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May 29, 1959
STATISTICS
BUSINESS
A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected
weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
Thousands
1,000
MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION
(cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants}
800
800
400
200
J F M A M J J A
SONO
indeK,!947-49=IOO
ind«x,l947"49=!00
I 75
! 75
Monthly
STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots csrad steel for eastings)
"
I
1 50
H
I 50
! 25
-
I 25
! 00
_
-H I 0 0
1 CO 1
Icvi 1
75 J
1 1 1 1 1 1 l - I ^ J L - J - . . -U—i._L-J_J-J—L^L-J-J™J—. •• ,1,.,!
1956
1 |
i
i
I
i
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1959
Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
Index, 1947-49= 100
140
WHOLESALE
1, L I
1958
1957
PRICES
Commodities other than
Farm Products and Foods
CONSUMER PRICES
125
All Items
120
120
All Commodities
IOO
L.
Farm Products
115
b
I 10
h
V
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1956
1957
1958
1959
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1959
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
1959
1958
ITEM
May 24
May 17
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
thous..
State and UCFE programs
do....
Failures, Industrial and commercial
number..
Finance:
Currency In circulation 3/
mil. of do I..
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..
Time deposits, except U. S. Government.........
do....
Loans and investments (adjusted), total
.....do....
U. S. Government obligations
do....
Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do....
Real-estate loans (gross)
do....
Bond yeilds, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
percent*.
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/...1941-43-10..
Industrials, 423 stocks.
..do....
Production:
Bituminous coal 3/
thous. of short tons..
Electric power, by utilities
mil. of kw.-hr..
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches)
number..
Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/.
thous. of bb 1
Steel £ / .
thous. of short tons..
Percent of capacity
••
Freight car loadings, total
thous. of cars..
Miscellaneous
do....
May 2
May 16
May 9
May 23
119.7
90.7
107.8
128.1
88.1
137
119.5
90.6
107*7
127.9
88.1
311
259
31,369
27,424
18,571
399
31,505
27,563
18,550
444
31,515
27,989
18,829
606
57,804
28,488
94,666
29,276
31,230
9,947
4.52
57.69
61.70
56,231
28,524
94,283
28,892
31,369
9,975
4.55
57.61
61.66
56,184
28,506
95,384
29,675
31,587
f0,038
4.58
57.97
62.11
4.65
58.09
62.23
1,373
12,546
144,017
7,113
2,627
92.8
674
359
1,392
12,659
163,042
7,200
2,604
92.0
677
352
1,364
12,684
162,448
7,178
2,631
92.9
694
355
85.5
126
3,222
3,019
327
•119.5
*98.5
* 112.9
•125.3
85.7
128
3,089
2,893
337
87.5
141
**l,940
1,641
275
87.8
158
«*l,828
1,567
265
30,812
24,854
18,190
662
30,822
25,016
18,248
703
31,244
27,212
18,551
404
54,706
27,519
91,785
30,511
30,016
8,774
4.00
43.12
45.84
54,671
27,634
91,803
30,856
29,851
8,800
•4.00
43.55
46.32
1,220
11,257
104,470
6,262
1,412
#52.3
561
297
1,212
11,316
104,640
6,256
1,523
#56.4
571
297
160,484
2,644
93.4
1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. %) Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. £ / Week beginning May 25, 1959:
Production, 2,671 thous. short tons; operating rate, 94.3 percent. * Monthly index for May 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
1959
1958
ITEM
March
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
Business incorporations:
New incorporations (48 States).........
Industrial and commercial failures:
Failures, total
.
Commercial service*
Construction
•
Manufacturing and mining
'.
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
April
January
February
March
April
number.
11,670
11,329
18,765
15,758
r18,119
17,554
..number.
do...
do* • •
...do...
do...
do...
1,495
121
202
281
750
141
1,458
116
209
257
737
139
1,273
96
188
215
642
132
1,161
104
164
207
582
104
1,263
117
185
210
625
126
1,292
121
166
202
671
132
Liabilities (current), total
thous. of dol*
Commercial service**********
*
do...
Construction
*
*
*
do...
Manufacturing and mining
••••••••••••••••••••••do***
Retal I trade****
..do...
Wholesale trade
*
do...
COMMODITY PRICES
Consumer price, index, all items
1947-49-100*
Apparel
,
do...
Food...
do*.*
Dairy products
,.*do.• •
Fruits and vegetables.....
*
.....do...
Meats, poultry, and fish
.do...
Housing*
do*..
Gas and electricity
do...
Housefurnishings
••••••••
do...
Rent...
do...
Medical core........
do...
#
Personal care
*
do...
Reading and recreation....
do...
Transportation
do...
Private
do...
Public
do...
Other goods and services
do...
71,555
4,470
11,921
23,311
23,531
8,322
83,977
13,497
9,612
29,538
23,657
7,673
73,564
6,559
8,274
17,062
33,197
8,472
58,592
4,547
6,911
17,444
22,327
7,363
65,051
5,304
11,589
22,558
20,348
5,252
71,907
9,994
8,623
16,501
22,839
13,950
123.3
106.8
120.8
114. I
130.7
114.4
123.5
106.7
121.6
112.5
136.6
115.9
127.7
116.0
104.0
137.3
142.7
128.5
117.0
136.3
127.6
186.1
127.2
123.8
106.7
119.0
114. I
121.7
113.8
128.2
118.2
103.2
138.8
147.6
129.4
117.0
144.1
133.1
191.8
127.3
123.7
106.7
118.2
114.0
121.2
112.6
128.5
118.5
103.8
139.0
148.6
129.8
117.1
144.3
133.3
191.8
127.4
123.7
107.0
117.7
113.8
120.7
III.3
* 123.9
107.0
117.6
112.9
123.6
111.5
128.7
118.2
103.8
139.3
149.6
130.0
117.7
145.3
134.4
192.6
128.2
rl Revised. * Index based on 1935-39-100 is 207.2.
9396
127.5
115.9
103.9
137.1
142.3
128.3
117.0
138.7
128.0
185.9
127.2
128.7
118.5
103.8
139.1
r149.2
129.7
117.3
144.9
134.0
192.0
127.3
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
3
1959
1958
ITEM
April
March
March
February
January
1
April
COMMODITY PRICES - Continued
Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y 83.5
81.1
83.8
81.0
83.7
80.8
83.7
80.8
83.6
80.8
•83.3
•80.7
119.7
100.5
142.5
82.2
95.8
110.7
117.8
113.4
106.8
105.9
119.3
97.7
129.2
85.7
94.5
111.5
118.4
II 1.4
107.6
108.5
119.5
91.5
102.5
76.1
90.3
108.7
117.5
113.0
110.8
103.3
119.5
91.1
105.9
77.0
88.4
107.6
117.7
113.0
110.6
100.9
119.6
r90.8
93.6
77.7
91.1
107.2
119.0
113.0
r111.2
99.6
120.0
92.4
114.2
79.7
91.9
107.2
118.9
112.0
110.8
100.8
125.7
110.7
123.7
94.0
64.2
110.3
128.4
125.5
II 1.0
124.3
94.1
62.2
110.3
128.4
127.5
110.2
124.0
93.0
59.9
107.6
128.2
127.8
109.9
123.7
93.0
58.9
107.5
128.4
128.1
109.8
123.6
92.8
60.3
107.5
128.4
128.3
110.0
123.9
92.8
60.4
107.5
128.3
112.4
126.2
100. 1
101.1
117.0
123.5
105.3
122.8
92.6
70.7
II 1.0
119.8
100.0
98.1
115.8
123.4
I05v3
122.8
92.6
70.7
113.9
125.3
100.7
112.7
118.2
123.3
105.0
124.1
89.1
70.2
114.8
126.2
100.8
112.0
119.5
123.3
104.8
124.1
89.1
70.2
115.0
124.6
100.9
113.1
119.9
r 123.5
r105.0
124.1
r89.7
70.2
114.2
119.3
100.8
111.3
119.4
123.5
105.1
123.9
89.7
70.2
99.5
121.9
51.2
91.0
115.5
115.9
99.7
121.7
53.3
91.1
115.7
115.9
104.1
123.2
68.7
99.3
120.5
121.0
105.4
123.3
73.0
101.0
122.5
123.1
108.5
123.6
87.7
103.6
r 124.2
r125.5
117.8
128.3
108.5
120.4
126.1
126.6
149.2
138.3
165.4
151.3
139.1
149.8
120.7
167.3
127.0
149.4
138.5
165.4
151.8
139.0
148.6
120.8
166.4
124.1
151.8
142.9
170.9
152.6
143. 1
152.9
121.8
172.0
133.2
152.0
143.0
171.4
152.5 |
143.2
153.4
122.0
172.5
134.1
r152.2
r 143.1
M7I.7
r153.1
143.2
r 153.6
121.9
171.9
r136.1
152.1
143.1
171.8
153.0
143.2
152.8
121.9
170.8
134.8
135.3
155.5
127.9
133.1
130.5
143.0
144.6
152.1
135.4
155.5
127.9
133.1
130.5
142.9
144.5
152.1
137.2
159.3
128.6
133. 1
131.5
142.1
146.0
151.9
137.5
159.6
J29.0
133.1
131.7
142.1
146.1
151.9
137.7
159.9
r 129.3
133.1
132.0
142.1
146.7
151.9
136.3
160.0
129.4
133.1
132.2
143.3
147.5.
151.9
94.0
99.3
89.0
116.1
81.0
102.8
128.0
120.1
134.8
94.3
119.1
93.7
99.2
88.5
116.5
80.5
101.6
128.0
120.1
134.8
97.8
119.1
93.3
99.3
88.7
104.7
79.3
97.4
128.6
121.7
134.8
100.8
117.8 j
93.7
99.3
89.6
109.3
79.8
97.7
128.9
121.7
134.8
98.5
117.9 |
r93.9
99.3
90.2
M2.I
r80.l
r97.8
132.1
121.7
134.8
97.0
r117.2
94.1
99.3
90.3
113.6
80.6
99.5
132.2
121.7
134.8
96.8
116.9
11,182
9,501
6,039
3,496
4,956
4,528
8,152
6,576 1
10,722
8,426
6,375
4,258
Wholesale price Index:
Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried*.
do....
Livestock and live poultry
do....
Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen.........do....
Commodities other than farm products and foods.....do....
Chemicals and allied products..
do....
Chemicals, industrial••.«««...«.«•.•••••......••do....
Drugs and pharmaceuticals........ # ..............do....
Fats and oils, inedible.........................do....
FertiIizer materiais«...«««.«««.«.«««....«..««..do*...
Fuel, power, and lighting materials
do....
Furniture, other household durables.....
do....
App1iances, househoId.......... .<•••••....••••••.do....
Hides, skins, and leather products.......
do....
Lumber and wood products.........................do....
Machinery and motive products..
Agricultural machinery and equipment
Construction machinery and equipment
Electrical machinery and equipment
.....do....
.......do....
......do....
...do....
Metals and metal products..............••••••••••do....
Nonmetalltc minerals, structural
do....
'Pulp, paper, and allied products
do....
Manmade fiber textile products
Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages
do....
do....
|
!
I
1
FINANCE
Federal Government finance:
Individual income taxes
Corporation income and profits taxes..........
do....
do....
69
68
76
70
89
85
2,658
6,538
3,584
2,944
5,202
4,002
680
476
722
1,237
1,189
424
321
U92
2,938
5,459
1,281
1*237
1,378
1,255
5,749
• 616
5,133
6,122
6,776
6,331
6,461
6,427
613
5,508
675
6,101
362
630
5,701
857
649
5,812
rj Revised.
Indexes based on 1935-39*100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.6; consumer prices, 48.3.
9396
477
558
652
5,776
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
4
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- "'-«•»•• ••—-"••«• *— •--»-<~ " ».—*..—«,«»..«. .«—....-*.
, . ,.*.
«~_
1959
1958
ITEM
March
April
January
February
March
April
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Machine tools (metal-cutting and metal-forming):
36.15
29.80
54.15
48.50
2.7
Domestic. • .••••••••••••oo«»»«««««««»«««»««««««»»«» odo..'».
28.30
20.85
50.90
44.20
2.6
!
P53.45
P47.05
p45.10
p38.20
p3.9
41.05
35.10
31.30
25.80
3.4
45.40
40.05
36.05
29.85
3.8
r5l.55
r46.70
r45.75
r39.40
r3.9
r924.0
r606.0
ri,054.7
r874.4
r533.7
r900.4
r672.7
r999.3
r836.4
r536.8
#925.0
#66i.C
#844.0
#859.0
#456.0
r 150.0
r83.0
r138.4
r 143.0
M3I.0
r146.0
r93.0
r!35,0
r137.0
r128.0
155.0
102.0
146.0
145.0
M7.0
r384.0
r 329.3
r358.2
r353.2
r236.5
r369.3
r359.8 i
r328.5
r325.9
-234.?
420.0
393,0 o « o o » o » 9 C o
374.0
371,0 .•»»«•»»<!»
237.0 • c«t.««to»ft
r330.4
r 147.5
r320,6
r3!9.8
rIOI.I 1
r328.6
r168.9
r3i2.9
r3l7.6
r103.6
350.0
166.0
PAPER AND PRINTING
Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboard:
r8l7.4
r658.2
961 8
r804.8
r5!6.2
Fine paper:
Orders, new..«.•«.•«••••••o««»o*o«*»***«*«*««o»*«...oo....
124.8
70.3
136.3
124.8
130.5
Printing paper:
Orders, unfilled, end of month..,„..«.
,.
do..,.
PrOdUCtiOn.c..«e».o.«.»oo.ocoo«oae»9<>etea«<>»<»4«0»«
»dO.»• .
Shi p m e n t S . ..«««.o..»»e.»w«<>e»oo«0«ao0A««c«o:>«*e<»!r#
eO O * » «»
Stocks, end of month
Coarse paper:
......,...*.
.••••.do..*• 1
Orders, unfilled, end of month......,••«•«
„..do.»..
1
r786.5
r639 I
994.5 I
r804 6
r528.9
120.9
71 7 I
132.8
122.3
139.2 |
r346.0
r4l9.2
334.8
r334.2
r2!7.3
r34l.6 !
299*4
132.5
300.3
296.1
113.4
277.0 !
M9.8 j
297.4
288.3
M5.3.
52 {.8
471.!
245.2
522.6
532.? •
235.1 |
148.4
I5S.0
16.7
434.4
689.8
148.6
149.2
16.0
423.3
694,9
629,665
729,955
r-412,4
342.8 |
r344.0
r2!6.i I
Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland):
P r O d U C t 1 O n . . . . . . . . . . « « . « c o « o * » e « * f t C 8 a < t e 4 S < > r c f t s a » e » » e • G O . .: » c
Stocks at mills, end of month
„
».•*<..•«••«.do«,,« 1
Newsprint, United States:
Production. • ••.•...••<.»»»«.»c«««c«»»««*<»*«oc.»4..o.*««. »do..«..
1
Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of month.do.... !
1
1
346.0
343.0
102.0
.e..«0o«o«
OJJ«n««a
49! 4 !
465.9
209.9
466.0
4? 6.2
259.6
5M.9
453.2
318.3
534.6
577.5
275.4
i
165.7
i
i
j
155.1
27.1
394.9
651.8
149.6
155.0
21.7
384.5
636.3
I6U8
159.2
24.3
457.7
578.5
165.3
168.6
16.9
466.5
567.9
687,360
699,652
862,582
716,820
r64.1
r3l.5
r94.6
r45.3
r49.3
64.6
31.9
93.3
43.8
49.5
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Cotton: 1/
Rayon and acetate:
Production:
54.6
24.8
126.7
69.8
56.9 1
47.9
22.1 1
126.1
69.9
56.2
56.1
33.5
98.1
50.4
47.7
r/ Revised. &/ Preliminary. # March data exclude estimates for tissue and miscellaneous papers.
cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
USC0MM-DC-9396
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
WASHINGTON 25, D. C
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
FIRST CLASS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
54.7
31.2
99.0
48.1 ;
50.9 I
1 / Data for April 1958 and March 1959
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