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^ i l l l l M r~ December 27, 1957 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 BILLION DOLLARS iOO BILLION DOLLARS 100 Average of Wednesday data TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) 95 95 90 90 1957 ./ 85 / 1956 7 5 tr^r-i • t i i 1 i i i t i I i i 1954 t i i 1 t • • i i I t : i 1955 l l I i • i i • i I i l i 1956 i 80 I i I I I 1 I „1„L..L-LJ 7 5 JFMAMJJASOND I 1957 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = IOO INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 250 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) IOO 250 Weekly 1957 (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 225 225 1956 200 200 175 175 1 5 0 l A l i l i l 1 i l I I I I I i I I l I I 1 I l l I I I I-J- I I I I I I 1 1956 1955 1954 I I I I I I I I I I 1957 I I I I I I I I I I ij JFMAMJJASOND INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = IOO 120 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = IOO 125 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* CONSUMER PRICES (seasonally adjusted) J' 120 All I Items IOO N 115 H 1 10 80 h Food ^ Average pci working doy 105 / J I I I I I I I I I I miiiiiiii iiiiilniii 1llllllll IJU 70 IJ_I..LI1L.UJU 1954 I I II I I I I I I J I 1 l I I I I I i I l 1955 1956 i I ilII M I I I 1957 150 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 2 S956 ITEM Dec, 1957 Dec. 15 22 Dec. Nov. 30 7 Dec. 14 Dec, 21 Commodity price** wholesale: 84.4 159 **1,850 **1,689 117.9 91.6 106,3 125.7 84.5 215 2,009 1,841 118,1 91.8 107.0 125.8 84.9 267 118/? 92.8 107.3 125,8 8 4 ,*» 31,835 27,223 19,535 613 31,431 25,325 18,907 489 31,666 25,387 19,023 487 31,827 25,617 19,027 432 31.973 26,218 19,483 636 58,266 21,871 86,473 25,884 30,811 8,856 58,148 21,956 87,704 26,578 31,266 8,865 55,464 23,767 86,072 25,010 31,527 8,777 55,389 23,814 86,858 25,619 31,573 8,761 56,630 23,934 87,386 25,630 31,813 8,780 249 3.97 46.13 49.43 214 4.00 46.43 49.79 235 4.47 41.25 44.41 287 4.44 41.54 44.71 269 4.36 40.5! 43.53 1,618 11,613 132,107 6,829 1,500 12,315 162,233 6,850 i,485 12,570 168,194 6,884 1,846 72.1 554 284 1,831 71.5 618 314 1,770 69.2 603 307 93.2 260 1,312 1,206 *II6,3 *88.9 * 103.1 * 124.7 92.3 265 1,292 1,186 31,660 26,633 19,220 567 do.... •do.... Finance * Federal Reserve bonk credit outstanding, totai 5/ do,,.. do,... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: 4_/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. 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: Stee 1 5/ thoi s. of short tons.. do 1,806 12,220 182,548 7,355 1,809 12,227 177,735 1 7,376 I 2,522 £102.4 717 367 2,525 #102.6 698 354 .......rat 4.29 39.38 42„ 19 160,697 1,742 68.1 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices, ,3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. %l Week beginning December 23, 1957: Production, 1,374 thous. short tons; operating rate, 53.7 percent, * Monthly index for December 1956. ** Revised data for preceding week: Total, 1,635; State programs, 1,490. # Mot comparable with 1957 rates, which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 1957 ITEM October November August September October November COMMODITY PRICES Purchasing power of the dollar as measured .1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 117.7 106.8 113.1 110.7 113.9 100.8 117.8 J07.0 | 112.9 lll.l 115.8 j 98.8 121.0 106.6 117.9 III.5 121.3 III.9 121.1 107.3 117.0 113. 1 114.8 110.3 121.1 107.7 116.4 114.2 114.5 106.3 1/121.6 107.9 116.0 114.5 114.6 104.6 do..,. do.... do.... I22 s 8 112.0 103.6 133.4 134.1 •23.0 III.6 103.8 133.8 134.5 125.7 113.3 103.9 135.4 138.6 126.3 113.7 104.8 135.7 139.0 126.6 M3.8 104.8 136.0 139.7 126.8 114.3 104.5 136.3 140.3 120.8 108.5 132.6 122.9 •73.0 123.0 121.4 109.0 133.2 123.5 173.4 123.2 124.9 112.6 135.9 125.6 180.6 126.7 125.1 113.3 135.9 125.5 181.1 126.7 126.2 113.4 135.8 125.4 181.6 126.8 126.7 114.4 140.0 129.7 182.8 126.8 86.5 85.0 86.3 84.9 84.5 82.6 84.7 82.6 r84.9 82.6 2/84.7 2/82.2 281.0 276.9 277.0 281.4 277.3 277.3 290.6 284.8 283.2 291.0 285.0 283.2 290.6 284.5 282.3 290.7 284.3 282.1 289.2 288.8 2/6.0 275.3 275.1 289.6 289.1 276 s 3 j 275.5 \ 276.1 ! 300.1 300.2 ?83.3 280.2 287.9 300.7 300.8 283.5 279^8 288.5 300.3 300.3 282.3 278.6 288.2 300.5 300.5 282.2 278.4 288.3 by— CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost index (E. H. Boeckh and Associ ates): Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: Brick and concrete U. S. avg. 1926-29=100.. do.... do.... Commercial and factory buildings: do.... do.... ........do.... do.... do.... r7 Revised. \J Index based 441.3; consumer prices, 49.2. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 12695 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on 1935-39=100 is 203.3. 2/ Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1957 1956 ITEM October CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE — November September August October Continued Construction cost index <E. H. Boeckh and Associates) — Con. Average, 2 0 cities — Continued Residences: Brick...«,* * U. S. avg. 1926-29-100.. Fram6«,,,,, e( , . •„ ••••«••«••*•••• ».«.«.do.0,. 277.4 270.3 277.6 270.6 283.6 275.2 283.6 275.0 282.1 274.0 2,966 1,709 441 816 2,960 1,724 462 774 3,345 1,887 420 1,038 3,354 1,896 430 1,027 3,354 1,904 451 999 3,660 3,184 75 1,526 451 207 1,400 5,705 4,818 63 3,436 380 662 1,165 6,475 5,128 65 3,806 355 1,003 1,245 8,109 7,225 65 3,986 2,304 540 1,214 3,796 3,131 76 1,537 429 363 1,391 do.... do.... do.... 5,995 582 5,413 5,726 580 5,146 5,930 628 5,302 5,667 630 5,037 6,501 641 5,860 dollars,. percent of total.. same month 1929-100.. 8.58 81 278 8.39 69 257 8.79 68 270 8.58 71 271 9.01 77 272 49,343 70,277 1,356 11,699 46,853 75,122 1,488 12,172 51,726 76,886 1,240 10,895 50,725 81,027 1,569 9,812 46,770 84,238 1,907 10,244 10,949 10,171 95,494 119,056 10,641 8,285 90,119 116,914 9,306 7,416 109,117 103,324 9,193 6,938 105,236 105,068 8,932 9,801 104,543 123,410 189 20,004 27,002 156 19,408 25,041 165 18,000 24,240 101 16,489 29,653 107 18,665 30,317 3,837 9,390 396 564 43.493 48,789 3,374 9,291 365 551 40,145 44,467 3,580 7-200 318 511 37,043 46,520 4,186 9.098 281 495 37,406 48,496 3,813 9.663 330 546 45,317 53,417 25,691 67,176 35,383 10,908 6,473 49,110 13,363 24,269 65,900 34,509 11,553 6,542 51,421 13,977 23,597 72,263 29,228 10,048 7,336 58,349 15,313 23,486 72,238 29,993 10,442 6,664 60,184 15,874 25,933 77,088 32,979 10,991 7,976 62,552 17,681 7,316 7,037 6,782 6,628 6,519 538.7 148.3 110.8 37.5 553.4 134.5 100.3 34,2 417.5 115.4 88.4 27.0 396.9 116.9 86.3 30.6 400.6 125.6 93.6 31.9 632 491 565 501 354 242 476 302 600 373 2,191 2,206 1,926 1,661 1,639 582.1 578.4 122.2 559.5 543.5 138.2 560.3 524.0 206.2 486,6 512.9 179.9 548.7 544.4 184.1 476.9 154.0 153.4 467.7 142.5 142.4 386.4 156.5 153.7 434.3 133.8 132.7 465.4 146.8 145.3 FINANCE Agricultural loans and discounts outstanding of agencies supervised by the Farm Credit Adm.: Total mil. of do!.. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks. do..., loans to cooperatives......•••••••••••• do.... Other loans and discounts •••••do.... Federal Government finance: Receipts, total do.... Receipts, net • do.... Customs do.... Individual income taxes • •••do.... Corporation income and profits taxes, •••••do.... Employment taxes do.... Other internal revenue and receipts do.... Expend i tures Interest on public debt All other expenditures ••••• TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Hotels: Average sale per occupied room Rooms occupied • Restaurant sales index CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural)..,,. Acet i c anhydr ide • Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).,,. Creosote oil.,, • thous. of lb,, do. • • • do.... thous. of gal., DDT thous. of lb,. Ethyl acetate (85*) do.... EthyIene gIycoI •••• do.... Formaldehyde (37£ HCH0) do..,, MethanoI: Natural (I00£) thous. of gal,. Synthetic (I00£) do.... Phthal ic anhydride ••••••thous. of lb.. Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes thous. of lb.. Molding and extrusion m a t e r s a l s . . . . * . . „ * . ^ . ^ ^ . i ^ d o * * ^ Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes do.... Other cellulose plastics do.... Phenolic and other tar acid resins ..do.... Po I ystyr ene do.... Urea and me I amine resins V i ny I res ins Alkyd resins Ros i n mod i f i cat i ons Po I yester res ins Po I yethy lene res ins M i see 11 aneou s ..... do..., do. •.. do.... do.... do. • • • do.... ••••• do. • • • METALS AND MANUFACTURES Pig iron, production thous. of short tons.. Steel forgings (for sale): Orders, unfilled, total thous. of short tons.. S h i pments, tota I do.... Drop and upset , do.... Press and open hammer do..,. Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motor i zed) number.. R i der-type do.... Industrial trucks and tractors (gasoline-powered), shipments number.. PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Production thous. of short tons,. Shipments from mills do.... Stocks, at mills, end of month do.... Newsprint, United States: Consumption by ,pub I isher s do.... Product i on ••••«. do.... Shipments from mi i Is ,...do...J rj Revised. 12695 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1956 ITEM October PAPER AND PRINTING — Newsprint, United States — Stocks, end of month: 1957 November August September October November Continued Continued short tons.. do.... 8.7 516.5 1 114.8 8.8 510.0 112.3 15.9 704.9 100.6 17.0 673.4 107.7 18.5 665.2 87.3 7,641 7,518 3,516 18,803 8,917 9,833 3,214 18,477 8,641 7,723 1,688 19,393 9,708 8,154 2,620 20,985 2,585 2,792 6,250 3,134 3,683 5,966 3,365 3,483 6,174 3,764 3,172 6,909 r870,069 666,549 659,651 819,816 656,205 r20,294 18,786 rll,987 r480 11,145 19,704 18,079 9,123 456 8,368 19,769 18,147 9,171 459 8,441 19,753 18,130 11,401 456 10,475 19,747 18,133 8,963 448 8,231 15.7 628.0 94.8 RUBBER AND PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: •thousands.. 8,799 r7,765 2,908 18,775 Inner tubes: 3,025 2,877 1 6,469 1 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: JL/ 726,669 Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): .thousands.• Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total...mil. of hr.. do.... TRANSPORTATION 20,351 18,839 1 9,909 496 9,162 EQUIPMENT do.... 5,448 5,093 2,918 355 4,758 4,567 1 2,524 191 5,258 4,322 2,529 936 4,667 4,184 2,522 483 4,598 4,369 2,512 229 Railroad and private-line shops, domestic do.... 5,666 3,728 3,728 1,938 6,740 4,367 4,322 2,373 8,887 4,716 4,587 4,171 8,500 4,947 4,897 j 3,553 8,328 4,850 4,817 3,478 7,260 4,033 3,915 3,227 Railroad and private-line shops, domestic Railroad and private-line shops, domestic do.... do do.... 4,042 j 1,592 1,592 2,450 ! 119,853 j 58,636 58,409 61,217 r3,102 1,082 1,068 r2,020 80,477 36,203 34,984 44,274 2,212 532 526 1,680 66,860 28,602 27,460 38,258 1,090 do.... do do.... do.... Railway equipment, American Railway Car Institute: Freight cars: 6,642 4,527 4,407 2,115 122,522 61,431 61,159 61,091 r3,2l2 rl,708 rl,708 1,504 73,150 32,954 31,785 40,196 977 957 113 60,238 25,442 24,398 34,796 Passenger cars (equipment manufacturers): 26 25 706 684 5 • 5 791 679 43 40 ! 678 1 677 j 187 185 507 492 387 376 143 I39j 5 5 134 134 r/ Revised. 1 / Data for November 1956 and October 1957 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-12695 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300
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