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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE >A COSINESS-t<-° OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS October 16, 1953 Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 ITEM Oct . I I Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l 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 yields, domestic corporate (Moody *s) 3/ percent Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 1 10.7 98.1 104.8 1 14.6 87. 1 1 12 1 10.2 96. 1 104.2 1 14.4 85.6 *l 1 1. 1 *I04.9 *I08.5 *l 13.0 93.8 **l 16 1 10.7 98.1 104.7 1 14.6 87.6 1 14 **665 **637 **I29 #801 #753 152 189 3.21 3.54 3.52 1953 1952 3.48 ITEM Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39=100 Industrials (420) do.. Production: Bi turn. coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons Electric power, by utilities mi 1 . 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 ings. thous. cars M i see 1 1 aneous do . . Oct. 1 1 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 185.8 201.3 178. 1 191.3 179.2 192.4 180.8 194.2 **l,518 1 610 1,538 **7,665 129, 107 **6,438 8,354 132,329 6,397 8,414 134,400 6,353 137.8 «*852 **4I6 133.5 820 398 133.7 813 400 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended October 17, 132.5. October 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 845,000; State programs, 795,000. 137,621 133 6 * Monthly index for MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 1952 ITEM September July August September Prices rec'd by farmers, a l l farm products 1910- 14.100 Crops do Food gra i ns do. . Feed grains and hay , .do.. Tobacco do . Cotton do. . Fru i t do Truck crops do. . Oil-bearing crops ..do.. Livestock and products. ,. .do. . Meat animals ..do.. Pou 1 try and eggs do. . Prices paid by farmers: A l l commodities ..do.. Used in 1 i v i ng . . do . . Used in production do.. A l l commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates 1910-14.100 Parity ratjo ..do.. 288 264 240 234 428 329 200 182 305 309 349 307 227 259 237 218 197 426 269 207 216 268 280 318 261 223 258 237 215 198 430 277 205 221 262 276 305 267 230 256 234 219 200 452 279 2?| 159 251 276 299 274 231 271 271 272 261 271 250 262 273 249 259 270 247 r286 101 r279 93 r279 r92 Til 92 r3, 160 r2,029 r 1,045 r930 r97 r3,270 r2, 181 rl, 1 1 1 r975 112 r3,323 r2,205 r 1,107 r970 rll2 3,310 2,185 1,087 950 1 II CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construction, total mi 1 . dol. Private, total do.. Residential (nonfarm) . . .do. . New dwelling units do.. Additions, etc do.. Nonresidenti a 1 building, total, exc. farm and pub1 ic uti 1 ity mi 1 . dol . 1 ndus trial do. . Commercial do. . Farm construction do. . Publ ic uti 1 ity .do. . September July August r 1 089 46 September CONSTRUC. & REAL ESTATE - Con. COMMODITY PRICES £/ Revised. _p_/ Preliminary. 1953 ITFM r434 r!90 101 r!62 r38l 492 178 165 155 410 502 179 172 158 427 New construction - Con. Public, total m i l . dol Res i dent i a 1 do . . M' rt Highway d "I In r 1, 131 r54 375 r 1 118 r43 r373 r 121 405 r89 rQft r-OQ 561 604 556 580 639 601 60 1 — •ZQ-X 9- °- • do. . r 1 "*iA r380 1 47 375 120 400 77 \f\f r-R 1 Other types do The American Appraisal Co * Avg. 30 cities 1913.100 At lanta. ; do New York. do.. I9R 551 574 583 639 601 526 574 394 41 1 416 417 Dept. store sales, U.S. total: Unadjusted index. . 1947-49=100 Adjusted index do.. 113 108 89 113 ^ r97 II 1 p i 13 p!08 EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau Census): C i v i l i a n labor force. .. .thous. Emp 1 oyed do . . Agr i cu 1 tura 1 do. . Nonagr [cultural do. . Unemployed do. . 63,698 62,260 7,548 54,712 1,438 64,668 63,120 7,628 55,492 1,548 64,648 63,408 7,274 56,134 1,240 63,552 62,306 7,262 55,044 1,246 50 479 CA AfifL AQ QQ/ e i 24,747 23,694 22,147 26,176 24,964 21,085 25,958 25,063 20,993 25,567 25,235 20,933 e 14 St. Louis do Associated General Contractors (all types) 1913=100 583 ft TO 521 C.-IA DOMESTIC TRADE FINANCE Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of month: 516 Assets, total m i l dol 180 Reserve bank credit out183 standing, total... m i l . dol. 144 U. S. securities do.. Gold certif. reserves. . .do. . 428 i -*f\ MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1952 ITEM September August July September FINANCE - Con. Federal Reserve banks condition, end of month - Con. 50,479 Liabilities, total., m i l . do!. 21,455 Deposits do. . 20,066 Member bank res. bal...do.. 319 Excess reserves, est. do.. 25,215 FR notes in circulat.. do.. 47.5 Reserve ratio «p< "cent Federal Government f inane.*: Gross debt (direct), end of month m i l . dol. 262,682 Interest bear ing, total . .do. . 260,577 222,216 Public issues do 38,360 Special issues do.. 2, 105 Non i nterest bear i ng do . . Obligations guaranteed by 40 U, S. Government. . .mi 1 . dol. Bonds * 49,994 20,623 19,278 p463 25 > 983 45.0 50,466 21,068 19,607 590 25,872 44.9 272,669 270,603 230,009 40,594 2,066 51, 130 20,815 19,309 p482 26,033 44.7 273,206 272,937 271,145 270,744 230 157 229,785 40,988 40,958 2, 193 2,061 63 63 64 115. 1 92.98 116.9 92.89 116.9 93.40 3.55 3 28 3.42 3.62 3.86 3 42 3.56 3.67 3.51 3.24 3.39 3.56 3.85 3 37 3.54 3.61 3.54 3.29 3.43 3.56 3.88 3.39 3.58 3.65 2.99 2.99 2.89 3.00 2.88 2.97 3.98 4.15 2,01 3 09 2 89 3 10 3.99 4.16 2.07 3 11 2 89 3.99 4.15 2.07 3 11 2.89 3 10 5.46 5 44 5 46 6 30 4.70 3.40 5.75 5 79 5 57 7 01 4.66 3.46 5.74 5 76 5 56 7 !3 4.64 3.40 4 3"* 4 30 4 30 r»~ : -*»- . Dom. municipal (15 bonds), 126.6 S&P Corp. dol.p«r $100 bond 96.86 U. S. Treasury do.. Yields: 3.19 Dom. cor p. (Moody 's). . .percent 2 95 By rat i nos * Aaa do 3.07 Aa do. . 3.22 A do. . 3.52 Baa .do. . 3 02 By groups* Industrial do 3.20 Pub. uti 1 . .do. . 3.36 Rai Iroad. . .do. . Dom. municipal (15 bonds), 2.33 S&P Corp percent 2.71 U . S . Treasury do. . Stocks: Dividend rate per share: 3.95 Common (200), Moody 's.dol lars 4.20 Industrial (125) do.. 1.92 Public uti lity (24) do.. 2 81 Rai Iroad (25) do 2 68 Banks (15) do 2 87 Insurance ( 10) do Dividend yields* 5.56 Common ( 200 ), Mood y's. per cent 5 63 Industrial (125) do 5 28 Public utility (24) do 6 03 Rai Iroad (25) do 4.23 Banks (S5) do.. 1 nsurance ( 10) . , , do. . 3. 18 Pref. stocks, II high-grade, 4 12 STOCKSJ . . . , .001 . per sn r 105 29 *»"7O Af\ Kf\ TU\ Dai !r-/-\*rl f 1f\\ rj Revised. An l(\f\ AT. 106 08 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS SLf\ Af\ Ift-K 10 100 98 ">f\\ on AQ !A 94 46 ITEM July September FINANCE - Con. Stocks - Con. Prices - Con. Combined index (480 stocks), SAP Corp 1935-39-100 Industrial (420) do.. Capital goods (129)... do.. Consumers' goods (195) 1935- 39*100 Public utility (40) do.. Rai Iroad (20) do.. TRANSPORTATION Freight car load. (A. A. R. ) : J./ August September 188.2 204.2 187.6 185.5 200. 1 185.9 187.3 202.1 188.1 179.2 192.6 180.2 172.8 1 18.5 171. 1 171.7 1 19.2 173.7 172.8 121. 1 170.2 165.4 1 19.6 156.1 3,364 636 Coal do. . 57 Coke do . . 179 Forest products .do. . 186 Grain and grain prod do.. 49 L i vestock do , . 388 Ore * do. . Merchandise, 1 .c. 1 . . . . . .do. . 289 2,964 397 50 172 236 25 378 257 4,022 678 64 238 254 38 473 347 3, 153 532 49 176 198 40 361 271 14,389 14,497 15,237 13,214 76,019 78, 129 69,343 94,541 80,825 74,204 69,498 103,906 83,241 69,250 65,450 117,897 81,144 57,547 55, 167 141,494 METALS & MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Shipments from upper lake ports thous. i. tons Zinc, slab: Production .sh. tons Shipments, total do.. Domest 5 c do . . Stocks, end of month do.. PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Coal, production: Anthrac 5 te . . . . thous . sh . tons 3,761 2,475 35,045 Bituminous do. . 46,885 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: 8, 173 #6,928 Production ..thousands 9,555 Sh i pments ... do. . #7,983 3,616 # I , 633 Original equipment do #10,637 14,883 Stocks end of month . do Inner tubes: 6,395 #4,860 Production do #5,423 r7,302 Shipments .. . do.. 12,097 #10,627 Stocks end of month do TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Motor vehicles, factory sales, tota 1 . .,....„ number #270,982 705,132 376 Coaches tota 1 do #349 368 #271 Domest 5 c do . r599, 134 Passenger cars, total ... .do. . #218,577 r58 1,870 #21 1, 140 Domestic . do. #52,056 105,622 Trucks total do 92,788 Domestic do.. #45,204 r2,378 p2,546 40,275 p4 1,095 7,416 8,798 3,130 13,550 5,679 6,529 10,226 615,386 451 41 1 513,457 501,055 101,478 89,911 J./ Data for August 1953 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY KM PHVATE USE TO AVOW FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OPttCIAL BU«NIM Pernlt.No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 106 21 "77*7 *9 1 AG A""* ine fLQ £/ Preliminary. # For August 1952, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 3 10 *>7n -3w 1953 1952 1953 PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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