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,^TMENTOfc April 29, 1960 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, t h i s Supplement provides selected ¥¥eekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 130 Billion Dollars 130 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS (average of Wednesday data} (Wednesday data) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 120 120 H ISO 100 H iso 196® H ioo H H 90 —L 1 I « I I I 1 > l~JtfJ J F M A W J J A S O N D 8 0 90 80 Lj H » J ^ j J ^ L J U ^ L J - 1957 J^JJ-LXJ^J^LJ^L -J—1-J 1958 JLO^J^JLjUL^LJLJLUU |_J_L_1-J- 1959 I960 Index, 1947-49 = Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 200 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingote and sf@d for castings) 150 -^N. Monthly XI 1 — — 10© 50 0 _ - w J. w O»J M J M JL,i M J M .JLJ. M JL J, 1957 ^ X J L O ^ J L J L . J ^ I . ^ X . l ^ a . J L J —1—1—ULJL J > 1 I_J_1—1- J L J - M l M i , J - J M J - - J M J U J — L - J 1958 I960 1959 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1947-49= 100 Index, 1947-49= 100 130 CONSUMER PRICES S30 COTTON CONSUMPTION (daily average; seas, adj.) 1 S20 125 S 10 120 §00 1.15 90 I 1 0 t 4 - l I I I 1 M » l | I I I I I I I M < I I I I M M 1 1 I M I "I I 1 I I I I I I I I I 1957 S958 S959 I960 80 "~w .- * \ 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 l l 1 L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 11 JA\ J I I I I 1 1 1 MI I 1 M 1 1 1 I I I I WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 I960 1959 ITEM April 16 Apri1 23 85.0 143 2,246 2,092 356 120.2 91.5 107.2 128.8 85.8 153 2,171 2,021 333 120.1 91.2 106.7 !28.7 86.! !56 170.0 91.2 106.8 128.6 86el 308 283 31,332 27,472 18,817 510 31,534 26,778 17,893 358 31,65326,950 17,869 442 31,827 27,073 17,870 466 31,828 27,690 18,262 408 62,009 30,258 62,080 30,287 32°687 32,229 58,797 30,448 100,849 24,361 30,889 12,550 60,!38 30,421 10! 3!4 24^504 30,974 i2,564 April 18 April 25 86e8 132 1,931 1,778 304 * 120.0 *92.4 *!07.2 *I28.3 87.5 14! 1,846 1,70! 300 31,365 27,357 18,698 444 April 2 Apri1 9 Commodity prices, wholesale: F i nance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _/.....do,... Reporting member banks (of FeRsSystem) In leading cities; _/ Loans.and !nvestments Cadjusted}, tota!..,,, Commercial and industrial loans (gross).. do. e i i,774 11,795 59,072 30,423 101,040 24,495 31,026 12,586 4.45 56.96 60.73 4.49 57.73 61.67 4.75 55.66 59.38 4.74 56.51 60.38 4.75 56.30 60.13 1,359 12,609 i62,85i 7,133 1,371 12,538 161,242 7,132 1,389 13,542 177,3!0 7,15! 1,385 13,494 i6i,242 7,028 1,463 13,263 i6i,380 7,032 2,657 #93.8 635 350 2.646 #93.5 647 347 2,527 88.7 598 328 2,417 84.8 598 322 2,225 78.1 623 331 do..,. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poorss) 1/...1941-43=10.. 4.76 55.44 59.15 Production: i 7 i,277 2,238 78.5 _/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks, 2/ Tuesday prices, 3/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; and ex-servicemen. 4/ Daily average, J5/ Wednesday data. 6/ Week beginning April 25, I960: Production, 2,261 thous. short tons; operating rate, 79.4 percent. * Monthly index for April 1959. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons); I960 rates are based on Jan. I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1959 I960 ITEM February March December January February March GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS: 15,791 18,176 16,456 18,189 14,669 17,437 ,1947-49-100.. 123.7 123.7 125.5 125.4 125.6 * 125.7 do.... ..do.... 126.7 121.4 116,0 117.6 112.2 144.2 126.9 121.4 115,9 117.4 112.5 144.4 129.5 123.1 117,1 118.5 113.8 147.8 129.4 122.9 116,7 118.1 113.6 148.2 129.7 123.0 116,7 118.0 r113.3 148.9 129.7 123. 1 II6S7 1 18.3 1 12.5 149.2 106.7 118.2 114.0 121.2 112.6 107.0 117.7 113.8 120.7 III.3 109.2 117.8 116.7 125.5 106.6 107.9 117.6 116.5 125.7 106.4 108.4 117.4 116.5 125.9 106.2 108.8 1 17,7 116,4 125,0 107.2 128.5 118.5 103.8 139.0 128.7 118.5 103.8 139.1 130.4 122.7 104.2 140.8 130.7 123.2 104.0 140.9 131.2 124.0 104.3 141.0 131 3 124 1 104.7 141.2 149.0 i29.8 117.1 149.2 529.7 117.3 153.2 132.9 120.4 153.5 132.7 120.3 154.7 132.6 120.6 155.0 132 7 120.9 144.3 133.3 191.8 127.4 144.9 134.0 192.0 127.3 148.7 137.5 197.2 131.7 148.1 136.8 197.2 131.8 r147.5 rl36,0 199.3 131.8 146.5 134 9 199 4 131.7 83.7 80.8 83.6 80.8 84.1 79.7 83.8 79.7 83.8 79.6 **83 3 **79 6 New Incorporations (49 States, incl. Hawaii),, COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER ALL ITEMS Special PRICE group INDEX, indexes: n11 commouITIesem9S9999mea99emOSS9e9essa9esssaaeesse"Oe e ee do.... do.... ..do.... do,... do.... do..,. do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — r./ Revised. * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 210.2. ** Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.6; consumer prices, 47.6. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9351 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1959 I960 ITEM February December March January February March DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: .thous. of dol.. do.... do.... 56,400 2,935 4,644 2,783 | 70,080 4,888 7,428 3,317 60,820 3,444 4,332 1,101 44,468 1,786 5,067 1,145 69,130 3,201 7,877 2,411 do.... do.... do Household equipment, supplies, furnishings.........do.... 5,827 9,071 2,965 3,681 6,723 9, 145 4,326 5,306 6,147 8,905 7,515 5,010 4,314 6,918 1,893 2,153 6,392 10,973 3,808 4,238 ...do.... do.... hous. of lines.. 2,894 880 2,290 4,510 3,816 1,322 2,426 5,320 3,794 547 2,365 4,061 2,748 547 1,592 4,283 4,252 877 2,608 5,010 8,152 6,576 70 5,202 362 1,28! 1,237 10,722 8,426 89 2,938 5,459 857 !,378 8,350 7,582 ! 99 2,733 3,180 527 1,811 5,425 4,909' 90 3,004 564 34! 1,427 9,289 7,265 93 5,718 483 i,6ii 1,384 12,217 9,581 6,331 630 5,701 6,461 649 5,812 6,844 800 ! 6,045 6, 199 826 5,373 6,170 779 5,391 6,424 784 5,640 957 993 1,090 1,090 1,068 326.5 81.7 59.6 310.9 384.1 95.3 69.4 351.8 419.7 103.9 70.6 379.5 396.4 92.2 66.8 385.3 381.3 87.9 65.8 369.5 78.3 241.0 4,016 145.6 362.3 85.0 267.2 4,656 166.9 416.8 90.7 288.3 5,312 159.6 402.3 94.9 288.0 r5,094 162.4 388.7 90.6 280.7 4,768 158.8 381.9 8.5 335.6 33.3 9.6 387.2 43.3 10.4 404.0 40.9 11.8 415.4 30.4 9.9 398.5 39.7 76.5 1,406.3 89.3 1,579.9 92.4 1,528.3 92.4 1,589.4 90.5 2,501.8 ..........do.... ....do.... .thous. of gal.. 47,290 79,951 1,387 7,423 11,422 57,570 86,949 1,512 10,417 12,629 62,266 104,529 1,805 9,088 13,550 r60,536 93,744 2,014 6,980 13,863 66,266 93,302 2,004 8,085 12,377 do.... ....do.... do.... 6,908 87,747 129,545 10,339 94,036 148,461 10,754 105,406 140,888 8,588 114,344 r148,791 5,741 108,064 147,966 .thous. of gal.. do.... 155 20,670 23,995 192 19,774 34,223 187 24,998 26,483 183 r24,979 30,675 188 22,524 30,875 of ih.. do.... do do.... do.... 3,852 7,954 290 41,819 60,905 3,713 9,049 288 47,956 73,706 4,914 8,380 216 47,318 77,851 3,895 7,724 217 r47,32I 76,715 3,689 8,257 232 48,810 73,549 Urea and me 1amine resins......... do.... do.... Ros i n mod i f i cat i ons do.... do.... do.... 27,693 82,937 29,649 10, 194 10,712 78,419 30,064 92,310 34,023 10,604 14,783 95,133 28,529 r102,179 30,119 r11,652 r14,155 113,006 29,110 101,255 31,268 11,274 14,460 i05,663 5,550 FINANCE r-fcDERAL GOVfcRNMENr rlNANCE: do.... do.... Individual income taxes, ....e e e e s e s a e *OO s e ee do.... Interest on public debt .* «••««.«.«.«Oi... do.... 105 3,332 6,192 I, 149 1,439 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: mi 1. of cu. ft.. Ammonia, synthetic anhydrous (commercial) thous. of short tons.. .....do.... do.... do.... do.... mi 1. of cu. ft., Phosphoric acid...••.•••••••••••.....thous. of short tons.. .....do.... do.... Sodium silicate (soluble silicate glass), a nhydrous..do.... Sodium sulfate (anhydrous, refined; Glauber »s salt; of short tons.. •••.......do.... ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Sodium bichromate and chromate............. DDT Ethyl acetate (85#) Formaldehyde (31% HCHO) Methano1: SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes..................--thous Molding and extrusion materials.......... Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes..... Phenolic and other tar acid resins......... Po I yethy I ene res Ins. 28,538 103,701 27,559 i 12,123 ! 13,752 I12,660 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oiI: Production, crude. Corn oi1: Product i on, crude jr/ Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9351 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 28.9 28.9 34.7 33.6 30.3 39.6 22.8 25.5 26.3 26.7 r27.4 28.2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 . ""•*"" """"" * ~ ~ — — — — S959 ITEM February March" 1960 January December February Narch FOOD AMD KINDRED PRODUCTS - Continued Vegetable oils and related products - Continued Cottonseed: Consumption Ccrushfngs) SS8Si9Sffioeasse thoys e , ©f short tons S9 Stocks Cat off mills), and of rfiooth o a o o o o o o o o e a o o o G O d© o s o o Cottonseed cake and mea1 % Production,,. •••••••••••••••••••••»•••••.••.•••••.•• ode® 3 . „ Stocks Cat ©II ml .lis), and of month.... eoo . 6as ffloa.0,,d©..ae Cottonseed oil: Pr ©duct 1 on, cryd© a s s s o QOe, 8 , 0 „ 8 5 1 , 8 4 , 8 e o a 8 » . o j i le ©f lbO0 Flaxseeds Consumption C crush! ngs)SOfses8eoffl.e..th0us<5 of short t©ns eo Stocks (at ©II ill lis), end of month. •-••....•••••••• .do.... Linseed ©11; Production^ crude (raw) o s o o s s o o o s «s S S S o© e s o G S > s ral le of lb08 Soybeans: Consumption (crushings).............thous. of short tons.-. Stocks Cat ©II ml lis), end of f © n t h 9 „ e , 8 8 , „ a o 9 8 9 e ^ o „ 0 ( ) Soybean cake and mea1: Production,,........«...BeeB.....eeffla5,eeoaieeaa.mi 1. ©f Sbao Stocks Cat ©II mills), end ©f month..••••••••..••...do.... Soybean ol1: Product ion, crude® # e@&ese@®0e&ll,o@®®<*<i»®e>®o<»®oe>0<!>®Oo®o a d o ® , „. 440. f 1,128.2 432.6 722.8 201.8 103.8 195.2 139.8 152.6 661.3 1,945.4 613.0 r1,443.7 572.2 953.4 311.9 SI0.4 i 302.7 131.6 283.9 149.5 266.5 140.8 148.9 226.7 221.6 209.0 195.9 46.6 60.6 52.8 28.1 49.9 95.8 51.8 77. S 46.3 64.2 45.3 54,4 33.4 37.3 35e6 37.2 32 8 9 323 I,019.0 2,593.5 1,080.3 2,219.8 1,013.7 3,029.0 i,01698 2,770.0 919.9 2,437.5 I,037.3 1,944.1 1,575.4 169.4 1,677.4 186.6 1,553.6 126.6 1,549.8 190.4 1,394.6 188.0 S,558.2 171.8 355.3 380.8 369.2 370.5 335.4 378 6 5 466.0 416.2 259.6 511.9 453,2 318.3 538.5 551.8 153.6 527.4 493.8 187.3 533 e 6 494.8 226.0 575.0 517.9 283.2 149.6 I55sO 21.7 384.5 636.3 161,8 I59s2 24.3 457.7 578.5 167.2 16703 18.1 459.1 658.8 S79.4 167s0 30.5 43S.6 651.8 157.1 155.6 32.0 '416.4 670. S 172.3 166.0 38.4 469.9 646.1 697 864 800 735 731 888 r19,257 17,637 r 11,732 r469 10,743 19,326 17,709 11,039 19,358 17,665 9,985 499 9,131 19,299 17,602 675.0 2,44102 PAPER AND PRINTING NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Production..••••••«.».e.p..»..a«a«oe..thous. of short tons®. Shipments from ml 1 Is..................................do.... Stocks at mills, end of m©nth e s e e o s & o « s e 0 a , @ e e a 0 e e e . e s .d©'. 8 e s NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATESs r r O O U C T 1 O n ® o ® e © a ® ® e e © © @ © 8 © © « 8 « > e a © « i @ « e 0 0 O 0 e o e © » © © e © 0 Q s i a 0 © . . . e> Shipments from ml M s . , „0o o.<>g»oe.i«(lo,„, Stocks at mills, end of month..••••••.••••»...o••«•••.do.... Consumption by publishers®.s®.@..SS!OSS.@ee..s.e.e99eesd©e..<9 Stocks at and In transit t© pub Ushers,end of month...do.... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTONS ±/ Consumption................................thous. of bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.....ml 1 lions..[ 8 9,270 17,642 9,514 | 476 8,743 MANMADE FIBERS CRAYON AND ACETATE): Production: Filament yarn«»®«oeae8..o»s..s&..©eseeeo®.o...mi1. ©f lb.« Staple, §nc?» tow Crayon)....... se8e9s . # .... B ......„d©.„.. i r 1 1amen T y a r n . «.@Q.8>@.s®s..<>.sti>«>8ae................. « O j ess 54.7 31.2 99.0 48. S 50.9 64.1 31.5 94.6 45.3 49.3 10,157 19,365 17,678 9,995 I 500 9,144 63.4 27.2 111.3 56.3 55.0 58.5 1 25.6 109.0 56.9 52.1 i 442 57.9 25.8 r109.6 r58.2 | 51.4 12,143 486 t1,126 62.0 28.6 115.1 61.7 53.4 j r / Revised. J / Data f o r March and December 1959 and March 1960 are f o r 5 weeks? other months, 4 $*@@ks„ USC0MM-DC-935I UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL I WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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