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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS May 21, 1954 Avoiloble only with subscription to rim 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 STATISTICS1 1953 1954 1953 ITEM May 16 Commodity prices, wholesale: All cownodi ties.. 1947-49=100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do.. A l 1 other do.. 22 commodities 2/ do. . Department store sales... do.. Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs .do. . Failures, ind. & comm. .number Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1954 ITEM May May 8 1 *I09.8 *97.8 *I04.3 *l 13 6 87.6 **I28 100.4 105.4 1 14 6 93.0 1 12 **979 **922 198 #2,376 #2, 181 234 206 248 3 13 3 13 3. 12 3.53 1 1 1.0 99.6 106.2 1 14 5 92.3 123 May 16 May 15 1 1 J.O 99.0 106.9 1 14 4 92.2 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor ' s 1935-39= 100 Industrials (420) do.. Production: Bitum coal 3/ thous sh tons Electric power, by utilities mi 1. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro leum, crude 3/ thous bb 1 Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ . 1947-49=100 Freight car load ings thous cars Miscellaneous . .. do May 1 May 8 '88.8 204.5 214.7 235.6 217. 1 238.2 *» 1,472 1, 1 13 1, 129 **7,897 166, 1 1 1 **6,242 8,390 148,238 6,519 8,438 144,533 6,321 140 8 **765 **382 101 9 648 342 103.0 648 338 May 15 219 5 241.2 141,879 105 2 J_/__Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. V Daily averages. 4/ Week ended May 22, 103.8. * Monthly index for May 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # Data for preceding week follow: Total, 2,399,000; State programs, 2,202,000. MONTHLY 1953 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 ITPU Apr! 1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial prod. (FRB): 136 Unadj. Index, total. 1947-49-100 139 Manufactures do. . 159 Durable manufactures. . .do. . Primary metals do.. 141 173 Metal fabricating do.. 139 Fab. metal prod do.. 167 Mach i ner y do . . 198 Transportation equip. do. . Instruments, etc do.. 155 Furniture & f ixtures. .do. . 121 Lumber & products. . do. #122 Stone , c 1 ay & g 1 ass .... do . . #132 Nondurable mfs ..do.. 118 99 Food & beverage mfs... do.. Tobacco manufactures. .do. . ##l 17 Textile-mill prod., .do.. #1 13 #120 Apparel & a l l i e d prod. do.. Leather & products. .. .do. . #1 10 Paper & a l l i e d prod... do.. 136 123 Printing & publ ishing.do. . 150 Chemicals, etc ,. .do.. 127 Petrpleum & coal prod. do.. #143 Rubber products do. . Minerals ,. .do. . 115 74 Coa 1 ,. . do . . 133 Crude o i l & nat. gas. ..do.. 136 Adj. index, total .do. . 138 Manufactures .do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . 155 136 Primary metals ..do.. 169 Metal fabricating... ..do.. 138 Fab. metal products, .do.,. 164 Machinery do. . 190 Transportation equip. do.. 153 Instruments, etc do.. 124 Furniture & fixtures. .do. . Lumber & products do.. #121 Stone, clav & a lass... do. . #135 February 126 128 141 113 155 123 147 181 147 107 1 16 126 1 14 96 96 95 111 102 133 118 150 126 1 14 110 68 135 124 126 139 109 151 123 141 178 147 103 120 130 March 125 127 140 109 153 121 146 180 141 106 1 17 128 1 14 98 94 1 10 100 135 121 149 121 1 16 110 61 138 123 124 135 104 147 120 139 171 139 104 1 16 131 April Apri 1 p!23 p!24 p!38 p!09. p!5l p!20. p!42 p!8l p!39 plOI pill p98 GEN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con. Industrial prod. - Con. Adj. Index - Con. Manufactures - Con. Nondurable mfs. . 1947-49- 100 121 108 Food & beverage mfs... do.. ##120 Tobacco manufactures .. do. . Text! le~mi 1 1 prod. . . . do. . #108 Apparel & a l l i e d prod. do. #1 12 #103 Leather & products, .do. 134 Paper & a l l i e d prod... do.. 120 Printing & pub 1 ishing.do. . 148 Chemicals etc do 131 Petro 1 euro & COB 1 prod do Rubber products do. . #138 M i ner a 1 s do . . 115 75 Coa 1 do . . Crude o i l & nat qas do 133 February March Apri 1 113 106 98 90 100 94 129 119 145 126 1 10 I 13 68 135 113 107 pll3 p!07 91 103 93 131 118 145 123 1 12 1 13 62 138 p!32 pl!9 D 144 p!22 109.4 97.3 106 9 93.8 87 5 103.2 109.2 108.5 104.4 89.2 110.5 r97.7 89 7 91.6 91 3 104.8 112.7 107.4 r 103.0 92.9 r 110.5 r98.4 89 6 93.0 92 4 105.3 112.6 r 106.1 103.0 92.8 II 1. 1 99.8 97 4 92.9 94 9 105.8 112.5 103.0 103.4 94.3 113.2 105.5 117.0 93.0 55.9 1 13.2 110.5 114.4 M07.5 rl!8.4 r93.9 63.5 1 14 0 112.8 MI4.2 107.4 117.9 93.9 60,5 1 14.0 112.8 114.6 107.2 117.4 94.0 59.9 1 14 1 112.8 p i 12 p58 D 141 COMMODITY PRICES p!34 p!2l p!45 p i 18 pM2 p58 pl4l p!23 p!24' p!35 p!05 p!47 pM8 p i 39 p!74 p!38 p!03 Wholesale prices (Dept. Labor ): All commodities... 1947-49=100 Farm products do. . Fruits and vegetables do Grai ns do. . Livestock live poultry do Foods, processed do.. Cereals & bakery prod.. do.. Dairy prryj.oi ice cream. do.. Fruits and vegetables, .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. . Fert i lizer materials do Preoared oaint do. . jr/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. # March 1953 data. ## February 1953 data. 1954 ITEM MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1954 1953 1953 i i EM Apri 1 COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Wholesale prices - Con. F ue 1 , power , etc . 1 947-49= 1 00 Coa 1 do E lectr icity do. . Gas do. . Petroleum & prod do.. Furniture, etc do. . App i iances, household. .do. . Furniture, household. . .do. . Radios do Television sets do.. Hides, skins, etc. . . . . .do. . Footwear do Hides and skins do. . Leather do. . Lumber & wood prod do.. Lumber do. . Machinery, motive prod. do.. Agri. machinery, etc.. do.. Construction mach do. . Elec. mach. & equip... do.. Motor vehicles do.. Meta I s & met a 1 prod do Heat i ng equ i pment do . . 1 ron and stee 1 do . . Nonf errous meta Is do. . Nonmet. mlnerels,struc.do. . Clay products do. . Concrete products do. . Gypsum products do. . Pulp, paper, etc do.. Paper ... . . . do. . Rubber and products. .. .do. . Tires and tubes do. . Textile prod., etc do.. Appare 1 do. . Cotton products do. . S i l k products do Synthetic texti les. . . .do. . Wool products do. . Tobacco mfrs.A bot.bev.do.. Beverages, alcohol ic. .do. . Cigarettes do. . February 107.4 III.2 98.0 109.5 109.3 i 13.9 108,0 1 13.8 94.9 74.9 97.9 I I I .5 66.4 92.7 122.2 121.5 122.0 122.3 128.6 121.3 118.9 125.0 113.8 127.7 128.2 116.9 124.6 114.2 122. 1 115.3 124.9 124.8 126.3 97.4 99.9 92.9 131.6 88.0 1 1 1.3 1 14.8 110. 0 124.0 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Contract awards, engineering const. (ENR), value I/. mi l.dol. r 1,460. 2 Construction cost indexes: The American Appraisal Co.: Avg 30 cities 1913=100 572 614 At lanta do 587 New York do. . 525 San Francisco do 564 St. Louis do. . 40! Assoc. Gen. Contractors. .do. . Engineering News-Record: 2/ Building 1947-49-100 126.1 130.2 Construction do. . March Apri 1 r 1 10.5 r \ 10.9 rlOI.3 r 113.5 113.5 115. 1 109.7 r i 13.9 96. i r73.8 r94.9 III.9 55.4 87.4 MI6.8 115.5 r!24.5 r 123.0 r 131.5 126.8 118.9 126.2 r l 14.8 131.0 1 19.8 121.0 131.9 1 17.6 122.1 1 17. 1 126.8 124.6 130.3 r95.3 r98.8 r88.8 M35.8 85.4 109.0 118.0 114.6 124.0 r 109.2 107.9 r!02.9 r 1 1 i .5 I I I .5 rl 15.0 M09.5 r 1 13.7 95.7 73.8 r94.7 1 1 1 .9 r56.0 86.3 r l 16.7 115.6 M24.5 M22.3 M3I.7 126.8 1 18.9 126.3 1 14. 4 130.6 M2I.2 121.0 132.0 MI7.3 122. 1 1 16.6 126.8 124.9 130.3 r94.7 r98.6 88.5 135. 1 84.9 M06.4 rl 17.9 1 14.6 124.0 108.8 104. 1 102.9 I I 1.5 112. 1 1 15.5 109.7 113.6 95.7 73.8 94.6 III.9 56.5 85.8 116.2 115.3 124.4 122.4 131.8 126.5 118.9 126.9 1 14.5 131. 1 123.6 121.0 132.0 117.3 122. 1 1 16.3 126.8 125.0 129.3 94.6 98.7 88.5 132.3 84.6 106.3 121.5 1 14.6 124.0 766.6 933.6 1,439.4 585 641 624 522 576 420 586 641 624 529 579 420 585 639 623 530 577 422 129.3 135.5 129.5 135.8 129,7 136.6 F 1 NANCE Bank debits, total (345 center s). m i l . do 1 New York City do. . 6 other centers do . DIVISION Of PUBLIC DOCUMENTS February March Apri 1 145,567 52,038 32,742 141,933 56, 1 15 29,341 171,260 67,913 36,666 154,661 60,479 33, i52 129 96 178 144 133 66 237 44 148 117 87 109 133 124 54 222 41 134 112 78 104 126 127 64 177 41 132 110 79 98 127 134 62 91 39 130 15,561 6,389 6,078 3,093 18,476 6,865 7,900 3,711 TOBACCO Tobacco, manufactured prod.: Production, tota 1 . . .thous . Ib. #17,947 #7,138 Chewing, plug & twist... do.. Smok i ng . . . do #7,458 ^3,352 Snuff . do Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free #3,856 m i l l ions Cigarettes, small, tax-paid #34,105 mi 1 1 ions Cigars, tax-paid. . .thousands #469, 164 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, tax-paid thous. Ibs. #17,056 2,638 2,865 26,676 406,560 32,295 476,514 14,688 18,079 9,546 99 7,083 74 7,290 69 #7,437 5,365 5,584 #894 #173 #415 #902 #707 #168 #1,982 #205 #210 #416 #448 #471 549 113 165 664 529 178 1,519 113 1 16 438 393 314 546 125 161 748 544 166 1,496 112 120 437 475 366 80,459 86,043 78,21 1 94,280 68,020 66,738 57,781 199,994 71, 186 70,080 66,929 201,100 ....... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Stee 1 i ngots and stee 1 tor castings: Production. .. .thous. sh. tons Percent of capacity 3/...... Steel products, net shipments: Bars: Hot rol led do. . Reinforcing do. . Semimanufactures do. . Pipes and tubes do. . Plates do. . Ro i 1 s do . Sheets do. . Strip: Cold rolled do.. Hot rol led '..do, . Structural shapes do. . Tin plate & ternep late. .do. . Wire & wire prod do.. Zinc, slab: Production .short tons Shipments, total do.. Domest i c do * . Stocks, end of month do.. 6,973 68 70,233 70,525 67,059 200,808 2/ Data reported at the beginning of PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUMNBM Permit No. 1000 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Apr i 1 TRANSPORTATION Freight car loadings, indexes: Total, adjusted. .. 1935-39=100 Coa 1 do Coke do Forest products do. . Grain & grain prod do.. L i ve stock do Ore do Merchandise, I.e. 1 do.. Mi see 1 laneous do. . £/ Revised. # March 1953 data. ±/ Data for A p r i l 1953 and 1954 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. each month are shown here for the previous month. 3/ See note on corresponding item in A p r i l 1954 SURVEY. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1954 ITEM
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