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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS
SEPTEMBER 26. J352
vsJloDiO -nlf with'is.b-.-cr-gtion to the monthly magqime SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS
9.0
I93S-J9 • IOO
SOO
n*
STEEl PRODUCTION
(Ingots and Steel for Castings)
ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION
By UTILITIES
250
200
, , ) I , , , j , . , , I . , i I , . , i I , | , j . , , 1 , , j | { . | . | ! | i Si >i I i I I i i
5.0
I . . I I i *I I I I I I i ! i I I I I I S i I i ! I I i I I I I 1 \ I ! i \ ! II I 1 I i II
1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
160
I935-39»IOO
260
140 j-
2 2O
! MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
i and PAYROLLS
S80
------ ..
J4C
SS52
1951
1
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1951
raw
Sept. 15
1952
Sept. 22
Commodity prices, wholesale (revised)?
*113.4 •*••»««*
«109.9
*11Q.9
Finances
Federal Reserve reporting aeaber banks in leading cities *
New lork City
*..
*....».ao«.*.
Coiraacrcial, industrial, and agr, loans (grcss) ***do«»».
Boad yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) J/. »•••*.* percent.
Stock prices, 4BO stocks (Standard and Boor1 s). ,1935-39=100.
Production*
**n2«i
324.9
•3U
2.39
325.6
.351
2.39
895
874
862
843
28,232
24,334
19.167
612
23,165
24,783
19,835
971
29,077
24,810
20,267
650
29,200
24,603
19,797
152
24,666
9,466
51,420
70,725
30,768
19,842
164
3.08
188.6
206.7
30,263
11,443
51,357
71,604
31,333
19,938
150
3.0S
187*9
206.1
27,849
10,763
51,762
75,342
32,362
20,799
154
3,18
1B9.7
206.1
1,820
7,138
. 129,489
6,203
223.9
851
403
1,833
7,014
128,541
6,218
226.6
864
1,848
7,718
101,607
6,209
225»9
834
382
in
in
4n
Sept* 6
S®pt. 13
1 17
1,
107.9
Aug. 30
**1C9.9
**110.5
**112.9
293.4
•390
2.35
100
942
899
*H4.a
Cotton, middling, 15/16% 10 markets J2/..«.«««<1ol« per lb..
Wheat, No, 2f hard vinter (Kansas City) J/..,.dol* per bu»»
Department stors sales
it................... 1347~49=3XX>*.
Insured unemployment, total*....
.««***»«**«*»**«,*thous«,
Aug. 23
107.2
112.6
289*6
.394
2.41
1U
no.7
ni .4
Sept. 20
111*3
106*3
110.3
noJ)
29,375
34,816
19,760
242
29,368
24,872
20,340
819
29*314
25S249
21,057
1,204
23,991
9,113
52,387
75,480
32f246
20,919
132
3.1B
3B9.5
205.7
22,682
8,954
52,275
75,188
31,932
21,017
24,802
9,812
52,925
?5,303
31,786
21,235
91
3*19
1B7.2
203.1
372
7,646
114,769
6,210
231.7
727
3%
1»*25
293.0
.389
2«24
no
112.8
291.7
*393
2.38
100
816
773
no
3.1B
191.5
208.0
7fm
103,365
6,367
230.1
746
349
1,971
7,654
127,685
6,386
234*5
881
409
112*7
293.5
.386
2*42
12,733
145
3.19
186.4
202.1
133,183
237*6
Data do not always cover calendar weeks. £/ Thursday prices, jj Daily averages. L/ Week ending September 27, 2 8 0 * Monthly
3.*
inda: for September 1 5 . ** Monthly index for August 1952.
lex
91
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
• '
Earlier data are available ±n monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
'
"" "
19 n
My
_
-
19 52
h-August
Msy
June
Ju3y
Augast
COMMODITY
1
*.&£ f
-. As rvs t
j-/ J»7-LjfX
203^6
227.0
188.7
?0^*9
2Gft,9
275.0
144.2
97.^
204.2
210,8
136.8
165*4
139,0
202*3
230*8
19%8
?10«6
?53.8
266»0
144.6
98.2
203.1
205*4
141.3
171,4
' ' *>
19>. "'
20',-,, 3
250 vO
270 -S
144W8
98*4
203.4
204.4
141.6
172*5
263»2
Z/0^
Ii6.4
98.3
208.4
204*2
'141*9
171*0
201.1
235.5
194.2
213*S
?42,3
277.3
247.3
99.0
209*0
204.2
142*3
173.2
44*334
1,379,830
1,084,6*77
46,319
1,262,811
lfO&3,5?3
63,709
1,563,660
1,216,618
50,845
1,488,850
1,133,292
52,073
1,511,285
l,170,7^i
52,909
1,438,725
1, 147, 536
4£> , 724
16,008
~922
2,809
4,190
9.641
1,914
4,839
6,401
r4j6,329
r!5,654
893
r2,522
r4,131
9,773
1,958
r4,7%
6,602
r46?348
rl5,463
r828
2,663
r4,157
r9,835
r3,977
r/.g/O
6,585
r46,037
r!5,l%
r797
r2,722
r4,129
r9,785
r1,992
r4 858
6,558
p46,9l6
p!5,891
p868
p2,778
p4,201
p9,752
pl,991
ni..8Zj6
u6.589
12,885
7,226
38
748
284
478
1,155
13,069
7,261
41
754
285
484
1,165
r!2,588
r7,262
59
r635
287
449
rl.LQ
r!2,383
r6,939
61
r694
288
4-53
r756
r!2,110
r6,603
r60
r691
r284
p!2,798
D7.0A9
p65
p6%
P294
r^.58
nl.051
813
1,235
684
1,187
221
383
5,659
1.225
75
1,167
990
418
507
526
198
217
336
817
1,209
6%
1,198
224
388
5,808
1,307
84
1,152
1,047
419
509
531
198
218
343
r798
rl,269
r708
r1,307
r233
376
5,326
rl,074
77
rl,083
r959
3%
r507
517
r!68
213
330
r788
rl,259
r70$
Tl,322
•^234
r379
T5*LLL
rl,135
78
1,085
r971
403
512
513
r!93
215
339
r740
rl,198
r681
rl,lTl
r°33
r371
r5 9 ^09
rl,2!6
r78
104.2
106.0
105.7
104.8
rl01.8
r!03.4
126.4
CONSTRUCTION AND R&VL ESTATE
Contract awards:
37 States (F« ¥. Dodge Corp.):
Total projects* * ,.....««.«•..,.**.»*>««.«..•*«*•• *nmaber » .
Total valuation** ••...«...,«,,«*ee«*«,,,« .thous, of dol,.
135 « 5
203! 3
227.7
189*0
205 «1
218.5
273.2
144*0
97*2
203.?
2T2.4
136.2
165*0
46,432
15,813
906
2,754
4,176
9,667
1,908
4,852
6,356
Consumers price indexf all itsnzs*...*.« *****,*. 1935-3^-100..
128.4
40.3
41,3
39.1
64.32
69.55
<~AJJ + a!
;\f
r
i>,
190,3
201.4
234.9
IG>ZU /
'12, 3
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
Snployees in nonagrieultural establishments :
Production workers in manufacturing industries:
Lumber and wood products (except furniture )*..«.. do.*..
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance, machinery,
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
.do....
Apparel and other finished textile products...... do....
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
do,...
Manufacturing production-worker employment index:
40.2
40.9
Average hourly earnings, all manufacturing
Lumber and wood products (except furniture).
do*...
do....
57.91
1.5%
1.684
1.679
1.479
1.410
1.571
1.819
Average weekly earnings, all manufacturing. •••••» •dollars* •
39.3
64*24
68.79
58.48
1.5%
1.682
1.696
1*443
1.404
1.560
1.802
1.658
1.754
1.637
1,863
1.631
1»415
1.663
1.766
1.626
1.867
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance, machinery,
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
do,.,.
do..**
p/ Revisad. £/ Preliminapy. ^ Index on old base for August 1952 is 1 2 3
9..
1.635
1.417
P?62
pi, 183
P704
rfl . P11
r984
r394
P508
r^!3
r393
r200
r339
t>235
P390
r>5.7/9
pi, 289
p90
r>1.130
pl,057
rA02
P508
D51A
p202
P207
p350
r 100.1
rl01.2
r97.9
r99.6
p!03.5
p!02.7
r!28.1
1?6.8
r!21.7
p!30.5
40.2
41.1
p-39.0
r66.65
71.76
r59.71
rl.658
1.746
1.790
rl.459
. rl.4£>2
rl.606
rl.841
40.4
41.1
r39.6
r67.06
r71.88
r6l.02
rl.660
rl.749
1.795
pl,532
r3 *468
vl «617
1.840
39.9
P40.3
r39»4
r65.80
r69.88
r60.87
rl.649
rl.734
rl.810
rl.530
rl*455
rl*620
1.831
P40.2
P40.6
D39.8
p66.85
1/71.37
p6l.45
pl.663
pl,75t
pl.g/A
pl.558
r>1.472
pl.632
pl.906
1.718
1*843
rl,697
rl.936
rl.718
rl.491
rl.716
t*!0848
rl.705
r1.942
rl.728
rl,494
rl.701
rl.839
rl.707
rl.913
rl.729
1.4B7
pi. 713
pl.846
pi. 708
pl.936
pl*722
pl.4Sa
Manufacturing production-worker payroll index, unadjusted
Hours and earnings:
Average weekly hours per worker, all manufacturing, .hours..
W./.1
r731
t*laCS4.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1951 Statistical Supplement
1951
July
1952
August
June
July
August
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES - Continued
Hours and earnings - Continued
Average hourly earnings - Continued
Nondurable-goods industries.e
.••...^olr.
.•9...dlas.
Food and kindred products
*...»*...do..
Tobacco manufactures,.,,
«..do....
Textile-mill products*.....
..d..
..o..
Apparel and other finished textile products......do,...
Paper and allied products
d..
o..
Printing, publishing, and allied industries......do....
Chemicals and allied products....««.««..,......««do....
Products of petroleum and c a 0 . * , . 9 .
o l. . . , ,. .
d,.
o..
Rubber products.
*
.o..
d..
Leather and leather p o u t . . . . . . . . . . . o . .
rdcs..........d..
FINANCE
Federal Government finance:
Receipts, Treasury3 total.
mil. of del..
Receipts, net
*
..o..
.d..
Customs....«.,«...«.»«*.«*.««.«.«••.«.*••«.,.......do,
Income and employment taxes
d..
o..
Miscellaneous internal revenue...,
.....d..
.....o..
Expenditures, total
d..
o..
Interest on debt....
....»««*.,.«
.o..
d..
National defense and related a t v t e . . . . . . d . .
ciiis......o..
Stocks:
Cash dividend payments pablicly reported, total
do....
Finance
,.,.do..,.
Manufacturing.
„....,.....,
*.*.„.do...,
Mining
do....
Communications „
« . , .do ..
..
..
Heat, light, and power.
«
d..
o..
Railroad
do....
Trade
do....
Miscellaneous.,...
...o..
..d,.
TRANSPORTATION
Freight carloadings,(F. R. indexes),total, a j . 9 5 3 = 0 .
d.13-910.
Coal
..
.
d..
o..
Coke
d..
o..
Forest products.......
*.*.......o..
.....«..,d.,
Grain and grain p o u t . . . . . .
rdcs......
d..
o..
Livestock*.«».•«.»...«..«.««««.«.«.«««........,...«..do.«••
Ore
d..
o..
Merchandise, l c 1
...
,..
,,
do,
Miscellaneous . ,
.
,
.o..
d..
Freight-car surplus and shortage, daily averages:
Car surplus
....number.,
Box cars
d..
o..
Coal cars
d,.
o..
Car shortage
.o.*
d..
Box cars
,
d..
o,.
Coal cars
«....«
.do....
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnish, and lacquer: I/
Factory shipments, total
thous. of dol..
Industrial sales
do....
Trade sales
......do...,
FOODSTUFFS
Grains:
Receipts:
Barley..•...•««•«..•....««••«.«.«..«.,««.«.thous. of bu..
Corn...................
do....
Oats
do....
Rye
ye
do....
Wheat
.do.
Stocks, commercial, end of month:
Barley
.d.
.o
Cr..........
on.........
,
•.d.
..o
f
Ot......
as.....
do.
do.
Rye.
Wet.......
ha........
*
.o..
d..
Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected):
Calves.....
. . . . . . t o s of animals..
......hu.
C attle ».
.....d..
.....o..
Hogs
d..
o..
Sheep and l m s . . . .
ab....
..o..
.d..
Stocks, cold storage, end of month:
Apples, fresh
. . . t o s of bu.*
...hu*
Butter, c e m r . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . h u . of l .
raey*.............tos
b.
Cheese, total....«
*«•*...«..«d..
••••.......o..
Fruits, f o e . . « « « » . . . . . . . . . . . « . . o . »
rzn,•«.•.««.....*.....d..
Vegetables, f o e . . , * .
rzn.....
d..
o..
1.481
1.456
3.145
1.310
1.288
1.522
1.952
1.643
1.984
1.708
1.269
rl.531
rl.548
1.198
r.4
l37
rl.238
rl.587
r2.069
1.814
rl.345
r.4
l27
rl.598
r2.063
rl.720
r2.083
rl.832
rl.3H
138
.1
4,165
3,594
50
3,131
806
5,087
222
300
,4
4,688
3,809
1,2
020
369
,4
3,316
48
828
97
,%
45
917
,4
845
5,659
690
,3
172
3,791
1,518
320
369
,9
384
,8
862
5,018
183
2,971
214.9
4.
06
102.4
2.5
.
7
47.3
78
.
78
.
58
.
233.5
44.8
1164
,7.
517
4.
208
3.
7.
98
117.7
3.4
.8
48.6
3.3
10.4
4.5
754*0
170
2.
198.5
68
.
8.
89
55.9
1.
24
38.7
13.5
50.3
161
0.
3.3
.
8
4.
91
64
.
1.
04
44
.
142
133
122
215
348
240
67
209
47
144
122
101
19
7
L26
132
66
212
45
137
18
0
%
69
139
11
6
56
53
44
19
1
102
75
57
16
4
153
56
46
43
115
125
101
160
149
134
65
216
46
140
28,062
1,0
319
1,2
198
8 6 3
, 1
2 7 6
, 1
4,873
442
,2
1,412
0
18,154
7,531
9,359
24,363
11,153
2,554
4,1
031
747
,7
2,4
662
200
,7
1,490
17,418
148
.8
1 1 1
* 7
1 3 5
. 1
1*274
1 5 9
. 2
1 9 6
. 5
1 6 9
. 5
201
.1
177
.2
120
.7
2,833
2 5 1
, 7
1 8 6
, 8
722
479
,3
232
2,930
534.7
125.3
206.7
6.1
7.
82
5 .
3 7
1.
10
3 .
9 5
14*2
125
9
7
215
143
130
61
203
109,198
42,489
66,709
724
,0
21,759
990
.3
1,800
65,841
23,361
35,379
1,9
778
2,423
2180
1,7
1.705
r2.022
45
3,663
22
,%
74
0
959
123
.1
9.
76
4.
24
7.
62
55.8
4.
56
25.0
28,136
U69
,6
6,372
2,933
1,865
717
136
.4
rl.266
rl.619
r.6
206
178
.2
r2.135
r.2
l89
rl.306
244
,6
949
672
,4
448
22,135
23,800
23,302
5,995
6,4
610
r40,757
799
,0
17,358
11,715
6,172
10, no
2,4
001
9,130
57
4
87 348
U23
,9
2,0
164
249
,4
1939
4,2
32,526
I6f03o
H8l
,6
2,7
072
2,0
411
113
,6
23,598
233,527
1,4
466
4,4
071
1,4
206
1^995
8,5
894
26,353
32,559
27,449
5,129
128
,7
4,585
4,050
47
3,546
2,114
7,888
6,156
2,448
3,429
112,263
3,1
671
75,552
1,568
23,234
18,206
22,030
1,770
59,153
17,899
17,167
30,814
3,210
2946
7.2
308,618
430
1,100
3,641
908
426
1,135
422
1,064
388
109
,0
392
96
6
4,236
442
,8
4,259
889
99
3
96
2
294
1445
0,0
262,540
5378
7,0
3931
6,1
1670
1,9
2954
6,6
6029
1,9
4574
4,2
293
pl.544
pl.541
p.6
l19
pl.349
pl.286
pl.621
P.7
204
pl.742
P.3
217
pl.850
pl.323
9,2
394
920
386
,2
863
408
rl.545
rl.548
rl.220
1678
2,6
4,2
460
8,4
218
3,592
1,020
107
,3
282
r!53
229
3,2
081
185,927
5769
3,7
3179
0,3
6,1
866
2764
1,0
5024
8,6
3691
3,1
r971
9,5
r239,632
r593,518
r385,494
1213
1,7
255,175
5006
7,4
4727
6,3
r/ Revised, jg/ Jreliminary. I/ See note on corresponding item in the September 1952 Survey.
151
.4
rl.553
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