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~£»j|""co January 31, 1958 BUSINESS STATISTICS 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 BILLION BILLION DOLLARS DOLLARS 100 100 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS Wednesday data Average of Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) H 95 95 A 90 85 1957 .1958 H85 I ^ • ^ _J 9 0 / / 1956 75 H80 H 80 ^ i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i • 1 • i i • » 1 1957 1956 1955 1954 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 l l I I I J F M A M J I I I I I U 7 5 J A S O N O INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = I 250 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 225 200 175 150 I^L-i 1955 1954 1956 1957 THOUSANDS THOUSANDS 1,200 250 Monthly PASSENGER CAR AND TRUCK PRODUCTION (United States plants) 1,000 800 600 400 2 0 Q [pj i I i i I l 1954 i l I i I I i 1955 i . i i I i i i I 1956 I I I 1957 I l I I I J F M A M J I l J l I I I 1 0 A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1957 1958 ITEM Jan. 4 Jan. 26 Jan. 19 Jan. II Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Commodity prices, wholesale; •••«•••••• 92.3 100 1,837 1,705 •116.9 •89.3 •104.3 •125.2 91.3 96 1,864 1,729 31,108 25,954 19,300 535 84.3 95 2,992 2,770 118.7 93.5 108.3 126.0 84.8 108 3,049 2,823 118.7 93.6 108.9 126.0 84.6 103 118.8 94.3 109.2 126.0 85.4 30,827 25,636 19,342 618 31,959 26,623 19,707 730 31,553 26,100 19,658 743 31,207 25,390 19,348 566 30,878 24,949 19,216 525 58,523 22,328 86,503 26,823 30,595 8,831 58,296 22,362 85,583 26,330 30,349 8,807 56,887 24,342 88,987 26,423 32,237 8,762 56,356 24,314 87,744 26,087 31,651 8,750 56,532 24,500 87,018 25,945 31,361 8,747 278 4.05 45.23 48.18 258 4.03 44.87 47.75 203 4.17 39.99 42.86 324 4.13 40.99 43.93 260 4.09 40.99 43.84 1,654 12,556 167,912 7,431 1,695 12,410 168,329 7,396 1,405 11,692 89,357 6,863 1,465 12,506 138,068 6,850 1,407 12,400 128,388 6,925 2,467 96.4 657 336 2,472 96.6 666 340 1,501 #55.6 472 241 1,515 #56.1 569 283 1,538 #57.0 572 287 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: 4/ Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do.... Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43*10,. 333 4.02 41.20 44.03 Production: Mi see 11aneous.••••••••••••••••.••••••••••..•.••..••••.do.... 128,053 1,496 #55.4 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. £/ Week beginning January 27, 1958: Production, 1,479 thous. short tons; operating rate,54.8 percent. • Monthly index for January 1957. # 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 1957 1956 ITEM November December September October November December GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial and commercial failures: Failures, total Connercial service Construction Manufacturing and mining Retal I trade Wholesale trade Liabilities (current), total Commercial service Construction Manufacturing and mining Retal I trade Wholesale trade.... • • • do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 999 86 171 166 482 94 982 83 183 172 472 72 1,071 94 164 182 535 96 1,122 89 176 214 544 99 1,173 93 194 213 559 114 1,080 88 174 208 514 96 thous. of do I.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 39,886 1,854 11,099 11,714 11,476 3,743 50,279 . 3,780 8,149 21,785 10,946 5,619 45,420 4,554 5,618 13,901 13,657 7,690 47,428 3,195 7,994 11,601 16,947 7,691 52,899 2,611 13,420 18,061 12,895 5,912 45,325 3,072 5,713 14,985 16,028 5,527 281.4 277.3 277.3 281.9 277.7 277.4 291.0 285.0 283.2 290.6 284.5 282.3 290.7 284.3 282.1 291.1 284.4 282.3 289.6 289.1 276.3 275.5 276.1 290.2 289.6 276.5 275.5 276.4 300.7 300.8 283.5 279.8 288.5 300.3 300.3 282.3 278.6 288.2 300.5 300.5 282.2 278.4 288.3 301.0 300.8 282.3 278.5 288.4 277.6 270.6 277.8 270.6 283.6 275.0 282.1 274.0 282.5 273.7 282.6 273.8 44,079 4,950 l!,430 44,762 4,775 •2,424 40,926 4,667 11,779 r49,268 4,904 r15,184 48,041 5,801 13,416 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost index (E. H . Boeckh and Associates): Average, 2 0 cities: Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: Brick and concrete U . S . avg. 1926-29*100.. Brick and steel do.... Brick and wood do.... Commercial and factory buildings: Brick and concrete do.... Brick and steel.. do.... Brick and wood. do.... Frame * do. •. . Steel * ., • do.... Residences: Brick do.... Frame do. • • • DOMESTIC TRADE Television advertising: Cost of facilities, total.... Automotive, including accessories Drugs and toiletries £ / Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 12737 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis thous,. of d o l . . .do.... •••••do.... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1956 ITEM November 1957 December September October November December DOMESTIC TRADE — Continued Television advertising — Continued Cost of facilities — Continued 8,870 5,108 3,408 9,035 5,266 3,796 7,862 5,939 4,065 9,331 5,850 r5,034 9,118 5,635 4,805 73,091 5,090 7,246 2,689 6,712 8,205 55,814 4,222 4,196 1,124 5,064 6,711 68,708 7,716 3,143 3,801 7,064 7,354 74,298 6,096 3,584 3,230 8,401 8,282 77,104 4,924 9,227 2,397 7,968 7,994 Magazine advertising: Household equipment and supplies do.... 3,985 4,421 3,527 6,101 1,187 1,733 5,283 1 3,166 2,106 4,278 876 1,704 3,320 2,634 3,070 5,921 781 1,851 4,057 4,000 4,456 5,708 1,084 2,035 4,555 4,061 3,583 6,273 719 2,051 5,705 4,818 63 3,436 380 662 1,165 5,898 5,412 59 2,391 1,825 355 1,268 8,109 7,225 65 3,986 2,304 540 1,214 3,796 3,131 76 1,537 429 363 1,391 5,845 4,827 67 3,512 367 740 1,158 6,611 5,956 63 2,477 2,277 432 1,363 5,726 580 5,146 5,718 631 5,087 5,667 630 5,037 6,501 641 5,860 5,806 636 5,169 5,809 674 5,136 92.14 92.42 75.09 91.59 91.91 71.94 89.86 90.08 75.32 89.67 89.89 75.34 92.67 92.93 75.27 94.85 95.12 77.59 99,382 97,663 1,211 107,861 105,677 1,613 99,022 97,358 1,159 108,109 105,929 1,611 98,481 96,573 1,253 109,591 107,206 1,664 99,015 97,093 1,276 110,426 108,010 1,693 102,487 100,524 1,236 110,598 108,173 1,642 106,072 103,996 l,32S 1ll,83C 109,332 1,712 211,412 4,420 219,176 4,462 205,705 4,733 196,675 4,747 200,919 4,781 I95,57C 4,804 46,853 75,122 1,488 12,172 49,737 90,378 1,618 14,267 50,725 81,027 1,569 9,812 r48,168 84,238 1,907 10,244 47,259 85,266 1,774 9,936 10,641 8,285 90,119 116,914 11,201 8,306 95,181 107,918 9,193 6,938 105,236 105,068 8,932 9,801 104,543 123,410 9,017 9,002 106,358 117,061 S56 19,408 25,04i 172 21,312 27,093 101 16,489 29,653 107 18,665 30,317 134 17,747 31,231 3,374 9,291 365 551 40,145 44,467 3,724 8,452 317 472 35,206 41,794 4,186 9,098 281 495 37,406 48,496 3,813 9,663 330 546 45,317 r52,759 3,653 7,624 339 344 37,769 47,738 24,269 65,900 34,509 11,553 6,542 51,421 13,977 21,370 67,870 27,874 ! 10,024 6,139 51,413 13,679 23,486 72,238 29,993 10,442 6,664 60,184 15,874 25,933 77,088 32,979 10,991 7,976 62,552 17,681 22,926 71,535 24,937 9,097 6,589 62,936 16,046 722 1,993 1,699 1,784 686 2,029 1,704 1,975 786 r2,3l6 2,095 2,041 786 2,066 1,600 1,945 FINANCE Federal Government finance: Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.) J/....dollars.. Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange: Stocks: Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange: CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural)..•••....••thous. of lb.. Methano1: Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Molding and extrusion materials do.... LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: 737 2,197 1,859 2,155 r/ Revised. 1/ Includes bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development not shown separately. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 72737 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1956 ITEM November 1957 December September October November December METALS AND MANUFACTURES 7,336 6,628 6,519 5,780 5,279 10,556 100 10,838 99 8,978 82 9,198 .81 8,393 77 r7,420 r66 318.9 218.3 114.6 69.1 281.4 194.8 99.9 67.0 302.3 215.5 III.3 58.7 r3l8.6 r230.9 M2I.7 64.1 279.2 187.0 95.3 58.9 64,881 50,162 38,729 50,329 72,554 50,305 70,999 42,639 44,613 41,298 7,037 Steel ingots and steel for castings: Aluminum shipments: 011 burners: Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking, excluding electrical: Stoves, domestic heating, shipments, total Oil Solid fuel do.... do.... do.... Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments...1947-49=100.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: 161,070 5,537 149,675 5,858 259,499 30,905 177,788 50,806 134,878 | 4,387 125,139 5,352 91,540 10,537 62,144 18,859 183,666 5,451 171,121 7,094 314,653 43,344 206,328 64,981 r188,661 6,227 175,627 r6,807 r347,354 49,997 r236,857 r60,5OO 146,777 3,328 137,166 6,283 165,800 17,055 119,539 29,206 106,685 62,987 32,303 4,253 182,266 76,426 47,479 1 21,201 1 2,625 153,198 140,797 88,628 45,498 6,671 210,669 125,820 82,380 37,628 5,812 230,690 91,300 61,884 26,524 2,892 169,261 121.0 115.6 113.9 145.3 59.6 1,587 1,767 2,095 2,943 727 1,229 1,448 1,400 749 1,634 565 501 521 442 476 302 600 373 532 366 1,593 2,180 Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Industrial trucks and tractors (gasoline-powered), ship2,206 1,977 1,661 1,639 1,518 64.25 58.70 81.70 73.60 6.7 57.20 51.90 85.15 75.05 6.2 28.80 25.00 64.75 58.60 3.7 27.80 23.65 60.90 53.50 3.5 r28.35 25.05 r47.60 r4l.70 3.3 p18.65 PI5.I5 P55.45 P49.55 p3.0 r1,990 r430 r5,280 rl,960 rl,6l2 r320 r4,944 rl,6l6 1,388 320 4,848 1*516 1,665 310 6,120 1,845 1,372 192 5,088 1,560 pi,364 pl44 P4,5I2 r205 r330 rl72 r252 248 328 265 340 208 292 Machine tools (metal-cutting): TEXTILE PRODUCTS Men's apparel, cuttings: ±/ Tatlored garments: Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport......thous. of doz.. Work clothing: Dungarees and waistband overalls •••••••••••••••do.... p252 £/ Revised, p./ Preliminary. ±/ Data for November 1956 and October 1957 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. Revisions for January 1955-October 1956 are available upon request. USCOMM-DC-12737 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. O F F I C I A L BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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