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rfSjjBSBB&'f July 26, 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 BILLION DOLLARS DOLLARS 100 S00 Average of Wednesday data TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) 95 95 90 90 1957 ./ 85 / 1956 H 80 7 5 jgr I ' I ' ' ' 1 ' I ' ' ' I ' ' I L 1955 1954 I I 1956 1 I I L_J I I 1 ' I I l '.-J 7 f i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1957 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 200 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots a n d steel for castings) 175 175 150 150 125 H 125 SOO l LL BILLION I .1 1956 1955 1954 DOLLARS I I I I I l I INDEX i i i i i I i i i i I J F M A M J J A S O N D 1957 1947-49= IOO 120 350 PERSONAL INCOME COTTON CONSUMPTION (Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) (daily average; seas, adj.) 110 300 X Total w^T^V I O O h- 250 Wage and Salary Disbursemen ts 90 h- 200 ,'' 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 i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1954 1955 S956 1957 8 0 1 I I I l I I I i I i I I i M I I I I I I I I IJLLI I I 1 I I I I 1 1 i I I I I I I I I I I 1-954 1955 1956 1957 100 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1957 1956 ITEM July 14 July 21 1 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 Commodity prices, wholesale: 1947-49^100.. do,,t. F1 nance: Currency ?n circulation 3/....., Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total J37 do..,. , do,... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: 4V Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do..,. ............do.... Failures, industrial and commercial Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...!941-43=i0.. do.... Production: s. of short tons.. ..mi 1. of kw.-hr.. Passenger cars and trucks (Ward's)... Steel 5/.. thou s, of short tons.. •.thous. of cars.. •... •••••• 88.4 99 1,358 1,237 * 114.0 *90.0 * 102.2 *S2I.4 88.8 96 1,331 1,203 89 P 107 1,243 1,160 90.1 94 1,369 1,283 117.7 91,5 106.4 125.4 90.2 804 118.0 92.7 107.2 125.4 90.3 31,183 25,641 19,200 515 30,923 25,903 19,040 755 30,808 25,769 18,869 629 | 30,849 25,294 19,171 568 31,146 25,387 18,865 346 31,313 25,792 19,308 563 55,346 21,916 85,132 26,349 28,734 8,619 55,774 ! 21,870 1 84,905 26,264 28,657 8,627 55,729 23,607 86,972 24,917 32,525 8,667 54,307 23,560 88,204 26,310 32,310 8,649 54,750 23,568 87,581 26,020 32,186 8,645 25! 3.49 48.69 52,20 223 3,49 49.30 52.93 271 4.21 47.09 50.92 190 4.24 48.46 52.49 256 4,23 49.05 53.15 1,405 10,878 133,773 7,084 1,508 11,125 135,122 7,111 2, 102 12,111 150,000 7,190 1,875 11,056 87,733 6,952 1,442 11,964 134,553 6,882 317 #12.9 620 316 377 #15.3 648 319 2,150 84.0 732 357 2,009 78.5 535 283 2,015 78.7 692 325 266 4.25 48.58 52.61 139,915 2,030 79.3 U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. .5/ Week beginning July 22, 1957; Production, 2,079 thous. short tons; operating rate, 81.2 percent. ^Monthly index for July 1956. #Not comparable with 1957 rates, which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 ITEM May 1957 June March Apri 1 May June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial and commercial failures: , number.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 1,164 94 132 245 575 118 1,105 93 163 183 551 115 1,336 99 205 239 672 121 1,175 118 172 190 580 115 1,200 82 181 205 600 132 1,084 of dol.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 59,901 3,619 8,877 28,450 13,242 5,713 43,013 3,588 8,598 10,684 12,812 7,331 55,833 3,833 10,424 17,760 17,816 6,000 57,103 3,878 9,090 16,286 15,994 11,855 52,552 4,728 10,820 14,888 15,686 6,430 51,454 3,551 10,066 12,966 17,715 7,156 sq. yd.. 8,513 1,084 3,873 3,557 7,876 720 4,346 2,810 9,582 3,023 4,660 1,899 7,816 1,172 3,702 2,941 9,772 2,284 4,209 3,279 11,086 1,917 6,151 3,017 276.8 272.5 275.4 278.0 273.7 276.1 ! 283.5 278.8 278.4 284.3 279.1 278.9 286.3 280.7 280,3 288.3 282.7 281.7 285.3 282.2 273.8 275.4 266.2 286.6 283.5 274.6 275.9 267.5 292.4 291.6 278.2 275.4 278.7 293.5 292.3 278.7 275.9 279.1 295.9 294.4 280.2 277.4 280.4 297.8 296.4 281.6 278.7 282.6 276.1 269.9 276.8 270.4 278.7 270.9 279.3 271.3 280.8 272.6 282.2 273.9 93 164 179 553 95 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Highway concrete pavement contract awards: J./ ...do.... ...do.... Construction cost index (E. H. Boeckh and Associates) Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: Brick and concrete..............U. S. avg. 1926--29=100.. ...do.... ...do.... Commercial and factory bui1dings: ...do.... ...do.... ...dc... ...do.... ...do,... Residences: ...do.... \J Data' for May 1956 and 1957 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1957 1956 ITEM May June March Apr i ! May June DOMESTIC TRADE Television advertising: Cost of facilities, total............. 40,610 5,425 10,086 8,155 5,125 3,087 38,243 4,642 10,094 7,958 4,991 3,214 43,653 4,470 11,984 9,295 5,583 3,789 r41,222 3,929 11,125 8,76! 5,825 3,810 43,469 4,310 13,810 9,294 6,309 3,901 72,961 5,510 6,685 4,560 6,1 11 7,847 59,946 3,365 6,175 3,389 5,909 7,179 67,898 4,904 5,607 3,557 6,0C2 8,883 81,439 6,206 7,053 5,145 7,028 9,058 73,441 5,544 6,840 4,453 6,332 7,681 ..do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 3,149 5,465 4,054 6,627 1,368 1,655 2,714 4,919 2,042 5,517 843 1,562 3,117 3,976 2,590 5,795 1,441 2,017 3,696 5,246 4,126 6,147 1,526 1,923 3,054 4,931 3,998 6,258 1,298 1,561 ..........do.... do.... do.... do.... .do.... 7,107 5,050 63 5,780 1,014 251 12,598 11,601 57 11,255 967 319 12,145 10,737 66 10,887 1,063 129 6,142 4,256 65 4,799 1,008 270 7,759 5,282 64 6,403 1, 146 147 p12,779 pi 1,648 do.... do.... do.... 5,467 561 4,906 6,937 602 6,334 5,584 60! 4,983 5,987 604 5,383 5,944 604 5,340 p6,190 p646 p5,544 92,478 48,212 7,986 2,140 13,707 3,850 18,002 92,876 48,279 7,921 2,148 13,762 3,854 18,059 97,074 49,564 7,427 2,251 14,110 3,840 19,204 97,488 49,767 7,430 2,264 14,157 3,838 19,314 97,868 49,899 7,340 2,290 14,182 3,843 19,442 2,974 1,725 1,237 30,991 28,612 2,964 1,726 1,226 31,284 28,884 2,941 1,628 1,294 33,672 31,179 2,95! 1,629 1,303 33,840 J 1,334 2,958 1,630 1,309 34,022 31,498 2,646 3,385 1 ,086 3,184 2,673 3,409 1,078 3,189 2,683 3,575 1,056 3,383 2,907 3,606 1,080 3,337 2,948 3,633 1,058 3,350 r498.1 212.3 55.9 9.6 41.7 86.4 r92.2 466.0 185.8 52.6 8.9 41.5 81.0 96.2 575.8 223.8 68.5 I0.C 45.8 108.3 119.4 560.8 228.1 63.5 9.8 44.1 110.6 104.7 551.5 233.6 63.2 9.4 44.6 108.7 92.0 44,221 77,102 1,453 46,410 74,232 1,731 41,136 76,985 1,208 32,738 64,305 1,570 38,895 61,546 1,473 45,901 35,364 25,638 9,726 45,529 858 43,755 38,165 25,853 12,311 41,375 1,033 35,429 29,418 20,79! 8,626 35,253 834 33,631 28,051 9,317 35,275 736 33,444 26,510 17 530 8^980 33,510 1,044 24,464 24,854 8,810 10,165 13,712 7,204 80,050 116,444 22,346 24,387 6,855 11,400 12,100 5,398 85,686 112,656 19,040 20,365 11,064 9,796 11,522 6,371 89,577 111,620 19,047 19,886 9,746 10,414 11,766 7,420 97,156 105,163 18,133 19,043 8,181 11,052 12,880 6,061 98,873 104,614 199 17,814 24,507 194 19,386 22,919 197 18,701 27,080 193 16,647 30,226 16,329 31,444 .thous. of dol.. ..... do.,.. ..do..,. Soaps, cleansers, etc«,.,«»«.,«.«•««•••«••, . » . . . . « « © . O O © «.e do.... Magazine advertising: «»ee«9e«e« GO.... ...do.... .do.... ...do.... . .... FINANCE Federal Government finance: Life insurance (Institute of Life Insurance): Assets, total, all U. S, life insurance comp anies mi 1. of dol.. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total....•do.... do.... Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... do.... do.... do.... .do.... do.... do.... Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries, estimated ...mil. of dol.. tota 1 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural), prod... # do.... Aceryisalicyiic acid (aspirin), production.. Alcohol, ethyl: . of proof gal.. do.... in industrial aicohoi bonded warehouses. . . . . . . . . . . vlO . . . . do.... do.... do.... Alcohol, denatured: s. of wine gal.. ..........do.... do.... Stocks. ...r .thous. of gal.. do.... do.... Methanol, production: Natural (I00£) • Synthetic (I00£) rj Revised. n/ ••••••• Proliminarv. .thous. of gal.. .do.... ic -rxA p58 pi 1,364 p964 p392 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1957 1956 ITEM May June April March May June CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS - Continued Synthetic plastics and resin materials, productions Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes.............. ..thous. of lb,* Molding and extrusion materials..«..«..<,„<,.*.*......do...« Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes e . @ « ee9j9 . ee99 . 8 .do. eee Phenolic and other tar acid reslns»,»»«,««»,.»8.#,() ..do..©. V Iny 1 i © 5 IM S © e © © © ® @ s « e o e » e 9 ® . @ e ® s « @ e e » e @ e . @ o ® e & ® e @ e e » e O O . . a © A Ikyd res I nSa.© e @ 9 0 e , a < > . s e e ( , # 0 . e a o S 9 . e . 9 . e e e 0 e . o o e e s 8 „do» «. ® Po I yester res Iris....................................-..do.... 3,481 7,458 569 489 41,746 50,480 4,055 7,254 | 48? i 407 40 607 44,023 4,253 3,289 379 500 39,816 51,041 3,823 7,168 357 528 r35,442 r48,87I 3,658 7,672 412 466 39,251 48,598 23,455 63 977 31,968 1.1,493 7,289 47,010 14,512 25,083 54,796 29,643 10,544 6,212 45,634 13,170 25,910 70,419 31,879 9,951 8,618 56,587 15,428 r24,2!7 r67,640 r32,382 10,508 8,961 51,793 r!5,7!0 23,971 71 363 34,715 11,749 8,525 56,170 15,118 551.3 150.6 112.0 539.6 143.4 103.4 517.0 145.8 107.9 496.9 139.0 S03.4 479.2 135.3 100.8 r6,922 6,792 2,292 r6,435 6,319 2,315 7,247 r6,894 r2,439 6,871 r6,559 r2,524 6,945 p6,565 p2,670 377.3 264.3 r147.6 332.3 240.6 132.5 343.9 229.8 120.1 r338.9 r238.2 126.8 342.8 249.0 130.0 713,289 809,814 690,627 807,979 672,756 649,700 r20,800 r19,281 r9,803 r490 r9,143 r20,454 r!8,9!8 r11,457 458 r 10,662 19,985 18,457 9,400 470 8,731 19,929 18,365 11,281 451 10,46! 19,781 18,246 9,223 461 8,533 19,740 18,174 9,088 454 8,396 6,723 4,549 4,493 2,174 5,607 3,318 3,261 2,289 9,772 5,611 5,611 4,161 8,961 5,198 5,198 3,763 8,902 5,202 5,124 3,700 8,568 4,820 4,629 3,748 740 720 53 44 758 737 40 36 826 739 6 3 825 732 II 7 789 727 41 6 738 722 65 17 ...••••••• eoeoeooso© ee®..9.«o© *0»»»*«<>«0 •••••••••• METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel forgings (for sale): Pig irons 8 8 Stocks (consumers and suppliers ), end of month......do.... Aluminum shipments: 6,660 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cottons 1/ Manufacturess Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total.....thousands.. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total...mi I. of hra. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RaiIway equipment, American Railway Car Institutes Freight carss Passenger cars, equipment manufacturerss jr/ Revised, j)/ Preliminary. ±/ Data for June 1956 and April 1957 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. (i-. 53LQ USC0MM--DC 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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