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^^MENLPFC^.. July 3, 1964 ^INCOME JFAYMENTS P ^ ^ SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS BUSINESS STATISTICS °^fi!S£v* 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 _ 140 - _ ~ 130 120 —•• 110 ff^^ni . . . . . i ..i. *, * ^ i t . . i ^, • . 1 1962 1961 . . \ _J-_!_J__U_X_. —J—i L Jl 1 l. < « » - J ! ! >I-J J P M A M J 1964 1963 J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 160 160 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by, utilities) (E. E . 1. s e a s . a d j . index) 150 150 140 H 130 H 120 -j 110 ^JL^J^wJ-...,!..,...!, —1 JL 1 1—JL—JL—. I 1 < < I . 1 1 1962 1961 LJ L~J 1 1 . 1 1 ^J^JU-JU™.*™^ 1 S^Ow^JUJL-^L-J J F M A M J 1964 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) -1 Services Total L--~ (end of month) 60 «*** T 1 Installment Cre (end of month] 50 »»9*#9r, J ? * , , r,«» * • • • * . j ? Food * N e w series beginning January 1964 100 xj^xaaJU^t^j 1961 - i . x J „ l »,.,»„ ., 1962 -J-J. l,l,i„\ 1963 inl.t i I i„),„l l n > > 1964 40 - m w * - m - + * ...._lA , 1 -^OJJUJLXJLXJLX- 1961 1962 1963 1964 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.... ........ ........ 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. USCOMM-DC—36481 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300