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August 30? 1963 STATISTICS BUSINESS 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 Billion Dollars 150 Billion Dollars 150 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (average of Wednesday (Wednesday data) dafa) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 140 140 11963 130 j ^ .130: 000 m^^^^ " 1962 120 - _^n - ^^/* 110 100 ^j M 1,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' i ' ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' 1 \ \ 1 1 1^ i - J L ^ l ^ J L - J ^ . 1961 1960 i I i i i 1 I | t i .i i i i i I i i i i J F M A M J 1963 1962 110 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for eastings) - 150 s 100 50 - 0 i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i 1960 Milli< 2.5 i i i i i i i I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 > • 1 1963 1962 1961 Index, 1957-59 = 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION : PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS 120 2.0 1.0 \r \v^s^T ) / 110 100 90 .5 (daily average; seas, adj.) x^rv *Seasond!y adjusted, at annual rates 0 JU.,,1 1 1 1 1 l , M , I ,1, I ,1, I l", I, I I, X 1 I I 1960 L-LJ 100 J A S O N D Index, 1957-59=100 200 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 1.5 120 1 1961 1962 1963 0 L - u i i 11 11 11 I i-t-jLj 11 1960 1961 J I —1.1 1 1 L± LlJ-XXJ 1962 1963 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1963 1962 ITEM Aug. 18 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: All commodities Farm products Foods, processed. A11 other 22 commodities 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES DEPARTMENT STORE SALES 1957-59=100. do... do.., do... do... mil. $. 1957-59=100. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs j thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.... State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).,.number.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ 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 c?ties:4/ 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) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 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^/ thous. bbl.. Steel thous. sh. tons.. I ndex of product ion. 1957-59= 100., FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL thous. cars.. M i see 11 aneous do.... 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY Aug. 25 Aug. 3 Aug. 17 Aug. 10 Aug. 24 100.4 96.1 101.7 100.7 92.1 93.1 4,807 104 100.3 96.1 100.7 100.8 93.4 4,605 105 100.4 96.6 101.4 100.8 92.8 4,651 113 297 1,608 1,455 238 286 1,628 1,475 264 242 287 275 35,561 33,611 19,648 292 35,703 34,174 19,914 482 35,879 34,075 19,704 478 35,850 34,167 19,647 389 60,484 33,374 122,328 31,450 33,418 14,656 63,281 36,741 131,985 29,099 35,014 17,030 61,833 36,821 131,347 28,346 35,159 17,083 61,249 36,850 131,255 28,118 35,218 17,153 4.65 58.66 61.48 4.63 59.78 62.67 4.50 69.13 72.48 4.50 69.96 73.36 4.50 71.07 74.56 1,443 16,838 17,529 7,284 1,616 86.7 583 294 1,434 17,320 19,837 7,313 1,611 86.5 583 298 1,528 18,607 130,230 7,622 1,782 95.7 558 278 1,575 18,713 57,600 7,634 1,748 93.8 560 278 1,564 18,053 29,721 7,661 1,742 93.5 577 290 92.7 4,450 106 *I00.5 *97.6 *I0I.5 *I00.6 92.9 4,377 107 275 1,654 1,499 285 231 1,622 1,466 302 34,059 31,642 19,813 597 34,003 31,795 20,010 542 60,518 33,304 122,717 31,747 33,360 14,604 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 4.50 71.29 74.72 35,292 "l!76l 94.5 * Monthly index for August 1962. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1962 1963 ITEM June July Apr. May July June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 1,281 1,165 1,287 1,303 1,211 1,155 113 194 237 606 131 106 187 215 545 112 116 212 189 620 150 III 217 241 595 139 120 158 206 591 136 101 180 173 590 III 88,493 91,574 100,755 118,274 86,151 120,509 14,502 19,828 33,496 59,291 11,157 9,559 11,925 30,552 20,697 13,418 7,614 31,350 45,955 26,463 9,127 .....do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 5,445 13,627 32,821 27,065 9,535 5,642 22,412 21,598 29,999 11,923 4,960 14,434 . 32,286 28,847 20,228 Failure annual rate (seas. a d j . ) . . N o . per 10,000 concerns.. 57.3 58.3 54.2 56.4 57.8 57.1 do.... r140.2 r136.8 r140.0 rl36.5 160.3 158.2 r169.5 r166.4 M55.3 r152.2 144.5 143.3 do.... do.... r!37.7 M34.3 M38.I M34.6 157.5 155.4 r166.3 r163.2 r153.6 M50.5 142.9 141.7 do.... r 1,392 r1,366 r1,442 r1,423 | rl,6l8 rl,590 rl,6l8 rl,590 r1,560 r1,543 1,513 1,497 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: J./ Unadjusted: Total, i n c l . farm (public and p r i v a t e ) . . Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: jr/ Revised. J./ Data have been revised as follows: Unadj., back to Jan. 1962; seas, adj., back to Jan. 1959. Revisions for periods not shown here will appear in the Sept. 1963 SURVEY. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 36080 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1 1962 ITEM June 3 July 1963 May Apr. June 1 July FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): 1/ ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U;S. COMPANIES ....bil. $.. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, tota 1 a . . . . Q O . . . . r129.38 r62.75 r6.28 r4.04 rl6.38 r3.62 r27.90 r130.06 r63.11 r6.40 r4.05 16.38 3.60 r28.10 135.61 64.95 6.01 4.04 16.51 3.52 29.44 136.24 65.17 5.85 4.00 16.52 3.51 29.65 136.70 65.23 5.76 3.93 16.52 3.50 29.77 Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... Preferred (U.S.) ,. do do.... r4.98 r2.18 r2.7l r45.17 r4l.88 r5.00 2.18 2.73 r45.3J r42.00 5.38 2.26 3.03 47.91 44.41 5.38 ' 2.25 3.04 48. 16 44.62 5.45 2.127 3.10 48.42 44.83 do.... do.... r4.09 r6.00 rl.2l r5.l8 4.10 6.04 rl.27 i r5.23 4.20 6.36 1.18 1 5.63 4.21 6.40 1.21 [ 5.70 4.24 6.44 1.21 5.71 749.6 316.5 56.3 12.1 68.2 142.7 153.8 733.4 1 311.6 54.5 12.0 70.9 149.0 135.4 834.4 367.1 | 67.3 12.6 73.3 155.0 159.1 827.6 357.1 69.4 13.6 73.9 154.2 159.4 824.9 325.0 65.9 12.4 73.5 147.8 200.3 6,818 4,744 1,485 589 6,273 4,576 1,148 549 7,775 5,329 1,814 632 7,552 5,531 1,382 639 6,971 5,115 1,268 588 14.2 59.6 107.3 41.5 M.3 48.9 94.7 33.2 13.2 60.8 123.2 43.4 13.1 63.4 rl32.5 r46.0 13.0 60.5 128.1 42.2 131.1 46.1 18.6 170.6 116.3 40.2 13.8 172.7 147.9 47.3 23.1 178.5 154.8 51.0 r23.6 196.8 149.2 49.1 20.4 187.0 .mil. bbl.. 9.96 9.19 11.39 9.90 9.22 11.49 9.t4 8.12 11.27 9.81 8.96 1.1.49 9.67 8.81 11.77 wine gal.. .46 .26 3.10 .16 .19 3.06 .41 .28 3.07 .39 .32 3.12 .54 .31 3.31 1.67 11.72 141.87 2.56 1.07 9.16 131.76 1.47 2.45 13.04 174.43 8.44 2.36 13.37 160.15 r15.56 35.6 24.7 22.4 23.3 34.5 32.0 30.3 31.8 32.8 33.5 34.1 99.9 155.7 85.2 133.9 194.2 197.7 135.2 216.6 86.6 210.8 71.3 187.3 74.9 63.7 139.0 98.4 62.2 1 do.... 20.9 14.3 35.2 38.0 39.8 8 ! sh. tons.. 794.0 807.7 91.2 823.3 96.0 945.6 102.7 899.7 134.8 878.7 113.3 413.6 Public utility (U.S.) Railroad (U.S.) do do.... PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U. TOTAL •• LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR (LIAMA): 6,967 5,134 1 276 557 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose acetate (sheets, rods, and tubes and molding and extrusion materials) and nitrocellulose (sheets, do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEER: WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Sti11 wines: Distilling materials produced at wineries VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: 1.84 12.77 ! 142.49 11.57 Corn oi1: Cottonseed cake and mea1: sh. tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month Cottonseed oi1: 51.2 Linseed oi i: Soybean cake and mea1: 88.0 1 Soybean oi1: TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Product ion, tota1 Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small: Tax-exempt Cigars (large), taxable Manufactured tobacco, taxable 376.6 383.9 386.4 443.7 422.2 thous. lb., 14,094 12,346 14,430 14,792 13,860 .mi 11 ions.. 3,537 41,294 535 14,200 1 3,208 39,377 520 12,766 I 4, 107 48,248 644 14,708 1 3,266 41,562 509 13.071 1 thous. lb.. 1 3,483 42,271 554 14,139 1 r/ Revised. J./ 1962 revisions for "assets" for months not shown here will appear in the Sept. 1963 SURVEY. 36080 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 4 1963 1962 ITEM June May Apr. July July June LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: 513 !,882 1,281 2,615 Cattle hide and side kSp e 0 o a e .c>. e e oothous D hides and kips.. Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc. athletic, total..do.... 380 !,533 1, 133 i,976 462 1,798 1,191 2,772 492 1,947 1,269 3,122 483 1,769 1,366 3,007 49,507 41,784 9,044 2,074 22,639 46,322 39,833 7,759 2,182 22,226 49,367 43,251 9,021 1,757 24,885 48,863 41,915 9,006 1,701 23,327 44,635 37,997 7,976 1,741 20,960 5,700 2,327 6,511 5,549 2,117 5,550 5,060 2,528 5,084 612 5,467 2,414 5,855 5,405 1,915 5,401 420 660 433 558 679 O 0 O O 9 C . O 584 628 352 i 587 566 573 527 529 550 554 599 634 539 565 261 260 338 304 278 188 182 44 457 557 165 169 40 423 587 184 193 34 490 570 204 201 37 516 585 181 177 40 483 561 173 183 31 699 690 809 693 660 690 18,819 16,858 9,494 18,764 16,774 9,582 18,586 15,890 11,482 18,509 15,737 9,277 18,609 15,767 9,280 PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): 551 575 255 NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of mo do.... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: J./ Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Spindle hours operated, all fibers, tota1.....mi 1 lions.. 18,638 15,692 ' 9,819 475 383 464 464 393 8,460 8,512 9,771 7,856 7,833 8,162 57.0 40.6 58.4 40.5 58.8 46.6 59.6 49.0 55.8 45.6 57.7 48.9 47.9 51.2 67.6 28.4 51.1 54.5 59.1 36.2 57.2 31.9 r56.5 29.4 92.5 27.9 58.5 32.1 459 MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Production: 1 Stocks, producers', end of month: r/ Revised. 1 / Data f o r J u l y USCOMM-DC—36080 1962 and A p r i l and J u l y PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID 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 forSURVEY FRASER 1963 cover 5 weeks; o t h e r months, 4 weeks. BUSINESS
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