tPgjjS^Co*, BUSINESS September 7, 1956 °* «US/NESS t«.°' STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $3.25 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 175 150 h 125 h STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for costings) Monthly 100 75 I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i. i i i INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 17 5 150 Weekly ^ 1956 /V T 1955 25 o 1 i n iii I \ V Imll 1 ! fs*A \r -| i i i i i H 125 H 100 75 1953 1954 1955 1956 J-FMAMJJASOND THOUSANDS 1,200 1,000 800 h- 600 I I I l I I I l I l i j 50 JFMAMJ JAS0ND BILLION DOLLARS 35 BILLION DOLLARS BILLION DOLLARS 30 15 MANUFACTURERS' SALES & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) Safes Inventories* { right scale) J II I I I I I I II I I I I I 1 I ^ BOOK VALUE, END OF MONTH I M I I I I I II I 1 I I I I I I I I I I jj 70 H 60 H 50 40 30 1953 1954 1955 1956 NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY (seasonally adjusted) Total Private Residential (nonfarm) s. •••^4 »»eeee«90e«ae 0 8 < I ' I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I M I 1 I I I I I I I i i I I I M I I I I I.LJ-LL 1953 1954 1955 1956 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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tPgjjS^Co*,
BUSINESS September 7, 1956
°* «US/NESS t«.°' STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $3.25 annually, this Supplement provides selected
weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 175
150 h
125 h
STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for costings) Monthly
100
7 5 I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i . i i i
INDEX, 1947-49 = 100 17 5
150
Weekly
^ 1956
/V T 1955
25
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I \
V
Imll 1 !
fs*A \r
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i i i i i
H 125
H 100
7 5 1953 1954 1955 1956 J - F M A M J J A S O N D
THOUSANDS 1,200
1,000
8 0 0 h-
6 0 0
I I I l I I I l I l i j 5 0 J F M A M J J A S 0 N D
Farm products,................................-...«.do.... Foods, processed. ............ • .do.... AS I other. ...................................do..,.
22 commodities 2/. ..do.... Department store saIes do.... Insured unemployment, total ,, „os,thous..
State programs do.... F i nance:
Currency in circulation 3/99e.................mi1. of do!.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ .do....
Excess reserves, estimated 3/ ....do.... Federal Reserve reporting member banks In leading cities:4V
Demand deposits, ad justed.. „. ..mil. of do!,. Time deposits, except U. S. Government.... ....do.... Loans and !nvestments (adjusted), tota!•••••••••••.do....
U. S. Government obligations....... ......do.... Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans (gross)...do.... Real-estate loans (gross) do....
Failures, industrial and commercial................number.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/......percent..' Stock prices, 480 stocks (Stand.& Poor's) £/..1935-39=100..
Bituminous coal 3/ ...........thous. of short tons.. Electric power, by utiIities...............mi I. of kw.~hr.. Passenger cars and trucks (Ward's).................number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/. thous. of bbl..
Steel 5/,,,.,,,,,,,, ..........thous, of short tons*, Percent of capacity .5/.......••..••• •••....•••....••
Freight car loadings, total ,6/....... thous. of cars.. Miscel laneous do....
89.2 i l l
•1,051 944
30,288 25,425 18,673
573
55,669 21,532 84,098 30,972 24,050 8,100
S80 3.30
311.9 355.5
1,607 10,906
149,766 6,685
2,186 #90.6
787 381
•110.9
•88.1 •101.9 *l17.5
89.2 125
1,019 914
30,268 25,217 18,614
484
55,931 21,577 84,412 30,948 24,S7I 8,120
215 3.3!
315.7 360.7
1,575 10,706
100,663 6,662
2,255 #93.4
794 384
IS4.2
89. S 102.4 121.9 90 .6
107 1,212 1,078
30,633 25,182 18,588
570
55,428 21,913 84,402 25,824 28,727 8,678
229 3.59
363.7 426.2
1,583
11,530 S27,648 7,086
1,415 57.5 715 344
114.5
89.0 102.8 122.2 90.9 III
1,169 1,042
30,681 25,254 18,593
559
54,697 21,897
86,051 27,199 29,029 8,716
289 3.62
360.2 42 S.7
1,647 11,794
120,027 7,122
2,154 87.5 770 367
114.6 88.9 103.0 122.3 90.9 120
30,654 25,642 19,117
655
55,007 21,939 85,857 26f859 29,182 8,737
215 3.65
350.6 409.6
1,658 1.1,340 88,621 7,127
2,359 95.8 770 371
114.6 88.7 103.3 122.3 90.4
30,618 25,404 18,883
497
3.68
348,9 407 . 6
'76,661
2,389
'97.0
U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. J5/ Week beginning September 3, 1956: Production, 2,429 thous. short tons; operating rate, 98„7 percent. J3/ Data for 1956 adjusted to revised classification of class I railroads. * Monthly index for August 1955. # Not comparable with 1956 rates which are based on higher capacity.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
ITEM
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
Manufacturers8 sales: Value (unadjusted), total.....................mi 1. of do!..
Nondurable-goods industries, tota! S/9.............do.... Food and beverage..................••••*.••••••.•do.... Tobacco........................................•8do.... Texti1e....................................•.....do.... Paper............................................ do.... Chemical................„..«.*...................do.... Petroleum and coal................................ do....
Value (adjusted), total.......... e a..................do.... Durable-goods industries, total 1/.................do....
Pr s mary meta (.........••••••••.•••••••••••••••..<. do.... Fabr icated meta1.................................do.... Machinery (including electrical).................do.... Transportation equipment (Incl. motor vehicles)..do.... Lumber and furniture.............................do.... Stone, clay, and glass..se...........,«..........do....
Nondurable-goods Industries, total 1/....,........*do.... Food and beverage................................do.... Tobacco..........................................do.... Text! I'e..........................................do.... Paper............................................do.... Chemlca1......................................... do.... Petroleum and coal........... ...............do....
1955
June
27,394 13,974 2,349 S,397 3,682 3,529 1,244 716
13,420 4,377 343
1,148 844
1,955 2,338 488
27, II I 13,527 2,315 1,383 3,547 3,329 1,208 688
13,584 4,329 318
1,148 844
1,985 2,386 465
July
24,644 12,114 1,875 1,294 3,036 3,342 1,034 631
12,530 4,148 3S6 952 776
1,753 2,276 453
26,731 13,503 2,138 1,407 3,475 3,615 1,198 657
13,228 4,223 316
S, 133 834
1,844 2,299
471
1956
Aprl 1
27,370 13,944 2,493 1,434 3,876 3,257 1,138 698
13,426 4,040 320
? ,056 902
2,052 2,424
458
27,231 I3,5S9 2,442 1,434 3,740 3,001 1,105 705
13,712 4,245 348
1,123 884
1,970 2,499
445
May
27,830 14,069 2,502 1,441 3,957 3,181 1,185 738
13,761 4,322 367
1,046 912
2,107 2,501 459
27,814 13,754 2,472 1,486 3,935 2,972 1,129 716
14,060 4,312
346 1, 125 931
2,097 2,633
464
June
r27,741 r 14,235 r2,57l r1,484 r4,057 r3,119 r!,S67
rj Revised. j>/ Preliminary. ±/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3
ITEM
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
Manufacturers' inventories, end of month: of dot..
...do....
...do
Transportation equipment (incl. motor vehicles).do....
By stages of fabrications
By stages of fabrication:
...do....
of dol..
...do....
of do!..
...do
...do....
...do..-..
...do....
...do....
of dol.. ...do....
of do 1.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do....
Transportation equipment (incl. motor vehicles).do....
By stages of fabrication:
By stages of fabrication:
Fifilshed goods.0.... e. „.... Manufacturers9 orders:
Durable-goods Industries, total J./........
Transportation equipment (incl. motor vehicles)
New orders, net (adjusted), tota1....oe.... Durable-goods industries, total J./.
Pc! mary meta 1..........,.«,,............... „..., FabrIcated meta!....„.......•••....••••.•••..•< Machinery (Including e lectrical)........os••••« Transportation equipment (Incl. motor vehicles]
r/ Revised. 1/ Includes data for "other industries8' not shown. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
ITEM
COMMODITY PRICES
Prices received and paid by farmers: Prices received, all farm products,,.. .... ..... 1910- 14=100..
CrOpS .............................................. dO. . . a Commercial vegetables, fresh market,,......., .... .do..,. Cotton,. ..<,„.. ..... ........^...........o.^.^^do. ... Feed grains and hay do,.,.
Food grains •••.••••.•••••••..••.••.. ...do.... Fruit* .................. .. o ••.••.•.;;..do.... 01 1 -bear I ng crops..••.......•..•...••••..••.•.••• do.... Potatoes \Jm................ o • • • • • • • • •••••••.••..do.... Tobacco. •••...••••.••. do....
Dairy products.•••••••.••••••••••••••.••••••••• ..do..«,. Meat an f ma Is............'•'•••••••••••.•..•••••••••• do....
Woo i...•..••••••••••••••••.••...••«•••••••••••••. do.•. o Prices paid:
All commodities and services................ .do.... Family living iten)5........I.,,..,........,.....9do.<., Production iterns••.•••••.••••••••••••••• do....
AS! commode, services, Int., taxes, and wage rates.do....
Par ity rat i o...•••••.••• • •• •• •. •. o...............do....
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
Nonresidential building, total 2/. .9...,,..0.do....
New construction (seasonally adjusted), total ....do....
Construction cost index: Department of Commerce composite.. .......... 1947—49=100,.
1955
July
236 236 206 271 190 222 236 257 171 435
236 242 259 179 249
262 274 248 281 84
4,085 2,862 1,590 1,430 127 668 199 277 169 419
1,223 384 123 491
3,598 2,607 1,435 641 133
385 991 342 343
125.6
August
232 228 208 277 178 214 208 246 145 436
236 249 251 191 240
r26l 273 247
r280 83
4,205 2,893
1,587 1,435
1 19 686 205 286 172 434
1,312 380 131 569
3,638 2,620 1,433 658 132 385
1,018 335 376
125.7
1956
May
242 252 272 270 192 226 233 265 283 454
233 247 251 178 23!
264 278 250 286 85
3,714 2,550 1,270 1,105 128 704 251 266 139 427
I, 164 337 113) 470
3,686 2,559 1,257 744 126 423
1,127 327 443
r130.3.
June
247 263 310 273 192 218 266 259 338 453
232 247 252 171 231
264 280 248 286 86
4,008 2,730 1,362
1,180 142 759 261 290 150 448
1,278 357 127 535
3,678 2,555 1,250 748 125 423
1,123 340 425
r130.8
July
244 258 286 274 194 216 225 250 387 453
232 253 246 174 233
266 282 248 287 85
r4,194 r2,829 r!,4IO r1,225
142 786 268 301 159 462
r1,365 r38l rl34 r575
r3,69l r2,587 r1,270
758 125 424
r1,104 r340 r408
131.3
August
237 236 230 263 197 218 210 249 203 451
238 256 259 171 232
267 281 250 288 82
4,261 2,842 1,402 1,220 140 786 273 294 161 481
1,419 386 134 615
3,689 2,580 1,263 756 124 426
1,109 342 413
r/ Revised. \J Includes sweetpotatoes and dry edible beans. 2/ Except farm and publ ic u t i l i t y .
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