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September 23, 1960 BUSINESS STATISTICS 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, t h i s Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 130 Billion Dollars S30 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (average of Wednesday d a t a ! (Wednesday d a t a ) ( W e e k l y R e p o r t i n g M e m b e r Banks o f F e d e r a l Reserve System) 120 h- 1 10 I 10 100 100 Index, 1957= S00 140 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Index, 1947-49= 100 160 WHOLESALE PRICES * (F. R. B. seas. a d ; , i n d e x ) 120 i 140 Commodities farm Products other than and Foods ®,fy®-€KHI°#®-###'®| J 100 120 All 80 - las Commodities ^ 100 * Revised basis 60 i i i i i i i i i i i J J U J j J - U J L U - J j L L A j J j ^ L i i l * JEJJLUjBLJaJJJ 1957 1959 1958 80 M i M I i i i i i 1 i I t i I 1i i » I I 1 1957 1960 FREIGHT CARLOAD1NGS * 120 1 J 100 1 10 S _ v\ I960 ( d a i l y a v e r a g e ; seas, a d f . ) (seasonally adjusted) 80 I i | » | | M | M ' I ' » i i i 1959 Index, 1947-49= ! 0 0 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION Index, 1947-49 = 100 120 \Av 1958 NAT \J IOO \ 90 _ "V, 80" J J O J O J j J _ J J L L . JUULLJULLUULL- J U L U U J - J i 1 U m. K ^\ J *Average per working day 60 JJ_J_U_LLLi_LL. J J U J L L L L J L L L J - 1957 1958 •J M 1 L L L I I I i . JUUUUJU L i l . J 1959 1960 1 1 L 1 ! 1 1 M 1 i I WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 I960 ITEM Sept. 12 Sept. 19 87.6 133 1,414 1,251 222 *M9.7 *88.9 *I07.8 *128.4 86.5 158 1,342 1,181 264 119.4 86.9 108.0 128.3 85.6 144 1,809 1,666 315 119.3 86.5 107.8 128,4 84.7 147 1,766 1,624 288 119.4 87,4 107.5 128.3 84.8 130 119.4 87.1 108.2 128.3 84.3 276 305 32, 107 28,656 18,640 558 32,197 28,834 18,653 483 32,087 28,245 18,404 465 31,980 27,882 18,457 625 32,174 27,941 18,362 666 32,291 28,048 18,573 864 60,634 30,733 103,554 28,947 29,007 12,385 61,143 30,683 104,149 28,894 29,348 !2,438 58,603 31,802 104,428 27,150 30,897 !2,560 58,934 31,858 104,845 27,381 30,970 12 566 59,092 31,909 105, 118 27,408 30,938 12,55! 4.78 57,29 61.41 4.81 56.72 60.87 4.57 58.07 61.67 4.57 56.96 60.37 4.56 55.79 59.02 1,283 13,!09 37,319 6,813 1,301 12,779 82,601 6,823 1,298 14,602 53,875 6,846 1,288 14,941 64,653 6,824 1,298 14,216 65,841 6,874 327 #11.5 478 257 356 #12.6 578 311 1,547 54.3 595 290 1,485 52.0 577 286 1,401 49.2 481 238 Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 ; Sept* 17 Commodity prices, wholesale: F i nance: Currency In circulation 4/..,......... •.mil. of do!.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4 L / o e e e < s d o e a s s Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: ,5/ Commercial and industrial loans (gross)...........do.... Real estate loans (gross)..•••••.,....•••.....••••do.... Stock prices, 5 0 0 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 1/..,1941-43^10.. Industrials, 425 s t o c k s e e 8 o e 9 . . e o e ee.e.».90S.edo.ae. Production; Electric power, by utilities••••••••••••••••mil, of kw.-hr.« Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4/..........thous. of bb1•• Steel jS/ce.esese •*••«* *.os«•e.thous. of short tons.. 4.57 55.40 58.60 106,062 1,510 53.0 ±/ 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; and ex-servicemen. ±/ Daily average, j?/ Wednesday data. .6/ Estimates for week beginning September 19, I960: Production, 1,537 thous. short tons; operating rate, 53.9 percent. * Monthly index for September 1959. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 t o n s ) ; I960 rates are based on Jan. 1, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970). MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1959 ITEM August July May June July August GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS FARM INCOME AND MARKETINGS: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, total..... ......mil. of doL Farm marketings and CCC loans, total........, do.-., Crops .....a...........*....•••••••••«•».......•..•do.., Livestock and products, total do,.. Da i ry products •••••••• do.. Meat animais»...,..•••...••...•••••••••..•••••••do,„« Poultry and eggs ,. « do.., indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, unadjusted: All commodities.. . ,.1947-49=100, Crops ....»«*do.., Livestock and products...... ...do.., Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted: A11 commod lties....e........ ,.».-.».»» .do... Crops .......do.., Livestock and products.........................•••do.,, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.INDEX OF PHYSICAL VOLUME): UNADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX (INCLUDING UTILITIES) 1957=100 BY INDUSTRY: Manufacturing, total,.,.••••••••• ....••••••do.., Durable manufactures.•.••••.•••••••••••••.••••••do,. Nondurab !e manufactures.... ....................0do.» Mining. ,,..,,,,....„...«..,...... B.,se..c!o.. BY MARKET GROUPING: Final products, total,.,., .,.,...... ..do,. Consumer goods..................................do.. Automotive and home goods....... .do.. Apparel and staples ....„.«... ...do.. Equipment, including defense......„. .do,. Mater la is.......,...«., .do.. Durable goods materials....... ....... do.. Nondurab le mater ials... do.. r_f Revised, p/ Preliminary. Digitized for9084 FRASER 2,700 2,606 1,148 1,458 388 824 229 2,792 2,760 1,253 S,507 374 883 235 2,316 2,298 672 1,626 431 894 265 2,509 2,464 905 1,559 413 875 246 2,754 2,687 1,236 1,451 399 779 256 107 107 107 113 IS7 11! 94 63 S!9 101 84 114 Hi 116 106 122 118 125 128 128 128 S04 58 138 116 90 128 132 126 102 103 rS09 S02 99 S06 90 103 93 115 92 no 105 107 107 107 101 99 97 101 109 113 99 117 100 97 88 107 107 115 97 nil 115 120 113 !05 108 105 rill S35 rS04 pl07 110 106 r I 16 103 r99 110 r95 p!07 p99 p 1 17 p99 S12 116 120 115 r!04 107 r!04 rill 107 rSIO r!04 112 102 100 r96 rl05 pill pi 15 p99 P I2I p!02 p!04 p99 pi 10 109 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1959 I960 Item July August May July June August GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.INDEX OF PHYSICAL VOLUME) - Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L . ) . . . . 1957=100.. BY INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do.... Lumber, and products...................,....»..do.... no 109 104 j 98 47 31 106 107 103 113 110 107 94 92 108 109 104 r!!5 110 105 r88 106 114 96 115 118 117 120 102 106 96 116 115 114 116 106 120 92 120 ill r! 10 124 113 121 122 11 ] 1 14 106 113 117 121 107 113 107 i 15 113 117 108 128 105 117 117 107 120 108 1 14 94 71 99 73 116 (18 1 13 108 104 108 105 81 71 III 108 105 113 r84 rl08 108 rl05 114 102 120 r84 r!2l 114 rl 10 p!09 no pi09 pl04 p86 p79 pl07 pl08 pl04 r!06 86 r8l rl09 rl 10 rl07 rll4 100 rl 12 r89 122 rI09 123 rl 15 112 rl24 116 i!6 127 115 127 113 128 104 113 104 112 112 III 112 rl 13 123 107 r!25 rl 11 rl 14 pi 13 p!02 p 115 p89 pl22 pill pl20 p i 15 pi 13 127 i |7 109 1 15 122 109 91 72 98 48 116 117 11I 97 86 96 103 rl22 121 r97 r78 r99 97 r!24 123 r98 r78 rIOl 96 rl25 109 112 118 116 11° III 104 106 103 !09 109 112 114 105 120 112 103 98 90 107 rl 12 r!04 r!07 105 rllO 112 116 r!20 121 118 115 r!03 rl06 102 rill 112 116 rl 16 114 1 18 116 104 107 102 rl 13 ....1947-49=100.. 119.5 119.1 119.7 119.5 119.7 119.2 Intermediate materia is,suppiies, and components... do.... 96.4 127.2 120.5 95.6 127.0 i 120.2 96.0 i27.i 121.2 95.3 i27.0 121.1 94.8 127.0 N2I.8 1ZO.O 88.9 112.9 75.5 84.1 r108.9 r122.5 117.3 r107.5 99.5 86.5 98.7 74.3 80.7 S07.9 122.0 118.0 106.8 96.8 UTILITIES........ do.... 109 115 p98 p79 plOI p!25 BY MARKET GROUPING: 117 121 121 121 115 pi 12 p 116 pi ie p 1 IS p! 15 p!04 p!06 plOI pill COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES.... By stage of processing: Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried............ do...« Foods, p r o c e s s e d . 9 o e 0 9 < , s , O c . a 8 O s e » . 6 O 9 3 S . « s » e e e o 8 e « e o « d o . . . . Dairy products and ice cream. 0 9 a ...«..«,...•••••...do.... Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen.., 0 ( I . ) .,.do,,, s M e a t s , poultry, and fish...„,......»... do.,.. Commodities other than farm prod, and foods.........do.... Furniture, other household durables„..............do.... 1 Hides, skins, and leather p r o d u c t s . . . . o o a . . . , , . „..do.... Lumber and wood products.............••••.........do.... [ Machinery and motive products..................•••do.... Metals and meta! products. Nonmetallic minerals, structural .do..... .....do..,. Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages........do.... r/ Revised. p/ Preliminary. 9084 92.7 121.5 88.4 98.5 78.2 84.8 107.5 119.5 113.9 110.6 99.3 87.1 92.8 77.7 83.1 1 105.8 119.5 114.7 107.9 94.8 90.4 116.9 77.8 107.3 121.2 114.9 106.3 98.5 89.0 109.7 77.5 85.! 107.6 121.2 116.0 106.9 98.1 128.4 109.9 !!U 123,8 1 119.3 S28.3 153.6 128.4 109.7 112.2 I23e5 119.7 128.5 153.8 128.2 110.2 110.8 123,2 II 1.2 123.7 153.5 128.2 110.2 112.3 123.0 110.3 122.4 153.4 128*2 SI0.4 r!13.8 r123.1 rl10.1 rl21.5 r153.2 128.2 110.5 115.3 122.9 108.7 SI9.7 153.2 152.7 137.5 132.4 146.4 95.3 132.2 152.8 137.4 132.3 141.0 95.7 131.9 154.'2 137.9 133.4 146.7 96.3 131.7 153.8 137.8 133.5 147.2 96.3 131.7 153.4 137.8 133.5 r146.9 96.3 rl3l„8 S53.6 137.9 133.3 S45.3 96.1 132.0 85.8 j 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued " "'•••" —_________=_==-___«=__™ I960 1959 ITEM • July August May July June August FINANCE STOCKS* CASH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS PUBLICLY REPORTED: TOTAL DIVIDEND.PAYMENTS,„ 9 „ 8 9 8 3 „., 8 > 9 8 9 8 „ e BiiL of dol.. Fl nance© e e S o 0 9 S , S O S S S O o Q 3 S S oooQ O o O a Q s o o e ,o S e D e o O ao« 9 . Q do e •.. ManufacturIrtg.„.,„0„.....c. 0 „. „ 0 „.........e.a.„„0..do.... Mining o s c e » s ., s s e o a o o o O S 9 a e O a O oo a o0Gsoo O o O ooo O S »a O ..do.... Pub!Ic utiSfiles; Communications*@e s e « e s 6 S @ Q S O e a 9 e 0 6 S , a & @ a e o 9 e e o l ! > e e , w do e8S9 Electric and gas. 8 ... e s > e . e . s s o a 9 9 e e . 8 . 0 .. s , e .. e 9 B s do 9 ... 878*2 183.1 283.5 8.5 200.0 111.3 17.7 66,3 K a 1 11 O a O a ® 0 s s © a e s s o s o 9 i 9 D S © B o » © e © ® s © s s e B ® 9 s e i s 6 > 9 s © a o 0 0 0 . e . © §ffawfc* . @ © © ® @ © © © < a © © © © © Q © © © © @ © © @ © @ Q © © © @ ® © © © © © © © ® © 0 © © © © OO® © © @ 896.7 184.6 310.9 * 9o0 371.5 78.7 137.1 3e0 89.7 178.6 65.5 56.7 201.7 106. 1 18.0 56.3 1.8 112.2 4.2 25.0 67,982 60,344 7,638 69,304 61,920 7,384 70,694 63,528 7,! 66 355.0 78.9 134.5 308 1,948.3 153.3 1,261.4 109.3 1.7 99.5 4.6 14.2 2.6 103.2 1.0 23 e 7 69,562 63,084 6,478 340af 77.9 ! 131.0 2.8 ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER? Production, total *SfflSa. os ......... S53as ss B6**ml 1 # of kws-hsrse Electric utf l l t l e s » e o o s s e s o s i O € i e e e 9 e o a 6 S 0 e e a 8 # 9 S S 3 O a d o s 0 B e 1 ndustr I a 1 estab 11 shments e 8 s e s S 4 O O » e ». S ( » S o«» e 9 e 9 ».^o 0 e .» METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRONS Production (excluding ferroalloys)#..thous. of short tons«9 STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS? TOta 1 tail 68,539' 61,695 6,844 3,544 #948 6,331 5,261 4,480 4,131 277 418 606 554 314 1,563 1,339 @@&&@@a«@ 6,272 457 529 861 586 567 2,654 5,921 447 484 803 576 654 2,422 4,711 321 354 623 515 581 1,856 509,3 373.1 195.4 314.2 247.6 120.5 r398.4 r272 e 3 147.3 t4f1.2 r278.3 r150.4 353.8 251.0 I43s0 1,912.5 76.0 1,091.5 182.1 251.3 107.7 203.8 2,129.6 95.0 1,216.0 209.3 270.2 186.2 222.8 2,165.5 108.0 1,267.9 213.4 262.2 103.8 210.3 r2,157.0 96.3 r!,266.2 211.5 r276.3 101.0 205.7 1,915.1 76.0 S,119.9 191.4 245.4 92.7 189.8 914.2 288.4 547.2 78.6 900.1 284.1 542.6 73.4 912.5 305.2 526.3 81.1 r922.5 r30l.8 r535.6 85.0 899.0 300.5 522.3 76.2 r2,657.3 r1,165.5 r1,203.2 rS0.7 r277 s 9 2,954.9 1,267.6 1,372.9 14.5 299.8 2,946.4 1,329.6 1,332.3 13.7 270 s 9 r2,936.1 r1,290.6 r1,353.9 14.1 r277.4 2,572.2 1,127.4 1,178.7 9.5 256.7 OjradeS /•ea...........a.....aa...ae.ea««««» QOo s o © Structural shapes (heavy), steel pi ling....,.......do.... 1 18 T 6 S e oQc3o(Ssaaooose*jsia09©t>osiBoao©iioiJoet3eei;cs?oooaoe 0 O « © © a Bars and tool steely total ••..••••••« •••••...•••••••do.... Pipe and tubfng..,....•«e«....•••,»..••.•....,•••,.do.... Tin mill products... sa.aa<se....... sse(!> ... e . Q8<6e „ oe6 do»«. 9 Sheets and strips (incl. electrical), total••••••.•do.... Aluminum shipments? Mill products and pig and ingot (net) s8ase>ss&es ml f. .of lba8 MIIS products, total Bffl0 .. 0<8eo8 .« e ,«.«,..,,.*.«,*«,,*.*«doea,9 Plate and s h e e t a s o e s e s o e e a E e a e e Q a e < t a 8 0 9 @ e e a a ^ e e a e d o « e ( e a PULP, PAPER,, AND PRINTING WOOD PULPs Production, totals all grades. e ., seoa tnous. of short tons®. 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