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August 26, 1960 STATISTICS BUSINESS 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 = 10 90 PRICES OF 425 SNDUSTilAL STOCKS Monthly (daily avg. close) Index, 1941-43^10 90 Weekly (Wednesday close) 80 80 1959 70 70 / 196© 60 H 60 50 50 4 0 Lj^J- ! J ra La^J™J ra ^i-^ 1957 LJLJ-.J-_L..LmlmLUUJ—Li^JL I S958 1959 8 I 1 8 8,\ \ \ I960 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 ^ 100 300 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) - t \ \ i \ i. i i \ \ «^J J P M A M J J A S O N O 40 Index, 1947-49 = S00 300 Monthly Weekly (E. E. !. seas. adj. index) 275 - 4 275 19< 250 250 h- / 1959 225 225 200 Lfc^LJL-JL. I I I » I I L- 1957 I l I I l I l I I I i I i 1958 1 I » I I < I » I M l JFM i i I i i i i i X ,I 2 0 0 A MJ J A S O N D COTTON CONSUMPTION (daily average; seas, adj.) (seasonally adjusted) 120 1 h ! 10 §00 80 I i i i index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 130 Index, 1947-49 = 100 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS 100 I > I I ) I §960 1959 h 90 ~w . ^v 1A *. 1^ \h* J * Average per working day 60 l-i.» i i i 11 I 1957 M i 1 i i i 11 i i i n i 1 11 i 11 ! i i i 11 1 i i i u 1958 S959 I960 h i i • i 80 LXJJUJJLUJLL 1 I ! M 1 1 ! I ! i ,JL.I I 1 i l l I 1 II H I 1 LLUJJUU WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 I960 ITEM Aug. 22 Aug. 15 July 30 Aug. 6 Aug.. 13 Aug. 20 Commodity prices, wholesales 86.3 !32 1,451 1,301 269 •119.1 *87.1 *I05.8 * 128.4 86.5 132 1,443 1,294 263 32,071 28,473 18,622 542 85.3 !22 1,783 1,639 293 119.4 87.2 107.9 128.3 85.7 128 S,794 1,648 269 119.4 87.! 107.8 128.3 85.5 S3! 119.3 87.2 107.7 128.3 85.4 308 279 32,051 28,562 18,509 431 32,041 28,065 18,552 468 32,044 28,165 18,593 493 32,129 28,246 18,524 ^02 32 184 28,469 18,524 534 61,047 30,747 103,398 29,196 28,759 12,5uz 4.70 59.25 63." 55 60,030 30,723 104,037 29,451 28,912 12,327 4.70 58.27 62.45 59,966 31,564 104,723 27,324 30,98! 12,520 4.69 54.17 57.40 59,392 31,568 S05,148 27,062 31,104 12,510 4.67 54.72 58.03 58,967 31,498 104,720 26,903 51,069 12,516 4.64 56.07 59.55 1,200 13,648 83,656 6,766 !,I87 14,003 46,686 6,76! 1,372 14,746 129,435 6,821 1,298 14,709 !18,052 6,837 1,539 14,622 97,080 6,834 335 #11.8 545 292 32! #15.3 543 291 1,520 53.5 614 292 1,537 53.9 594 285 1,525 53.5 600 289 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ±/ do.... Reporting member banks Cof F.R.System) In leading cf?fes:£j/ Commercial and Industrial loans (gross) ...do.... Real estate loans (gross).. o a o .................... do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 4/ ..percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/...l94l-43.|0 # . ......... ......... 4.60 56,84 60.30 Productions Motor vehicles (cars, trucks- coach@s) a . a i . a ao a a o f l e o a nuiber 8 e 9S9 62*825 1,558 54.7 «oae.»*o» J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for fhQ following programs; State; R.Rij Federal employees; and ex-servicemen. ±/ Daily average. 5/ Wednesday data. §J Estimates for week beginning August 2 2 , 1960s Production, 1,552 thous. short, tons; operating rate,~54.5 percent. * Monthly index for August 1959. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annual capacity (147,655,670 tons); I960 rates are based on Jan. I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 1959 I960 ITEM ' June Apr! 1 July May July June GENERAL BUS INESS 1ND1CATORS INDUSTRIAL AND CO«*ERCIAL FAILURES: number.. 1,244 1,071 1,570 1,275 1,534 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... III 167 203 653 150 100 137 203 518 113 12! 220 215 674 140 13! 214 229 564 155 103 213 228 680 of dol.. 49,197 51,197 69,192 75,307 126,450 61,732 *..do.... 5,069 8,519 \2t 143 18,254 5,252 3,147 11,328 14,592 17,052 5,078 7,065 15,661 18,485 18,563 11,420 6,095 10,877 51,965 17,588 6,784 22,597 18,613 41,111 28,497 15,632 3,995 11,075 21,080 20,470 5,116 10,222 1,088 5,792 5,342 11,734 977 6,642 4,116 8,406 355 5,482 2,589 9,965 509 6,202 5,452 11,069 1,284 5,784 4,000 10,657 1,526 5,250 5,881 4,400 2,262 526 4,470 2,282 542 4,690 I 2,446 594 ' 4,747 2,468 565 4,812 2,487 551 4,853 2,500 557 235,637 89,600 48,422 225,984 86,174 46,862 1 252,824 88,55! 47,895 250,837 99,809 50,415 223,608 86,063 45,254 ...do.... no 1,146 102 192 173 573 106 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Highway concrete pavement contract awards: J/ sq. yd.. [ 1 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENC IES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: of dol.. ...do.... 228,601 86,598 1 46,429 1 J/ Data for July 1959 and May I960 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 9064 BANK DEBITS, TOTAL (544 CENTERS)... ee » s.dO.e a a ! I I MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1959 I960 ITEM June July May April June July FINANCE - Continued FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: All other expenditures .....do,.., L8FE INSURANCE (INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U. S. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES do.... Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total do.... Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... Other assets,..a..............••••«.«..••.•••»•••«..do.... PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES, ESTIMATED TOTAL 1/ o mil. of dol.. Matured endowments.••••••.• ,a.»........o,,0..a.do..a. 11,247 10,154 94 4,241 4,786 696 1,430 5,956 3,246 94 1,603 568 552 1,559 7,468 5,074 91 4,290 619 858 1,609 8,651 689 7,942 6,557 728 5,829 6,041 772 5,269 6,079 772 5,307 110,424 55,993 7,246 2,991 15,515 5,796 25,194 111,152 56,284 7,259 5,085 15,527 5,792 25,542 I15,594 57,291 6,725 5,278 15,783 3,764 24,224 115,908 57,494 6,661 3,504 15,807 5,767 24,584 116,577 57,557 6,559 5,517 15,845 3,766 24,475 . 9,725 6,555 91 5,783 467 1,918 S,466 p!2,7l6 pi 1,069 p90 P4,I27 p5,550 P M57 pi,811 p6,855 i p805 p6,052 5,976 5,128 84 1,401 670 585 1,459 6,172 806 5.366 3,486 1,665 1,785 57,894 55,094 3,547 1,659 5,845 38,108' 35,555 3,742 1,753 1,944 40,236 37,358 3,785 1,770 1,971 40,459 37,545 3,788 1,723 2,019 40,63! 37,722 3,522 4,580 1,200 3,949 5,585 4,389 1,185 4,056 3,72! 4,838 1,192 4,374 3,766 4,897 1,180 4,347 3,786 4,957 r,2i3 4,445 635.9 265.7 51.9 10.0 55.8 128.6 123.9 586.9 247.1 47.4 9.9 54.6 124.7 103.2 650.! 270.2 56s9 9.8 59.3 132.5 121.4 675.5 285.6 57.7 10.2 60.1 159.0 120.9 672.9 280.0 57.3 9.9 60.8 134.7 130.2 53.1 32.1 24.6 57.3 35.1 24.7 56.4 35.5 26.1 61.1 55.5 26.3 61.3 r55.7 r26.4 58.9 p34.2 p25.5 15,545 12,685 12,259 13,118 15,777 12,570 1,592 4,504 1,115 oeeoes.a. TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER (FEDERALLY INSPECTED): 566 1,475 4,902 1,056 582 1,557 5,184 1,107 594 !,4I2 5,571 1,054 578 1,606 5,483 1,110 597 1,692 5,086 1,157 552 1,928 2,155 2,665 416 1,598 1,894 2,514 476 1,745 1,687 2,550 r492 r1,805 1,622 2,685 556 1,946 1,714 2,669 959.3 741.3 1,099.9 932.5 551.2 899.0 785.2 1,022.5 855.4 541.2 r995.2 r747.5 rl,164.1 r967.2 r628.9 r948.0 r702.0 r1,159.2 r974,9 r629.4 *859.0 *622.0 *845.0 *853,0 *550,0 146.9 103.4 15!.1 151.2 130.2 154.4 104.8 129.5 129.5 120.5 152.5 86.2 155.0 r!57.4 160.7 r144.9 r85.5 M5I.6 r144.4 r 165.1 146,0 84,0 147.0 148.0 162.0 595.8 455.5 579.2 581.4 248.0 595.0 476.4 i 561.1 558.9 [ 250.1 1 r407.9 r4IO,5 r405.0 r40!.8 r590.5 r585.2 r402.7 r40l.2 r274.1 599.0 587.0 574.0 574.0 274.0 354.2 155.5 559.4, 555.9 105.9 518.5 I 160.9 515.4 515.1 108.9 r550.8 r186.6 r562.5 r568.4 r114.7 294.0 151.0 524.0 551.0 114.0 574 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: ecoscesse PAPER AND.PRINTING PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER, NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBOARD: Fine paper: Printing paper: r272.7 Coarse paper: i j r574.1 r205.9 r548.5 i r547.9 ri19.8 jr/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. * June data exclude estimates for tissue and miscellaneous papers. J/ Includes data for Alaska beginning January 1959; for Hawaii beginning September 1959. 9064 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ^ 1959 I960 ITEM June July hpr i 1 May June July PAPER AND PRINTING - Contlnyed NEWSPRINT, CAimOA (INCLUDING NEWF OUNDLAND): O f short tons 9 @ Shipments from ml Ms...••.....••....•.••••..••• - Stocks at mills, end of w t h , 5 . o e s S 6 e e s 3 « e c 8 « e.....odo.... NEWSPRINT, OH1TED STATES: • PrOdyctlOn0ae»*e9«.o«« 9«eo*ee«.»««o0«9fflthOUSe a • • c e sdO. a . « Shipments from ml S Is.••••..»•••••.••••..•••••••ffi^eosaOOesiBffi Stocks at mills, end of month.•...••..••••••,•, ......do.... Consumption by pub Ushers., ••••••••••••«• ••••••a a s ® e © d O o « Stocks at and In transit to publIshers,end of m3nth..do.... ROBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casingss •thousands.• ShIpments, tota 1 , 98t„8do8988 Original equipment..••.«••••..•..•„•••...•• a a • s© a d O s . . . Stocks, end of RKOTth 3 » S O S J O e , s s < S f f l 0 O e e o a e 8 S S S ^ a 9 Inner tubes: 9 9 P r o d U C t fOflo eoe»aafta».*aae«0»««>aa»<»Qe»<>0eea0ae ..«*»«dO,,.. S h i p m @ n t S s©-©©®8©©©©(iis6»©®soe©©o©oe©©s&©s>tf<3oaee Stocks^ end of r«ofith 9SoaeiBSO , ssgiS90e9S , !9sg!6800 ^s o s 5 , s d O ® s a © TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON; J./ Consumption, .«....».•••«•.•..•••••«•••..,, «thous. of bales* 9 Manufactures; Spindle activity Ccotton system spindles); Active spindles, last working d a y s e s » a e s s e s .thousandsse Consuming 100 percent cotton f f l o s e o e e e e 9 9 S e Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.. e .ml!1lons 9 , Average per working d a y 9 B a s s s e e S 3 e # @ S S ] @ s © © • « s a G O © © 9 a Consuming 100 percent cot-ton.,e,,,,,s.... a a e . o a $ Q e > ® a . TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Truck trailers, production; Complete" tral lers, total 9 e 9 @ 6 S 8 @ a e 4 ; 6 « a 9 S S r « 9 9 < » e 8 8 »..«number.e Chassis, van bodies, for sale separately........,.»..do.... RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTES Freight carss Shipments, total••.••.•••.•«••••••••«•••••.•••••. 8 «d© e ... Equipment manufacturers, total.. a B .»........ 9 e ...do.... Railroad m<l private-line shops* d o t t i e s t i c . ^ o ^ d o . ^ , 1 Equipment manufacturers, total O . s .. 9 . ae>0 .. fflffl4es09 do. e9 « ! Railroad and private-line shops, dofnestlc e89e .e, 9 do. se . Unfilled orders, end of month.......................do.... Equipment manufacturers, t o t a ! 9 S a 8 S e o e e o s e o a a > s e s e d o e « . 8 Railroad and private™Sine shops, domestic.•••••••do.... r/ Revised* * Beginning A p r i l months, 4 USC0NKH3C-9Q64 535,8 1 547.0 ! 224.9 547,1 589.0 24 l e 3 563 s l 569 . 5 234.9 566a3 593.2 208s 0 555 0 9 561,5 202 . 4. 167.9 161.4 29 e 0 42899 579a8 149.2 156.5 21.7 400,1 625.8 168.7 I73s5 33 a 6 476.9 651,1 S73 # 3 S7I.5 35,4 5I0 S 4 593ffl2 171.2 174.3 32.3 461.9 605e3 I57 e 2 155,9 33 e 6 4I9„7 623,7 10,779 10,294 10,237 3,392 19,088 11.223 10,532 I 3,588 ! 19,877 *I0,5I7 *II,II4 *3,584 ^27,40S 11,188 3,724 26,967 10,892 11,515 3,449 26,359 3,683 r3,9!2 7,000 4,345 3,948 1 7,380 3,628 3,306 10,495 3,611 3,330 10,852 3,444 3,547 10,700 823 650 708 710 858 562 19,262 17,596 11,411 456 10,416 19,248 17,587 8,864 443 8,057 19,310 17,599 9,844 492 8,989 19,315 17,589 9,827 491 8,964 19,325 17,604 11,740 470 10,737 19,228 17,529 7,933 397 7,211 6,616 3,854 401 5,820 3,433 337 5,890 3,389 998 5,427 3,241 628 5,284 3,096 719 4,227 3,204 1,023 4,334 3, S97 1,137 5,569 4,200 1,369 5,93! 3,550 2,38! 6,042 ' 3,697 2,345 3,968 2,556 1,412 8,369 : 7,253 1,116 ; 4,159 2,519 1,640 5,541 4,546 995 2,221 1,662 559 r3Si 244 r67 1,306 647 659 41,206 20,485 20,721 36,321 18,607 17,714 29,770 14,349 !5,42i 26,798 12,440 14,358 41,084 ! 20,170 20,914 I960, data f o r motorcycle t i r e s are lncfuded e UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 534,2 535.6 236.1 40,359 •19,442 ! 20,917 ! J / Data for June 1959 and June I960 cover 5 weeksi other PENALTY FOU PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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