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Wlontkly BUSINESS STATISTICS X HE STATISTICS here are a continuation of the data published in BUSINESS STATISTICS, the 1955 Statistical Supplement to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. That volume (price $2.00) contains monthly data for the years 1951 through 1954 and monthly averages for earlier years back to 1929 insofar as available; it also provides a description of each series and references to sources of monthly figures prior to 1951. Series added or significantly revised since publication of the 1955 Supplement are indicated by an asterisk (*) and a dagger (f), respectively. Except as otherwise stated, the terms "unadjusted" and "adjusted" refer to adjustment for seasonal variation. Statistics originating in Government agencies are not copyrighted and may be reprinted freely. Data from private sources are provided through the courtesy of the compilers, and are subject to their copyrights. [Averages for the year 1955 are provided in the July 1956 issue of the SURVEY] 1955 Unless otherwise stated, statistics through 1954 and descriptive notes are shown in the 1955 edition of DecemOctober NovemBUSINESS STATISTICS ber ber 1956 January February March April May- June July August | Seg£m- October November GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT Seasonally adjusted quarterly totals at annual rates :f National income, total bil. ofdol - 334.4 334.9 338.7 do .-do. __ do _ -do do - do 230 3 217.0 180 5 9.7 26 8 13 3 233 0 219.4 182 5 9 6 27 3 13 6 237 2 223. 5 186 2 9.5 27 8 13.8 240 4 226. 2 188 3 9.5 28 5 14.2 Proprietors' and rental income, totalcf - do_ _ Business and professional^ do Farm _ _ do Rental income of persons do Corporate profits and inventory valuation adjustment, total _ _ __ _bil. ofdol _ Corporate profits before tax, total do Corporate profits tax liability do. __ Corporate profits after tax __ do Inventory valuation adjustment __ - -do. .. Net interest do 49.3 28 0 11.4 98 49 28 11 9 5 2 5 8 49.9 28 9 11 3 9 7 50 29 11 9 43.4 46.4 23.4 23.0 -3.0 11 3 40.9 43 7 22.1 21 6 -2.8 11 5 39.8 42.9 21.7 21.3 -3.1 11.7 -.8 12 0 401.9 403 4 408 3 413 8 259. 5 35.4 129 2 94.9 261 7 34.8 130 5 96.4 263 7 33.4 132 3 98.0 266 8 33 0 134 0 99 7 65.1 33 0 25.9 61 63 1 32 6 26. 4 4 1 64.7 33 6 27.5 35 65 33 29 2 Compensation of employees, total __ Wages and salaries, total Private Military __ Government civilian Supplements to wages and salaries Gross national product, total - __ do Persona] consumption expenditures, total do Durable goods _ .. -do . _ Nondurable goods do Services _ _ __ - do Gross private domestic investment, total New construction Producers' durable equipment Change in business inventories - do do _ do. _ _ do Net foreign investment do Government purchases of goods and services, total bil. of dol Federal (less Government sales) do National security 9 - -do State and local ___ do. Personal income, total do Less: Personal tax and nontax payments _ _do Equals: Disposable personal income _ do Personal saving do 7 5 6 7 1 6 5 0 1 1 2 5 4 5 1 78.7 46 1 40. 7 32 6 80 47 41 33 314 6 36.3 278.4 317 5 37.3 280 2 322 9 38.1 284.9 327 o 38 8 288 2 18 8 18 6 21 2 21 4 78.1 47 2 40.6 30.9 78 46 40 32 17 2 2 9 0 PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates:! Total personal income 311. 6 314 5 317.5 316 7 317 1 318 6 321 7 322 8 324 9 324 3 328 1 r 329 5 332.6 _ __do_ do do do __do-- 215.3 93.3 56.7 28 9 36.4 217.2 94 2 57.3 29 3 36 4 218.2 94.5 57.6 29 4 36.7 219.0 94 8 57.9 29 5 36.8 218.9 94 7 57.9 29 5 36 8 220.3 95 1 58.4 29 6 37.2 222.9 96 8 59. 1 29 8 37 2 223 2 96 8 59.1 30 0 37 3 225. 2 97 5 59.9 30 2 37.6 224.0 95 9 59.9 30 4 37 8 227.1 98 3 60.3 30 6 37.9 r 60. 5 30 8 38 1 230.2 100 3 60.6 31 0 38.3 Other labor income , . - _ _ .. _do _... Proprietors' and rental income do Personal interest income and dividends do- .. Transfer payments do Less personal contributions for social insurance bil. of dol- - 7.2 49.1 27.9 17 4 7.2 49.6 28.1 17 7 7.3 49.2 30.2 18 0 7.3 49.4 28.5 18 2 7.2 49.7 28.7 18 3 7.2 49.5 28.8 18 5 7.2 49.7 29.1 18 6 7 2 50.1 29.4 18 7 7.3 50.0 29.6 18 6 7.3 50.5 29.7 18 6 7.3 51.0 29.8 18 8 7 3 50. 9 30.0 18 7 7.4 51.9 30.2 18 () Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries Distributive industries . --- Service industries Government _ __- Total nonagrieultural income - bil. of dol do 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 296.9 299.4 302.8 301.6 301.5 304.0 306.8 307.6 310.3 309.4 5.9 312.8 228 5 r 99 I T r 5.9 6.0 ' 314. 4 316.8 'Revised. tRevised series. Estimates of national income and product and personal income have been revised back to 1952 (see pp. 7 ff. of the July 1956 SURVEY); for data prior to 1952, see the 1954 NATIONAL INCOME SUPPLEMENT or the 1955 edition of BUSINESS STATISTICS. cf Includes inventory valuation adjustment. 9 Government sales are not deducted. §Personal saving is excess of disposable income over personal consumption expenditures shown as a component of gross national product above. S-l
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