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January 24, 1958 STATISTICS °fSUSJNESS^0 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, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 I N D E X , 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 ; •• 1 0 70 70 Month,y PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) 60 1956 50 ^jT^s. 40 - ^ m ® ^ * ^ 50 „\ (957 40 1958 _ 30 20 60 \ A^-1_J_LJ__L_L_1_J L_L_ —J 1 1 t J ^ - L - t - J L - L J L - 1 — __L_J 1954 BILLION i 1955 i ) i i i i i i _J_J 1956 DOLLARS L_L_J 1 i l-J 30 -i—L-i-L-mJ 2 0 LJ_J J F M A M J J A S O N D !957 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 180 PERSONAL INCOME 350 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (Seasonally adjusted, at annua! rates) (F. R. B. seas. adj. index) 160 300 X Total 140 250 120 200 JIMI l l i i l ' l ' - | ' i ' " " i i l | | i | i | | i n 1954 1955 1956 M I I I IM ' ' ' SOO I i i i i i I M i i .f 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 h i i i i 1957 I N D E X , 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 I25| 1954 1956 1957 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 130 WHOLESALE PRICES CONSUMER PRICES 120 120 All 1955 >IM«» • Commodities Other Than " Farm Products Q Foods Items S 10 ALL 115 too Farm COMMODITIES Products / 110 h Food 1 0 5 L i I I I I I I I I I I -I I LI I I I I I I I I I I I I I < I I LJ-LaJLj^LJ.JjJj-JJLJ.JL 1954 1955 1956 1957 8 0 |]^ i i i i I i 111 i 1 i 11 M I i n 1954 1955 1956 1957 •••• WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1 1957 1958 ITEM Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Dec. 28 Jan. 4 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Commodity prices, wholesale: 92.0 107 1,833 1,706 •116.9 •89.3 •104.3 •125.2 92.3 100 1,337 1,705 84.7 148 2,521 2,325 31,479 26,809 19,701 730 31,108 25,954 19,300 535 32,089 26,687 19,666 714 57,760 22,204 86,198 26,272 30,753 8,832 58,523 22,329 86,503 26,823 30,595 8,831 56,169 24,140 88,487 26,087 32,288 8,772 256 4.06 46.16 49.31 278 4.05 45.23 48.18 1,708 12,327 167,451 7,396 2,519 98.4 681 349 118.7 93.5 108.3 126.0 84.8 108 118.7 93.8 109.0 125.9 84.6 31,959 26,623 19,707 730 31,553 26,100 19,658 743 31,207 25,390 19,348 56,887 24,342 38,987 26,423 32,237 8,762 56,356 24,314 87,744 26,087 31,651 8,750 166 ••4.23 39.52 42.36 203 4.S7 39.99 42.86 324 4. 13 40.99 43.93 1,654 12,556 167,912 7,431 1,138 11,218 92,342 6,940 1,405 11,692 89,357 6,863 1,450 12,506 138,068 6,850 2,467 96.4 657 336 1,366 53.4 410 2!0 1,501 #55.6 472 241 1,515 #56.1 569 283 84.3 95 2,977 2,770 F i nance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/.....do.... , 1 623 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: 4f Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do.... 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.... Product i on: s. of short tons.. ..mi 1. of kw.-hr.. ...thou s. of short tons.. Steel 5/ ..thous. of cars.. .do ! j 260 4.09 40.99 43.84 128,197 1,538 #57.0 J,/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ,4/ Wednesday data. J5/ Week beginning January 20, 1958: Production, 1,500 thous. short tons. • Monthly index for January 1957. ** Revisions for weeks ended December 14 and 21: 4.35 and 4,27. # Based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons); not comparable with 1957 rates which are based on January I, 1957, annual capacity (133,459,150 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 ITEM November 1957 December | September October November December GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Personal income, by source: Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Less personal contributions for social insurance..do.... 334.9 334.8 346.6 345.9 345.4 342.8 233. 1 101.2 61.4 31.9 38.6 235.3 102.7 61.6 32.2 38.8 241.5 102.2 64.8 33.9 40.6 240,1 101.3 64.3 34.0 40.5 r239,5 M00.9 r64,2 34.1 40.3 238.8 100.0 64.3 34.2 40.3 7.7 50.7 30.4 18.9 5.9 7.7 50.2 28.5 19.0 5.9 8.0 51.1 31.6 21.2 6.8 8.0 50.8 31.7 22.1 6.8 8.0 r50.4 31.7 22.6 6.8 8.0 50.4 29.7 22.7 6.8 319.3 319.6 331.3 331,0 r330.3 327.3 3,425 3,335 1,891 1,444 355 771 301 2,789 2,749 1,441 1,308 367 649 271 2,954 2,847 1,364 «,483 365 831 267 3,610 3,510 1,804 1,706 375 1,003 306 3,267 3,205 1,687 1,518 363 826 312 117 131 157 III 151 178 130 Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, Meat an i ma Is.,...,.,••••••.•••••••••«•••••••••••do.... Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, unadjusted: Al 1 commodities 1947-49*100.. Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted: A11 commodities.•••.••.•••.•••..•••••.••••••••••••.,.do.... rj Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 12733 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | 137 176 106 813 134 1 96 127 109 144 168 125 158 182 140 127 134 122 130 135 126 167 190 149 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued J 1956 3 1957 STEM November December September October November December GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS — Contintled Industrial production (FRB): 147 149 I 166 146 ( 181 138 178 218 174 144 146 166 142 183 139 178 225 175 145 147 159 128 172 144 171 190 174 145 147 r!57 129 171 141 168 rl94 172 141 143 155 rl2l 171 rl38 r!63 r207 r|73 pl34 p!35 pl48 p!09 pl66 pl33 pl58 p20l pl68 122 117 161 150 132 144 143 130 90 149 125 104 156 145 124 119 rl6l 148 136 rl46 rl39 r!29 87 rl46 rl 19 106 rl53 142 131 r!45 rl35 rl23 80 r!44 pi 19 142 145 129 83 155 125 121 162 150 135 144 144 130 86 147 pl45 p!35 pl23 pl42 pl36 pl20 146 147 165 146 180 139 175 216 172 147 149 167 145 183 141 177 223 173 144 146 159 131 174 140 170 205 174 141 142 154 r!28 rl68 136 162 r200 170 139 r!40 153 r!2l rl69 rl39 ri6S r20l r!7l p!36 pl38 pl48 pill pl64 pl36 p557 pl95 p!67 119 119 157 144 129 139 143 130 87 149 120 117 158 144 130 1 140 145 [ 130 80 153 121 114 159 146 132 142 143 129 82 151 119 110 rl53 rl39 130 142 rl39 rl28 80 r'151 115 108 rl50 rl37 128 rl40 rl35 rl23 77 rl44 pll4 141 154 177 137 110 141 154 168 143 113 | 119 118 84 150 121 129 134 129 140 116 119 119 88 rl47 r!20 121 rl25 118 134 rl 12 r!4l rl53 171 138 rl 14 r!33 rl43 154 134 rill pl28 pl37 p 151 do.... do.... 139 151 164 141 112 132 143 152 136 109 .1947-49.100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 117.8 107.0 112.9 lll.l 115.8 98.8 118.0 107.0 112.9 111.3 117.4 98.0 121.1 107.3 117.0 H3.I 114.8 110.3 121.1 107.7 116.4 114.2 114.5 106.3 121.6 107.9 116.0 114.5 114.6 104.6 1/121.6 107.6 116.1 114.6 113.9 106.0 do.... do.... do.... 123.0 III.8 103.8 133.8 134.5 123.5 112.0 104.1 134.2 134.7 126.3 113.7 104.8 135.7 139.0 126.6 113.8 104.8 136.0 139.7 126.8 114.3 104.5 136.3 140.3 127.0 114.3 104.9 136.7 140.8 do.... do.... do.... do.... .........do.... 121.4 109.0 133.2 123.5 173.4 123.2 121.8 109.3 133.1 123.3 174.1 123.3 125. 1 113.3 135.9 125.5 181.1 126.7 126.2 113.4 135.8 125.4 181.6 126.8 126.7 114.4 140.0 129.7 182.8 126.8 127.0 114.6 138.9 128.6 182.4 126.8 do.... do.... 86.3 84.9 115.9 87.9 104,3 87.9 68.6 103.6 115.8 113.6 106.4 82.7 86.0 84.7 116.3 88.9 102.6 88.8 71.7 103.1 115.4 | H2.6 105.6 81.5 | 84.7 82.6 118.0 91.0 98.9 81.2 81.5 106.5 116.7 112.4 102.5 95.7 84.9 82.6 117.8 91.5 107.7 80.6 78.4 105.5 117.3 113.7 103.6 91.6 84.7 82.2 rll8.l 91.9 106.3 80.9 79.3 106.5 117.6 114.5 103.8 93.6 2/84.5 2/82.2 118.4 92.6 108.3 80.5 82.7 107.4 118.3 114.7 104.6 95.5 ,1947-49=100.. do.... do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance)., .«•....,do,..• do.... do.... do.... ,,, do.... do..,. ©ae<SG6ss OO© see ........do.... do.... ...do.... ........do.... .,, do,,.. do.... do.... ........do.... do.... ,. do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance)., ...o..«.OO.... do.... do.... ...do.... do.... do.... ...do.... ••••••..do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 1 125 p73 p!46 pl47 pl33 p!27 pl40 p!36 p!2l p70 pl45 Consumer durables output (FRB): .. do.... do.... do.,.. do.... do.,.. do.... do.... p!07 p!27 pl35 pi40 pi 10 COMMODITY PRICES ...do.... Public , 9 . Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y - , Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen..., £ / Revised. £ / Preliminary. ±/ do.... do,... do.... do.,.. do.... do.... Index based on 1935-39*100 is 203.3. Digitized for wholesale FRASER prices, 4 4 . 2 ; consumer prices, 4 9 . 2 . 12733 2/ Indexes based on l935-39a=IO0 are as follows: Measured by— MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 5 1956 November COMMODITY PRICES — 1957 | ITEN September December Continued October November December 1 Wholesale price Index — Continued Commodities other than farm prode und foods90S .1947-49^100.. Chemicals and allied products,(S«e,ses>09*e@88 ••••••••do».,» Fuel, power, and lighting materlals essaeass8 @e .•••••do.»,» Furniture^ other household durables.•..•....••••••••do...* Hides, skins, m& leather products, & e a 6 a o g Q S , ® s a a ® © © s Q O a © « © Lumber and wood products,,,••••••••••••••••.« i» « • © « . « Q O « , , e> Machinery and motive products« 9 „„ 9 9 „ e e 9 9 9 8 Metals and metal products..•••..•........... Noometalllc minerals, structural•••••••••••• • » • • • « • • 0 O « 9 H Pulpg peper, and allied prodyctse6SS,,,a@ae4,o 5 8 e * e « 9 Q O 6 e « e »,« ® o o ® » 0 O » ess Textile products and appareS,,@„ee«#e#e,*„®s © , a e ® 8 ® » O O , • . , Tobacco manufactures ^nd bottled beverages,,. © © 0 <9 , e @ Q O © , , s 124,2 108,2 us a 121,-1 99,8 121,5 143,4 152,1 131.2 127,8 146,9 95.4 123,5 124,7 108.3 114,0 12 L ? 99,2 121,0 143,6 152,3 S3le3 128,0 147,9 9586 123.6 ! 126,0 110,2 116,1 122.3 100,3 117.8 146.9 125.8 110.4 N5.8 122,6 100,4 117,3 147,7 r!25c9 1 110.3 ! NI5.7 r122,7 r100,3 rll6.9 r149.2 126,0 110.5 115,7 123.3 99.8 116.4 149.3 152,2 150,8 135,3 130,9 146.2 95,1 127,7 150,4 r135,4 130.9 144.7 95,0 127,8 150.3 135,7 131,0 145,7 94.9 128,0 4,49 4,08 4,29 4.50 5909 4.33 3,81 4.08 4*38 5,03 1 135,2 1 | 130,1 146.5 $5.4 127.7 1 4,12 | 4.26 4,43 4,93 4,46 40|0 4.28 4*46 4,99 FINAICE Bonds: Yields,, domestic corporate (Moodyss),8,ee«»eo@a <8©®e .percent, • G a K o a © e « 0 O » * a© oaseaaee HO ,e ©• © © o s o o s a ® 0 o*,© By groups^ lndustrial...#«„«#...«.#.ee#.„ o • ® e @ o o © d O , * e a Public utllity..•*•*.....•....•• e e » a » 0 • ® 0 0 ® • s © Stocks: Cash dividend payments publicly reported? Total dividend payments,.,••.....•••..•••••.•mlS, of doi*. M a n U T S C T U r % n Q , , , » , , , e , o . « t e o . 3 . ® e e e . s « 0 e @ . ®s o e « « t « 0 O « a , a Public utlllties: Communications,••••.•.•••....•••••••••••© e > © « 9 © @ « » G O , » 4 « Electric and gas«9>«#a«0••••..,••••••••• • • • « • • • • C I O , 0 , , Dividend yields (200 stocks), Moody's.•«.••••• o©•,©percent,, Industrial C125 stocks)•••••••••••••,«•••••• s a © e o o « e d O . « . . Public utility C24 stocks)*,,*8.,..a(9.e.0<9<&8 Railroad (25 stocks),M8 9o«9«9»e«.«o..o»9!i». ( 1D BankS STOCKS l u t « < » a « e « « « M 9 g t « « e e » $ « « s tegsaooseGO,ae e Insurance (10 stocks),..................*... Cottons J/ 4,44 3,90 3,69 3,76 3e90 4.24 3,99 3.75 3.85 3.98 4,37 3082 3.86 4,01 3,95 3.93 4.08 4.3! 4.45 4.56 4,32 4.48 4,57 4,34 4.49 4.65 4.11 4,34 4.53 314,4 79*7 !27e6 6.4 2,217,4 267.7 1,372,9 217.0 1,671.8 105.0 1,126,8 134.6 738,2 138.8 263.5 8,0 325.0 75,6 134.6 2,4 2,138,9 224.7 1,375,2 172.9 1,2 78.0 3*4 10,7 4,25 4.05 4,86 6,02 4,37 3.30 45,3 130.3 91,5 55,8 4.13 3.90 4.84 6,01 4,41 3.28 41.2 134,5 61.5 42*5 4,50 4.27 5.12 7.34 4.81 3.49 141,1 92,9 22.8 64.1 4,68 4.45 5,17 7,82 5,08 3,74 S.3 85.2 4.3 14.1 4,58 4.36 5.04 7.71 4,84 3.56 45.9 143.4 8S.6 53.6 4.77 4.58 4.89 8.31 5,09 3,46 870,069 630,339 659,651 819,816 656,205 575,287 20,294 18,786 11,987 480 11,145 r20,24l 18,786 r8,688 r43l 8,062 19,769 58,147 9,171 459 8,44 i 19,753 18,130 11,401 456 10,475 19,747 18,133 8,963 448 8,231 | | 1 1 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Manufactures; Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day,.,»«,,,,.•••thousands,. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total. ,,ml8. of hr,9 e.see.os dO ,,,© Consuming 100 percent cotton.••••••••••• , . , 0 e . e 9 OO,,,a 19,730 18, 144 7,951 398 7,309 r/ Revised, \J Data f o r November 1956 and October 1957 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-12733 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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