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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS
NOVEMBER 21, 1952
Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS
1938- 39 • tOO
300
9.0
STEEL PRODUCTION
(Ingots and Stool for Castings)
ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION
By UTILITIES
250
200
6.0
ISO
100
1 1 i » i i i i i i i i i i i i 11 i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 1 1 i i i i i i i i
JAN.
FEB.
MAM.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
JAN.
DEC.
1935-39 • 100
260
i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 11 i 11 » i ii
5.0
NOV.
FEB.
MAM.
APM,
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUO.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES
250
PRICES of 420 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
MOTOR-VEHICLE PRODUCTION
(Passenger Cars and Trucks)
{WEDNESDAY CLOSE)
220
180
140
100
1949
1950
1951
1952
1949
1950
1952
1951
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
19 51
195?.
ITEM
Nov. 10
Commodity prices, wholesale:
A 1 1 commod Itles
Nov. 17
Oct. 18
328 4
.410
2.51
127
931
900
*l 13.6
*l 12 0
* 11i 0
*l 14 5
328.8
.420
2.54
130
922
889
**l 11.2
**I04 9
**|08 5
**i 13 1
284 6
.365
2,38
124
657
630
282 2
.360
2.43
122
675
643
279 8
.353
2.46
1 15
679
640
28,550
24,595
19,667
679
28,580
24,602
19,850
874
29,610
25,325
20,613
591
29,529
25,867
20,779
791
23,838
8,698
52,249
72,526
31,457
20,848
109
3. 19
179.4
195.4
26,318
10 133
52,651
77,629
32,848
22,054
139
3.22
182.6
197 5
2,006
7,333
1 12 817
6, 151
226.4
814
392
1,387
7,681
130 872
6,450
247.8
838
423
1 947-49. 1 00 . .
Foods, processed
do. . . .
A 1 1 other
do. ...
28 commodities £/
August 1939.100..
Cotton, Middling, 15/16", 10 markets 3/
dol. per Ib..
Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City-) £/.... dol. per bu..
Department store sales
1947-49.100. .
Insured unemployment, total.....
thous..
State programs
do ..
Finance:
Currency in circulation 3/
mil. of dol..
Federal Reserve bank credit, total
do....
Member bank reserve balances
do....
Excess reserves , est i mated
do
Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:
Bank debits, total
m i l . of dol..
New York City
do....
Deposits, demand, adjusted
do....
Loans and i nvestments, tota 1
do. . . .
U. S. Government obligations
do....
Commercial, Industrial, and agr< loans (gross). . .do. ...
24,613
9, 127
52, 175
72,340
3 1 , 596
20,667
150
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Noody's) 3/
...percent..
3. 19
Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor «s). . 1935-39.100. . 176.6
Industrials, 420 stocks
..do....
192. 1
Product i on :
1,921
7,396
'Motor vehicles (Ward's).,. .,
number..
109,697
6, 1 19
Stee 1 4/
1935-39.100. .
226.2
Freight car loadings, total
thous. of cars..
791
Misce 1 laneous
do
382
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
Nov. 15
1 10.0
104 7
105 5
1 12 1
281 0
.356
2.46
1 17
1 10.0
104 3
106 2
1 12 1
281 6
.350
2.47
29,583
25,505
20,449
523
29,773
25,714
20,334
486
29,897
25,696
20,447
608
32,656
13,220
53,216
7c',937
32,431
22, 153
154
3.23
180.6
195. 1
28,277
1 1,486
53,586
76, 985
32,361
22,274
136
3.22
182.4
197. 1
27,855
1 1,093
53, 1 13
77,004
32,291
22,469
143
3.22
186.6
202 1
358
7,696
135 929
6,461
248.7
761
419
1,537
7,753
146 654
6,471
249.7
862
420
1,800
7,807
134 254
6 535
246.4
829
398
9 794
148
3 21
187.1
202 4
138 678
248.0
I/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices, 3/ Dai ly averages. 4/ Week ending November 22, 246.9. * Monthly
index for November 1951. ** Monthly index for October 1952.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
1951
September
1952
October
July
August
September
October
COMMODITY PRICES
Wholesale prices (U. S. Department of Labor), indexes:
A i l commodities...........
!947-49s!CXX .
Farm products............
..do....
Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried
do....
Gra i ns
,
do....
Livestock and live poultry
,do....
Foods, processed
..do...,
Cereal and bakery products
do.*..
Dairy products and ice cream
do..'..
Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen....
do.,..
Meats, poultry, and fish..
.,*...,
....do....
Commodities other than farm products and-foods
do....
Chemicals and a l l i e d products
.....*
do....
Chemicals, industrial.
".
do....
Drugs, pharmaceul icats, cosmetics
do.,..
Fats and oils, inedible
do....
Fertilizer materials
do..,.
Paint and paint materials
do....
Fuel, power, and lighting materials
do....
Coal
...,
....do
Electricity
do
Gas
do
Petroleum and products
,
do...,
Furniture and other household durables
....do...,
Appliances, household
„
do....
Furniture, household,
do....
Radios, television, and phonographs
.do....
Hides, skins, and leather products....
do....
Footwear
do....
H 5 des and sk I ns
„
do.
Leather
,
,.. _,..do
Lumber and wood products
....do....
Lumber
do,...
Machinery and motive products...
do..,.
Agricultural machinery and equipment
do....
Construction machinery and equipment.....,... .do....
Electrical machinery and equipment
do
Motor vehicles
,
..do....
Metals and metal products,.
,
....do....
Heating equipment...
..do;...
Iron and steel
,
....do....
Nonferrbus metals
,.
do....
Nonmeta11 ic minerals, structural.k
do....
Clay products..
,
do....
Concrete products,
,...
„,
do....
Gypsum products..f t,
'..... .do....
Pulp, paper, and a l l i e d products
do...,
PaP^
do....
Rubber and products,...
,
do....
Tires and tubes
do,...
Textile products and apparel
do....
Appare I
do..,.
Cotton products
do....
S i l k products
,
do....
Synthetic textiles
do....
Wool products
....do,..,
Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages
do....
Beverages, alcoholic
do....
Cigarettes
.do....
Wholesale prices of selected commodities:!
Butter, 92-score (N.Y.V
dol. per Ib..
Eggs, extras, large (Chicago)..'
dol. per doz..
Corn, weighted average, 5 markets
..dol. per bu..
Wheat, weighted average, 6 markets
do....
Beef steers (Chicago)
..dol. per 100 Ib..
Hogs, a l l grades (Chicago)
..........do....
Beef, fresh, steer carcasses, good (N. Y.)
dol. per Ib..
Pork, fresh, loins, 8-12 Ib. (N. Y.)....
do....
Pig iron, composite
dol. per long ton..
Steel, composite, finished
doi. per Ib.,
Copper, electrolytic (N. Y.)
do
Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (N. Y.)...
do
Zinc, prime, Western (St. Louis)
do..,.
Wool, raw, territory, fine, scoured (Boston)
.
do....
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Construction cost indexes:
American Appraisal Co.: Average 30 cities
Atlanta
New York
San Francisco
st Louis
Associated General Contractors (all types)
jr/. Revised. I/ Nominal price.
I9!3»IOQ..
do
do
do .
do....
do
113.4
109.9
92.8
96.6
116.2
110.9
106.4
106,!
'04.7
118.3
114.8
108.7
120.7
95.6
73.0
107.2
108.0
106.7
108.4
98.0
98.4
110.9
I 13.I
108,0
115.5
92.9
f 13.7
III.5
96. I
101. i
i 14.5
I i 1,6
106.8
108.5
105.6
119.5
I 14.6
108,8
120.9
95,6
71.8
107.5
108,7
106.B
108.7
98.0
99.2
! 10.9
! 12.8
107.9
115.4
93,0
I I 1.8
I 10.2
128.2
94.9
108.2
MO.O
i06,5
113.8
103.9
1 10.6
112.5
104.2
114.7
92. !
49.8
I 10.7
106.9
106.0
106.0
99. I
101.4
109.4
M i .6
106.8
112.6
93,8
118.0
12 K 9
M 1,5
i2o]4
121.6
120*5
i 19.4
120.1
123.7
122.!
I 14. I
I22J
114.5
!23. i
122.0
M3.6
12L4
112.4
117.4
119.4
121.5
144.7
133.9
105.9
104^ I
102.5
117.9
92.9
129.8
107,8
105.8
(05.7
I 13,6
I 19.4
109.5
MO. I
121.7
121. I
120.2
120,2
123.6
121.8
116.0
122.4
1 14,6
123, I
124.0
113.6
121.4
112.4
! 17.4
I i8.8
122. !
144,7
133.9
103.9
103.3
100.8
122.5
91.5
120.8
107.5
105.8
105.7
96.2
1 10.6
6!, 8
39 .,3
120 ..2
0.682
.630
1.712
2.341
36.99
19.62
.594
.559
53.67
.0471
^2420
.1700
.1750
1/1.825
536
561
546
495
532
377
121.5
125.4
i 19.9
119.7
121.9
113.6
122.3
12.4.0
M3.8
121.3
112. 4
117. 7
115.3
123.8
130.0
129,6
98.9
99.5
96,1
134.7
89.2
113.9
no, a
1 1 i .2
105.7
I 12.2
109.9
124.3
96,9
106.4
110.5
106,4
114.3
I05e!
112.3
113.0
104.0
I 14.6
92.1
47.5
110.9
106.9
105.8
106.5
100.7
100.4
108.3
115.6
96.9
99.3
rl10.3
106.5
116.5
M05.9
r!09.4
r113.2
104.0
114.3
92.1
48.9
III.O
107.0
r!06.
r!07.6
rlOI.3
rlOO.3
III.5
108.5
rM2.0
'112.5
r!07.3
I 12.6
106.8
93.7
96.5
110.6
64,4
89.3
120,5
120.6
121.4
121.5
125.3
! 19.8
119.7
124. I
I 13.7
127.2
124.4
! 13.8
121.3
112,4
117,7
115.6
124.0
127.8
126.3
90.1
99. I
97.6
139.3
90,5
113.3
110.6
MI.2
105.7
0.707
.669
1.709
2.404
36,75
20,09
.601
.557
53.67
.047!
.2420
. S900
. 1950
1/1.980
0.714
.525
1.735
2.314
32.53
19.96
,534
.552
r54.26
.0476
,2420
.1500
1.627
0.737
,553
1.764
2.413
32.52
19.98
.559
.612
r56.3l
,0498
.2420
.1600
. 1406
1/1.660
538
562
548
495
532
379
555
600
554
513
549
391
558
602
555
513
549
393
.1600
r I! 1.8
r106.6
93.7
96.5
110.6
r64.4
89.3
120.4
120.6
M2I.5
121.5
M25.8
r!!9.7
•119.7
M24.6
113.7
M27.5
124.7
113.8
121.3
112.7
117.7
MI5.6
124.0
126.3
126.3
99.5
99.3
r98.9
139.3
r89.9
r$!2.4
I 1 1.2
104,9
I I I .7
95.0
94.8
108.5
106.4
I 15.9
105.8
104.3
I 13. I
S03.9
113.9
92
50
I I1
106,
107
113.4
101.3
100.3
108.5
112. I
107.3
I !2 0 6
93,7
96.6
I 10,6
65,0
89.9
120,3
120,3
121.3
121,5
125.9
119.2
! !9.7
524.3
113,7
127.3
122.9
I 14.4
124.0
112.7
! 17.7
\\5\5
124.9
126,0
126.3
99,2
98.4
99.3
140.0
89,5
i 1*5.2
no.8
no! 8
III..2
105.7
I I I .2
105.7
0.732
.553
1.716
2.474
32.19
19, I I
.562
.569
56.3S
.0498
.2420
.1600
.1398
1/1.596
0.716
.63!
1 .57 I
2,5i9
32.09
18,35
.356
.515
56.3!
.0498
,2420
. 1440
.1330
1 . 665
561
604
556
514
551
394
562
604
557
52i
551
397
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
195!
September
1952
October
July
August
September
October
DOMESTIC TRADE
Radio advertising:
Cost of faci I ities, total
„
thous. of do I..
Automotive, including accessories
do....
Drugs and toiletries,..,..
do....
Electric household equipment,
...........do....
F i nanc i a I
do
Foods, soft drinks, confectionery
....
do....
Gaso 1 5 ne and oi i
do....
Soap, cleansers, etc.*
,
do....
Smoking mater sals.
,
........ .do....
A! ! other.
,.
do
Magazine advertising:
Cost, tota !.......
do
Apparel and accessories
do....
Automotive, including accessories
do,...
Bui Id ing materials
do....
Drugs and toiletries
,
do....
Foods, soft drinks, confectionery
do..,8
Beer, wine, liquors..
,
do....
HousehoI d equ i pment and supp I ies
do....
Household furnishings
.do....
Industrial materials
do....
Soaps, cleansers, etc
do....
Smok i ng mater 5 a I s
do....
A! ! other
....
do
:
1, nage, tota !
thous .of I i nes..,
FINANCE
Bank debits, tota! (I4i centers)....,
m i l . of do I..
New York City.
do
Outside New York C-ty
,
do
Bonds;
Yields:
Domestic corporate (Moody!s).,
percent..
3y ratings; Aaa ,
•
do....
Aa.. .,
do
A
do
Baa
«„.,,....*
do....
By groups: Industrial ...„..,
..do.,..
Public uti lity
do....
Rai Sroad.
.do....
Stocks:
Cash dividend payments p u b l i c l y reported
m i l . of doi..
Finance..,
'..
..do....
Manufacturing,
do....
M ? n i ng
7...,
,
do
Communications.
,
do....
Heat, light, and power
do....
Rai iroad
do....
Trade
do....
Mlsce! laneous..
do
Dividend rate per share:
Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody's.....
dollars,.
Industrial { !25 stocks).....
do.,..
Public utility (24 stocks)
,
do
Railroad (25 stocks);...,.
do
Banks ( 15 stocks)
do
insurance (10 stocks)
.do
Dividend yields:
Common stocks (200 stocks), Moody's
percent..
Industrial (125 stocks)
do
Public utility (24 stocks)
do....
Railroad (25 stocks)
,
....do
Banks (15 stocks)
do
Insurance (10 stocks)
do....
TRANSPORTATION
Freight car load ings (Federal Reserve indexes):
Total, adjusted...
1935-39-100..
Coal
do
Coke
do
Forest products
do
Grain and grain products
do....
Livestock
.do....
Ore
do
Merchandise, I.e. I
do....
Mi see I laneous
do....
Freight-car surplus and shortage, d a i l y averages:
Car surp I us
number..
Box cars
*.. do....
Coal cars.......
do....
Car shortage
do
Box cars
.....do
Coal cars
,
,... do
r/ Revised.
11,849
299
3,085
153
278
3,240
402
1,275
1,269
1,848
14.948
376
3,991
266
307
4,170
459
1,631
1,855
1,893
r9,557
196
r2,658
340
338
2,604
381
1,079
700
1,263
r10,941
256
r3,OIO
316
367
2,971
434
1,250
776
1,559
12,887
323
3,288
337
331
3,319
452
1,589
1,042
2,206
r54,5 17
6,681
r4, 175
r3, 143
r6,033
r6,62l
2,451
r3,956
r3,369
r3,267
1,185
r 1,347
r 12,288
4,845
61,987
5,635
4,587
2,962
6,963
8,929
3,118
4,713
4,302
3,704
1,612
1,235
14,229
4,849
35,240
862
3,702
1,388
5,816
5,695
1,977
1,646
579
2,643
745
1,198
8,989
3,133
38,442
3,588
3,671
1,549
5,456
5,472
1,672
1,375
979
2,861
774
1,398
9,648
3,960
56,978
6,469
4,366
3,127
6,653
6,883
2,388
3,688
2,747
3,774
1,266
!,437
14,182
4,798
107,504
41, 145
66,359
123,770
47,971
75,799
131,960
57,052
74,908
110,578
43,166
67,412
123,886
49,278
74,608
137,731
55,560
82,171
3.08
2.84
2.88
3. 15
3.46
2.89
3.09
3.27
3. 13
2.89
2.93
3. 18
3.50
2.93
3. 14
3.31
3. 17
2.95
3.04
3. !9
3.50
2.99
3.20
3.33
3.18
2.94
3.06
3.21
3.51
3.00
3.20
3.34
3.19
2.95
3.07
3.22
3.52
3.02
3.20
3.36
3.22
3.01
3.08
3.24
3.54
3.05
3.22
3.39
1,148.4
81.1
761.2
92.2
40.0
66.0
35.9
50.4
21.6
533.9
104.5
213.4
7.3
82.3
56.2
13.0
42.0
15.2
541.7
127.0
198.5
6.8
88.9
55.9
12.4
38.7
13.5
230.8
50.3
106. I
3.3
.8
49. I
6.4
10.4
4.4.
1,158.3
77.7
754.9
95.0
42.0
75.7
42.4
47.1
23.5
522.7
99.0
201.9
8. I
88.9
56.8
14.9.
40.5
12.6
4.12
4.47
1.90
2.55
2.63
2.73
4.09
4.43
1.90
2.55
2.63
2.73
3.96
4.22
1.91
2.69
2.64
2.88
3.96
4.22
1.92
2.71
2.64
2.87
3.95
4.20
1.92
2.81
2.68
2.87
3.95
4. 18
1.92
2.85
2.68
2.88
5.91
6.03
5.78
6.13
4.70
3.28
6.02
6.15
5.77
6.41
4.77
3.44
5.39
5.41
5.44
5.61
4.52
3.21
5.46
5.51
5.31
5.68
4.39
3,15
5.56
5.63
5.28
6.03
4.23
3.18
5.56
5.62
5.30
6. 14
4.29
3.15
133
130
211
142
132
81
205
46
143
135
134
206
144
154
83
180
46
144
102
75
57
146
153
56
46
43
I 15
125
101
160
149
134
65
216
46
140
134
135
189
140
123
70
235
45
144
127
93
188
139
157
76
211
46
145
3,640
164.
4
14,902
4, 181
9,23!
2,593
86
19
19,045
6,235
10,168
40,31 I
7,477
26,642
2,070
1,490
448
17,418
2,114
7,888
6,156
2,44'8
3,429
5,693
331
113
12,028
3,822
7,691
8,914
25
6,996
14, 194
8,235
5, 169
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
19!>2
19!51
September
October
July
September
August
October
FOODSTUFFS
Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected):
Ca 1 ves
thous . of an i ma 1 s . .
Cattle
do....
Hogs
do. ...
373
956
4,398
827
500
1, 140
5,651
1 084
430
1, 100
3,641
908
36, 130
38,783
38,520
32,822
8,755
1,319
15,713
4,321
2,714
5,395
205
36i
33,946
7,256
1,485
18,385
4,393
2,427
4,070
169
335
1,426,645
191,483
130,675
60,808
1,289,597
96,828
69, 165
27,663
1,377,784
1 18,033
78,837
39, 196
9, 122
103
1,627
18
8,499
92
9,062
102
9,790
106
79,432
73,583
68,365
23,084
76,930
43,353
38,714
96,919
78, 167
78,435
72,963
96,651
76,019
78, 129
69,343
94,54!
80,588
84,548
76,420
90,58!
3,267
42,954
4,675
51,797
2,484
25,800
2,663
34,320
r3,705
46,870
4,113
32,480
do. . . .
do ...
7,414
6,640'
2,519
4,740
7,771
7,050
2,553
5,514
7,097
7, 148
1, 186
1 1,647
6,933
7,989
1,632
10,637
7,391
8,049
2,826
9,960
do. . . .
do....
. . . .do.. .
5,695
5,042
6,831
6,270
5,603
7,471
4,790
4,507
1 1,223
4,867
5,431
10,627
5,397
5,984
10,086
426
1, !35
3,592
1,020
496
1,215
4,290
I 243
46,552
44, 100
40, 703 -.
8,986
!,949
21,910
5, 135
2,723
5,249
234
366
37,842
8,775
1,826
19,419
5,040
2,782
5,638
264
356
602
1,390
5,492
1,427
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
Shoes and slippers, production, total
..thous. of pairs..
Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, except athletic, total
thous. of pairs..
Men ' s
do. i . .
Youths1 and boys1
do....
Women ' s
do. ...
Misses' and children's
do....
Athletic
do. . ..
30,844
7,969
1,258
15,580
3,800
2,237
4,660
189
437
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Stee 1 f org i ngs :
1,418,515
Orders, unf i 1 led, tota 1..
short tons. .
149,736
Shipments, for sale, total
do....
97,326
Drop and upset . .....
..
.do. . . .
Press and open hammer
do ....
52,410
Steel ingots and steel for castings:
8,660
Production
thous. of short tons..
101
Percent of capac i ty
Zinc, slab:
70,623
Product i on
short tons , .
Shipments, tota 1
do. . . .
64,632
58,436
Stocks , end of month
do ....
17,235
PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS
Coal, production:
Anthr ac i te
thous . of short tons . .
Bituminous
do. ...
r
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS
Tires and tubes:
Pneumatic casings:
Or iginal equipment
Stocks , end of month
Inner tubes:
Production
Sh i pments
Stocks, end of month. .%.*...•«.. ...
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