January 24, 1958
STATISTICS °fSUSJNESS^0 A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 INDEX, 1941 - 4 3 ;
7 0
6 0
5 0
4 0
3 0
2 0
PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Month,y (Wednesday close)
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Weekly
1956 \
„ \ (957
1958
1954 1955 1956 !957 -i—L-i-L-mJ 20
•• 1 0
70
60
50
40
30
J F M A M J J A S O N D
B I L L I O N DOLLARS
350
300
250
200
PERSONAL INCOME (Seasonally adjusted, at annua! rates)
X Total
J I M I l l i i l ' l ' - | ' i ' " " i i l | | i | i | | i n M I I I I M ' ' '
INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 180
160
140
120
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. B. seas. adj. index)
1954 1955 1956 1957 SOO I i i i i i I M i i .f I i i i i .i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i » I i i i i i h i i i i
1 9 5 4 1 9 5 5 1 9 5 6 1 9 5 7
INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
I 2 5 |
120
115
110 h
CONSUMER PRICES
All Items
Food
1 0 5 L i I I I I I I I I I I -I I LI I I I I I I I I I I I I I < I I LJ-LaJLj^LJ.JjJj-JJLJ.JL 1954 1955 1956 1957
INDEX, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100
130
120
S 10
too
WHOLESALE PRICES Commodities Other Than
" Farm Products Q Foods
> I M « » • ••••
ALL COMMODITIES
Farm Products
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1954 1955 1956 1957
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2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
ITEM
Commodity prices, wholesale:
F i nance:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/.....do....
Federal Reserve reporting member banks in
Time deposits, except U. S. Government.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total.
Commercial, industrial, and agr. loans
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)
Product i on:
Steel 5/ ...thou
leading cities: 4f
do.... (gross)....do....
..do....
4/...1941-43=10.. do....
s. of short tons.. ..mi 1. of kw.-hr..
s. of short tons..
..thous. of cars.. .do
1957 1
Jan. 12
92.0 107
1,833 1,706
31,479 26,809 19,701
730
57,760 22,204 86,198 26,272 30,753 8,832
256 4.06 46.16 49.31
1,708 12,327 167,451 7,396
2,519 98.4 681 349
Jan. 19
•116.9 •89.3 •104.3 •125.2 92.3 100
1,337 1,705
31,108 25,954 19,300
535
58,523 22,329 86,503 26,823 30,595 8,831
278 4.05 45.23 48.18
1,654 12,556 167,912 7,431
2,467 96.4 657 336
Dec. 28
84.7 148
2,521 2,325
32,089 26,687 19,666
714
56,169 24,140 88,487 26,087 32,288 8,772
166 ••4.23 39.52 42.36
1,138 11,218 92,342 6,940
1,366 53.4 410 2!0
1958
Jan. 4
84.3 95
2,977 2,770
, 31,959 1 26,623
19,707 730
56,887 24,342
! 38,987 26,423 32,237
j 8,762
203 4.S7 39.99 42.86
1,405 11,692 89,357 6,863
1,501 #55.6 472 241
Jan. 11
118.7 93.5 108.3 126.0 84.8 108
31,553 26,100 19,658
743
56,356 24,314 87,744 26,087 31,651 8,750
324 4. 13 40.99 43.93
1,450 12,506 138,068 6,850
1,515 #56.1
569 283
Jan. 18
118.7 93.8 109.0 125.9 84.6
31,207 25,390 19,348
623
260 4.09 40.99 43.84
128,197
1,538 #57.0
J,/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. ,4/ Wednesday data. J5/ Week beginning January 20, 1958: Production, 1,500 thous. short tons. • Monthly index for January 1957. ** Revisions for weeks ended December 14 and 21: 4.35 and 4,27. # Based on January I, 1958, annual capacity (140,742,570 tons); not comparable with 1957 rates which are based on January I, 1957, annual capacity (133,459,150 tons).
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
ITEM
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
Personal income, by source: Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates:
Less personal contributions for social insurance..do....
Farm income and marketings: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments,
Meat an i ma Is.,...,.,••••••.•••••••••«•••••••••••do....
Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans, unadjusted:
Al 1 commodities 1947-49*100..
Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted: A11 commodities.•••.••.•••.•••..•••••.••••••••••••.,.do....
1956
November
334.9
233. 1 101.2 61.4 31.9 38.6
7.7 50.7 30.4 18.9 5.9
319.3
3,425 3,335 1,891 1,444 355 771 301
137 176 106
158 182 140
December |
334.8
235.3 102.7 61.6 32.2 38.8
7.7 50.2 28.5 19.0 5.9
319.6
2,789 2,749 1,441 1,308 367 649 271
813 134 96
127 134 122
1957
September
346.6
241.5 102.2 64.8 33.9 40.6
8.0 51.1 31.6 21.2 6.8
331.3
2,954 2,847 1,364 «,483
| 365 831 267
117 1 127
109
130 135 126
October
345.9
240,1 101.3 64.3 34.0 40.5
8.0 50.8 31.7 22.1 6.8
331,0
3,610 3,510 1,804 1,706 375
1,003 306
144 168 125
167 190 149
November
345.4
r239,5 M00.9 r64,2 34.1 40.3
8.0 r50.4 31.7 22.6 6.8
r330.3
3,267 3,205 1,687 1,518 363 826 312
131 157 III
151 178 130
December
342.8
238.8 100.0 64.3 34.2 40.3
8.0 50.4 29.7 22.7 6.8
327.3
rj Revised. 12733
Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3
STEM
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS — Contint
Industrial production (FRB):
Metal fabricating (including ordnance).,
Metal fabricating (including ordnance).,
Consumer durables output (FRB):
COMMODITY PRICES
Public , 9 .
Purchasing power of the dollar as measured b y -
Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen...,
led
,1947-49=100..
do.... do....
.«•....,do,..• do.... do.... do....
do.... ,,, do..,.
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4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
ITEN
COMMODITY PRICES — Continued
Wholesale price Index — Continued Commodities other than farm prode und foods90S Chemicals and allied products,(S«e,ses>09*e@88 Fuel, power, and lighting materlalsessaeass8 Furniture^ other household durables.•..•.... Hides, skins, m& leather products, &ea6aogQS, Lumber and wood products,,,••••••••••••••••. Machinery and motive products«9„„99„ee9998
Metals and metal products..•••..•........... Noometalllc minerals, structural•••••••••••• Pulpg peper, and allied prodyctse6SS,,,a@ae4,
Textile products and appareS,,@„ee«#e#e,*„®s Tobacco manufactures ^nd bottled beverages,,
FINAICE Bonds: Yields,, domestic corporate (Moodyss),8,ee«»eo@a
By groups^ lndustrial...#«„«#...«.#.ee#.„ Public utllity..•*•*.....•....••
Stocks: Cash dividend payments publicly reported? Total dividend payments,.,••.....•••..•••••.
M a n U T S C T U r % n Q , , , » , , , e , o . « t e o . 3 . ® e e e . s « 0 e @ . ®
Public utlllties: Communications,••••.•.•••....••••••••••• Electric and gas«9>«#a«0••••..,•••••••••
Dividend yields (200 stocks), Moody's.•«.••••• Industrial C125 stocks)•••••••••••••,«•••••• Public utility C24 stocks)*,,*8.,..a(9.e.0
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