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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 9, 1953 * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 ITEM Oct. 4 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities 1947-4°— 100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed ......„, do. . A 1 1 other . do. . 22 commodities 2/ do.. Insured unemployment, total thous State proa?~ams . . .do.. Failures, ind. & comrn. . .number rate (Moody 's) 3/ 1953 1952 S953 1952 ITEM percent Sept. 19 1 !0 7 98. 1 104.7 1 14.6 87.6 1 15 *! 1 I 8 *I06.6 *l 10. 3 *l 13.2 95.2 ** 1 12 1 10 8 97.8 105.6 1 14.6 89.7 120 **70I **672 129 #844 #795 182 !52 3 21 3 55 3 54 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 185.6 20 1 . 1 176.5 189.5 178. 1 191.3 ** 1,672 l,6i 1 1,603 **7,625 134,671 **6,43I 8,395 138,649 6,405 8,354 132,329 6,397 136.7 **862 **4I4 128.3 824 402 133.5 820 398 Oct. 4 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor's. . .1935-39=100 1 10 6 98. 1 Industrials (420) do.. 104.6 Production : ! 14.6 Bitum.coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s 87. 1 mi 1 kw — hr Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro ieum, crude 3/. thous, bb 1 . Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 47 1947-49=100 189 Fre i cjht carloadinos thous cars do . . 3 52 M i see 1 1 aneou s J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 4/ Week ended Oct. 10, 132.8. ber 1952. ** For week corresponding to latest. # For preceding week: Total, 862,000; State programs, 811,000. MONTHLY 179.2 192.4 132,036 133.7 Monthly index for Septem- BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 Oct. 3 1953 1952 i TCTM August June July August Nonferrous metals, etc. do. . Smelting & ref ining. .do. . Stone, clay, etc do.. C lay products do. . Transportation eouip do Autos ( i nc 1 parts) do 1 June July 271 3 286 3 r287 5 287 0 185 4 80.6 49 5 22 2 33 1 199 5 89.8 52 2 23 9 33 6 201 2 r90.6 r52 9 r24 2 r33 5 200 7 89.9 53 0 24 2 33 6 181 9 4.7 195 6 5.1 197 3 5.1 196 8 5.1 50 6 50 1 r49 5 49 3 21.0 13.4 22.3 13.5 r22.4 13.5 22.5 13.6 3.8 251.9 4.2 268.8 4.2 r270.6 4.2 270.3 218 228 269 244 160 175 152 336 241 254 321 288 163 182 153 398 r234 r246 r3!2 279 r 158 177 r 149 r387 p239 p25l p3!3 p277 p!69 p!84 p!62 p389 213 251 231 169 300 175 259 284 236 164 407 304 r25l r282 r233 r!57 r394 r290 p245 p28l p240 D 161 p389 p277 Industrial prod. - Con. Unadj. index - Con. Manufactures - Con. Nondurable mfs. . 1935-39* 100 Chemical products, ... .do. . Industrial chemicals. do. . Leather and prod do Leather tann i no do. Shoes do. . Mfd. food products. .. .do. . Meat pack i ng do. . Processed fruits & vegetab les. ...» do. . Printing & pub 1 ishing.do. . Rubber products do,. Textiles & products. . .do. . Cotton consumption. . .do. . Rayon del i ver ies. . . . .do. . Minerals do. . Fue Is do. . Anthracite. do. . Bituminous coal, do.. Crude petroleum do.. Metals do. . Adj., combined index J/. .do. . Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . Lumber and prod do.. Lumber do . . Nonferrous metals do.. Stone, clay, etc do.. C 1 ay products do. . Nondurable rhfs do.. Chemical products do.. Leather and prod do Leather tann i ng do 195 299 568 1 16 95 129 185 138 199 323 627 103 95 108 162 156 r 192 r323 r636 94 81 102 172 149 234 157 242 170 143 369 111 178 270 174 142 367 r 174 161 r26l 156 113 r359 161 161 61 102 194 164 215 225 267 149 135 213 221 163 191 302 1 16 97 172 173 66 1 16 206 171 240 253 320 154 139 259 233 165 198 324 104 97 170 169 57 103 207 171 r232 r244 r3ll r!49 r!35 r25l r23l r!55 r 191 r326 95 85 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. _[/ Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shown; see unadjusted series. August GEN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Personal income, seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Tota 1 b i 1 do 1 Wage & salary disbursements, total b i l dol. Comm.- producing ind... do.. D i str i but i ve i nd do Service Industries do Government do Wage & salary receipts, total b i l . dol. Other labor income do.. Proprietors' and rental income b i l do 1 . Personal interest income and dividends do.. Transfer payments do.. Less personal contributions for social ins b i l . dol. Total nonagr . income do.. Industrial prod. (FRB) : Unadj., combined index 1935-39=100 Manufactures do. . Durable manufactures. . .do. . 1 ron and stee 1 do. . Lumber and prod do. . Furniture do. . Lumber do . . Mach \ ner y do . . August p20l p324 p633 p!8l p!53 p i 74 p26l p!67 139 347 p i 74 p!75 54 119 p209 p!72 p236 p248 p3ll p!59 p!46 p245 p230 p!56 p!97 p327 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1953 IS 52 ITPM August June July August GEN. BUS. INDICATORS - Con. Industrial prod. - Con. Adjusted index.- Con. Manufactures - Con. Nondurable mis, - Con. Mfd. food prod. 1935- 39s ICX) Meat packing. ....... .do. . Processed fruits & vegetab les do. . Printing & pub ! i sh ing. do. . Mi nera Is do. . Metals do. . FINANCE Life insurance (UAA): Assets, admitted, 49 companies, total m i l . dol. Bonds & stocks, total.,. do.. . Government (domestic and foreign) , total .. .mi 1 . dol. U. S. Government do.. Public utility do.. Rai Iroad. . , .do. . Other , do.. Cash. do. . Mortgage loans, total... do.. Farm do Other , do . . Policy loans and premium notes do. . Real -estate holdings. .. .do. . Other admitted assets. . .do. . Security markets, sales (SEC): Bonds, excl. U.S. Gov't: Tota 1 on a l l reg . exchanges : Market value. .. .thous. dol. Face va 1 ue do. . On New York Stock Exchange: Market value. .. .thous. dol. Face value do.. Stocks: Total on a l l reg. exchanges: Market value m i l . dol. Shares sold thousands On New York Stock Exchange: Market value m i l . dol. Shares sold thousands August June July August CHEMICALS 4 ALLIED PROD. - Con. Alcohol, denatured: Production. .. .thous. wine gal. Consump. (withdrawals) .. .do. . Stocks do . 164 158 161 157 r!60 157 p!60 p!72 123 165 156 131 144 179 169 145 r 134 173 165 r 137 Electric power, production, total m i l kw -hr p i 83 do p i 70 Uti 1 ities do p 139 Industrial establish r 15, 443 r 18,266 r7, 159 20, 126 23,309 6,844 19,649 20,890 5 , 575 19,058 17,861 6,803 39,803 34,400 5 403 42,733 36,827 5 905 43,927 38,030 5,897 44,497 38 497 ELECTRIC POWER 6 000 FOODSTUFFS r 62, 827 r39,425 66,262 41,277 66,621 41,451 r 1 1 , 1 74 r9,059 r l 1,292 r3,289 r 13,670 r763 r 17, 142 1 463 r 15,679 10,602 8,675 11,827 3,412 15,436 707 18,444 1,599 16,845 10,564 8,634 11,897 3,418 1 5 , 572 726 18,619 1 615 17,004 r2,283 r 1 , 522 r 1 , 693 2,365 1,702 1,767 2,374 1,707 1,743 (00,325 101,867 69,942 83,260 56,270 64,949 98,416 99,742 68,208 80,340 54,572 62,723 1, 154 41,576 1,290 63,844 1,073 42,528 978 29,433 1, 106 49,757 903 28,809 32,984 82 661 40,645 72 519 39,034 75 501 47,420 35,241 r28.6!9 1,629 53,812 18,707 37.469 2,206 53,731 2 1 , 770 36,557 2, 106 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: Product ion. . .thous. proof gal. Stocks total do In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses do. . In denaturing p lants. . . .do. . Used for denaturat ion. . . .do. . Withdrawn tax-paid ..do.. !953 1952 ITEM 1,617 1,395 Meats, product ion, total . .mi 1 . Ib. 1 , 579 859,894 877,290 669,445 Beef and veal thous. Ib. 44,558 43,880 Lamb and mutton . do . . 47,324 Pork, including lard do.. 68 1 , 587 712,978 654,193 130,863 127,696 do. !?0. 175 ! 0,565 Lard 8.634 METALS & MANUFACTURES 11,952 3,423 15,591 Castings, gray iron; 789 Orders, u n f i l l e d , for sale thous , sh. tons ! ,246 #t,4lQ 5,733 18,716 do #636 ! 0*6 ! 628 Shipments, total !, 196 For sale...... , do . . &&8 #432 17,087 Castings, malleable iron: 151,016 2,387 Orders, unf . ,f or sale. .sh. tons #166,517 I37,2*»i 86,514 ...do.. 1,726 Shipments, total •>7, i ' 1 #45,266 50,819 For sale do . . 45,413 #29,675 1,795 Castings, steel: Shipments, total .do.. 139,577 #1 19,036 164,665 #97,633 125,984 For sale, total do.. 105,687 30,381 Railway specialties. .. .do. . #20,752 22,925 46,982 54,677 PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING 45,364 Wood pulp: 52,327 Production, total, a l l grades 1,483 1,381 thous. short tons 1,352 800 728 Sulphate (paper grades). do.. 725 188 196 169 Sulphite (paper grades). do.. 1, 1 19 Groundwood do. . 200 190 195 42,437 Stocks, end of month, total, a l l grades short tons 175, 179 154,215 152,021 946 36,343 Sulphate (paper grades) do. 42,955 29,841 36,725 42,988 Sulphite (paper grades). do.. 38,319 32,252 3 1 , 983 35, 187 Groundwood do. . 37,575 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS 31,934 Natural rubber: 48,224 r 43, 929 .. long tons 32,941 71 878 Consumption 1 12,959 r SIS, 825 84,657 Stocks, end of month do.. 30,364 Synthetic rubber: 59,214 do. . 21,514 Product 5 on 79 360 80 227 61,214 35,346 Consumpt i on , .......,,.,, do . , 7 ! , 75 1 r 5 1,299 143,789 150,254 Stocks, end of month do.. 1,944 r 159,486 66,944 41,531 1,525 860,476 49,401 614,699 105,809 1,542 843 193 205 163,063 42,459 37,599 31,204 43,612 120,338 ftft *>QQ 59,372 169, 153 £/ Revised. £./ Preliminary. # For J u l v 1952. 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