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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avgiloble only with subscription to the monthly mogozine SURVEY Of CURRENT BUSINESS * * * * October 2, 1953 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY *** * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 ITEM Sept. 27 Sept. 27 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities 1947-49=100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do.. A l 1 other do.. 22 commodities 2/ do. . Department store soles do Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do Fai lures ind & comm number Bond yields domestic corpo— rate (Moody 's) 3/ percent 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM 1 10 8 97.8 105.6 I 14.6 89.7 120 *l 1 1 8 *I06.6 *II0.3 *l 13.2 95.2 **l 13 1 10 4 96.5 104. 1 1 14.7 90.3 102 **743 **7I 1 156 #861 #765 I3i 182 3 20 3 55 3 55 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39=100 1 10 7 Industrials (420) do.. 98.1 105.0 Production: 1 14.6 Bi turn. coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons Electric power, by utilities 87.6 mi 1 . kw.rhr. Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petroleum, crude 3/. .thous. bbi . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 152 Freight car loadings thous. cars .... do . . 3 54 M i see 1 1 aneou s . . Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 187.8 203.6 181.4 194.9 176.5 189.5 **l,929 1,623 1,611 **7,725 132,624 **6,439 7,963 116,760 6,417 8,395 138,649 6,405 134.5 **874 **407 125.2 71 1 342 128.3 824 402 178. 1 191.3 131,889 133.5 _]_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ Daily averages. 4/ Week ended Oct. 3, 133.2. * Monthly index for September 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 816,000; State programs, 765,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 August June July COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items.. 1947-49=100 Appare 1 do. . Dairy products do.. Fruits & vegetables. — .do.. Meats, poultry & fish., .do.. Hous i ng do . . Gas & electricity .do.. Housefurnishings .do. . Rent .do.. Medical care ...do.. 594 51 58 109 316 60 16,322 1,809 1,816 5,056 5,255 2,386 1 14.3 105. 1 1 16.6 III.O 118.7 1 19.4 114.6 105.0 107.6 118.2 118. 1 112. I 107.0 127.0 115.9 Reading and recreation. . .do. . Transportation do. . Other goods & services. . .do. . Wholesale p.. selected items: 56.3! Pig iron,comp.2/dol .per l.ton Steel, composite, finished .0498 dol. per Ib. Copper, eiectro.(N.Y. ). . . .do. . .2420 Lead, refined, pig, desil.1600 verized (N.Y.)...dol. per Ib. r_/ Revised. # For July 1952. Survey. 3/ Nominal price. August August June July August COMMODITY PRICES - Con. BUSINESS POPULATION industrial & comm. failures: Failures, total number Commercial service do.. Construction .do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. Retai 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. Liabi I ities,total. .thous. dol. Commercial service. .... .do. . Construction do. . Manufacturing & mi n ing.. do. . Reta } 1 trade do. . Wholesale trade do.. 1953 1952 ITEM ITEM 817 74 99 145 419 80 32,379 1,759 3,200 I I , f79 12,464 3,777 724 43 64 164 380 73 4!, 324 1,210 2,789 17, 139 11,282 8,904 1 14.5 104.6 113.7 107.5 121.7 1 ! 1.3 i 17.4 106.4 108.0 123.3 12!. 1 1 !2.6 107.8 129.4 118.2 i 14.7 104.4 ! 13.8 108. 3 118.2 M2.0 117.8 S06.4 108, i 123.8 121.5 112.6 107.4 129.7 118.3 54.80 56.22 .0513 .2969 .0524 .2969 ,1341 . 1368 Wholesale p., sel. items - Con. 700 Zinc, prime W. (St. Louis) .1100 . 1406 49 do 1 . per 1 b . 3/ 1.660 3/ 1.748 do.. 92 Wool, raw (Boston)... 148 340 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 71 Construction cost indexes: 28,529 Department of Commerce, com124. 1 122.4 1,077 posite 1947-49-100 3,868 E. H. Boeckh and Associates: 10,267 Average, 20 cities: Apts., hotels & off.bldgs.: 10,275 Brick and concrete 3,042 251.3 245.3 U. S. avg. 1926-29=100 249.6 244.5 Brick and steel do.. 253.8 257.1 Br i ck and wood do . . Comm. & factory bldgs.: I/ 115.0 248.6 257.5 104.3 Brick and concrete. .. .do. . 254.7 247.5 Brick and steel do.. 1 14. i 254.0 249.8 Br i ck and wood do . . 109. 1 257.0 Frame do . . 259.2 112.7 239.1 1 14. ! ! Steel do. . 231.2 Residences: 118.0 257.4 106,9 254.2 Br ick .... .do. . 253.5 251. 1 ?07.4 Frame do. . 125. 1 DOMESTIC TRADE 121.8 112.7 Radio advertising: 107.6 Cost of facilities, total #11,254 r 13, 127 thous. dol. 130.6 557 #196 Automotive, inc. acces..do.. 1 18.4 r4,063 #2,658 Drugs & toi letr ies do. . 433 #1,004 Elec. household equip... do.. 56.23 238 #338 F \ nanc i a I do. . r3,046 #2,604 Foods, soft dr inks, etc. .do. . .0524 386 #381 Gasoline 4 o i l do.. .2961 r 1,372 #1,079 Soap, cleansers, etc.... do.. 1,370 #700 Smok i ng mater i a 1 s do.. .1400 .1100 1.725 .1098 1.725 125.2 125.2 254.2 252.2 259.0 254.9 253.0 258.7 260.5 257.4 255.8 261.2 .241.2 261.0 257. 8 256.0 260.0 241.6 259.4 255.4 259.0 254.6 12,053 607 3,615 435 226 2,985 412 1,335 989 \J Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) is 192.3. 2/ See note on corresponding item in September 1953 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ITEM August July June August DOMESTIC TRADE - Con. Cans, metal, shipments, total sh tons Food do Nonfood do. . Shipments for sale do Steel products net shipments* Tota 1 thous sh tons Bars hot rol led* A 1 i grades do Reinforcing do Semimanufactures do Pipes and tubes do Plates do.. Rai Is .. . . do. . 57,876 3,771 5,894 3,498 7, 150 8,016 2,452 4,570 2,087 3,891 1,615 1,677 13,252 37,505 932 4,265 1,832 5,744 6, 179 1,809 2, 1 17 647 2,607 1,073 1, 191 9, 109 6,657 126,017 6,299 1 19,269 5,856 1 17,247 306 257,447 373,855 487,259 384,292 1,513 159,755 749 190,408 13,461 414,227 117,876 r!28 r309,894 r420,28l r568, 132 r468,377 rl, 199 r 152, 835 r638 r 163, 626 r!0,4IO r350,825 r 112,460 465 333,294 435,061 591,224 570,078 826 133,742 537 155, 136 9,147 268,257 126,574 FOODSTUFFS Stocks, cold storage, end mo.: Apples, fresh thous. bu. Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. Cheese, tota I do. . Fruits, frozen do.. Vegetables, frozen do.. Eggs: Shell thous. cases Frozen thous . I b . Meats, total I/ m i l . Ib. Beef and veal thous. Ib. Lamb and mutton do. . Pork, excluding lard.... do. . Pou Itry do. . 238 1 1 1,400 253,563 578,699 463,011 2, 169 144,326 701 167,437 11,318 407,558 144,508 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Shoes & slippers production total thous pairs Shoes, etc., exc. athletic, total thous pairs Men's .do 1 Youths and boys' do. Women 's do. . Misses' and chi Idren's do h Athletic Other footwear ' *d * do. do #38 520 40 824 40,297 #33 946 #7 256 #1 485 #18,385 #4 393 #2 427 #4 070 #169 #335 35,790 8 136 1 595 18 161 5 077 2 001 34,972 7,560 1,637 18,687 4,603 2 485 4 790 269 266 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Consumption by furnaces r7,276 thous. 1. tons Stocks, end of mo. , total . .do. . 34, 137 29,449 At furnaces .do.. 4,688 On Lake Erie docks do.. £/ Revised. A 5T-3 258 243 8,056 32,070 28,526 3,544 UNITED STATES DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS June #423,894 #293,370 #130,524 #388 040 357,201 220,481 136,720 31 1,009 446,040 299,306 146,734 406,630 #1,414 6,950 6,583 #130 #35 #120 #152 #107 #3 843 157 329 847 614 162 794 166 295 801 587 156 #425 #59 #35 #29 #125 #108 1,924 190 210 397 441 426 1,957 151 161 414 405 ........ 328 84,948 r88,063 79,368 112,570 124,480 95,366 127,910 r 139,300 r 104, 481 77, 100 58, 126 83,771 82,705 106,749 106,985 78,825 41,836 41,269 39,767 36,880 44, 140 56,569 40,210 35,652 61,017 38,022 40,836 58, 103 311. 1 317.0 273.4 342.2 r247.3 r267.6 p287.9 p30l,4 #6,299 5,690 5,533 197 506 #188 7)5 259,280 313,005 607,402 1,163,831 397,769 524,479 159 446 233, 191 674,459 316,289 296,589 991,637 603,760 2 475 r35 045 p2 353 p40 275 COAL AND PRODUCTS Coal production* . "" i uimnous * *. o. . 2 653 34 |7 1 2 886 r38 800 TEXTILE PRODUCTS 8,150 45,579 39,988 5,591 Rayon and acetate: Shipments, dom. , producers': Filament yarn m i l . Ib. Staple (incl. tow) do.. Stocks, producers', end mo.: Filament yarn mi!. Ib. Staple (incl. tow) do.. 84.7 28.0 80.2 27.2 r78.6 r26.7 74.6 28.6 57.7 15.0 56.9 29.8 r59. ! r32.8 61.4 34.3 2/ Data for June 1953 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENAITY F0« PRIVATE USE TO AVOID FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUMNEM Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 8,239 38,829 34,443 4,386 Sheets do. . Strip* Cold rolled do Hot rol led do Structural shapes. ..... .do. . Tin plate & terneplate. .do. . Wire & wire prod. .. do Copper : Product i on : Mine or smelter ....sh. tons Refinery do.. Deliveries, ref., dom....do.. Stocks, ref., end of mo do.. Lead, refined (primary ref.): Product i on sh . tons Shipments (domestic) .do . Stocks end of month do Machine tools: New orders 1945-47=100 Shipments. do.. Pumps, steam, power, etc.: Orders, new . thous. dol Electrical appl., sales b i l l e d : Vacuum cleaners stand number Washers do Radio sets, production 2/.do.. Television sets prod 2/ do PETROLEUM j>/ Preliminary. # For July 1952. ±/ Excluding lard. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE August July August METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Con. Magazine advertising: Cost, total thous. do I. #35,240 #862 Apparel & accessories ..do*. #3,702 Automotive, inc. acces..do.. #1,388 Bu i I d i ng mater i a I s do #5,816 Drugs & toi letries do #5,695 Foods, soft dr i nks,etc. .do. . #1,977 Beer, wine, liquors do.. #1,646 Household equip., etc. .do.. #579 Household furnishings ..do.. #2,643 Industrial materials ...do.. #745 Soaps cleansers, etc .do . Smok i ng mater i a I s do . . #1, 198 #8,989 A l l other do.. Money orders issued, domestic (50 cities): 6, 174 Number thousands 1 19,935 Value thous. do I f 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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