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July 12, 1963
BUSINESS
STATISTICS
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A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription t o 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, 1957-59=100
200
Index, 1957-59 = 100
200
Monthly
STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings)
Weekly
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150
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150
1962
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Billion Dollars
150
Billion Dollars
150
TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS
(Wednesday data)
(average of Wednesday data)
(Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System)
140
140
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110
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1963
(seasonally adjusted annual rate)
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(end of month)
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Billion Dollars
80
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Billion Dollars
70
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING
(short- a n d intermediate-term)
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1962
1961
1960
40
40 L
Private Residential
(non farm)
30
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1960
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1962
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WEEKLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS'
1962
1965
ITEM
July 7
June 50
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
Al 1 commodities
1957-59*100..
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
mil. $..
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
1957-59= 100..
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs
thous..
1NSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a 11 programs
do....
State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico)
do....
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number..
FINANCE:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do....
June 15
June 22
June 29
99.9
94.3
100.6
100.6
93.5
4,774
103
100.1
95.1
100.9
100.5
92.7
4,945
102
24!
100.7
96.0
101.1
100.6
93.6
296
228
July 6
* 100.0
*95.5
*99.8
*I00.7
93.4
4,668
94
275
1,598
1,429
302
92.7
4,324
85
407
1,754
1,603
284
100.1
94.7
101.5
100.5
93.9
4,926
126
241
1,655
1,488
304
35,584
51,256
20,062
495
33,865
51,597
20,240
545
35,298
35,261
19,428
418
35,531
33,498
19,796
498
55,279
55,714
20,05*
579
35,574
34,273
20,194
425
61,472
52,559
122,806
52,418
55,354
14,268
4.61
52.60
55.10
60,865
52,714
122,775
52,195
55,185
14,311
4.62
**56.49
**59.10
62,785
56,181
129,961
29,566
55,054
16,645
4.47
70.4!
75.98
62,191
36,220
131,955
29,791
55,489
16,705
4.47
70.09
75.60
62,010
56,555
155,116
50,577
55,599
16,771
4.47
69. * 1
72.80
4.48
69.94
73 40
1,529
16,520
150,281
7,260
1,501
80.6
590
297
1,553
15,442
130,514
7,237
1,239
66.5
420
245
1,629
17,359
202,959
7,512
2,464
152.5
616
521
1,656
17,569
200,554
7,541
2,426
150.2
599
515
1,699
17,925
199,536
7,508
2,313
124.2
602
311
229
1,618
1,460
274
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/..1941-45=10..
PRODUCTION:
Index of production
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS, TOTAL
1957-59-100..
thous. cars..
_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks.
** Tuesday data.
2/ Tuesday price. .3/ Daily average, ji/ Wednesday data.
MONTHLY
147 067
2,045
1C9.8
* Monthly index for June 1962.
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1962
1965
ITEM
Mar.
June
May
Apr.
May
June
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL..
do....
do....
Public uti1ities
Mi 1itary faci1ities
do
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
RATES) TOTAL
mil. $..
do....
Pub 1i c, tota1
do
do....
5,319
3,821
2,308
1,514
692
894
229
385
185
122
476
5,826
4,112
2,492
1,697
686
971
255
455
225
157
489
4,546
5,152
1,756
1,275
564
850
227
565
155
102
425
r4,790
r3,496
r2,072
r 1,454
r52l
857
225
555
148
112
r455
r5,465
r3,970
r2,455
r1,635
r720
871
225
372
161
130
r489
5.914
4,225
2,647
1,844
701
923
226
402
183
140
495
1,498
456
114
509
459
1,714
472
157
618
467
1,214
406
94
337
377
r1,294
456
90
552
416
r1,495
r449
1,689
476
60,764
45,472
25,018
11,257
2,886
4,752
2,268
1,466
5,481
62,678
44,842
26,118
11,405
2,950
4,865
2,552
1,551
5,559
61,018
42,483
23,978
11,224
2,722
4,982
2,266
1,366
5,619
r60,626
r45,8l8
r25,247
r62,595
r45, 164
r26,682
10,986
2,837
4,630
1,979
1,576
r5,626
17,292
5, 122 1
1,354
5,850
17,856
5,257
1,549
5,989
18,535
5,240
1,312
6,948
r16,808
r5,25l
1,204
5,25*
150
151
1
488
448
11,185
2,815
4,846
2,162
1,464
r5,640
63,740
46,182
27,837
1
rl7,23l
r5,289
|
10,912
2,833
4,566
1,909
1,595
5,616
17,558
5,304
5,586
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX:
.1947-49=100.. 1
r/ Revised. J./ Except farm and public utilities.
36025
147
148
1
150
'
150
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
3
1963
1962
ITEM
May
May
June
Mar.
Apr.
71,922
68,203
5,428
62,775
3,719
5.2
74,001
69,539
6,290
63,249
4,463
6.0
71,650
67,148
4,337
62,812
4,501
6.3
72,161
68,097
4,673
63,424
4,063
5.6
73,127
69,061
5,178
63,883
4,066
5.6
71,782
67,821
5,269
62,552
3,961
'5.5
71,673
67,731
5,190
62,541
3,942
5.5
72,698
68,636
5,008
63,628
4,062
5.6
73,002
68,874
5,023
63,851
4,128
5.7
72,989
68,676
5,033
63,643
4,313
5.9
52,654
30,705
131
29,622
16,158
53,396
31,261
76
29,663
16,158
53,935
32,585
201
30,963
15,606
54,612
32,825
153
31,182
15,595
54,207
32,808
208
31,254
15,524
52,654
17,739
16,614
28,744
53,396
18,445
17,206
29,021
53,935
18,046
16,748
29,934
54,612
18,222
16,904
30,010
54,207
17,573
16,574
30,303
EMPLOYMENT
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED
EMPLOYED
Agricultural employment
Nonagr i cu I tura I emp I oyment
UNEMPLOYED
Percent of civilian labor force
thous
do..
do..
do..
do..
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED
EMPLOYED
Agricultural employment
Nonagr i cu I tura I employment
UNEMPLOYED
Percent of civilian labor force
..thous,
do..
do..
do..
do..,
FINANCE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH:
Assets, total
Reserve bank credit outstanding, total
Discounts and advances
U.S. Government securities
Go I d cert i f i cate reserves
mi I. $,
do..,
do..
do..,
do..,
LiabiIities, total
do..,
Deposits, total
do..,
Member-bank reserve balances
do..,
Federal Reserve notes in circulation
do..,
Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit and FR note
I i ab i I i t i es comb i ned
percent,
34.8
34.0
32.5
32.3
32.4
May
Feb.
57,314
43,837
58,318
44,495
*r62,198
*r48,004
r62,239
r48,153
r63,230
r48,836
do..,
do..,
4,737
4,111
4,950
4,292
4,033
4,138
4,675
4,510
r5,29l
r4,608
do...
do..,
4,659
4,166
4,650
4,211
4,885
4,449
4,940
4,540
r5,033
r4,502
m i l . lb.
do...
102.2
2.1
105.
2.
84.
2.
106.9
2.5
103.4
2.4
mil. proof gal.
do...
do...
do...
52.1
153.1
40.8
4.8
50.
151.
44.
5.
52.
167,
43.
4.
53.4
164.2
43.8
5.3
52.9
163.3
45.3
5.3
mil. wine gal.
do...
do...
21.7
21.4
5.7
24.0
24.8
5.0
23.2
22.8
3.5
23.6
24.8
2.3
24.5
23.7
3.1
8.6
12.1
7.3
88.8
165.3
27.9
33.7
8.0
14,
7,
98.
172.
28.
31.
6.7
15.6
11.3
116.9
186.9
26.6
32.6
7.1
17.7
8.0
113.8
214.0
26.4
41.0
8.4
17.2
r9.7
117.6
r2M.5
r28.8
r39.4
13.2
53.8
105.5
38.8
122.4
42.8
Jc=,7
166.7
14.2
61.1
113.2
41.9
130.6
47.0
20.2
170.9
11.7
53.0
100.
40.
129.
39.
18.
159.
13.9
r63.3
r122.8
r44.8
144.7
45.0
r22.0
189.3
13.2
60.5
123.1
43.1
147.9
47.0
22.3
178.5
6,783
639
1,048
2,794
6,183
567
980
2,356
5,604
514
849
2,384
6,691
613
1,009
2,840
7,308
632
1,119
3,038
274
312
2,414
294
357
,352
286
244
2,708
312
306
2,864
389
355
2,613
Apr.
CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM):
Total outstanding, end of month
Installment credit, total
Installment credit extended and repaid:
Unadjusted:
Extended, tota I
Repa i d, tota I
Seasonally adjusted:
Extended, total
Repa i d, tota I
mil. $,
do..,
Mar.
Apr.
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION:
Acetic anhydride
Acetylsal icyl ic acid (aspirin)
Alcohol, ethyl:
Production
Stocks, end of month, total
Used for denaturation
Taxable withdrawals
Alcohol, denatured:
Product ion
Consumption (withdrawaIs)
Stocks, end of month
Creosote oil
mil. ga I.
DDT
mi I. lb.
Ethyl acetate (35.3)
do...
Ethylene glycol
do...
Formaldehyde (37£ ICHO)
do...
Methanol, synthetic
mil. gal.
Phthalic anhydride
m i l . lb.
SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION:
Cellulose acetate (shoots, rods, and tubes and molding
and extrusion materials) and nitrocellulose (sheets,
rods, and tubes)
mil. lb.
Phenolic and other tar acid resins
do...
Po I ystyrene
do...
Uree and me I amine resins
do...
Vinyl resins
do...
A Ikyd res ins
do...
Polyester resins
do...
Polyethylene resins
do...
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS:
Totai (all grades)
thous., sh. tons.
PI ates
do...
Bars and tcol steel, total
co...
Shoots and strip (incl. electrical), total
do...
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL:
Orders, new (net)
dc...
Shipments
do...
Backlog, end of month
do...
r_/ Revised. * Revisions for Jan. 1963 (mil. $ ) : Total outstanding, 62,728; total installment credit, 48,118.
Digitized for 36025.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
4
1963
1962
ITEM
Apr.
May
Feb.
Apr.
Mar,
METALS AMD MANUFACTURES—-Continued
Radiators and convectors, cast iron:
Shipments...
.......
...mil. sq. ft,, radiation.
Stocks,, end of month. t
,..,,,.,.,...,.
„, .do... „
Oi1 burners:
Shipments
•,.;•.,*,
,. .thous.
Stocks, end of month.«„, t
«.„.»„..«
.-.».*...• »do. „«
Stoves and ranges, dom. cooking (oxc. electric):
Shipments, total (excl. liquid-fuel types) \J
do..,
Gas.,
.......... r *....,
.. .
...... do.. ,
Stoves, domestic heating ( e x c electric)., shipments
.do..,,
Gas
»*
*••,, -... •. ,
,».,
o t . , :, , .,„,•.,. ,
Water heaters,. gas, shipments
.8
3.4
,9
2.9
rl.l
r3.3
28.8
6?. 8
36.4
64.0
33.5
60.4
32,9
64.5
33.9
67.8
163.2
159.7
84.7
161.3
159.1
97,4
47.2
177,!
174,7
r'26.4
r79.2
176.9
174.6
97.5
49.8
,.»,„.,.,.. , d o . „ ,
4* .8
168.3
165.5
110.4
54.6
...do..,
90.5
75.1
201,8
98.7
81.6
195.8
91.2
75.4
!89t4
9058
75.2
r!98.5
94.1
80.5
223.1
14 142
13 576
15,413
15,312
!3 387
12 113
15,630
:4,639
r15,183
r!4,53l
i 25 i
1,256
1,196
S,40i
1,419
,512
2 ,136
I,209
4, i50
1,762
2,780
i,268
3,568
843
1,570
1,116
3,933
1,413
2,502
1,328
3,736
1,540
2,758
i,283
2 ,966
797
112
23,6i2
3,097
876
123
23,545
2,987
732
101
24,504
3,190
765
107
25,450
r2,889
r800
106
26,034
719.6
687.8
614.3
594.8
105.3
93.0
786.2
756.7
673.5
656.6
112.7
100.1
723.7
698.8
607.9
592.8
115.8
106.0
782.5
753.4
654.1
637.1
128.5
116.3
818.0
789.3
689.2
671.8
128.8
117.4
5,939
4,003
499
6,428
4,236
395
5,384
3,604
790
6,143
3,964
1,039
5,925
3,574
1,110
635.0
31.1
95.2
643.5
29.4
93.8
498.0
27.6
82.4
624.2
32.5
99.2
758.8
42.7
120.0
Warm-air furnaces, shipments, t o t a l s
GaS
.7
3.2
»,-,....,
, * „...*.. s.....,,
udO„ . ,
do,.,,
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass containers:
Product ion
, ...,,,,,, „
thous, gross.
Shipments, domestic, tota I. .,.
.,».*..•,.
,do„..
Genera I-use foods
Narrow-neck food «..,.,*,...,,.
.-.....'... do. .,
Wide-mouth food (inci. packers 3 tumbiers, jelly
glasses, and fruit jars).*
,
,**do„„.
Beverage
„.„.....,.
,
do.. .
Beer bott ies
«.«.-..,.
.,
,».. • .do..,
Liquor and wine
**,,.•.......,.......
do.,.
Medicinal and toilet...,
.,,....
..do...
Chemical, household and industrial
„
do...
Dairy products»...*,.,.,,.,•....,
,,.
.......do...
Stocks, end of month..„,...
<< ......... 4
do...
•3
1,593
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
MOTOR VEHICLES:
FACTORY SALES, TOTAL
.... .thous,
Domest i c
,
,.. do..,
Passenger cars, tota!
„
.do..,
Domestic
,
do..,
Trucks and buses, total
,
do...
Domestic
-*
do..,
Truck trailers, production:
Complete trailers, total
number,
Vans
do..,
Chassis, van bodies, for sale separately
do..
MOTOR VEHICLES:
Registrations: 2 /
New passenger cars
„
thous,
Fore ign cars
do..
New commerc i a I cars
do..
rj Revised. \J Shipments of cooking tops, not included above, totaled 28,300 units in Apr. 1963.
publication prohibited.
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