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December 12, 1958
STATISTICS
BUSINESS
A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription to t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected
weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
Index, 1941 - 4 3 « 10
70
Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 » 10
7©
Monthly
PRICES OF 4 2 S INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
60 h
Weekly
(Wednesday close)
60
1957
\
50
50
1958
40
H 40
30 h
20
H-30
L t i t s
B
1 i s i
>6 1 i i i i i I i i I i r I i i i i I I i i I i I I I i i i l I i I I i i
1955
S956
1957
» ' » i ' I » ' i ' «J 2 0
J F M A M J J
A S O N D
1958
I n d e x , 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
index, 1947-49 = 100
175
175
Monthly
STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots a n d steel for castings)
150
150
S25
825
100 h
-H 100
% I I I \ \ I I 1 1
1955
I
J F M A M J J A S O N D
1956
Index, 1947-49= 100
180
Billion Dollars
60 1
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS
(short- and intermediate-term)
(seasonally adjusted)
160
50
Stocks
Total
(end of month)
(end of month)
140
SOO L U J J 11 t,i m I,»i,i,i i l . i i n
1955
1956
JJXUJJJLUJLJJJ^
S957
1958
2 0 1^1 1 l I I I i i i i I i i i
1955
M
I i i i i t 1 i i i i t I t i i i i 1 i i t ii 1 i I I l i
1956
1957
1958
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
S958
1957
ITEM
Nov. 30
Dec.
7
Nov. 15
Nov. 22
Nov. 29
Dec.
6
Commodity prices, wholesale:
:
Insured unemployment, total
Stat© programs,••••••••
Failures, Industrial and cofisnercial
Finance:
..................thews..
«.»..
..^..do,.,.
9898 Huniber,,
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.....do....
•
•
•
•
84.4
170
1,850
1,689
*II8.1
•9-1.9
*I06.5
* 125.9
84.5
230
2,011
1,842
119.2
92.2
109.7
126.8
**88.3
157
#1,950
S,743
119.1
91.8
108.8
126.8
87.8
169
#1,934
S,726
235
287
274
260
244
294
31,431
25,325
18,907
31,668
25,387
19,023
31,660
27,100
I8,5i0
31,754
27,087
18,340
31,825
27,399
18,63!
32,057
27,844
18,740
530
•
119. 1
91.8
108.6
126.9
87.9
171
. . . . . . . . .9
446
443
622
467
465
55,464
23,767
86,072
25,010
31,527
8,777
55,389
23,814
86,858
25,619
31,573
8,761
56,874
27,987
93,710
31,288
30,602
9,429
56,846
27,884
93,777
31,268
30,608
9,476
57,283
27,872
95,212
32,484
30,599
9,507
4.47
41.25
44.41
4.44
41.54
44.71
4.41
53.05
56.74
4*39
53.20
56.84
4.38
51.90
55.39
i,637
11,613
132,107
6,830
1,538
12,315
162,233
6,850
1,467
12,378
141,385
6,968
1,488
12,579
163,565
6,975
1,508
12,274
143,707
6,983
1,846
##72.1
554
284
1,831
##71.5
618
314
2,011
74.5
644
327
2,000
74.1
619
320
1,988
73.7
539
285
1 19.0
91.2
108.4
126.9
87.5
««.•••••••
.....«.««.
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: 4 /
Loans and investments (adjusted), total.
9,do6e,,
Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do....
Stock prices, 500 stocks {Stand* & Poor's) 4/ e s o 1941-43=10.,
4.38
52.53
56.06
production:
Steel J5/.....••..........
....thous. of short tons..
Freight car loadings, total...
.........thous. of cars..
J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Week beginning
1958:
Production, 2,015 thous. short tons; operating rate, 74.7 percent. * Monthly index for November 1957. ** Wednesday
cludes 416,000 and 394,000 insured unemployed reported under temporary programs (TUG) for November 15 and 2 2 , respectively;
under Ex-Servicemen's Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 (UCX) effective October 2 7 , 1958. ## Based on January I, 1957,
(133^459,150 tons); not comparable with 1958 rates which are based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 t o n s ) .
169,420
1,985
73.5
December 8,
price, # Exincludes claims
annual capacity
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1957
ITEM
September
1958
October
August
July
September
October
COMMODITY PRICES
RetalI price:
All commodities (U.S.Dept. of Commerce index)..1935-39=100..
217.5
217.2
221.0
220.5
220.7
220.3
2,550
2,017
2,614
2,076
3,607
2,633
3 467
2 530
3,216
2,353
,309
,550
4,844
282
1,791
2,771
6,668
749
3,143
2,775
17,842
6,631
7,475
3,737
1 173
1,256
6 ,520
3 ,398
10,354
512
6,609
3,233
,905
143
,189
,572
138
138
139
139
139
140
24 270
10 690
13 580
24,500
10,380
14,120
23,500
10,720
12,780
23,510
10,430
13,080
r23,680
r10,110
r13,570
24,160
10,120
14,040
24 360
,120
1 1
13,240
24,220
10,950
13,270
23,990
10,730
13,260
23,860
10,660
13,200
r23,680
r10,480
13,200
23,470
10,260
13,210
3 ,942
4,236
4,045
4,277
4, 128
4,533
3 ,345
222
82
75
36
1,054
1,356
69
62
3,604
232 I
87
74
41
1,136
1,47870
68
3,465
188
89
77
38
983
3,697
3,566
239
90
74
41
1,112
1,461
75
69
3,907
25 8
93
76
47
1,216
1,648
78
76
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Construction contracts in 48 States (F» W. Dodge Corp.):
Total valuation..
..mii. of do I..
Bui Iding, tota I
••••
do....
Highway concrete pavement contract awards: ±/
Total
thous. of sq. yd..
Airports
do....
Roads
...
.do....
Streets and alleys
do....
Construction cost index?
Department of Commerce, composite.
1947-49=100..
DOMESTIC TRADE
All retail stores, estimated inventories:
Unadjusted, total......
...........mil. of do I..
Durab le-goods stores
do....
Nondurab I e-goods stores
do....
Adjusted, tota I
do....
Durab I e-goods stores
do....
Nondurab le-goods stores.
do....
Retail firms with 4 or more stores:
Estimated sales (unadjusted), total
do....
Retail firms with II or more stores:
Estimated sales (unadjusted), total.....
.do....
AppareI group
•
do....
Drug and proprietary stores
do....
Eating and drinking places
«
...do....
Furniture, homefurnishings stores...
do....
Genera I-merehandi se group.•••.••••••••••••••••••«•..do....
Grocery stores
••••••
•
do....
Lumber, building-materials dealers....
.....do....
Tire, battery, accessory stores..
do....
210
92
80
39
i ,531
1,106
1,608
73
81
75
79
£/ Revised. ±/ Data for October 1957 and July and September 1958 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
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MONTHLY
BUSINESS STATiSTiCS — Continued
1957
ITEM
September
1958
October
July
August
September
October
DOMESTIC TRADE - Continued
Retail firms with 1! or more stores - Continued
Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total...mil. of dol..
...do....
...do....
...do....
...do....
...do....
...do....
3,567
229
87
72
38
1,132
1,472
62
68
3,466
219
87
71
37
1,051
1,472
59
67
3,728
239
91
73
41
1,174
1,564
64
73
3,771
250
97
75
39
1,201
1,557
66
75
3,685
237
94
71
43
1,134
1,555
64
73
3,695
235
94
73
40
11.2
4.2
7.0
12.3
4.5
7.8
II.1
4.0
7.2
11.3
4.1
7.2
11.9
4.4
7.5
12.8
4.7
12.8
6.7
6.1
12.9
6.6
6.3
11.7
6.1
5.5
11.7
6.1
5.6
11.7
6.1
5.6
11.9
6.1
5.8
3.3
4.4
.2
1.8
2.2
.2
2.9
4.0
.2
2.3
1.3
.2
3.3
3.2
.1
2.0
.9
.2
3.9
3.5
.2
1.9
1.2
.2
r4.0
r3.5
.2
r!.6
1.5
.2
3.3
3.1
of dol..
r43,159
r33,393
r43,162
r33,484
r42,923
r33,074
r43,128
r33,165
r43,144
r33,079
43,164
33,052
...do....
...do....
r3,386
3,276
r3,542
r3,398
r3,547
3,456
r3,533
r3,369
r3,483
r3,4l7
r3,330
r3,367
r3,385
r3,294
r3,4l5
r3,404
r3,297
r3,383
r3,324
r3,377
3,475
3,502
3,450
3,419
...do....
89.86
90.08
75.32
89.67
89.89
75.34
95.69
95.89
81.11
92.32
92.47
81.46
91.74
91.90
80.72
91.77
91.92
80.92
of dol..
...do....
73,222
84,634
112,849
130,206
121,140
126,294
120,651
127,385
122,594
126,495
161,393
156,838
...do....
71,978
83,093
111,565
128,615
119,247
124,171
119,220
125,769
120,972
124,673
158,973
154,274
of dol..
...do....
...do....
98,481
96,573
1,253
109,591
107,208
1,664
99,015
97,093
1,276
110,426
108,010
1,693
116,425
113,955
1,425
121,673
118,836
1,756
110,165
107,683
1,462
119,336
116,455
1,795
107,711
105,251
1,448
117,407
114,527
1,794
108,045
105,549
1,461
117,734
114,831
1,805
of dol..
3usands..
2,071
66,781
3,248
113,662
3,322
110,944
3,350
115,724
3,442
115,052
4,823
161,286
of dol..
Dusands..
1,779
45,437
2,821
80,589
2,829
80,233
2,895
83,502
2,922
80,695
4,172
118,112
of dol..
i11 ions..
205,705
4,733
196,675
4,747
234,507
4,903
237,509
4,906
248,388
4,916
255,117
4,933
kw.-hr..
...do....
...do....
58,335
51,573
6,762
60,297
53,157 .
7,140
61,327
54,991
6,336
63,280
56,645
6,634
60,689
53,993
6,696
62,416
55,357
7,060
Sales to ultimate customers, total (Edison Electric
1 nstitute) „,,,,,,,„
rai
1. of kw.-hr..
Commercial and industrial:
47,382
46,304
46,646
48,919
r49,2l5
...do....
...do....
...do....
...do....
8,680
23,845
315
11,897
7,969
24,120
326
11,493
8,915
22,261
284
12,416
9,494
23,375
293
12,885
r9,365
r23,854
289
r 12,943
...do....
1,189
415
985
56
908
457
989
42
1,244
389
1,074
63
1,313
419
1,078
61
1,170
449
1,089
56
Wholesale trades
Safes, estimated (yuadjusted), t o t a l e 9 9 S e < 9 d 9 . e e b ? 1. of dol..
...do
I, 134
1,570
67
74
8.1
EMPLOYMENT
Labor turnover In manufacturing establishments!
Accession rate a s s e * e e e s ( S e e . a raonthly rate per 100 employees..
...do....
,..do 8 ...
,..do....
...do....
.2
1.6
1.1
.2
FINANCE
Consumer credit (short- and Intermediate-term): J/
Installment credit extended and repaid:
»eaOO....
Bonds:
Average price of all
listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.) 2/....dollars..
Sales* excluding U. S. Government bonds:
Total on all registered exchanges:
On New York Stock Exchange:
Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange:
Stocks:
Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission):
Total on all registered exchanges:
On New York Stock Exchange:
Shares listed, New York Stock Exchange:
ELECTRIC POWER
Electric power:
Street and highway
1 ighting.....»••••••.•••»••»•« ...do....
...do....
...do....
ooeaooooo
Revenue from sales to ultimate customers (Edison
840,854
836,479
805,925
771,174
793,263
of dol..
later. 2/ Includes bonds of the Interjr/
Revised.
±/
Revised
beginning
January
1957;
revisions
for
months
not
shown
will
be
published
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
1957
1958
ITEM
September
October
July
August'
September
October
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES
Lumber (national Lumber Manufacturers Association):
Production, tot®!......«««..*«..,,«...e.e.aa.mt t. of bd. ft..
SOTTWOOuSo osooeaa.©oa0oooos©esooae©©soEoco©ooooooo<Ba
e O O , so®
Shipments, total • ••.••••••••••••••••••••...•••••.•• ....do....
J O ' T w O O Q S i i o a e o o © e s e s « © o © e e ® © e ® & ea« ® o « ® e » o o © s o o © s ® © ® o . 0 © . e e ©
2,861
2,344
2,845
2,332
9,600
5,816
2,996
2,490
3,067
2,531
9,530
5,776
2,716
2,236
2,825
2,381
9,098
5,599
2,999
2,477
3,058
2,559
9,038
5,516
3,084
2,541
3,150
2,647
8,971
5,409
805
990
563
740
1,100
60S
580
792
466
614
802
514
645
r9!7
538
oaoeooeQ»a
83,385
62,457
38,397
82,995
77,667
45,989
58,340
41,865
24,479
55,145
49,252
29,414
58,405
r56,836
35,999
esaeea.e®.
139,002
105,611
29,718
146,397
113,216
31,477
68,802
48,618
5,400
80,886
59,816
8,021
r85,277
64,586
9,205
©seoeesoso
6,172
597
778
836
860
417
2, on
6,551
641
764
896
889
370
2,319
4,082
295
321
587
513
514
S,484 '
4,835
349
398
719
567
560
1,744
5,386
352
394
810
561
633
2,102
6,225
399
461
887
625
917
2,338
221
339
3,521
181
385
3,322
331
291
2,220
226
298
2,119
256
314
2,047
259
307
1,913
8,641
7,723
1,688
89,393
9,708
8,154
2,621
20,985
7,288
9,573
2,020
18,615
7,762
7,848
1,055
18,521
8,277
7,912
1,442
18,925
3,365
3,483
6,174
3,764
3,172
6,909
2,890
3,466
7,680
3,305
3,331
7,664
3,390
3,498
7,657
53.9
38.9
121.1
68.8
52.3
59.1
40.9
122.1
69.6
52.5
52.0
26.5
M7.8
66.0
51.8 ,
53.6
26.7
111.5
61.3
50.2
56.4
28.1
108.9
60.6
48.3
3,241
2,721
3,242
2,717
9,000
5,443
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Castings, gray iron:
Orders, unfilled, for sale««0».««««*«frthotis. of short tons.*
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Castings, malleable Iron:
Orders, unfilled, for saSe e . 6 ... e ...... e .* e «.. 9 «short tons..
3 R S pi«®nTS , T O T S S e . e s . s . e e . a e a i . e e e a a a e a e s e e a e . a . e & e e a e e Q O . a e a
! ©1
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saaeaeaea.
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sseesesee®
Castings, steel:
DM I pBSenTS,
TOta lee.©®..«oa»»e»»o©ae69©effl©®«oaeos»a«ea
»dO« ©» .
Steel products, net shipments:
Total Call grades)...••••••••••••••...thou*, of short tons..
Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling,...
«...do. 0 . 0
r I8T6S ee..........a....e.eeeeeeeesos«»e«9eeees««.eea. G O ....
Tin mill products,,
•..•»>««•••«
t..*»«»««>do,,,,
Sheets and strips (SncS. electr icalK total.........do....
Fabr i cated structure j stee1 %
J>WIpmeRTS.eases..e»a.aseo®saoeeea0«®aeaaeeaseaaaasaee
«0O,...
Backlog, end of mQnth @ @ .. Q S @ .. e ...e« 0 e e s . e < 9 f f i ( ,. e .. o s . ..$©.«.«,
easea.ea.o
e....®@<»»»
RUBBER AND PRODUCTS
Tires and tubes:
Pneumatic casings:
oe@ee©$$««
inner tubes:
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Rayon and acetate:
Product i on:
1
Stocks, producers , end of month, total J/...«
do....
57.3
30.9
104.2
59. S
45.1
£ / Revised. J / Data beginning May 1958 exclude f i g u r e s for acetate s t a p l e plus tow; see note a t the bottom of p. S-38 of the September
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