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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE I N E S S ^° OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * November 6, 1953 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM Oct. 17 Oct. 24 *l 1 1. 1 *I04.9 *I08.5 *l 13.0 90.9 **I22 1 10, 1 95. 1 104.2 114.6 85.9 1 18 1 10.0 94.5 104.2 I 14.6 86.2 1 13 **657 **630 **I54 #893 #838 169 185 3.22 3.45 Nov. 1 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. .. 194-7-49=100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do. . A 1 1 other do 22 commodities 2/ . ...do.. Department store sa les. . . .do. . Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do Failures, ind. & comm. . .number Bond yields, domestic corpo- 3.43 Nov. 1 Oct. 31 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 1 10.0 Industrials (420) do.. 94.3 104.5 Product! on : 1 14.6 Bitum.coal 3>/. . .thous. sh. tons Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s 86.8 m i l . kw. -hr . Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petroleum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 Freight car load ings. thous. cars M i see 1 1 aneous do . . 3.40 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 182.4 197. 1 181 .7 195. 1 185.4 199.5 **362 1,586 1,546 **7,696 146,654 **6,46I 8,265 145,697 6,221 8,306 142,716 6, 130 138.7 **76I **4I9 135.2 823 407 133.3 804 394 Oct. 31 185.5 200. 1 138,993 132.8 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ D a i l y averages. 4_/ Week ended November 7, 130.4. * Monthly index tot October 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 835,000; State programs, 783,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 1 TPM September August July September Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Tota 1 b i 1 do 1 Wage & salary disbursements, tota 1 b i 1 do 1 Comm. -prod uc i ng ind... do.. . . 276 4 287 5 287 0 188 4 83.8 201 2 90.6 r20l 0 r90.2 AQ A OO ^ Q r~eo Q 24.2 r24. 1 TO Wage & salary receipts, tota 1 b i 1 do 1 Other labor income. .... .do. . Proprietors' and rental income b i 1 do 1 Transfer payments do. . Less personal contributions for social ins b i l . dot. Q CO T.-Z K _ TL-I Q r- 1 Q"7 1 Industrial prod. - Con. Unadj. index - Con. Manufactures - Con. 285 8 Nondurable mfs. . 1935-39=100 Chemical products do.. 199 5 Industrial chemica Is. do. . 88.7 Leather and prod .do.. 52. 9 Leather tann i ng do. . 24.2 Shoes do. . Tt-Z -J Mfd. food products. .. .do. . Meat pack i ng do, . Processed fruits & 5. 1 IRA ft 1 Q"7 ~*t 4.9 5. 1 5. 1 52 5 49 5 r48 9 48 9 2 1 .2 13.3 22.4 13.5 22.5 13.6 22.7 13.6 r4. 1 4.0 3.9 4.2 oec 7 O~7d ft 232 242 292 270 1671 i ft *. 159 354 234 246 312 279 158 225 248 232 167 353 247 r248 282 233 157 r-f)~!f\ ~l n d % '°? prod od' industrial . ^FRRV (FRB) . " ° 1935-39*100 Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . Iron and steel do.. Lumber and prod. . . . . . .do. . Lumber Machinery . ..do.. do. . Nonferrous meta Is, etc. do. . Smelting & refining. .do. . Stone, clay, etc. . . . . .do. . Clay products do.. Transportation equip.. do.. Autos ( i nc 1 . parts).. do.. £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. September July August September GEN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS a9r 1953 1952 1 TPM 149 387 290 r238 r250 r3ll 277 r!63 r 182 r!53 389 p236 p247 p305 p266 p(60 p 178 p!5l p385 r236 r282 r24l r!59 r385 r272 p237 p286 p243 p!57 p376 p26 1 Printing & pub 1 i shi ng.do. . Rubber products . ..do.. Texti les & products. . .do. . Cotton consumption. . .do. . Rayon deliveries do.. M i ner a 1 s do . . Fue Is do. . Anthracite . . ...do.. Bituminous coal do.. Crude petroleum do.. Metals do.. Adj., combined index _!_/. .do. . Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . Lumber and prod do.. Lumber do. . Nonferrous metals do.. Stone, clay, etc do.. C 1 ay products do. . Nondurable mfs do.. Chemical products do.. Leather tanninq do 201 305 567 111 95 123 192 154 192 323 636 94 81 102 172 149 r202 r322 r637 1 10 96 1 19 r!82 r 150 279 166 252 177 145 377 174 161 261 156 113 359 232 174 r259 166 139 r346 180 180 88 144 203 178 228 237 290 155 140 225 222 161 194 302 1 12 97 r 169 169 57 103 207 r 168 232 244 31 1 149 135 r249 231 155 191 326 95 85 r!72 r!72 54 1 19 r205 r 168 r235 r247 r309 r!53 r!38 r236 r23l r!54 r 198 r325 1 10 97 \_l Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shown; see unadjusted series. p20l p324 p635 p!84p!70 p!79 p!6l 138 327 pi 72 p i 73 60 126 p202 p!63 p232 p243 p303 p!50 p!35 p237 p232 p!50 p!95 p322 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ITEM September August July September 1,579 877 , 290 47,324 654, 193 120, 175 1,525 860,476 49,401 614,699 105,809 1,675 925,007 57,474 692,034 ! 16,615 40,297 42,804 34,972 7,560 1,637 18,687 4,603 2,485 4,790 269 266 36,539 7,963 1,696 19,077 5, 107 2,696 5,697 296 272 6, 164 6,516 6,472 6,202 302.4 368.3 247.3 267.6 r286.9 r299.6 p2l8.9 p328.7 1,352. 1 r 1,545.6 r844.3 724 . 7 ri92.6 168.7 205.0 190.2 1,448.5 776.3 183.2 192.9 1 54 , 2 1 5 r 163, 100 42,459 36,725 38,319 r 37, 636 31,204 32,525 152,930 40,491 28,206 27,538 July FOODSTUFFS Meats, product ion, tota 1 . .mi 1 . Ib. 1,527 Beef and veal . .thous. Ib. 713,624 52,839 Lamb and mutton do. . 760,409 Pork, i n c l u d i n g lard do.. Lard . . . . do. . 138,047 Industrial prod - Con Adjusted index - Con. Manufactures - Con. Nondurable rnfs ~ Con Mfd. food prod. 1935-39=100 Meat packing do.. Processed fruits 4, vegetab Ies do Pr i nt i no & pub 1 i sh i no do Minerals.. . . . . .do . Metals do 168 170 161 157 160 r 168 p!62 p!82 143 165 175 149 134 173 r 164 r 134 122 r 182 r 167 r 134 p 178 p!67 D 134 700 4Q 92 148 340 71 28,529 1,077 3,868 10,267 10 275 3 042 686 31 89 !45 336 85 33,817 1,286 4,451 13,676 9 790 4614 BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial & comm fai lures* Fa i lures total number Commercial service do Construction do Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retai i trade do. . Wholesale trade do. . Li abi 1 i t ies, tot a 1 . . thous. dol. Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retai 1 trade do Wholesale trade do 539 36 50 107 288 58 20, 138 947 2,729 6,780 5 317 4 365 724 43 64 164 380 73 4 1 , 324 1,210 2,789 17, 139 1 1 282 8 904 COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l 1 14 1 items 1947-49=100 Apparel do.. 105.8 Food do . . 1 15.4 1 12 5 Dairy products do. . Fruits & vegetables do.. I I I .5 1 19 2 Meats, poultry & fish... do.. 1 14.8 Hou sing do . . Gas & electricity do.. 105.0 r 108 1 Housef u n i sh i ngs . . do Rent . . . . , do . . 1 18.3 1 18.8 Med i ca 1 care do . . Personal care do.. 112. 1 107.3 Reading and recreation. . .do. . Transportation do 127 7 1 15.9 Other goods & services. . .do. . 1 14 7 104 4 1 13.8 108 3 118.2 1 12 0 1 17.8 106.4 108 1 123.8 121.5 1 12.6 107.4 129 7 1 18 3 1 15 0 104 3 1 14 1 109 1 1 12.7 1 14 1 1 18.0 106.9 107 4 125. 1 121.8 112.7 107.6 130 6 1 18 4 I/ 1 1 5 2 105 3 1 13 8 109 6 106.6 1 13 5 1 18.4 106.9 108 1 126.0 122.6 112.9 107.8 130 7 1 18 5 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost index: Department of Commerce, compos i te 1 947-49= 1 00 120.7 125 2 125 2 125 2 ELECTRIC POWER Electric power, production, total m i l kw -hr Uti i ities do. . Industrial establish do.. 38 7 33.3 5.4 43 9 38.0 5.9 44 5 38.5 60 42 9 37.0 5 9 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Shoes & slippers, production total thous pairs #46,552 Shoes, etc., exc. athletic, #40,703 total thous pairs Men ' s . . . .. do. . #8,986 # 1 , 949 Youths ' and boys ' do. . Wome n ' s do . . #21 ,910 #5, 135 Misses' and chi Idren's do #2,723 Infants' and babies' do #5,249 Slippers for housewear do #234 Ath letic. . . . . do. . #366 Other footwear do . . METALS AND MANUFACTURES Pig iron, production thous. short tons Machine tools: New orders 1945-47-100 Shipments . <Jo. . PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING Wood p u l p : Production, total, a l l grades 1,310. 1 thous. short tons 670.5 Sulphate (paper grades). do.. 186.8 Sulphite (paper grades). do.. 187.3 Grou ndwood do . . Stocks, end of month, total, a 1 1 grades short tons 146,712 42,769 Sulphate (paper grades). do.. Sulphite (paper grades). do.. 32,722 Groundwood do . . 26,681 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woe 1 : 2/ Consump., m i l l (clean basis): Apparel class thous. Ib. Carpet class do.. #30,484 #9,220 32,225 7,770 29,556 10,500 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, # For August UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIC DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 1952. 551 , 159 387 Coaches, total do.. 330 Dome st i c do . . 438,397 Passenger cars, toto 1 . . . .do. . Oomest i c . . . . do . 425,266 . Trucks, total dc. . ! 12, 375 99,375 Domestic do. . J./ Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) is 192.6. 705, 132 r6!5,382 r447 376 r407 368 513,457 599,134 58 1 , 870 501,055 10!, 478 105,622 89,91 1 92,788 573,688 348 344 475,289 465,737 98,05! 86,919 21 Data for July 1953 cover 5 KNALTY FCt PMVATE USE VO AVOD PAYMENT Of POSTAGE. >JuO FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUMNCM Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS August September September GEN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con. £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM
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