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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avqilqbld only with lubicription to «h> monthly mogorinc SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOVEMBER 14. 1952 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 9.0 1935-39 * 100 300 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and Steel for Castings) ELECTRIC- POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES 250 8.0 200 7.0 150 6.0 too SEPT. OCT. MOV. $.0 DEC. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-49* I00_ 160 250 r—~ ~~~~~ ~ • ~ MOTOR-VEHICLE PRODUCTION Cars and Trucks) DEPARTMENT-STORE SALES and STOCKS 140 !20 100 80 195! 1950 1952 1949 1950 1951 1952 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 19 5! 1952 ITEM Nov. 3 Commodity prices, wholesale: A 1 I commodities Farm products Foods , processed 1947-49=100. . do ... do. ... 28 commodities 2/. ...,«...,. .August 1939=100. . Cotton, m i d d l i n g , 15/16", 10 markets 3/ do! per !b Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) 3/....dol. per bu.. Department store sales . 1947-49= iOO 1 nsured unemp loyment, tota 1 thous . . F i nance : Currency in circulation 3/ m i l . of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit, total do..,. Member bank reserve balances do.... Excess reserves , est 5 mated . , do. ... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Bank debits, total m i l . of dol.. New Yor k City do .... Deoosits, demand, adjusted do.... Loans and investments, total do.... U. S. Government obligations...... do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr . loans (gross) .. .do. ... Failures, industrial and commercial ..........number.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) J3/. ...... .percent. . Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor!s) ,. 1935-39=100. . Industrials, 420 stocks.. do.... Production: Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (Ward's) Stee 1 4/ , Freight car load ings, total M i see i 1 aneous „ , m i l . of kw.-hr.. number.. 1935-39= 100. . thous. of cars.. do. ... *l 13.7 *l 1 1.5 *l 1 1.6 *l 14 6 326.7 385 2.49 121 903 871 Oct. il Oct. 25 Nov. 1 328.4 410 2.5! 127 931 900 ML) 106 6 108.5 1 12 6 287.0 377 2.41 126 647 620 i 10.7 104 6 108. 1 1 12 6 284.6 365 2.38 124 657 630 1 10.6 105 1 107.4 1 12 5 282.2 360 2.43 122 i 670 643 28,446 24,427 19,557 497 28,550 24,595 19,667 679 29,576 25,384 20,239 662 29,610 25,325 20,613 591 29,529 i 25,867 20,779 791 29,583 25,505 20,449 523 27,491 10,933 52, 124 72,648 3 i , 926 20,571 !43 3.18 180.2 196.6 24 , 6 1 3 9, 127 52, 175 72,34-0 31,596 20,667 150 3. 19 176.6 192. 1 27,367 1 i , 09 1 52, 167 77,382 33,077 21,808 147 3.21 185.8 201 .3 26,318 10, 133 52,651 77,629 32,848 2?, 054 !39 3.22 182.6 197.5 32,656 13,220 53,216 76,937 32,431 22, 153 154 3.23 180.6 195. 1 28,396 1 1 ,486 53,632 76,969 32,360 22,266 136 3.22 182.4 197. 1 1,889 7,319 1 1 1,735 6,205 234.0 838 407 1,92! 7,396 109,697 6, 1 19 226.2 79 i 382 1,508 7,698 129, 107 6,441 248.0 843 416- 1,387 7,681 130,872 6,450 247.8 838 423 358 7,696 135,929 6 461 248.7 761 419 1 529 7 753 146 654 6517 249.7 862 420 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices. index for October 1951. Nov. 10 Oct. 18 1 10.3 104 5 106 2 1 12 4 279.8 353 2.46 | 15 Nov. 8 1 10. 1 104 3 105 6 1 12 4 281.1 .356 2.46 25,714 20,334 486 1 1,093 3.22 186.6 9O9 1 138 404 246.4 3/ Daily averages. 4/ Week ending November 15, 247.6, * Monthly MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Earlltr data art available In monthly Issues of the Survey and tht 1951 Statistical Supplement l<>5I September 1 952 October July August September October COMMODITY PRICES Prices received by farmers, all farm products... 1910- 14* 100.. Food grains. ................ do. ... Feed grains and hay Tobacco Cotton . Fruit Truck crops. do.... do, . . . do. . . . do. ... do. . . . , Dairy products. do. . . . Poultry and eggs do.... Prices paid by farmers: A l l commodities *....... do.. . Commodities used in living do.... Commodities used in production do.... A l l commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates do.... Parity ratio (prices rec'd to prices paid by farmers). .do. ... Retail price, U. S. Department of Commerce: A l l commodities, index , 1935-39*100.. 291 239 233 216 423 283 20! 161 288 337 41 i 283 247 296 247 239 219 445 304 188 171 296 340 410 294 247 295 276 230 227 436 31 1 2'4 287 307 312 376 286 208 295 272 266 7*56 ?A(\ 233 436 319 234 428 329 9<n 7An 219 429 31 1 9Ofi 7OO 9 l<5 229 310 316 372 295 225 182 V\K •y\A 309 349 307 227 V)\ 9&L 262 189 TOO 316 228 271 268 275 282 103 272 268 277 283 105 273 273 273 286 103 274 273 274 287 103 27 1 270 272 285 101 207.4 209.0 211.8 211.8 21 1. 1 New construction, total .mil. of dol . r2 901 Pr i vate, tota 1 do. ... 1 955 Residential (nonfarm) do. . . . 958 New dwe 1 1 i'ng units.. do. . . . 849 Additions and alterations do.... 93 Nonresident ial building, except farm and public utility, tota 1 m i l . of do 1 . . 460 1 ndustr ial do . . 210 Commercial do .. 101 Farm construct i on do. ; . . 179 Pub 1 i c ut i 1 i ty do. . . . 352 Public, total do... r946 Res i dent ial . do . 63 Nonresident! a 1 bui Id ing do. . . . 319 Military and naval do.... r96 H i ghway do 303 Conservation and development do.... 77 Other types do 88 Value of contracts awarded (Federal Reserve indexes): Total, unadjusted !947-49sslOO 149 Res i dent ial, unadjusted do. ... 169 Total , adjusted do. . . . 147 Res identia 1 , adjusted .do. . . . 168 r2 849 1 908 963 858 91 r3 027 r 1 994 1,023 905 101 r3 095 r2 037 r 1,047 930 r99 r3 098 r2 030 r 1,049 935 r96 3 007 440 205 95 148 351 r94l 66 318 r!03 293 78 83 r4l 1 180 97 180 371 r 1 033 53 r375 r 121 320 r76 r88 r4 18 181 98 183 381 r 1 058 r55 r373 r 129 335 r75 r9l r430 r 187 101 168 376 r 1 068 53 r369 r 127 350 r79 r90 437 134 156 140 160 194 199 177 196 218 192 207 193 208 184 206 183 s 12,992 4,398 8,594 13,230 4,437 8,793 r 13, 648 r4,494 9, 154 r 13,343 r4,200 r9, 142 13,803 4,634 9, 168 2,348 2,350 2,534 2,420 2,334 2,51 1 r2,504 r2,582 2,502 2,552 r 1 12 r!06 1 12 109 84 105 98 1 14 1 12 106 63, 186 61,580 7,526 54,054 1,606 63,452 61,836 7,668 54, 168 1,616 64, 176 62,234 7,598 54,636 1,942 63,958 62,354 6,964 55,390 1,604 63, 698 62,260 7,548 54,712 1,438 4.4 4.7 .4 1.4 2.5 ,4 4.4 5.0 .3 2.2 2.2 .3 5.9 4.6 .3 1.0 3.0 .3 5.7 4.9 .4 .7 3.5 .3 48 740 24,427 23,552 21,004 50 252 24,821 22,853 22,146 50 496 25,216 23, 146 22, 147 50,479 24,747 23,694 22, 147 OfiQ 269 269 282 100 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE DOMESTIC TRADE Retai 1 trade: Al 1 retai 1 stores: Estimated sales (adjusted), total m i l . of dol.. Durab le-goods stores do .... Nondurab le-goods stores do. . . . Firms with I I or more stores, estimated sales: Unadjusted. .. do. . . . Adjusted do. ... Department store sales, United States total: Unadjusted index 1947-49=100.. Adjusted index .do. . . . 1 Qft? 1 040 930 00 IQO 106 139 3150 1 O9"5 50 363 128 320 77 87 _ 1 1 Q 0 I 1C EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau of the Census): Ci vi 1 ian labor force thousands. . Emp 1 oyed do .... Agr icu Itura 1 emp loyment i do. . Nonagr i cu Itura 1 emp loyment .do. . . . Unamp 1 oyed do .... Labor turn-over in manufacturing establishments: Accession rate monthly rate per 100 employees.. Separation rate, total do.... Discharges .* do. ... Lay-offs , do. . . . Quits do . . Military and miscellaneous do.... 4.3 5. 1 .3 1.3 3 | .4 63 146 61,862 7,274 54,588 1,284 FINANCE Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of month: Assets, total m\ \ rt* Hni Reserve bank credit outstanding, total do.... Un i ted States secur i t i es do. ... Gold certificate reserve do.... rj Revised, je/ Estimated. AQ 1 \f\ 25,058 23,734 20,775 51 341 25,855 23,575 22,140 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1 552 l<>5I Earlier data ore available in monthly Issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement September October July August September October FINANCE - Continued Federal Reserve banks, condition, and of month - Continued Liabilities, total ... mil. of dol.. 49,116 21,453 do. . . . 19,391 Member bank reserve ba 1 ances Excess reserves (estimated) Federal Reserve notes in circulation 569 . . .do. . . , .....do.... 24, 148 45 6 Federal Government finance: Gross debt (direct), end of month mil, of doj. 257,353 1 nterest bear i ng, tota 1 .....' do. . . . 254,958 Pub 1 ic issues. . .' , do. ... 219,321 Special issues do. . . . 35,637 Non i nterest bear i ng do. . . . 2,395 Obligations guaranteed by U. S. Government do.... 33 Gold, monetary stock, United States do.... 22,013 Currency in circu 1 at ion .... .do. . . 2 .8,288 Life insurance, assets, admitted: A l l companies (Institute of Life Insur.), est,. total. do.... 66,777 Securities and mortgages .....do.... 59,961 49 companies (Life Insurance Association of America): 58,975 Total do.... Bonds and stocks, book value, total do.... 37,652 12,326 Government (domestic and foreiqn), total do.... U. S. Government. ..........,...*.... do.... 10,050 10,587 Pub lie uti 1 ity do. ... 3,065 Rai Iroad do.... Other do. . . . 1 1,675 Cash. „ do. ... 721 15,518 Mortgage loans, total .do. . . . 1,319 Farm do. . . . Other do. . . . 14, 198 Policy loans and premium notes. ..do.... 2, 175 Rea 1 -estate ho 1 d i ngs do ... r 1,379 Other adm r-tted assets do. ... 1 530 Bonds: Pr i ces : Domestic municipal (15 bonds), Standard and Poor's 132.0 Corporation dol. per $100 bond.. 99. 10 U. S. Treasury bonds, taxable .....do.... Yields:, Domestic municipal (15 bonds), Standard and Poor's 2.05 U. S. Treasury bonds (taxable) '. do.... 2.56 Stocks: Dividend yields, preferred, high-grade (II stocks), Standard and Poor's Corporation do.... 4. 16 Prices: 98. I 1 Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65 stocks) .dol. per share.. Industrial (30 stocks) i do 273.36 45.40 Public utility (15 stocks).. do.... 83.91 Railroad (20 stocks) ...do.... Standard and Poor's Corporation: 187.3 Combined index (480 stocks) 1935-39*100. . 205.2 Industrial (420 stocks) ' do.... 197. 1 Capital goods (129 stocks) do Consumers' goods ( 195 stocks) do. . . . 172.9 1 15.8 Public utility (40 stocks) do 152.8 Railroad (20 stocks) do.... TRANSPORTATION Freight car load ings: Cars, total (A.A.R.) I/ Coa 1 ..,..i Coke Forest products L i vestock Ore Merchandise, I.e. 1 FOODSTUFFS Fermented malt liquors: Production Tax— paid withdrawals Stocks end of month ., Dairy products, productiop: Condensed m i l k (sweetened): Bulk goods ... Case goods do .... do.... do. . . . . thous of bbl.. . .do ... do. . . . thous . Dry milk: Dry who 1 e m i l k Nonfat dry jmi Ik sol ids (human food) . of Ib do do ... do. . . . 50 252 21 952 20 323 495 24 843 47 3 50 496 22 056 258,298 255,940 220 325 35,615 2,359 37 22,233 28,417 20 41 1 i835 25 119 46 9 2 1 455 20 066 r3!9 25 215 47 5 51 341 22 273 20 616 p666 25,426 46 4 263 073 260,908 222 963 37,945 2, 165 34 23,350 28,978 263 1 86 261,060 222 753 258,307 2, 125 39 23,344 29,293 262 682 260,577 222 216 38,360 2, 105 40 23,342 29,419 264,919 262,820 224 430 38,390 2,099 45 23,339 29,636 67, 181 60,347 70,774 63,590 71, 123 63,855 71,578 64,205 59,282 37,776 12,229 9,956 10,647 3,088 1 1,812 735 15,676 1,330 14,347 2, 182 1,401 1,51 1 62,201 39,079 1 1, 134 9,007 1 1, 109 3,251 13,585 750 16,976 1,454 15,521 2,254 1,510 1,634 62,495 39, 184 1 1, 131 9,025 1 1, 184 3,253 13,615 758 17,082 1,463 15,619 2,262 1,520 1,688 62,808 39,310 1 1,127 9,044 1 1,212 3,281 13,690 820 17, 188 1,471 15,717 2,270 1,526 1,694 131.3 98.22 130.4 98.40 128.6 97.09 126.6 96.86 125.0 96.44 2.08 2.61 2. 12 2.61 2.22 2.70 2.33 2.71 2.42 2.74 4. 19 4.09 4. 12 4. 12 4. 16 107.10 276.70 50.75 102.95 105.29 272.40 50.30 100.43 103.92 267.77 49.59 99.83 185.0 202.3 193.3 171.4 1 15.2 154.7 192.1 209.7 192.7 173.5 1 16.9 175.2 191. 1 207.8 191.4 174.8 118.6 175.3 188.2 204.2 187.6 172.8 118.5 17 I.I 183.4 198.4 182.6 169.5 117.4 166.9 3,312 605 64 181 202 59 337 291 1,573 3,479 653 64 190 219 73 313 304 1,665 2,236 317 15 170 255 24 44 257 1 , 1-55 3,882 613 58 243 263 42 447 364 1,852 3,363 636 57 179 187 49 387 289 1,579 3,294 439 58 178 221 66 357 302 1,673 7,032 6,995 10,521 6,841 6,732 10,212 10, 1 16 9,266 11,190 8,634 8,159 11,126 7,132 7,182 10,597 15,067 4,721 r 195 594 13,397 5,206 r 168 810 r2 1,200 3,650 r277,300 14,600 4,650 245,625 7,338 44,286 6,005 36,056 r 20, 660 r3,500 r 273, 250 r9,950 r85,300 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. J./ Data for August 1952 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 50 479 106.25 276.04 49.86 101.85 do.... do do .... 19 557 497 24,261 46 5 97.82 269.73 46.04 84.25 thousands.. '. 48,74Q 20,868 9,900 r 70, 650 6,175 50,590 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 19 5! August 1952 September June July August September LEATHER Leather production: Cattle hide thous, of hides,. Goat and kid.. Sheep and 1 amb ...,,..* thous, of skins.. do. ... 557 1,886 2,475 1,872 490 1,646 1 842 1,672 769 1,827 2 417 2,315 r2 595 i 9! 1 3,357 2,694 3,084 2,569 7,673 4,980 3,059 2,414 2,805 2,309 7,930 5,087 3, 158 2,544 2 999 2 441 8 204 5,073 3 196 2 566 3 0*0 2 46 i 8 343 5 151 3 398 2 693 3 305 2 549 8 436 5 195 13,229 6,063 12,672 5,890 2,487 1,068 1,904 1 003 14,368 5 831 18,748 87,007 22, 129 82,630 16,962 88,017 17,285 79,487 24 037 73,627 3,564 9,47! 4,056 8,691 2,925 8 782 2 915 7 676 3 974 6 507 48,433 64,570 88,589 48,633 76 368 82,890 42,963 57 830 72 468 54 737 r67 044 61 577 63 805 84 620 50 593 3 1 , 52 1 990 8,742 701 8,625 4,064 579 5, 135 75,414 73,4<32 1,922 30, 190 850 8,454 688 8,288 3,902 544 5,564 76,245 74,352 1,893 20,235 133 2,930 582 7,369 2,569 208 2,978 80,744 79 108 1,636 20,270 104 3 293 603 7 597 2 342 229 3,219 79,359 77 698 1 661 r27,429 r383 8,259 681 8 250 2,722 532 5,212 r8 1,238 r79 567 1,67! 28 335 623 8 230 •679 8 494 2 852 538 5 175 83,298 81 492 1 806 22,514 25,841 1 1,491 4,851 22,269 23,253 10,499 4, 138 20 748 25,067 18,896 8,483 21,342 25,084 15, 158 7,548 23 573 25,915 r 12,819 r6,262 23 010 26 243 9 586 5, 177 685 1 610 Q 14 1 90Q 2 9Q* 2 718 LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association): Production, total m i l . of bd. ft.. Softwoods do. ... 3 460 2 753 3 Atift 2 754 8 AK I «5 \QA METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): Shipments from upper lake ports thous. of long tons,. Pig iron, production, thous. of short tons.. Boi lers, radiators and convectors, cast iron: Boilers (round and square): Shipments thous. of Ib.. Stocks, end of month do. ... Rad i at i on : Shipments thous. of sq. ft.. Stocks, end of month .....do.... Oi 1 burners: Orders, u n f i l l e d , end of month number.. Stocks , end of month do ... PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Bituminous coal : Industrial consumption, total thous, of short tons.. Beeh i ve coke ovens . . do . . Byproduct coke ovens ... do. ... Cement mi Ms do Electric-power utilities do . . Railways (class 1) do.... Steel and r o l l i n g m i l l s do.... Reta i 1 d e l i ver i es do .... Stocks, ind. and retail dealers, end of month, total. do.... 1 ndustr i a 1 , tota 1 do Retail dealers do.. . 14,389 6 164 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: Sh i pments. Stocks, finished, end of month Stocks, clinker, end of month do. ... do.... do.... r / Revised. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE VG AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $360 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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