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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 September 25, 1953 * # # # This Supplement provides selected weekly data and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY * * * * WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 ITEM Sept. 20 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 1947-49*100 Farm products do, . Foods, processed . do. . A 1 1 other do 22 commodities 2/ do. . Department store sa IQS do Insured unemployment, total thous State proorams do Fa 5 lures ind & ccxwn number m+a fM/vwiv ' c 1 ?/ n&rran't Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 *1 1 1 8 *»06.6 *II0.3 *l 13 2 95. 1 **l 14 j |0 3 95.9 104.0 1 14 7 89 7 101 **793 **752 145 #815 #765 178 13! 3 19 T KA 3.54 3 55 •3.33 ! 10.3 96.5 104. I 1 14.7 90.3 102 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM Stock prices (480), Standard and Poor ' s 1 935-39* JOO SIO. 8 Industrials (420) ..do,. 97.9 105.6 Production: 81 turn. coal 3/. . .thous. sh. tons 1 14.6 Electric power, by utilities 89.7 m i l . kw -hr . Motor vehicles (Ward's) No. Petro leum, crude 3/ . thous. bbl Steel (ingots & for castings, quantity) 4_/ . (947-49*100 182 Froioht carloadinos thous cars M i see 1 laneous do 3 55 Sept. 20 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 186,4 202.! 181.0 194.7 I8L4 194.9 **»,975 1.604 1,623 **7,654 138,380 **6,386 8,694 125,887 6,445 7,963 116,760 6,4!7 132.0 **88I **409 127.0 799 384 125.2 71 1 342 176.5 189.5 138,512 128.3 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. £/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily averages. 4/ Week ended Sept. 26, 132.1. * Monthly index for Sept. 1952. ** For week corresponding to .latest. # For preceding week: "Total, 844,000; State programs, 793,000. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS i Ttrti • ~ August CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cent, swarded, 37 States (F W Dodge* Corp ) • Total projects . number Total valuation mi 1 dol Bui 1 d i no total do Contract awards (ENR): EnoineerinQ construction va 1 ue 1 / ...mil do 1 . Highway concrete pavement contract awards: \J Total . ..thous. sq. yd. Airports , do. . Roads . do . . Streets and al leys. .... .do. . Construction cost indexes, Engineering News-Record: £/ Building I947-49»IOO Construction do. . DOMESTIC TRADE Dept. store sales, U.S. total: Unadjusted index. . 1947-49- 100 Adjusted index do.. Mail-order & store sales, tota 1 , 2 cos thous . do 1 . Montgomery Ward & Co do. . Sears, Roebuck & Co do.. June July thousands do. . do. . Transp. & pub. util do.. Wholesale & retail trade. do.. Service & mi seel laneous. .do. . Government do. . August August 52,909 1 438 7 1 147 5 53,304 40,069 1 j 15 5 1,793 3 922 3 1,417 8 46,564 1,414 4 1,053 4 2,210.6 1,318,! 1,263.0 1, 1 1 1.2 6,081 1,070 2,652 2,359 5,698 278 3,315 2,105 8,658 973 4,232 3,453 7,810 1,056 3,798 2,956 125.5 129.4 128.7 133.4 129.3 135.1 129.0 134.7 98 112 108 115 89 112 98 pi!2 351,558 101,150 250,409 380,397 92,804 287,593 316,298 78,977 237,320 339,713 89,164 250,549 48, 158 16,280 893 2 812 4,258 10,110 2 000 5,378 6,427 r49,397 r 17, 145 837 r2,603 r4,3!5 r 10,412 r2 049 r5,398 6,638 r49, 198 r 17,037 826 r2,658 r4,342 r 10, 365 r2 074 r5,4!8 r6,478 p49,400 p!7,2!7 p826 p2,708 p4,338 p 10, 369 p2 078 p5,409 p6,455 EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES total, unadj Manufacturing Mining 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES - Con. Prod, workers in mfg. ind.: Total . thousands Durable goods do. . Ordnance & acces do. Lumber & wood prod do. . Furniture & f ixtures. . .do. . Stone, clay, etc do.. Primary metal ind do. . Fab. metal prod. 3/ do.. Machinery (exc e lee.). do.. Electrical machinery. . .do. . Transportation equip... do.. Instruments, etc do.. Mi seel. mfg. ind do.. Nondurable goods do. . Food & kindred prod.... do.. Tobacco manufactures. . .do. . Textile-mill products. .do. . Appere 1 , etc do. . Paper & a l l i e d prod do.. Printing, etc do.. Chemicals, etc do. . Products of petroleum and coal do. . Rubber products do. . Leather & leath. prod.. do.. Manufacturing productionworker employment indexes: Unadjusted 1947-49*100 Adjusted do.. Manufacturing productionworker payroll index, unadjusted 1947-49.100 Hours and earnings: Average weekly hours per worker , a l l mfg hours Durab le goods do. . Nondurable goods do.. August June July 13,069 7,332 129 759 307 451 1,068 821 1,193 782 1,221 226 375 r 13, 775 r8, 183 r!57 729 317 465 1,143 958 r 1,303 r9ll r 1,537 245 r4!7 r 13,644 p!3,8!7 r8,035 p8,029 pieo r!6l r7!7 p7!8 p3!7 r3!5 p457 r456 1,133 p i , 130 r938 p945 r 1,270 pi, 246 r897 p908 r 1,502 p i , 483 p245 r242 r404 p42l 5,737 1,269 109 1,105 1,088 425 490 503 r5,592 r 1,088 85 r 1,122 1,076 445 r50l r5!4 r5,609 rl,!7l r85 r 1,102 r 1,051 443 r498 511 p5,788 p i , 244 p!08 pi, 114 p i , 106 p45l p500 P5I5 191 203 355 190 r220 350 r!9I r2!4 r343 p!90 p2!6 p345 105.7 104.7 rl 11.4 MI2.6 rllO.3 rl!2.3 pill.7 pM0.9 134.2 M50.7 r 149.0 PI5I.3 40.5 41.0 39.9 40.7 41.4 39.6 40.4 r40.9 r39.6 p40.5 p4l. 1 p39.7 r./ Revised. £/ Preliminary. \J Data for July 1953 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. £/ Data reported at the beginning of each month are shown here for the previous month. 3/ Except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ITEM August July June Nondurable goods « do . Food & kindred prod . .do.. Tobacco manufactures. . .do. . Textile-mill products. .do. . Apparel, etc do.. Paper & a l l i e d prod.... do.. Printing, etc do.. Chemicals, etc do. . Products of petroleum Rubber products do. . Leather & leath. prod.. do. . 67.23 72.16 61 .45 71.63 77.42 63.36 71.51 r76.89 r63.76 p7l.69 p77.27 p63.92 .66 .76 .81 .60 .45 .60 .93 .73 .85 .67 .94 .72 .49 1.76 1.87 rl.9l 1.64 rl.53 1 .72 2.05 1.84 1.95 1.75 2.07 1.77 1.57 1.77 1.88 r 1 .91 rl.64 1.52 rl.73 r2.09 1.85 1.95 rl.76 r2.07 1.77 rl.57 p i . 77 p i . 88 p i . 93 pi. 65 p i . 54 pi. 75 P2.07 p!.85 p i . 96 p i . 75 P2.05 p i . 78 p i . 57 .54 .51 . 16 .35 .31 .62 2. 1 1 .72 1.60 1.61 rl.28 1.36 rl.33 1.68 r2.20 1.82 1.61 1.60 rl.28 rl.36 1.34 rl.70 2. 19 r l .84 p i .61 p i . 60 pi. 23 p i . 36 p i . 36 p 1 . 70 p2.20 pj.84 2. 14 .81 .31 2.18 rl.92 1.37 2.22 r 1.94 rl.37 p2.22 pi. 94 p i . 38 Bank debits, total (345 centers) mi I. dol . 122,200 42,778 New York City. do.. 25,550 6 other centers do.. Federal Government finance: Receipts, Treasury. . .mi 1 . dol. 4,585 4,050 Receipts, net do.. 47 Customs do. . 3,546 Income & empl. taxes. .. .do. . 862 Mi seel, internal rev.... do.. 5,018 Expenditures, total do.. 183 1 nterest on debt do. . 2,971 National defense, etc... do.. r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary, weeks; other months, 4 weeks. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 134,589 45,516 29,958 154, 106 56,623 33,807 148, 135 5 1 , 799 32,683 10,323 9,744 51 9, 179 939 7,988 I,8fe2 4,056 3,619 3,308 52 2,395 937 6,068 237 3,890 5, 153 4,568 47 4,0! 1 955 6,042 206 3,519 23,344 29,293 22,463 30,125 22,277 30, 120 22,178 30,242 1 15.8 108.8 1 10,7 1 II A 128.6 115. 1 1 15. 1 M6.9 # For July 1952. Bonds, yield (S&PCorp,): Dom. municipal (15 bonds) percent Stocks: Div yields, pref. stocks, II high-grade (S&PCorp.) percent Prices (S&PCorp.): Combined index (480 stocks) I935-39«IOO Industrial (420) do.. Capital goods (129)... do.. Consumers' goods (195) 1935-39.100 Public utility (40). , ..do.. Ret iroad (20) .do. . July August FOODSTUFFS Livestock slaughter: Ca I ves , thous . an ! ma 1 s Cattle . . . .do. . Hogs . . . , . . ... .do . Sheep and lambs ,..do. . LEATHER Leather production: Calf and kip thous. skins Cattle hide thous. hides Goat and kid thous skins Sheep and lamb ..do.. METAL Zinc, slab: Production . sh tons Sh i pments , tota 1 do. . Domestic do.. Stocks, end of month... .do.. PAPER Paper board: Orders, new . . thous. sh. tons Orders, unf., end of mo.. do.. Production do . TEXTILE PRODUCTS 2.22 2.99 2.99 2.89 4.12 4.47 4.37 4.30 191. 1 207.8 191.4 182.8 197.5 183.7 185.5 200.1 185.9 187.3 202.1 188. 1 174.8 1 18.6 175.3 170.7 117.2 J69.3 171.7 119. 2 173.7 172.8 121. 1 570.2 426 I, 135 3,592 1,020 586 1,450 3,607 ! ,055 616 1,498 3,276 (.108 602 1,494 3,396 1,158 $684 #1,605 #2,588 #1,912 r827 r 1,998 ^3, 121 2,520 635 1,815 2,828 2, 103 78, 167 78,435 72,963 96,651 81,617 76,784 72,612 97,285 80,825 74,204 69,498 103,906 83,241 69,250 65,450 1 17,897 917.5 388.4 955.6 1, 152, 1 567.0 1,092.0 973.3 522.5 939.7 1, 105.2 467.4 1,122.4 Cotton: 2/ Consumpt i on ba les r 745, 667 Manufactures: Spindle activity: Active spindles, last work21,398 ing day, total thous. Con sum . 1 00# cotton . . . do . . 20,000 Spindle hours operated, a l l 9,516 fibers, tota 1 . mi 1 hr . Av. psr working day.. do.. 476 8,870 Consum. lOOjf cotton. . .do.. 128 Operations as % of capacity \J Except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment. FIRST CLASS OFFICIAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS June FINANCE - Con. F 1 NANCE Gold, monetary stock, U.S. .do. . Currency in circu (at ton. . .do. . Bonds, price (SAPCorp.): Ind.,uti I.& RR (AI + issues): Composite (17 bonds) dol . per $100 bond Dom. municipal (15 bonds) dol. per $100 bond August August EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES - Con. Hours and earnings - Con. Average weekly earnings, all manuf acturing. . .dol lars Durable goods. . do. . Nondurable goods do.. Average hourly earnings, a 1 1 manuf actur i ng do. . Dur ab 1 e goods do . . Ordnance & acces do. . Lumber & wood prod do.. Furniture & f ixtures. . .do. . Stone, clay, etc do.. Primary metal ind do.. Fab. metal prod. J/....do.. Machinery (exc. elec.).do.. Electrical machinery. . .do. Transportation equip... do.. Instruments, etc ..do.. Mi seel. mfg. ind do.. 1953 1952 1953 1952 ITEM 74 1 , 929 739,050 725,849 21,201 19,824 21,344 20,007 21,391 20,063 9,938 497 9,330 136 10, 126 405 9,484 9,857 493 9,279 135 Data for July 1953 cover 5 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, i3W
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