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^ M E K T O f ^ December 13, 1963 BUSINESS °f STATISTICS BUSINESS E«-°' 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 Thousands 250 Thousands. 1000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) j J ^ - 800 \ .600 1 \ - 400 - 200 - 0 __l_l_JL_l_l_JLj_JLJL_JL_l_ ^J^J^JLJLJi 1 1 J ) J^JL-, 1 1 1. J » i X ^ L ^ L J L . i i i i 1 i i i i iJ 0 i- t ) .i ,i L L J ^ L , 1 1 1963 1962 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59=100 Billion Dollars DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS SALES OF RETAIL STORES 20 200 (seasonally adjusted) 130 15 120 10 110 (seasonally adjusted) Stocks (end of month) Sales 100 5 h I M I M 1960 1962 1961 1960 1963 I I II I I I I I I I I I M I II I I I I I I 1961 1962 1963 Index, 1957-59=100 Billion Dollars FRE1GHT CARLOADINGS 110 'seasonally adjusted) 80 h 30 • 1960 • i • . 1961 -J-U 1962 1963 M M 1960 '• I M I I I M M M I M M M I I M M I I I I I ,1 H I J. 1961 1962 1963 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 !962 1963 ITEM Dec. i COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Al i commodities .. 1957-59= IOOee ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES.... mil. $.. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES 1957-59-100.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, al! programs ..do.... State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico)... „..do.... FAILURES, iNDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.a..do.... Dec. 8 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 7 100.3 94.6 101.7 100.8 95.5 4,881 139 318 1,653 1,514 309 100.2 94.2 101.1 100.8 94.9 4,775 126 '256 100.1 92.9 101.0 100 9 95. ! 190 265 37,273 36,010 20,337 612 *I00.7 *99.3 *I0I.3 *I00.7 92.9 5, 194 168 343 1,906 1,748 322 93.1 5,339 213 368 1,984 1,825 294 100.6 96.1 102.2 100.8 96.6 4,988 143 282 1,671 1,526 270 34,803 32,259 19,630 550 34,860 32,373 19,529 380 36,625 35,138 20,064 426 36,722 35,635 20,247 506 36,872 35,512 20,036 338 63,007 34,459 i25,472 31,124 34,680 15,399 4.54 62. 12 55.13 62,762 34,535 126,133 31,277 34,779 15,415 4.54 62.89 65.95 63,515 37,630 134,670 27,930 37,108 17,757 4.54 73,29 77.43 63,137 37,689 135,328 28,180 37,198 17,811 4.54 72,56 76.58 64,06! 37,530 135,273 27,926 37,254 17,839 1,490 16,699 202,431 7,313 i,876 100.7 562 306 1,300 17,005 197,323 7,335 1,858 99.7 537 303 1,619 17,637 208,105 7,580 i,979 106.2 588 309 1,668 17,727 218,992 7,593 1,995 107.1 587 311 1,385 16,976 175,43! 7,558 2,000 i07.4 467 258 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Commercial and Industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yieids, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10., Industrials, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION; Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. U Data do not always cover calendar weeks .i, 2 / Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3_/ Daily average. 47 Wednesday data. 4.54 72,25 76.32 4.54 73.80 78.04 721,887 7,042 109.6 * Monthly index for Nov. 1962. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1962 1963 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. 15,318 15,12! 12,926 !4,892 15,197 16,201 13,753 15,575 16,741 !5,5!0 mil. $. do.. ( .do.., .do.., do.., .do.., ...do.., .do.., do.., 20,576 6,988 4,082 1,068 13,588 1,214 1,485 4,803 2,372 20,911 6,742 3.869 976 14,169 1,320 i,445 4,9!7 2,711 21,018 6,556 3,529 I, 138 14,462 I, !67 1,698 5,318 2,465 r19,267 r5,999 r2,990 r1,055 r13,268 rl,161 r1,526 r4,684 r2,295 r2I,564 r7,586 T4,372 1,119 r13,978 r1,205 r1,563 r4,928 r2,455 2 1,506 7,055 3,961 ...do.., do.., do.., do.., do.. ...do.. do.. „.. ..do.. do.., r19,837 r6,353 r3,666 939 13,484 1,178 1,456 4,88 i 2,270 20,112 6,437 3,704 942 13,675 1,220 1,471 4,860 2,354 20,666 6,562 3,733 992 14,104 1,259 1,519 4,996 2,497 r20,426 r6,606 r3,7!7 r975 r13,820 r 1,20.4 rl,470 r4,897 r2,4i1 r20,75l r6,929 3,966 986 r13,822 1, ! 62 1,536 4,961 2,338 20,586 6,80! 6,044 6,094 r5,546 5,962 5,056 346 99 1,734 2,000 66 92 5, 106 310 I 15 1,662 2,136 76 94 4,6! I 309 107 1,546 1,825 71 83 -4,933 310 109 1,646 1,976 75 93 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number, SeasonaI Iy adjusted do.., DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), T O T A L ! / Durab I e goods stores Automotive group. Lumber, building, hardware group. Nondurable goods stores.. Apparel group Eating and drinking places Food group General merchandise group , ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J a ) , TOTAL 1 / Durable goods stores..... Automotive group Lumber, building, hardware group... Nondurab le goods stores Apparel group Eating and drinking p laces. „. Food group a Genera I merchand i se group RETAIL FIRMS WITH 4 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total.,... RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total...,. Apparel group Eating and drinking places. Genera I merchand i se group Grocery stores Lumber yards, building materials dealers Tire, battery, accessory dealers..... ...do., do.., do.. do.. do., do.., do.. do.. £,/ Revised. J/ Data for Nov. 1963 are advance estimates. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 36" 172 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 5,622 4,692 314 103 1,519 1,890 73 92 X 14,451 1,309 1,486 5,09! 2,737 13,785 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1963 1962 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Oct. Sept. Nov. DOMESTIC T R A D E — C o n t i n u e d RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE S T O R E S — C o n t i n u e d Estimated sales (seasonaliy adjusted), total. Lumber yards, building materials dealers... [ 4,983 341 107 1,666 2,007 '63 88 4,871 316 105 1,626 1,970 63 89 113 1 126 121 121 71,782 67,981 4,883 63,098 3,801 5.3 71,827 67,691 4,983 62,708 4,136 5.8 74,418 70,561 5,496 65,065 3,857 5.2 72,915 68,917 4,838 64,079 3,998 5.5 73,062 69,546 5,326 64,220 3,516 4.8 73,136 69,076 4,884 64,192 4,060 5.6 53,940 32,448 71 30,454 15,706 53,940 17,741 16,648 30,092 55,042 34,134 389 32,391 15,291 55,042 17,860 16,782 31,178 do.... do..., do.... do.... ....do do.... 4,647 304 10! 1,443 1,954 62 89 4,713 317 100 1,508 1,940 63 92 ,1957-59-100.. do.... 113 110 141 118 72,187 68,893 5,475 63,418 3,294 4.6 71,915 68,076 5,040 63,036 3,839 5.3 53,912 31,625 219 30,201 15,692 53,912 17,825 16,821 29,488 | 4,825 298 107 1,549 2,004 64 91 ........ DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, UNITED STATES TOTAL: p I 16 Pi 13 pl40 pi 17 EMPLOYMENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED do..., do.... CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED.... EMPLOYED. do..,. do.... Nonagr.i cu 1 tura 1 emo ! oyment................. =..,...»do.... do UNEMPLOYED. A 73,344 69,891 5,350 64,54I 3,453 4.7 73,iOi 69,075 4,919 64,156 4,026 5.5 73,261 69,325 4,777 64,548 3,936 5.4 73,337 69.045 4,892 64,153 4,292 5.9 55,615 34,302 138 32,563 15,309 55,615 18,093 16,772 31,265 56,336 34,587 332 32,758 15,310 56,336 18,187 16,922 31,472 57,848 35,918 868 33,667 15,294 57,848 18,200 16,952 32,290 30.3 | FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION. END OF MONTH: Assets, total do.... ........do.... do.,.. ........do.... do.... do.... Ratio of gojd certificate reserves t o deposit and FR note liabilities combined.... 0 ... s ........=,.= =....percent,. CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): 1/ Total outstanding, end of month c , Ba ......mi 1. $.. do Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: do.... 33.2 32.8 31.2 31.0 30.8 60,441 46,526 61,203 47,052 66,308 51,526 66,538 51,718 67,088 52,257 4,871 4,489 4,915 4,389 5,242 4,610 4,755 4,563 5,487 4,948 4,639 4,271 4,855 4,372 5,100 4,619 5,093 4,752 5,311 4,780 4,068 3,030 120 1,391 460 551 1,547 8,524 814 440 4,610 2,672 8,533 7,027 114 5,312 412 1,208 1,488 8,070 808 443 4,558 2,268 9,977 7,290 108 5,785 386 2,064 1,633 8,305 850 466 4,469 2,572 11,722 10,095 104 5,350 3,603 1,098 1,567 7,815 856 438 4,233 2,316 4,371 3,400 123 1,651 557 468 1,571 8,776 865 463 4,638 2,822 105.1 2.5 7.9 15,5 7.6 99.5 2.7 7.5 14.7 10.7 103.7 2.1 8.8 14.8 9.6 111.6 2.3 r9.2 14.3 8.7 104.6 2.6 8.6 14.2 10.0 112,9 188.3 29.2 3.6.1 114.4 179.0 27.8 35.8 127.8 218.3 31.7 37.1 121.4 216.4 28.7 41.4 132.2 234.3 31.4 45.3 65.5 150.7 43.5 7.7 52.6 144.7 41.4 6.4 49.7 177.2 44.0 5.0 61.7 181.7 40.7 5.8 22.8 21.9 3.0 23.8 24.3 2.8 22.0 22.0 Seasonally adjusted: do.,.. ........do.... FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: ........do.... do.... do.... .......do..,. .......do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: mi 1. lb.. DDT •..•m i f. lb,. Ethvl acetate (85£).......................... .......do.... FormaIdehyde (37$ HCHO)...................... do.... Methanol, synthetic. ...mi 1. gal.. Phthal !c anhydride *»«....„.. ....mil. lb., ALCOHOL: Ethyl alcohol and spirits: Production....................... ...mil,, tax ga!„. Used for denaturation............ .......do.... Taxab ie withdrawals. .......do.... Denatured alcohol: Production..........n.........a....n...a..m !, wine gal.. Consumpt ?on (w i thdrav/a i s) 23.8 23.4 | 2.1 1 2.8 1 £/ Revised, jg./ Preliminary. ±/ Unadjusted data revised back to 1962; seasonally adjusted, back to i960. Revisions for periods not shown here are available in the Nov. 1963 Federal Reserve Bulletin. 2/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 36172 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Conflmyecl 1963 1962 ITEM Septn Oct, July Sept, Aug« Oct, FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS| TOBACCO BEER; Producti on........................................mi 1. b b \ . . Taxable withdrawals B 9 e 0 0 „ , . . . . so . 0 ........ ea...,e...,do,.„, Stocks, end of m o n t h ^ a ^ ^ o o ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ o . ^ . ^ . ^ o o o d o , ^ . DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL)? Production-. ............................. ....ml i. tax galee Taxable withdrawals,,*#0,60ooa•..... • •••<**.••••••••do..,. Stocks, end of month....»•....••••.••••..••..••.,,.do,.,. Whisky: Product i on. . • • • • • • • • • . • • • . . . . . o . t o , „ . « , 9 , e 8 . 4 . . , » 8 , d o . 8 , , Taxable withdrawals......... . •,,,,.# ...do,,,, Stocks, end of month*,., ..,,.. 0., ,.. •,. • • •. • • •. • .. • ®do..., Rectified spirits and wines, prod,, total.,..miS. proof gal.. Wh I sky. .,....,•.,....,,...,,..,,,,..........•.....,,,. ,do,,,, WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Production,,,,..••••.•.•>.••••••••••...•••••mil, wine gal 0 B Taxab le..withdrawals,.,,. ••.•••..•••••••..••.••.••••do.... Stocks, end of month,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,...,,.,,do,.,, Stl11 wines: Product ion,-.., ,s,,.9,tl8,..086,,„(,898,868,,,do,,(1, Taxable withdrawals,* ................,,,.•....,,,..do,, eo Stocks, end of month,.,.,,.,,,,...,.,,,.,,,,,,,,.,,do..., Distilling materials produced at wlnerie§....,.,,.., e do..., TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Production, total,,,, ......., s a o a e e ....... S0B .. ,thous 0 lb... Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smal1: Tax-exempt.,,..,,. , ( > , 8 , s . s , e , 8 ,,. 9 «, a B , ( 1 , 8 s , t 8 niil! fons 0 , Taxable.,.,.,..,.,.,,,,..••••••• •,.,,.,..,,,. 8 ,,,do,,,. Cigars (large), taxable,,.....,,„,....,.,.....,,.,»do B ... Manufactured tobacco, taxable,,.......,,......thous. lb.. 7.38 7,42 10,29 7,41 7,17 10,07 10,83 10,22 11,70 9,38 9,26 11.18 7,42 7.37 10,72 10.17 10,70 879,54 14,84 14.62 875.83 6,82 9.25 878.48 8,52 10,02 874.49 9.42 11,11 869.81 6,16 7e82 856,98 r7,52 5,60 8.71 11,06 851.27 10,69 8,29 3.40 5.63 855,34 6,23 4.42 5,06 6.46 851.80 6,73 4,62 5.80 8,02 846.88 7.74 5,68 ,32 ,35 3.08 ,36 ,50 '2,9! ,21 .22 3,28 .36 ,31 3.29 ,34 ,39 3.21 59,71 12.14 rl73.ll ri39.4! 86,89 15.02 241,60 144,34 2,01 9,57 134,1! 8,38 3,04 12,84 120,84 9.98 45.43 12*52 155,87 118,07 r!3,369 16,499 12,576 15,019 14,759 3,245 40,466 515 13,333 3,221 45,46! 622 15,711 3,347 42,414 566 13,012 3,867 47,006 606 14,810 3,173 42,399 555 S4,382 922 68 101 1,045 8! I 12 1,003 68 105 985 68 119 1,037 74 121 ...do.... 5, 125 351 430 824 623 453 1,947 5,579 394 453 915 595 376 2,297 6,460 45! 636 966 699 533 2,599 5,895 456 579 910 631 54! 2,232 5,455 417 587 848 569 405 2,084 5,927 *464 614 948 605 404 2,293 373.9 25,6 74.8 677.7 29.5 102,3 706.0 34.5 IIS.3 552.9 31.5 105.0 403.6 33,7 93.5 714.7 32,2 New commercial cars (trucks)......................'..,do.... ,,,.,«». s e e s o a a - o s s o a s o o a ..,«.,,, • «,.••... ,,«,«,,, » , , ' • • • « . *.«•«,,, ,•..,,,, »aa.««.« so,,,,.. «.,»,<>•• ,,o-.»,», , 0 8 , , , , , s o o o o o o o o s s a a o o s , , , , © « , , eseooooo es,o.oe» • •••.••• ........ » 0 8 0 , 0 0 0 METALS AND MANUFACTURES CASTINGS, TOTAL SHIPMENTS: Gray i r o n s „ s s 6 8 8 .oo», 8 .»,. s , O D 9 , 3 ( , 8 .thous 9 sh, tons,. Maileable iron,..,,............•..••.•...•...,.••••,..do,,,. Stee1...,..•••.•.••••••.•••.,.•••••.••••••••••••..,•.do..,, STEEL PRODUCTS,"NET SHIPMENTS: Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling....... do..,. P1ates.,.,...,....,,...................,,...,..,.,.do.,,. Bars and-tool steel, total..,,,...,.,,,,..,.,,..,..do.... Sheets, and strip (incl, electrical), total TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT eaoe.o.a os-ooo.oo .as,,.,. REGISTRATIONS: U £./ Revised. J./ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & Co,^ republication p r o h i b i t e d . USCOMM-DC—36172 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A V O I D PAYMENT O F POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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