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May 15,1959 STATISTICS BUSINESS 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 monthly data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 105 Billion Dollars TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS 105 Average of Wednesday Date Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) 100 H 100 1959 95 Lr - I H90 85 8 0 Ui i i i t I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1956 I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i .. 1957 i i I i . , , , 1958 Billion Dollars 20 SALES OF REIAIL STORES I I i i i i i. i i i i i J 1959 F M A M J J ijftn A S O N D index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 • 100 180 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS (seasonally adjusted) (seasonally adjusted) 160 h Tofaf 140 h Nondurable Goods 120 h Sales Durable Goods i i in li ii I I I i i m l 1956 ii ii I9„57 i I I I I i I II III I I 111 I I I M I I I O O '* » ' ' ' I 1959 1958 h iin Iii 1956 II i I i i i n l m i i I m i il i i i n 1957 1958 1959 Dollars Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 * 100 200 MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT & PAYROLLS (production workers) 175+" Hours 56 2.40 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS H52 2.20 v"° 150 h 125 h 2 . 0 0 f- Payrolls' H48 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) Employment 1.80 44 \ 1.60 100 h H40 Average Hours Per Week (right scale) 75 i i i i I i t i i i 11 i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i 111 i I i 11 i i I i i 111 1956 1957 1958 1959 1.40 J I I i l l M l I 1 I II II I I II I' I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 1957 1958 1956 I I M i l l I I I J 36 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1959 1958 ITEM May 10 May 3 Commodity prices, wholesale: •••••••••• April 25 April 18 May 9 May 2 84.1 132 3,414 3,195 336 •119.3 *97.7 *lll.5 *I25.5 84.4 136 3,324 3,112 279 M9.9 92.5 107.3 128.1 86.8 132 **2,167 1,802 304 119.9 92.5 107.5 128.1 87.5 142 2,045 1,725 300 30,520 24,566 18,249 595 30,659 24,763 18,276 629 31,365 27,357 18,698 513 55,699 27,295 92,483 30,548 30,107 8,746 3.99 43.44 46.22 54,915 27,444 91,973 30,496 30,051 8,757 4.00 43.93 46.80 1,069 11,251 96,381 6,256 1,289 #47.8 533 292 119.8 92.1 1 107,9 128.0 1 87.5 142 119.6 91.4 107.5 128.0 87.8 275 265 31,332 27,472 18,817 612 31,244 27,212 18,551 404 31,369 27,424 18,571 399 57,793 28,376 95,526 30,091 31,275 9,902 57,858 28,439 94,917 29,640 31,229 9,920 57,804 28,488 94,666 29,276 31,230 9,947 4.45 56.96 60.73 4.49 57.73 61.67 4.52 57.69 61.70 1,045 11,315 96,178 6,250 1,337 12,609 162,851 7,133 1,349 12,538 161,242 7,132 1,379 12,546 145,068 7,113 1,334 #49.4 535 288 2,657 93.8 634 349 2,646 93.5 647 347 2,627 92.8 674 359 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government Loans and investments (adjusted), total ..do.... 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.. Production: Bituminous coal 3/...................thous. of short tons.. Freight car loadings, total...................thous. of cars.. 4.55 57.61 61.66 163,026 2,604 92.0 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. ,3/ Dally average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Week beginning May II, 1959: Production, 2,665 thous. short tons; operating 7ate, 94.1 percent. * Monthly index for April 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 ITEM March DOMESTIC TRADE All retail stores: ±/ Estimated sales (unadjusted), total... 1 15,549 4,860 2,789 772 700 16,273 5,261 1 2,934 761 10,688 958 534 1,124 4,103 1,214 1,553 16,066 5,020 2,665 868 822 16,502 5,163 2,769 827 875 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 11,046 988 540 1,199 4, 162 1,267 1,729 11,339 1,045 539 1,237 4,217 1,283 1,766 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 24,690 11,480 | 13,220 24,100 11,030 13,070 1 24,640 11,370 13,270 23,930 10,770 13,160 do.... do.... Lumber, building, hardware group.. do.... do;... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), tota1•••••••••do.••• do.... Lumber, building, hardware group.. 1959 Apri 1 January February March 14,946 4,928 2,899 747 684 r 17,168 r5,832 r3,464 r808 844 17,588 6,214 3,592 871 876 1 16,223 5,121 3,016 784 697 11,012 j 1,056 j 521 1,171 4,048 1,252 1 1,667 11,(02 868 581 1,158 4,382 1,282 1,442 (0,019 750 534 1,070 3,869 1,197 1,344 rll,336 rl, 101 r577 rl,!57 r4,l08 rl,3l8 rl,7l4 11,374 991 563 1,187 4,201 1,332 1,710 17,454 5,836 3,257 880 905 17,552 5,868 3,248 890 979 1 1 ! (1,618 1,032 579 1,263 4,244 1,367 1,824 ! [ 1 1 r17,892 r6,046 3,340 902 1,011 11,684 1,062 568 1,242 4,274 1,368 1,835 r11,846 1,107 589 1,240 4,320 1,376 1,863 r24,030 rll,2IO r12,820 r24,120 r10,970 r 13,150 24,680 11,590 13,090 24,110 11,120 12,990 Estimated inventories: ## Nondurab1e-goods stores r/ Revised. J./ Data for April 1959 are advance estimates. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9381 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis April 23,400 10,920 12,480 r24,190 11,010 r 13,180 1 i ! 17,981 6,181 11,800 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1959 1958 ITEM 1 April March January April March February DOMESTIC TRADE - Continued Retail firms with 4 or more stores: Retail firms with II or more stores: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total 3,920 4,051 3,968 3,593 4,159 3,356 3,476 3,418 3,096 3,604 220 86 69 36 243 86 69 36 179 93 69 33 160 87 67 35 942 1,516 1,033 1,484 868 1,676 811 1,470 1,044 1,542 .....do.... 48 56 60 68 48 62 48 59 59 69 do.... 3,492 214 3,585 224 3,724 240 3,752 250 89 71 37 90 71 41 98 75 40 77 42 1,061 1,504 1,094 1,540 1,122 1,575 57 66 60 68 62 80 64 79 68 81 10.2 3.5 6.8 12.2 6.4 5.9 10.7 3.7 7.0 12.0 6.3 5.7 II.1 3.8 11.9 4.5 11.8 rl0.7 3.8 6.8 11.9 6.2 5.6 6.4 5.6 67,510 62,311 5,072 57,239 5,196 68,027 62,907 5,558 57,349 5,120 67,430 62,706 4,693 58,013 4,724 67,471 62,722 4,692 58,030 4,749 68,189 63,828 5,203 58,625 4,362 68,639 65,012 5,848 59,163 3,627 49,690 15,355 49,726 15,104 50,310 15,674 r50,3l5 rl5,77l r693 r2,256 r3,835 r 10,990 2,371 6,333 r8,066 r50,85l rl5,96l r686 r2,409 r3,865 rll,069 r2,386 r6,378 r8,097 p51,336 pl5,99l p69l p2,634 p3,877 pi 1,099 p2,404 p6,504 p8,l38 rll,937 r6,794 r537 r12,114 r6,934 r550 r433 rl,OI4 do.... Drug and proprietary stores do.... Furniture, homefurnishings stores do.... Lumber, building-materials dealers Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total Wholesale trade: Sales, estimated (unadjusted), total•••••«••••.bi1. of dol.. Inventories, estimated (unadjusted), total do.... 7.3 278 1 95 75 39 1 3 773 97 1 251 i * 125 1,599 * 100 77 39 1,127 ' 1.607 7.5 12.0 6.5 5.5 EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Labor force (Bureau of the Census): Employees in nonagricultural establishments: Total, unadjusted (U. S. Department of Labor) do.... Transportation and public utilities do.... Finance, insurance, and real estate do.... 733 716 704 2,316 3,910 10,939 2,348 6,267 7,822 2,493 3,883 10,940 2,356 6,384 7,850 2,343 3,836 11,052 2,363 6,314 8,024 11,542 6,502 11,310 6,337 11,855 6,739 515 403 885 787 520 402 849 766 547 411 952 820 Production workers in manufacturing industries: Lumber and wood products (except furniture) Stone, clay, and glass products do.... do.... 1,090 749 Apparel and other finished text!le products Printing, publishing, and allied products «do«... do...J 1,061 729 1,057 791 1,153 1,103 1,216 5,040 4,973 5,116 942 844 950 856 436 547 519 156 320 949 837 987 434 545 519 157 300 93.3 93.5 143.6 38.6 39.0 38.1 81.45 87.75 73.53 2.11 2.25 1.82 , 2.09 2.57 2.23 2.36 2.14 2.47 1,018 413 r979 r8l7 rl,090 r796 r 1,203 830 p12,130 p6,990 p558 p44l pl,039 p842 rl,lll PU20 801 p802 pl,2l9 r1,224 440 544 515 154 329 440 545 r55l r5l8 rl50 528 155 333 r33l p5,140 p958 p870 PI,049 p444 p552 P534 pi 55 p324 91.4 92.5 139.6 95.8 96.5 158.2 r96,5 r96.8 r 160.4 r97.9 r98.2 rl65. 1 p98.1 P99.2 p 166.5 "38.3 36.8 37.7 80.81 87.30 73.14 2.11 2.25 1.84 2.09 2.58 2.24 2.36 2.14 2.47 39.9 40.4 39.3 87.38 94.94 77.81 2.19 2.35 1.89 2.16 2.77 2.32 2.44 2.20 2.62 40.0 40.3 39.4 88.00 95.11 78.01 2.20 2.36 1.88 2.17 2.79 2.33 2.46 r2.2l 2.62 r40.2 r40.8 r39.5 r89.2* r97.lO r78.6 1 r2.2Z r2.3S rl.9! 2.2! r2.8l 2.35 2.47 2.2 1 r2.63 P40.3 P4I.0 P39.5 p89.87 p97.99 p78.6l P2.23 D2.39 Dl.93 P2.22 P2.83 P2.36 p2.48 p2.22 P2.64 1,051 r5,143 r943 r860 r1,078 r5,l80 r947 r867 r 1,086 442 Manufacturing production-worker, indexes: Hours and earnings: Average weekly hours per worker, all manufacturing...hours.. Average weekly gross earnings, all manufacturing...dollars.J Average hourly gross earnings, all manufacturing Lumber and wood products (except furniture) rj Revised. j>/ Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9381 Bank of St. Louis Federal Reserve do.... do.... \J Includes data for industries not shown. 2/ Except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1959 1958 ITEM January April March February March April EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES - Continued Hours and earnings - Continued Average hourly gross earnings - Continued do.... do.... Apparel and other finished textile products •••...do.... do.... Printing, publishing, and allied products.. ••••••do.... do.... do.... LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Assoc1stlor ): of bd. ft.. do.... 1.93 2.01 1.50 1.49 2.08 2.56 2.27 2.72 1.57 1.94 2.01 1 1.50 1.50 2.09 2.55 2.27 2.74 1.57 1.98 2.09 1.53 1.53 2.16 2.63 2.36 2.78 1.60 1.98 2.09 1.53 1.53 2.17 2.65 2.37 r2.85 1.60 1.99 2.10 rl.57 1.53 2.17 2.67 2.36 2.87 1.60 2,529 2,096 2,568 2,089 9,534 6,087 2,659 2,212 2,819 2,353 9,376 | 5,948 | 2,629 2,151 2,641 2,162 9,106 5,558 2,618 2,133 2,655 2,142 9,076 5,556 2,964 2,367 3,111 2,520 8,945 5,439 3,543 11,512 38,602 4,569 .99 P2 .09 pl 57 Pi .52 P2 17 P2 .67 P2 .^5 P2 .87 Pl .61 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore Unci.foreign ore), operations In all U.S.districts: Receipts at iron and steel plants thous. ol long tons.. ..•...do.... Consumption at iron and steel plants ....••do.... Stocks, end of month, at furnace yards do.... Castings, shipments: short tons., short tons.. do.... Steel Steel products, net shipments: short tons.. do.... Structure 1 shapes (heavy), stee1 p i11ng ....•.do.... do.... Plates Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes) do.... do.... Cold finished ......do.... do.... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total... «•••«.oo.... do.... Sheets: Hot rolled do.... Fabricated structural steel: do.... Orders, new (net) do.... 1 U Revised. j>/ Preliminary. USC0MM-DC-938I 3,099 5,934 43,437 4,506 3,164 9,828 53,601 5,470 3,046 9,699 46,944 5,229 •868 •62,734 •120,722 ••753 ••54,650 ••103,297 1,002 73,186 105,392 1,037 74,760 i10,280 4,449 207 317 471 4,373 178 337 401 6,186 248 360 509 6,524 270 410 558 8,118 344 554 651 101 626 399 141 80 105 628 376 176 71 56 888 623 134 123 123 938 656 141 133 167 1,211 825 217 159 454 240 516 1,517 416 710 511 251 565 1,396 367 628 679 268 498 2,648 731 1,339 706 279 526 2,714 784 1,330 930 362 714 3,185 928 1,557 196 337 208 324 2,387 236 224 1,794 294 216 1,864 255 260 1,873 2,542 • Data are for January 1958. •• Data are for February 1958. 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