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April 12, 1957 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent, to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS INDEX, 1941-43 = SO INDEX, 1941 - 4 3 = 10 70 70 Monthly PRICES OF 4 2 5 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) 60 60 1956 \ 50 h \ '957 40 _, 30 30 h 2 0 i- \ |^—L_I»J_JJ™J™J^^ 1954 S955 \ I I 8 \ 8 I i I I 8 \ I 1956 BfLUON DOLLARS 350 4 Q I I I \ I I 8 1957 8 8 8 8 I I I t i l L/J J F M A M J J A S O N D BILLION DOLLARS NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY . PERSONAL INCOME (seasonally adjusted) (Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) Totai A r*» 300 Total |_ 250 Private Residential (nonfarm) Wage and Salary Disbursements 200 M-l-t it 1 M M I I.1.I...U i f 1954 8 8 1 I § f I I I i i 1 1 i 9 I I I I 8 I I I I I i I 8 I 1955 1956 1957 BILLION DOLLARS 50 O 11 i i M i i i i i i I i n i i I i i i I I » i i n t I i i n i 1 i i n t I i i i i i 1954 1955 1956 1957 INDEX, ! 9 4 7 - 4 9 = I 0 0 I 20 s CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING COTTON CONSUMPTION (short- and Intermediate-term) (daily average; seas, adj.) ISO IOO Installment Credit (end of month) 10 Lj » i i » I i i i M I i i i i i I i i i t M t n I » h i i i i I i n n I i i t i i !954 I955 1956 I957 LyTtWv 90 8 0 LLlJ-UJLlJLJ.^^ I954 l i t ! JjJj-JLiJ I l.,,L.iJLU._ljJ ( I l l l H I 8 S955 1956 1957 20 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1957 1956 ITEM Mar. 31 Mar. 16 Apr. 7 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Commodity prices, wholesale: 90.2 122 1,493 1,370 •112.8 •86.6 •99.2 •121.0 90.9 i04 1,493 1,377 116.9 88.7 103.7 125.4 88.8 507 1,723 1,593 30,249 25,66! 19,028 573 30,321 25,658 18,860 538 30,609 24,79! 18,654 427 30,589 25,158 19,204 603 30,502 24,930 18,971 594 55,733 21,618 85,631 27,995 27,781 8,341 55,392 21,640 85,454 27,852 27,578 8,344 56,905 22,929 85,653 25,676 30,844 8,740 55,704 23,020 86,747 25,990 31,579 8,746 55,472 23,067 85,604 25,164 31,443 8,740 263 3.33 48.51 51.80 217 3.35 48.80 52.23 301 3.97 44.04 46.88 318 3.97 44,10 46.99 290 3.96 44.09 46.97 1,719 10,992 149,863 7,149 1,635 10,846 157,531 7,171 1,704 11,650 161,904 7,799 1,723 11,723 161,866 7,818 1,762 11,694 152,712 7,786 2,452 #99.6 725 382 2,406 #97.7 685 371 2,401 93.8 689 356 2,392 93.5 686 355 2,364 92.4 695 361 ....1947-49=100.. .do.... Al 1 otheir 1 16.9 88.9 103.9 125.3 88.8 113 1,668 1,539 116.9 89. ! 103.9 125.3 88.5 117.0 89.1 104.1 125.3 88.6 112 F i nance: FederVl Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do..,. do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:4/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do.... Commercial, industri-af, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... do.... Failures, industrial and commercial Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43*10.. do.... Production: . of short tons., .mi 1. of kw.-hr.. ..thous. of bb1,. . of short tons.. .thous. of cars.. do 30 588 25,165 18,868 342 231 3.96 44.54 47.47 156,834 2,319 90.6 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ,4/ Wednesday data; S&P's index on revised basis. 5/ Week beginning April 8, 1957: Production, 2,328 thous. short tons; operating rate, 91.0 percent. «Monthly index for March 1956. #Not comparable with 1957 rates, which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1957 1956 ITEM January February November January December February GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS* Personal income, by source, seasonally adj., at annual rates: 316.7 219.0 94.8 57.9 29.5 36.8 Less persona! contributions for social insurance...do.... 317.1 2(8.9 94.7 57.9 29.5 36.8 333.5 231.0 101.1 60.6 31.1 38.2 7.3 7.2 7.4 49.4 28.5 18.2 49.7 28.7 18.3 51.7 30.3 19.1 r335.0 r232.7 rlOI.2 r6l.5 r3l.3 r38.7 334.0 232.9 102.3 60,9 31.3 38.4 7.4 1 5!.2 29.2 19.3 1 336.7 233.9 101.9 61.6 31.5 38.9 7 5 7.5 r5l.3 30.6 19.6 51.5 30.6 19.9 * 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.7 6,7 301.6 301.5 317.9 318.8 r3l9.7 321.4 2,530 2,491 !,2I2 1,279 1,972 1,945 1,180 3,306 3,216 1,749 1,467 2,768 2,728 1,406 1,322 2,574 2,530 ! 1,146 i 1,384 | 364 630 265 346 580 234 342 806 301 371 615 321 384 756 220 | 102 113 80 71 132 163 112 13! 104 107 94 87 108 97 102 p90 122 117 126 97 72 116 157 176 142 128 131 125 119 108 126 p!!3 Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, unadjusted: All commodities... 1947-49*100.. 765 p2,032 p2,00l p775 pi,226 p36l p633 p209 p82 1 P72 Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted: p95 p72 £/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. •REVISED DATA—Manufacturers' inventories for February 1957 shown in the April 5 issue of the Weekly Supplement have been revised as follows (mil. of dol.): Unadjusted data—total, 52,236; total durables, 30>274; primary metal, 4,320; machinery (incl. e l e c ) , 10,237; transportation equip, (incl. motor vehicles), 7,518; lumber and furniture, 1,804; seasonally adjusted data—total, 51,847; total durables, 30,129; primary metal, 4,327; machinery (incl. e!ec,), !0,2H; transportation equip, (Incl. motor vehicles), 7,479; [umber and furniture, 1,804. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1956 1957 ITEM January February November December January DOMESTIC TRADE AJ I reta i1 stores j Estimated inventories; Unadjusted, total,•.,..•• •.••••••••mil* of dol, Durable-goods stores,.•••••••••••••••••••*•••••••.do.., NondurabIe-goods stores,••••••••«•«••••••••••••••.dp,., Adjusted, tota!•••••• ••„•• •,•••••••••.••••• do,., DurabIe-goods stores•.••,••••••••••.••••........••do,.« Nondurable-goods stores •••••••••••«•• do,•, Firms with II or more stores, estimated sales: Unadjusted ••••••••••••••••••••••*•••••••••••do.•, Adjusted,. ••••••••••••••••••••• •••«• do,,, Wholesale trade: Sales, estimated (unadjusted), total..,,,,,,•,,..,....do,,, DurabIe-goods estabIishments•••••••••••••••••••,•••«do,,< Nondurable-goods estabIishments,••••••••••••••••••••do.•, Inventories, estimated (unadjusted), total.••••••••...do,., Durab I e-goods estab I i shments , do,., Nondurable-goods estabIishments,.,,.•••••.••••...•..do.,, 22,790 10,870 11,920 24,080 11,390 12,690 23,840 11,330 12,510 24,210 11,450 12,760 24,750 10,450 14,300 23,490 10,420 13,070 22,400 9,940 12,460 23,860 10,700 13,160 22,890 r10,380 ri2,5IO r24,OIO r10,770 13,240 2,449 2,936 2,464 2,905 3,337 3,132 4,136 3,139 2,691 r3,l08 9,360 3,120 6,240 12,480 6,280 6,200 9,540 3,230 6,310 12,570 6,470 6,J00 11,160 3,670 7,490 13,640 6,590 7,050 10,570 3,410 7,160 13,310 6,540 6,770 10,300 r3,320 r6,980 r13,180 r6,650 6,530 37,848 28,886 37,474 28,915 40,631 31,024 41,863 31,552 40,916 31,298 2,885 3,019 2,918 2,889 3,387 3,174 3,735 3,207 r3,079 r3,333 3,432 3,107 3,317 2,946 3,453 3,160 3,368 3,185 r3,5l2 r3,3ll 2,940 2,313 2,908 2,232 8,737 5,486 2,922 2,297 2,970 2,292 8,689 5,491 2,975 2,368 2,804 2,248 9,660 6,023 2,554 2,003 2,390 1,883 9,824 6,143 2,720 2,159 2,625 2,116 9,863 6,130 rl,157 1,250 r676 1,141 1,215 680 917 1,176 635 920 1,109 587 906 1,216 643 116,520 93,562 54,618 113,616 93,533 54,466 89,977 82,717 47,979 92,311 76,352 44,268 93,886 85,977 51,508 158,618 123,343 27,954 165,398 128,598 30,833 164,114 126,900 28,284 158,725 125,569 34,080 169,240 133,826 30,090 37,629 43,950 107,800 37,894 r3l,7ll 34,391 41,294 101,000 34,498 56,095 89,700 36,009 54,063 101,400 117,168 3.1,034 129,133 57,637 117,531 39,930 130,617 55,164 121,051 35,196 102,688 59,111 118,078 39,129 r 115,572 r57,020 120,975 40,559 118,124 55,465 8,094 V735 8,522 6,838 9,601 Motor vehicles, factory sales, total,••••••••••••••••.number Coaches, tota I ••••• do,. Domestic,, ,.«••••••• , ••••••do,. 690,253 253 242 663,586 278 274 667,187 233 186 700,740 228 103 r7l9,43l 269 257 Passenger cars, total,,,, do,, Domest ic«•••••.••.•..,•.••••••««•...•••«••••••••••••do,. Trucks, tota I • • ••••••••••••••. do.. Domest i c........„.... • do.. Railway equipment, American Railway Car Institute: Freight cars: Shi pments, tota I •.. number Equipment manufacturers, total,..,............••••do.. Domestic... .•••do.. RaiIroad shops, domestic....... .do.. Passenger cars, equipment manufacturers: Orders unfilled, end of month, total , do.. Domestic... ..........do,. Shipments, total .do.. Domest ic do.. 591,032 569,846 98,968 83,752 560,924 536,680 102,384 83,752 576,708 556,931 90,246 74,870 617,599 598,394 82,913 66,123 628,045 610,678 r9l,H7 r73,208 4,199 2,981 2,981 1,218 4,995 3,266 3,264 1,729 6,740 4,367 4,322 2,373 7,260 4,272 4,272 2,988 7,822 4,686 4,686 3,136 903 884 42 42 858 837 53 53 791 679 5 5 842 724 9 5 840 728 9 3 FINANCE Consumer credit (short- and intermediate-term): Total outstanding, end of month,.,,,,,.,.,,,,,,mi I, of do I, installment credit, totals...•.•••,...,..,,.,.,,,,.do.., Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, tota I. •••....•• do,., Repaid, total,,,,,.•••••••••••••••••• •••••••do.., Adjusted: Extended, tota I. •••••••••-•••••••••••••••» .do.., Repaid, total.,...,... , ..do.., LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association): Production, total ........ .mil. of bd. ft, Softwoods •.,«••••• ••• •••• do,., Shi pments, tota I •••••••••••••••••• ••. .do.., Softwoods,•••.•••••••••••••.,.•• ••••••••••••••do.,, Stocks, gross (mill and concentration yards), total...do.,, Softwoods •.•.•••••••••••,••,.. do.., METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale..,,....*..,thous. of short tons, Shi pments, totaI.......................9 do.., For sale ..••*................... ........do.., Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale.... ,••••••••••••short tons, Shipments, total.,, •••••do.,, For sale,..,•••••••••.••«, •••••••do.., Castings, steel: Shi pments, totaI.,,,,,,.,,,. •••••••.•••••••••••«do.•, For sale, total , ••••••do,,, Rai Iway specialties,,,,,,,. , ...do,., Lead: Production, secondary, estimated recoverable...., do,., Imports (general), ore, metal........ •••••••••do,., Consumption, totaI ••••••••••*••••••••••••••••••do., Stocks, end of month: Producers', ore, base bullion, and in process,,.,...do,., Refiners' (primary), refined and antimonial... do.,, Consumers', total .do.. Scrap (lead-base, purchased), all consumers..., do.. Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotary: Orders, new.... ..••••••thous. of do I 98,000 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT r/ Revised. 3 8,3*/ MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 > 1957 1956 ITEM February March December January February March COMMODITY PRICES Prices received and paid by farmers; Us O p S e o 9 o e © 9 o ® 9 o c » < 3 o o o s s e © e © e - e a a e s © o e o i s © 9 s 3 0 o s - 9 a i i 3 s © a G O a a e a Commercial vegetables, fresh market,•••'•••••••••••do«,«« U O T T O n **•«••••.•*•••'••*••«•«•••••••••••••••'•'••. eeeee 9© a «0 • Feed grains and h a y e 8 8 9 0 e e « e 8 e 9 e e 9 e e 8 e « 9 e e 9 0 8 e , e ? < 1 d o e , e e r OOO g r S t n S e»©©o©e>e9ffl«<eGe©9©<3©e.»ea'<sic>Qe»a@se<5SQ<s<S3 a U © e s e e 011 -bearing crops Potatoes „,.. »..O«H «.<io.... J,/a a a • • a a • • • • • • • a • » • • • • « • • • • • • o • • • • • • • • • « d © a 0 « © T O D a C C O a «©oo©a90Gffloases©e><8«>£. Q 9 a s ® Q » o a > e s o < 5 0 * 3 « s o o © a U © 99© a , Livestock and products« ,,...„««*,.«*««».«««««......do.«.. D a i r y p r o d u c t s * 9 « 6 @ a a 0 @ @ @ & 9 . s @ a « m m 9 t t t t s e s & s a e i & & e & 9 , • »d©««©* pfleaT a n 1 m a I S a a s a e e a e a s e s e a e a e s e e e a s s a e e e s a a a o a o e e a CSO 9 9 <» e WOOlaoeaee^eaoaseeasaeeceeaaedeaaeeaaeeeeeeeaeeeaa GO®9 as Prices paid! A M commodities'and services,, ,.e,.».»e.»«.do,,,t Fami ly 1 iving items,, .«.«„..,... oedo8,»a Production !temS 9 sseessessaeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeaaae* 9 d© e «*e ASi commod»,services,int«,taxes, and wage rates # # c « a do # . # « r^Sl i X y 8aX §©@ese9e@®<9@s<se@<B@e@@@@&@aeeeea@$@deaQe9a«a aQOs a a * Retai1 prices All commodities (U«S e Dept s of Commerce index),1935-39s100 e * CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construction (unadjusted)* x © t a l e 9 e e * e e « * e 8 e * m i | . of dol e e 234 233 225 255 131 235 221 260 153 458 237 236 236 252 139 235 237 265 148 459 221 250 221 187 224 234 275 239 165 256 237 269 254 155 262 234 266 249 157 267 238 260 263 150 274 261 274 246 268- 269 283 255 292 82 271 284 256 294 80 272 284 259 295 .80 228 236 258 267 174 223 211 245 196 453 220 257 2S5 188 226 259 272 245 280 8! 237 240 277 262 185 234 216 264 158 81 283 252 290 82 207 9 7 208*2 2l3a9 214.1 2,82 S 2,088 3,071 2,260 1,116 • 1,000 3,370 2,472 1,202 1,060 r3,075 r2,2l2 998 895 73 648 225 252 101 334 Residential Cnoofarm) e s s f f i B e ,, l t «««i»i««i>M<M«Mo<<iOi>M 46 S 238 239 249 256 187 236 227 266 S62 457 227 233 264 262 173 220 212 239 175 452 r28l 86 655 226 257 109 373 102 768 270 272 90 402 733 284 82 200 8!l 301 89 225 898 31 i 108 250 3,636 2,522 1,280 3,570 2,528 1,268 687 S29 418 705 128 419 1,114 1,042 H 1g H W a y 0 8 » » » ( i « 8 5 » » « » e 9 » 0 8 » s 9 « 6 e » e 6 t i e » 0 « » e 9 « e i i e 6 « e « c « Q © • « a « 338 447 320 395 Construction cost Indext Department of Commerce composife,,,*^.,^.,^.!947-49= S00 e * I27 e 8 128*7 Additions and aiterations« e a®ea a «aee«a«®«aea«ea e a®do e « a « 2/6t>&&6&@eB&a&@&(>@@B9doae@e Nonresidential building* total 9nOUSTrI9i,«i»»tiiit,t,«t»)«i«>»««tttaa«©8©«»»a*»« P U D 1 iC , QOa ea e TOXa §a&oaeaeaeesaeassssea$eae»<»0eeaeee«see®eoa 0© eece Nonresidential bui Iding.**, •••••••••• do,,.* New construction (seasonally adjusted), total•••••••••««do#.s« Farm construct!on<>«<,• ..>. P U b S iC , Me«M««i«t «ttn«(iotH, tOta teseeseedeeeeeeeeeoadaeeaaeaeeeaaeea^^eaea W o « Nonr es 1 dent i a 1 bu i 1 d i ng r / Revised* ®• w...Jo,.,, J / Includes sweetpotatoes and dry edible beans* UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. O F F I C I A L ©U&IN1S® FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SOiWEY OF CURRENT" BUSINESS 3,729 2,542 | 1,239 1 748 ! 120 423 1,887 350 455 S32*S 1,017 900 79 r721 r269 r246 9E r372 215.S . r2,9!0 r2^1 SO r926 r8IO r80 r705 r270 r240 96 r37S ••••••••• 3,172 2,259 1,013 890 89 709 269 249 105 419 863 33S 93 220 800 304 86 205 913 345 95 240 r3,769 r2,529 1,211 r730 r3,740 r2,529 rS,!87 r74S 3,695 2,522 1,151 121 r454 1,240 ' 376 489 133,0 123 761 124 471 r-464 1,211 1,173 362 466 367 429 133,3; <«<9«S.9.< 2/ Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t y * PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T© AVOID PAYMiN? OF POSTAGE, $300
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