks, end of month do.. Tin: Production pig long tons Consumption, p i g , total.. do.. Stocks, p i g , total 1 ndustr i a 1 Mac hi ne tools: New orders _[/ Sh i pments 1 / do.. do 1945-47=100 do . . £_/ Revised, p/ P r e l i m i n a r y , months, 4 weeksT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE " DIVISION Of PUWJC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 8,358 26,247 23, 198 3,049 5,932 30,587 24,553 6,035 5,287 26, 142 20,690 5,452 5,376 29,563 24, 147 5,416 9,997 100 7,290 69 6,971 68 7,473 71 43, 187 48,914 63,879 50,808 47,837 100,927 46,730 47, 161 100,441 49, 139 40, 183 109,302 *3,968 *7,680 *5, 192 *I6,029 *4,402 *l 1,627 3,804 7, 190 4,720 38,204 26,650 1 1,554 3,207 7,230 4,850 33,271 22, 152 1 1, 1 19 246.4 356.0 169.6 327.2 r 142.8 r302.7 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Coal, production: Anthracite. .. .thous. sh. tons March 1, 109.0 481.9 Stocks, end of month: Gasoline-bearing in U. S. thous. b b l . Refined petroleum products: Fuel o i l : Prod.: Disti 1 late. .thous. bb 1 . Residual do. . Stocks, end of month: Disti 1 late do. . Resi dua 1 do. . Lubricating oi Is: Production do. . Stocks, ref., end mo.... do.. Motor fuel: Gasoline (incl. aviation): Production, tota 1 . . thous. bb 1 Gasoline and naphtha from crude o i l thous .bbl. Natura 1 gaso 1 i ne: Used at ref iner ies. . .do. . Sold to jobbers do.. Stocks, gasoline, end mo.: Finished thous. bbl. Unfinished do. . Natura 1 do. . Aviation gasoline: Production, total do.. 100-octane and above.. do.. Stocks, total do.. 100-octane and above.. do. . May 745.2 457.6 722. 1 396.3. 2,204 31,456 1,958 28,050 1,877 29,000 * 193, 389 *203,425 201,702 214,620 198,440 204,336 *280,487 271,867 280,310 *42,730 *36,572 45,204 36,222 41,218 34,215 *6 1,349 *39,572 60,270 44,249 61,721 44,362 *4,27I *iO,80l 4,376 10,385 4,204 9,745 *IOI,389 . 104,612 102, 120 *90,359 91,851 90,074 *8,088 *2,.942 9,240 3,521 8,861 3,185 173,060 8,237 1 1,447 168,301 8,705 12,295 7,359 6,220 11,486 5,719 7,209 5,806 11,685 5,582 2,783 37,350 Crude petroleum: Production . ...thous. bbl. Apr i 1 * 148, 924 *9, 108 *8,849 *7,263 *6,065 *9,60I *4,9IO 940.4 599.6. .... ' 7 PAPER AND PRINTING * April 1953 data. p!39,9 p268.6 Newsprint, Canada: 480,239 500, 199 497,221 515,482 Production sh. tons 503,292 497,561 481,487 467,656 Shipments from mi 1 Is do. . 185,974 185,634 189,067 195,856 Stocks, m i l l s , end mo.... do.. Newsprint, United States: 414,877 422,157 400,311 Consump. by pub 1 i shers. . .do. . 429,562 89,839 96,670 98,115 92,405 Production .. . .do.. 88,968 98,716 91, 168 100,585 Shipments from mi 1 Is do. . Stocks, end of month: 9,557 7,511 .8,686 9, 124 At m i l l s do. . 446,739 484,226 495,871 483,059 At publishers do.. 81, 181 72,300 85, 178 69,684 In transit to pub do.. Paper board: 997,400 1,086,600 Orders, new do. . 1,040, 100 1, 140,400 369, 100 364,200 424,900 459,800 Orders, unf., end of mo.. do.. Product i on do . . 1,073,400 1,064,400 1,014,600 1,056,500 _!/ Based on monthly average shipments, 1945-47=100. 2/ Data for March cover 5 weeks; other PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OP POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL «U Per«lt No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1954 1 TCM ITEM
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