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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiioble only with subscription to the monthly mogoiine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Mi'V 7, 1954- * * » * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and Monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1954 1953 1954 '953 ITEM May 2 Commodity prices, 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 F a i l u r e s , i n d . & comm. . number Bond y i e Ids dome ^^ i c cor po~ rate (Moody 's) 3/ percent *I09.4 *97.3 *I03 2 *i 13 2 87.6 **I04 Apr. 17 1 1 1 .0 100.3 105 2 1 14 5 92.6 1 18 Apr. 24 May 2 Msy 1 1 1 1 .3 101 . 1 105 6 1 14 6 93 1 102 1,1.1 100.4 105. 4 1 M .6 9 o.O ** 1 , 037 **97I 169 #2,415 #2 206 198 229 234 3 46 * 11 3 12 3 13 Stock prices (480), Standard 188 ! and Poor's 1935-39=100 I n d u s t r i a l s (420) do. . 203.5 Product i on : Bi turn. coal 3/. . . thous. sh. tor.s ** 1 , 504 Electric power, b - > u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw. -hr . **8,OI6 Motor vehicles (V, and ' s) . . . .No. 172,706 Petro leum, crude -/. .thous. bb 1 . **6 , 1 OMSteel (ingots & for castings. 140.8. quantity) ±/ 1947-49=100 **^80 Freight car loadings thous cars **395 Miscel laneous do 17 Anr. 24 213.7 234.3 213. 1 233.8 Apr. 1, 108 1, 123 8,345 139,624 6,484 8,257 147, 152 6,482 10 i . 0 613 342 101 .8 626 337 May 1 214.7 235.6 144,577 101.9 _[_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2_/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 47 Week ended May 8, 99.9. * Monthly index for A p r i l 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. # Data for preceding week follow: Total, 2,36!,CCO[ Srate programs, 2,151,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I953 1954 I^EM Apr iI February March COMMODITY PRICES Prices rec'd by farmers, a l l farm products ... 19 10- 14= 100 Crops do Food grains ..do . Feed grains and hay.... do.. Tobacco . . . do . Cotton do. . Fruit do. . Commercial vegetables do O i l - b e a r i n g crops do.. Livestock and products. .do. . Meat a n i m a l s .do.. Dairy products do Pou Itry and eggs .do. . Prices paid by farmers: AM commod . & serv ices. .do. . F a m i l y l i v i n g items do.. Production items do A l l commod., services, int., taxes, etc 1910- 14=100 Par i ty ratio . do . . £/ Rev ; sed. Apr i1 March January February March CONSTRUC. & REAL ESTATE - Con. 259 246 244 2I3 474 267 207 233 289 270 299 263 2I9 258 237 236 208 443 258 210 233 269 277 3<5 267 208 256 239 238 208 443 263 212 246 275 271 316 257 188 r263 269 257 264 27! 255 264 272 255 280 92 282 91 283 90 2,758 1,872 964 850 94 427 192 1 14 120 352 886 49 370 1 13 200 72 7,317 1,638 766 680 64 476 177 158 89 300 679 34 339 62 1 15 45 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construe., t o t a l . m i l . dol. Pr i vctte, t d a l do. . R e s i d e n t i a l ( nonf arm) , . do. . New dwe I I i nq units do A d d i t i o n s , etc do. . Nonres. b l d g . , total I/. do.. I ndus'ir i a I do . . Commerc i ? I do , . Farm construction do. . Pub I ic ut l I i ty do. . Pub I ic, total do. . Res ; dent i a i do. . Nonres i d . b u i l d i n g do . . M i l i t a r y and naval do.. M i gnway do. . Conservation, etc do. . 1954 1953 1 TEM J_/ Except farm ar.d p u b l i c u t i l i t y . r2,555 r i , 780 r870 r775 r73 r469 -173 r i54 96 338 r775 34 r37l r&4 r 160 53 Construction cost index, comp., Dept. of Commerce. 1947-49=100 257 240 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS 234 208 ] Personal income, seasonally 443 adjusted, at annual rates1 267 Tota 1 bi 1 . dol . 217 Wage & salary disbursements, 225 total bi 1 dol 283 Comm. -prod uci ng ind... do.. 271 D i str i but i ve ind do . . 333 Serv i ce i ndustr ies . . . . do. . Government do 237 178 Wage & salary receipts, total bi 1 . dol . Other labor income do.. 265 273 Fropr ietors ' and rental in256 come b i 1 do 1 Personal interest income 283 and d i v i d e n d s do.. 91 Transfer payments do. . Less personal contributions for social ins b i l . dol. Total nonagr . income do.. 2,795 1,897 Manufacturers' sales, inven956 tories, and orders - value: 840 Sales, total 2/ mi 1 dol Durable goods do.. 92 465 Nondurable goods do.. 169 Inventories, book value, end 152 of month, total 2!/..mil. dol. 106 Durable goods.. , do.. 362 Nondurable goods. do.. 898 New orders, net, total 2/.do.. Durao le goods do.. 32 383 Nondurable goods do.. 71 U n f i l l e d order s, 'tota 1 3/.do.. 250 Durable goods do.. 62 Nondurab le goods .do. . 2/ Adjusted. 3/ Unadjusted. 120.8 122.4 121 .8 121 .8 283.6 283.7 r283.0 282.8 196 2 88.8 50.9 23.2 33 3 195 7 85.4 52.6 24. 1 33 6 194 7 r84.9 r52.2 24. 1 r33 5 193 6 83.9 52.0 24.3 33 4 192.4 5. 1 191 .2 5. 1 190.2 5. 1 189. 1 5.2 50 7 50.0 r50 0 49 9 21.9 13.7 23.0 14.7 r23.0 15.0 23. 1 15.7 4.0 265.4 4.6 266.4 4.8 r266.0 4.7 265.5 25,763 13, 1 16 12,647 r 23, 902 11,580 r 12, 322 r 23, 620 r 1 1,278 r 12,342 24,045 1 1,410 12,635 44,797 25,019 19,778 25,096 12,520 12,576 75,713 72,442 3,271 r 46, 382 26,526 r 19,856 r20,749 8,475 r 12,274 56, 128 53,776 2,352 r46, 1 15 r26, 168 r 19,947 r22,OI6 r9,629 r 12, 387 r 54, 684 r 52, 303 r2,38l 45 , 698 25,863 19,835 23,008 10,342 12,666 53,536 51, 107 2,429 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1953 1953 1954 ITEM February FINANCE L i f e insurance (LIAA): Assets, admitted, 49 compare i e s , tot a 1 . . m i l . do 1 . Bonds & stocks, total . . .do. . Government (domestic and fore ion) total mi 1 dol i ! S Government . do. . 739 63 85 154 361 76 31,082 1,387 3,506 12,213 10,423 3,553 4.4 4 1 .4 .8 25 .3 r 65, 367 r40,779 r 10 790 8,71 1 r 1 1 660 3,403 R a i l road . do. . r 14', 926 Other do. . r75l Cash do 18,038 Mortgage loans, total . . .do. . r 1 , 542 Farm . ... do. . r 16,497 Other do. . P o l i c y loans and premium 2,329 <-c+Ps do. . r 1 , 670 •"^v a i -estate hold! ngs. . . .do. . • -.j-r-Qr- ^rjtpitted assets do r 1 80 1 867 60 86 192 450 79 29,592 3, 134 3, 166 1 1,431 8 623 3,238 926 74 109 207 449 87 47,774 4,341 4,082 23,043 1 1 770 4,538 2.8 43 2 2.8 1 | .3 r2.5 r3 5 .2 r2.2 1 0 r.2 1 102 87 143 198 551 123 57,280 3,506 7,255 15,359 26 043 5, 1 17 p2.8 o3 8 p. 2 p2.3 pi 0 p. 2 68,989 42,607 69,337 42,801 69,652 42,942 10 509 8,407 12 325 3^505 16,267 889 19,410 1,674 17,736 10 541 8,414 12 447 3,507 16,307 793 19,525 1,685 i7,840 10 461 8,306 12 548 3,499 16,433 790 19,689 1,697 17,992 2,447 1,769 1 868 2,460 1,778 1,980 2,480 1,792 1 959 PH-'-'CALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS A l c o h o l , ethyl: >+ock% total i n i n d u s t r i a l alcohol bonded warehouses I n ena u ng p a U do. . do. . IOn u^+K,4r-3, ,n +2^ l?H ' H A i c o h o l , denatured: H. .- LC ion. ous. wine ga Stocks do. . £_/ R e v i s e d . January February March ELECTRIC POWER EMPLOYMENT Labor turnover in mfg. estab 1 : /"'"cession rate mo. rate per 100 employees ^^naration rate total do D i scharae • do. I ay- of f .... do. . r>..jt do M i 1 i tary and mi sc . ... do. . c March March BUSINESS POPULATION I n d u s t r i a l & comm. failures: p3 i iures, total .number Potirnsrc i a 1 service do ~ Construction do. . Manufacturing & m i n i n g . . do.. Reta i ! trade do . . Wholesale trade do.. L i a b i 1 i ties, total . .thous. dol. Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & m i n i n g . . do.. Retai 1 trade do Wholesale trade do.. r 1954 ITEM January March 46 85 1 64,238 27 | 12 51,403 23 912 47,590 32 594 46,976 54,592 9 646 56 260 2 171 33,204 18 199 28 122 982 28, 138 19 452 26 171 1 113 26, 183 20 794 33 664 978 30 1 99 25 169 14,909 15 213 16210 5,421 14 171 13 332 6,603 18 176 |7 206 7,637 Electric power, production, tot a 1 m i l . kw - hr . Ut i 1 i t ies do Industrial establish do.. 42,993 36,969 6,024 45,478 39,423 6,055 40,887 35 , 2 1 1 5,676 45, 166 38,918 6,247 FOODSTUFFS Disti 1 led spirits: Production. .. .thous. tax ga 1 . r 12, 429 Tax-paid wi thdrawa Is. . . .do. . r 1 1,343 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . r 887, 826 Whisky: Production do. . 8,295 Tax-pa i d w i thdrawa 1 s . . . . do .r6, . 150 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . r 732, 437 Rectified spirits & wines, 8,313 prod. ,tota 1 . .thous. proof gal. 7,217 Whisky do. . Meats , product i on , tota 1 . . m i 1 . 1 b .1,712 779,450 Beef and veal . thous Ib 58, 129 Lamb and mutton do. . 874,686 Pork, i n c l u d i n g lard do.. Lard do . . 164,072 700 Coffee, vis. supp ly. thous. bags METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces 8,257 thous. 1. tons Stocks, end of mo. /total . .do. . 22,065 19,026 At furnaces ... . do. . 3,039 On Lake Erie docks do. . Lead, refined (primary ref.): 47,993 Production sh tons 42,242 Shipments (domestic) do.. 62,371 Stocks, end of month do.. 13, 120 8,650 861,381 14,405 10, 156 862,917 16,387 12,718 864,231 8,301 4,878 717,441 9,020 5,315 718,413 10,029 6,272 718,516 5,533 4,634 1,836 895,446 59,522 881,313 162,245 1,009 5,745 4,834 1,517 761, 153 53,274 702, 169 128,867 829 7,400 6,349 1,772 886, 182 55,672 830,303 147, 106 735 6,996 4 1 , 974 34,797 7, 178 5,787 36,386 29,661 6,725 5,932 30,587 24,553 6,035 48,518 37, 108 92,496 42,046 36,551 97,981 50,808 47,837 100,927 1,487 809 202 202 PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING Wood pu Ip: Production, total, all grades thous. short tons rl,5!2 81 1 Sulphate (paper grades). do.. 203 Sulphite (paper grades). do.. r207 Groundwood do . . Stocks, end of month, total, a 1 1 grades short tons r 165, 342 Sulphate (paper grades). do.. r42, 161 36,738 S u l p h i t e (paper grades). do.. 33,052 Groundwood do. . 1,362 735 r!83 185 1,541 832 210 209 155,081 r!59,946 42, 188 r44,248 33,457 r32,363 29,056 28,436 164,003 44,329 33,262 29,494 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, 700,685 tota 1 number 236 Coaches total do. . 189 Domestic do. . Passenger cars, tota 1 . . . .do. .566,320 545,961 Domestic do 134, 129 Trucks total do. . Domestic do. . 122,043 r55l, 130 r534, 143 326 401 320 361 r 454, 562 r446,676 r435, 139 r425,392 96, 167 r87, 141 83,563 r 72, 468 633,002 296 288 531,529 510,024 101, 177 85, 154 £/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 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
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