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January 20, 1956 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $3.25 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY- SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLION DOLLARS 95 BILLION DOLLARS 95 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (Federal Reserve Weekly 90 Average of Wednesday data Wednesday data Reporting Member Banks) h H 90 85 80 75 7 0 [fij i r, i i j > J i i J 1952 H • » M I I I I 1 t I I I I ,1 I I I I I I I. 1 ,1 I J l ,t I M S953 1954 1955 l 1 I" .1 I I S t I I I I I I \ I/J 7 0 JFMAMUJASOND THOUSANDS 1,000 THOUSANDS 250 PASSENGER CAR A N D TRUCK PRODUCTION (United States plants) 800 200 600 150 400 H 100 200 0 L i .1 I I 8 I i 8 6 8 t 1952 1953 1954 1955 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 S30 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 160 WHOLESALE PRICES TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B.^^esonally adj. indexj I 2 0 |— 140 h ISO 120 Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods K-y\ / All \1\ A 100 h100 90 Farm Commodities v^\ r \ v„. l-A* Products \ 80 HVLLLLI [ i i ) i 1 M 1111 \ n i i 1 i n u I i i i ) i I i i i i i i \ \ M I S952 1953 1954 1955 80 . M M I M I I I 1952 m u l l S953 i I 8 I 8 I II 1954 8 I 8 n n i h m i 1955 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1956 1955 ITEM Jan. 8 Commodity prices, wholesale: AI I commodities 1947-49=100.. Farm products-. •• ••••..•••••••.••••• do...., Foods, processed.••••.••. do.... A11 other •••• do.... 22 commodities 2/ do.... Department store sales do.... Insured unemployment, total.. « .thous.. State programs •••••• do. Fi nance: Currency in circulation ,3/,...................miI. of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total J>/....do.... Member bank reserve balancesJS/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ ..do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:4_/ Demand deposits, adjusted.... mil. of dol.. Time deposits, except Government .....do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total. ....do.... U, S. Government obligations ..do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... Real-estate loans (gross) do.... Dec. 24 Jan. 15 Jan. 7 Dec. 31 Jan. III.8 85.6 98.5 119.8 90.2 94 III.7 84.6 98.6 119.9 89.8 31,275 27,420 19,487 712 31,033 26,936 19,464 601 30,749 26,375 19,453 749 58,739 21,636 86,846 30,260 26,627 8,158 58,882 21,661 86,736 30,122 26,673 8,147 58,384 21,639 86,513 29,957 26,643 8,135 200 3.14 270.5 304.2 181 3.35 327.9 378.4 174 3.34 327.5 377.4 198 3.33 326.7 376.9 1,418 9,833 171,279 6,574 1,447 9,928 177,329 6,689 1,846 11,614 169,984 6,992 1,820 10,751 118,727 6,987 1,854 11,057 144,348 7,026 Steel 5J ••••••••.thous, of short tons. 1,960 Percent of capacity 5,/'...........•.........••.•••.•..••. 81.2 Freight car loadings, total .............thous. of cars. 597 Misee 11aneous •••••••••••••• do..• 308 2,007 83.2 645 331 2,338 96.9 672 342 2,309 95.7 575 298 2,403 #97.6 611 316 Failures, industrial and commercial .....number. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) ^/......percent. Stock prices,480 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/..1935-39=100. Industrials, 420 stocks '•••••••••••••••••do.*. Product i on: Bituminous coal 3/ thous, of short tons. Electric power, by utilities •••••mil. of kw.-hr. Passenger cars and trucks (Ward's) .....number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate ,3/ thous. of bbl. 90.8 106 2,185 1,956 *I10.I •92.5 * 103.8 *II5.2 90.8 99 2,201 1,964 89.9 231 1,261 1,144 89.9 88 1,425 1,303 30,436 26,176 19,263 683 30,192 25,792 19,130 694 31,414 27,101 19,446 686 57,857 21,446 85,779 36,573 22,254 7,182 57,981 21,490 85,436 36,513 22,157 7,217 198 3.14 268.6 301,8 245 3.32 323.8 372.8 176,565 2,428 #98.6 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. j!>/ Week ended January 21, 1956: Production, 2,391 thous. short tons; operating rate, 97.1 percent. * Monthly index for January 1955. # Not comparable with 1955 rates which are based on different capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1954 1955 ITEM December November December September 130 132 143 118 154 125 150 179 140 112 123 137 139 128 129 143 117 156 124 146 191 142 112 116 134 134 142 144 157 143 165 142 161 185 155 127 136 158 149 147 149 163 149 173 145 169 r200 rl58 rl28 138 161 154 146 rl48 rl63 r!49 rl74 rl39 rl64 215 rl60 rl28 rl23 rl59 rl52 p 14-1 pl43 pl59 pl47 p 171 pl38 pl62 p207 pl62 pl28 pll2 pl54 pl49 120 110 *I09 102 107 94 140 125 156 129 124 114 75 136 115 101 **lll 98 99 94 129 123 156 129 128 114 75 138 130 122 107 106 III 107 157 131 171 136 145 126 83 142 135 rl24 109 112 117 rl09 167 135 176 rl38 r!55 126 88 rl43 132 115 pl26 112 121 100 158 135 178 r 140 150 126 87 144 128 130 142 118 152 125 148 130 131 143 121 rl55 125 145 142 144 160 146 171 141 163 143 145 162 r!48 rl73 142 r!64 144 146 rl6l r!49 rl72 rl39 r!62 October November GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial production ( F R B ) : 1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance). .do.... do.... Instruments and related products.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... .......do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... .do.... ..do.... do.... do.... do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance) >.e*••••dO«... do.... r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. * September 1954 data. * » October 1954 data I pl33 pl42 pl25 p9l p!47 p!44 pl45 pl60 p 151 pl70 P139 pl60 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1954 1955 ITEM September November December r!79 138 108 124 136 132 rl89 140 108 131 135 131 205 155 125 127 155 145 118 rl07 *I02 101 rl07 96 137 120 152 127 122 113 69 136 119 rl07 **!02 r!02 107 100 136 121 155 129 133 116 73 138 129 142 144 142 108 116 324 100 October November December r208 rl56 124 130 153 145 r2l2 rl59 rl23 rl23 r!57 ri45 p207 pl6l pl23 pl24 pl55 pl46 127 rl08 100 107 rl 16 104 157 130 173 135 143 122 80 142 128 rill 100 r!09 rl 16 rl05 158 131 171 r!37 rl47 122 80 rl43 r!30 112 p!30 132 149 174 130 109 108 258 94 136 145 130 159 124 151 289 115 146 159 153 166 127 145 315 118 rl59 rl78 r2l2 rl50 124 132 279 r l 17 pl47 p!62 pl93 p!37 119 128 127 130 103 r i 15 259 97 r 131 rl46 r!67 rl30 105 115 242 96 154 172 194 157 123 r!47 279 III 152 170 196 149 rl2l 137 259 112 r!5l r!67 rl96 rl43 121 134 235 rll4 pl47 p 161 pl87 p 141 pi 14 110.0 93.2 103.2 93.5 76.4 103.8 116.5 108.8 105.5 86.3 109.5 89.9 96.9 92.5 74.0 103.5 116.8 108.2 106.0 85.2 III.7 89.3 102.1 81.4 75.5 101.5 114.4 104.3 106.8 87.5 III.6 86.8 92.9 82.4 71.8 100.2 114.8 105.0 107.4 81.6 III.2 84.1 102.6 79.8 62.2 98.8 r115.1 105.9 r107.7 77.8 111.3 83.4 102.8 82.7 59.3 98.2 115.2 107.2 107.8 75.3 Commodities other than farm products and foods do. Chemicals and allied products do. ChemicaIs, industriaI .do. Fuel, power, and I ighting materials .....do. Petroleum and products. do. Furniture, other household durables do. Appl iances, household ,. do. Hides, skins, and leather products. do. Lumber and wood products..... do. Lumber • do. 114.8 107.0 117.7 107.4 109.5 115.6 109.1 92.8 119.9 119.6 114.9 107.0 117.4 107.5 110.4 115.7 109.4 91.8 120.0 119.8 118.5 106.0 118.2 108.0 114.0 116.4 106.2 94.0 125.7 127. I 119.0 106.5 118.9 108.0 114.2 116.9 106.1 95.3 125.4 126.8 r119.4 106.6 119.3 r 108.6 115.0 117.2 r106.3 r96.4 r125.0 126.4 119.7 106.7 119.4 108.9 115.6 I 17.4 106.3 96.7 125.1 126.4 Machinery and motive products do. Electrical machinery and equipment do. Motor vehicles •••..*.....do. Metals and metal products,. do. Iron and steel .do. Nonmetallic minerals, structural ....do. Pulp, paper, and allied products. .....do. Paper • do. Rubber and products. .....do. Textile products and apparel........ do. Appare I • do. Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages ..do. 125.3 126.7 121.0 129.9 135.5 121.8 116.0 126.5 131.4 95.2 98.4 121.4 125.7 126.8 121.7 129.8 135.0 121.8 115.9 126.9 132.0 95.2 98.4 121.4 130.0 130.6 122.0 141.9 145.0 126.4 120.5 131.0 151.7 95.4 98.6 !2!e7 131.4 130.7 124.7 142.4 145.7 126.8 122.8 131.2 147.8 95.4 98.7 I2L7 r132.5 131.4 r!26.5 r142.9 146.0 r125.2 123.2 131.7 r150.6 95.6 r99.0 I2I S 7 132.8 131.6 126.7 143.9 147.1 125.4 123.6 133.0 151.0 95.6 99.1 121.7 103.6 103.3 75.4 .3 90.6 89.9 69.0 .7 r114.9 r113.6 r82.2 1.3 107.0 106.6 77.1 .4 90.0 89.2 63.8 .8 75.0 72.2 52.5 2.8 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued Industrial production (FRB) - Continued Adjusted index - Continued Manufactures - Continued Durable manufactures - Continued Metal fabricating (including ordnance) - Continued Transportat ion equipment . l947-49« 100, Instruments and related products... .do... Furniture and fixtures..... do... Lumber and products. • • do... Stone, clay, and glass products. do... Mi see I laneous manufactures do. • • Nondurab Se manufactures do. Food and beverage manufactures............ do. Tobacco manufactures. .do. Texti !e-mi 11 products do* Apparel and allied products ......do. Leather and products, . do. Paper and allied products ........do. Printing and publishing..... do. Chemicals and allied products do. Petroleum and coal products .do. Rubber products do. Minerals. , do, Coa I. •• ••••••• do. Crude oil and natural gas do. Consumer durables output (FRB): Unadjusted index, total ....do. Major consumer durables do. Autos. do. Major household goods...... do. Furniture and floor coverings., do. Appliances and heaters • do. Radio and television sets do. Other consumer durables • .do. Adjusted index, total Major consumer durables Autos Major househoId goods. Furniture arid floor coverings Appliances and heaters Radio and television sets Other consumer durables do. do. ..do. .do. do. do. ..•••••do. • do. HO 121 102 157 130 173 r!39 147 125 80 144 p 131 "pl42 *pl27 p87 pl47 pill COMMODITY PRICES Wholesale price index, all commodities Farm products Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried Gr a ins ,. Livestock and live poultry Foods, processed. Cereal and bakery products Dairy products and ice cream Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen Meats, poultry, and fish. • I947-49«I00, do.. • .....do... do,.. do... do.. • ..do... do... do... do... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started: Unadjusted: TotaI,privateIy and publicly owned...thousands. Privately owned, total. do... In metropolitan areas. ••••do... Pub I ic ly owned. do.. • jr/ Revised. £ / Preliminary. September 1954 data. ** October 954 dat a. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1955 1954 STEM November November December September S,393*0 1,478.0 r 1,251*0 1,242.0 1,203*0 1,187.0 598 649 629 545 599 598 649 629 545 599 '614 665 642 575 606 616 665 642 577 607 618 666 643 578 608 6S9 666 643 580 609 29,209 22,014 30,125 22,467 34,293 26,699 34,640 26,963 35,059 27,247 2,554 2,492 2,612 2,500 3,046 ._. 2,593 2,762 2,488 3,241 2,697 3,279 2,695 3,051 2,787 3,064 2,773 3,103 2,819 3,175 2,830 October December CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE - Continued New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started - Continued SeasonsfSy adjusted at annual rates Privately owned, total a 0 o e , aeseeeee69oasoose9C th©usgindSe e Construction cost Indext The American Appraisal G©e, average, 30 cities**® I9l3ssl00*e A T 8 OHTiSe © f f l e o o e e o o e o e o o o o e o o o e e o s e c o e o o e o e s f i e o o o e o e o O O o o e * ban r f a n C S S C O * e a e * o s * . * * e * * * * e * • . eg * * e e * e e e *@ e e e e s e0O» 000 3T 9 LOU 8SeoffiOGOoOS>es,ose®©oeoeaoo©«ooo®osseoses<5SOO<s OO e see FINANCE Consumer credit (short- and intermediate-term): Total outstanding, end of month*e**s*.**„S-S6e*ml S* of dol«« Installment credit, total**••••••••••••••••••••••••do*,.. Installment credit extended and repaids Unadjusted: Extended, total•••••••••••••••••••••••db««*« Kepa 1U , T O T a SaoooseoeooooeoeoffleGOoooo o W 8 ©e0 Adjusted: Extended, tot®ls..ae.*99e.9e9e9e0e*a<»*e*do. .*. Repaid, total••«•••••••••••••••••••••••.do**** ******** ©eo©©9©« 0 a © e 8 **© © * * * * * * *e 96009680 ***«***«, FOODSTUFFS Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected)! Calvds*.*.*«**#*a*..#.««***..*##...#«#.#thous. of animals** L/3TT l © s o « G 6 f f l e e o s o o s o i ! > o o o © a . o © Q o e o < a o o o o © O Q © e i « o © e © o o s o © © 0 O » * * » Sheep and lambs,,,^,,,,,, ^ioMtMtt do..«< LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association)? Production, total.*.•••••••••••••••••••••••ml1* of bd« ft*. dOTTWQOClS © © c © a 3 o © ® 9 o o o o o s a s o o o s a o o 6 < e o » a o f f l s o a o o ® o a a o QOe 00© Stocks, gross (mill and concentration yards).«.*«*«**db..#. 710 728 700 633 1,602 5,841 1,160 1,583 6,SI9 . 1,167 1,752 5,144 1,344 S,693 6,144 1,248 1,662 6,857 1,162 1,617 7,324 1,155 3,154 2,553 3,061 2,473 9,222 5,254 3,085 2,499 3,067 2,479 9,241 5,275 3,543 2,872 3,471 2,759 8,526 5,062 3,431 2,728 3,360 2,605 8,597 5,186 3,111 2,442 3,076 2,360 8,618 5,254 8,089 8,287 9,882 10,501 r10,247 p10,468 79 79 96 98 99 98 5,240 5,449 7,378 7,217 7,248 577 140 171 579 398 619 123 200 497 421 739 186 289 873 619 814 202 276 877 607 758 194 314 884 639 694 639 * * * * * * 0® *««**©.® * ** ******** METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel ingots and steel for castings? Steel products, net shipment! Re S nfOrC i ng» eesaeeeeoeeoeoesssoe. **»*©»*©»« •£/ Revised* *d0,*•• 1,857 2,054 2,394 2,452 2,499 126 144 331 261 366 128 160 347 270 352 148 172 426 588 469 159 177 420 310 469 161 183 436 300 439 •••••••• JD/ Preliminary* Slf/7* PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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