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^jjgjlftcto^ BUSINESS July 27,1956 STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $3.25 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 l75 INDEX, 1947-49^100 f'—'""""V 150 125 100 75 - 1 1 I ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i I 1 1 1 1 1 i 17 5 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) 4 l'50 4 H 125 -n H loo —JLJ—L-JL-I-JLj J J 1—L- 1_J—L i -L-JL-1 J- L...L.-LJ JFMAM J JASONO INDEX,1947-49=100 160 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 125 CONSUMER PRICES (seasonally adjusted) 120 S40 Stocks (end of month) All Items 115 120 110 soo 105 l^M i i i I i i i I i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i t i I i i 1953 1954 1955 M i I i i i i iI Ii i i I 1956 80 l i I i n I n i i i 1 n i n I M i i i 1 n i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i M 1955 1953 S954 1956 INDEX, 1947-49=100 INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 120 130 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* COTTON CONSUMPTION (seasonally adjusted) (daily average; seas, adj.) 110 | 120 " 100 NO too * Average per working day 7 0 I I I III I I I I I I II I M I l l II t I 1 M I III I I I II 1 I I I II 1 I IIII 1953 1954 1955 1956 [ A f\ \AA^ ¥ •^ 9 0 JULLliJ.IJ S I 1M i l l 1 I 1 1 1 \ 11 l l l l l l l H f\A ^j 1 i i 1 l 1 81 1 ! i 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1955 ITEM July 16 1956 July 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 July 21 Commodity prices, wholesale: ....1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... 22 commodities 2/ do.... 88.1 105 1,147 1,076 H3.9 89.2 102.1 121.4 87.5 90 1,285 1,211 114.1 90.4 102.6 121.4 88.4 99 114.0 90.3 102.4 121.3 88.8 30,287 25,432 18,774 565 30,485 25,621 19,030 592 30,763 25,684 18,902 472 30,923 25,903 19,040 756 30,808 25,769 18,869 56,113 21,568 84,013 31,663 23,465 7,923 55,866 21,560 85,169 32,565 23,429 7,937 56,210 22,014 85,622 26,582 28,845 8,606 55,248 21,988 85,521 26,559 28,843 8,591 55,346 21,916 85,132 26,349 28,734 8,619 224 3.24 311.7 354.8 172 3.24 311.8 354.6 249 3.47 345.0 402.5 208 3.48 347.7 406.2 251 3.49 356.2 416.8 1,613 10,440 195,423 6,626 2,202 #91.2 794 369 1,572 10,620 196,434 6,650 2,086 11,498 123,331 7,034 2,090 84.9 755 376 1,843 10,391 79,671 7,086 302 12.3 478 274 1,375 10,878 133,773 7,084 317 12.9 620 316 91.1 97 1,250 1,139 * 110.5 *89.5 *I03.1 •116.5 90.4 94 1,193 1,084 30,416 25,571 18,779 732 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading citiesi±/ Demand deposits, adjusted............... ....mi 1. of dol.. Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans> (gross)...do.... do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1s) Stock prices,480 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1935-39=100.. .do.... Industrials, 420 stocks. Production: Bitumi ». of short tons., .mi 1. of kw.-hr.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/......, ..thous.'of bb 1 • • ». of short tons.. .thous. of cars.. 2,195 #91.0 786 368 622 223 3.49 360.3 422.5 135,192 377 15.3 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. j>/ Week ended July 28, 1956: Production, 385 thous. short tons; operating rate, 15.6 percent. £ / Data for 1956 adjusted to revised classification of class I railroads. * Monthly index for JuJy 1955. # Not comparable with 1956 rates which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 1955 ITEM May June March May April June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial and commercial failures: do.... ..........do.... .do.... ...do.... do.... .thous. of dol.. do.... ,. ..do.... .... .do.... do.... do.... 955 80 121 168 499 87 914 75 114 200 446 79 1,170 102 150 224 572 122 985 91 153 186 463 92 1,164 94 132 245 575 158 1,105 34,714 1,998 4,885 14,093 10,874 2,864 36,667 5,259 4,702 13,888 9,564 3,254 42,622 2,015 7,089 15,649 12,430 5,439 41,871 2,900 6,967 17,142 10,772 4,090 59,901 3,619 8,877 28,450 13,242 5,713 43,013 3,588 8,598 10,684 12,812 7,331 93 163 183 551 115 COMMOOiTY PRICES ...1947-49*100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... ..do.... 114.2 103.3 Ml.1 104.0 120.2 102.1 114.4 103.2 111.3 [ 104.1 119.5 1 103.8 M4.7 104.8 109.0 106.9 H4.8 92.8 114.9 104.8 109.6 106.4 116.7 94.0 115.4 104.8 lil.O 107.5 121.5 95.5 1/ 116.2 104.8 113.2 107.7 131.4 98.0 do.... do.... do.... 119.4 110.9 103.7 130.3 127.5 119.7 110.7 103.8 130.4 127.6 120.7 111.7 103.1 131.6 131.4 120.8 III.8 102.7 131.7 131.6 120.9 II 1.8 102.6 132.2 131.9 121.4 111.7 102.8 132.5 132.0 113.9 106.5 125.5 119.9 H4.7 106.2 125.8 119.9 119.2 107.7 126.7 121.2 119.5 108.2 126.4 121.4 119.6 108.2 r127.1 121.5 119.9 107.6 126.8 121.8 91.0 87.6 90.0 90.7 87.4 89.8 88.0 87.0 91.2 r87.4 86.7 90.1 2/ 87.6 2/ 86.1 2/ 88.3 Rent. do.... ....do.... Purchasing power of the dollar as measured by...1947-49=100.. do.... 88.7 87.2 91.7' £ / Revised. \J Index based on 1935-39=100 is 194.3. 2/ Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 45.8;Bank consumer prices, 51.5; retail food, 43.7. Federal Reserve of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1955 ITEM 1956 June May March April May June CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction contracts awarded, 37 States (F.W.Dodge Corp.): 75,896 2,185 1,737 75,141 2,255 1,794 79,196 2,382 1,986 81,231 2,421 1,966 78,801 2,480 1,949 62,249 2,198 1,620 261.8 257.3 261.3 263.8 259.5 263.1 272.4 268.7 271.6 274.1 270.3 273.4 276.8 272.5 275.4 278.0 273.7 276.1 269.7 265.6 259.6 261.8 248.3 271.5 267.3 261.3 263.8 249.8 280.4 278.4 269.9 271.4 263.3 282.3 280.0 271.5 273.6 264.6 285.3 282.2 273.8 275.4 266.2 286.6 283.5 274.6 275.9 267.5 262e3 256.4 26369 258.3 272,1 266.2 273s8 268.2 276.1 269.9 276*8 270.4 4,548 3,402 5,249 5,399 4,648 3,734 167,714 62,211 36,570 177,917 67,634 37,569 189,793 73,214 40,132 176,760 65,715 37,763 185,584 69,452 38,766 186,540 70,733 38,937 42.7 28.4 20.6 44.7 28.3 20.8 47.2 29.7 20.8 45.4 30.1 21.5 46.0 p28.6 p2l.7 47.0 p28.9 p2l.7 2.75 2.76 2.90 3.05 2.93 2.89 251.3 62.0 104.8 1,390.3 93.6 909.6 104.0 1,607.1 102.7 1,088.5 115.0 707.1 125.6 248.3 288.9 56.9 130.1 9.2 2.1 1,623.3 109.1 1,078.3 128.7 8.3 5.1 40.4 112.9 62.5 38.6 28.7 41.1 120.3 68.5 42.3 28.7 138.8 92.9 23.6 61.3 7.4 4.62 4.95 2.21 3.36 3.15 3.49 4.63 4.95 2.23 3.40 3.15 3.49 5.25 5.73 2.32 3.86 3.36 3.87 4.14 4.05 4.55 4.69 4.06 2.49 3.87 3.71 4.53 4.66 4.01 2.40 157.89 421.55 64.06 157.75 Construction cost index (E. H. Boeckh and Associates): Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: Commercial and factory buildings: Residences: Br ick ##Si4i,do6iSi DOMESTIC TRADE FINANCE Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U. S. Government, annual rate: Bonds, yields: Stocks: Cash dividend payments publicly reported: 3.3 Public utilities: 9.4 6.2 41.0 122.8 66.0 50.4 27.0 5.27 5.76 2.32 3.89 3.36 3.87 5.28 5.77 2.32 3.93 3.36 3.87 5*29 3*77 2;32 3.93 3.36 4.01 3.86 3.68 4.52 5.02 4.36 2.72 3.87 3.69 4.66 4.97 4.35 2.89 4.13 3.97 4.73 5.41 4.52 3.07 4.01 3.82 4.68 5.35 4.41 3.19 162.77 440.79 64.23 161.16 176.71 502.67 67.05 167.71 180.80 511.04 66.20 172.87 I77;74 495.20 65.69 173.33 173.76 485.33 66.24 165.97 3,045 498 3,762 557 3,517 662 2,969 536 3,115 551 3,862 47 179 195 29 304 251 57 231 273 28 411 327 67 226 239 35 110 312 52 179 196 29 202 245 53 (84 202 26 331 242 646 62 236 293 30 432 290 1,543 1,877 1,866 1,529 1,526 1,873 128 105 149 139 155 57 177 40 144 125 99 151 147 152 50 191 42 140 133 109 167 146 146 63 268 39 148 131 Ml 167 145 157 59 208 38 146 130 M4 170 145 163 32 208 38 143 126 107 158 149 167 54 196 38 138 1.4 61.9 4.5 1.2 75.8 7.2 Dividend rate per share: Dividend yields: Prlces: TRANSPORTATION Freight car loadings (A.A.R.): 1/ Freight car loadings: £/ Preliminary. \J & a + a http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 3 <f o / 8 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for J une !9 55 and March and June 1956 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1956 1955 ITEM May April March June May June TRANSPORTATION - Continued Freight-car surplus and shortage, dally average? Car surplus, total••••.«».•.••••••••••••••••••••••••number9„ BOX CSrS© *.....*..•*......*.*<[>*«*«..ooee*«e@<9®9<»e«s e QO s **. Gondolas and open hopper s......,S8e,»®.®.,i,*®®s»®®®®©e*6do.e9,s Car snorTage, TOTaI**..........«..**.*.e**ee®eee@*eo** oo*©so OOX Car S.......*.•*..........••****.«e.»*ee@i9®*s.see OO **** 6,910 2,172 7,663 3,767 3,854 4,477 777 444 366 165 27 40 10,456 6,103 3,788 4,602 3,844 740 5,674 3,797 1,430 6,999 3,557 2,929 6,686 2,642 3,490 1,248*4 621*0 1,187*2 1,239.0 582*2 1,210*6 1,303*0 547*0 1,291.1 1,210.7 535*0 1,184.8 1,282*4 557.9 1,289*5 1,120*9 418*2 5,233*5 96 99 98 97 98 7,912 8,133 8,686 7,979 8,287 8,315 883*8 167*1 1,069 198*9 179.9 232*0 186.1 1,334 1,066 206.8 166*4 1,125 197*8 185.5 202*8 180.0 268 912 2!3 982 798 184 956 773 183 14,414 2,911 2,317 6,350 3,866 2,048 9,583 3,383 866 PAPER AND PRINTING Paperboard (National Paperboard Association)? 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Active spindles, last working day, total**.*.thousands*. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total*..mil. of hr9. 485 474 503 500 490 458 8,949 135*9 10,928 132.9 11,740 142*8 9,324 142.2 9,128 139.6 10,664 130*6 70*5 30.1 69.9 30.6 66.3 33.9 r58.l r26.6 56*9 r28.9 50.9 25.3 40.1 21.0 43.5 20.5 49.5 40.1 55.0 47*5 61.0 49.6 64.1 54.8 4,320 2,675 2,438 1,645 3,057 1,732 1,690 1,325 5,989 4,366 4,326 1,623 5,967 4,152 4,128 1,815 6,723 4,549 4,493 2,174 5,607 3,318 3,261 2,289 1,024 1,007 1,001 1 812 982 55 48 784 54 793 764 25 25 740 720 53 44 758 737 40 36 Rayon and acetate (filament yarn and staple): Shipments, domestic, producers8! Stocks, producers', end of month; TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Railway equipment, American Railway Car Institute: Freight cars: Passenger cars, equipment manufacturers: 1 1 rj Revised. j>/ Preliminary. 49 41 54 J / Data for June 1955 and March and June 1956 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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