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.uTMENTQf r~ July 24, 1959 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ' " ' •'•""•""I • " * '" ""•'""" " " " " • "" I l ""' " •IIMI—1—TOII •••.•••.•..•••IIM..WIM tf | | . Ml I II .111.1 I HI! Illll I I 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, 1947-49=100 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 275 275 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Monthly Weekly f (E. E. I. seas. adi. index) 250 •d 2 5 0 H H 22 5 225 / 1958 200 200 k I 75 [ j Billion i 1 i i. 1 i n i 1956 i i 1 i i i i i I i i i 1957 i i 1 i i t i i 1 i i 1958 i i i I. i t » r t 1 I i 1959 index, ( 9 4 7 - 4 9 = Dollars i i i I 1 I I I I 1 M I I I Ui I 7 5 J F M A M J J A S O N O 100 180 400 PERSONAL INCOME (seasonally adjusted, at annual y rates) ^ TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION • (F. R. B. seas. adj. index) 160 350 Total 300 A 140 A 120 Wage and Salary Dish vrsements i/ 250 200 j/ AJLLLLL-LULL -ui 11 Liu i i.J J e***^ 1 1 1 1 1 M _UU_l_LLj_l_Li_LJ 1 1 00 h [ i i -i i i I i I t i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i 11 t i r i i [ i i i i i I i i i_ i • 1956 1957 1958 1959 Data for June, July, ana August include retroactive salary payments to Federal employees. Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 40 1956 100 1957 1958 1959 Millions WHOLESA LE PRICES Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods 2.0 NEW PERMANENT NONFARM DWELLING UNITS STARTED (privately owned) * 1 | 1.5 20 A 0 Commodities V 1.0 H .5 A I 00 80 ^ Farm Products K* ^v. w^ y^ J-LLLLJJL 1 1 I I .1 1 1,11,1 1 i,J L I . ,,1,1,111 L j L L L L 1956 1957 1958 1111ll 111II 1959 0 i t M 1 1 1 I I 1-1--LL 1 l"-» 1 • 1 «.l-L- L U L L I 1956 1957 ^Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates 1 ,LU 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 11 1958 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 1958 ITEM July 12 Commodity prices, wholesale: July 19 • ••....... 86.0 116 2,848 2,599 275 *II9.2 *95.0 *II2.7 *I25.6 86.6 110 2,769 2,527 279 June 27 87.6 118 1,368 1,256 256 July II July 4 87.1 109 1,396 1,286 244 119.4 89.0 107.3 128.2 87.0 126 31,384 26,589 18,809 758 31,375 26,398 18,518 569 31,814 28,147 18,627 499 119.3 88.3 107.1 128.2 86.7 237 242 31,858 28,042 18,386 369 32,112 28,319 18,452 532 32,201 28,462 18,640 516 60,835 30,967 103,476 29,980 28,528 12,198 60,316 30,938 104,401 30,958 28,483 12,211 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4/....do.... July 18 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:J5/ 58,337 29,294 34,489 Real-estate loans (gross) Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 4 / Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) do.... 10,317 percent.. 5/..1941-43=10.. 3.99 45.25 48.14 4.01 45.25 48.08 4.70 57.41 61.64 4.71 58.97 63.41 4.72 60.03 64.56 1,072 11,851 88,180 6,439 1,256 12,257 102,202 6,528 1,533 13,749 156,187 7,025 1,810 13,124 132,386 6,914 1,440 13,502 150,574 6,802 1,442 #53.4 492 269 1,481 #54.9 582 282 2,486 87.8 698 347 2,215 78.2 573 325 2,252 79.5 554 307 Production: Freight car loadings total•••••••••••••••••••thous. of cars.. 4.72 59.59 64.08 154,498 1,097 38.7 J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for following programs: R.R.; Federal employees; veterans; and ex-servicemen. .4/ Daily average." J5/ Wednesday data."" Figures for member banks are on revised basis; leaders indicate data not available. 6>/ Week beginning July 20, 1959: ""Production, 374 thous. short tons; operating rate, 13.2 percent. *Monthly index for July 1958. #Based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons); not comparable with 1959 rates which are based on January I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1959 1958 ITEM March GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS National income and product: ±/ Seasonally adjusted quarter Iv totals at annual rates:' National income, total bll. of dol. Compensation of employees, total do... Wages and salaries, total do... Pr i vate do... M i I i tary do... Government civil ian do... April January February March r355.8 r252.5 r235.2 r193.4 r9.5 r32.3 r*380.4 r*262.9 r*245.I r*200.8 r*9.9 r*34.4 389.4 r269.9 r250.9 r206.2 r9.8 r34.8 do. do. do. do. do. rl7.3 r46.l r3l.6 rl4.6 rl 1.7 r*l7.8 r*47.4 r*33.2 r*l4.l r*ll.9 rl9.0 r46.9 r33.7 rl3.2 rl2.0 Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,total.do. Corporate profits before tax, total. do. Corporate profits tax liability do. Corporate profits after tax do. Inventory valuation adjustment do. Net i nterest. do. r3l.5 r32.0 rl5.7 rl6.3 r-*4 rl3.9. r*43.5 r*44.6 r*2l.9 r*22.7 r*-I.I r»|4.7 45.5 46.5 22.6 23.8 -.9 r 15.1 Gross national product, total do. Personal consumption expenditures, total do. Durab le goods • do. Nondurab le goods • do. Ser vi ces do. Gross private domestic investment, total do. New. construct ion do. Producers• durable equipment...................do. Change in business inventories do. r43I.O r287.3 r36.9 r139.5 r 111.0 r52.4 r35.5 r23.8 r-6.9 r*457.I r*299.I r*39.8 r* 143.6 r* 115.7 r*6l.3 r*37.3 r*23,2 r*.8 r470.2 r303.9 r4l.3 r145.3 rll7.4 r69.8 r39.7 r23.9 r6.l r2.0 r22.2 r20.2 r89.3 r50.l r44.0 r39#2 r*.2 r*22.7 r*22.5 r*96.5 r*54.2 r»45.3 r*42.2 r-.9 r2l.5 r22.4 r97.4 r53.8 r45.8 r43.6 Supplements to wages and salaries Proprietors 1 income, total Business and professional Farm ' Rental income of persons Net exports of goods and services do. Exports do. I mports •••••• .do. Gov't purchases of goods and services, -total do. Federa I (less Government sa les) do. Nat I ona I defense. • .do. State and local. • .do. April jr/Revised. *Data a r e for the 4th quarter 1958.. jVRevised beginning 1956; data for periods not shown will appear in the July 1959 SURVEY. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9028 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1959 1958 ITEM March Apri 1 January February April March GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued National Income and product 1/ - Continued Seasonally adjusted Quarterly totals at annual rate - Con. Less: r*366.3 r*43.4 r*322.9 r*23.7 r352.2 r4l.9 r3l0.3 r22.9 Personal tax and nontax payments**•••••••••.do.... May June March r37l.8 r44.4 r327.4 r23.5 April May June Personal Income, by source: ±f Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: r354.6 r234.9 r95.5 r74.7 r63.2 r34.3 r4l.9 r9.3 r357.l r237.9 r96.7 r75.7 r34.6 r43.l r9.3 r375.4 r254.0 r106.3 r83.8 r66.6 r36.4 r44.8 r9.8 r379.0 r257.3 r108.6 r85.4 r66.9 r36.8 r45.0 r9.9 r38l.3 r259.8 r109.8 r86.7 r67.5 r37.l r45.4 r9.9 382.9 261.1 110.4 87.2 67.8 37.2 45.7 10.0 r32.0 rl3.8 r 11.8 rl2.6 r20.3 r26.8 r6.8 r337.1 r32.3 rl3.4 rl 1.8 rl2.6 r20.4 r26.4 r7.0 r339.9 r34.0 H2.9 M2.0 rl2.8 r2l.6 r26.6 r8.2 r358.5 r34.3 rl2.2 rl2.0 rl2.9 r2l.8 r26.9 r8.3 r362.7 r34.5 rl2.0 rl2.0 M3.0 r22.0 r26.4 r8.3 r365.3 34.6 12.1 12.0 13.1 22.2 26.2 127 129 131 133 149 152 rl52 rl55 133 93 146 119 135 181 157 108 163 154 174 138 164 215 183 135 125 156 139 141 148 148 122 69 149 166 155 176 142 165 217 141 125 124 139 127 109 61 130 138 106 149 125 138 183 159 113 120 148 130 128 137 131 115 72 133 rl53 rl56 rl69 rl57 128 130 134 91 148 120 137 182 158 113 109 139 129 126 137 129 108 62 130 132 134 139 103 151 125 141 185 160 116 113 145 132 129 138 131 112 66 134 147 150 160 146 170 138 159 207 181 135 129 158 141 140 145 149 123 72 144 105 104 96 113 105 III III 99 123 III 135 141 142 142 121 119.2 95.6 113.5 125.3 M0.7 110.7 123.0 100.3 116.4 1 119.6 90.8 107.2 128.1 1 109.8 M5.0 123.5 108.5 124.2 | r63.5 • Proprietors' Income: Less personal contributions for social insurance.do.... 8.4 366.9 Industrial production (FRB): Metal fabricating (including ordnance) do.... 110 Metal fabricating (including ordnance) do...* rl85 135 133 166 142 143 rl50 rl38 rl24 178 145 rl69 r2l5 rl88 rl37 pl55 pi 58 pi 72 pl56 pl8l pl50 pl73 p2l4 p 191 pl40 140 rl7l rl45 pi 76 pl49 rl42 rl50 rpl38 pl45 pl48 pl43 pl28 68 127 72 rl49 pl48 pl46 150 153 164 149 173 142 163 211 rl53 rl56 rl69 rl54 rl47 r|69 r2l4 r 190 pl55 pl59 pl72 pl52 pl83 pl50 pl76 p2l6 pl93 138 133 166 rl42 pl45 rl47 rl50 rl44 rl83 142 147 rl43 rl24 178 139 170 149 pr 141 P73 pl72 pl52 pl46 pl49 pl43 pl26 71 126 73 rl47 pl48 pl47 rl37 rl46 rl4l rl5l pl45 pl55 pl56 p74 Consumer durables output (FRB): rl47 153 152 115 rl 17 p 121 120.0 92.4 107.2 128.3 110.0 114.0 123.4 117.8 126.3 J r119.9 1 90.8 107.7 r128.4 110.0 113.4 123.5 r118.5 r128.2 119.6 147 COMMODITY PRICES Commodities other than farm products and foods do.... 1 M9.5 98.5 112.9 125.3 110.8 110.3 123.2 99.9 115.9 1 r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. * Data are for 4th quarter 1958. \J See si mi Jar note for p. 9028 89.9 108.1 128.1 109.9 111.2 123.6 118.9 128.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 4 1959 1958 ITEM May June March April May June COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Wholesale price index - Continued Commodities other than farm products and foods - Coiitinued •49=100.. 149.4 148.6 135.4 130.5 143.8 93.5 128.0 149.5 148.8 135.2 130.5 144.2 93.3 128.0 152.2 153.6 137.7 132.0 146.7 93.9 132.1 152.1 152.8 138.3 132.2 147.5 94.1 132.2 r152.5 r153.0 138.4 132.0 r148.8 r94.5 132.2 of dot.. ...do.... 3,403 2,470 3,820 2,340 3,340 2,454 3,778 3,018 3,542 2,749 ...do.... ...do.... 108.5 101.3 69.5 7.2 113.0 101.3 70.6 11.7 rl2I.O r118.1 r80.2 r2.9 137.0 133.2 93.1 3.8 134.0 130.6 90.6 3.4 136.0 131.2 89.3 4.8 1,039.0 1,057.0 r1,403.0 1,390.0 1,340.0 1,370.0 311.2 68.9 124.6 2.8 1,742.5 118.8 1,154.7 118.0 1,798.6 123.7 1,184.6 105.4 810.7 156.2 275.8 8.5 317.9 71.4 124.5 3.2 1,821.1 130.4 1,210.0 108.3 1.3 88.8 2.7 15.0 69.2 150.2 61.8 41.4 72.1 156.6 81.2 45.0 175.8 105.7 21.0 60.2 1.6 94.8 2.5 13.3 73.2 160.3 62.1 48.0 6,161 6,217 43,381 4,455 10,959 6,674 47,667 4,593 3,543 11,512 38,602 4,569 5,852 11,540 32,914 3,549 16,049 11,848 37,115 4,005 136.1 87.7 166.6 154.2 157.0 548.0 561.4 221.8 482.5 480.6 223.6 511.9 453.2 318.3 534.6 577.5 275.4 551.3 589.1 237.5 534.2 535.6 236.1 149.0 146.7 18.3 438.0 683.2 141.8 138.6 21.5 409.2 667.8 161.8 159.2 24.3 457.7 578.5 161.3 168.6 16.9 466.5 567.9 172.4 166.8 22.5 484.2 562.4 167.9 161.4 29.0 428.9 579.8 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages....... ...do..... 152.8 153.4 137.6 132.3 147.3 94.9 132.2 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction contracts in 48 States (F.W.Dodge Corp.) New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started: Unadjusted: Total, privately and publicly owned... Seasonally adjusted at annual rate: FINANCE Stocks, cash dividend payments publicly reported: of dol.. ...do.... Public utilities: ...do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (incl. foreign ore), operations in all U.S.districts: Receipts at iron and steel plants thous. of long tons.. .-.do Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1947-49=100.. PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Newsprint, United States: Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of month..do..•• r/ Revised. USCOMM-DC-9028 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D.C. 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