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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 June 25, 1954 » * * » This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those pub I i shed i n the •..; I atest monthly SURVEY * * * » WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1953 1954 1 TCM Commodity prices, wholesale: A 1 1 commod i t i e s 1 947-49- 1 00 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do.. A 1 1 other .' do. . 22 commod i t i es 2/ do. . Department store sales do Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do. . Failures, ind. & comm. . number Bond y i e l d s domestic corpo— rate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1954 ITEM June 20 June 5 June 12 June 19 *I09 5 *95.4 *I03.3 *l 13.9 86.4 **l 12 1 10 7 97.9 106.2 1 14 4 93.0 97 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 **9I7 **87I 167 #2,204 #2,035 218 206 207 3 63 3 16 3 16 3 15 June 20 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 182.2 197.0 1 ndustr i a 1 s (420) do. . Product ion : Bitum.coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons ** 1 , 539 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mi 1 kw. -hr . **8,245 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 158,738 Petro leum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6,387 Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 135.9 Freight car loadings thous cars **797 Mi see 1 laneous do. . **385 June 5 June 12 June 19 222.7 244.9 216.3 237.0 222. 1 244.5 I, 194 - 1,260 8,246 111,314 6,367 8,658 133,704 6,396 104.2 612 305 108.7 698 344 135,655 107.4 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended June 26, 107.8. * Monthly index for June 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # Data for preceding week follow: Total, 2,131,000; State programs, 1,966,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 1953 1 TFM 1954 i TCM May COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49=100 1 14 0 Appare 1 do. . 104.7 Food do. . 1 12. 1 Dairy products .do.. 107.8 Fruits & vegetables do 1 15 2 Meats, poultry & fish... do.. 109.2 Hous i ng do. . 1 17. 1 Gas & electricity do.. 106.6 Housefurnishings do. . 107.6 Rent. . do 123 0 Medical care do.. 120.7 Per sona 1 care do . . 1 12.8 Reading and recreation. . .do. . 108.0 Transportation do. . 129.4 Other goods 4, services. . .do... 118.0 Wholesale p., selected items: Butter, 92-score (N.Y.) dol. per Ib. .658 Eggs, extras, large (Chicago) do 1 . per doz . .486 Corn,av.5 markets. .dol .per bu. 1.578 Wheat, av. 6 markets .do.. 2.530 Beef steers (Chicago) dol. per 100 Ib. 21.83 Hogs (Ch i cago) do. . 23.54 Beef, choice (N.Y. ) .dol .per Ib. .385 Pork, loins (N.Y.) do.. .567 Pig i r on , comp ... do 1 . per 1 . ton 54.73 Stee 1 , comp . , f i n . . . do 1 . per 1 b .0501 . Aluminum, scrap castings (N Y ) dol per Ib 0838 Copper', electro. (N.Y. ) . . .do. . .2968 Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (N.Y,).. dol. per Ib. . 1275 .1100 Zinc, prime W. (St. Louis) .do. . Cotton, m i d d l i n g , 15/16", ov. 10 markets cents per Ib. 33.41 Wool, raw (Boston) .dol .per Ib. 1.752 March 1 14 8 104.3 1 12 1 108.0 107 8 109.5 1 19.0 107.6 107.2 128 0 1 24 . 4 1 14. 1 108.2 129.0 120. 1 Apri 1 May 1 14 6 I/ 104 1 ~~ 1 12 4 104.6 1 10 0 110.5 1 18 5 107.6 106. 1 128 2 124 9 112.9 106.5 129. 1 120.2 1150 104 2 1 13 3 103.5 1 14 6 1 1 1.0 1 18 9 107.7 105.9 128 3 125 | 1 13.0 106.4 129. 1 120. 1 . .651 .583 .577 .403 1.502 2.545 .380 1.504 2.589 .355 1.532 2.544 22 .'88 25.63 .392 .540 56.03 .0524 23.77 26.75 .398 .574 56.03 .0524 23.54 24.79 .408 .626 56.03 .0524 0892 .2969 1037 .2970 1092 .2970 . 1294 .0964 . 1390 . 1025 . 1400 . 1029 34 23 1.675 r34 18 1.688 34 42 1.73! May CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Contract awards, engineering const (ENR), value 2/ m i l . dol. 1,083.8 Construction cost indexes: Assoc. Gen. Contr .... 19 13=100 402 Engineering News-Record: 3/ Building . 1947-49-100 126. 1 Construction do. . 131. 1 DOMESTIC TRADE Dept. store sales, U.S. total: Unadjusted index 1947-49=100 1 15 1 17 Adjusted index do.. Mail-order & store sales, total, 2 cos thous. dol. 384,048 95,059 Montgomery Ward & Co do.. Sears, Roebuck & Co do.. 288,989 FINANCE Bank debits, total (345 center s ) m i l . dol. 141,981 New York C i ty do. . 50,255 6 other centers do. . 32,283 Bonds, yields: Dom.corp. (Moody 's) . . . .percent 3.53 3.34 By ratings: Aaa do.. 3.41 Aa do.. 3.58 A do.. 3.78 Baa do. . 3.39 By groups: 1 ndustr ial . .do. . Pub. uti 1 . . .do. . 3.57 Rai Iroad. . . .do. . 3.63 Stocks: Dividend rate per share: Common (200) , Moody 's. dol lars 3.98 4. 17 Industrial (125) do.. 1.98 Public uti lity (24) do.. 3.01 Railroad (25) do.. 2.82 Banks (15) ... . do. . 3.09 1 nsurance (10) do. . March Apri 1 May 933.6 1,439.4 1,436.9 420 422 422 129.5 135.8 129.7 136.6 130.2 137.4 89 105 109 1 10 el08 e!09 278,044 67,406 210,638 333,209 83,562 249,647 335,726 78, 109 257,617 171,260 67,913 36,666 154,661 60,479 33, 152 149,722 59,535 31,159 3. 14 2.86 3.03 3. 16 3.51 3.05 3.14 3.24 3. J2 2.85 3.00 3.15 3.47 3.04 3. 13 3.19 3.13 2.88 3.03 3. 15 3.47 3.06 3.13 3.21 4. 14 4.34 2.13 3.11 3.01 3.37 4. 18 4.41 2.13 3.11 3.01 3.37 4.22 4.47 2.13 3.11 3.01 3.37 £/ Revised, e/ Estimated. _[/ Index on base previously used (.1935-39=100) is 192.3. 2/ Data for A p r i l are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. .37 Data reported at the beginning of each month are shown here for the previous month. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1953 1953 1954 May March Apri 1 FINANCE - Con. Stocks - Con. Dividend yields: Common (200) , Moody 's. percent Industrial (125) . ,do.. Publ ic uti Mty (24) do.. Rai Iroad (25) do.. Banks (15) do. . 1 nsurance (10) do. . 5.51 5.53 5.34 6. 15 4.60 3.41 5. 14 5.07 5.00. 6.70 4.81 3. 17 4.94 4.86 4.96 6.59 4.66 3.08 TRANSPORTATION Freight car load ings, indexes: Total, adjusted. .. 1935-39=100 Coa 1 do . . Coke do. . Forest products do. . Grain & grain prod do.. L i vestock do . . Ore do. . Merchandise, l.c.l do.. Mi see 1 laneous do. . 130 106 183 137 141 65 237 45 146 1 12 78 104 126 127 64 177 41 132 rill 79 98 127 134 62 r 136 39 130 660 1,51 1 4,554 1, 149 598 1,417 3,853 1,096 2,320 2,450 1,128 2,040 2,068 1,203 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Livestock: S laughter : 504 Calves ...thous. animals 1,345 Cattle do. . 3,643 Hogs. .do. . 1,015 Sheep and lambs do. . Receipts prin markets* 2,055 Cattle and calves do.. 2,031 Hogs do. . 1, 147 Sheep and lambs. do.. Stocks, cold storage, end mo.: 1 93, 609 Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. 313,276 Cheese, total do.. !,377 Apples, fresh thous. bu. 456,980 Fruits, frozen thous. Ib. 361,217 Vegetables, frozen do.. 818 Meats, tota 1 mi 1 . 1 b . 210,274 Beef- and veal . thous. Ib. 14,720 Lamb and mutton do. . 459,755 Pork, excluding lard.... do.. 123,485 Pou Itry do. , 1,43! Eggs: Shel 1 ... ..thous. cases 132,294 Frozen thous Ib. Tobacco, manufactured prod.: * 18, 326 Production total thous Ib *6,935 Chew i no pluo & twist do Smok i ng . . ... do . . *8,064 *3,328 Snuff . do. . Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free *2,703 mi 1 1 ions Cigarettes, small, tax-paid *3 1 , 607 mi 1 1 ions Clears tax— paid thousands #477 520 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-paid. ...thous. Ibs. * *I7,887 rj Revised. * A p r i l 1953 data. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 346,542 450,299 6,095 605,956 510,944 732 186,362 9,445 418,283 217,456 443 9 1 , 940 17,369 6,723 7,356 3,290 2,865 2,485 32,295 476,514 30,499 445,991 18,079 17,402 May May March Apri 1 May METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior- d is.) : Shipments from upper lake 4.88 0 13,597 ports. thous. 1. tons 1,525 9,952 4.81 Pig iron, production 4.86 4,503 6,587 thous. short tons 4,959 4,624 6.27 Cans, metal, shipments, total 4.62 sh tons *304,638 r29 1,408 323,903 2.94 Food do. . * 174, 879 r 164,484 187,779 136, 124 Nonfood do. . *I29,759 126,924 Shipments for sale do.. *255,795 r 252, 096 278,292 Steel products, net shipments: 112 5,288 5,584 *7, 162 Total thous. sh. tons 84 Bars : 94 479 546 *838 Hot rol led do. . 128 Reinforcing do. . I4§r 125 *I55 144 153 Semimanufactures do. . 161 *357 58 748 *880 Pipes and tubes do.. 765 136 *650 P 1 ates do . . 457 544 39 166 *I50 Rai Is do . . 122 128 1,481 1,496 Sheets > . do. . *2,007 99 *I94 Strip: Cold rolled do.. 1 12 120 1 11 *206 Hot rol led do. . 437 384 *4I4 Structural shapes... do.. *442 Tin plate & ternep late. . .do. . 445 475 561 *447 366 Wire & wire prod do.. 375 1,439 Copper : 3,380 Production: 1,045 81, 100 r77,463 93, 197 Mine or smelter sh. tons 78, 176 108,403 1 12,617 1 17,546 1 17,929 Refinery do.. 2, 165 Deliveries, ref., dom do.. 95,795 r 104, 579 111,005 146,215 1,909 124,523 82, 1 1 1 125,759 Stocks, ref., end of mo.... do. . 52,762 1, 133 Zinc, slab: 7 1 , 1 86 70,258 73,654 Product i on . do. . 82,422 41 1,810 84,250 70,618 70,080 64,566 Shipments, total do.. 519,235 61,859 66,929 75,648 67, 152 Domestic do.. l 1,313 92,452 201, 100 200,740 209,828 Stocks, end of month do.. 703,989 Pumps, steam, power, etc.: 433,611 6,283 Orders, new thous. dol. *7,758 **5,093 657 TEXTILE PRODUCTS 138,473 8,046 Cotton: ±/ 391,717 748,049 845,036 660,209 645,875 Consumption...... .. ....bales 165,439 Mfrs., spindle activity: 1,308 Active spindles, last work168,319 20,715 20,872 ing day, total.. thous. 21,377 20 627 19,457 19,626 Consum. I00# cotton. .. .do. . 20,013 19,325 Spindle hours operated, al 1 8,991 10, 133 8,932 1 1 , 454 fibers, total I/ mi 1. hr 447 458 457 507 Av. per working day... do*. 10,799 9,489 8,475 Consum. 100$ cotton I/. do.. 8 366 122.6 125.3 125.3 138. 6 Operations as % of capacity. Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom., producers': 59.7 r6l.5 r6l.6 F i 1 ament yar n... m i l . Ib. 81.5 32.3 r 29 . 4 r29.2 26.6 Staple (incl. tow) do.. Stocks, producers' end mo : ' 68.3 r69.8 75.4 57.9 Filament yarn m i l . Ib. 28.3 28.3 27.9 26. 1 Staple (Fhcl. tow) ..do.. ** February 1954, $4,272,000. \_l Data for March cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OP POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS r375,584 r487,209 r3,267 r6!9,OI 1 r469,050 r706 r 160,002 r8,897 r420,9!7 r 184,743 r728 r 136,488 18,476 6,865 7,900 3,7! 1 WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Pel-Bit No. 1954 1 TPM 1 TPM
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