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May 2, 1958 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $400 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941 - 4 3 « 10 70 Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 70 Weekly MpntMy PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (Wednesday close) 60 60 1957 \ -j ^/^^W 50 - 40 ~ ^ ^ m H ^ ^ 1958 H 40 H 30 20 50 - J L J — 1 _ \ \ 'LJL-L-J—i—L_ ^ J L J L J ^ J ^ ^ J ^ J L . J ^ J L J L ^ L w • ^ m j - » i ™ J L J L J _ j L - j L J L j - _ L _ J _ ^ L J L J J 1955 1956 S957 1. JL.J . I - J - - L J L J 1958 30 i i i \ \ I I i i i i j 20 J F M A f t G J J A S O N D Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 275 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 275 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Weekly (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 250 h 250 1958 I 225 225 ^\ 1957 200 h 200 175 L-l i I i > i 1 l I \ \ I i \ I i » I i l I I \ \ \ I i i I i 8 l I » l I t » i I i I i l i I i I 1955 1956 1957 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 S25 1958 I » i 1 I i I 1 i t i i j 175 J F M A M J J ASOND Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 120 CONSUMER PRICES COTTON CONSUMPTION (daily average; seas, adj.) 120 110 115 §00 I 10 Food I 0 5 1 J. M i » I ii -i ii 1 i i n i I i 11 i i I i i i i i h i 1955 1956 1957 M i I i i i i -i h ii u 1958 8 0 i » ' i i i i 11 1 1 1 1955 1 i 111 i 1111 1956 11 11 i i i i I i 1 1 1 1 1957 11 i 1 1 1 11 111 1958 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 i957 ITEM Apr. 20 1953 Apr. 27 Apr. 5 I Apr. \2 A p r . 59 Apr. 26 Coffl&otflty p r i c e s , who l a s s i e : ••««.•..«« 89, i 129 1,567 1,462 302 •117.2 *90.6 •104.3 * 17.3.4 88.7 123 1,547 1,440 263 30,68! 25,520 19, 107 55! 30,610 25,695 !9,201 562 30,636 24,586 18,526 695 56,588 23,097 37,268 26,258 V,524 3,699 56,695 23,102 P6,716 25,972 31,W 54,119 26,699 89,5A! 28,ii3 30,8*7 ft * w * 3.96 45L08 4 3 . 10 3.93 45.72 43.32 •,»•••••».••do...„ 5 !9.6 99.4 J !0.5 123,3 84*4 103 3,594 3.326 342 .««•»•.... ! 'eiis 525 3,546 3,272 352 119.5 98,2 ? IJ , 4 125.7 34.3 M7 M9.4 97.3 Hi.5 S2!>,7 34.1 346 329 30,744 24,638 18,300 632 30,733 24,701 18,369 653 30,617 24,834 18,654 715 55,25! 26,889 89,834 28,055 30,6*8 8.7(7 56,491 27,038 92,713 30,i64 .30,662 3,779 Finance: F e d e r a l Reserve bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , t o t s ; 3 / do,... Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s , 3 / . . . . . « * « , » * < p t . . . . . « . » . d © « , , , . F e d e r a l Reserve r e s o r t i n g member banks I n leacnng c i t i e s : 4 / Time d e p o s i t s , e x c e p t U . S . G o v e r n m e n t . , Loans and investments ( a d j u s t e d ) , t o + e . 1 . Commercial, PsaS-estate .., do.... i n d u s t r i a l , and a g r * losns ( g r 0 s * ) * . . » d o + i , * , An loans ( g r o s s ) . „ . * » . . . . . , „ , . . Bond y i e l d s , domestic c o r p o r a t e ( M o o d y ' s ) Stock or i c e s , 5 0 0 s t o c k s ( S t a n d . & Poo , " , s) £ / „ . 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 - 1 0 . . .....,. 1,697 t1,485 241.693 7,551 1,662 | ii,3l0 148.258 1 7,537 | 4.04 4L60 44.35 1,170 i1,326 81.206 6,250 ?.3!3 90.4 687 344 2,769 83.7 691 1 343 | 1,31? #48.6 516 277 Production: s . of short t o n s * . ' f k n i i *.. CqSrtn '. S / n * «.hnrt t c « « . . . do 4.03 41,65 44.37 4.02 -47.. 10 44.32. 1,(60 11,307 101.860 6,187 i,!73 ii,507 89.374 6,25! I.30B #48.5 52! 276 i .28*5 #47.6 534 286 ff 9 .1 .! !. 4' il S S * 4.00 4?, ; 8 0 45„54 75.554 ! .270 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. £/ Week beginning April 28, 1958: Production, 1,293 thous. short tons; operating rate, 47.9 percent. * Monthly index for Apri 1957. # Based on January i, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons); not comparable with 1957 rates which are based on January I, 1957, annual capacity (133,459,150 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1957 ITEM February March 1958 December January February March GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS I n d u s t r i a l and commercial failures: Liabilities (current), total Ratal 1 trade 1,238 79 177 208 662 117 1,495 121 202 281 75C 141 64,442 3,364 9,863 24,917 20,788 5,505 65,295 3,309 8,747 24,331 23,038 5,870 71,555 4,470 11,921 23,311 23,531 8,322 •21.6 107.6 116. 1 114.6 113.9 | 106.0 | 122.3 i06.9 118.2 114.6 121.9 M0.2 122.5 106.8 118.7 114.5 124.4 112.0 1/123.3 106.3 i20.3 114.1 130.7 114.4 124.9 112.4 104.9 134.4 136.4 127.0 114.3 104.9 136.7 140.8 127. 1 115.7 104.2 S36.8 141.7 127.3 M5.9 104.9 i37.0 141.9 127.5 115.9 103.9 137.1 142.3 122.9 110,5 135.1 125.2 175.8 124.2 127.0 M4.6 138.9 128.6 182.4 126.8 127.8 SI6.6 138.7 128.4 182.4 127.0 128.0 116.6 138.5 !27.9 185.4 127.0 128.3 117.0 138.7 128.0 185.9 127.2 1,336 99 205 239 672 !?! do.... do.... do.... 65,406 2,493 8,440 33,402 14,780 6,291 55,833 3,833 10,424 17,760 17,816 6,000 . . . . 1947-49=!00.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 118.7 106.1 113.6 lll.l 116.5 101.4 !18.9 i06.8 113.2 110.7 116. 1 100.6 124.5 112.4 105.0 134.2 135.5 122.6 110.0 134.4 124.5 175.8 124.0 ..thous. of d o l . . do.... 1,080 88 174 208 514 j 96 1,279 78 176 219 676 130 1,146 93 180 199 568 106 do.... do.... do.... do.... *do4„*. 45,325 3,072 5,713 14,985 16,028 5,527 COMMODITY PRICES Food do.... do.... Public 1/ Index based on 1935-39=100 72852 is 206.2. 1 ! | 1 1 1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1957 1958 ITEM February March December January February March COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Purchasing power of the dollar as measured by— -49-100.. 85.5 84.2 85*5 84.1 84.4 82.2 r84.1 81.3 r84.0 81*6 1/83.5 1/81.1 sq. yd*. 7,229 1,489 4,425 1,316 9,582 3,023 4,660 1,899 11,386 779 7,817 2,790 5,488 196 3,972 1,320 4,554 209 2,640 1,705 7,553 5,000 1,281 509 3,210 5,653 1,158 563 3,932 5,402 1,554 428 3,420 4,860 944 459 3,457 5,688 1,319 Hlions.. 51,682 18,272 7,397 2,808 1,702 59,224 20,930 8,242 3,326 2,006 61,638 21,730 11,083 3,274 2,030 61,561 20,600 8,276 3,341 2,072 53,7S6 19,194 7,830 2,890 1,786 • of lb*. »..de.... ...do.... of ga1.. 41,227 74,946 1,512 8,955 41,136 76,985 1,208 9,796 48,829 86,675 2,034 [ 9,729 47,517 80,308 2,144 8,506 78,233 1,778 7,339 of lb*. 9,311 5,702 82,526 105,976 11,522 6,371 89,577 111,620 8,870 9,074 103,997 104,466 10,451 6,281 106,806 111,467 10,793 5,314 94,875 104,663 of gal.. 166 18,144 27,242 197 18,701 27,080 148 19,588 31,913 165 r 18,197 25,436 16,965 22,638 3,292 7,187 429 375 37,064 46,097 4,253 8,289 379 500 39,816 51,041 3,885 7,778 360 259 34,379 45,903 r3,564 6,138 348 874 r38,8l3 r4i,70l 3,283 6,677 290 671 32,500 42,216 ...do.... 22,556 64,005 29,980 10,517 7,187 49,800 13,080 25,910 70,419 31,879 9,951 8,618 56,587 15,428 23,094 66,458 24,059 7,590 6,546 68,510 14,741 r25,630 r68,977 27,927 10,340 r7,533 69,522 r15,677 21,871 58,327 25,698 8,480 7,910 61,824 13,101 kw.-hr.. •r46,174 ••r47,692 47,062 r48,433 •7,428 •r23,685 •389 •12,424 ••r7,643 ••r23,757 ••412 ••r13,595 7,932 22,911 362 13,553 r8,144 r22,603 376 rl4,9l9 •764 •483 •946 •54 ••784 ••487 ••973 39 730 516 1,012 46 776 529 1,037 49 of dol.. •r757,464 ••r785,367 798,014 824,613 mi ma Is.. 550 1,488 4,985 1,091 632 1,514 5,380 1,011 569 1,473 5,523 978 1,843.3 902.5 53.9 886.9 172.8 1,932.0 918.1 49.5 964.4 190.8 1,932.3 884.7 46.8 1,000.8 189.3 CONSTRUCTION AS© REAL ESTATE Highway concrete pavement contract awards: 2/ FINANCE * Life insurance written (new paId-for insurance): Value, estimated total«eeeeee9eeeee»«ee»e«ee««»mi 1. of do!.. or o i nary. «.«».....».....«..««> »««»*««•«»« ...... «»«»*. do. . « . 6,727 | 2,109 454 4,164 470 5,500 1,584 509 3,860 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Operations on scheduled airlines: Miles flown, revenue#«»«*.#«#«9««*«#««s######.9«.thousands«# CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: s Methanol: > of lb.. Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: •..do.... ELECTRIC POWER Sales to ultimate customers, total (Edison Electric Commercial and industrial: ...do...*. •..do.... Revenue from sales to ultimate customers (Edison FOODSTUFFS Livestock slaughter (Federally inspected): 1 547 1,630 5,531 1,061 468 1,309 4,453 940 521 1,360 4,818 996 2,050.6 998.1 52.3 1,000.2 193.4 1,622.0 789.7 47.4 784.9 146.5 1,719.7 809.5 50.2 859.9 154.5 Meats: . of lb.. £/ Revised. • Data are for December 1956. •• Data are for January 1957. ±/ 1 Indexes based on I935-39-I0O are as follows: Measured by^- Digitized forwholesale FRASER prices, 43.7; consumer prices, 48.5* 2/ Data for December 1957 are""fcr 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks, 12852 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1957 J 1958 ITEM February March December January . March February LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather productions Calf'and whole kip.....................«...thous. of skins*. Cattle hide and side kip..........thous. of hides and kips.. Goat and kid.»••••»...•.•.•.••..«»..«....».thous« ©f skins©© sneep and iIUHD®©®®®©@©®®©©@©©©..®©@©.®....©©©.©©......d©®.. e METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray irons Orders, unfilled, for sale..•••«••,...thous. of short tons.. ^M 1 piReHTSj TOTS 1®.................... .....a. ......... .QO. ... ror sase«...........................................do.... Castings, malleable irons Orders* unfit led* for sale........ .........snort tons.. Pig iron* production#....#....#...#,..##thous« of short tons.. Castings, steels Shipments, total..........................*©....short tons.® For sal®, TOTBi........................e............do.... RaIiway specia 111@s...............................do.... Fabr i cated structura1 ste®I % Orders, new (net).....................thous. of short tons.. ini pflRenTS.......................®.....................GO.... Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1947-49® i 00.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, nets 844 883 785 786 746 2,164 1,892 2,225 2,164 1,951 2,359 1,955 1,659 1,737 r2,110 1,931 r1,922 1,934 1,647 1,988 638 868 436 632 753 390 .......... ..<»....... 67,292 62,734 34,920 4,854 59,047 54,65© 31,006 4,064 .......... .......... .......... 820,722 94,717 22,545 103,297 79,708 •16,647 .......... .......... .......... ...»..«... .......... .......... ........'.® 931 935 1,103 1,133 582 604 676 364 444 90,725 78,028 46,729 6,658 89,431 78,013 48,311 7,247 74,863 60,425 34,343 5,279 154,932 121,667 27,181 860,054 824,486 29,968 294 389 319 342 848 32© 862 317 136 283 196 337 4,262 4,245 2,959 2,778 2,727 2,542 120,787 ! 92,125 23,403 ..®9...... 4,464 188.4 127.0 68.4 57.9 57.6 4,448 3,429 8,809 6,794 1,593 2,18© 708 1,593 1,420 787 71.90 64.5© 103.35 96.40 72.75 64.60 185.60 103.35 24.85 20.05 70. 8© 63.25 26.85 22.0© 57.8© 50.80 28.30 r23.75 r48.©5 r43.15 5.6 5.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 p35.35 p29.25 P53.60 p48.05 p2.7 300.9 319.6 312.7 286.2 237.5 206.8 265.5 238.2 225.6 263.1 298.4 278.9 518.9 510.9 153.1 574.2 526.5 200.8 435.3 478.4 132.5 498.3 474.8 855.9 473.8 435.2 894.6 52 8.8 478.1 245.2 367.2 150.7 151.6 463.3 164.4 861.2 436.3 138.7 835.8 385.9 157.0 158.8 364.7 140.4 838.7 434.4 148.4 858.0 8.0 88.2 580.2 19.3 595.4 17.6 i 602.0 [ 808.8 j 19.3 612.2 807.5 | 86.7 590.7 99.1 803 1,083 Machine tools (metal-cutting and metal"forming); Sn1pments, tots9......................................do.... DomesT§ c............................................do.... Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales biSled.......thousands.. Washers, domestic, sales bii led J/......................do.... PAPER AND PRINTING Newsprint, Canada (including Newfound land)s Newsprint, United States: Stocks, end of months 591.7 j 819.6 1 rj Revised. £./ P r e l i m i n a r y . 8958. USCOM-DC-12852 79.6 1 8/ Data exclude sales of combination washer-dryer u n i t s ; sales of such types t o t a l e d 11,600 u n i t s In March UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25# D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 807.8 1 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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