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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoilqble only with lubtcription to the monthly mogorln. SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS OCTOBER 17. 1952 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS 193*-St • IOO BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 300 9.0 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and Stwl for Castings) ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES 25O 8.O 200 7.0 -« 6.0 -r*~** ISO 100 11 i 11 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 I i i i i 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JAN.rtl.MAM. APR. MAY JUNE JULYAUO. SEPT. OCT. NOV. OCcT 5.0 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1947-49-IOO I6O m' m ' f n1 j m * ' IA " ui' uj f ' Jui.1 MOTOR-VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger Cars and Trucks) DEPARTMENT - STORE SALES and STOCKS 140 120 100 80 1949 I95O 195! 1952 1950 1949 1952 1951 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1952 1951 ITEM Oct. 6 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 111.3 106.2 110.0 112.7 290.5 .386 2.42 113 704 672 311.1 105.2 109.8 112.7 290.4 .386 2*42 112 311.0 105.9 108.4 312.6 288.7 .383 2.41 116 111.0 106.0 108.2 112.6 287.0 29,368 24,872 20,340 819 29,314 25,249 21,067 1,204 29,303 24,857 20,581 747 29,262 24,%3 20,098 356 29,576 25,384 20,239 662 23,366 8,882 50,878 71,085 30,864 20,3U 126 3.10 186.9 204.3 24,802 9,812 52,925 75,303 31,786 21,235 91 3.19 187.2 203.1 31,576 12,733 53,221 76,019 31,928 21,516 145 3.19 186.4 202.1 28,693 11,2% 52,274 75,532 31,685 21,606 .156 3.20 187.8 203.6 29,997 12,450 52,317 75,773 31,579 21,671 129 3.21 185.6 201.1 1,838 7,160 134,479 6,248 228*0 869 416 1,975 7,654 127,685 6,386 234.5 881 409 1,930 7,725 138,380 6,439 237.6 874 407 1,672 7,625 132,624 6,431 242.0 862 414 1,4% 7,665 134,671 6,438 245.9 852 416 Oct. 13 Sept. 13 *113.7 *H1.5 854 834 33lU .367 2.41 317 884 863 311.4 107.2 110.3 112.6 289.6 .394 2.41 114 743 711 28,345 25,0?0 20,004 1,161 28,454 25,025 19,939 1,071 29,474 12,156 50,517 71,223 30,878 20,171 133 3.10 188.6 206.5 1,820 7,156 106,359 6,257 229.8 859 408 Sept. 20 Commodity prices, wholesale: Wheat, 'No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) ^/......dol. per bu** Department store sales.. ..................... ...1947-49=100.. Insured unemployment, total***** ••••••••••••• ..••••••*thous«« 333.9 .366 2.41 no Finance: Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: U. S. Government obligations.......... ........... do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)... do.... Failures industrial and oonufcFixclal ...•••••...• •number •• Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) ^/••••••••percent** Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor's).. 1935-39=100.. Production: Electric power, by utilities*... Steel £/..... ......mil. of kw.-hr.. 1935-39fc=100*. 2.41 11,091 3.21 185.8 201.3 130,453 248.0 ]Data do not always cover calendar weeks, 2/ Thursday prices* 2/ Dally averages. £/ Week ending October 18, 246.2. * Monthly index for October 1951. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 19 51 August 19 52 September June July August September COMMODITY HUCES Wholesale prices of selected commodities: 0.673 • 595 0.682 •630 0.690 .404 0.714 .525 0.737 •553 0.732 •553 1.705 2.339 1.712 2.341 1.763 2.350 1.735 2.314 1*764 2.413 1.716 2,474 36.39 20.35 .578 .544 36.99 19.62 •594 .559 32.22 19.25 .540 .535 32.53 19.% .534 .552 32.52 19.98 .559 .612 32.19 19.11 .562 .569 •?0471 •0471 •2420 .1700 .1750 3/1.825 .0471 •2420 .1526 .1574 1/1.600 •0476 .2420 .1600 .1500 1.627 .0498 .2420 .1600 .1406 1/1.660 .0498 •2420 .1600 .1398 1/1.5% 12,992 4,398 8,594 18,761 8,693 10,068 r!4,000 r4,887 9,113 17,847 7,733 r!3,646 r4,492 r9 154 r!7,810 in.n/ rlO,343 13,391 4,240 9 l*»l 17,284 7 ?9^ 9,991 rl!3 107 105 ill 84 105 98 ll/ 4.5 5.3 .4 1.4 3.1 .4 4.3 5.1 .3 1.3 3.1 .4 4.9 3.9 .3 1.1 2.2 .3 4.4 5.0 .3 2.2 2.2 .3 P5.7 •m,i9n 41^363 69,827 107,504 41,145 66,359 129,870 54,922 74,948 131,960 57,052 74,908 110,578 43,166 67,412 66,455 59,701 66,777 59, 961 70,334 63,083 70,774 63,590 71,123 63,855 58,975 37,652 12,326 10,050 10,587 3,065 11,675 721 15,518 1,319 14,198 2,175 1,378 1.531 61,857 38,780 11,0% 8,989 11,066 3,238 13,380 847 16,852 1,439 15.413 2.246 1,498 1,633 62,201 39,079 11,134 9,007 11,109 3,251 13,585 750 16,976 1*454 15,521 2.254 1,510 1*634 62,495 39.184 11,131 9,025 11,184 3,253 13,615 758 17,082 1,463 15,619 2,262 1,520 1,688 132.1 98.90 132.0 99.10 130.9 98.32 130.4 98.40 128.6 97.09 126.6 96.86 3.12 2.88 2.92 3.17 3.50 2.92 3.13 3*31 2.04 2.57 3.08 2.84 2.88 3.15 3.46 2.89 3.09 3.27 2.05 2.56 3.17 2.94 3.03 3.20 3.50 2.98 3.20 3.32 2.10 2.61 3.17 2.95 3.04 3.19 3.50 2.99 3.20 3.33 2.12 2.61 3.18 2.94 3.06 3.21 3.51 3.00 3.20 3.34 2.22 2.70 3.19 2.95 3.07 3*22 3.52 3.02 3.20 3.36 2.33 2.71 2U.9 40.6 102.4 2.5 1,148.4 81.1 761.2 92.2 1,176.4 79.8 754.0 97.6 541.7 127.0 198.5 6.8 230.8 50.3 106.1 3.3 1,158.3 77.7 754.9 95.0 Grains and grain products: Livestock and meats: Beef, fresh, steer carcasses, good (N. Y.)..dol. per lb.« Jbrk, fresh, loins, 8-12 Ib. (New York).., do.... Metals and manufactures: 0 4?o Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (New York )...«.... do*.. . Wool, raw, territory, fine, scoured (Boston).. do.««. .1700 .1750 1/2.230 DOMESTIC TRADE Retail trade: -All retail stores: 13,074. 4,387 8,687 1 9,429 Estimated inventories (adjusted) , total 2/« ...... . .do . . • . 9.154 10,275 Department store sales, United States total: 93 109 EMPLOYMENT Labor turn-over in Manufacturing establishments: r7 Z/>7 pl!2 P106 p4.5 p. 3 p.9 P3.0 p.3 FINANCE Life insurance, assets, admitted: All coniD&iiies (institute of Life Insur.) est. total. do.. •• 123,886 49,278 74,608 49 companies (Life Insurance Association of America): r58,703 r37,573 12,410 10,166 Public utility. ..•.««.••««.«.«.*•••••••••••••• .do. . • • 10,548 3,0/4 r11, 572 739 15,365 1,310 14,054 2,167 rl,362 rl,498 Bonds and stocks book value total... ••••••••••• do*. •« Government (domestic and foreip^)* total. ...... do. ... Bonds : Prices: Standard and Boor's Corporation: Domestic municipal (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond.. Yields: A do.... Dom. municipal (15 bonds), Stand, and Poor's Corp. .do.... Stocks: Cash dividend payments publicly reported......mil. of dol.. r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. I/ Nominal price. 2/ These figures are not yet revised to the new retail sales series shown above. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in month3y issue* of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1951 August 19 52 September June July August September FINANCE ~ Continued Stocks - Continued Cash dividends publicly reported - Continued 42.4 76.2 55.8 45.6 25.0 88.9 55.9 12.4 38.7 13.5 .8 49.1 6.4 10.4 4*4 42.0 75.7 42.4 47.1 23.5 3.% 3.% 4.22 1.91 2.69 2.64 2.88 3.% 4.22 1.92 2.71 2.64 2.87 3.95 4.20 1.92 2.81 2.68 2.87 5.39 5.41 5.44 5.61 4.52 4.09 5.46 5.51 5.31 5.68 4.39 3.15 4.12 5.56 5.63 5.28 6.03 4.23 3.18 4.12 2,608 478 22 179 232 26 % 278 1,298 2,236 317 15 170 255 24 44 257 1,155 3,882 613 58 243 263 42 447 364 1,852 3,363 636 57 179 187 49 387 289 1,579 18,795 88.5 378,000 4.3,789 18,101 77.5 367, 535 42,234. 19,099 78.2 387,693 44,530 19,177 82.3 386,219 44,698 A3 23A 37 532 36 130 30.8AA 39,747 35,4.08 38.520 33,946 46,552 40,703 9,156 1,468 19,862 4,480 2,566 5,091 198 413 7,969 1,258 15,580 3,800 2,237 4., 660 189 437 8,279 1,586 17,926 4,728 2,889 3,816 181 342 7,256 1,485 18,385 4,393 2,427 4,070 169 335 8,986 1,949 21,910 5,135 2,723 5,24.9 13,229 12,672 2,487 1,904 14,368 14,389 8,739 99 8,660 101 1,639 18 1,627 r!8 8,499 92 9,034 102 74,035 74,191 65,6% 11,244 / n/ <j 70,623 64,632 58,4.36 17,235 3/J&-5 77,463 47,265 36,894 63,342 353.8 76,930 43,353 r 38, 714 96,919 343.9 78,167 78,435 T~i Q£.O 72, 963 96,651 311.6 3,514 3,178 3,103 2,484 2,663 3,694 31,460 20,235 133 2,930 582 7,369 2,569 208 2,978 80,744 79,108 1,636 25,800 r20,270 104 r3,293 603 7,597 2,342 229 3,219 r79,359 r77,698 1,661 34,320 27,449 403 8,259 681 8,250 2,722 532 5,212 81,156 7V,485 1,671 46,870 .7 47.3 7.8 7.8 5.8 40.0 66.0 35.9 50.4 21.6 4»11 4.4.5 1.88 2.58 2.63 2.73 4.12 4.47 1.90 2.55 2.63 2.73 5.86 5.98 5.67 6.33 4.67 3.20 4.13 5.91 6.03 5.78 6.13 4.70 3.28 4.16 5.45 5.48 5.51 5.64 4.56 3.18 4.04 4,120 740 82 240 269 44 446 372 1,928 3,312 605 64. 181 202 59 337 291 1,573 19,653 76.3 3%, 000 AS 928 Dividend rate per share: Dividend yields: Pref. stocks, 11 high-grade (Stand, and Poor's Corp.).do.... 4.22 1.91 2.69 2.64 2.88 3 21 TRANSPORTATION Freight carloadings: FOODSTUFFS Wheat flour: Production: Flour • • • • ••• ••• ...thous. of sacks (100 Ib. ).. Shoes and slippers LEATHER AND PRODUCTS production total .•••••thous. of pairs* • thous. of pairs.. •i ants an oa ies ..«..««.«•••.*«•••••••••• •• Athletic • do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): Steel ingots and steel for castings: Zinc, slab: TT^iM/^vvvr Aj*ti-t vw«Av>4- (ntvit} vioir r»»rl£lT»a r»Q+ 1 QT7 39—1 HO 234 O/L/L 366 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Bituminous coal: 47,184. 31,521 990 8,742 701 8,625 4,064 579 5,135 75,414 73,492 1,922 42,954 30,190 850 8,454 688 8,288 3,902 544 5,564. 76,245 74., 352 1,893 r/ Revised. I/ Data for August 1951 and 1952 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1951 JiLly 19f>2 August May June July August PAPER AND PRINTING All paper and paperboard mills (Bureau of the Census)} Paper and paperboard production, total.thous. of short tons.* Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboard (American Raper and Pulp Association): Fine paper: Printing paper: Coarse paper: 1,997 975 906 116 r2,208 rl.106 r992 rllO 2,011 1,029 875 106 1,949 981 858 rl,762 r869 r783 no 2,052 985 941 126 812,4% 783,778 770,991 312,183 854,043 894,740 895,659 311,254 740,502 817,027 803,031 376,503 r753,235 r773,003 r769,654 r381,065 r715,195 r674,6!3 r671,085 r384,550 722,000 736,000 724,000 395,750 jna,?/,p 95,741 98>572 63,605 104,721 116,506 116,652 63,459 91,140 115,790 109,550 78,490 r89,628 rlOO,121 ,r%,843 r8l,9o5 r83,848 r84,195 r81,323 r84,750 80,000 98,000 97,000 85,750 268,285 254,382 254,294 113,845 290,115 304,666 305,590 112,920 261,286 288,313 285,851 140,488 r276,760 r278,120 r279,095 r!39,50a r262, 177 r238,014 r232,209 r!45,300 253,000 252,000 245,000 152,000 302,539 303,033 303,762 84,265 246,360 269,058 262,180 84,000 r237,383 r250,159 r240,2lO r95 000 r221,837 r21&,643 r212,651 r99,QOO 245,000 244,000 240,000 103,000 35,478 67,816 36,506 67,491 r 36, 347 63,988 36,946 72,995 r32,760 r84,839 32,678 84,299 76,250 61,419 89,527 74,951 67,260 96,382 61,368 67,339 154,339 64,040 66,203 151,324 58,992 r58,642 rl52,373 59,214 60,998 150,248 6,718 6,584 2,361 3,586 7,533 7,145 2,813 A. 033 7,433 7,443 2,719 13,263 7,366 9,003 2,617 11,668 7,097 7,3/8 1,186 n,647 6,933 7,989 1,632 10,637 5,179 5,042 5,685 A, 141 5,729 6,272 5,771 5,330 11,493 5,536 6,040 10,974 4,790 4,507 rll,223 4,867 5,431 10,627 22,439 24,259 14,812 5,601 22,514 25,841 11,491 21,829 23,282 23,220 9,513 20,748 25,067 18,8% 8,483 21,342 25,084 r!5,158 7,548 23,573 25,915 12,816 6,097 277,783 277,523 270,980 84,993 x no RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Synthetic rubber: Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Inner tubes: STONE, CIAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: 4,851 r/ Revised. 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