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October 2, 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,l94l-43«I0 Index,l94l-43*I0 180 80 Monthly PRICES OF 4 2 5 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (Wednesday close) 70 60 h 50 H 40 3 0 I-LI ' ' • ' I ' I i 1956 i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i 1957 I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i 1958 i 1959 Index, 1947-49=100 Index, 1947-49-100 275 275 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) I Weekly | (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 250 250 225 225 / 1958 200 200 I 7 5 \y\ I I i i I i i I i i 1 i i 1956 i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i 1957 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I I 1959 I i i i i |fl | 7 5 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 * 100 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* CONSUMER PRICES 125 I i i i 1958 110 (seasonally adjusted) All Items 120 100 115 b 110 h 90 h 80 ,1 I I I I 1 I I 1 1 1 1956 LLULL 1957 1958 1959 70 * Average per working day i I Ii I iiiii Ii i iii I i iii i 1956 1957 1958 I I I III 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1958 1959 ITEM Sept. 27 Sept. 20 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 86.1 136 2,027 1,844 262 *II9.1 *93.l *lll.l * 126.2 85.8 136 1,967 1,787 268 86.9 148 1,412 1,247 308 119.4 88.1 107.1 128.3 87.6 133 1,416 1,251 222 119.6 88.9 107.8 128.3 86.5 158 119.6 89.1 107.4 128.3 85.7 264 282 31,393 26,644 18,572 637 31,285 26,558 18,404 593 31,932 28,515 18,566 432 32, 107 28,656 18,640 574- 32,197 28,834 18,653 496 31,984 29,016 18,819 566 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Commodity prices, wholesale: ...1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... ..........do.... State programs (incl. Alaska and Hawaii).... Finance: Currency i n c i rcu1at i on 4/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4_/ do.... • do Reporting member banks (of F,R.System) in leading cities:J5/ 60,939 30,206 Loans and investments (adjusted), totai... ...do.... 34,579 do 10,993 Commercial and industrial loans (gross). Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 5/...1941-43=10.. 60,206 30,702 103,745 29,054 28,990 12,342 60,624 30,728 103,542 28,944 29,005 12,382 61,129 30,678 104, 137 28,890 29,346 12,435 4.41 49.33 52.84 4.42 49.78 53.30 4.77 58.92 63.20 4.78 57.29 61.41 4.81 56.72 60.87 1,422 12,240 51,063 7,087 1,771 #65.6 668 329 1,501 12,342 57,157 7,100 1,816 #67.3 673 326 1,223 13,759 32,740 6,785 332 11.7 544 293 1,280 13,109 37,314 6,813 327 11.5 481 259 1,297 12,779 82,557 6,823 356 12.6 578 311 4.85 55.82 59.91 Production: of short tons., mi 1. of kw.-hr.. .thous. of bbl.. of short tons.. thous. of cars.. do 110,413 362 12.8 ±/ 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. 4_/ Daily average. 5_l Wednesday data. Figures for member banks are on revised basis; leaders indicate data not available. .6/ Week beginning September 28, 1959: Production, 365 thous. short tons; operating rate, 12.9 percent. * Monthly index for September 1958. # Based on January I, 1958, anpual 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 July August May June July August COMMODITY PRICES Consumer price index: Al 1 items 1947-49-100.. do.... do.... Pr i vate. ^. ..*do.... do.... 123.9 106.7 121.7 112.4 131.9 119.2 123.7 106.6 120.7 113.0 124.9 1 117.7 124.0 107.3 117.7 1 12.6 125.6 111.6 124.5 107.3 118.9 112.3 134.5 III.6 124.9 107.5 119.4 113.3 130.8 112.0 * 124.8 108 0 118 3 114.1 125.6 109 9 do.... do.... do.... -..do.... do.... 127.7 117.0 104.0 137.8 145.0 127.9 117.5 103.3 138.1 145.3 128.8 118.7 103.7 139.3 150.2 128.9 119.3 104.1 139.5 150.6 129.0 119.5 104.0 139.6 151.0 129 3 120 1 103.6 139.8 151.4 ........do.... do.... ...do.... do.... .do.... 128.9 116.6 140.3 129.3 189.5 127.2 128.9 116.7 141.0 130.1 189.5 127.1 130.7 117.8 145.4 134.5 192.7 128.4 131.1 145.9 134.9 192.7 129.2 131.3 119.1 146.3 135.2 194.2 130.8 131.7 119. 1 146.7 135.5 194.9 131. 1 do'.... do.... 83.9 80.7 84.0 80.8 83.4 80.6 83.5 80.3 83.7 80.1 **84.0 **80.1 >. of sq. yd.. ...do.... do.... .do.... 18,366 6,631 7,999 3,737 11,173 1,256 6,520 3,398 9,338 809 5,015 3,515 10,222 1,088 5,792 3,342 11,734 977 6,642 4,116 6,971 464 2,469 4,039 1 IS. 1 Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y — CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Highway concrete pavement contract awards: J./ FINANCE Life insurance written (new paid-for insurance) 6,097 5,593 5,475 5,492 5,290 5,188 986 754 1,091 630 703 878 541 633 569 598 541 588 4,206 4,408 4,248 3,948 4,091 3,722 £/ Revised. * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 208.7. ** Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 44.0; Digitized for consumer FRASERprices, 47.9. 1/ Data for July 1958 and 1959 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 9096 ~ mi 1. of dol,. do.... do.... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1958 1959 ITEM July August May June August July CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Organic chemicals, production: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural)..........thous. of lb.. DDT... .. ...thous. of lb.. 48,148 80,769 1,602 8,471 12,722 50,791 86,445 1,372 9,155 11,197 57,734 89,656 1,610 j 8,727 14,095 r57,44l 88,733 1,393 9,052 14,604 57,546 92,679 1,012 6,660 12,809 6,872 99,151 87,472 8,552 88,983 117,207 8,441 ] 94,677 141,493 9,359 94,808 149,652 7,248 91,956 126,515 153 17,034 24,107 149 18,268 21,830 203 21,144 34,911 192 r21,800 31,850 192 22,265 32,731 26,329 16,221 30,079 11,760 28,200 13,000 32,300 8,700 26,400 6,100 33,200 6,500 33,859 38,934 36,500 41,400 34,000 42,400 81 132 175 305 148 331 7 179 233 14 117 130 68 97 100 314 149 266 59,542 112,475 69,370 78,441 85,900 170,500 55,100 153,700 45,500 1 16,300 70,100 87,800 45,054 48,129 65,400 41,500 35,000 50,300 1,671 2,093 1,354 1,739 1,957 2,500 2,918 2,418 Methano1: Vegetable oils, oilseeds, and byproducts: Copra: i Coconut or copra oi1: Cottonseed: Cottonseed cake and meaI: Cottonseed o?1: Flaxseed: 1,000 2,064 1,872 I 2,968 Linseed oi1, raw: 19,147 37,155 33,500 26,800 39,300 58,900 29,956 30,916 31,620 13,990 36,387 50,673 33,157 44,883 31,913 36,360 29,627 16,730 327,856 340,868 385,500 355,200 344,100 318,600 3,497 6,911 205 28,476 40,988 3,549 8,734 229 34,270 47,199 3,882 8,121 315 46,567 73,915 4,028 8,292 304 r46,320 72,312 4,437 8,012 250 39,952 65,723 17,940 53,747 28,552 8,876 8,962 70,035 25,128 69,672 28,314 11,076 7,991 68,064 30,370 98,884 35,729 12,518 14,068 104,549 33,967 98,405 34,395 12,601 13,680 98,907 23,470 94,240 30,432 10,705 11,686 100,477 435 1,561 4,326 1,013 424 1,479 4,515 950 358 1,412 4,970 1,017 366 1,473 4,902 1,056 382 1,557 5,184 1,107 1,450 4,977 1,010 1,840.4 902.7 45.7 892.0 161.9 Soybeans: Soybean oi1: Synthetic plastics and resin materials, production: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO Livestock slaughter (federally inspected): Meats: 1,799.0 947.0 45.5 806.4 147.5 1,742.0 898.4 43.0 800.6 139.4 1 1,890.4 898.2 48.1 944.0 179.1 1,916.2 926.9 48.0 941.3 175.7 1,991.2 975.7 50.0 965.4 184.0 r13,678 r5,699 5,813 2,165 15,242 1 5,689 6,477 1 3,076 14,180 5,487 6,003 2,689 r15,368 r6,04l 6,442 2,885 14,094 6,065 5,896 2,133 2,974 37,252 618,105 14,080 r3,240 r38,4t3 r650,072 r15,368 3,514 39,908 514,695 14,094 Tobacco, manufactured products: Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small: Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid...thous. of lb.. 2,840 36,820 5-42,048 r13,678 2,964 39,644 535,995 15,264 546 1,648 1,815 1,959 646 1,983 1,122 2,470 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Leather production: r/ Revised. 9096 561 1 2,034 1 2,032 2,865 532 \ rl,92l 2,139 ! 2,601 416 1,598 1,877 2,228 359 .......... 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 1958 ITEM July May August June July August * METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron and steel scrap: J/ r7,053 r4,330 2,724 r7,08l r9,200 pi,144 P5I7 p626 p1,127 pi,318 7,376 3,432 p390 p865 400 219 346 1,606 30,369 445 251 385 r 1,787 34,263 502 302 451 1,629 31,160 58,921 41,968 48,232 52,238 68,445 51,891 54,067 52,705 137,910 129,262 4,980 168,803 157,436 6,878 170,279 161,336 6,536 183,268 17£,4Q6 6,991 156,036 145,479 6,682 ..do ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... 209,327 24,720 138,174 46,433 272,173 35,013 184,445 52,715 122, 1 1 1 20,915 63,375 37,821 200,736 27,266 126,616 46,854 232,532 32,516 145,983 54,033 ...do.... ...do ...do ,,do.... 99,060 65>254 25,941 217,383 130,794 85,356 34,911 211,634 100,581 75,709 23,168 227,576 119,346 89,394 26,925 236,731 125,975 94,386 28,267 234,654 of dol.. ...do 1,217 3,578 1,177 2,010 1,037 2,526 1,483 3,066 2,209 6,210 ...do 5,088 5,663 7,049 7,258 5,654 7,892 8,752 9,121 9,121 8,908 9,486 141.0 118.5 ! 129.2 129.2 130.5 122.3 r144.0 128.3 r132.0 rl19.5 134.2 124.9 52.0 26.5 117.8 66.0 51.8 53.6 26.7 ill.5 61.3 50.2 62.0 30.3 89.3 43.9 45.4 63.9 31.6 86.8 43.9 42.9 65.0 29.6 91.3 46.2 45.1 63.0 30.8 96.3 44.4 51.9 . of short tons.. Stocks, consumers', end of month.......... do ..do.... ..do.... 4,230 2,464 1,766 4,163 8,876 4,731 2,699 2,032 4,707 8,903 7,349 4,393 2,957 7,440 9,183 4,279 3,851 4,843 3,757 7,692. 3,492 478 289 418 1,365 29,888 593 418 524 1,422 23,340 45,047 47,782 Pig iron: J./ ..do Stocks (consumers' and suppliers'), end of month.....do.... Cans, metal, shipments (in terms of steel co nsumed), total . of short tons.. do ..do.... Shipments for sale........................ .......m II ions., Crowns, production. ..»•• ...thous. gross.. Oil burners: number.. ..do.... •ins: Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking, includi ng buiIt..do.... ..do Gas (including bungalow and combination) 2/ ..do.... Stoves, domestic heating, shipments, total.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel). Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotary: 1,605 5,684 PAPER AND PRINTING Paper products: Shipping containers, corrugated and solid fiber, s nipments mi 1. sq. ft. surfa ze area.. Folding paper boxes, index of physical volume: -49=100.. ...do.... TEXTILE PRODUCTS Reyon and acetate: Production: Stocks, producers', end of month, total.,. . of lb.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ! r/ Revised, p/ P r e l i m i n a r y . ±/ July 1959 data are f o r independent i r o n and steel foundries o n l y . 2 / Excludes shipments of cooking tops ( f o r use w i t h b u i l t - i n ovens); sl^ch shipments t o t a l e d 24,800 u n i t s (4-burner e q u i v a l e n t ) in July 1959. USCOMM-DC-9096 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D PAYMENT O F POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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