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..ftTMENT O f r March 4, 1960 0 ? BuSggZ i&* STATISTIC 0 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 Dollars S30 Bill ion Dollars 130 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (Weekiy Reporting Member Banks of Federa! Reserve System) 120 120 I 10 S 10 H 100 100 J F M A M U J A S O N D Billion Dollars 6 NEW CONSTRUCTION Index, 1947-49= 100 I 30 CONSUMER PRICES (seasonally adjusted) All Items Total Put in Place Private Residential (nonfarm) I 1 0 ^ '' i i I i i i i i i i i i i i I i i i ii i i i i i iI i i i i i 1 1957 1958 1959 I i i i ii S ttl ' I I I I I I I I I I 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 M I I I I I I I 1957 I960 Index, 1910-14 = 100 320 PRICES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS 300 1958 1959 I960 Mi 11 ions 2.0 NEW PERMANENT NONFARM DWELLING UNITS STARTED (privately owned) * 1.5 Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 280 S.O 260 240 220 U^M .5 H *Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates Prices Received y iiii1 i iii i I IIIM I IM 1 III l l I' I' II ll l M IiiIi l S957 1958 1959 I960 0 ' L1.JJJJJ LAJL 1957 1958 J ! I I I I I I i 1 1 I I | I I | I I JLL S958 I960 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 ITEM Feb. 21 Commodity prices, wholesale: Ai I commodities „ .. 1947-49=100.. Farm products ....... do.... Foods, processed . do.... A11 other do.... 22 commodities 2,/ do..., Department store sales .....do.... Insured unemployment, total 3/............... thous.. State programs (incl. Alaska and Hawaii).... do.... Failures, industrial and commercial number.. F inance: Currency in circulation 4/ ..mil. of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total £/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 4/ ......do.... Excess reserves, estimated 47..... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Demand deposits, adjusted mi I. of do!.. Time deposits, except interbank .....do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... U. S. Government obligations do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross).... do.... Real estate loans (gross) ..do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 4/. 8 e s e s percent e . Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 1/..1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks.... ......do.... Production: Bituminous coal 47. thous. of short tons.. Electric power, by uti I ities.... mil. of kw.-hr.„ Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches).... ..number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4-/.. thous. of bbl.. Steel 6/ Percent of capaci ty Freight car loadings, total....... thous. of short tons.. ......thous. of cars.. M i see 11 aneous do.... Feb* 28 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 84.2 109 2,543 2,345 310 *II9.5 *9I.I *!07.6 * 127.8 84.2 ! 18 2,499 2,302 296 31,205 27,112 18,562 442 31,1-11 26,965 18,389 4S0 31,566 27,406 18,499 43! 60,880 30,1 18 61,268 30,128 33,758 33,412 11,583 4.42 54.50 57.97 1,343 13,259 145,916 7,208 2,449 #86.5 584 308 I 19.2 87.0 105.4 128.6 84.6 in 2,301 2 , 129 318 I 19.2 87.0 105.5 128.6 84.6 115 2,349 2, 177 317 Feb. 20 119.2 86.8 105.6 128.6 84.3 107 Feb. 27 1 19.3 87.3 105.9 128.6 83.3 289 277 3i,599 27,135 18,280 423 31,631 27,535 18,231 468 31,562 27,235 18,048 393 11,599 60,616 30,146 102,177 26,444 29,957 12,615 60,597 30,148 101,699 26,117 30,063 12,610 59,426 30,159 101,565 25,71! 30,289 12,635 4.41 55.24 58.83 4.92 56.32 60.24 4.90 55.49 59.25 4.87 55.03 58.71 1,373 12,972 153,394 7,199 2,506 #88.5 576 305 1,412 14,097 193,027 7,293 2,683 94.2 588 316 1,382 14,071 183,235 7,256 2,687 94.3 580 311 1, 199 14,226 190,326 7,312 2,674 93.8 572 313 sseseee== 4.86 55.74 59.54 186,086 2,690 94.4 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2 / Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; and ex-servicemen. 47 Daily average. 57 Wednesday data. 6/ Week beginning Feb. 29, I960: Production, 2,654 thous. short tons; operating rate, 93.1 percent. * Monthly index for Feb. 1959. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annua! capacity (147,633,670 tons); not comparable with I960 rates which are based on Jan. I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1959 1958 ITEM December January October November December January GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS: New incorporations (49 States, incl. Hawai INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES: 14,526 13,015 r16,456 1, 130 1,080 89 18,189 16,512 18,839 1,082 1,273 do.... .do.... do.... do.... do.... 88 176 185 515 118 96 188 215 642 132 ..thous. of do!.. 57,069 73,564 50,375 53,214 59,556 53,671 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 3,590 10,058 18,411 14,397 10,613 6,559 8,274 17,062 33,197 8,472 3,891 7,131 20,980 13,050 5,323 3,027 12,136 17,266 15,244 5,541 3,072 10,453 23,822 13,443 8,766 3, 129 11,993 16,324 15,951 6,274 .... 1947-49-100.. 123.7 123.8 125.5 125.6 125.5 *I25.4 do.... do.... do do.... .do.... 126.5 121.5 116.3 117.8 112.9 143.5 126.4 121.5 116.2 117.8 1 12.4 143.9 129.2 123.2 117.3 118.8 113.6 147.3 129.5 123. 1 M7.2 118.6 114.1 147.6 129.5 123.1 117.1 118.5 113.8 147.8 129.4 122.9 116.7 118. 1 113.6 148.2 107.5 118.7 114.3 120. 1 113.0 106.7 119.0 114. 1 121.7 109.4 118.4 II6.S 124.5 109.0 109.4 117.9 116.0 123.4 107.9 109.2 117.8 116.7 i 125.5 106.6 107.9 1 17.6 i16.5 125.7 106.4 1, 125 102 164 221 532 106 105 186 195 520 124 163 231 478 119 1, 181 93 193 210 587 98 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS Special group indexes: do.... do.... j do.... .....do.... do.... ! r/ Revised. 1 113.8 Index based on 1935-39=100 is 209.7. CORRECTION for p. S-I, Feb. I960 SURVEY: GNP data (in bil. of 1954 dol.; 4th qtr. 1959)—total GNP, 426.8; total personal consumption expenditures, 291.1; durable goods, 40.2; nondurable goods, 140.7. Digitized for9267. FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1958 3 1960 1959 ! TEN! January December October November December January COMMODITY PRICES - Continued C o n s u m e r p r i c e index - C o n t i n u e d : 128.2 118.2 103.6 138.7 147.6 129.0 128.2 118.2 105.2 158.8 148.0 129.4 150.1 121.7 104.1 140.4 152.5 152.5 150.4 121.7 104.4 140.5 155.0 152.7 130.4 122.7 104.2 140.8 155.2 152.9 150.7 125.2 104.0 140.9 153.5 152.7 .......do.... do.... do.... 116.9 144.3 133.5 191.8 127.5 117.0 144. 1 155.1 191.8 127.5 119.7 148.5 157.4 195.9 151.6 120.0 149.0 157.9 196.0 151.6 120.4 148.7 157.5 197.2 151.7 120.5 148.1 156.8 197.2 151.8 ..do.... do.... 85.9 30.8 85.7 80.8 84.0 79.7 84.1 79.6 84.1 79.7 *85.8 *79.7 10,261 794 6,775 2,692 8.964 2,076 4,775 2,114 4.604 **-215 2,565 2,252 5.515 590 2,902 2,025 6.900 572 2,555 3,975 692 756 741 641 671 695 756 755 641 672 712 778 778 669 690 715 779 778 669 690 714 779 778 670 690 46,180 25,579 11,854 2,740 1,779 57,866 25,406 9,078 5,255 2,061 64,247 52,789 10,158 5,988 2,585 60,548 27,520 9,264 5,712 2,202 63,577 32,087 14,985 5,745 2,577 50.4 55.1 45.9 44.5 54.7 ] 22.9 21.7 27.5 25.0 26.5 26.7 1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR A S MEASURED B Y - CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Highway concrete pavement contract awards: \J Total....................................thous , of sq, yd.. Airports.................................... .'do.... do.... Roads.......c................................ rin Streets and a 1 leys.......................... Construction cost indexes, The American Appraisal C o . : Averaae, 30 cities -1913-100.. do.... .do.... do.... do St. Louis 714 779 778 670 691 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING RESULTS ON SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC T R U N K ) : 2 / Miles flown, revenue....... ...- -thousands.. .......do.... .......do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oi1: .mi 1. of lb.. 55.6 Corn oi1: Cottonseed: short tons.. do.... 546.8 1,929.9 547.1 1,507.4 782.2 1,957.5 755.2 2,609.0 r675.0 2,441.2 661.5 1,945.4 do.... do.... 260.3 78.5 252.5 79.6 561.8 110.8 541.1 115. 1 511.9 110.4 502.7 151.6 .mi 1. of lb.. 184.5 188.1 263.0 246.5 226.7 221.6 short tons.. do.... 60.6 108.6 65.8 79.5 84.7 98.4 48.5 82.3 49.9 95.8 51.8 77.1 45.7 45.5 60.2 34.8 55.6 57.2 short tons.. .do.... 1,055.5 2,982.5 1,100.6 2,829.5 1,060.2 2,367.8 1,081.6 3,202.8 1,015.7 r5,029.0 1,016.8 2,674.0 .mi 1. of lb.. do.... 1,619.9 105.5 1,745.2 156.4 1,618.4 145.2 1,653.6 153.0 1,555.6 126.6 1,549.8 190.4 559.9 585.5 591.2 392.6 569.2 570.5 short tons.. do.... do.... 998 68 104 1,002 75 105 872 76 106 832 58 109 pi,107 p80 p!32 r\\ I. of doi.. do do.... do.... 45.90 34.75 45.95 37.80 3. ! 41.05 55.10 51.50 25.80 5,4 66.65 51.15 51.50 46.15 5.1 54.25 44. 10 46.60 41.10 5=2 r58.30 r48.15 r65.85 r55.55 4.8 Cottonseed cake and mea1: Cottonseed oi L: F1axseed: Stocks (at oil mills), end of month......... Linseed o i 1 : • mi 1. of lb.. Soybeans: Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean o i 1 : METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, shipments: Stee 1 MACHINE TOOLS (METAL-CUTTING AND METAL-FORMING): 1 p57.00 p45.40 p46.45 p40.50 p4.9 rj Revised. £./ Preliminary. * indexes based on i955-59=100 ers as fo! Icv/s: Measured by—wholesale prices, 45.9; consumer prices, 47.7. ** Negative figure due to termination of contract reflected ir. earlier data. \_! Data for December 1958 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2! Data beginning January 1959 include operations intra-Alaska and sntra-Hawaii. 9267 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 I960 ITEM January • February December January COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS: Prices received, all farm products 0 „„ 0 .•.„ e.oo1910-14=100. Crops 0 do.., Commercia I v e g e f a b ! e s e o o e e s o o o o o c o o o o a ..,do.„ Cotton do,.. Feed grains and h a y s o 0 0 0 0 e e 0 3 B o a 0 a o a 0 , ..a.». 81 ,»(iO.., Food gra i ns .......6........s 0 ..„ e ...,, e o 6 8 3 S 6 S 8 S f f l d o s s s F r u i t „ M s e o , 8 9 , . O B O a o o e s , , 0 „ , a , 0 „ , , OBOseo0eea9do006 01 I - b e a r i n g c r o p s a . . a . a s . . . „ a e o s , „ . . . . e o e e s s o o e s . d o 8 0 B Potatoes ( I n c l u d i n g dry e d i b l e beans). soaeooo0o0odoB08 T o b a c c o * o o o e o 0 3 s a e , a 8 0 e a c , o O O S S O O o S o < . e o i 3 . 8 .. 8 „.. 0 0 (io... 245 215 267 238 152 199 211 218 129 499 243 218 268 238 154 203 225 221 123 505 230 216 228 260 150 206 199 216 165 504 228 217 258 254 149 206 198 215 174 491 231 219 264 248 151 206 202 2S6 188 270 264 328 161 200 265 258 322 159 197 243 279 275 139 230 238 274 264 148 234 242 266 278 144 239 276 287 268 298 82 275 288 267 297 82 275 291 264 297 77 275 291 264 297 77 275 290 265 299 77 3,712 2,582 1,471 1, S70 243 655 165 273 94 348 3 ,506 2 ,474 1,374 i,080 238 636 160 268 103 349 4,421 3,302 1,904 1,457 378 790 185 354 136 449 r4,075 3,062 1,718 1,322 324 789 200 341 121 41 I ,..do... ,. E do a o e ...do... ...do... 1,130 359 107 348 1,032 326 91 319 I, I 19 32 i 109 370 rl,0!3 r320 r98 286 a do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. 4,557 3,065 1,793 691 J60 304 127 436 4 .609 3 ,097 1,812 694 160 308 133 442 4,221 3,085 1,748 731 180 317 158 424 r4,33l 3, 144 1,760 769 J 96 331 161 428 r4,535 r3,248 1,841 .do. .do. .do. .do. 1,492 396 127 600 1,512 397 125 613 I, r36 330 105 381 rl,187 r347 r I Ii 381 r 1,287 357 rl07 483 L i v e s t o c k and p r o d u c t s e o . . . . , 0 . . . . „ . e o . e s fsfei e o. e„ o. o0 o. e. .o .s d o o e 6 .«,.«,. D a i r y p r o d u c t s . a o e o f f l o c o 0 0 o f f i a 3 0 * a o 0 0 a o o s o oee , do.se ee« S S 8 , e e «ee(B a n i m a l S . . e « e . e o o e o o o o o c e o o . e o . > s .„ s oo <a >o a.8.6.8 d o „ 0 Poultry and eggs 9 . 8 0 ,, o e o. 1 , e o t , 8 6 »o. 1 1 8 » 1 ,... ».o89<..... oo. 8 . 8 s.do8„ W O O S . o . . o = • • • • « • • • . . . • o e • • . o . . • • . • • • .O.o• 0os.s .e o . e• e• e• a.da o e o 0 Prices paid: All commodities and s e r v i c e s 8 9 e „ 0 0 . 0 , 0 8 , 8 0„( )e So (e,o e0 0o <a )a9a0a d o . o e odo8,8 Family living i t e m s a „ e o . s o a o s 0 o • s s ® « o o s eBsee8•8 ,• a•a • f laooa. Production iterns 0 « 0 < S 6 a e eeo f f l a o o o o <, 9 S >«. 9 .s es e...9 ea. es.. s e.o Sa 8 d o . 8 8 All commod e , services, int., taxes, and wage rates. ,do ase PAR ITY RAT S 0.„........„......................... a ....,doo„0 Meat e e 0 a 0 0 0 0 e CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: NEW CONSTRUCTION (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL*. s «*. a o o •mi I. of dot. Pr! vate, tot a l 8 ..» 8 ,,o., e 0 »...., o „ 8 .« 8 8 8 3 , !esdoase Residential (nonfarm)..... eeees » G * e . effl • • • ,osdo„oe New dwelling u n i t s e o f f i @ 8 l s o e e o 0 0 ( S S 0 0 0 . 0 O O ,..do... Additions and a l t e r a t i o n s . „ 0 . . a o a » s o s . . 9eedoeo. Nonresidential buildings, total J_/ e e a a o s e ,..do.„. I ndustr i a l 8 8 8 8 8 . e , 8 , ! o 9 8 8 5 8 , 0 , 0 , „ 8 8 8 8 4 ,. s do. e . Commer c i a L 0 0 6 B 6 a ( S O S 8 . 9 e B ( S ( ! , 8 S 0 8 S 6 9 ) i e 9 0 5eedoeoe Farm construction........................ ...do... Pub! ic uti Ifty............................ .. E do. eo Pub li c, totaI.............................. Nonres i dent i a I bu iId 5 n g s . e 8 O s e 0 e s o a e s o 8 S 9 Mi I itary facilities...................... H i ghway...............'................... NEW CONSTRUCTION (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Pr i vate, tota l 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 ....„....« ...... Res i d e n t \ a I (nonfarm)• •••.,•••.••••• Nonresidential buildings, total _[/. I ndustr s a I.............. •• Commer c ia!...................,.^. Farm construct Ion.................. Pub!ic u t i I i t y a . „ e . s e e 0 S a 0 . . o . Public, total Nonresidential bui ldings e ..„ Military faci Iities......... Highway. . . . . . . . . . . . ' „ . . . . . . . . £ . / R e v i s e d . _ [ / E x c e p t f a r m and pub f i e USC0MM-DC-9267, 29} 757 209 310 r 101 r356 r982 r325 r90 280 797 203 345 rl37 r445 utility. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS r3,7!9 r2,737 1,50! I , 140 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300
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