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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly mggozine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 13. 1953 * » * » This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to these published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM Oct. 24 Oct. 31 *l iO 7 * 1 03 . 8 *I07.7 *l 12 8 91 .6 **l 15 1 10 0 94.5 104.2 1 14 6 86.2 1 13 1 10 0 94.3 104.3 1 14 6 86.8 1 13 **675 **643 143 #930 #873 185 218 3 22 3 43 3 40 Nov. 8 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 t nous State programs . do Fa i lures, i nd & comm number Bond y i e l d s domestic corpo— rate (Moody "s) 3/ percent Nov. 8 Nov. 7 Oct. 24 Stock prices (480), Standard 109 9 185 4 186 6 and Poor's 1935-39=100 1 ndustr i a i s (420) ........ do. . 202. 1 93.4 199.5 104.3 Production: ** | , 544 1,546 1 14 6 Bitum coal 3/.. thous sh.tons 86.6 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s **7 753 8,306 mi 1 kw -hr 142,716 134,254 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. **6,47I 6, 130 Petro leum, crude 3/ thous bb 1 Steel (ingots & for castings, 133.3 136.9 207 quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 804 Freight car load ings thous cars **862 394 **420 do 3 38 M i see 1 laneous _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Monday prices. ]>/ D a i l y averages. 47 Week ended November 14, 130.2. November 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 895,000; State programs, 839,000. Oct. 31 185.5 200. 1 Nov. 7 187 7 202.8 1,520 8,362 138,370 5,937 132.8 781 385 131,433 130.5 Monthly index for MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 1953 1952 1 TFM October August COMMODITY PRICES 282 260 240 219 429 31 1 215 189 304 301 328 316 228 258 237 215 198 430 277 205 221 262 276 305 267 230 256 234 219 200 452 279 221 159 251 276 299 274 231 250 231 223 187 439 274 214 175 255 267 273 283 236 269 269 269 262 273 249 259 270 247 258 270 246 284 99 279 92 277 92 276 91 3,094 2,007 1,051 935 98 r3,3!9 r2, 199 r 1, 105 970 r 1 10 r3,290 r2, 165 r 1,077 950 r!02 3,223 2,1 13 1,045 920 100 44 1 193 105 133 375 r498 179 r 168 158 427 r506 r!79 r 174 144 428 516 183 179 1 19 423 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construction, total mi 1 . dol . Private, total do.. Residential (nonfarm). . .do. . New d w e l l i n g units do.. Additions, etc do.. Nonresidential b u i l d i n g , total, exc. farm and pubY Dnh 1 i /~ i i + i l i + V / r / Revised. August September October CONSTRUC. & REAL ESTATE - Con. Prices rec'd by farmers, all farm products 1910-14=100 Cr OD s do . . Food grains do . Feed grains and hay do.. Tobacco . do . Cotton do Fruit . . .do Truck crops do. . Oil-bearing crops do.. Livestock and products. . .do. . Meat animals do.. Dairy products . do . Poultry and eggs .. .. .do.. Prices paid by farmers: A 1 1 commod i t i es do . . Used in l i v i n g do.. Used in production . . .do.. A l l commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates 1910-14=100 Par ity ratio do. . ! ' October September October '* do New construction - Con. Public, total m i l dol Residential do. . Nonresidential b u i l d i n g . do M i l i t a r y and naval do.. Highway do. Conservation, etc do. . Other types do Construction cost indexes: The American Appraisal Co.: Avg. 30 cities 1913=100 At lanta do. . New York . ... do San Francisco do.. St . Lou is do . . 1,087 51 379 128 362 81 86 r 1, 120 43 373 121 405 77 r 101 I, 125 47 r378 r 1 16 400 r76 r 108 1, 1 10 45 379 116 395 74 101 562 604 557 521 551 583 639 601 526 574 583 639 601 521 574 584 640 604 524 572 63, 146 6 1 , 862 7,274 54,588 1,284 64,648 63,408 7,274 56,134 1,240 63,552 62,306 7,262 55,044 1,246 63,404 62,242 7,159 55,083 1,162 540.5 105.2 203.5 8.0 95 0 60.9 14.6 40.3 13.0 220.9 52.0 88.0 2.5 LO 55.4 10.0 7.6 4.4 1,235.3 86.4 796.1 86.2 51.8 94.7 49.3 50.8 19.9 553.3 100. 1 205.9 6.9 104.0 70.5 17.4 41. -8 6.7 EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau Census): C i v i l i a n labor force. .. .thous. Emp 1 oyed do . . Agr icu 1 tura 1 do. . Nonagr icu 1 tura 1 do. . Unemp 1 oyed do . . FINANCE, Stocks: Cash dividend payments: Total (pub. reported) mi 1. dol. Finance , do. . Manufactur ing do. . Mining do. . Commun i cat i ons ......... do . Heat, light & power ... .do. . Ra i 1 road do . . Tr ade do . . Mi see 1 laneous do. . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1952 1953 1952 1 TEM September July August DOMESTIC TRADE Newspaper advertising: Linage, total (52 cities) thous. lines C lass i f ied . . .do. . D i s p l a v , total do.. Automot i ve do . . Fi nanci a 1 . . do. . Genera 1 do. . Retai 1 do. . A 1 1 retai 1 stores: Sales (adj.), total.. m i l . dol. Durable goods do.. Nondurab le goods do. . Inventories (adj. ), total .do. . Durable goods do.. Nondurab le goods do. . Retai 1 firms with I I or more stores, estimated sales: Unadjusted mi 1 . do! . Adjusted do. . FINANCE Life insurance, assets: A l l cos.dnst. of Life Ins.): Total estimated mi 1 dol Securities & mortgages. do. . 49 cos. (LIAA): Total . .do. Bonds & stocks, total.. do.. Government (domestic and foreign), total . .mi 1 . dol. U. S. Government do.. Publ ic uti 1 ity do. . Ra i 1 road do . . Other . . . . do. Cash do. . Mortgage loans, total.. do.. Farm do. . Other . . . . .do . Policy loans and premium notes do. . Real -estate holdings. . .do. . Other admitted assets.. do.. Bonds: Average pr ice of a l l 1 i sted bonds (NYSE) I/.... dollars Domest i c do . . Foreign ... do.. Value, issues listed NYSE: Market value, all rssues \_l mi 1 . dol . Domestic do.. Fore i gn do. . Face value, a l l issues \J m i l . dol . Domest ic do. . Foreign do.. r_l Revised. 214,509 54, 124 160,385 7,367 2,596 29,7! 1 120,709 187,997 53,368 134,629 1 1,581 3,074 24,531 95,442 198,647 56,553 142,095 1 1,417 2,021 23,034 1 05 , 623 219,558 54, 175 165,383 1 1,910 2,515 31,684 1 19,275 13,570 4,505 9,065 20,281 8,956 11,325 14,469 5,102 9,367 22,088 10,560 11,528 r 14,073 r4,9!4 r9,!59 r22, 1 1 5 r 10,449 r 1 1 , 666 14,039 4,936 9, 103 22,262 10,696 1 1,566 2,476 2,545 2,460 r2,635 r2,50l r2,578 2,510 2,556 FINANCE - Con. Stocks: Shares listed on NYSE: Market value m i l . dol. No. shares 1 i sted. . .mi 1 1 ions July August September 1 12,633 2,768.9 1 15,886 2,882.1 1 10,750 2,888.5 1 10,479 2,892.0 36,439 87,430 39,034 75,501 31,934 71,878 28,995 65,273 48,430 39,000 31,249 2,057 53,731 21,770 36,557 2,106 30,364 21,514 35,346 1,944 47,977 17,296 33,538 2,217 16,987 16,799 7,326 19,649 20,890 5,575 19,058 17,861 6,803 18,083 18,317 6,551 9,632 9,735 878,764 7,282 9,371 873,616 i5,375 12,633 867,166 5,680 4,793 729,729 3,974 5,241 725,979 7,263 7,30! , 7~?t (69 6,902 5,636 6,248 5, 171 8,930 7,740 28,327 615 8,230 679 8,494 2,852 538 6, 176 29,289 656 9,035 686 9,287 2, 191 449 3,202 r29,478 r649 r8,946 682 9,390 2,227 424 4,019 28,957 581 8,541 668 9,409 2, 134 421 5,325 83,298 81,492 1,806 74,752 73, 153 1,599 r77,997 r76,387 1,610 80,978 79,345 1,633 tons do.. 39,274 84, 190 43,929 118,825 r43,732 r 1 19,332 45,283 122,876 do. . do. . do.. 58,352 66,668 141,837 68,299 79,360 61,299 r59,24l 159,486 r!69, 152 60,677 58,457 167,518 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: Product i on .. .thous. proof gal. Stocks, tota 1 do. . In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses do. . In denaturing p lants. . . .do. . Used for denaturat ion. . . .do. . Withdrawn tax-paid do.. Alcohol, denatured: Production. .. .thous. wine gal. Consump. (withdrawals) .. .do. . Stocks do FOODSTUFFS Disti 1 led spirits: r9,998 Production. .. .thous. tax gal. Tax-paid wi thdrawa Is. . . .do. . r 1 1,510 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . r92 1,479 Whisky: 3,208 Product i on do. , 6,204 Tax-paid withdrawals. .. .do. . 754,200 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Rectified spirits & wines, 8,887 prod. , total . .thous. proof gal. 7,504 Whisky . . do 71 578 64,205 75 855 68, 105 76 244 68,337 76,612 68,709 r63, 142 r39,550 66,621 41,451 66,944 41,531 67,294 4 1 , 739 r l 1,167 r9,075 r l 1,322 r3,3!6 r 13,745 r824 r 17, 249 1,471 r 15,777 10,564 8,634 11,897 3,418 15,572 726 18,619 1,615 1 7 , 004 10,565 8,634 11,952 3,423 15,591 789 18,716 1,628 1 7 , 087 r2,29l r 1,528 r 1,700 2,374 1,707 1,743 2,387 1,726 1,795 97.46 97.87 76. 1 1 95.82 96.22 74.44 95.58 95.96 74.79 10,527 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS 8,585 12,043 Bituminous coal : Industrial consumption, total 3,429 thous. short tons 1 5 , 740 Beehive coke ovens do.. 776 Byproduct coke ovens. .. .do. . 18,818 Cement m i l l s do . . 1,638 Electric-power uti 1 do.. 17, 180 Railways (class 1) do.. Steel 4 rol 1 ing mi 1 Is. . .do. . 2,402 Retail deliveries do.. 1,732 Stocks, ind. and retail 1,827 dealers', end of month, total thous. short tons Industrial, total do.. 96.74 97. 18 Retail dealers do.. 75.25 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS 99,712 97,838 1,447 100,279 98,419 1,390 100,010 98, 142 1,395 102,315 99,963 1,902 1 04 , 65 1 102,284 1,867 104,634 1 02 , 269 1,865 93,472 Natural rubber: 1 ong 9 1 , 599 Consumpt i on Stocks, end of month 1,400 Synthetic rubber: Product ion 96,620 Consumpt ion 94 , 259 Stocks, end of month 1,861 \_l Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE 1O AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit-No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS September September
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