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November 4, 1955 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $3.25 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS INDEX, (935-39= 100 500 PRICES OF 4 2 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Monthly Weekly INDEX, 1935-39 = 100 500 (Wednesday close) 400 400 ,1955 300 300 200 200 100 i 1952 1953 i i I I i i i » ' • i i i V100 i J F M A M J 1955 1954 J A S O N O INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 INDEX, 1947-49= 100 225 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 225 "°aM"/ (seasonally adjusted) 200 - 200 175 - 175 - 150 1 50 125 ti i I i I 1 i i I I 1 1952 r^— ,,,,,, ,,,.,, 1953 1954 • 1 1 1 1 1 1955 THOUSANDS 1 1 1 i1 i1 I I i i i i l l I I I i i j j 1 2 5 J F M A M J J A S O N D THOUSANDS 250 1,000 PASSENGER CAR A N D TRUCK PRODUCTION (United States plants) 800 200 600 150 100 Monthly, left scale; weekly, right scale ] 1952 1 i l i 1953 i I I i i i i i 1 I 1954 1955 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1954 1955 ITEM Oct. 30 Oct. 23 Commodity prices, wholesale: Al 1 commodities do.... do.... A!! other do.... 22 commodities 2/ ..do.... Department store sales..... thous.. Insured unemployment, total 3/ do.... State programs. «... F i nance: Currency in circulation'4/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 4/... d« do.... Excess reserves, estimated 4/ Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:5/ ....mi 1. of dol.. Demand deposits, adjusted do.... Time deposits, except Government do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... .do.... Real-estate loans (gross)............. ... number.. Failures, industrial and commercial Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices,480 stocks (Standard end Poor •S).I935-39«I00.. do.... Iindustrials, 420 stocks Production: Bituminous coal 4/ thout . of start tons.. Electric power, by utilities ,mi1. of kw.-hr.. ....number.. Passenger cars and trucks (Ward's) ,.thous. of bbl.. Stee 1 6/. •109.7 •93. 1 • 103.7 *U4.5 90.4 1 17 1,61 1 1,446 ,...I947-49»IOO.. .thous . of short tons.. .tttous. of cars.. do.... 90.4 123 1,634 1,469 Oct. 8 II 1.4 87.5 100. 1 1 18.6 89.7 125 863 784 Oct. 22 Oct. 15 III.2 86.7 99.8 1 18.7 89.5 128 869 789 III.2 87.1 99.8 118.6 89.5 133 30,070 25,699 19,136 867 30,037 25,360 18,895 671 30,479 25,525 18,700 523 30,628 25,714 18,728 55,470 21,346 84,675 37,403 21,126 6,955 56,050 21,375 84,789 37,533 21,043 6,978 55,860 21,672 84,616 30,282 25,010 7,972 55,618 21,710 86,102 31,419 25, 1 14 8,001 56,293 21,676 85,542 30,941 25,082 8,040 229 3.13 242.6 270.2 223 3.12 241.6 269.5 207 3.30 311.1 356.2 203 3.30 301.2 343.8 239 3.30 305.5 349.4 1,506 9,033 59,302 6, 174 1,534 9, 152 87,4C>3 6,153 1,639 10,639 95,776 6,690 1,633 10,599 126,166 6,714 1,633 10,644 163,822 6,753 1,769 H74.2 746 370 1,776 014.5 736 367 2,334 96.7 807 392 2,330 96.5 827 409 2,386 98.9 834 418 30,547 26,169 19,119 638 557 Oct. 29 lll.l 86.5 98.9 1 18 7 88 5 30,500 25,747 18,891 458 230 3.30 307.0 351.0 182,158 2,413 100.0 J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. V Includes UCFE program beginning January 8, 1955. Kj Dally average. £/ Wednesday data. 6/ Week ended November 5: Production, 2,368 thous. short tons; operating rate, 98.1 percent. • Monthly index for October 1954. § Not comparable with 1955 rates which are based on higher capacity as reported January I, 1955. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1954 1955 ITEM August September August July June September EMPLOYMENT Labor turnover in manufacturing establishments: Accession rate..... monthly rate per 100 employees.. Separation rate, total do.... Di scharge.. do.... Lay-of f do.... Quit .do.... Military and miscellaneous.... do.... 3.3 3.5 .2 1.7 1.4 .3 3.4 3.9 .2 1.7 1.8 .3 4.3 3.2 .3 1.2 1.5 .2 3.4 3.2 .3 I.I 1.6 .2 r4.5 r4.0 .3 rl.3 2.2 .2 P 4.3 333.2 61.6 171.7 4.6 1,266.2 92.8 822.9 87.8 1,390.3 93.6 909.6 104.0 669.2 142.3 221.8 7.3 263.3 56.1 107.9 3.1 1,488.4 108.5 985.7 113.2 1.7 63.3 9.5 13.4 7.4 39.1 108.6 51.1 38.9 25.0 40.4 112.9 62.5 38.6 28.7 127.5 86.9 18.0 57.5 7.9 4.3 71.1 6.5 8.1 6.2 .thousands. do... ....do... do... mill rons. 37,859 12,704 6,053 2,471 1,392 42,095 16,478 6,160 2,621 1,436 47,526 18,933 6,910 3,121 1,765 49,180 16,967 6,305 3,016 1,760 50,062 20,578 6,827 3,007 1,748 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural)..........thous. of Ib. Acetic anbydr id© * *>... Acetylsallcylic acid-(aspirin).....*......... •*©... Creosote oil..... thous. of gal. 36,111 61,777 1,136 r8,785 44,691 69,28E 1,151 r9,246 43,729 67,664 1,406 13,014 43,987 66,359 1,099 8,538 44,647 69,499 912 11,539 p4.4 P.3 pi.I 2.7 P P.2 FINANCE Stocks, cash dividend payments publicjy reported: Total dividend payments .mil. of dol. F \ nance * do... Manufacturing >. .do... Mining do... Public utilities; Communications do... Electric and gas ..do... Rai Iroad .....do... Trade do... Mi see I laneous do... 38.9 I 14.2 58.6 41.1 28.2 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Operations on scheduled airlines: J./ Miles flown, revenue Express and freight ton-miles flown Mail ton-miles flown Passengers carried, revenue £ / . y. Passengei—mi les f town/ revenue £,/ Revised. jg>/ Preliminary. J/ Data beginning June 1955 include local service operations for one carrier, 2/ Date for July and August exclude figures for one carrier. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1954 1955 ITEM August CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS - Contim jed Organic chemicals, production - Continued Ethv 1 » C A + » + » (ft^O +hous. of !b.. Methanol: Natural (100$) 1hhous. of gal.. do.... Synthetic ( I 0 0 O thous. of Ib.. PhthaIi c anhydr i de Synthetic plastics and resin materials, product O R : Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: tbous of Ib Molding and extrusion materials do . Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes ... do . < jo # Other cellulose plastics ., Phenolic and other tar acid resins • do September August July June -» mi / , \J 1 / September 6,212 5,952 6,639 160 12,979 19,129 184 12,896 22,136 186 16,071 24,851 181 17,463 31,582 187 17,465 29,735 2,962 7, 134 366 548 28,824 3,430 7,840 362 586 33,519 3,903 7,723 415 333 41,994 2 283 6,271 3,390 7,681 260 313 413 332 r30,288 39,087 do.... 31,808 18,073 34,341 27,540 9,396 37,352 19,588 44,389 27,411 9,767 42,273 21,231 56,118 39,136 11,665 r35,749 r17, 1 10 r54,628 r31,979 r12,303 41,144 21,907 57,022 35,886 10,767 m 1. of kw.-hr.. do.... do.... 47,196 41, 182 6,014 45,489 39,539 5,949 50,725 44,234 6,490 52,924 46,625 6,299 55,917 49,353 6,563 of wi no ga 1.. 117 97 1,449 49 159 1,335 266 137 1,401 78 1,567 3,398 10, 134 124,674 9,020 1,673 919,606 53,001 700,693 127,058 820 26,985 12,223 140,611 61,975 1,796 917,746 55,324 822,728 146,772 765 1,267 10,842 128,475 606 1,753 952,637 52,892 747,208 144,297 546 8,929* 122,153 900 1,596 878,641 47,030 670,129 128,545 1,487 9,926 112,250 5,633 1,897 1,032,932 54,343 809,765 149,419 1,977 1,021,504 58,742 896,472 159,349 492 527 521 18,363 7, 196 7,612 3,555 18,866 7, 105 8,361 3,399 18,1 10 7,363 7, 140 3,606 12,763 5,468 5,233 2,062 17,934 7,233 7,024 3,678 do.... Cioars tax—oaid ,.. thousands. Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid... .thous. of Ib.. 2,501 34,568 r526,820 17,902 3,395 31,964 503,475 18,487 2,723 35,648 510,219 17,555 2,369 28,561 414,250 13,021 2,232 36,760 535,596 17,518 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Machine tools (metal-cutting types): New orders mo. avg. shipments , 1945-47-100.. do.... Shipments Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales billed... do.... Mashers, domestic, sales do.... Television sets (incl. combination), production 1 / do.... 147.9 203.7 185.4 293.2 785.5 633.4 180.9 213.4 238.2 379.7 932.3 947.8 263.2 198.8 241.7 354.5 1,204.9 590.0 217.8 152.9 207.8 245.9 718.5 344.3 r22l.3 M64.6 255.5 403.8 947.6 647.9 p207.1 p195.1 308.3 414.9 rl,302.4 r939.5 do.... do.... 503, 145 518,844 158,988 491,153 482,559 167,582 507,774 543,424 130,664 490,405 502,402 118,667 539,539 534,621 123,585 503,214 501,555 125,244 do.... do.... do.... 360,825 99,492 98,503 388,321 96,592 98,202 422,246 131,212 133,370 378,434 124,501 121,679 384,679 134.902 137,037 424,807 124,966 124,257 do.... do.... do.... 8,643 508,703 66,199 7,033 490,256 64,769 7,672 345,172 86,398 10,494 358,669 83.691 8,359 404,002 80,982 9,068 379,746 86,230 number.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 521,450 309 306 445,306 431,371 75,835 60,263 369,942 326 314 300,998 292,721 68,618 50,845 767,182 768,621 716,163 559,962 Po I ystyr ene Urea and melamine resins Vinyl resins do.... do.... do.... ., . do Ros i n mod i f i catIons 7,726 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, total Uti I ities 52,907 46,335 6,572 FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: Tax—DOid withdrawals Stocks end of month Sti11 wines: Production . .. do do . do do.... do.... Stocks, end of month....................... do.... Distilling materials produced at wineries.... ..ml 1. of Ib.. Meats, production, total.* thous. of Ib.. ,.do.... do.... do Lard Coffee, visible supply., thous. of baas.. Tobacco, manufactured products: Production, total .. .... ................. thous. of Ib.. .do.... do.... do.... Snuff Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smal1: ... . . . . . 70 728 175 1 14 1,613 PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Shipments from mills Stocks, at mills, end of month Newsprint, United States: Consumption by publishers Shipments from mills Stocks, end of month: At mills In transit to publishers TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, total.... Coaches. tota1 Domestic Trucks, tota1 Domestic rj Revised. £/_ Preliminary. \J Data for September 1954 and June and September 309 237 296 256 434 410 223 198 647,658 629,185 119,215 101,625 658,736 643,402 109,589 93,739 620,610 602,959 95,119 80,077 467,845 459,073 91,894 76,851 1955 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1954 1955 ITEM September October July August September October COMMODITY PRICES Prices received and paid by farmers: ... 1910-14-100.. do.... do.... Commercial vegetables, fresh market.,,. do.... Cotton do.... do.... ...do.... Fru it do.... 0 i 1 -bear i ng crops do.... Potatoes 1/ do.... Tobacco 246 247 173 292 210 233 248 276 181 444 242 243 190 293 204 235 220 275 160 441 237 238 223 271 190 222 235 257 170 435 233 228 211 277 178 214 213 246 141 437 235 229 230 285 174 217 210 225 129 427 230 224 223 278 167 220 188 227 130 443 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 245 254 274 162 297 241 262 265 154 293 237 242 261 178 247 237 249 251 191 240 240 257 250 202 226 236 264 240 195 222 do.... do.... do 262 273 251 262 273 250 262 274* 248 260 273 247 259 r272 r246 261 274 246 do . do.... 280 88 279 87 281 84 279 84 r279 r84 280 82 3,674 2,460 1,327 1,195 107 558 162 210 153 410 3,503 2,420 1,321 1,195 102 554 170 202 126 407 r4,020 r2,807 r1,570 rl,4IO rl27 666 196 277 148 r407 r4,055 r2,8l4 r1,541 rl,390 r 119 688 203 289 150 r42l r4,048 r2,805 r1,517 r1,370 rl 16 r7«9 r2l 1 308 137 r420 3,903 2,724 1,455 1,315 109 730 220 31 1 113 415 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 1,214 410 98 492 214 1,083 390 101 389 203 r1,213 r386 r 121 r480 r226 r1,241 r379 128 r500 r234 r1,243 r373 r 131 r5IO r229 1, 179 351 134 475 219 do do.... do.... do.... do do.... do.... do.... do.... 3,199 2,247 1,215 530 127 363 952 372 314 3,136 2,238 1,210 525 126 364 898 363 266 r3,54l r2,556 r1,416 r638 1 16 r373 r985 r344 r336 r3,524 r2,55l r1,390 r66l 1 15 r373 r973 r334 r332 r3,536 r2,563 rl,38l r684 1 14 r372 r973 r338 r326 3,480 2,513 1,324 693 1 13 371 967 327 324 ... ... 1947-49=100.. 122. 1 122.6 M25.8 r126.2 126.5 Livestock and products Meat animals Poultry and eggs Woo 1 Prices paid: All commodities and services,... Fam i 1 y 1 i v i ng i terns Product i on i terns All commodities and services, interest, taxes, and wage rates . CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construction (unadjusted), total Pr i vate, tota1 Resident ia1 (nonfarm) New dwelling units Additions and alterations Nonresidential building, total 2 / 1ndustr i a 1 Commercial Farm construct ion Pub 1i c ut i1i ty ...mi 1. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do do.... do.... do.... Pub lie, tota1 NonresIdentla 1 buiIding Mi 1itary faci titles.. Highway Other types New construction (seasonally adjusted), tota Pr i vate, tota1 Nonresidential building, total 2 / Public utility Pub M e , tota 1 Nonresidential buiIding Highway Construction cost indexes: Department of Commerce composite. rj Revised. U Includes sweetpotatoes and d r y e d i b l e beans. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 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