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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * * # * October 22, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthJy SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 J953 1954 1953 !954 I TCU Oct. 17 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. .. 1947-49-100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do. . A l 1 other do. . 22 commod i t i es 2/ do . . Department s+ore sales, . . .do. . Insured unemployment, total thous . State programs . do. Fa i lures, ind & comm number Bond y i e l d s domestic corporate (Moody 's) 3/ percent *l 10.2 *95.3 *I04.7 *l 14.6 86. ! **!20 Oct. 2 90.3 I 10 Oct. 9 109.6 92.2 103.3 1 14,6 •90.8 ! 18 Oct. 17 Oct. 16 109.7 92.9 103 4 i 14 6 90.3 **6i2 **76i 169 #1,677 #1,515 192 230 152 3 45 3. 14 3 14 3 13 Stock prices (480), Standard 181.7 and Poor's '.. 1935-39-100 Industrials (420) do.. 195. 1 Product ion : Bitum. coat 3/. . thous. sh. tons *» 1,542 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw . ~ hr . *»8,307 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 145,697 Petroleum, crude 3/. .thous. bb 1 . 6,223 Steel (Ingots & for castings, quantity) 4/ 1947-49=100 135.2 **804 Freight car load ings. thous, cars **394 Miscellaneous do . Oct. 2 244.8 272.8 Oct. 9 246.6 275. 1 1,332 1,375 9, 158 81,027 6,050 9, 193 79, 108 6,057 104.5 722 358 105.3 703 348 Oct. 16 243.2 270.8 59,604 108.0 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Wednesday prices. 3/ D a i l y average. 4/ Week ended October 23, 109,3. * Monthly index for October 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,702,000; State programs, 1,535,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1953 (954 1 TFM July August GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial prod. (FRB) : Unadj. index, total. 1947-49=100 Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures., do.. Primary metals do Metal fabricating do.. Fab. metal products, .do. . Machi nery do. . Transportation equip. do.. Instruments, etc do.. Furniture & fixtures. .do. . Lumber & products do.. Stone, clay & glass. ..do.. Nondurable mfs do. . Food & beverage mfs... do.. Tobacco manufactures .. do. . T e x t i l e - m i l l prod. . . . .do. . Apparel &, al 1 ied prod do Leather & products. , . .do. . Paper & al 1 ied prod. . do . Printing & pub 1 ishing.do. . Chemicals etc do Petroleum & coal prod. do.. Rubber products do Miner a Is do. . Coa 1 do. . Crude o i l & nat. gas... do.. 135 137 15! 127 164 137 158 182 155 1 15 *I22 136 122 124 **94 *I07 *l 15 *I03 *I35 122 145 133 *I22 122 84 136 HI6 r 116 r 125 r94 r 138 r 1 16 r 128 r!65 r!32 99 90 r 128 r 107 r 109 92 r8l 91 r87 120 r l 13 138 r!22 85 r 1 10 57 r!33 96 1 10 102 p i 37 1 16 145 124 92 II 1 68 130 Adj. index, total do.. Manufactures. do. . Durable manufactures. , .do. . Pr i mar y met a 1 s do . . Metal fabricating do.. Fab. metal products. .do. . Machinery do. . Transportation equip. do.. 1 nstruments, etc. . . . do. . Furniture & f ixtures. .do. . Lumber & products do Stone, clay & glass... do., 133 135 152 130 166 135 161 186 155 1 14 *l 16 134 r!23 r 124 r 134 r!03 r 147 r!22 r 141 r!70 r 136 r 106 96 r!3l 124 125 135 106 148 124 145 167 136 109 97 131 r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. 1954 1 TFM Septembe * August 1953 data. 124 V25 132 101 145 124 I3& 165 134 107 102. 134 1 17 1 15 September p!26 p!27 p 134 p i 06 p!45 p!23 p i 42 p!58 p!37 p!09 p!33 p!2l p!2l p!2l p i 50 p!26 pM2 p69 p!30 p!24 p!25 p!35 p!08 p!46 p!2l p)44 p i 62 p!37 p!08 p!3l ** J u l y 1953 data. September 0?EN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con, Indust, prod., adj. index - Con. 117 •Nondurable mfs... 1947-49* 100 rl08 Food & beverage mfs.... do.. Tobacco manufactures, .do.. **I03 *I04 Text! le-mi 1 1 products, .do. . *I09 Apparel 4 a l l i e d prod.. do.. *97 Leather & products do.. *I33 Paper & a l l i e d prod..,. do.. Printing & pub 1 1 shing. .do. . 121 147 Chemicals, etc do.. 131 Petroleum & coal prod.. do.. Rubber products do. . *I27 118 Mi nera Is do.. 81 Coa 1 do . . 136 Crude o i l & nat. gas do.. COMMODITY PRICES Wholesale prices (Dept. Labor) : A l l commodities 1947-49=100 Farm products do Fruits and vegetab les. . .do. . Gra i ns do. . Livestock, 1 i ve pou itry.do. . Foods, processed do. . Cereals & bakery prod... do.. Dairy prod. & ice cream. do.. Fruits and vegetab les. . .do. . Meats, poultry & fish... do.. Commodities other than farm prod. & foods. .. 1947-49=100 Chemi ca 1 s , etc do . . Chemicals, indust do.. Drugs, etc do. . Fats and o i l s do., Fert i 1 i zer mater i a 1 s . . . do . Fuel, power, etc .do.. Coa 1 do. . £ lectricity do. . Gas do. . Petroleum & products. . .do. . 1 1 1.0 98 1 96.0 88 3 90.6 106.6 110.8 III.3 104.7 97.4 1 14.7 106.7 120.0 93.5 51. 1 .113.0 '10.9 112.3 98.0 106.0 116.5 July August September rll5 r!05 101 r95 r 106 r 100 !33 121 148 r!22 96 rl 12 70 r!33 115 106 pM6 p!06 93' 105 96 p i 35 121 149 121 95 109 68 130 p!20 p!5l p!24 1 10.4 96 2 110.9 88. 1 83.2 r 106.5 114.0 105. 1 104.7 94. 1 1 10.5 r95 8 108.3 91.2 83.4 r 106 4 113.2 r 105.9 M04.8 92.0 1 10.0 93 6 99.8 93.6 80.7 105.5 113.8 106.7 104.9 92.0 114.3 1 14.4 106.7 106.8 1 17. 1 117.4 94.0 94.0 52.0 53.5 r 1 12. 1 ' 112.1 r 106.9 r 106.2 104.9 105.2 101.8 r 102.4 105.4 r 105.4 109.3 108.2 p!09 p66 p!30 114.4 106.8 1 17.4 94.0 53.8 112.3 107.0 105.4 102.4 105.4 109.4 MONTHLY 1953 BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 1954 September July T h f UC x'h't'ba* 'd ' ' Beverages, alcohol ic. .do. . Cigarettes do. . July August September FINANCE 1, 1 17 1,575 1,271 Bank debits, total (345 cen147,699 r 154,852 1 15.4 ters) mi 1. dol. 54,888 109.7 61, 155 New York City dp.. 31,556 31,422 6 other centers do. . 112.8 95.4 Bonds j 68.7 Yields: 3.54 3.15 Dom.corp. (Moody 's) . . .percent 93.2 2.89 3.29 1 1 1.8 By ratings: Aaa do.. 3.04 3.43 Aa do.. 51.5 3. 17 3.56 A do. . 84.0 3.50 3.88 119.5 Baa do.. 3.39 3. 10 By groups: -1 ndustr ial .do. . 1 19.2 3. 13 3.58 124.4 Pub. uti l..do., 3.23 121.9 Rai Iroad. . .do. . 3.65 131.6 Stocks : 125.7 Dividend rate per share: 118.9 4.24 3.98 Common (200), Moody 's. do 1 lars 4.47 129.0 4. 15 Industrial (125) do.. 2.07 2. 13 1 14.2 Public utility (24) do.. 134. I 3. 15 3. I I Rai Iroad (25) do.. 126. 1 3.01 2.82 Banks (15) do. . 3.37 121.7 3. 10 1 nsurance (10) do. . 135.4 Dividend yields: 117.8 5.73 4.61 Common (200) , Moody 's. per cent 4.54 5.76 122. 1 Industrial (125) do.. 116.3 4.56 5.56 Public uti 1 ity (24) do.. 7. 13 126.5 5.95 Rai Iroad (25) do.. 126,9 4.35 4.53 Banks (15) do.. 2.73 3.40 129.6 1 nsurance (10) do. . 95.3 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 98.6 Paints, varnish, and lacquer: 89.2 Factory shipments, total 128.4 thous dol * 12 1,687 r 1 18,024 85 8 *47 , 970 r4l, 182 Industrial sales do 109 6 *73,7I7 r76,842 Trade sales do 121 5 114..3 FOODSTUFFS 124.0 Livestock slaughter: 640 687 Ca 1 ves thous . an 1 ma 1 s 1,622 1,644 Cattle do. . 4,059 3,325 Hogs do. . 1,209 1,479 1,366 Sheep and lambs do.. M28.9 135.0 134.7 141.7 134.4 141.4 134.7 141.7 1 14.9 109. 1 114.2 94.8 74.2 99.7 1 1 1.8 74.2 94.5 119.2 1 18.3 124.0 122.3 130.9 126.2 118.6 128.5 115.8 134.6 122.8 120.7 132.0 1 17.4 122. 1 1 16.9 126.5 124.0 126.4 96.9 98.5 93.7 134.7 86 7 1112 1 16 2 III.2 124.0 ! 15.3 109.7 112.8 95.6 r70.3 r94.9 1 1 1.8 58.2 r86.5 r 1 19. -1 r 1 18.6 124.3 122.3 r 131.5 H25.8 118.9 128.0 1 14.0 133,6 124.2 120.4 132.0 rl!7.7 122.1 1 16.2 126.5 126.8 129.3 95. 1 r98.4 88.9 124.2 r85 7 109 8 121 4 114.2 124.0 r 1 15.3 109.7 1 12.9 r95 4 r68.5 r94.0 r l 1 1.8 55.8 r84.4 r 1 19. 1 1 18.7 124.3 r!22. 1 131.5 M25.7 118.9 128.6 r 1 14. 1 133.8 125. 1 120.5 M32.3 r l 17.9 122.1 1 i6.3 126.5 126.4 129.6 95.3 98.6 89. 1 126.3 85 7 1 10 3 121 5 114.3 124.0 CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE Contract awards, engineering const, (ENR), valut J/.ml l.dol. Construction cost (ENR): 2/ Bui Id ing. 1947-49.100 Construction do. . September August • September COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Wholesale prices - Con. Furniture, etc. . 1947-49= 100 Appliances, household. do. . Furniture, household. .do. . Radios . .do. Te 1 ev i s i on sets do . . Hides, skins, etc do.. Footwear do. . Hides and skins do. . Leather do . . Lumber & wood prod do.. Lumber do. . Machinery, motive prod. do.. Agr i . machinery, etc., do.. Construction mach do.. Elec. mach. & equip... do.. Motor vehicles do.. Metals & metal prod do.. Heat i ng equ i pment do . . 1 ron and stee 1 do. . Nonferrous metals do.. Nonmet. minerals, struc.do.. C 1 ay products do. . Concrete products do.. Gypsum products do. . Pulp, paper, etc do.. Paper do. . Rubber and products. .. .do. . Tires and tubes do.. Textile prod., etc do.. Apparel do. . Cotton products do. . Si Ik products do. . Svnthetic texti les do 1954 1 TFM 1 TCM DOMESTIC TRADE Newspaper advertising! Linage, total (52 cities) thous 1 i nes * 198, 647 *56,553 Classified do Display total do . * 142, 095 Automotive . . do. . *l 1,417 *2,02I Financial . . ...do.. Genera 1 • . . do. . *23,034 Retal 1 do.. *I05,623 1 85 , 77 1 50, 193 135,579 1 1 , 520 3,227 23,952 96,880 199,363 53,001 146,362 10,781 2,278 23,526 109,777 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel ingots and steel for castings: Production thous. sh. tons Percent of capacity Copper : Production: Mine or smelter sh. tons Ref I nery do. . Deliveries, ref., dom....do. . Stocks, ref., end of mo.. do.. Radio sets, prod. 3/. thousands Television sets, prod. 3/.do.. 151,525 58,316 31,526 149,907 56,744 30,922 3; 14 2.87 3.03 3. 15 3.49 3.07 3.12 3.21 3. 13 2.89 3.04 3. 13 3.47 3.07 3. 13 3.22 4.22 4,43 2. 13 3. 15 3.05 3.37 4.22 4.43 2. 13 3.15 3.07 3.37 4.75 4.66 4.69 6.30 4.32 2.79 4.46 4.31 4.64 6. 12 4.39 2.77 121,572 45,004 76,568 649 1,635 3,852 1,207 706 1,638 4,743 1,290 8,883 92 6,628 63 6,667 63 6,807 67 86,748 1 14,760 104,886 72,907 1,216.5 770.1 75,667 107,095 97,436 68,921 438. 1 307.0 61,609 103,901 92,475 58,387 785.5 633.4 68,627 87,623 88,947 47,666 951. 1 920.7 £/ Revised. * August 1953 data. J/ Data for J u l y and September 1954 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. £/ Data reported at the beginnl^Tg of each mon^h are shown here for the previous month. 3/ Data for September 1953 and September 1954 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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