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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 JUNE 12, 1953 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS I947-49-IOO (SO 10.0 (Ingots and Stol for Castings) STEEL ELECTRIC-POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES 140 9.0 1953 ISO 8.0 120 7.0 110 100 1951 i t i i 8 i i i 1 1 i i 11*1 i l*i i i 1 1 i i i I i i 1 1 i i i i I i i i I i i i i I i i i I i i 1 JAN. FEB. MAJt APR. MAY JUNE JULY AIM. SEPT. OCT. NOV. 6.O i » I I i I i i I I I I I i i i I i MiI t> i B I I I I I i I I I Mi I I I I I I I I I I II DEC. JAN. FEi. MAN. APN. MAY JUNE JULY AUO. MPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 16 30 SALES of RETAIL STORES VALUE of MANUFACTURERS' SALES and INVENTORIES 25 ^N TOTAL. 20 40 15 30 i NONDURABLE 'DURABLE 20 10 1950 1951 1952 1953 1950 1952 1951 1953 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 ITEM May 31 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l 1 commodities I947-49«IOO. . Farm products do Foods, processed . , do A 1 1 other tJo. 22 commodities 2/ . , . , , , , ,».da,. 98.7 Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets 3/ dol. per Ib . .390 Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) 3/ dol. per bu.. 2.43 Department store sales I947-49»IOO 97 Insured unemployment, total thous.. 1,056 State programs do 1,036 F I nance ; Currency in circulation 3/ nil. of do!. 28,699 Federa 1 Reserve bank cred i t, tota 1 do 23,742 Member bank reserve balances do.... 19,667 Excess reserves, estimated do 450 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Demand deposits, adjusted m i l . of dol 53,565 Time deposits, except Government . do 17,043 Loans and investments, total do 74,774 U. S. Government obligations. . . . do . . 32,174 Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross) .*.. .do. ... 20,697 Real~estate loans (gross) . . ,. . do 5,771 Failures, industrial and commercial number.. 136 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. 3. 16 Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poorfs) .. I935-39* 100.k 184.4 Industrials, 420 stocKs do.... 199.8 Production: 1,542 Bituminous coal 3/ thous. of short tons.. E lectr i c power by ut i l i t i e s ..mil. of kw. -hr . . 6,811 98, 1 14 Motor vehicles (Ward's) number.. Petroleum crude j§/ ...thous. of bbl.. i Steel £/ 1947-49.100.. 130.2 697 Freight car loadings,' total.* thous. of cars.. 337 M i see 1 1 aneous do .... J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. June 1952. 2/ Tuesday prices. June 7 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 109.9 98.5 104.5 M3.4 87,6 .334 2.38 105 940 888 109.9 98.2 104.5 113.6 88.4 .336 2.32 112 933 882 109.8 97.3 104.8 113.5 88.2 .331 2.25 97 109.8 97.2 105. 1 113.4 88.1 .331 2.21 1,066 1,035 109.9 99.0 104,5 1 13.4 88.0 .335 2.38 128 953 899 28,842 24,079 19,906 699 29,896 25,443 19,811 378 29,878 25,831 19,912 620 29,825 25,288 19,824 476 29,886 25,308 19,706 345 30,011 25,418 19,729 468 53,216 17,072 74,657 32,359 20,591 5,768 120 3, 16 185.0 200.3 53,352 18,289 76,238 29,185 23, 139 6,214 165 3.51 190.3 206.3 53,346 18,280 75,809 29,040 23,083 6,227 198 3.53 188.8 204.5 53,084 18,305 76,017 28,822 22,965 6,246 156 3.54 190.7 206.3 53,889 18,354 85,879 28,775 22,836 6,260 168 3.55 188.6 203.8 217 3.58 185. 1 199.8 1,264 7,005 1 17,814 5*989 30.0 684 338 1,475 7,897 167,632 6,242 140.6 765 382 1,521 7,959 165,611 6,267 140.8 780 387 1,464 8,013 151,609 6,2*9 t40.l 770 379 1,605 7,961 113,985 6,265 140.8 N 787 384 *MI.2 *f07.2 *108.5 »[I2.6 97.4 .400 2.40 3/ Dai ly averages. 4/ Week ending June 13, 140.2. 125,264 159.8 * Monthly index for 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 |C>53 IS>52 April May February March Apr! 1 May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, i n c l u d i n g Government payments , mi 1 of do 1 Farm marketings and CCC loans, total do Crops do. ... L 1 vestock and products, tota 1 do. ... Dairy products do Meat an 5 ma 1 s do .... Pou Itry and eggs , do. . . . Indexes for cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, al 1 commodities J./ 1935-39.100. . Crops ,. , , do .... L I vestock and products do Indexes of vol. of farm market ings,al 1 commodities J/. do. ... Crops ....... . . do L i vestock and products . ..... . . do . Manufacturers' sales and inventories - value (adjusted): Sales, total..... m i l . of dol,. Durab le-goods industr ies do. . . . Nondurab le-goods industr ies do. ... Inventories, book value, end of month, total do.... Durable-goods industries do Nondurable-goods industries do Manufacturers1 new orders net (adjusted) total do Durable-goods industries do Nondurable-goods industries . do Manufacturers' u n f i l l e d orders (unadjusted), total. ..do . Durab le-goods i ndustr i es , do. . . . Nondurab le-goods industr ies do. ... 2, 100 2,053 571 1,482 389 812 262 2, 176 2, 142 573 1,569 433 825 272 1,889 1,872 669 1,203 31 1 654 231 r2 025 r2,000 r6!8 1,382 357 7015 290 1,934 1,897 522 1,375 365 692 307 310 202 390 1 16 64 155 323 202 413 123 68 164 283 238 317 1 15 93 131 r302 r2!8 364 r 122 r8l 153 286 185 362 1 18 68 155 23,538 1 1,310 12,228 43,402 23, 596 19,805 24,251 12,443 1 1 , 808 69,978 67, 1 14 2,864 23,247 1 1,328 1 1,918 43, 144 23,595 19,550 22,748 10,956 1 1 , 792 69,230 66,309 2,922 r25, 170 r 12, 828 12,342 43,848 24,480 19,368 r25,530 r 13, 138 12,392 73,699 70,492 3,208 r25,469 r 12,821 M2.64R r 44, 056 r24 746 r 19,309 r24,59l r 12,023 r 12,567 r 73, 367 r70,20l r3, 166 26,709 13,397 13,312 44,256 24,932 19,324 25,850 12,678 13, 173 72,590 69,425 3, 166 COMMODITY PRICES Prices received by farmers, a l l farm products. .. 1910- I4« 100. . Crops do. . . . Food grains do. . . . Feed gra i ns and hay . do. . . . Tobacco do .... Cotton do .... Fruit do Truck crops do. . . . Oi l-bear ing crops do. ... L i vestock end products do. ... Meat an i ma Is.. . . . do .... Pou Itry and eggs Prices paid by farmers: A 1 1 commodit ies Commod it i es used in 1 i vi ng do. . . . do. ... do. . . . A l l commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates do.... Parity ratio (prices rec'd to prices paid by farmers). .do. ... Retail price, U. S. Department of Commerce: All commodities index 1935-39*100 290 272 250 229 435 313 179 308 279 306 372 291 180 293 270 245 227 436 302 190 285 280 313 394 281 175 263 247 240 206 424 255 209 237 287 277 305 286 206 264 253 246 208 424 266 215 248 291 274 301 277 216 259 247 244 206 424 266 226 204 289 27Q 299 264 218 261 243 242 205 426 268 224 182 285 277 317 257 218 276 271 281 289 100 276 271 281 289 101 264 266 261 280 94 265 269 261 281 94 264 269 257 279 93 264 270 257 279 94 209 7 210 3 207 8 208 2 207.5 2,516 1,690 849 750 87 2,743 1,81 1 922 810 99 2,225 1,578 761 675 67 2,448 1,716 840 750 71 r2,649 r 1,825 r9IO r800 r90 2,912 1,979 987 870 95 386 194 73 136 313 826 54 343 109 175 68 77 392 188 82 157 333 932 54 356 116 250 72 84 425 195 1 12 274 647 44 295 95 95 51 67 430 198 1 14 122 316 732 46 325 107 120 58 76 r425 r 193 113 137 344 r824 48 r35l r!09 r!70 64 82 448 190 128 160 371 933 47 366 1 14 250 68 88 186, 1 15 49,479 136,636 8,720 2,377 26,537 99,001 23 1 , 72 1 58,456 173,264 10,877 3,017 33,812 125,559 233,487 58, 194 175,292 12,534 2,910 35,090 124,758 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New con str uct i on , tota 1 m i l . of dol.. Pr i vate , tota 1 do .... Res ident i a 1 (nonf arm) do. ... New dwe M i n g units do. . . . Additions and alterations do.... Nonresidentiol b u i l d i n g , total, except farm and p u b l i c utility m i l . of dol.. 1 ndustr i a 1 do. ... Commerc i a 1 do .... Publ ie uti 1 ity Public, tota 1 Res ident i a 1 Nonresident ia 1 bu i Id i ng M i l l tnry and nava 1 Highway. Conservation and development Other types. , DOMESTIC TRADE Newspaper advertising: Linage total (52 cities) C lass i f led D i sp 1 ay, tota 1 F i nanc i a 1 Genera 1 Reta i 1 jr/ Revised. thous of lines do do , J,/ Unadjusted. do. ... do .... do. . , . do. ... do. . . . .do. . . . do.... do. . . . . do do do. ... 218 407 52 790 165,617 9,565 3 133 31 742 121,177 225 , 606 56,670 168,936 10,457 2,684 33,444 122,352 no MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 19 53 19 52 May Apr I 1 February March April May DOMESTIC TRADE - Continued A l 1 retai 1 stores: Estimated sales (adjusted), total m i l . of dol Nondurab le-goods stores Estimated inventories (adjusted), total...,, Durab le~goods stores Firms with II or more stores, estimated sales: Unadjusted Adjusted Department store sales, UnHed States total: Unadjusted index Adjusted index. do do. do. . . . do. do 1947-49-100. . do 13,363 4 494 8 869 20,477 9,624 10 853 13,850 4 927 8,923 20,069 9, 1 12 10,957 14 514 5 304 9211 20 973 9,905 1 1 068 r 14, 437 r5,2l 1 r9,225 r2 1,096 r 10,084 rl 1,012 14,354 5,136 9,218 21,500 10,336 11,164 2,440 2 446 2,586 2,475 2, 145 2 570 r2,485 r2,59l 2,539 2,571 103 103 108 108 87 111 103 1 13 104 107 62,778 61, 176 6,960 54,216 1,602 62,712 60,924 5,366 55,558 1,788 63, 134 61,460 5,720 55,740 1,674 62,810 61,228 6,070 55,158 1,582 44 259,905 257,739 220,540 37, 198 2, 167 45 267,584 265,489 226, 187 39,302 2,094 50 264,485 262,380 223,025 39,354 2, 105 51 264,590 262,550 223,077 39,474 2,040 52 69,604 62,500 69,959 62,789 73,943 66,269 74,295 66,598 74,686 67,035 98 87 99 36 73.75 98.82 99.31 73.70 97. 15 97.56 75.81 96.57 96.99 74.95 95.46 95.84 75.27 97,355 95,625 1,347 98,'466 96 239 1,827 97 , 3 1 1 95,583 1,345 98,474 96,249 1,825 100, 1 17 98,21 1 1,432 103,055 100,666 1,890 99,535 97,638 1,425 • 103,066 100,665 1,901 98, 562 96, 662 1,429 103,251 100,853 1,899 107,848 2,66' 1 10,690 2,691 1 19,749 2,814 1 18,227.RIQ 1 14,362 2,840 2 912 498 53 175 162 36 21 1 296 1 481 3 678 607 68 201 204 42 403 349 1 804 2 731 470 61 173 159 26 78 274 1 490 2 802 451 59 175 170 27 83 288 1 549 2 957 455 55 179 166 32 245 281 i 544 43,082 38,879 8 613 1 369 20,363 5,292 3,242 3 647 216 340 41,436 37,248 8 462 1 492 18 973 5, 168 3, 153 3 626 209 353 44,872 40,967 8 745 1 515 21 005 6,298 3,404 3 369 238 298 48,723 44,079 9 (25 1,622 22,945 6,527 3,860 4,059 265 320 44,968 40, 193 8,979 1,474 20,765 5,436 3,539 4,271 279 225 3,200 2 588 3 266 2 654 7,937 4.862 3 070 2 466 3 048 2 444 7,960 4.885 2,941 2 264 2 940 2,202 8,234 5,143 3,284 2,646 3,356 2,573 8,163 5,216 3,516 2,858 3,582 2,780 8,094 5,292 PN5 pll6 'EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Labor force (Bureau of the Census): Emp 1 oyed Agr i cu 1 tura 1 emp 1 oyment Nonagr icu Itura 1 emp loyment Unemp 1 oyed , do .... do .... .do. . . . do .... F 1 NANCE Federal Government finance: Gross debt (direct), end of month ...mil. of dol.. Interest bearing, total do.... Pub l i e i ssues do. . . . Speci a 1 5 ssues do. ... Non i nterest bear ing do .... Obligations guaranteed by U. S. Government do.... Life insurance, assets, admitted ( | nstitute of Life Insurance): A l l companies, estimated total m i l of dol Securities and mortgages '. do Bonds: Average price of a 1 1 listed bonds (N Y S.E.) I/ dollars Domest i c . do . . Foreign do. . . . Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange: Market value, a i l issues I/ .. mi 1 of dol Domest i c do Fore i gn . do. ... Face value, all issues !/ do.... Dome s t i c , . do For** i gn ..... . . do Stocks: Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange: Mar ket va 1 ue do Number of shares listed.., millions . TRANSPORTATION Freight car load ings (A.A.R.): 2/ Total car a,. , . . . .. thousands Coa 1 . do Coke . . , . . do . Forest pr oducts ..„,.,, do . Grain and grain products. . . do L i vestock ,. . do Ore .,...,..,.,....,,.. do Merchandise, i,c, ! , . , . . do M i sc© ! 1 aneous do 6 1 , 744 60, 132 6,412 53,720 1,612 258,292 256, 102 219,356 36, 746 2, 191 62,964 6 1 , 658 6,390 55,268 1,306 266,520 264,445 224,735 39,710 2,075 52 3 883 626 71 217 215 41 438 346 1 929 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Shoes and slippers, production, total thous. of pairs.. Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc. athletic, total. do.... Men's do Youths ' and boys ' do Women's, , do Misses' and chi Idren's do , Infants' and babies'.. do.... Slippers for housewear . do Athletic,... do Other footwear . do LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association): Production, total m i l of bd ft Softwoods .. do Shipments, total do Softwoods . do Stocks, gross, end of month, total do. Softwoods .... do jr/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. ±/ Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Developimnt not ihown separately, g/ Data for May 1952 and May 1953 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1953 1952 March Apr! I January February March Apri I PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Bituminous coal: Industrial consumption, total.. thous. of short tons. Beeh i ve coke ovens do... Byproduct coke ovens do... Cement mi I Is do... Electric-power uti I Ities do... Railways (class I) do... Steel and rolling m i l l s do... Retai I del i ver ies do... Stocks, ind. and retail dealers1,end of month,total..do... Industrial, total do... Retai I dealers do... 30,048 789 8,583 664 8,618 2,413 559 4,317 70,531 69,473 1,058 32,167 896 8,807 665 8,510 3,698 677 7,070 77,293 76,042 1,251 28,416 678 7,627 608 7,782 3,321 582 4,214 78,141 76,810 1,331 33,428 759 8,923 764 10,170 2,833 679 7,996 73,346 71,857 1,489 30,113 712 8,067 687 8,877 2,448 617 6,893 71,385 70,I 10 1,275 r3l,840 r840 1,456 59,532 763,939 215,584 39,041 214,847 84,812 1,377 60,737 708,162 205,611 37,813 200,464 87,670 !,483 58,871 784,840 205,504 36,875 210,319 93,629 1,356 49,214 715,468 186,191 34,782 192,325 88,308 1,512 56,401 810,905 203,364 37,084 89,186 1,467 5 i,686 783,755 200,232 33,717 201,951 99,43! 124,064 29,926 30,180 1,973 41,861 139,706 32,894 34,473 2,161 42,547 164,777 46,920 35,175 1,861 28,094 158,036 39,166 32,592 1,936 31,683 165,367 42,186 36,738 2, 190 33,052 164,640 41,396 40,609 1,71 I 34,740 7,786 6, 134 2,484 13,043 7, 189 6,967 2,814 13,295 8,238 7,882 3,004 14, i 18 8,236 7,243 3,263 15,295 9,407 r8.256 3,570 16,456 9,262 8,913 3,798 16,872 do... do... do... 5,497 5,034 10,900 5,481 5,305 11,013 6, 130 7,538 10,169 6,428 6,364 10,308 7,470 r6,555 i1,242 7,544 6,769 12,155 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containers: Product i on thous. of gross. Shipments do... Stocks, end of month do... 9,400 9,005 10,216 9,523 9,577 9,863 9,293 8,602 10,427 9,000 8,510 10,677 r10,680 r!2,170 r8,970 10,291 9,242 9,741 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Hosiery: Production thous. of dozen pairs. Shipments do... Stocks, end of month do... 13,253 13,941 28,163 13,480 13,576 28,067 14,360 13,555 27,204 13,857 13,724 27,350 14,304 14,356 27,291 14,077 12,862 28,532 PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING Wood pulp: Production, total, a l l grades thous. of short tons. D i sso I v i ng and spec i a I a I pha short tons, Su Iphate (paper grades) do... Su I ph i te (paper grades) do... Soda do... Ground wood do... Defibrated, exploded, etc do... Stocks, end of month, total, a l l grades Sulphate (paper grades) Sulphite (paper grades).... Soda Groundwood RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Product i on Shipments Or i g i na I equ \ pment Stocks, end of month...., Inner tubes: Product i on Shipments Stocks, end of month.., do... do... do... do... do... thousands. do... do... do... 8,956 709 9, 123 2,560 625 5,756 70,235 69,187 1,048 206,012 r/ Revised. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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