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December 4, 1959 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 120 Wednesday data (revised basis) Average of Wednesday data TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS 110 L (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) Revised basis Billion Dollars 120 H no 1959 100 100 / 1958 90 h 90 80 80 7 0 kJ I I I I 1956 i i i i i i i i i i i t i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I I i i i i | 1 i | i i ij* 70 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1959 1958 1957 ndex,l947-49=IOO Index, 1947-49= 100 I 75 I 75 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots a n d steel for castin H I 50 I 25 H I 00 1958 J F M A M J 1959 J A S O N D Index, 1910- 14= 100 320 CONSUMER PRICES PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 300 r~—\ AH Items 120 r—T7 280 4 Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 260 115 X^ j 240 I I I I I I I I i 1956 1 I 11 l l I I I I I 220 ruw #+-* Prices Received •0TI 1 1 1 1 1 111 iimlmii \ kJ J I I M i l 1 1 1 111111111111 1 I 00 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1958 1959 ITEM Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Nov. 7 Nov. 21 Nov. 14 Nov. 28 * Commodity prices, wholesale: 1947-49=100.. do.... do.... ,. .do.... do.... .............do.... Al 1 other ....do.... State programs (incl. Alaska and Hawaii). 87.8 169 1,942 1,755 260 *II9.2 *92.1 *I09.5 *I26.8 87.9 171 2,070 1,849 244 119.2 86.4 106.0 128.6 **86.6 155 1,708 1,528 265 119.2 86.4 105.7 128.7 86.1 167 1,858 1,675 285 51,754 27,087 18,540 440 31,825 27,399 18,631 406 31,920 28,443 18,711 378 61,169 29,886 #101,745 54,004 61,589 29,849 #103,196 35,225 11,536 4.39 53.20 56.84 119.0 85.5 105.1 128.7 84.9 1 18,9 85.1 104.9 128.6 85.2 182 287 268 32, 105 28,651 18,724 495 32,235 28,758 18,647 430 52,269 28,857 18,565 11,381 60,615 50,489 105,879 28,056 29,687 12,506 60,837 30,299 105,146 27,693 29,727 12,540 60,790 30,108 103,251 27,542 29,921 12,562 4.38 51.90 55.39 4.86 57.26 61.47 4.85 57.49 61.72 4.86 56.99 61.22 1,530 12,579 163,961 6,975 1,553 12,274 144,070 6,983 1,279 13,019 76,248 6,899 1,528 13,270 76,096 6,876 1,571 13,812 80,460 6,935 2,000 ##74.1 620 320 1,988 ##73.7 539 285 368 13.0 561 287 1,291 45.6 638 309 2,233 78.9 629 315 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ,4/ do.... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:5/ Time deposits, except interbank........, Loans and investments (adjusted), total, do.... ..do.... do Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) j>/...1941-45=10.. 399 4.84 57.35 61.63 Production: is. of short tons.. Electric power, by utilities. ..mil. of kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches)..., Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4/.. ...thous. of bb1.. Stee 1 6/ thotis. of short tons.. Freight car loadings, total......... , ..thous. of cars.. do 52,049 2,540 89.7 J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; veterans; and ex-servicemen. _4/ Daily average. 55/ Wednesday data; leaders indicate data not available. £>/ Week beginning November 50, 1959: Production, 2,612 thous. short tons; operating rate, 92.5 percent. *Monthly index for November 1958. ** Wednesday price. # Not strictly comparable with data for 1959. ## Based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons); not comparable with 1959 rates which are based on January I, 1959, annual capacity (147,653,670 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1959 1958 ITEM November October | August September October November GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Business incorporations: New incorporations (49 States) 1/•••••••••••• .......number.. r15,669 r12, 117 r14,406 247 218 254 275 145 201 241 210 121 498 239 221 214 281 159 201 211 214 164 504 239 220 ! 214 280 156 198 230 204 146 510 235 219 241 274 149 203 214 208 147 505 230 216 do.... 249 221 205 281 149 201 267 212 III 499 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 274 270 555 162 205 275 272 529 161 202 254 251 314 139 249 256 265 307 145 244 248 273 291 138 235 243 279 275 139 230 do.... do.... 274 287 265 294 85 274 288 263 294 84 275 288 266 297 80 274 288 265 297 80 275 290 264 296 79 275 291 264 COMMODITY PRICES Prices received by farmers, all farm products.. ..1910-14=100.. do.... do.,.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... r14,664 r14,526 228 260 150 206 199 216 165 504 Prices paid by farmers: All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates....do.... do.... September ..1947-49=100.. 125.7 do.... do.... 125.8 121.5 116.4 145.0 October July August 297 77 October September 123.7 124.9 124.8 125.2 *I25.5 126.0 121.5 116.4 143.1 1 127.9 122.7 117.0 145.8 I 128.2 122.4 116.6 128.7 122.9 117.0 146.9 129.2 123.2 117.3 Special group indexes: 1 do.... 1 | 1 146.3 I 1 1 147.3 £/ Revised. * Index based on 1935-59=100 is 209.8. ±/ Revised beginning January 1958 to include data for Hawaii. Data for months not shown will appear in the December 1959 SURVEY. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9148 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1958 1959 ITEM September October July August September October COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Consumer price Index - Continued: Appare 1 *...... 1947-49-100.. 107.1 120.3 114.1 120.7 115.8 107.3 119.7 114.5 121.0 114.6 107.5 119.4 113.3 130.8 112.0 108.0 1 18.3114. 1 125.6 109.9 109.0 118.7 115.5 124.1 110.4 109.4 118.4 116. 1 124.5 109.0 127.9 118.0 103.6 138.2 146.5 128.7 127.9 118.1 103.4 138.3 147.1 128.8 129.0 119.5 104.0 139.6 151.0 131.3 129.3 120.1 103.6 139.8 151.4 131.7 129.7 121.6 104.0 140.0 152.2 132.1 130. 1 121.7 104.1 140.4 152.5 132.5 116.6 141.3 130.4 189.8 127.1 116.6 142.7 1.31.8 190.4 127.2 119.1 146.3 135.2 194.2 130.8 119.1 146.7 135.5 194.9 131.1 119.6 146.4 135.3 194.9 131.5 119.7 148.5 137.4 Pl.6 84.0 80.8 84.0 80.8 83.7 80.1 84.0 80.1 83.5 79.9 *83.9 *79.7 61,224 7,450 2,742 3,478 71,529 5,273 6,355 2,684 46,054 683 4,870 1,674 51,025 4,483 4,250 1,404 69,709 7,482 3,828 4,778 90,211 5,846 12,806 3,603 5,826 6,879 3,166 4,446 7,026 9,080 4,071 7,099 5,566 7,926 3,587 3,014 5,157 8,292 3,127 3,554 6,325 7,782 4,135 6,002 7,839 11,036 5,523 9,014 3,916 972 2,561 4,990 3,980 1,652 2,536 4,942 3,675 608 1,882 3,420 3,539 479 2,448 4,603 4,826 691 2,518 5,434 5,977 1,075 2,354 5,792 5,128 184,702 4,344 161,624 6,160 235,200 5,430 216,200 4,925 184,800 4,470 152,200 7,990 90,587 8,480 99,159 7,100 150,400 6,600 117,500 7,400 96,200 8,800 99,300 1,913.9 948.8 47.7 917.4 160.0 2,125.4 1,019.2 51.8 1,054.4 190.8 1,991.2 975.7 50.0 965.4 184.0 1,840.4 902.7 45.7 892.0 161.9 2,038.3 962.3 54.3 1,021.6 181.8 2,237.6 991.5 55.9 1,190.2 210.0 Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y — DOMESTIC TRADE Magazine advertising: Household equipment, supplies, furnishings ....do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Dairy products, production: Dry mi Ik: Meats: Vegetable oils, and related products: Coconut oi1: 35.1 37.4 34.0 42.4 38.1 43.9 23.4 25.8 24.4 26.7 25.8 27.3 306.8 506.8 711.2 1,437.5 I 97.4 100.3 149.3 265.5 501.1 887.5 782.2 1,937.5 135.1 71.2 328.6 116.1 | 45.5 116.3 70.1 87.8 226.9 97.0 361.8 110.8 96.3 238.7 35.0 50.3 163.4 263.0 83.0 93.4 84.7 98.4 Corn o i 1 : Cottonseed: Cottonseed cake and meal: Cottonseed oi1: F1axseed: 71.7 164.3 72.0 158.1 54.8 70.0 81.7 67.7 51.5 52.3 39.3 58.9 59.0 60.2 752.0 416.4 1,004.1 2,943.4 957.4 1,090.8 888.8 501.9 823.8 750.5 1,060.2 2,367.8 1,182.6 96.1 1,570.1 130.1 1,491.4 232.8 1,395.4 193.0 1,270.6 108.2 1,618.4 145.2 269.8 352.6 344.1 318.6 296.9 391.2 600 2,025 1,507 2,353 699 2,331 1,829 2,58! 416 1,598 1,877 2,262 515 r1,873 1,739 3,123 492 1,800 1,792 2,674 Linseed o i 1 : Soybeans: Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean oiI: LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: r/ Revised. * Indexes based http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9148 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on 1935-39=100 are as follows: 1 Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.9; consumer prices, 47.7. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1959 1958 ITEM September METALS AND MANUFACTURES Fabricated structural steel: Orders, new (net)........ .....thous. of short tons. Shi pments. .do... Backlog, end of month.... do... Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Electric processing.............. mil. of do I. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel)... do... Machine tools (metal-cutting and metal-forming): New orders (net), total .mil. of do I. Domest ic .. do... Shipments, totaI. do... Domestic do... Est i mated back log..... months. Radio sets, production J/. ......thousands. Television sets U n c i , combination), production J./...,.do... PAPER AND PRINTING Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboard: Orders, new.. ......thous. of short tons. Orders, unfilled, end of month. do... Product ion.... do... Sh i pments do... Stocks, end of month. .... .....do... Fine paper: Orders, new. .do... Orders, unfilled, end of month. ..do... Product ion do... Sh i pments. do... Stocks, end of month do... Printing paper: Orders, new.., do... Orders, unfilled, end of month ...............do... Product i on *.. do... S h i pments do... Stocks, end of month... do... Coarse paper: Orders, new. do... Orders, unfi I led, end of month do... Product i on do... Shi pments ... do... Stocks, end of month, .do... Folding paper boxes, index of physical volume: Consumption of box board .....1947-49=100. Shipments of boxes do... RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natura I rubber: Consumption......... long tons. Stocks, end of month do... Synthetic rubber: Product i on do... Consumpt i on do... Stocks, end of month ..do... October 256 314 2,047 259 307 1,913 259 239 1,679 197 220 1,772 284 183 1,871 244 195 1,891 l.i .8 .9 .9 2.2 6.2 1.6 5.7 1.8 1.6 3.0 5.9 28.10 24.65 34.90 29.65 2.9 ,572.0 621.7 37.00 32.00 41.40 35.90 3.0 1,322.2 495.6 63.40 53.25 40.60 37.00 4.6 829.0 350.4 52.20 47.05 40.30 35.35 4.8 1,009.4 547.4 r58.85 r50.10 r46.15 r42.25 r4.9 1,981.2 808.3 p67.l5 p5l.55 p52.25 p46.75 p5.l rl,795.7 r706.6 805, 657, 984, 796, 504, 906.2 686.5 1,102.0 901.1 541.6 r899.0 r785.2 rI,022.5 r853.4 r54l.2 r900.3 r750.I rl,l00.I r9l8.3 r564.5 *834.0 *653.0 *837.0 *834.0 *492.0 108.2 65.5 133.2 I I 1.0 116.9 130.2 70.1 144.3 128.7 130.7 r134.4 r104.8 r 129^3 r129.3 r120.3 r136.4 r9l.7 r145.1 r145.0 r125.4 135.0 79.0 149.0 146.0 130.0 320.8 398.7 328.1 324.3 225.1 357.0 414.4 358.3 356.0 227.3 r395.0 r476.4 r36l.l r358.9 r250.2 r373.3 r45l.7 r384.8 r38l.7 r253.2 377.0 407.0 376.0 373.0 256.0 323.5 139.6 309.2 307.2 96.7 359.2 152.8 350.5 354.8 105.3 r3l8.3 r160.9 r3l5.4 r3!3.I r108.9 r328.8 r 157.I r333.7 r328.0 r I 10.9 322.0 167.0 312.0 315.0 106.0 135.6 133.1 139.7 139. I M34.7 121.4 137.2 127.7 r138.2 r136.5 134.0 134.7 44,743 82,622 48,875 77,859 47,545 80,059 46,914 80,106 49,252 78,208 49,049 74,172 90,979 79,166 182,840 100,981 88,818 178,534 114,316 93,734 176,604 119,031 91,037 183,516 119,847 96,859 178,306 128,532 98,594 190,607 r/ Revised, j ) / P r e l i n i n a r y . * September data exclude estimates for t i s s u e and miscellaneous papers. September 1959 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM-DC-9I48. U Data for September 1958 and PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER OF CURRENT September August July October BUSINESS
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