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September 19, 1958 TATIST 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 Billion Dollars 400 PERSONAL INCOME Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 S80 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) (F. R. B. seas. adj. index) _J 160 350 / 300 Total 250 Wage and Salary Disbursements 140 120 2 0 0 top*0*"'"1 I M i M I i i n i I i » i i i h n i i 1 i n i t 1 i n i i I i i i u 1955 y 1956 1957 100 1958 ! J-JLi.1 1 L L L L U i i i i i 1 I I l i i - L L L L L L L I J L L L JUl.LI I.J IJJJJJ 1955 July data exclude $4.6 billion (annual-rate basis) lump-sum retroactive Fpderal salary payments. Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 140 WHOLESALE PRICES Commodities Other Than Farm Products 3 Foods ^ 1 1956 1957 S958 Bil lion Do! lars 20 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) ^^^^^^-^^r^^ @ 15 120 h _j Total 10 1 Nondurable Goods 10© ^^oo^ro 5 Durable 80 I II III IIM U IIIIIII IIM I IIIIIIII II II IM I1 III I I M 1955 1956 1957 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* A _ (seasonally adjusted) J ' 1 i i 1 1 i I I M 11M i 1 1 ..I..LLLL1 1 1 1 l 1 I i I 1i i1 1 I 1 1 1 I I I I 1955 1958 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 120 HO 0 Go ods 1956 1957 1958 Millions 2.0 NEW PERMANENT N O N F A R M DWELLING UNITS STARTED (privately owned) * 1.5 J §00 1.0 A 90 -I 80 Average per working day ^Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates 7 0 J ^ U J j J j J J J j J j U J J ^ J I .1 L. LLLJJ-L l l l l l l 1955 1956 1957 n u l l I I I M1 1958 i i sii1IIi»i 1955 I I I I I I 1 M 1956 | | I M M 1 I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I M I, 1957 1958 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 1957 1958 ITEM Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Aug. 2 5 Sept. 6 Aug. 30 Sept. 15 Commodity prices, wholesale: 88.5 121 1,204 1,106 208 *II8.0 *9I.O * 106.5 * 126.0 87.9 140 1,245 1,149 257 86.5 154 **2,550 2,150 272 86.2 149 **2,25l 2,055 246 51,149 25,228 18,760 414 51,256 25,408 18,876 575 51,295 26,665 18,648 619 54,415 25,665 86,281 24,787 52,046 8,685 55,671 25,745 86,581 24,762 52,279 8,708 4.42 45.05 48.69 All other 118.8 92.6 110.2 126.1 86.2 123 1 19.0 95.4 110.8 126.0 86.2 191 256 31,249 26,417 18,526 591 31,579 26,658 18,446 589 51,455 26,661 18,479 679 55,525 28,592 94,756 55,297 29,952 9,067 55,844 28,406 94,327 32,902 29,901 9,067 55,596 28,419 94,557 52,702 29,907 9,070 4.42 44.26 47.85 4.20 47.52 50.59 4.25 47.91 51.25 4.55 48.18 51.53 1,715 11,678 108,120 6,807 1,682 11,947 102,595 6,821 1,580 12,486 54,815 6,875 1,382 12,272 25,581 6,863 1,416 12,025 16,500 7,060 2,073 #81.0 646 508 2,097 #81.9 741 555 1,690 62.6 634 308 1,715 63.5 645 317 1,666 61.7 563 275 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _5/ Member bank reserve balances 5/... do.... eeedo,.es Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: 4 / Demand deposits, adjusted .•.....•.. .....mi 1. of dol.. Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)....do.... a V««•••««.«.GO.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-45=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks ....do.... Production: s. of short tons.. ..mil. of kw.-hr.. Passenger cars and trucks (Ward's) Stee 1 5/ thou s. of short tons.. ..thous. of cars.. 4.58 48.31 51.68 31,248 1,780 65.9 U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data, 5>/ Week beginning September 15, 1958: Production, 1,797 thous. short tons; operating rate, 66.6 percent. * Monthly i"ndex for September 1957. * * Excludes 654,000 and 658,000 insured unemployed reported under temporary programs (TUC) for August 25 and August 30, respectively. # Based on January I, 1957, annual capacity (135,459,150 tons); not comparable with 1958 rates which are based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1957 1958 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS May August July June INDICATORS Personal income, by source: Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates: Wage and salary disbursements, total.... do.... ..do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... Personal August July interest income and dividends.. do.... Less persona! contributions for social i nsurance..do.... do.... Industrial production (FRB): ...1947-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance) do.... do.... do.... .„ do.... Instruments and related products.... do.... do.... Stone ; clay, and glass products.. e = = .- o o o . o . ^ o d O . o , , do.... do.... do.... j do.... 551.8 240.5 105.5 64.0 52.8 40.4 552.1 240.8 105.1 64.2 52.9 40.6 549u9 255.1 95.6 62.6 55.4 4S.5 552.0 255.8 96.6 65.5 55.6 42.4 *(r354.2) »r558.8 •r242.2 97.1 65.5 r33.7 *48.0 355.6 238.4 97.4 63.6 33.8 43.6 9.1 55.6 51.7 21.7 6.7 556.2 9.1 55.6 51.8 21.5 6.7 556.6 8.9 56.5 51.7 26.4 6.7 552.4 8.9 56.2 31.8 26.0 6.7 335.1 9.0 r56.5 r5l.8 26.5 7.0 *r342.0 9.1 56.4 31.9 26.7 6.8 338.9 155 157 151 118 167 154 158 205 168 145 147 160 128 174 141 167 209 172 127 129 155 95 146 119 155 181 157 132 135 rl59 106 149 125 158 185 159 rl26 127 rl32 r90 rl44 122 rl55 rl75 rl57 pi 36 p!38 pl40 plOI pl50 pl29 pl45 pl70 pl65 124 125 !63 144 154 156 144 150 86 145 108 III 141 125 124 159 115 121 148 130 128 137 rl3l 115 r72 r!54 | r!l3 pl2l 116 105 !50 151 122 154 159 125 65 ! 145 1 M27 110 ,3161 no rl47 rl26 rl23 152 rl40 rl09 46 r|56 pl55 pl55 pl56 pl56 pl43 pll9 p72 p!40 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. * / Total In parenthesis excludes and other footnoted figures include lump-sum retroactive salary payments to Federal employees; disbursements of $580 million multiplied by 12 (to put on annua!=-rate basis) amounted to $4.6 billion. FRASER 9096 Digitized for MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1957 1958 ITEM August July May July June August GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued Industrial production (FRB) - Continued -49=100.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... Metal fabricating (including ordnance)....... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 145 147 162 134 179 141 173 216 173 145 147 163 136 178 140 172 216 174 128 130 134 91 148 120 137 182 158 rl32 134 139 103 151 125 141 rl85 rl60 rl34 rl37 141 rl02 154 rl29 144 rl85 rl62 pl37 p!39 pl44 pl07 p!56 p!28 p!50 pl85 pl65 ...do.... ...do.... 122 113 155 141 131 140 142 128 84 148 123 116 159 143 132 141 143 129 84 149 113 110 139 129 126 137 rl29 109 62 131 rll6 ri!4 145 r!32 129 138 rl3l 112 66 rl35 rl 19 119 rl52 rl36 r!32 139 pl43 rl 15 65 139 pl!9 116 121 134 132 139 148 133 116 135 145 154 139 IS2 103 103 99 108 102 105 104 96 113 105 109 109 100 119 108 III III 99 123 plOO p93 P53 in 100 97 87 108 rl06 114 rl 16 99 133 II! B , e do... e ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... pl50 P I33 pl34 pl40 pl42 pll9 p70 pl44 Consumer durables output (FRB): ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...dO.... no 106 132 141 147 138 in pi 14 pi 14 pll6 p95 pin COMMODITY PRICES -49»I00.. 118.2 118.4 119.5 119.2 119.2 1 19.1 Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. >..oo»... 99.7 125.2 118.5 99.6 125.5 118.6 101.7 124.9 121.0 100.7 124.7 120.7 r100.0 125.0 120.8 99.1 125.3 120.6 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 92.8 108.0 82.7 86.5 107.2 117.7 108.2 102.3 99.2 93.0 106.3 82.4 86.7 106.8 116.7 110.3 102.1 97.7 98.5 123.4 84.2 99.8 112.9 117.9 110.8 108.2 112.8 95.6 103.0 81.3 98.8 113.5 118.5 lll.l 110.3 114.1 95.0 r106.0 79.8 r96.7 112.7 117.5 III.6 III.6 I 12. 1 93.2 96.9 77.3 94.0 1 1 1.3 1 16.9 1 12.4 III.9 108.2 125.7 109.5 123.5 116.4 126.4 122.2 104.9 100.6 119.3 120.0 126.0 109.8 123.6 116.3 125.5 122.4 104.7 100.3 118.6 119.4 125.3 110.8 123.9 110.3 114.7 123.2 104.9 99.9 115.9 116.7 125.3 110.7 123.5 110.7 115.3 123.0 104.9 100.3 116.4 1 16.8 r125.6 110.4 123.1 123.2 104.8 rl00.3 116.8 116.7 126.1 1 10.0 122.8 113.7 119.2 123.1 104.8 100.6 1 18.3 1 18.7 145.8 149.5 134.7 152.4 170.3 135.2 129.5 142.8 144.9 95.4 99.5 127.7 146.2 149.6 134.7 153.2 171.2 135.3 129.9 143.2 146.9 95.4 99.6 127.7 149.4 152.3 139.0 148.6 166.2 135.7 130.5 141.8 143.8 93.5 99.1 128.0 149.5 152.6 139.0 148.8 166.7 135.5 130.5 141.8 144.2 93.3 99.1 128.0 149.5 152.6 139.0 148.8 167.0 135.6 131.0 141.8 144.7 93.3 r99.3 128.0 149.6 152.7 139.0 150.7 171.2 135.5 131.0 141.8 145. 1 93.3 99.3 128.0 1,589 1,805 2,314 1,900 2,482 1,622 97.8 93.9 62.1 3.9 100.0 96.8 64.9 3.2 r108.5 rl0l.3 r69.5 r7.2 115.0 104.5 71.0 10.5 II 1.0 107.3 74.1 3.7 119.0 108.8 75.8 10.2 1,015.0 1,056.0 r1,039.0 1,090.0 1,160.0 1,170.0 152.9 163.0 152.6 162.9 154. 1 167.2 155.1 S68.3 155.5 168.7 158.2 170.7 Economic sector: Commodities other than farm products and foods ,..do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... Tobacco manufactures and botned beverages ..do.... II 1.9 117.1 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Engineering construction: of dol.. New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started: Unadjusted: Total, privately and publicly owned.the>u sands.. ..do.... Seasonally adjusted at annual rate: Construction cost indexes (Engineering News-Record): -49=100.. j-/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. ±/ Data for August i -?j i auu moy an July !958 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. the beginning of each month are shown here for the previous month. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9096 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Data reported at MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C@nfiny@d 1958 1957 ITEM DQfCSTIG TRADE Ail retail storesi J / Estimated sales"tunadjusted), t o t a l ^ 9 e S 9 S S 6 9 ^ B l 1* ©f 6oU& Durab1e-goods stores e • ••••••••••••o<.«**«*»e««*«eo»»»d©a*** Aufomot 1 v® group.,,.• •*i«««««o doM«. Fyrnlfyre and appliance g r o u p ^ . ^ ^ ^ . e ^ s . ^ e s ^ d o ^ ^ Lumber, building, hardware grQup*s®eoe«®@*©e<380S59*d©os>ffi6 Nondurab 1 ©-goods stores®•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• do®... Appare1 group ••••••••••••••••••••••••«••••*••••«••do*«*s Drug and proprietary stores#,**.#,*9a„#««««#«,,#«do**«0 Eating and drinking places 9 « 0A ** ### *« o « M «««« # « <ac# do a * ## r O O O g r O U p ®*«<t>©©®e©e#e©©®*&©0©@©<»©*@©©a©s*®<»©*©®®* O Q * © * ® Gasoline service statfons#,«,««»9««*#»«***«*«****#do*#<* Genera 1 -inerctafsdIse groupa****®**®©*,**®®®®*®**®.***do*•.* Estimated sales (seasonal ly adjusted), total****@*****do#*e* Durab 1 ©"-goods s t o r e s e ^ t ^ o ^ ^ ^ D ^ t ^ ^ ^ ^ D ^ o ^ o d o ^ , , , Autoraoti ve group,••••••••«••••««••••••••••••••••••do*••• Furniture and appliance group*««###fa«,##*<»a*0«««do***« Lumber, by I fdfng# hardware"1 group •,«>,>S'«f»»»*«».«((lo.e.e Nondurab 1 ©-goods stores*••••«-•••••••• «<•>••••••••••••• do*•• • __ July 16,864 6,058 3,418 863 1,008 10,806 855 513 1,384 4,029 1,383 S,540 17,034 5,839 3,304 877 914 11,195 A p p a r e I g r O U p * * ® 6 * e e « ® * 9 o ® « © * * @ s * ® * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ©QO»® ** 1,038 Drug.and proprietary s t o r e s . a a a a a a a a a a a Y a ' a a a a a a a a a a d o a a a . 524 Eating and drinking place£^.'|' > a a a a a a a a a a - ; a a a a a a a a a a a do a a a a 1,257 rooo group ******'« * * *.** * * * * * * * * *«* * * * * * «/• * *.* ******* G4,027 O* * * * 1,281 Gasoline service stations*.*.«.«.«•«**.. a **. aaa# **do**** 1,861 Genera 8-raerchand i se group *..**.*« * •*,**»**•«««*»«••*do* * * * FINANCE Stocks? Cash dividend payments publicly reported; 763.6 Total dividend payments ••••••••.••••••••nil* of do!** 146*5 r i nance® ©g>9©®«©s«ae©«© ... ea©©©©©©©©®©©©©©*®®*©©**©* GO® © * © 280*9 Manufacturing® e«@e@©0**~«*«*e*®0@*@**««***®*e**««» *do* * * * 7*4 Public utilities; 141*0 Lrommun scaTions .(g***********®*®®****®****^*^®*^®* oo* * * * 95*5 18*4 62.0 Prices: 177*76 514.64 70.81 150.84 LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES Lumber (National Lumber Manufacturers Association); 2,728 2,258 2,813 5 n 1 p m e n T S , T O T a 1 * * * * *.« « e a e e » 9 « « « e © s ® - « « e o s © © « © e s o e » e * 9 # Q O * « # * 2,384 9,696 5,929 August my Jyn© July ! August 17,490 5,995 3,352 912 S,032 11,495 967 528 1,420 4,353 1,374 1,774- 17,364 5,625 3,082 840 991 S1,739 1,058 544 1,272 4,418 1,335 1,784 S6,603 5,590 3,047 847 992 M , 013 963 520 1,283 4,104 1,331 1,651 r16,596 r5,444 r2,907 r840 1,002 rll,l53 r867 r524 r1,372 r4,25l rl,4IO. r1,576 17,030 5*740 3,245 897 915 11,290 1,092 534 1,278 4,057 l,27Z S,86i 16,562 5,235 2,812 840 903 11,327 1,013 539 1,248 4,159 1,297 1,798 16,581 5,149 2,736 843 902 11,432 1,012 532 1,228 4,272 1,274 1,787 r16,721 r5,221 2,803 851 895 r11,500 1,060 536 1,247 4,216 1,306 1,879 16,922 5,322 ****.«**** *«****««** 316*2 65*7 129.4 2*5 302*8 63*0 126*9 2*8 1,667*0 114.9 1,110*2 117*0 751*3 149*4 264*1 7*5 302*2 68*7 '115*4 2.3 1*3 83*0 1 10.2 14.5 ! 1*3 83*9 2*7 15*0 42*5 143*4 62.8 48.0 144*6 95.6 18*7 64*0 1*4 85*6 5*8 14*4 168*95 487*97 68.49 1 142.41 159.15 460*04 77*65 113*73 163*12 471*97 78.64 117*68 2,732 2,267 2,851 2,373 9,265 5,848 2,810 2,281 2,856 2,375 9,220 5,755 3,107 2,562 3,147 2,623 9,655 5,867 17,068 5,463 2,881 886 ««©©***«*<» 11,605 936 534 1,391 4,421 1,435 1,804 ee*#*es@®« 11,600 **«**««*** $@®«*®*«*® 168.87 488.28 79.64 124.78 , 174.55 507.55 78.71 132.32 2,716 2,236 2,825 2,381 9,098 5,599 r/ Revised* J./ Data f o r August 1958 are advance estimates. 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