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.iTMENTQf r ^ May 22, 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 $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those •published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 index, 1947-49-TOO 275 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 275 Monthly (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) Weekly 1959 W^ 250 225 250 H 225 / 1958 200 200 I 7 5 j j I I . I I 1 1 , 1 I- I I I I I l l I I I I I I i l I I I I I I I l I I I 1 I | I I I 1 I I I I I I 1956 1957 1958 Billion Dollars Index, 1947-49 = 100 400 180 PERSONAL INCOME L I l I I l I I I I I J J F M A M J J A S O N D 1959 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) y (F. R. B. seas. adj. indej$) 350 160 -H H 140 -\ 1 120 -\ 100 ,1 1 1 1 1 ) 1 1 J1 J 1J J1J J J J , L L L 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1J.J„.II.ILU..I..U.J 11 Total 300 Wage and Salary Disbursements J^^ 250 — 200 y J 1 1 1 I 1 l 1 1 i I i li i i 1 i i i i I J - M 1956 I&57 J/ o^° M 1 1 1 1 I ,-Lll 1 1958 1 i 1 I I I II J 1959 July data exclude $4.6 billion (annual-rate basis)^ 'lump-sum retroactive Federal salary payments. Millions 2.0 NEW PERMANENT NONFARM DWELLING UNITS STARTED (privately owned) * I .5 Index, } 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* 110 (seasonally adjusted) 1 -j 100 1.0 90 If H 80 I M I l l l l M I ^Seasonally adjusted, at . u r annual urinuai rates raies I I I I I 1 I I I M I II II II II II II II II II II IJ LLI I I II I I I I I I 1956 1957 1958 1959 70 H * Average per working day J J j ^ j J j - U - L L i l 1 I I 1 1 1 JULLL M I I l l 1 1 1 L1 S956 1957 1958 II I I L.LI l,U 1959 I7 5 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 1958 ITEM May 10 May 17 Apri1 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 Commodity prices, wholesale: 1947-49«I00.. do.,.. 84.4 138 3,324 3,112 279 do.... ••...••....thous.. do.... •119.3 •97.7 •II 1.5 •125.5 85.5 126 3,222 3,019 1 327 119.9 92.5 107.5 128.1 87.5 141 ••2,041 1,725 300 119.8 92.1 107.9 128.0 87.5 140 ••1,943 1,641 275 119.6 91.4 107.6 127.9 87.8 158 119.6 90.9 107.9 127.9 88.1 265 311 31,505 27,563 18,550 491 F i nance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ^3/.....do.... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ •••••mil. of dol•• Time deposits, except U. S. Government. e o o o o o e o a e a e o O O s e e s Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross),...do..., Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/ s # .1941-43=10.. do.... Product i on: s. of short tons.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches)«... ...thous. of bb1.. 30,812 24,854 18,190 662 31,332 27,472 18,817 612 31,244 27,212 18,551 404 31,369 27,424 18,571 399 54,915 27,444 91,973 30,496 30,051 8,757 54,706 27,519 91,785 30,511 30,016 8,774 57,858 28,439 94,917 29,640 31,229 9,920 57,804 28,488 94,666 29,276 31,230 9,947 56,231 28,524 94,283 28,892 31,369 9,975 4.00 43.93 46.80 4.00 43.12 45.84 4.49 57.73 61.67 4.52 57.69 61.70 4.55 57.61 61.66 1,045 11,315 96,285 6,250 1,220 11,257 104,458 6,262 1,349 12,538 161,242 7,132 1,373 12,546 144,017 7,113 1,401 12,659 162,476 7,200 2,646 93.5 647 347 2,627 92.8 674 359 2,604 92.0 677 352 1,334 #49.4 536 288 thou s. of short tons.. Stee 1 5/ 30,659 24,763 18,276 629 ..thous. of cars.. ._ do 1,412 #52.3 561 . 297 4.58 57.97 62.11 162,822 2,631 92.9 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Week beginning May 18, 1959: Production, 2,674 thous. short tons; operating rate, 94.4 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 1 1958 1959 ITEM March Apri I January February March GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS National income and product: Seasonally adjusted quarterly totals at annual rates: 351.7 250.9 234.4 • 192.7 9.4 32.3 Corp.prof its and inventory valuation adj.,total...do.,.. Net interest,••••••••••••••••••• ,,,,,,.,,,,,do.... Personal consumption expenditures, total ....do.... Gross private domestic investment, total.. do.... Net exports of goods and services do.... i Gov't purchases of goods and services, total....,,do.,.. Federal (less Government sales), ..do.... National defense...,. do. 1 1 • Data are for the 4th quarter 1958. for FRASER 9387 Digitized •373.5 •258.4 •241.3 •197.6 • 10.0 • 33.7 16.5 44.3 30.6 13.7 12.1 • • • • • 17.1 45.5 31.8 13.7 12.3 31.3 31.7 16.1 15.5 -.3 13^0 • • • • • 44.0 45.2 23.0 22.2 -1.2 18.2 45.8 32.4 13.4 12.5 • 13.3 13.6 ^453.0 •295.9 • 38.9 •143.3 •113.6 • 61.6 • 38.6 • 23.0 • .0 467.0 300.5 40.1 145.2 I 15.1 70.2 40.0 24.5 5.7 427.1 286.2 36.3 139.8 I 10. I 50.9 36.3 22.9 -8.2 i 1.7 21.9 20.2 88.3 49.7 43.7 38.6 1 • | • 22.1 • 21.7 • 95.2 • 54.2 • 45.3 • 41.0 1 265.5 247.3 203.1 9.9 34.3 .4 1 -.3 21.5 21.8 96.6 54.3 45.8 42.3 Apri 1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 1958 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued National income and product - Continued Seasonally adjested quarterly totals at annual rate - Con. Personal income, total...., .... bil. of do I.. Less: personal tax and nontax payments ..do.... Equals: Disposable personal income.................do.... Persona I sav i ng •• do.... Personal income, by source, seasonally adj. at annual rates: Total personal income... bil. of do I.. Wage and salary disbursements, total................do.... Commodity-producing industries.. do.... Manuf actur i ng on Iy .do.... D i str i but i ve i ndustr ies..... .do... • Service industries. do.... Government do.... Other labor income. .....do.... Propr i etor s' i ncorae: Business and professional........ do.... Farm. ..•• do.... Rental income of persons. ...do.... D i v i dends , do.... Personal interest income.. .do.... Transfer payments. • .do.... Less personal contributions for social insurance....do.... Total nonagricultural income.... ...do.... Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, total.. ......mi I. of do I.. Farm marketings and CCC loans, total.... ...do.... Crops, •••• do.... Livestock and products, total .do.... Da i ry products do.... Meat animals do..., Poultry and eggs. ......................do..0. Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, unadjusted: A11 commod it ies 1947-49= 100.. Crops do.... Livestock and products.. .do.... Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted: A11 commodities •••••• .do.... Crops. • . • .do.. Livestock and products... do.... Industrial production (FRB): Unadjusted, combined index...... do.... Manufactures. • ••••• • .do. •. • Durab le manufactures. .do. •.. Pr i mar'y met a Is........... • .do. •.. Metal fabricating (including ordnance)..... do.... Fabricated metal products..... ••'•••do.... Machi nery • .do.... Transportation equipment do.... Instruments and related products....... do.... Furniture and fixtures.......... Lumber and products Stone, clay, and glass products........ Mi see I laneous manufactures Nondurable manufactures.... Printing and publishing Petroleum and coal products Minerals. Coal...... Crude oil and natural gas do.... do.... ....do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.,.. Adjusted, combined index do.... Manufactures. .do,... Durab le manufactures do.... Primary metals.. ......do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance),.... do.... Fabricated metal products...... do.... Mach i nery do.... Transportation equ i pment do...'. Instruments and related products do.... Furniture and fixtures Lumber and products Stone, clay, and glass products...., Mi see I laneous manufactures April March ....do.... do.... ..do.... do.... Nondurable manufactures do.... Printing and publishing ...do.... Petroleum and coal products ............do.... Minerals do.... Coal... ..........••do.... Crude oi I and natural gas .......do,... jr/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. *Data are for 4th quarter 1958 Digitized for 9387 FRASER 3 January February 365.7 44.8 320.9 20.4 •359.5 • 43.7 •315.8 • 19.9 348.3 42.3 306.1 19.9 March 348.7 232.6 95.3 74.9 62.9 33.3 41.1 8.9 349.7 232.0 95.0 74.3 62.4 33.4 41.2 8.9 363.0 245.4 102.1 80.8 64.8 34.5 44.0 9.4 365.4 246.9 102.7 81.5 65.3 34.7 44.2 9.5 r369.5 r250.2 M05.I r83.4 65.8 34.9 r44.4 9.5 30.5 14.6 12.1 12.4 19.3 24.8 6.6 330.5 30.6 15.0 12.1 12.4 19.3 26.1 6.6 331.0 32.3 13.3 12.4 12.5 19.6 25.8 7.7 345.8 32.4 13.4 12.5 12.5 19.8 26.1 7.7 348.2 r32.8 13.5 12.5 '12.6 20.0 26.1 7.8 r352.1 2,133 2,108 630 1,478 406 762 276 2,214 2,198 624 1,574 392 885 259 2,909 2,862 1,344 1,518 366 888 238 2,276 2,242 878 1,364 347 768 223 2,216 2,190 684 1,506 388 850 248 87 59 108 90 58 115 118 125 III 92 82 100 90 64 110 89 55 114 91 49 123 127 135 120 104 94 M2 100 70 123 129 131 138 95 154 122 146 189 161 127 129 133 89 148 118 139 181 160 142 144 154 127 168 r!34 156 211 176 147 rl50 159 rl44 172 rl35 162 212 r!79 149 rl52 rl64 154 r!75 rl39 164 r2l6 rl82 III 106 131 127 108 107 135 125 132 rl 16 rl4l 133 134 rl24 145 137 rl35 125 rl57 r!39 125 140 125 III 67 134 125 140 124 109 60 132 135 139 146 rl24 73 152 140 rl42 145 123 r74 150 rl4l r!48 rpl46 121 68 p!48 128 129 135 91 150 122 141 183 160 126 128 131 86 146 118 137 178 159 143 145 153 125 166 136 154 204 176 145 148 rl57 138 168 rl35 158 204 r!79 147 150 160 146 170 III 109 133 128 110 107 135 129 133 rl27 147 137 rl32 r!26 r!49 137 rl35 124 138 127 112 70 130 1 125 137 127 109 63 129 137 144 143 124 69 r!49 139 145 144 rl24 r74 146 rl39 rl45 rpl47 rl22 r7l rp!44 r!39 159 207 rl80 129 rl58 r!4l MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 S958 ITEM Aprs I GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Consumer durables output (FRB): Adjusted Index, tota(•••;•.•••••••••••••••••J 947-49-100. Major consumer durab les......„..«.,,*.«,•,<><» S 8 s e 8 . . . d o o s s AutOS aaB9..8..96<s..«.«,8as,.e«s.eeS..os..<>o sa8....sdose6 Major household goodse .. s a 8 e 3 .......<>... • .•••••..do... Other consumer durab les.... e e e • • ••••••••••seeeo ...do. ffi0 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Engineering construction: .mi I. of do I. Contract awards (ENR) ] / . , , . New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started: Unadjusted: Total, privately and publicly owned,,..... .. .....thous. Pr i vate i y owned, totaI .••.••..•••••....-.........do... Sn metropolitan areas., ».. ........do... .........do... Pub I icly owned.,,., 46 .. Seasonally adjusted at annual rate: Privately owned, total. •••••..••••••••••••• s a a a ..„.do e 9 . Construction cost indexes: Engineering News-Record: Buiiding 2/....... .1947-49=100. ........do... Construction 2/......... January February Apr! S March pl36 144 147 133 139 130 r!48 rl35 r 141 SS9 r 121 1,64! 1,314 1,644 1,905 99. 94, 65, 4, r87.0 r84,l r59.7 r2.9 89.0 87.9 60,6 LI 120.0 117.0 80.1 3.0 137.0 133.2 93.1 3.8 918.0 983.0 364. 0 320.0 1,390.0 1,390.0 152.8 164.6 153.4 165.9 158. 9 171. 9 159.8 172.5 160.6 173.2 161.0 174.5 1,762.7 116.0 1,177.8 119.0 780.4 145.9 270.0 8.8 873 7 192 3 269 .6 7 8 387.1 S34.4 118.0 2.5 1,798.6 123.7 1,184.6 105.4 810.7 156.2 275.8 8.5 66.7 147.2 61.8 43.6 166.6 99.1 21.3 62.9 175 J 100 ,5 29 .8 88 B 2 1.4 93.4 6.1 23.1 72.1 156.6 81.2 45.0 175.8 105.7 21.0 60.2 1,809,7 76.3 1,019.8 210.4 244.4 94.8 164.0 1,731.4 65.4 970.1 208.9 243.5 84.4 159.1 r1,961.0 93.8 rl,lll.3 r207.I r265.5 98.0 185.3 r1,836.I r90.2 r1,044.8 r184.3 243.4 91.8 r181.5 2,039.6 94.4 1,153.7 213.0 264.0 109.0 205.4 919, 276. 547, 95, r906.6 r27I.I r552.7 82.8 r900.4 r272.5 r548.3 79.6 915.8 289.8 546.6 79.3 2,500 1,137 1,112 12 239 r2,707 rl,2l3 rl,239 12 243 r2,62l rl,145 r1,222 II r243 2,847 1,239 1,315 12 280 104 103 92 114 108 97 94 81 107 106 rS33 rS40 S39 I ,'308 1,583 81.4 77.3 51.8 4.1 rl43 118 S42 142 ..... FINANCE Stocks, cash dividend payments publicly reported: Total dividend payments.......••••••.•••••••••miI.. of doSe F I n a n C e . , ® < , « e 9 © a o ® s s « a e a © ® » . 8 o » ® ® e 3 e « > ® e e e * ® e < » » ...do... Manuf a c t u r i n g • • • • < • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • » * • ...do... ...do... Mi ing. Public uti titles: Commun i cat i ons.............••••••••••••••••••••••do..• Electric and gas do... Ra i I road ..•...•.•••.•••••• do... Trade.. M , , i ••-•-» • •••»«•«.••••»••••••••••••««do... 1 6 i 9 9 PULP, PAPER, AND PRINTING Wood pulp: Production, total, all grades........thous. of short tons. Dissolving and special alpha ,, ,„,,.do,,, Su I fate .do.... Sulfite.. *. ........do... Groundwood .do... Defibrated or exploded ........do... Soda, semichemical, screenings, damaged, etc......do..., Stocks, end of month, total, all mi Ms..............do.... Pulp mi I Is..... ......do.... Paper and board mills... ...do..,. Nonpaper mi I Is do.... All paper and board mills, production: Paper and board, total. do.... Paper ....... do.... Paperboard ....do.,.. Wet-machi ne board, do.... Construction paper and board. do.... r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. \J Data for January and A p r i l nlng of each month are shown here for the previous month. USCOMM-DC-9387 r2,533 rI,128 rl,167 13 227 1959 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2/ Data reported a t the begin- PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT 920.2 266.1 558.9 95.1 BUSINESS
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