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OF BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OF Available only with subscription to the monthly magazine ECONOMICS SEPTEMBER 12,1952 OF CURRENT BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS 0? KILOWATT - 1935- 39 * 100 300 9.0 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and Steel for Castings) ELECTRIC - POWIH PRODUCTION By UTILlTliS 250 200 s SOO > , ! i', , ! , i i i I i i i I i i . t ! i i i I i ! • S t i i i ! i M ! i i i ! i i i i OCT. BILLIONS Of DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT &KNUAL HATE SEASONALLY &O.JUSTEO, !947-49*SOO 300 180 | WOV. OIC. DEPARTMENT-STORE SALES and STOCKS 250 i50 100 •s>49 ! ITS! , _ . 1952 1951 Sept* 1 Sept. 8 Commodity prices, wholesale (revised) i Insured tznemployment, total. « . « . « e . » » « . » » e * e s e « a « « « e « « atherae* « Finance s j *, ^.**. .*«•••«•«•*«<• •• . _ Commercial, industrial, and agr« loans (gross)!** .do.... Bond yields $ domestic corporate (*bodyf s ) £/* « « • « « « ajjereent . * Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and B3orts)**1935-39=lQO** Productions Motor vehicles (Ward* s) ••••••••••*••«••••••*«»•*«• .nunsber. • Aug. 30 Sept. 6 111,8 107*7 29^375 24,816 19,760 242 2,36 100 922 8% 112*8 293.4 .390 2*35 100 112.0 103.6 110.9 U.2.9 293.0 .389 2.34 110 28,255 24,006 18,825 419 29,051 24,440 20,260 609 29,065 24,553 20,136 499 29,077 24,810 20,267 650 29,200 . 24*603 19,797 152 22,393 8,143 50^976 70,488 30,930 19,502 164 J.10 183.6 i 20,267 7,423 50,584 70,372 30,752 19,586 3,09 186.5 204.2 27,495 11,776 51,864 75,652 32,586 20,657 323 3.3B 193.2 210*6 24,006 9,040 51,837 75,586 32,500 20,722 341 3.3B 191*9 208.9 27,849 10,763 51,762 75,342 32,362 20,799 154 3.18 3B9.7 206.1 23,991 9,113 52,600 75*58? 32,353 20,919 132 3.3B 189*5 205.7 1,766 7,146 131,240 6,151 1,860 6,795 97,547 6,199 220.1 733 343 1,590 7,495 43,374 6,181 208*9 782 360 1,650* 7,627 32,612 6,204 217 J. 8G6 374 1,848 7,718 101,607 6,209 225.9 834 382 328 7,646 134,769 6,210 231*7 727 3% •345 2.35 105 909 884 200^7 ; 829 394 I/ Data do not always sorer calendar weeks© 2/ Thursday prices® J/ Daily averages, index for August 1951® Aug. 23 112.2 310.1 3B^871 386 Deposits, aeman , Aug. 36 312.0 110.0 310*8 312. 7 293.8 •394 2*32 95 1,130 1,066 28^083 Federal Reserve reporting jaember banks in leading • cities s Bank debits total. ...a. « « « * « « * *»*«©»»*^s»*®ile of dol*«' Aug. 9 111*9 310*1 XL074 112*7' 294.1 •403 2.31 90 1,257 1,193 324*0 Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets J2/«...».«dol« .per Ib*. Wheat, No. 2, hard winter ( Kansas City) <2/*««dol. P®? ***•• 1952 !95! 1950 ma 291.6 .393 2.38 8,954 no 10B 191.5 208.0 102,126 230.1 Meek eading September 13, 236.2. * Monthly MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Earlier data ar© amilabla in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1952 1951 July August f *fey July june August , aEMSRAL 2USI3J2SS INSZCATCRS Personal income, seasonally adjusted f at annual rates £ P^rsoR&l 4tn<^0j*5»^>^ Jb?ico28€j &p ! (iJl"'ficS.@?Kis9 e * «fto •*** «»«do...* !#*ss "poysonsl c<ju*fc<?°'5 " irfciotif* f^r social insurance. e*do«*.« Farm iaccms mxs^ narketliiga t Cash recoirts fz&m farsdnp-* including Govenment payments, F0^!i Marketings and C^C loans $ w3>t&jU**,«««.*Q>*«««.*do*««« Iji^SS"? cf'V' isBG pSPOGl'C^s^a tO'^'^ul.* * » "» •* <? #« * ^ * « » « c « o. * *(lO.« •• 256.7 171.2 74.8 46«5 20.4 29*5 167.9 4*2 51*5 20«5 12®6 3.3 235.5 2fe^l>5 177,9 76*7 47.7 21.3 32.2 174.6 4*4 51.7 21*5 12.6 3*6 2&4*9 32«3 r!75*8 4«5 "52*8 23.4, 1?*5 3.6 r245»9 264.2 177.5 74«4 48.2 21,5 32*4. 173*8 A* 5 52*5 <?1.3 12«3 3.9 2^3«? 2^992 2 f %5 1,315 1.670 39* 960 295 2,17*7 2,143 574 1,569 433 825 272 r2,381 r2,36l r851 rl,510 427 769 271 2f7'75 2^761 1,?^ 1*462 410 759 269 398 384 410 151 153 450 465 323 203 413 123 69 164 r356 r301 r398 139 108 162 459 385 155 167 145 294 252 236 213 4.38 329 175 204 317 332 414 272 222 292 244 293 270 245 227 436 303 190 285 280 313 394 281 175 292 277 238 226 437 319 220 250 289 306 380 277 181 295 276 230 227 436 311 214 287 307 312 376 286 208 295 272 236 233 436 319 206 229 310 316 372 295 225 271 270 273 276 271 281 289 101 273 272 273 286 102 273 273 273 286 103 274 273 274 287 103 254.,$ 170.7 75*0 46,3 20.4. 29*0 167*3 4«2 50,1 20«4 12«5 3»4 23480 2,652 2^641 1,035 19556 A&& 833 285 Indexes Tor ^ash receipt*; f'i^m aerkeiipga and CCC loansf fn\j ^oaKGkx5^ti'ns 1** »* >** #**«s**«,»#«*»*.**»l935"'39fcl(X)«» Tnd^x^?* of* "voi* o'f* t*Rrw ^i)iRTkfi'fc^'n^jt5^1 oo^'EB^ditiep l/do«««* y& CQMMODm PRICES Prices received by farmers, all farm product s.«»l93,0-lfc=100,« Prices paid by farmers I All commodities,, interest, taxes, and vage rates.*,'.»do.... Barity ratio (prices reo9d to prices paid by f armors ).,do.... Retail price, U, S, Department of CoBanerce: All commodities, index. ••• .««..« ,.,..« 1935-39=100,. 440 168 186 154 234 215 430 291 207 181 294 336 416 277 231 rS^6«7 rl?9*^ r77»2 r46.5 21*3 IM 271 270 272 282 104 282 104 206*6 206.1 210.3 r210.6 211.8 178,389 48.762 129,627 9 807 2,846 23^690 93.284 192,528 50,887 141,640 9,574 1,852 23,364 106,851 225,606 56,670 168,936 10,457 2,684 33,444 122,352 209,251 52,744 156,506 10,288 2,762 31,251 11?,?04 175,447 47,979 127,468 7,351 3,046 251674 91,398 84 105 93 109 108 108 105 84 105 097 pIM 63,958 62,354 6,964 55,390 1,604 DOMESTIC TRADE Newspaper advertising: Classified,. •••*•*•••••••••••••••• ••••••••• ••do. ••• Retail^ ••••••••••••do«««* Department store sales, United States total: Unadjusted index, ., ,,1947-49telOO«. Adjusted index •••••do«««« Mail-order and store sales* total* 2 conir)ftni08«thQUfl»of dol*« m 273.067 79.657 193,410 328.568 98,508 230,060 368,073 101,381 266,692 354,385 92,345 262,040 304,313 82,995 221,31£ 64,382 62.526 7,908 54,618 1,856 64,208 62,630 7,688 54,942 1,578 62,778 61,176 6,960 54,216 1,602 64*390 62,572 8,170 54,402 1,818 64,176 62,234 7,598 54,636 1,942 LJl L*** 3»9 3.9 •3 1,1 2«2 .3 r4*9 r3.9 Pt«4 P4.7 EMPLOYMENT Labor force (Bureau of the Censuj ) j Labor turn-over in manufacturing establishments * 4.4 .3 1.3 2^. .4 r/ Revised. jj/ Preliminary, i/ Unadjusted* 5.3 •4 I-/ 3.1 A •3 rl,l r2«2 .3 P»3 pl,9 52*2 P.3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1951 July 1952 August May June July August FINVT,3 i Federal Resserrs banks, condition, end of months Besenre bank credit outs tidingp total***«*****»*««do*4.»* Federal Reserve notes in circulation, a « » * « • » » * . * » « . do. •*« 47*547 24,033 23,078 20,504 4?>54? 20,6-% 18,863 467 23,726 46.3 47,755 24,309 23,127 20,611 47,755 20,678 19,181 717 24,020 46.1 49,549 24,152 22,273 22,103 49,549 21,412 19,778 591 24,567 48.1 48,939 23,551 22,906 22,143 48,939 20,559 19,381 -192 24,826 48.8 50,252 24,821 22,853 22,146 50,252 21,952 20,323 r495 24,843 47.3 50,4% 25,216 23,146 22,147 50,4% 22,056 20,411 P824 25,119 46*2 255,657 253,325 218,618 34,707 2,332 28 21,759 27,851 256,644; 254,321 -219,174 35,146 2,323 32 21,854 28,155 259,905 257,739 220,540 37,198 2,167 45 23,2% 28,767 259,105 256,863 219,124 37,739 2,242 46 23,346 29,026 263,073 260,908 222,%3 37,945 2,165 34 23,350 r28,978 263,186 261,060 222,753 38,307 2,125 39 23,344 29,281 66,128 59,437 66,455 59,701 69,959 62,789 70,334 63,083 70,774 63,590 58,431 37,574 12,657 10,417 10,503 3,033 11,381 751 15,139 1,298 13,841 2,156 rl,343 rl,468 58,702 37,572 12,410 10,166 10,548 3,QU 11,570 739 15,365 1,310 14,054 2,167 1,361 1,499 61,547 38,692 11,275 9,151 11,030 3,1% 13,190 780 16,719 1,423 15,2% 2,236 1,483 1,637 61,857 38,780 11,0% 8,989 11,066 3,238 13,380 847 16,852 1,439 15,413 2,246 1,498 1,633 62,201 39,079 11,134 9,007 11,109 3,251 13,585 750 16,976 1,454 15,521 2,254 1,510 1,634 98*48 98.98 73.10 99.23 99.73 73.66 98*82 99.31 73.70 98.61 99*10 73.69 98*43 98.o8 75.52 98,457 96,777 1,389 99,975 97,775 1,900 99,271 97,580 1,399 100,045 97,846 1,899 97,311 95,583 1,345 98,474 %,249 1,825 95,964 94,238 1,343 97,315 95,092 1,823 100,273 98,401 1,439 101,871 99,516 1,905 104,610 2,557 108,307 2,568 110,690 2,691 114,489 2,706 115,825 2,728 r35,497 rl01,248 r77,194 24,054 43,655 r2,233 44,599 107,722 73,525 34,1% 42,509 3,033 26,062 82,369 51,974 30,395 30,539 1,395 32,922 74,420 50,584 23,837 33,099 1,447 39,292 77,437 47,610 29,827 35,397 2,052 23,348 22,381 r9,765 22,757 21.030 10,875 16,472 19,986 8,550 17,868 18,018 8,055 19,039 17,468 9,100 r9,022 ^,492 rll,406 8,997 8,886 10,930 7,964 7,381 10,943 8,975 8,412 10,%1 11,116 9,266 11,190 18,774 r7,0!8 r910,334 16,376 8,664 915,424 11,642 9,349 940,454 8,592 9,723 937,156 6r'M 9,972 932,4U 9,763 3,686 r755,768 6,905 5,002 756,411 6,793 4,546 769,9% 4,823 5,028 767,558 2,515 4,322 763,490 6,431 5,837 7,843 6,904 7,398 6.461 6,757 5,887 7,590 6,389 Federal Government finances Obligations guaranteed by U* S. Government. ,«*«*.*•«. do, ... Idfe insurance, assets, admitteds All companies (institute of Life Insurance)! 49 companies (idfe Insurance Association of America): Government (domestic and foreign), total* ****««do.*** Bonds : Average price of an listed bonds (H.Y.S.E.) I/... dollars.. Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchanges Stocks: Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange; CHEMICALS AND ALLIED JBODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl! In industrial alcohol bonded warehouses do.... Alcohol, denatured! Production.* ••••«•«•••••••••«••*.. . ....thous. of vine gal** FOODSTUFFS Fermented malt liquors! Distilled spirits! Whisky! Stocks, end of month*****..**. *•••«.«••••*. ...««...do««*« Rectified distilled spirits, production, total thous. of proof gal.. r/ Revised. £/ Jrelimiiairy* J/ Includes bonds pf the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 195 2 19f >1 June July April June May July METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): 7,4,99 26,423 23,731 2,692 29,299 3,843 6,616 19,592 16,487 3,105 6,932 25,904 22,230 3,675 1,403 27,170 22,611 4,559 1*544 27,388 22,904 L^L&L 1,403 182,332 538,127 198,374 63,568 34,908 210,883 101,000 rl,331 r!77,l60 r 523, 332 r 182, 184 r58,465 29,921 r!97,236 94,500 1,375 195,895 512,267 207,095 59,253 37,813 198,464 39,170 1,402 210,711 513,971 210,273 58,390 37,840 203^259 87,398 1,323 207,457 483,425 188,012 52,355 3% 893 194^762 89*236 1,180 174,921 432,532 165,479 47,225 26,953 18X5 974 84^161 110,410 14,260 12,911 26,641 10^990 1,088 40,841 rno,6l7 11,830 13,685 r27,297 12,210 987 40,852 139,706 14,545 18,349 41,660 12,150 2,161 42,547 347, 535 17,277 18,139 47,217 12,571 2,170 41,088 156,864' 20^5^6 18f247 49,509 15,500 2,64X3 41*030 146,208 3^326 19,541 46,508 15,460 2,563 36,632 39,998 68,369 35,478 67,816 36,364 r59,422 36,292 r63,988 r36,946 r72,995 32fm 84j>494 r74,l% 64,718 78,154 76,250 61,419 89,527 r77,437 r68,492 r.159,701 r61,368 r67,339 r!54,339 r64,Q40 r66,203 rl51j»324 58,9% 58,416 152f309 7,212 7,155 2,606 3,508 6,718 6*584 2,361 3,586 7,189 6*967 2,814 13,295 7,433 7,443 2,719 13,263 r7,366 9f003 2^617 11,668 7P097 7^148 1,186 nf647 5,392 5,500 5,307 5,179 5,042 5,685 5,481 5,305 11,013 5,771 5,330 11,493 5,536 6/U,0 10^974 4*790 4,507 n,222 r6l7,692 r&45 r780 482,029 457,293 134,818 115,079 492*316 665 630 381,407 359,276 lir^PVi 91,517 529,585 597 507 416,155 396,912 11?,833 97,591 503,917 423 329 r398,286 r381,463 r!05,208 r90,472 518,710 4B4 3S2 r408,700 r392^933 r!09,526 r94,500 211,894 "224 220 3&8932? 2£lf862 43,343 36,343 7,556 ^3mV|? PULP, PAPER, AND HUNTING Wood pulp: Bleached s u l p h a t e « o « » e « e « » 8 « « « « « « « * « « < » » e e « 9 « « s h o r t tons** RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Synthetic rubber: Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Inner tubes i TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT £/ Revised« UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMEWTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No* 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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