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. t t TMENTOf „ r April 28, 1961 STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Iodex 9 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 ^ 1 0 90 Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 ^ 1 0 90 Weekly Monthly PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (daily avg. dose) ~~ 80 — 70 _ 60 - (Wednesday close) 80 1961 ~ 70 rVv^Ar^ 6 0 / 50 40 ~ ^00^ y ^ L ^ L ^ i - J - i — L - L .1—1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1958 Index, 200 I960 IS J 1 I I I I 1959 I 1 L_J L_J i JL 1, ,.l 1 1 1 I960 1 ! L__l 1 50 _±_J L_L_J LJ 40 L „L. J - , J F M A M J J A S - O N D S96I Index, 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 200 1957-59^100 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for costings) !50 H 150 h 100 100 50 •J-JU^JLO^JLJLJ-^L.JLU-JI^^ 1958 I 1959 I I I I FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* 120 100 no SSfe*. 60 I I I I I 1 I I I I ) 1958 I I I I I, J F M A f V I J J A S O N D (daily a v e r a g e ; seas, a d j . ) (seasonally adjusted) \AT I 1961 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION Index, 1947-49=100 120 80 JL-J^J^J 1960 r i M 11 i 11 11 i 1959 too 90 1 J " r^Hrv •N/f 7 w * Average per working day I n n I960 i li m i l l M 1961 M 80 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 111 11 11 111 i i 1 i i 1 1 1 1 i i 11 i 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1M 11 1958 1959 I960 S96I WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 I960 1961 ITEM April 16 April 23 April 1 Apri1 8 April 15 April 22 119.4 88.1 109.0 127.9 87.3 130 1 19.5. 88.9 108.7 128.1 87.2 383 320 31,980 28,009 19,018 Commodity prices, wholesale: Department store sales... ......do.... State programs (incl. Alaska and Hawaii).......... do.... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)....number.. Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4_/ do.... Member bank reserve balances 4/ .....do.... 86.1 156 2,118 1,981 308 * 120.0 *9I.I *I06.8 *95.8 86.1 146 2,041 1,905 283 86.2 151 3,228 2,996 350 119.5 88.6 109.2 127.9 86.4 128 3,172 2,946 343 31,826 27,073 17,870 470 31,828 27,500 18,280 362 31,775 27,863 18,791 599 31,898 27,973 18,703 537 32,007 27,978 18,782 581 60,138 30,421 101,314 24,504 30,961 12,564 61,285 30,402 103,605 26,187 30,973 12,577 59,488 35,207 108,673 29,155 31,959 12^417 59,386 35,393 109,281 29,682 31,813 12,409 60,544 35,56! 109,202 29,399 31,739 12,445 4.75 56.30 60.13 4.76 55.54 59.15 4.53 64.93 68.64 4.53 65.46 69.14 4.54 66.31 70.17 1,480 13,617 161,380 7,032 1,445 171,242 6,983 1,151 14,163 123,512 7,351 2,238 120.1 625 322 1,632 87.6 506 285 696 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: j5/ Commercial and industrial loans (aross) Real estate loans (gross) 68S8S do dosese Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) j5/ s ...1941-43=10. e 4.56 65.81 69.69 Production: Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4/..,..,.....thous. of bb1.. Index of production..... ..........1957-59-100.. 2,225 1 19.4 623 331 1, 100 14, 182 116,644 7,227 1,696 91.0 506 287 1,165 14,434 137,889 7,249 1,748 93.8 522 292 149,707 1,784 95.8 U Data do not always cover calendar weeks, 2/ Tuesday prices. 3_/ Includes data for Alaska, Hawaii and, beginning 1961, for Puerto Rico and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; and ex-servicemen. 4_/ Daily average. J5/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Apri I I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM February GENERAL BUSINESS March December January February INDICATORS BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): New incorporations (49 States, incl. Hawaii).... number INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): Fa i I ures, tota I number Commerc i a I serv ice „ ..do.. Construct ion do.. Manufacturing and mining... .................do.. Reta i I trade do.. W ho I esa I e trade do.. Liabilities (current), total..... thous. of dol Commercia I service...................................do.. Construction, .................... ..do.. Manufacturing and mining ..do.. Retai i trade ............ do.. Wholesale trade ...do.. 14,669 17,437 14,579 16,340 r13,258 16,607 !,214 103 195 196 609 111 1,335 120 241 224 607 143 I,353 110 245 231 637 130 1,404 121 219 228 685 151 1,449 116 262 229 693 149 1,610 135 266 271 786 152 60 ,945 2 501 10,770 21 ,527 16,687 9 ,460 70 193 7 809 19 ,427 19,170 14,1 16 9 ,671 78 ,971 3 ,579 28 ,104 18,878 20 ,199 8 ,21 I 81 ,520 4 ,128 11 ,231 26 ,111 28 ,688 II ,362 88,083 6,941 14,943 23,160 30,646 12,393 126 ,622 13,344 55,578 4,495 16,875 11,354 5,689 58,603 4,756 17,357 1 1,596 6,419 6,427 12,047 60,685 4,652 17,990 12,218 5,421 7,030 13,375 61,832 4,919 18,677 13,084 6,536 6,814 11,803 20,283 26 ,579 51 ,185 15,231 DOMESTIC TRADE TELEVISION ADVERTISING, NETWORK: Gross time costs, total Automotive, including accessories.. Drugs and toi letr ies. Foods, soft drinks, confectionery..... Soaps, cleaners, etc Smoking maf er ials........ A I I other FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN (NEW PAID-F0R Value, estimated total Group and wholesale.....«, I ndustr i a I Ord inary. thous. of dol .do.. do.. do.. .....do.. do.. do.. INSURANCE): mil, of dol, do... do.., ................do.., 6, 126 11,040 5,399 986 567 3,846 6,287 1,092 576 4,619 6,998 1,694 485 4,819 5,074 1,094 503 3,477 5,327 896 526 3,905 8,879 3,627 605 4,647 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 I960 1961 ITEM February December March January February CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural)... thous, of lb, Acetic anhydr i de... . do.., Acety I sal icy I ic acid (aspir in)..... ..do.., Creosote oil ......thous. of gal, DDT thous. of lb, Ethyl acetate (85$) do.., Ethylene glycol ....do.,, Formaldehyde (37# HCHO) dp... Methano1: Natural thous. of gal, Synthet ic......... .....do.,, Phtha I ic anhydride.,... .. thous. of lb, SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes ........do.., Molding and extrusion materials .........do.., Phenolic and other tar acid resins...,, ....do.., Po I ystyrene .......»....*.. , do.., Urea and melamine resins .......do.., V i ny I res i ns do.., A Ikyd resins..,.. ............do.., Rosin modifications 6 S e a . ••••••••.•••.•••••••••do.., Po i yester res ins. ...... do.,, Polyethylene resins. ..do,., 65,926 93,302 2,004 7,085 12,377 5,925 108,128 147,966 67,137 99,010 2,073 8,344 13,617 9,849 107,262 156,861 61,563 80,060 1,887 7,727 14,187 5,775 108,792 129,894 59,588 74,378 2,163 6,393 15,170 5,985 119,512 127, 116 54,500 70,589 1,718 6,809 13,428 5,841 100,973 124,868 188 22,524 31,476 202 25,523 36,550 171 27,442 28,850 164 27,783 r26,241 175 23,325 25,295 3,689 8,257 48,810 73,549 29,110 101,255 31,268 10,274 14,460 105,663 4,743 9,611 51,520 79,436 31,576 108,263 35,224 12,246 16,435 114,566 4,761 6,137 39,323 71,256 23,829 86,709 25,470 8,552 10,963 119,675 3,734 6,652 40,764 66,505 23,987 87,691 25,304 9,308 9,599 114,482 3,709 6,305 40,574 62,685 22,387| 81,149 24,562 8,801 12,067 108,309 58,697 29,814 9,729 3,440 2,136 62,397 30,937 11,047 3,670 2,284 56,971 35,736 16,479 3,504 2,284 56,334 30,458 11,151 3,448 2,348 p43,332 p27,00l p10,388 p2,828 pi,818 389 1,437 5,841 1,076 482 1,577 6,116 1,088 451 1,576 5,753 1,1 14 427 1,632 5,744 1,300 385 1,435 5,078 1,117 30.3 39.6 46.2 50.6 37.2 27.4 28.6 24.2 25.6 24.6 525.7 1,509.8 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: Miles flown, revenue.,* thousands. Express and freight ton-miles flown... do... Mail ton-miles flown. ...,.••«.•,. do... Passengers originated, revenue.,,, do... Passenger-miles flown, revenue.. .....millions. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER (FEDERALLY INSPECTED): Calves....... thous. of animals. Catt I e do... Hog s.... •...•••••••••••••.».»...... • .do... Sheep and lambs... do.,. VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Production, crude.... thous. of lb, Corn oil: Product i on, crude do.., Cottonseed: Consumption (crushings) ..thous. of short tons, Stocks (at oil mills), end of month.. do.., Cottonseed cake and meaI: Produ ct i on do.., Stocks (at oil mills), end of month...... ....do... Cottonseed oil: Production, crude mil. of lb, Flaxseed: Consumption (crushings) thous. of short tons. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.., Linseed oi1: Production, crude (raw). mil. of lb, Soybeans: Consumption (crushings) ..thous. of short tons. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.,, Soybean cake and meal: Production mil. of lb, Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do... Soybean oiI: Production, crude. ........................do.., 576.6 1,443.7 528.3 953.4 612.9 2,404.6 666.9 1,964.3 267.5 149.5 246.7 140.8 287.5 197.7 309.8 227.2 247.4 239.6 196.9 181.3 205.8 223.8 179.0 46.3 64.2 45.6 54.4 36.3 103.8 46.5 100.3 42.9 99.0 32.9 32.5 26.1 33.3 30.8 919.9 2,437.5 1,039.8 1,922.6 1,130.7 3,318.1 I,149.8 3,298.5 r1,036.6 r3,255.7 1,394.6 188.0 1,562.2 171.8 1,748.6 204.0 1,783.2 260.0 r1,593.0 r327.2 335.4 379.4 409.8 418.7 r377.6 7,342 71.7 7,714 72.2 3,84! 63.6 4,039 r60.8 3,937 57.1 2.0 2.2 I.I 5.6 1.2 .4 .8 4.5 .9 1.9 60.60 46.50 51.95 44.65 4.5 81.5 61.95 47.60 64.50 54.95 4.8 91.8 59.00 35.60 61.35 40.95 4.3 77.2 56.10 37.65 45.50 31.40 4.3 r72.0 r46.40 r33.25 r45.65 r3l,40 4.5 73.4 METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding ferroa1loys)...thous. of short tons. Aluminum castings, shipments .mil. of lb, Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: Electric processing........ ., ...mil. of dol, Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) do.., MACHINE TOOLS (METAL-CUTTING AND METAL-FORMING): New orders (net), total .........mil. of dol, Domestic......... • do.., Sh i pments, tota I do.., Domest ic. ...do.., Estimated backlog (meta I-cutting only).. months, Electron tubes and semiconductors,factory saies.mil. of dol, jr/ Revised. 9361. £./ Preliminary. ......... eeseeeeee ......... • •••••. •• , •••»*«•» ......... see,oes.e ......... iQNIHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Product!on 0OQ , Shipments from mi Stocks at mills, end of month c NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Product i o n , , , , ^ , ^ , , , , , ^ , , , , Shipments from mi!Is. a ..,..... Stocks at mills, end of Consumption by pub I ishers,......, Stocks at and in transit to pub I ;shers, STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Clay construction products: Shipments t Bricks unglazed (common and face)..mil. of stand*, brick. Structural tile, except facing.....thous. of short tons. Sewer pipe and fittings,, vitr i f ied.,. <>.... •... .... O do. 0, Facing tile (hollow), glazed and unglazed rn'i I a brick equivalent. 370.5 33.6 106s0 391,4 35.5 I I60O r342 0 4 r3l e 9 26 6 6 27.2 r3l.9 20 3 3 I6a6 I5a2 r887 726 637 637 795 Floor and wail t i l e a n d a c c e s s o r I e s , glazed and u n glazed,, a . . „ o o o « o o o e o o oe o o8 „ e . . ce o o e D offl! ! . O f Sqe ft, 341.6 32.0 104.6 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON % 1/ thouSe of baleSo Consumption... ••«..•..•>•'.•••••.. ® e 0 o Manufactures? Spindle activity (cotton system spindles)? Active spindles, last working d a y o e e s 8 3 8 S .thousands. Consuming 100 percent cofton(S99(,,,88(!8«, O O B » a a d o e 8 . Spindle hours operated, all fibers,, total es miI Iions0 Average per working d a y S 6 S a e s o e 8 . . e # » e . e @ S 9 d o e . s Consuming 100 percent cotton0........,, e o , e „ 0 d o 8 6 S 730 19,358 17,665 9,985 499 9, 131 19,299 17,602 12,143 486 I I,126 19,085 17,47I 10,253 410 9,426 19,022 17,450 8,760 438 8,051 19,063 17,451 8,940 447 8, 190 19,058 17,430 I I,196 448 10,253 RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE: Freight cars: Shi pments, tota I................,...,..,»»....... number, Equipment manufacturers, totaI 0 .. 8 e ....... e 8 ® s e . 9 do e .. Railroad and private-line shops, domestic.....»• e do s ,, 5,052 3,525 1,527 5,950 4,408 1,542 4,291 2,661 1,630 3,515 2,261 1,254 1,958 757 1,201 3,874 2, 180 1,694 New orders, total.................................,do... Equipment manufacturers, total, 98 , B , 8 ,,, s ,,, s#6 , 9 ,do 8 ,, Railroad and private-line shops, domestic,.......do... 3,480 1,667 1,813 2,01 I 1,891 120 1 339 427 912 !,536 438 1,098 1,802 I ,795 7 Unfilled orders, end of month...................... ,do... Equipment manufacturers, tota 1..,,....,...0......do... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic........do... 46,522 22,915 23,607 42,334 20,149 22,185 r2, 174 1,484 r690 2 1,070 6,857 14,213 18 894 5 ,023 13,871 18,429 4,669 13,760 15,807 4,284 I 1,523 Passengers cars (equipment manufacturers): Shipments, totaI............... •. •..•.......•......do... Unfilled orders, end of month, total e e 9 6 ,, e o ,,„ o s ,,do»„, 282 12 3!5 26 176 14 162 31 131 44 1 12 TRANSPORTATI ON EQ UIPMENT r/ Revised. U Data for March and December I960 and March 1961 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-936I. 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