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-1WEHTOfr" July 3, 1959 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars Billion Dollars 105 TOTAL LOANS A N D 105 INVESTMENTS Average of Wednesday Data Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) H 100 100 95 90 H90 85 H85 8 0 L\j i i i i. I i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i t I I I i I i i I I i i l \ \ 1 i i i i i I i i i i .i 1956 1957 1958 1959 I i i I I I i I i J F M A M J J L_L*i80 A S O N D Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 Index, 1947-49 = 100 275 275 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION Monthly (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adf. index) 250 h 225 200 H I 75 Lj 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I l I I I I I I | i I I i I | I 1 | | I l I I I | i | | 1 I l I i 1956 1957 1958 1959 Index, 1947 - 4 9 = 100 Billion 120 5 COTTON CONSUMPTION Dollars NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY (seasonally adjusted) (daily average; seas, adj.) 11 0 100 •^A k •y 1 90 80 J / < r Private Residential (nonfarm) J .1JLLU.JLLLU 1 1 1 1.1.1 l U - L L L .-LLLUIJ 11111, •XIUULLI-LLJ -^ 2 h 0 1" " » 1 ' " ' i h i i i i 1 1956 1957 li i i ii I t i i n 11 i i f i I i » i i i 1958 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 1958 ITEM June 28 June 21 Commodity prices, wholesale: A I I commod i t i es .1947-49= 100.. Farm products do.... Foods, processed * do.... A I I other do.... 22 commodities 2 / . ..do.... Department store sales do.... Insured unemployment, totaI.. .thous.. State and UCFE programs..... do.... Failures, industrial and commercial. .......number.. Finance: Currency in circu I at ion 3/ mi I. of do I.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... Member bank reserve ba lances 3_/. do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ • do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4_/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. of dol.. Time deposits, except U. S. Government do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total ...do.... U. S. Government ob ligations .....do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... Real-estate loans (gross). do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/.... ..percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks.......... do... Production: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. of short tons. Electric power, by utilities mil. of kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. of bb I. Steel 5/ Percent of capacity......... Freight car loadings, total M i see I I aneous thous. of short tons. thous. of cars. do... June 6 85.4 117 2,786 2,61.1 290 *l19.2 *95.6 *!!3.5 *I25.3 86.1 110 **2,880 2,552 335 88.1 150 **l,54l 1,366 314 31,070 25,939 18,619 635 30,975 26,170 18,983 669 31,641 27,650 18,324 326 57,434 28,067 95,988 32,399 30,297 8,870 55,266 28,259 95,833 32,615 30,280 8,891 3.96 45.16 48.09 June 20 June 13 I 19.4 90.6 107.1 127.9 88.1 141 ** 1,502 1,338 295 I 19.4 90.0 107.8 127.9 88.2 143 June 27 119.6 90.7 107.9 127.9 87.6 267 256 31,803 27,736 18,314 429 31,877 27,994 18,537 473 31,814 28,147 18,627 497 56,054 28,600 94,452 28,538 31,614 10,099 57,387 28,581 94,700 28,453 31,856 10,148 57,184 28,561 95,229 28,072 32,642 10,207 3.98 44.63 47.46 4.68 58.25 62.60 4.69 57.19 61.50 4.70 57.09 61.40 1,479 I 1,941 101,588 6,345 1,616 11,757 109,209 6,332 1,417 13,023 152,681 7,032 1,518 13,503 155,120 7,010 1,543 13,331 156,968 7,017 1,751 #64.9 628 301 1,666 #61.7 627 296 2,653 93.7 683 343 2,604 92.0 709 353 2,620 92.5 724 354 4.70 57.41 61.64 157,451 2,486 87.8 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3_/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. _5/ Week, beginning June 2 9 , 1959: Production, 2,405 thous. short tons; operating rate, 84.9 percent. ^Monthly index for June 1958. ** Includes persons reported under temporary programs (TUC) and under Ex-Servicemen's Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 (UCX). #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 May June March Apri I May June CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 1. of dol.. .....do.... .....do.... do.... .....do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... r3,99l r2,728 r1,420 rl,OI3 355 r695 r200 r287 rl43 r453 r4,343 r2,934 r 1,558 r 1,123 382 r732 rl87 r3l8 rl56 r469 r3,84l r2,722 r1,562 r1,230 r276 r625 rl54 r270 rl24 r398 r4,252 r2,978 r1,779 r1,350 r372 r627 rl50 r276 rl37 r422 r4,645 r3,239 r1,933 rl,425 r447 687 154 320 rl58 r446 4,979 3,466 2,052 1,510 477 762 161 364 175 460 do.... do.... ...-.'1 do... • .....do.... r1,263 r387 rl07 r448 r1,409 411 r!26 r536 rl,l 19 r367 MOO r320 r1,274 r385 rl 12 r4l5 r1,406 r386 rl25 r505 1,513 406 135 575 r3,930 r2,7l4 r1,406 r723 r208 r298 rl30 r440 r3,956 r2,729 r 1,423 r7l8 195 r303 rl30 r443 r4,654 r3,166 r1,867 r685 rl56 r305 rl46 r452 r4,63l r3,220 rl,93l r688 rl53 r3l 1 rl44 r443 r4,6l2 r3,244 r1,939 r7l6 r!57 r334 rl43 r433 4,544 3,228 1,893 742 163 344 146 433 r1,216 r383 rl07 r4l6 r1,227 r383 rl II r420 r1,488 r395 r 133 r582 r1,411 r388 rl35 r5l2 r1,358 r283 rl25 r472 1,316 380 118 449 rl1,641 r3,689 4,261 3,691 11,863 2,475 6,450 2,938 7,255 981 4,333 1,941 9,171 848 5,115 3,207 9,338 809 5,015 3,515 New construction (seasonally adjusted), total J./.. .....do.... .....do.... .....do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... .....do.... Highway concrete pavement contract awards: 3/ r7 Revised. ±/ Revisions for months for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9435 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis of sq. yd.. do.... do.... do.... not shown will be published later. 2/ Except farm and public utility. 3/ Data for April 1959 are MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1959 1958 ITEM Apri 1 May February March Apri 1 May DOMESTIC TRADE Magazine advertising: thous. of dol.. Household equip., supplies, furnishings... 69,727 5,424 6,505 3,372 66,070 5,033 5,86 1 3,894 56,400 2,935 4,644 2,783 70,080 4,888 7> 428 3,317 73,862 5,244 7,973 4,635 73,922 5,042 8,437 3,724 6,241 7,517 3,475 7,711 6,618 6,713 3,215 6,540 5,827 9,071 2,965 3,681 6,723 9,145 4,326 5,306 6,038 8,042 3,931 7,674 6,501 8,316 4,195 7,797 4,914 1,226 2,051 5,042 1,003 1,786 2,894 880 2,290 3,816 1,322 2,426 4,409 1,392 2,082 4,690 1,046 2,366 2.5 .9 4.1 .7 3.0 3.0 1.0 3.6 .8 2.4 3.3 1.7 2.6 .8 1.3 3.6 1.9 2.8 1.0 1.3 r3.5 2.0 r3.0 rl.l rl.3 p3.5 p2.2 P 2.7 pl.3 pl.O EMPLOYMENT Labor turnover in manufacturing establishments Accession rates, total.....monthly rate per 100 employees.. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Operations on scheduled airlines: 58,833 21,063 8,693 3,339 2,028 60,353 22,613 8,622 3,274 1,963. 56,018 23,237 8,630 3,077 1,913 64,024 28,043 9,875 3,644 2,295 62,214 26,675, 9,459 3,680 2,250 27,108 9,602 31,006 13,226 22,500 4,400 22,500 3,800 30,000 8,400 28,200 13,000 .thous. of lb.. 35,238 40,162 28,900 28,900 38,400 36,500 of short tons.. do.... .do.... 12 255 516 5 180 341 r59 r440 1,126 r29 r433 723 r6 r324 406 7 179 233 117,320 189,776 81,357 182,734 r201,800 103,800 r195,200 139,800 r151,500 166,400 85,900 170,500 87,224 61,675 r152,600 r148,900 r116,500 65,400 1,129 489 1,671 2,093 mi 11 ions.. Passenger-miles flown, revenue.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Vegetable oils, Copra: oilseeds, and byproducts: Coconut or copra oil: Cottonseed: Cottonseed cake and mea1: Cottonseed oi 1: .thous. of lb.. F1axseed: ..thous. of bu.. .....do 1,684 2,127 1,585 1,644 1,664 2,164 1,886 1,004 ..thous. of lb.. 32,888 30,597 33,400 37,300 • 22,400 33,500 ..thous. of bu.. ..do.... 31,477 51,747 32,208 40,879 33,967 86,450 36,010 73,993 34,583 61,543 36,387 50,673 ..thous. of lb.. 335,600 347,301 355,300 380,800 365,600 385,500 us. of tax gal.. do.... do .. 18,886 11,590 863,089 16,538 13,158 862,770 20,431 11,545 866,203 r22,076 12,978 872,725 23,407 13,354 878,849 11,710 5,734 751,881 5,642 4,523 10,337 6,511 752,486 6,443 5,094 13,994 6,311 763,704 6,144 5,013 14,468 6,635 768,349 6,304 5,046 15,509 6,611 774,235 6,379 5,069 43,900 5,174 206 24,153 26,039 4,125 1,047 20,509 33,166 5,741 830 30,387 36,402 7,206 1,001 37,079 42,520 6,474 557 20,453 1,804.4 839.0 57.8 907.7 165.2 1,775.8 885.5 54.8 835.5 158.2 1,861.8 783.1 55.1 1,023.5 183.7 1,949.5 855.4 57.5 1,036.6 191.5 2,013.4 912.3 54.9 1,046.2 193.5 1,890.4 898.2 48.1 944.0 179.1 919 945 3,342 1,230 6,924 1,037 2,526 Linseed oil, raw: Soybeans: Soybean oi1: FOODSTUFFS Disti1 led spirits: Whisky: do .. . of proof ga1.. Grains: Receipts, interior primary markets: ..thous. of bu.. do.... Meats: do 28,388 9, 140 1,042 31,988 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel).. £/ Revised. JJ/ Pre I iminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9435 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis .thous. of do!.. 1 879 2,248 709 -488 1 1,921 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1959 1958 ITEM Apri 1 May February Apr i 1 March May METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Machine tools (metal-cutting and metal-forming): 28.30 20.85 50.90 44.20 2.6 28.05 23.85 | 50.10 41.70 2.5 45.40 40.05 36.05 29.85 3.8 51.55 46.70 45.75 39.40 3.9 r53.20 46.90 r45.00 r38.25 3.9 P48.I0 P45.00 P4I.25 p36.25 p3.9 697.3 302.6 247.3 224.9 654.8 267.0 1 218.8 263.0 1,125.4 271.4 297.8 1,347.6 494.0 346.6 329.7 1,040.2 389.3 317.4 274.4 1,039.6 431.9 257.3 277.9 786.5 639.1 994.5 804.6 528.9 803.0 623.1 966.3 805.2 518.2 r900.0 r669.6 rl,000.2 r836.3 r542.4 r969.9 r704.1 r1,082.6 r903.7 r532.0 120.9 71.7 132.8 122.3 139.2 127.0 73.3 131.2 1 125.5 138.7 rl46.9 r89.7 r137.5 r129.6 rl57.7 rl0l.5 r147.9 r!48.I r128.6 165.0 110.6 155.0 151.6 129.9 do.... do.... .....do.... 341.6 412.4 342.8 344.0 216.1 344.1 397.5 348.3 345.9 218.5 r370.4 r360.8 r329.1 r326.8 r238.8 r4l8.2 r39l.3 r370.6 r369.6 r239.8 440.0 433.0 385.0 384.0 241.0 do.... do.... do.... .....do.... do.... 277.0 119.8 297.4 288.3 115.3 285.2 115.4 279.7 288.8 103.3 r327.1 r168.1 r3ll.7 r3l6.2 r103.2 r332.9 rl59.8 r328.6 r325.6 r97.9 317.9 152.5 326.0 327.4 97.8 of gross.. do.... 11,091 10,848 12,159 12,208 11,416 10,347 12,518 11,929 13,226 12,384 13,330 13,213 l;082 1,157 1,065 1,208 1,240 1,301 3,210 696 1,079 1,045 2,668 940 128 19,031 3,511 966 1,498 1,157 2,750 1,032 137 18,741 3,101 549 643 1,097 2,724 1,025 143 18,938 3,375 961 872 1,247 3,000 1,130 136 19,341 3,271 1,119 1,328 1,222 2,882 1,178 144 19,943 3,547 1,378 1,670 1,238 2,838 1,101 140 19,832 I. of dol.. E1ectr i ca1 equ i pment: thousands,. Television sets (incl. combination), production J./..do Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales billed... •....do.... Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) 2 7 . .....do.... 459.5 PAPER AND PRINTING Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and p aperboard: hort tons.. do.... do.... do.... do.... Fine paper: do.... do.... .....do.... do.... do.... Printing paper: do.... Coarse paper: 1 r135.9 *922.9 *696.1 *866.0, *863.0 *468.7 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containers: General-use food: .....do Wide-mouth food (incl. packers' tumblers, jelly do do do.... r./ Revised. _£>/ Preliminary. * April data exclude estimates for tissue and miscellaneous papers. ±/ Data for March 1959 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2/ Data exclude sales of combination washer-dryer units; sales of such types totaled 11,600 units in May 1959. USCOMM-DC-9435. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 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