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February 12, 1960 STATISTICS BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF !URRENT BUSSI Available only with subscription t o 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 Billion Dollars S30 Billion Dollars S30 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS (average of Wednesday data) (Wednesday data) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 120 120 s s o h~ Revised basis I 10 I960 \ S00 / 100 1959 90 90 80 L j • - ' ' ' ' I ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' s ! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ' ' ' ' ' 1957 S958 S959 I960 Thousands 1,000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION J F M A M J J A S O N D Thousands 250 Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 200 600 150 400 100 200 I i1 1 I , 1 J ' • , ,1 ' ' f • , f ,„> «, ,r J „ ,f, > — L — L - J - J 1958 1957 » » \. \ 1959 In I J - ^ , 1 - ^ 1 . I960 Index, 1947-49= 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION Index, 1947-49= 100 200 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS (daily average; seas, adj.) (seasonally adjusted) 120 175 h Stocks (end of month) I 10 » 150 iOO 125 Soles I I 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 i 1i i i i 1 i i i i i S957 1958 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 S959 i n J 11 M M I960 80 I ii i i iIii i ii 1 i i 1957 M i Ii[ ii i I ii i iil ii i ii Ii i 1958 1959 II i l i ii i i i960 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1 1959 I960 ITEM Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Commodity prices, wholesale: ,1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... ,e .do.... ........do.... Al 1 other.... 84.7 106 2,663 2,425 322 *l 19.5 *9I.5 * 108.7 *I27.5 84.6 108 2,609 2,377 271 119.2 86.7 105.5 128.7 84.1 121 2,366 2,186 292 119.3 86.6 106.1 128.7 85.1 113 2,379 2,196 302. 119.5 88.3 105.8 128.6 85.2 112 281 318 31,150 27,094 18,817 393 31,120 27,092 18,749 404 32,282 28,633 19,034 568 31,910 28,098 18,940 576 31,650 27,370 18,455 328 31,566 27,406 18,487 62.791 30,071 61,773 30,080 ,...»...do.... 34,701 34,529 do.... 11,505 11,218 62,435 30,236 103,996 , 27,406 30,131 12,640 62,273 30,136 102,834 26,904 29,976 12,635 62, 122 30,143 102,276 26,679 29,862 12,626 4.44 55.16 58.84 4.44 55.21 58.70 4.91 58.08 62.23 4.92 57.07 61.16 4.92 56.72 60.69 1,471 14,236 203,836 7,146 2,727 95.7 606 322 1,442 14,523 206,797 7,190 2,727 95.7 587 314 1,478 14,313 205,839 7,136 2,717 95.4 602 321 Insured unemployment, total 3/ do.... 119.2 87. 1 105.4 128*5 84.6 Finance: mi 1. of do!.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4_/.... .do.... .......do.... .......do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in lead ng cities: j5/ mi 1. of dol.. Demand deposits, adjusted do.... Time deposits, except interbank............. Commercial and industrial loans (gross)... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody f s) 47*., ••..percent9S Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) J5/., .1941-43=10.. do....| Production: Bituminous coal 4/....................thous. olP short tons.. . of kw.-hr.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4/..........ttIOUS. of bbl.. short tons.. >us. of cars.. do 1,403 13,292 j 139,549 7,213 1,431 13,151 144,787 7,107 2,178 #76.9 582 299 2,288 #80.8 565 293 38i 4.92 56.32 60.24 °°194^496 2,683 94.2 _[/ 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. M Daily average. j>/ Wednesday data. £ / Week beginning February 8, I960: Production, 2,690 thous. short tons; operating rate, 94.4 percent. * Monthly index for January 1959. # Based on January 1, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons); not comparable with I960 rates which are based on January I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1959 1958 ITEM November December September October November December CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX: 139 139 143 142 143 144 252,862 53,268 199,594 230,978 45,796 185,182 246,914 64,199 182,715 271,255 64,780 206,474 259,509 59,382 200,127 250,948 51,416 199,532 do.... do.... do. . .. •do.... 13,565 3,672 33,309 149,047 8,458 4,264 24,451 148,008 12,245 4,014 32,411 134,045 18,409 4,780 38,403 144,882 9,757 4,286 32,927 153,158 9,310 4,985 26,533 158,703 LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total monthly rate per 100 employees., New hires....•••••••• ••••• • ••••••do.... Separation rate, total *....• ••••••• •••••••• do..., Quit do..., Layoff do..., 2.8 1.3 2.8 .8 1.6 2.4 I.I 2.8 .7 1.8 3.9 2.6 4.3 2.2 1.5 3.1 2.0 4.7 1.4 2.8 r3.0 rl.5 4.1 1.0 r2.6 p3.5 pl.2 p2.9 49,046 24,262 8,347 2,957 46,180 25,379 11,834 2,740 1,779 63,321 31,231 9,310 4,034 2,515 64,247 32,789 10,138 3,988 60,548 27,520 9,264 3,712 2,202 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMPOSITE .1947-49=100.. DOMESTIC TRADE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING: LINAGE (52 CITIES), TOTAL Classified Display, total Automot ive F i nanc ial Genera I.. Retai I •••••• ...thousands of lines.. do.... .........•••.do.... > EMPLOYMENT pl.6 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING RESULTS ON SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK): \_f Miles flown, revenue......... .«••• •thousands., Express and freight ton-^-mi les f lown........••••••• ••••do..., Mail ton-miles f lown........... ••••••••• do..., Passengers originated, revenue..••»..•••••••«••...••••do..., Passenger=rni ies flown, revenue.•••••••••••••••••••mi!i ions, ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER: 65,499 64,846 66,396 60,880 Production, total...... •.. .mil. of kw.-hr. 59.032 58.585 59.236 EIectrI c utiii t i es • se ••«•*•••• ••••••••••••••••••••••• do. »•. 53,893 Industr i a I estabIi shments•••••••••••••••••••••••••••do..., 6; 467 6;26l 7,160 6,987 r/ Revised. 2.1 Preliminary* \J Data beginning January 1959 include operations intra-Alaska and intra-Hawaii, 9239 http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 65,275 58.433 6,842 70,539 63.11 I 7i428 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Confined 1958 1959 HEN November December September 47,845 50,337 54,079 52,061 r51,688 8,364 23,817 304 12,898 8,564 24,447 372 14,420 10,687 25,354 364 14,581 9,810 25,191 380 13,916 r9,244 r25,047 401 r!4,3!4 875 561 1,204 43 October November December ELECTRIC POWER Electric power - Continued Sales to ultimate customers, total (Edison Electric Commercial and industrial: Railways and railroads. Residential or domestic ........do.... ••••••••••••••••••••••do.... Rural (distinct rural rates) Street and highway lighting ••••••• ....• ••do.... do.... Interdepartmental.... • .....do. . Revenue from sales to ultimate customers (Edison Electric 794 526 1,094 48 791 560 1 1,127 ! 56 1,343 1,211 60 978 524 1,210 53 814.7 849.0 921.5 891.1 881.6 1,831.9 816.4 41.8 973.7 i77.6 2,047.8 919.7 51.9 1,076.2 201.3 2,038.3 962.3 54.3 1,021.6 181.8 2,237.6 991.5 55.9 1,190.2 210.0 2,127.5 913.4 50.8 1,163.4 r208.6 2,322.4 986.0 57.6 1,278.9 238.2 .30.5 30.4 38.1 43.9 44.3 34.7 22.3 22.9 25.8 27.3 r25.0 26.3 590.2 1,951.1 546.8 1,929.9 501.1 887.5 782.2 1/937.5 733.2 2,609.0 683.5 2,441.2 280.4 106.7 260.3 78.5 226.9 97.0 361.8 110.8 341.1 113.1 311.9 110.4 r202.3 r184.5 163.4 263.0 246.3 226.7 62.9 147.5 60.6 108.6 83.0 93.4 84.7 98.4 48.5 82.3 49.9 95.8 45.5 43.7 59.0 60.2 34.8 35.6 r1,005.7 r3,255.4 1,033.3 r2,982.3 823.8 750.5 1,060.2 2,367.8 rl,081.6 3,202.8 1,013.7 3,017.1 rl,558.7 r156.8 rl,6l9.9 r105.5 1,270.6 108.2 1,618.4 145.2 r 1,653.6 r153.0 1,553.6 126.6 351.2 359.9 296.9 391.2 r392.6 369.2 2,731 2,132 2,660 2,049 9,096 5,567 2,716 2,188 2,668 2,142 9,144 5,613 3,324 2,689 3,119 2,553 9,022 5,235 3,304 2,671 3,145 2,518 9,212 5,419 2,892 2,299 2,639 2,075 9,465 5,643 2,947 2,387 2,804 2,266 9,610 5,766 51.8 30.8 40.7 32.4 79.3 42.7 77.6 39.9 47.6 37.2 478 . FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS MEATS: VEGETA8LE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oi1: Corn oi1: Cottonseed: Consumption (crushings)0080„«aoaae<,thous. of short tonsee Stocks (at oil mills), end of month »do.eee e Cottonseed cake and meaI: Cottonseed oi1: F1axseed: Linseed oi1: Production, crude (raw) Soybeans: ,.s mil, of lboe Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean oi1: LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES LUMBER (NATIONAL LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION): Production, total ..mil. of bd. ft.. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Oi 1 burners: Stocks, end of month.................................do.... Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking, including built-ins: Shipments, total 1/ ..thousands.. Gas (including bungalow and combination) J/ do.... Coal and wood ## ........ Solid fuel Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Electric processing ........do. do mil. of dol.. [ 181.5 171.1 6.4 189.6 181.0 4.4 1 222.4 210.3 6.9 208.8 194.5 8.7 181.8 168.6 *I3.2 208.2 29.5 148.7 30.0 137.1 16.4 1 95.1 I 25.6 344.5 55.5 225.5 . 63.5 332.7 50.2 224.9 57.6 229.5 31.1 165.6 32.8 120.8 81.1 30.2 3.5 193 I 95.8 65.8 22.9 2.2 204.0 170.7 120.9 43.9 6.0 231.5 172.3 125.5 41.2 5.6 262.7 120.9 91.1 26.5 3.2 190.3 .8 j 3.9 1.6 1.9 I.B 1.6 3.0 5.9 1.4 4.1 i.6 5.2 426 238 429 385 433 386 621 400 561 443 548 408 Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: industrial trucks and tractors (gasoline-powered), ship- i 2,462 | 2,624 2,520 1,501 1,407 1 2,226 I r_/ Revised. * Includes shipments of coal and wood stoves. ±/ Excludes shipments of cooking tops (for use with built-in ovens); such Digitized for shipments FRASER totaled 33,400 units (4-burner equivalent) in November 1959. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9239 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 S958 ITEM November December September 1,908.2 84.7 1,!09o5 I97 e 7 237.5 93.8 184.9 1,754.3 77.7 981.6 194.0 235.0 -93.1 172.8 1,999.8 98.0 1,123.4 195.2 255.0 IS2.6 215.2 886.8 Stocks, end of month, total, all mi 1 Is..••.••••....••.do.... 273.9 Pulp mi 1 Is.......0 0 e .. ...... 9S ao ....................do.... 528.3 Paper and board mi 1 Is... .. ........ ....... ..«• • 8 8 , 9 . . d o , ... 84.6 Nonpaper mi 1Is.................... s a 8 8 . 8 , , , 9 . 8 5 0 , o 8 . d o s . . . All paper and board mills,, production: Paper and board, tota1...„............................do.... 2,640 1,149 Paper ............................................... do.... 1,237 Paper board.............................. ............ do.... 10 Wet-mach 1 ne board. .................................. do.... 243 Construction paper and board.............;..........do.... PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER, NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBOARD: 852.4 Orders, new.........................thous. of short tons 0 . 697.4 Orders, unfilled, end of month......................do.... 1,007.S Product ion.................................a........do.... Shipments...........................................do. 813.5 531.6 Stocks, end of month...........•• •..................do.. .. Fine papers 126.6 Orders, new......................................... do.... 73.0 Orders, unfilled, end of month......................do.... 133.9 Product ion...-....................................... do.... Shipments...........................................do.... 125.4 136.0 Stocks, end of month................................do.... Printing paper: Orders, new.....„„..................................do.... 361.8 441.2 Orders, unfilled, end of month...••••••••••••.••••••do.... 325.7 Product ion••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••do.... 326.4 Shipments. , ........do,,.. 226.7 Stocks, end of month...........•••••••••.••.••••••••do.... Coarse paper: 878.4 248.8 543.8 85.9 855.7 251.6 53S.5 72.6 2,513 1,125 November October December PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING WOOD PULP: Production, total, all grades,,.. . „ . .. .thous. of short tons.. Dissolving and special a Ipha.... „ ...... eoo .. ..... .. .do0<3 .. 1,989.8 92.6 S,132.5 201.5 260. S 96.9 206.1 1,894.2 84.2 1,046.8 203o0 263.2 91.6 205.3 857.3 256.3 522.7 78.3 r874.8 r270.0 526.3 78.4 856.5 244.7 533.0 78s7 2,845 1,218 1,315 3,088 1,358 1,405 2,653 1,207 12 299 14 312 r2,804 r1,227 rl,3l5 12 250 819.5 640.3 986.8 797.5 537.8 r896.7 r709.3 r1,067.0 r898.3 r566.1 r998.1 r7!7.6 r 1,182.3 r98l.2 r578.0 *798.0 •611.0 •830.0 •837.0 •505.0 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 115.3 66.6 138.0 118.7 145.9 r128.8 79.8 r140.4 r138.6 124.4 r 142.9 r74.4 rl5l.l r144. 1 r131.4 128.0 69.0 137.0 128.0 139.0 ......... ......... ......... ......... 345.5 394.8 329.0 329.3 226.6 r378.8 r408.0 r376.7 r374.0 255.8 r4!4.7 r4!3.5 r408.3 r406.7 r257.5 358.0 376.0 373.0 372.0 258.0 ......... ......... ......... ......... 312.0 143. 1 326.5 309.0 103.5 298.0 131.0 298.0 294.9 96.6 r333.1 r173.2 r322.6 r326.4 r109.5 r37l.2 r180.4 r360.4 r36l.9 rl12.2 312.0 166.0 320.0 337.0 108.0 ......... number.. 605,334 709,078 309,117 632,420 321,977 548,338 Coaches, tota1......................................do.... 167 180 170 267,829 259,633 53,968 1 37,999 1 287 188 475,382 462,831 72,669 62,330 S U Sf a t e e o a 9 o e s s Q e o O S o o s ® O a S O o o e o o e a e o O S e o O o 0 o e o o o e a e d O o o o 0 Su 1 fIte.........„............ e o s ..... 0 . 0 ......„...„.do..oo Groundwood.......... # ............... ......,...., e ...do..•• Defibrated or exploded.............................. do..... Soda, semschemScal, screenings, damaged, etc........do.... OrderS, neW. eeae.a®ee®i,9as.oeeoae.eeoos«>oeoo.o.eoo8.dOo.8o Production . . . . . do .. 1, S5S IS 225 2,187.7 96.7 1,259.3 22 fa3 277.0 1 16.6 216.7 1, 198 13 235 TRANSPORTAT1 ON EQU1PMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL. 208 165 608,730 594,188 124 Trucks, tota1.......................................do.... 511,885 497,218 93,282 79,618 1 ' 100,140 82,688 268 134 134 229,410 "220,621 79,573 64,568 1 268 537,159 1 523,500 94,993 81,652 1 jr/ Revised. * November data exclude estimates for t i s s u e and miscellaneous papers. USCOMM-DC-9239 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO A V O I D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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