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»»1MENT Of r May 13, 1960 STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, t h i s Supplement provides selected weekly and m o n t h l y data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 300 Index, 1947-49= 100 300 JLECTRIC POWER PRODUCTI O N (by utilities) Monthly Weekly (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . Index) 275 275 250 2 50 / 1959 H 225 200 L^L^LJl—J^J 1 \ \ \ I f f i 1957 J \ 1 < « -I f ? t I 1 ? , 8 i < 1 » II 1 I fr I 1 I I i-J. .J-JLJ-J-i I i I f \ I j j 200 J F M A M J J ASO I960 N D !ndex? 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 200 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS Billion Dollars SALES OF RETAIL STORES 20 > I 1959 1958 (seasonally adjusted) (seasonally adjusted) Total • 175 Stocks (end of month) S5 Nondurable Goods y 150 / 125 Sales yiMlliMM 1957 M M I I I i II I 1 II I M I l If I I I M M I I I I I II 1958 S959 I960 l " i i i l i i i n l i i i i i | i | | i i l i i i i i | i | H l l l M l l l l l H l 1957 1958 1959 I960 Index, 1910-14 = 100 320 PRSCES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS 300 Bi!lion Dollars 60 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING (short- and intermediate-term) 50 |00 Total (end of month) \ 280 h 260 h 240 L^M Prices Paid (inel. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 40 30 installment Credit (end of month) 20 L^l I I I I I U I I M I M 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 1957 1958 1959 I960 h 2 2 0 U-U i i I 11 i i i 1957 1958 225 1959 I960 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 I960 ITEM May 9 May 2 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities 1947-49=100.. Farm products do.... Foods, processed do.... All 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.. Finance: Currency in circulation 4/. mil. of dol.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .4/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 47 do.... Excess reserves, estimated 47...... .......do.... Reporting member banks (of F#R.System) in leading cities:j>/ Demand deposits, adjusted ..••••••.•••••mil. of dol.. 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/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 5fmm 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks... ••••••••••••••••••do.... Production: Bituminous coal 4/..••••«,.••••• thous. of short tons.. Electric power, by utilities....... mil. of kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches), number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate ,4/.,.,,....thous. of bbl.. Steel 6/.,.i. •••'••• .9oo..,+hous. of short tons,. Percent of capacity ..................... ,, Freight car loadings, total,.,.,,,..... thous. of cars.. M i see 11 aneous, ••••• •••• do,... April 16 ApriI 23 ApriI 30 May 7 87.5 141 1,754 1,616 275 * 120.0 *92.4 * 107.2 *I28.3 87.8 158 1,673 1,544 265 120.1 91.2 106.7 128.7 86.1 156 2,127 1,981 308 120.0 91.2 106.8 128.6 86.1 146 2,040 1,905 283 119.8 90.1 106.7 128.6 85.4 152 119.8 90.9 106.8 128,4 85.3 325 327 31,244 27,212 18,551 368 31,368 27,424 18,571 358 31,827 27,073 17,870 466 31,828 27,690 18,280 364 31,581 27,234 18,390 477 31,603 27,199 18,218 323 62,016 30,388 60,431 30,424 " 3^877 '*3]"484 60,138 30,421 i0i,3}4 24,504 30,974 12,564 60,702 30,454 103,055 25,991 30,940 12,581 4.52 57,69 61.70 4.55 57.61 61.66 4.75 56.30 60.13 61,285 30,402 i03,605 26,187 30,894 12,577 4.76 55.44 59.15 1,394 12,546 144,044 7,113 1,410 12,659 i62,465 7,200 1,468 13,263 161,380 7,032 1,433 13,213 171,242 6,983 1,383 13,300 165,299 7,014 2,627 #92.8 676 360 2,604 #92.0 677 352 2,225 78.1 623 331 2,238 78.5 625 322 2,210 77.6 643 333 *11*S20 4.78 55.04 58.63. 4.80 55.04 58.67 569,112 2,137 75.0 J_/ 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. 4/ Daily average. 5/ Wednesday data. .6/ Week beginning May 9, I960: Production, 2,102 thous. short tons; operating rate, 73.8 percent. * Monthly index for April 1959. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons); I960 rates are based on Jan. I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1959 I960 ITEM March Apri I January February March Apri I GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: National income, totaI......................biI. of dol. Compensation of employees, total. ,.,. -do,.. Proprietors' income, total....... do... Business and professional do... Farm. do... Rental income of persons ..do. Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,total.do. Corporate profits before tax, total ......do. Corporate profits after tax......... do. Net i nterest do. 389.4 269.9 46.9 33.7 13.2 *402.6 *28l.6 *46.7 *35.l *M.6 12.0 45.5 46.5 23.8 15.1 *I2.0 *46.2 *45.7 *23.4 *I6.I 290.1 46.3 35.4 10.8 12.2 16.4 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: U ESTIMATED SALES (SEASONALLY ADJ.), TOTAL 2/...mi I. of dol. Durable goods stores.,,,..... .do... Automot i ve group do, •. Furniture and appliance group do... Lumber, building, hardware group • do... Nondurable goods stores.... ....do.. AppareI group• do.. Drug and proprietary stores ...............do.. Eating and drinking places do.. Food group do.. Gasoline service stations ...............do.. General merchandise group ...do.. ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, tota I .do.. Durable goods stores. do.. Nondurable goods stores •••••••••do.. Adjusted, tota I ••••• do.. Durable goods stores..,.,... ..........do.. Nondurable goods stores ..do,. rV Revised. * Data are for 4th quarter 1959. beginning January I960. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9385 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 17,914 6,045 3,340 902 1,011 17,953 6,137 3,396 918 1,047 18,090 5,891 3,230 916 967 r18,100 r6,040 r3,398 r9l7 r1,003 r18,274 r5,95l 3,466 876 901 18,892 6,300 11,869 1,106 592 1,240 4,320 1,376 1,883 11,816 1,059 579 1,283 4,292 1,381 1,935 12,199 1,164 627 1,332 4,395 1,449 1,967 r12,060 rl,U9 627 r1,297 r4,4l2 r1,423 rl,90l r12,323 1,134 614 1,314 4,529 1,447 5,943 12,592 25,800 r24,6IO r23,660 24,680 25,270 12,260 r11,790 11,180 11,590 11,930 r12,820 13,540 r12,480 13,090 13,340 r24,760 25,100 r24,490 24,150 24,460 rI 1,590 11,670 11,260 11,120 11,290 r13,180 r13,240 13,430 13,030 13,170 \J Data for Apri I I960 are advance estimates. 2/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1959 I960 ITEM February March December January February DOMESTIC TRADE - Continued Retail trade - continued Reta.il firms with 4 or more stores: ±/ Estimated sales (unadjusted), total mil. of dol. Retail firms with II or more stores: ±/ Estimated safes (unadjusted), total........ ..do... AppareI group ••••• do.• • Drug and proprietary stores.... ....do... Eating and drinking places do... Furniture, homefurnishings stores. ......do... General merchandise group.... do... Grocery stores. do. •. Lumber, building-materials dealers... do.., Tire, battery, accessory stores...................do... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total ...do... AppareI group •••••.•••••••••••••••.do.•. Drug and proprietary stores.......... ••••••••do... Eating and drinking places .......do... Furniture, homefurnishings stores... ....do... General merchandise group.... do... Grocery stores,*.».,. •••••••••••••••••••....do... Lumber, building-materials dea!ers sesss doe es Tire, battery, accessory stores...................do... WHOLESALE TRADE: Sales, estimated (unadjusted), total 9 0 e bil e of dol. Durable goods establishments • do... Nondurable goods establishments do... Inventories, estimated (unadjusted), total do s s # Durable goods establishments... .do... NondurabIe goods estabIishmentse«eSSSSS«s»*3S«eSceeSdoe.. 3,608 4,181 6,249 r3,987 r3,8l7 3,289 169 96 73 34 870 1,553 46 62 3,113 160 87 67 35 826 1,470 48 59 3,626 278 98 75 39 1,063 1,542 59 69 5,480 461 160 81 44 2,220 1,794 58 106 3,468 191 101 76 25 903 1,670 46 63 3,772 250 97 77 42 1,145 1,599 64 79 3,805 251 101 3,939 267 108 78 37 1,205 f,65! 68 80 r3,992 r269 108 83 31 rI,220 1,688 65 84 r3,893 r260 105 8! r37 ri,!66 1,664 r64 81 10.7 3.8 6.8 IU9 6.4 5.6 !L9 4.5 7.5 I2#0 6.5 5.6 13.0 4.6 8.4 12.6 6.4 6.2 11.3 4.1 7.2 12.7 6.5 6.2 11.4 4.2 7.2 12.7 6.7 6.0 3.3 1.7 2.6 .8 1.3 3.6 1.9 2.8 1.0 1.3 3.8 1.3 3.1 .9 1.7 3.6 1.9 2.9 1.0 1.3 2.9 1.7 r3.0 1.0 rl.5 44,748 34,025 44,925 34,234 52,046 39,482 51,356 39,358 51,021 39,408 3,290 3,294 3,830 3,621 4,686 3,927 3,534 3,658 3,723 3,673 3,857 3,510 3,809 3,455 4,046 3,776 4,217 3,824 4,115 3,707 91.60 91.72 82.14 91.03 91.16 82.27 87.48 87.56 81.18 88.26 88.36 80.98 88.86 88.97 81.67 107,215 104,573 1,525 I 17,052 I 14,009 1,856 106,638 103,966 1,564 117,142 114,053 1,901 105,422 102,723 1,617 120,508 117,311 1,992 106,287 103,596 1,610 120,431 117,237 1,988 107,041 104,346 1,621 120,460 117,277 1,985 282,105 5,089 283,202 5,106 307,708 5,847 .287,977 5,930 291,191 6,002 3,040 9,707 46,473 5,229 6,147 3,543 11,512 r38,504 4,569 7,462 10,943 11,539 *56,94l 7,575 7,573| 4,660 11,856 49,257 6,7201 7,754 4,431 11,337 42,483 5,914 7,342 6,524 410 558 938 706 279 526 2,714 8,118 554 651 1,211 930 362 714 3,185 8,211 570 754 1,283| 859 381 5531 3,275 8,430| 619 776 1,245 914 372 588| 3,332 7,583 562 727 i,I57 765 306 528 3,049 // 41 1,154 1,607 70 81 EMPLOYMENT LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total monthly rate per 100 employees. New hires ••••••••• .do... Separation rate, total.. do... Quit do... Layof f do... FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): 2/ Totaj outstanding, end of month. mil. of dol. Installment credit, total • do... Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, tota I do... Repai d, tota I .do... Adjusted: Extended, tota I .do... Repaid, total..................... ...do... Security markets: Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.) dollars. Domestic.. .........do... Foreign •••••••• .......do... Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange: Market value, total, all issues ....mil. of dol. Domestic............ ..do... Foreign ••••• do... Face value, total, ail issues.........v...........do... Domest i c. do... Foreign .do... Stocks: Shares listed, New York Stock Exchange: Market value, all listed shares. do... Number of shares listed. ..millions. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (incl. foreign are}, operations in all U.S.districts:] Receipts at Iron and steel plants......thous. of long tons, Consumption at iron and steel plants..... ......do.. Stocks, end of month, at furnace yards..... ....do.. Stocks, end of month, at U. S. docks.... .......do.. PIG IRON, PROD. CEXCL. FERROALLOYS) thous. of short tons STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades) ..........do*. Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling .....do.. Plates.. ..* • s......do.. Bars and toot steel, total do.. Pipe and tubing.. .... • do.. Wire and wire products • .............do.. Tin mill products.. •••••••do.. Sheets and strips (incl. electricaH, total.........do.. r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. * Reflects inventory adjustment. J./ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii beginning January I960. 2/ Includes data for Alaska beginning January 1959 and for Hawaii beginning August 1959. Digitized for 9385 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 _ ™ _ _ ™ _ ™ _ _ _ ^ ITEM February ^larch |_ _— : _______ _ | December January j I960 February j Narch PAPER AND PRINTING PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER 9 NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBQARD: j Orders, new«.».-,.....<,.«~,..0.e.,..thous« of short tons a o j 900 a 0 | Orders, until led, end of month a e B 8 ®, ? a e < s , a e e e . 0 0 0 . e a d© s e e i e 669 e 6 S,000.2 Product ion e oo 6 » 09 GQQ 00a . e o OS o S aoooo ( ,« a oo 3£ > 0 o SO oo 0 s« a do e Ba a o n i piiisnTS ©©©©©©©^©©©©©©^©©©©©©©©©©©i&e©©©©©©-*©©©©©® «v© @ .@ © i 836.3 1 Stocks, end of m o n t h e o a . o e e s * . 9 . a o . o 0 s e » 6 a e o ® s .» a s do« o s ,. 542,4 Fine paper: 146.9 | U r C S S r S p H€?w e e a © © © , © a @ © © © © © @ " @ © @ © © © © 0 © © © © © © © o © © @ Q © © © © O O ® © © ® 89 e 7 Orders, unfit led, end of !Ronfh o o e „ 8 o a e e 9 < ,»,, e o 9 a . e do e «, 8 8 : 135.9 r r O O U C T sO O. . © . © ^ © . © © © . © © . © © © . © © © E J © © . © © © © © © . © © ® © © ® © U U e o© Q O R ! pnienTS . . . . . . . . . . . . s o . . . . « . . . . . « . a . . . . . . a . . . . . . . O O o s o o 137.5 129.6 Stocks, end- of month...••..••••..•.•••........••••do.... Printing paper: Orders, new „., ..•r)o.1.flao<l.do.,.l 370.4 Orders, unfilled* end of fflonthf„...,.Mi..80,()0,.do,,,, 360.8 Producti on •••.••.••..«<.•..»»•.• a « a •.••.....« e s o.... .do.... : 329. 1 v > m p O i e n T S 3(3<s-.«o«0« ...-a -o • . » ® «-. «.o©«e«i«>®e...®-ea-0 9 o o . s « o .-.£10 o o a o • 326.8 238.8 Stocks, e n d of xnonth................................do.... Coarse paper: 327.1 Orders, new... ...................................... do.-... Orders, unfilled, end of month....................do.... • S68. 1 311.7 Product i on...........o o•Q•.......•o..........o....do*... Stocks, end of fflonth9,00»oe(,l,Soi,«oo«,06,ea8.110.o.,8cio,886 r950 a 5 r709.6 r 1, 132.9r938.l 1 r595.l r845„I r622.» S r1,044.6 r860.9 r590«0 *903.0 I *65580 ^886.0 *875.0 *535.0 158.3 101.6 ! S48.0 | 148.5 I 129.1' r133.9 ", r68.5 r138.4 rl32.S r148.2 rS47.8 r73.2 r!5!.6 j r145.4 r145.3 150.0 75.0 148.0 146.0 148.0 418.1 391.2 370.6 362.5 246.9 r378.5 r36i.3 • r381.2 r382.8 256.0 r397.0 r428.9 r40l.l r394.8 r262.3 : 407.0 409.0 392.0 390.0 264.0 r274.1 r147.4 r294,0 r287.7 rl09e4 r338.7 r162.6 r320.8 r330.6 MI3.0 346.0 I7S.0 346.0 339.0 123.0 ! 1 ! j j 103.2 332.2 159.5 327.9 324.9 97s7 10,270 8,551 2,805 23,019 11,350 10,557 3,336 23,862 9,645 7,942 3,197 I 26,933 4,094 4,316 7,364 4,459 4,435 7,629 3,612 3,135 10,536 1 577,093 686,612 316.2 1 D n S p i n e n 8 S . a e <. © . o .a . . .0 © Q © o a is e . a . o a e o s » a . . . © « © s . s © © Q O a . . a 975e0 704.6 ! 1,082,1 ! 897.3 | 540.0 ••••.••.. osoeeeaee sossees©© oooaseooo sassaasaa ©.e.sao.e ®oo.aa««. ae.oa.sos .....«•.. so....... s®.....oao 1 8.&B..J.SS .<jB.Baa.ao . . • • • a . . . ©ssoossae ..•..•••• .©fit.©.©.© RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic casings: Product Ion ....oe.a'oa,..»0ffl(se,s,e,a,eae9...«....*. .t housands., Shipments, total............................ .......do.... OriginaI equipment.•••••.•.«••••••••••••••••...•do.... Stocks, end of !nonth 9 ,„ S98< ,„„ (1 oooo 8 » B90 <,»o i ,..< l , 1 ido 8!1< , e inner tubes: r r O Q U C T SO nsQeffloeooaooaaJOOGOoooofflooaaseaoaeooosooQa O O .. . . b M Ip m e n T S ..«»oe®o©<s»®®.e»oo©®s>©<»©«>s»®©©ao©a89ee©©<!>®e G Oo oc o Stocks, end of month© ffl ®e© seoeGSQ oo©©8s»®-ss®o«9o©©©edo eeoe 10,772 r10,179 3,996 ; 26,473 **!0,325 **11,322 **4,333 »25,943 IS,115 9,737 3,753 27,921 r4,043 r4,0H 9,002 4,241 3,282 10,113 782,758 791,239 338 676,712 661,103 241 1 24S 656,579 640,924 340 303 659,730 644,780 1 15,268 96,178 125,938 102,305 131,169 105,438 3,899 5,391 8,924 i TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL....... ..number.. 1 U O m c S T 1 C © . . . . . e s s . O B O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a o e e e e e o " O e o oe | r548,320 245 [ 200 575,012 563,849 r286 r!87 475,382 462,831 99,973 83,775 111,355 93,060 r72,652 r62,3!3 4,827 5,503 2,916 143 14! 476,977 466,564 792,351 1 37! Truck trailers, production: 1 Trailer chassis, produced for sale separateiy, 9 B 8 9 6 ,do,,„„ 2,684 435 1 558 r/ Revised. * February data exclude estimates f o r tissue and miscellaneous papers, t i r e s are included. USCOMM-DC-9385 . 1 226 238 * * Beginning January I960, data f o r motorcycle PAYMENT O F POSTAGE, $ 3 0 0 D I V I S I O N O F PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER OF CURRENT 6,534 4,023 r6,145 3,903 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE OFFICIAL 6,092 4,045 200 1 BUSINESS
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