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^aai iSr^i ^INCOME JfA^MENTS April 3, 1959 P % ^ SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only w i t h subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Thousands 1,000 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 600 400 ^rV nAi k V ^ f 200 < J i i f ! i, i^u 1956 0 f i J I ! 1 ! 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 \ - V \ 1 1 1957 1 i I 1 1 1 i i i i 1 1 i \ | i i 1 1958 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1959 !n«ieK,J947-49=I00 I 75 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and steel for castings) \ 50 . s 1 25 - 1 II i f I i1 I 1f I I 1 1 00 - H 1 f 1 i 75 - 1 1 1 1 1 \ 1 1 ' » l 1 i | | 1 \ I I i i i 1 1 1 1957 1956 1 1 1 [ S - / /\ J ^ A i i t 1 i i i i i 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D (seasonally adjusted) f\ \ J****^ -A pj OOOoo dP<r'— J-iiJ-LlliJJJ » t NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY I ^J^} 1 1959 |_ CONSUMER PRICES 120 110 i Billion Dollars All Ifems ^ ^ ^ 115 8 1958 index, 1947-49=100 125 1 Total H \ Private Residential (nonfarm) ^. j Food i i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1956 1957 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1958 i i m l 111111 1959 0 IM II I1I I1 I I 1 II I II 1 II II I I M I | I III III I I III 1| | M 1956 1957 1958 1959 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 1958 ; 1959 ITEM Mar, 22 Mar. 7 Mar, 29 Mar. 21 Mar. 14 Mar, 28 Commodity prices, wholesa e : .. .do.... do,... ...do.... do.... ,*...do.... 84.3 118 **2,742 2,244 288 H9.3 90.5 107.2 127.7 85.5 124 **2,656 2,165 311 119.4 90.8 107.2 127.8 86.2 137 119.3 90.3 107.0 127.8 '86.8 292 297 31,231 27,123 18,558 85.5 117 3,511 3,279 357 *II9.7 *I00.5 *II0.7 *I25.7 85.5 122 3,508 3,277 327 30,592 24,638 18,930 598 30,524 24,742 18,725 688 31,126 26,892 18,375 352 31,215 26,976 18,421 510 31,287 27,048 18,439 364 55,243 26,424 90,474 28,255 30,961 8,7J0 54,507 26,641 89,813 28,108 30,947 8,734 56,206 28,313 93,790 30,627 30,301 9,743 57,665 28,365 94,248 30,608 30,671 9,766 57,019 28,367 94,728 30,296 31,215 9,788 4.04 42.09 44.95 4.05 42.30 45.18 4.40 56.35 60.06 4.40 56.35 60.02 4.41 56.39 60.03 1,266 11,756 96,695 6,263 1,242 11,645 111,806 6,264 1,366 #50.6 532 276 1,286 12,945 156,981 7,213 1,271 12,996 159,137 7,155 1,283 12,900 161,289 7,203 2,556 90.3 596 324 2,604 92.0 595 325 2,631 92.9 603 329 1947-49-100.. eo 1 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R,System) in leading cities: 4 / Time deposits, except U . S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. ............do,... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross).,.,do.... do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 5 0 0 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43*10.. do.... Production: s. of short tons.. ..mil. of kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, c o a c h e s ) , . . . ...thous. of bbl,. Stee 1 5 / .thou s, of short.tons,. ,, 1,417 #52.5 533 273 431 4.41 55.88 59.48 145,211 2,631 92.9 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. j>/ Week beginning March 30, 1959: Production, 2,653 thous. short tons; operating rate, 93.7 percent. ""Monthly index for March 1958. **|ncludes persons reported under temporary programs (TUC) and under Ex-Servicemen's Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 (UCX). #Based on January l> 1958, annual capacity (I40,742>570 tons); not comparable with 1959 rates which are based on January I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1959 1958 ITEM January February November December January February GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Business incorporations: r18,765 15,758 123.7 107.5 118.7 114.3 120.1 113.0 123.8 106.7 119.0 114. 1 121.7 113.8 * 123.7 106.7 118.2 114.0 121.2 112.6 128.0 1 IS. 1 103:5 138.4 147.0 128.2 118.2 103.6 138.7 147.3 128.2 118.2 103.2 138.8 147.6 128.5 118.5 103.8 139.0 148*6 128.0 116.6 138.5 127.9 185.4 127.0 129.1 117.0 144.5 133.6 191.1 127.3 129.0 i 116.9 1 144.3 133.3 191.8 127.3 129.4 117.0 144.1 133.1 191.8 127.3 129.8 11*7.1 144.3 133.3 191.8 127.4 84.1 81.8 84.0 81.6 83.9 80.7 83.9 80.8 1 83.7 80.8 **83.7 **80.8 101,961 51,885 7,199 2,428 14,706 3,852 20,802 102,310 52,022 7,214 2,438 14,728 3,852 20,877 106,540 54,172 7,344 2,672 15,183 3,828 22,043 107,419 1 54,302 7,205 2,685 15,247 3,830 22,214 108,145 54,857 7,485 2,744 15,306 3,817 22,348 13,080 10,466 12,090 16,458 .1947-49=100.. do.,,. do.... do.... do.... do.... 122.3 106.9 118.2 114.6 121.9 110.2 122.5 106.8 118.7 114.5 124.4 112.-0 123.9 107.7 119.4 114.5 121.1 113.5 ...do.... do.... do.... do.... ........do.... 127.1 115.7 104.2 136.8 141.7 127.3 115.9 104.9 137.0 141.9 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do..,. 127.8 116.6 138.7 128.4 182.4 127.0 do.... do.... 1 COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index: Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y — FINANCE Life insurance (Institute of Life Insurance): Assets, all U. S. life insurance companies.... .mi 1. of dot.. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign.... State, county, municipal (U. S.) ........oo.... Industrial and miscellaneous (U. S.) ........do.... r./ Revised. * Index based on 1935-39*100 is 206.8. consumer prices, 48.4. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9329 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ** Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.8; MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1959 1958 ITEM January FINANCE - Continued Life insurance (Institute of Life insurance) - Continued Assets, all U. S. life insurance companies - Continued Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign. ...mi 1. of dol.. February November December February January 3,013 1,623 1,371 35,462 32,873 3,023 1,625 1,378 35,587 32,990 3,198 1,651 1,516 36,794 34,093 3,359 *,646 1,678 37,097 34,388 3,365 1,640 1,689 37,211 34,510 3,143 3,905 1,201 3,352 3,168 3,938 1,150 3,422 3,415 4,183 1,242 3,536 3,349 4,204 1,365 3,743 3,393 4,225 1,282 3,812 652.5 258.1 67.7 M.4 67.1 119.3 128.9 567.9 239.7 58.2 9.8 48.7 111.2 100.3 536.6 214.8 65.4 9.2 46.5 103.7 97.0 746.2 264.5 88.8 10.0 47.2 135.8 199.9 665.4 267.8 65.9 11.4 67.5 118.7 134.1 •.thous. of lb.. . ..do.... do.... .thous. of gal., 47,517 80,808 2,144 8,506 39,710 78,233 1,778 7,339 r57,3ll 79,908 1,745 8,620 49,688 92,145 1,530 9,081 58,614 90,525 1,890 6,917 ••thous, of lb.. •••••••••• ..........do..,. do.... ..do.... Formaldehyde (37# HCHO).••••••••••• •••• Methanol: .thous. of gal.. do.... 10,451 6,281 106,806 111,467 10,793 5,314 94,875 104,663 12,387 9,121 85,493 135,867 13,041 7,189 90,277 128,716 12,932 6,821 97,210 137,067 165 18,197 25,436 167 16,965 22,638 113 21,295 28,844 142 22,179 29,571 j 158 22,832 29,018 31,469 16,721 20,334 18,122 23,593 11,170 23,724 9,071 27,400 10,400 22,500 4,400 40,167 25,146 30,475 30,446 35,100 28,900 273 522 1,367 81 407 1,042 1,112 599 1,951 147 570 1,507 1,126 238,031 241,455 186,389 224,694 283,913 106,724 267,204 78,464 262,100 79,600 214,200 103,800 174,440 140,101 205,160 189,981 195,800 162,200 1,854 4,719 1,942 4,155 2,245 5,266 2,164 3,879 2,279 2,832 1,664 2,164 35,847 37,788 45,472 43,738 45,500 33,400 31,091 70,010 27,104 62,897 33,530 107,704 34,443 98,610 36,687 94,310 33,967 86,450 328,321 288,663 351,240 359,893 385,500 355,300 3,283 6,677 671 290 32,500 #3,475 #8,542 #4,238 #8,432 #4,580 #8,810 # # do.... 3,564 6,138 874 348 38,813 227 43,786 161 44,295 294 43,028 .....do.... do.... do..,. do.... ..do.... do.... do.... 41,701 25,630 68,977 27,927 10,340 7,533 69,522 42,216 21,871 58,327 25,805 8,643 7,910 61,801 62,560 27,692 85,649 26,262 10,382 9,246 78,666 61,003 26,503 81,563 26,901 10,145 10,842 83,692 63,558 28,182 83,298 28,747 10,050 10,737 87,329 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Pig iron, prod. (excl. ferroalloys).....thous. of short tons.. Fabricated structural steel: 4,785 4,016 5,907 6,025 6,212 6,147 162 317 2,778 186 283 2,727 243 271 1,839 197 267 1,809 236 224 1,794 294 216 1,864 701 1,593 1,420 717 777 3,874 1,578 1,887 891 2,178 919 1,921 do..,. ....do.... .......•••do.... .....do.... do.... do.... estimated Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries, tota 1 •••••••• •••• ••••• .do.... do.... ....do.... do.... do.... do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Ethyl acetate (85#) Vegetable oils, oilseeds, and byproducts: Copra: Coconut or copra oil: Cottonseed: of short tons.. do.... 542 563 1,930 1 87 468 Cottonseed cake and mea1: Cottonseed oil: F1axseed: do.... Linseed oi1, raw: Soybeans: do.... Soybean oi1: Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: ••••••••••do.... do.... , Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: .thous. of dol.. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel).., #. r/ Revised. # Effective May 1958, data for "other cellulose plastics" are combined with sheets, etc. and molding and extrusion materials. 9329 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1958 ITEM January February ] November 1959 January December February METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: 515 383 471 370 426 238 429 385 330 243 1,305 1,264 1,407 1,501 1,247 Railroad and private-line shops, domestic... ••••.do.... 7,371 4,988 2,383 5,511 3,721 1,790 2,256 1,319 937 2,763 1,584 1,179 1,972 1,014 958 2,506 1,677 829 do.... .....do.... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic... ...••do..•• 401 375 26 287 208 79 6,525 4,628 1,897 3,706 2,004 1,702 4,328 1,390 2,938 1,925 1,414 511 do.... 49,370 19,797 29,573 44,138 16,276 27,862 28,167 7,996 20,171 27,659 8,467 19,192 29,822 8,800 29,240 8,536 20,704 do.... Industrial trucks and tractors (gasoline-powered), ship.....do.... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Railway equipment, American Railway Car Institute: Freight cars: Railroad and private-line shopsJ domestic... .....oo..•. | 1958 February March December 1 21,022 1959 February January March CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE I. of dol.. .....do.... ....ido.... do.... do.... do.... .....do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... New construction (seasonally adjusted), total..... »....oo.... do.... do.... .....do.... .....do.... .....do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 3,106 2,270 1,078 810 219 705 252 ! 258 | 104 372 1 836 312 73 220 4,004 2,796 1,435 748 1 252 281 134 466 1,208 360 96 ! | 458 3,342 2,410 1,177 890 239 689 235 262 !I3 419 4,024 2,887 1,605 1,260 288 722 176 305 100 444 r3,660 r2,6IO 1,448 1,150 243 660 173 268 98 r390 3,475 2,500 1,369 1,070 245 638 167 262 101 380 3,792 2,698 1,530 1,215 932 350 77 235 1,137 361 1,056 356 105 285 975 322 98 265 1,094 3,966 2,757 1,397 4,473 3,049 1,715 716 173 305 134 467 r4,539 r3,095 1,787 688 170 288 130 r475 1,444 399 130 559 4,537 3,120 1,817 684 167 287 129 476 1,417 373 129 552 4,544 3,106 1,811 742 240 288 133 471 1,209 374 95 443 HO 350 1,424 12$ 261 628 161 265 Ml 416 366 105 295 682 164 293 130 468 1,438 391 130 557 rj Revised. J / Except farm and public u t i l i t y . 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