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June 27, 1958 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 Index, 194! - 4 3 = SO 70 Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 70 PRICES OF 4 2 5 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly Monmy (Wednesday close) 60 60 1957 40 " ^„,f 50 1958 A A 40 A 30 20 \ ~1 ^^^\^ 50 ^JL±-L^L-J-JLL,1 i LJ—. ! 1955 1 1 I 1 1 1 I ! I 1 1 « 1 t i 1 I 1 8 1 1 i 8 8 1957 1956 1 1 I I i__i 1 I 1 1958 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 275 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 30 i \ I I I ) i I ij vJFMAMJJ ASOND _LJ 20 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 275 Monthly Weekly (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 250 250 1958 225 200 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 125 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 120 CONSUMER PRICES COTTON CONSUMPTION (daily avera§«?; seas, adj.) 120 MO 115 8 00 MO 90 Food I 05 U M I >I H M I I I I l | I i M I I I I I I I I I I I M t I 1 I I I M 1 I M II 1955 1956 1957 1958 80 > - ^ X r^M 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 -ULLLJJJL U. \ 1 1 1 1M i l l 1 i i i i i -j A pv A 1 M I I I 11 1 Li..! WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1957 1958 ITEM June 22 June 15 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 Commodity prices, wholesale: 89.6 139 1,337 1,251 265 •117.4 •90.9 •106.1 •125.2 89.4 128 1,304 1,220 241 86.3 116 3,017 2,795 278 85.8 135 3,012 2,784 325 30,903 24,988 18,834 504 30,904 25,424 19,148 602 30,813 24,994 18,194 639 56,448 23,585 86,754 25,690 31,519 8,667 56,276 23,491 87,670 25,633 32,463 8,675 4.14 48.05 51.82 118.8 95.2 112.9 125.0 85.5 138 119.0 95.4 113.1 125.2 85.4 254 290 30,987 25,240 18,147 537 31,052 25,440 18,274 610 31,070 25,939 18,619 55,434 27,765 92,110 31,093 29,795 8,821 55,686 27,841 92,934 31,289 29,677 8,817 57,100 28,036 93,534 31,216 29,790 8,853 4.18 47.72 51.53 3.99 43.85 46.64 3.99 44.5© 47.37 3.97 44.49 47.31 1,687 !1,958 148,120 7,294 1,697 12,337 141,084 7,238 !,275 11,155 31,612 6,242 l>296 11,681 89,887 6,256 1,395 12,109 95,566 6,335 2,214 #86.5 746 354 2,181 #85.2 747 354 1,567 58.1 530 270 1,685 62.4 613 306 1,728 64.0 622 303 F i nance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.... 666 Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities: £/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans egross)...«.do...« Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 1/ ....5941-43^10.. 3.96 45.16 48.09 Productions >us. of short tons., mi 1. of kw.-hr«. •thous. of bbi«. Steel 5/ the)US. of short tons.. thous. of cars.. 99,450 1,751 64.9 J/ Oata do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data, 5,/ Week beginning June 23, 1958: Production, 1,685 thous. short tons; operating rate, 62.4 percent. • Monthly Index for June 1957. # Based on January I, 1957, annual capacity (133,459,150 tons); not comparable with 1958 rates which are based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1957 1958 ITEM Apri 1 May February April March May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, , do.... ....do.... do.... Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, unadjusted: ...I947-49SI00.. do.... ....do 1,950 1,928 557 1,371 393 711 231 2,057 2,036 566 1,470 433 759 232 2,175 2,144 799 1,345 355 738 223 2,133 2,108 630 1,478 406 762 276 p2,2l4 p2,l98 p624 pi,574 p392 p885 p259 79 52 101 84 53 108 88 74 99 86 59 109 p90 p58 pll6 90 46 123 96 49 132 97 85 105 87 52 114 p9l p48 pl23 12,312 12,220 10,466 11,670 11,329 11,943 1,175 118 172 190 580 115 1,200 82 181 205 600 132 1,238 79 177 208 662 1,495 121 202 281 750 141 1,458 116 209 257 737 139 1,341 57,103 3,878 9,090 16,286 15,994 11,855 52,552 4,728 10,820 14,888 15,686 6,430 71,555 4,470 11,921 23,311 23,531 8,322 83,977 13,497 9,612 29,538 23,657 7,673 56,246 3,812 10,771 17,912 18,279 5,472 Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted: do.... .....do.... Business incorporations: Industrial and commercial failures: j>/ Pre I iminary. 12921 do.... do.... ...do.... .thous. of dol.. ..do.... do.... ....do.... do.... 1 i>2 65,295 3,309 8,747 24,331 23,038 5,870 108 207 242 659 125 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 S957 1958 ITEM April May February March April May COMMODITY PRICES Purchasing power4 of the''dollar as measured by-Wholesale prIces...., ..... S947-49«I0©.. 119.3 106.5 SI3.8 110.5 118.7 102.0 119.6 106.5 H4.6 510.0 122.5 103.7 122.5 106.8 118.7 114.5 124.4 112.0 125.2 112.4 105.1 134.5 136.9 125.3 112.3 104.2 134.7 137.3 123.3 119.8 135,5 125.5 176.8 124.2 114. I 130.7 114.4 123.5 106.7 121.6 112.5 136.6 115.9 1/ 123.6 106.7 121.6 111.8 137.4 116.6 127.3 115.9 104.9 137.0 141.9 127.5 115.9 103.9 137.1 142.3 127.7 116.0 104.0 137.3 142.7 127.8 116.5 104.0 137.5 143.7 123.4 II 1.4 135.3 125.4 176.8 124.3 128.0 116.6 138.5 127.9 185.4 127.0 128.3 117.0 138.7 128.0 185.9 127.2 128.5 117.0 138.3 127.6 186.1 127.2 128.5 116.6 138.7 128.0 186.1 127.2 85.3 83.8 85.4 83.6 84.0 81.6 83.5 81.1 83.8 81.0 2/ 83.7 2/ 80.9 3,185 1,836 411 938 3,234 1,855 389 990 3,404 1,934 3,464 1,947 428 1,089 3,527 1,958 413 1,155 3,595 1,972 405 1,218 6,142 4,256 65 3,646 520 633 1,278 7,759 5,282 64 4,587 502 1,314 1,293 7,756 6,299 11,182 9,501 69 2,658 6,538 680 1,237 6,039 3,496 68 3,584 476 722 1,189 7,334 4,925 63 4,253 449 1,293 1,276 5,987 604 5,383 5,944 604 5,340 5,749 616 5,133 6,122 613 5,508 5,846 595 5,250 762.3 133.4 272.0 8.1 300.0 62.4 130.6 2.6 1,682.8 106.4 1,138.5 118.2 728.1 130.8 258.7 8.8 302.8 63.0 126.9 2.8 140.7 107.2 27.0 63.6 1.3 81.2 3.4 11.5 22.5 42.4 141.3 62.5 43.5 144.7 95.0 21.8 62.5 1.3 83.9 2.7 15.0 57,716 20,390 8,125 3,370 2,008 59,863 23,609 8,356 3,433 2,016 53,716 19,194 7,830 2,890 1,716 59,457 21,905 8,630 3,275 2,003 58,835 21,064 8,694 3,340 2,028 •46,217 ••46,167 46,987 46,703 •7,583 •22,640 •373 •13,389 *#7,440 ••23,509 ••379 ••12,618 7,961 21,649 349 14,691 7,831 22,156 352 14,026 •758 •440 •989 •45 •775,742 ••773 ••429 •*965 ••54 ••762,231 762 477 1,054 44 811,224 787 463 1,041 48 797,337 6,810 6,880 4,016 4,419 3,788 4,048 1,089 1,665 1,279 2,048 1,420 717 803 1,083 879 2,248 709 -488 64.30 57.45 110.65 97.00 4.8 53.65 49.75 104.30 93.95 4.4 28.30 23.75 48.05 43.15 36.15 29.80 54.15 48.50 2.7 r28.30 r20.85 r50.90 r44.20 2.6 p28.05 P23.75 p50.35 p4l.90 p2.6 123.3 106.8 120.8 FINANCE Agricultural loans and discounts outstanding of agencies superv i sed by the Farm Cred it Adra.: 442 i,028 Federal Government finance: 58 4,741 406 1,302 1,249 5,528 606 4,922 Stocks, cash dividend payments publicly reported: 345.5 107.2 115.4 2.4 Public utilities: 1.2 83.7 6.4 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Operations on scheduled airlines: ELECTRIC POWER Sales to ultimate customers, total (£EI)......mi1. of kw.-hr.. Commercial and industrial: METALS AND MANUFACTURES Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Machine tools (metal-cutting and metal-forming): 2.7 jr/ Revised. £ / Preliminary. • Data for February 1957. •• Data for March 1957. 1/ Index based on 1935-39-100 is 206.7. 2 / Indexes http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ b ° ? ™ » ? n , 9 3 5 " 3 9 " , 0 ° a r e a s follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.8; consumer "prices, 48.4. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1958 1957 HEM May Apr i 1 February Hay Apr! 1 March PAPER AND PRINTING Mewsorlfrf, Canada (including Newfoundland): ProductIon.•••••••••*.(•.*«••••••«.••.thous. of short tons,. Shipments from mills.,«,,«••««•.••••••«••••••••« •••...do.,.. Stocks, at mills, ©nd of month.•*.....•......•«. • ••• * a do, 4 «* Newsprint, United States? Consumption by publishers...**,............««..« « ® » « « » d o « , , , do.,,. PrOdUGt i 0 R . ( » . * « « M H t « < t « M « M < S « « « ( l « < O « « t n < Shipments from raiIIs.......•«.*•••••••••*••••••« ««.*« e dO..«* Stocks, end of monthi A T Sfl 1 8 l S e . . « e a . . . . e , a 3 3 e g « . & « « 6 « ® e 6 ® o . . « « « , e e e « ••••••do.... A t p u b f 1 S h e P S . . . . . . . . <ra««e..«*0©®...«<&.©«*.«*(!««>.»«.clo,,,« Irs transit to pub! isheps*.,•••••*•••••.••••*•« o « . . . e d 0 . e « » 554.8 538,4 217,3 573,0 574,3 216*0 473,8 435.2 194.6 521.8 47 LI 245,2 522*6 532.7 235. 1 548,0 561.4 221.8 442.3 162.4 162.6 466,0 171.2 172.5 364,7 140.4 138.7 434.4 148.4 151.0 423.3 148.6 149,2 438.0 149.0 146.7 II .0 592.6 100.9 9,6 589,7 96.5 19.3 612.2 107.5 S6.7 590.7 99.1 16.0 588.4 106.5 18.3 588.3 94.9 809,727 670,259 639,635 632,022 729,546 599,690 19,887 18,323 11,299 19,805 18,268 9,224 19,615 17,945 8,843 19,367 17,682 8,643 19,208 17,602 10,221 19,210 17,625 8,154 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cottons 1 / i^OnSUITtpT I O n « e ( « 8 » i » e 8 8 « 9 s a « » 9 « 8 « « 4 « e s « » 6 « e « 0 8 S » < •••••bales.* Manufactures? Spindle activity Ccotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day.**,.,,.*,*, .thousands,. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total**, mi 1. of hr.. Average per working day........... «».«..dO«.** Consuming 100 percent cotton.••••••••.•*•« • • «* .»dO..« . Rayon and acetate; Productions mi f. of lb,. do.... Stocks, producers', end of month, total 2/..,*«, a*....dO.e », .do,.,. 452 461 432 409 408 10,478 8,534 8,161 7,984 9,451 7,503 63.6 34.6 116*7 64.3 52.4 62,2 34,1 122,7 67,2 55.5 49.7 24.2 126,2 70.0 56.2 54.6 24.8 126.7 69.8 56,9 r47.9 r22.l r!26.1 r69.9 r56.2 49.2 21.6 122.7 69.6 53. r Railroad and private-line shops, domestic,,, «.....do.,,, 9,016 5,253 5,253 3,763 8,961 5,261 5,183 3,700 ! ! | 5,511 3,721 3,526 1,790 6,072 4,592 4,426 1,480 5,311 3,778 3,630 1,533 3,588 2,218 2,164 1,370 do..,. do..,. .do.,.. Railroad and private-line shops, domestic,. • •••••do..*. 6,453 6,404 6,404 49 3,714 2,360 1,892 1,354 j ! ! 287 208 208 79 rl93 r!92 r!92 J 278 178 178 100 1,372 1,321 1,321 106,472 49,540 48,258 56,932, 98,604 46,663 45,065 51,941 44,138 16,276 15,888 27,862 38,249 11,854 11,632 26,395 32,982 8,232 8,158 24,750 30,406 6,975 6.9S& 23,431 11 7 825 41 18 10 0 6 789 727 18 67 10 63 57 0 63 2 2 61 55 442 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Railway equipment, American Railway Car institute Freight cars: • ••••-•do**,* ......do.... do.... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic,. •.«e.,00.... 51 Passenger cars (equipment manufacturers): 732 i 67 ! 57 p/ Revised. 1 / Data for April 1957 and April 1958 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks, 2 / Data beginning February 1958 exclude figures for acetate staple plus tow; see note at the bottom of p. S-38 of the June 1958 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, USC0MM-DC-I292I UNITED STATES t GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. 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