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MONTHLY REVIEW • • • A N N U A L I N JANUARY - DECEMBER 1955 D E X • • • FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S A N FRANCISCO Page Numbers In Each Issue January ............................ .......................... .......................... M a r c h .............................. .......................... April ................................ .......................... M a y .................................. .......................... J u n e .................................. .......................... 1-16 17- 48 49- 56 57-60 6 1- 68 69-80 J u l y .................................... August .............................. September ........................ O ctob er.............................. N ovem ber.......................... December .......................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 81-96 97-108 109-120 121-124 125-132 133-144 Articles Bank Earnings Up—Profits D ow n.............................................. I l l Canning Review and Prospects...................................................... 102 Changes in Banks and Branches—Twelfth District, 1953-54.. 65 Construction Activity in the Nation and the Twelfth District in 195$.5!........................................................................ 98 Consumer Spending and Retail Sales, 1954.................................. 30 The Course of Bank Credit During the Recovery.................... 57 Credit Expansion in a Year of Recession...................................... 36 District Farmers Faced Stormy Economic Weather in 1954.. 39 Earnings and Expenses of Twelfth District Member Banks, 1954 ..................................................................................... 51 Economic Development of the Intermountain States of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District Since 1939........................ 7 Foreign Trade: Course and Speed Maintained Against Adverse Currents........................................................................... 32 Government Agricultural Supply and Market Expansion Programs for 1955 and Twelfth District Agriculture.......... 53 Industrial Activity Characterized by a Varied Pattern of E xperience................................................................................. 20 The Inventory B u ild -U p ................................................................ 109 Ownership of Demand Deposits—Twelfth D istrict.................. 63 Subject Agriculture.. .9,18,39-46, 53-55,55-56, 58-60,72,113-117,135-138 See also specific headings Agriculture, Government program ............................................ 53-55 Aircraft in d u stry .......................................................................... 27-28 Aluminum in d u stry ...................................................................... 24-25 Automobile market ...................................................... 81-84,109-110 Bank assets, member and nonmember........................................ 57 Bank deposits .................................................................... 39,57,63-65 Bankers’ acceptances.................................................................... 84-90 Banking and credit statistics, monthly ................ 16, 47, 56A, 60A, 67, 78, 95, 106, 120A, 124A, 132, 143 Banks, changes in m em ber.......................................................... 65-66 Business conditions ........ 17-20, 49-51, 61-63, 69-70, 97-98, 121-123, 125-128, 133-135 Business indexes, monthly .................. 16,47, 56A, 60A, 67, 7 8 ,9 5 ,1 0 6 ,120A, 124A, 132,143 Pacific Coast Waterborne Foreign Trade, 1953 .....................................................................supplement, August Personal Income in the Twelfth District, 1954........................ 123 Plentiful H a r v e st.............................................................................. 113 Postwar Developments In Consumer Spending.......................... 139 Price Movements in a Period of Recovery.................................. 125 Prospective Field Crop Plantings Indicate a Drop in District Production for 1955 .................................................. .... 55 Retail Sales at High Level............................................................... 1 Review of Business Conditions...................... 49, 61, 69, 97, 121, 133 The Role of Bankers’ Acceptances in International Trade and F in a n c e ....................................................................... 84 Three Seasons—Recession, Stability, and Recovery.................. The Twelfth District Automobile Market.................................. Twelfth District Commodity Trade— 1950.................................. Twelfth District Production Prospects for Fruits and V egetab les.............................................................................. 17 81 70 58 Unemployment Insurance Benefits As a Stabilizing Force During Recessionary Periods........................................ 90 The United States Balance of Payments Since 1953................ 128 United States Foreign Economic Policy in 1955........................ 117 The United States-Philippines Trade Agreement.................... 2 Wheat Price Supports In Importing Countries and United States Production Controls.......................................................... 135 Index Canning industry............................................................ 28-29,102-105 Cash receipts, agricultural.......................................................... 40-43 Commodity tr a d e .......................................................................... 70-77 Construction industry........................ 21-22, 50, 62, 98-102, 122, 134 Consumer sp en d in g.................................................................. 139-142 Credit, bank.............................................................................. 57-58,135 Crops ................................................ 42-43,55-56,58-60,104,113-114 See also Canning industry Dairy products .............................................................. 41-42,114-115 Department stores See Retail trade Earnings, member b an k ................................................ 51-53,111-113 Economic developm ent.................................................................. 7-15 Employment, nonagricultural.20-21,49-50, 61,97,121-122,133-134 Expenditures, consum er................................................ 18, 30-32,109 Expenditures, G overnm ent............................................................. 17 'Expenses, member b a n k ...................................................... 51-53,113 ‘Farm a s s e ts ......................................................................................... 45 Farm in co m e...................................................................40-43,116-117 Fishing industry................................................................................. 29 Foreign economic policy, United S ta te s................................ 117-120 Foreign trade .............. 2-7; 18; 32-35; supplement, August; 128-131; 135-138 Frozen fo o d s ...................................................................................29-30 Grants and credits, foreign and international............................ 131 In co m e.......................................................................7-9,38-39,123-124 Industry .................................................................10-12,20-30,98-102 ^ See also specific industries Inventories...................................................................................109-110 L iv esto ck .............................................................................................115 Loans, member b a n k ................................................ 37-38, 57-58,123 Lumber ind ustry.........................................................22-23,69-70,122 Manufacturing.................................................10-11, 72-73, 97-98, 134 Metals industries ...........................................11-12,25-26, 62,98,122 Monetary p o lic y ............................................................. 18-19, 36-39 Money supply...............................................................................36-39 Paper in d u stry ............................................................................... 23 Payments, international........................................................128-131 Petroleum in d u stry..................................................................... 26-27 Philippines, Republic of t h e ........................................................2-7 Population ......................................... .......................................12-13 P o u ltry ...............................................................................42,114-116 Prices, agricultural ............................................ 40-41,116,127-128 Prices, nonagricultural..........................................................125-128 Price supports, agricultural......................................................53-55 Production expenses, ag ricu ltu ral.......................................... 43-44 Retail trade.......................................... 1-2, 30-32, 50-51, 70, 134-135 Services industries......................................................................... 62 Steel industry............................................................................... 23-24 Unem ploym ent........................................................................... 63,98 Unemployment insurance.......................................................... 90-94 Water ...........................................................................................13-15 Waterborne t r a d e .................................32-35; supplement, August W h e a t.......................................................................................135-138
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