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.,TMENT<y r „ July 13, 1962 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 irs the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1957-59 = 1 Index, 1957-59=100 140 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E„ I seas. a d j . I n d e x ) Index, 1947-49 = 100 200 Billion Dollars 20 h SALES OF RETAIL STORES DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS (seasonally a d f u s i e d ) (seasonally adjusted) Sfocfes 175 (end of month) Jm®i 15 150 Sales 125 1959 1960 1961 1962 Index, 1910-14 = 100 Billion Dollars 70 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING (short- a n d intermediate-term) l l l i i M l l l l H l l 1959 1960 L U J U - U J J J, L\ ,1.1, >• I I, 1961 100 LuuuoJju^i^i^iJ^ 1959 1962 I960 1961 1962 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS5 2 1961 1962 ITEM July 8 July 1 July 7 June 16 June 23 June 30 83.4 125 290 2,678 1,860 *99.5 *92.9 *98.9 *I00.6 #84.5 114 404 2,857 2,032 100.1 95.3 99.8 100.7 80.4 156 238 1,671 1,464 100.2 95.5 100.2 100.7 80.9 135 277 1,651 1,463 100.1 95.0 100.1 100.8 81.0 130 326 220 354 265 302 284 33,858 31,597 20,220 539 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: 22 commodities 2/.... .... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 1947-49-100.. .thous.. State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico) do...,. FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.. F1 NANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ,3/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/.... ..do.... 100.1 95.6 100.0 100.7 80.4 275 32,202 28,3T9 !9,120 32,484 28,568 19,086 33,663 31,115 19,627 33,654 31,423 20,039 33,584 31,236 20,054 627 531 382 471 482 62,156 28,627 113,106 31,976 31,769 12,896 4.66 64.59 68.40 61,155 28,714 113,257 31,974 31,615 12,902 4.67 65.63 69.43 62,769 32,263 121,640 32,255 32,894 14,161 4.58 55.50 58.09 62,226 32,360 122,872 32,526 33,328 14,227 4.59 54.78 57.4! 61,472 32,514 122,806 32,418 33,354 14,268 4.61 52.60 55.10 1,746 15,183 152,869 6,888 1,925 103.3 534 30 i 836 14,133 101,494 6,970 1,779 95.5 425 1,494 15,991 175,796 7,268 1,587 85.2 590 304 1,583 16,628 133,027 7,284 1,563 83.9 593 298 1,558 16,520 149,756 7,260 1,501 80.6 590 297 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) In leading cities:j4/ UeSe Government obligations sassse4SSSSieessdo4*s* Commercial and industrial loans (gross)... .do...* Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor*s) 4/..I94l-43«t0.. eeeee.se #««.*«.. 4.62 ##56.49 ##59.10 PRODUCTIONS Steel....,..,.. ••••••••••••••••'•••••thous. sh. tons.** Index of production 1957-59-100.. FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL.... thous. cars.. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. # Wednesday price. # # Tuesday data. 2/ Tuesday prices. _3/ Daily average. MONTHLY 130,458 1,239 66.5 4/ Wednesday data, * Monthly Index for June 1961. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1962 1961 ITEM May March Apri f r18,896 r6,-203 r3,443 895 1,039 12,693 1,109 624 1,432 4,771 1,568 1,993 r18,970 r6,139 r3,780 814 816 12,831 1,063 657 1,336 4,971 1,487 1,966 r19,188 r6,286 r3,763 r789 r950 r12,902 r1,307 r643 r|,37S r4,52! r 1,511 r2,170 r20,2!5 r6,862 r4,054 r868 1,087 r13,353 rl,!94 r668 r1,489 r4,79! r1,584 r2,2!8 20,130 6,660 3,831 887 r 18, 189 r5,576 r3,058 857 899 12,613 1,136 642 1,370 4,622 I., 500 2,067 r19,266 r6,180 r3,557 888 937 r19,497 r6,199 3,545 868 968 r13,298 1,207 676 1,447 4,801 1,539 2,280 19,066 5,920 13,086 1,217 658 1,441 4,680 1,552 2,246 r!9,614 r6,334 r3,646 r888 r972 r13,280 r1,207 r675 r1,426 r4,788 rl5547 r2,268 27.37 11.83 15.54 26.78 11.38 15.40 r27.54 r11.99 15.56 r26.87 r 11.43 15.44 27.46 12.00 15.45 June Nay June DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL J[/ 9 . ee . e .......mil e $, Durable goods stores.......................... do.*, Automotive group do.., Furniture and appliance group. ....do.., Lumber, building, hardware group .......do.., Nondurable goods stores. •....••... .do.., AppareI group ••....• .do.•, Drug and proprietary stores do.., Eating and drinking places .....do.., Food group • .....do.., Gasoline service stations do.., General merchandise group ...••••.. .do.., ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1 / do.. Durable goods stores... .do.., AutomotIve group • do.., Furniture and appliance group..... .....do.., Lumber, building, hardware group. ....do.., Nondurable goods stores .do.., Appare I group ....•....••..•.••..... .do.., Drug and proprietary stores.... ........do.., Eating and drinking places ...do.., Food group » do.. Gasoline service stations. ...do.. General merchandise group ...do.. ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total. ....bi I. $, Durable goods stores.. do.. Nondurable goods stores. .do.. Adjusted, totaI do.. Durable goods stores do.. Nondurable goods stores.... do.. jr/ Revised. J/ Data for June 1962 are advance estimates. Digitized for30011 FRASER r18,522 r5,996 r3,403 844 990 12,526 1,105 629 1,386 4,574 1,523 1,966 r17,985 r5,539 r3,095 839 877 12,446 1,103 630 1,347 4,624 1,480 1,974 26.70 11.86 14.84 26.23 11.31 14.92 26.23 11.73 14.50 26.22 11.37 14.85 26.96 11.44 15.51 13,470 1,155 656 1,487 5, HI 1,639 2,120 13,146 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1961 1962 ITEM May June March Apr i 1 May June DOMESTIC T R A D E — C o n t i nued RETAIL FIRMS WITH 4 OR MORE STORES: r4,978 r5,182 r-5,252 r5,24! 5,393 r4,254 292 119 96 42 r4,45l 295 122 98 39 r4,508 273 130 98 41 r4,464 361 130 98 37 4,594 315 132 103 41 do.... 1,286 1,798 68 r85 1,320 1,921 74 r99 1,253 2,100 54 r80 r1,398 1,805 62 r87 1,424 1,908 69 100 Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total. ........GO.... ...do.... ........do.... do.... do.... r4,273 291 121 95 40 r4,362 290 125 95 38 r4,653 311 133 100 41 r4,582 302 138 100 39 4,591 311 134 102 40 ...do...-. do.... do..., do.... 1,299 1,828 6! r75 1,344 1,851 63 r85 1,511 1,903 64 r9l rl,4l4 1,921 65 r89 1,451 1,906 61 89 1947-49-100.. do.... 140 144 141 149 131 156 153 rI58 rpl55 rpl60 bi!. $.. 12.72 4.4! 8.31 13.34 6.83 6.5! 12,81 4.57 8.24 13.3.1 6.82 6.49 12.98 4.52 8.46 13.68 6.96 6.72 r12.60 r4.54 8.06 M3.6I r6.98 r6.62 13.49 4.81 8.68 13.52 7.02 6.50 7!,546 66,778 61,234 4,768 6.7 74,286 68,706 62,035 5,580 7.5 70,697 66,316 61,533 4,382 6.2 70,769 66,824 61,863 3,946 5.6 71,922 68,203 62,775 3,719 5.2 74,001 69,539 63,249 4,463 6.0 71,475 66,512 61,234 5,019 7.0 71,983 66,900 61,543 4,936 6.9 71,774 67,947 62,280 3,914 5.5 * 71,484 67,499 62,236 3,963 5.5 71,850 67,93! 62,775 3,903 5.4 71,706 67,711 62,747 3,917 5.5 4.2 4.2 2.1 3.5 3.8 i.l 1.8 5.0 3.9 2.9 3.6 4.0 1.2 8.7 3.7 4.3 2.2 3.6 3.8 1.2 1.6 r4.0 r4.4 r2.4 r3.6 r3.7 1.3 1.6 p4.2 p4.2 p2.8 p3.7 p4.0 pi.5 pi.6 54,196 41,584 54,602 41,888 55,680 42,704 56,650 43,285 57,593 43,893 4,203 4,043 4,347 4,042 4,301 4,229 4,658 4,077 4,858 4,250 3,907 3,895 3,962 3,962 4,363 4,094 4,625 4,108 4,593 4,180 290.15 286.84 242.34 10.93 44.50 3.30 288.97 285.67 240.63 10.96 45.04 3.30 296,09 292.48 249.68 11.50 42,81 3.60 296.95 293.36 251.24 11.47 42.12 3,59 299.17 295.52 251.23 298.20 294.44 249.50 44.29 c3.66 44.94 3.76 .23 .24 o 40 s 4! ,43 =44 47.7! .37 .44 47.75 .37 .46 47,81 .37 .48 47.81 .35 .46 47.81 .35 .46 47,82 .36 .48 17,550 1 .914 16,608 1.015 16,495 1.015 r16,434 1.015 16,435 1.023 RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: do.... do.... ..do.... do.... do.... do.... Lumber yards, building materials dealers... Lumber yards, building materials dealers... DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, UNITED STATES TOTAL: p!46 p!54 WHOLESALE TRADE: Durable goods estabUshraents S 6 9 9 9 9 e s e s a s s e & s a « V a •& & e Inventories, estimated (unadjusted), total... EMPLOYMENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED 1/ do.... ........do.... >. do... „ UNEMPLOYED CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED 1/. EMPLOYED do.... ........do.... LABOR TURNOVER SN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISTENTS: Accession rate, total monthly rate per 100 employees.. New hires....,. e 9 e ....... do.... ...do.... .do.... do.... FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: ........do.... do. a . e Adjusted: FEDERAL G O V E R W E N T FINANCE: Public debt and guaranteed obligations; Gross debt (direct), end of month, total... Held by U.S. Government investment accts.«ffl.9do.... Obligations guaranteed by U e S . Govt,,end of m o n t h B s d o a o . . U.S. savings bonds: ........do.... ,. do.... GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U.S., end of month SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK mi I. $.. $ per fine oz.. 17,403 .914 j r/ Revised, js/ Preliminary. jc/ Corrected. \J Effective with Apr. 1962, estimates are not strictly comparable with earlier data; see Digitized for note FRASER in May 1962 SURVEY. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 30011 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1961 1962 ITEM Apr 11 Nay February March Nay Apr I S CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTIONS 58 o 0 820! Io7 609 62ffl7 98.2 1.8 8e5 723 00 S4ffi2 ISoO oeo80do8„o 00000do„000 95o7 138«3 15.8 6e8 98e4 148,4 I3 6 2 3e9 80,8 2407 34 0 7 O0,ral S 0 lb. 0 ooaoodOoooo ooooodOoooo 8 miIo galOB ..roll. lb.. DOT* 0 0 0 0 0 do o s Methanols .ml1. g a l 0 0 a60oodo00o0 ooWf10 Sb O0 75.0 S06 o 4 205 5.1 75o2 102.2 2eS r8 0 6 12.1 S57 0 2 13 s 9 9a8 87,9 J63 8 5 e2 25.9 36Q3 J 25s5 25.6 „I 29s0 30 o 2 oi 27 0 9 33 0 7 24e5 S0O3 2,756 7,109 51,570 6,386 7,139 r8,3!0 r 50,398 6,296 3, S39 9,696 49,015 5,824 3,718 10,623 42,I SO 5,316 5,084 9,621 37,573 4,854 13,005 7,974 42,59S 4,938 962 678 1,147 936 955 641 1, 159 951 r967 r722 r1,158 953 r1,073 r725 rl,256 r1,048 «90! *642 *922 *910 S57 98 156 S55 158 91 159 S55 160 97 159 153 rI80 rlO! rI74 ri77 159 93 S67 160 405 394 382 396 362 404 403 428 397 402 402 r476 r4I3 r447 r447 4S9 400 4S4 414 143 339 338 339 144 340 334 314 175 335 r332 r346 r!59 r352 r349 323 S49 341 336 549 559 252 592 583 26, 515 469 268 578 532 315 525 543 296 574 601 269 163 S76 34 479 594 186 179 41 486 589 169 • 170 42 415 586 187 S86 43 48! 587 173 180 36 487 550 S90 S87 39 499 547 a 93ffl5 ' 203 8si 105.0 204 8.0 14»5 769 98e4 170 O 6 703 88 0 8 165.3 METALS AND MANUFACTURES IRON ORE C1NCL. 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