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- " * " " » ' - - September 25, 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,l947-49=100 Index,l947-49=I00 1 75 I 75 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) ' " 1 25 J - 1 00 | - I 1 50 —4150 I 25 H I 00 • OO 1 75 Is • - i — J J,-l-lJLi-l—1—1 , , ! , , , , , L- 1956 1 1 1 1 1 1 lS*l —1—L-l-JL. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1958 1957 1 11 1 1959 Billion Dollars 120 Average of Wednesday data i i i i i I i i • i i I 75 J FM A MJ J A S 0 N D Billion Dollars 120 Wednesday data TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS New basis (Federal Reserve Weekly Reporting Member Banks) I 10 1959 100 h * ~ M\ 90 H IOO 1 1958 80 h 70 H MO \ \ U i l » I I 1 I I l I l I I I I 1 1 I I I i l l l I I I I I I I I l 1957 1958 1956 1 I I I l 1 i I 1 I I i I 1 I 1 I l I ij» 7 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D 2.0 NEW PERMANENT NONFARM DWELLING UNITS STARTED (privately owned) * (daily average; seas, adj.) A 100 -H 90 A 80 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 •LI 1 1I I1 1 1 1 11 1 I IL 1 1 11 11 1 I I I I I 1 1 1Mill 1 l 80 Millions Index, 1947 - 4 9 = 100 120 COTTON CONSUMPTION 11 0 1 l I 1959 1.5 h 1.0 -5 h i i I11 1 11 i i 1956 ^Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates i I i i i I i 111 i 1957 90 i I I M 1 i n i i l i i i i i IM i 1958 1959 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1959 1958 ITEM Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Aug. 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 Commodity prices, wholesale: A11 other. ,% .....do.... do.... .do.... do.... State programs (1 nc 1. A liaska and Hawai 1).. 119.4 88.1 107.1 128.3 87.6 132 119.6 88.7 107.7 128.3 86.5 222 264 31,932 28,515 18,566 432 32,107 28,656 18,640 574 32,197 28,834 18,653 496 4.41 49.33 52.84 60,776 30,690 103,876 29,267 28,976 12,350 4.73 59.08 63.34 60,206 30,702 103,745 29,054 28,990 12,342 4.77 58.92 63.20 60,624 30,728 103,542 28,944 29,005 12,382 4.78 57.29 61.41 4.81 56.72 60.87 1,422 12,240 51,063 7,087 1,771 #65.6 667 329 1,220 14, 109 33,559 6,765 332 11.7 549 295 1,223 13,759 32,740 6,785 332 11.7 544 293 1,275 13,109 37,339 6,813 327 11.5 481 259 86.2 145 2,120 1,926 256 *II9.I *93.1 •lll-.l * 126.2 86.1 136 2,027 1,844 262 87.0 139 1,439 1,279 257 86.9 148 1,401 1,247 308 31,433 26,661 18,479 606 31,393 26,644 18,572 637 31,951 28,485 18,586 467 10,886 4.38 48.31 51.68 1,410 12,248 30,735 7,009 1,780 #65.9' 666 326 ....1947-49*100.. •••••••••••do.... Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4/....do.... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:J5/ .....do.... Loans and Investments (adjusted), total.•««••*.*••.do.... do' .. Commercial and industrial loans (gross). 60,813 30,365 35,340 do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 5/..1941-43=10.. do.... Production: . of short tons.. .mi 1. of kw,-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches).... ..thous. of bbl.. . of short tons.. .thous. of cars.. do 81,836 356 12.6 ±/ 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. 47 Daily average. j>/ Wednesday data. Figures for member banks are on revised basis; leaders indicate data not available. 6/ Week beginning September 21, 1959: Production, 359 thous. short tons; operating rate, 12.7 percent. * Monthly index fop September 1958. # Based on January I, 1958, annual capiacity (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 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Business incorporations: 12,454 12,234 16,660 16,157 16,562 14,329 1,253 99 181 255 613 105 1,127 106 158 206 549 108 1,135 104 172 199 567 93 1,244 III 167 203 633 130 1,071 100 137 203 518 113 1,135 122 181 187 542 103 65,375 4,164 13,966 22,673 18,784 5,788 50,765 3,126 8,687 15,742 14,347 8,863 50,917 3,336 12,262 10,835 19,638 4,846 49,197 5,069 8,519 12,143 18,234 5,232 51,197 3,147 11,328 14,592 17,052 5,078 54,501 3,160 12,061 18,559 15,362 5,359 124.0 114.6 78.3 9.4 i 1,228.0 137.0 133.5 91.8 3 5 * 1,370.0 rl36.7 r131.1 r90.5 r5.6 126.0 124.5 85.3 1.5 129.0 124.8 84.6 4.2 r1,368.0 142 1,350.0 142 Industrial and commercial failures: do.... do.... do.... ..do.*.. do.... •thous. of dol.. do.... do,... do.... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started: Unadjusted: do.... 112.8 108.6 78.1 4.2 Seasonally adjusted at annual rate: 1,174.0 Construction cost indexes: American Appraisal Co., The: rj Revised. Digitized for9088 FRASER 1913-100.. 138 139 141 681 737 736 635 670 683 738 737 637 671 703 771 754 658 688 705 771 755 658 688 j 707 771 769 658 689 1,340.0 • e.ooeooo.o 709 771 769 659 690 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1958 1959 ITEM July August May June July DOMESTIC TRADE Magazine advertising: Cost, total .thous. of do I. Apparel and accessories do... Automotive, including accessories........ ...do... Bui Iding materials. • do... Drugs and toiletries • do... Foods, soft drinks, confectionery. do... Beer, wine, liquors Household equip,, supplies, furnishings I ndustr i a I mater ials Soaps, cleansers, etc Smok i ng mater ials...... .......do. .do. do. •••••do. do. 39,145 770 3,741 1,625 5,820 5,777 40,625 4,165 3,047 1,417 4,893 5,360 73,922 5,042 8,437 3,724 6,501 8,316 66,405 2,669 7,645 3,423 7,351 9,128 46,054 683 4,870 1,674 5,566 7,926 2,507 2,378 2,686 521 1,610 2,143 2,065 2,292 478 1,791 4,195 7,797 4,690 1,046 2,366 4,224 5,963 4,423 1,002 2,546 3,587 3,014 3,675 608 1,882 3,725 2,002 425 1,298 206,524 82,214 40,701 3,766 2,017 453 1,295 185,849 68,620 37,942 4,294 2,237 513 1,543 216,017 80,725 44,646 4,400 2,262 526 1,612 228,615 86,598 46,429 4,470 2,282 542 1,646 235,625 89,600 48,392 3,624 2,946 72 1,453 479 355 1,265 6,280 4,838 67 3,599 316 1,105 1,193 8,155 5,425 89 4,813 410 1,488 1,355 11,137 10,042 94 4,236 4,786 697 1,323 3,936 3,246 94 1,603 568 332 |,339 6,613 642 5,971 6,198 574 5,624 6,164 650 5,515 8,632 704 7,929 6,557 728 5,829 54.8 29.6 22.9 46.4 27.4 21.7 54.9 32.9 24.8 56.8 32.7 25.0 58.4 p33.6 p25.4 806.6 164.8 271.2 7.5 321.0 73.6 123.9 2.3 317.9 71.4 124.5 3.2 1,821.1 130.4 1,210.0 108.3 852.9 177.4 276.5 7.6 173.2 99.9 18.7 64.3 1.4 91.1 5.8 14.4 1.6 94.8 2.5 13.3 73.2 160.3 62.1 48.0 192.8 107.9 17.7 65.4 4,082 120 295 321 51 587 4,835 176 349 398 69 719 8,754 357 593 701 192 1,337 9,700 386 657 788 192 1,518 4,131 132 277 418 75 606 344 175 63 455 180 79 890 256 181 969 346 191 368 142 88 513 197 514 1,484 414 675 567 252 560 1,744 474 800 1,141 429 830 3,174 947 1,496 1,261 491 818 3,590 1,154 1,607 554 192 314 1,563 459 718 r934.5 r722.4 rI,120.6 r934.4 r553.6 r928.3 r738.4 1,086.2 r92!.3 r550.8 r140.5 r102.0 r149.2 r148.9 r127.3 r 142.3 r103.4 r146.4 r146.5 r130.2 FINANCE Agricultural loans and discounts outstanding of agencies supervised by the Farm Credit Adm.: Total.........................................mi I. of dol. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks...........do... Loans to cooperatives. ••••• •• .do... Other loans and discounts.. • do... Bank debits, total (344 centers) do... New York City ...do... 6 other centers.................... ....do... Federal Government finance: Rece i pts, tota I., do. • • Receipts, net •• .do... Customs......... .......do... Individual income taxes do... Corporation income and profits taxes ...do... Employment taxes do... Other internal revenue and receipts . ,;do... Expend i tures. .do. •. Interest on public debt............... ......do... A11 other.expend i tures. .do... Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U. S.. Government, annual rate: New York City ratio of debits to deposits. 6 other centers., ...do... 337 other reporting centers.. do... Stocks: Cash dividend payments publicly reported: Total dividend payments..... ..mil. of dol. Finance. •••• ........do... Manuf actur ing.. ••••. .do... Mining.......... ...........do... Public utilities: Communications. do... Electric and gas ..do... Rai(road. .do... Trade. ••••• do... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel products, net shipments: Total (all grades) thous. of short tons. Semi f i n i shed products do... Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling do... PI ates ••...... ••••••. do... Rails and accessories ......do... Bars and tool steel, total... do... Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes) ...do... Reinforcing................. do... Co I d f i n i shed do... Pipe and tubing..... do... Wire and wire products do... Tin mill products.. .........do... Sheets and strip, (incl. electrical), total. do... Sheets: Hot rolled . .. do... Cold rol led * do... PAPER AND PRINTING Paper, excluding building paper, newsprint, and paperboard: Orders, new.......... ..thous. of short tons. Orders, unfi I led, end of month .......do... Production • .do... Shipments do... Stocks, end of month • do... Fine paper: Orders, new. do... Orders, unfilled, end of month ...do... Production do... S h i pments do... Stocks, end of month.. ....do... £ / Revised. .p/ Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9088 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 801.0 696.0 891.6 737.0 527.5 130.9 93.2 110.5 117.7 143.8 829, 715, ,007, 841. 514, 118.1 74.9 130.9 122.4 123.9 * j u | y data exclude estimates for tissue and miscellaneous papers. *805. *7I0. *762, *760, *473. 133.0 110.0 129.0 127.0 124.0 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1959 1958 ITEM July PAPER AND PRINTING - Continued Paper, excl. building paper, newsprint, and paper board - Con. Printing paper: short tons.. do.... do.... do.... do.... Coarse paper: .do.... do.... do.... ......do.... do.... Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland): do.... ......do.... do.... Newsprint, United States: do.... do.... August May July June August 336.8 432.7 314.3 311.2 221.0 340.9 461.5 347.8 347.6 221.2 r386.9 r407.8 r378.6 r376.4 r250.3 r393.0 r434.4 r373.4 r380.7 248.0 371.0 448.0 335.0 337.0 ' 246.0 283.9 128.3 269.5 263.2 101.3 317.1 134.9 314.3 315.6 103.5 r346.6 r161.4 r346.5 r343.2 r104.6 r326.8 r 149.9 r33l.8 r328.5 r103.6 301.0 152.0 298.0 296.0 103.0 508.4 523.2 208.8 51 1.0 491.9 227.9 551.3 589.1 237.5 534.2 535.6 236.1 535.8 547.0 224.9 541.5 531. 1 235.2 134.9 137.8 18.6 364.5 698. 1 148.5 142.0 25.1 387.6 724.4 172.4 166.8 22.5 484.2 562.4 167.9 161.4 29.0 428.9 579.8 149.2 156.5 21.7 400.1 625.8 173.8 167.7 27.8 423.0 642.8 613,950 644,301 702,362 819,538 650,449 711,609 19,241 17,513 8,662 347 7,909 r19,288 17,541 r8,848 r442 8,070 19,238 17,591 9,592 480 8,781 19,266 17,598 !1,382 455 10,392 19,166 17,501 8,817 441 8,020 19,258 17,613 9>7I5 486 8,817 do 3,780 1,794 237 3,866 2,037 296 6,141 3,227 280 6,617 3,863 289 5,826 3,439 243 do.... do.... 2,178 1,145 1,033 2, 182 1,307 875 3,468 2,373 1,095 4,219 3,196 1,023 4,334 3,! 97 1,137 4,890 3,629 1,261 do.... ......do.... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic. ......do..., 821 821 0 1,873 871 1,002 5,203 3,415 1,788 8,054 7,238 816 4,159 2,519 1,640 1,753 1,753 0 26,449 26,166 4,739 21,427 37,249 16,128 21,121 41,084 20,170 20,914 40,359 19,442 20,917 37,202 17,546 19,656 do.... Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of month.do.... TEXTILE PRODUCTS Cotton: J./ Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): .thousands.. do.... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.. ..mi 11 ions.. do.... do.... TRANSPORTAT1 ON EQU1PMENT ....number.. Railway equipment, American Railway Car Institute: Freight cars: Railroad and private-line shops, domestic. do.... .......do.... 1 Railroad and private-line shops, domestic. do.... 5>J49 ! 21,300 £/ Revised. J/ Data for July 1958 and June 1959 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-9088 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 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