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May 1, 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 to those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS 1,000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION « / / (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 600 400 ^xT ^r K C V ^v V V >/ f 200 0 ^U^UXaU, fflJB!ias»XaaJ=JMLU»^^ 1956 iU., M JJLj M JL^l^l M JL M J 1 1 1 1 . L L ^L,L 1957 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 S958 J F M A M J J A S Q M D 1959 Index,1947-49= 100 I 75 !ndexs!947-49=i00 I 75 STEEL PRODUCTION Monthly (ingots oriel s t e e l f o r eastings) Weekly S 5 0 \S I 50 1 I E / I I 25 i i 25 I 1 i i i I i i ' 1 I 00 L ! I 00 S s So 75 LJ-J-~-L-J I 1 I I i -J—i— 1 ,! 1 1 L..J, L J. L 1 J — 1956 1—1 J J. ,1 1 J JL 1 1 1 —LJL — LJ 1958 1957 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 JL-L L...J- 1 JL-J.J 1959 ' ' ' ' I 1 I 1 I ' ' I 75 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1947 - 4 9 = 100 1 20 125 _ CONSUMER PRICES All Items Ar (daily average; seas, adj.) 11 0 POOQ /N 120 COTTON CONSUMPTION A H \ ^ \ 100 A 115 J^J r 1 WW. ^ ^ ^ Fooo1 90 A 1 10 J.J.1 J L L U - L L L 1 1 1 1 1 1 LLLLL JJJ..LLl....L.i.l...l,JL j u u i i l i M i l l 1956 1957 1958 1959 80 - L L U i l l M M , .LJLUJ Li,LI 1 1 1 1 1 i.il.l 1 1 M i I I i 1111 i i l l 1956 1957 1958 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 1958 ITEM April 19 April 26 Apri1 4 ApriIII April '18 Apri1 25 Commodity prices, wholesale: • ••• [ Fai 1 ures, industria 1 and commercial Finance: number.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.......do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ , .....do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ .....do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted......... mil. of dol.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total.........„ do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross). do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/.........percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/ 1941-43-10.. 84.8 125 3,558 3,333 346 *II9.3 *97.7 *lll.5 *I25.5 84.1 136 3,486 3,266 329 119.9 92.5 107.3 128.1 86.8 132 119.9 92.5 107.5 128.1 87.5 117 **2,375 1,938 284 119.7 90.9 107.1 128.2 87.1 130 **2,274 1,886 337 304 300 31,332 27,472 18,817 612 87.6 30,733 24,701 18,369 615 30,617 24,854 ! 18,654 599 31,225 27,151 18,323 473 31,280 27,357 18,711 508 31,365 27,357 18,698 513 56,491 27,038 92,713 30,164 30,583 8,729 56,361 27,177 92,052 30,107 30,174 8,735 55,889 28,423 95,522 30,543 31,172 9,834 56,717 28,439 95,168 30,380 31,009 9,863 57,793 28,376 95,526 30,091 31,275 9,902 4.02 42.10 44.82 4.00 42.80 45.54 4.42 55.69 59.28 4.43 56.21 59.85 4.45 56.96 60.73 1,195 11,107 90,454 6,268 1J35 11,206 75,154 6,288 *,293 12,618 159,872 7,129 1,331 12,604 158,881 7,134 1,343 12,609 162,851 7,133 1,285 #47.6 1,270 #47.1 534 287 2,638 93.2 590 334 2,641 93.3 618 343 2,657 93.8 634 349 4.49 57.73 61.67 Production: 535 286 159,753 2,646 93.5 _[/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks.. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 47 Wednesday data. 5/ Week beginning April 27, 1959: Production, 2,674 thous. short tons; operating rate, 94.4 percent. * Monthly index for Apri I 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 1958 1959 ITEM February GEMERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS National income and product: Seasonally adjusted quarterly totals at annual rates: Nat i ona I i ncome, tota I b i I. of do I. Compensation of employees, total ....do... Proprietors' income, total ee , „a,., .»..do.. e Business and professional ....do... Farm .....do... Rental i ncome of persons do... Corp, profits and inventory valuation adj.,totaI...do... Corporate profits before tax, total ... do... Corporate profits after tax do... Net i nterest do... Industrial and commercial failures: Fail ures, tota I number, Commerc i a I ser v ice. do... Construct i on do... Manufacturing and mining ; do... Retai I trade do... Wholesale trade , do... Liabilities (current), total Commerc i a I service. Construction Manufacturing and mining Retai I trade Who lesa le trade 1,238 79 177 208 662 112 thous. of dol. do... do,.. do... do... do,. • 65 ,295 3 ,309 8 ,747 24 ,331 23 ,038 5 ,870 1947-49= 100. do... . .do... do. ....do. ..do. 122.5 106.8 I 18.7 I 14.5 124.4 112.0 March December January February March 351.7 250.9 44,3 30.6 13.7 373.5 258.4 45.5 31.8 13.7 12.1 31.3 31.7 15.5 13.0 12.3 44.0 45.2 22.2 13.3 1,495 121 202 281 750 141 1,082 88 176 185 515 118 1,273 96 188 215 642 132 1,161 104 164 207 582 104 1,263 117 185 210 625 126 71,555 4,470 I 1,92 I 23,311 23,531 8,322 57,069 3,590 10,058 18,41 I 14,397 10,613 73,564 6,559 8,274 17,062 33,197 8,472 58,592 4,547 6,91 I 17,444 22,327 7,363 65,051 5,304 11,589 22,558 20,348 5,252 123.3 106.8 120.8 I 14. I 130.7 I 14.4 123, 107, 123, 106. I 18. I 14. 121. 112. * 123.7 107.0 I 17.7 113.8 120.7 III.3 265.5 45.8 32.4 13.4 12.5 13.6 COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index: A l i i terns Apparel Food Dairy products. Fruits and vegetables.. Meats, poultry, and fish http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 206.6. Federal Reserve 9365 Bank of St. Louis I 18, I 14, 120, 113.0 123.8 106.7 11.9.0 I 14. I 121.7 113.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1958 1959 ITEM February COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Consumer price index - Continued Hou s i ng Gas and electricity...... Housef urn i sh i ngs Rent MedicaI care March December February January 127.3 115.9 104.9 137.0 141.9 127.5 115.9 103.9 137.1 142.3 128.2 118.2 103.6 138.7 147.3 128.2 118.2 103.2 138.8 147.6 128.5 118.5 103.8 139.0 148.6 128.0 116.6 138.5 127.9 185.4 127.0 128.3 117.0 138.7 128.0 185.9 127.2 129, 116. 144. 133. 191. 127, 129.4 I 17.0 144.1 133.1 191.8 127.3 129.8 117.1 144.3 133.3 191.8 127.4 84.0 81.6 83.5 81.1 83.9 80.8 83.7 80.8 83.7 80.8 ..mil. of do I. do... do... do... ......do... do... do... 7,715 6,299 58 4,741 406 1,302 1,208 11,182 9,501 69 2,658 6,538 680 1,237 6,848 6,180 4,956 4,528 8,152 6,576 70 5,202 362 1,281 1,237 Expend i tures. do... interest on public debt................ .do... All other expenditures do... Life insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total • do... Group and wholesale... do... I ndustr ial .do... Ord i nary do... Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U. S. Government, annual rate: New York City ratio of debits to deposits. 6 other centers • ...do... 337 other reporting centers..... ...do... 5,528 606 4,922 1947-49= 100. do... do... do... do... Persona I care Reading and recreation Tr anspor tat ion... .. Pr i vate Pub lie.... Other goods and services Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y — Who I esa I e pr i ces Consumer pr i ces FINANCE Federal Government finance: Rece i pts, tota I Receipts, net Customs Individual income taxes Corporation income and profits taxes....... Emp loyment taxes Other internal revenue and receipts do... .do... do... ....do... do... do... do... do... 78 76 2,512 2,419 2,944 441 424 321 1,397 1,192 5,749 616 5,133 7,080 6,776 647 675 4,959 979 496 3,484 5,784 1,336 550 3,898 7,013 2,132 499 779 459 4,382 **3,486 5,053 893 531 3,629 55.4 30.1 22.8 56.2 31.3 22.2 58.2 33.2 24.9 54.0 30.3 23.1 54.1 31.0 23.9 thous. of lb.. do.... do..-.. thous. of gal.. 39,710 78,233 1,778 7,339 40,210 71,259 2,022 8,540 49,688 92,145 1,530 9,081 58,614 90,525 1,890 6,917 47 290 79 951 1 387 7 423 DDT thous. of lb.. Ethyl acetate (85#) do Ethylene glycol do.... Formaldehyde (37# HCHO) do Methanol: Natural (100$) thous. of gal.. Synthet ic ( I00#) do.... Phtha I 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.... Other cellulose plastics .. do.... Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes do....| Phenolic and other tar acid resins do....1 10,793 5,314 94,875 104,663 11,881 6,198 89, 167 110,881 13,041 7,189 90,277 128,716 12,932 6,821 97,210 137,067 167 16,965 22,638 196 18,585 27,340 142 158 22,179 29,571 r22,837 29,018 155 20 670 25 714 3,283 6,677 671 290 32,500 3,823 7,653 736 278 33,260 #4,238 #8,432 #4,580 #8,810 3 808 7 954 161 294 44,295 r44,008 290 41 ,863 42,216 21,871 58,327 25,805 8,643 7,910 61,801 45,838 23,90*1 62,698 25,876 8,506 8,637 72,121 61,003 26,503 | 81,563 26,901 10,145 10,842 83,692 1 r62,24l r29,162 r83,659 r30,683 r10,469 r11,041 87,329 60 ,905 27 ,693 83,682 29 ,639 10, 194 10,712 78 ,419 748 1,936 1,647 1,981 717 1,863 1,712 1,961 727 2, 156 1.763 2,327 689 2,139 1,973 r2,360 626 2,031 1,747 2,358 57.6 85.9 137.0 127.4 237.1 ,420 717 803 1,083 1,578 1,887 891 2,178 919 1,921 6,101 6,433 **4,724 March 6,331 630 5,701 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural)... Acetic anhydride Acety I sal icy I ic acid (aspirin) Creosote oil........ Polystyrene Urea and melamine resins........ Vinyl res ins A Ikyd res ins Ros i n mod i f i cat i ons Polyester resins . Polyethylene resins 4 do.... do.... do.... do.,.. do.... do.... .do.... 1 # # II 6 87 129 422 908 747 545 # LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and lamb thous. of skins.. .thous. of hides and kips.. thous. of skins.. do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1947-49=100... Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Electric processing ...thous. of dol.. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) do.... r_/ Revised. * Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows:- Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.7; consumer prices, 48.4. ** Effective Digitized forJanuary FRASERI, 1959, data for Alaska are included. # Effective May 1958, data for "other cellulose plastics" are combined with sheets, etc. and http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ molding and extrusion materials. Federal Reserve 9365Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 | 1 1958 1959 ITEM February METALS AND MANUFACTURES - Continued Machine tools (metal-cutting and meta1-forming): New orders (net), tota 1, •••.....•••••......•••. ..mi 1 • of d o L , „,8.8Bdo0.„ Domest i c...,. #.. ,....,.... • •........ •., ..., . ,,.. Shipments, total..... )C8..s.do,8„ Domest ic , ,,eo.,i.... , 9 M S . 8 d o „ „ Estimated backlog,.,.••••••••••.. • •. .... .,,... ,..,.months.. .. Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales billed...... s.thousands,. Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) J./.,.. „......do.,.. PAPER AND PRINTING )erboard: Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paf Orders, new..,..,,,,.,.,,.....,...,..thous. of short tons.. Orders, unfilled, end of month.•.....'•.•••••.. .......do.,.. Product i on................ • •.. • • • •.... # •,....-•.....do.... •• Shipments,, 9esee,90oeeoooao0e<i,.<,8>.ffi«>®9,e.«>.o.aee 8 S „ 8 8 , d o , , 8 . Stocks, end of month.............. ..«....,••,., ........do.... F I-ne paper: Orders, new,.,...,,,...,.. „.,, • • • •.. •..............do,... .o Orders, unfilled, end of month s .....,.. 0o ,.... .......do.... Product ion.,,,,.,..,.. „....,,.. •...............„.» 8 8 .do.„. Shipments, . 9 . 0 ,. o l s e .o«o 0 0 . 0 .oo. 9 B oeo.o.,...,.........do.... Stocks, end of months 00... oa ee 0,.,. •»»»o o • o 0 . .......dO.... Printing paper: Orders, new. O„jo.,do„.. Orders, unfilled, end of month..„...... os ...„ 0 .......dO.... . o •.... o.oo.dO.,,. Product i on...........,. •. . .. • * a • • o.. • •... Shipments,.,..,.........,.........,........... .......dO.... Stocks, end of month,,...,.,,..,.,...,,,.,..,, ..,.. a .do,,, 8 Coarse paper: Orders, new,,.... , e e « 0 8 s ,............................do.,.. do,,.. Orders, unfilled, end of month....„ 0ao ......,. „ Product ion«......., «. se ... •. •. • •. • • ... ... .. • •. ,do,.,. Shi pments0 ... 0 . 0 . s s o ..,o,oo. o e o. e 0 o D o.ooooo..o o o o o o o o d O . o o o Stocks, end of month,,,,,,,,,^^^,.^.,,.,,.. ,.,,„.do„„ TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: 2 / Consumpt i o n > , M . . . , . M . . . M . « . . 9 . . I M . M Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): 28.30 23.75 48.05 43,15 2.7 225.6 268.1 December March ! ! 36,15 29.80 54,15 48,50 2,7 291,4 287,9 ! 43,90 34,75 43.95 37*80 3,! 317.0 1 330.5 ! February January 41.05 35,10 31,30 25,80 3,4 242 8 5 288,5 r45,40 40.05 r36.05 r29.85 3,8 271.4 297,8 971.5 599.9 1,072.2 889.9 526.6 *860.0 *595.0 *759.0 *766,0 *452.0 March p50,55 p45.75 p45,65 p39,35 p3,8 346,6 329.7 760.8 599.5 912.2 740,6 508.7 791,7 602,2 981.8 775,3 546.3 818,5 639.4 984,5 796.8 536.3 120.9 75.9 123.0 115,4 131.1 124.8 70.3 136.3 124.8 130.5 1 14.7 66,3 137,4 1 1.8. I 145,0 149.1 33.0 142.8 141.9 131.0 138,0 34.0 I27J0 131,0 127.0 323.6 368.5 315,1 308.0 217.3 316,2 334,9 334.8 308.5 240.1 345.5 394.4 329.0 329,3 226.4 423.8 369.0 360.6 361.4 225.7 409,0 400.0 333,0 333.0 226,0 ......... ......... 273.5 120.3 280. 1 275.5 109.7 299.4 [ 132.5 300.3 296,1 1 13.4 298.3 131.2 298.2 295.2 ! 95.7 337.7 150.8 327.8 326.9 103.3 313,0 161.0 299,0 302,0 99,0 ......... • ••...... ........... . ........ ......... 687,360 699,652 727,410 .......bales. „ 639,471 629,665 Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total... .mi 1. of hr.. 19,612 17,945 8,881 444 r8,202 19,368 r17,689 r8,620 432 7,963 19,276 | 17,616 10,427 417 9,453 j 19,283 i7,636 9,352 468 8,552 19,272 17,642 9,542 477 8,745 49.7 24.2 126.2 69.9 56.3 54.6 24,8 126.7 69.8 56.9 57.5 j 36.5 96.4 51.7 44.7 56,1 33.5 98,1 50.4 47.7 r54.7 r3l,2 r99.0 r48. f r50.9 • « e . o . a o o •ft. O O . O C • ......... ......... , e , 0 0 e 0 . . .......a • ......... .••....... ......... ......... a s . o » . . • o 862,582 19,265 17,637 I 1,706 468 10,743 Rayon and acetate: Product i on: „mi 1, of lb.. .......do.... .......do.... do.... a .......do.... 62.9 32.2 95.2 44,8 50.4 r/ Revised, j>/ Preliminary. * Excludes estimates for tissue papers and miscellaneous papers. \_l Data exclude sales of combination washerdryer units; sales of such types totaled 16,200 units in March 1959. 2/ Data for December 1958 and March 1959 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-9365 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized for SURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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