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July 3, 1964
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SURVEY OF
CURRENT
BUSINESS

BUSINESS

STATISTICS

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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 t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY

SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS
Billion Dollars
160
TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS

(average o( Wednesday

Billion Dollars
160

data)

(Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System)

150

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140

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120

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Index, 1957-59 = 100

Index, 1957-59 = 100

160

160

Monthly

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by, utilities)
(E.

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index)

150

150

140

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130

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120

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1963

140

Index, 1957-59=100
120
CONSUMER PRICES*

Billion Dollars
80
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING

115 h

70
All

110

J A S O N D

(short- and intermediate-term)

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Services

Total

L--~

(end of month)

60

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(end of month]

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January 1964

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WEEKLY

2

STATISTICS1

BUSINESS

1964

1963
ITEM

COSODTTTT'RTCE^
I957-59^100..
A!I c o m m o d i t i e s s e f f l B S e s o e f f l s e K O O s e
.......do....
Farm products
Foods, processed...............................
oe60c.0doe<>e.
Al I o t h e r » 8 . . s a > « 9 0 S O O O O f f l a o o s o f f i 0 . o o e a e o o a f f l f f i e ........do....
aas
.......do....
2 2 commodities
2/»..ooe............0.....OBee....
$..
A L L RETAIL STORES, SALES.... 0 ... 0 ............. o e ...
fflae,.miI.
.......do....
Nondurable goods stores..
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, .State programs.........
....... thous..
INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a 11 programs
.i.....do....
State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) ...do...,
FAILURES, IN0UST o AND COMMERCIAL CDun & Bradstreet) . number.„
FINANCE;
Currency in circu lation 3/B......... oe... ae eoS6,.. .mi 1. $..
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ "...do....
Member bank reserve balances 3/a.......... ....... ;-..do...-.
Excess reserves, estimated 3/
...do....
Reporting member banks (of F.R a System) In leading cities:^/
Demand deposits, adjusted........................mil. •$..
Savings deposits,,..s e „ ....oa sae .....................do...-.
Loans and Investments (adjusted), total oso .........do.„. ffl
U.S. Government obi I gat ions.. .. ...... ,. ... ... .... do....
Commercial and Industrial loans (gross).... a o ....do.. ..
Real estate loans (gross)........................do....
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) ,3/.... .. per cent .„
Stock prices, 5 0 0 stocks (Stand. & P o o r s s ) 4/..1941-43=10..
Industrials, 4 2 5 stocks..*. s s ......................do....
PRODUCTION?
Bituminous coal 3 / 0 . 6 8 e s „ , S 8 , ,
....thous, sh B tons..
Electric power, by uti'i ities..................mi i. kw.-hr s o
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses)...............number..
Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J,........ ... .thous. bbl..
Steel.,.. 8 »
^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . ^ . . . t h o u s . sb. tons..
Index of production...............«.*„.,.. s *1957-59=100..
FREIGHT CARLOADSNGS, TOTAL. a ..............
..thous. cars..
Mi see I laneous,,.,,.
•••.•••.••8.s....do...9
J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks,

2/ Tuesday price.

MONTHLY

June 13

June 20

June 27

100. I
93.2
99B8
101.. I
95.1
5,051
3,37!

100.2
93.2
100.4
101.I
95.2
5,140
3,45!

.100.4
93.9
101.6
101.1
95.3

216
S,456
1,303
252

212

37,257
36,222
20,196
297

37,487
36,597
20,185
329

37,613
36,81S
20,614
453

62,010
36,355
133,116
30,377
35,599
16,77!
4.47
69.41
72o80

61,472
38,726.
139,791
26,567
38,243
18,706
4,59
79.49
84.33

63,S40
38,774
140,053
26,39!
38,234
18,764

63,286
38,800
142,013
26,500
38,885
18,836

4.59
79*44
84 B 24

4„60
80.8 S
85.79

1,670
17,925
199,503
7,508
2,3S3
124.2
602
311

1,568
17,834
209,593
7,624
2,445
131.2
580
310

1,588
18,938
217,301
7,702

1,611
19,233
212,002
7,699

2,417
129.7
611
317

2,349

June 22

June 29

93,5
4,813
3, 138
229
1,617
1,460
274

* 1-00.3
*94.9
*!02o4
*S00„7
9297
4,991
3, 155
24!
1,545
1,398
296

95.2
5,149
3,504
213
S,494
1,339
293

35,331
33,498
19,796
498

35,279
33,714
20,052
379

62, 191
36,220
131,935
29,791
35,449
16,703
4.47
70.09
73.60
1,621
17,369
200,375
7,541
2,426
130.2
60!
315

3/ Daily average.

BUSINESS

June

238

37,574
36,875
20,680
349

81.06
86.02

211,846
2,320
124.5

126.1
603
310

4/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for June 1963.

STATISTICS

1963

1964

STEM
Apr.

May

i

Feb.

Apr.

Mar.

May

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
INDUSTRIAL A N D COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.):
........do....!
........do....!
..do....
........do.... :

........do....
........do....
........do....000 concerns..
Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,

1,287
SS6
212
189
620
150

1,303

1,320
131
280
212
625
142

1,197
101
201
216
554
125

S,075

217
241
595
139

1,241
109
204
211
572
145

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

118,274
14,502
S9,828
33,496
39,291
11,157

123,935
7,238
14,933
26,260
22,680
52,824

110,999
11,686
20,776
26,762
19,515
32,260

112,884
10,355
27,872
30,650
28,151
15,856

93,419
10,245
14,687
37,782
23,291
7,414

54.2

56.4

55.3

56.6

51.3

49.4

106.2

106.2

!
1

*!07.6
**'I07.6

*107.8
^107.7

*I08.0
**S07.8

*S07.9
**I07.8

|

107.5
108.4
504.8
105.6
102.9
102.2
119.0
104. 1
114.3

107.5
108.6
104,8
105.6
102.9
S0I.8
119.6
104.3
I 14.5

106.0 !
98.3 !
104.8 !
I 13.9

105.7
97.2 j
104.5 1
S !5« 1

in

92
179
188
50 S
115

COMMODITY PRICES
.1957-59-100..
Special group indexes?
A H stems less food....•••...............• ..........do....
Commod ities..................•••..».•..... .........do
.........do....
Durab les. .'••..•.••.....•••.••••...••..•. ..........do....
New cars B ............................. .........do....
Commodities less food,.. e o ....„........... ...

..do....

Meats, poultry, and fish.................. .........do....
|
jr/ Revised.

* All

106.1
107.0
103.6
104.2
101.8
101.1
115.4
!03.t
112.5

!

104.3
98.3
102.9
112.0

1

!
!
i

i
!

106.1
107.0
103.5
S04.2
101.8
101.1
115.7
103.0
112.6

|

104.2 J
98.0
102.8
I 13.9 1

!
:
|
|
!
;

107.7
108.6
104*9
105.6
102.9
101.6
120.9
104.3
114.8
105.7
97.0
104.S
l ic

7

i
;
:
i
i

107.7
108.7
104.8
105.5
102.8
101.2
121.6
104.3
114.9
105.5
96.6
103.9
115.7

items index on old basis. ** New series. CORRECTIONS for p. S-8 of the June S964 SURVEY: Wholesale price indexes
and vegetables fresh and dried, grains, and livestock and live poultry, respectively, should read as follows:

Digitized forfor
FRASER
May 1964 for fruits
107.4; 103.2; 81.2.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
36481
Federal Reserve
Bank of St. Louis

MOMIHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued
1963

1964

ITEM
Apr.

May

Feb.

Mar,

Apr.

May

COMMODITY PRICES—Continued
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—Continued
1957-59=100.
Hous i ng ........... . „....... • • •..... •. •.. 0o
•...
ShelterfflSO „ ...OOD .. .. °o ... ... . °«•.a .. . o»o.
.........do...
Rent.
Homeownershlp. .......................... .........do...
Fue! and utlI sties........................s . t ... s ,.do...
.do...
Household furnishings and operation,......

105,8
106.8
106.5
106.9
106.9
102.3

105.7
106.7
106.6
106.7
106.4
102.3

106.9
108.3
107.5
108.8
106.8
102.7

107.1
S08.4
107.5
108.9
107.3
102.8

S07.0
108.2
107.7
S08.6
107.4
102.9

106.9
108.2
107.7
108.4
107.2
102.9

104.4
107.0
105.5
I 16.5
ISO.7
S 16.4
107.6
I I 1.0

104.3
107.4
106.0
I 16.5
I 10.7
116.7
107.8
I 10.7

105,
108.
107.
I 18.
I 12,
118.
108.
113,

105.3
108.9
107.4
116
I 13.

105.6
109.0
107.6
118.4
I 13.4
I 19.0
108.7
I 14.0

105*7
109. !
107.7
I 18.6
113.5
119. I
108.9
I 14. I

94.2

94.2

92.9

92.9

92.8

*92.8

.mi I.
...do.
...do.
...do.
...do....do.
...do.

8,544
5,735
110
5,344
551
940
1,598

II,S32
6,953
106
6,293
443
2,664
S,626

12,235
8,047
87
6,975
451
2,835
1,887

13,961
10,148
108
3,991
6,654
1,579
1,629

9,559
6,609
109
5,895
684
1,106
1,765

10,525
6, S36
100
5,398
491
2,864
1,672

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

7,590
823
367
4,522
1,886

7,470
823
435
4,488
1,727

7,521
880
450
4,365
1,946

7,871
907
455
4,378
2, 143

7,930
895
415
4,561
2,075

7,511
899
449
4,669
1,520

15,129
II, I 18
885,582

13,506
9,533
873,194

14,060
10,-511
874,442

15,511
I 1,646
874,543

10,687
7,103
861,644
7,718
5,599

10,266
6,731
854,142
6,268
4,514

10,358
7,046
846,095
7,245
5,183

10,954
7,505
846,908
7,851
5,675

.39
.32
3.12

.48
.27
2.88

.63
.34
3.14

.53
.33
3.3!

2.36
13.37
160.14
15.56

2.97
13.76
201.61
8.38

3.40
15.96
185.83
r6. 15

2. 19
13.80
175.68
1.79

22.4

30.0

.........do...
Appare1 and upkeep
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , . „ . 0 , , o . , t s . » » . » . 4 . . » . « . . . . . .........do...
Pr I vate .............................................do...
Pub 1 ic. .....'•.•..•.........•.•..•..................do...
Hea11h and recreat i on..............., •...............do...
.........do...
Medical care, e«,
PersonaS care............................. .........do...
Read I ng and recreat i o n o a „ e 5 1 1 0 5 S . 0 , . . . o , . 0.........do...
PURCHASING POWER OF T H E DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y Consumer
prices............................. .........do...

108.
113.

FI NANCE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES
Rece i pts, tota I...... „..... e. „.».. •.+>.......
ReceIpts, net J/... 0 0 ....*..»..... *.... •
Customs
Individual income t a x e s „ , ( . 4 „ s . 0 . . . . . . . . .
Corporation Income taxes..••.•••.....••...
EmpIoyment taxes
Other Internal revenue and receIpts. a s ....
Expenditures, total J,/
Interest on public debt......••..
Veterans' services and benefits,,.
Nat lona S defense. .......a........
All other expenditures............
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO
DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL):
Product ion......»...««,......... oeffl. ....... .mi I. tax gal..
14,335
Taxable withdrawaIs.
do....
10,122
Stocks, end of month
......do....
884,205
Whisky:
Product ion...
do....
10,989
Taxable withdrawals
do....
6,688
Stocks, end of month.....
..do....
860,363
Rectified spirits and wines, prod., total....mi I. proof gal..
7,095
Whisky
.....do....
5,198
WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS:
Effervescent wines:
Production
mil. wine gal..
.41
Taxable withdrawals
..do....
.28
Stocks, end of month..
do....
3.07
St i11 w i nes:
Product ion.
do....
2.45
Taxable withdrawals..........
.....do....
13.05
Stocks, end of month...
.....do....
174.43
Distilling materials produced at wineries............do....
8.44
VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS:
Coconut oi i:
Production, crude
....mi i„ lb..
24.7
Corn oiI:
Production, crude..................................do....
31.8
Cottonseed cake and meaI:
Production..
thous. sh. tons..
197.1
Stocks (at oil mills), end of month
.........do....
200.3
Cottonseed oil:
Production, crude.......................„.......mi I. lb..
139.0
Linseed oiI:
Production, crude (raw)............................do....
35.2
Soybean cake and meaI:
Product ion........
thous. sh. tons..
823.3
Stocks (at oil mills), end of month................do....
96.0
Soybean oil:
Production, crude.,,..,
....................mi!. lb..
386.4

32.8

34.6

138.3
220.4

292.8
241.4

98.4

207.4

18.6

20.0

37.2

36.6

35.9

259 1
259 9

212.9
295.7

165.1
325.6

185 8

154.7

119.2

38.0

33.6

33, 5

31.5

39.3

945.6
110.4

807.3
162.4

790. 7
S57. 2

819.0
r139.9

855.2
167.6

443.7

376.2

368.9

385.6

398.7

1,288
2,029

1,306
2,285

1,202
1,812

1,389
S,955

1,379
2, 108

r384
83.5

407
83.1

293
84.2

r340
r88,5

383
90.2

.9
6.3

7.7

I.I
7.4

.8
7.0

METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale):
Orders, unfilled, end of month......................thous..
Shipments............................................do....
Cans (tlnplate), shipments (metal consumed), total for sale
and own u s e , . , . , . „ , o q 8 ,
.............thous, sh. tons..
Aluminum castings, shipments........................mi I. lb..
Radiators and convectors, shipments:
Cast iron..........................mi I. sq„ ft. radiation..
Nonferrous...........................................do....
r/ Revised.
36481

* Index based on 1947-49=100 Is 75.6. ** Not available.




3.2 J

1/ Excludes certain Interfund transactions.
"~

mwrxsHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
«—-———

""

' "

-~"
S964

1963
ITEM
Apr.

May

Feb.

Mar*

Apr.

May

METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
Stocks, end of month....;.............. ..do....
Stoves and ranges, dom. cooking (exc. electric):
Shipments, total Cexcl. liquid-fuel types)......... ..do....
..do....
Stoves, domestic heating (exc. electric), shipments....do....
Gas.••.•••........••••....••..•.•..••.••..•....•.... ..do....
Foundry equipment (new)., new orders, net
mo. avg. shipments., 1957-•59« 100..
furnaces (industrial) and ovens, etc., new orders
ml 1. $..
(domest 1 c ) , net..................................
..do....
FueI-fired..........».„....*....................... ..do....
Material handling equipment (industrial):
Orders (new), index, seas. adj................1957- 59=100..

39,2
67.8

43.0
60.7

41.7
44.2

40.2
47.9

36.6
49.8

176.9
S74.6
105.6
55.7

187.3
185.0
1 16.9
62.6

167.7
165.7
70*8
38.7

200.0
197.4
rf12.9
r77.5

S95.4
193.5
89.6
53.4

........
........
........
........

107.3

148.7

251.8

272.9

242.6

244. S

8.1
1.9
3.1

10.8
1.0
4.7

9.7
1.0
5.7

10.5
1.3
6.8

7.4
1.2
3.8

7.4
f.O
3.7

136.5

128.3

153.3

170.8

158. S

3,5S7
3,812
5,137

3,772
4,006
4,897

4, 175
3,906
4,981

4, 157
4, 126
4,987

3,843
4, 119
4,690

........
........

739
526

775
510

748
477

799
470

821
476

........

2,421
103
1,437
229
289
113
249

2,578
116
S,535
233
306
117
270

2,530
S25
1,509
224
304
127
241

2,667
127
1,608
242
320
129
241

2,703
106
},634
244
330
129
260

........
........

3,193
3,245
1,455
l,48'2
II
297

3,293
3,419
1,504
1,578
13
325

3,424
3,276
1,448
S,533
1!
284

r3,327
r3,477
r1,515
r!,632
12
r3J8

3,486
3,542
!,547
1,652
IS
332

........
........
........

6,601
3,659
61 1

7,087
3,832
573

5,910
3,609
289

7, 184
4,246
515

8,141
4,745
607

3,755
2,812
2,570
2,110
19,872
10,401

2,405
1,719
5,978
5,349
23,364
14,011

5,467
3,674
3,701
3, 172
36,080
19,789

6,780
4,336
r7,696
r5,464
36,922
20,960

6,529
3,531
r2,8J3
2,513
r34,690
r19,930

!

PULP, PAPER, ANO PAPER PRODUCTS
PULPWOODs
Receipts..•••••.••••...••••••..thous. cords (128 cu a ft.)..
Consumption*....... .«*..*.<»...••..•••...••.•••..•. ..do....
Stocks, end of month.............................. ..do....
Waste paperj
Consumption......•........................thous. sh. tons..
..do....
WOOD PULP;
Production, total, all grades.... a o .. D O .. a o B a a .... ..do....
Dissolving and special alpha.................... ..do....
Sulfate..... S oo 0 . oc ..........coo................ ..do....
Sulfite.......................................... ..do....
Groundwood.................................... •. ..do....
Defibrated or exploded.......................... ..do....
Soda, semichemical, screenings, damaged, etc.... ..do....
PAPER AND BOARDS
Production CBu. of the Census)!
..do....
All grades, total, unadjusted................... ..do....
Paper......................................... ..do..,.
Paperboard.................................... ..do....
Wet-machIne board..•....•..•.•..•.••.•..»..... ..do....
..do....
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
TRUCK TRAILERS, SHIPMENTS:
Complete trailers and chassis........

number.,
do
Trailers and chassis (detachable), sold separately ...do....
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, American Railway Car Institutes
Freight cars:
..do
, do
do
Equipment manufacturers, tota1................ ..do....
..do....
..do....

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6,931
3,947
7, 185
5, 135
33,410
21,084

r./ Revised. J/ Shipments of cooking tops, not included above, totaled 29,700 units in Apr. 1964.
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