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^TMENTOfc July 27, 1962 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually p this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (daily avg. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 90 90 h 80 U$A -I—L-l-LJ 1959 1961 1960 index, 1957-59=100 200 Monthly / ~/™l ^0^®%. ^ 100 ' ,, y^\ i " ^ 50 0 t \ ' 1959 tt „~J 1 L~L_J_J 1 I 1 1 1 _J_J L„LJL„.Lx„l^JUJ 1960 100 -j\|UI 90 - 80 .ajJUUdLkJULU ^ L— » , 1 ,1, 1 I „l, l , L J L _ L J L J 1961 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1962 MiSSions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* (daily average; seas, adj.) 110 i -j index, 1947-49 = 100 130 COTTON' CONSUMPTION 120 » > IjJ 5 0 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 . STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots end steel for costings] 150 111 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1962 ,-J _ 2.0 _ 1.5 V 1.0 r^v^vo^ -\ *Seasonally adjusted, at annual U O J U U U L J L X J U U L _JL_) M 1 8 1 IJL-LJL- r O J U u U l J L u U l J ^ ' ' II ' 1 t ' ' ' I 1959 M I M ),M 1960 i i i i I I ! i t i i 1 iI iI Ii i\ \» III i 1961 1962 ' I I WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 !96! 1 1962 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: All commodities.. ... 22 commodities 2/.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES... DEPARTMENT STORE SALES July 15 July 22 84.5 *99.9 *95.l *99.7 *I00„6 84.2 81.6 1957-59-100.. 1947-49-100.. mil. $.. 1947-49= 100.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total < 3 / 9 e S 9 d o . , s . June 30 1 July 7 July 21 - July 14 1 100.3 96.5 100.7 100.7 79.9 100.3 96.2 100.4 100.8 1 80.4 4,248 118 80.1 4,402 133 123 122 4,638 130 358 2,712 J, 994 304 342 2,608 1,922 343 275 1,598 1,429 302 407 1,743 1,603 284 307 32,797 28,641 19.103 657 32,j634 28,575 19,075 689 33,584 31,236 20,054 482 33,858 31,597 20,242 544 34,155 31,729 20,139 546 61,892 28,763 112,402 31,456 31,549 12,923 62,509 28,805 112,910 3i,899 31,380 ]2,942 60,865 32,714 122,775 32,195 33,183 14,311 4.69 65.32 68.97 4.70 64.70 68.35 61,472 32,514 122,806 32,418 33,354 14,268 4.6! 52.60 55.10 1,256 15,071 150,673 6,930 1,860 99.8 573 284 1,361 15,829 126,899 6,948 1,858 99.7 584 285 1,545 16,520 !50a082 7,260 1,501 80.6 590 297 253 1 286 ! 34,091 31,561 29,096 540 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total............do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross).... .do.... Real estate loans (gross) ..edo.eS9 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/. percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43== 10.. Industrials, 425 stocks.. .•••..... .do.... PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL... ....1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. | ! 4.62 #56.49 #59.10 ! | | | 1,620 15,442 130.509 7,237 .1,239 66.5 420 245 | 61,567 32,860 122,506 32,237 33,278 14,400 4.63 57.73 60.42 1,055 16,749 171,105 7,230 1,370 73.5 498 284 ! 4.63 56.20 58.74 173,696 ! 1,398 75.0 U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for July 1961. # Tuesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1961 1962 ITEM June May March Apri 1 May June FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: BANK DEBITS: Federal land banks..... Unadjusted: Total (344 centers)..... do.... .bil. $.. 5,174 2,701 613 1,85.9 5,242 2,728 595 1,920 5,502 2,899 728 1,875 5,594 2,922 719 1,953 5,678 2,948 694 2,037 5,770 2,968 692 2, 109 268.8 111.5 53.8 271.8 113.2 54.3 293.3 124.7 59.7 281.7 5 17.2 58.0 295.6 122. 1 59.8 292.5 122.6 59.4 261.2 108,7 51.8 100.6 256.9 104.9 51.7 100.4 283.6 118.1 57.5 108.1 288.7 118,1 59.5 • IM.4 287.2 119.1 57.6 110.5 291.5 119.9 59.6 1.12.1 9,767 6,467 85 12,728 10,831 84 12,354 9,104 104 ' 8,153 5,754 99 10,658 7,024 104 13,315 11,566 SOO 5,699 411 2,020 1,55 S 7,169 717 441 4,144 1,874 4,397 5,246 1,173 S,829 7,961 758 446 4.579 2,423 3,728 5,879 1,188 !,456 7,749 733 1 *449 ^4,597 1 *l,972 5,348 445 745 1,516 7,289 777 438 4,315 1,766 6,243 469 2,266 1,576 7,229 775 p434 p4,786 p1,239 Seasonally adjusted: FEDERAL G0VERM4ENT FINANCE: Receipts, totai a .............•.••••••••••••••••....mi 1. $.» Receipts, net J,/............. »...»..<>............ do. „ e . L/US I OniS 9 f f l » © ® e o © ® 9 O O O a & Q © O o © © © & O C ' O ( 3 © O © © O O © a © 0 Q e > O O 0 G » O w O g © O & Individual income taxes............................do.... Corporation Income faxes,.,,.,, eee , 0 o....,.do.,,. EmpIoyment t a x e s 8 8 0 c 9 9 8 0 e » S 4 o 4 8 3 B S 9 a , 9 S S 9 , e » 8 < , 8 , , 6 c ! o 6 e o e Other Internal revenue and r e c e l p f s 0 o B 6 S 0 8 « 6 6 o . e . 9 o d O o e s Expend Itures, total I / 8 9 , 9 , o . . . » » 0 9 e . o . « 8 e . , e e . . 0 . 4 6 d o o e , 8 interest on public d e b t 3 S o e e s e a o e s 9 a a o e o s e o o S e o 0 e s s d o e o o . Veterans 8 services and benefIts....... e .. s o e s e ...a.do. s o a Mat I ona I defense, .............. B .. 6 ....... e .„...„..do.*. a AS! other expenditures.......•••••...•••••.•••••...do..,. TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U.S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Total (344 c e n t e r s ) e o o e o s s e « s e r a t l o of debits to deposits. 0 New York C!ty............••..••.....• a ..••••.•...•.do.... 6 other centers. ............•."•..................... do. 337 other reporting centers........................do.... • 38 s 9 71.8 37.1 26.4 i 38.5 70,5 37.1 26.3 ! | j I ! I 1 I j • 41.7 78.2 40.9 27.7 | 1 42 Q 2 78.4 41.7 | 28a2 2./ Preliminary. * Data beginning Mar. 1962 reflect revised classifications; not comparable with earlier figures. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ elusion of certain interfund transactions. 30030 Bank of St. Louis Federal Reserve 4L9 78.8 40.8 28.0 ! | | 1 i i | 1 ' 4,980 5,377 1,07 J 1,787 7,983 842 p399 p5,0S3 p1,941 43.0 80. S 42.5 28.6 1/ Data reflect ex- MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1961 1962 1 ITEM May June March May April June TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS HOTELS? 8.82 8.87 9.45 9.00 9.67 9.64 65 121 64 115 63 123 64 108 64 125 r52.6 r150.7 41.5 5.3 46.0 139.2 41.8 5.6 53.3 147.7 45.6 5.4 52.1 153.1 40.8 4.8 50.3 151.4 44.6 5.5 22.3 21.4 22.5 23.1 24.5 23.9 21.7 21.4 24.0 24.8 7.2 6.6 5.6 5.7 5.0 8.96 8.22 IS.59 9.63 9.20 11.41 8.30 7.33 10.66 8.35 7.46 IS.07 9.76 9.06 11.20 r!7 s 55 10.24 r863.22 15.79 11.31 861.58 15.41 10.41 886.45 13.16 9.38 885.90 15.94 10.86 890.66 r 14.30 6.78 r839.72 6.98 5.20 11.92 7.31 838,41 7.77 5.87 12.10 7.30 862.66 7.38 5.59 10.28 6.44 862.36 6.21 4.48 12.13 7.03 867.51 7.54 5.44 .33 .32 2.72 .53 .28 2.92 .42 .25 2.67 .35 .22 2.76 .49 .30 2.93 1.98 12.47 156.42 1.14 1.93 13.41 140.68 .93 2.53 14.33 172.67 1.43 2.15 12.10 164.41 1.70 2.67 11.93 150.96 1.58 76 5! 88 69 167 121 110 100 68 85 77 119 92 90 r263 r!06 259 108 345 132 331 122 311 123 r79 80 103 92 94 425.8 296.3 134.8 424.4 305.5 137.4 516.5 344. i 159.0 r474.1 r3!5.9 142.2 498.2 353.9 160.7 41.70 30.85 1-2.85 31.40 52.10 31.50 46.75 30.20 44.60 35.30 55.40 38.65 43.70 34.45 48.70 35.30 r5l.65 r4l.65 r54.60 r36.40 49.35 39,40 60.75 42^10 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.8 7.90 15.05 9.40 17.45 18.75 12.00 16.20 11.65 12,50 S3 o 30 3.8 3.3 494 5o0 H I .95 M2.I0 r5.l 955 64! 972 659 1,159 1,862 r1,079 r729 r 1,263 ^926 #604 *962 951 959 1 r1,054 r989 r710 r1,227 rS,00l 158 91 159 155 150 86 1 ! r 181 I0S r!62 j6v ! | r I "?c: r!78 r 169 ri63 166 88 175 166 396 362 404 422 379 403 403 ! | I 1 r478 r415 r449 r449 r429 r4IO r425 r424 63 1 16 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alcohol, ethyl: A 1coho1, denatured: FOOO AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Beer: DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL): Whisky: Rectified spirits and wines, prod., total....mi 1. proof gal.. tfvn65f\y#9«0e$ee«0Od«ddfie9eoeooecs9ae9eea«40«9090«*««ttoUO«««# W i nes and d i st i111ng mater i a 1s: Effervescent wines: ........ Sti11 wines: Rice, Ca!ifornia: Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end of mo.do.... no ....»»•• METALS AND MANUFACTURES Steel forgings (for sale): Aluminum shipments: MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total.. a , e i ,e 9 e niil 9 $ o e Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net)................................mi 1.- $.. OH 1pm6nTS oasoosooaaoaasoeaQoeosoQoooosQQsoOQOOeooao OO. oeo Estimated back log..............................'.. .months.. 1 590 PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER, NEWSPRINT^ AND PAPERBOARD: Orders, n e ^ , , » 8 , 6 „ 6 , 8 , 8 S O ( 4 9 3 8 0 , 3 , „ 0 a thous e sh. t o n s 0 0 Orders, unfilled, end of monfhOOB0Ot,a*a&BO*oeaoooOodooooo Product! ©o e o o o e e e f f i o «, Q O e e e o Q o e a o . e e o J . e e O B e o e o s o 9 a a a 0 0 d o e 9 s e Shipments,, oseaaoseeesoeeoeoooeaoeeoeosoeoooessQao* 9 d O e 0 . . Fine papers Orders, n e w . o o s e e o e o 0 0 0 o o e 0 6 o o 0 6 0 o e e e s o a o o e 0 o 0 o C O o « d o 0 0 e . Orders, unfilled, end of month................. 0 ...do.... Product Ion•••••.••.•••••.«..... 0 ........•••••••••• 9 ao e ... Shi pments••..•••••••.•••••..«.......••••....••.••• e do 0 ... Printing paper? Orders, n e w 0 a g m s o & B @ f s S B S a o a B 0 o e t s s B o e & c , a e 0 Q a B a a e & 6 B e d o e . . . " Orders, unfilled, end of m o n t h o o s s o s e Q o E o 0 < » < , o a 3 » * 0 » d o e e e o Production,,...........................*...l.......*ao 0 ... O n e pflreJIR I ^ © © © © o o o o o o © a e s o © o o c 5 © s o 0 O © @ a © © © © © o © © © © © © & o © UO © 0 0© ' r/ Revlsed0 * Excludes estimates for tissue and special Industrial papers. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 30030 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 152 /J/V7 4*945 r95 ' 428 ! 380 434 1 434 . <=e ® o 0 e o aoooo 0 .o O S 0 O 0 O S O o O Q e o e a o e W S 0 O S O e c o o o o s oe »«..»•»» O Q e s a S S o o 9 9 S 9 e o f f l •••••••• S5S&SSSS • •.••-..• MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1962 196 S ITEM May June Narch Apr! S May June PAPER A M D PAPER P R O D U C T S — C o n t i n u e d P A P E R , E X C e B L D G e P A P E R , N E W S P R I N T , A N D PAPERBOARD--Con. Coarse paper; O r d e r s , n e w S O O O O O o 0 0 0 oooo o o ^ o o o o ^ o . o . ^ t t e , , sh® t o n s 0 0 Orders, unfilled, end of m o n f h o o o a o o 0 O O Q O o e e B O o c , o o e , d o < , e o o 144 340 334 345 S53 341 341 r347 rS60 r354 r35i r324 149 r342 r337 332 136 353 345 llllllll oose<ssse 592 583 261 558 -573 246 578 532 315 525 543 296 574 60S 269 566 573 261 S86 179 41 486 589 166 171 36 447 594 187 186 43 481 587 S73 180 36 487 550 S90 187 39 499 547 188 182 44 457 557 667 822 730 867 713 709 18,999 17,350 9,189 S8/978 17,105 9,597 480 8,622 18,987 17,107 11,668 8,395 18,976 17,305 S1,276 45! 10,280 '53.9 3094 52s4 32e5 65o0 41.1 58.7 3809 59e9 39e7 57s0 40s6 59.9 57s0 60.8 56.3 51.3 49.5 51.6 51.1 49.8 48e5 47e9 51e2 RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTES Freight cars? Shi pments *«,<*. O 6 . e . s . 8 c ... e e e . Q S S e o 0 9 O .. B .o.«>®. S S 8 number.. Equipment manufacturers, total............... e e 0 odQ 6 s o 6 Railroad shops, domestic.................•.••»...do.... 3,360 1,588 1,772 3, 142 2,085 1,057 4,077 3,076 1,001 3,421 S,677 1,744 3*758 '1,909 1,849 3,9tl 2,219 S,692 New ordersB.seees..a.OO9S.esoesSffioeoseffie.es.e0eoSoadoaos6 Equipment manufacturers, total 0 ,, 4 .,o« e 9 o< i e »«, S 8 8 .do 6 0 e e Railroad shops, domestic. •...•••••.••eoo..o......do.... 3,698 2,077 1,621 1,217 1,082 135 1,557 1,500 57 r2,450 r1,437 1,013 r3,290 r2,855 435 13,970 4,344 9,626 SS,830 3,341 8,489 15,265 6,44! 8,824 14,244 6, 152 8,092 13,778 7,100 6,678 PrOdUCt iOn..0oooooooeooooooooe.ooo*oooo.»ooo.o©oo..«.d0.o»0 S h I pmentS 0..3©eooo..0o.e009S«fflees0e,<!,0.ego.Q«3.<>eseS.!, dOa . • o NEWSPRINT, CANADA CINCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Product ion..............0.«..........o..........•••••doa... Shipments from ml 1 Is M.«...O.... ...••••Aeoo Stocks at mills,, end of m o n t h a o o e o o e 6 s e o o s B s e s ^ s E O @ e @ d o e o o e NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES? Product i on.....................a...................... doe... Shipments from mills o.t.ao.«9«..««o.o..8o....t.do,.„ Stocks at mills, end of months OBO o 00 oo e oo 0000 oeoo eoe9 do eooo Consumption by pybllshers esoossoooe>ooooao0 oooo 0 oooo S ado @oiao Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of raoooaodo0000 339 ........ TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTONs 1/ ConstMtptIon• •••.••<,•• ...-....•••.•..•••.••.••Q.thous. ba 1 es0• Manufactures? Spindle,activity (cotton system -spindles):• Active spindles, last working day....i...........thous.. Consuming S00 percent cotton...................do.... Splnd.Se hours operated, all fibers, total....mil I Ions.. Average per working d a y e 8 8 S O 0 8 „ 8 „ „ 0 „ 9 ....do.... Consuming 100 percent cotton.................o..do.... PAM4ADE FIBERS CRAYON AND ACETATE)? Productions Filament y a r n e a s e e o s o o e B G 0 o o o o o 0 o o c O 0 o , c o . 0 o » o . « m i I . lb a o S t a p l e , IncS a t o w ( r a y o n ) 0 0 0 . o 0 0 u o u o o « o c o o o o o o o c o o o d o 0 0 # 0 S t o c k s , p r o d u c e r s 1 j, e n d of fno6 s F11ament y a r n s . . . . e... 0.. o a a e o s a o « se0 * o o * o e «> ® « < > s . a.do. 0s «> Stap S e Crayon) M„„8,„„8,o,»o,,e«.9,.«...»9.»o.«clo,.e, TRANSPORTAT1ON 459 467 10,535 18,80616,901 9,50! 475 8,506 S8,8S7 16,869 9,510 476 8,48! EQU1B4EHT Unfilled orders, end 'of m o n t h e o e o o , o 0 » 0 » o e e o 0 o O S . 0 . d o 9 9 0 Equipment manufacturers, total....................do... Railroad shops*, doroestic.o,,,,, ...DO .do..'. 3,41 S 2,294 1,117 13,274 7,171 6,103 r/ Revised s U Data f o r June 1961 and Apr e S962 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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