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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 Sspfember 18. 1953 * * * * This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1953 1952 Sept. 13 Commodity prices, wholesale: A l l commodities. .. !947-49» 100 Farm products do . . Foods, processed do.. A 1 1 other do . 22 commod i t i es 2/ do. . Department store sales . .do Insured unemployment, total thous State programs do. . Fa i lures, ind 4 comm number Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody *s) 3/ percent Aug. 29 1953 1952 Sept. 5 1 10.3 95.9 104.0 1 14 7 89.7 100 *l 1 1 .8 *I06.6 *l 10.3 *l 13 2 95.2 **IOO #1 10.6 #96.3 #104.8 #1 14 9 89.9 100 **8I4 **773 91 ##844 ##793 182 178 3 19 3 52 3 54 Sept. 13 Sept. 12 Stock prices (480), Standard 1 10.3 and Poor's 1935-39=100 187.2 203. 1 Industrials (420) do.. 96.5 103.9 Production : 1 14 7 Bitum coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons ** 1,840 90.3 Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw . -hr . **7,324 Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. 127,685 Petro leum, crude 3/ . thous. b b l . **6,367 Steel (ingots & for castings, 131 130.3 quantity) 4/ .. .1947-49-100 Freight car load i ngs. thous .cars **747 do.. **349 3 55 Miscellaneous Aug. 29 Sept. 5 183.4 197.3 181.0 194.7 1,624 1,594 8,540 144,851 6,532 8,694 125,887 6,445 131. 1 818 396 127.0 799 384 Sept. 12 181 .4 194.9 1 16, 121 125 2 J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ D a i l y averages. 47 Week ended Sept. 19, 126.7. * Monthly Index for Sept. 1952. # Monthly index for August 1953. ** For week corresponding to latest. ## For preceding week: Total, 853,000; State programs, 801,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1953 1952 August June July Dairy prod & ice cream do Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Iu J.U do. . Gas do Petroleum & prod do. . Furniture, etc do.. App 1 i a nee 5, househo Id . .do. . Rad i os do Television sets do.. Hides, skins, etc do.. Footwear do . . Hides and skins do.. Leather do. . Lumber & wood prod. . . .do. . Lumber do . r/ Revised. Wholesale prices - Con. Machinery, motive products |047-49=|00 Agr i machinery, etc... do.. Construction mach do.. Elec. mach., etc do.. Motor vehicles do.. Metals d, metal prod do.. Heating equipment do.. 1 ron and stee 1 do. . Nonferrous meta Is do. . N o n m e t a l l i c minerals, structural . .do.. #2118 209 7 210 2 1 12 2 109.9 124.3 96 9 106 4 1 10 5 106 4 1 14 3 105. 1 1 12 3 109 5 95.4 109.9 84.2 86 8 103 3 107 9 107 7 103.7 91 6 1 10 9 97.9 94.7 85 4 95 9 105 5 108 5 1 10 0 r 105.0 97 0 1 10 6 96.3 98.0 86.5 88 1 !04 8 108 5 1 10 7 104.9 93 6 1 13.0 104 0 1 14.6 92 1 47.5 1 10.9 106.9 105 8 106.5 100 7 100 4 108.3 1 1 1.5 106.8 1 12 5 1 13.9 105 6 1 19.2 93 1 46.6 1 10.6 106. 1 108 3 1 1 1 .2 98 5 108 2 1 1 1 .1 1 14.3 108. 1 1 14 1 95 4 75.0 101 .0 1 1 1 .7 76.3 98.0 121 .5 120.7 1 14.8 r 106 2 120.2 93 6 r46.7 1 13.8 V I06. 1 rill 1 r 1 1 1 .8 98 5 r 106. 1 1 16.8 r 1 14.7 rl08.8 1 13 8 95 0 74.3 100.0 1 1 1.7 73.4 96. 1 r 121 . 1 r 120.2 Concrete products do.. 1 14.8 Gypsum products do. . 106.3 P u l p , paper, etc do.. 120.2 Paper do.. 93 5 Rubber and products do.. 46.2 Tires and tubes do.. 1 13.8 Textile prod., etc do.. 106.3 Appare 1 do 1 10 9 Cotton products do. . 1 1 1.6 S i l k products do. . 98 5 Synthetic text i les do. . 106. 1 Wool products do.. 1 16.5 Tobacco manufactures and 1 14.8 bottled bev 1947-49=100 108.9 Beverages, a Icohol ic. . .do. . 1139 Ciaarettes do. . 95 0 74.3 Wholesale p.. selected items: 99.9 Butter, 92-score (N.Y.) dol . per Ib. 1 1 1.8 Eggs, extras, large (Chicago) 74.6 dol . per doz. 95.0 Corn,av.5 markets .. do 1 .per bu. 120.5 do.. 1 19.5 Wheat, av. 6 markets n'f prod. & foods. . 1947-49=100 Chemicals etc do Chemicals, indust do.. Druos etc do Fats and o i l s do. . Fertilizer mater i a 1 s . .do. . Paint, etc... do.. Coa 1 June July August COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Retail price (Dept. Comm.): A l l commodities 1935-39-100 Wholesale prices (Dept . Labor) : A l l commodities 1947-49—100 Farm products do. . Fruits and vegetab les. .do. . Gra i ns do L i ves tock 1 i ve DOU 1 tr y do Foods processed do j'ij-- August August COMMODITY PRICES Q 1953 1952 1 TEM 1 TPM # For J u l y 1952. 96.5 110.6 64.4 89.3 120.5 120.6 121 .4 121.5 125.3 1 19.8 1 19.7 124. 1 1 13.7 127.2 124.4 122.9 122.6 129.4 124.2 1 18.6 126.9 1 14.6 130.9 127.6 r!23.4 r 122.7 H30.8 r 124.8 1 18.6 129.3 r 1 15. 1 r 1 35 '. 7 126.4 123.6 122.3 131.0 124.9 1 18.6 129.3 1 15.4 136. 1 124.2 1 13.8 121.3 1 12.4 1 17.7 1 15.6 124.0 127.8 126.3 99. 1 99 1 97.6 139.3 90.5 1 13.3 1 18. 1 125. 1 1 15.5 122. 1 1 15.8 124.7 125.0 126.3 97.4 99.4 93.4 134.7 87.5 1 1 1.6 1 19.4 131. 1 1 15.6 122. 1 1 15.8 125. 1 r 124.6 r 126.4 r97.5 r99 3 r94. 1 134.7 87.5 1 1 1 .7 1 19.6 131.3 1 16. 1 122. 1 1 16.2 125.9 123.8 125. 1 97.5 99 3 94.0 134.7 86.7 1 1 1 .8 1 12.0 1 10.5 1 12.0 1 14.9 ! 10.0 124.0 1 15.6 1 10.0 124.0 1 15.6 1 10.0 124.0 .737 .656 .656 .661 .553 1 .764 2.413 .517 1.522 2.265 .531 1.511 2.202 .587 1.550 2.439 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ITEM August COMMODITY PRICES - Con. Wholesale p., se 1 . items - Con. Beef steers (Chicago) dol. per 100 Ib. Hogs (Chicago) do. . Beef, choice (N.Y. ) .dol . per Ib. Pork, l o i n s (N.Y.) do. . 32.52 19.98 .559 .612 June 21.73 23.24 .387 .576 393 24.26 23.29 .426 .597 F 1 NANCE Federal Government finance: Gross debt (direct), end of 263, 186 month m i l dol Interest bear i ng, total . .do. . 261,060 222,753 Pub 1 ic issues do. . 38,307 Specia 1 issues do. . 2, 125 Noninterest bearing do.. Obligations guaranteed by 39,217 U. S. Government., m i l . dol. Bonds: Price, U. S. Treasury 97,09 dol . per $ 100 bond Yields: 3. 18 Dom. corp . (Moody ' s) . . . percent 2.94 3.06 Aa do.. 3.21 A do 3.51 Baa do. . 3.00 By groups: 1 ndustr ia 1 . do. . 3.20 Pub. uti 1 . .do. . 3.34 Rai Iroad ... do. . 2.70 U. S. Treasury do. . Stocks: Cash d i v i d e n d payments: 231.5 Total (pub. reported) .mi 1 .dol . 51.0 F i nance . . . . . . do. . 105.5 Manufactur ing do. . 3.3 M i n i ng do . . .8 Commun i cat ions do. . 49.7 Heat, l i g h t & power ... .do. . 6.4 Rai 1 road do 10.3 Trade . .do. 4.5 Mi see 1 laneous do. . D i v i d e n d rate per share: 3.96 Common (200) , Moody 's. do 1 lars 4.22 I n d u s t r i a l (125) do.. 1.92 Publ ic uti 1 ity (24) do. . 2.71 Rai Iroad (25) do. . 2.64 Banks (15) do. . 2.87 Insurance (10) do.. D i v i d e n d y ie Ids: 5.46 Common (200) , Moody' s . percent 5.51 I n d u s t r i a l (125) do.. 5.31 P u b l ic uti 1 ity (24) do. . 5.68 Rai Iroad (25) do. . £/ Revised. It For J u l y 1952. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 24.79 22.97 .432 .570 416 266,071 263,946 223,408 40,538 2,125 272,669 270,603 230,009 40,594 2,066 273,206 271, 145 230, 157 40,988 2,061 52,073 62,943 63,269 91.56 92.98 92.89 3.61 3.40 3.50 3.67 3.86 3.48 3.62 3.73 3.09 3.55 3.28 3.42 3.62 3.86 3.42 3.56 3.67 2.99 3.51 3.24 3.39 3.56 3.85 3.37 3.54 3.61 3.00 1,249.6 87.6 802.2 87.3 51. 1 94.6 56.4 49.0 21.4 576.0 137.0 200.6 5.6 104.3 66.3 14. 1 39.2 8.9 220.9 52.0 88.0 2.5 1 .0 55.4 10.0 7.6 4.4 3.97 4. 16 2.01 3.03 2.89 3.09 3.98 4. 15 2.01 3.09 2.89 3. 10 3.99 4. 16 2.07 3. 1 1 2.89 3. 10 5.58 5.60 5.58 6.26 5.46 5.44 5.46 6.30 5.75 5.79 5.57 7.01 FINANCE - Con. Stocks - Con . Div. y i e l d s (Moody 's) - Con. Banks (15). percent Insurance (10) do.. Pr ices: Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65 stocks) d o l . per share I n d u s t r i a l (30) do.. Pub l i e uti 1 ity ( 15) . . do . Rai Iroad (20) do. . Sales (SEC) : Total on a 1 1 reg. exchanges: Market value mi 1 dol Shares sold thousands On New York Stock Exchange: Market value m i l . dol. Shares sold thousands 4.39 3. 15 June 4.75 3.50 July August 4.66 3.46 4.70 3.40 107. 10 276.70 50.75 102.95 104.42 266.88 48.66 103.09 106.08 270.32 49.03 105.68 #1,317 #61,433 1,290 63,844 1,073 42,528 #1, 122 #45,916 1, 106 49,757 903 28,809 3,882 613 58 243 263 42 447 364 1,853 3,204 540 56 186 219 29 369 268 1,537 2,964 397 50 172 236 25 378 257 1,450 4,022 678 64 238 254 38 473 347 1,930 125 101 160 149 134 65 216 46 140 128 105 179 145 155 r60 212 43 142 123 94 167 146 138 60 213 42 139 130 1 12 169 145 131 58 221 44 145 13,934 1,691 6,310 4,924 1,958 2,743 25,302 7,51 1 7,400 4, 129 3, II 1 673 32,717 2,315 23,982 3,934 3,400 246 21, 134 2,761 9,715 2,486 1,769 525 14,368 13,745 14,497 15,237 8,500 92 9,404 97 9,276 93 9,401 94 106.21 272.21 50.40 103. 12 TRANSPORTATION Freight car load . (A.A.R. ) : J_/ Tot a 1 cars thousands Coa 1 do. . Coke do. . Forest products do. . Grain and grain prod. ...do.. L i vestock do. . Ore do. . Merchandise, 1 .c. 1 do. . Mi see 1 1 aneous do. . Federal Reserve indexes, total, adj. ...1935-39=100 Coa 1 . . . do. . Coke do. . Forest products do. . Grain & grain prod do.. L i vestock do. . Ore do. . Merchandise, l . c . l do.. M i see 1 1 aneous do. . Freight-car surplus and shortage, d a i l y averages: Car s u r p l u s number Box cars do. . Gondolas & open hoppers. do.. Car shortage do. . Box cars do. . Gondolas & open hoppers. do.. METALS & MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior dis.): Shipments from upper lake ports thous. 1 . tons Steel ingots and steel for cast i ngs : Product i on .... thous . sh. tons Percent of capacity J./ Data for August 1952 and 1953 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USF TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, S3UO FIRST CLASS WASHINGTON 15, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 41 1 41 1 August August July CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost indexes: Associated General Contractors (al 1 types) 1913=100 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM
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