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^asssia^ July 5, 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 100 100 Average of Wednesdcy data TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) 95 95 90 h 90 1957 ./ 85 / 1956 80 75 Li-J i i i i I i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i i I i i i i i 1957 1956 1955 1954 I I I I I 1 I I I I LJ J F M A M J J A S O N D THOUSANDS 75 THOUSANDS 250 1,200 Monthly PASSENGER CAR A N D TRUCK PRODUCTION Weekly (United States plants) 1,000 200 800 150 600 100 400 H 50 200 Ll I I I I 1 1 1 1 I I 1954 1 M I I I i 1 M M i M 1955 I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1956 I 1957 - L J — I I I L_l J F M A M J J INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 I I I LJ 0 A S O N D INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) Weekly I 200 -\ 175 175 1957 *^x 150 150 H \,956>i\ j H 125 ^^^ %. too -i. \*y^\ ^^v <\I K 0> J "> »i «0 / 1 i i n 1954 i 1 1 1 l„ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1,1 1 1 1 I I 1955 1956 1 1 -J-..J- L J -L-L-JL-1.,J.....J .J....1957 I 125 I I I I I I I I I I I J F M A M J J A S O N D 100 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1957 1956 ITEM June 2 3 June 30 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 Commodity prices, wholesale: ••••• I947-49*100.. .....do.... do.... do.... 87.8 109 1,222 1,150 *II4.2 •91.2 •102.3 •121.5 88.1 104 1,147 1,076 117.5 90.6 106.5 125.3 89.5 125 1,396 1,305 117.5 90.9 106.3 125.3 89.6 129 1,340 1,251 117.3 90.7 105.2 125.3 89.3 119 30,541 25,779 19,116 616 30,485 25,621 19,030 595 30,836 24,987 18,846 442 30,903 24,988 18,834 495 30,904 25,424 19,148 592 56,905 21,934 86,336 27,055 28,916 8,582 56,210 22,014 85,622 26,582 28,845 8,606 55,320 23,556 86,210 25,790 31,170 8,649 56,448 23,585 86,754 25,690 31,519 8,667 56,276 23,491 87,670 25,633 32,463 8,675 245 3.46 46.41 49.54 249 3.47 47.07 50.35 289 4.09 47.27 50.81 265 4.14 48.05 51.82 241 4.18 47.72 51.53 1,690 11,478 126,836 7,056 2,057 11,498 123,328 7,034 1,670 11,550 152,887 7,338 1,723 11,958 148,120 7,294 1,713 12,337 141,084 7,238 2,290 #93.0 800 382 2,114 #85.9 755 376 2,240 87.5 733 349 2,214 86.5 746 354 2,181 85.2 747 354 ..do.... 117. 1 90.2 105.0 125.2 89.9 F 5 nance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding* total 37 do.... do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: 4/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government. Loans and investments (adjusted), total ...dn Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) w 3 / , e o e o o e p e r c e n t 0 . Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's > 4/...1941-43=10.. do.... Product i on: JS. of short tons.. Steel 5/ Percent of capacity £ / o e 8 e e o thoiJS, of sftort tons., saee.se.. «••««. «... do 30,849 25,294 19,171 560 271 4.21 47.09 50.92 147,836 2, 150 84.0 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3_/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data; S&P's index on revised basis. 5/ Week beginning July I, 1957: Production, 2,024 thous. short tons; operating rate, 79.1 percent. *Monthly index for June 1956. #Not comparable with 1957 rates, which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 1957 ITEM Apri 1 May February March April May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Business incorporations: 12,475 13,142 10,791 11,815 12,078 50,204 16,702 7,216 3,172 1,787 52,625 18,560 7,742 3,230 1,782 51,685 18,272 7,397 2,808 1,702 59,225 20,930 8,243 3,327 2,006 57,716 20,390 8,126 3,371 2,008 thous. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... do.... 497,170 285,273 169,239 327,381 68,677 50,056 508,204 287,980 177,309 341,681 67,478 50,346 520,662 303,413 170,471 332,369 76,025 53,156 539,632 306,349 186,255 572,316 75,788 53,431 548,780 311,431 189,272 583,535 75,815 53,741 thous, of rio!e8 Operating expenses, including depreciation, .........oo.... do.... Ocean-cab 1e: do.... Operating expenses, including depreciation >.........oo.... do.... Radiotelegraph: do.... Operating expenses, including depreciation, .........oo.,.. do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 18,842 16,345 1,602 20,288 17,284 2,086 19,182 16,924 1,306 20.600 17,859 1,763 21,033 18,317 1,732 2,725 2,134 334 2,816 2,292 255 2,689 2,249 197 2,879 2,340 272 2,824 2,313 239 3,123 2,459 549 3,269 2,509 637 3,332 2,443 791 3,501 2,567 833 3,413 2,545 767 45,006 71,802 1,412 1/9,162 44,221 77,102 1,453 10,165 41,227 74,946 1,512 8,955 41,136 76,985 1,208 9,796 32,738 64,305 1,570 10,414 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Operations on scheduled airlines: do.... do.... do.... Telephone carriers: Telegraph, cable, and radiotelegraph carriers: Wire-telegraph: Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural).......,. ,.thous. of lb.. do.... ...do,... | .thous. of aal.. 1 \J Incomplete; comparable March 1956 figure is lO,166,uuu gaiions. 11,986 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1956 1957 ITEM Apri 1 May February March May Apri 1 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS - Conti nued Organic chemicals, production - Continued .thous. of !b. # do.... do.... do.... 10,967 6,820 80,315 112,692 13,712 7,204 80,050 116,444 9,311 5,702 82,526 105,976 11,522 6,371 89,577 111,620 11,766 7,420 97,156 105,163 thous. of gal.. •••••••••do.... ,thous. of lb., Synthetic plastics and resin materials, product ion: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: 204 19,078 28,271 199 17,814 24,507 166 18,144 27,242 197 rl8,70l 27,080 193 16,647 30,226 3,606 7,376 513 429 42,807 48,812 3,481 7,458 569 489 41,746 50,480 3,292 7,187 429 375 37,064 46,097 4,253 r8,289 379 500 39,816 51,041 3,823 7,168 357 528 34,526 48,708 do.... do.... 23,360 65,487 31,566 11,819 5,855 42,205 13,902 23,455 63,977 31,966 11,493 7,289 47,010 14,512 22,556 64,005 29,980 10,517 7,187 49,800 13,080 25,910 70,419 r31,879 9,951 8,618 56,587 15,428 22,695 68,679 32,391 10,508 8,961 51,793 15,635 i1. of kw.-hr.. do.... do.... 54,519 47,489 7,030 56,279 49,086 7,193 55,374 48,666 6,708 59,765 52,447 7,318 57,702 50,669 7,033 16,257 17,628 15,936 16,897 15,264 604 1,545 2,146 216 606 1,646 2,124 196 550 1,488 1,770 178 632 1,514 1,836 237 613 1,499 1,947 212 1,665 1,961 205 5,252 2,895 4,875 2,749 4,985 2,622 5,380 2,7|0 5,000 2,657 4,884 2,573 1,129 1,146 115 1,063 1,054 121 1,091 943 142 1,011 858 127 1,061 996 113 1,133 1,013 161 1,930.1 945.0 53.8 931.3 182.8 1,942.2 1,006.2 47.3 888.7 174.1 1,843.3 902.5 53.9 886.9 172.8 1,932.0 918.1 49.5 964.4 190.8 1,866.0 906.1 50.6 909.2 182.1 1,963.0 999.1 52.6 7,145 3,934 3,210 7,270 6,737 6,925 352.9 324.2 993.0 549.6 7,586 3,947 3,639 7,271 7,054 6,921 326.0 315.2 1,060.2 467.9 6,741 3,744 2,997 6,763 7,306 6,658 300.9 319.6 1,264.8 464.7 r7,IIO r3,959 r3,151 r7,049 r7,36l 7,247 312.7 286.2 1,609.1 559.8 6,520 3,768 2,752 6,520 7,373 6,871 281.6 230.7 1,115.8 361.2 (128 cu. f t . ) . . ...do.... do.... 2,707 3,010 4,899 2,838 3,147 4,586 3, !37 2,827 6,719 r3, 129 r3,080 r6,766 2,718 3,025 6,45! do.... 775 755 468 800 787 483 678 680 '517 r72i r73l r506 724 726 504 do.... 47,369 109,822 48,272 107,324 46,427 100,253 48,263 97,820 r45,368 r102,796 46,385 98,817 91,602 74,479 155,410 93,740 76,168 162,682 83,235 77,260 184,808 93,916 81,650 181,813 82,340 r76,355 r173,611 95,012 79,930 174,113 Methano!: .thous. of lb.. do.... ..do.... do.... e eeedO.e «e do.... do.... ELECTRIC POWER Electric power: 58,909 51,699 7,210 FOODSTUFFS Distilled spirits, consumption for beverage pur poses thous. of wine gal Ions.. L i vestock: Cattle and calves: Slaughter (federally inspected): s. of animals.. do.... Cattle do.... Shipments, feeder, to 9 corn-belt States... Hogs: do.... do.... Sheep and lambs: do.... Shipments, feeder, to 9 corn-belt States... Meats: do.... do.... do.... do.... Lard 580 91 1.3 186.3 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron and steel scrap: of short tons.. do.... do.... do.... do.,.. Pig iron, production .co.* . ee.»ee$ed0.e,s Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales billed... do.... do.... Television sets (incl. combination), production 2/..•••.do.... 6,945 231.2 254.2 r1,023.8 r342.4 PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING Pulpwood: Waste paper: RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Synthetic rubber: do.... do.... rV Revised. J_/ Figures beginning February 1957 exclude sales of combination washer-dryer units (included in earlier data); sales of such types totaled 82,500 units in the first five months of 1957. 2/ Data for March 1957 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATiSTiCS — Continued 4 !956 1957 ITEM March June May Aprl 1 May June COMMODITY PRICES Prices received and paid by farmers; Prices received, all farm p r o d u c t s e , 9 . . , e . 0 o e , . 1 9 1 0 - 1 4 = 1 0 0 , , UrOpS so©eoe«>oc©QOoQo©oss©OQaaeeos>a«e'eo©oeooo©eG©oeo© OO© ooo Commercial vegetables,, fresh m a r k e t , a e e o ..••.,....do.... UOTTOn ©©ee©eo«®©e®©©©©©a©©©e e oa©©©@©s®«0©«®«o®®o®o Q Q , o©s Feed grains and hay # .«••••••.•••.•••••• »..«do,,,, Food gra 5 ns,,,,,.,,,.,.,,..,«, e , « , , . o e o a » ® ,«»,«> e . « 9 . ® .do. . , . 01 !-bearing crops,.,,,,,,,..,,,,, rOT3TOeS . $M ,,,o.o.do., l ,. l/soo©oco©ffi90oooo099SS©o»o«6«9eea»affiose®oOO,«,e 8O D 0 C C O 9 e,®ff,9®os®e®«a9es«©9«o<»6eoe9©«®®8eo«9a»®s o O O , see Livestock and products.,.,.,,,.,,,-, ••••••.••••••••••do.,,. Da i ry products,••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••.do.,,. Meat animaSSocosoeoaoooeooooooecooooooooooooosoos.do.,,. Poultry and eggs •••.•••••••••••••.•••••••••••do,... Woo!•••••••••••••••.•.•••••••••••••••••••••.••••••do,,0• Prices paid; Family living items,,, .. ... 6<B ....... .•.... e.,,., , , d o , e . . All commod,, services, i n t s , taxes, and wage rates,.do.,., r3r i T y r 3T !0.a..«.,,,....,.e,.eese«o.e.eesoe®«@ee@oe<9*QO..e. 240 249 259 270 192 226 227 265 263 454 245 261 290 273 192 219 261 259 334 453 238 237 252 252 181 235 237 265 148 459 242 242 294 258 180 233 237 264 145 459 243 244 315 266 179 225 228 263 156 457 244 241 283 270 173 218 246 260 152 457 232 247 250 178 233 231 245 251 172 235 238 260 263 150 274 242 253 275 150 286 241 248 278 S44 310 245 247 287 145 3S7 265 278 250 286 84 264 280 248 286 86 272 284 258 295 81 273 285 260 296 82 273 286 259 296 82 273 287 257 296 82 r3,962 r2,839 r1,539 1,150 r352 r706 r253 r295 rl43 r44l r4,288 r3,030 r1,654 1,235 r379 r76l r264 r324 r!56 448 r3,280 r2,392 1,167 875 258 709 269 264 105 r398 r3,64l r2,579 1,300 940 326 713 271 263 119 r432 r4,033 r2,808 rl,4IO r1,000 373 747 270 287 140 r493 4,354 3,012 1,534 1,105 389 786 270 309 156 517 r1,123 r334 rl 16 r427 r246 r1,258 r358 r!35 r50l ! r264 888 345 84 230 229 1,062 374 95 335 258 r1,225 r389 rlOO 455 r28l 1,342 399 115 530 298 r3,849 r2,785 r 1,469 r740 rl30 r437 r1,064 r326 r384 r3,879 r2,792 r1,475 r754 r!30 423 r1,087 r334 r392 r3,895 r2,737 1*388 763 124 r447 1,158 366 434 r3,888 r2,726 1,360 771 125 r455 1,162 380 414 r3,9|| r2,750 r1,335 783 127 r488 rl,!6! r378 410 3,939 2,778 1,364 779 130 488 1, 161 373 414 131 132 135 135 137 CONSTRUCTION A N D REAL ESTATE New dwelling units*..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••do.... 1 ndUStr ials.,..,.,,,®,,,,,,©,©,,®,,,,,,^®®®.©,** ,UO, . , , Commerc ial,,,,,,,,.,.,,»©,«,,.,«.«,,..,,,,,«,,,,,,»do,.,, Nonresidential bui Id ing., ••••••••• • ••..•••••••.• .do.... New construction (seasonally adjusted), total... do.... Construction cost index: jr/ Revised. U Includes sweetpotatoes and dry edible beans. 2/ Except farm and public u t i l i t y . 1 ^.5*0- 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 T O A V O I D PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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