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July 26s 1963

STATISTICS
A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.0© annually, this Supplement provides'selected
weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY

SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
Index, 1957-59 =

Index, 1957-59-100
150
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by wfllifl@s)

Monthly

(E. E. 1. sects, adj.''index)

140

scb_weekly_1950

130

120

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Index, 1957-59=100

Billion Dollars
500
PERSONAL INCOME

no.

(seasonally adjusted, at annual rates)

*

WHOLESALE PRICES

.^ssgSSS

450
Tot®! v

400

ms

105

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100
Woge .a nd Salary
Disht/e semenfs

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300

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1961

1962

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\

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95

J ^

90

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1963

' Data for March a n d Juiy 1961 include c
nd special Government insurance
dividend payments, respectively; those for January 1963 include both types.

Millions
2.5
PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS*

Index, 1957-59 = 100
130
COTTON CONSUMPTION
(daily average; seas, adj.)

-

120

110

100

\ ~

A\AA

f\x f\ / 1

2.0

1.5

1.0

v/

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w

90

.5
^Seasonally adjusted, at annua! rates

80

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1962

1963

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1960

1961

1962

1963

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WEEKLY

BUSINESS STATISTICS1
1963

1962
ITEM
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
Al 1 commodities

July 21

92.4
4,485
96
307
1,742
1,584
253

* 100.4
*96.5
*I00.8
*I00.8
92.1
4,474
93
294
1,672
1,516
286

92.7
4,948
102
2*1
1,545
1,398
296

93.6
4,483
93
332
1,679
1,524
228

34,155
31,729
20,141
546

34,091
31,561
20,094
562

35,279
33,714
20,054
379

35,574
34,273
20,241
433

35,899
34,7^4
20,097
463

35,850
34,419
20,124
557

61,567
32,887
122,506
32,237
33,278
14,400
4.63
57.73
60.42

61,768
32,952
122,271
32,245
33,038
14,469

60,954
36,518
132,302
29,789
35,438
16,829

4.63
56.20
58.74

62,010
36,355
133,1 16
30,377
35,599
16,771
4.47
69.-11
72.80

4.48
69.94
73.40

61,692
36,62!
132,083
29,914
35,304
16,872
4.48
69.89
73.36

4.49
68.93
72.30

930
16,749
171,114
7,230
1,370
73.5
498
284

1,231
16,759
173,410
7,265
1,398
75.0
558
286

1,683
17,925
19.9,439
7,508
2,313
124.2
602
311

1,990
17,076
147,456
7,583
2,045
109.8
441
257

1,089
17,437
190,438
7,568
2,077
II 1.5
508
293

1957-59-100..

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 4 Bradstreet)..number..
FINANCE:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total j5/....do....

June 29

July 14

July 6

July 13

July 20

100.6
97.1
IC2.5
100.6
94.3
4,657
100
321

100.5
96.8
102.3
100.6
93.7

273

Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/

Loans and investments (adjusted), total
Commercial and industrial loans (gross)

do,,..
do....

Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
percent..
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=. 10..
PRODUCTION:

FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL

thous. cars..

1,939
104. 1

J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. J3/ Daily average. __/ Wednesday data. *• Monthly index for July !962.

MONTHLY

BUSINESS STATISTICS
1962

1963

ITEM
May

May

June

Mar.

.Apr.

r440.8
r296.8
r119.1
r94.7
r76.4
r46.2
r55.l
rl2.0

r44l.7
r297.6
rll9.0
r95.0
r76.6
r46.7
r55.3
rl2.0

r454.8
r306.1
r120.9
r96.3
r78.7
r48.5
r58.0
rl2.5

r457.4
r308.7
r122.5
r97.2
r79.2
r48.7
r58.3
rl2.5

r460.1
r3ll.2
r123.8
r98.4
r79.7
r49.l
r58.6
rl2.6

462. 1
312.5
124.4
98.9
79.8
49.4
58.9
12.6

r36.5
rl3.1
M2.0

r36.5
rl3.l
rl2.0
rl6.4
r29.9
r34.2

r37.3
rl2.8
rl2.0
rl7.3
31.9
r36.4
rll.6
r440.0

r37.4
rl2.6
rl2.0
rl7.3
32.1
r36.6
rll.7
r443.1

37.5
12.4
12.0
18.1
32.3
36.5
11.8
445.2

June

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: ±/
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES:
.bi 1. $..
...do....
...do....

do
do
Propr i etor s' i ncome:

rl6.5
r29.6
r34.4
rl0.2
r423.3

r424.2

r37.2
rl3.3
rl2.0
rl7.2
r3l.8
r36.2
rll.5
r437.0

17.24

16.83

16.98

r17.52

18.10'

17.8

16.40

15.89

16.63

M7.I0

17.09

17.2

16.48

16.51

18.24

r17.74

18.31

17.4

...do....

15.97

15.44

17.48

r17.89

17.67

16.8

...do....

44.59

44.27

45.66

r45.88

46.10

45.7

45.22

44.90

45.43

r46.07

46.75

46.3

...do....
...do....
Less personal contributions for soc. insurance ••.do....
...do....
MANUFACTURERS1 SALES: 2/
Value (unadjusted):

no.2

Value (seasonally adjusted):
MANUFACTURERS1 ORDERS: 2/
New orders, net (unadjusted):
New orders, net (seasonally adjusted):
Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted):
Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.):


rj Revised. \J Revised series; for revised data back to I960, see the July 1963 SURVEY. 2/ Data for June 1963 are advance estimates.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1962

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1963

ITEM

May

June

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Continued
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.):
1,378
102
237
229
664
146

1,281
113
194
237
606
131

1,296
126
221
225
595
129

1,287
116
212
189
620
150

1,303
III
217
241
595
139

1211

....do....
....do....

91,512
8,270
15,798
29,659
27,569
10,216

88,493
5,445
13,627
32,821
27,065
9,535

100,502
6,957
19,017
34,907
26,148
13,473

100,755
4,960
14,434
32,286
28,847
20,228

118,274
14,502
19,828
33,496
39,291
11,157

86 151
9 559
11,925
30,552
20 697
13,418

Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..Ho. per 10,000 concerns..

58.7

57.3

54.4

54.2

56.4

57.8

100.2

100.0

99.9

99.7

r100.0

100.3

95.8
100.4
101.2

95.2
100.2
101.1

94.5
100.0
101.1

95.0
99.9
100.8

94.2
100.5
rIOI.I

94.8
100.6
101.3

99.3

99.2
100.6
95.4
99.0
103.7
85.6

99.0
100.6
95.4
99.6
105.1
88.2

r99.4
rl00.8
94.4
99.8
102.9
86.8

99.7
100.8
94.9
96.8
101.4
89.3

|

do
thous. $..

120
158
206
591
136

COMMODITY PRICES
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX:
ALL COMMOD|T|ES
19 57-59*100..
By stage of processing:
Crude materials for further processinc
do....
intermediate materials, supplies, and compon snts.do....
By durability of product:
do....
do....

99.5
101.1
96.2
107.1

do....

101.0
91.4

101.0
95.3
98.7
99.9
91.6

99.6
107.4
104.5
98.6
95.5

107.6
105.0
99.1
95.7

99.0
108.0
107.1
101.3
91.8

99.3
108.1
106.9
102.9
90.3

rl0l.7
107.6
r106.8
103.4
r9l.9

102.1
107.0
106.6
104.5
93.9

100.9
97.7
99.7
99.0
107.2
97.1

100.7
97.6
99.6
98.9
108.0
97.3

100.6
96.8
100.8
98.2
105.1
96.5

100.4
r96.3
100.3
98.1
104.5
97.0

100.5
r96.4
100.4
98.0
104.8
97.5

100.6
96.3
100.9
98.1
104.4
98.2

102.3
100.2
102.1
100.8
93.2
100.7
104.1

102.2
99.8
101.9
100.5
93.0
100.8
104.1

102.0
99.4
101.5
99.0
94.1
100.2
104.3

101.9
99.4
101.5
99.0
94.1
100.1
104.4

rl02.0
99.9
101.3
99.1
93.2
r100.2
105.2

101.9
100.0
101.1
99.3
93.1
100.3
105.6

99.8

100.0

100.1

100.3

rIOO.O

*99 7

do....

156.6
154.2
155.1
152.7

139.5
136.2
137.0
133.7

128.1
124.4
126.3
122.6

r160.3
r158.2
rl57.5
M55.4

r168.7
r165.5
r165.5
rl62.3

153.2
150.9
151.3
149 0

do....
do....

1,579
1,566

1,425
1,399

1,534
1,510

r1,660
rl,63l

r1,694
r1,663

1,586
1,568

...bi1. $..

295.4
122.1
59.8

291.8
121.9
59.4

r306.8
133.0
62.5

307.8
126.9
64.2

318.1
133.1
64.4

299.6
125.0
61.7

287.0
119.1
57.6
110.3

282.4
115.7
57.9
108.8

r303.6
128.9
61.6
r113.1

308.2
125.0
63.9
119.3

309.C
129.8
62.1
117.2

297.0
121.5
61 6
113.9

41.9
78.8
40.8
28.0

41.6
77.3
41.3
27.8

r44.0
85.8
43.1
r28.3

44.3
82.2
44.2
29.6

44.2
85.0
43.1
29.1

42.5
79.3
42.8
28 1

Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried

do....
Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen.... • •
Meats, poultry, and fish

a a aOvi • . .

Commodities other than farm prod, and foods... . • a . . d O . . e .
do....

do....
do....
Nonmetallic mineral oroducts
do....
Rubber and products
do....
do....

Tobacco products and bottled beverages
PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y -

99.8

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED:
Unadjusted:

Pr i vate1y owned
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
Tota1, inc1. farm (private only)
FINANCE
BANK DEBITS:
Unadjusted:
Tota1 (344 centers)
New York City

do....
Seasonally adjusted:
Total (344 centers)
New York City

do....
do....
do....

TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U, S.
GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED:
Total (3^4 centers)
ratio of debits to deposits..
do....
do....
r/ Revised. * Index based on 1947-49-100 is 84.0.

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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1962

1963

ITEM
May

June

Mar.

May

Apr.

June

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Beer:
..ml l„ bbi..
Taxab le withdraws Is
, „.,.. „
«„,„.„
«..,
a *»» a « d O a , . .:
Stocks, end of month.». 0 0 ,...».. a ,,„,» j c ».>..:»»»n»a ,j u i» o » W j n . n
TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS?,
•thous. lb..
Consumption (withdrawals):
C i garettes, sma11:

9.76
9.06
11.20

9.96
9„I9
11.39

8. II
7.22
10.82

9.14
8.12
11.27

9.81
8.96
l!„49

15,033

14,094

13,285

14,430

14,792

3,725
45,094
623
14,646

3,537
41,294
535
14,200

3,428
39,555
475
12,942

3,483
42,271
554
14,139

4,107
48,248
644
14,708

574
601
269

566
573
261

513
458
342

550
554
338

599
634
304

190
187
39
499
547

188
182
44
457
557

193
187
43
435
583

184
193
34
490
570

204
201
37
516
585

713

699

666

809

693

660

18,799
16,879
9,529
476
8,532

18,819
16,858
9,494
475
8,460

18,630
15,995
9,394
470
8,043

18,586
!5,890
!!,482
459
9,771

18,509
15,737
9,277
464
7,856

18,609
15,767
9,280
464
7,833

6,428
4,236
395

5,725
3,442
226

6,143
3,964
1,039

5,925
3,574
1,110

6,402
3,851
1,326

3,758
1,909
1,849

3,910
2,219
1,691

4,026
2,639
1,387

3,755
2,812
943

2,405
1,719
686

3,701
2,685
1,016

do....
do....

3,188
2,855
333

3,411
2,294
1,117

5,807
3,185
2,622

r2,57l
2,111
r460

r6,023
r5,394
r629

2,349
1,908

do....
do....

13,778
7, 100
6,678

13,274
7,171
6,103

21,307
11,155
10,152

19,872
10,401
9,471

23,364
!4,0M
9,353

21,959
13,233
8,726

......do....
do....
.thous. lb..

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PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS
NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND):
„ sh, tons,.
do....

539
565
278

NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES:
......do..,.
do....
do.

Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of tno, ...do.. 6n
TEXTILE PRODUCTS

181
177
40

483
561

COTTON: ±/

Manufactures:
Spindle activity (cotton system spindles):
Consuming 100 percent cotton
„
.»,.<.. <.do«*ug
Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.. ,. mi11 ions..
do....
TRANSPORTATION
Truck trailers, production:

EQUIPMENT

Vans

-...-.do

RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE:
Freight cars:
do....
do....

,
[
!

,

441

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