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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS wHh subscription to the monthly magazine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ** • * September 10, 1954 This Supplement provides selected weekly data and Monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * » * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 1953 1953 1954 1954 ITEM 1 TCftJ Sept. 5 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities... 1947- 49n 100 Farm products do. . Foods, processed do. . A l 1 other do.. 22 commod i t i es 2/ do . . Department store sales. .. .do. . Insured unemployment, total thous. State programs do . . Failures, ind. & comm. . .number Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Aug. 21 Aug. 28 Sept. 4 1 10.0 93.9 105.5 1 14.4 91.4 102 *II0.6 *96.4 *I04.8 *l 14.9 89.7 «*IOI 110.3 95.3 106. 1 1 14.3 91.2 100 **853 **80I **I82 # 1 , 856 #1,677 246 184 3.54 3. 13 3 13 109.5 91.6 104.6 1 14.4 90.7 3, 13 Sept. 5 Stock prices (480), Standard 181 0 and Poor's 1935-39-100 194.7 Industrials (420) do.. Production: Bitum coal 3/ thous sh tons **l 623 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s mi 1 kw -hr **8 540 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 125,887 Petroleum crude 3/ thous bbl **6 532 Steel (ingots & for castings 127.0 quantity) 4/ 1947-49-100 Freight car load ings. thous. cars **8I8 **396 Mi seel laneous do Aug. 21 Aug. 28 Sept. 4 238.0 262.6 234 8 258.8 232 7 257.0 1 1 257 235 9 207 1 17,023 6 062 9 227 111,245 6 048 91.8 679 338 94.3 677 339 108,436 94.9 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ Daily average. 4/ Week ended September I I , 93.4. * Monthly index for August 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest for which data are shown. # Data for preceding week: Total, 1,899,000; State programs, 1,716,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1954 1953 ITEM August COMMODITY PRICES Prices rec'd by farmers, a l l farm products 1910-14=100 Crops do. . Food grains. do.. Feed grains and hay..... do.. Tobacco do. . Cotton do. . Fruit do . Commercial vegetab les. . .do. . O i l -bear ing crops do.. Livestock and products. . .do. . Meat an i ma 1 s do . . Dairy products do. . Pou Itry and eggs do. . Prices paid by farmers: A l l commod. & services. . .do. . Fam i 1 y 1 i v i ng i terns . . do . . Product i on i terns do . . A l l commod., services, int., taxes, etc 1910-14-100 Parity ratio do.. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construe. ,, total . .mi 1 . dol. Private, total.... do.. Residential (nonfarm) . . .do. . New dwelling units do.. Additions, etc do.. Nonres. bldg., total J_/..do.. Industrial do. . Commercial do. . Farm construction do. . Public utility do.. Public, total ..do.. Residential do. . Nonres id. buj Id ing. . . . . .do. . Mr 1 f tary and nava 1 do. . Highway do, . Conservation, etc do. . Other types *.-»... o. . rj Revised^ p/ Preliminary. June July August 255 232 215 205 430 278 185 207 263 276 305 265 229 248 244 216 205 445 274 240 200 283 251 299 229 168 228 243 286 247 286 237 171 251 250 228 207 430 288 235 223 294 251 287 245 178 r261 273 r248 265 275 252 263 277 247 264 277 250 279 91 282 88 280 88 282 89 3,345 2,223 1, 1 14 980 110 493 174 169 185 420 1, 122 44 376 120 395 74 113 3,358 r2,277 1,183 1,040 114 r528 164 r!89 157 398 r 1,081 29 r395r84 385 67 121 1954 ITEM 247 248 225 202 446 212 r3,512 r2,3&7 r 1,252 rl, 1 10 113 r549 r!6l 203 164 410 r 1,125 26 r407 r8! 415 69 127 e_/ Estimated. * J u l y 1953 data. 3,605 2,436 1,278 1, 140 110 552 160 207 167 427 1, 169 26 421 80 440 69 133 August CONSTRUC. & REAL ESTATE - Con. Value of contracts awarded (Federal Reserve indexes): Total unadj 1947-49-100 Residential, unadj do.. Total, adjusted do.. Residential ad justed do Dept of Commerce 1947-49-100 DOMESTIC TRADE A l l retail stores, inventories (adj.), total m i l . dol. Durab le cjoods do. . Nondurab le goods do. . Retail firms with I I or more stores, estimated sales: Unadjusted ....mil. dol. FINANCE Bonds (S&P Corp ) • Com. municipal (15 bonds): Price dol. per $100 bond Yield percent Stocks: Dividend yields, preferred stocks, 1 1 high-grade (S&P Corp ) percent Prices: Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65 stocks) dol. per share Industrial (30) do.. P u b l i c uti lity ( 15) do.. Railroad (20) do.. S&P Corp., combined index (480 stocks)...] 935-39= 100 Industrial (420) do.. Capital goods (129)... do.. Consumers 'goods (195). do. . P u b l i c uti lity (40) do.. Rai Iroad (20) do. . \_l Except farm and p u b l i c utility. June July August *I89 *I78 *I72 * 175 240 251 207 227 233 243 213 240 *r 1 23 0 r 122 0 123 2 *22,743 *IO,730 *I2,OI3 22,600 10,383 12,217 22,408 10, 180 12,228 *2,460 2,605 2,643 1 16.9 2.89 123.9 2.48 126.9 2.31 128.4 2 23 4 30 4 05 4 04 4 01 106.21 272.21 50.40 103. 12 122.69 327.91 57.92 1 10.89 127.66 341.27 59.43 116.65 129.76 346.06 61.01 118.29 187.3 202.1 188.1 172.8 121. 1170.2 221.8 244.0 241.6 191.2 135.0 175.7 231. 1 254.5 255.9 202.4 139.5 184. 1 236.4 260.6 257.2 207.3 142.3 187.2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1953 1954 1953 ITEM July May June July FINANCE - Con. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, i nc Gov't paym'ts mi 1 dol Farm marketings and CCC loans total do Crops . . .. do. . Livestock and products, total .mi 1. dol. Dairy products ...do.. Meat animals do Pou Itry and eggs do Indexes of cash receipts from marketings I/. .. 1935-39-100 Crops do . Livestock and products do.. Indexes volume of farm marketings etc I/ do Crops do Livestock and products do 70,364 43,233 70,716 43,362 71, 160 43,509 Radiators and convectors, cast iron: Shipments thous. sq. ft. Stocks, end of month do.. Oi 1 burners: 10,475 8, 194 12,655 3,525 16,578 818 20,028 1,728 18,300 10,316 8,01 1 12,766 3,574 16,705 807 20,197 1,744 18,453 10,230 7,861 12,820 3,573 16,886 842 20,366 1,759 18,607 Stocks, end of month . ..do.. Pumps, steam, power, etc. : Orders, new .thous. dol Washers domestic electric, sales b i l l e d number Radio sets, prod. 2/. .thousands Television sets, prod 2/ do. 2,507 1,812 1,966 2,523 1,838 1,989 2,536 1,854 2,053 *2, 156 2,062 2, 176 *2, 130 *690 2 033 589 2, 137 793 * 1,440 *402 *7I4 *295 1,444 389 757 258 1,344 380 684 241 *32I *243 *379 307 208 380 322 280 354 *I37 *94 *I69 133 78 174 147 1 16 171 FOODSTUFFS Dairy products, production: Cheese (factory), total.. do.. +hous. hag 138 085 128,460 163 815 156,480 159 755 153,645 129 615 126,885 531 694 832 941 *357,767 r3!7,332 *220,48I r 179,790 * 137, 286 137,542 *3I 1,575 r275,979 381,781 223,632 158, 149 339,278 r2!6.3 r47.7 232.3 48. 1 MFTAI c: AMR MAMI IPAPTl RF^ Cans, metal, shipments, total sh. tons Food do Nonfood do Shipments for sale do.. Aluminum fabricated products, shipments, total m i l . Ib. Castings do.. £/ Revised. , «262. 1 *56.5 * June 1953 data. _[/ Unadjusted. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUEUC DOCUMENTS May June July *2,477 *9,085 1,745 7,696 2,208 7,903 *74,4I6 *86,65I 51,220 82,995 66,807 80,845 5,533 5,007 5, 176 4,733 233, 191 674.5 316.3 254,017 722.1 396.3 309,012 837.7 544. 1 246,846 438. 1 307 0 PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS Crude petroleum: Production thous. bb 1 . * 197, 837 200,593 Consumpt i on do. . *2I2,433 218, 178 Stocks, end of month: Gasoline-bearing in U. S. thous. bbl. *283,7I5 282,250 Refined petroleum products: Fue 1 o i l * 42,531 Prod.: D 1 st 1 1 late.. thous. bbl. *43,860 *37, 151 35,582 Residual do Stocks, end of month? 73,581 D i st i 1 1 ate do . . *84,504 47,009 Res i dua 1 do. . *43,80I Lubricating oils: 4,566 Product i on do . . *4,293 9,764 Stocks, ref , end mo do.. *IO,6I 1 Motor fuel: Gasoline (incl. aviation)*; Product ion, total. .thous. bbl. * 106, 943 107,952 Gasoline and naphtha from 95,241 crude o i l thous. bb 1 . *95,05I Natural gasoline: *8,948 9,441 Used at refineries, .do.. *2,944 3,270 Sold to jobbers do.. Stocks, gasoline, end mo.: 168,660 F i n i shed thous . bb 1.*I37,863 8,946 Unf i n i shed do. . *8,333 13,871 Natural do. . *l 1,054 Aviation gasol ine: 7,567 Product i on , tota 1 do. . *7,8I 1 *6,830 6,569 100-octane and above... do.. *9, 163 12,400 Stocks, total do.. *4,900 6,632 100-octane and above... do.. RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Consumpt i on long tons Stocks, end of month .do Synthetic rubber: Production do. . Stocks, end of month do.. 195,000 208,408 285,155 41,966 33,691 86,325 50,216 4,508 9,599 104,481 91,956 9,423 3, 102 156,526 8,878 14,998 7,990 7- 157 10,637 5,301 43,929 1 18,825 5 1 , 398 r 54, 253 104,377 r 104,541 37,650 109,869 79,360 61,299 159,486 46,554 45,954 52,628 r57, 195 167,583 r!57, 172 46,964 41,324 163,219 2/ Data for June cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300 FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUMNEM Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS July METALS & MANUFACTURES - Con. Life insurance (LIAA): Assets, admitted, 49 compa66,621 nies, total m i l . do 1 . 41,451 Bonds & stocks, total... do.. Government (domestic and r 10, 563 foreign), totaL.mil. dol. r8,633 U. S. Government do.. 1 1,897 Pub l i e ut i 1 i ty do . . 3,418 Ra i 1 road do . . 15,572 Other . .do. . 726 Cash. do. . 18,619 Mortgage loans, total... do.. 1,615 Farm do. . 17,004 Other do . . Policy loans and premium 2,374 notes do. . 1,707 Real -estate holdings. .. .do. . 1,743 Other admitted assets. . .do. . ' 1954 ITEM
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