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SURVEY OF BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS JUNE 20, 1952 Available only with subscription to the monthly maggzine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS 1935-1939 « 100 300 BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 9.0 STEEL PRODUCTION ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES (Ingotf and Steel for Castings) 250 200 150 6.0 IOO 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 « 100 260 (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) PRICES of 420 STOCKS VALUE of MANUFACTURERS SALES and INVENTORIES (WEDNESDAY C L O S E ) 220 180 - 140 - iOO 1950 (949 !949 1951 1951 1950 1952 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1952 1951 ITS! JIM© 9 Cofflnodlty prices, wholesale (revised)* **n Qtoi»odit1 e« . * • „ • ••••*«*..»»<.<ii»«.i947^cfcslOG.(f,r Cotton, siddHag, 15/46" , 10 markets J/. dol. per lb«« Wheat > Ko« 2, bard irinter (Kansas City) l/....dol. per btu. Insured unemployment 9 total. « ••«•»«•**«••• «.**.«.**«»«tl«ou8*» Finances Federal Reserve bank or adit, total.««»...««*e»«*...».do..«. Excess reserves, es*ijnated»......4$»«...»«.«.*.**...do.... Federal Reserve rifcorting aoaber banks in leading cities s Loans and Investments, total.... «.«»*««•.«. ..••««..do«... U« S« QcTernnent onligatlons»***«*«**««««********do«**« CoBDmercial, indtwtrl&l, and agr. loattfl (gross ) •••do* ••• Bond ylelds> domestic corporate (Jfoodr^s) j/0. •«••.. percent*. Stock prices, 480 otockj (Standard and P&o^'g).. 193 5-39=100., Production t 1 Motor vehitles (Ward s)«*.. ......*.**«»»*.*. *.»...*»umber«. Hieoe11aneoiis».»*«»«^4»»««>»»»»*^a.>^<ifc»»»*«»««»>«*«*do««»« J/ fata do not to MM 1951.' ** June 16 *n5.i *H3»9 *m.3 Sfey 17 May 24 May 31 •^ni^ «*108.1 *noe.6 June 7 U1.5 109.7 109.2 112.4 293.3 .401 2.40 111.7 111.0 109.3 112.4 293.5 .407 2.34 28,840 24,128 19,978 802 **113.0 295.9 .384 2.12 99 1,115 1,091 297.7 .387 2.44 105 1,081 1,051 297.2 .390 2.43 97 27,517 23,783 19,437 1,070 28,524 23,764 19,953 865 28,511 23,794 20,127 941 28,699 23,742 19,667 439 28,842 24,079 19,906 724 29,335 13,1% 50,286 69,037 30,207 18,992 172 3*11 171.3 186.2 24,439 9,562 51,133 69,492 30,555 19,085 130 3*14 171.9 187.1 26,121 10,425 51,955 73,230 31,397 20,707 154 3.15 183.0 198.4 29,688 11,913 52,170 73,365 31,577 20,636 145 3.16 183.9 199.4 27,899 11,476 52,863 73,846 31,719 20,530 136 3.16 184*4 199.8 24,595 10,507 52,516 73,725 31,903 20,424 120 3.16 185.0 200.3 1,628 6,734 143,288 6,087 231.1 813 391 1,704 6,747 147,355 6,108 231.1 826 395 1,398 7,110 119,939 1,492 7,146 117,783 1,555 6,811 98,1U 235.5 754 373 238.9 762 370 234.3 697 337 1,250 7,005 117,814 5.989 90.0 684 33S 356*3 U52 2.35 108 1,007 990 *U6»2 351^8 *4-52 2»36 106 966 950 27,536 23,546 19,196 863 June 14 no 10,389 3.16 187.4 203.9 120,327 28,4 £/ Bmraday prices. %/ Daily av«rag«0. 4/ Week oadiag JBIMJ 21, 28.6. » Moxrthly index ladwc !*r MONTHLY SUSINBS STATISTICS Earlier data are available is nonthly issues of the Survey aad the 1951 Statistical Suppl«fflant i«>51 f April "K>52 Maar February April Iferch Hay GS2SERAL BUSINESS liJDJJCATORS Manufacturers' sales and inventories - "value (adjusted); Inventories, book value, and. of month , total.*. .•••*,do**«« Manufacturers' nev orders, net - veiua (unadj,)*1at.al«. •&>•«*• Manufacturers* unfilled orders (unadj,), total.. **.,*., do « « . » COMMODITY ERICBS Wholesale prices (IT* S» department of labor)* indexes? Jill coranodities. ...**,..„.....„.*..,.,..„.. .1947-4^-100, „ l^rults axuT vegetables, fresh and dried, **,,*.*,,,,do«*»* Rraits and vegetables, earned and frottau..* *,..*. do. •«« CoBHaodities other than taxm products aad £oQda....,do»*,» Furniture and other household dorahiea.. «**...*.. do**.. Radios, television, and phonographs. »,****«,«***«do«... Agricultural 'machinery and aq^pnatit*....*«*«««d0»... Cons true tio» machinery mid eqttipn.€tnt.,,*,«««e«.do,«+. 22.479 10,719 11,740 36,908 18*171 18,737 r23»890 • rl3,057 10.834 r57,474 r 50, 119 7t354 s*23 ***jf 3^ jf***b nA 93 i^rSJ rU.,841 /2#•*•'*• 192 r***•*• 23 O^7 «•-' $ v*,y » rl9 1^56J X *.7 <*±.J r22f071 r10. 876 ? rll 195 •*• •*-*• f •*• °^ Idveetoek fisid smtsj Be®f st«ers (Chicago).*. ......».«..«,...dol. per 100 lb.. r/ Eerised. Xdffe $ Jaff* rll«712 iO^.»j »•""*«• 11 9 160 liz.* * v**ff %73 j(j 64*431 63.^068 3J363 112*5 107..8 112*6 101,7 106.2 109«5 107.4 112*3 108.2 123.9 102.0 105*2 109*2 107.5 113.3 115*9 115,7 103«S %*1 119,8 132.3 106*8 106.5 105«S 118,1 116,8 111*3 121»2 9^r6 203,6 10*>»^ 10^.5 106,2 107,8 98.0 98*2 110,2 115.3 10?«9 137.4 92.6 3.36<^ 12 %i 33l'),7 137.S 126.6 126*7 118.6 120*3 123.6 121«8 112',1 1>"3«3 114*8 122.9 125«,? 113*7 117*4 H9*? 117,1 151,5 133.9 115*5 104,* 1 U8«S 138*3 99*7 164.5 108.4 107*0 105*7 | 3,26.2 1^*9 130.3 1JX«4 126*1 126*0 13,8*6 L?0.3 3^3*6 121.8 1? 2.1 123*?; '13LUB 122.9 125,4 113^6 1^1*4 112*4 117*4 11^,8 117.1 151*3 133*9 114.8 104.1 117*8 12ift9 98.7 161.8 108*4 107.0 105.7 99.5 116.1 63*7 89.5 120*3 120.6 122.0 121.8 125.2 121.6 120*0 122.6 114.0 123.2 125,0 112*9 121*4 112*4, 117.7 0.670 .*475 0.701 •478 n5.i 104.8 11.0.8 :Q4«2 105*9 117.5 93*4 51*2 309.6 008.7 107.2 108.8 98*0 107*0 110.4 112*4 108*0 113,5 93*1 23*242 11.360 11.882 42.572 ****t j * ** 23^444 19,129 22^730 11,570 rfj.,422 r60^801 r3, 572 104.9 nx«o 113.8 105.4 117,0 93.1 47., 3 309.6 107*9 107,4 108.7 99.1 105*7 no,6 111.9 107,4 113*4 90.7 98,0 115*9 59*6 87.6 320.5 320.7 121.8 321.8 124.9 121*5 120*0 122.6 B4*0 123*2 2^4.9 112,9 121*4 ni.s ia^«? 127«3 100.9 106.6 108.0 107,4 112*?: 104.6 109*4 113.3 104.8 1J6«.8 92,7 42.6 109*3 108.0 106,3 3-04*9 99.1 106.6 109.5 11:2*1 107*8 113.4 '90.7 94.1 113.9 49*7 84.4 120*9 121*3 111*6 108.1 128.9 • 96.8 308.9 108.6 107^0 11G.6 104. 5 112.1 113*0 104,0 134.6 92*5 46.0 131.5 107.3 106*5 104*8 9^*1 106.6 109.9 111*4 107.1 113.1 90.7 94.5 111.2 58.2 83.4 120.6 121.0 121.6 121*5 124*9 120.9 119*7 121.8 113.8 122*8 122*0 112.8 121.4 123«7 143.1 133.4 102.1 101*7 101*0 130*2 89,9 114.4 110*8 311.2 107*3 117*7 317.7 123.8 342.0 133*4 100*6 101*6 99.6 129.1 B7.3 111.8 110.8 111*2 107*3 321.6 121.6 124*9 120*9 119*7 122,5113.9 123.0 124.8 112*8 121*3 112*4 117*7 117*4 123.5 140.6 133.0 99.9 101.2 98*6 128.4 86*7 3J09.2 110*8 130.2 107.3 0*845 «3*4 0.738 .382 0.714 .3% 0.693 1*637 2*436 1.731 2*414 1,756 33,41 3/>*56 33.39 36*^ 33.29 19*61 ns.3 Wholesale p£taes of selected oomoddlties s Grains and .grain products s r23,f^l4 rlO,?43 fll.171 *O ^W2 r23»209 rl9fl22 *23. 13 3 mj $ •A.J^S r4i«189 r60^452 3^737 116,3 117*5 98*3 100,2 123.2 111,8 lO^Q 306*0 106«7 117.1 U7*l 111* 5 120 *9 %c8 107.6 \05»4 109«,9 106^5 108*2 97^ 101.5 110*4 115.4 107,9 H7,5 92.6 121^4 112*4 Tobacco snanufaeturee and bottled beveragtw* ..,.,..do**** 23.434 11.150 12y 283 38,068 18,923 19.145 r23f5B2 r 12 .406 11.176 r583488 r 51^734 ' 6,7fi.5 1,^3 ?*4&0 1*688 2.421 1.587 2*422 35.95 21.01 35.71 20«77 35*78 17*07 112,4 112*4 n7*7 117.1 323.5 140*4 133.0 99*4 100.8 97.2 12.8*8 36«7 112*1 no«8 nio2 107*2 »35<9 2^05 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continiwd Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement | 1951 April 1952 'May February March April May COMMODITY 3FRIC33S - Continued Wholesale prices of selected coitsaodities -Continued Livestock aid meats - Continued Beef, fresh, steer carcasses, good (N« Y»).*dol« per lb.» Ibrkj fresh, loins, &-10 Ib. (New York), . . . . . . . . . . «do«.*» Metals and mnufactures: Steel, composite, finished.* ««*e»4,».«<i,.«»a«»9»dol» per lb»« Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (New Tork).. .do.*.. Wool, raw, territory, fine, scoured (Boston). ........do.**. 0.578 .463 0»583 .474 0.562 .424 0*560 .44B 0*564 .430 0.559 .550 53.61 .0471 .2420 .1700 .1750 1/3.338 53.61 ,0471 ,2420 .1700 .1750 3.130 53.67 .0471 .2420 .1900 .1950 3/1.6U 53.67 .0471 .2420 .1900 .1950 1/1*600 53*6? *Q471 .2420 .1892 .1950 iA.530 53.80 .0471 *2420 .1573 . .1950 1A.594 527 556 5U m 512 376 528 557 545 490 512 378 543 581 550 497 535 378 544 582 551 498 537 378 545 582 552 499 541 379 548 5S4 554 504 543 381 134,898 A5,^77 69,^21 116,572 45,375 71,197 rm,113 45,375 r68,738 125*269 50,180 75,089 124,664 52,057 72,607 121.433 49,535 71,896 131*9 96.93 131.1 97*90 132.1 96.77 131.5 96*87 132,7 97.95 131.9 98*55 3.07 2.37 2*93 3.35 2.89 3.07 3.24 3.W9 2.39 2,93 3.15 3.40 2.90 3*1C 3.28 3,15 2.93 3.01 3.25 3.53 2.97 3.19 3.38 3.19 2.% 3.03 3.24 3.51 2.99 3.21 3.36 3.16 2*93 3.01 3.20 3.50 2.97 3.19 3.32 3.16 2.93 3,00 3.20 3.49 2.97 3.19 3.31 2.05 2.56 2.09 2.63 2.04 2*71 2.07 2.70 2.01 2.64 2.05 2.57 4.15 4*52 1*B7 2.58 2*65 2.73 4.15 4«51 1*87 2.58 2«65 2.73 3,92 4.18 1.89 2.64 2*64 2.84 3.92 4.19 1.91 2.65 2.60 2.84 3.94 4*21 1.91 2*65 2.60 2.S4 3.95 4.22 1.91 2,67 2.63 2.84, 6.18 6.35 5.88 6.12 4.74 3.41 401 6.35 6.55 5.85 6*44 4.77 3.49 4.15 5.73 5.81 5.49 6.35 4.50 3.41 4.22 5.49 5*54 5-50 5.85 4.41 3.37 4.16 5.77 5.87 5.62 6.05 4.58 3.41 4.07 5,65 5.73 5.53 5.8? 4.57 3*30 4.04 92.86 253*36 42*36 82.59 92.57 254.36 42.28 81«37 98.31 265.19 48*87 85.05 100.02 264.48 49.80 89.55 100.24 262*55 49.13 92.19 100.87 261.61 49*29 94.61 172.3 187.3 179.4 168.8 .11,0.2 148.7 173.9 189.3 181.9 167.9 110.5 147.5 183.2 199.1 184.7 166.0 317.5 155.0 185.2 201*4 1E4.4 167*2 117.7 161,3 183.6 199.4 180.7 166.3 116*7 164.6 183.7 199.2 181*7 066.1 117.1 166.9 r!26 103 166 142 130 73 r212 46 1U 122 101 179 126 132 66 212 45 137 CONSTRUCTION AND RML SST&TE Construction cost indexes: American Appraisal Co., average, 30 cities. *..*««1913=100«* FIK&BCE Bank debits, total (141 centers). *.e..«.»«.....efflil. of dol.» Bonds : Prices: Domestic municipal (15 bonds X Standard and Poorfs Yields? Domestic corporate, Moody's. *....* «.*?«.« .percent*. 3.n Railroad* •.««•• »»*«•***•**««».L »•»<,*»,» do** • » Domestic municipal (15 bonds), Standard and Jbor's Stocks i Dividends per share, annual rates Common stacks (?ftft &ttx*i£s )? >fo©<Jy' ^'ti.ao*»«.»3*« <io3 lars* * Bailroad (25 stocks). .,*••..* .«.*.....**... .do*.., Bsnk (15 stocks^,. *...*. ... ..*.*...........,.,*. .«do*..» Yields,: Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody1 s*. ...,.....*. percent.. Preferred, high-grade (11 stocks) Stand, andfloor*». da* r.. Prices? Cow-Jones & Co., IBC. (65 stocks ).*.*..*.dol* per 3hr.<r*»*« Standard aad Poor*s Corporation? Combined index (416 et*>cks).. .......*.. ...1935-39=100.* Industrial (365 stocks). .... „.... o*,***^**** Capital goods (121 stocks)w e a«« »».*..*•..*.*. do ».<»» 1 Consumers ' goods (182 3tocJfC8)..a...*.««,«»««i.ecU^*«»« Public utility (31 stocks). *,-.*.........«. ...^ado...TR&HSPOB.?ATIQK Freight carloadiags (Federal Reserve Sjadexes): 136 312 197 156 158 68 212 51 151 3/ Nondnal price0 133 111 210 154 141 64212 48 148 136 120 192 34& 140 72 277 49 149 133 111 1% ' 341 139 66 257 47 149 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued Earlier data are available in monthly isemjs of the Surrey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1<?51 April 1<?52 May Ifehruary March April May FOODSTUFFS Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected): 4,06 894 4,989 657 Stocks, cold storage, end of months Apples, fre8h«»«*«*«««*«»*«***«««».«**»*»«*»*th0U8* of bu*# Butter, creamery«««»«*«*«*«e*e»**«»***«.«*»**thous« of lb«» Frozen**** ••••••»•• ••••••»••• ••••**»«*thous» of lb*» METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel Ingo-^s and steel for castings: 657 343 985 5,779 990 397 927 5,776 971 405 938 *? ?81 9/1 6,931 32,207 169.822 361,867 272 , HI 973 109,253 %7,324 U7,821 5,435 729,668 6^4,497 75,171 147,203 2,844 42,590 197,412 418,666 270,206 2,083 162,659 907,901 106,463 5,862 684,870 616,231 68,639 125,359 10,753 7,879 166,040 471,101 398.69S 942 60,576 1*263,599 265,700 13,532 847,686 793,870 53,816 270,397 5,963 6,505 155,195 466,735 348,023 1,596 84,295 1,313,152 267,437 14,896 892,809 822,006 70,803 232,832 r2,894 rlO,522 r!58,949 r475,636 r31?,708 r2,!84 rlll,l85 rl,319,526 r252,350 r!3,067 r%2,562 r823*741 T68,821 r!94,%5 3,846 103 9,100 103 8,657 101 6.635 7% 141 272 757 653 162 1,321 184 217 6,939 787 162 293 801 716 166 1.847 187 204 430 3% 513 4*952 / /dp 939 1,026 30,500 184^.57 539,278 300,402 3,158 U5,489 1,191,006 214,128 M,556 831,829 724,724 107,105 184,238 8,261 79991 90 6,358 757 158 268 795 711 138 1»534 158 171 437 359 448 6,890 801 193 317 872 784 1,609 156 170 431 478 465 5,922 693 144292 718 658 128 1.434 143 143 354 396 4?? 52^800 %,541 113,513 118,113 60,8% 80,876 95,979 104,795 59,747 87,110 94,563 112, 6? *> 58,487 r89,479 98,402 107^35^ 61,223 93,024 97,593 105,362 55,351 77,862 74,419 69,125 14*548 80,430 77,567 73,093 17,411 77,2% 77-//I5 70,928 26,551 85,028 85,575 80,121 26,004 83,011 85,592 73,818 23,423 84,188 74,665 64,457 32,946 2,602 41,972 3,622 43,362 3,162 43,7*70 2,959 41,075 r3,187 39,095 3,203 36,755 412 361 495 90,794 103,494 " "> t ' fj ! / Zinc, slab: - ^Sft 1 onQ 9,404 102 Steel products, net shipments: Copper: Production: Wi 986 162 90 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND RIODTJCTS Coal, productions r/ Revised, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. 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