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December 18, 1964 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 160 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS Billion Dollars 160 (average of Wednesday data) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 150 1962 1961 J F M A M J 1964 1963 Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 160 160 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by. utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . i n d e x ) y**my^\^**0^ 150 _ - - 120 - - J ^ ^ ^ , 110 i i r L t 1 i i i i , i 1962 1961 -u-L-i-x-i--l-i i i x J F M A M J J A S O N D Billion Dollars SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) (F. R. B. seas. a d j . i n d e x ) - ~ 25 " 120 Nondurable Goods 15 h 100 i 1964 1963 Index, 1957-59 = 100 160 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 140 150 - 140" 130 J A S O N D \ ~ ~ Durable Goods \ 80 J.i„LJL.t-L..I, I.„J 1 1. .1-1 1 i. L-L-J-L-LJ-I- -.i-L.,1 k L - L i - U L U L . 1961 1962 1963 [t|< t 1964 iwiiJUMMffH'?*?" 1961 ifr*4an&'****s,%. i.iiiiiiiiii'uiit*'*tt» t , '»* , t 1 • I . . . . . I • ' ' ' ' ' 1 1962 1963 1964 ' • • WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 !963 !964 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A l l commodities 1957-59-100.. S t a t e programs ( 5 0 S t a t e s , D . C . , and P u e r t o R i c o ) . . . . d o . . . . FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & B r a d s t r e e t ) . . n u m b e r . . FINANCE: F e d e r a l R e s e r v e bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , t o t a l , 5 / . . . . d o . . . . Member bonk reserve be \ ances 3/ do.s » s e Excess r e s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d 3/ .,,,,,.. doe,se R e p o r t i n g member banks ( o f F . R . S y s t e m ) i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s : 4 / Demand d e p o s i t s , a d j u s t e d , a 9 ml!s $ee u.v>• ocvcrnmsn§ O u » i g o i s e n s . « • • • • • • • • • • • • • * . . . . . . u C , . . . CoiTnTisrcis! and i n d u s t r i a l l o a n s \ Q r o 5 s ) • • » • » • • • • • d o . • • • Bond y i e l d s , d o m e s t i c c o r p o r a t e ( M o o d y ' s ) 3/ percent.. S t o c k p r i c e s , 500 s t o c k s ( S t a n d , & P o o r ' s ) 4 / c o ! 9 4 H 4 5 = ! 0 S O PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal , 5 / 9 , „ ? 9 9 * * , • • « , • • • Motor v e h i c l e s thous, shs (cars, trucks, buses)seessssa Index o f p r o d u c t i o n FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, T O T A L . . . , ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. tons,, number s s 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY Dec. 5 Dec. 12 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 *I00.7 *96.2 *I02.5 *I00.9 95.1 5,534 3,958 94.5 5,957 4,195 100.7 95,6 101.0 101.6 101.8 5,184 5,532 100.8 94,2 101.1 101.6 105.5 5,102 3,495 100.7 92.7 101.0 101.7 105.4 5,747 4,056 577 1,895 1,748 265 578 1,959 1,811 257 321 1,398 1,275 271 274 1,548 1,424 185 546 269 285 57,274 56,010 20,520 586 57,487 55,945 !9,994 190 38,975 38,552 21,502 616 59,071 58,588 21,075 258 59,276 38,969 2i,394 328 59,476 59,480 2i,i48 215 65,527 57,729 155,697 28,595 37,526 17,855 65,412 57,740 156,749 28,485 37,476 17,879 65,282 40,227 145,695 27,032 40,65i 19,842 65,856 40,255 146,250 27,538 40,548 19,886 64,485 40,312 146,918 27,199 40,97j 19,909 4.54 75.80 78.04 4.54 75.90 78.05 4.57 86,22 91.20 4.59 85.44 90.59 4.59 85.79 8 8 ; 56 1,642 18,427 2!8S25! 7,597 1,642 18,995 2!8S!78 7,619 1,660 19,155 189.250 7,741 1,758 i8,640 177.129 7,669 1,602 i9,769 256.919 7,790 2,042 109.6 558 505 2,057 109.5 540 297 2,654 141.4 608 551 2,612 140.2 515 286 2,654 141.4 578 525 Dec. 7 Dec. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 100.7 92.7 101.2 101.7 105.4 4.59 35.46 88.15 259,818 2,629 141.1 * Monthly index for Nov. 1965. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 1964 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.£/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ( F . R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): UNADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX (INCLUDING U T I L I T I E S ) . 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 . . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: do.... do 129.9 127.0 152.9 M36.5 r155.2 155.7 151.2 129.5 155.6 11 1.0 128.2 128.4 128.0 108.1 rl55.1 r129.6 r157.4 M5.0 r157.5 M56.8 M58.2 r!!5.4 r156.5 M52.6 r140.9 r!!4.7 157.1 158.6 155.2 112.9 151.8 154.1 126.8 128.2 125.4 151.2 126.1 127.6 128.5 126.1 126.5 125.5 129.8 126.1 M5I.4 M5I.5 r131.1 134.2 152.6 155.9 135.8 r156.2 r157.2 N54.0 156.8 M56.4 r157.5 154.0 r!54.9 r155.7 N55.5 rl55.5 M5I.8 139.0 131.7 154.9 154.5 155.8 156.4 155 158 154.9 126.8 126.0 108.5 126.8 151.7 130.0 126.9 126.4 109.7 126.0 152.8 129.6 rl54.5 r155.7 152.8 154.8 142.8 155.5 154.7 155.1 r155.0 M54.4 rl44.1 150.9 155.8 •56.6 154 156 148 129 132.5 120.4 112.2 135.5 151.9 120.5 111.8 156.4 157.4 125.6 114.1 144.4 158.6 rl27.0 r109.7 144.1 132.1 r 129.9 r155.0 r130.4 145.9 M05.2 r157.7 r!26.9 III.1 r147.4 127.7 119.5 127.5 102.9 127.0 I 17.9 155.5 127.6 120.5 128.5 100.0 127.5 117.7 155.6 155.1 M25.5 M35.I 103. 1 132.8 124.3 r 160.8 r154.1 r125.8 155.5 100.5 rl55.9 125.0 r164.6 r!54.9 127.5 154.9 BY MARKET GROUPINGS: do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... SEASONALLY ADJUSTEO, TOTAL INDEX ( I N C L . U T I U . . . . . . . . o o . . . . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do.... do.... do.... do.... £./ Revised. £/ Pre Iiminary. Digitized for16207 FRASER 157.0 r122.5 165.0 158 128 150 125 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 !964 STEM Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS Nov. Aug. Sept. r120.4 162.4 r 120.0 120.6 r112.0 105.1 rll2.4 rlli.3 r153.2 157.2 Oct. INDICATORS—Continued INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, SEAS. A D J . — C o n t i n u e d BY INDUSTRY G R O U P I N G S — C o n t i n u e d NondurabIe m a n u f a c t u r e s — C o n t i nued Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods and beverages Tobacco products 119.0 145.0 118.1 114.1 108.6 103.9 108.5 III.9 142.3 145.4 107.5 102.2 107.2 112.2 142.1 145.0 121.2 158.2 r120.4 121.4 III.9 107.9 III.3 112.2 154.5 rl59.3 127.2 127.4 137.3 124.2 127.0 125.5 122.3 128.8 127.0 126.9 138.4 123.3 127.1 125.7 122.6 128.9 r133.3 133.1 r146.6 128.9 r133.6 134.7 134.1 135.2 r!32.5 N32.0 r!4i.8 r128.9 r133.7 135.7 rl35.7 130. rl29. 126, 130, rl33, r!32, rl28, f36. 21,528 7,599 4,387 1,095 1,119 13,929 1,191 667 1,556 4,910 1,649 2,417 20,716 6,941 3,980 1,028 986 13,775 1,150 683 1,530 4,943 1,618 2,303 21,494 6,985 3,949 1,077 1,002 20,558 6,734 3,791 986 994 13,824 1,186 677 1,506 4,973 1,638 2,355 21,778 7,011 3,853 1,111 1,052 14,767 1,209 708 1,805 5,283 1,801 2,591 22,266 7,324 4,259 1,094 938 14,942 1,363 722 1,633 5,234 1,690 2,734 r2l,5!3 r6,893 r3,728 rl,088 r1,045 r 14,420 rl,289 r70l rl,67l r5,099 rl,70l r2,550 r22,254 r7,54l r4,53l r1,067 r966 rl4,7l3 rl,285 r734 rl,600 r5,250 rl,695 r2,59l r22,577 r7,072 r3,8!7 NJ75 1,107 r15,505 rl,404 r728 ri,70i r5,534 r1,757 r2,784 r2!,362 r6,445 3,458 1,081 975 rl4,9l7 1,327 742 1,650 5,235 1,718 2,648 do... do... 29,696 28,921 30,606 29,254 29,227 29,967 r29,672 r30,082 29,995 29,264 do... 5,947 6,411 6,230 r6,186 6,734 ,...do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 4,915 311 109 1,615 1,965 75 93 5,364 348 105 1,843 2,140 64 94 5,202 329 138 1,756 2,021 75 101 5,133 341 129 1,717 1,999 77 93 5,637 361 127 1,877 2,293 75 104 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 4,809 298 107 1,523 !,993 63 91 4,922 310 105 1,600 2,015 63 92 5,366 369 130 1,830 2,083 64 100 5,296 337 125 1,755 2,105 68 97 5,309 341 123 1,783 2,113 63 100 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): 2/ TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED thous. Manuf actur ing do... Mining do... Contract construct ion do... Transportation and public utilities .....do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services and miscellaneous do... Government do... 57,070 17,066 636 3,015 3,940 11,890 2,893 8,346 9,284 57,101 17,059 635 3,015 3,932 11,910 2,896 8,352 9,302 58,301 17,339 634 3,103 3,999 12,231 2,951 8,573 9,471 58,458 17,449 634 3,080 4,005 12,229 2,960 8,592 9,509 58,372 17,164 638 3,102 3,995 12,277 2,965 8,635 9,596 MINING Coa I *...... Crude oil and natural g a s MetaI mining •..••• UTILITIES EI ectr i c BY MARKET GROUPINGSs FINAL PRODUCTS, TOTAL Consumer goods Automotive and home goods Apparel and staples Equipment, including defense MATER IALS a» Durable goods materials... Nondurab! e mater I a!s. s s «=-***** DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, A L L RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), T O T A L ! / Durable goods stores Automotive group • Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group , Nondurable goods stores Appare I group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations Genera I merchand I se group ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL!/ Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group... Nondurable goods stores Appare I group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations Genera I merchand i se group ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, tota I Ad justed, tota I RETAIL FIRMS WITH 4 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Appare I group. Eating and drinking places General merchandise group Grocery stores Lumber yards, building materials dealers Tire, battery, accessory dealers Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total Appare I group Eating and drinking places General merchandise group Grocery stores Lumber yards, building materials dealers Tire, battery, accessory dealers. 1957-59= 100. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .'..do... *,»..do... ...do... * * * * s - * do. * „ m i l . $. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .. do... do... do... ....do... do... do... do... i.do... ..do... do... *...do... do... 118.5 144.3 117.3 114.6 14,509 1,308 666 1,486 5,153 1,625 2,728 123.1 rl12.2 109.2 Mi.2 116.5 r154.0 EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS jr/ Revised. £./ Preliminary. ±/ Data for Nov. 1964 are advance estimates. 2/ Data for employment, hours, and earnings reflect adjustments to Mar. 1963 benchmarks and are not strictly comparable with figures shown in the Nov. 1964 and earlier issues of the SURVEY. Comparable data for earlier periods will be available in the forthcoming BLS Bulletin 1312-2 "Employment and Earnings Statistics for the Digitized for United FRASER States, 1909-64," U. S. Government Printing Office, Washinoton, D. C , 20402. 16207 http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1963 1964 ITEM EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINBS—Contlnued PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: J./ TOTALg UNADJUSTED© •<••••«•«•.•>'«.«*»««.••••••«••••«•• eTnOUS SEASONALLY N3JUSTED.........••••••••••••••.••••••do.. Durable goods Industries, urtadjusted 88 ® 9ee ®o e ®®e®®«d© e< , Seasonally adjusted. ••••-•••••••••••••••••••••• .do. • Lumber and wood products... ••••.«••••..•••••<••• •••do. • Furniture and fixtures..................-...*...***do.. Stone, clay, and glass products............«««. a .do.. Prjmary metal Industries........•••••••.•••••••-••do.. fabricated metaI products.•.••'•»•••••••••••••••••• do s . Electrical equipment and supplles.........«......do.. TransportatIon ©qoIproenf.• .••••••••••••••.•••••••®do». Instruments and related .products......»...s.......do.. HIsc@ 1 laneous manufacturing lndustrI@s 0O0 es Sse » s ®<»d© a e Octe Nov. Aug. Sept. 12,863 12,603 7,172 7^067 544 332 498 12,722 12,592 7, S47 7,071 536 330 495 12,966 12,847 7,211 7,279 561 341 519 13,280 12,956 7,490 7,377 555 344 519 12,916 12,663 7,184 7,082 543 346 511 934 913 1,063 1,052 1,148 235 336 933 908 1,065 1,043 S,S56 235 330 1,009 931 1,118 1,037 1,027 235 331 1,027 961 1,142 1,068 1,186 237 345 1,014 917 1,135 1,075 954 235 349 5,575 5,755 5,568 1,262 5,732 5,58! 1,226 808 1,194 499 5,790 5,579 1,272 811 1,196 501 •40.5 40s5 41.2 41.2 3996 39.7 2.49 2.67 2025 40.9 40s8 41.5 41.5 40 J 39s7 2.52 2S7I 2.29 40.7 40.5 41.5 4!04 39.6 39.4 2.57 2S75 2,32 40.7 40.5 41.4 413 39 s 9 39*8 2.53 2«70 2.30 6,366 3,29 S 858 2,217 7,081 3,586 787 2,707 7,084 3,620 809 2,656 7,092 3,652 924 2,516 7,537 5,548 1,388 601 7,791 5,543 1,643 605 8,000 5,578 1,834 588 8,283 6, S35 1,517 631' 1,075 817 152 105 1,163 868 188 108 I., 126 840 i,S82 895 180 107 jtondyrable goods Industries, unadjusted s e 0 f f l S S e e e e s *d© e a 5,691 Seasona1ly adjusted,• •••••••••••• ••.••••••••«•®do e . 5,536 1,254 Food and kindred products. •.••••••.•••••••••••••• .do. • 803 Textile mill products, •••••..'••••••••.••••.•••••••do.. 1,167 Apparel and related products.. ••••..*<•••••••• .....do.. 492 Paper and allied' products........................do. a HOURS AND EARNINGS PER PRODUCTION WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: J./ 40.8 Average weekly gross hours, mfg a Indus®, unadj fflaeee ®h©urs 40*6 Seasonal ly adjusted a .•••••••'••••.••••«••.•••••••• .do.• 41.4 Durable goods Industries^ unadjusted.......•••••••.do.. Seasonally adjusted.• • -• •-• • • •...• • • •...•.• • • • e• • ©• ® a d© e . 4fs3 39*9 nondurable goods Industries., unadjusted'.»..........do.. 39.8 Seasonal iy ad justedeo .•••.•...•••..•••••••eeose. «> <» ©d©ffl © 2a47 Avg© hourly-gross earnings, mfg. industrles.......dollars 2.66. D.yrabl© goods Industries........••••••••.......ao*.do.. 2.24 Nondurable goods I ndustrles..... •••-•••«. •..•.....••do.. FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOAMS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES .SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM. S 6,418 Total', end of s » n t h s a 9 ® d s s e 9 e 6 e « o e ® e ® s e e e ® e ® ® ® ® o S ® ® m i |. $ 3,280 Fares mortgage- loans: Federal land b a n k s e @ B @ @ 8 8 e e ( 9 e d o e 8 848 Loans to cooperat.lvesffl• •••.•••••••••••'•••••••••••..do.. 2,290 Other loans and dlscounts..-..-............a,........do.. I if® Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written Ceew pald-for Insurance): 8,406 Value, estimated total.. •-••••.••••••.•••'•••••<••••. .do. • 5,996 1,764 Group and wholesale..a............••«•••«•«.•••••do.. 646 inousTr.i si.........•«•...•..••...•••«.«....••....QOo• Premiums collected? 1,162 Total life Insurance premiums..•••••.,..••.•••••...do.. 88! iJT %s i i i a i ' l s • . • . . . . . ' . . . . . . • • • • • . . • . • a a a a a « . » a a * a a * « » * 0O» o 172 Group and w h o l e s a l e . . . . . . . . . . . . « . . . . . . . « . . . . . . . . . d o . . 109 I n Q U S T r I 8 I .'. » o » e © © s o © » e a ® e s . 8 e © e o e e s a o © e B O ® « & o s ® 8 ® G O . e JB/ Prellmfnary S USCOMMhOC-^'1'6207 5,52.1 1,175 801 1,146 491 184 101 Oct. 811 1,193 500 ±f See note 2 for p« 3 e PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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