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March 29, 1957 BUSINESS o7 STATISTICS 8usKsstco^ A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available^oniy 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 THOUSANDS THOUSANDS 1,200 I 250 PASSENGER CAR A N D TRUCK PRODUCTION Monthly (United States plants) 1,000 200 150 H 100 -1 I 1956 L_J 1 I i I I I J F M A M J 1957 J A S O N O INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 I 200 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) 175 Weekly -\ - 175 1957 / 150 - ^0~*4 150 1956 ^ ^ 100 1 % -^ l ^ " < 1 v v l «M (^ Oi g 10 "i oi ' 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 -l INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 1—L.l 1 I _ I I I i 1 P i I 1 i I 1956 1955 1954 INDEX, 100 I i I I I I J H 125 I 100 I 1 A S O N 0 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 (seasonally adjusted) 110 All Items j ^ ^ IOO no I J F M A M J I FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* CONSUMER PRICES 115 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1957 I \ 120 12b 120 \ - 125 1 v/t* y \ p Food ^ Voooo h </• ^ Average per working day 105 A 1 11 1 1 1 1 M 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1i 1i i i i 1 i i i i i 1954 1955 1956 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1957 7 0 •I I I I I I I I I I I 1954 I I 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 I I I I I I I I 1955 1956 1957 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1956 1957 ITEM Mar. 17 Mar. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Commodity prices, wholesale: 89.4 105 1,594 1,460 *1I2.8 *86.6 *99.2 *I2I.0 90.1 112 1,551 1,422 30,276 25,308 18,691 509 88.0 99 1,829 1,684 116.8 88.5 103.5 125.3 88.6 98 1,779 1,643 H6.9 88.7 103.7 125.4 88.8 107 116 9 88.9 103.9 125.3 88.8 30,264 25,754 19,204 617 30,543 24,813 18,683 425 30,565 24,87! 18,721 428 30,609 24,79! 18,654 427 30,589 25,158 19,204 602 57,603 21,597 85,349 28,431 27,077 8,287 56,500 21,595 86,489 28,654 27,741 8,320 56,370 22,621 85,038 25,723 30,314 8,762 55,791 22,735 84,975 25,532 30,444 8,736 56,905 22,929 85,653 25,676 30,844 8,740 300 3.29 47.53 50.58 208 3.31 48.23 51.47 284 3.98 43.41 46.05 327 3.97 44.33 47.17 301 3.97 44.04 46.88 1,544 11,202 154,946 7,153 1,660 11,134 154,977 7,163 1,610 11,791 162,105 7,519 1,617 11,867 158,996 7,813 1,697 11,650 161,904 7,799 2,477 #100.6 686 367 2,449 #99.5 697 365 2,456 96.0 704 365 2,411 94.2 672 347 2,401 93.8 689 356 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:^/ Time deposits, except U, S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... Failures, industrial and commercial Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. ...e do.... Product i on: . of short tons., .mi 1. of kw.-hr.. ..thous. of bbl.. . of short tons.. .thous. of cars.. do 318 3.97 44.10 46.99 163,656 2,392 93.5 ±t Data do not always cover calendar weeks, 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Dally average. 4/ Wednesday data; S&P's index on revised basis. 5/ Week beginning March 25, 1957: Production, 2,354 thous. short tons; operating rate, 92.0 percent. *Monthly index for March 1956. #Not comparable with 1957 rates, which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1956 1 1957 ITEM January February November January December February COMMODITY PRICES Rent Med i ca 1 care* .1947-49-100.. ...do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 114.6 104.1 109.2 107.3 112.6 93.3 114.6 104.6 108.8 107.3 113.3 93.6 117.8 107.0 112.9 lll.l 115.8 98.8 118.0 ! 107.0 112.9 III.3 117.4 98.0 118.2 106.4 112.8 II 1.2 116.9 99.0 l/l18.7 106.1 113.6 lll.l 116.5 101.4 do.... 120.6 II 1.7 102.0 131.4 130,7 120.7 111,7 102.5 131.5 130.9 123.0 II 1.8 103.8 133.8 134.5 123.5 112.0 104.1 134.2 134.7 123.8 112.3 104.0 134.2 135.3 124.5 112.4 105.0 134.2 135.5 118.5 107.3 126.8 H7.0 170.3 120.8 118.9 107.5 126.9 117.0 170.5 120.9 121.4 109.0 133.2 123.5 173.4 123.2 121.8 109.3 133.1 123.3 174.1 123.3 122.1 109.9 133.6 123.8 174.9 123.8 122.6 110.0 134.4 124.5 175.8 124.0 89.4 87.3 91.6 89.0 87.3 91.9 86.3 84.9 88.6 86.0 84.7 88.6 85.5 84.6 88.7 2/85.5 2/84.2 2/88.0 4,915 4,684 59 3,727 853 275 7,158 6,195 57 5,959 944 198 5,705 4,818 63 4,478 1,014 150 5,898 5,412 59 4,570 894 374 7,486 6,188 J 5,279 4,809 64 3,903 978 333 4,950 553 398 3,214 786 5,726 580 p412 p3,536 pi,199 5,718 631 j p4IO p3,57l pi, 106 1 6,095 65! p4l5 p3,755 P1,274 5,743 do.... .do.... eeoe69Se9eeoeiS9eoeeoa99eao9e,S999 e e e a e a e e Q O e «.« a do.... do.... do,... ••••••••do.... do.... ........do.... Purchas i ng power of the do 11ar as measured b y — .do.... do.,.. do.... FINANCE 1 Federal Government finance: •mi 1. of dol.. do.... do.... do.... 5,274 625 401 3,005 1.243 ! i 53 6,313 963 157 585 p4!8 p3,587 — / r-i_..! i _ / n • ! __ s __—.. i / i _ j _ „ i~ __~. ~J __ i r\ic -zr\ isv\ '. — 198.5. 2/ indexes based on I9-/5—-»3»=iw are as iClSows: Measured by—• i_f r \ e ? v i » v u . jgy n c i i m n i a i y . JJ i i i u e x u a s e u o n 1?->j— -o-= i \J\J I » wholesale prices, 44.7; consumer prices, 50.4; retail food, 43.6. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1955 3 1956 ITEM January December October November December FINANCE - Continued Life insurance (Institute of Life Insurance): Assets, total, all U.S. life insurance companies mil. of do I.. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total do.... U. S. Government do.... State, county, municipal (U. S.) do.... Public utility (U. S.) ...do.... Railroad (U. S.)... do..., Industrial and miscellaneous (U. S.).. .....do.... r90,267 r47,687 r8,545 1,998 15,555 5,847 r17,290 90,842 47,967 8,393 2,125 13,579 3,840 17,522 94,869 48,970 7,850 2,218 15,914 5,845 18,557 95,274 48,985 7,749 2,229 13,963 3,842 18,581 95,819 49,058 7,532 2,237 13,997 5,859 18,807 Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do..., Preferred (Ue S e ) e ea e e e , 9Sdo...« Common (U. S.) , do.... Mortgage loans, total .do.... Nonfarm. .do..., r2,92l rl,7l9 rl,l9l r29,425 r27,l6l 2,930 1,719 1,199 29,800 27,526 2,962 1,700 1,247 52,399 29,938 2,970 1.701 1,254 32,709 30,245 2,906 1,654 1,257 53,017 30,546 2,557 r5,294 r 1,255 r5,128 2,568 3,307 1,167 3,105 2,778 5,461 1,095 5,206 2,815 5,485 1,109 3,207 2,809 3,505 1,275 5,255 522.8 204.9 59.5 10.2 54.4 76.9 117.1 516.6 225.2 57.7 9.9 45.5 95.8 84.5 473.1 197.5 56.3 590.9 209.0 63.7 9.1 8.9 44.1 86.0 80.1 38.1 94.9 176.3 808.7 164.5 269.5 9.7 749.8 142.6 269.6 9.5 314.4 79.7 127.6 2,217.4 267.7 1,372.9 217.0 Rea I estate do.... Policy loans and premium notes..... do.... Cash do.... Other assets do..., Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries, estimated total......... mil. of do I., Death benef its .do.. e« Matured endowments do..., Disabi I ity payments do.... Annu i ty payments do..., Surrender va 1 ues do..., Pol icy dividends. .do... , Stocks, cash dividend payments publicly reported: Total dividend payments.. do..., F i nance do..., Manufacturing.. ••....••••••••••.•• do..., Mining do..., Pub Iic utiIities: Communications •• .do..., Electric and gas do..., Rai Iroad do..., y Trade . .....do.... Mi seel laneous. , do..., 555.7 209.2 56.9 9.5 58.2 78.8 163.0 2,418.7 265.8 1,547.0 230.5 1 1 .„ . M-Z.. 1 6.4 1 \~><J.J O Ad T 126.4 117.4 51.3 38.2 87.0 40.1 91.5 9.9 96.1 19.5 61.9 10.5 78.0 7.4 130.5 91.5 55.8 56.9 thous. of lb., do..., do..., 47,771 80,027 1,606 49,619 77,404 1,225 49,545 70,277 1,556 46,855 75,122 1,488 49,737 90,378 1,618 Creosote oil .....thous. of gal., DDT • thous. of lb., Ethyl acetate (85£)...... .do..., Ethylene glycol .do.... Formaldehyde (37% HCHO) do..., Methanol: Natural ( 100£) ....thous. of gal., Synthetic (I00#) do..., PhthaI ic anhydride..... ....thous. of lb., Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes.......... thous. of lb., Molding and extrusion materials... ....do..., Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes......... ..do..., Other cellulose plastics.... do..., Phenolic and other tar acid resins do..,, 9,653 10,991° 7,636 82,575 107,479 9,539 11,592 9,360 90,684 111,691 11,707 10,949 10,171 95,494 119,056 12,201 10,641 8,285 90,119 116,914 14,456 11,201 8,306 95,181 107,918 196 19,675 29,749 206 19,020 30,522 189 ,20,004 27,002 156 19,408 25,041 172 21,312 27,093 4,041 7,705 428 435 43,044 3,508 6,492 519 450 43,407 5,857 9,590 596 564 45.4 93 5,574 9,291 565 551 40,145 3,724 8,452 317 472 35,206 47,434 24,206 61,285 35,689 10,617 5,552 40,610 12,085 47,002 26,411 66,890 32,409 10,823 5,510 42,721 14,121 ^,789 25,691 67,176 35,385 10,908 6,475 49,I 10 15,565 44,467 24,269 65,900 34,509 11,553 6,542 51,421 13,977 41,794 21,370 67,870 27,874 10,024 6,159 51,415 15,679 13,194 5,347 4,747 3,100 15,567 6,509 5,704 3,354 17,801 6,964 7,205 5,65? 15,346 6,351 5,970 3,045 11,558 4,864 4,246 2,448 2,570 27,357 432,028 13,115 2,091 32,871 453,272 15,298 2,674 57,195 549,541 17,245 2,585 35,585 652,065 14.949 2,572 25,070 564.509 11,709 3.4 10.7 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural).. Acet ic anhydr ide Acetylsal icyl ic acid (aspirin)....... Polystyrene.. Urea and melamine resins Vinyl resins..... Alkyd resins... Rosin modifications.. Polyester resins. Polyethylene resins.... Mi see I laneous.. . do..., do..., .do... do..., do.,., do..., ................do..., do..., FOODSTUFFS Tobacco, manufactured products; Production, total... .....................thous. ot lb., Chewing, plug, and twist........ ......do..., Smoking.... .do..., Snuff ...do... Consumption (Withdrawals): C i garettes, sma11: Tax-free. .mi I lions. Tax-pa id..... .do... Cigars, tax-paid.... ..thousands. Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-pa id,...thous. of lb. r/ Revised. _]/ Represents synthetic only; comparable figun for December !956is 48,153,000 pounds. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 i957 1956 ITEM January February November December January February LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather productions (5att!e hide and side kip*.„«......thcus. of hides .^nd kips,. Goat and kid..................... ....... ...thous. of skins. e Sheep and lamb. e4>se e<9.,...... ... .... ..B8 ... . s<s , , e , < 8 , , d o , ..<, METALS AMD MANUFACTURES Pig iron, production. ..thous. of short tons.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling stee!).............do.... Machine tools (metal-cuttinq): New orders (net), total..................,.....fni1. of dol e . Shipments, total..................................... s do 9 ... Estimated back log...................................months.. PULP, PAPER, AMD PRINTING 874 2,202 2,251 2,212 802 2,305 2,377 2,535 737 2,193 1,820 2,113 722 r1,987 1,663 1,766 872 2,250 2,064 2,038 7,050 6,603 7,036 7,335 7,282 6,658 2,102 6,189 1,768 9,770 1,587 1,767 2,095 2,943 2,062 4,58! 4,441 3,429 109.55 96.70 54.60 49.40 8.4 81.30 72.35 64.60 58.70 8.5 64.25 58.70 81.70 73.60 6.7 57.20 51.90 85.15 75.05 6.2 r63.25 r56.30 r76.55 r67.55 r6.0 P58.I5 p51.00 p78.10 p72.40 p5.8 1,890.9 82.8 1,019.7 241.5 246.1 106.1 194.8 1,813.6 88.4 989.2 222.7 240.8 97.3 175.3 1,856.5 81.7 1,032.0 215.9 255.4 89,4 182.1 r1,672.6 r72.8 r920.0 r200.8 r23!.5 r78.0 r169.4 1,902.9 82.2 1,061.0 227.3 262.6 90.1 179.8 785.9 165.2 520.5 100.2 934.4 219.5 610.6 104.3 r9!2.0 r189.5 r6J7.l 105.4 884.7 208.8 576.0 100.0 r2,658.9 rl,161.2 r1,235.6 11.6 250.6 2,597.9 1,132.0 1,197.8 11.9 256.2 2,590,6 1,174.3 1,179.3 13.6 223.4 r2,358.4 rl,091.3 r 1,071.3 11.7 rl84.1 2,666.6 1,217,2 1,206.8 12.7 229.9 750,282 760,017 880,549 631,507 840,567 684,366 20,998 19,399 10,311 516 9,577 r20,984 19,428 r10,355 r5!8 9,633 20,289 18,786 11,952 478 11,145 20,237 .18,736 8,681 434 8,062 20,231 !8,725 r11,599 r^.64 10,790 20,161 18,639 9,411 471 8,749 76.3 36.2 83.2 49.0 34.2 68.9 35.9 82.3 46.1 36.2 61.1 34.1 106.3 62.2 44. 1 61.0 35.0 107.5 62.2 45.3 69.8 37.7 104.6 58.2 46.4 61.3 31.9 105.6 59.2 46.4 ..<sa.ee.ae • ••••••. . . Wood pulp: 3 U t T t T e . . . . . . . . . .e . . . . . . e ...s ....@ ...... g ......... Defibrated or exploded,, ..««*... a,.. Soda, semichem., screenings, damaged, etc.... 9 .QO... s do.... do.... Stocks, end of month, total, all mi 1 Is.... ...•••'.••••• do.... All paper and board mills, production: Paper and board, total.................................do.... reaper . . . . . . . . © . . © . © ® 8 ®. e ®.o. Wet-machine b o a r d ( M I e s « > . a . . . . . . . o e e . e e e e e o e e CJO . . . . , , „ , , ••••...•...do,,,, 775 c I 156.1 518.3 100.7 .......... « ® 8 0 S O 0 « 0 » . . . A . . . . . . .seeeee.ee .......... .........a TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: 1/ Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total.....thousands,. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total...mil. of hr.. Rayon and acetate: Production: jr/' Revised. 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