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•yfliar^•INCOME Si *& • BUSINESS April 10, 1964 BPAVMENTS B A SURVEY OF CURRENT SUSINESS ^ STATISTICS 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 Billion Dollars 160 TOIAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (average of Wednesday Billion Dollars 160 data) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 150 h J_A»=U4 _j_L. 1962 1961 1963 F M A M J 1964 J A S O N D Billion Dollars Billion Dollars 80 NEW CONSTRUCTION 80 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING (short- and (seasonally adjusted at annual rate) intermediate-term) 70 - ^T** Total (end of month) 40 h — 60 Private Residential fnon farm) 0 I-i i i i i I i i t i i 1 i i • i i I • • • i i I [ i i f } I i i i i i 1 t 1961 1962 1963- M M , I • n ,' 40 T^.T.T:: - m j L i L u i u J* SES ULXJLJ.xJLl.J J LI ,JLA_LJ™ILJ „„,L1.X,LX. 1962 1961 1964 1963 1964 Index, 1910-14 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 350 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS 110 Installment Cre dit (end of month] 50 20 (seasonally adjusted) PRICES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS 325 100 90 300 y^TvVM Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 275 Prices fteceivecf 250 80 \/"M JuJLAJu^.,,i.l.inx»A.,,i,ii LX i LiuaaauaXxxa-Lx 1961 1962 1963 1964 225 r***/**-k*W-J UJ*OAla»ULAJ 1961 1962 1963 1964 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 " COMMODITY PRIC66, WHOLESALE: A : ! ccmmod : v : s f i . , , 1964 1963 1 Ttl*1: M a r . 30 Mar. Apr. 6 ii Mar. 2 ! Mar. 28 Apr. 4 100,5 95.3 100.8 101.2 93.9 4,637 3 , 159 100.5 95.5 IOC. 7 101.2 94.2 4,892 3,339 100.5 95.4 100.6 101.1 95.5 . m i l . $... , do.. •. *99.9 *95.4 *99.0 *i00.6 92.1 4,822 3 ; 050 92,4 4,724 3,232 100.6 95.5 100.7 101.2 94.4 4f5M 3,069 260 2,303 2 , 143 329 300 2 f 188 2,032 360 265 2,260 2, i05 306 218 2 ; 163 2,0l2 289 2-'! 9 •••:*:.»l.-Kr."5 U-olFLiV.^UiN", a : ! p' ?ci.'3.T.s. , , „ . , » . * * « . . « „ , . .do*,. * i>i * * £ ,vov.y-•»;•<•.& ( 5 0 S t a g e s , D , C , , and P u e r t o R • c o ) . . . . d o . . . . '•''•*LOT:S. "ND^ST, r'-fen CCtfMERC'AL ( O u i 2, B r a d s t r o e t ) , . number . . 299 267 34,415 32,555 ;v\.byo 46.3 34,535 32.596 19,600 454 36,538 35,385 19,970 316 36,692 35,400 20,214 375 36,657 36,732 35;353 20,25! 230 p.'; *s? 35,874 129,556 31,399 35,203 !5,92i Ki ftl l 35,956 128.815 30.857 35,256 15,944 63,457 38,428 137.589 27.865 37,507 18,217 38,509 139.308 27.910 38,137 18,280 4.46 66.68 69.83 4.47 67.36 70.60 4.55 78.95 33.79 4.56 79.38 04,33 4.57 78.97 83,87 i,474 16,425 io9,309 7,4 78 1,407 16,418 i9i,i65 7.484 1,315 18,240 i96,529 7.626 1,419 18,140 i9/,tJ/i 7,592 1,458 17,972 198,6/3 7r57l 2,387 128. 1 559 316 2,413 129,5 546 317 2,315 174.3 521 300 2.362 126.8 537 309 2,406 129.2 528 303 . * • • ! PET*-.. ST0R-1S, SALES ito.tdura'j. i e goods s^or M , 1957-59= 1 0 0 , . , G u n ftncv i !i c i r cu 1 a t i on ^ / * « . , • „ « mi ! . $ , . ••-»i::<?f'?t: :";i.•;;'•* v*a banK c r s ; j l t ou rs randi.no,, t a ! a ! - • / . . . , 2 0 . . . , >'.•»:'•'..•£'« kai»k . ' s s ^ r v e i^a i 3RCC£ 3 / , . . . . . . . . . . . . w do,,., R e p o r t i n g member banKS ?of F., P. ..System) Demand decos i t s . ad i u s t e d i n leading c i + iesi_4/ • ....«•<. *.. Commercial and i n d u s t r i a l loans ( g r o s s ) . . . . , . riaa ! u r ; ' a t « '.-:.<?.-•<• ( g r o s s ) . . „ „,.„*,.. , do,... do,.,. rion'j y i e l d s , d o m e s t i c c o r p o r a t e ( M o o d y ' s ) 3 / percent.. .Stock p r j c e s , 500 s t o c k s ( S t a n d , & Poor * s ) 4 / . . i 941 - 4 3 = ! 0 . . i ndus+r i a I s , 4? 5 s t o c x s * , » , . . , do,... PRODUCTION: Fiectric p o w e r , ay u t i l i t i e s . * . # . . . . • » « - . . m i 1. k w , - h r . . KRE'GHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL \l thous. Data do not always cover calendar weeks. cars.. 2 / Tuesday price. MONTHLY V Daily average. 4 / Wednesday data. fi.^ ^./-v •sir 7*r'j 20,520 520 cr> «-*n 30,566 138 ..903 27.807 38,172 I8,34| * Monthly index for M a r . 4.58 79.24 84.16 20/,185 2,447 131.4 1963. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1963 1964 ITEM Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS MEW Dec. Jan. Feb, Mar. INDICATORS BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradsireet, I n c . ) : 1 inaH jiiq+ftH...,,...., , ., ^r .. , ,,.,.,,.,number t Seasonal ly adjusted do... 16,310 15,563 15,472 15,867 18 ,825 16 , 193 15,495 16,086 242 231 252 251 161 240 238 237 270 161 237 241 241 264 164 243 243 261 254 166 240 242 278 249 164 240 243 299 259 166 234 227 258 155 501 234 268 258 151 501 226 309 265 144 488 230 306 268 150 489 229 298 263 156 490 215 295 260 167 490 25! 256 294 157 264 242 249 281 155 274 234. 268 259 144 266 242 265 274 154 274 238 261 269 147 281 237 254 273 144 295 284 298 274 312 78 283 297 274 311 77 282 298 270 311 76 283 298 273 313 78 283 299 27! 313 77 283 299 272 313 77 4 , 148 2,938 1,646 1,281 5,294 3,780 2 , 143 1,734 ,582 ,276 ,305 ,452 r4,266 r3,09l r1,655 r1,314 4,658 3,309 1,846 1,464 !4,059 15,390 C0MMX-ITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, A L L FARM PRODUCTS...1910-14=100, Crops., „ « do... Commerc i a I vegetal) Ies do.,, Cotton., do.., Feed grains and hay do... Food grains„...,,„ „ Fruit ,. 0> I-bearing crops Potatoes (including dry edible beans) Tobacco, *..-,, .*..... , do... do... do... do... do... L ; vestock and products do... Dairy products.. ,*o do.. t Meat an ima I s,., ., „ do... n ou I try and eggs..«...,,..,, , do... Woo I ~.... o do... PRICES PAID By FARMERS; A i i comrood i t i es and ser v • cas.» .,.,, do... Fam? I y I i v i ng i terns „ do.,. Product i fin i tf»m<i do... A>I. commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do... rAK i I "7 HAT i0 *........ do... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total ,,., Residential (nonfarm) New housing units*... «.. ry Revised. 36360 mil. $. do... do... ,.do... 3,808 2,753 1,484 I, 161 r4 r3 rl rl MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1963 19f>4 STEM Mar. Feb. Jan. Dec. Mar. i-eb. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL. ESTATE—Cor,I-ir.uad NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT SN PLACE P r : v a t e — C o n t i nued (UNADJ.)—Continued 875 239 375 147 97 277 86! 252 57! 152 98 312 1,096 506 465 19! 100 419 1,04 1 504 427 162 96 r5l6 1,020 300 4!8 158 94 r30i i,005 292 4!6 i6l 95 340 1,055 352 91 270 332 1.210 416 87 355 3/2 I,5i4 45S r i , 304 rA35 r !,175 r423 1,349 47! 544 561 272 3/8 59,154 41,376 24,273 6 0 , 1 14 4 1,526 24,333 65,522 45,86? 26,615 r65,641 r45,6IO r2c,7i0 r65,785 r46,121 ** 2 6 , 3 5 9 67,020 46.556 27,258 do 11,11! 2,77i 4,902 7., 073 1,274 4,434 II,!92 2,774 4,965 2 , 138 j 269 4-! 458 12.883 5,577 5,4 12 2;252 1,241 4,852 12,760 5,469 5,400 2,250 1,24! r4,647 12,865 5,472 5,448 2,72 i J, 237 r4,768 I3,00i 3,492 5,569 2,270 !,23! 4,765 do,... do.... do do 17,773 5,230 !,405 6 , 170 18,588 5,594 1,255 6.960 i9,655 6,05! r20,05i r5,781 r i 9.664 r6,126 20,464 6 , 130 ,.-.„,do do do do do.... do.,.. do NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL -.,.., m i l . %.. ......no.::: n . - . - : - I - . - • » • : -. i / . ~ ~ - .C-.......N do , . . . • . . d o . . . . Stores, restaurants, Ffjrm c o n s t r u c t i o n . . . ,.., Hub l i e , t o t a ! . . . . „ Mi 1 i t a r v .,,...do.... ,*».,. . d o . . . ., and g u r o y e s , , , , fac: ' ities- - t\e\ CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX: !•! 957-59-!00.. DEPARTMENT OF CfMMFfcCF COMPOS ITF. 7 150 6.76! i ! : 6 262 !li ........ ;;; EMPLOYMENT C I V I L I A N LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED (ALL C I V I L I A N WORKERS) C I V I L I A N LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED EMPLOYED . UNEMPLOYED (ALL C I V I L I A N WORKERS) do.... do.... ,..,...do.... do do 71,275 66,358 4,049 62,509 4,913 1,505 6.9 7!,650 67,!48 4,557 62,812 4,501 1,386 6.3 72,461 68,615 4,059 64,576 5,846 928 •5.3 71,795 67,228 5,995 65,254 4,565 1, 106 6= 4 72,527 68,002 3,951 64,071 4,524 1, 165 6S? 72,810 68,517 4,017 64.500 4,293 1,322 5.9 do.... do do.... do do 72,429 68,122 4,895 65,227 4,307 1,128 5.9 72,460 68,364 4,886 65,478 4,096 1,097 5.7 75,224 69,205 4,890 64,515 4,019 1,022 5.5 75,667 69,567 4,956 64,651 4 , 100 1,105 5.6 75,855 69,852 4,797 65,055 4,005 1,007 5.4 73,760 69,807 4,600 65,207 5,955 1,047 5.4 do.... 61,989 4 7,852 62,149 48,075 69,890 55,745 r69,205 r55,59/ 68,786 53,552 do.... do.... 4,083 4 , 151 4,702 4,479 5,974 4,924 r4,784 r4,932 4,552 4,597 do 4,957 4,462 4,975 4,496 5,272 4,812 r5,276 r4,848 5,421 4,842 15,095 9,665 107 5,927 6,081 1,428 1,550 10,579 8,805 105 5,582 5,726 1, i 4 7 1,820 ' 10,997 7,305 103 6,206 422 2,596 1,671 6,763 809 445 4,102 1,432 7,806 825 405 •'+,525 2,056 8,289 905 455 r4,5i5 r2,442 ! 84.6 106.9 2.5 7.1 17.7 8.0 F1 NANCE CONSUMER CREDiT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): I n s t a l l m e n t c r e d i t e x t e n d e d and r e p a i d : Unadjusted: Extended, t o t a ! Seasonally adjusted: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Rece i o t s , net 2 / do.... do do do do Employment t a x e s do.... do do do.... ! i | i | 6,580 5,853 101 3,873 583 404 1,619 12,255 8,047 87 6,975 451 2,855 1,887 8,492 925 r481 4,548 r-2,819 7,521 880 451 4,569 1,94 1 III.8 2.0 r8.2 11.4 8.8 !0i.6 2.6 7.1 12.8 10.8 ri2!.8 207.0 29.6 109.1 205.5 29.9 57.0 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Ar n+v j e a l i r y j l r Ethy I a c e t a t e J*C 1 d "' ZZ n \ r ! i " i } . . . - . . . (85j&) FormaIdehyde ( 3 7 # HCHO) ,., % .-!. f 6.7 15.6 11.3 do.... do.... I 116.9 186.9 26.6 32.6 ! i 115.8 214.0 26.4 41.0 ! 121.0 2.0 8.8 9.4 9.4 125.4 220.4 50.8 59,5 I 1 I r57.4 i | rj Revised. \J Except farm and public utilities, 2/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 36360 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1964 1963 ITEN CHEMICALS AMD ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued Nov, Feb, Jan» Feb, Jan, Dec, ~ — H ALCOHOLS E+tiy i S I C O M O 1 and 3p It 1 ts g Prodycti©nSoSOaeffl<,SOoooooo0oooooooooooooo0eo^i ID fax gal,. Stocks, end of raontli60()e!)()0e6,0()00(!0„oe<1„I!o0,.oM.do9,,, Used for denaturation ooooeooooooo<3000s , OGoeoo0 oc S oo,od©,o,, •Taxable withdrawaIs..••«•«•••••.•••••••••••>e.......do..,. Denatured a 1con© S: P r O d U C t i O n « , ' , o«« , « • . o e »• e , , , ,o eo o », eoe « a « , e O l l e W I R© g a l , . Consomptf on (w11hdrawals),11,1),(„l)o.oa9B..o.....D...ido„„ Stocks, end of inonth^oooo.oDo ..« ......do,... PLASTICS AND RESIW MATERIALS, PRODUCTIONS Ce-11 u 1 os® pSast 1 c materIalse9,00o0o<.o8o0aeoo0tlooo»oii 1, 1 b s , Thermosett1ng res i ns t ASkyd resI ns s e@es e,e D » s s e » s o o o o o o , o <>«o *> 0 e <= o « o © oQ o e,.-do.,... Coumarone"-! ndene and petroleum polymer resins, oooeoa do,... Polyester reslns @ .,o e0 o OOS ,o BSe , SO o,ooooooo,o 0 o 0 o 0 ..do,... Phenolic and other tar acid reslns,.„9.0....o»..o,..do.„. Urea and me 1amine resin's.... .•••.•.•••••.••.•••,••• .do. •., Thermoplastic resinst. Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene)••...•••do,... Vinyl resins C res in content basis), ««,..........do.,,. Polyethylene...•••••..••••••••••.••••.•••••...•••.•.do.... 61.0 i 165,1 46,5 5,0 52 s 2 167,3 43,2 4,2 58,7 169,8 43,9 5,8 58,9 177.3 45.5 4S3 •60,5 179,5 •49,5 4,9 ©,,,©©,© 25,0 25.3 3,1 23,2 22,8 3.5 23,6 24,5 . 2e0 24,5 23 e 8 3,3 26 @ 6 26,4 392 eoo@©©os 11.3 11.7 13,8 S2ef .11.6 42,2 25,7 18,8 61,2 42,0 39,3 20,1 18,4 53,0 40,5 40.5 24,9 21.2 62,0 41,5 37,7 25,9 20.4 61.7 38,0 44,4 26,0 22,7 66,3 42,7 98,3 134,4 156,3 100,5 I2904 159,5 !33s2 160,5 200.0 127.8 153,0 210.1 132,3 S50o9 210,8 sosoeooo WTALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL-PRODUCTS, 1NVEOTORSES, END OF N0es Consumers (manufacturers only) e s e , a s o e B S O ,,,,ml1. sh. tons oe Receipts during month.,,.,, oe , s , eoOB , ECOa , 0 , s , 0 , os ,.do,,,. Consumption during month,,„,.„„,, , , do,.,, Warehouses (servIce centers)<>0 0 o o « 0 0,, o a , 0 0,,0,,, <=,,, <>do,,», Producing mi 1Sss In process C Ingots, semifinished, etcj 0 0 8 8 0 .„ 8 0 0 .. 9 do,, 8 8 8 Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.).........do.... FABRICATED STRUCTURAL.STEEL: Orders, new (net)...,,,.... ,,©,„,„«•««•• ,,,thouse sh, tons,® Backlog, end of month®„...............................do,,,. Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo, avg, shipments, f957»59sS00», Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net? Electric processing*...-.••••••.•••..•••••••••••.•«,*mi1. $.« Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steal)..........,..do.... Material handling equipment Cindustrial)i Industrial trucks (electric)* shipments? Hand (motorized)...,,,....,„..,..............,,,....number,, Ri der-type,............................................do,... Industrial trucks and tractors (gasolIne«=pow@red), shipments number.. Vacuum cleaners, sales bi 1 led..•••••,,,........,•......thous,. washers, sales (domestic and export) J/.................do.... Driers (elec., gas), sales (domestic and export) do,,.. 1 rj Revised, j>/ P r e l i m i n a r y , USCQW4-DC--36360 8.5 4,6 4,5 3,2 8,6 4,3. 4.2 3,2 9,5 4.3 4,8 305 9,3 4.6 4,8 3,5 r9,4 r5,2 5,1 r3 0 4 p9 e 4 p4.8 p4,8 p3,5 7,4 6,9 7,3 7.1 7,4 6.9 7,8 7,2 7,8 7,2 p8,0 p7.3 '328 235 2,609 286 244 2,708 262 324 2,238 440 321 2,322 356 310 2,306 247 304 2,270 127,6 124.6 127,1 129.6 . 235.8 251.8 1.8 3.4 ,9 4.3 .8 2.4 L0 6,3 130.0 95,0 136.6 573 536 483 600 523 598 1,730 322,9 293.3 129.2 1,765 356.9 300.8 115,7 .8 ,8 1 i 1 1 2,738 382.6 336.9 1 180.3 | L0 3*0 156,2 146.5 590 630 491 484 515 609 2,830 349.7 273*5 153.2- 2,543 324,7 302,5 142.8 2,518 365.0 330.0 135.8 1 J / Excludes combination washer-drsersi such shipments (excluding export sales) t o t a l e d 1,900 in Feb. 1964, PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL ! 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