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rfKsaSifi£&. March 6, 1959 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1947-49= 100 Sndexsl947~49= 100 I 75 I 75 Monthly ! STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) I 5 0 |J9 -I 1 s f 1 1 i I 25 — h I 50 I 1 1 I - § 1 1 I 1 I 1 I ! 00 h ! IS 75 —1 1 1 !- L-JLi.^—l—I-_l— 1 1 J ) S956 L-J 1 1 L_ 1 1 —L 1 ,1 i J L..1—L™JLJ—I— - J t 1 1 1 1 t l 1958 1957 I i 1 1959 Thousands 1,000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 600 400 •^r ^ A VT N f - v ^ VV * f 200 0 i i i \ i i \ i i i i » J , M J M J M L J , ± U , J , , L - L M l _ •^JLJ^L 1 1 L-l—L 1 L....J 1956 Billion 5 1957 —L-J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1958 Dollars J F M A M J J A S O N D 1959 Index, 1910- 14 = 100 320 NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY (seasonally adjusted) 4 PRICES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS 300 Total 280 / Prices Paid Private Residential (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) (nonfarm) 260 240 0 h ! i M 1 M M I 1 M t i i I i I I >I l | | i M I i I I I I l i I I I I I I I I n 1956 1957 1958 1959 220 lym-iij-U li Ii ! i i i 1 < i ii i 1 M 1 H 1 f MII 'MM' 1 « ' ' ' ' 1956 1957 1958 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1958 | 1959 ITEM Feb. 7 Mar. 1 Feb. 22 Feb. 14 Feb. 28 Feb. 21 Co—odity prices, wholesale: •••••••••• do.... 22 commodities 2/ do.... 119.1 89.9 107.2 127.6 84.2 86.2 88 3,487 3,268 317 •119.0 •96.1 •109.9 •125.7 85.7 107 3,502 3,282 331 119.3 90.8 108.3 127.5 84.6 108 ••2,944 2,407 271 119.4 91.1 107.9 127.6 84.7 III ••3,011 2,465 292 119.4 91.0 107.8 127.6 84.2 109 30,642 24,830 19,122 695 30,542 24,527 18,909 483 31,121 27,092 18,749 353 31,193 27,136 18,742 496 31,205 27,112 18,562 382 31,111 26,965 18,369 330 54,882 25,604 87,027 26,452 30,370 8,737 4.00 41.15 43.88 54,943' 25,768 | 87,361 26,836 30,367 8,742 4.00 40.92 43.62 57,540 28,310 94,863 31,954 30,154 9,685 4.44 55.21 58.70 57,510 28,168 94,294 31,555 30,156 9,719 4.44 54.35 57.86 56,681 28,213 94,058 31,209 30,243 9,729 4.42 54.50 57.97 4.41 55.24 58.83 310 Finance: mil. of d o L . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Tine deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjested), total. do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... do Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43-10.. Industrials, 425 stocks -7 do Production: • of short tons., •mi 1. of kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, tracks, coaches).... ..thous. of bbl.. Steel 5/ thous • of short tons.. _ •thous. of cars.. do 1,132 12,338 107,687 6,806 1,385 11,803 109,139 6,841 1,403 13,292 139,549 7,213 1,363 13,156 140,611 7,155 1,343 13.292 145,959 7,206 1,373 #50.9 495 251 1,475 #54.6 554 282 2,288 80.8 565 293 2,371 83.7 567 294 2,449 86.5 583 307 152,306 2,506 88.5 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 5/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Week beginning March 2, 1959: Production, 2,535 thous. short tons; operating 7ate, 89.5 percent. ""• Monthly index for February 1958. ••"includes persons reported under temporary programs (TUC) and under Ex-Servicemen's Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 (UCX). # Based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons); not comparable with 1959 rates which are based on January I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1957 | 1958 j 1959 ITEM December January October November December January GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Business incorporations: 10,575 13,080 13,633 12,090 r16,458 18,773 3,339 1,919 454 966 3,363 1,925 456 962 3,802 2,052 507 1,243 3,791 2,065 526 1,199 3,812 2,069 510 1,214 3,868 2,109 519 1,240 101,309 51,428 7,028 2,377 14,663 3,837 20,620 101,961 51,885 7,199 2,428 14,706 3,852 20,802 106,053 53,988 7,319 2,641 15,170 3,829 21,931 106,540 54,172 7,344 2,672 15,183 3,828 22,043 107,419 54,302 7,205 2,685 15,247 3,830 22,214 3,013 1,627 1,366 35,271 32,686 3,013 1,623 1,371 35,462 32,873 3,187 1,654 1,504 36,648 33,955 3,196 1,651 1,516 36,794 34,093 3,359 1,646 1,678 37,097 34,388 3,120 3,872 1,294 3,311 3,143 3,905 1,201 3,352 3,388 4,162 1,190 3,490 3,415 4,183 1,242 3,536 3,349 4,204 1,365 3,743 61,637 21,730 11,062 3,274 2,031 61,558 20,599 8,275 3,341 2,072 59,373 29,487 9,124 3,564 2,101 49,049 24,263 8,348 2,958 1,777 46,182 25,360 11,835 2,741 1,779 FINANCE Agricultural loans and discounts outstanding of agencies supervised by the Farm Credit Adm.: Life insurance (Institute of Life Insurance): Assets, total, all U. S. life insurance companies....do.... Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... State, county, municipal (U. S.) do.... Public utility (U. S.).a#.......••«•••••••••.••••do.... Railroad (U. S.) • do.... Industrial and miscellaneous (U. S.)..••••••.....do.... Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total...do.... 1 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Operations on scheduled airlines: Express and freight ton-miles flown Mail ton-miles flown.................. r/ Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9286 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis do.... •••.•••••do,.,. ! | MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1957 3 1959 1958 ITEM December January October November December January CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Vegetable oils, oilseeds, and byproducts: Copra: 32,554 31,469 16,721 28,942 8,348 23,593 11,170 23,724 9,071 27,400 10,400 41,574 40,167 37,404 30,475 30,446 35,100 542 563 1,930 570 1,507 Coconut or copra oi1: Cottonseed: 147 929 544 1,626 273 522 1,367 1,643 712 1,437 1,112 599 1,951 247,536 247,186 238,031 241,455 329,102 116,105 283,913 106,724 267,204 78,464 262,100 79,600 181,195 174,440 239,110 205,160 189,981 195,800 2,069 4,414 1,854 4,719 2,571 5,646 2,245 5,266 2,164 3,879 2,279 2,832 28,417 78,863 31,091 70,010 33,470 96,112 33,530 107,704 34,443 98,610 36,687 94,310 299,940 328,321 352,574 351,240 359,893 1,932.3 884.7 46.8 1,000.8 189.3 2,050.6 998.1 52.3 1,000.2 193.4 2,125.4 1,019.2 51.8 1,054.4 190.8 1,831.9 816.4 41.8 973.7 177.6 2,047.8 919.7 51.9 1,076.2 785 1,953 1,668 1,757 786 2,109 1,931 1,922 699 2,324 1,823 2,504 644 r2,040 1,517 r2,345 727 2,156 1,763 2,315 676 864 444 638 868 436 620 993 587 602 958 505 608 998 509 74,863 60,425 34,343 67,292 62,734 34,920 63,425 60,981 40,014 66,725 63,336 35,221 65,904 68,385 40,041 120,787 92,125 23,403 120,722 94,717 22,545 95,389 73,367 12,254 85,267 65,788 9,648 103,800 81,360 13,187 1,820 1,649 70 1,767 1,846 79 1,613 1,913 89 1,502 1,666 104 1,491 1,889 130 29,276 39,054 40,193 38,308 79,000 30,413 51,765 30,788 40,695 32,434 126,521 2,350 119,189 4,962 138,951 3,674 128,391 6,886 224,902 5,616 211,904 7,382 181,527 3,985 171,096 6,446 189,567 4,159 180,963 4,445 78,066 6,832 59,094 12,140 75,764 6,592 48,412 20,760 367,117 61,183 243,032 62,902 r200,988 29,482 r141,479 r30,027 144,405 17,110 101,825 25,470 62,542 41,570 15,804 1,645 168,719 70,961 47,928 21,160 1,873 232,784 145,350 100,103 40,100 5,147 254,743 r114,726 81,070 r30,179 3,477 193,146 91,783 65,948 23,604 2,231 1,593 2,180 701 1,593 906 854 777 3,874 1,578 1,887 2,178 24.85 20.05 70.10 63.25 2.8 237.5 213.5 26.85 22.00 57.80 50.80 2.7 265.5 244.8 30.70 26.85 33.65 27.45 3.0 293.6 333.0 43.90 r34.75 r43.95 r37.80 r3.l 317.0 330.5 P40.I5 P34.00 P3I.80 P26.I5 •3.5 242.5 288.5 Cottonseed cake and meal: Cottonseed oi1: Flaxseed: Oilaills: Consumption ...thous. of bu*. Soybeans: Soybean oil: 385,500 FOODSTUFFS 201.3 1 2,083.5 929.7 66.8 1,087.0 200.8 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: Goat and kid thous. of skins.. 1 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Castings, malleable iron: Castings, steel: Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale): Oi1 burners: Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking, excluding electrical: Gas (including bungalow and combination) ±/ Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total do.... do.... Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: 891 Machine tools (metal-cutting and metal-forming): Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales billed Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) 2/ r/ Revised. s7 Preliminary. thousands.. do.... 37.00 32.00 41.40 35.90 3.0 339. 1 404.1 U Data (except for December 1957) include shipments of built-in gas-fired ranges, of combination washer-dryer units; sales of such types totaled 16,900 units in January 1959. 9286 2/ Data exclude sales MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1959 1958 ITEM November January February 241 215 r273 r23l rl43 r2l9 rl84 r228 rl72 r476 246 219 r306 211 rl45 r22l rl99 r225 204 475 247 217 r234 r273 rl43 r20l r24l r2IO rl2l 485 244 213 r220 256 | rl5l r!99 r2l7 r2U rl26 505 263 r268 r306 rl72 r265 269 r263 r32l 169 r244 272 r273 r329 rl60 203 270 285 259 290 83 271 286 260 291 85 do.... do.... do.... do.... 3,326 2,408 1,165 895 220 746 274 270 100 385 do.... do.... do.... do do.... December January February COMMODITY PRICES 244 215 266 238 rl52 199 211 218 129 500 243 218 264 239 154 203 225 221 123 505 269 270 r327 rl54 203 270 264 328 160 201 265 274 288 263 294 84 274 287 265 295 83 276 288 268 298 82 275 288 267 3,106 2,270 1,078 810 219 705 252 258 104 372 4,448 3,119 1,741 1,330 354 760 178 327 114 487 4,024 2,887 1,605 1,260 288 722 176 305 100 444 r3,674 r2,6l8 r1,448 rl,l50 r243 660 173 268 98 398 3,475 2,500 1,369 1,070 245 638 167 918 343 87 230 836 312 73 220 1,329 379 125 485 1,137 361 NO 350 r 1,056 356 105 285 975 322 98 265 do.... do.... do.... 4,068 2,830 1,445 769 269 288 134 469 4,004 2,796 1,435 748 252 281 134 466 4,378 3,015 1,682 717 175 302 134 464 4,473 3,049 1,715 716 173 305 134 467 r4,549 r3,105 r1,787 688 170 288 130 485 4,537 3,120 1,817 684 167 287 do.... do.... do.... do 1,238 382 107 451 1,208 360 96 458 1,363 395 120 505 1,424 406 125 538 r1,444 399 130 559 1,417 Prices received by farmers, all farm products.,,.. 1910-14-100.. Commercial vegetables, fresh market do,... do.... 259 322 158 197 Prices said by farmers: do.... All comrnod., services, int#, taxes, and wage rates....do.... do.... Parity ratio 297 82 CONSTRUCTION AM) REAL ESTATE Public utilities New construction (seasonally adjusted), total do.... Public utillty Military facilities 262 101 380 129 476 373 129 552 r / Revised. 1 / Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t y . USCOMM-DC-9286 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D PAYMENT O F POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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