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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS March 26, 1954 Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY *** * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* Commod i ty pr ices, wholesale: A l l commodities. . 1947-49=100 Farm products do. . Foods processed do A 1 1 other do 22 commodities 2/ do.. Department store sales... do.. Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do. . Failures, i n d . & comm. . number Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody *s) 3/. .. .percent ITEM Mar. 6 Mar. 13 Mar. 20 *l 10.0 *99.8 *I04. 1 *l 13.4 90.5 **IOO 87.8 85 1 10.6 99.0 104.6 1 14.4 88.8 92 1 10.6 98.8 104.7 1 14.3 87.9 **l, 155 ** 1,064 160 #2,402 #2,221 223 229 243 3. 18 3. 15 3. 13 Mar. 21 3.30 1954 1953 1954 1953 ITEM Mar. 21 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 199.2 Industrials (420) do.. 216. 1 Production : Bitum.coal JV. . .thous. sh. tons ** 1,430 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mi 1 . kw. -hr . **8, 138 Motor vehicles (Ward (s) . . . .No.159,329 Petro leum, crude _3/. .thous. bb 1 . **6,449 Steel (ingots & for castings, 142.4 quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 **700 Freight car load ings. thous. cars **384 Miscellaneous . .do.. Mar. 6 Mar. 13 Mar. 20 203.0 220.5 204.7 222.5 1,043 1, 157 8,586 129,609 6,327 8,519 132,673 6,352 105.0 591 326 102.8 610 322 204.7 222.6 144,240 100.4 j/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended March 27, 98.7. * Monthly index for March I95~3. ** For week corresponding to latest. # Data for preceding week follow: Total, 2,413,000; State programs, 2,213,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I9f54 195 3 19 53 February December BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial & comm. failures: Fai lures, total . number Commercial service do.. Construction ..do. . Manuf act ur \ no & m i n i n g do Retai 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. L i ab i 1 i t i es tota 1 thous do 1 Commercial service do Construction do Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retai 1 trade do Wholesale trade do.. COMMODITY PRICES Wholesale prices (Dept. Labor) : A l l commodities. .. 1947-49=100 Farm products. do. . Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Grai ns do. . Livestock, 1 ive poultry. do.. Foods, processed do. . Cereals & bakery prod.. do. . Dairy prod.& ice cream. do.. Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Meats, poultry & fish... do.. Commodities other than farm prod & foods 1947-49-100 Chemicals, etc do.. Chemicals, indust do.. Drugs, etc do.. Fats and oi Is do. . Fertilizer mater i a Is. .do. . Prepared paint do. . Fuel, power, etc .do.. Coa 1 do . . E lectricity do. . Gas do. . Petro leum & prod do. . £/ Revised. 1954 ITEM ITPM January - 691 49 86 132 348 76 27,273 1, 180 3 378 8,452 9, 139 5, 124 813 64 89 193 382 85 43,754 1,871 4 154 23,731 9,757 4,241 109.6 97.9 102.2 93. 1 91.2 105.2 107.6 110.9' 105.5 98.2 1 10. 1 94.4 89.8 90.6 83.9 104.3 112.2 III.3 103.9 89.7 r 1 10.9 r97.8 91.2 91.3 91.8 106.2 112.4 109.4 103.8 96.4 1 13 1 103.6 113. 1 91.4 52.7 112.7 110.5 108. 1 1 15.9 100.7 109.5 107.9 1 14 6 107.1 118.6 93.8 58.6 113.9 112.7 III. 1 112.5 100.7 109.6 114.9 r 1 14 6 107.2 118.4 93.9 r6l.2 1 14.0 112.8 rllO.8 rll 1.9 100.7 r 1 1 1.8 114.2 867 60 86 192 450 79 29,592 3, 134 3, 166 1 1,431 8,623 3,238 February February December COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Wholesale prices - Con. Furniture, etc. .. 1947-49=100 976 1 12.9 App 1 iances, household. . .do. . 74 107.4 109 Furniture, household. . . .do. . 1 13.4 207 Rad i os do . . 95.5 Television sets do.. 449 75.6 98.0 Hides, skins, etc do.. 87 Footwear do. . 47,774 1 12. 1 Hides and skins do.. 4,341 66.5 Leather do. . 91 9 4 , 082 Lumber & wood prod do.. 23,043 121. 1 Lumber do. . 120.3 1 1,770 4,538 Machinery, motive prod.. do.. 121.6 Agri. machinery, etc... do.. 121.8 Construction mach do.. M26.2 119.7 Elec. mach. & equip. .. .do. . Motor vehicles do.. 119. 9 1 10.5 Metals & metal products. do. . 124.6 97.9 Heat i ng equ i pment do . . i 13.9 89.7 Iron and steel do.. 91.6 127.5 124.4 Nonferrous metals. .... .do. . 91.3 104.8 Nonmetallic minerals, structura 1 do. . 112.7 1 14.6 Clay products do.. 124.0 107.4 Concrete products. .... .do. . 112.8 102.9 117.7 Gypsum products do.. 92.9 115.3 Pulp, paper, etc do.. Paper do. . 124 9 1 14 4 Rubber and products do.. 126.2 107.3 Tires and tubes do. . 126.3 118. 1 Textile prod., etc do.. 98.5 94.0 Appare 1 do. . 99.9 63.5 Cotton products do. . 96. 1 1 14.0 S i l k products do.. 141.4 112.8 88.3 Synthetic text! les do. . 110.3 Wool products do.. II 1.5 III.O II 1.9 Tobacco mfrs.& bot.bev. .do. . 100.7 110. 1 Beverages, alcohol ic. . .do. . Ml. 8 1 12.0 Cigarettes do. . 113.5 January February 1 15.0 109.1 114. 1 94.3 74.0 95.6 1 1 1.8 57.7 88.7 117,4 1 16.4 124.3 122.5 131. 1 126.8 118.5 127.5 115.5 132.8 122. 1 1 15.2 109.6 114.2 96. 1 73.5 r95.3 r 1 1 1.9 56.8 88. 1 1 17.0 r 1 15.9 M24.4 122.7 131.2 126.8 M18.9 M27.2 115. 3 132.0 121.5 1 15. I 109.7 1 14.0 96 1 73.6 94.8 1 1 1.9 55 4 .87 4 1 16.7 1 15.5 124.4 122.7 131'. 1 126.8 118. 9 126.2 115. 1 131.0 119.8 120.8 132.1 117.2 122. 1 117. 1 126.8 124.8 130. 1 95.8 97.9 90.9 139.3 85.5 112. 1 118. 1 114.9 124.0 r 120.9 M31.9 117.2 122.1 rll7,0 126.8 124.8 M30.3 r96. 1 r99. 1 r90.4 142. 1 r85.4 III.O 1 18.2 1 15.0 124.0 121.0 131.9 117.6 122.1 117. 1 126.8 124.6 130.3 95.2 98.9 88.7 138.6 85.4 109.0 ! 18.0 1 14.6 124.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 195 4 I9f53 1953 February December January February Construction cont. awarded, 37 States (F. W. Dodge Corp.): Tota 1 projects number Total valuation m i l . do 1 . B u i l d i n g , total do.. 34,561 1,021.3 792.9 EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Emp loyees i n nona.gr . estab 1 . , 48,369 total, unadj thousands 17,013 Manuf actur i ng do. . 856 Mining do. . 2,280 Contract construction. ... do. . Transp & pub. uti 1 do. . 4,210 10,214 Wholesale & retail trade. do.. 1,977 Finance, ins.& real est..do.. 5, 194 Service & mi see 1 laneous. .do. . 6,625 . Gover nrnent do . . Prod, workers in mfg. ind.: 13,733 Tota ! thousands 8, i 15 Durable goods .. do.. 142 Ordnance & acces do.. 677 Lumber & wood prod do.. 332 Furniture & fixtures. . .do. . 453 Stone, c 1 ay , etc do. . 1, 142 Primary metal ind do.. 942 Fab metal prod I/. do.. 1,323 Machinery (exc. elec.).do.. 916 Electrical machinery. . .do. . 1,543 Transportation equip. .. do. . 241 Instruments, etc do.. 404 Miscel. mfg. ind do.. 5,618 Nondurable goods do 1,033 Food & kindred prod.... do.. 94 Tobacco manufactures. .. do. . 1, 134 T e x t i l e - m i l l products. .do. . 1, 137 Apparel, etc do.. 437 Paper & a l l i e d prod.... do.. 497 Pr i nt 5 ng etc do 519 Chemicals etc do.. Products of petro leum 186 and coa 1 do 219 Rubber products do. . 364 Leather & leath prod do Mfg prod -worker indexes: Emp loyment: 1 1 1.0 Unadjusted 1947-49-100 1 1 1.2 Adjusted do. . 149.3 Payrolls, unadjusted do.. Hours and earnings: Averaoe weekly hours per 40.9 worker a 1 1 mfg hours 41.7 Durable goods do.. 39.8 Nondurable goods do.. Averaoe weekly earnings 71 17 al 1 manufacturing do 1 lars 77. 15 Durab le goods do. . 62.88 Nondurable goods do.. Preliminary. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 35,777 1,299.8 973.8 40,787 38,361 1 , 1 52 . 0 1,221 .3 935.6 977.5 r 49, 722 r 16,488 809 r2,52l r4,240 r l 1,310 2,064 r5,272 7,018 r47,770 p47,476 r 16, 177 p 16, 027 r792 p782 p2,240 r2,25l p4, 1 18 r4, 137 r 10, 386 p 10, 297 r2,054 p2,062 r5,227 p5,225 r6,746 p6,725 r 13, 107 r7,65l r 150 r650 r30l r446 r 1,061 r879 r 1,202 r856 r 1,460 240 r406 r5,456 r 1,068 r!06 r 1,036 r 1,071 r446 r5!2 r50l r 12,821 p!2,677 r7,493 p7,37l p!3l r 146 r620 P 6I7 p29l r295 r426 p42l r 1 , 037 p i , 017 r880 p865 r 1 , 1 94 p i , 192 p8!4 r830 r 1,437 p 1 , 395 p233 r236 p396 r392 r5,328 p5,306 p i , 001 r 1,015 r99 p90 p 1 , 00 1 r 1,005 r 1,053 p i , 066 p438 r44l 503 p499 500 p496 r 181 202 r333 180 r 199 r334 p 180 p!96 p339 r!06.0 r 105.2 r 144.0 r!03.7 r 1 04 . 1 r 138.9 p!02.5 p!02.7 p!36.9 40.2 40.8 39.3 39.4 r40.0 38.5 p39.5 p40.0 p38.9 71 96 77.52 r64.45 70 92 r76.40 63.53 p70 71 p76.00 p63.80 December January February Hours and earnings - Con. Average hourly earnings, a 1 1 man uf actur ing. . . .dot lars 1 74 Durab le goods do. . 1.85 1.86 Ordnance & acces do.. Lumber & wood prcd do.. 1.56 Furniture & f ixtures. . . . do. . 1 . 5 1 1.69 Stone, clay, etc do.. Primary metal ind do.. 2.01 Fab. metal prod. J./ do.. 1.82 1.94 Machinery (exc. elec.)..do.. 1.73 Electrical mach do.. Transportation equ ip . . . .do. . 2.05 1.76 Instruments, etc do.. 1.56 Miscel. mfg. ind do..- 1 .79 1.90 1.93 rl.59 1.57 1.76 r2.08 1.88 2.00 rl.80 2. 1 1 rl.8l 1.61 1 80 1.91 1.94 rl.57 1.56 rl.76 r2.08 r 1.89 2.00 1.80 r2. 12 r 1.82 rl.6l p i 79 p i . 90 p i . 95 p i . 58 pt.56 p i . 75 p2.06 p i . 88 p2.0l p i . 81 p2. 1 1 p i . 82 p i . 61 rl.64 1.65 r 1.25 1.37 1.36 1.72 r2.26 1.86 1.65 1.68 r 1.27 1.37 rl.37 1.72 r2.25 r 1.87 p i . 64 p 1 . 67 p 1.29 p i . 37 p i . 37 p i . 71 p2.24 p i . 87 2.26 1.93 rl.38 r2.26 r 1.93 rl.37 p2.26 p i . 95 p i . 38 168,596 65,367 35,557 154,294 62,306 30,806 141,933 56, 1 15 29,341 1,715.2 170.6 1,081.7 141.3 43.7 100.3 87.4 48.8 689.5 134.7 239.8 8.3 104.4 68.0 32.3 92.3 244. 1 68.9 84.2 1.9 1. 1 56.9 10. 1 17.0 8 933 99 7,946 80 7 95 1 75 7 083 74 83,653 101,538 1 17,204 60,944 88,732 123,296 1 12,244 89, 193 r84,2!6 1 1 1,553 77,091 108, 121 75,656 103,496 87,384 118,417 1.58 Nondurable goods do.. 1.59 Food & kindred prod ao. . Tobacco manuf actures . . . . do. . 1.23 1.37 Texti le-mi 1 1 products. . .do. . 1.34 Apparel, etc do.. 1.67 Paper & a l l i e d prod do.. Printing, etc do.. 2. 17 Chemicals, etc do.. 1.77 Products of petroleum and coa 1 do. . 2. 17 Rubber products do.. 1.92 Leather & leath. prod... do.. 1.35 F 1 NANCE Bank debits, total (345 center s ) . . . m i l . do 1 . 129, 163 45,749 New York City do.. 6 other centers do.. 28, 126 Stocks, cash d i v . payments: Total ( p u b l i c l y reported) 181.3 m i l . do 1 . F i nance do. . 44.9 Manuf act ur i ng do. . 65.0 Mi n 5 ng do. . 2.9 .9 Commun i cat ions do. . Heat, l i g h t & power do.. r42.3 Ra i 1 road do 69 Trade do. . 15.5 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel ingots and steel for castings: Production thous sh Percent of capacity 2/ Copper : Production: Mine or smelter sh. Ref i nery Deliveries, ref., dom Stocks, ref . ,end of mo tons tons do. do.. do.. _[/ Except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment. £/ See note on corresponding item in March SURVEY. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES - Con. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE _r/ Revised. I9f?4 ITEM ITEM
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