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January 11, 1963
BUSINESS
STATISTICS
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 t h e latest monthly SURVEY
SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
Index, 1941-43 = 10
100
Index, 1941-43 = 10
100
Weekly
(Wednesday dose)
Monthly
(dally avg. close)
PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
90
90
H 60
5 0
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1959
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1962
Index, 1957-59=100
Index, 1957-59=1
140
Monthly
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilitto)
^
(E. E. L seas. adj. index)
130
120
A
110
A
100
1 .LJ.-J.-J
LJLJL-L-JLJ.,
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l_J 1 1 1 1
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NEW CONSTRUCTION
-
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(seasonally adjusted)
(seasonally adjusted, annual rate)
60
i
Index, 1957-59=100
130
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS
Billion Dollars
80
i i i
^0*S***%**/***"**-
^
_
Total
40 -
-
20
Private Resident's*
,1
1
(nonfarm)
0
1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 I I I LI l i l t
1959
1960
1, |. ,1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i
1961
1..J LLXJ.I-LJJUL
1962
90
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1959
' I U I U,l ', I,,1,!,,1 1,1 1,L,I I. I \ X In ' L1 U , U 1 i L
1960
1961
1962
2
WEEKLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS1
1961
1963
1962
ITEM
Dec. 30
Jan. 6
Dec. 15
Dec. 22
Dec. 29
100.5
98.6
100.8
100.7
92.5
6,515
271
412
2,160
2,006
249
100.6
99.1
100.7
100.7
**92.7
4,744
120
456
Jan. 5
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
.1957-59=100..
........do....
..do....
do....
22 commodities 2/....
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES....*
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs.
1NSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a 11 programs
J957-59-I00..
........do
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)...number..
FINANCE;
Federal Reserve bjank credit outstanding, total 1/
do....
do....
........do
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:j4/
.....
._.do.._.
Loans and Investments (adjusted), total.
do....
Commercial and industrial loans (gross) ee9 s e e e e » e e Q O . « » e
do....
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
f
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor s) 4/. ..I94f-43r=|0..
Industrials, 425 stocks
...........
99 68. 9 8 . d 0 * 6»
PRODUCTIONS
JS. sh. tons.,
.mi 1. kw.-hr..
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches)....
9
JS. sh. tons..
,1957-59-100..
.thous. cars..
Stee i
FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL.....
*
100.6
99.0
100.8
100.7
**93.1
*{0G.4
*95.9
*IOI.O
*I00.9
97.9
98.7
90
457
2,820
2,296
222
83
467
2,997
2,456
231
100.4
97.5
101.0
100.7
92.4
5,765
246
444
2,135
1,977
252
143
241
34,171
31,685
20,348
560
33,919
31,695
20,802
726
35,226
32,629
19,526
447
35,366
33,163
19,951
514
35,471
33,733
20,328
563
35,339
34,104
20,940
66,343
30,082
121,056
34,247
32,920
13,399
4.72
71.65
75.93
65,644
30,225
120,354
33,960
32,797
13,403
66,326
34,607
129,361
31,619
35,075
15,483
4.71
71.13
75,22
65,029
34,572
126,817
31,23!
34,807
15,470
4.53
62.63
65.60
4.52
62.58
65,52
66,243
34,703
129,965
31,807
35,166
15,498
4.52
63.02
65,97
1,346
15,738
127,422
7,384
1,455
16,021
139,762
7,445
1,293
18,009
204,610
7,34!
1,531
17,560
194,330
7,340
1,217
16,435
129,563
7,362
2,294
123.1
469
251
1,832
98.3
50!
283
1,874
100.6
512
274
1,715
92.1
357
197
2, 106
I 13.0
423
229
950
........
4.51
62.69
65.48
130,591
1,879
100.9
\J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average, ±/ Wednesday data. * Monthly:index for Dec. 1961.
** Wednesday price.
MONTHLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1961
1962
ITEM
Nov.
Dec.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
r5,346
r3,766
r2,126
rl,630
r385
1,010
244
454
212
r 1 14
r490
4,927
3,523
1,991
1,513
1,404
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL. • •••••.ml 1. $..
do....
do....
do....
do....
do....
do....
do....
..do....
do....
.........do....
5,190
3,603
2,053
1,563
388
4,659
3,345
1,896
1,432
366
5,791
4,038
2,31!
1,776
423
r5,748
r3,888
r2,187
r1,702
r374
948
221
424
228
112
472
908
221
398
203
97
427
1,037
245
465
234
146
515
1,021
245
454
217
r!32
520
do....
do....
.do....
do....
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
1,587
418
165
603
1,314
39!
79
490
1,753
459
117
708
r1,860
r463
129
800
r1,580
r4!9
60,744
42,044
24,504
59,006
41,881
24,440
62,358
44,976
25,813
r63,5!7
r43,843
r25,OI3
r62,637
r43,898
r25,326
62,417
44,045
25,611
do....
do....
10,540
2,554
4,608
2,413
1,416
5,380
10,564
2,537
4,641
2,434
1,337
5,337
11,723
2,930
5,214
2,549
1,575
5,548
11,419
2,885
5,018
2,316
"r 1,526
r5,575
11,261
2,820
4,967
2,245
r1,448
r5,570
11,205
2,788
4,979
2,262
1,367
5,576
do....
do....
do....
.........do....
J8,700
5,175
1,457
7,099
i7,125
5,087
1,001
6,235
17,382
5,065
1,164
6, 140
ri9,674
r5,!92
1,492
7,786
ri8,739
r5,2!2
18,372
5,209
..1947-49=100..
144
145
148
r!49
....do....
do
.........do....
...do....
.
Mi 1 itary faci lities
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE....
jr/ Revised. ±/ Excludes farm and public utilities.
Digitized for30269
FRASER
149
371
964
243
428
189
98
446
399
589
6,922
149
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
3
1961
1962
ITEM
Oct.
Nov,
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
FINANCE
CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): J./
do....
r55,340
r42,494
r55,9l5
r42,737
r60,003
r46,204
r60,126
r46,3IO
r60,624
r46,720
61,473
47,274
do....
r4,29l
r4,131
r4,3!2
r4,07!
r4,862
r4,308
r4,098
r3,992
r4,913
r4,50l
4,932
4,380
do....
do.,..
r4,235
r4,073
r4,332
r4,063
r4,619
r4,26J
r4,49!
r4,289
r4,682
r4,298
4,961
4,380
„mi U bbi..
do....
ae,QO,,•,
7.33
6.99
10.37
6.52
6.60
9.87
9.06
9.18
10.80
7.38
7.42
10.29
7.41
7.17
10.07
wine gal..
.....do....
.....do....
.26
.47
2.61
.32
.55
-2.35
.37
.25
3.15
.32
.35
3.08
,36
.50
2.91
do....
do.,..
.....do....
r82.09
r16.29
r229.89
143.95
10.45
14.47
220*13
35.56
6.15
12,28
123.99
19,66
r59.7!
12,14
173.62
139.50
86.89
15.02
241.60
144.34
45.7
43.2
30.1
37.7
44.3
43.1
28.2
28.3
33.3
29.6
32.2
30.3
339.6
96.7
342.9
85.8
103.2
94.2
237.9
99.5
348.3
r92.9
362.9
99.2
255.1
256.8
75.1
167.2
243.9
255.4
Installment credit extended, and repaid:
Unadjusted:
Adjusted:
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Beer:
9*
Wines and distilling materials:
Effervescent wines:
Sti11 wines:
VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS:
Coconut oi1:
Corn oi S:
Production, crude•••••••.•••••••••••*•••••••••
•8...do..,,
Cottonseed cake and mealt
sh, tons..
Cottonseed oi1:
..mi 1. lb..
Linseed oi1:
Production„.crude,Craw)eo000.015e00eoo0oooooe.*«
Soybean cake and mea1:
a * s $o»Oepoo
34.0
39.5
27.1
44,8
49.0
39,9
sh. tons..
838.7
62.4
888.0
62,9
799.0
72.9
709.2
85.1
914.8
68.3
988.2
64.4
396.9
417.7
379.7
334.4
428.6
452.3
frhous. lb,.
16,098
13,909
15,926
13,367
16,499
•mi 11 Ions,.
.....do....
do....
fhous. lb..
3,732
45,361
605
15,010
3,342
42,568
666
13,905
3,625
47,303
596
15,031
3,245
40,466
515
r13,333
3,221
45,461
622
15,711
Ig. tons..
.....do....
11,999
9,681
9,560
9,058
12,228
6,670
10,543
6,764
10,364
7,268
do....
.....do....
Pig iron:
Production (excluding blast furnace production o f ferrosh. tons..
Steel mill products, inventories, end of mo.:
Consumers (manufacturers only),,*•••••••.•••mi 1. sh. tons..
.....do....
do....
67,556
6,085
68,058
6,335
62,472
5,858
66,250
6,407
69,367
6,575
6,330
6,105
4,586
4,659
5,009
5,094
9.4
9.3
4.1
4.2
3.2
10.5
3.9
4.3
3.4
9.9
3.7
4.3
3.4
9.2
4.1
4.8
3.3
8.9
4.0
4.3
7.6
6.6
6.5
6.5
6.8
6.3
6.7
6.3
6.7
6.5
1,513
1,960
1,451
1,846
1,331
2,079
1,421
1,850
1,458
1,924
440.8
294.2
127.3
72.6
446.3
298.3
129.9
70.8
443.8
319.9
137.6
74.3
r436.0
r293.9
r 126.3
74.5
474.0
323.5
143.5
85.6
106.9
77.7
161.2
114.1
116.6
175.3
1.4
1.6
327.6
321.9
.8
2.6
300.8
286.2
1.2
1.6
301 ,5
348.7
1.0
1.6
355.1
389.2
I.I
1.9
366.0
337,0
I.I
5.1
366.7
292.1
Soybean oiIs
Tobacco, manufactured products:
Consumpt i on (w ithdrawa 1 s):
Cigarettes, small:
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
IRON ORE CINCL. FOREIGN ORE):
Stocks, end of mo.:
3.1
Producing mi 1 Is:
Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc,).,. .....do....
Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale):
Aluminum shipments:
Mill products and pig and ingot (net),
do....
Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net
mo, avg. shipments, 1947-49=100..
Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net:
Vacuum cleaners (standard type), sales billed
Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) 2/.... ...•.do....
jr/ Revised.
VI Data have been revised back to 1955. The available revisions for periods not shown here appear in the Dec, 1962 Federal
Digitized for Reserve
FRASERBulletin. 2/ Excludes sales of combination washer-drier machines.
30269
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
1962
1961
ITEM
oc-n
Sept 0
July
Aug,
I
Septe 1
Octo
PETROLEUN AND PRODUCTS
Crude petroleums
01S wells completed....•••..••••••••......••...••..number.* ;
Runs to sti1 Is..••«...«.•••.••••••.....••••••..•.mil. bbl 0 0
Refinery operating ratio............*,•••••••.•£ capacity eo
ALL OILS, SUPPLY, DEMAND^ AND STOCKS?
Mew supply, total ••••••••••••••••..•.•...•••••..••mi1, bbS s s
Productions
Crude petro 1 e u m . . t t i e e t e o i t ^
»•«
IMCIOMH
Natural-gas liquids, benzol (blended), etc.......do...»
Demand, total»«0.0,.-.....0oaooe.o9oo0e«o«.e«o,««oo»,e®doeoaaD o m e s t i c demands tota| 6 e o f f i , o a e , e , S B o 0 0 e 6 , & ® e 8 s e ,©, < s ©Bs s e ,do 6 0 B @
1,676
239 a 3
80
1,859
253 s 5
82
1,711
264 e 4
85
2,028
262.5
85
1,499
252e7
84
2,023
256,1
r293,9
308,6
3l3 e 7
319.5
3IL4..
322,6
220.9
30,6
296,0
290,7
128,9
12.2
48,1
42,9
8,4
3.8
12.6
19,7
866,2
251. S.
44,2
570.9 .
224.0
31.0
296,2
29S.0
142.5
10,9
40,6
33,7
8,7
3.6
14.9
19.0
830,1
242.4
' 39.1
548.6
224,2
30,4
302.2
296,8
147,2
10,6
36,6
35.0
10,1
3.8
17.2
18,4
847,4
243,6
40,3
563.5
219.6
30,2
290.3
284.5
126,4
12,0
r44,4
r38,8
11.6
3,5
13.3
228.4
31.5
311,6
307,6
136,9
13,6
51.3
43.1
130.7
173,9
139,7
183,1
10. t
11.3
I3 e 3
37s3
209,8
r28,2
r28l.9
r277,3
r130.2
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10,2
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r3,4
ASpflS S T s o o e o e s s o s o s o e e o e o e o o Q o s s B o s s Q o s o s o s a o o o t a o o O w e 0.. 0
13.5
Liquefied gases,as,9S99«»*99>M<oe<i
souMM^Oo.e,
17,0
853.6
Stocksp e n d o f months t o t a l @ e e , 0 # e < s s « ! @ a @ s 8 , e o e e s @ e © , © e d o © a o 0
C r U Q e 'peTrO l e U m , a a a a e a a e f t e e e a e a a e a e a a e a a a * • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 «OOo 0 0 ©
251,0
Natural—gas
liqutds» l ( '» t taM«e»i>»Bs«<a««»«e8<>aia 8 do®» e s
44,4
rceT i neo p r O Q U G i s ® & @ © © © ® © @ @ © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © ©. © © ®.@ © © oo@
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558,2
Refined petroleum p r o d u c t s !
Gasoline (incta aviation}?
P r O Q U C T I O n . e . e e a a . a a o 0-0000000® a a 0 e ® 0 0 , 0 0 @ 0 ® & e 0 0 0 0 0 a Q O s . . ,
123,3
S t o c k s , finished gasoline, end of
raonth.-...........do«...
173,3
Aviation gasoline*
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10.6
Kerosene s
.PrOdUCtlOnosoooo^eoosoooQoofiodocoeeoeooaosaeoooaoosdOsseo
.Stocks, end o f month® Q 0 S S @ o O e © ® B © d © ® ® e 0 ® ® e © © o © < 3 © © 0 ado® © s e
D i s t i l l a t e fuel oils
S t o c k s , e n d of
monfhaee>Baa@e^&oe.@ee@(S,&em»&&s^a90oe9do^@m9
Residual fuel oiIs
prociucT i o n , 0 0 0 0 0 , , , 0,, @, ®0,00000 • ••..'0000© 000,00000GO® ©,.
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a.aaaaeaoaaaaaaadOaaaa
rll.4
•
35.9
83
8.9
3,9
I9..5
13.3
20.8
868.5
244,2
40.4
583.9
879.5
251,7
39,3
588,5
136.6
173,0
132.5
179.9
132,7
S76.4
10,3
10,2
11.0
9.8
10*4
10,1
10.0
13.3
33*2
•12.6
35.7
12 e 4
36«»7
13.5
37,3
9,9
54,6
1-65.4
59.9
177,9 .
59 B 4
140.6
59,0
163.0
58,2
r!77 o 0
59,3
185,2
23,9
50.3
25,1
49.0
23,2
50*7
22,9
54, 1
23.1
r55.7
22.5
54.1
8.0
7.9
7.6
7.7
8.5
9.7
8.7
4,5
12,4
5.1
12,3
5.0
12,2
5,3
5,3
12.5
12.2
12.6
10.9
12, S
10.5
10.5
12,7
18.4
12.7
14.4
11,8 •
.13.6
10,4
11,4
5*9
rll.5
6.3
13.8
6.7
6.3
12,2
6.2
6.0
12.6
13.6
14.3
44,0
37.6
39,4
r39*7
38.6
Jet fuelj
Stocks, end of month.a.a.a..a.e.a.....a.a....aaaaaaadOa....
Lubricants?
80 i
5.3
8,8 •
8,4
9.5
9.4
Asphalts
Stocks, end of month, e a s e « , a « e 8 a 9 «0» B <• e«s«»e9<.<=«.•» 0 0«.do, <,»„
Liquefied petroleum gasess
i
Transfers from gasoline p l a n t s , „ „
t do,.«a
Stocks Cat plants, terminals, underground, and at refineries), end of month0a O e a e o s , e a0000®e0©smi1. bbl,. 1
43,7
J-
:
r/ Revised.
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