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tfjSSJHftco^ December 1, 1961 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 300 300 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 275 H 275 1960 250 250 225 225 Weekly Monthly 2 0 0 Lot I • I I I ' I I \ I I I ! LJ I 1958 I I I I l_ _J ! I I 1959 I I ' ' • ' J i i i i I960 I i i i i i_ i i i—i i IJ F M A M J 1961 J • J ^ 200 A S O N D Thousands 000 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE FPRODUCTION 800 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S . plants) 400 - ^ ^ / " N , , » V 200 0 fl^^_ — / - \ / 1 -j v _l_l—1 \ 1 1—1 1 1 1 1 — _ L _ | 1—1—1 l_J 1958 l_l l__J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1959 - ' i i i I960 i 1 i i i i-J—1 1961 Index, 1957-59=100 200 Index, 1957-59=100 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) 150 150 100 -\ 100 50 0 I • i i • • I i 1958 i J—LU_J M i i i ' 1959 I i i i i ' l i I960 i i i i—Li .i i i r I i 1961 i i i i . J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 I960 ITEM 1961 Nov. 26 Nov. 19 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 82.7 118.9 87.4 108.1 127.6 82.5 1 18.9 87.2 108.3 127.5 82.7 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: 82.8 *M9.6 *89.9 *I09.1 *I27.9 83.0 83.2 170 173 154 169 413 2,168 1,986 396 2,424 2,223 299 2,031 1,526 314 2,101 1,595 - INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. State programs (50 States and, in 1961, Puerto Rico).do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... 180 323 329 276 344 336 308 238 32,527 29,325 18,733 32,532 29,542 18,761 32,801 29,404 !9,752 32,968 29,760 19,673 33,223 29,817 19,740 33,351 30,465 19,910 612 607 544 476 586 598 108,624 29,480 32,056 12,864 108,250 29,388 31,917 12,847 63,423 29,621 117,467 34,087 32,085 13,245 62,388 29,708 116.899 33,770 32,0!3 13,269 62,777 29,724 118,170 34,181 32,179 13,309 4.63 55.70 59.17 4.65 55.80 59.17 4.71 68.73 72,20 4.70 70.87 74.5! 4.70 71.67 75.31 1,376 14,435 172,071 6,968 1,470 78.9 568 297 1,312 13,884 128,451 6,992 1,367 73.4 471 256 1,453 15,396 179,533 7,154 2,044 109.7 619 330 1,500 15,520 176,629 7,178 2,046 109.8 605 315 1,482 15,678 179,679 7,206 2,037 109.3 591 306 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading citiesr4/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond via Ids, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ .percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. 4.69 71.70 75.40 PRODUCTION: FREIGHT CARLOAD!NGS, TOTAL thous. cars.. ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for Nov. I960. MONTHLY 145,596 2,032 109. 1 3/ Daily average. ,4/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM September I October July August September October GENERAL BUSINESS -INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): Fai Iures, totaI number. Commercia I service do... Constr uct ion do... Manufacturing and mining do... Reta i I trade do... Wholesale trade do... 1,269 113 218 218 604 116 1,344 132 231 229 613 139 1,275 III 196 223 633 112 1,604 129 262 260 789 164 1,285 139 183 182 614 167 1,446 118 221 217 731 159 thous. $. do... do... do... do... do... 80,604 12,715 14,417 23,011 23,080 7,381 81,508 16,644 17,877 16,104 20,894 9,989 69,168 3,946 13,786 14,881 27,304 9,251 102,693 6,358 27,716 26,175 29,384 13,060 116,664 10,950 10,048 66,737 17,927 11,002 70,257 3,485 14,583 17,930 21,524 12,735 Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns. 65.2 63.3 62.5 74.4 67.5 69.5 Liabilities (current), total Commercia I service. Construct ion Manufacturing and mining Retai I trade Wholesale trade , COMMODITY PRICES 1947-49=100. 126.8 127.3 128.1 128.0 128.3 * 128.4 Special group indexes: All H e m s less food..... f.W items less shelter AI I commod 11 ies Nondurab Ies Durab Ies Services do... do... do... do... do... do... 130.3 124.3 117.7 120.3 I 10.0 150.8 130.7 124.8 118.2 120.7 110.9 151.2 131.4 125.7 118.7 121.1 III.5 152.8 131.6 125.6 118.4 120.8 III.9 153.0 132.0 125.8 118.7 121.0 III.9 153.2 132.3 126.0 118.8 120.9 112.7 153.4 Appare I Food.... Dairy' products Fruits and vegetab Ies Meats, poultry, and fish do... do... do... do... do... 110.6 120.2 117.5 124.6 110.2 III.O 120.9 118.4 124.8 I 10.0 109.9 122.0 118.0 138.2 107.8 109.9 121.2 118.5 132.4 108.4 III.I 121.I 119.0 126.5 109.4 III.4 120.9 119.0 122.9 109.7 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS £/ Revised. * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 214.7. 5191 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 I960 1961 ITEM September October 47-49=100.. do.... do.... do.... 132.0 125.7 104.1 142.1 132.2 125.7 104.0 142.5 132.4 125.6 103.6 143.6 132.3 125.6 103.2 143.6 132.6 125.7 103.8 143.9 132.7 125.7 103.6 144. 1 do.... do.... do.... 156.9 133.9 122.1 157.3 134.0 121.9 161.2 134.3 124.1 161.4 134.2 124.4 161.7 134.3 125.0 162.3 134.0 125.4 do.... do.... do.... 144.7 132.8 200.3 132.7 146.1 134.1 201.2 132.7 148.3 135.9 208.5 133.6 149.3 136.8 209.1 133.6 149.4 136.9 209.4 133.8 150.3 137.9 209.4 133.8 78.9 78.6 78.1 78.1 77.9 *77.9 69.6 8.7 3.2 4.1 98.1 6.8 14.7 3.4 47.6 .7 3.5 1.8 47.4 4.8 2.7 1.8 80.0 8.6 7.1 3.6 89.8 6.0 11.0 2.9 do.... furnishings.... . . . . . o o . . . . 6.2 8.7 3.9 5.5 8.8 13.1 5.3 8.3 5.9 8.4 3.2 2.4 4.6 7.4 2.5 2.3 7.7 9.0 3.8 6.2 8.7 13.0 5.1 8.0 do.... do.... do.... do.... 5.0 .7 1.9 21.6 6.4 .9 2.3 28.1 3.3 .4 2.2 15.8 2.7 .5 2.2 16.0 4.8 .6 2.6 25.8 5.2 1.1 2.3 26.5 ...mi 1. $ . . do.... do.... 10,211 8,981 87 3,641 2,823 92 3,779 2,982 91 8,713 6,367 98 10,285 8,945 90 3,811 3 , 141 105 do.... do.... 4,486 3,492 792 1,354 1,296 481 389 1,383 1,480 520 306 1,382 4,814 382 1,821 1,597 4,679 3,251 884 1,380 1,614 408 241 1,443 do.... do.... do.... 6,793 736 6,072 6,829 748 6,084 6,322 765 5,617 7,631 730 6,951 6,771 727 6,047 7,796 713 7,092 do.... do.... do.... do.... 5,725 1,091 567 4,067 6,230 1,289 587 4,354 6,125 1,312 589 4,224 6,347 1,405 585 4,357 5,866 1,158 578 4,130 6,848 1,543 614 4,691 . tax g a l . . do.... do.... r 12.02 10.26 832.60 16.35 12.71 832.66 9.83 7.96 861.84 10.11 10.03 859.46 13.12 10.52 859.43 do.... do.... do.... R e c t i f i e d s p i r i t s and w i n e s , p r o d . , t o t a l . . . . m i 1 . proof g a l . . do.... Whisky VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut o i l : ..mil. lb.. Corn o i 1 : do.... Cottonseed cake and mea1: sh. t o n s . . 8.75 7.70 810.75 7.79 6.06 11.16 9.98 808.82 10.13 8.14 7.26 5.09 839.09 5.46 4.01 7.39 6.75 837.52 6.89 5.10 9.35 7.56 837.08 7.55 5.83 35.9 45.8 45.9 47.0 44.8 45.7 27.4 28.0 26.9 30.7 29.1 28.2 149.6 73.3 July August October September COMMOD1TY PR 1 CES~Corvr i nued CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—Continued PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y - DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: do.... do.... do.... Household equipment, s u p p l i e s , Al 1 other FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN (NEW PAID-FOR INSURANCE): FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL): Whisky: 189.3 137.1 352.2 167.9 66.6 142.6 68.6 89.4 133.3 257.5 48.1 48.9 109.4 256.0 do.... 43.0 45.0 33.7 37.9 40.7 34.0 do.... do.... 1,239.6 158.6 1,642.0 185.6 1,433.6 403.2 1,384.8 342.2 1,059.4 142.8 1,664.8 124.2 298.4 391.3 345. 1 333.9 253.3 393.9 341.2 96.7 \ Cottonseed o i l : Linseed o i 1 : Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean o i 1 : r/ Revised. * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 46.6. ±/ Data for net receipts and total expenditures reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 5191 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1961 I960 ITEM September October July September August October METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON, production (excl.ferroalloys) thous. sh. tons.. Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale): 4,108 4,473 5,597 5,764 6,019 6,330 1,530 1,835 ........ ••...do.... 1,607 1,847 1,378 1,715 1,541 1,759 1,523 2,047 ..mil. Ib.0 do.... do.... 358.8 253.2 134.0 369.8 246.4 128.4 373.9 263.2 139.4 r426.7 r303.2 rl59.4 414.5 286.9 150.6 nIg. tons.. .....do.... do.... 6,030 3,760 22,145 5,600 3,290 22,910 6,090 3,920 2.2,475 7,210 4,570 23,080 6,480 4,245 24,875 radiation.. do.... •1.3 *4.3 **l.8 **3.8 1.0 3.9 1.5 3.6 *34.9 *66.4 **46.6 **58.2 35.9 54.4 62.6 50.9 **I66.4 **I62.8 **253.9 **I67.8 **I30.0 **I0I.9 **262.1 117.6 114.4 157.3 97.4 104.2 83.5 160.1 187.4 183.6 226.8 136.2 129.0 99.1 201.3 1.2 1.7 1.2 3.5 1.4 1.3 .9 3.3 1.2 I.I 1.4 1.6 42.15 25.80 41.00 29.90 4.3 35.60 25.55 40.65 27.75 4.3 46.70 27.85 37.20 24.95 5.0 44.80 29.65 34.05 23,15 5.2 r55.65 r34.05 r4l.20 r27.IO r5.7 p48.50 p29.55 p46.05 p29.IO p5.6 do.... 10.15 12.95 3.8 20.60 10.70 4.5 8.95 12.55 3.0 10.10 12.95 2.8 r10.95 r10.70 2.8 p8.45 p10.80 P2.7 do.... do.... do.... do.... do".... 4,355 2,984 1,371 2,156 2,150 6 21,692 9,874 11,818 4,657 3,185 1,472 5,664 906 4,758 22,905 7,616 15,289 1,234 764 470 2,589 2,431 158 10,785 5,008 5,777 2,428 1,701 727 r1,459 r1,394 65 9,831 4,716 5,115 r2,8ll r2,l25 686 3,143 1,280 1,863 10,210 3,918 6,292 1,908 1,205 703 2,086 944 1,142 10,373 3,642 6,731 Aluminum shipments: Tin: Radiators and convectors, cast iron: Oi 1 burners: Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking: Shipments, total (excl. liquid-fuel types)...... .....do.... Gas 1/ .....do.... .....do,,.. Gas o Water heaters, gas, shipments.,...,, Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: «... , , „ , . o....do..., do.... * 109.1 *I05.9 *208.9 *I43.2 *97.8 *78. 1 *240.7 ........ ........ MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: do.... do.... .....do.... .....do.... Metal forming tools: TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE Freight cars: Railroad and private-line shops, domestic... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic.:. do.... £/ Revised. j)/ Preliminary. * Data are for July I960. ** Data are for Aug. I960. J./ Includes data for built-in gas fired ovenbroiler units; shipments of cooking tops, not included in figures above, totaled 33,800 units in Aug. 1961. USCOMM—DC—519! 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. 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