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November 27,1959
BUSINESS
STATISTICS
^BUSS^P^
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
Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0
Index, 1947-49 = 100
275
275
Monthly
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities)
(E. E. I. seas. adj. index)
250
h
225
£25
200
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1956
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Thousands
250
1,000 |
Weekly
Monthly
MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION
(cars, trucks, coaches; U. 5. plants)
800
200
1959
600
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200
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NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
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Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
120
FREIGHT CARLOADINGS*
(seasonal!/ adjusted)
1 10
(seasonally adjusted)
H
Total
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Private
Residential
(nonfarm)
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90
Jk
1
80
* Average per working day
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1957
1958
1959
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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
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1958
1959
ITEM
Nov. 15
Nov. 22
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
Commodity prices, wholesale:
State programs (incl. Alaska and Hawaii)
do....
Finance:
Currency in circulation 4/
mil. of dol..
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 47
do....
**88.3
157
1,959
1,750
274
*II9.2
*92. 1
*I09.5
*I26.8
87.8 .
169
1,942
1,733
260
31,660
27,100
18,510
619
86.9
145
1,615
1,444
273
119.2
86.4
106.0
128.6
**86.6
155
1,700
1,528
265
285
287
31,754
? 7 ,087
18,340
440
31,873
28,353
18,568
289
31,920
28,443
18,711
378
32, 105
28,651
18,724
495
32,235
28,758
18,647
430
6!,!70
30,012
#101,662
34,017
61,169
29,886
#101,743
34,004
i1,288
11,336
61,239
30,532
103,388
28,194
29,5!6
12,527
60,615
30,489
103,879
28,056
29,687
12,506
60,837
30,299
103,416
27,693
29,727
!2,540
4.41
53.05
56.74
4.39
53..20
56.84
4.85
57.46
61.62
4.86
57.26
61.47
4.85
57.49
61.72
1,510
12,378
141,474
6,968
1,530
12,579
163,961
6,975
1,323
12,978
118,053
6,887
1,279
13,019
76,248
6,899
1,541
13,270
77,288
6,876
37i
.3.1
588
306
368
13.0
561
287
1,291
45.6
638
309
1 19.2
86.4
105.7
128.7
86.1
167
1 18.9
85.0
104.9
128.6
85.2
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:!?/
Loans and investments (adjusted), total
do....
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 5/...
!94I-43H0..
4.86
56.99
61.22
Production:
2,011
##74.5
645
327
2,000
##74.1 1
619
320
78,272
2,233
78.9
\_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for the following programs:
State; R.R.; Federal employees; veterans; and ex-servicemen. ±/ Dally average. J?/ Wednesday data; leaders indicatt data not available.
6/ Week beginning November 2 3 , 1959: Production, 2,495 thous. short tons; operating rate, 88.1 percent. * Monthly index for November 1958.
* * Wednesday price. # Not strictly comparable with data for 1959. # # Based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 t o n s ) ; not
comparable with 1959 rates which are based on January I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons).
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1959
1958
ITEM
September
GENERAL BUSINESS
October
July
August
September
October
INDICATORS
Industrial and commercial failures:
Fa i I ures, tota I
Commercia I service
Construct ion
Manufacturing and mining
Retai I trade
Who Iesa I e trade
number,
,
Liabilities (current), total
Commer c i a I ser vice
Construct i on
Manufacturing and mining
Retai I trade
Wholesale trade
1,039
1,271
1,071
1,135
1,144
1,125
do..,
do..
do..,
do..,
do..
87
163
187
506
96
99
176
215
657
124
100
137
203
518
113
122
181
187
542
103
93
191
192
563
105
102
164
221
532
106
thous. of dol,
48,103
47,268
51,197
54,501
54,736
50,375
do..,
do. •
do..
do..
do..
2,046
7,841
18,167
14,112
5,937
5,306
6,771
12,141
16,103
6,947
3,147
11,328
14,592
17,052
5,078
3,160
12,061
18,559
15,362
5,359
3,077
12,595
15,974
16,098
6,992
3,891
7,13!
20,980
13,050
5,323
mil. of dol
do..
do. •
do..
do..
4,745
3,157
1,746
1,411
1,588
4,760
3,176
1,788
1,388
1,584
5,243
3,633
2,151
1,482
1,610
r5,266
r3,658
r2,l55
1,503
r1,608
r5,022
r3,537
r2,!0l
1,436
rl,485
4,791
3,412
2,022
1,390
1,379
do..
do..
do..
do..
do..
4,105
2,821
1,535
1,286
1,284
4,198
2,872
1,590
1,282
1,326
4,658
3,288
1,924
1,364
1,370
r4,567
r3,26l
r1,894
1,367
r1,306
r4,366
r3,165
r1,852
1,313
r 1,201
4,237
3,085
1,798
1,287
1,152
195,205
70,887
40,520
212,894
79,620
43,594
235,645
89,600
48,422
208,131
75,233
43,265
215,938
81,067
43,259
230,248
89,519
46,083
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
New construction (unadjusted), total
Pr i vate, tota I
Res i dent i a I (nonf arm)
Other
Public, total
New construction (seasonally adjusted), total
Pr»i vate, tota I
Res i dent i a I (nonf arm)
Other
Pub I i c, tota I
FI NANCE
Bank debits, total (344 centers)
New York City
6 other centers
r_/ Revised.
Digitized for 9146
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mil. of dol
do..
«
do..
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
3
1959
1958
ITEM
September
October
July
August
September
October
FINANCE - Continued
Federal Government finance:
of dol..
..do....
..do....
..do....
..do....
..do....
..do....
8,119
7,208
75
3,909
2,267
549
1,320
3,446
2,769
82
1,387
374
386
1,217
3,936
3,246
94
1,603
568
332
1,339
7,418
5,679
87
4,346
368
1,321
1,296
9,552
8,486
99
4,100
3,311
704
1,338
3,626
3,023
90
1,468
491
278
1,299
..do....
..do....
6,633
578
6,056
7,144
600
6,544
6,557
728
5,829
6,305
724
5,581
6,357
718
5,639
6,868
732
6,136
of dol..
..do....
..do....
..do....
..do....
..do....
577.8
233.1
57.4
10. 1
47.9
119.0
110.3
594.0
244.4
60.4
9.9
53.9
120.2
105.2
586.9
247.1
47.4
9.9
54.6
124.7
103.2
567.8
245.2
44.2
9.3
52.3
112.5
!04s3
604.5
259.5
46.3
9.4
53.4
121.1
114.8
0 bond..
..do
98.9
100.6
98.6
100.9
93.8
99.4
94.3
100.6
93.0
98.3
92.8
100.1
4.58
4.64
4.75
4.70
4.80
4.8!
..do....
..do....
..do....
..do....
48.96
52.40
51.34
38.90
37.97
29.51
50.95
54.55
53.60
40.65
39.15
31.23
59.74
64.23
67.82
49.82
44.77
36.86
59.40
63.74
66.73
49.11
45.15
35.56
57.05
61.21
64.16
48.15
43.59
33.78
57.00
61.04
64.25
48.22
44.11
34.32
..do....
..do....
..do....
22.54
43.98
28.54
23.28
45.25
29.49
26.98
53.00
33.28
27.25
53.46
33.57
26.72
53.02
31.56
26.31
53.81
30.60
of lb.,
•.do....
..do....
of gal.,
of lb..
53,644
90,452
1,456
8,520
12,291
54,087
89,683
1,990
11,152
12,745
58,546
92,679 |
1,012 i
6,660
12,809
58,971
93,860
1,361
5,587
12,717
61,095
90,649 !
1,262
6,236
13,328
..do....
..do....
..do....
9,654
89,410
134,494
8,681
99,042
148,011
7,248
91,956
126,515
7,923
96,410
148,129
7,935
96,623
155,724
149
20,151
25,300
135
21,698
27,570
192
22,265
32,731
179
22,699
30,970
164
22,591
27,091
170,431
336,078
210,373
323,380
169,247
284,881
r 178,153
r293,775
198,022
281,357
3,947
8,215
223
39,900
3,717
10,035
271
46,205
4,437
8,012
250
39,952
4,086
8,690
238
r46,522
4,187
8,877
247
49,988
55,257
28,302
82,133
58,823
30,108
88,551
65,723
23,470
94,272
69,210
r28,368
98,766
75,829
31,051
98,924
30,375
10,665
8,730
75,252
32,558
11,327
12,433
79,309
30,587
10,706
11,686
100,477
32,200
11,428
r11,394
103,097
33,167
12,419
1 «,053
104,616
of lb..
125,914
105,497
168,809
57,019
127,557
74,501
48,000
42,687
29,510
37,521 j
185,610
75,389
...do....
28,329
73,452
55,578
45,664
26,875
28,329
...do....
...do
16,111
6,095
6,894
3,122
17,724
6,495
7,748
3,481
14,094
6,065 1
5,896 !
2,133 !
14,702
5,484
6,255
2,963
15,397
5,689
6,600
3,108
Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries, estimated
Security markets (Standard and Poor's Corporation):
Bonds:
Prices:
Industrial, utility, and railroad (AI+ issues):
Stocks:
Dividend yields, pref. stocks, 14 high-grade
percent..
Pr i ces:
Indust., public util., R.R., (500 stocks)...1941-43=10..
Banks:
Outside N. Y. City (17 stocks)
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Organic chemicals, production:
Ethyl acetate (85#)
Formaldehyde {31% HCHO)
Methano1:
Natura 1 (!00#)
thous. of ga1..
..do....
Synthetic ( 100^)
Phtha1ic anhydride,..........••••••••••••••••.thous, of lb..
Superphosphate and other phosphatic fertilizers ( I00# A.P.A.)
•t tons..
..do....
Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production:
Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics:
of lb..
...do....
...do....
Phenolic and other tar acid resins................. ...do....
...do....
...do....
A Ikyd resins. •••..•••.•••
•••..
...do...,
...do...,
...do...,
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO
Rice, California:
Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end
Tobacco, manufactured products:
r_/ Revised.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
4
1959
1958
ITEM
September
October
August
July
September
October
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO - Continued
Tobacco, manufactured products - Continued
Consumption (withdrawals):
Cigarettes, small:
Tax-free
,
.
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mi 11 ions.,
Tax-paid
.
. .do....
C i gar s, tax-pa id
,
thousands..
Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid...thous. of lb.,
2,995
38,076
r546,709
15,670
3,291
40,895
591,711
17,240
3,514
39,908
514,704
13,148
3,003
40,926
r529,159
14,503
3,470
39,165
552,707
14,788
917
57
85
993
61
95
943
69
107
r744
r65
r98
p76
plOO
287.9
89.4
70.0
302.9
99.7
77.1
376.5
102.9
r376.2
r97.9
r77.5
373.8
103.4
80.0
1,707
2,134
299.6
423.1
1,613
1,905
339.1
404.1
1,974
2,026
221.2
318.1
1,934
1,684
268.5
359.8
1,907
1,576
305.1
394.1
330.9
374.1
490.8
495.3
223.3
544.1
555.1
212.3
535.8
547.0
224.9
541.5
531.1
235.2
532.8
560.6
207.5
593.2
602.6
198.2
137.2
139.7
22.6
413.0
697.2
154.8
158.7
18.6
470.0
655.3
149.2
156.5
21.7
400. I
625.8
173.8
167.7
27.8
423.0
642.8
149.2
155.6
21.3
449.0
660.4
177.3
179.5
19.2
492.4
646.2
650
r839
650
712
863
732
19,244
17,641
8,941
447
r19,324
17,650
rI 1,517
r46l
10,496
19,166
17,501
8,817
441
8,020
19,258
17,613
9,715
486
8,817
19,292
17,652
11,930
477
10,946
19,273
17,648
9,970
499
9,118
57.4
30.9
104.3
59.2
45.1
65.0
29.6
91.3
46.2
45.1
63.1
30.7
96.3
44.5
51.8
63.0
29.1
102.4
47.7
54.7
59.8
27.9
104.3
48.4
55.9
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Castings, shipments:
Gray iron
thous. of short tons.,
Mai leab le iron...
..
........
..do...,
Stee I
do....
Steel forgings (for sale):
Orders, unfilled, end of month
.....do....
Shipments, totaI
do....
Drop and upset..
..do....
Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale):
Orders, unfilled, end of month
,
.....thousands..
Shipments
...do....
Vacuum cleaners, standard type, sales billed
do....
Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) ±/
do....
PAPER AND PRINTING
Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland):.
Production.......
........thous. of short tons..
Shipments from mills
........do.,..
Stocks at mills, end of month...
....do....
Newsprint, United States:
Production
do....
Shipments from mi I Is
do....
Stocks at mi I Is, end of month
.....do....
Consumption by publishers.
..do....
Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of month.do....
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Cotton: 2 /
Consumption....
.thous. of ba les..
Manufactures:
Spindle activity (cotton system spindles):
Active spindles, last working day.....
thousands..
Consuming 100 percent cotton...................do....
Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total....mi I I ions..
Average per working day...........
....do....
Consuming 100 percent cotton.....
.do....
Rayon and acetate:
Production:
Filament yarn
..........mil. of lb..
Staple, incl. tow (rayon)
...do....
Stocks, producers', end of month, total
...do....
F i I ament yar n
do....
Staple, incl. tow (rayon)
do....
8, 190
56.4
28.1
108.9
60.6
48.3
r_/ R e v i s e d . £ / P r e l i m i n a r y .
J / Excludes sales of combination w a s h e r - d r y e r s ; i n October
2/ D a t a f o r O c t o b e r 1958 and September 1959 c o v e r 5 weeks; o t h e r m o n t h s , 4 weeks.
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