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April 30, 1965 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to t h e SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S , at $6.00 annually, this S u p p l e m e n t provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 160 Billion Dollars 160 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 1962 1963 1965 1964 J F MAM J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 200 200 1965 - - 1964 150 o ^ n 100 50 Weekly 1963 1962 1964 1965 J—L-l. . J F MAM J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 110 130 WHOLESALE PRICES COTTON CONSUMPTION (daily average; seas, adj.} 120 105 Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods \ ... 110 w 100 / 100 H 95 * # V j u Farm Products » 9 0 wJ .J , 4 / V * v V * i I i i-.i-L-L. 1 I I I I I I I I I M I . 1964 1962 1963 \ I i I I I J-UUJ.J I 1965 90 80 JJ-LOJLLLJJ-UL- 1962 •:•1 i1 .,.1 1 1963 1964 ;1 ! 1 1 i m j i 1 1965 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1964 ITEM Apr. 18 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: All commod itfes ,.,«,,.. J957-59= 100. Farm products. ;..do... Foods, processed *do... Ail other do... 22 commodities 2/ ......do.., ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES................... ....mil. $. Nondurable goods stores do... *j00,.4 *95.2 * 100 .5 *I0I.I 97.0 4,930 3,248 232 1,947 1,761 289 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs.. ....thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs,.... do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number, FINANCE: Currency in circulation ..........mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ ......do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $. Savings deposits.... do... Loans and investments (adjusted), total do... U.S. Government obligations. •••........•do,,. Commercial and industrial loans (gross)... do... Real estate loans (gross). osodoaeo Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moodyfs) 3/, percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. industrials, 425 stocks. do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/. thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities . mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) .number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbl. Steel. Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD I NGS, TOTAL....... Mi see I laneous ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. MONTHLY Apr, 3 101.3 . 95.2 I02i2 96.4 4,946 3,227 229 1,859 1,682 276 Apr, 10 Apr. 17 101.5 95,9 101.6 97.6 102.1 102.2 102.0 102.0 104.9 5,348 3,537 104. I 5,479 3,514 227 1,756 1,599 275 262 1,708 1,551 304 105.0 5,754 3,862 215 268 38.862 39.863 21,538 434 63,404 42,322 151,967 24,965 44,620 20,326 4.56 86. 16 90.98 63,756 42,350 151,293 24,700 44,363 20,340 65,036 42,216 151,677 24,513 44,492 20,437 4.59 80.09 85.10 64,341 38,459 138,001 26,609 38,015 18,488 4.59 80.49 85.53 4.56 86.55 91.43 4.56 88,24 93,37 1,640 S7,590 218,363 7,622 2,457 131.9 586 328 1,548 17,852 218,397 7,652 2,464 132.3 572 319 1,541 19,555 248,535 7,843 1,622 1,598 18,879 184,447 7,860 2,785 149.5 555 315 3/ Daily average. 19,187 251,891 7,876 2,776 149.0 565 322 2,771 148.7 549 322 ±f Wednesday data. 39,092 39,883 21,286 264 * Monthly Index for Mar. 1964, BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 ITEM 102.0 38,710 39,444 21,378 378 65,987 38,483 139,288 27,261 38,252 18,461 2/ Tuesday price. Apr. 25 36,912 35,593 20,323 441 36,998 35,891 20,368 ' 299 thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... !965 Feb. Mar. 1965 Jan. Dec. Feb, Mar. GENERAL BUS I NESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FA I LURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Fai lures, total number. Commerc i a I ser v i ce....... do... Construct i on .........do... Manufacturing and mining. do... Retai I trade. ...do... Who iesa Ie trade. • .do... Liabi I ities (current), totaI ...thous. $. Commerc I a I serv ice do... Construct ion do..« Manufacturing and mining .do.., Retai 1 trade. do.., Wholesale trade. do.., Failure annual rate (seas, adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONCRETE PAVEMENT AWARDS: ±/ thous. sq. yds. Tota I... do... Airports ....•••...•••.• dooas Roads do.,,, Streets and a 11eys ... , ,...do,.. Mi see I I aneou s ..... EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION 1,241 109 204 21 1 572 S 45 123,935 7,238 14,933 26,260 22,680 52,824 55.3 6,820 225 . 5,159 i, 197 240 ,1957-59=100. I S7 Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas. adj.: Total (225 SMSA5s).................................bsI. $. New York SMSA .. .do... Total 224 SMSA's (except N.Y.) . do... 1 6 other leading SMSA s , . . . . . . . . . . . . . do... 218 other SMSA's do,,, 4,359.2 1,768.9 2,590.3 986.3 1,604.0 Help-wanted advertising, seas, adjusted. FtNANCE j)/ Preliminary. 1,320 131 210 212 625 142 110,999 11,686 20,776 26,762 19,515 32,260 56*6 9,057 836 6,956 1,046 219 ! 18 4,419.5 1,822.2 2,597.3 999.5 1,597.8 1, 137 105 206 187 525 1 14 89,272 4,905 24,381 26,189 19,744 14,053 52.8 968 89 175 165 442 97 98,282 9, 17 S 25,835 27,233 28,023 8,020 48,2 10,600 307 7,935 | 2,262 96 137 4,816.5 2,013.0 2,-803.5 1,065.4 1,738.1 1 1 1 1,985 9, 1 1 1 19,88 f 43,269 28,663 I 1,061 51.7 1,332 124 230 218 621 139 146,579 24,487 21,075 47,868 29,913 23,236 54.8 5,629 676 206 6,870 359 8,946 79 7,288 1,515 64 13,I14 185 9,917 2,646 366 137 145 p 148 4,842.5 1,997.4 2,845.1 1,077.2 1,767.9 4,995.6 2,071.8 2,923.81,115.4 1,808.4 4,870.9 * 2,067.6 2,803.3 1,065.5 1,737.8 jy Data for Mar. and Dec. 1964 and Mar, 1965 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 16435 1,1 14 103 199 185 525 102 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ITEM Feb, 1964 1965 Mar. Feb. Jan. Dec. Mar. FINANCE—Continued Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U .S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted; Total (225 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits.. Total 224 SMSA's (except N.Y.) 43.9 87.1 32.6 41.6 28.8 43.8 86.6 32.6 40.4 29.0 45.5 90.7 33.4 41.7 30.0 46.3 94.8 33.8 42.8 30.0 62,863 50,212 14,051 4,458 2,949 6,187 906 67,481 54,522 15,488 5,008 3,316 6,269 965 70,922 70,782 22,319 5,338 3,668 6,645 830 73,511 59,440 15,630 5,450 3,747 5,706 779 67,414 60,734 15,111 4,861 3,248 5, 160 652 7.50 6.42 10.69 8.95 7.80 11.30 8.10 7.71 9.99 1,15 6.54 10.73 7.34 6.32 1 1.30 .50 .75 2.66 .44 .38 2.69 .68 .28 3.05 6.68 14.66 231.23 18.26 3.36 12.35 218.15 3.48 3.04 12.68 207.19 5. 18 47.1 96.1 . 34.6 44.3 30.5 47.9 96.9 35.4 44.8 31.2 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS AIRLINES (SCHEDULED DOMESTIC TRUNK): .mi I I ions.. Ig. tons.. 7,670 822 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS % TOBACCO BEER; .mi 1. bb1.. « . B . e dOe. . . Stocks, end of month S 9 . 9 8 do. e .. WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS; Effervescent wines: Production..s9eeeceseeeeeeeaeeee»eeeeeseeem?le wine gal.. do do.... StiII wines; do.... do.... do VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Production, crude. Corn oi1: Soybean cake and mea S; 2.97 13.68 201.60 8.38 .63 .34 3.14 3.40 15.96 185.82 6.15 30.0 Cottonseed cake and meals Production ».•.<>......... °.........thous. sh. tons.. Stocks (at oil mi 1 Is), end of month.. •....do.... Cottonseed oil: Linseed oil; .48 .27 2.88 ........ 36.7 32.4 33.9 35. S 34.2 38.0 34.6 37.2 32.0 292.8 24!.4 259.1 259.9 325.0 126.8 315.4 150.6 284.0 177.0 294.5 192.7 207.4 185.8 233.7 227.3 205.9 213.1 .....do.... 33.6 33.5 34.7 34.7 31.9 39.5 sh. tons.. 807.3 162.4 790.7 157.2 1,009.4 102.6 1,001.9 186.8 877.5 199.0 956.8 181.7 376.2 368.9 464.8 463.3 408.5 448.2 16,150 16,937 12,849 13,583 12,677 3,234 29,168 622 15,550 3,215 37,854 682 16,214 4,557 39,898 444' 13,306 2,088 39,086 602 13,098 3,380 40,210 554 12,101 414 1,790 1,047 2,727 484 1,835 1,059 2,731 637 1,896 I, 120 2,333 r603 r1,875 1, 147 2,261 568 1,884 1,064 2,450 6, 199 6,910 7,958 8,0! 3 7,312 8,204 9.7 1.0 5.7 10.5 !306 S3.8 6.8 5.6 5. 1 li.9 1.9 16.0 4.3 7.5 74.50 77.70 81.05 51.25 39. 10 6.3 63.80 48.45 81.85 72.95 6 8 . 10 58.55 6.5 r91.40 r78.00 r70„35 r60.45 6.7 95.10 83.75 89.25 76.45 20.30 18.85 . 24.10 19.35 20.00 I8«45 r22.50 r20.55 24.75 Soybean oil: TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: thous. lb.. Production, tota 1 Consumption (withdrawals); Ci garettes, sma11: Tax—exempt•••••••••••••••»•••••••••..••••«•• .mi 11 ions.. .....do.... Cigars (large), taxabie.........•••.••••.•..•• thous. !b.. Manufactured tobacco, taxab le ........ LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf, and whole kip . thous. skins.. Cattle hide and side kip............thous. hides and kips.. fioa+ «nri klH ; ...... thons_ skins.. Sheep and 1 a m b . . . • ..do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. prod, of ferroalioys)...thous. sh. tons*. Furnaces (industrial) and ovens, etc., new orders ...mi 1. $,. Fuel-fired (exc. for hot rol1ing stee1)......... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), tota 1 ............... o . . . . .....do.... e DomeSt § C e a 3 o ® o e e e ® e e e 9 ® @ ® ® e 9 e » i s > o ® s « e © « G e a ® ® o »....do.... Estimated back log. .•••.•••••...••..,••••. «» .months.. Metal forming tools: $.. Orders, new (net), tota • • • • • • o . . . ...mi 1. Dornest 1 C® o o o o e o e a a ^ s o o o o & c o f f i e e r a f f i o a-a e s e c e o f f l a e.s«„.do. r_f Revised. 16435 60,45 1.3 61.40 6.4 1.3 1.4 70.75 86.50 70.35 6.3 38.25 36.35 j 5.5 6.6 23.05 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1964 ITEM Mar. 1965 Dec. jan, Feb. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued MACHINE TOOLS—Continued Meta i formi ng too!s—Cent i nuod Shipments, total..... ....................mi I. $. Domest lc do... Estimated back log.. .months. Washers, sales (domestic and export)...,... Driers (elec., gas), sales (domestic and export) .thous. do... 372.0 121. I 24.20 22.00 10.9 316. I 193. i 21.20 19.60 10.5 309.5 145.5 r 2.4.55 r22.80 rIO.2 333.6 152.3 r995 725 rI,179 782 989 715 i, 164 766 1,107 787 S ,068 661 1,028 740 r1,021 614 1,040 745 992 597 2,535 1,617 2,464 1,522 3,661 2,500 r3,642 r2,536 3,917 2,807 685 673 799 729 r741 18,543 9,494 18,492 9,294 18,667 S1,093 18,744 9,905 18,750 10,03! 59.0 50.4 64.9 55.2 70.0 55,3 r66„ 1 r53.0 r63.0 52.4 43.6 41.9 41.0 48.3 32.6 51.3 r33.9 49.3 r32.4 49.0 19.0 17.8 9.4 19.4 10.7 19.4 9.3 1905 8a9 i, 673 232 87 i r 10,I 15 2,396 1,599 271 874 10,I 10 2,35 I 1,711 256 930 i0,054 2,425 r1,841 i 93 r1,035 r10,354 2,499 1,785 193 1,035 11,239 2,495 2,445 24,866 1,362 r 1,51 I 776 1,588 28,I49 868 i ,442 758 1,696 16,759 840 1, 170 525 r2,126 r20,985 r !, !38 r 1,506 r745 2,513 23,521 !, 306 1,542 833 5,953 3,674 289 7, !61 4,313 514 7, 157 4,510 867 r7,063 4,536 403 7,481 4,613 305 19.15 16.15 7.7 330.0 135.8 16.90 S 5.40 8.0 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics, weaving mills; Cloth woven (gray), total U mil. linear yd. Cotton (gray) J,/. .do.., Stocks, total, end of month. «... .do... Cotton . a. . . . . . . o . o . . » « . o . . . « « . . . . 0 . 0 0 . . . . . e . d O . . . Orders, unf iI led (gray and finished), totaI, end of month mi I. Iinear yd. Cotton (gray and f i n i s h e d ) . d o . . . COTTONs ±/ thous, bales. Consumpt ion,,., Spindle activity (cotton system spindles); Active spindles, last working day, totaI.„. o * . « . o .thous. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.. e,c«mi11 ions. MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Production; r,mile lb. FiIament yarn•....•.....••.••...•. ....do... Staple, incl. tow (rayon) Stocks, producers', end of month; F i I ament yarn «... do. ...do... Staple, incl. tow (rayon) Wool, consumption, mill (clean basis): .mi I. lb. Appare i c I ass. ........•..•..•••.•.•. ....do... Carpet class Men's apparel, cuttings; Tailored garments; thous. units. Suits ... ........do... Overcoats and topcoats .do... Coats (separate), dress and sport ........do,.. Trousers (separate), dress and sport.. ..thous. doza Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport Women's, misses', juniors' outerwear, cuttings thous. units. Coats ........do... Dresses. do... Suits... Blouses, waists, and shirts thous. doz. Ski rts do... 10.6 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Truck trailers, shipments: Comp lete trai lers and chassis. .number. Vans. .do... Trailers and chassis (detachable), sold separately...do... rj Revised. U Data for Dec. 1964 and Mar. 1965 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM-DC—16435 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mall WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS U POSTAGE: AND FEES PAID GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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