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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Avoiloble only with subscription to the monthly mogozine SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 5, 1952 SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS 9.0 1935-39 • 100 300 250 ELECTRIC - POWER PRODUCTION By UTILITIES STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and Steel for Castings) 8.0 195! 1952 7,0 150 too 5.0 SEASC NALLY ADJUSTED, 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 - 1 0 0 350 THOUSANDS OF BALES 60 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION COTTON CONSUMPTION (DAILY AVERAGE) 300 DURABLE MANUFACTURES v^ ~"\ \ ^^]~"^ '*"'*""' ^ —•"""""" 250 \ °*°>o^^5^^i^^^ 150 100 ' ^^"N*. 0-EK, 200 ^ NOND JRABLE MANUFACTUF ES 30 ^C TOTAL INDUSTRIAL 1 PRODUCTION 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1949 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 ! ! I I 1 1 1 1 I960 1951 1 I 1 1 1 1 ! ! 1 1 20 1949 1952 1951 I960 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS lc?51 1952 TTtnuT Aug. 25 Commodity prices, wholesale (revised) : All commodities . . 1947-4.9=100. . Sept. 1 *113.7 *110.4 *in.? do. . . . *-n/,.q August 1939=100. .324.4 .350 dol. per Ib. . All other » 28 commodities ?/'• • • • • • Cotton, middling, 15/16", 10 markets ^/ Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (Kansas City) j$/ dol. per bu.. Department store sales «... 194.7—49=100. . Insured unemployment total • « « « • « • « • • • • • •«.»••*•«. thous • • 2.33 97 944. 923 Finance : 97 QAH *i/,7pU 24,175 19,172 655 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: Bank debits total mil. of dol, . 24,002 8,275 50,295 70,331 30,983 503 Commercial industrial and apr* loans (pross) . • . • .do. .19, .. 130 3.11 Bond yields domestic corporate (Moody1 s) %/ .percent.. Stock prices, 480 stocks (Standard and Poor' s). .. .1935-39=100. . 181.2 Industrials 420 stocks do. . . . 197.8 Production: 1,792 7,077 Electric power by utilities .mil. of kw.-hr. . 131,949 6,140 224.8 Steel Lj 1935-39=100. . 839 Freight car loadings , total thous . of cars . * Miscellaneous •• do. . . . 392 322.8 .345 2.35 105 909 884 2 Aug. 9 **m.ft mt9 **110.2 **110.0 **112.6 294.6 .397 2.30 87 1,373 1,294 110.1 110.4 31?. 7 294.1 .403 2.31 90 Aug. 16 112.0 110.0 110.8 112.7 293.8 .394 2.32 95 Aug. 23 31?.? no.i 111.1 112.8 293.4 .390 2.35 100 Aug. 30 in. 9 108.8 110.9 112.8 293.0 .389 2.34 1,272 1,193 o<* ort'S 24,001 18,871 386 9ft Q^1? <o,7?/ OQ C\E\\ /iV,Upl 24,907 20,409 637 24,440 22,393 8,143 50,976 70,488 30,930 19,502 164 3.10 183.6 200.7 1,766 7,146 131,240 6 151 223.5 829 394 I/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Thursday prices. 3/ Daily averages for August 1951. ** Monthly index for July 1952. Aug. oQ rfn 609 OQ nA<? «dv,Uo5 24,553 20,136 499 26,834 11,792 52,766 76.115 33^267 20,581 152 3.18 193.1 210.8 27,495 11,776 51,864 75,652 32,586 20,657 123 3.18 193.2 210.6 24,006 9,040 51,837 75,586 32,500 20,722 M1 3.18 191.9 208.9 27,849 10,763 51,762 75,342 32,362 20,799 151 3.18 189.7 206.1 1,392 7,405 18,760 6,047 99.8 733 341 1,590 7,495 43,874 6,181 208.9 782 360 1,650 7,627 32,612 6,204 217.1 806 374 1,833 7,718 101 607 6,209 225.9 834 382 20,260 24,810 20,267 650 24,603 19,797 152 9,113 3.18 189.5 205.7 117 P*& OOT -O.L.n/ Week ending September 6, 232.7. * Monthly index MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1952 1951 June July April June May July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial production (Federal Reserve): Unadjusted, combined index • 1935-39=100*, Manufactures...•.....••.•••..••.••..•••••...••••.•.do.... Durable manufactures..•••*..•»••.••••..... *do**** Iron and steel......................... do.... Lumber and products............................do.... Furniture....................................do.... Lumber*••••••••••••••«••••••••••«•«•••••••...do.... Machinery •••• .do.... Nonferrous metals and products.................do.... Smelting and refining*... * do*... Stone, clay, and glass products** ........do.... Clay products •• ......do.... Transportation equipment..... ...do.... Automobiles (including parts)................do.... Nondurable manufactures.*•...............••«•••••do•••• Chemical products*.. ••••• ••• do.... Industrial chemicals do.... Leather and products...........................do.... Leather tanning..............................do.... Shoes** * •••••• ........do.... Manufactured food products* .......do.... Meat packing.. * do.*.. Processed fruits and vegetables.*. .....do.... Printing and publishing do.... Rubber products * ••• •••• do.... Textiles and products do.... Cotton consumption...........................do.... Rayon deliveries««««••••••••••«.«»••••••«....do...* Minerals *.* .................do.... Fuels do.... Anthracite •••• do.... Bituminous coal * do.*.. Crude petroleum................................do.... Metals do...* p!92 p201 p225 p!27 p!48 p!64 P139 P334 P207 P242 p2!9 p!65 p262 p!39 p!80 p291 P545 223 532 276 261 164 164 163 338 205 225 241 184 307 238 197 300 548 98 86 106 165 344 123 170 251 185 157 378 169 169 86 133 191 171 214 223 266 253 151 160 146 328 199 225 239 179 293 216 188 301 554 83 71 92 176 141 191 155 243 160 123 379 161 160 66 105 192 166 215 224 277 245 152 169 143 352 219 257 216 166 329 229 180 2% 561 102 84 114 149 152 87 180 234 144 130 280 165 171 74 119 201 130 212 224 278 245 145 167 133 352 220 260 223 164 338 233 180 292 558 105 90 315 154 147 93 174 238 151 135 287 343 340 73 107 159 164 204 234 r248 342 155 169 148 r352 r211 246 r225 r!70 r339 r230 r!87 r295 r562 102 90 111 r!66 347 r!24 175 r245 r!54 133 312 r!49 r!6l 74 102 r!93 80 221 231 274 153 147 205 239 184 197 302 99 89 165 145 160 171 165 145 212 222 265 141 131 199 237 177 187 305 85 75 164 152 347 166 156 132 216 225 277 152 143 219 220 171 183 293 102 84 163 165 343 175 166 341 211 224 277 341 128 220 217 164 181 293 105 90 160 346 343 170 341 347 203 213 r247 146 134 r2!2 222 rlTl rlB7 297 103 92 rl67 348 rl62 176 r347 65 p!9l p200 P224 p!39 p!25 P207 p217 p!63 p!80 P294 531 557 545 490 529 535 557 545 495 530 545 582 552 499 541 548 584 554 504 543 550 588 554 504 544 555 600 554 513 549 233.2 234.6 244.9 233.4 234.6 244.2 238.3 238.5 248.9 239.4 239.2 249.5 242.1 241.3 251.9 243.6 242.9 252.7 P173 P137 pl69 P154 P235 P344 in 342 p!45 Ptl56 57 91 p!92 p80 Adjusted, combined index I/ do..,* Manufactures.. do.... Durable manufactures... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Lumber and products.......................•••••do*... Lumber.* * do.... Nonferrous metals.••••• •••••• .do.... Stone, clay, and glass products.......... .do.... Clay products.* * .do**.. Nondurable manufactures*•••••• ..............do.... Chemical products..............................do.... Leather and products.. * ......c.do.... Leather tanning..... •••••• • do.... Manufactured food products.............. do,... Meat packing do.... Processed fruits and vegetables. .....do*... • Minting and publishing*.*.. * •••••••do**** Minerals do.... Metals do.... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost indexes: American Appraisal Co.: Average, 30 cities , .1913=100.. Atlanta do.... New York do.... San Francisco.. do.... St. Louis do.... E. H. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: Briok and concrete 9. S. avg. 1926-29=100.. Brick and steel do.... Brick and wood do.... Commercial and factory buildings: Brick and concrete...... , do.... Brick and steel do.... Brick and wood.,.. do.... Frame ••• ..do.... Steel.... do.... Residences: Brick do.... Frame do.... 235.0 234.9 240.5 248*7 220.2 235.4 235.1 240.2 247.7 220.5 241.0 239.3 245.1 252.1 223.3 242.2 240.7 245.8 252.8 226.1 245.3 243.4 247.8 255.8 226.4 246.8 245.7 248.8 256.4 229.5 245.1 243.4 244.6 242.5 249.4 246.9 250.0 247.4 252.5 249.8 253.3 250.4 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED FRODDCTS Pits, oils, and byproducts: Animal fats: froduction......•••••«**••••••••«..........thous. of lb»« Stocks, end of month do.... 306,257 273.326 279,284 277,129 349,058 329,408 321,630 336,784 305,335 367,590 290,088 377,329 r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary, J/ Indexes for which seasonal factors have been fixed at 100 are not shownj see unadjusted series. p!62 P346 P130 p!66 P343 P67 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Surrey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1951 1952 June July April 52,630 101,780 47,222 113,378 50,357 105,411 49,982 111,895 19,082 79,494 25,463 75,111 5,3/1 68,538 31,060 66,640 12,748 69,931 22,631 84,479 371 1.028 430 1,202 632 382 1,123 624 343 400 330 1,026 329 *•% 304 1,008 536 35,473 194,120 24,446 347,024 123,723 434,758 100,080 432,620 79,578 401,400 54,023 361,320 74,079 623,490 63,3% 633,674 38,953 646,589 41,647 638,021 44,015 637,975 31,860 625,368 176,839 139,124 107,383 113,715 176,357 120,792 116,683 95,343 204,138 198,641 224,072 130,234 199,002 181,249 197,473 126,720 189,977 177,198 185,122 111,280 178,701 362,158 180,130 116,618 70,927 19,529 69,436 17.451 101,136 22,419 100,709 15,839 104,040 26,837 68,695 23,807 86,770 340,550 80,203 114,434 127,375 93,408 138,692 83,228 342,749 81,922 112,624 88,436 34,966 29,840 5,126 35,435 30,392 5,042 36,736 31,515 5,221 37,065 31,824 5,240 36,052 31,525 4,526 37,007 32,523 4,484 342,305 143,350 1,442 483,836 35,892 922,354 182,936 133,775 127,175 1,387 556,897 38,061 791,554 157,111 103,780 102,450 1,557 566,992 45,703 944,623 191,803 134,970 138,275 1,476 610,297 45,306 820,518 165,818 r!31,055 r!39,475 1,444 582,712 41,392 819,934 160,274 122,320 121,410 1,418 659,036 38,601 720,191 141,823 3,463 32,474 502,592 19,091 2,444 29,739 421,758 15,806 2,889 31,774 491,964 18,076 3,348 32,920 4%,512 18,331 2,365 r34,511 4%,450 18,443 P33,701 504,045 15,744 39,952 40,041 33,308 44,864 44,404 33,504 39,329 38,225 41,820 45,546 28,591 58,775 38,987 39,563 . 58,190 12,770 86,777 11,461 87,101 9,480 87,814 13,346 90,225 16,%2 88,017 r2,285 8,700 r2,221 9,024 1,760 10,010 2,U5 9,665 2,925 8,782 48,487 r47,880 91.818 393.2 53,854 r44,l*4 94,404 390.3 36,284 45,805 80,183 385.1 41,707 r51,743 74,183 225.2 42,%3 57,830 72,468 353.8 343.9 194,548 261,648 161,002 343,436 217,169 222,266 216,%9 219,882 206,939 281,635 188,715 209,901 882,150 885,285 886,429 300,270 812,4% 783,778 770,991 312,183 813,274 850,216 842,129 369,375 r740,502 r817,027 r803,031 r376,503 r754,869 r775,342 r771,571 r380,075 756,000 721,500 719,000 382,150 113,525 317,902 119,902 62,470 108,242 95,741 98,572 63,605 104,915 116,076 113,781 72,250 rl!5,790 r!09,550 r9l,140 1*9,950 rlOO,872 r97,427 r81,935 84,000 88,000 87,000 83,000 May June July CHEMICALS AND ALLIED HIODUCTS - Continued Pats, oils, and byproducts - Continued Greases : I^oduction. ••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••thous. or lb.« Fish oils: Vegetable oils, total: Production, crude* •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••mil* or lb«. Cottonseed oil, refined: Production..**.**. «»«.•»*«••«««•«•«••. •••••thous. of lb«« Linseed oil, raw: Soybean oil: Oleomargarine : Shortenings and compounds: 49,486 115,580 44,932 118,495 ETJUCTRIC PCWER Electric power: FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Butter, creamery (factory), production,.....,,, thous. of lb.. Meats, production, total. .*..*. ..«*••«•««•«•«••• .mil. of lb.. Beef and veal. ••••••••••••••••••••**•••••••• . thous. of lb. . Tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals): Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid,... thous« of Ibs.. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Lead, refined (primary refineries): ^reduction. ••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••«••«••• .short tons.. Boilers, radiators and connectors, cast iron: Boilers (round and square): Shipments.... ••••••••«••••••••••*• *........thous. of lb.. Radiation: Oil burners: Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net.,.*.... 1937-39=100.* Electrical appliances, domestic, sales billed: 37,489 _ 51,534 44,340 PAPER AND HUNTING Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboardt Fine paper: r/ Revised, £/ Preliminary. r78,490 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 1951 Statistical Supplement 1951 June 1952 July April 298,390 285,183 284,352 113,760 268,285 254,382 254,294 113,845 296,780 295,634 293,550 138,025 r 261,286 r288,313 r285,851 340,488 r277,290 r278,647 r279,631 r!39,480 280,000 252.000 250,000 341,000 297,480 305,938 305,490 78,450 277,783 277,523 270,980 84,993 254,759 277,891 276,686 84,100 r246,360 P269,058 262,180 84,000 r238,232 P251,055 r241,069 94,000 235,000 230,000 226,000 98,000 464,332 475,034 135,486 452,455 442,966 344,975 471,235 468,018 170,187 495,972 492,478 173,681 451,915 483,791 341,805 485,539 483,250 344,094 365,324 94,331 97,274 333,440 92,481 90,875 393,470 94,767 94,250 404,071 103,440 103,783 379,943 99,080 98,138 329,729 94,192 94,933 7,014 358,294 94,331 8,620 393,718 106,727 8,969 460,475 72,475 8,626 442,739 79,028 9,568 476,479 74,592 8,827 532,297 75,474 817,154 768,072 847,444 686,697 695,965 692,594 22,198 20,962 10,272 514 9,661 139 22,14.0 20,884 9,877 412 9,260 an 20,910 19,613 10,607 424 9,948 115 20,834 19,513 8,110 416 7,532 112 20,770 19,453 8,700 435 8,102 117 21,325 19,948 9,112 380 8,501 102 33,376 6,560 30,700 2,395 30,020 11,020 r25,472 r8,072 27,212 5,644 145 2,252 18 1,68$ no n 136 1,534 13 345 rl.647 16 346 1,738 20 116 64 46 25 117 48 rl!4 r51 73 40 79,070 100,875 184 58,540 75,843 131 63,457 71,007 120 r67,772 r70,4Q4 120 69,6% 78,707 131 June May July PAPER AND HUNTING - Continued Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint and papepboard - Con. Printing paper: Coarse paper: Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland)! Newsprint, United States: Stocks, end of months TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: I/ Manufactures, spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total 2/.,. thousands. • Consuming 100 percent cotton ......,do,... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total* •••mil* of hr.. Wool: I/ Consumption (scoured basis): Apparel class* »«» «»»*•«« «***««••«•• ••••••••thous* of lb*« Machinery activity (weekly average): Looms J Woolen and worsted : Carpet and rug 2 Spinning spindles t r/ Revised. I/ Data fc end of period covered. July 1951 and April and July 1952 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2/ Number of active spindles are for UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. FIRST CLASS OFFICiAL BUSINESS Permit No. 1009 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE 1C AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $»0
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