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-^Jljjj^co^ BUSINESS April 2, 1965 STATISTICS ^BusSSsi^ A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Thousands Thousands 1,200 300 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,000 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) Jfe IV ~~ 800 - 600 ~ 400 ~ 200 Monthly 0 ^J^4.^a~O^Jl™L_J.™J.~.JL_-,-UmJ— - u i ^ - w J - u i a a j - „~J 1 1—H-™I™J 1963 1962 U-l \ L J U .^ U J — X ~ J 1964 1 1 1 1 1 ,,l 1 ,„ J F M A M J 1965 J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) ^^ 150 100 150 - ^^mmgf \ - 50 Monthly 0 U-J 1 1™J L-.L L-J ! i «™J j . — L—A. .1 1962 1 L—i..„X~-i J 1 l—J 1963 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ^ ^ •* j 110 All Items vn 105 _^^P tmt T y'%. ^—ATFQC J ^ : ^ ' " -L-i-i-l f00d '* •* 100 m ! 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 l---i 1962 - 120 ***** **'" J A S O N D (daily average; seas, adj.) <* 110 J F M A M J 1965 Index, 1957-59=100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION C O N S U M E R PRICES* All Services —I__J—i—i—i—1—i—i—i—i—i— 1964 Index, 1957-59=100 120 115 1 ! 100 /**** "L* ^»»""*» 4? \ 90 A^ 1 *+J r -N^ sJ -*** 1962 1963 ^ J H *New series beginning January 1964 l.i l l 1 l 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1i 1 . . . . . 1963 1964 i . . . . . i . . . . 1965 . 80 JXL;,.,; tai 1964 i i i 1965 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1964 1965 ITEM Mar. 21 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Al 1 commodities „ 1957-59-100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... Mar. 28 Mar. 6 Mar. 15 Mar. 22 Mar. 29 101.3 95.5 102.0 101.9 102.5 4,900 3,241 101.3 95.6 102.2 101.9 103.1 209 93.9 4,741 3, 184 *I00.4 *95.2 *!00.5 *I0I.I 94.2 5,004 3,421 102.8 4,804 3,316 101.4 95.8 102.0 102.0 102.9 4,848 3,220 248 2,162 2,012 249 2,124 1,977 242 1,964 1,837 222 1,879 1,753 289 299 316 293 264 303 36,692 35,480 20,213 36,657 35,750 20,510 38,616 39,226 2 1,138 38,756 39,475 21,063 38,894 39,484 21,167 38,796 39,900 2!,518 375 508 217 366 326 463 63,360 38,509 139,308 62,630 38,566 138,908 64,249 41,910 149,679 43,163 20,202 64,404 42,028 151,742 25,418 44,334 20,255 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4/ Z-7, ~3 I V 0-7 o n o do.... 38,i37 18,280 38,172 18,341 63,507 41,744 150,232 25,963 43,343 20,188 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) ,4/..1941-43=10.. 4.56 79.38 84.33 4.57 78.97 83.87 4.55 87.26 92.21 4.55 86.54 91.40 4.56 87,02 92.00 1.477 18,140 197.871 7,592 1,518 17,972 198.679 7,571 1,517 19,816 242,162 7,869 1,520 19,609 250,703 7,877 1,527 19,738 252,168 7,882 2,362 126.8 530 303 2,406 129.2 528 303 2,765 148.4 537 310 2,771 148.7 556 323 2,780 149.2 551 319 Commercial and industrial ioans (gross).... OC CC. 1 4.56 87.09 92.02 PRODUCTION: FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL . thous. cars.. \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. £/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 251,646 2,785 149.5 2>/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Mar. 1964. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 1965 ITEM Jan. GENERAL BUSINESS Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... do Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns.. 1,217 109 201 205 570 132 1,241 109 204 211 572 145 967 100 180 175 412 100 968 89 175 165 442 97 1,137 105 206 187 525 114 96,731 5,721 22,166 29,649 27,376 11,819 53.9 123,935 7,238 14,933 26,260 22,680 52,824 55.3 119,324 4,870 22,953 59,174 20,629 11,698 50.3 98,282 9,171 25,835 27,233 28,023 8,020 48.2 89,272 4,905 24,381 26,189 19,744 14,053 52.8 111,985 9,111 19,881 43,269 28 663 1 1 061 51.7 107.7 107.6 108.7 108.8 108.9 108.9 107.6 108.4 104.9 105.7 102.9 102.3 1 19.6 104.3 114.2 107.5 108.4 104.8 105.6 102.9 102.2 119.0 104.1 114.3 108.5 109.5 105.6 106.4 103.5 102.5 122.9 104.8 1 16.0 108.6 109.6 105.7 106.5 103.4 108.6 109 8 105.5 106.3 103.3 116,'z 108.6 i09.8 105.6 106.3 103.6 101.5 123.7 104.9 1 16.6 101.0 121.7 104.7 116.9 I05.P98.3 105.0 112.4 106.0 98.3 104.8 i !3.9 106.8 99.5 1.05.3 113.0 106.9 99.0 .105.6 114.5 i06.6 99.2 105.6 112.4 106.6 oo 5 105.2 113.3 1, 1 14 103 199 185 525 102 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, all items 1 / Special group indexes: 1957-59=100.. do.... .......do.... do.... do.... do do.... \_l New s e r i e s . 16392 101.6 123.7 104.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1964 1965 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. COMMODITY PR I C E S — Continued CONSUMER PRICE INDEX J./--Continued Hous i ng S he I ter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities ........ Household furnishings and operation „ Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private. Pub lie 1957-59= 100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... „ „ „ do.... do.... do.... do.... „ Health and recreation Med ica I care Personal care. Readi ng and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Consumer prices. „ ......do.... do.... do.... do.... 106, 108. 107, 108. 107. 102. 106.9 108.3 107.5 108.8 106.8 102.7 107.7 109.3 108.3 i09.8 107.5 102.9 107.8 109.5 108.4 I 10.0 107.9 102.9 108.1 109.9 108.4 I 10.6 107.9 102.8 105.0 109.4 108.0 118.3 105.1 I OS. 6 107.2 I 13.4 106.4 I 10.0 108.6 I 19.5 106.6 1 10.5 109.0 120.3 105.6 I I I.I 109.7 120.6 112. lie. 108. 113. 112.9 I 18.5 108.4 113.3 114.2 120.2 109.7 114.9 I 14.3 120.3 I 10.0 I 14.9 114.5 120.6 I 10.0 115.0 do.... 92.9 92.9 92.0 91.9 91.8 mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 6,580 5,853 101 3,873 583 404 1,619 12,235 8,047 87 6,975 451 2,835 1,887 8,972 7,037 124 5,068 449 1,49! 1,840 10,025 8,856 125 3,398 3,953 779 1,769 6,329 5,642 76 3,688 607 399 1,560 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 8,492 925 481 4,348 2,819 7,521 880 450 4,365 1,946 7,051 917 366 3,997 1', 780 8,770 955 495 4,473 2,866 7,676 966 450 3,987 2,349 do.... do.... do.... do.... 6,929 5,071 1,346 512 7,569 5,349 1,602 618 9,653 6, 134 2,870 649 12,104 6,685 4,886 533 7,675 5,338 1,783 554 6,29! 6,199 7,674 7,958 8,013 1,184 1,858 1,202 1,812 1, 146 1,875 I, 154 rl,959 1,243 1,711 r34! 293 329 r33l 318 235.8 251.8 201.6 358.5 380.8 5.8 .8 2.4 9.7 1.0 5.7 8.3 I.I 4.1 13.6 1.4 5.6 13.8 1.3 5.1 80.15 60.60 50.35 39.85 6.2 74.50 60.45 51.25 39. 10 6.3 69.95 57.85 65.65 52.75 6.8 81.05 70.75 86.50 70.35 6.3 r81.85 r72.95 r68.IO r58.55 r6.5 mil. $. do... do... do... months. thous. do... 48.80 47.40 15.00 12.40 7.6 302.5 142.8 20.30 18.85 19.15 16. 15 7.7 330.0 135.8 23.95 20.40 20.35 18.10 11.2 333.8 199.4 38.25 36.35 24.20 22.00 10.9 316.1 193.1 r20.00 rl8.45 r2l.20 rl9.60 rl0.5 r309.5 rl45.5 thous. cords (128 cu. f t . ) . . do.... do.... 4,030 4,055 4,936 4,175 3,906 4,981 3,801 3,977 4,769 3,829 4,875 thous. sh. tons.. do.... 741 490 748 477 787 482 737 522 FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Budget receipts, total Rece i pts, net 2/ Customs... Individual income taxes Corporation income taxes Emp-I oyment taxes Other internal revenue and receipts Budget expenditures, total 2/ Interest on public debt Veterans 1 services and benefits National defense All other expenditures LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total Ordinary Group and wholesale Industrial METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding production of ferroalloys) thous. sh. tons.. Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale): Orders, unfilled, end of month thous.. Sh i pments do.... Cans (tinplate), shipments (metal consumed), total for sale and own use ..thous. sh. tons.. Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1957-59=100.. Furnaces (industrial) and ovens, etc., new orders (domestic), net mil. $.. Electric processing do.... Fuel-fired (exc. for hot rolling steel) do.... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total do... Domestic do... S h i pments, tota I do... Domest ic do... Estimated back log months. Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net), total Domest i c Sh i pments, tota I Domest ic Est i mated back I og Washers, sales (domestic and export) Driers (elec., g a s ) , sales (domestic and export) PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS PULPW00D: Receipts Consumption Stocks, end of month Waste paper: Consumption.... Stocks, end of month £./ Revised. * Index 16392 based on 1947-49=100 is 74.9. jy N e w series. 2 / Excludes certain in.terfund t r a n s a c t i o n s . 4, 180 4,234 4,893 789 507 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS - 4 1963 Continued ! 1965 1964 ITEM Dec. Jan. 0cto Nov, Jan. Dec. PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS WOOD PULP: Production, total, a!S grades...00„.0nc„*»thouse shc tons.. Dissolving and special alpha ..,.,,.., .....do.... S U 1 f a t e . . . „ . . . o". c . . . » - . . ' . « . . . . : > . . . . . . . . n . n . . . . ,....do.... .....do.... 2,283 97 1,357 229 2,605 138 1,528 231 2,818 126 1,708 244 280 106 215 327 124 257 346 130 264 3,017 !,384 1,371 II 251 3,395 1,535 1,563 II 286 .....do.... !56 90 168 152 .....do 0 .....do do.... 2,544 121 1,516 208 2,822 120 1,737 230 321 131 268 314 131 253 336 125 274 3,732 1,632 1,739 13 349 3,402 1,493 1,599 II 299 r3,249 r1,489 rl,5l3 12 r235 3,552 1,604 1,670 12 267 185 85 187 183 192 89 197 193 19! r!06 r!82 186 rl78 r99 rl86 rl83 419 380 430 430 499 383 481 481 538 439 503 503 478 r420 477 477 335 156 345 346 370 160 370 369 397 193 397 394 364 203 360 359 1 i,498 10,475 4,479 29,452 3, 138 2,791 9,573 12,681 12,640 4,337 29,544 3,914 5,415 8,201 14,892 12,805 2,594 34,731 3,607 3,27! 10,908 875 658 1,180 829 * 1,189 874 * 1,205 806 1,237 893 1,071 673 *2,536 1,686 3,320 2,174 2,624 1 I 1 1,602 192 PAPER AND BOARD: Production (Bu„ of the Census): .....do.... Construction paper and board..... 8 „„.„„.., „ a OH . OB do„.. B SELECTED TYPES OF PAPER (APPA): Fine paper: .....do.... do.... 178 1 17 192 176 Printing paper: | r493 r434 r469 r469 ! 505 444 485 485 Coarse paper: do,... .....do.... .....do r359 rl88 r356 r357 378 206 373 36! 13,632 12,962 5,366 37,543 3,257 3,029 11,471 13,884 13,244 4,954 38,254 3,383 4,821 10,168 1,000 714 1,073 670 1,107 787 1,068 66! 1,028 740 1,018 614 3,54! 2,357 3,661 2,500 3,719 2,605 RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and Tubes: do.... do do.... do do.... inner tubes: Production,.. 12,797 i1,120 4,035 36,608 3,070 3,008 I 1,198 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics, weaving mills: Iinear yd.. do do Cottonu =s o s e . s »«..«,..»**« ... Orders, unfilled (gray and finished), total, end of month mi 1. ! inear yd.. do 2,741 1,865 j ! * Beginning Jan. 1964, data not strictly comvj Revised. \J Data for Jan., Oct., and Dec. 1964 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 week parable with figures for earlier periods; see corresponding note in SURVEY, bottom, p. S-38. USC0MM-DC—16392 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mali WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT O F CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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