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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 mogoiine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS » » » * November 26, This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1954 * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* ITEM Nov. Commodity prices, wholesale: All 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 . Failures, ind. & comm. .. number Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/. .percent 1954 1953 1954 1953 ITEM 21 Nov. 6 *I09.8 *93.7 *I03.8 *l 14.5 87.5 **I33 109.7 93.4 103.7 1 14.5 90.4 127 ** 1,033 **963 223 #1,554 # 1 , 390 204 3.39 3. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 109.7 92.2 104.3 1 14.5 91.6 130 109.7 93.0 103.8 1 14.5 90.4 227 208 3. 13 3. 13 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 Industrials (420) do.. Production : Bitum. coal 3/. .thous. sh. tons E 1 ectr i c power , by ut i 1 i t i es m i l . 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 i ngs. thous .cars Miscel laneous do Nov. 21 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 186 6 201. 1 244 9 273.3 250 7 280.0 ** 1,549 1,418 1,503 **8,457 104,231 **6, 127 9,357 112,657 6,092 9, 197 137,781 6, 120 127.3 **727 **365 1 13.4 695 347 1 16.7 708 355 Nov. 20 254.5 284.8 141, 154 1 17.8 _]_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Wednesday prices. 3/ D a i l y average. 47 Week ended November 27, 117.7. * Monthly index for November 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,611,000; State programs, 1,446,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 1953 ITEM October CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cont. awarded, 37 States (F. W. Dodge Corp.): Tota 1 projects number Total valuation mi 1 dol B u i l d i n g , total do.. Highway concrete pavement contract awards: _!_/ Total thous. sq . yd. A i rports .... do. . Roads do. . Streets and a l l e y s do.. August September October 50,049 1,892 1,393 61,612 1,573 1,243 65,832 1,816 1,424 67,701 1,965 1,523 6,094 822 3,691 1,582 8,391 1,711 3,408 3,272 7,821 1,206 4,301 2,314 8,376 582 5,485 2,309 2,894 2,645 51 1,698 1,019 125 5,462 354 4,801 3,91 1 48 3,806 828 1 19 6,731 332 5,280 4,951 48 4,277 839 1 17 5,019 r54l 2,887 2,639 47 1,850 850 140 4,857 346 340 3,647 1, 121 22,077 30,398 334 3,370 2,695 21,809 29,929 321 p3,26l p897 21,810 r29,985 349 p3,300 p i , 558 p2l,759 p30,068 FINANCE Federal Government finance: 2/ Receipts, Treasury .. .mi 1 . dol. Receipts, net do.. Customs do Income A, emp 1 . taxes. .. .do. . M i s c e l . internal rev. ...do.. A 1 1 other rece i pts do Expenditures, total do.. Interest on debt do.. Veterans' services and benef i ts do. . National security do. . All other expend itures. .do. . Gold, monetary stock, U. S. . do. . Currency in ci rcu 1 at ion . . . do. . Turnover of demand deposits except interbank & U.S. Gov't, annual rate: New York City ratio of debits to deposits 6 other centers . . .do. . 338 other reporting cen..do.. Bonds, price (S&P Corp.): |nd.,util.& RR (AI + issues): Composite (17 bonds) dol . per $100 bond 1954 ITEM 35.8 23.9 18.4 40.0 24.8 18.5 40.4 p25.3 p!9.4 39.3 P23.7 p!8.6 October TRANSPORTATION & COMMUNICATIONS Operations on sched.air lines: M i l e s flown, revenue. .. .thous. Express & freight ton-miles f lown thous. M a i l ton-miles flown do.. Passengers carried, rev.. do.. Passenger-miles f 1 . ,rev. . .mi 1 . Telegraph, cable, and radiotelegraph carriers: Wire-te legraph: Operating rev thous. dol. Operating expenses. J3/. . .do. . Net operating revenues .. do. . Ocean-cab le : Operating revenues do.. Operating expenses _3/...do.. Net operating revenues .. do. . Rad iote legraph : Operat i ng revenues do. . Operating expenses 3/...do.. Net operating revenues. .do. . FOODSTUFFS Wines & d i s t i l l i n g materials: Spark 1 i ng w i nes : Product ion ... thous . wine gal. Tax-paid wi thdrawa Is. . . .do. . Stocks, end of month. ... do. . Sti 1 1 wines: Production do. . Tax-paid wi thdrawa Is. .. .do. . Stocks, end of month ... .do. . D i s t i l l i n g materials produced at wineries do.. Rice, Southern States (Ark., La. , Tenn. , Tex. ) : Receipts, at mi 1 Is. . . .mi 1 . Ib. Shipments from m i l l s do.. Stocks, dom. , rough & cleaned (cleaned basis) mi 1 Ib August September *40,238 37,859 42,095 *I4,768 *5,400 *2,334 *I,26I 12,704 6,053 2,471 1,392 16,478 6, 160 2,621 1,436 *I7,233 *I5,477 *l,070 18,072 15,555 1,741 18,447 1 5 , 86 1 1,856 *2,574 * 1 , 820 *522 2,595 1,967 377 2,743 1,794 701 *2,47I *2,092 *249 2,557 2, 179 255 2,61 1 2,320 159 *I06 *I3I *I,4I6 117 97 1,449 49 159 1,335 *I7,237 *IO,979 *I49,722 3,398 9,873 123,334 *r44,7!8 9,020 61,975 194,685 r 53, 949 1 1,471 28,807 10,373 7,676 October 26,985 1 1 , 899 139,287 145,678 36,349 66,674 13,287 r 83, 262 1 1 , 86 1 1 17.6 117.5 1 17.8 1 12.5 r_l Revised. JD/ P r e l i m i n a r y , * September 1953 dat a. I/ 'Dat a for Augu st 1954 are for 5 weeks; other mo iths, 4 wee?ks. 2/ El fective w th February 1954, data are reported or a budgetary basis. 3/ I n c l u d ing deprec at i on . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1954 October September 1953 1954 ITEM August October FOODSTUFFS - Con. PAPER AND PRINTING Livestock: Cattle and calves: Receipts, p r i n c i p a l markets thous animals Shipments feeder to 9 corn-belt States do Hogs: Receipts pr i n markets thous . an i ma 1 s Sheep and lambs* Receipts p r i n markets do Shipments, feeder, to 9 corn-belt States do Poultry receipts 5 markets thous Ib Paper, ex. bldg. paper, newsprint & paperboard (APPA) : Orders, new sh. tons Production do Shipments .... do.. Stocks, end of month ...do.. Fine paper : Orders new do . Production do. . Sh ipments do. . Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Pr i nt i ng paper : Orders, new , .. ....do.. Production . . .do . Sh i pments . do Stocks, end of month ...do.. Coarse paper : Orders, new do.. Production ... . . do . Shipments . do . Stocks end of month do . 3 095 2 736 2 878 p2,993 773 314 540 939 2,665 2,251 2,496 p2,746 2,026 1,391 1,806 p 1,841 754 248 631 539 69 572 47 532 55 555 64 612 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production* Calf end k i p thous Cattle hide thous Goat and kid thous Sheep and lamb skins hides skins do *839 *l 894 *2,240 *2,439 783 r2 010 2, 121 r2,320 728 1 959 1,920 2,041 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces thous. 1 . tons Stocks, end of mo. , total .do. . At furnaces .... do. . On Lake Erie docks . do. . Pig iron production thous. sh. tons Steel forgtngs* Orders unf i 1 led . . do. Shipments for sale do Drop and upset do Press and open hammer do Cans, metal, shipments, total sh tons Pood do. . Nonfood .. ... do. . Shipments for sale do . Copper : Production : Mine or smelter sh. tons Ref inery do. . Deliveries ref dom do Stocks, ref., end of mo.. do.. Lead ref i ned ( pr i mary ref ) * Production sh. tons Shipments (domestic) do.. Stocks, end of month do.. 8, 131 55,699 47,419 8,280 4,895 45,733 39, 199 6,534 4,620 49,753 43,083 6,670 5,398 51,868 44,980 6,889 6,498 4,567 4,462 4,984 410 102 77 25 409 109 82 27 523, 140 375,998 147, 142 478, 103 457,992 328,354 129,638 408,424 *882 *I53 *l 10 *43 *484 561 *346,645 * 1 37 , 9 1 6 *432,830 92,435 126, 138 1 10,519 84,303 6 1 , 609 r 68, 995 r 87, 874 103,901 r89, 198 92,475 47,666 58,387 78,383 92,258 105,293 32,515 44,741 44,987 58,236 44,089 43,402 84,429 47,762 30,891 93,358 51,276 36,307 95,496 198 7 348.4 147 9 203.7 r 180 9 r2!3.4 p 148 9 p!90.9 VI«^K7r>0 -+-QO I S * New orders I/ Shipments J/ 1945-473100 do. . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS *87 1,848 *854,827 *848,200 *396,04I r88 1,976 r 888, 960 r880, 120 r424,855 844,000 853,000 844,000 432,000 *IOO, 159 * 108, 598 *I05,535 *9 1,638 r r r r 106,884 1 12,279 106,727 105,982 1 07 , 000 1 1 1,000 108,000 1 10,000 *3 1 4 , 92 1 *294,782 *292,487 * 159, 694 r298,680 r308,034 r 306, 948 r 1 5 1 , 600 279,000 285,000 28 1 , 000 155,500 *288, 155 *283, 163 *28Q,828 *75,060 r 302, 502 r 293, 602 r 289, 863 r 102,728 284,000 281,000 28 1 , 000 100,000 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Railway equipment (ARCI): Freight cars: S h i pments , tota 1 number Equip, mfrs., tota 1 . . . .do. . Domest i c do . . Rai Iroad shops, dom.... do.. Passenger cars: Orders, u n f i l l e d , total. do.. Domest i c do . . Shipments, total do.. Domestic do. . October 1,660 480 1,655 440 1,456 340 3,840 4,380 4, 128 392 364 435 395 408 356 667,443 815,315 706,603 20,633 19,306 20,634 19,276 20,696 19,295 9, 171 459 8,583 126.2 1 1,222 458 10,455 126.0 9,735 493 9,042 136.3 8,963 5,636 5,631 3,327 2,450 990 837 1,460 2,958 1,600 1,208 1,358 2,348 1,338 807 1,010 715 560 46 42 450 291 52 25 587 448 42 22 563 434 38 25 2/ Data for October 1953 and September 1954 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUWNBM remit NO. 100» WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS August TEXTILE PRODUCTS Men's apparel, cuttings: 2/ Tai lored garments: 1,891 Suits .. thous units 576 Overcoats and topcoats. .do. . Trousers (separate), dress and sport do.. 4,482 Work clothing: Dungarees & waistband 440 overalls thous. doz. 414 Shirts do. . Cotton: 2/ Consumpt i on ba les r870,616 Mfs., s p i n d l e activity: Active spindles, last work21,244 ing day, total thous. 19,953 Consum. I00j£ cotton. .. .do. . Spindle hours operated, a l l 1 1,853 fibers, total 2/..mil. hr . 479 Av. per working day... do.. I I , 192 Consum. I00# cotton 2/.do.. 130.6 Operations as % of capacity. £/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. * September 1953 data. J./ Monthly average shipments, 1945-47=100. cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. September October
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