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August 2, 1957
BUSINESS
°F
SUSfNESS
STATISTICS
^ °
A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription to the SURYEY 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, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
INDEX,
1947-49
= 100
250
250
Monthly
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
Weekly
1957
(E. E. L seas. adj. index)
225 h
1956^
I
200 h-
200
175
175
150
I I
UL~±
I I I
1 I
I i
I
y
150
J F M A M J J A S O N D
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
1,200
250
Monthly
PASSENGER CAR A N D TRUCK PRODUCTION
(United States plants)
1,000
200
800
150
600
H 100
4 0 0 h-
200 U» I I ' ' 1 »-i I ' '•
S956
1955
1954
1957
INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
INDEX,
1251
120
CONSUMER PRICES
1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
FREIGHT CARLOADINGS*
(seasonally adjusted)
110
120
All
Items
too h
S!5
I 10
Food
Average per working day
105 U i i i i I i i i i J I
1954
i t i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i Ii i i i i
1955
S956
1957
70
JLI I I I I I I M I
I I I I I I I I II I
1954
1955
1 I l I I I l I I I I 1 I I III 1 I I I I 1
1956
1957
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
1956
1957
ITEM
July 21
July 6
July 28
July 13
July 20
July 27
Commodity prices, wholesale:
.....1947-49=* 100..
....do....
............do....
do....
• ••••
90.1
94
1,384
1,283
117.7
91.5
106.4
125.4
90.2
104
1,440
1,338
118.0
92.9
107.1
125.5
90.3
101
118.0
93.4
106.6
125.5
90.0
30,632
25,393
18,744
557
31,146
25,387
18,865
346
31,313
25,792
19,308
563
31,183
25,641
19,200
515
30,999
25,456
19,189
55,774
21,870
84,905
26,264
28,657
8,627
56,114
21,893
84,515
26,050
28,623
8,651
54,307
23,560
88,204
26,310
32,310
8,649
54,750
23,568
87,581
26,020
32,186
8,645
55,167
23,608
87,090
25,642
32,070
8,657
223
3.49
49.30
52.93
274
3.52
49.44
52.96
190
4.24
48.46
52.49
256
4.23
49.05
53.15
266
4.25
48.58
52.61
1,508
11,125
135,122
7,111
1,515
11,295
132,673
7,086
1,875
11,056
87,733
6,952
1,452
11,964
134,553
6,882
1,680
12,306
139,198
6,947
377
#15.3
648
319
419
#17.0
650
321
2,009
78,5
535
283
2,015
78.7
692
325
2,030
79.3
743
336
88.8
96
1,331
1,203
*II4.0
*90.0
•102.2
*I2I.4
88.6
97
1,286
1,153
30,808
25,769
18,869
629
••••*
Finance:
Federal 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, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do....
do....
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's)
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.,.1941-43*10..
do....
Production:
s. of short tons..
s. of short tons..
do
!
567
228
4.28
48.61
52.65
141,523
2,033
79.4
J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Week beginning July 29, 1957:
Production, 2,103 thous. short tons; operating rate, 82.2 percent. * Monthly index fo7 July 1956. # Not comparable with 1957 rates, which
are based on higher capacity.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1956
1957
ITEM
May
June
March
April
May
June
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
Business incorporations:
13,142
11,952
11,815
12,078
11,986
11,154
1947-49*100..
do....
do....
do....
do....
do....
115.4
104.8
II 1.0
107.5
121.5
95.5
116.2
104.8
113.2
107.7
131.4
98.0
118.9
106.8
113.2
110.7
116.1
100.6
119.3
106.5
113.8
110.5
118.7
102.0
119.6
106.5
114.6
110.0
122.5
103.7
1/120.2
106.6
116.2
110.0
126.8
106.9
do....
.do....
do....
do....
do....
120.9
II 1.8
102.6
132.2
131.9
121.4
111,7
102.8
132.5
132.0
124.9
112.4
104.9
134.4
136.4
125.2
112.4
105.1
134.5
136.9
125.3
112.3
104.2
134.7
137.3
125.5
112.3
104.6
135.0
137.9
.do....
119.6
108.2
127. 1
1IV. i
172.5
121.5
119.9
107s 6
126.8
116.7
172.6
121.8
122.9
M0S5
135.1
125.2
175.8
124.2
123.3
II 1.8
135.5
125.5
176.8
124.2
123.4
II 1.4
135.3
125.4
176.8
124.3
135.3
125.4
176.8
124.6
87.4
86.7
90.1
87.6
86.1
88.3
85.5
84.1
88.3
85.3
83.8
87.9
85.4
83.6
87.3
2/85.2
2/83.2
2/86.1
96.48
96.75
78.23
96.39
96.65
78.79
93,41
93.65
77.04
92.48
92.72
76.62
91.62
91.85
78.23
90.10
90.32
77.28
COMMODITY PRICES
Consumer price index:
do
Other goods and services
do....
do....
.......do....
«......*«.....*........oo....
124.2
II 1.8
Purchasing power of the doifar as measured by—•
.......do....
*-.....do....
.do....
FINANCE
Bonds:
Average price of a!S listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.) .3/••••doilars..
1/ Index based on I935-39«I00 is 201.0. 2/ Indexes based on 1935-39*100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 44.6; consumer
prices, 49.8; retail food, 42.6. 5/ Includes bonds for International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
3
1956
1957
ITEM
May
June
March
April
May
June
FINANCE - Continued
Bonds - Continued
Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange:
104,115
102,227
1,259
107,910
105,656
1,609
104,289
102,394
1,270
108,199
105,942
1,612
101,605
99,784
1,228
108,769
106,548
1,595
100,657
98,847
1,227
108,845
106,613
1,602
100,061
98,060
1,351
109,208
106,765
1,727
98,482
96,50S
1,335
109,299
106,855
1,728
do....
do....
288.9
56.9
130.1
2.1
1,623.3
109.1
1,078.3
128.7
1,670.7
107.7
1,129.1
127.5
762.3
133.4
272.0
8.1
300.0
62.4
130.6
2.6
l,679.C
107,2
1,120.6
125."?
do....
do....
do....
do....
.do....
1.2
75.8
7.2
9.4
6.2
41.0
122.8
66.0
50.4
27.0
42.0
119.0
74.4
45.0
26.0
140.7
107.2
27.0
63.6
10.3
1.3
81.2
3.4
11.5
7.0
41.7
132.6
73. S
51.2
26.1
do....
.........mi 11ions,.
211,896
4,123
218,579
4,260
212,329
4,570
221,595
4,587
228,585
4,656
227,928
4,678
*r43,906
**r43,179
46,167
45,671
*6,893
*r22,930
*405
*ll,54l
*778
*398
*9I0
*5I
**6,776
**r22,73l
**380
**l1,038
**955
**362
**888
**49
7,440
23,509
379
12,618
773
429
965
54
7,324
23,679
361
11,970
922
393
969
53
*r7l2,949
**r702,697
762,232
751,690
1,942.2
1,006.2
47.3
888.7
174.1
1,865.5
1,001.8
46.2
817.5
159.1
1,932.0
918.1
49.5
964.4
190.8
1,866.0
906.1
50.6
909.2
182.1
1,963.0
999.1
52.6
911.3
186.3
1,721.2
904.7
46.7
770.C
154.2
701
2,382
2,547
2,505
644
2,093
2,068
2,222
813
2,164
1,951
2,359
r744
2,114
1,959
r2,369
800
2,159
2,005
2,453
7,586
3,947
3,639
7,271
7,054
6,595
3,677
2,918
6,714
6,934
7,110
3,959
3,151
7,049
7,361
r6,524
r3,764
r2,759
r6,5l4
r7,376
p6,376
p3,849
p2,527
p6,443
p7,307
2,334
2,469
69
2,502
2,659
65
2,444
2,179
68
2,326
2,160
78
2,285
2,207
77
1,577
6,912
1,618
7,519
1,803
4,750
1,723
4,887 i
1,507
5,435
51,650
80,563
66,498
43,619
62,532
178,069
4,159
166,627
7,283
166,167
18,511
99,159
48,497
179,899
4,154
169,539
6,206
206,637
24,269
132,474
49,894
178,695
4,000
163,668
11,027
105,041
9,870
43,01!
41,160
164,877
4,716
153,207
6,954
103,585
14,232
55,323 !
34,030
152,657
4,669
140,339
7,649
143,356
17,406
78,250
47,700
93,590
63,758
26,585
3,254
231,388
104.167 1
70,204
30,434
3,529
236,758
74.608 i
51,030
21,540
2,038
221,764
74,084
50,125
21,793
2,166
232,705
73,906
50,208
21,946
1,752
228,198
do....
do....
Stocks:
Cash dividend payments publicly reported:
do....
.•.do....
Public utilities:
,
Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange:
Number of shares listed.*,
ELECTRIC POWER
Sales to ultimate customers, total (Edison Electric
1 nst i tute)
t...
Commercial and industrial:
do....
....do....
do....
Residential or domestic.................. .............GO....
....do....
do....
do....
do
Revenue from sales to ultimate customers (Edison
FOODSTUFFS
Meats:
.do....
do....
do....
do....
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
Leather production:
Cattle hide and side ktp..........thous. of hides and kips..
do
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
iron and steel scrap:
do....
...do....
do....
Barrels and drfums, steel, heavy types (for sale):
..•••...thousands..
,...
do....
do....
Radiators and convectors, cast iron:
,.thous. of sq. ft..
do....
011 burners:
do
Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking, excluding electrical:
Shipments, tota 1........ .«••«••••••••••• r
numhor..
do
J
..do.... I
Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total
,» 9 e . 9 » » e « e e . »
»0O,...
do....
......do....
I
r/ Revised. j>/ Preiimfnary.
75,IZb |
46,782
65,070
46,081
73,i06
* Data are for March 19^6. ** Data are for April IV56. j / includes bonds for international Bank for
MO*
LY BUSINESS STATISTSCS — Continued
1957
1956
ITEM
May
METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued
Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net
mo, avg, shipments* 1947-49=100,e Furnaces, Industrial, new orders, nets
Electric processing.........,•...•••••.,.....thous. of doie8
Fuet-ffred (except for hot rolling steel) ao6(90sees aa «,do, aae
Machine tools (metal-cutting):
New orders (net), total...........•••••.;...•..mi 1. of dol..
uomesT ic t t « M t e t s e ,,, 9 , ( , t , e t , e < ,,« t e , S M ,, > ( < { g t t l l 0OetM
Shipments, tota1.....................................,do....
UOuieST l C , . © . , e , . e @ @ s 9 < s 9 g ) . . . 8 8 e , g S @ e @ 9 e , . e s f f l f f l Q e 9 s o e . eOOe , . ,
Estimated backlog,.••••'••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.months,.
Vacuum cleaners? standard typeg sales bl1 fed,*,,,..thousands,e
Washers, domestic^ sales bi 1 led J./...............••••••••do....
June
March
May
Aprs 1
June
207.0
156.7
127.0
101,1
136,2
2,035
1,178
2,555
1,432
1,809
6,794
1,089
1,665
S,279
2,048
1,261
S,320
87.10
79.45
76,80
70,50
8,2
326,0
315,2
61.85
55,65
76.25
69,55 1
7,8 |
248.3
340,2
58.90
51,30
89,10
78,80
5,5
312.7
286,2
51.30
45.70
87,80
77,65
5,0
281,6
230.7
r4l.40
r37.95
r78.50
r70o9Q
4.6
p42,85
p39.85
p83905
p72.90
p4.2
207s3
282.3
1,954.4
87,8
1,069.2
229.1
268,0
106.3
194.0
1,863.9
79.5
S,026.8
219.1
256.4
102,1
180.2 '
r1,840.4
1,893.7
93.9
92,0
993.1
1,037.3
220.9
225.5
r263.6
267.2
r95.4
96.7
r!68.8
179.6 •
1,897.1
93.2
1,047.5
2SI.1
261.7
95.6
188,0
231 a
254.2
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PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING
Wood pulps
Product 1 en, totals all grados.„e,,,,,„thous, of short tons@.
Dissolving and special alpha..........,.#...........do..a.
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Groundwood,. ee9oa,.»,..,,,«..,,,,,,«,,,,,©,.,,,., ...do..,.
Defibrated or exp loded,.«,,.,,..,,., e.,,,,,, o e e e s e 8 ..do. 9 s e
Soda, semichem., screenings* damaged, etc...........do....•
Stocks, end of months total, all ml 1 Is.. ............. .do,,,.
Pulp ml IIS.,«,,.«,,,....,..0..,«,.,.,,,.,.....,.,.,,dO»#.,
Paper and board mlSls,.e.,,,,,••••••••••••••••••••••do,,,.
Nonpaper mi I Is,,.,,,••,.•••••••••••••..•••....•••••.do,,.,
All paper and board mills, productions
Paper and board, total, ,., .•«••••••••••••«••••,.,•••••do,.^.
Paper ,,,,«» e,e,ee....e,as0a&«,a8eeee<»ee9@ee<»0ee,e»ee
G O . ...
Wet-machine board.,,,•,,•••••,«••,•••,..,.,,,,..,a.,do....
.Construction paper and board••.••••••••••••••••••..•do....
Newsprint, United States:
Consumption by publishers,••••••••••
••••••••••••do....
Stocks, end of month:
AT pUD 1 1 Sn©r S s .,,,......,.., ,....«,. ,,,,«,.,,...,.,, 0O« , . .
in transit to publishers.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••do.,..
••••«•••••
e.g....,..
.,, ,,,,©..
,,,,,,,,,,
.,,,,,,, ..
•«••••••••
..........
....••....
797,6
190.5
504,9
102.2
813.2
200,4
518,2
100.6
869.8
206.9
561.1
101.8
r859.8
209.2
r544.0
106.6
883,3
221.6
557.1
104.5
r2,762
r1,197
1,274
S3
r278
2,655
1,165
1,210
13
267
2,655
1,183
1,224
13
235
2,602
1,169
1,180
13
240
2,674
1,181
1,236
14
243
464.1
422.4
463,3
442.3
466.0
433.9
348.7
98.5
376.1
112.2
580,2
S07.8
592,6
100,9
589.7
96.5
585.6
101.8
12,376
11,962
15,825
12,567
11,988
16,130
12,617
11,109
17,318
11,695
11,021
17,793
12,505
12,611
17,439
12,747
12,081
S7,860
63,9
32.0
110.6
61.0
49.6
54.9
31.6
118.9
64.0
54.9
63.9
34.2
III.3
62.6
48,7
63.6
34.6
116.7
64.3
52.4
62.2
34.1
r122.7
r67.2
55,5
56,7
30.4
125.3
69.4
55.9
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STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass containers:
Production.
..•
••••••••••thousv of gross.,
Stocks, end of month.••••••••••••••••••,•••••••.•••••••do«.«.
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Rayon and acetate:
Production:
Fllament yarn,.........•••••••••••••••••••••••miL of lb..
Staple (IncI. tow).....
••••••••••••
do....
Stocks, producers1, end of month, total.•••••••••.«••• ,do 90ee
f* I 1 a m e n T y a m , ,,,,,,, , e . o . « e , e s e e , , , s . « , , « . , , , , , , , • , G O , , s »
jr/ Revised, JJ/ Preliminary. ±/ Figures beginning March 1957 exclude sales of combination washer-dryer units (Included in earlier data);
sales of such types totaled 90,900 units In the first six months of 1957.
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