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SURVEY OF
BUSINESS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
MAY 16, 1952
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
1935- ',939 » !00
300
BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS
9.0
STEEL PRODUCTION
(Ingots and Steel for Castings)
250
ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION
By UTILITIES
8.0
1951
1952
200
7.0
150
100 ! ' *
!
JAMi
' ' ' * •' ' ' ' ' ' '
FEB.
MAM.
' ' ' ' I' ' '
APR.
MAY
' ' '
JUME
' ' ' ' I ' ' ' » ' ' ' 1' ' ' i »' t i
JULV
AUG.
SEf>T.
OCT.
NO'.
I I { I I i I I I I 1 I 1 ! I I I I I 1 I I I I I 1 I i I I I I i I I I I I I
DfcC.
JUNE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
16
JULY
AU0.
SEPT.
OCT.
WOV. 06C.
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
VALUE of MANUFACTURERS
SALES and INVENTORIES
20
1951
1950
1949
1952
1951
I960
1952
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
*fay 5
Gonsaodity
prices, wholesale (revised series)*
Al1 ^oimadities. * • • • • • • • • • • * • » « • * * • • « • » * < : « » • * * » .1947-49-100..
1935-39=100..
>fay 10
111.3
107.1
108.4
112.9
296.7
.387
2.48
• 9e:i
%i
27,291
23,724
18,942
456
27?334
23^06
18,833
563
28,542
23,393
19,652
536
28,454
24,109
20,218
1,022
28,367
23,973
19,875
792
28»489
23,632
19,940
7%
28,544
24,067
20,034
970
28,429
11,750
50,163
70f108
30,835
19,186
163
3.03
178; .1
1° '
24,347
9,297
49,574
69,392
30,339
19,164
181
3.08
179.3
195.8
25,747
10,745
51,176
72,917
31,006
21,049
184
3*17
186.0
202.3
27,364
11,313
51,823
73,108
31,244
21,052
188
3.16
182.9
198.5
28,325
11,804
52,153
73,076
31,216
20,872
168
3.16
181.9
197.4
28,271
11,671
52,303
73,333
31,456
20,7%
150
3.16
179.8
194.6
1,615
6,560
LU,830
6,090
232.9
803
392
1,601
6,567
148,659
6,078
232.2
808
397
1,342
7,154
115,879
6,271
145.0
691
354
1,533
7,104
121,805
6,271
228.2
735
366
1,625
7,135
124,832
6,277
233.8
779
376
1,425
6,985
118,326
6,203
121.2
745
366
370.5
M3
2.43
113
979
958
Data do not always cover calendar weeks. £/ Thursday prices.
»r Wby 1951.
May 3
111.2
106.7
107.4
113.0
294.0
.385
2.48
111
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) ^/8 e*»*a.«.perc9nt.*
Stock prices, 4JL6 stocks (Standard and Boor a).. 1935-39=100,.
,...,,,,.,,
Apr. 26
H1.3
106.7
107.7
113.1
293.2
,400
2.49
105
Commercial, industrial, and agr» loans (gross )..«do*«»«
Steel £/..
Apr* 19
HI. 5
107.2
107*9
113,2
294.2
.410
2.49
97
1,197
1,167
Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:
..............,,number,.
Apr. 12
111*6
107.4
107.9
113*2
2%. 5
.417
2.50
113.
1.182
1,152
Finances
Production:
Bituminous coal ^/. ...« •!>••• «. <*••«••« thouaft of^ short tons,.
May 12
*115.9
*n5.7
*»112.3
*116.8
369.5
.452
2 >/,.()
110
2- commodities 2/. « * « - • » > • * • r - • « • .August 1939-100. .
Cotton, middling, 15/16% 10 j"kf^;s JJ *
dol. per lb..
Wheat, No. 2, hard winter U^^as City) y*...dol. per bu..
Dspartseat store sales (revir^-I i^-x-ic • ,-* / , , ; , A a « .19^7-^9=100. .
Insured unemployment , total •••*»*<< , , •
..••.... thous . •
Motor vehicles (Ward's)*,.
1952
1951
ITEM
11,813
161
3.16
183.6
199.0
9. ......
120,889
198.9
averages. lj Week ending May 17, 233.4. * Monthly index
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1951
Earlier data are available In monthly issues of the Survey
_..y J
*UA
lQ<n
C+fc+ * «•«+< ««1
-1952
CSlnrtl MMAM+
March
April
January
February
March
Apiril
GENERA BUSINESS INDICATORS
1
Manufacturers sales aj*d inventories - value (adjusted):
Inventories, book value, end of month, total«««.****«do«***
1
Manufacturers new orders, net - value (unadj.), total* «do****
Manufacturers' unfilled orders (unadj.), total. ..»««. .*do.***
22,605
10,851
11.754
35,557
17,576
17,981
28,^90
15.5/2
12,948
55,350
47,608
7.741
22.479
10.739
11,740
36,908
18,171
18,737
23,820
12,987
10.834
57,403
50,049
7,354
rlO 941
11.542
42.206
22,976
19,230
r22,326
rll.Q&8
11 278
163,195
r59,276
3 QOA
205.8
205.6
0.671
.468
r22 L&L
i»23 332
T.TI /QO
rll.839
r42,193
2i 96Z.
1O 77O
U .19A
42.313
i»23^037
23 232
rl9.156
r22,192
rll,000
19,082
22,948
U 375
T*11
10?
n
573
r63,253
r59,5l6
63.208
59 503
i»3 737
3 705
210*9
r208.9
208.8
0.670
.475
0*803
.398
0.8^.5
-36Z.
0 73S
3ft2
0 71 L.
1*645
2.408
1.703
2JJJQ
1*597
2.471
1*587
1.637
2 A36
1 731
2 /!/
35.62
21.62
.576
.461
35.95
21.01
.578
•463
34.- 25
33 7ft
17.42
oo /I
16 56
^7 ^Q
}?•?'
16 5ft
.571
*433
17*07
.562
.424
.560
MB
*564
*430
53*58
.0471
.2420
.1700
.1750
3.750
53.61
.0471
.2420
.1700
.1750
3*338
53 67
-O/.71
2A2O
53 67
O/71
2/2O
co ^7
fi/Tl
eo 4.»y
?^*o/
n/7i
.1900
1950
1.820
.1900
.1900
l<?5ft
1Q5O
1.644
1.600
12,633
4,590
8,043
19,743
9,197
10,546
12,285
4.276
8,009
20,346
9,598
10,748
12,650
r12, 862
L 150
8 500
18,061
r/ 39n
r8 A72
12 398
/ nftn
8 017
17,833
g 108
9 7^5
98
99
104
inft
61,789
61 TftO
4L«|
6O CiAA
COMMODITY PRICES
Retail price, U. S. Department of Commerces
All commodities, index.. ».....«.
Wholesale prices of selected commodities:
1935-39=100..
Grains and grain products:
Livestock and seats:
Beef, fresh, steer carcasses, good (N.I.)««.dol. per lb..
Fork, fresh, loins, 8-1CT lb. (New York). ...... .....do....
Metals and manufactures:
Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (New York). ...... .do....
Wool, raw, territory, fine, scoured (Boston) I/...... do....
DOMESTIC TRADE
Retail trade, all types of retail stores:
Estimated inventories (adjusted), total
do....
Department store sales, United States total:
10*5
8,197
9.864
7,OU*fr
9./9O
r!7,975
r8 160
r9 815
oo
o>
ft**
O/OA
•*»inA
Tn«c
JLUp
^0<>
Al 51ft
CO »7c*>
P7,
/5<C
n6/
6 ,UQ4.
c-a /ly>o
CQ fTl f
yy
9ru¥
6 m?
396
oy of\
•<&HCU
.1892
TOc/-,
.JL7?U
1.580
»\in/
plU4
*%1 A/
pl04
EMPLOYMENT
Labor force (Bureau of the Census }s
62.325
y<c,.?<c?
60,179
6.645
59 726
6 186
53 AGO
1 ILL
53 5//>
2 O5/
64,822
58,060
65,156
68 55/.
61 385
68 907
6<3 25n
58.309
6l 73A.
62 12^
100.28
98.93
96.27
%*77
%*87
2.%
2.78
2.82
3.00
3.23
2.81
2.%
3.11
3.07
2*87
2.93
3.11
3.35
2.89
3.07
3.2Z.
2.98
3 18
2 93
3 O1
3 25
3• CO
?.?
2.97
6,393
53.785
2.1A7
2
OA6
eo rmo
i ttny
I,b04
Ai
o±,*y//
/44
AA T»O
DO,l><i
6
/
12
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1 Alo
FINANCE
Life insurance, all companies (institute of Life Insurance):
Bonds:
Prices:
U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable)
Yields:
dol. per $100 bond..
Domestic municipal (15 bonds), Standard and Poor's
Stocks :
Dividends per share, annual rate:
Industrial (125 stocks)..*......
Public utility (24 stocks)....
..........do....
*do..*.
Bank (15 stocks)
do....
3.2A
3.05
3.32
3 59
3.00
3 23
3 /ft
3
5
1.87
2.47
2*05
2.56
4.11
A.A9
1.86
2*55
4..15
L 52
1.87
2.58
2.65
2.73
2.65
2.71
r/ Revised. £/ PreUminary. ^/ Nominal price.
97.95
^ 1Q
O i£
^.JLO
2 QA
QO
2 •Vj>
o n^
*» M
^.UJL
0 O/
^•<&»
3 .?J.
en
2 QQ
OA
3*<o
CA
3•5O
Qr»
-aft
91
3««J.
*aA
3*^o
O 1Q
3*1"
3OO
2 10
2 7Z.
2 OA
2 71
2 /Y7
fO
2•*7A
2 A1
A/
2.Q4
3*92
/ 1ft
3 92
/ 1ft
3O/>
• 72
1*90
1*89
Qf
3•"4
f 01
4*<£L
1.91
2.55
2 6A
2.84
1Q
2 6/
2 A/
«*o^.
2.&L
/ 1O
4*J."
1*91
9 Ac.
o An
2.8A
2 • ft
•32
o AC
A.OJ>
o AA
2.ft/
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
1951
March
1952
April
January
February
JfeLTCh
April
FINANCE - Continued
Stocks - Continued
Yields:
Industrial (125 stocks), «
Public utility (24 stocks^
.
.
do....
do...*
Prices:
Public utility (15 stocks)
do....
6.40
6.66
5.85
6.29
4.61
3.45
6.18
6.35
5.88
6.12
4.74
3.41
5.53
5.57
5.52
6.03
4.41
3.38
5.73
5.81
5.49
6.35
4.50
3.41
5.49
5.54
5.50
5.85
4.41
3.37
5*77
5.87
5.62
6.05
4*58
3.41
92.39
249.50
43.03
82.66
92.86
253*36
42.36
82.59
99.39
271.71
48.61
84.81
98.31
265.19
4^87
85.05
100*02
264.48
49.80
89.55
100,24
262*55
49.13
92.19
139
112
202
147
150
62
241
53
157
136
132
197
156
158
68
212
51'
151
341
133
203
155
146
67
256
46
151
136
120
192
346
140
72
277
49
349
133
111
1%
Ul
139
66
257
47
149
125
103
166
142
130
73
p!70
46
341
2,387
7
724
32,365
24,275
5,323
8,601
24
2,812
34,603
9,484
3,815
11,255
3,3%
1,859
3,906
1,430
2,034
8,185
1,012
2,084
3,992
1,747
1,550
9,264
2,161
1,516
2,621
845
993
17,100
4,108
3,339
1,874
365
857
318,211
266,213
308,408
261,037
417,530
327,037
r338,!09
329,625
367,470
325,955
51,6%
82,568
48,086
86,779
58,919
103,801
58,217
105,938
52,134
100,536
716
54,817
890
45,921
900
82,084
169
r73,295
298
73,055
501
1,055
410
428
1,051
455
584
1,279
504
r522
rl,287
556
483
1,272
590
95,400
226,525
65,744
231,652
185,037
336,814
164,076
383,410
136,955
434,276
74,953
601,736
67,511
605,329
46,857
652,657
44,020
659,688
45,707
655,932
240,426
201,472
130,692
95,790
212,077
180,217
125,870
129,607
234,386
179,073
230,950
97,092
222,247
180,626
240,510
103,120
218,381
183,469
245,027
109,839
91,137
22,987
71,393
20,066
128,345
17,485
134,051
24,951
%,762
21,655
112,025
123,554
98,840
152,844
128,313
94,405
131,040
91,890
128,912
89,120
3,288
776
2,512
3,448
788
2,661
6,285
2,233
4,052
3,469
760
2,709
3,4H
786
2,668
6,300
2,207
4,093
2,797
611
2,186
3,021
619
2,402
8,311
3,186
5,125
2,870
675
2,195
2,950
681
2,269
8,232
3,180
5,052
3,031
722
2,309
3,024
6%
2,328
8,211
3,179
5,032
80,450
80,462
70,845
11,105
599.0
77,862
74,419
69,125
34,548
490.1
83,205
78,403
75,039
26,703
404.5
77,2%
77,448
70,928
26,551
200.4
85,028
85,575
80,121
26,004
310.0
TRANSPORTATION
Freight carloadings (Federal Reserve indexes):
Pr eight-car surplus and shortage, daily average:
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED JKODDCTS
Fats, oils, and byproducts:
Anlmnl fats:
Greases :
Fish oils:
Vegetable oils, total:
Cottonseed oil, refined:
Linseed oil, raw:
Soybean" oil:
Oleomargarine:
fcefined
...do....
Shortenings and compounds:
**********
««««..**«»
**********
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES
Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association):
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Zinc, slab:
Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net
r/ Revised, j/ Rreliminary.
1937-39t=100..
83,011
85,592
73,818
23,423
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
Earlier data are available In monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
1951
Februa^-y
March
1952
December
February
January
Karcb
PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS
Bituminous coal:
Industrial consumption and retail deliveries, total
thouso of short tons*.
Stocks, industrial and retail dealers, end of month, total
tfaous. of short tons,.
42,402
32,891
1,038
7,665
638
8,300
4,901
765
9-584
9,521
42,785
35,162
963
8,584
702
8,714
5,398
767
10, OH
7,623
42,803
34,660
971
8,670
758
9,267
4.463
758
9,773
8,143
44,284
34.895
996
8,758
740
9.540
4,301
775
9,783
9,389
r39,587
r31,757
r927
8^171
673
8,434
3,877
743
8.932
7,830
39,216
32,14^6
875
8,807
665
8,510
3.69^
"6s??
8*914
7,070
70f662
68,7%
16,374
1,318
25,875
5?04£
1*044
19,097
1,908
71,425
69,813
16,751
1,243
26,529
4*854
1^091
19,345
19612
76,636
74,886
15,270
1,424
33,3%
4,172
1,181
1Q .//I
1,750
75,423
73,792
14,827
1,361
32,692
4,161
1,213
19,538
1,631
76,474
74, 967
15,786
1.342
32,710
4,237
1,276
19,616
1,507
77?293
76«C42
16,727
1,276
32,724
4*299
IIP '322
19,694
I*?**!
2,103
1,025
987
92
2,373
1-147
1.115
112
1,847
1,022
743
82
2,105
1,118
892
95
2,005
1,048
859
97
2,072
1,0%
882
95
821,801
821,8*58
817,717
292,998
964,941
917,112
916,683
293,423
820,265
861,248
863,959
338,617
r%2,506
r932,288
r9ll,745
r326,6lO
r845,036
r865,975
r854,392
r349,9!6
8«i9,5'Xi
90t,000
103,864
99^753
96,8no
110*114
115*661
116,276
63*630
106,947
118,200
119,0£D
65.795
r!36,428
126,753
r!25,513
i64«558
rn5,955
r!22»133
rll3,138
r63»^2^
nx..5oc*
279*123
281^6
?£i,G&t :
351,015
312,477
111,97*5
r343,367
315,983
r31G,450
2029*798
-290. 07<
r290#%3
p290,550
rJ^^l^O
2^?,OOC'
•;*"*; .£09
274,755
291^707
292, ^
117-748
"74*6^7
275~v3A
?•-•*> «va*
77.2^3
*"
^35,06*5
306,009
308,044
75,198
291,794
305,253
304.413
94,367
329,159
320,281
r 317,7??
r£6»884
PAPER AND PRINTING
All paper and paperboard mills (Bureau of the Census):
Baper and paperboard production, total.thous. of short tons..
Baper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboard
(American Paper and Pulp Association) :
Fine paper:
4
tx^^'i^ '
Trinting paper:
vOJ.^O
889?OCX)
364,6^1
129^000
lr>7 ;":•{/.
£/3 /•"'.•
^CtiyOCx;?
•'" »-'-;,rff ••. • *••
Coarse paper:
-
r286,613
r293, 3%
r289<j454
r7*»,654
r/ Revised.
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Permit No. 1009
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