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.inAENTQf „ r August 25, 1961 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 Index, ! 9 5 7 - § 9 s f O Q 200 Sndexs 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 ^ 1 0 0 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (Ing©te e n d steel for costings) S50 150 100 ~j 1 0 0 50 J^J^L.A^J^J^L^L^ 1958 O-J 1959 I960 Millions ISO 2.5 WHOLESALE PRICES _ L-L. , 1 - L J - J L J P M A f V f J J A S O N D 1961 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 S40 I PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS' - Commodities other than Farm Products and Poods ^ N . 2.0 S.5 [ - _ _ 120 ^*^ 1.0 Ail Com modifies 10© Farm Products ^ .5 ^ " X ^ o o o© C K / W *Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates 80 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 I I 1 I I 1 I 1 1 I Ii i i i 1111 i i i. S958 1959 u 111111 I I i I960 90 80 AK r 1959 m*. S I960 80 ^T fV V i i i i i 1 i i i i i -LUJLJ-LjLi I I I ._ J J _ U _ L L J J J _ 1 _ L . ...J-LLL 1 1 1 L-LLL 1958 . 1961 iOO JA|U•x/^ I i i i i i I960 (seasonally adjusted) 1 100 1959 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS * (daily average; seas, adj.) 110 I I I I I I I i i i i 1 index, 1947-49=100 120 . COTTON CONSUMPTION S20 i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i i I 1958 1961 lndex s 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 130 0 1961 60 11111111 I I . i 1958 1959 V WVA *Average per working day l l h l l l l I960 1 1 1 1 1.1..I 1 l l 1 J 1961 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 !96! I960 ITEM August 13 Commodity prices, wholesale: All commodities August 20 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4_/ do.... August 12 August 5 85.5 131 1,794 1,654 308 *II9.2 *86.6 *I07.8 * 128.2 85.4 139 1,821 1,679 279 84.6 125 2,562 1,899 319 84.7 132 2,532 1,884 406 32, 129 28,246 18,525 507 32,184 28,469 18,564 58! 32,476 28,289 19,006 649 \06,033 27,265 31,276 12,830 1947-49-100., State programs (50 States and, in 1961, Puerto Rico)..do,... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. Finance: July 29 118.8 87.5 107.7 127.5 84.8 131 August 19 118.9 88.2 108.2 127.4 85.3 •««••••• 343 366 32,449 28,508 19,286 476 32,564 28,777 19,208 558 32,664 28,676 19,187 106,319 27,534 31,323 12,837 63,398 28,823 115,045 34,103 31,320 12,952 62,381 28,862 114,923 33,790 31,499 12,956 61,998 28,955 114,041 33,327 31,359 12,973 4.64 56.07 59.55 4,60 56,84 60.30 4.71 65.84 69.61 4.72 66.94 70.89 4e73 67.74 71.69 1,347 15,037 97,031 6,834 1,525 81.9 600 289 1,351 14,866 63,153 6,842 1,558 83.6 596 290 !,368 16,061 97,228 6,945 1,818 97.6 591 285 1,321 16,137 45,589 7,024 1,850 99.3 589 288 1,370 16,080 , 28,126 7,045 1,910 102.5 591 291 609 Reporting member banks (of F.R, System) in leading c?ties:5/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total •••••••do..,. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 1/...1941-43=10., Production: Bituminous coal £/.*...., , seoeo thous e of short tons.. Index of product! on a....... 1957-59=100,. eeeeeees 4,74 67.73 71.66 eeseesee 21,098 1,944 104.4 J/ 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. ,5/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for August I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM June July Apr i 1 May June July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SALES: Value (unadjusted): U of do!.. 15.6 13.! 14.0 15.2 15.8 13,3 ...do.... 14.9 14.7 14.1 14.6 14.7 14,9 ...do.... 15.5 13.2 14.1 15.0 15.7 14.3 ...do.... 14.3 13.8 14.4 14.8 14.8 15.2 ...do.... 44.5 44.6 42.8 42.6 42.6 43.6 1,334 103 213 228 680 110 1,146 102 192 173 573 106 1,441 131 245 238 704 123 1,545 123 255 269 731 167 1,403 123 222 218 696 144 126,450 22,597 18,613 41,111 28,497 15,632 61,732 3,993 11,073 21,080 20,470 5,116 86,114 7,093 13,127 23,215 32,562 10,117 80,471 6,798 19,162 18,944 24,776 10,791 83,828 8,762 12,500 26,590 27,192 8,784 69,168 3,946 13,786 14,88! 27,304 9,251 119.4 88.5 100.2 73.8 82.0 118.7 86.8 101.4 74.8 78.2 118.2 85.1 r103.3 74.2 75.4 118.6 86.6 100.4 77.8 75.5 Value (seasonally adjusted): MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±1 New orders, net (unadjusted): New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): „number.. ...do.... ...do.... Liabilities (current), total ea..,ethouse of d o l 8 . ...do.... ...do.... ...do,... ...do.... 1,275 1 11 196 223 633 1 12 CGI^ODSTY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: -49=100.. i ...do.... 1 119.5 89.0 109.7 77.5 85.1 119.7 88.9 112.9 75.5 84.1 1 xj Revised, ±/ Data for July 1961 are advance estimates, REVISION for August 196! SURVEY, p. S-2: Cash receipts from farming, snclud ing Government payments, total, $2,568 million. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 5058 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-Continued 3 1961 I960 ITEM June May April July June July COMMODITY PRICES - Continued WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX - Continued All commodities - continued Foods, processed 1947-49-100.. Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen Commodities other than farm products and foods Textile products and apparel do.... do.... do,,,, 107.6 121.2 116.0 106.9 98.1 108.9 122.5 117.3 107.3 99.5 108.7 123.6 119.6 lll.l 94.3 107.5 123.6 r119.5 109.0 91.8 106.7 123.7 r119.7 108.7 89.9 107.5 124.0 120.4 108.9 92.5 128.2 110.2 112.3 123.0 110.3 128.2 110.4 113.8 123.1 110.1 128.0 110.2 115.2 122.5 109,9 127.6 109.9 113.6 122.4 110.7 127.4 109.3 114.3 122.4 rllO.I 127.4 108.9 M4.6 122.3 111.2 122.4 153.2 153.8 137.8 121.5 153.3 153.4 137.8 118.0 153.1 152.7 138.6 117.6 153.1 153.0 138.5 117.8 153.2 153.1 r138.3 117.3 153.2 153.1 138.4 133.5 146.7 96,3 131.7 133.5 146.9 96.3 131.8 131.0 .140. I 94,1 132.0 126.1 140.2 94.0 132.1 126.5 139.6 93.7 132.1 126.4 139.1 93.8 132.6 83.7 83.5 83.8 84.2 84.6 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE** *84.3 NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: ,128.2 122.8 118.3 114.3 115.3 II 1.0 r130.7 r126.6 r138.3 rl32.5 122.7 126.6 121.2 116.6 112.6 113.0 108.7 r128.3 r124.2 r135.3 r129.5 125.9 123.8 120.6 1,279.0 1,264.0 1,227.0 1,209.0 1,166.0 1,143.0 r1,291.0 r1,268.0 r1,383.0 r1,352.0 1,317.0 1,296.0 4,812 2,487 551 4,853 2,500 557 5, 1 10 2,669 650 5,174 2,701 613 5,242 2,728 595 5,310 2,746 617 39.0 44.7 29.7 43.9 38.0 45.9 28.5 27.7 28.1 29.5 30.0 26.9 176.6 191.1 142.7 104.8 401.8 668,1 292.5 395.0 175.9 r240.6 83,0 202.8 70,0 189.9 189.3 270.5 138,1 245.5 85.0 196.9 62.6 51.3 137.7 100.8 60.4 48. 1 32.9 21.7 21.9 33.0 50.8 81.9 58.4 61.3 48.8 45.5 36.9 45.1 23.8 15.8 36.4 41.7 34.8 26.2 939.8 1,291.5 941.3 1,016.3 988.9 2,607.4 1,028.9 2,023.9 955.6 1,493.0 929,1 987.9 1,443.2 225.4 1,441.6 251.0 1,517.8 432.6 1,562.2 425.0 1,469.4 390.6 1,433.6 403.2 348.6 350.0 362.9 377.0 352.8 345.1 5,261 4,480 4,680 5,646 5,687 5,597 455 277 399 72.9 371 416 244 349 75.8 451 261 384 80.9 Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: F1 NANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Corn oil: Cottonseed: 143. 1 188.5 Cottonseed cake and mea1: 66.6 142.6 Cottonseed oil: Flaxseed: Linseed oi1: Soybeans: Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean oil: METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding ferroaltoys)....thous. of short tons.. Cans, metal, shipments (in terms of steel consumed), total for sale and own use..............thous. of short tons tiectron tubes and semiconductors,factory sales..mil. of do!.. r/ Revised. 426 232 363 88.0 * Index based on 1935-39=100, 44.1. * * CORRECTION for p. S-8,August 196! is $103,348,000 and for July, $93,113,000. figure for June Digitized for $93,103,000; FRASER 5058 218 304 78.0 1961 SURVEY: Fire losses, May 1961, should read 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1961 I960 STEM June Apr! 1 July May July June PAPER AND PRINTING PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER, NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBOARDs 941.4 700.2 L, !23 D 9 954 o 7 63 le6 859c 8 7080 7 975*7 8060 2 624.3 r96 1.8 r682ci r!p 147,0 r934-,6 r669.£ r95L8 r643c7 r 1,156.9 r9493 r667,6 148.8. 86 0 2 !50 o 3 151.1 165.9 122.0 79.4 r 157.5 r9706 r155.7 M54.6 r154.3 M57.4 r90.5 r158.9 r154.8 rl47. 1 S53 o 0 88,0 164,0 155.0 !60 o 0 423 0 i 410.5 395.7 397 .0 272 o 9 392.4 4I8 e 5 343 a 2 344.7 r404o7 r393.9 r381.9 r380o8 r281.2 r395.5 r36S04 r403.5 r402#6 r282.5 401.0 360o 0 451.0 451.0 282o 0 r337e S r!43o0 r338.9 r332.7 r148.6 333s 0 148.0 329o 0 329 e 0 152.0 i 558.3 573.0 246 a 4 554.9 552.7 248.7 I 165.8 170.6 163.6 42.7 412.9 618.3 *887 0 *596 o 0 *94A t 0 •^935 G 0 *594 o 0 o o o o . o c o O u •> 0 o C u 0 o O O - O -, ouoooorx. .oeooooo Fine paper- I27„ I 125,9 I49 e 4 <- c O C 0 o o t o t, a o s o e > o o a o » o o o o o c o . o a o o o « e o e o 0 Printing papers 271.3 oeoooooo oooaa.co 00000000 e o s s o oo 0 Coarse papers 308ol 157.9 339.1 345,9 1 19.3 292.7 161.7 284.6 282.2 1 19.4 r34l.O r143.4 r339s3 r337.7 rI4707 566 B 3 593.2 208.0 555 a 9 561.5 202.4 549et 559.5 252e3 591.9 583,1 261.2 171.2 174.3 32 c 3 461,9 605.3 | 157.2 155.9 33 a 6 , 419.7 1 623.7 162,8 I76e4 33e7 47903 i 594.4 185.9 179.1 40o6 485.9 589.4 5,286 3,096 723 3,925 2,368 3,838 i 2, 102 r582 4,210 2,304 r533 4,679 2,753 Railroad and private-Sine shops, domestic,........do.... 6,218 3,873 2,345 4, 149 2,737 1,412 2,933 1,156 | 1,777 3,360 1,588 1,772 3, 142 2,085 1,057 1,234 764 470 Equipment manufacturers, totai.... e0 .........«,....do. 0eo Railroad and private-Sine shops, domestic...... oc .do.... r269 249 r20 1,331 672 659 2,040 824 1,216 3,651 2,030 1,217 1,082 1,62 1 135 2,589 2,431 158 26,798 12,440 14,358 j 13,664 3,902 9,762 13,970 4,344 9,626 f i,830 3,341 8,489 10,785 5,008 5,777 O 6 » S 3 e 0 0, ooo.cooo sooococo ooeaooso 0 s * > S a » «. ffl NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND); Stocks at mills, end of month NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES? .....do,... Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end' of month. 0 do. 0 „ 0 i | ! 170.7 i 35.7 , 446.5 j 593 s 6 TRANSPORTAT1ON EQUIPMENT Truck trallers, productions 493 I 526 1 .»••.».. .•••••». a.eaose® RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE; Freight cars: Unfilled orders, end of month.......................do.... Equipment manufacturers, tota1.. 0 ... 0 ..„......... O do... a Railroad and private-line shops, domestic... a . 0.. .do.. „ 0 1 29,770 14,349 15,421 r./ Revised^ * Excludes estimates for tissue and misceISaneous paper. USC0MM-DC-5058 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO A V O I D PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized for SURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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