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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS October 31.1952 Available only with subscription to the monthly mogoiine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 1939-39 • 100 300 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and Steel for Castings) ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES 250 200 ISO 100 , I I I , , I , , , , I , ! , I , , I I I , , , I , I , I , , I . I I I I I , , , I I , , , ! . I I JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. JAN, MAY 1935-39=100 260 DOLLARS 220 1.60 1.80 FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. HOURS 52 HOURLY EARNINGS and HOURS in MANUFACTURING ISO — S40 i.20 100 | .00 L I 1949 1950 1951 40 Li A | . t E . A J \ 36 ! !94S !952 I960 1951 1952 WEEKLY.. BUSINESS STATISTICS1 !£ 5! ITEM Oct. 27 Sept. 27 *l 13 7 *l 1 1 5 *l 1 1 .6 *l 14 6 329 7 .367 2.47 i 16 872 851 3^9.4 .371 2.48 1 13 875 853 **l 1 I 7 **IQ6.4 **l 10.5 •**l 13 1 290.4 .386 2.42 1 12 665 637 288.7 .383 2.41 1 16 655 627 28,407 25, 1 17 20,068 1, 1 18 28,334 24,841 19,833 689 29,303 24,857 20,58! 747 26,568 9,927 52,251 72,606 31,940 20,472 155 3.15 182.0 198 7 1,938 7,234 114,579 6,257 230 4 864 414 Oct. 20 Commodity prices, wholesale: Al 1 commodities 1947-49-100. . Farm products do. ... Foods, processed do. ... A i 1 other ..... do . 28 commodities 2/ August 1939= 100, . Cotton, middling, I5/I6", 10 markets 3/. ,..,..« .del . per Ib.. Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) 3/ dol. per bu.. Department store sales 1947-49* 100. . 1 nsured unemp 1 oyment , tota 1 thous . . State programs do . Finance: Currency in circulation 3/. m i l . of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit, total.,...., .....do.... Member bank reserve balances , ... do..,. Excess reserves, estimated ..........do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Bank debits, total m i l . of clo!.a New York City. do. . . . Deposits, demand, adjusted . . ... do. Loans and investments, total ....do.... 25,680 9,5iA 5 \ , 323 7 1 , 508 30,976 Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans £ gross) , . .do. . . .20,489 Failures, industrial and commercial '... , ... .number .. !57 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody *s) 3/. ...... .percent. . 3. 12 s Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor s> , . !935~39»iOO. . 187.5 205 2 Industrials, 420 -stocks ........... « , .., do.... Production: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. of short tons.. 1,904 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . of kw.-hr.. 1, 149 114,347 Motor vehicles (Ward's) ...number.. Petroleum, crude 3/ thous. of bbl,. 6,271 Steel 4/ 1935-39*100.. 228 6 Fre 5 ght car 1 oad i ngs , tota 1 thous . of car s . . 887 M i see 1 1 aneous do .... 428 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices. index for October 1951. ** Monthly index for September 1952. 1952 Oct. 4 Oct. 1 1 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 2.41 126 1 10.7 104.6 108. 1 I 12 6 284.6 .365 2.38 124 1 10.6 105. 1 107.4 1 12.5 282.2 .360 2.43 29,462 24,963 20,098 356 29,576 25,384 20,239 662 29,610 25,325 20,613 591 29,529 25,867 20,779 791 28,693 1 1,296 52,274 75 , 532 3 1 , 685 2 1 , 606 156 3.20 187.8 203 6 29,997 12,450 52,317 75,773 31,579 2 i , 67 1 129 3,21 185.6 201 1 27,367 1 1,091 52, 167 77,382 33,077 21,808 147 3.21 185.8 201 3 26,318 10, 133 52,651 77,629 32,848 22,054 139 3.22 182.6 197 5 1,672 7,625 132,624 6,431 242 0 862 414 1,513 7,665 134,671 6,438 245 9 852 416 1,508 7,698 129, 107 6,441 248 0 843 416 1,387 7,681 130,872 6,450 247 8 838 423 1) I. J 106.6 108.5 1 12 6 287.0 .JH1 13,220 154 3.23 180.6 195 ! 136,335 3/ D a i l y averages. £/ Week ending November I, 246.4 * Monthly 248 7 MONTHLY BUSiMESS STATISTICS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1952 1951 .August August September September BUSINESS POPULATION Industrial and commercial failures: Fai iures, tola!...., .....................number, Commercial service . .do... Construction , .do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retai I trade do... Wholesa le trade , .do... L i a b i l i t i e s , total . thous. of do I. Commercial service. do... Construction ,... .do.«. Manufacturing and mining... do... Reta i I trad© do... Wholesale trade . .., do... COMMODITY PRICES Consumers' price index, a l l items 1935~39«IQQ. Appare i.,.., do... Food.. do.,. Cereals and bakery products...... do... Dairy products do... Fruits and vegetables. do... Meats, poultry, and fish.. ,...do... Fuels, electricity, and refrigeration,...........«..,do... Gas and electricity , do... Other f ue is. , , do,.. Heusef urnishings. , do... Rent. do... Miscei laneous...,, .do... s EMPLOYMENT Hours and earnings: Average weekiy hours per worker, a l l manufacturing..hours. Durable-goods industries do... Nondurab le-goods industries ,...,... .do... Average weekly earnings, a l l manufacturing dollars. Durab le-goods i ndustr 5es, do... Nondurab le-goods i ndustr ies..t...... do... Average hourly earnings, a l l manufacturing do... Durable-goods industries ....,.,. do... Ordnance and accessor ies do... Lumber and wood products (except furniture) do... Furniture and fixtures do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Pr i mar y meta I i ndustr ies do... Fabricated metal products (except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment) dollars. Machinery (except electrical)...., .....do... E lectr 5 cat machinery do. . . Transportation equipment do. Instruments and related products. ..do..., Miscellaneous manufacturing industries.,. ..do..., Nondurab le-goods i ndustr ies .do... Food and kindred products , do... Tobacco manufactures...., do... Texti le-mi I I products , do,.., Apparel and other finished textile products do..., Paper and a l l ied 'products do Printing, publishing, and a l l i e d industries do..., Chemicals and a l l i e d products do... Products of petroleum and coal do..., Rubber products do..., Leather and leather products do... 594 5S 58 S09 316 60 16,322 1,971 2,990 6,971 7,024 2,266 580 4! 48 133 299 59 22,789 1,466 3, !96 8,882 5,434 3,811 1,809 1,816 5,056 5,255 2,386 539 36 50 107 288 58 20,136 947 2.729 6,780 5,317 4,365 186.6 209.0 227.3 189,4 206.4 205,! 275.6 144,4 97,3 204.9 2N. \ 137.:? 166.0 189.6 202.0 231.5 193.3 209.8 250.0 270.6 144.8 98.4 203.4 204.4 14!,6 172.5 190.8 201.4 234.9 194.4 2S2.3 253.2 270,4 U6.4 96.3 203.4 204.2 141.9 173,0 191. \ 201. I 235.5 194.2 213.8 242.3 277.3 147.3 99.0 209,0 204.2 142,3 173.2 1/190.8 202.3 233.2 194.1 2(6.7 227.6 277.0 147.6 99.0 210.1 205.0 142.4 173.8 40.3 41.3 39, I 64.32 69.55 57.91 .596 ,684 .679 .479 .410 . 550 .802 40,6 4!.6 39.4 63.4 9 7 S . 01 58,67 1.613 1.707 1.730 1.515 1,42 i 1.584 1.835 r40,5 r4l.2 r39.5 r67.15 71.98 60.83 1.658 •1.747 | •1.787 | 1,534 1.464 1.616 rl.830 39.9 r40.4 39.4 r40.6 r4i.2 r 1.452 rI.6S9 r1.824 61.57 1.670 1,770 !. 801 i.573 r1.459 rl.634 r!.937 P4I.I p4l.8 p40.3 P69.58 P75.45 p62.30 nl.693 pi.805 pi.847 pi.583 pi.48! pi.655 pi.99! .663 .765 .626 .667 635 .417 .48! .456 . 145 .310 .288 .522 ,952 . 643 .984 .708 .269 1.682 I.73B !.. 640 1.884 !. 657 1.426 i.4S9 1.450 i , 133 1.321 1.209 i , 532 i.982 1.64 I 2.010 1.716 S.279 1.716 r!.847 !, 705 r!.944 r1.730 rI.489 r i.540 r i.552 r1.2!i r I .344 r1,24? r!.597 r2.C65 ri.719 ,-2.082 r1.834 r1.310 r1.700 r!.837 1.707 ri.922 r i.73! r 1.481 1.545 r 1,546 r1.218 r!.3*5 r1.269 1.619 r2.069 ri.726 r2.134 ri.831 rl.298 r1.724 r1.845 r!,7?6 ri.948 r1.733 r1.491 r 1.543 r!.539 rl.210 1.349 rl.29l r1.616 r2.069 ri.729 r2,150 rl.823 r1.316 pi.763 pi.871 p1.736 p2.005 pi.748 pi.501 pi.546 pi.532 pi. 175 pi.357 pi.299 pi.625 D2.088 pi.705 P2.I7I pi.826 pi.331 ,269 ,260 1,232 !,222 i, 164 I, !52 1,015 1,003 1,070 1,061 152,392 I 18,!90 78,47! 149,517 761,147 207,568 106,397 65,570 145,234 696,890 142,627 102,165 58,Ci8 129,820 719,150 87,049 72,353 59,376 •08,!67 675,614 I 14,755 79,566 43,961 !15,362 701,977 276,985 32,139 128,156 982,732 103,270 91,8!! 48,6!4 217,108 51,545 85,145 62,891 307/785 70,787 I 16,035 913,875 101,188 85,636 54,605 193,725 46,348 83,540 62,354 243,173 55,740 107,312 909,007 89,248 65,073 50,779 231,876 51,568 70,074 48,051 169,534 10,287 84,668 833,025 69,854 60,313 29,866 212,764 48,731 71,352 42,697 186,036 21,048 82,284 874,534 55,944 62,549 4f,4IO 204,495 49,S37 64,260 50,822 678 56 89 136 333 64 26,417 620 39 84 150 277 70 25,643 671 52 78 S28 340 73 2i,222 1,558 4,290 10,497 6, 173 4,099 782 4,668 14,908 4,826 1,439 185,5 203.6 227.0 188.7 205.9 208.9 215 0 144.2 97.3 204.2 210.8 136.8 165.4 r65.76 70.05 60.87 r!.£^8 i ,734. ri.799 rJ.532 r39.9 67,60 72.92 FOREIGN TRADE Exports, including reexports, total 2/ m i l . of do I. Exports of U. S. merchandise, total 2/ do... By economic classes: Crude materials ,....* thous. of do!. Crude foodstuffs .do. . Manufactured foodstuffs and beverages...t do... Semimanufactures .do... Finished manufactures. do... By principal commodities: Agricultural products, total...., ,do... Cotton, unmanufactured.., do,.. Grains and preparations. do.., Nonagr i cu I tura S products, tota i do... Automobiles, parts, and accessor ies 2/ do... Chemica-ls and related products 2/ do... Iron and steel-mi II products do... Machinery 2/.... do... Electrical 2/ .do... Petroleum and products..... do... Texti les and manufactures .do... rY Revised, j)/ Preliminary. J./ Index on old base for September 1952 is 191.4, 2/ See note on corresponding item in the October 1952 Survey. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS- Continued Esrlier data ere available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 19 51 August 195 2 September June July August September FOREIGN TRADE - Continued Genera! Imports, total.. thous. of do!.. Imports for consumpt Ion, tota 1 , .do. . . . By economic classes: Crude materials...... , ....do.... Crude foodstuffs....,, do Manufactured foodstuffs and beverages. . , , ....do.... Semimanufactures do Finished manufactures ........ do.... By principal commodities: Agricultural products, total..... do.... Cof fee ,.........*.. , do .... Rubber, crude, including guayule.. do.... Woo I and moha i r , unmanu f actur ed « Nonagr I cultural products, total Nonferrous ores, metals, and manufactures Paper base stocks.. » Petroleum and products FOODSTUFFS Dairy products, production: 880,769 893, 365 721 260 746 036 860 240 857 259 836 043 835 1 14 817 000 8 1 5 445 289, 173 145 470 88,646 205 000 165,076 2^7 621 122 047 76,219 169 268 140,880 243 149 94 199 170 2 13 860 209 826 414,698 87,990 76,837 38 282 do .... 57,816 do.... 478,667 do.... 78, 175 ....do.... 35,297 47,695 do. . . . 44,664 333,806 80,719 59,570 30 063 34, 142 412,230 57,997 31. 19! 38 758 43, 122 93^ 638 93, 99 1 ! , 374 553,317 36,652 784,336 149,769 619 1 19,020 I I I , 452 Meats, production, total,... , m i l . of Ib.. 1,488 6eef and veal .,,......,..,..«,„,,.., , . thous. of Ib.. 617, 158 Larflb and mutton , ,, do. , , . 39,369 Pork, including Sard, .......-, do.... 83 1 , 556 Lard. «....,., do. , , . 158,700 t 59! Coffee, v i s i b l e supply, United States. , . . ,., .thous. of baas.. Sugar. U. S., deliveries and supply (raw value): 27,762 Entries from off-shore... « do.... 542, 6 15 Hawai i and Puerto Rico ,. . .do. . . . 195,252 De 1 5 ver i es . tcta 1 do '. 675,797 For domestic consumption. do. . . . 670,204 Stocks, raw and refined, end of mo. . .thous. of short tons.. 1,121 ?88 603 516 645 207 1 AQ "*>f>O \AA 4.R9 97 0 12 199 799 i75 083 97 640 20 ! 379 162 117 344,843 82 679 52, 132 43 653 23, 339 512,416 122, 1 10 24,703 50 938 55,079 328,522 95 442 32 558 43 724 27,645 506,592 126,292 2 1 , 546 50 191 53,913 337, 172 99 124 40,999 44 526 24,060 478,273 109,014 23,7 !8 47 359 5 1 , 754 131 055 139 475 1 444 582,712 4 1 , 392 819,934 160,27^ 691 122 490 122 300 1 418 659,036 38,60! 720, 191 141,823 579 r 108 320 r 1 1? 370 1 395 669 445 43,880 681,587 127,696 605 94 885 99 235 1 527 713,624 52,839 760,409 138,047 889 98,067 396,322 1 1 1,020 r 646, 784 r644,579 r956 46,465 503,896 142,458 896,355 894, 103 1, 1 14 34 190 617,564 1 67 , 422 758,308 755,061 917 9,971 573,936 177,671 734,684 731,376 831 725 , 62 ! 237,299 743,692 74 1 , 483 701 7,473 r45,45l r39,50l 5 950 1,403 27, 170 22,61 1 4 559 1,544 27,388 22,904 4,484 7,243 34, 137 29,449 4,688 7,659 4 1 , 532 36,206 5,326 2,055 1, 1 15 626 1,4-46 *35 502 ! ,410 432 1,518 1,003 603 244,575 82,276 48,568 173,353 74,446 46, 51 1 166,517 45,266 29,675 162,832 63,716 39,308 160,695 1 16,658 34,693 141,628 1 14,410 30 455 1 !9,036 97,633 20,752 150,232 1 13,997 24,013 1,414 130 35 120 152 J07 3 425 59 35 29 125 108 6,312 744 188 306 717 680 121 1,567 127 155 428 479 416 METALS AMD MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): Consumption by furnaces,..., thous. of long tons.. 7,699 39,920 Stocks, end of month, total. ,.,. do.... At furnaces .,...,.»..... do. ... 35,057 On Lake Er 5 e docks , , do 4,863 Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale..., thous. of short tons.. 2, 145 Shipments, tota !..... do. . . . 1,219 For sale.,.,,. , ,., . do 698 Castings, malleable iron: Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale short tons.. 249,273 Sh ! pments , tota 1 , do, . . . 90,727 For sa !e. . , , do. . . . 57, 164 Castings, steel: Sh i pments , tota i , do. ... 177,096 For sale, total do.... 128, 98 i Rs I 1 way spec i a 1 1 i es .. do 41, 1 62 Steel products, net shipments: Tota 1 thous. of short tons. . 6,756 744 Bars, hot rolled: Carbon and alloy..... do ... 184 Re i n for c i ng do .... Semimanuf actures do. . . . 322 785 Pipes and tubes . do P (ates . . do 691 Ra i 1 s . do . . 165 1,719 Sheets.... « .. do.... 191 Strip: Cold rolled ......do.... Hot roiled do.... 185 Struc+ura 1 shapes .do. . . . 407 430 Tin plate and t^rneplate do Wire and wire products do.... 492 Lead, refined (primary refineries): Production , short tons.. 31,756 Shi pments (docnes^ <c) '. do. ... 40,252 24 997 Zinc, slab: 74 035 74 '91 65 696 1 1 244 Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net I937-39«IOO. . 404.5 Machine tools: New orders I945-47«IOO. . 488.9 Sh i pments „ . . „ do. .., 178.9 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary, 6,207 712 160 314 719 657 139 1,548 162 185 386 358 456 1,250 123 28 55 182 1 10 I| 321 62 33 36 104 85 636 30,474 31,654 23 640 38,987 39,563 58, 190 37,489 51,534 44, 140 41,836 45,499 39,767 42,79! 49,850 31,837 70,623 64 632 58 436 17 ?^5 345.5 380,2 189.8 77,463 47,265 36,894 63,342 353.8 342.9 330.8 76,930 43,353 r38,7!4 96,919 343.9 374.6 257.2 78,167 78,435 72,963 96,651 31 1.6 r309. 1 r3!4.8 76,019 78, !29 69,343 94,541 365.9 p300.3 P366.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Earlier data are aval lab'le in monthly Issues of the Survey and the 195 \ Statistical Supplement h r" i95l • . .ugust 1952 September June August July September METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Electrical appliances, dornestlc, sales b i l l e d ; Vacuum cleaners, standard. type. ................... .number Washers 1 / . , . . do . Radio sets, production 2/ . ...do.. Television sets (including combination), production 2/, do. ... PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS Crude petroleum: Production , thous. of bb i Consumption (runs to stills). do....' Stocks, end of month: Gasoline-bearing in *J. S do.,.. Refined petroleum products: Fuel oi 1: Production: Oisti 1 late fuel oi ! ...........do.... Residual fuel oi 1 ......do,.,. Stocks, end of month: Distillate fuel o i l , do.... Residual fuel oil « do.... Lubricating oils: Product i on do. , * . Stocks, refinery, end of month do.. . Motor fuel: Production, total do. . . . Gasoline" and naphtha from crude petroleum, .do.... Nature 1 gaso I i ne and a 1 1 i ed products do Stocks, gasoline^ end of month: F i n 5 shed gaso 1 5 ne do Unf i n 5 shed gaso 1 5 ne do Natural gasoline do !9!,299 24?,9?5 563,407 146,705 210,086 319,475 !, 100,246 337,341 206,939 281,635 874,253 361,152 188,715 209,901 441,736 198,921 222,413 259,280 543,802 397,769 593,20! 202, .721 254,276 (87,816 196.752 254,900 !85,9I7 204,762 285,964 188,868 214,729 275,95! 192,798 220,661 264,368 38,335 37,993 38,453 36,843 43,640 36,827 45,735 38,337 46,933 38,822 r94,028 r 48, 365 96,24! 48,212 65,911 45,688 85,775 52,245 104,257 54,061 5.379 8,875 4,905 8,866 4,855 9,694 4,668 9,775 4,857 9,620 98,799 87,875 16,977 96, M 5 85,004 17,069 98,340 86,638 17,310 105,022 93,373 17,669 107,427 95,742 18,259 237,541 287,919 865,654 755,665 106,704 7,742 9,883 106,547 7,600 9,578 1 12,232 7,934 10,035 108,708 7,858 10,095 110,750 7,842 9,722 484,563 480,58! 148,957 431,082 427,738 152,30! 45I,9?5 483,79! 141,805 485,539 483,250 144,094 486,496 488,575 !42,0!5 461,508 462,404 141,119 344,470 101,574 100,003 381,437 90,728 92,487 379,943 99,080 98,138 329,729 94, 192 94,933 341,571 97,83! 99,008 379,669 92,301 90,645 10, 19! 467,052 77,646 8,432 439,547 87,037 9,568 476,479 74,592 8,827 532,297 75,474 7,650 573,502 86,444 9,306 582,209 77,578 941,500 470,800 997,700 864,600 458,200 847, !00 850,300 352,900 832,800 845,800 444,200 773,700 917,500 388,400 955,600 1,065,800 459,900 955,700 PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Product i on Sh ipments from m i l l s Stocks, at m i l l s , end of month., Newsprint, United States: Consumption by publishers.... Product i on Sh i pments from m i l l s Stocks, end of month: At m i l l s At publishers In transit to publishers Paper board: Orders, new Orders, unfilled, end of month Production short tons do do .e do do do do . do ... .......do.... do . do.. do £/ Revised. \_/ See note on corresponding item in the October 1952 Survey. 2/ Data for September 195t, June and September 1952 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE.. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit-No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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