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June 29, 1956 BUSINESS 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 BILLION DOLLARS BILLION DOLLARS 95 • A¥§rtt9§ of TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (Federal Reserve W e e k l y R e p o r t i n g M e m b e r ""*"*» 95 Wednesday data " " Banks) C 10 90 "^ 1 RS 80 86 19.55 ~ 75 70 / 1956 ^ 1 1 1 1 1 LJLJ^J 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I i 1954 1953 i 1 8 i i 1 I 1 i ! i S955 i I 1 I S I .JLJ-^JLl I Lj-JL^LJUjJ 70 i d ' F M A M J J A S - O N D 1956 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 S tb 175 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) *""""• """\ 150 -j 150 125 H 125 soo -j H 100 75 \ \ \ 1 i 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1953 1 1 1 t 1 1 ! 1 1 I i i i i 1954 i 1 i i i i i i i 1955 i i i 1 i I 1 ; 1 1956 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 INDEX, 125 120 1947-49^=100 FREIGHT CARLO ADINGS* CONSUMER PRICES (seasonally adjusted) 110 120 hAll Items 100 115 no !05 U M i i I i II IS it i II i I i M H 1 HI i i i i i i i f l i i i I i 1,1 I i 1 1 S953 1954 1955 1956 80 h * Average per working day 70 1 i I I M 1I M 1I 1II i l l I I I i l l h i I I I I 1953 1954 I l l l l l n i l l l l l l U . 1955 1956 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1956 1955 ITEM 1947-49-100,. Foods, processed June 2 June 25 June 18 Commodity prices, wholesale: Al 1 commodities *l10.3 *9I.8 * 103.9 •115.6 90.8 103 1, 193 1,089 do,... 90.4 117 1,222 1,117 88.3 109 1,322 1,247 June 16 June 9 114.2 91.1 S02.9 121.4 88.2 124 1,304 1,228 114.2 9!.4 502.5 121.4 89.0 I3S 30,542 25,251 18,749 511 June 23 1 14.0 90.7 101.9 121.4 87,8 ........ Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... 30,058 24,956 18,678 579 30,035 25,055 18,998 697 30,327 24,995 18,569 347 30,505 25,320 18,819 57,726 21,600 85,009 32,842 23,355 7,797 57,127 21,629 84,449 32,303 23,433 7,828 55,52! 21,684 84,724 26,873 27,784 8,503 55,641 21,806 84,726 26,719 27,971 8,508 238 3.46 334.5 387.0 257 3.46 335.6 390.0 cr\A 30,54! 25,779 19,116 cr\o. Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:4/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total............do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... Failures, industrial and commercia 1. ae.....-. .. es.. .number.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices,480 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1935-39=100.. 214 3.23 302.2 . 342.4 205 3.23 306.7 348.6 - 56,974 21,851 85,236 26,745 28,258 8,547 286 3.46 340.7 i 396,9 ...•O.9. .....*.• 245 3.46 340.8 396.9 Production: Electric power, by utilities ..........mil. of kw.-hr.. 1,580 9,987 165,437 6,626 1,703 10,226 180,520 6,637 1,585 10,598 94,917 7,037 1,642 10,951 126,554 6,998 1,713 11,425 121,491 7,066 2,316 #96.0 785 380 2,292 #95.0 709 387 2,370 96.3 719 352 2,380 96.7 787 383 2,299 93.4 801 381 127,957 2,290 93.0 \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. J5/ Week ended June 30, 1956s Production, 2,314 thous. short tons; operating rate, 94.0 percent. J5/ Data for 1956 adjusted to revised classification of class 1 railroads. * Monthly index for June 1955. # Not comparable with 1956 rates which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 1955 ITEM Apri 1 May February March April May COMMODITY PRICES 1947-49-100.. do.... do.... 114.2 103.1 III.2 104.6 117.5 103.0 114.2 103.3 III.! 104.0 120.2 102.1 114.6 104.6 108.8 107.3 113.3 93.6 114.7 104.8 109.0 106.9 114.8 92.8 114.9 104.8 109.6 106.4 116.7 94.0 do.... do.... do.... do 119.5 110.3 104.5 129.9 127.3 119.4 110.9 103.7 130.3 127.5 120.7 III.7 102.5 131.5 130.9 120.7 III.7 103.1 131.6 131.4 120.8 Ml.8 102.7 131.7 131.6 120.9 1 11.8 102.6 132.2 131.9 do.... do.... do.... do.... 113.7 106.6 125.3 119.8 M3.9 106.5 125.5 119.9 118.9 107.5 126.9 120.9 119.2 107.7 126.7 121.2 119.5 108.2 126.4 121.4 1 19.6 108.2 126.9 121.5 1947-49-100.. do.... ........do.... 90.5 87.6 89,9 91.0 87.6 90.0 89.0 87.3 91.9 88.7 87.2 91.7 88.0 87.0 91.2 2/ 87.5 2/ 86.7 2/ 90.1 79,184 2,322 1,776 75,896 2,185 1,737 58,056 1,860 1,429 79,196 2,382 1,986 81,231 2,421 1,966 78,801 2,480 1,949 do.... 260.7 256.2 260.0 261.8 257.3 261.3 271.6 267.7 270.5 272.4 268.7 271.6 274.1 270.3 273.4 276.8 272.5 275.4 do.... Brick and steel.«-.o....o..........0.0..o,.o. = c s s e e = s d o 268.5 264 s 5 269.7 265,6 279.4 277.1 280.4 278.4 282.3 280.0 285.3 282,2 do.... ........do.... 1/ 115.4 104.8 1 1 1.0 107.5 121.5 95.5 Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y — CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction contracts awarded, 37 States (F.W. Dodge Corp.): .mi 1. of dol.. do Construction cost index (E. H. Boeckh and Associates): Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: Brick and concrete U. S. avg. 1926-29-100.. Commercial and factory buildings: ±/ Index based on 1935-39=100 is 192.9. 2/ Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 45.8; consumer prices, 51.8; retail food prices, 44.6. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1955 ITEM April 1956 May February March Apri 1 May CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE - Continued Construction cost Index (E. H. Boeckh and Assoc.) - Con. Commercial and factory buildings - Con. 258.1 260.3 247.4 259.6 261.8 248.3 269.0 270.5 261.8 269.9 271.4 263.3 271.5 273.6 264.6 273.8 275.4 266.2 260.7 254.9 262.3 256.4 27!.2 265.2 272.1 266.2 273.8 268.2 276.1 269.9 4,941 3,732 51 3,976 795 119 6,119 4,438 56 4,849 939 276 7,158 6,195 57 5,959 944 198 12,499 11,313 59 11,344 963 133 5,562 4,082 59 4,461 894 147 7,107 5,050 63 5,780 5,014 251 5,228 355 383 .1/ 3,382 1,108 5,356 443 381 1/ 3,346 1,187 4,950 553 398 3,214 786 5,399 559 400 3,284 1,156 5,387 565 p406 p3,232 pi,185 5,467 561 p432 p3,433 p1,040 45,256 72,127 1,217 10,167 41,621 70,477 1,413 SO,681 42,662 73,385 1,931 8,787 41,851 79,150 1,728 2/ 10,166 45,006 71,802 1,412 2/ 9,162 Residences^ Frame....., • • ...•;••.'••••••. ...do.... FINANCE Federal Government finance: Receipts, total................................sal 1. of dot.. Receipts, net.. .....do.... Miscellaneous interna! revenue...... Major national security .......do.... .«..,,«... do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: DDT ..thous. of lb.. 9,216 9,006 55,756 104,641 10,703 6,171 72,854 104,700 10,742 7,702 81,911 110,519 11,083 6,791 81,632 121,906 10,967 6,820 80,315 112,692 Methano1: Natural (I00£) Synthetic (100$) .thous. of gal.. do.... 185 15,886 29,263 192 16,740 29,339 178 17,070 28,714 189 20,703 29,625 204 19,078 28,271 3,265 7,574 427 584 39,448 3,247 7,758 403 561 39,876 3,426 7, 178 497 501 42,799 4,296 8,007 501 r585 r43,935 3,606 7,376 513 429 42,807 41,824 23,711 56,773 38,835 12,096 42,550 22,636 61,731 38,444 11,820 40,401 26,507 61,607 32,392 12,055 43,272 25,161 66,675 33,482 11,468 48,812 23,360 65,487 31,403 11,819 14,962 r 15,503 11,422 844,138 13,155 16,130 10,825 844,320 16,888 14,616 11,523 847,965 19,181 11,400 13,528 850,415 17,652 16,257 13,736 851,268 10,122 5,361 713,985 6,340 5,718 9,073 5,181 716,078 5,657 4,909 10,614 6,130 729,962 6,223 5,476 12,268 7,051 731,805 6,921 6,015 11,426 6,910 733,530 7,219 6,230 119,108 101,451 142,168 93,542 59,401 38,185 57,841 30,936 46,331 22,791 50,211 35,691 67,491 72,047 100,920 103,365 106,868 99,246 966.1 1,293.7 679.9 937.9 1,310.4 707.1 1,140.8 1,214.8 680.5 1,162.6 1,255.4 715.2 1,144.9 rl,2!8.0 702.1 104,091 101,226 57,397 6,385 106,446 98,397 57,317 6,805 113,616 93,533 54,466 6,603 106,491 86,941 46,266 7,149 99,573 83,320 47,064 6,925 120,053 92,237 16,646 122,465 92,713 16,810 165,398 128,598 30,833 170,045 130,839 31,991 r163,708 125,015 27,475 Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production? Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: FOODSTUFFS Disti Med spirits: Consumption for beverage purposes thous. of wine gal.. Whisky: Product ion Tax-pa Id wi thdrawa Is Stocks, end of monJ do.... do.... do.... Rice, California: Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: I Castings, malleable iron: i ! 6,921 Castings, steel: £./ Revised, j*/ Preliminary- jj Not entirely comparable with data beginning July 1955. 2/ Incomplete; comparable amount for February ~ 1956 is 8,047,000 gallons. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1955 1956 ITEM Apr 1 I February May .Apr! I March METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued SteeS forgSngs (for sale)? Orders, unfilied, total .• ••••••••.•••••thous, of short tons Shipments, total............................. 9 ......,...do,, Drop and upset......... ... oe8 .. ... .. «> <,«.<» «»* • oea . ee • . 0 d o e o Press and open hammer..•••••••••..•••••••••••.••••..do... Zinc; Imports (general)• Ores and concentrates... ••..••••••••••••.•••••short tons Metal (slab, blocks)............;......•........ eo ».do e . Slab zinc? Production Cprimary smelter), from domestic and foreign ores.,.. ........ .... ....••••••• short tons Secondary CredSstf I led) production, totaj..••••••••.do.* Consumption, fabricators 8 , total.......•...•.....•..do.. Exports. ............•...•.•••.•.,;•.............•..•.., do.. Stocks, end of months Producers 1 , smelter (AZI}. 9 9 8 , 9 ., e . 8 . 9 8 . 8 ...,,,,..do,. Consumers 8 ........................................ do.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, nets Electric processing..........................thous. of do! Fuel-fired, (except for hot roiling stee.l)..... ••••••• .do.. Machine tools (metal-cutting types)? New orders (net), total.........••...........••m!I. of dol Domestic... ...••*•••• ••••.••••.••'••••..••••.•••.•...•do.. Shipments, total....................•••.•••••••.••••••do.. Domest ic •••••••.. do.. Estimated back log. •••••••••••••'••••••••••••••••••• •.months Mashers, domestic, sales biMed........•••••••...••thousands 474.5 149.6 113.5 36.2 488.0 S47.0 109.4 37.7 r589e0 151.7 118. I 33.6 577.7 158.9 122.2 36.8 569.4 r150.0 114.8 35.2 41,262 15,696 34, 134 13,048 55,729 17,238 40,916 12,178 43,453 14,081 78,399 5,387' 91,312 413 81,173 5,004 94,913 3,053 80,987 5,342 89,762 671 85,050 6,640 r91,782 554 82,638 6,026 87,222 1,083 74,579 103,304 63,184 104,003 39,833 125,171 40,038 r127,236 47,907 128,355 2,234 5,032 1,813 3,801 1,768 9,770 2,221 3,526 1,924 6,182 50.25 44.75 53.25 48.65 4.5 313.5 68.70 64.25 53.50 46.55 4.7 341.8 81.30 72.35 64.60 58.70 8.5 405.6 89.50 80.05 74.15 67.85 8.6 405.7 T79.30 r74.00 71.80 65.00 8.4 324.2 9,153 9,937 4,457 14,890 9,949 9,865 4,352 14,936 8,897 7,473 3,342 20,933 9,193 8,627 3,466 21,562 8,834 9,119 3,21.7 21,132 2,836 3,250 7,963 3,005 3,233 7,735 2,969 2,921 6,547 3,347 2,962 6,848 3,094 2,797 7,312 1,636 372 5,856 1,908 1,816 496 5,328 1,744 I ,860 288 5 ,664 2 ,060 2,285 410 5,940 2,285 1,796 452 5,328 S,8I2 416 360 424 360 380 416 345 450 328 408 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Product ion. ..........•.^......^.o....„.,»......„ .thousands Shipments, tota I. .do.. Or5ginaI equIpment ..do.. Stocks, end of month.•••••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••••do... Inner tubes: Product i on ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••do.. Sh ipraents. .do.. Stocks, end of month... •••••••do*.. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Men's apparel, cuttings: J / Tailored garments% Suits..... Overcoats and topcoats Trousers (separate), dress and sport Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport Work clothing: Dungarees and waistband overalls. Shirts rj Revised. JJ/ P r e l i m i n a r y . thous. of units do.. do.. thous. of doz do.. do.. \J Data for March 1956 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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