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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly mogorine SURVEY Of CURRENT BUSINESS » * * * October 29, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1954 1953 1954 ITPM ITEM Oct. 24 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities... 1947-49=100 *l 10.2 *95.3 Farm products do. . *I04.7 Foods, processed do. . A 1 1 other do . . *l 14.6 87. 1 22 commodities 2/ do. . **l 18 Department store sales. .. .do. . Insured unemployment, total thous. **835 «*783 State programs .do. . Failures, ind. & comm. . .number 185 Bond yields, domestic corpo3.43 rate (Moody ' s ) 3/ percent Oct. 9 109.6 92.2 103.3 1 14.6 90.8 1 18 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 109.7 92.8 103.4 1 14.6 90.3 1 19 109.4 91.4 103.3 1 14.6 90.4 #1,621 #1,458 230 152 229 3. 14 3. 13 3. 13 Oct. 24 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's 1935-39-100 185 4 Industrials (420) do.. 199.5 Production: Bitum coal 3/ thous sh tons **l 582 Electric power, by utilities mi 1. kw.-hr. **8,265 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 142,716 Petroleum, crude 3/ thous bbl **6 221 Steel (ingots & for castings 133.3 quantity) 4/ 1947-49-100 **823 Freight car load ings. thous cars **407 Miscellaneous . do Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 246 6 275. 1 243 2 270.8 242 6 270.2 1 381 1 377 9, 193 79, 108 6,057 9, 1 17 57,424 6 100 105.3 703 348 108.0 721 361 58,512 1 10. 1 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Wednesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Week ended October 30, 110.3. * Monthly index for October 1953. *» For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,678,000; State programs, 1,515,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1953 1954 September July August July August September EMPLOYMENT Industrial & comm. failures: 686 Failures, total number 31 Commercial service do.. 89 Construction do. . Manufacturing & mining.. do.. 145 Reta i 1 trade do. . 336 Wholesale trade do.. 85 Liabl 1 it 5es,tota 1 . . thous ^ dol . 33,817 Commercial service do.. 1,286 Construction do. . 4,451 Manufacturing & mining.. do.. 13,676 Reta i 1 trade do . . 9,790 Wholesale trade do.. 4,614 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cont. awarded, 37 States (F. W. Dodge Corp.): Tota 1 projects number Total valuation n i l . dol. Bui Iding, total do.. September September GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index, a l l items 1947-49=100 Apparel do. . Food do. . Dairy products do. . Fruits & vegetables do.. Meats, poultry &' fish... do.. Housing do. . Gas & electricity do.. Housef urn ish ings. do. . Rent. do. . Medical care do.. Per sona 1 care do . . Reading and recreation. . .do. . Transportation do. . Other goods & services. . .do. . 1954 ITFU 1 TPM 856 80 95 165 417 99 32,230 2,524 4,958 9,986 9,622 5,140 912 80 100 187 451 94 32,582 2,381 2,386 12,388 11,225 4,202 819 59 88 153 406 113 36,381 2,290 5,584 11,262 1 1,879 5,366 1 15 2 105.3 1 13.8 109.6 106.6 113.5 118. 4 106.9 108.1 126.0 122.6 112.9 107.8 130.7 118.5 1 15 2 104.0 1 14.6 104.3 120. 1 109.7 119.0 107.8 105.7 128.5 125.2 113.3 107.0 126.7 120.3 1 15 0 103.7 1 13.9 105.1 114.7 107.6 119.2 107.8 105.4 128.6 125.5 113.4 106.6 126.6 120.2 I/ 1 14.7 104.3 1 12.4 105.8 110.5 106.7 119.5 - 107.9 106.0 128.8 125.7 113.5 106.5 126.4 120.1 42,586 1,742 1,291 60,996 1,837 1,387 61,612 1,573 1,243 65,832 1,816 1,424 Labor turnover in manufacturing establishments: Access-ion rate mo. rate per 100 employees Separation rate, total... do.. D 1 schar ge do . . Lay-of f do. . Quit. do. . Military and misc do.. 4.0 5.2 .4 1.5 3. 1 .3 2.9 3. 1 .2 1.6 1. 1 .2 3.3 r3.5 .2 rl.7 rl.4 .3 P3.5 6,402 5,988 50 5,218 981 152 6,066 560 3, 148 2,827 45 2,059 790 254 4,827 213 4,801 3,91 1 48 3,806 828 1 19 6,731 332 5,280 4,951 48 4,277 839 1 17 5,019 539 327 3,787 1,392 336 3,061 1,218 334 p3,3!8 2,747 321 p3,223 936 126 1 14 164 137 131 59 216 43 139 109 6X> 94 119 151 54 159 38 125 III 90 90 119 I38 59 145 40 126 111 98 98 129 131 67 137 39 123 p4.0 P. 2 pi. 7 pi. 8 P. 2 FINANCE Federal Government finance: 21 Receipts, Treasury. . .mi 1 . dol. Receipts, net do.. Customs .do. . 1 ncome & emp 1 taxes do Mi seel, internal rev.... do.. A 1 1 other rece i pts do . Expenditures, total. do.. Interest on debt do.. Veterans' services and benefits do.. Nat i ona 1 secur i ty do . . A l l other expenditures. .do. . TRANSPORTATION Freight car load ings, indexes: Total, adjusted. . . 1935-39^100 Coa 1 do . . Coke .do. . Forest products. ....... .do. . Grain & grain prod. .... .do. . L i vestock ............... do. . Ore do . UAr-/*h*nH i tut \ r* 1 MIscel laneous. rlr» do. . £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. _[/ Index on base previously used (1935-39=100) Is 191.8. 2/ Effective with February 1954, data are reported on a budgetary basis; they are not entirely comparable with earlier data which are as originally shown in the daily Treasury Statement. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1953 1953 1954 September July August September September D i s t i l l e d spirits, consumption, for beverage purposes thous. wine gal . *I4,024 Wines & d i s t i l l i n g materials: Spark 1 i ng wi nes : Production. . .thous. wine gal. *II2 *95 Tax-paid withdrawals. .. .do. . * 1,448 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . Sti 1 1 wines: * 1,679 Production do Tax-paid withdrawa Is. . . .do. . *8,577 Stocks, end of month. .. .do. . * 143, 809 D I st i 1 1 i ng mater i a 1 s pro*4,020 duced at wineries do.. Rice, Southern States (Ark., La., Tenn., Tex.) : 950.7 Receipts, at mi 1 Is. . . .mi 1 . lu. 212.8 Shipments from mi 1 Is do. . Stocks, dom. , rough <S, cleaned 572.2 (cleaned basis) mi I Ib Livestock, shipments, feeder to 9 corn-belt States: 446 547 Sheep and lambs do.. 1,675 Meats, product ion, total .mi 1 . Ib. 925,007 Beef and veal thous Ib 57,474 Lamb and mutton do. . 692,034 Pork, i n c l u d i n g lard do.. 1 16,615 Lard do Stocks, cold storage, end mo.: 323,077 Butter, creamery. .. .thous. Ib. Cheese, tota 1 do. . 460,488 7,886 ADD les fresh thous bu Frozen fruits, juices & veg.: 373,521 Fruits thous. Ib. 207,345 Fruit juices do.. 688,353 Vegetab les. do. . 460 Meats, total m i l . Ib. 159,376 Beef and veal thous Ib 10, 1 13 Lamb and mutton do. . 200,597 Pork, excluding lard.... do.. 176,385 Pou 1 try do 494 EQQS * Shel 1 thous cases 109,869 Tobacco, manufactured prod.: *!7,8I4 Production, total .. .thous. Ib. *6,879 Chewing, p l u g & twist... do.. *7,569 Smok i no do . *3,367 Snuff do Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small, tax-free *2,770 mi 1 1 ions Cigarettes, small, tax-paid *34,658 mi 1 1 ions Cigars, tax-paid. . .thousands *497,670 Manufactured tobacco & snuff, *I7,539 tax-paid thous. Ibs. £/ Preliminary. 13,780 13,753 Leather production: Calf and kip thous. skins Cattle hide thous. hides Goat and kid thous. skins Sheep and lamb do.. 59 67 1,458 1 17 97 1,449 METALS AND MANUFACTURES 936 9,072 130,885 3,398 9,873 123,334 1,590 9,020 48.2 1 18.5 447.8 172.8 1, 1 13.7 216.0 272.0 361.3 821.8 174 100 1,641 920,803 52,385 667,645 129,394 314 248 1,673 919,606 53,00! 700,693 127,058 540 631 1,796 917,746 55,324 822,728 146,772 503,921 607,993 162 r508,476 r6 13,238 r245 489,611 611,806 6,795 336,630 458,007 492,594 530 122,333 8,448 282,873 141,651 1,435 180,777 r 374, 543 r4l 1,550 r 602, 309 467 r!26, 183 r7,867 r228,738 r 146, 651 rl,03l r 160,797 399,088 327,458 691,857 435 120,882 8,052 207,909 188,075 821 140,294 14,557 6,4! i 5,962 2, 184 18,363 7,195 7,612 3,555 2,759 2,501 28,959 434,978 34,568 526,817 14,273 * August 1953 data. 17,902 August "Septfc.-i:J.•,>:••" 634 r 1,643 r2,078 1,613 783 2,004 2,121 2,365 395.4 96.8 74.4 22.3 410. 1 102.2 77.2 25.0 407,615 247,928 159,687 370,498 523, 140 375,998 147, 142 478, 103 r209.6 39.6 226.7 42.4 193.6 185.4 238.2 1,939 27,750 r2, 117 p33,055 p2,229 p33,935 537,984 573,536 582,952 586,532 135,475 153,426 148,594 162,363 83,890 78,663 84,626 80,906 3,943 4,616 8,75 1 5, 131 5,213 8,652 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Coal, production: Anthracite thous. sh. tons Bi tumi nous do. . 2,732 40,994 STONE, CLAY, & GLASS PRODUCTS Brick, ung lazed: Production. . .thous. stand. brick *533,992 Shipments . . ... do . *523,507 Clay sewer pipe, vitrified: Production sh tons * 140, 372 Shi pments do. . * 148,249 Structural t i l e , unglazed: Product i on sh . tons *85, 193 *77,760 Shipments . do Glassware, tumblers: Production thous. doz. *5,705 *5,389 Shipments do. . Stocks do. . *IO, 107 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: jy Consumpt i on ba les r703,46l Mfs., spindle activity: Active spindles, last work21,322 ing day, total thous. 20,039 Consum. IOO/£ cotton do.. Spindle hours operated, a l l 9,582 fibers, total _[/.. .mi 1. hr. 491.4 Av. per working day.... do.. 9,044 Consum. 1 00# cotton _[/. . do .. 133.9 Operations as % of capacity.. 542,577 667,443 815,315 20,606 19,286 20,633 19,306 20,62* 19,276 7,066 371.9 6,578 102.4 9, 171 458.6 8,583 126.2 !i,222 458.0 10,455 126.0 1954 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D- C. OFFICIAL BUSINEM Permit No. 1008 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS *790 *l,978 *2,354 *2,590 Steel forgings: Orders, unf i 1 led. thous. sh. tons *974.2 Shipments, for sale .do.. *I50.5 *I10.9 Drop and upset do.. *39.6 Press and open hammer. .. .do. . Cans, metal, shipments, total sh. tons *506,2I5 Food do. . *360,564 *I45,65I Shipments for sale do.. *457,387 Aluminum fabricated products, shipments, total m i l . Ib. *24I.4 *50.4 Cast i ngs do. . Vacuum cleaners, standard type, 227.3 sales b i l l e d thous. J/ Data for September UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS July LEATHER AND PRODUCTS FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO r/ Revised. 1954 1 TPM 1 TPM
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