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^1 M E N T O f c December 9, 1960 STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS^ at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = 10 "~ - ~ ' " PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS SO ~" — - ——. 1 WaUy Q^7Zl) Weekly (Wednesday Index, 1941-43 = 10 90 close) 80 H 80 H 70 \ 1959 70 i960 60 50 40 ^v ^y^ __J 1958 1957 L_JL-JL_JL_J L_l L._J \^^^^^^^^ — 60 -i 50 l _ - J L - L J __JL_±_JL_J 1959 L _ J _ J JL_ J JLJ Thousands 250 Weekly Monthly U. S. plants) 800 -4 200 600 ^ V / ^ 400 200 0 —L-JLJL^.8 .1 J / r\d V ^ vV .L—L^X-Jt—L^. ^X^^^J^^^J^X^Jk \ \— 1958 1957 index 320 40 J F W f A i V I J J A S O N D 1960 Thousands 000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, t r u c k s , c o a c h e s ; / » . 150 \N L^J^J^UL.JLJL-J^^—L—i__ \ - V -j S00 50 L_i—J 1959 !9I0~I4 = 100 / » 1 1 1 L™JL_JL_J 1 -I 1 1 1 -i-J J F M A M J i960 L-JLJ J L J 8 0 A S O N D Billion Dollars 60 PRSCES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING (short-and intermediate-term) 300 50 - 40 - ^ ^ * Total (end of month) 280 o o < ^ ^ ^ H 260 220 -J 30 240 i installment Credit (end of month) lAi i i i i I 11 i i i I i i i i I - L L L J U U J - J - L I I I I i i i i i I 11 i i i I 1957 1958 1959 I960 20 dLI LJ-Ll-LL L J - J L U L L U - L l 1957 l.l.LUL-L) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I I 1958 1959 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1960 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 S959 i960 ITEM Dec. 5 Nov. 28 Commodity prices, wholesale: AlI commodities........ Nov. 19 Nov. 26 M9.4 88.6 109.0 127.9 **83.Q 163 2, 142 1,963 298 119.6 89.7 109.0 128.0 82.8 170 2,164 1,986 329 119.6 90.3 108.9 127.8 83.0 173 119.6 89.7 109.2 127.8 83.3 276 290 32,638 29,026 19,551 1,110 84;9 176 1,987 1,818 268 *II8.9 *8"5.4 *104.9 *I28.5 84.7 249 1,928 1,763 261 32,269 28,857 18,563 433 32,446 28,867 18,451 366 32,298 29,211 18,798 607 32,527 29,658 18,731 610 32,532 29,542 18,755 602 61,260 30,147 102,841 27,232 29,901 12,578 61,017 30,159 104,253 28,164 30,015 12,574 58,800 32,425 106,709 28,873 31,576 12,517 58,561 32,302 107,295 29,102 31,837 12,545 59,266 32,377 106,920 29,011 31,702 12,530 4.84 57.44 61.75 4.85 58.60 63.07 4.63 55.35 58.84 4.63 55.70 59.17 4.65 55.80 59.17 1,630 13,173 56,234 6,969 2,540 #89.7 574 290 1,537 13,907 67,115 7,027 2,650 #93.6 650 330 1,331 14,111 159,826 6,955 1,468 51.5 565 296 1,341 14,042 172,038 6,968 1,470 51.6 567 297 1,278 13,500 128,489 6,992 1,367 48.0 471 256 1947-49=100.. ! Dec, 3 Nov. 12 Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .4/.....do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: 5/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total.............do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)........*..do.,.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) .5/...1941-43=10.. 4.66 55.54 58.87 Production: 162,836 1,393 48.9 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; and ex-servicemen. 4/ Daily average. 15/ Wednesday data. 6/ Estimates for week beginning Dec. 5, I960: Production, 1,376 thous. short tons; operating rate, 48.3 percent. * Monthly index for Nov. 1959. ** Wednesday price. # Based on Jan. I, 1959, annual capacity (147,633,670 tons); I960 rates are based on Jan. I, I960, annual capacity (148,570,970 tons), MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1959 ITEM September October July August September October CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F.W.DODGE CORP.): 3,058 840 2,218 3,135 914 2,220 3,597 1,413 2,184 3,295 1,018 2,277 3,119 995 2,124 3,319 1,125 2,194 1,538 1,494 2,005 1,859 2,232 1,796 6,703 283 3,000 3,420 4,604 *-213 2,565 2,252 10,637 1,526 5,230 3,881 11,216 684 6,366 4,166 7,446 405 3,829 3,212 8,541 635 4,461 3,445 142 164.3 178.9 142 163.9 178.6 143 166.3 183.3 143 166.4 183.4 144 166.0 183.1 **I44 165.9 183.2 63,321 31,230 9,307 4,032 2,515 64,247 32,789 10,138 3,988 2,385 63,132 29,109 10,030 4,013 2,706 64,034 32,474 10,786 4, 166 2,745 59,057 35,169 10,917 4,037 2,547 61,095 90,649 1,262 6,236 13,328 7,935 96,623 64,432 95,311 1,690 4,819 13,199 8,381 103,150 71,165 88,703 1,696 7,357 13,531 7,648 112,629 64,235 82,410 1,808 8,413 14,523 8,232 121,499 60,328 85,665 1,733 6,958 13,750 7,810 115,627 ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION: Highway concrete pavement contract awards: 2/ CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMPOSITE .....!947-49-100.. TRANSPORTATION AND C0NMUNICATIONS OPERATING RESULTS ON SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK): CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetic acid (synthetic and natural) DDT Fthvl srptate (R5^^ ..thous. of lb.. ••••• . ...thous. of lb.. .« - . .... . ...do....! xj Revised. * Negative figure due to termination of contract reflected in earlier data. ** November I960 index, 144. \J Data for October 1959 and September I960 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 2/ Data for September 1959 and August I960 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 3_/ Data reported at the beginning of each month are shown here for the previous month. 9176 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 I960 1959 ITEM September October July August September CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS - Continued Organic chemicals, production - continued: Formaldehyde (37£ HCHO) thous. of lb. Methanol: Natural........... ..thous. of gal. Synthet i c. . .do... PhthaI Ic anhydride... ......thous. of Ib. SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics: Sheets, rods, and tubes.... .............do... Molding and extrusion materials....... do... Phenolic and other tar acid resins do... Po I ystyrene. do... Urea and melamine resins V i ny I res ins . AI kyd res ins....... Rosin modifications.............. Po I yester res ins Po I yethy I ene res ins .....do.... .. .do.... .do.... do.... do.... a do.... 155,724 159,393 110,367 148,282 142,755 164 22,591 27,091 184 23,239 23,274 187 25,300 30,612 156 26,082 33,127 137 26,502 29,169 4,187 8,877 49,988 75,829 4,706 9,519 51,754 78,938 3,781 6,854 30,830 72,308 3,844 7,730 r42,061 76,211 4,763 7,655 43,879 67,058 31,051 98,924 33,167 12,419 IS,053 104,616 34,146 i05,653 33,197 12,878 12,804 109,338 18,126 83,926 28,260 10,060 9,865 103,695 27,718 94,675 30,103 10,883 11,549 106,950 29,036 96,835 30,335 11,154 10,822 109,339 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oiI: Production, crude.... mil. of lb.. Corn oiI: Product ion, crude. .do. ... Cottonseed: Consumption (crushings). ..thous. of short tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.... Cottonseed cake and meaI: Product ion do.... Stocks Cat oil mil is), end of month do.... Cottonseed oiI: Production, crude... .mil. of lb.. FIaxseed: Consumption (crushings)... •...thous. of short tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.... Linseed oil: Production, crude (raw).. mil. of ib.. Soybeans: Consumption (crushings) thous. of short tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.... Soybean cake and meaI: Production mil. of lb.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month .do.... Soybean oil: Production, crude ..do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES IRON ORE (INCL. FOREIGN ORE), OPERATIONS IN ALL U.S.DISTRICTS Receipts at iron and steel pi ants.....thous. of long tons.. Consumption at iron and steel plants............ do.... Stocks, end of month: At furnace yards do.... At U. S. docks do.... FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL: Orders, new (net). thous. of short tons.. S h t p merits ••....••••.•• do.... Backlog, end of month...... do.... 38.1 43.9 44.7 47.9 35.9 25.8 27.3 27.7 29.6 27.4 501.6 887.5 778.0 1,937.5 142.7 104.8 139.8 205.0 412.9 701.9 227.1 97.0 360.0 U0.8 70.0 189.9 68.6 157.7 189.3 137.1 163.6 261.7 51.3 48.8 133.3 83.0 93.4 84.7 98.4 21.9 33.0 31.9 30.7 60.5 70.0 59.0 60.2 15.8 21.7 43.0 823.8 750.5 1,060.2 2,367.8 941.3 1,016.3 962.0 597.0 806.2 494.7 1,270.6 108.2 1,618.4 145.2 1,441.6 251.0 1,484.0 i82.0 1,239.6 158.6 296.9 391.2 350.0 358.5 298.4 3,558 1,464 3,025 1,593 15,705 7,014 13,894 6,729 11,049 6,356 51,592 8,961 53,024 9,958 55,787 5,431 62,953 5,949 67,645 6,484 284 183 1,871 244 195 1,891 270 301 2,203 262 332 2,114 260 324 2,058 r859.8 r708.7 r975.7 r806.2 r624.3 r898.0 r660.l rl,117.7 r938.5 r630.6 *818.0 *609.0 *835.0 *829.0 *557.0 r122.0 r79.4 rl27.l r125.9 r149.4 r!43.l r82.3 r!47.l r148.4 r!55.3 141.0 75.0 152.0 147.0 161.0 r392.4 r4l8.5 r343.2 r344.7 r27l.3 r388.9 r388.6 r406.3 r404.4 r273.3 377.0 389.0 382.0 382.0 273.0 r292.7 r!61.7 r284.6 r282.2 rl!9.4 r3l0.4 r143.8 r329.0 r325.9 r120.2 300.0 145.0 301.0 300.0 123.0 PAPER AND PRINTING PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER, NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBOARD: 896.7 1,008.0 Orders, new...,. ......thous. of short tons.. 708.6 725.2 Orders, unfilled, end of month do.... ,067.0 1,191.8 Product ion do..** 898.3 990.8 Shi pments do... . 566.3 580.9 Stocks, end of month.....^ do.... Fine paper: 142.9 128.8 Orders, new do.... 74.4 79.8 Orders, unfilled, end of month. do.... 151.1 140.4 Product ion do.... 144. I 138.6 S h i pments. ••••.••.••.....••do.... 131.4 124.4 Stocks, end of month..... ........do.... Printing paper: 419.7 378.8 Orders, new. do.... 418.5 408.0 Orders, unfilled, end of month. ...........do..,. 413.3 376.7 Production do.... 411.6 374.0 S h I pments, ...••• ' do.... 257.5 255.8 Stocks, end of month do.... Coarse paper: 374.9 333.1 Orders, new ....»•»•..••...••• .....do.... 182.2 173.6 Orders, unfilled, end of month ...do.... 363.8 322.6 Production..... do.... 365.5 326.4 Sh i pments ••..•.•.••«..•..•.• do.... 113.3 109.8 Stocks, end of month....... „ ............do.... rj Revised. * September data exclude estimates for tissue and mi seel Ianeous papers. 9176. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued i960 1959 ITEM -. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS? PRICES RECEIVED^ ALL FARM PRODUCTS 0 ® 90 *o,*„ oa 1910-I4=SQ0 CJ . October November August September October November 241 218 217 254 136 204 261 2S3 181 502 235 218 23! 217 234 218 237 222 240 220 CommerciaS vegetablesaoooosoooooooooooooooooooaedo*,0oo CottonS96„6,69SS„3009008,6„99a60000006eo60e90do98oa Feed grains and hay0ooooo.ooooocoooo.oooooooo.oodo.ooo Food graIns 0 ..a...... 0..... c. a... 0 0 0 .-,.... 0 0 ..,,do..e. Fru l f 8 9 S 9 e 9 e a 9 „ 9 9 8 , ( ) 0 , o 9 » 9 . 6 o 8 0 o 0 a . o 9 » 9 . » » s » a s do e . o 0 0i S-bear 1 og c r o p s s o e e , s e e e < s e a s o o e e o s s s o e e o O ® o e o 0 o d o s @ 9 e Potatoes (Including dry edible beans).. e0 ooo....do.... 230 274 149 203 213 208 S47 242 260 150 206 197 216 168 191 273 152 196 239 2SI 198 193 267 147 200 272 209 165 TobSCCO© ©e©s«©QBso©soooBBooooooo9oooo©oa£»o©oooo «dO© eo© 509 499 479 195 27 S 152 197 269 208 I8S 502 Livestock and products,,,, ooei.do,,,, 0 DaIry products Q o a a o 9 e 0 o a o 0 e s e o 0 oG«,oooosooo 0 o 0 e ® e do e . 0 . Neat afllmaSs,„ 6 9 6 0 o e o 9 e 6 S 8 o 0 ooo 8 o 0 0 o e o 6 . 0 0 a i i e s e clo S 6 , e Poultry and e g g s O 0 O O S o a < a a s a o o o „ „ 0 „ „ „ 0 „ m » d o , . o . 250 243 247 277 292 138 235 280 276 139 230 254 290 152 230 251 269 285 162 225 278 288 S75 222 275 289 264 275 r290 264 '274 290 262 274 290 263 274 290 262 274 291 262 296 79 r296 78 298 79 298 80 297 81 297 81 49,872 38,421 50,379 38,723 53,928 41,995 54,S28 42,136 54,201 42,217 4,185 3,726 4,219 3,697 3,928 3,626 4,083 3,700 4,301 3,993 4,029 3,86! 3,965 3,824 4,082 3,890 3,980 3,899 4,096 3,966 92*8 100.1 3.99 92.9 100.9 3.94 96.4 106.7 3.53 96s7 106.7 3.53 96.0 105.8 3.59 95.5 I0797 3.46 4.81 4.81 4.61 4.69 4.75 4.78 57.00 61.04 64.25 48.22 44.11 34.32 57.23 61.46 64.63 48.81 43.7 S 32.80 56.51 59.96 59.76 48.16 48.65 30.19 54.81 57.96 56.77 46.51 48.64 28.76 53.73 56.90 55.25 45.68 47.34 27.77 55e47 58.89 57.42 46.96 47.83 28.93 26931 53.81 26.93 54.75 25.26 52.64 25.63 52.89 25.43 52.32 25.58 53.91 CrOpS WOO 9 0 e @ o @ @ e e « 6 0 s s # seeoeeaeooooeeoooooaooooooooood09008 l8B»«««1»oeoeeooooo«>ooooooo«ooooooooooeooooo«i»dOe0o'9 PRICES PA IDs A1S commodities and servlces 6 „ 0 » 0 .»,o»M !1B » 1 .ooo».do,. e( , Family living lteras OOS o O o e o Osffi oo O@OO ooo eoS0 o e oo S do e , eoo Production Items®... @a .. # ....... 0 ,..„. 0 .. 0e .....do..•• All commod11Se.s and services, Interest, taxes, and wage rates (parity Index)...*......,,,,.. 19IO-S4=SOOeffl PARITY RATIO!/... « o....,^ do.. s e FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERNEDIATE-TERM): Total ©utstandfng, end of Bionth 9 „ s e ( > e 8 8 8 ( ) 8 e 6 RiiL ©f dol e s installment credit, total 6 » 9 , 8 9 8 8 M...» C 9 »»< l . 9 . 9 «do 6 , 0 « Installment credit extended and repalds Unadjusted? Extended, total......•••.••..o.ooo...do.... Repaid, total a .,. oso<!>e . sos@ .a SSffleS!3Se8 d© e9SO Adjusted: Extended, t o t a l e , e 8 6 0 o e 8 8 o . o 9 9 » o , o 0 . 9 . d o , 4 , s Repaid^ total e,oooooooo.o»oooc.o.dO,.oo Security markets (Standard and Poor's Corporation)? Bonds * Prloess Industrials utility, and railroad (AI+ Issues): Composite C2S bonds).*.......oa.dol• per $100 bonds„ Domestic municipal (15 b©nds) 0eaa . sse9e60 .. 9ae . @ do s .e. Yields, domestic municipal (15 bonds) e8a,.«..ss .percent.. Stocksi Dividend yields, pref. stocks (14 high-grade)s...9doe.„s Prices? industrial, public utility, and railroads Combined Index (500 stocks),.„»,,.,„.»l94l-43BlO„ industrial, total (425-stocks)#a#....#.,#...do.... Capital goods (127 stocks) eeae . 0808a8e . aes do. ae . Consumers1 goods (193 stocks)..... e . seoe> . e d© ess . Public utility (50 stocks)....##............do.... Railroad (25 stocks)........................do.... Banks: N @ Y e City (II stocks).«...a..e9aa.6«.e„s.see.d©..a. Outside N« Y. City (16 stocks)................do..,. 508 258 261 281 289 180 219 • r/ Revised* ±/ Ratio ©f prices received to prices paid (Including Interest, taxes, and wage r a t e s ) . USC0MM-DC-9I76 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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