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January 31, 1964 BUSINESS STATISTICS «liS/NESS A WEEKLY S U P P L E M E N T 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, 1941-43 = 10 100 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Weekly Monthly (civg. of daily close) (Wednesday 90 80 — W 60 - - I Thousands 1200 1962 _ 1963 J F M A M J 1964 . . J A S O N 60 50 D Thousands Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) n 800 600 V 400 0 \V V w V 200 - - I 1 .... . 1962 1963 1964 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59=100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION FREIGHT CARLOADINGS (seasonally adjusted) 100 70 1963 50 1961 90 80 - 70 1,000 close) - (daily average; seas, adj.) - 100 X / T v ^ - 90 80 I960 1961 1962 1963 i. 11 i i > i i 11 11 . • • i. •, . i i. . 11 •i<•.,.!.^,,,;.,.,, 1960 1961 1962 1963 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1963 ITEM Jan. 19 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: All commodities I957t-59=!00. Farm products........ do... Foods, processed ...do... All other do... 22 commodities 2/ do... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES .....mil. $. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES 1957-59*100. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do... State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ ...mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... Member bank reserve ba I ances 3/.. do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ ..do... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4/ Demand deposits, adjusted •.mil. $. Savings deposits. ..... do... Loans and investments (adjusted), "total............do... U.S. Government obligations ..do... Commercial ?nd industrial loans (gross) ....do... Real estate loans (gross).....•••••.•••.••..•..•.do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) ^3/......percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)"^-/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/.......... ..thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utiIities..................mi I. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/... ....thous. bbl. Steel .coo..*,. Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD I NGS, TOTAL Misee11aneous thous. sh. tons. I957-59«I00. thous. cars. .do... ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. # Tuesday data. 2/ Tuesday price. 1964 Jan. 4 Jan. 26 *I00.5 *98.5 *I00.8 *I00.7 93.7 Jan. 18 Jan. 11 100.9 96.4 102.4 101.2 96.1 4,328 95 82 384 2,783 2,595 321 95.4 4,543 98 447 2,646 2,484 204 95.7 4,432 108 507 2,568 2,404 321 34,694 32,784 20,100 521 34,361 32,464 19,915 486 37,722 37,153 21,433 776 37,306 36,706 65,447 35,042 129,012 32,409 34,612 15,565 4.49 64.67 67.55 64,401 35,106 127,482 32,116 34,291 15,585 4.49 65.62 68.59 £7,844 38,083 141,305 29,018 38,793 17,880 4.57 #75.02 #79.25 65,239 38,043 138,816 1,418 18,110 183,409 7,299 1,259 18,321 178,546 7,245 1,570 18,152 146,525 7,574 1,560 18,869 207,381 7,661 1,385 19,383 188,770 7,678 1,863 100.0 462 254 2,037 109.3 500 249 2,120 2,130 114.3 510 282 93.5 4,221 94 441 2,749 2,563 286 4,060 ! ,915 102.8 502 272 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 414 254 36,983 36,231 20,904 600 21,182 473 66,836 38,052 138,401 28,269 37,631 17,944 4.57 76.64 28,601 37,818 17,889 4.57 76.00 80.31 81.06 113.8 542 295 * Monthly index for Jan. 1963. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1963 1962 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Commercial service Construction do.... Wholesale trade.......... Liabilities (current), total Commercial service Construct ion Manufacturing and mining Retail trade Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns.. FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month... Farm mortgage loans: Federal land 1 Loans to cooperatives..... Other loans and discounts... LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): ASSFTS TOTAI A If M S . flOMPANIFS bi1. $.. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... do.... U.S. Government,••••••••••••••••• .....do.... State, county, municipal (U.S.).. do.... Public utility (U.S.) do.... Railroad (U.S.) industrial and miscellaneous CM S do 1,216 109 193 200 590 124 1,101 100 219 181 497 104 1,051 113 189 167 467 115 1,262 133 207 217 578 127 1,115 129 198 186 479 123 998 91 198 176 433 100 98,841 16,184 16,095 34,069 24,107 8,386 81,275 8,785 18,744 20,671 22,744 10,331 85,918 6,579 21,522 28,149 15,644 14,024 91,834 10,758 12,981 32,777 23,603 H ,715 262,112 4,171 20,325 197,942 26,832 12,842 68,427 3,764 13,935 22,662 16,849 M ,217 59.4 56.0 59.4 59.6 55.1 51.2 5,719 3,037 746 1,936 5,753 3,052 735 1,966 6,430 3,259 735 2,436 6,418 3,280 848 2,290 6,366 3,291 858 2,217 6,403 3,310 840 2,253 132.58 64.06 6.40 4.05 16.42 3.57 28.69 133.29 63.86 6.17 4.04 16.51 3.56 28.65 138,76 65.79 5.82 3.89 16.46 3.47 30.33 139.61 66.08 5.83 3.89 16.47 3.46 30.62 140.21 66.36 5.79 3.89 16.48 3.45 30.86 NOTE.—Oct. 1963 data for imports, published on pp. S-22 and S-23 of Jan. 1964 SURVEY, have since been revised as follows (mil. $): General imports—unadj. total, 1,589.3; seas. adj. total, 1,466.6; Southern North Amer., 115.6; Latin Amer. Republics (total), 300.9; Mexico, 46.4; imports for consumption—total, 1,576.6; crude materials, 271.6; agricultural prod, (total), 377.5. 36252 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1963 1962 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. FINANCE—Continued LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance)—Continued ASSETS—Continued Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total.bil. $. Preferred (U.S.) do... Common (U.S.) do... Mortgage loans, total do... Nonf arm do... 5.14 2.24 2.82 46.35 42.97 5.18 2.25 2.84 46.96 43.56 5.56 2.30 3.17 49.23 45.52 5.56 2.29 3.18 49.54 45.80 5.58 2.31 3.18 49.81 46.06 4.13 6.20 I.34 5.36 4.11 6.24 1.46 5.50 4.34 6.58 1.34 5.92 4.36 1.34 6.11 4.37 6.65 1.32 6.11 741.8 318.9 60.1 II.5 68.9 133.2 149.2 994.1 358.1 63.3 10.3 62.7 153.0 346.7 798.5 324.6 63.8 71.9 143.7 181.9 12.6 860.7 368.1 70.6 13.1 76.0 149.4 183.5 731.3 307.5 67.4 11.5 71.9 127.1 145.9 thous. do... do... do... millions. 57,630 49,346 13,588 3,871 2,458 58,677 47,920 17,965 3,721 2,586 64,335 52,766 13,043 4,639 3,119 66,676 57,797 15,033 4,917 3,165 62,455 51,396 13,376 4,446 dollars. % of total. same mo. 1951 = 100. 9.82 59 106 8.90 47 109 9.56 63 107 10.24 68 109 9.82 58 101 12.7 12.0 12.8 14.0 13.8 do... do... do... do... do... 38.4 27.0 15.7 58.9 39.6 33.9 22.7 14.5 55.3 38.3 43,3 25.5 21.2 62.8 39.5 24.9 42.2 47.2 30.2 23.9 r69.6 r48.5 do... do... do... 106.1 132.1 170.3 99.6 128.4 170.8 130.1 156.5 183.3 136.5 r168.3 202.4 133.2 160.4 200.0 .30 .56 •2.62 .34 .49 2.43 .34 .393.21 .45 .54 3.07 .37 .57 2.86 r14.78 15.26 r239.45 39.81 5.66 12.95 224.60 9.46 45.43 12.52 155.87 I 18.07 108.68 15.56 246.45 r202.64 21.47 14.07 249.05 70.11 31.3 33.5 39.4 .do... Real estate .do... Policy loans and premium notes. .do... Cash .do.., Other assets PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S. il. $. TOTAL .do... Death benefits .do.., Matured endowments .do.., Disability payments » .do.., Annuity payments .do... Surrender values .do... Pol icy dividends 6.62 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS AIRLINES (SCHEDULED DOMESTIC TRUNK)i Miles flown (revenue) Express and freight ton-miles flown Mail ton-miles flown Passengers originated (revenue) Passenger-miles flown (revenue) .HOTELS: Average sale per occupied room Rooms occupied Restaurant sales index 2,861 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose plastic materials Thermosetting resins: Alkyd resins Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins Polyester resins Phenolic and other tar acid resins Urea and me I amine resins Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene) Vinyl resins (resin content basis) Polyethylene mil. lb. 21.2 62.0 41.1 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Production mil. wine gal. Taxable withdrawals do... Stocks, end of month do... Still wines: Production .do... Taxable withdrawals do.., Stocks, end of month do... Distilling materials produced at wineries do... VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Production, crude mil. lb, Corn oiI: Production, crude do... Cottonseed cake and meaI: Production thous. sh. tons. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.., Cottonseed oil: Production, crude mil. lb, Linseed oiI: Production, crude (raw) do.., Soybean cake and meaI: Production thous. sh. tons, Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.., Soybean oil: Production, crude mil. lb, TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Production, total thous. lb, Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small: Tax-exempt. mill ions, Taxab le do.., Cigars (large), taxable do.., Manufactured tobacco, taxable thous. lb, rY Revised. 36252 43.1 30.3 26.3 31.9 34.7 34.6 362.9 99.2. 300.0 98.5 224.1 343.1 167.4 351.0 192.2 255.4 211.4 241.3 249.4 39.9 33.8 41.1 34.9 988.2 981.9 88.8 37.4 736.9 139.1 944.4 918.7 164.2 450.4 345.9 11,212 14,759 3,514 34,734 336 11,953 3,173 42,399 555 14,382 64.4 452.3 r14,339 3,661 42,546 662 r13,864 159.2 156.7 142.2 442.1 16,604 3,740 46,740 652 15,838 426.2 13,017 3,561 41,272 648 12,858 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1963 1962 ITEM Nov, Dec. Sept. Nov. Oct. Dec. METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON; Production (excluding blast furnace production of ferroa 1 toys) thous. sh. tons.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net; Material handling equipment (industrial): Order* ( nawl : inrfpv MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools? Shi pments, tot a 1. ........ •.. 5,094 5,337 5, 174 5,525 5,565 5,897 ....do.... I.I 5.1 .8 1.7 .7 2,7 .9 4,6 .9 4.3 1.0 3,0 1957-59=100.. 100.6 99.2 120,9 136.8 116.9 ..mi 1. $.. 47.25 40*65 48.05 38.85 4.0 51.65 43.30 55. 15 43.00 3.9 56,55 45.40 54.75 42.85 5.4 66.85 53.35 54,05 42.95 5.7 r59,10 r49.65 r52.35 r41.75 r5.6 76.25 63,50 70.25 57.60 5.6 14.65 12.25 12.70 9.40 4.7 15.15 14.10 14.15 10.55 4.7 22.35 17.60 14.70 12.10 4.6 32.35 29,95 16,35 13.00 5,4 r15.95 r15.20 r14.05 r11.30 r5.6 21.25 20,30 13.75 II.90 6,0 609 625 202 506 530 178 551 580 235 630 638 227 613 611 229 535 578 186 183 184 34 508 597 166 176 25 441 604 164 172 36 490 606 194 < 193 37 529 588 190 189 38 524 559 180 184 34 522 545 667 590 663 829 678 605 18,730 16,395 9,253 463 8,035 18,750 16,374 8,450 422 7,317 18,696 15,758 9,345 467 7,903 18,742 15,753 11,788 472 9,903 18,660 15,653 9,538 477 8,000 18,625 15,656 8,563 428 7,220 5,717 3,951 1,835 5,295 3,689 756 6,170 3,754 547 6,940 4,318 632 6,487 4,311 621 „,..do „.., »•. . •••.•••••••• • Metal forming tools: Order.s, new (net), totaI ........, Domest ic Shipments, total. Domest ic,•.. »••»......•• Estimated backlog.. . ..mi 1. $.. .•••do.... do ... «.*.,.»•.•« ....do.... •• PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): v Product Jon.. thous. sh. tons.. NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Stocks at mills, end of month.......„.,...»,...., ....do.... do.... Consumption by pub 1ishers. Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of mo.,,.do.... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: 1/ Consumption .thous. ba 1 es.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total Consuming 100 percent cotton.. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total....,mi11 ions.. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Truck trailers, production: Comp1ete trai1ers, tota!«••••••••••.••••••••••..< number.. Vans•••••••••••.••••••••••••••..••«••••••••.••< .....do.... Chassis, van bodies, for sale separately......... r/ Revised, J./ Data for Oct, 1963 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks, USCOMM-DC—36252 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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