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tfjSjjjjjig^o^ January 4, 1957 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 BILLION DOLLARS 95 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS AW of *.<„**, Wednesday <a» data BILLION DOLLARS i 95 (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) 90 90 \/*B****0^^ 85 J 1956 / 85 \ 80 H 75 ™ 70 y u •i » i > 1 > i i i » - i l i l I j 1 1 J_1_L_ i i i i '» 1 i-, r 1954 1953 i i i 1955 i i 1 i i- 1 i i i i 1956 1955 -4 80 75 L J I I I I 1 I I I l i j 70 dFM. A M J J A S - O N D INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 « 100 250 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 250 Weekly MontMy ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by ufiSifles) (seasonally adjusted) 225 ~~ yP*«*"r 200 175 150 ,J^T i i i 1 i I i I i I i i i 1953 i 1 i i i I I 1 1 1 i 1954 ! ! 1 ! 1 1 ! 1955 — 225 - 200 -1 175 i i i i i i i i i i iJ 1956 I I l I I 1 I I I I i j JFMAMJ JAS 0N0 THOUSANDS 1,20.0 I 50 THOUSANDS 300 PASSENGER CAR A N D TRUCK PRODUCTION* (United States plants) 1,000 H 250 1955 800 200 600 150 400 100 200 I^J I I i i I i l l l l , I • l l l I l I 1954 l l l i- I I i i 1 I I 1955 I I i 1956 ii i i r I L i B i-i^; s o J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1955 1956 ITEM Dec. Commodity prices, wholesale: Al ! commodities..... 24 Dec. 1947-49-100.. ....••«. 89.9 231 1,261 1, 144 31 Dec. •I'll-. 3 *82.9 *98.2 •119.8 89.9 88 1,425 1,303 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 116.0 86.8 103.2 124.5 93.5 227 1,250 1, 146 116.2 88.5 103.1 124,6 93.2 260 1,312 1,206 116. 1 87.7 102.8 124.1 92,3 264 Dec. 29 **92.6 Finance: 31,364 27,!0I 19,446 654 31,415 27.420 19,487 683 31,450 26,165 19,068 440 31,660 26,633 19,220 520 31,835 27,223 19,535 578 58,739 21,636 86,846 30,260 26,627 8,158 58,882 21,661 86,736 30,122 26,673 8, 147 56,745 21,780 86,171 25,820 30,480 8,848 58,266 21,871 86,473 25,884 30,811 8,856 58,137 21,914 87,674 26,541 31,253 8,866 181 3.35 327,9 378.4 174 3,34 327.3 377.4 270 3.96 339.9 398.0 249 3.97 337.7 395.2 214 4.00 339.9 398.0 1,864 11,614 169,984 6,992 1,840 10,751 1 18,727 6,987 1,773 12,047 191,667 7,353 1,782 12,220 182,548 7,355 1,837 12,227 177,117 7,376 2,338 #96.9 667 341 2,309 #95.7 575 298 2,493 101.3 738 377 2,522 102.4 717 367 2,525 102.6 698 354 31,992 27,842 19,790 663 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:4/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government ...do.... Commercial, industrial, and aar. loans (qross)..,do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 480 stocks (Stand.& Poor's) 4/..1935-39=100.. 4.02 340.9 399.3 Production: pi II,189 2,322 94.3 J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. j5/ Week beginning December 31, 1956: Production, 2,509 thous. short tons; operating rate, 98.0 percent (based on higher annual capacity as of January I, 1957 of 133,459,150 short tons). 6/ Data for 1956 adjusted to revised classification of class I railroads. * Monthly index for December 1955. ** Wednesday price. # Not comparable with 1956 rates which are based on higher capacity. ^ / Preliminary. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1955 1956 ITEM October August September October DOMESTIC TRADE Printers' ink advertising index, adjusted: Combined index Business papers Magazines Newspapers, Outdoor,, Radio (network), Te levi s ion (network) 1947-49=100. .do... do... do... do... do... 1950-52= 100. 181 186 140 186 153 38 300 190 165 158 200 158 38 312 Labor turnover in manufacturing establishments: Accession rate monthly rate per 100 employees. Separation rate, total.. do... Discharge . do... Lay-off. * .......do... Quit , do... Military and miscellaneous...... » ...do... 4. I 3.5 .3 1.2 1.8 .2 3.3 3.1 .3 1.2 1,4 .2 3,679 581 546 2,552 4,570 1,340 525 2,705 4,544 I, 160 526 2,858 4 ,140 981 525 2 ,634 4,792 963 549 3,280 49,201 21,526 7,015 3,081 1,674 45,592 19,257 7,009 2,705 1,453 55,582 22,256 7,408 3*392 2,007 53 ,368 22 747 7 ,018 3 ,301 1 902 55,165 25,111 7,892 3,421 1,879 214 182 160 207 155 42 447 200 195 155 194 160 37 379 201 192 153 211 147 40 356 EMPLOYMENT FINANCE Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total Group and wholesale........ I ndustr i a I Ord i nary. mil. of dol. .....do... .do... do... r4.0 r3.5 .3 rl.3 1.7 .2 p2, p3. P. pi. PiP. 4,742 863 512 3,367 TRANSPORTATI ON AND C0MMUNICAT 10NS Operations on scheduled airlines: Miles flown, revenue thousands. Express and freight ton-miles flown....... ...do... Mai I, ton-mi les f lown .. *.. .do... Passengers carried, revenue,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,...do,. e Passenger-miles flown, revenue*• ••••*»«<*.....,...m i11• ions. jr/ Revised. £ / Prel iminary. CORRECTION for cotton statistics shown in December 2 8 , 1956 issue: waoi/c • /-»ther ?y>Qnth ~A l ~ U^.._<3P /cc Footnote J./ should read "Data for September and November _<-\ *~- 1956 cover 5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1955 1956 ITEM October November *475,538 *265,605 * 170,757 •318,788 *64,084 *47,652 **467,757 **267,576 **I60,757 **309,829 **64,40l **47,952 519,153 289,298 184,899 345,077 71,485 51,097 503,100 290,175 167,680 328,318 71,627 51,392 do.... 19,074 16,470 1,872 18,665 16,365 1,592 20,544 18,542 1,114 19,565 17,550 1,354 21,839 18,372 2,676 do..,. 2,831 1,983 578 2,724 2,030 448 2,826 2,143 440 2,760 2,106 408 2,952 2,164 520 do.... 2,985 2,311 572 2,973 2,428 473 2,307 2,484 705 3,044 2,384 580 3,407 2,519 823 106 191 1,458 160 247 1,346 220 137 1,801 168 200 1,751 205 276 1,648 r72,595 r13,352 r!84,102 r150,174 43,340 13,369 214,698 93,598 2,531 10,290 125,296 8,067 30,528 12,688 144,102 76,378 71,849 14,615 202,848 142,607 96,725 9i,475 3,909 164,805 92,832 65,447 3,838 143,260 110,200 93,125 r92,960 6,640 232,600 5,520 189,100 5,670 164,200 6,370 146,500 8,667 81,470 8,663 81,083 9,150 98,000 8,000 79,500 7,350 79,800 6,400 83,300 12,502 11,590 12,694 11,473 13,050 I»,8I9 40,062 5,185 1,384 31,802 51,592 6,349 1,674 24,768 17,663 22,108 2,780 64,697 16,527 8,508 1,074 39,257 46,379 4,737 1,118 31,241 47,353 4,052 680 28,212 136,489 27,053 66,097 24,959 90,993 56,065 132,302 94,494 173,326 79,243 99,461 73,695 81,284 2,120.6 999.5 55.2 1,065.8 190.1 528 95,868 2,253.7 970.3 52.9 1,230.5 235.3 564 75,444 1,882.7 1,026.0 55.2 801.5 150.3 891 64,750 1,831.7 931.1 51.0 849.6 154.2 1,063 94,041 2,282.0 1,128.4 63.5 1,090.1 199.6 1,030 85,123 2,256.3 1,041.7 52.2 1,162.5 218.9 1,111 890 2,203 2,187 2,222 48,197 40,628 9,246 1,586 21,472 836 2,237 2,243 2,382 42,92! 36,162 7,905 1,331 19,142 668 2,224 2,033 2,578 54,647 46,469 9,819 1,968 25,600 586 1,970 r1,706 2,140 44,569 37,189 8,169 1,622 19,731 738 2,275 2,234 2,202 51,065 42,183 9,515 1.715 21,950 46,039 38,407 8,697 1,435 19,805 5,358 2,966 7,068 375 126 5,060 2,724 6,274 370 115 6,130 2,952 7,252 528 398 5,029 2,638 6,660 476 244 5,910 3,093 8,072 534 276 5,473 2,997 6,772 557 303 7,850 49,523 42,167 7,356 6,965 7,488 51,040 43,718 7,323 6,699 1/6,858 35,475 31,901 3,574 5,142 7,217 41,213 37,376 3,837 6,933 7,556 47,483 43,235 4,248 7,316 7,036 September August October November TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS - Continued Telephone carriers: Telegraph, cable, and radiotelegraph carriers: Wire-telegraph: Operating expenses, including depreciation Ocean-cable: Operating expenses, including depreciation.,,, Radiotelegraph: Operating expenses, including depreciation FOODSTUFFS Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: Sti11 wines: Dairy products, production: i iO, ? I\J i K/e. , «*•*./ n o r\ ir\ 90,605 ty\ nr\r\ Dry mi Ik: Grains: Receiots, princiDal markets: Rice, California: Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end j LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc.athletic, total...do.... j METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (Lake Superior district): r7 Revised. * Data are for August 1955* ** Data are for September 1955. .U Total for July and August. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1956 1955 ITEM August October September October November METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Electric processing,.»......................thous. of dol Fuel-fired (except tor hot rolling steel)...„........do.. Machine tools (metal-cutting types): New orders (net), total,, .,......, mil, of dol Domestic ......... . • •• ••• ••••••••••. • ....do,. S h i pments, tota I do.. Domestic.,,.........................................do.. Estimated back log....••............................months 1,532 7,061 1,543 4,131 3,263 2,988 1,410 1,007 2,131 5,447 1,587 1,767 99.15 92.70 60.40 53.60 6.1 124.25 117.75 63.35 56.70 6.7 87.50 78.25 75.10 69.00 7.7 78.45 68.80 71.10 65.40 7.7 r66.10 r57.55 r89.75 r79.85 7.2 P63.75 p58.20 P8I.30 p73.40 p6.8 1,801 84 983 213 237 108 i76 1,908 78 1,057 224 265 107 178 r1,729 77 1,940 80 1,071 238 263 100 188 772 152 518 102 873 200 578 102 r885 196 r584 105 909 199 604 106 2,724 1,205 1,231 13 273 r2,466 1,108 rI,103 12 243 2,745 1,226 1,248 13 257 PULP, PAPER, AMD PRINTING Wood pulps Production, total, all grades. oe .....thous. of short tons Dissolving and special alpha.......................do.. Su I f ate. .do.. Sulfite........•.••••••••••.•••••••................do.. Grou ndwood do.. Def5brated or expIoded.............................do.. Soda, semichem., screenings, damaged, etc..........do., Stocks, end of month, total, all mi ! Is...............do.. Pulp mi I Is... ..do.. Paper and board mi I Is..............................do.. Nonpaper m iI Is do.. All paper and board mills, production: Paper and board, total...............................do.. Paper do.. Paperboard.........................................do.. Wet-machi ne board. e ................................do.. Construction paper and board.......................do.. 1,874 88 1,006 233 244 I 17 187 770 157 515 r2,683 1,154 r1,238 13 278 2,599 I, 105 1,222 13 260 951 rl98 243 95 M65 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Consumption.....................................Iong tons Stocks, end of montn ....do.. Synthetic rubber: Production.. .do.. Consumpt i on do., Stocks, end of montn .......do.. 54,995 I 10,795 52,769 103,774 46,700 99,668 44,179 98,069 r52,188 r94,508 42,777 105,770 89,060 80,389 134,753 91,281 81,661 133,664 86,463 72,537 192,486 90,602 69,205 88,158 r82,023 r197,788 63,514 7 1,956 199,464 10,735 9,920 936 2,973 471 589 1,352 2,516 846 237 13,290 15,759 200,793 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containers: Production. Shipments, domestic, total... Narrcw-neck food. Wide-mouth food Beverage. Beer bott Ies Liquor and wine..... Medicinal and toilet Chemical, household and industrial... Dairy products Stocks, end of month r/ Revised. thous. of gross do.. do.. do.. .do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. .do.. do.. 12,384 II,300 1,355 3,291 4! I 597 1,492 2,902 1,012 240 13,719 14,123 2,236 5,138 683 1,262 1,342 3,483 1,312 303 13,685 10,032 10,331 1,890 2,893 395 604 1,172 2,309 834 234 13,162 13,435 14,515 1,708 4, 154 993 847 1,874 3,476 I, 157 306 11,741 I 1,934 10,009 853 3,083 510 528 1,530 2,469 825 21 I 13,384 j>/ Preliminary. 38 /c>C UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL. BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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