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November 2, 1956 0/ - 80SINESS STATISTICS *-°* A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS BILLION DOLLARS BILLION DOLLARS 95 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS Wednesday Average of Wednesday data (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) 9 5' data \ 90 A 90 ^ ^ ^ ^ s ^ ^ 85 F 1956 / -J 85 ^ \ 80 j ^x*^ 75 70 ^ ^J 1 1 8 8 1 | 8 | | 1 l i l t 1953 JLJ--J^J^JLJL_. > i \ 1954 i i S i i » i » i 1 1 i 1 i S955 ,i i I i 1955 H -4 80 - 75 I I I I I 1 I I I I | J 70 s i d F M A M J J A S O N D 1956 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 175 175 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and steel for castings) 150 150 125 125 BOO -\ 100 75 Li I 1953 1954 1955 I 1956 INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 125 130 J F M A M J J A S O N D COTTON CONSUMPTION CONSUMER PRICES (daily average; seas, adj.) 120 120 All Items no no Food 1 0 5 ' J.I i ' ' ' I ' i t I i i 8 i t i i I i i i i i 1 M i i i I M i i i I i i i i i I I i i I l 1953 1954 1955 1956 !00 w r 90 \ -1 rAA^ V -.11II111II11 1111111II11 <r ^f ^H\ A it 1111 M i l l AA j M i l l 1 II 1 I I 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 S956 1955 STEM Oct. 29 Oct. 22 Oct. 6 Oct. 27 Oct. 20 Oct. 13 Commodity prices, wholesales do.... do.... H5.0 88.1 103.3 123.0' 90.6 S34 936 862 115.2 88.3 103.6 123.1 90.7 129 SS5.0 88.2 103.1 123.0 90.1 30,864 25,866 19,137 596 133 861 781 30,621 26,169 19, l!9 625 30,498 25,747 18,891 458 30,767 25,593 18.935 517 30,880 25,707 18.929 597 30,953 25,810 18,890 571 56,293 21,676 85,542 30,941 25,082 8,040 57,066 21,700 85,571 30,922 25,124 8,049 54,915 22,040 85,655 25,979 29,849 8,794 55,289 22,043 85,338 25,732 29,833 8,815 55,623 22,029 86,066 26,392 29,836 8,834 239 3.30 305.5 349.4 230 3.30 307.0 351.0 253 3.79 337.1 393.9 259 3.80 340.2 398.3 254 3.81 337.9 394.6 267 3.83 336.0 392.4 1,629 10,644 163,816 6,753 1,665 10,659 182,581 6,750 1,735 11,342 79,277 7,022 1,705 11,300 91,203 6,993 1,747 11,333 110,208 6,997 134,184 2,386 #98.9 829 416 2,413 #100.0 835 417 2,506 101.8 815 391 2,483 100.9 823 399 2,495 101.4 829 401 do,... A11 other 115.2 88.9 104, I S22.9 91.1 127 949 874 •III.6 *8688 * 100.2 *!I9.0 88.5 126 862 781 ....1947-49=100.. ....do,... Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ .*, dossss Federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities:,4/ Time deposits, except U. S. Government. Loans and investments (adjusted), total do Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)..,do.,.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 480 stocks (Stand.& Poor8s) 4/..1935-39*100.. do.... !ndustrials, 420 stocks.. ••... Production: 5. of short tons.. ..mi 1. of kw.-hr.. Stee 1 5/......,.., , , thou.»., of short tons.. ,.thous. of cars.. do 2,491 101.2 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. j>/ Week beginning October 29, 1956: Production, 2,486 thous. short tons; operating rate, 101.0 percent. 6/ Data for 1956 adjusted to revised classification of class I railroads. * Monthly index for October 1955. # Not comparable with 1956 rates which are based on higher capacity. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1955 1956 ITEM August September July June 1 September August GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Industrial and commercial failures: do,... do.... do.... do.... do.... 888 59 134 158 430 107 822 75 114 168 366 99 1,105 93 163 183 551 115 1,018 87 141 165 540 85 1,101 95 146 195 567 98 932 72 146 140 489 85 hous. of dol.. ........do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 36,028 1,987 9,663 10,102 10,024 4,252 33,120 2,666 4,256 10,798 8,253 7,147 43,013 3,588 8,598 10,684 12,812 7,331 48,689 7,442 7,488 9,005 11,945 12,809 55,040 4,127 7,507 17,828 14,772 10,806 39,313 2,058 7,840 9,539 15,656 4,220 ,1947-49*100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 114.5 103.4 114.9 104.6 II 1.2 105.7 III.3 102.9 Hi.6 106.5 110.2 •03.5 116.2 104.8 113.2 107.7 131.4 98,0 120.0 110.8 103.2 130.5 128.0 120.4 COMMODITY PRICES Gas and electricity Housefurnishings.... Medical care #.. ! .., # do- SS8 117.0 105.3 114.8 108.7 135.2 99.3 116.8 105.5 1 13.1 109.2 120.7 99.9 II 1.2 ! 103.6 130.5 128.2 121.4 III.7 102.8 132.5 139.0 121.8 III.7 102.8 133.2 132.7 122.2 II2.J 102.6 133.2 133.3 I15.L 106.3 125.4 120.4 116.6 106.7 125.3 120,6 119.9 107.6 126.8 !2!.8 120.1 107.7 127.7 122.2 120.3 107.9 128.5 122.1 90.2 87.3 89.9 89.5 87.0 89.6 87.6 86.1 88.3 87.7 85.5 r87.2 85.6 88.4 Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y — ,1947-49*100.. Retail *o°d «*"io»* | a-t i Of . I 1 1 , l/l17.1 106.5 113. 1 109.8 114.8 101.3 122.5 112.2 S03.3 133.4 134.0 120.5 108.4 128.6 122.7 2/86.7 1/85.4 1/88.4 r7 Revised, U Index based on 1935-39*100 is 195.8. 2/ Indexes based on 1935-39*100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 45.4; consumer prices, 51.1; retail food, 43.8. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1956 1955 I TEN August September July June August COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Wholesale prices of selected commodities? Wheat flour, short patents CMinn.)..dol. per 100 lb; sack.* Calves, veaters (Chicago),. .. .dot. per 100 lb.. Lumber: Douglas fir,const.,No. I, 2" x 4", R.L..dol.per M bd.ft.. Southern pine, boards, No.2, com., 1" x 6", R. L...do.... Ponderosa pine, boards, No, 3, common, l w x 8" do.... Pig iron: Basic (furnace) ..do i. per long ton.. Foundry, No. 2, Northern. do.... 6.150 23.00 6.225 24.00 60I95 22.50 6.310 22.50 r6.040 23.50 89.173 78.922 80.76 89.320 80.155 80.74 89.174 81.891 82.21 88.206 82.425 79.80 r86.773 r8l.884 r77.39 58.50 59.00 58.50 59.00 60.00 60.50 60.00 63.00 62.50 63.00 .0487 44.50 .0487 43.50 •0487 44.50 .0487 44.50 •0527 54.00 4.430 6.738 .125 2.82 4.737 7.104 .125 2.82 5.057 6.735 .125 2.82 5.051 6.795 .125 2.82 r5.083 r6.987 .125 2.82 1947-49*100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... !950-52s 100.. 190 177 149 199 144 46 316 187 182 149 188 173 41 312 192 181 152 183 157 38 357 204 184 161 202 152 33 392 214 182 160 207 155 42 447 thous. of lb. do... ..do... thous. of gal. thous. of lb. .do... do... do... 44,647 69,499 912 11,567 47,421 66,299 716 9,807 46,410 74,232 1,731 10,837 44,480 73,797 1,271 1/5,370 47,922 72,202 1,046 9,160 11,277 7,726 86,963 93,912 10,190 7,765 84,885 97,092 12,100 5,398 85,686 112,656 11,927 6,736 72,263 86,139 12,138 8,111 84,495 108,512 tbous. of g a l . do... 187 17,465 29,735 190 17,590 30,414 194 19,386 22,919 200 19,054 24,965 196 19,720 24,143 3,390 7,681 413 332 39,087 4,012 8,728 396 430 42,221 4,055 7,254 487 407 40,607 2,355 5,872 344 370 31,207 3,814 7,395 443 554 37,826 41,144 22,416 57,022 35,886 10,767 50,304 24,280 60,968 36,700 12,148 44,023 25,083 54,796 29,643 10,544 41,277 15,901 49,751 25,730 8,729 44,288 21,171 57,051 30,421 11,211 12,541 1,897 1,032,932 54,343 809,765 149,419 527 11,358 1,977 1,021,504 58,742 896,472 159,349 521 11,099 1,865 1,001,765 46,211 817,521 159,086 872 11,391 1,853 1,020,822 50,571 781,561 149,603 981 12,694 1,883 1,025,995 55,246 801,478 150,261 891 871 2,210 2,000 2,560 54,115 46,691 9.316 1,997 26,246 827 2,158 2,001 2,130 50,610 42,767 9,127 1,857 23,622 644 2,076 2,061 2,109 44,416 38,751 8.091 1,561 21,495 496 1,731 1,797 1,777 42,158 36,856 7,518 1,567 20,889 668 2,228 2,018 2,578 54,647 46,469 9,819 1,968 25,600 4,700 2,182 4,573 356 6,130 2,952 7,252 528 398 fA-«1. Structural shapes (carbon), f.o.b. mill dol. per lb.. Scrap, No. I,heavy melting (Pittsburgh).dol.per long ton.. Coal, bituminous: Screenings, indust. use, f.o.b. car at mine dol e per short ton.. Large domestic sizes, f.o.b. car at mine... do.... Gasoline, regular grade (New York).. .dol. per gal.. Petroleum, crude (Oklahoma-Kansas), at wells.dol. per bbl.. DOMESTIC TRADE 1 Printers ink advertising index, adjusted: Combined index. Bus i ness papers Magaz i nes ••••••••• Newspapers. Outdoor Radio (network)••••• Te|eviSion (network) 4 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS f\rrtvkr\\r* v'.ST— • • — /*»• > h• -a• •m• •i •/ k~ »—l e. - , nrrsrtt \f+ \ r\r\ •• . w«.ww. . „ . . . r Acetic acid (snythetic and natural)... Acetic anhydride Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).. Creosote oil DDT Ethyl acetate (85#) Ethylene g lycoI Formaldehyde (37| HCH0) Methanol: Natural (100)0 Synthet i c (100£) Phtha I ic anhydr ide. .thous. of lb. Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes... ....thous. of lb. Molding and extrusion materials..... ...do... Nitrocellulose sheets, rods, and tubes ...do... Other cellulose plastics.... do... Phenolic and other tar acid resins .....do... Po I ystyr ene Urea and me I amine resins V i ny I res ins A Ikyd res ins Ros i n mod i f i cat ions FOODSTUFFS Corn, grindings, wet process Meats, production, total. Beef and veal Lamb and mutton Pork, including lard Lard , Coffee, visible supply, United States do. .•••••••••••do. do. do. do. thous. of bu. .....mil. of lb. ......thous. of lb. do... , do... do... thous. of bags. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: Calf and kip thous of skins, # Cattle hide thous of hides, Goat and kid. ...thous of skins. Sheep and lamb do.. Shoes and slippers, production, total thous. of pairs Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc.athletic, total..do.. Men's , do.. s es Youths' and boys' ........do.. Women's • .do.. Misses' and children's do. 6,074 5,223 Infants' and babies' do. 3,058 2,938 Slippers for housewear do. 6,461 7,245 # Ath I et i c do. 386 388 577 210 Other footwear . do. r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. J/ Incomplete; see note on corresponding item in the October 5,056 2,548 4,987 457 1956 Survey. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1956 1955 ITEM August September June July August September METALS AND MANUFACTURES Machine t o o t s ( m e t a l - c u t t i n g t y p e s ) : New orders ( n e t ) , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i I . of doS« Danest i c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o * . , Shipments, total.•................................;..do.., DOmeSt I C. • •••••••. *. .. „ . • ••••• ••• oo ®.o « e. ® .o .•••••• dO. . , Est i mated back Sog6s.e ® e....... e.e * ae... a... e0 e « 9 ®«.months, Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales biSIed..ffloeothousands, Washers* domestic* sales.....•.....,...................do.., Radio sets* production Jt/OQ.a.ffl.e.„eeoe.sae..eeo.ee.ooed©«>s, Television sets (incl. combination), production J./.....do.., PAPER AND PRINTING Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboard? Orders, new 2/ssoee.....„....„.„...thous. of short tons. Orders, unfilled, end of month ,2/.•..•••..••••••...do.., Product1 Shipments 2/.......................................doee, Stocks, end of month 2/..........«....#............do... f1ne paper: Orders, new. 9eeeo09S6oe9 o« >e o eeS oo 0ec , 9eeee6eoeoso6 ..do..« Orders, unfilled, end of month,....................do..« Product! on „ .a..................................... e do ,5,0 < Shipments... ••.•«••.••••••••••••••.•••••.••.••. ....do.,. Stocks* end of month 9 , e o e 6 0 6 e 8 8 8 ( 1 S 8 S e 8 e 6 e , 0 ( ) S S e 8 6 e „do. s < Printing paper: Orders, new*........•••••• • • • •. • • •.... .••.•.•••• •..do.., Orders, unfilled, end of month, ••••••.••••..••••••••do.., Production, ........................................do.., Shipments, ••.••.....•.••.......,...................do.., Stocks, end of month 8S8 . 9 O..........49.4,e.,..do,,( Coarse paper: Orders, new,«. s ® o * e * * » . . e0 „ , , ® E . ® . . « * <,, ® < > . . . ae ® . . e*dos., Orders, unfilled, end of months. ,0,.,.48,,8e.do,.( Production » ....do.., Shipments..... ..•••...•......•....do.., Stocks, end of 'month.... •••••••••••do.,, Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): Pr od uct i on •••••••••••..••......do... Shipments from mills.., ...do.., Stocks, at mills, end of month.. do.., Newsprint, United States: Consumption by publishers.. .......do.., Product ion. .do.., Shipments from mills do.., Stocks, end of month: At mi I Is.,. do.., At pub I i shers. do..« In transit to publishers do.., STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containers: Production thous. of gross, Sh ? pments. .do.., Stocks, end of month.... do.., 62e05 54.35 48e65 44.00 5.6 252.7 403.8 930.1 647o9 58.35 53.40 57.80 51.10 5*6 306.5 414.9 ,242.1 939.5 61,85 55.65 76.25 69,55 7.8 248,3 340.2 1,073.8 553.0 61.90 55.25 65.15 60.70 7.8 259.8 380.2 566.7 336e9 r87.50 r78,25 75eS0 r69.00 7.7 276.9 373.9 990.8 6I299 949.4 860.8 950.5 941.6 446*9 997.6 898.8 946.8 949.1 446.1 T854.3 r904,0 r 1,029.4 r89l.5 r399.Q T827.6 r9!5s0 r938.S r794*4 r397*8 855.0 877.0 1,050.0 896.0 398.0 113.5 96. 2 116, 7 118, 6 94€ 7 128.4 509*4 123.5 124.1 100.5 !29,9 143.1 536.4 141.4 98.8 rII9s0 r143.6 rlS8.5 rll9.l r96.0 127.0 142.0 I43e0 141.0 87.0 337.1 451.5 329.7 330.7 155.2 338.2 435. S 325.2 323.8 156,6 r362.5 r53la! r357.0 r357.8 M59.I r354.I r536.4 r33l.2 r330,9 r159.4 351.0 514.0 371.0 367.0 163.0 313.9 188.9 31!,0 308.2 93.4 331.6 223.9 306.9 305,5 88.7 r309.7 N8I.9 r336,I r332,7 r90.9 r300.7 rl8l.5 r295.1 r293.8 r88.4 320.0 171.0 328.0 328.0 94.0 539.5 534.6 123.6 503.2 501.6 125.2 536.4 544.5 132.9 532.5 543.1 122.2 570.4 559.3 133.3 514.0 528.7 118.5 384.7 136.7 138.9 424.8 126,7 125.9 422.4 141.9 144.4 388.8 S38.5 137.3 402. S54, 153, 434.9 140.6 141.I 8.4 404.0 81.0 9.1 379.7 86.2 6.4 376.1 112.2 7.7 449.8 102.5 8, 518, 114.0 8.0 513.0 §11.8 13,340 14,525 83,263 11,441 11,289 13,040 12,606 11,971 15,917 12,203 SI, 150 16,518 13,290 15,759 13,685 13,162 10,331 13,162 jr/ Revised, j)/ Preliminary. J/ Data for September 1955 and June and September 1956 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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