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.•TMENTOfr^ August 11, 1961 ° f BUSINESS t < - ° ' ^TATISTIPS o I n i I o I I \j\j ^^^? i s m s m ^^^ 1 m ^%^F ^^#^ A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, t h i s Supplement provides selected weekly and m o n t h l y data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index 9 1941-43 = 10 90 index, § 9 4 1 - 4 3 - 5 0 90 80 Weekly Monthly (daily at/g. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ( Wednesday close) h 80 1961 H 70 r^ J 60 / 1960 1958 I960 1959 -J—l-J i_L_±__S_l L_J__L^J ' 4 0 J FM A M J J A S O N D 1961 Thousands 1,000 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks, coaches,- U. S. plants) 800 600 400 200 \- J_LJL± S958 J O ^ L L L X ± 1959 Billion Dollars 80 ,1 U I, I I i I M I J F ^ A M J J A S O N D 1961 I960 Billion Dollars 60 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING NEW CONSTRUCTION (seasonally adjusted/ annual rate) 60 Tofof^ ®^S"&fe^S$^*^^ 40 Private Residei itial . (nonfarm)' -aoo^°° 20 J f risfa/Zmenf Credit (end of month) 30 * New basis beginning 1959; not comparable with prior data 0 Jdlllllllll 1958 1 M i 1 1 1 I I 1 1 l l 1 M i ! 1 1i i I Ii Ii I Si i i M 1959 I960 S96I 2 0 L-j i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i 1958 50 1959 I960 1961 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' I960 1961 ITEM July 30 August 6 July 15 July 22 July 29 85.3 S22 1,783 1,639 293 *II9.7 *88.9 *I08.9 *128.2 85*7 128 1,794 l;648 269 118.7 86.5 107.7 127.5 84.-5 123 2,712 1,994 304 118.5 86.2 107.0 127.5 84.2 122 2,610 1,922 343 118.6 86.7 107.1 127.5 84.6 125 319 406 32,041 28,063 18,552 475 32,046 28,151 18,592 488 32,797 28,641 19,103 657 32,634 28,575 19,077 693 32,476 28,289 S9,006 649 32,449 28,508 19,235 495 106,038 27,686 31,189 12,838 4.69 54.17 57.40 106,466 27,429 31,312 12,827 4.67 54.72 58.03 61,892 28,763 112,402 31,456 31,549 32,923 62,509 28,805 112,910 31,899 31,380 12,942 4,69 65*32 68.97 4.70 64.70 68.35 63,398 28,823 115,045 34,103 31,320 12,952 4.71 65.84 69.61 4.72 66,94 70.89 1,378 15,157 129,385 6,821 1,520 81.6 614 292 1,306 15,125 118,062 6,837 1,537 82.5 594 285 1,240 15,071 150,551 6,930 1,860 99s8 573 284 1,344 15,829 126,685 6,948 1,858 99.7 584 285 1,356 16,107 97,29S 6,945 1,818 97B6 591 285 August 5 Commodity prices, wholesale: State programs (50 States and, in 1961, Puerto Rico)..do.... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total £/.....do.... 118.7 86.3 107.3 127.7 84.7 Reporting member banks (of F.R. System) In leading cities:J>/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total.............do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)..... do.... Real estate loans (gross)...,........ ........do.... Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor*s) J)/,,.1941-43^10,* industrials, 425 stocksS9e *7» S88sss * 3 *d© oose Production: Electric power, by uti1ities.... .....mil. of kw,~hr.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4/,.........thous. of bbl.. Steeil......••••••«••.*.•. 8eo8 o 9 thous 9 of short tons a6 »*..«»... 45,286 1,850 99.3 U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ In addition to State programs, includes the following: Railroad; UCFE (Federal employees); UCX (ex-servicemen); and, effective with week of April 15, 1961, TEC (temporary extended compensation). Also effective with week of April 15, 1961, includes persons under extended duration provisions. ,4/ Daily average. j>/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for July I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 ITEM ] June July 1961 J April J May June July CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE r5,i58 r5,l68 ! r4,409 r4,903 r5,362 5,433 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... r3,657 | r2,195 1,476 r64l r3,587 r2,093 1,526 r487 r3,147 j r1,772 r1,173 r506 r3,492 r2,023 r1,256 r669 r3,732 r2,!80 r1,401 r680 3,732 2,122 1,514 508 ...do.... r844 224 r356 r809 r234 r337 r!16 r428 r842 r226 r363 rl36 r467 r896 r2!9 r40l r!60 r473 929 216 419 173 486 r1,262 433 118 r338 r1,411 r440 r!27 r435 r1,630 r467 rl32 r600 1,701 478 139 655 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE CUNADJ.), TOTAL 1/.mil. of do!,. ...do;... ...do.... ...do.... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL 1/ r872 r230 r363 r!23 r473 r I 17 r477 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... rl,50l r426 rl35 r552 ...do.... r55,514 r55,750 r55,883 r55,892 r57,77| 58,683 ...do..... ...do.... r39,765 r22,870 r9,92l r2,796 r-3,995 r1,297 r5,4!3 r39,487 r22,748 r9,938 r2,839 r3,976 r1,277 r5,252 r39,365 r2 1,421 r10,803 r2,92l r4,636 r1,508 r5,323 r39,606 r21,63l r10,628 r2,849 r4,5!5 r1,686 r5,383 r40,670 r22,595 r10,546 r2,750 r4,5IO r1,895 r5,382 41,165 23,080 10,578 2,672 4,578 1,874 5,399 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... r 15,749 r4,774 r1,375 r5,340 r16,263 r5,131 r1,340 r5,524 rl6,5l8 r5,222 r 1,651 r5,060 r16,286 r5,186 r1,507 r4,983 r!7,IOI r5,22I r1,344 r5,804 17,518 5,279 1,615 5,994 -49=100.. 144 145 r!46 ...do ...do.... rl,58l r464 r! 16 r60l ! ! | CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: ; r!44 j-/ Revised. J./ Revisions for months not shown will appear in the August 1961 SURVEY. Digitized for 5048 FRASER 1 i 145 1 145 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—CONTINUED 1961 I960 ITEM May June 70,696 65,734 5,000 60,734 4,962 71,546 66,778 5,544 61,234 4,768 74,286 68,706 6,671 62,035 5,580 73,639 68,499 6,453 62,046 5,140 5.5 5.5 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.5 6.8 7.0 6.9 2.9' 1.7 3.6 i.i 2.0 3,4 I.I 2.8 .8 1.5 r3.7 1.5 r2.8 .8 rle4 p4.0 P2.l P 2.7 pUO pi .2 June July 73,002 68,579 6,856 61,722 4,423 72,706 68,689 6,885 61,805 4,017 6.1 5.4 3.9 2.3 3.3 I.I 1.7 April July EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL UNEMPLOYED Percent of civilian ...do.... ..do.... do.... do !abor force: LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: 00 employees.. ........do.... Quit FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDiTION, END OF MONTH: .mi I. of do!.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit and FR note s e s s . p e r cent e e CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): .mi 1. of do!.. ...do.... Installment credit extended and repaid: do.... do.... do.... 52,394 27,869 258 26,523 19,029 52,1 16 28,131 343 26,885 18,839 50,549 27,950 67 26,772 17,089 49,81! 27,806 11! 26,887 17,095 50,678 28,496 36 27,253 17,256 50,782 28,628 59 27,422 17,223 52,394 19,126 17,941 27,505 52,116 19,305 18,26! 27,612 50,549 17,562 16,419 27,415 49,81! !6,966 16, 107 27,564 50,678 17,694 16,716 27,778 50,782 17,800 16,856 27,906 40. & 40,2 38e0 38.4 37.9 37 e 7 53,662 41,752 53,809 42,050 53,972 41,988 54,390 42,127 54,786 42,44! 4,615 3,988 4,313 3,934 4,156 3,858 4,214 3,997 3,765 3,835 3,883 4,022 4,280 4,141 4,00! *3,974 4,402 4,088 4, !I6 4,016 Apri 1 May February March Apri I May DOMESTIC TRADE PRINTERS' INK ADVERTISING COMB 1NED 1NDEX INDEX, SEASONALLY ADJlJSTED: ,1947-49-100.. do.... ..do.... r235 r255 r!90 r24l r257 r!94 229 225 186 236 221 187 229 234 177 236 241 182 r2!l rl57 r25 r443 r227 rl63 23 r442 190 140 24 505 2!2 135 23 520 196 125 23 512 200 126 25 532 3,442 7,467 43,140 72,840 30,903 4, 167 7,494 43,713 73,536 29,540 3,709 6,305 40,574 62,685 22,387 4,541 7,569 46,31! 71,800 27,043 4,153 7,057 45,138 79,456 24,795 4,396 7,475 49,661 85,897 28,823 98,122 33,003 11,366 !6,034 114,019 97,877 32,297 11,596 15,359 120,159 81,149 24,562 8,80! 12,067 108,309 93,059 28,540 8,8!5 14,106 129,264 97,54! 30,634 8,950 13,585 124,859 104,464 33,569 9,045 15,158 128,955 SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (EDISON ELECT RIC INST1TUTE) . ' mi 1. of kw,-hr.. Commercial and industria 1: 55,611 54,277 58,101 58,177 57,212 57,803 do.... do.... 8,602 28,048 410 15,712 8,688 28,257 375 14,198 9,944 26,856 445 18,839 10,275 27,709 418 17,740 10,129 27,668 384 17,013 10,755 28,593 370 16,121 1,076 469 1,245 49 1,033 437 1,236 53 560 1,386 72 568 1,345 **!22 570 ' 1,320 128 491 1,326 146 928.3 911.5 997.6 981.0 966.8 968.7 do.... ...do.,.. .1950-52-.! 00.. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTI ON: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: thous. of lb.. do.... ........do.... Po 1 yester res ins ELECTRIC POWER Residential or domestic Rural (distinct rural rates) do.... do.... ........do.... *•& REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (EDISON ELECTRIC r/ Revised. _p_/ Prel iminary. */ CORRECTION for July 196! SURVEY, p. S-17 (mil. do!.): Installment credit repaid (adjusted)—total, 3,974; automobile paper, 1,365; Digitized forother FRASER consumer goods, i,!48; all other, 1,46!. *»/ Effective January 1961, data formerly reported as rural have been assigned to appropriate classifications; effective March 1961, interdepartmental data include sales not formerly reported. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued ITEM FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS? Coconut oils P r O d U C t I O n „_ Crude .. O 0 0 ... 0 0 . e o o « . s .00*0000 oa o Corn o i l ; Production, crude e C 0 3 0 i ; > o o e o „ o s 0 o 0 o f , ^ooooc-^oc Cottonseed; C o n s u m p t i o n ( c r u s h i n g s K 0 ( S , a 0 ! S e i a > 0 0 0 0 0 00 1"hous 0 S t o c k s C a t . o I I mI I ! s ) , end o f m o n t h f f l 3 s . . . B . e Cottonseed cake and meaI; Production,, t e o ^ s , , , , , , , ^ . . . »= u e 3 . <= Stocks Cat oil- mills),, end of months 3 o O O O O J . Cottonseed oil; Production p crude, 80<sod(30 » 80 ..<,*„„,,,. 00 „. 0 . e6e ,.mi I. F!axseed: Consumption (crushlngs) o . 0 0 B 0 8 S 5 , s f f l e o f f l 0 s thoos s of sh £ Stocks Cat oil mills), end of month.,,.,.... Linseed ol!s Product I on j, crude (raw),,,, „ ,, .mij a of lb Soybeanss Consumption ( c r u s h f . n g s ) 8 i 0 0 . . « „ . . * a * 0 . . t h o u s . of sh. tons Stocks (at olI mills), end of month......... ..oo e o o e do a . Soybean cake and meals of lb Production. eBaBaoOBt,BOa6e><)000-Qa9BO&eaoSS90ea ®sdoos Stocks Cat oil 'mills), end of month......... Soybean oil; Product!on, crude.............. .... „....,..„ 48.8 45.5 34.8 955.6 1,493,0 1,469.4 390.6 352.8 METALS AND MANUFACTURES IRON ORE CIHCL. FOREIGN ORE)2 Receipts at Iron and steel plants... a 8 .thous. of long tons.. Consumption at Iron and steel plants.......... • *••••"•• do. .*• Stocks, end of months At furnace yards9 e „ sG5 00sess§9a0 , „ ,3 „ 60 „ , „ „0„„.do„lu At U. Se docks „.., „ «.»«.*..do..a. Castings; Gray Irons Orders^unf I i I editor sale, end of rnos „ o o thousof sh0 tons,,. 0 Shipments,, tota l , e < , 8 , „ , , , B e B 9 „ 8 „ B „ 9 6 i l „ 8 9 ........do...£ For sale.................................. e » . o . * t « d O . , , Mai leable iron: Orders, unfilled, for safe, end of m o n t h s o o o • 0 • • a • • a d O . . Shipments> tota I.............................. ffl.o90.esdo9B80 For s a S e e e a s o e s o t > S i J S O S 3 1 B 9 a , O S ! 9 e f f l 6 c e ; « s a 8 a e s 0 , 8 e S 8 8 . d o 8 9 8 6 SteeI : ShIpments, totaI............................. • •••••'••do.... For sale, tota I....... ......................••••....dd.... Furnaces^ industrial, new orders, nets E lectric processing. ............................ml 1. of dol o a Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel)..... e o a 9 .. B odo. f f l 6 8 Vacuum cleaners (standard type), sales billed... ...thousands.. Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) J./.. .....«'..do.... Radio sets, production 2/..... ................... s o » a s e e . d O „ . . . Television sets U n c i , combination), production,2/ ssea<ss do 8SOffl e o e 7,139 8,313 11,302 8,545 6,386 50,252 6,296 53,0S9 6,115 0 0 e s <9©« 9 e i5,926 9 ? 740 38,852 4,425 782 1,053 589 720 1,050 602. 652 856 497 645 869 504 651 982 572 73 69 38 64 73 43 45 58 34 48 56 3! 52 68 40 127 97 137 107 107 83 94 71 103 79 .......... s.S98«».e .7 93 265.0 2090 7 I,124^9 405.8 1.4 6.1 240,9 247.9 ,196.9 470.4 1.2 3.5 242.0 304.3 r1,626.3 r6l5.i 1.3 3.1 265ffl6 243„9 1,277.0 442,2 I I 245, 277 ,551 518 I 2 350 305 1,384 497 Ooesaeo8* sseosaa®. ......... r_l Revlsed 0 J/ Excludes sales of combination washer-dryer machines; such sales (Including exports) totaled 10,300 units In June 1961. 2/ Data for June I960 and March and June S96S cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-5048 UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C. 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