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July 28, 1961 STATISTICS BUSINESS 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 to those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43^10 90 Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 90 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (daily avg. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS: 80 80 1961 -\. J 70 60 50 1958 I960 1959 Index, 1947-49 = 100 160 WHOLESALE PRICES Milli 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS' 2.0 Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods 140 _J__I. J__J_1 J — L _ I _ -i . 1~L-A] 4 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D I96S N e w Series 1.5 120 1.0 100 ''Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates BO . M i l l LLL-LJLL-L| I I 1 I I I I I I 1 1958 1959 ±J-J_J_±_Li_LJ_U I960 •.LUJ-J_ll.J-J-.LL J-LL I I I 1 I I JU 1961 1958 Index , 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 135 CONSUMER PRICES i i i i i I I i i i i i I I i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i 1959 I960 196! Index, 1947-49=100 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS ' (seasonally adjusted) 130 100 125 80 120 *Average per working day 115 |^l I I M I I I I I I 1 I L U I I I I M I 1 I I I I I I I I I I i 1 I I ,1 I I 1 I I I I I 1958 1959 I960 1961 60 i i i i i I i I i M i i i i i i i i i i 1958 1959 I I I I I I I I I J - l I I I I L-L-l I960 I I M l 1961 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATiSTiCS1 <5 1961 i960 ITEM July 16 July 23 85.9 119 1,869 1,728 258 *II9.7 *88.9 *I08.9 * 128.2 86.0 120 1,815 1,674 259 83.4 125 2,678 1,860 326 **84.5 114 2,847 2,032 220 32,361 28,115 18,349 575 32,199 28,437 18,762 517 32,202 28,319 19,103 612 July 1 July 8 July 22 July 15 Commodity prices, wholesale: State programs (50 States and, in 1961, Puerto Rico)..do....* Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ,4/.....do.... Member bank reserve balances 4/ s •,,,8S8seoea,„sdo.eea 118.7 86.5 107.7 127.5 84.5 123 1 18.5 86.2 107.0 127.5 84.2 304 343 32,480 28,568 19,087 547 32,797 28,641 19,103 657 32,634 28,575 19,034 643 62,156 28,628 113,106 31,976 31,769 12,914 61,155 28,714 113,257 31,974 31,615 12,430 61,892 28,763 112,402 31,456 31,549 16,387 Reporting member banks (of F.R. System) in leading cities :J5/ 106,863 27,816 31,580 15,300 Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stande & Poor's) .5/eeeI94i»43=i0.. 4.77 56.10 59.52 4.73 55.61 58.90 4.66 64.59 68.40 4.67 65.63 69.43 4.69 65.32 68.97 1,232 14,608 125,521 6,832 1,327 14,830 133,386 6,855 1,750 15,183 152,887 6,888 829 14,133 101,492 6,970 1,240 15,071 150,549 6,930 1,476 79.2 607 289 1,550 83.2 620 293 1,925 103.3 534 302 1,779 95.5 425 241 1,860 99.8 573 284 4.70 64.70 68.35 Production: 1 ndex of product ion... ...1957-59-100.. 128,804 1,858 99.7 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ In addition to State programs, includes the following: Railroad; UCFE (Federal employees); UCX (ex-servicemen); and, effective with week of April 15, 1961, TEC (temporary extended compensation). Also effective with week of April 15, 1961, includes persons under extended duration provisions. 4/ Daily average. J5/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for July I960. ** Wednesday price. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM May June March Apr? 1 May June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): New incorporations (50 States, incl. Alaska) 1/.... .number.. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, 1NC.): .number.. 15,571 16,710 16,783 14,815 16,371 16,485 1,273 131 214 229 564 135 1,334 103 213 228 680 110 1,610 135 266 271 786 152 1,441 131 245 238 704 123 1,545 123 255 269 731 167 1,403 123 222 218 696 144 73,307 6,095 10,877 31,963 17,588 6,784 126,450 22,597 18,613 41,111 28,497 15,632 126,622 13,344 20,283 26,579 51,185 15,231 86,114 7,093 13,127 23,215 32,562 10,117 80,47! 6,798 19,162 18,944 24,776 10,791 126.3 126.5 127.5 127.5 127.4 ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 129.7 123.8 117.3 1 19.4 1 1 1.9 149.6 129.7 124.0 117.6 119.8 III.5 149.7 130.9 125.0 118.0 120.7 109.9 152.2 130.8 125.0 117.9 120.4 110.7 152.3 131.0 124.9 117.7 120.2 1 10.8 152.5 131.2 125.2 118.0 120.4 1 11.2 152.7 ...do.... ..•do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 108.9 119.7 115.0 132.9 109,7 108.9 120.3 115.0 136.1 109.8 109.5 121.2 117.9 131.4 109.6 120.7 109 6 120 9 117.5 132.2 108.7 1 17 "*> 135.4 ...do..... ...do.... of do 1.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ' 83,8?8 8,762 12,500 26,590 27,192 8 784 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS Special group indexes: 1947 -49=100.. ...do.... Fruits and vegetables..... Meats, poultry, and fish £,/ Revised. 5027 1/ , inning I960, data for Alaska are included. M0.3 121.2 118.5 127.8 Mi.4 * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 213.3. i 10.5 *127.6 107 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued I960 1961 ITEM May June March Apri 1 May June COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Consumer price index - continued Housing Gas and electricity Housef urn ish I ngs Rent. ..••......•.•«........ 1947-49=100.. ...do..,. .....do.... .do.... 131.2 124.7 104.3 141.4 131.3 124.7 104.3 141.6 132.5 125.9 103.9 143.1 132.3 125.8 103.8 143.3 132.2 126.2 103.5 143.4 132.4 126.3 103.9 143.5 MedicaI care ....* ...do.... Persona I care do.... Reading and recreation...... ...........do.... Transportat ion do.... Pr i vate do.... Pub lie do. ... Other goods and services. do.... WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ±/ ALL COMMODiT IES. .....do.... Farm products .........do.... Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried.... e do... a Grains do.... Livestock and live poultry ...do.... 155.9 133.2 121.4 145.6 133.9 198.0 131.9 156.1 133.2 121.1 145.8 134.1 198.3 132.0 159, 133, 123, 145. 133, 205, 132.6 159.9 133.8 124.1 145.8 133.4 206.5 132.6 160.4 133.8 123.9 146.6 134.2 206.5 133.1 160.9 133.9 123.5 147.7 135.3 207.3 133.1 119.7 90.4 119.5 89.0 I 16.9 77.8 85.8 109.7 77.5 85.1 rl19.9 r89.9 r!05.9 r76.4 r83. I NI9.4 r88.5 r100.2 r73.8 r82.0 r ! 18.7 r86.8 rlOI.4 r74.8 r78.2 118.2 85.1 103.4 74.2 75.4 107.3 !2!;2 114.9 106.3 98.5 107.6 121.2 116.0 106.9 98.1 109.6 123.6 r120.5 rl 11.5 r96.I r108.7 r!07.5 123.6 123.6 rl!9.6 rill.I r94.3 r 119.2 r109.0 r9l.8 106.7 123.7 119.4 108.7 89.9 128.2 110.2 110.8 123.2 I 11.2 128.2 110,2 112.3 123.0 110.3 rl28, rl 10. 117, 122, 1-109, rl28. r l 10, r 115. 122, r!09, rl27.6 r109.9 113.6 r 122.4 r l 10.7 127.4 109.3 114.3 122.4 110.3 123.7 153.3 154.2 137.9 122.4 153.2 153.8 137.8 r I 15.4 M53.4 r152.4 r138.6 rli8.0 r!53.I r152.7 r138.6 NI7.6 r153.1 r!53.0 r138.5 117.8 153.2 153.1 138.5 133.4 146.3 96.3 131.7 133.5 146.7 96.3 131.7 r131.5 r139.9 r94.4 132.1 M3I.0 rl40.I r94. I r!32.0 r126.I r140.2 r94.0 132.1 126.5 139.6 93.7 132.1 83.5 79.2 83.7 79.1 r83.4 78.4 83.8 78.4 r84.2 78.5 *84.6 *78.4 Foods, processed Cereal and bakery products Dairy products and ice cream........ Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen Meats, poultry, and fish ....do.. ,s..dooe ....do.. do.. do.. Commodities other than farm products and foods......do. Chemicals and allied products..... do. Fuel and related products, and power do. Furniture, other household durables.... do. Hides, skins, and leather products.... do. Lumber and wood products Machinery and motive products Metals and metal products Nonmeta I I ic minera I products Pulp, paper, and allied products Rubber and products Textile products and apparel Tobacco products and bottled beverages PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices ..... Consumer pr i ces do. ..do. ........do. do. do... .....do... .....do... ....do... ...do... do... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private).. Private ly owned Total nonfarm (public and private)...... Privately owned. Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only) Total nonfarm (private only). ..thousands. do... .....do. do. do. ...do. 130.0 127.3 127, 122, rl09, rl04, r I 15.3 r I I 1.0 r130.6 r127.0 136 9 131 4 128, 125, 125, 120, r!07, ri02, r I 13.0 r108.7 r 128.2 rl24.6 134 .2 128 ,7 1,333.0 1,315.0 1,302, 1,285, r1,296. r1,262, rl,166.0 rI,143.0 rI,295.0 r 1,272.0 1,374 .0 1,347 .0 4,747 2,468 565 232,844 88,551 47,895 4,812 2,487 551 250,852 99,809 50,415 5,023 2,640 665 265,564 I 10,455 53,354 5 , 174 2,701 613 268,932 111,463 53,782 5 242 2 ,728 595 **296 ,673 **I35 ,032 **56 ,370 9,725 6,550 91 5,783 467 1,918 1,466 12,804 10,891 90 4,125 5,530 1,155 1,903 I 1,878 8,524 88 3,171 5,799 1,348 1,472 7,359 5,125 73 4,319 9,767 6,467 85 5,699 41 I 2,020 1,551 pl2 ,642 plO ,749 p84 p4 ,387 P5 ,246 pl , 173 P» ,752 6,073 772 5,307 6,521 801 5,988 7,012 726 6,287 6,450 722 5,730 7 , 169 717 p7 ,948 r6,458 p7 ,425 61.1 35.5 26.3 61.3 35.7 26.4 67.1 35.4 26.2 68.0 36.9 25.7 74.6 38.0 26.9 70.6 37.9 26.7 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total. mil. of do I. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks ...do... Loans to cooperatives do... BANK DEBITS, TOTAL (344 CENTERS) do... New York City............ ....do... 6 other centers. do... FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Rece i pts, tota 1 do... Receipts, net 2 / do... Customs.. i ...do... Indi vidua L^ income taxes .do... Corporation income taxes... ..do... Emp loyment taxes ...do... Other internal revenue and receipts. , do... Expenditures, total 2/ do... Interest on public debt... ....do... All other expenditures .............do.".. TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: New York City .....ratio of debits to deposits. 6 other centers do... 337 other reporting centers....... ;....do... 5, I 10 2,669 650 241,082 101,151 48,529 493 736 1,738 p763 r/.Revised, j)/ Preliminary. _[/ indexes for January-June 1961 have been revised to reflect new weights; revisions for m o n t h s not ~ j ^ o W n here will appear in the August 1961 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 2/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. *'.|,?*?S based on 1935-39=100 are as fol lows—- wholesa le prices, 44.3; consumer prices, 46.9. **/ Revised basis of reporting; not comparable with earlier data (June 1961 figure on old basis for 344 centers is $272 billion). 5027 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued I960 1961 ITEM May June March Apr! f May METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding ferroatloys)....thous. of short tons. Barrels and drums, steely heavy types (for sale)? Orders, unfilled, end of month. e e «, 0 0 . o e e ..*.. 0 „ e .thousands. Sh S pments ....; do... Aluminum castings, shipments.*... .. e e 9 <,. o o e . 9 s e B e 9 mi S e of lb. 6,331 5,261 4,514 4,680 5,646 1,715 1,893 1,702 S,986 1,588 1,937 1,623 1,797 1,450 1,959 60.3 60.1 62.5 r60.3 63.7 563.1 569.5 234.9 566.3 593*2 208.0 571.7 528.1 262.7 549.1 559.5 252.3 591, 583, 26l 6 173 171. 35, 510, 593.2 171. 174, 32. 461. 605. 186.0 I77e5 47 9 3 469 9 l 610.7 162.8 !76 e 4 33.7 479.3 594.4 185.9 179. I 40.6 485.9 589.4 PAPER AND PRINTING NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Productfon S9?e « !8easeaeeeaeaefflffie) e effi96ea thouSe of short tons. Shipments from mi I S s s . « e e * e a . o a s 6 » a 6 e e e s B e e a . . a . e . o a @ s d o . a . Stocks at mills, end of month e 9 . e .» 6 S a 6 .. s s . o o e .. o a . s . a do 0 0 . NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Product Ion............................................do*.. Shipments from ml !ls s 8 ( 9 e s ,.* a . a s s o o o s s a e e e e * s ,,. S 8 „. a e e a d o 9 9 . Stocks at mills, end of month®. 6 0 0 6 9 . o e s e e f f i < J 8 e a 8 ! 8 a s < > e s .do e .. Consumption by publishers.............................do... Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of month.ado9effl TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: 1/ Consumption®,. e 9 S thous 0 of bales e Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day............thousands. Consuming 100 percent cotton....................do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total m* ISIons Average per working day„ o o a a s e , s a f f l 0 6 0 0 •« ..dO.. Consuming 100 percent c o t t o n s s a a a @ o e s o s ....do..MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Production: Fi lament y a r n „ a 8 6 6 „ 9 < S 5 a c a o a a o 0 8 6 6 0 9 8 0 9 8 e 6 , S 8 m I S1. of lb Staple, fncl. tow (rayon)....................... © a „.dos. Stocks, producers1,, end of month, tota I. ..... .....a e ..do.. Fi lament yarn.......... .....,. 4 9 „ . a ..do.. Staple, incl. tow (rayon)a...oos....6e.....Sffl... e a 9edo.» 710 860 795 647 668 19,308 17,584 9,826 491 8,970 19,305 17,579 11,767 471 10,751 19,058 17,430 !S,S96 448 10,253 19,008 17,360 9,096 455 8,330 19,000 17,346 9,312 59.0 26.3 120.3 64.4 55.9 56.2 28.6 118.2 58.5 59.7 53 e 0 32.1 I 19.1 57.8 61.3 48e3 29.6 119.7 58.4 61.3 53s9 30e4 116.9 59e9 57.0 5,945 3,564 2,381 6,218 3,873 2,345 3,874 2,180 1,694 2,933 1,156 1,777 3,360 1,588 1,772 466 8,514 TRANSPORTATI ON EQUS PMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE: Freight cars: Shipments, totaI .number.. Equipment manufacturers, to+al................ ...do.... Railroad and private-IIne shops, domestic..... ...do.*.. New orders, total Equipment manufacturers, total..... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic.. ...do.... •a.do.999 ...do.... 2,297 1,738 559 316 249 67 1,802 1,795 7 2,040 824 1,216 r3,65! 2,030 rl,62l Unfilled orders, end of month... Equipment manufacturers, tota! Railroad and private-line shops, domestic *..do 9 9 9 . ...do.... ...do.... 36,321 18,607 S7,7I4 29,770 14,349 15,421 15,807 4,284 11,523 !3,664 3,902 9,762 13,970 4,344 9,626 ...do.... •••do.... 24 270 13 282 44 112 31 18 116 Passenger cars (equipment manufacturers): Shipments, total Unfilled orders, end of month, total... £./ Revised. ±/ Data for June i960 and March and June 1961 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM-DC-5027. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINF« PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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