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BUSINESS July 24, 1959
STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ' " ' • " • ' • " " • " " I * ' " " " • ' " " " " " " " • " " I l " " ' " • I I M I — 1 — T O I I • • • . • • • . • . . • • • I I M . . W I M tf | | . Ml I I I .111.1 I H I ! Illll I I
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, 1947-49=100
2 7 5
2 5 0 H
22 5
2 0 0 k
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adi. index)
Monthly Weekly f
Index, 1947-49=100
2 7 5
/ 1958
•d 2 5 0
H 2 2 5
2 0 0
I 7 5 [ j i 1 i i. 1 i n i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i t i i 1 i i i i i I. i t » r t 1 I i i i i I 1 I I I I 1 M I I I Ui I 7 5 1956 1957 1958 1959 J F M A M J J A S O N O
Billion Dollars
4 0 0
3 5 0
3 0 0
250
200
PERSONAL INCOME y (seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) ^ •
Wage Dish
AJLLLLL-LULL
Total
and Salary vrsements
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J J 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1
A
e * * * ^ A
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j / 1956 1957 1958 1959 Data for June, July, ana August include retroactive salary payments to Federal employees.
Index, 1947-49= 100
40
20
0 0
80
WHOLESA
A
LE PRICES
0 Commodities
I ^ Farm Products
y^ J-LLLLJJL 1 1 I I .1 1 1,11,1 1 i,J LI.,
Commodities Farm Products
V
K* v̂. ,1,1,111 L jLLLL
other than and Foods 1
w^
1111ll 111II
index, (947 -49= 100
180
160
1 4 0
120 h
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. B. seas. adj. index)
0 0 [ i i -i i i I i I t i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i 11 t i r i i [ i i i i i I i i i_ i •
1956 1957 1958 1959
Mi l l ions
2 .0
1.5
1.0
.5
0
NEW PERMANENT NONFARM DWELLING UNITS STARTED (privately owned) * |
i t M 1 1 1 I I 1 1 -1--LL l"-» 1 • 1 «.l-L
H
A ^Seasonally adjusted,
at annual rates -LULL I 1 ,LU 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 11
1956 1957 1958 1959 1956 1957 1958 1959
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2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
ITEM
Commodity prices, wholesale:
Finance:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4/....do....
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:J5/
Real-estate loans (gross) do....
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 4/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 5/..1941-43=10..
Production:
Freight car loadings total•••••••••••••••••••thous. of cars..
1958
July 12
• ••.......
86.0 116
2,848 2,599 275
31,384 26,589 18,809
758
58,337 29,294
34,489
10,317
3.99 45.25 48.14
1,072 11,851 88,180 6,439
1,442 #53.4 492 269
July 19
*II9.2 *95.0 *II2.7 *I25.6 86.6 110
2,769 2,527 279
31,375 26,398 18,518
569
4.01 45.25 48.08
1,256 12,257 102,202 6,528
1,481 #54.9 582 282
1959
June 27
87.6 118
1,368 1,256 256
31,814 28,147 18,627
499
4.70 57.41 61.64
1,533 13,749 156,187 7,025
2,486 87.8 698 347
July 4
87.1 109
1,396 1,286 244
31,858 28,042 18,386
369
60,835 30,967 103,476 29,980 28,528 12,198
4.71 58.97 63.41
1,810 13,124 132,386 6,914
2,215 78.2 573 325
July II
119.4 89.0 107.3 128.2 87.0 126
237
32,112 28,319 18,452
532
60,316 30,938 104,401 30,958 28,483 12,211
4.72 60.03 64.56
1,440 13,502 150,574 6,802
2,252 79.5 554 307
July 18
119.3 88.3 107.1 128.2 86.7
242
32,201 28,462 18,640
516
4.72 59.59 64.08
154,498
1,097 38.7
J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for following programs: R.R.; Federal employees; veterans; and ex-servicemen. .4/ Daily average." J5/ Wednesday data."" Figures for member banks are on revised basis; leaders indicate data not available. 6>/ Week beginning July 20, 1959: ""Production, 374 thous. short tons; operating rate, 13.2 percent. *Monthly index for July 1958. #Based on January I, 1958, annual 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
ITEM 1958
March April
1959
January February March April
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
National income and product: ±/ Seasonally adjusted quarter Iv totals at annual rates:'
National income, total bll. of dol. Compensation of employees, total do...
Wages and salaries, total do... Pr i vate do... M i I i tary do... Government civil ian do...
Supplements to wages and salaries do. Proprietors1 income, total do.
Business and professional do. Farm ' do.
Rental income of persons do.
Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,total.do. Corporate profits before tax, total. do.
Corporate profits tax liability do. Corporate profits after tax do.
Inventory valuation adjustment do. Net i nterest. do.
Gross national product, total do. Personal consumption expenditures, total do.
Durab le goods • do. Nondurab le goods • do. Ser vi ces do.
Gross private domestic investment, total do. New. construct ion do. Producers• durable equipment...................do. Change in business inventories do.
Net exports of goods and services do. Exports do. I mports •••••• .do.
Gov't purchases of goods and services, -total do. Federa I (less Government sa les) do.
Nat I ona I defense. • .do. State and local. • .do.
r355.8 r252.5 r235.2 r193.4
r9.5 r32.3
rl7.3 r46.l r3l.6 rl4.6 rl 1.7
r3l.5 r32.0 rl5.7 rl6.3 r-*4
rl3.9.
r43I.O r287.3 r36.9
r139.5 r 111.0 r52.4 r35.5 r23.8 r-6.9
r2.0 r22.2 r20.2 r89.3 r50.l r44.0 r39#2
r*380.4 r*262.9 r*245.I r*200.8 r*9.9 r*34.4
r*l7.8 r*47.4 r*33.2 r*l4.l r*ll.9
r*43.5 r*44.6 r*2l.9 r*22.7 r*-I.I r»|4.7
r*457.I r*299.I r*39.8 r* 143.6 r* 115.7 r*6l.3 r*37.3 r*23,2 r*.8
r*.2 r*22.7 r*22.5 r*96.5 r*54.2 r»45.3 r*42.2
389.4 r269.9 r250.9 r206.2 r9.8 r34.8
rl9.0 r46.9 r33.7 rl3.2 rl2.0 45.5 46.5 22.6 23.8 -.9
r 15.1
r470.2 r303.9 r4l.3
r145.3 rll7.4 r69.8 r39.7 r23.9 r6.l
r-.9 r2l.5 r22.4 r97.4 r53.8 r45.8 r43.6
jr/Revised. *Data are for the 4th quarter 1958.. 9028
jVRevised beginning 1956; data for periods not shown will appear in the July 1959 SURVEY. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3
ITEM
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued
National Income and product 1/ - Continued Seasonally adjusted Quarterly totals at annual rate - Con.
Less: Personal tax and nontax payments**•••••••••.do....
Personal Income, by source: ±f Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates:
Proprietors' Income:
Less personal contributions for social insurance.do....
Industrial production (FRB):
Metal fabricating (including ordnance) do....
Metal fabricating (including ordnance) do...*
Consumer durables output (FRB):
COMMODITY PRICES
Commodities other than farm products and foods do....
1958
March
r352.2 r4l.9
r3l0.3 r22.9
May
r354.6 r234.9 r95.5 r74.7 r63.2 r34.3 r4l.9 r9.3
r32.0 rl3.8 r 11.8 rl2.6 r20.3 r26.8 r6.8
r337.1
127 129 133 93 146 119 135 181 157 108 110 141 125
124 139 127 109 61 130
128 130 134 91 148 120 137 182 158
113 109 139 129 126 137 129 108 62 130
105 104 96 113 105
M9.5 98.5 112.9 125.3 110.8 110.3 123.2 99.9
1 115.9
Apri 1
June
r357.l r237.9 r96.7 r75.7 r63.5 • r34.6 r43.l r9.3
r32.3 rl3.4 rl 1.8 rl2.6 r20.4 r26.4 r7.0
r339.9
131 133 138 106 149 125 138 183 159 113 120 148 130
128 137 131 115 72 133
132 134 139 103 151 125 141 185 160
116 113 145 132 129 138 131 112 66 134
III III 99 123 III
119.2 95.6 113.5 125.3 M0.7 110.7 123.0 100.3
1 116.4
1959
January
r*366.3 r*43.4 r*322.9 r*23.7
March
r375.4 r254.0 r106.3 r83.8 r66.6 r36.4 r44.8 r9.8
r34.0 H2.9 M2.0 rl2.8 r2l.6 r26.6 r8.2
r358.5
149 152 163 154 174 138 164 215 183 135 125 156 139 141 148 148 122 69 149
147 150 160 146 170 138 159 207 181
135 129 158 141 140 145 149 123 72 144
135 141 142 142 121
119.6 90.8 107.2 128.1 109.8 M5.0 123.5 108.5
1 124.2
February
April
r379.0 r257.3 r108.6 r85.4 r66.9 r36.8 r45.0 r9.9
r34.3 rl2.2 rl2.0 rl2.9 r2l.8 r26.9 r8.3
r362.7
rl52 rl55 166 155 176 142 165 217 rl85
135 133 166 142 143
rl50 rl38 rl24 68
rl49
150 153 164 149 173 142 163 211 rl83
138 133 166
rl47
142 147
rl43 rl24 71
rl47
rl37 rl46 147
rl47
115
120.0 92.4 107.2
1 128.3 110.0 114.0 123.4 117.8
| 126.3
March
r37l.8 r44.4 r327.4 r23.5
May
r38l.3 r259.8 r109.8 r86.7 r67.5 r37.l r45.4 r9.9
r34.5 rl2.0 rl2.0 M3.0 r22.0 r26.4 r8.3
r365.3
rl53 rl56 rl69 rl57 178 145
rl69 r2l5 rl88
rl37 140
rl7l rl45
rl42 rl50 rpl38 127 72
pl48
rl53 rl56 rl69 rl54 178
rl47 r|69 r2l4 r 190
rl42
139 170
rl50
rl44
149 pr 141 126 73
pl48
rl4l rl5l 153 152
rl 17
r119.9 90.8 107.7
r128.4 110.0 113.4 123.5
r118.5 J r128.2
April
June
382.9 261.1 110.4 87.2 67.8 37.2 45.7 10.0
34.6 12.1 12.0 13.1 22.2 26.2 8.4
366.9
pl55 pi 58 pi 72 pl56 pl8l pl50 pl73 p2l4 p 191
pl40
pi 76 pl49
pl45 pl48 pl43 pl28 P73
pl46
pl55 pl59 pl72 pl52 pl83 pl50 pl76 p2l6 pl93
pl45
pl72 pl52
pl46 pl49 pl43 pl26 p74
pl47
pl45 pl55 pl56
p 121
1 119.6 89.9 108.1 128.1 109.9 111.2 123.6 118.9 128.7
r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. 9028
* Data are for 4th quarter 1958. \J See si mi Jar note for p. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued
ITEM
COMMODITY PRICES - Continued
Wholesale price index - Continued Commodities other than farm products and foods - Coi
Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages.......
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Construction contracts in 48 States (F.W.Dodge Corp.)
New permanent nonfarm dwelling units started: Unadjusted: Total, privately and publicly owned...
Seasonally adjusted at annual rate:
FINANCE
Stocks, cash dividend payments publicly reported:
Public utilities:
itinued •49=100..
...do....
...do....
...do....
...do.....
of dot.. ...do....
...do....
...do....
of dol..
...do....
...do....
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Iron ore (incl. foreign ore), operations in all U.S.districts: Receipts at iron and steel plants thous. of long tons..
.-.do
Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1947-49=100..
PAPER AND PRINTING
Newsprint, Canada (including Newfoundland):
Newsprint, United States:
Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of month..do..••
1958
May
149.4 148.6 135.4 130.5 143.8 93.5 128.0
3,403 2,470
108.5 101.3 69.5 7.2
1,039.0
311.2 68.9 124.6 2.8
1.3 88.8 2.7 15.0
6,161 6,217 43,381 4,455
136.1
548.0 561.4 221.8
149.0 146.7 18.3
438.0 683.2
June
149.5 148.8 135.2 130.5 144.2 93.3 128.0
3,820 2,340
113.0 101.3 70.6 11.7
1,057.0
1,742.5 118.8
1,154.7 118.0
69.2 150.2 61.8 41.4
10,959 6,674
47,667 4,593
87.7
482.5 480.6 223.6
141.8 138.6 21.5 409.2 667.8
1959
March
152.2 153.6 137.7 132.0 146.7 93.9 132.1
3,340 2,454
rl2I.O r118.1 r80.2 r2.9
r1,403.0
1,798.6 123.7
1,184.6 105.4
72.1 156.6 81.2 45.0
3,543 11,512 38,602 4,569
166.6
511.9 453.2 318.3
161.8 159.2 24.3 457.7 578.5
April
152.1 152.8 138.3 132.2 147.5 94.1 132.2
3,778 3,018
137.0 133.2 93.1 3.8
1,390.0
810.7 156.2 275.8 8.5
175.8 105.7 21.0 60.2
5,852 11,540 32,914 3,549
154.2
534.6 577.5 275.4
161.3 168.6 16.9
466.5 567.9
May
r152.5 r153.0 138.4 132.0
r148.8 r94.5 132.2
3,542 2,749
134.0 130.6 90.6 3.4
1,340.0
317.9 71.4 124.5 3.2
1.6 94.8 2.5 13.3
16,049 11,848 37,115 4,005
157.0
551.3 589.1 237.5
172.4 166.8 22.5 484.2 562.4
June
152.8 153.4 137.6 132.3 147.3 94.9 132.2
136.0 131.2 89.3 4.8
1,370.0
1,821.1 130.4
1,210.0 108.3
73.2 160.3 62.1 48.0
534.2 535.6 236.1
167.9 161.4 29.0 428.9 579.8
r / Revised. USCOMM-DC-9028
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