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February 9, 1962
BUSINESS
°F
STATISTICS
BUSINESS t C O
A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription t o the 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
Billion Dollars
140
Billion Dollars
140
(average of Wednesday data)
TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS
130
|_
(Wednesday
data)
(Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System)
130
1962
120
120
New basis
no h
110
\
1961
100
9 0
100
l^J
I
I
I
» I
l
l
l
I
1959
« l
I
l
»
I
I
l
»
1960
l
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I
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1 » I
1961
I
1
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ii
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J F M A M J
1962
Thousands
1f 000
J A S O N D
Thousands
250
MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION
Monthly
(cars, trucks, coaches; U„ S. plants)
800
600
\r"
\A
V
V
w
^ l l /
400
w
200
0
A 200
I
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L_JL_JLJ
l
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l_J
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i
1959
I ^ J ^ J ^ J L J ^ J ^ L J L ^ J L ~ _J-JL_J_J__J_J_L_JL_1__I_J_
1960
A
1 i
LJU 1 1 M
1961
Billion Dollars
70
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING
1
M
1962
Index, 1910-14=100
320
PRICES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS
(short- and intermediate-term)
Prices Paid
(incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates)
260
Prices Received
240
3 0 (pi I I l I I i i » i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I
1959
1960
I i i i i i 1 i i i i i |
1961
1962
M
1 M
2 2 0 (pi-i-i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i | I
1959
1960
h i l l
1961
l l l l l l l i
1962
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
i962
s96!
1 8 Ul'l
Jan. 28
rmb,
4
Jan., 13
4 an„ 20
Jan. 27
i I9„7
89.6
109.8
127.9
85.5
125
119.6
89.6
109.6
127.8
85,!
117
Feb. 3
COMMODITY PRICES., WHOLESALE;
«.t..oe.e
*II9.9
*89„7
o •••••• •
•s;»|09,,9
« * » » o t, a a
83. i
103
* 128.1
83,7
106
119.6
88.7
1 10.0
i2789
85.7
327
492
3,55!
3,294
400
496
3,611
3,358
368
482
3,020
2,487
319
420
3,055
2,524
396
3 i,964
28,450
19,467
1,004
31,776
27,353
18,963
548
33,661
30,972
20,294
612
j c « a a » a «
Farm products„.««, • • •.•......•••»••.... •* *
Foods, processed. ... ......
•••.•••••. ••
„ „»do* ..,
do... ,
INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a Ii programs.
e4„.,e,dot(P,
State programs <50 States and Puerto Rico)...........do...*
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.,
FINANCE:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/...,do P ...
Member bank reserve balances 3/„ 0 0
»»..........do. se .
Excess reserves, estimated ,3/
do,,,,
Reporting member banks Cof r.R.System) in leading cities.,4/
Demand deposits, adjusted
....
••••••.mil. $..
Savings deposits.•.•,•.••••••.•••.•.•....•.•.•..•..do,,«. 0
Loans and investments Cadjusted), tota1......„*....do„„..
U.S. Government ob1igations.•......•.••••.... n ...do....
Commercial and industrial loans (gross)••••••••••do..••
Real estate loans (gross)
•••»..••••••••••.do....
Index of production.
poc J Q U T £A,OI_QAD S NGS
TOTAL
MONTHLY
5 50,987
31,086
31,294
12,787
65,729
30,421
1 19,012
33,662
32,539
13,404
65,050
30,458
118,692
33,954
32,230
13,407
64,762
30,559
118,038
34,312
3 i f 98!
i3,406
4 U 63
61.90
65,47
4«70
68.96
72.88
4.70
68,32
72.16
4.70
68.40
72 w 27
7, 198
1,213
I5,M7
123,729
7, 137
1,292
16,957
167,473
7,403
1,423
16,857
162,717
7,388
1,371
16,686
165,923
7,420
1,466
78s 7
476
25!
1,492
ovi I
498
258
2,300
123.5
504
269
2,34!
523.7
533
279
2,390
128.3
533
280
4.65
60.53
64. ! 1
1,171
15.641
115,667
J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks„ 2/ Tuesday prices,
cities are on revised basis. * Monthly Index for Jan. 1961.
* a c s e
32,792
29,678
•9,721
484
109,757
31,007
31,375
12,800
sise!>Aees9a<3«»a«e-:»<3a"OQ.o!g>
u
33,070
30, 185
19,970
698
« « 9 e e s r. c
* . „ i , a i i 5 i i = =S 5 = = ifinus. car s S _
M 1S C e 1 1a n e O U S e o o e o a e s a e o e a c a e a o a o e . .
•:• *
33,386
.30,529
20,055
606
a a a '* o • * ft
•..................1957-39=iGG..
O * A 0 « O 9 9
aoo.c.a.
»„•••*••
ao a a ae « a
Electric power, by utilities
.....••••••mi I, kw.-hr..
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches) ...,••••••„,•,number..
Petroleurn (crude) and condensate .3/........... .thous, bb i; ,
£ c • .5 a . • D
a c a D a a s«
389
. • • » • 9 • .
Bond yields* domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/......percent..
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.. 1941-43=* I C .
S ndustr i a j s, 425 stocks
,
.......do,.,.
PRODUCTION;
385
119.5
88.9
S09.7
!270S
84.7
3/ Dally average,
«• efc<s a a a »
a . e « » a a «
» « * c o
S
»
e
a e » » c * e a
•••»«•••
••«.....
4.70
68,84
72.77
0..4COB.S
.••#•*••
160,661
o © » a s> a b si
2,446
I3..3
»0ffi«»O6.
..».*.*.
47 Wednesday data; figures for member banks In leading
BUSINESS STATISTICS
I960
1962
ITEM
December
January
October
November
December
January
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES:
Mfg. and trade sales (seas, adj.), tota I..„.
58.67
r63.25
r64.45
64. 14
29. (4
13.62
15.51
28,67
13. 17
15.50
3! 79
29
16 50
r32 22
rl5 &4
ri6 58
32.60
I5.7S
16.88
Wholesale trade, total
Durable goods establishments..
Nondurable goods estabIishments.
Retail trade, total
Durab le goods stores
Nondurable goods stores......„. „
.do...
do.,,
do...
do...
.do., „
9 e ,...»....do.,.
12.34
4.28
8.06
17.89
5.49
12.40
12.23
4.27
7.96
17.77
5.36
12.41
12
r4
r8
18
5
12
rl3
r4
8
rl9
r6
r!2
12.68
4.43
8.26
18.86
5.93
Mfg* and trade inventories, book value., end of year or
month (seas, adj.), total..........•,».......«*bii. S«
94a S3
93.65
r94.&2
r95„12
95.61
53,74
30.86
22 S SS
530&7
30.76
22,91
54.78
35.40
23.38
r55.03
r3l.53
r23.50
55.28
31.56
23.72
13,21
6.8i
6,40
27.18
12.33
14.85
13.15
6.72
6.43
26.83
i f ,93
34.90
r13.44
r6.80
r6.63
r26.40
11.27
?5 8 !5
r13.34
r6 o 80
6,54
r?.6.74
I 1.44
r15,31
13.46
6*86
6,60
26.87
11.52
15,35
242
217
220
243
141
204
241
218
212
233
146
207
240
226
195
286
154
217
238
223
213
280
149
218
240
224
213
269
150
219
Manufactur i ng, tota I
Durable goods Industries,
Nondurable goods industries, a
bi I. $ 0
••..,........... .do. •.
...do...
.do...,
Wholesa ie trade, totaI.............................do..•
DurabIe goods estabIishments*,...................do,..
Nondurable goods estabIishments..................do...
Reta i I trade, tota I
*do...
Durable goods stores..............................do.,.
NondurabIe goods stores..........................do.„.
VJI
59.36
Manufactur ing, tota i
.....
do.,.
Durable goods industries...
. .„
.do...
Nondurable goods industries...........„
.....do...
87
35
52
59
86
72
12
46
66
I 1
20
91
12.93
COMMODITY PRICES
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-14=100.
Crops
.....e.. ••...••.•..••..
do..,
Commercia I vegetab Ies
do...
Cotton
do...
Feed grains and hay
do...
Food grains
do..„
jr/ Revised.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
242
224
252
257
152
218
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
I960
3
196!
1962
ITEM
December
January
October
November
December
January
COMMODITY PRICES—Continued
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS—Continued
Fruit..
..............................1910-14=100..
0i1-bearSng crops
.
••••••••.••do....
Potatoes (Including dry edible beans)..............do....
....:.
254
231
508
26!
271
304
165
22!
228
242
134
537
252
274
297
141
228
275
291
265
298
81
r277
291
267
301
80
70,549
66,009
61,059
4,540
71,118
66,407
4,819
6.8
209
248
530
250
275
291
140
228
217
250
130
544
255
273
299
146
229
209
250
m
538
256
266
304
149
231
276
29!
265
301
80
276
29!
265
301
79
277
292
267
302
79
278
293
268
304
80
69,837
64,452
59,818
5,385
71,48!
66,583
4,736
r6.7
71,759
67,824
61,860
3,934
71,260
66,690
4,831
r6.7
71,339
67,349
62,149
3,990
7!,482
67,215
4,345
6.!
70,559
66,467
62,049
4,09!
71, 128
66,868
4,344
r6.0
69,721
65,058
60,64!
4,663
71,435
67,278
4, 159
5.8
52,984
29,359
33
27,384
17,479
50,235
27,560
60
26,570
17,140
52,087
29,548
59
28,268
17,028
52,933
30,656
39
29,210
16,710
54,329
31,362
130
28,881
16,615
52,311
29,612
129
28,532
16,542
52,984
18,336
17,081
28,450
50,235
17,268
16,066
27,700
52,087
18,194
16,888
28,229
52,933
18,136
17,200
28,814
54,329
18,451
17,387
29,305
52,311
17,749
16,872
28,536
37.4
38.1
36.7
35.6
34.8
35.7
256.90
101.55
52.31
257.71
104.47
52.38
274.72
113.73
54.28
r272.59
1 12.47
54.20
286.26
120.30
57.50
88.38
47.87
94.69
97.52
51.05
97.50
113.52
53.59
103.97
119.17
54.54
r105.35
107.24
53.90
102.08
55,757
42,588
54,726
42,122
54,902
42,18!
55,451
42,419
57, !39
43,163
4,547
3,952
3,984
3,866
3,426
3,895
3,866
3,875
4,244
4, !02
4,209
4,028
4,275
4,037
4,317
4,017
4,754
4,010
4,315
4,051
8,751
7,643
80
5,537
4,846
82
3,81 1
3, 141
105
8,007
6,424
106
8,980
7,967
88
2,974
3,331
*596
1,770
3,198
534
348
1,375
1,614
408
241
1,443
4,891
377
i ,266
1,368
3,363
3,322
505
1,701
....*.... do,...
6,847
765
438
4,217
1,638
6,470
775
444
3,693
1,612
7,796
713
438
4,067
2,587
7,485
740
p437
p4,258
p2,050
7,160
781
p47l
p4,285
p1,809
.........$ per fine oz..
.914
.914
.914
.923
1.033
93.21
93.38
82.12
92.96
93.10
82.61
93.19
93.32
83.3!
92.67
92.76
85.36
92.26
92.38
83.31
95.1
107.9
95.6
108.1
94.6
107.7
94.9
108. 1
94.5
107.3
L i vestock, and products .......................«.....«,»do. •..
Pou Itry and eggs
248
217
18!
517
263
.278
298
178
226
••..••....•...... . .do....
no
!•*/!
PRICES PAID BY FARMERS:
A N commod.,services, int., taxes, and wage rates l/..do....
PARITY RATIO 2/........................................do....
EMPLOYMENT
NonagrleuIturaI employment.........................do....
Unemp 1 oyed ............
••...•••••••....••do....
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED.
...
do
Emp 1 oyed....'......................................... do....
Unemp 1 oyedt ,
.„„.,,.»„..».
do...,
Percent of- civi1ian abor forceoffl9eoe• •••...........*@0..
FINANCE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END Of MONTH:
Assets, total.....
..............
........mil. $..
Reserve bank credit outstanding, total.............do....Discounts and a d v a n c e s 9 S 9 a a , . s e
...,...»»..do,,,(
U.S. Government securities.......................do....
Member-bank reserve balances.......
do....
Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit and FR note
! lab! i ities combined...
percent..
BANK DEBITS:
Unadjusted:
Total (344 centers)..
.bi 1. $..
New York City.........................
....do....
'6 other 1 eading centers,..............
do....
Seasonally adjusted:
New York City....................................do....
6 other leading centers..
.......do,,,.
337 other centers....................,
.do....
CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM):
Total outstanding, end of month08.se...............mi 1. $..
Installment credit, totaI.
.......do....
InstalIment credit extended and repaid:
Unadjusted: Extended, total
................do....
Repaid, total....................... 8a do. eeo
Adjusted: Extended, total,,,
,
.^......do....
Repaid, tota1.
do....
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE:
Receipts, total
..••......•........mi 1. $...
Receipts, net
do....
Customs
.do....
Individual Income taxes
.,.»..,..«,,«,.,
do,..,
Other internal revenue and receipts,...............do....
ExpendItures, tota 1,..,.,.,
,
.»...,..,..do....
Interest on public debt,.....••••••••••••
....do....
A M other expenditures
SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK........
SECURITY MARKETS:
BONDS:
Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S.E.)....dollars..
. s 3. >• ..
....»..-.
1.043
Prices (Standard & Poor's Corporation):
Industrial, utility, and railroad (AI+ issues):
94.5
109.9
r/ Revised, p./ Preliminary. ±/ Parity index. 2/ Ratio of prices received to prices paid (including interest, taxes, and wage rates).
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
I960
1961
ITEM
October
November
August
September-
October
November
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTIONS
Acetic acid (synthetic and natura ! ) . .... G ... •, ....mil. lb.
Acetic anhydr ide
,.,,
..,eoeot9(. 0 0 0 8 6 8 o d 0 , 0 4
Acety I sal icy I Ic acid Casplr in) .. . 0 . 0 . .. . .. ...o o . . . . ( J O . . .
59.6
77.6
1.7
62.98S.5
2.0
69.6
93.3
2.0
65.0
105.0
2.0
76e8
104.7
2.4
106.1
2.1
......miI. proof gal.
...........oo...do...
t,s9„.„„9,.Mdo86.
............. •• .do...
62.0
129.5
4S.7
7S0
53.1
130.9
43„0
6.2
49.6
142.3
41.5
5.0
53.4
140.9
37.6
5.5
66.3
136.9
44.7
7S3
56.4
!3898
42.5
6.0
.......mi I. wine gal.
s„.00„„.„e9..do8,.
8,.08,,8,„«.eido„8
22.4
23.9
3e9
23.1
21, 3
5, 8
22.9
24.2
5.1
20.3
19.0
6.4
24.0
24.9
5.4
23.5
23@0
5.9
7.0
14.5
6»7
IS 1.7
149.4
7,
S4,
1,
104,
10.3
14.7
4.6
99.3
S54.9
8.1
13.7
87.7
6.8
13.6
I2S0
97.5
7.4
I3e0
12*8
95.2
152 4
S
Alcohol, e t h y l ;
Product i o n , „
,,,,
Stocks, end of month, total.
Used for denaturation.......
Withdrawn t a x - p a i d . ^ o s . o ^ o
Alcoho! ? denaturedt
Product i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consumption (withdrawals)...
Stocks,, end of month 0 ..... ..
CreOSOte
Oil.......o...o....»..o....o..o...
DDT..................... *... ...... o.......,
Ethyl acetate (85j<)
,
EthyIene gIycol..........................o.
Formaldehyde {31% HCHO>....................
Methanols
NaturaI..................................
,..mi S. g a l .
....ml I. lb.
.do...
.do...
.do...
.mi f. g a l .
•do...
...mi I. lb.
Phthal ic anhydride.... ••_.....••.••• ...•...,
SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCT ION?
Cellulose acetate and mixed ester plastics?
.....do...
Sheets, rods, and tubes................• •
.....do...
Molding and extrusion materials.••..•••••
Phenolic and other tar acid res ins.........
.....do...
.....do...
Polystyrene................................
Urea and me Iamine resins...................
.....do...
Synthetic..............coe...............
V 5 ny I res I ns...*,...........................
A I kyd res ins................................
Ros i n mod i f i cat i ons........................
PoIyester res i ns.......................... •
PoIyethyIene res ins........................
.....do...
•••••do...
.....do...
.....do...
.....do...
1J
.2
25.2
29.9
.2
25.1
26.5
.1
25.5
33.3
22.8
31.6
280l
30.0
.1
28.5
28.0
4,
7,
42,
76,
27,
4.1
7.1
40.0
74.0
25.9
5.0
6.6
51.9
88.4
32.6
5.4
8.5
52.6
89.7
33.0
5.4
8.6
rS7.2
r98. I
r37.6
5.2
8.6
53e9
92.7
36.0
104.6
30.3
10.8
12. S
SI2.9
98.0
26.6
8.7
11.2
114.1
107.4
34.5
10.0
13.6
134.0
I0I..5
34.4
il.6
12.8
121.8
116.8
r37.2
10.3
15.2
r146.2
56,655
55,704
62,790
62,953
61,125
60,121
9,739
28,625
380
14,915
9,225
28,036
386
15,223
12,909
30,318
360
17,202
12,897
30 ,100
356
17,498
IS,765
30 ,123
368
16,730
1!,193
29 ,493
385
16,844
543
1,378
58
582
1,392
50
482
S,368
152
553
I,396
153
605
1,395
140
646
S,431
130
961.7
947.0
1,050.5
1,060.8
1,028.5
1,009.0
I 10.9
34.4
12.5
S5.5
148.4
ELECTRIC POWER
SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (EDISON ELECTRIC
INSTITUTE)................................mil. of kw.-hr.
Commercial and industrials
Small light and power...............................do...
Large light and power...............................do...
Railways and rai Iroads. ........'•••,.•••••........... ...do...
Residential or domestic...............................do...
Street and highway Iighting...........................do...
Other public authorities..............................do...
InterdepartmentaI.....................................do...
REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (EDISON ELECTRIC
INSTITUTE)........................................mi I. $ e
r./ Revised.
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