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^TMENTOfc April 12, 1963 BUSINESS °F STATISTICS BUSINESS t C O ^ 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 Thousands 250 Thousands 1,000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) j ^ BOO 600 400 200 - fV ! - <* ^vA - V - ^vV - 0 _xjLjL_uj_i,.a^-Jua_u,4^j I960 200 V \ - f ,, ,_JU.UJL, ., .1 1 - L J L X J L ^ L ^ L --JL-J—-L-l 1962 1961 1 J_1—1_J—L ,J 1963 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 Monthly $TEIL PRODUCTION (Ingots and steel for costings) - 150 X 100 - 50 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, L J 1 1 -J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1961 1960 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1963 1962 Index, 1957-59=100 Billion Dollars 70 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS 130 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1 (seasonally adjusted) (short- and intermediate-term) 60 50 — Total (end of month) ^y^ — ^00*^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Installment Credit (end of month) - , 40L 100 _JO^±J I , I , i,,l,i ,i i, J, i, 1960 1961 1962 M i l I I I I I 1963 30 yvL^JU_L_Li-J^U_. 1960 J - L l I I I 1, JU„ U— 1961 1962 UJ^J^. 1963 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 196? !963 ITEM Mar. 31 Apr. 7 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 CGWSGCiTY PRJCES, WHOLESALES 1957-59= 1 0 0 . . 106 96.5 4,471 112 iOO.O 95.4 99. 1 100.7 92.2 4,382 103 , . , , . .thous.. 244 2,509 2,035 330 308 2,397 1,956 356 268 2,519 2,348 348 263 2,408 2,24! 295 260 32,951 30,121 19.648 459 33,050 30,361 10.663 517 34,454 32,402 19,4?! 488 34,51 : 32,441 !9,507 380 34,415 32,555 i 9 599 465 62,229 31,634 i 19,538 63,232 35,657 128,491 34,746 15,827 61,936 35,751 129,106 3C,9i2 33,269 15,872 62,312 35,874 129,556 3 i,399 35,205 15,921 *I00.7 *98.4 •101.6 * 100.8 96.8 DEPARTMENT STORE SA» L S . .... JiiJTIAL L'NFTAPLOVMF.NV C ! A K*iS, S+a1o programs £•!st«* oro^rarcs ( 5 0 Spates and P u e r t o P. = c o ) do,,.! t r A J!.,!jR:-S, I F C U S T . AND CCMMFRC I A!.. (Dun 6 B r a d s t r e e t ) . . n u n b e r . , . 99.9 95.6 99.1 100.6 91.8 4,456 106 99.9 95.2 99.9 IOC.6 92. 1 4,835 ! 12 100.0 96.0 99. 1 100.6 92.4 329 ;- : ! MANCL : Cur*~erjf:v I n c i r c u i e t • on 3 / , , s . . . „ , , , , • , „ . . , . , ;-"ed£T--.! Reserve bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , t o t a l rr.I ! „ $ . . 2/....do.... R e p o r t i n g member banks Cot F . R . S y s t e m ) in. l e a d i n g c i t i e s * . 4 / Demand depos i t s . ari j u s t e d * . . . . m i I. % .. 5ci••/ i ngs ciepcs i t s . . . . . . . . , ..,.....« do.... Loans and i n v e s t r r e n t s ( s d j o s t e d ) , 1 C'"a ! . „ . do,... . U.S. firiVfirnmpnt nr> | i nnj inp? J k , „c!c. . . . C T O S S ) < . « * » , • • , = , CC ., . , . 33 0 !4 13,620 62,012 31,726 I 19,202 31,923 33,064 13,624 Bond y if-? I 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 ) J 3 / 9 . . s.. . p e r c e n t . _ S t o c k pr i c e s , 500 s t o c k s ( S t a n d . & Poor ' s ) 4 / . . ! 94 i - 4 3 = 1 0 . . 4.65 70.04 73.93 4.65 63.49 72.14 A. 47 65.9! 68.97 4,47 6S 95 69.02 4.46 66.68 69.83 i,399 15,552 162,542 /,353 1,352 15,569 168,717 7,397 1,217 16,949 180,564 7,437 1,328 16,860 156,775 7,461 ! . 450 16,425 169,042 7,473 2,4|7 129.7 565 3i6 2,361 126.7 548 314 2,330 123.1 535 299 2,387 128. 1 559 316 CryiyTiPrr ia i anri ! nHnc+r j R ! j OSP.E PRODUCT !0!M: B1 tu»ni nous cos i 3 / thous. sh. Index o f p r o d u c t i o n V? tons.. 1957-59=100.. \J Data do not aivays cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY *> 1 A 3_/ Daily average. TO T i l 2,225 1 19.4 5!7 296 _4/ Wednesday da^a. * Monthl\ index for Mar 34,525 32,596 i 9 590 432 4.47 67.36 70.60 137/250 2 , 4 13 179.5 1962 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1963 1962 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-14=100, Crops do.., Commerc i a I vegetsb Ies «, do.., Cotton do.., Feed grains and nay do.., Food grai ns , do.., Fruit do.., Oi l-bearing crops „ do.., Potatoes (including dry edible beans).. .....do.., Tobacco. do... 243 226 272 246 152 219 216 253 125 542 244 233 314 248 153 223 729 252 132 543 2/12 224 236 261 153 231 !98 2*7 147 505 244 228 266 254 157 231 216 251 150 485 242 232 26 1 251 161 234 22b 256 155 502 240 236 241 270 161 234 2C7 236 151 501 Livestock end products do... Dairy producrs do... Meat anima Is , do... Poultry and eggs do.., Woo I do,., PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do.., Family living items do... Production items do.., All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do.., PA P. IT Y R AT! 0 ~ do... 257 263 305 154 237 254 255 307 147 240 256 263 308 151 249 257 257 308 152 255 251 254 294 157 264 242 248 28! !55 274 279 294 268 305 279 294 269 r306 80 282 296 273 309 78 234 297 274 31 1 78 284 298 274 31 I 78 263 297 2.74 310 77 EMPLOYMENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED A g r i c u I t u r a l employment Nonagr i c u I t u r a ! emp loyment UNEMPLOYED Percent of c i v i l i a n labor f o r c e C I V I L I A N LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED.. EMPLOYED , Agr i cu I tur a ! emp ! oyment .,*„*,ss Nonagr icu Itura I emp loyment., UNEMPLOYED Percent of civilian labor force r/ Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 3046 I Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis thous. do... do... do... do,.. ....tnous. do... do... do.., do.., s 70 65 4 61 4 332 789 578 21 1 543 6.5 70 ,697 66 ,316 4 ,782 61 , 5 3 3 4 ,382 6.2 71,378 67,561 -1,066 63,495 3,617 5.3 70 ,607 65 ,935 A ,206 61 , 7 3 0 A ,672 6.6 7!,275 66,358 4,049 62,309 4,918 6.9 7 !,c50 67 , 1 '-3 4 , 337 62 , 3 ! 2 4 ,501 6.3 7i 67 5 62 4 713 629 48! 148 084 5.7 71 , 8 0 3 67 ,060 5 ,504 62 , 3 5 6 3 ,943 5.5 72,084 63,091 4,843 63,248 3.. 993 5.5 72 , 348 63 , 171 5 , 133 62 , 9 8 3 4 , 177 5.8 72,501 68,086 4,841 63,245 4,415 6. I 72 , 696 68 ,636 5 , 006 63 ,626 4 ,062 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1963 1962 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. 56,71! 43,265 56,093 43,074 61,473 47,274 63,458 48,243 r62,740 .-48,130 62,219 48,025 3,878 4, 140 3,611 3,802 4,932 4,380 5,379 4,4!0 r4,368 4,481 4,033 4, 138 4,327 4,048 4,356 4,084 4,961 4,380 4,829 4,37! r4,878 4,376 4,885 4,449 5,968 8,726 -2,758 9,567 8.967 9,548 9,436 600 9,289 10,02! -732 6,28^ 8,830 -2,544 10,332 8,776 1,576 5,959 5,357 IUU 3,570 466 353 i,470 9,773 6,729 8,533 7.027 6,285 5,533 10,997 7,305 80 103 5,9 iu 400 2,080 1,298 5,^12 412 1,208 1,488 9,553 8,360 *4 3,53/ 3.450 '652 1,820 3,636 517 429 1,623 6,206 4.?? 2,596 1,671 7,395 803 471 4,315 1,890 6,858 755 449 4,094 1,575 8,070 808 443 4,558 2,268 7,572 840 445 4,348 2, 138 8,0i3 858 486 r4,547 r2,2l5 6,763 6,046 3,912 1,645 489 5,925 4,233 1, 127 565 6,580 4,912 1,078 590 8, 165 5,261 2,280 624 5,593 4,057 1,023 513 15,978 *l.199 15,928 * 1.244 #15,878 #*1.256 84.6 Feb. Jan. F1 NANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Adjusted: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Net cash transactions (Federal) with tne public: 1/ Receipts from ,--*,* mil. $.„ eo ,,„.,•,, LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR 65 1 14 112 809 445 4, 102 1,432 (LIAMA): 16,815 1.043 16,790 1,025 15,977 *l.192 96.5 2.0 93.5 2.3 99.5 2.7 1 14.6 2.4 98.7 2.0 53.7 r145.8 43.9 47.8 148.7 42.8 52.6 144.7 41.4 58.7 156.8 41.6 61.0 165. 1 46.5 4.3 4.5 6.4 4.6 5.0 23.7 23.6 5.4 23.0 23.4 5.0 22.8 21.9 3.0 22.9 22.7 3.2 25.0 25.3 3.1 6. 1 10.3 9.6 91.3 155.8 26.4 28.7 8.1 13.2 3.9 80.8 15 /. 2 25.5 25.6 7.5 14.7 10,7 1 14.4 179.0 27.8 35.8 8. I 13.5 6.3 1 17.9 169.8 29.2 38.4 302 117 1 13 238 527 220 509 12.8 58.0 99.9 39.2 M3.3 37.0 15.9 150.6 6,252 4,519 1, 173 560 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 03GA.N !CCi EM 1CALS, PRODUCT I ON: 2.2 ."-. Iconoi, et-y 1 : Alcorid, denaT-rec: DDT n i !. i b.. FO.-R-C ics-'-ydo (37£ HCHO) , ac 7.6 14.9 6.9 r124.4 167.8 27.0 35.2 6.7 15.6 11.3 1 i6.9 160.8 26.6 32.6 FERTILIZERS: 199 308 253 479 r230 505 261 505 12.3 53.2 92.8 38.9 12.7 58.9 106. 1 39.6 12.0 55.3 99.6 38.3 1 1.3 60.5 98.3 41.5 113.9 35.4 15.5 156.9 132.1 38.4 15.7 170.3 r128.4 35.4 14.5 170.8 133.8 41.4 18.8 153.1 72,047 64,777 51,435 13,342 7,27C 6,982 78,109 70,656 57,099 13,557 7,452 7,163 82,702 75.312 6!,250 14,062 7,390 7,093 86,509 78,835 64,908 13,927 7,675 7,362 77,123 69,990 57,323 12,668 7, 133 6,842 288 290 297 313 290 Superphosphate and other phospiatic fertilizers (100,3 P 2 O 5 ) : SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Collulose acetate (sheets, rcas, and tubes and molding and extrusion materials) and nitrocellulose (sheets, ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCT 1 ON, TOTAL £.' .-<ev! si-c. _]_/ Ot'-er t'lan borrowing. (now priccG 4/10 cent hicner than en eld http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 3046 I Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis mi 1. kw.-hr.. 80,913 73, 123 58,823 14,301 7,790 7,479 31 i j 2/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. * For silver in commercial bar form basis), M Data for Mar. 1963 (units as above): Gold, 15,878; silver, *i.27i. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1963 1962 ITEM Jan. Feb, NovD Dec. Jan. Feb.. LIMBER AND MANUFACTURES LUMBER (NATIONAL LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)s Production, t o t a l . . 0 „ „ 0 0 s o „ . 0 0 . o « . o . 0 . . . „ . . o o . m i I e bd0 ft.. S O f t W O O C l S . . . o O o . o o O 0 O . O . 0 . O . . . O O O O O O 0 . O . . . O O 0 . O . . . . Ci0 0 . . . Shi pments, tota I., do..., Softwoods. .... ...... ..... ..... .. ............ .... ...do.... Stocks (gross), mill, end of month, total........... .do. .., Softwoods.•.•••••••.......•••....•..•....O....0....do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total Call grades)........ao..............thous3 sh0 tons.. Structural shapes Cheavy), steel pi I ing............do.0•• PIates................... o o. o o. ooo. oo. oo.o. „ .......do.... Bars and too! steel, total0,s„..,,„„,.,0,0o.,o..,.do...( Pipe and tubing,,88,9,,..8................,,»...e.8doss,', Tin mill products•.•••••.••••.•...•.•.•••.•....•.•.do.... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total.„.......do.... FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEELs Orders,, new Cnet)OSfflo......... 0.o.. ....<> a............do.... Shipments...,..........co........... ..o..............do.... Backlog, end of month....... „........................do.... Barrels and drums* steel, heavy types (for sale)s Orders, unfilled, end of month......................thous.. Shipments............................««•.............do.... Aluminum shipments? Mil! products and pig and ingot (net).............mi I. lb.. M M i products,, total..... so eoas.................... do.... Plate and sheet (exci. foi I) ..•••••••••.....•.....do.... STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Clay construction products? Shipments^ Brick, ung lazed (common and face). mil. stand. brick., Structural tile, except facing.... ..thous. shs tons.. Sewer pipe and fittings, vitrified............... ..do.... Facing tile (hollow), glazed and unglazed mi I. brick equi valent.. Floor and wall tile and accessories, glazed and u nglazed mil sq. ft.. Glass containers: Product i on....................................thous. gross. S hi pments.............................................do.,. Stocks, end of month..............................• ...do... 2, 109 1,795 2,244 1,825 6,642 5, 105 2,459 2,027 2,537 2,007 6,520 5,081 2,839 2, 166 2,728 2, 108 6,509 4,786 2,473 1,859 2,431 1,829 6,596 4,817 2,603 2,000 2,579 1,985 6,590 4,802 2,560 1,940 2,540 1,885 6,590 4,837 6,906 402 648 1,028 506 614 3,080 6,626 392 612 986 534 548 2,903 5,499 375 483 881 485 337 2,401 5,001 330 460 778 394 303 2,257 5,731 354 484 878 440 539 2,491 5,604 366 514 849 433 495 2,384 314 284 2,596 276 289 2,487 324 315 2,475 478 282 2,624 328 235 2,609 286 244 2,708 1,491 1,887 1,482 1,774 1,266 1,816 1,285 1,537 1,296 1,714 r429.2 296.9 133.9 429.0 292.2 134.3 473.4 318.5 139.6 r436.9 r282.5 M3I.I 488. I 331.3 153.9 319.0 28.4 81.6 358.4 27.8 87.6 618 39 144 499.4 31.4 124.2 476.3 25.4 I2607 26.5 23.2 37.2 35.5 32.6 17.8 17.7 23,3 21.0 23.0 13,482 12,623 21,789 13,103 11,905 22,779 13,347 13,003 21,590 r 12,738 r 12,308 21,777 14,418 13,128 22,931 711, 684, 610, 595, 100, 88, 628.6 603.7 533.6 518.5 95.0 85.2 776. 1 751.5 661.4 647.4 1 14.7 104.1 791.0 768.6 670.2 658.0 120.8 110.6 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL....... Domest i c.••.••.••...... Passenger cars, total.... Domest i c............... Trucks and buses, total.. Domest i c..............• ...thous ....do.. ....do.. ....do.. ....do.. ....do.. 802.0 769.4 689.5 669.6 1 12.5 99.8 723.7 698.8 607.9 592.8 I 15.8 106.0 £ / Revised. USC0MM-DC—30461 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO A V O I D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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