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^MENTOfc December 22, 1961 ° f »USINE5S ^ ° ^ A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY O; CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription "o *he '?\i?^cY j w»ekjv ~nd n c . i : V , OF C E R E N T B U ' J M E T Q 3r * uO -.nruo^y, tnis Supplement provides selected ~l? ^ y l s s ^ u e ^ t to !hr<se fji <*«.:> £<•* f. <he latest rnomnly SURVEY SELECTED iUSlNIS^ ^ £ ^ 7CRS Index, 1957-59=100 200 Index, 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 - 1 0 0 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingofc and-steel for eastings) 150 H 15© 100 ^ 100 50 0 LA^J^-J^J^^ 1959 1958 Billion Dollars 450 PERSONAL INCOME J S96I i960 e * U * >\ J J A S C fi D Index, 1957 = 100 140 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION * (seasonally adjusted, oi annual rates) (F. R. B. seas, a d j . Index) 400 120 ^^ r. s^r 350 100 Wage a n d Salary w> % te#^ 500 \ ^ 80 250 2 0 0 UU 1 I i I t i t .1 8 ' < I I J I 1 i i i i l I i i I 1 j J L u M- I 1 I M I I -1 I .1- I M i , . 1958 1959 1960 60 1 - J U . U . . I L..LJLjLiJ_ JLdLlJJLljLLJLJLL- 1958 I96S S959 1 JL-L..I... 1 L.LUJUL. 3 1 ! 1 t 1 ! 1 I 1 1 1 I960 1961 — June, July, and August 1958 include retroactive Federal saiary payments; March and July 1961 include accelerated and speciai Government insurance dividend paymei Index, S 9 4 7 - 4 9 s f 0 0 160 Millions 2.5 » i ¥ A T E NONFARM. HOUSING STARTS" £.0 140 1.5 120 1.0 100 h i M I M I I I IJ 1958 1959 1960 1961 1958 M M l l i l i 1959 i I. I I I I I I I I L l l l l l l l l l l l l l 1960 1961 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1961 I960 ITEM Nov. 25 Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: *II9.5 *88.7 * 109.2 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES . 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.... 1 19. 1 87.8 108.7 127.7 84.6 82.8 296 * 127.9 81.8 305 82.7 185 83.5 238 469 2,588 2,386 360 490 2,763 2,557 351 316 2,278 1,755 238 347 2,314 1,796 356 295 306 32,722 28,594 18,916 700 33,038 28,778 18,932 710 33,351 30,465 19,895 598 33,504 30,510 19,939 719 33,578 30,631 19,765 544 33,938 30,780 19,766 108,724 29,787 31,773 12,817 109,863 30,064 32,009 12,838 62,644 29,790 117,263 33,867 32,044 13,338 63,906 29,771 117,327 33,932 32, 1 18 13,347 63,369 29,853 117,116 33,813 32,025 13,352 4.67 56,02 59.38 4.67 56.84 60.31 4.69 71,70 75.40 4.69 7L70 75.49 4.69 71.99 75.97 1,265 15,440 153,264 7,132 1,492 15,330 145,585 7,210 1,478 15,954 191,029 7,198 1,419 16,084 189,460 7,397 1,387 74.5 486 261 2,032 109.1 495 263 2,073 III.3 574 308 2,158 115.8 561 304 .do.... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 1 18.8 86.9 108.2 127.5 84.3 298 359 593 Reporting member banks (of F.R. System) in leading cities:^/ Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..*I941-43=10,. 4.71 72.53 76.60 PRODUCTION: 1,289 15,013 • 158,259 7,152 Index of production....... FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL 1,396 74.9 518 280 ..1957-59-100.. ....thous. cars.. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices, cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for D e c , I960. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 192,789 2,200 1 18.1 47 Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading BUSINESS STATISTICS 1961 I960 ITEM October GENERAL BUSINESS August September October November INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $.. Compensation of employees, total....... do.... Wages and salaries, total do.... Supplements to wages and salaries.... do.... Proprietors' income, total do..-.. Business and professional. ...do.... Farm .....do.... Rental income of persons do.... Corp.profits and inventory valuation adj.,totaI..do.... Corporate profits before tax, total do.... Corporate profits tax liability. do.... Corporate profits after tax do.... Inventory valuation adjustment.... do.... Net interest ....do.... PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income........ .............do.... Wage and salary disbursements, total... ....do.... Commod i ty-produc i ng t ndustr i es do.... Manuf actur i ng on I y... „ do.... D i str i but i ve i ndustr ies do.... Service industries do.... Government.. do.... Other labor income do.... Proprietors' income: Business and professional... .do.... Farm. .do.... Rental income of persons. .„ do.... D i v i dends do.... Personal interest income do.... Transfer payments... .do.. •. Less personal contributions for social insurance.do.... Total nonagr icu Itural income. do,... r_l Revised. *Data are 5210 November for 3d quarter I960. **45 **45 **22 **22.8 **.3 **I9!6 434.3 306.2 282.7 23.4 49.4 36.6 12.8 11.5 47.0 47.2 23.3 23.8 -.2 20.2 **426.0 **300.2 **277.3 **22 **49 **36 **I2 *4i9. *296. *273, *22, *48« *36, *I2, *ll, *44. *43, *21, *2I. *I8, 406. 272. 109. 86. 72. 41 49.6 II.I 406.0 271.5 108.3 85.4 72.0 41.5 49.7 11.2 419.4 282.8 112.9 89.0 74.2 43.6 52.1 11.2 421.1 284.0 112.9 88.8 74.7 44.0 52.4 11.2 r425.2 r286.4 rll4.l r89.9 r74.8 r44.4 r53.1 11.4 429.0 288.8 115.5 91.2 74.6 44.7 54.0 11.5 36. 12, 1 I, 14, 26, 30, 9. 389.8 36.4 12.8 11.7 14.4 26.7 30.7 9.3 389.1 36.6 12.8 11.5 14.3 27.4 32.5 9.8 402.4 36.8 12.7 I I 14 27 32 9 404 37.0 rl3.5 11.5 14.5 27.7 r33. I 10.0 r407.2 37.2 14.2 II. 14, 27. 33, 10, 410, **Data are for 2d quarter 1961. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1960 (961 ITEM October GENERAL BUSINESS November August September October November INDICATORS—Continued INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ( F . R . INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): UNADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX (INCLUDING U T I L I T I E S ) 1957=100.. BY INDUSTRY: 109 106 III 110 103 119 98 106 100 114 97 110 114 117 114 100 102 95 ..do.... 114 120 123 120 102 105 99 112 UTIL.)..... ..do.... 106 ..do.... ..do.... 113 116 II 1 102 123 99 113 106 r 121 r99 rll6 r I 10 125 101 pl!6 pill pl22 p99 113 119 97 126 102 110 103 r 1 17 116 121 I 14 rl23 105 110 104 117 r l 19 126 126 126 rl06 113 108 119 p i 18 p!23 pl30 pI2l pl08 p i 12 pl08 p i 18 105 113 rill 106 101 78 105 102 104 98 74 101 102 113 108 98 III 109 111 rl05 99 105 108 113 rl07 96 rl09 r!09 p 114pl09 p97 pill pliO 102 119 109 100 117 97 119 107 95 117 103 122 114 109 123 95 121 112 rl07 rl23 r!02 rl2l III 103 ri23 p 1.0.8 p i 22 p i 12 113 104 122 101 112 113 112 102 123 99 110 114 120 1 16 130 103 123 114 119 117 125 100 rl22 114 120 118 130 121 109 132 115 123 114 119 p 1 15 BY MARKET GROUPING: ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... Durab 1 e goods m a t e r i a 1 s , SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX ( I N C L . BY INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL . ..do.... Lumber and p r o d u c t s , . . , . , , , , . . . . Nondurab l e m a n u f a c t u r e s . ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... do p 1 14- pl27 pl2l 121 r 1 14- pll5 r 131 r l 10 120 114 117 132 113 p!12 ..do.... II 1 115 ..do.... ..do.... 97 81 99 88 124 125 98 77 101 95 123 124 99 81 102 90 135 135 r97 82 r99 r94 rl36 136 99 84 101 95 rl37 plOO p85 pl02 110 114 115 114 103 103 97 109 109 113 III 113 102 101 94 109 115 120 118 120 105 III 106 117 113 r 1 16 r 1 18 106 109 104 r 115 r 115 119 116 r!20 rl08 III rl05 116 pll7 pl2i p!23 pl2l pl09 pill p!06 p i 17 14.7 14.1 14.7 15.1 r 16. 1 15.8 14.1 13.8 15.1 15.0 15.3 15.8 ..do.... 13.8 13.6 15.1 rl5.3 r 16.1 15.8 ..do.... 13.7 13.6 15.6 rl5.8 r 16.1 16.2 ..do.... 43.8 43.2 44.1 r44.3 r44.3 44.3 1947- 4 9 = 1 0 0 . . 119.6 1 19.6 118.9 118.8 118.7 1 18.8 and components . . d o . . . . 93.3 126.6 122.4 93.0 126.5 122.7 94.8 125.5 121.4 93.8 125.7 121.3 r93.7 125.4 121.3 93.3 125.8 121.4 89.5 109.2 73.5 80.7 89.9 107.5 70.3 81.8 88.6 97.3 78.1 80.3 87.2 94.9 78.0 77.6 87.1 r94.5 77.9 76.9 87.5 95.4 79.3 76.9 109.0 123.1 121.3 108.8 97.8 109,! 123, I 121.7 109.4 96.6 108. 1 123.9 121.0 107.4 94.8 108,1 124.3 121.9 107.3 94.3 108.3 125.1 123.6 r108.0 r93.7 107.9 125.2 123.8 108.1 92.7 i UTILITIES BY MARKET GROUPING: FINAL PRODUCTS, TOTAL ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... MATER 1ALS MANUFACTURERS1 SALES: J / Value ( u n a d j u s t e d ) : bil. Value ( s e a s o n a l l y 113 120 108 109 109 117 no MINING... no $.. no 115 pl37 adjusted): ..do.... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: J / New o r d e r s , n e t ( u n a d j u s t e d ) : New o r d e r s , n e t ( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted): U n f i l l e d o r d e r s , end o f month (unadjusted): COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMOD1T1ES By s t a g e o f p r o c e s s i n g : Intermediate materials, supplies, ..do,... Frv-iH? nrrx-OQQfsH . ..do.... D a i r y p r o d u c t s and i c e cream ..do.... F r u i t s and v e g e t a b l e s , canned and f r o z e n . . . . . . . . . . d o Revised. £_/ Preliminary, jy Data for November 1961 are advance estimates. Digitized forr/ FRASER 5210 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-— Continued 4 1960 1961 I TEH October August November September October Movember COMMOD i TY PR I C E S ~ C o n t 1 nued WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX—Continued A I I commod 111 e s — c o n t S nued Commodities other than farm products and foods 1947 -49=100,, sa s d o » 3 3 Fuel and related products, and power *„.... *.,.•» ..•do.... Furniture,, other household durab les..«,,.«• ..«.<>0.«,do,ffls<> =, s <,dos aae • ! 13.1 127.5 I08oi S!3,7 122,2 113.5 !27 s 3 108.0 M3.0 !22 a 2 rl!4.I 127 s 5 107.9 M4.0 S22 s 3 M3.7 1.15.9 152.7 I53 e 6 138,5 115,7 152.7 153.7 138,5 114.7 152,8 r153.2 138.9 i 14.7 152,9 138.6 133.1 !43 s 6 95,4 132,0 I26 a 3 139.4 94s 2 132,8 I29ffi5 139.6 94.4 133.4 130*4 !39 e 4 94,7 133,4 I29 e 9 I38 s 4 94s 8 133.5 83,6 83.6 84 C I 84,2 8402 *84e? ,.thous.. doas„ 113.2 110.4 94,5 92.8 130.1 127.0 r128.2 r122.4 r128*5 r123*8 105.4 102.5 Total nonfarm (public and private)«......,«...«.. ...do.... MO. i 107.3 93 s 5 91.8 127.3 124,2 rI26 e 5 r120,7 r126,0 r 121.3 I03 o 8 I00 a 9 1,273 i/237 1,220 1,206 S, 326 l,30i r1,383 r1,365 r1,432 r1,402 1,350 ! s 328 921,5 175.6 330. S 10,9 387,6 104,5 S36 a 0 2e9 372.9 .85.3 133.5 2.9 2,008.8 I89 e 3 1,277.0 S07.7 987 A 40i e 4 114. 1 135 8 0 3e5 202,3 113. i 2080 57 s 8 11.7 2.1 109 8 6 1.4 2390 8e! !e8 114.8 2360 7.5 96,9 191.2 57 s 9 59 s 8 29s0 235.4 M8.4 19.1 56 e 8 8.4 69,485 62,252 7,233 68,27 I 61,410 6,862 78,965 71,486 7,479 74,466 67,297 7, 169 74,471 66,848 7,623 ,,.do,,,, „,.do,,., -..do 9 ,, 9 o88do0,«„ Pu 1 p, paper, and a i , 1 eel pr duets..,.»..«.:;., ....do.... ,. „ Textile products and apparel e s « O o«o»oo a <.* »><» *e ^ «,do 0 ... Tobacco products and bottled beverages.*„. . ,-do o o o a , PURCHASING POWER OF T H E DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y e-a s d O a 128,0 MO. 1 I 16.2 122,7 127.4 i08 o 4 ! 14.4 122.1 108.5 127,9 110.1 i!6. 1 !22 e 6 108,5 S 17.7 152,9 !52 e 8 138.1 M6.9 153 s 0 152.3 !37 e 9 133,4 144,7 95,8 132.0 CONSTRUCTION A N D REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS' STARTED; Unadjusted; oaB Seasonally adjusted at annual ratess Tota 1, i nc I, farm C pr 1 vate only), a , 0 . 5 ... l ,e.o.». 1:,a , d o i e 4 8 o s d O s . «,. ! \ FINANCE STOCKSi CASH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS PUBLICLY REPORTED: TOTAL DIVIDEND P A Y N E N T S B S S a .SffloSi5. saee.ss ... es. „.. .mi 1. $.. •••do.... aeadossee Mi riing..................••.•*..,..,.•.....»....• B «»do-.«. Public utllitiess Commuri i cat 1 onsess,*SB.**3s<9(3ss Electric and gas aea ,•••••.... e e e do« f f l a e eo e d o a e e 8 effl e d o s eee o e e do a s e 6 1 4.1 182,4 350.0 16.9- 294 114.6 Ss5 22e8 7e5 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTlOH f TOTAL.. » , 9 8 9 8 9 o » . 4 S 5 » , » s e . . e 9 o . 6 J ! ! 8 kw.-hr.. E1ectrIc'ut1!ItIes .-.do.... 1 rj Revised a *Index based on 1935-39=100 Is 4 4 . 1 , USC0MM-r-DC~5210 •PENALTY FOR PftiVATE USE TO A V O I D PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 U N I T E D STATES G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST C L A S S WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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