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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 mogozine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS JUNE 5. 1953 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS 1947-49*100 150 BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS iO.O N (Ingofc and Sto«! for Castings) ELECTRIC-POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES 9.0 8.0 7.0 I ! I I I I I I I I I ! I !*! ! 1*1 I I I I I I I FEB. MAR. APR. MAY M**£ ! I I I I S ! I I I ! I I i 8I I I ! I ! I I I I JULY AUG SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, ANNUAL RATES 300 6.0 IE JWS.Y A06, SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, l93S-Sf «IOO 350 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DURABLE MANUFACTURES 250 200 150 100 §950 1950 1952 1953 »9S2 1951 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 ITEM May 24 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l 1 commodities 1947-49=100.. *l 1 1.6 Farm products do. . . . *I07.9 Foods , processed do .... *I08.6 A l 1 other .do.. .. *l 13.0 22 commodities 2/ do. ... 98.7 Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets 3/ . . . dol per Ib 387 Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) 3/ dol. per bu.. 2.44 Department store sales I 947-49= 100 105 Insured unemployment total thous 1 078 State programs . do 1,057 Finance: Currency in circulation 3/........ ...mil. of dol.. 28, 5 I I Federa! Reserve bank credit, total... , . . . » . . . .do. .23,794 .. 20, 127 Member bank reserve balances. «,.*..do.«.. Excess reserves, estimated, .,., „. , .... . do , . 946 Federal Reserve reporting member banks fn leading cities: 5?, 88s Demand deposits^ adjusted « piU of do! J6,98I5 74,290 Loans and investments, total do 32,035 U S Government ob ! i oat ions do 20 800 Commercial industrial and aor loans ( cross) do 5,760 Real~estate loans (cross) do Failures, industrial and commercial., .....number.. • 145 f 3. 16 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody s) 3/. .... .percent. . 183.9 Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor's) .1935-39=100. . 199 4 Production: 1,479 Bituminous coal 3/ thous of short tons 7 J46 E 1 ectr i c power by ut i 1 i 1 5 es mi 1 of kw ~hr f 1 17,783 Motor vehicles (Ward s)... number.. Petroleum crude 3/ thous of bb 1 132.8 Steel 4/ 7 1947-49=* 100.. Freight car load ings, total. ......... ......thous of cars 762 Mi seel laneous do. . . . 370 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. May 1952. ** Monthly index for A p r i l 1953. 2/ Tuesday prices. May 31 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 98.7 390 2.43 97 f 056 !,036 **IOQ,4 k*97.5 **I03.2 **l 13.3 87.6 .333 2.40 1 14 97° 922 109.9 99.0 104.5 ! 13.4 88.0 .335 2.38 128 953 899 109.9 98.5 104.5 1 13.4 87.6 .334 2.38 104 942 888 109.9 98.2 104.5 113.6 88.4 .336 2.32 1 13 109.8 97.3 104.8 113.4 88.2 .331 2.25 28,699 23, 742 19 667 450 29,81 1 25,227 19,489 32 29,896 25,443 19,81 ! 378 29,878 25,831 19,912 620 29,825 25,288 19,824 476 29,886 25,308 19,706 345 53,56^ 17, 04^ 34, !76 18,736 76,30! 7% 249 23? 133 6,214 169 3.46 188.! 203.5 53,352 18,289 76,238 2.9, !85 23, 139 6,214 !65 3.5! 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 6,236 156 3.54 190.7 206.3 168 3.55 188.6 203.8 1,458 7 9^9 172,706 6, 183 140.8 781 397 1,475 7 897 167,632 6,242 140.6 765 382 1,52! 7,959 !65,6I 1 6,267 140.8 780 387 1,458 8,013 151,609 6,269 140. 1 770 379 74 •»•;•« 32 174 * 70 607 5,77! 136 3. 16 184.4 199.8 S,542 6 8! 1 98, ! 14 130.2 697 337 3/ D a i l y averages. 4_/ Week e n d i n g June 6, 140.8. * Monthly 115,571 140.8 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 195 3 1952 March Apri 1 January February March Apri 1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Tota 1 persona 1 i ncome b i 1 . of do 1 . . Wage and salary disbursements, total do,... Commod i ty-produc i ng i ndustr ies do. . . . Di str i but i ve i ndustr ies do. ... Servi ce i ndustr ies do. ... Government do. . . . Wage and salary receipts, total do.... Other 1 abor i ncome . . do. Proprietors' and rental income do.... Personal interest income and dividends.... . do Transfer payments do. . . . Less personal contributions for social insurance. . .do. ... Total nonagr i cu 1 tura 1 income do. .. Industrial production (Federal Reserve): Unadjusted, combined index , . . . 1935-39=* 100. . Manufactures ... .... .. do Durab le manufactures do. . . . 1 ron and stee 1 do. ... Lumber and products do. ... Furn i ture do. ... Lumber do. ... Mach i nery do. . . . Nonferrous metals and products do.... Smelting and r e f i n i n g do.... Stone, clay, and glass products do.... C lay products do. . . . Transport at ion equ i pment do. ... Automobiles ( i n c l u d i n g parts) do.... Nondurable manufactures Chemica 1 products Industrial chemicals Leather and products Leather tanning Shoes Manufactured food products Meat pack i ng Processed fruits and vegetables Printing and publishing.^. Rubber products Text i Ies and products . Cotton consumpt i on Rayon de 1 i ver ies M i ner a 1 s Fue Is Anthrac i te Bitumi nous coa 1 Crude petro leum Metals Adjusted, combined index I/ Manufactures Durab le manufactures Lumber and products Lumber Nonferrous meta Is Stone, clay, and glass products Clay products Nondurab le manufactures Leather and products Leather tann ing.. . Manufactured food products Meat pack i ng Processed f ru i ts and vegetab Ies Pr i nt i ng and pub 1 i sh 5 ng Mi ner a Is Metals. . 261.9 177.3 77.7 47.0 20.8 31.8 173.9 4.3 50.7 21.0 12.4 3.8 242.7 262.5 176.7 76.9 47.0 21.0 31.8 173.4 4.4 51.2 21.5 12.3 3.6 242.9 280.6 190.3 85.2 50. 1 22. 1 32.9 186.5 4.7 54.6 21.4 13.6 4.0 259.5 280.9 191.8 86.2 50.3 22.2 33. 1 188.2 4.7 53.3 21.5 13.4 3.8 261. 1 r282.8 r 193.5 87. 1 r50.5 22.5 r334 M89.9 4.7 53.0 21.7 13.8 3.9 r263.3 283. 1 194.6 87.8 50.6 22.7 335 190.9 4.8 52.2 21.8 13.6 3.9 264.2 217 228 283 263 149 175 135 359 218 252 212 167 327 222 215 224 277 245 152 170 143 354 218 257 216 168 329 227 232 245 31? 287 151 189 132 391 249 266 209 155 392 28? 236 250 319 290 159 192 !42 396 259 293 216 159 405 301 r240 r255 r326 297 r 163 196 r!46 r405 r26l r30l 227 162 r4!4 r3!2 p240 p254 p326 p292 p!62 p!90 p!48 p403 p264 p300 p239 p!6l p4!8 p32l ....do ... do. ... do.... do ... do do do.... do. ... do.... do.... do. ... . . do do. ... do. ... do .... do. ... do. . . , do. ... do. . . , do 184 298 563 108 86 122 148 165 82 180 242 152 141 288 158 170 68 122 199 90 180 295 559 102 84 1 14 149 152 89 180 235 144 130 280 165 171 74 1 19 201 130 191 311 594 117 103 126 153 199 91 168 268 169 140 350 159 172 60 116 204 84 194 314 597 122 108 131 148 166 89 178 268 173 149 338 158 170 60 109 205 86 r!97 r320 r607 116 97 129 150 166 r85 r 187 r273 r!74 148 r352 r!57 r 168 r52 107 r204 89 p!96 p3!9 p602 do.... do. . . . do. . . . do.... do. . . . do. . . . do.... do.... do. . . . 221 231 285 158 149 218 222 175 188 294 108 86 166 179 150 177 164 125 216 225 277 152 143 218 220 173 183 292 102 84 163 165 146 175 166 141 236 249 315 171 162 249 222 168 195 309 1 16 103 164 169 140 173 164 120 240 254 322 175 166 259 233 168 198 310 1 19 101 165 174 141 180 163 123 r243 258 r328 173 161 r261 238 r!70 r20l r3!6 117 97 168 179 r!55 r!83 r!62 124 p242 p256 p327 p!62 p!48 p264 p243 p!65 p!98 p316 118.6 1 19.5 122.8 122.6 123.0 123.4 166 183 164 174 196 222 171 189 156 144 190 173 151 163 173 182 r!80 r!86 r!77 r!76 206 212 180 181 8,025 147,902 7,255 132,616 6,672 121,828 6,423 120,178 7,928 150,315 6,946 128,270 do do. . . . do.... .do. ... do. . . . do. ... do. ... do.. . . p!50 p!60 p88 p!86 p27l p!7l 141 355 p!6l p!65 44 113 p!98 133 p!64 p!72 p!45 p!8l p!62 p!43 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost index (Department of Commerce), composite 1947-49.100.. Value of contracts awarded (Federal Reserve indexes): Total, unadjusted 1947-49.100. . Residential, unadjusted , do.... Total, adjusted do.... Resident! a 1, adjusted do. ... DOMESTIC TRADE Money orders issued, domestic (50 cities): Va 1 ue thous . of do 1 . . £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary, jy Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shown; see unadjusted series. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1952 March 1953 Apr! I January February March Apr i I FI NANCE Life insurance (Life Insurance Association of America): Assets, admitted, 49 companies, total m i l . of dol.. Bonds and stocks, book value, total do.... Government (domestic and foreign), total do.... U. S. Government ao. . . . Public utility do Rai Iroad do Other do Cash do Mortgage loans, total do.... Farm do Other do Policy loans and premium notes do.... Rea I -estate ho I d i ngs , do.... Other admitted assets do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: Product i on thous. of proof ga I.. Stocks, total do In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses do.... In denaturing plants do.... Used for denaturation do.... W i thdrawn tax-pa id do.... Alcohol, denatured: Product i on thous. of w i ne gaI.. Consumption (withdrawals) do.... Stocks do Fats, oils, and byproducts: Animal fats: Production thous. of Ib.. Stocks, end of month do Greases: Production do Stocks, end of month .do Fish oi Is: Production do... . Stocks, end of month do Vegetable oi Is, total: Production, crude m i l . of Ib.. Stocks, end of month: Crude do Refined do Cottonseed o i l , refined: Production ...thous. of Ib.. Stocks, end of month do Linseed o i I , raw: Production do.... Stocks, end of month ...do Soybean o i l : Production: Crude do Ref i n*d do Stocks, end of month: Crude do.... Refined do Oleomargar ine: Production do Stocks (factory and warehouse) do.... Shortening: Production do Stocks, end of month do 61,262 38,618 11,627 9,467 11,017 3,219 12,755 789 16,516 1,388 15, 128 2,238 1,465 1,635 r61,562 r38,822 r I 1,588 r9,443 r I 1,069 r3,22l r12,944 rill r16,640 1,406 r15,234 r2,247 r1,473 1,603 64,797 40,473 10,984 8,926 I 1,552 3,397 14,541 827 17,774 1,512 16,262 2,310 1,658 1,756 63^084 40,630 10,983 8,908 I 1,610 3,402 14,634 775 17,894 1,524 16,370 2,318 1,663 1,804 65,362 40,778 10,791 8,71 I I 1,659 3,403 14,925 750 18,038 1,541 16,496 2,329 1,669 1,797 65,686 41,01 I 10,816 8,734 11,708 3,412 15,075 71 I 18,182 1,564 16,618 2,341 1,687 1,755 41, 129 95,361 54,937 40,425 40,939 1,861 33,8^7 97, 5 W 55,592 41,959 34,108 1,755 46,161 84,263 52,686 31,577 35,349 1,815 45,013 77,70! 56,948 20,753 40,320 1,892 46,837 64,238 54,592 9,646 56,224 2, 171 44,681 74,492 55,022 19,470 34,435 2,105 21,924 21,501 14,037 18,368 20,284 12,093 19,037 20,225 7,084 21,659 17,583 9,689 30,199 25,169 14,909 18,414 23,105 10,208 365,093 325,955 349,058 329,408 427,887 460,719 343,522 453,996 344,181 r449,299 331,952 443,138 52, I 14 100,536 50,357 105,411 57,636 I 17,840 5 1,54 I 115,820 51,090 r109,800 52,056 105,854 298 73,055 5, 141 68,538 486 76,380 223 65,644 244 51,459 1,844 47,180 483 1,275 589 430 1,202 632 572 I, 147 111 488 !, I 12 872 510 rI,102 967 455 1,074 1,044 136,955 413,893 123,723 434,758 185,476 627,573 173,738 723,763 r169,882 r8l1,815 159,289 881,275 45,707 659,383 38.953 646,589 51,336 643,703 41,300 641,675 39,027 636,I 13 34,663 626,180 218,381 183,469 245,027 109,459 204,138 198,641 224,072 130,234 231,000 202,969 166,204 87, I 18 200,412 186,396 156,308 88,275 221,783 r203,529 158,194 r98,342 208,325 198,287 156,951 103,952 96,762 21,655 101,136 22,419 126,580 23,412 I 14,037 25,364 I 13,421 23,911 93,279 23,105 128,912 89,120 127,375 93,408 141,878 87,976 134,857 97,290 r137,161 r92,646 141,998 108,894 38,568 33,040 5,529 36,736 31,515 5,221 42,656 36,663 5,994 39,165 33,597 5,567 42,993 36,969 6,024 41,510 35,627 5,882 7,326 6,099 10,663 7,439 6,744 10,891 6,621 5,707 9,606 6,191 5,630 9,789 7,683 6,658 10,324 8,167 7,198 10,720 15,009 9,757 940,071 14,194 9,573 941,057 10,321 8,872 r892,357 9,548 9, 124 890,328 12,539 I 1,31 I 887,827 12, I 16 10,785 886,619 8,648 5,536 768,745 7,090 6, 186 8,045 4,997 769,763 6,944 6,037 6,836 5,320 734,248 6,103 5,091 6,939 5,307 733,138 6,634 5,721 8,295 6,149 732,448 8,313 7,217 8,053 5,917 731,757 7,683 6,500 93,095 86,350 104,120 103,235 106,095 87,355 102,770 85,410 122,895 105,935 134,330 [19,915 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, total Ut i I i t i es Industrial estab I ishments m i l . of kw.-hr.. do do.... FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Fermented malt liquors: Product i on thous. of bb I.. Tax-paid withdrawals do Stocks, end of month do.... Disti I led spirits: Product i on thous. of tax ga I.. Tax-paid withdrawals do.... Stocks, end of month do Whisky: Production do.... Tax-paid withdrawals do.... Stocks, end of month do Rectified d i s t i l l e d spirits,prod.,total.thous. of proof gal.. Whisky do Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery (factory) thous. of Ib.. Cheese (factory), total ....do r/ Revised. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 19 53 19!52 Earlier data are available In monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement March Apr! ! January February Apri 1 March FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO _ Continued Beef and veal....**..,......., thous. of Ib.. Lard do.... Coffee, v i s i b l e supply, United States thous. of bags.. Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals): C i gar s , tax-pa id ........* thousands . . Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid, .. .thous. of Ibs.. 1,656 557,237 48,201 1,050,706 213,346 966 1,557 566,992 45 , 703 944,623 191,803 850 1,999 775,091 6 1 , 37 1 1, 162,504 234,448 712 1,572 70 1 , 489 53, 166 816,995 157,799 776 1,712 779,450 58, 129 874,686 164,072 700 1 ,649 826,083 52,458 770,875 146,255 634 3, 107 29,878 478, 101 16,759 2,889 31,774 491,964 18,076 2,649 32,498 480,818 17,841 2,394 32,212 452, 150 15,849 34,500 501,930 17,413 31,725 520,082 18,898 6,300 310.0 5,225 385.1 6,564 301.0 5,882 257.3 6,677 396.7 6,231 303.0 290,092 254, 135 1, 101,607 510,561 217,169 222,266 957,666 322,878 255,886 282,453 1,093, 142 719,234 246,007 333,601 1, 192,439 730,597 329,294 353,972 1,549,203 810,112 268,548 294,960 8, 158,936 567,878 23,924 9,252 30,020 1 1,020 34,360 13,690 r29,564 r 12,656 29,876 !2,8S2 147 1,592 19 136 1,534 13 160 1,867 !8 169 1,932 r 17 160 1,886 16 128 51 1 17 48 138 47 163 54 (64 56 63,457 71,007 120 60, 1 15 6,705 40,290 13, 120 69, 128 81,597 147 64,560 6,970 42, 175 15,415 r 74, 241 r9 1,448 r!60 r57, 148 r6,488 r 36, 320 14,340 73,200 92,931 152 58,004 7, 1 16 36,640 14,248 529,585 597 r503 415,357 396,393 1 13,631 98, 1 10 565, 172 254 219 453,319 435, 129 1 1 1 , 599 97,879 583,001 190 189 486,071 467,440 96,740 86,212 700,685 236 189 566,320 545,961 134, 129 122,043 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net Electrical appliances, domestic, sales b i l l e d : Vacuum cleaners, standard type 1937-39*= 100. . number.. Television sets (incl. combination), production J./. . . ..-do TEXTILE PRODUCTS Wool: 2/ Consumption, m i l l (clean basis): Carpet c lass , .................... .do. . « . Machinery activity (weekly average): Looms : Woolen and worsted: P \ le and jacquard .... ..... .thous of act i ve hours . . Broad do. ... Narrow . . . . .do.. Carpet and rug: Broad. . .do.... Spinning spindles: Woolen . . . do.... Worsted ... do. . . . Wor sted combs do .... Yarn, woolen and worsted, production, tota 1 .. thous . of !b.. Kn i tt i ng .. . .... do. . . . Carpet and other do ... 67,953 72,644 1 19 50,984 5,356 34,056 I 1 , 572 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, total Coaches , tota 1 Domest ic Passenger cars, tota 1 Domest ic Trucks, total Domestic number.. do. . . . do. ... do. . . . do. . . . do. . . . do. . . . 482,973 569 499 372,440 352,064 109,964 92,614 £/ Revised. _[/ Data for March 1952 and 1953 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 2/ Data for A p r i l 1952 and January 1953 cover 5 weeks; PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE 7O AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $3uO FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 723,566 145 141 596,633 578,213 126,788 114,821
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