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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS July 31, 1953 # * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 1953 1952 1 TPM ITEM J u l y 26 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 1947-49=100 *l 1 1 8 Farm products do. . *l SO. 2 Foods, processed do. . *l 10.0 A 1 1 other . do *l 12 5 96.3 22 commodities 21 do. . Department store sales do **82 Insured unemployment, total thous **l 268 State programs do.. ** \ , 1 90 !37 Fai lures, ind. & comm . number Bond y i e l d s domestic corpo— rate (Moodyf s) 3/ percent 3 18 July I I 109 8 95. i 102.8 1 14 4 87. 1 92 J u l y 18 J u l y 25 1 10 "5 97.4 S04.6 i 14 5 87.9 84 1 1 1 0 98.9 106.3 I 14 5 88.2 Q # 05 #882 139 148 3 57 3 54 J u l y 26 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor ' s ....... 1 935-39= 1 00 192. 1 209.7 ! ndustr i a i s (4205 do. . Production: Bi turn. coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons **l, 102 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw . ~hr , **7, 180 Motor vehicles (Ward ' s) . . . .no.36,332 Petro ieum, crude 3/ . thous. b b l . **5,990 Stee ! (ingots & for castings, quantity) A/ . . . !94.7-49« !00 55.5 ! 84 r jf r©iqh"f~ car j oad ' PQS t^ous cars **6Q9 3 53 1 M i see ! 1 aneou s , , . . . .... do . **302 ! July 1 ! J u l y 18 J u l y 25 187. 1 202. 1 184.7 199.2 185.0 199.4 1,329 1,533 8,096 156,280 6,396 8,209 163,955 6,464 130.2 721 349 !32.9 791 369 162,397 132.5 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. J3/ D a i l y averages. 4_/ Week ended August (, 135.7. * Monthly index for J u l y 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 857,000; State programs, 808,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 June Apr i 1 May June June Industrial & comm. failures: 67! Commerc i a 1 ser v i ce do . . 52 Construct ion. . , do. . 78 128 Manufacturing & mining.. do.. 340 Reta i 1 trade do. . 73 Wholesale trade do.. L i ab i \\ ties, total . .thous. dol. 21,222 1,971 Commercial service do.. Construction • do. . 2,990 6,971 Manufacturing & mining.. do.. 7,024 Retail trade ...do.. 2,266 Wholesale trade. do. . COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l t items 1947-49-100 1 13.4 105.6 Appare 1 do 1 14.6 Food .. . . do . Da i ry products do. . 108.9 Fru i ts A vegetab les do. . 122.4 Meats, poultry & fish... do.. 116.5 1 14.0 Housi ng . do. . 104.3 Gas & electricity do 107.7 Housef urn ish ings .do. . 1 17.6 Rent .do. . 1 17.8 Medical care .do.. 1 11.7 Personal care „ .do.. 106.8 Reading and recreation. . .do. . 126.3 Transportation .do. . 115. 7 Other goods & services. „ .do. . 6,51 1 122, 134 693 48 86 140 344 75 27,520 1,765 3,748 10,585 8,497 2,925 697 66 70 143 344 74 .32,789 3,536 2,51 i 13,981 6,909 5,852 113.7 104.6 III.5 109.0 115.0 106.8 1 17.0 106.5 107.8 122. 1 120.2 112.5 107.9 129.4 1 17.9 1 14.0 104.7 1 12. 1 107.8 1 15.2 109.2 1 17. 1 106.6 107.6 123.0 120.7 112.8 108.0 129.4 118.0 6,946 128,270 6,385 117,261 Employees in ncnagr . est., 47,418 total, unadj ...... .thousands 817 15,624 do. . 74 Manufactur ing 816 do. . 99 Mi ni ng 2,690 145 Contract construct ion ... .do. . 4,225 4!9 Transp. & pub. uti i . . . . . .do. . 10, 144 80 Wholesale A retail trade.do,. 1,972 32,379 Finance, ins.& real est.. do,. 5,360 1,759 Service & mi see 1 laneous. .do. . 6,587 . .do. . 3,200 Government II, 179 Prod, workers in mfg. ind.: 12,476 thousands 12,464 Tota 1 7,065 Durab le-goods ,do. . 3,777 127 Ordnance & acces . . .do. . 725 Lumber & wood prod do.. 298 Furniture i f ixtures. . .do. . 447 Stone, clay, etc do.. 1 14.5 681 Primary metal ind ,,do.. 104.6 810 Fab. metal prod. J_/....do. . 1 13.7 1,277 Machinery (exc. elec.).do.. 107.5 775 Electrical machinery. . .do. . 121.7 1,340 Transportation equip... do.. III.3 223 Instruments, etc do. . 1 17.4 363 Mi seel, mfg, ind do.. 106.4 108.0 Nondurable-goods do. . 5,41 1 123.3 1, \ IS Food & kindred prod.... do.. 121. 1 85 Tobacco manuf actures . . . do. . 1 12.6 1,068 Textile-mill products. .do. . 107.8 1,008 Appare 1 , etc. .......... do. . 129.4 4!9 Paper & a l l i e d prod.... do.. I 18.2 492 Printing, etc .......... do .. 502 Chemicals, etc. do.. Products of petroleum 177 an d coa i . ...... do . . 207 Rubber products do. . 6,657 337 Leather & leath. prod.. do.. 126,017 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. _!_/ Except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment. Apri 1 May June EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES BUSINESS POPULATION DOMESTIC TRADE Money orders issued, domestic (50 cities): Number thousands Value thous. dol. 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM r48,854 r 17,081 833 r2,4IO r4,242 r 10, 308 2,015 5,312 r6,653 r 49, 042 r 17, 054 ' 829 r2,485 r4,28l r 10, 332 r2,026 r5,366 r6,669 p49,36l p!7, 179 p835 p2,579 p4,3!5 p 10, 378 p2,048 p5,4!3 p6,6l4 r 13, 762 r 13,718 p 13,820 p8,-237 r8, 193 r8,2!2 p!57 r ! 54 r 149 p726 r709 r698 p3IS r328 r322 p464 r46i r463 r ! , ! 38 -pi, 143 r 1, 144 p954 r95l r95i pj,3G4 r 1 , 326 r 1,309 p9!2 r920 926 p i , 592 r 1 , 57 1 r 1,572 p246 244 r244 p4!9 r4!3 412 r5,550 r 1,022 85 1, 123 1,093 440 499 rS26 r5,525 r 1,048 85 r 1 ,!i 6 r 1,067 r44s r499 516 05,583 p i , 075 p85 p!, 125 p!,C76 M446 pi<02 p5ll r!88 220 355 188 r220 1&.5 p!9t o22l p35! MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1952 Apri 1 June May June EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES - Con. Manufacturing productionworker payroll index, unadjusted 1947-49-100 Hours and earnings: Average weekly hours per worker , a l l mfg hours Durab le-goods do. . Nondurab le-goods do. . Average weekly earnings, a l l manuf actur ing. . . dol lars Durab le-goods do. . Nondurable-goods . .. .do.. Average hourly earnings, all manufacturing. . .do.. Durab le-goods do. . Ordnance & acces do. . Lumber & wood prod do. . Furniture & f ixtures. . .do. . Stone, clay, etc do.. Pr i inary met a 1 ind do.. Fab. metal prod. J_/....do.. Machinery (exc. elec.).do.. Electrical machinery, .'.do. . Transportation equip. . .do. . Instruments, etc do.. M i see 1 . mfg. ind do.. Nondurab le-goods do. . Food & kindred prod.... do.. Tobacco manufactures. . .do. . Textile-mill products. .do. . Apparel, etc do.. Paper & a l l i e d prod.... do.. Pr i nt i ng , etc do . . Chemicals, etc do.. Products of petroleum and coal do. . Rubber products do.. Leather 4 leath. prod.. do.. Freight car loadings: Federal Reserve indexes, total, adj I935-39«IOO Coa 1 do. . Coke do Forest products do. . Grain & grain prod do.. L i ve stock do . . Ore . do Merchandise, l . c . l do.. M i see 1 1 aneous do . . 1 1 1.3 1 12.4 1 10.9 1 12.7 127.3 150. 1 r 150 1 40.5 41.2 39.5 40.8 41.6 39.5 r40.7 r4l.5 39.5 p40.7 p4l.5 p39.6 66.83 71 .69 60.44 71.40 76.96 62.81 r7l.63 r77. 19 63.20 p72.04 p77.6l p63.36 .65 .74 .79 .55 .46 .59 .82 .71 .85 .67 .94 .71 .49 1.75 1.85 r l .88 1 .59 1.53 1.71 r2.02 1.83 1 .95 1.74 2.06 1 .75 r 1 .56 r 1 .76 r 1 .86 r 1 .90 1 .62 1.53 r 1.72 r2.02 1.83 r 1.95 1.74 r2.05 r 1 .77 1 .57 p i .77 p 1 . 87 p i .91 p i .64 p i 53 p i .72 p2.04 p i .83 p i .96 p i . 75 p2.09 p i .77 p i .57 .53 .52 .21 .35 .27 .60 2. 10 1.71 1 .59 1.60 1.27 1.37 1.30 rl.67 2.19 rl.79 1.60 1 .61 r 1.27 1.37 1.29 rl.68 r2.20 rl.81 p i .60 p i .62 p i .28 p i . 37 p i . 33 p i . 69 p2.20 p i . 83 2.08 #1.81 1.31 2.18 1.93 rl.37 r2. 18 1 .94 1 .38 p2. 17 108 96 69 139 161 56 53 44 1 19 129 96 178 144 133 66 237 44 148 130 106 183 137 141 65 237 45 146 # For May 1952. FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUSINEM Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS p i . 37 28, 136 14,669 6,372 2,933 ! 865 717 June 58,597 5 584 43,375 1,50! 602 34! 40 222 12 461 16,278 2,269 ! 385 527 25 302 7 *> ! 1 7,400 4, !29 3 ! !! 673 7,764 21 572 IB 8!6 2,757 6 23! 8,358 26 747 23 198 3,049 6 58"? 8,056 >? 070 28 526 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces thbus. 1 . tons !,405 27, 170 Stocks, end of mo., total do At furnaces do 72 61 1 4,559 On Lake Erie docks, .... .do. . Pig iron, prod .thous sh tons !,068 Steel foraincjs; ?/ Orders, unf,, tote! do #1,319 Shipments, for sale, total s h ton s #155,840 Drop and upset. , . . .do. , #1 !4,27I Press and open hammer. . .do. . #41,569 Steel products, net shipments: Tota ! . thou1^ sh tons #5,947 Bars, hot ro! led: A i 1 grades ... do. . #740 Reinforcing..... .„ . do.. #!58 Semimanufactures. . do.. #305 Pipes and tubes do.. #72^ P lates . . . do. #637 Ra i 1 s do. #133 Sheets do. # 1 , 484 Strip: Cold rolled do.. #140 Hot rol led do. . #156 Structural shapes do.. #361 Tin plate & ternep late. .do. . #334 #403 Wire & wire prod do.. Copper: Production: Mine or smelter... .sh. tons 80,392 Refinery do.. 92, 151 Deliveries, ref., dom....do.. 98,416 Stocks, ref . ,end of mo.... do.. 70,856 Lead, refined (primary ref.): Production .sh. tons 38,987 39,503 Shipments (domestic) do.. Stocks, end of month do 58 190 128 105 PAPER 179 145 Paperboard : Orders, new thous. sh. tons 155 64 Orders, unf i 1 led, end of month thous sh tons 212 43 Production, total do.. Percent .of activity 142 i , 08? 7 3; 544 6 '"7 "5 i 7W I9*,A4! 140 5!0 I 5'5,93! 591 ;po i 34 , 66h 5' 6 ^03 7, i*? 7 , ?OQ 838 I5r> 3^7 880 650 150 2,007 194 206 414 447 447 87*5 !59 352 828 698 161 ? 003 187 214 417 459 449 r93, 197 95,890 1 12,660 1 17 Q29 142,282 1-14-6,215 52,762 48,382 84,728 124 480 139,520 58, 126 46,729 39,487 69 608 43, 187 48,914 63 879 36,880 44, 140 56 569 850.3 1, 101 .8 1 , 040 1 1, 152 1 352 9 832.8 82 539 0 1,071.2 95 459 8 1,073.4 96 567 0 * 1 , 092 . 0 93 J./ Except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Freight-car surplus and shortage, d a i l y averages: p i 1 1 .7 Car surp ius number p i 13.0 B o x cars. . . . do Gondolas & open hoppers. do.. Car shortage do. . Box cars do p!5! 8 Gondolas & open hoppers. do.. 100.9 102.0 TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS May Apri 1 June TRANSPORTATION - Con. Manufacturing productionworker employment indexes: Unadjusted 1947-49=100 rj Revised. £/ Preliminary. item in J u l y SURVEY. 1953 1952 i TCM ITEM 2/ See note on corresponding PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE •"• AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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