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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS MAY i, 1953 Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 10.0 (Ingots and Steel for Casting*) ELECTRIC-POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES 9.0 8.0 120 7.0 HO 100 FEB. MAM. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AU6. SEPT. OCT. 6.0 NOV. MAN. OCC. APR. JUNE JULY &U6. SEPT. OCT. MOV. 0€C. THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES 250 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger Cars and Trucks) 2OO ISO 100 90 1950 1951 1952 0U 1953 1950 1951 8952 J953 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 19 52 1953 ITEM Apr. 19 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l 1 commodities I947-49«IOO. *l 1 1 8 4 Farm products do .... *I08.7 Foods , processed do *I08 0 A l l other do *l 13 3 22 commodities 2/ do. ... 97.9 Cotton, m i d d l i n g , 15/16", 10 markets 3/ dol. per Ib.. .410 Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) 3/ dol. per bu.. 2,49 Department store sales 1947-49=5100.. 97 Insured unemployment, total thous 1 198 State programs . . do 1 167 Finance: Currency in circulation 3/ m i l . of dol.. 28,454 Federal Reserve bank credit, total do... 24, 109 Member bank reserve balances ..do. 20,218 Excess reserves, estimated do.... 993 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:4/ Demand deposits, adjusted m i l . of dol.. 51,823 T 5 me depos i ts-, except Gover nment do .... 16,602 Loans and investments, total .....do.... 73, 108 U. S. Government obligations do.... 31,244 Commercial, industrial, and agr . loans (gross) .. .do. ... 21.052 Real-estate loans (gross) do.... 5,673 Failures, industrial and commercial number.. 188 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/ percent.. 3, 16 182.9 Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor 's) .. 1935-39=100, . Industrials 420 stocks do.... 198.5 Production : B i turn! nous coa 1 3/ thous of short tons . 1,532 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . of kw.-hr.. 7, 104 Motor vehicles (Ward's) number.. 121,805 Petroleum, crude 3/ thous of bb 1 6,271 Steel 5/ ' l947-49=s 100. . 126.8 Freight car load ings, total thous of cars 735 Mi see 1 laneous do. . . . 366 Apr. 26 97 . 4 ,400 2.49 105 i , 161 1, 133 Mar. 28 **l 10 1 **IOO.O **I05 0 **l 13 4 90.3 .329 2.40 1 12 1,056 976 Apr. 4 Apr. 18 109.6 98.6 103.6 i09,5 98.0 103 4 ! 13.3 87 8 .3'79 2.40 !05 975 i 13.7 88.2 ,329 2.35 97 1,056 982 29,801 25,427 19,629 76 29,782 25,549 19,932 337 52,723 18, 189 76,882 29,736 23,297 6, !80 140 3.37 190.8 206.8 53,542 18, 17! 76,925 29,622 23,287 6,210 \6'~. 3,40 190.9 206.4 1,410 8,00i !64,932 6, 171 138.8 721 377 « , 450 S, ! 13 150,642 6 i8^ 138.7 75? 388 89.5 .330 2.38 ( (8 1,050 28,367 23,973 19,875 788 29,662 25 , 387 280 29,799 25,023 19,305 -306 52, 153 16,604 73,076 31,216 20,872 5,679 168 3. 16 181.9 197 4 53,275 18, 122 77,808 30,650 23,337 6, 173 51,802 18,087 76,827 29,547 23,269 6, 176 188 17! 3.33 i96.5 215 2 3.35 193. i 209.2 1 , 625 7,135 124,832 6,277 129.9 779 376 !,376 8,075 170,870 6,384 144.7 1,334 8,019 160,736 6,243 136.3 715 400 705 384 20, 148 Apr. i l ?~ J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. J3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ New basis beginning March 7, 1953; not strict ! comparable with earlier data. J5/ Week ending May 2, 140.8. * Monthly index for A p r i l 1952. ** Monthly index for March 1953. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement February March December January February March BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial and commercial failures? Fa i 1 ures , tota 1 Commercia 1 service Construction Manufacturing and mining Reta i 1 trade , Who lesa le trade. , Liabilities, total,,,,, ,...,,, Commercia 1 service, Construction. ,..., Retail trade Who lesa le trade. , number . , ..do.... do, . . . do.... ..*. do, . . , ., .do, , . , thous, of dol.. , do, . , , .do, . . . 619 52 70 133 304 60 19,474 1,649 1,935 5,614 6 548 3,728 715 55 72 148 37 1 69 29,232 4,563 2,485 13,046 6 905 2,233 583 43 76 131 288 45 23 400 953 5 068 8 458 7 046 1,875 647 39 78 130 334 66 23 309 868 2 735 9 107 8 009 2,590 691 49 86 132 348 76 27 273 1 180 3 378 8 452 9 J39 S 174. 739 63 85 154 361 76 31 082 1 387 3 506 12 213 10 423 3,553 112.4 106.8 1 12 6 1 12.7 109 5 1 16 7 1 14 0 103 8 i 10,0 1 16,4 1 14.8 III 1 106 6 123 7 1 14 4 112.4 106,4 1 !2 7 1 12 0 1 13 7 1 15 2 1 14 0 103 8 109.4 1 16 7 1 15 7 1 11 0 106 3 124 4 1 14 8 114. 1 105. 1 1 13 8 1 12 7 1 15 8 1 13 0 1 16 4 105 6 108,2 120.7 ! 19 3 1 12 5 108 0 128 9 1 15 9 113.9 104.6 1 13 1 1116 1 (5 7 1 iO Q 1 16 4 105 9 107 7 121 1 1 19 4 1 12 4 107 8 129 3 i 15 9 113.4 104.6 1115 1 10 7 1 15 9 107 7 1 16 6 106 1 108 0 121 5 1 19 3 i 12 5 107 5 129 1 1 15 8 1/113.6 104 7 1117 1 10 3 1 15 5 107 4 1 16 8 106 5 108 0 121 7 1 19 5 1 12 4 107 7 129 3 1 17 5 34 661 1 467,384 1 , 1 5 1 , 680 35 475 1,075 858 866,950 34 561 1 021 310 792 889 50,484 1,347,518 1,054,375 427 3,289 1,695 3/4,675 446 3/2,775 3/1,454 4 874 1 226 2 622 1 026 3 509 495 1 481 1 533 7 006 1 65? 3 215 2 140 1 16.5 1 15 9 I 15 3 1 14 5 1 14 0 1 13 4 181 . 1 41.9 64.7 2.3 .8 46.6 7.0 14.8 3.0 1,202.7 75.7 808.2 89.6 39.2 74 9 50,7 38.4 26.0 1 , 736 . 1 195.2 1,045.5 141*9 49 7 92 6 88 4 79.2 43.6 548. 1 125.6 170 5 5.0 95 7 64 3 18 2 57 0 11 8 181.3 44.9 65 0 29 9 42 0 69 15 5 32 1,251. 1 81 4 821 9 86 9 46 9 89 0 57 7 40 3 27 0 1 10,938 4 1 , 594 69 344 90,563 41,273 49 290 r 107,729 r 42, 960 r64 769 105 221 43 1 18 62 103 78,795 70,860 93,095 86,350 95,855 84,840 106,095 87,355 102,770 85,410 122 895 105,935 1,532 158 1,532 143 2,023 250 1,877 184 1,609 80 19 952 119 3 626 3 602 4,233 3,571 2,562 2 785 980 109 1,715 593,420 48,986 1,072,252 220,934 998 119 1,656 557,237 48 201 1,050,706 213,346 1,267 203 2, 127 735,078 56,616 1,335,205 256,269 1 , 038 83 1,572 701,489 53, 166 816,995 157,799 1, 173 113 1,712 779,450 58, 129 874,686 164,072 ,, ,. .. do .. .do. . . . COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49=100.. Food , Dairy products,.,,, , .,,,, do . do ,.. Meats, poultry, and fish Hous ing, Gas and electricity Housef urn ish ings , do , ,. .. do , , do do.... Medica 1 care. ,,,,,,,., , Persona 1 care ., Reading and recreation. Transportation.. Other goods and services.,,., , ,, , , , do, . . . do, . , do . do do CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction contracts awarded ,37 States(F. W. Dodge Corp.): Tota 1 projects ..,,,., , , number , Total valuation , thous, of dol.. Bu i Id ing, tota 1 „,, , ,do. ... Highway concrete pavement contract awards: 2/ Airports Roads Streets and alleys , .do.... , do, , . . , •.do,,,. FINANCE Bonds, pr.ice (Standard and Poor's Corporation): Industrial, utility, and railroad (AI+ issues): Composite (17 bonds) ,dol, per $100 bond.. Stocks, cash dividend payments p u b l i c l y reported: Total, dividend payments ....mil. of dol. Finance ..,., .... do.... Manuf actur ing au. ... 33,767 885,206 697,842 3,723 879 988 1,856 Heat, light, and power , .do,... Rai Iroad , .....do.... Trade. , , , do. . . . M i see 1 1 aneous , do,' , . . CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Paints, varnish, and lacquer: Factory shipments, total... thous. of dol.. 106,386 1 ndustr ial sales do.... 4 1 , 608 64 778 FOODSTUFFS Dairy products, production: Butter, creamery (factory) thous. of Ib.. Cheese ( factory) , tota 1 do. ... Livestock: Cattle and calves: Receipts, principal markets thous. of animals.. Shipments, feeder, to 8 corn-belt States do.,.. Hogs: Sheep and lambs: Receipts, principal markets Shipments, fe^de^, to 8 corn-belt States Meats, production, total... mil. Beef and veal ...thous. Lard do.... do,. ... of Ib,. of Ib.. do 45 041 1 , 32 1 , 254 1,055,993 5411 1,295 147 1,999 775 091 61 371 1 , 1 62, 504 234,448 jr/ Revised. J./ Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) is 189,9, 2/ Data for December 1952 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2>/ Data .include some contracts awarded in prior months but not reported. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey.-,* .and the 1951 Statistical Supplement - =• ,,;.*• 1953 1952 February March December January February March METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): Castings, gray iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale... Sh i pments , tota 1 For sale Castings> mal leab le iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale Shipments, total For sa le Pig iron production Castings, stee f ; Shipments, total 7,233 29,207 24,693 4,514 r8,032 21,451 18,082 3,369 8,220 45, 172 39,055 6, 1 16 8,293 37,077 31,967 5, I I C 7,396 29,949 25,741 4,207 thous. of short tons.. • • 0$- • • • do.,.. 1,766 1,155 655 1,71 1 1, !72 661 1,316 1, 142 619 1,333 1,162 622 1,332 1,136 607 short tons.. .do. . . . • -do- - • • ......thous. of short tons.. 193,061 82,898 50, 129 5,785 196,896 80,960 49,084 6,300 173,494 80,680 50,485 6,510 174,809 87,249 53,272 6,564 175,088 86,515 5 1 , 963 5,882 174,626 133,602 31,317 173,694 131,997 32,118 161,733 122,166 25,972 167,21 1 126,819 26,752 175,675 137,592 33, 156 do.. . . 1,464,255 187,487 do 125,042 do. ... 62,445 do. ... 235,648 do.... 144,439 do 91,209 .• "do 199,445 ..do.... 1,359,752 176,441 127,768 48,673 266,920 157,279 109,641 228,841 1,207,058 I80>538 133,851 46,687 256,206 158,612 97,594 218,342 1,206,550 183,545 137,221 46,324 269,597 167,764 101,833 226,078 1, 199, 151 183,709 135,682 48,027 252,084 151,200 100,884 214,330 44, 133 41,291 31,297 48,943 39,161 41,040 48,651 40,370 43,560 47,295 37,678 52,760 45,423 38,811 58,949 47,993 44,361 62,371 318.8 279.6 324.3 299.5 225.2 355.0 255.8 361.6 r282. 1 r354.5 p323.5 p376.0 235,936 261,512 855,478 409,337 290,092 254, 135 1,101,607 510,561 249,032 317,914 1,498,258 921,086 255,886 282,453 1,093, 142 719,234 246,007 333,601 1, 192,439 730,597 329,294 353,972 1,549,203 810,112 184,654 193,524 198,028 205,825 205,645 215,504 203,214 218,288 183,736 195, 133 255,900 259, 126 271,928 272,250 273,589 44,314 38,352 55,369 38,295 43,402 39,482 48,750 37,971 46,768 40,35J 99,582 48,706 47,379 40,515 1/80,655 45,910 42,153 35,704 67, 167 44,178 4,456 10,049 4,921 10, 169 4,416 11,021 4,210 1 1,250 3,596 1 1,224 93, 134 82,052 18,070 99,093 87,096 18,724 106,432 94,725 20,804 1/107,413 1/95,609 1/20,617 1/96,796 1/86,221 1/18,408 6,988 6,727 9,097 9,082 7,685 « do . . do . do . 143,910 8,002 8,585 152,556 8,133 9,527 127,792 8,236 7,807 141,746 8,772 7,575 149,069 8,804 7,748 • • do. ... 6, 137 4,875 8,503 4,421 6,922 5,848 8,529 4,507 7,230 5,853 9,126 4,761 7,020 6,060 9,754 5,241 6,670 5,815 9,425 4,887 457,835 441,349 143,640 476,492 453, 162 166,970 463,377 463,064 122,512 473,640 467,627 128,525 439, 167 408,610 159,082 484,276 441,512 201,846 348,630 94,759 96,982 7,515 475,502 99,741 399,258 99,633 98,696 8,452 457,617 87,887 386,627 86,659 83,007 11,726 530,651 81,258 351,775 93,789 93,908 11,607 556,022 89,767 346,035 82,892 83,208 1 1,291 555,508 93,225 420,956 91,91 1 94,505 8,697 518,985 85,618 short tons.. Rai Iway specia Ities Steel f erg ings: _[/ Orders, unf VI led, total Shipments, for sale, total Drop and upset. Press and open hammer Cans, metal, shipments, total Food Nonfood Shipments for sale Lead, refined (primary refineries): Machine tools: New orders do. . . . l945-47« 100. . Electrical appliances, domestic, sales b i l l e d : 8,257 22,065 19,026 3,039 6,677 PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS! Crude petroleum: Production thous of bb 1 . . Stocks, end of month: Refined petroleum products: Fue 1 oi 1 j Residual f ue 1 o i 1 Stocks, end of month: Distillate fuel o i l Residual fuel oi 1 Lubr Seating oi Is: Pro uc 10 .. • do . . do.... do Motor fuel: A l 1 types: Gasoline and naphtha from crude petroleum, do.... Natural gasoline and a l l i e d products do.... Sales of 1. p. g. for fuel, etc .; and transfer Stocks, gasoline, end of month: F 5 n i shed oaso 1 i n© Unf i n i shed oaso 1 i ne Natura 1 aaso 1 i ne Aviation gaso 1 ine: Product i on tota 1 Stocks tota 1 do PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Production short tons.. Newsprint, United States: At publishers . In transit to publishers do do.... 1 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. ±/ See note on corresponding item and the A p r i l 1953 Survey. 2/ Data for March 1952 and March 1953 cover 5 weeks; December 1952, 6 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 February March December February January March STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Clay products: Brick, ung lazed: Production tbous. of standard brick.. Clay sewer pipe, v i t r i f i e d : Product i on < short tons . . 392,482 378,321 434,789 41 1,819 436,508 383,597 39 1 , 24 1 353,088 377 166 375 05 1 127,442 97, 107 139,685 1 |8 092 135,309 98 131 1 13,227 94 920 124,673 1 06 65 1 78,061 75,617 76 1 19 69 494 78 823 66 270 81 541 63,050 73 975 68 020 8,783 8,053 10,093 9,400 9 005 10 216 8,250 7 889 10 166 9,293 8,602 10,427 9,000 8 510 10 677 24,756 9,720 23,924 9,252 26,984 34,360 13,690 29,784 12 684 139 1,735 18 147 1,592 19 159 1,935 17 160 1,867 18 169 1,932 20 126 50 128 51 144 56 138 47 163 54 71 199 8 1 , 630 146 54f 448 5,772 35,076 13,600 69, 128 81,597 147 64,560 6,970 42, 175 15,415 73,998 91,359 161 57,060 6,508 36,288 14,264 7,968 5,893 5,769 2,075 20 20 20 0 8, 103 6,094 5,972 2,009 15 15 15 0 7,789 6,072 6,063 1,717 17 17 17 0 Structural t i l e , unglazed: Glass containers: Production thous. of gross.. 10,697 (2 081 9 056 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woo 1 : \_l Consumption (scoured basis): Apparel class thous. of Ib.. Carpet class . .do... Machinery activity (weekly average): Looms : Woolen and worsted: P i l e and jacquard thous. of act i ve hoys . Broad . do. , . Carpet and rug: Broad Narrow Spi nni ng sp i nd les : Woo len . . . Worsted Worsted combs Yarn, production, total , do. ... do. . . . , do. . . . do. ... do. ... thous. of Ib.. Carpet and other do.... 73,268 74 , 786 121 53,472 6,092 35,768 1 1,612 67,953 72,644 1 19 50,984 5,356 34,056 1 1 , 572 7,383 5,494 5,494 1,889 21 21 10 0 8, 161 5,840 5,838 2,321 1 1 , 688 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Railway equipment (American Railway Car Institute): Shipments: Freight cars, total number.. Equipment manufacturers, total do.... Domest i c do. . . . Railroad shops, domestic do.... Passenger cars, total ...do.... Equipment manufacturers, total do.... Domest ic do. . . . Railroad shops, domestic do.... £/ R e v i s e d . J_/ Data for January 1953 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 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 \ 4 4 4 0 6,685 4,958 4,952 1,727 39 39 39 0
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