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January 26,1962 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 the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1957-59=1 Index, 1957-59=100 200 Thousands ,000 Thousands 250 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 600 400 A w ^ A / w 200 0 \ T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L—L—1 V L--.1 1 / 1 1 1 ^ > \ H f 1 1 H 1 1 1 1 1—i 1 1 1 i 1 Index, 1947-49 = 100 160 WHOLESALE PRICES 140 Lh V / l 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 l i 1 Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods ^%. H 2.0 1.5 120 f-All Com •~*ZJ T 1.0 modifies 100 h 80 Farm Products .5 h l 1 l 1 1 1 l l l 1 11111 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I 1I I1 I I I I I I I I 1958 1959 I960 1961 l 1 I M IIIIIIIII1 IIM I1 III1 M 1958 1959 I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I t I I I 1 I l I960 1961 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 196! 1962 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Al 1 commodities thous.. State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET).number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/...do.... Jan. 13 Jan. 20 119.6 88.7 ilO.O 127.9 85.7 127 119.7 89.6 110.0 127.9 85.8 Jan. 21 82.7 129 *II9.9 *89.7 *I09.9 *!?8,! 83.2 107 84[9 !25 85.7 116 565 3,454 3,211 335 488 3,487 3,232 340 457 2,820 2,296 222 467 2,988 2,456 231 482 319 396 32,637 28,592 19,226 572 32,287 28,471 19,292 792 34,171 31,685 20,346 557 33,916 31,695 20,800 724 33,661 30,972 20,294 6!2 33,386 30,529 20,005 533 110,405 30,530 31,882 12,810 110,125 30,645 31,678 12,809 66,343 30,082 121,056 34,247 32,931 13,399 65,644 30,225 120,354 33,960 32,819 13,403 65,729 30,421 119,012 33,662 32,539 13,404 4.66 59.14 62.58 4.65 59.68 63.14 4.72 71.65 75.93 4.71 71.13 75.22 4.70 68.96 72.88 1,304 15,030 131,022 7,151 1,163 15,092 112,235 7,216 1,311 15,738 127,408 7,384 1,455 16,021 139,762 7,445 1,278 16,957 167,473 7,403 1,482 79.6 516 269 1,499 80.5 490 257 2,106 113.0 422 228 2,294 123.1 469 251 2,300 123.5 504 269 1947-49=100.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs Jan. 6 Jan. 14 Dec. 30 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total...... do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)... do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10.. 4.70 68.32 72.16 PRODUCTION: Steel,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,. Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL ,,,.,.., ,. thous. sh. tons.. ...1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. 165,311 2,314 125.7 J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average, .4/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for Jan. 1961. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM November December 12,435 14,131 14,594 14,308 1,311 III 228 231 617 124 1,353 84,463 7,309 16,683 28,887 22,493 9,091 September October November December 13,616 16,405 15,492 16,658 14,045 15,960 14,805 15,750 1,285 1,446 1,335 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): Unadjusted number. SeasonaI ly adjusted do... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.) Fai lures, tota I number. Commerc i a I serv i ce do.. •, Construction .do... Manufacturing and mining do... Reta i I trade do... Wholesale trade do..• Liabilities (current), total Commerc i a I serv ice Construction Manufacturing and mining. Retai I trade Wholesa le trade 167 118 221 217 731 159 122 206 258 624 125 1,278 104 215 232 606 121 78,971 3,579 28,104 18,878 20,199 8,211 116,664 10,950 10,048 66,737 17,927 11,002 70,257 3,485 14,583 17,930 21,524 12,735 119,214 5,070 18,883 35,237 23,494 36,530 65,489 3,453 16,743 19,723 18,361 7,209 62.0 63.4 67.5 69.5 63.8 63.6 thous. do... 94.5 92.8 70.9 64.2 128.2 122.4 r128.9 r124.0 r104.8 r!0!.9 86.6 82.8 do... do.. • 93.5 91.8 70.4 63.7 126.5 120.7 r126.4 M2I.5 rl03.I r100.2 84.4 80.6 1,220 1,206 996 987 1,383 1,365 r 1,434 r1,404 r1,342 r!,3!9 1,306 1,264 thous. $. do... do... do... do... do... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.).No. per 10,000 concerns. 110 245 231 637 130 139 183 182 61.4 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private) Pr i vate ly owned Total nonfarm (public and private) Pr i vate I y owned Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only) Total nonfarm (private only) jr/ Revised. Digitized for5257 FRASER « , do... do... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 I960 1961 ITEM December November December September October November LIFE INSURANCE (INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES bil. $. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total...do... U.S. Government.•••••••••••••••• do.•. State, county, municipal (U.S.) do... Public utility (U.S.) do... Railroad (U.S.) do... Industrial and miscellaneous (U.S.) do... I 19.07 58.62 6.55 3.60 15.92 3.75 25.11 119.72 58.68 6.44 3.62 15.94 3.73 25.22 124.41 60.59 6.39 3.85 16.14 3.67 26.45 125.06 60.86 6.40 3.87 16.15 3.67 26.67 125.71 61.02 6.36 3.90 16.17 3.66 26.81 Stocks (book»value), domestic and foreign, total..do.. Preferred (U.S.) do.. Common (U.S.) do. • Mortgage loans, tota I do*. Nonf arm do. • 3.98 1.88 2.05 41.52 38.55 4.05 1.90 2.10 41.80 38.80 4.47 2.07 2.33 43.38 40.25 4.52 2.08 2.38 43.58 40.44 4.58 2.09 2.42 43.82 40.66 3.80 5.27 1.33 4.78 3.92 5.62 1.30 5.14 3.94 5.65 1.33 5.18 3.95 5.68 1.37 5.28 660.7 283.1 57.5 10. I 59.3 135.0 115.7 853.7 295,7 58.4 11.5 56.1 147.2 284.8 673.4 287.2 52.8 10.4 59.9 132.0 131.I 723.1 286.7 62.3 11.6 65.7 151.7 145.1 711.3 292.7 60.8 10.9 62.7 140.7 143.5 63.5 35.8 26.2 57.8 34.3 25.1 74.2 37.3 26.3 76.1 37.9 26.9 77.7 39.0 27.1 69.5 p36.7 p25.9 95.5 107.7 95.1 107.9 93.9 106.6 94.6 107.7 94.9 108.1 94.5 107.3 4.78 4.84 4.69 4.62 4.59 4.64 55.47 58.89 57.42 46.96 47.83 28.93 56.80 60.22 59.11 47.98 49.78 29.03 67.26 70.89 69.78 59.82 62.19 33.02 68.00 71.42 69.32 61.26 64.15 34.53 71 08 74.72 70 .91 64 .77 67 .19 34 .30 71, 74 75. 81 70, 58 65 00 65 .77 33.21 25.58 53.91 33.75 26.60 55.37 37.02 36.09 77.27 47.16 36.73 79.26 49.40 39 .93 84 .57 51 .60 40 .10 83.50 50 .97 9.62 63 107 8.72 50 110 9.47 65 III 10.04 71 III 9 .72 63 109 8 .81 49 III thous. lb. 14,642 12,380 15,015 16,098 13,909 mi 11 ions. do... do... thous. lb. 3,206 40,320 671 r 14,505 2,997 33,793 365 12,372 3,100 39,584 549 14,379 3,732 45,361 605 15,010 3,342 42,568 666 13,905 265 93 67 268 90 64 283 99 74 282 110 84 280 r369.6 r237.5 127.8 378.5 226.4 121.6 416.4 286.9 150.7 r440.9 r294.2 r152.4 446.0 298.7 155.5 1.5 2.7 1.0 2.8 1.6 3.2 1.5 2.9 1.3 2.7 40.3 41.6 29.2 44.2 55.1 43.8 62.4 41.8 46,1 41.4 FINANCE Rea I estate do. • • Policy loans and premium notes do... Cash. do. •. Other assets •••' do... PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S., TOTAL mil. $. Death benef its. ,.,.«,. e»,.. e e . e ..».do,. e Matured endownments do... Disabi I ity payments do... Annu ity payments do... Surrender values ;..do... Po I i cy d i vi dends do. •. TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U.S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: New York City ratio of debits to deposits. 6 other centers do. • • 337 other reportina centers.. .....do... SECURITY MARKETS (STANDARD K POOR'S CORP.): Bond prices: Industrial, utility, and railroad (AI+ issues): Composite (21 bonds) dol. per $100 bond. Domestic municipal (15 bonds) do... Stocks: Dividend yields, pref. stocks (14 high-grade)..percent. Pr i ces: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43=10. Industrial, total (425 stocks) .do... Capital goods (127 stocks) do... Consumers 1 goods (193 stocks) do... Public utility (50 stocks) do... Railroad (25 stocks) do... Banks: New York City (II stocks) do... Outside N. Y. City (16 stocks) do... Fire insurance (15 stocks) do... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS HOTELS: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occup ied... # of tota I. Restaurant sales index same mo. 1951=100. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Tobacco, manufactured products: Production, total Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smalI: Tax-free Tax-pa id Cigars (large), tax-paid Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid 3.85* 5.22 1.23 4.64 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel forgings (for sale): Orders, until Jed, end of month thous. sh. tons. Sh ipments, tota I do... Drop and upset do... Aluminum shipments: Mill products and pig and ingot (net) mil. lb. Mill products, total do... Pl&te and sheet (incl. foil) do... Radiators and convectors, cast iron: Shipments mil. sq. ft. radiation. Stocks, end of month do... 0i I burners: Sh ipments thous. Stocks, end of month do... r/ Revised, £ / Preliminary. 52~57 no 82 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued I960 1961 ITEM November December September October November do.... do.... do.... 148.8 144.5 172.5 113.4 98.5 76.8 161.3 120.4 117.9 85.7 47.4 72.2 59.2 174.0 190.1 185.8 243,2 145.3 149.4 112.0 182.1 189. 184, r290< r!77, r!52. 164.6 159.7 167.8 105.5 99.6 76.6 193.7 number.. do.... 374 463 342 449 377 349 495 370 272 292 1,655 1,628 1,735 1,987 1,031 30,591 14,695 12,918 5,048 2,729 34,503 16,758 13,632 4,926 3,886 30 14 13 6 636 797 562 628 33,367 15,352 15,052 7,069 2; 173 2,860 34,018 15,734 15,400 6,993 2,789 76,730 52,435 23,283 11,204 832 73,244 49,937 22,451 11,029 666 70 697 49 ,371 20 ,710 9 J35 72,612 50,268 21,714 9,813 616 630 73,851 50,421 22,808 10,454 622 644 726 847 716 875 19,151 17,507 8,923 446 8,178 19,085 17,471 10,253 410 9,426 19,102 17,344 11,579 463 10,525 19,089 17,313 9,685 484 8,782 19,017 17,205 11,872 475 10,753 3,944 2,210 1,734 3,732 2,692 1,040 22,781 8,178 14,603 4,291 2,661 1,630 2,174 1,484 690 21,070 6,857 14,213 2,811 2,125 686 3,143 1,280 1,863 10,210 3,918 6,292 1,908 1,205 703 2,086 944 1,142 2,513 1,726 787 r4,113 r3,479 r634 11,984 5,405 6,579 METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking: Shipments, total (excl. liquid-fuel types) ....thous. Gas ±/ do... Stoves, domestic heating, shipments, total..00600...,.do.». Gas.,08 ••••••••• do... Warm-air furnaces, shipments, t o t a l . Gas..... Water heaters, gas, shipments Industrial trucks ( e l e c t r i c ) , shipments: Hand (motor i zed) Rider-type Industrial trucks and tractors (gasoline-powered), shipments number.. PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS Bituminous coal: Industrial consumption and retail deliveries, total thous. sh. tons.. Electric power trfilitfes.. do.... Manufacturing and mining industries, total ...do.... Coke plants (oven and beehive) do.... Retail deliveries to other consumers do.... Stocks, industrial and retail dealers1, end of month, total .....thous. sh. tons.. Electric power utilities ..do.... Manufacturing and mining industries, total do.... Oven-coke p I ants. do.... Retai I dea lers do.... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: 2/ Consumption.••••••••••••••*•••••••••••••»••.thous. bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day ..thous.. Consuming 100 percent cotton ...........do.... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total...mi 11 ions.. Average per working day; ••••••••do.... Consuming 100 percent cotton....... ......do.... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE: Freight cars: Sh i pments ...... number.. Equipment manufacturers, total........... do.... Railroad shops, domestic • do.... New orders do.... Equipment manufacturers, total... ...do...« Railroad shops, domestic. ..do.... Unfilled orders, end of month.....................do.... Equipment manufacturers, total..................do.... Railroad shops, domestic. • .....do.... r 114. 214. 10,373 3,642 6,731 U Revised. J / Includes data f o r b u i l t - i n gas f i r e d oven-broiler u n i t s ; shipments of cooking t o p s , not included above, t o t a l e d 25,100 u n i t s i n Nov. J96I. 2 / Data f o r Dec. 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