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February 26,1960 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 Index, 1941-43 = 10 90 Index, 1941-43= 10 90 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) a^cTo^) (daIly 80 — A 70 — —1 80 70 1960 60 H 50 -j 60 i 1959 40 ^JUX-O^JL 1 \ i JLJ^JUJ—LjL-J.,...L.Ju-L. 1 \ 1 1 i \ __l l_-i_-L 1958 1957 1 1 1 1 _l_l_ _!___ ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L-JL-JL™ 1959 I960 Index, 1947-49= 100 300 50 I I I I I L_L^J J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 ' Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 275 250 225 200 tyl I I I 1 I I I I I I—I l l 1957 I I I I I I I i 1 I I I I 1 I 1958 I I i i i I i I960 1959 Index, 1947-49= 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION Index, 1947-49 = 100 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS (dally average; seas, adj.) (seasonally adjusted) 120 100 h I 10 800 80 h 90 *Average per working day 60 JU-JU I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I 1957 1958 i I I I1 I IIIII III I I IIIII I 1 1959 I960 8 0 I I i i i i t I i i i n 1957 I i i i i i I ii i i i l i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I 1958 1959 I960 40 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS! 2 1959 I960 ITEM ! Feb," 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 6 Jan. 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Commodity prices, wholesale: 84.7 ill 2,671 2,44! 292 *II9.5 *9l.l *I07.6 *I27.8 84.2 109 2,570 2,345 310 31,193 27,136 18,742 553 do.... do do.... State programs Unci. Alaska and Hawaii). 85.2 HI 2,345 2,170 28! 119.2 87.0 105.4 128.6 84.6 II! 2,301 2,129 318 119.2 87.0 105.5 128.6 84.6 115 31,205 27,112 18,569 442 31,650 27,370 18,455 328 31,566 27,406 18,499 43! 31,599 27,135 18,280 423 31,63! 27,535 18,219 440 61,718 30,06! 60,880 30,118 34,138 33,758 11,567 4.44 54.35 57.86 11,583 4.42 54.50 57.97 62,122 30,143 102,276 26,679 29,862 12,626 4.92 56.72 60.69 60,616 30,146 102,177 26,444 29,957 12,615 4.92 56.32 60.24 60,597 30,148 101,699 26,117 30,063 12,610 4.90 55.49 59.25 4.87 55.03 58.71 1,363 13,156 140,611 7,155 1,343 13,259 145,916 7,208 1,487 14,313 205,810 7,136 1,412 14,097 193,022 7,293 1,393 14,071 184,515 7,256 2,37! #83.7 567 295 2,449 #86.5 583 307 2,717 95.4 602 321 2,683 94.2 588 316 2,687 94.3 580 311 119.2 86,8 105.6 128.6 84.3 317 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, •total ,4/ do.... do.... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: J3/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's > 1/...1941-43=10.. do.... Production: JS. of short tons.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches)... do 189,107 2,674 93.8 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 5/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; ex-servicemen; and veterans (prior to Jan. 30, 1960). 4_/ Daily average. 5,1 Wednesday data. 6/ Week beginning Feb. 22, I960: Production, 2,671 thous. short tons; operating rate, 93.7 percent. * Monthly index for Feb. 1959. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons);, not comparable with 1960 rates which are based on Jan. I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1958 ITEM 1 I960 1959 December January October November December January FINANCE do.... fc 221,953 86,507 44,505 230,245 89,519 46,083 217,139 82,273 43,810 261,121 104,976 51,763 230,100 88,529 46,305 6,848 6,180 78 2,512 2,419 441 1,397 7,080 647 6,433 4,956 4,528 75 2,944 424 32! 1,192 6,776 675 6,101 3,626 3,023 90 1,468 491 278 1,299 6,868 732 6,136 7,152 5,897 94 4,444 405 965 1,244 6,598 743 5,855 8,350 7,582 99 2,733 3,180 527 1,811 6,844 800 6,045 5,425 4,909 52.3 31.5 23.7 53.6 31.2 23.6 60.1 32.8 24.7 60.1 33.6 25.3 60.1 r33.2 r24.9 98.7 102.3 3.84 98.1 101.8 3.87 92.8 100. 1 3.99 92.9 100.9 3.94 238,975 92,711 48,690 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: do.... do.... do.... TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE: its to deposits.. SECURITY MARKETS: Bonds: Prices, Standard and Poor's Corporation: Industrial, utility, and railroad (A1+ issues): . per $100 bond.. Yields, domestic municipal (15 bonds)... jr/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. .percent.. 92.4 99.3 4.05 90 3,004 564 341 1,427 6,199 826 5,373 ( 55.7 o32.9 p24.9 92.0 98.3 1 4.13 CORRECTION for p. S-6, February I960 SURVEY: Leaders should replace figure inadvertently printed as January I960 consumer price index. The CPI for January I960 will appear in next issue of Weekly Supplement. 9260 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1958 3 1959 i960 ITEM December January October November December January FINANCE - Continued SECURITY MARKETS - Continued Stocks (Standard & Poor*s Corp.): Dividend yields, pref. stocks, 14 high-grade percent.. Prices: Indust., public util., R.R., (500 stocks)....1941-45=10.. 4.65 4.54 4.81 4.81 4.85 4.87 do.... do.... 55.49 57.09 56.84 45.51 42.05 55.70 55.62 59.50 58.98 44.65 45.96 55.55 57.00 61.04 64.25 48.22 44.11 54.52 57.25 61.46 64.65 48.81 45.71 52.80 59.06 65.56 67.14 49.97 44.51 55.57 58.05 62.27 65.14 49.00 44.50 55.68 do.... do.... do.... 24.05 48.16 55.42 24.56 50.55 54.96 26.51 55.81 50.60 26.95 54.75 51.17 29.47 56.59 55.19 28.80 56.47 55.66 ..thous. of lb.. do.... do.... .thous. of gal.. ..thous. of lb.. do.... do.... do.... 49,556 92,145 1,550 9,081 15,041 7,189 90,277 128,716 58,614 90,525 1,890 6,917 12,952 6,821 97,210 157,067 64,452 95,511 1,690 4,819 15,199 8,581 105,150 159,595 57,505 81,757 1,677 6,571 12,012 7,495 99,114 154,846 62,266 104,529 1,805 9,088 15,550 10,754 105,406 140,888 .thous. of gal.. do.... ,.thous. of lb.. 142 22,179 29,571 158 22,857 29,018 184 25,259 25,274 161 25,770 17,481 187 24,998 26,485 ...do.... .....do.... 4,258 8,452 161 44,295 61,005 4,580 8,810 294 44,008 62,241 4,706 9,519 245 51,754 78,958 4,096 8,857 106 r48,5!9 75,625 4,914 8,580 216 47,518 77,851 do.... do.... do.... do.... ...do.... do.... 26,505 81,565 26,901 10,145 10,842 85,692 29,162 83,659 50,685 10,469 11,041 87,529 54,146 105,655 55,197 12,878 12,804 109,558 29,566 100,470 25,541 12,562 11,777 110,802 28,558 105,701 27,559 12,125 15,752 112,660 of tax gal.. do.... do.... 24,188 10,175 854,946 21,969 11,045 861,884 59,679 19,440 879,558 25,994 16,055 885,554 22,270 10,749 891,426 do.... do.... do.... Rectified spirits and wines, prod., total.thous, of proof gal.. do.... Wh i sky. 16,545 5,547 755,075 5,778 4,556 14,441 5,901 759,106 5,145 5,940 12,149 10,045 775,401 9,909 8,085 12,599 8,661 775,767 8,224 6,545 11,716 5,641 779,445 5,741 4,590 >. of wine gal.. do.... do.... 268 589 1,656 224 197 1,645 251 557 2,154 248 452 1,949 554 451 1,814 do..*. do.... do.... 6,151 15,488 200,299 15,554 2,584 11,551 190,055 5,119 74,545 15,269 229,509 144,090 12,702 15,751 226,275 25,110 4,175 15,946 209,747 7,254 6,025 6,212 *I,0I8 4,199 7,575 515.1 M2.5 91.6 553.3 112.9 90.7 575.5 97.5 74.5 r405.2 87.5 65.5 ! 420. 1 114.4 85.5 r335.6 r255.5 M2I.7 559.8 256.5 122.7 414.0 287. 1 144. 1 r570.5 r247.5 127.8 479.9 268.2 145. 1 Capital goods (129 stocks)..... do Banks: N. Y. City (12 stocks) Outside N« Y. City (17 stocks) CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: DDT Ethyl acetate (85#). • MethanoI: SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCT ON: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: ,.thous. of lb.. do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Distilied spirits (total): JS. Whisky: Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: Sti11 wines: Distilling materials produced at wineries.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Pig iron, production (excl. blast furnace produc:tion of ferroof short tons.. Steel forgings (for sale): of short tons.. .........do.... ; do.... ! ### Aluminum shipments: do r/ Revised. * Includes production of ferroalloys. 7,754 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 1958 ITEM December January October I960 December November January METALS ANO MANUFACTURES - Continued Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1947-49=100.. 137.0 127.4 140.8 131.2 95.9 00*000,00 Ranges (electrical), Inci, bui It-ins..oooo.a.o.o.othousands.. r144.0 120.8 143.4 144.0 147.5 6OO9.OO0O 476.2 494.3 184.7 491.1 465.9 209.9 593.2 602.6 198.2 563.3 594.5 166.9 538.5 551.8 | 153.6 527.4 493.8 187.3 144.7 148.8 16.5 394.3 651.7 165.7 155.1 27.1 394.9 651.8 177.3 179.5 19.2 492.4 646.2 169.0 169.9 18.3 487.5 644.7 167.2 167.3 18.1 459. I 658.8 179.4 167.0 30.5 431.6 651.8 720 690 732 725 800 735 19,273 17,616 10,141 r19,282 17,636 r9,409 19,273 17,648 9,970 19,308 17,696 9,880 19,326 17,709 11,039 19,365 17,678 9,995 PAPER AND PRINTING NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Shipments f r O m mi 1 i S . o o o o o o o o e o o e o o o O Q O O o o . o o o a o o o o e s d O . o o o Stocks at mi 1 Is, end of month........ NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: .»».,doto>t PrOdUCt ionaoooo«eooe»ooe»ea«oesoooooaeeoooeoooooooaoo dOD oo o Shipments from mills o.oo.>.<«oooooeoeo..c«ee..,A... Stocks at mills, end of month* ,<,.ooo.g.«.o.odo<,M Consumption by publishers,,e,,,l>oa.<>c<>.»<>l>lloe do,.,,. Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of month.do..O0 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: ±1 Consumption«,o«oooo0oooooo»o«ooeoeo«oo<»ooothouSo of baleSoo Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day.... ..thousands.. Consuming 100 percent cotton.*..«..«.... <,......do.... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total....mi 1 lions.. Average per working day,..., ..a0.a».«.do.,.. 494 406 471 499 9,453 8,552 9,118 9,051 1,972 1,014 2,284 1,329 1,329 2,218 j 1,226 1,226 Railroad and private-line shops, domestic........do...„ 2,763 1,584 1,442 1,179 Railroad and private-line shops, domestic........do.... 3,706 2,004 2,004 1,702 442 500 10,157 9,144 2,869 1,633 1,613 1,236 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILWAY EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE: Freight cars: Shipments, totalc>o«..o.oo<».oooooooeoooo..o.<>o.oe.number.. Equipment manufacturers, totaLo,^,,,,^,,, do,,,. Railroad and private-line shops, domestic... do.... Passengers cars (equipment manufacturers): Shipments, totaI...................ooo.............do.... 27,659 8,467 8,404 19,192 8 2 36 36 1 955 992 3,127 1,681 1,586 1,446 4,423 1,485 1,164 2,938 2,722 2,722 2,722 2,424 1,274 1,274 1,150 10,759 5,769 5,570 4,990 7,149 3,934 3,934 3,215 29,822 8,800 8,448 21,022 36,219 18,403 18,383 17,816 36,575 18,377 i 18,357 ! 18,198 44,089 22,547 22,328 21,542 48,369 24,848 24,649 23,521 0 0 36 36 15 15 187 187 14 14 1 177 177 28 8 8 282 982 958 0 28 149 149 282 rj Revised. J./ Data f o r December 1958 and December 1959 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM-DC-9260 ~ PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O 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 DigitizedSURVEY for FRASER OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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