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^ia o p r ~ August 3, 1956 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $3.25 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS INDEX, 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 = 100 8NDEX, 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 = 100 500 Monthly 500 \ PRICES' OF. 420 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS | (Wednesday close) j 400 400 300 -j 200 -j too —i-J—L-L ) 1 I I 1 1 > 1953 i l 1 l 1 1 i i i I l 11 M 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 i i i i 1955 1954 I 1 i » i t 300 H 200 l 1 1956 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 250 I N D E X , 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 250 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Weekly (seasonally adjusted) — 225 225 LA^W^-H^Y 200 - 175 1 50 V ^ T i i i 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 I BILLION 1 1 1 1 1 ! I i i 1954 1953 i i 1 i i 1 i i i i i i 1 i i i i 200 H 175 i 1 1956 BILLION DOLLARS 350 i 1955 - I I I I I 1 1 1 I I '.J 1 5 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D DOLLARS 5 0 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING PERSONAL INCOME (short- and intermediate-term) (seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) 40 300 Total Total 250 Wage 6t Salary Disbursements *< 200 b Installment Credit (end of month) 1 5 0 U ' ' ' ' I '-»-» i i I n i l i I i i i l i 1 I I I i i I i i I i i I i i i i i I i i i i i 1953 1954 1955 1956 s o Lj,i i H 111111 1953 I M I I I -11 I I J !!1 ! ! I ! t I ! ! I Ii !I i I I i ! ;! 1954 1955 S956 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1956 1955 ITEM July 25 July 7 July 30 July 14 July 21 July 28 Commodity prices, wholesale: ....1947-49*100.. do.... do.... do.... .do.... .do.... Al1 other do.... 90.4 94 1,195 1,084 •110.5 *89.5 * 105.1 *II6.5 90.5 98 1,159 1,051 113.9 89.2 102.1 121.4 87.5 90 1,317 1,211 114.1 90.4 102.6 121.4 88.4 99 1,351 1,243 114.0 90.5 102.4 121.5 88.8 96 114.1 90.8 102.4 121.4 88.6 30,287 25,452 18,774 565 50,157 25,506 18,945 559 30,765 25,684 18,902 472 30,925 25,905 19,040 756 50,808 25,769 18,869 622 30,652 25,595 18,744 55,866 21,560 85,169 32,565 25,429 7,957 54,416 21,559 84,914 32,161 25,526 7,978 55,248 21,988 85,521 26,559 28,845 8,591 55,546 21,916 85,152 26,549 28,754 8,619 55,770 21,870 84,902 26,262 28,657 8,627 172 5.24 311.8 354.6 201 5.25 318.9 363.7 208 5.48 547.7 406.2 251 5.49 556.2 416.8 225 5.49 560.5 422.5 1,572 10,620 196,434 6,650 1,600 10,727 187,478 6,610 1,845 10,391 79,671 7,086 1,594 10,878 155,775 7,084 1,508 11,125 155,122 7,111 2,195 #91.0 782 367 2,190 #90.7 796 374 302 12.3 478 274 517 12.9 620 516 577 15*3 648 319 F i nance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 5/....do.... do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading citiesr4/ 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) 5/ percent.. Stock prices,480 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4_/.. 1955-59-100.. 555 274 3.52 361.8 423.5 Production: . of short tons., .mi 1. of kw.-hr.. . of short tons.. .thous. of cars.. 135,985 419 17.0 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. £ / Wednesday data. J5/ Week ended August 4, 1956: Production, 451 thous. short tons; operating rate, 17.5 percent. 6/ Data for 1956 adjusted to revised classification of class I railroads. * Monthly index for July 1955. # Not comparable with 1956 rates which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 1955 ITEM May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Personal income, by source, seasonally adj., at annual rates: .bi1. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do Less personal contributions for social insurance...do.... June March April May June 504.5 208.8 90.8 54.7 27.9 55.4 506.0 210.5 91.4 55.5 28.1 55.7 518.6 220.5 95.1 58.4 29.6 57.2 321.7 222.9 96.8 59.1 29.8 37.2 r522.8 r225.2 96.8 59.1 50.0 r57.5 ' 524.2 224.4 97.4 59.4 50.2 57.4 ,6.9 49.7 26.5 17.6 5.2 288.6 7.0 49.4 26.7 17.6 5.2 290.4 7.2 49.5 28.8 18.5 5.7 504.0 7.2 49.7 29.1 18.6 5.8 306.8 7.2 r50.1 r29.4 18.7 5.8 r507.6 49.9 29.7 18.7 5.8 509.4 296 552 245 280 294 520 255 290 291 554 287 517 319 370 277 315 510 540 257 286 p507 p5IO p264 p280 6,119 4,458 56 4,849 959 276 11,279 10,125 57 9,921 989 311 12,499 11,513 59 11,344 963 133 5,562 4,082 59 4,461 894 147 7,107 5,050 65 5,780 1,014 251 p12,574 p11,576 p57 pi 1,256 p966 p294 5,399 559 400 3,284 1,156 5,387 565 406 3,252 1,185 5,467 561 452 5,455 1,040 p6,785 p608 p405 p4,5!6 p1,455 7.5 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction contract awards (F. R. indexes): .1947-49*100.. .do.... do.... do.... FINANCE Federal Government finance: .mi 1. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... do.... dc>... 6,755 5,556 1,476 445 398 58 i 1/ 4,146 1/ 5,546 755 1,187 ±/ Not entirely comparable with data beginning July 1955. do.... .do.... do.... do.... jr/ Revised. £./ Preliminary- CORRECTION for p. S-2 of the July 1956 Survey: read 93. Index of cash receipts for livestock and products (1947-49*100) for December 1955 should MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1955 1956 ITEM May FINANCE - Continued Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S .E.) J/....dollars.. ...do.... June 1 March April May June 98.36 98.67 80.36 97.91 98.19 80.28 96.32 96.56 79.36 95.50 95.74 79.14 96.48 96.75 78.23 96.39 96.65 78.79 104,459 102,314 1,487 106,200 103,694 1,851 104,282 102,181 1,443 106,513 104,061 1,797 103,832 101,920 1.275 107,800 105,548 1,607 102,899 100,995 1,276 107,743 105,486 1,613 104,115 102,227 1,259 107,910 105,656 1,609 104,289 102,394 1,270 108,199 105,942 1,612 182,830 3,341 194,406 3,434 223,887 4,063 224,682 4,075 211,896 4,123 218,579 4,260 6.98 74 277 7.61 74 280 7.30 72 239 8.03 76 282 7.33 74 294 7.99 ,.percent of total., sme month I929«I00.. do.... 158,535 162,970 153,080 157,900 127,430 116,685 133,475 128,640 148,670 154,455 147,885 159,030 588 1,560 2,277 236 611 1,641 2,122 149 647 1,566 !,905 196 604 1,545 2,046 216 606 1,646 2,124 196 596 1,679 2, 146 201 4,164 2,337 3,713 2,140 6,327 3,294 5,252 2,895 4,875 2,749 4,326 2,480 1,228 1,246 113 1,760 901,574 57,606 800,728 156,320 48,999 1,205 1,110 96 1,753 952,637 52,892 747,208 144,297 50,411 1,216 1,087 139 2,128 958,896 59,290 1,109,446 224,101 48,423 1,129 1,146 115 1,930 945,019 53,754 931,304 182,846 47,203 1,063 1,054 121 1,942 1,006,233 47,254 888,730 174,120 55,444 1,084 1,047 113 1,865 1,001,765 46,211 817,521 159,086 55,987 308,154 527,739 1,677 334,501 581,168 376 87,840 460,421 8,137 78,882 456,279 3,863 82,685 484,154 1,302 112,512 520,970 208,365 506,638 396,454 740 130,593 9,957 477,028 107,309 250,582 492,970 418,876 614 117,362 8,851 375,741 97,960 300,058 399,902 450,388 879 205,748 9,875 514,124 155,096 256,029 434,967 427,200 861 187,985 8,976 510,230 132,812 279,723 538,673 415,357 781 168,995 8,481 457,395 120,001 370,511 541,208 463,517 692 149,154 8, 180 393,688 122,476 2,088 170,933 490 2,292 193,888 546 309 61,604 770 638 94,569 753 1,200 140,048 772 1,450 172,539 872 47,160 41,992 8,916 1,726 23,038 49,590 43,422 8,887 1,961 23,529 55,134 50,077 10,018 1,915 27,731 48,822 43,727 9,883 1,695 23,721 47,963 42,314 10,032 1,858 21,977 44,416 38,751 8,091 1,561 21,495 5,366 2,946 4,689 352 127 5,918 3,127 5,566 342 260 6,663 3,750 4,482 438 137 5,286 3,142 4,568 436 91 5,345 3,102 5,007 470 172 5,056 2,548 4,987 r938 1,310 707 982 1,296 716 1,163 1,255 715 1,145 1,218 702 1,086 r1,248 750 106,491 86,941 46,266 99,573 83,320 47,064 93,677 80,138 51,053 Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange: ..... do.... do.... do.... do.... ...••do.... | ! ! Stocks: Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange .......do.... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Hotels: 74 286 FOODSTUFFS Dairy products, production: L i vestock: Cattle and calves: S1aughter (federa11y i nspected): thous. of animals.. do.... ..do Cattle i Hogs: ....do.... Sheep and lambs: Slaughter (federally inspected) do.... do.... do.... Lard.. do.... Stocks, cold storage, end of month: do.... Frozen fruits, juices and vegetables: Fruits do.,.. do.... do.... Eggs: Shell 363 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc. athletic, total..do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: >us. of short tons.. Castings, ma!ieabie iron: . 106,446 98,397 57,317 107,559 99,456 1 60,261 r./ Revised. \J- Includes bonds for International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. 457 221 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1956 1955 ITEM May June March April 122,465 92,713 16,810 133,887 102,457 19,59! 170,045 130,839 31,991 163,708 125,015 27,475 r178,227 142,025 35,949 ee.ses.e 1,813 3,801 2,635 2,836 2,221 3,526 1,924 6.182 2,035 1,178 2,555 1,432 68.70 64.25 53.50 46.55 74.55 68.35 58.80 52.95 89.50 80.05 74.15 67.85 79.30 74.00 71.80 65.00 r87.10 r79.45 r76.80 70.50 May June METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Castings, steel : Shipments, total.,.............................short tons.. ® . . . . . . . Furnaces, industrial, new orders, nets Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel)..... Machine tools (metal-cutting types)% do.... Estimated backlog...........»».<,»»..«..«*«.»<»....• .months.. Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales bi8 led......thousands.. Television sets (Snci. combination), production J./... ..do.... 4.7 5.0 8.6 8.4 8.2 255.9 341.8 1,114.0 467.4 239.7 354.5 1,204.9 590.0 395.7 405.7 1,360.1 680.0 352.9 324.2 993.0 549.6 r326.0 315.2 1,060.2 467.9 p62.40 p55.80 p75.90 p69.20 p7.9 248.3 340.2 1,073.8 553.0 1,997 38,336 2,143 36,004 2,029 43,15© 2,233 r40,040 1,925 44,77© 2,442 39,605 54,746 106,650 56,282 100,861 50,040 109,974 47,446 109,822 r48,342 r107,324 42,845 100,328 81,617 75,421 138,108 77,819 79,497 130,694 94,389 77,888 150,995 91,602 74,682 155,410 93,740 r76,396 r162,682 85,167 66,116 169,570 1,816 496 5,328 1,744 1,945 550 5,520 1,865 2,285 410 5,940 2,285 1,796 452 5,328 1,812 1,804 540 5,328 1,836 5,760 1,775 424 360 425 410 345 450 328 408 308 408 290 405 849,393 313 767,182 309 689,982 434 654,333 371 570,486 362 538,052 266 237 405 360 304 503 471 721,139 697,471 127,941 108,362 647,658 629,185 119,215 101,625 583,169 554,761 106,379 86,996 552,881 529,945 101,081 82,400 474,010 459,070 96,114 77,593 445,758 433,859 91,791 73,463 PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Coal, productions Anthracite,,•••••••••••,,,,,,,••.,,,,thotis, of short tons.. RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Synthetic rubbers Stocks, end of month,,,,,,,,,•••••••,.•••••••••,••,.,do,,,. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Men's apparel, cuttings: J/ Ta11ored garments % Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport.....thous. of do2.. Work clothing: 1,925 570 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. J./ Data for June 1955 and March and June 1956 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 3% oxo PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL B U S I N E S S FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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