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„tttMENTQf r ^ December 29, 1961 STATISTICS °f ffosBBs t<-°^ 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 Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 ^ 1 0 90 I n d e ^ 1941-45^10 90 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (daily avg. close) PRICES OF 425 1NPUST1IAL STOCKS 80 70 - 80 _ ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ ^ - _ 50 40 . ^ X J ^ L X J L L I . L J - I ™ - J ^ L i - L j J „ J L . l J . 1358 X_J . 1959 » a a i i_J 1 < < « < I960 __L_J L__L_J I 1 1 1 196! -JL—i-J L I 1 I I L_L_J_^J J F M A M J J A S ON D 40 Thousands 250 Thousands 1,000 I i_±__ Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 200 800 r~ (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 600 h 150 4 0 0 h- 100 200 1958 1959 196! I960 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 130 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 135 120 h 130 h 110 125 100 120 1958 1959 I960 1961 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 I960 1961 ITEM Dec. 17 Dec. Dec. 24 2 Dec. Dec. 9 16 Dec. 23 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: DEPARTMENT STORE SALES.... ..do.... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.... 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.... 81.8 305 *II9.5 *88.7 * 109.2 * 127.9 81.5 319 490 2,763 2,557 351 33,038 28,778 18,932 710 83.5 238 118.8 86.9 108.2 127.5 84.3 299 119.1 87.6 108.9 127.7 84.6 333 492 2,905 2,699 253 347 2,313 1,796 356 359 2,368 1,849 295 380 306 33,174 29,316 19,460 754 33,504 30,510 19,939 719 33,578 30,631 19,765 544 33,938 30,780 19,742 568 ||i^774 30,178 32,358 12,827 63,906 29,771 117,327 33,932 32,118 13,347 63,369 29.853 117,116 33,813 32,025 13,352 65,987 29,894 117,878 33,931 32,232 13,386 4.67 56.84 60.31 4.67 57.55 61.06 4.69 71.70 75.49 4.69 71.99 75.97 4.71 72,53 76,60 1,265 15,440 153,264 7, 132 1,301 15,535 134,393 7,139 1,478 15,954 191,029 7,198 1,404 16,084 189,476 7,397 1,423 16,695 193,803 7,355 1,387 74.5 486 261 1,325 71.1 468 251 2,073 111.3 574 308 2,158 115.8 561 304 2,200 118. 1 533 285 1 19.2 87 7 109.5 127.7 84.9 34,073 31,401 20,233 644 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Sav 1 ngs d e p o s ! t s . e s s e 8 * S C l B « s e e 6 a e o o ( e o e o s a s 0 o e 3 a o S o S d o e e s e U. S. Government obligations •••••••,.do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)...» do,,,. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody f s) 3/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor f s) 4/..1941-43=10.. e "109*863 30,064 32,009 12,838 4.72 71.12 75.22 PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. - 3/ Daily average. cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for Dec. I960. MONTHLY 4/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 ITEM October 1961 November August September October November COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS 1947-49=100.. 127.3 127.4 128.0 128.3 128.4 * 128.3 Special group indexes: All items less food.... All items less shelter A11 commodities........ Nondurab les . Dur ab les Services.. ... ....do.... ............do.... .............do.... .do.... do.... ...do.... 130.7 124.8 118.2 120.7 110.9 151.2 130.8 125.0 118.3 120.9 110.7 151.3 131.6 125.6 118.4 120.8 111.9 153.0 132.0 125.8 118.7 121.0 III.9 153.2 132.3 126.0 118.8 120.9 112.7 153.4 132.4 125.8 118.5 120.6 112.6 153.7 do.... .do.... do.... do.... ....do.... I 11.0 120.9 118.4 124.8 I 10.0 110.7 121.1 U8.9 126.2 109.9 109.9 121.2 118.5 132.4 108.4 iil.i 121. I M9.0 126.5 109.4 111.4 120.9 119.0 122.9 109.7 III.2 120.3 119.4 121.6 108.6 do. do. do. .do. 132.2 125.7 104.0 142.5 132.1 125.7 104.0 142.7 132.3 125.6 103.2 143.6 132.6 125.7 103.8 143.9 132.7 125.7 103.6 144.1 132.9 125.7 103.4 144.2 ...do... do... ...do... 157.3 134.0 121.9 157.9 133.9 122.5 161.4 134.2 124.4 161.7 134.3 125.0 162.3 134.0 125.4 162.4 134.3 125.2 146.1 134.1 201.2 132.7 146.5 134.4 202.9 132.7 149.3 136.8 209.1 133.6 149.4 136.9 209.4 133.8 150.3 137.9 209.4 133.8 150.5 138.0 209.9 133.8 78.6 78.5 78.1 77.9 77.9 **77.9 Appare I Food Da iry products Fruits and vegetables.... Meats, poultry, and fish........... Hous ing Gas and electricity..... Housef ur n i sh i ngs Rent MedicaI care Persona I care. Reading and recreation Transportat ion do. Pr i vate .do. Pub lie... do. Other goods and services.............................do. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices do. * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 214.5. ** Index based on 1935-39=100 is 46.6. 5213 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1961 I960 ITEM October DOMESTIC TRADE August November September October November 1 MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: Household equipment, supplies, furnishings........do.... 80.0 8.6 7.1 3.6 89.8 6.0 M.O 2.9 84.7 5.1 9.4 1.8 7.7 9.0 3.8 6.2 8.7 13.0 5.1 8.0 7.7 12.3 5.8 7.1 2.7 .5 2.2 16.0 4.8 .6 2.6 25.8 5.2 I.I 2.3 26.5 4.8 .9 2.6 27.4 2.9 1.5 4.5 .9 3.1 5.3 3.1 4.1 1.7 1*7 r4.7 r3.0 r5.l r2.3 r260 p4.0 p2.6 p4.l pi.4 p240 | 4,837 2,538 638 1,660 4,787 2,548 652 1,587 5,347 2,767 646 1,935 5,352 2,784 645 1,922 233.13 89.90 47.57 235.10 91.02 47.58 255.54 100.86 51.44 246.58 100.29 48.99 91.87 48.08 95.42 98.79 49.02 98.31 109.05 52.15 102.38 109.78 51.33 100.21 113.52 r53.59 r103.97 119.17 p54.54 p105.30 60.0 34.9 25.5 63.5 35.8 26.2 73.4 38.1 26.7 74.2 37.3 26.3 76.1 r37.9 26.9 77.7 p39.0 p27.l 10.04 72 114 9.62 63 107 9.60 61 109 9.47 65 III 10.04 71 ill 9.72 63 109 .24 .40 2.55 .27 .48 2.31 .35 .26 2.95 .25 .31 2.87 70.47 13.35 r226.17 125.57 12.21 14.83 219.42 29.79 5.00 123.45 14.31 50.26 13.14 163.92 112.99 81.81 16.28 230.55 143.95 45.8 44.8 47.0 44.8 45.7 43.2 28.0 26.8 30.7 29.1 28.2 28.3 352.2 167.9 345.7 199.7 68.6 89.4 149.6 73.3 341.2 96.7 349.7 85.8 257.5 249.0 48.9 109.4 256.0 261.2 40.7 34.0 39.5 r838.7 r62.4 888.0 62.9 r396.9 417.7 47.4 4.8 2.7 1.8 98.1 6.8 14.7 3.4 82.4 5.2 9.7 1.9 8.8 13.1 5.3 8.3 7.4 10.4 5.8 7.3 4.6 7,4 2.5 ! 2.3 6.4 .9 2.3 28.1 4.9 .8 2.5 26.5 3.5 2.1 4.7 1.3 2*8 EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total.....monthly rate per SCO employees.. LaVOff •o.. a o*oo 0 .eooooooeee«*aeee. ••••...•••..•••• do* FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks .....do.... 5,313 2,800 679 1,834 5,252 2,812 695 1,745 BANK DEBITS: Unadjusted: 275. 12 113.73 54.68 | 272.54 112.47 54.20 Seasonally adjusted: TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: New York City.,. ratio of debits to deposits.. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS HOTELS: FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: | .26 .47 2.61 Sti11 wines: Distilling materials produced at wineries VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oi 1: .do.... 1 12.93 Corn oi1: Cottonseed cake and meaI: Cottonseed oi1: Linseed oi1: 37.9 38.6 45.0 Soybean cake and mea1: 821.0 92.8 | 857.9 112.5 1 692.4 1 171.1 529.7 1 71.9 Soybean oil: 391.3 r_/ Revised. j>/ Pre I iminary. 5213 404.5 333.9 253.3 | MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1961 I960 ITEM September October Novesnber 5,764 6,019 6,330 6,105 6,172 77.3 8,661 S05 o 0 8,915 lllo7 1 9,173 I 11.2 369.8 246.4 128.4 369.7 236.9 127.8 426.7 303.2 159.4 r4!6 a 4 286ffl9 150.7 445.8 297e 9 S56 s 2 1.2 3.5 .8 2,1 .9 3S3 1.2 l.l 1.4 1.6 &8 2.6 59 S 588 205 604 645 164 585 609 225 548 555 2S7 596 590 224 594 619 199 185 183 37 517 615 174 177 34 497 626 192 186 49 417 S67 176 ' 40 451 664 187 S83 44 512 623 182 189 37 499 612 667 644 690 847 716 875 19,241 17,618 9,204 460 8,464 19,151 17,507 8,923 446 8,178 19,065 17,270 9,550 19,089 17,313 9,685 484 8,782 1-9,017 17,205 11,872 8,658 19.102 17,344 11,579 463 10,525 47.8 24.3 68.3 55el 49e7 25.8 68.0 51.1 56 e 5 35.6 59.1 55.3 52.2 35.5 52.3 51*2 57 a 5 33.6 48.6 r43.4 59*2 37e6 45e9 40e3 4,657 3,185 1,472 5,664 906 4,758 22,905 7,616 15,289 3,944 2,210 S,734 3,732 2,692 1,040 22,781 8,178 14,603 2,428 1,701 727 1,459 1,394 65 9,831 4,716 2,81 I 2,125 686 3,143 1,280 1,863 10,210 3,918 6,292 1,908 1,205 703 2,513 1,726 787 2,086 944 1,142 10,373 3,642 6,734 At 124 -3,489 635 t1,984 5,405 6,579 October November 4,473 4, 138 6,868 83 0 3 August METALS AND NANUFACTURES PSG IRON, production CexcI e ferroaI toys).„ 0 . s thous e s h 0 tons 0 STEEL INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS; PRODUCTION... o... o • o........... ... o... .. o o o o o . o o.... a d o 0 . . 1ndeX e . . . o . . o „ o . o o ... o o o • o . . . . o „ o o o o . . o . o o e . . f 9 5 7 « = 5 9 = ! 0 0 o Aluminum shipments: M i l ! products and pig and Ingot (net).„. e o . e .•..*.miI. Ib» Mill products, totaI...............................do,.. Plate and sheets • • • • »<> 0 0 0 o e e o GO . oo oooooooooo 3 o o 9 8 d o 9 0 „ Furnaces, industrial, nev./ orders, nets Electric process I ng 0 es . 00 K o 0 » o e . . 0 . » s e . co 0 0 0 ooo 0 0 0 0 m l S . $„ FueS-fSred (except for hot rolling s t e e l h o o o o ^ odo« r8,746 rS09o5 PAPER AND PRINTING NEWSPRINT, CANADA CINCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND)s Product Ion. ••• 0 .«<.......'...««....-......o..thous. sh. tons. ShIpments from mi Ils,.... # ...,. 0 o..»...oooo«..o....»< d o e o o S t o c k s at m i l l s , end of monthSOSOSOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOtit d o a a o NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: doeeo PrOdUCt i o n o e o o o c o o o o o o o o o o o o o Shipments from ml I ls e e . ee .. aSQ ao o^o . . s e o oo 0 «, o O D Q . 0 » .do.oo < Stocks at miiIs, end of month a o 0 0 .» O O O o 0 O ooo.oocoo®.< d o e o o Consumption by publishers ,, o.. 9 o«... 0 oe.. doffl00 Stocks at and Sn transit to publishers,, end of month, d o . a o 9 0 0 o e s o e e > O O O G e o o 0 e o 0 0 0 S 1 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTONS 1 / Consumpt ion 0 „ 8 B S S o S S O , 5 0 E < : > o o e f f l e o S ) o a < 9 0 D S Q O thous s bales. Manufactures! Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active sp Indies,, last working d a y o o s i o o o e OOQO a o thous 0 Consuming 100 percent cotton. O5 ,oooo..oooo* 3 0 , d o 9 0 0 Spindle hours operated, all fibers, totaI... I Iflons 0 Average per working d a y s . . . „ o o a o a „ 0 0 . 0 0 0 O0 s d o a o o Consuming 100 percent c o t t o n e o a o o o o o o e o a , 9 0 9 s a d o o a o MANMADE FIBERS CRAYON AND A C E T A T E ) ; Product!on: Fi Iament y a r n 0 . o o e 0 e a 6 Q O O O O o o 0 ® ® Q o ® a S o 0 o S O ® o G ; o nil. lb. Staple, inci. tow (rayon).....,..*..*,. eea<5 . ... e o . d o e o o Stocks, producers 1 , end of m o . : Filament yarn.* a o e d o „ e o Staple (rayon). 8 s e d o . 0 . 478 475 10,753 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTES Freight cars: Shi pments, tota I „,.,. ..,.,... • number. 9 Equ i pment manufacturers..........................do.,. Railroad and private-line shops, domestic.•••••••do... New orders, totaI..,.,••••••••••••••••••....•••••••do... Equipment manufacturers.......................... E O « d o . . . Railroad and pr i vate- I i ne shops, domestic,,.... • s e d o . ao Unfilled orders, end of month e e „ 8 S O 8 s e e s e , 0 9 e o a e o e a c i d o S O i l Equipment manufacturers. ..«..» S 8 ............. . c s . d o 6 S G Railroad and private-11ne shops,'domestic.•••••• .do. •• j r / R e v i s e d . J / Data f o r USC0MM--DC—5213 S e p t . and Nov s UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 5, I 15 1961 c o v e r 5 weeks; o t h e r m o n t h s , 4 w e e k s . PENALTY FOR mWAW USE TO AVOID PAYMENT Of POSTAGE, $300
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