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-*™ E |W OP r~ June 12, I96 Zi BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSSfc^S Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides ^ ^ T C weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in tire !at£S* monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 160 FyW j/s JO* nr. , ^enrtos^ray r*ato» f'50 £^<t# ^ N*V I ^ 1 H 120 110 1962 1961 1963 J F M *• /,* J 1964 J M S C tf D Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 160 160 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by. utilities) Monthly (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 150 150 140 - 130 ~ 120 - 110 1 1 k™U~J 1 1 t~UX,,J L„.. L™JUJ L^Jn^L-J 1962 1961 L J - X ™ U -« j « - i - j - j - « i - J - - j - j - a - - j - ^ Monthly ~ - 100 - 50 _ 0 J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 Index, 1957-59=100 200 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and steel for costings) 150 J F M A M J 1964 1963 —L- L^X^X^_a_ 1961 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l__J 1962 1 1 ,, X-~J 1 1 » 1 1 L 1 1 1963 1 ™J 1 i ., A K ! k 1964 I-JLJUO-, J F M. A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1963 1964 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A 1 1 commod i t \ es 1957-59-100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES.......... . ..mil. $.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs June 6 May 3 0 May 2 3 100.1 93.7 99.4 101.0 95.2 100.1 93.5 99.6 101.0 94.8 5,078 3, 186 94.0 4,862 3,279 100. 1 93.8 99.5 101.1 95.4 5,007 3,300 100. 1 93.8 99.5 101. 1 95.1 5,047 3,290 222 1,750 1,578 235 248 1,696 1,526 303 217 1,622 1,465 277 216 1,566 1,406 255 236 293 34,911 32,667 19,599 477 35,108 32,868 19,438 340 37,150 36,020 20,292 401 37,154 36,179 20,303 407 37,123 35,844 20,116 334 37,257 36,222 20,239 338 36,048 129,843 29,966 35,028 16,537 61,452 36,126 129,645 29,660 34,962 16,566 61,797 38,571 138,888 26,440 38,394 18,606 60,692 38,632 139,185 26,488 38,416 18,658 61,656 38,664 139,030 26,311 38,305 18,691 4.47 70.33 73.78 4.47 70.53 74.10 4.59 80.97 86.08 4.59 80.66 85.67 4.59 80.26 85.22 1,514 16,105 164,224 7,453 1,567 17,368 198,449 7,432 1,527 17,812 207,577 7,629 1,545 18,277 206,497 7,640 1,665 18,037 193,685 7,637 2,608 140.0 550 291 2,513 134.9 606 319 2,503 134.4 591 319 2,511 134.8 595 321 2,462 132.2 577 316 * 100.0 *94.4 *I0I.7 *I00.5 95.6 4,760 3,080 thous.. State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. F1 NANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ,3/....do.... May 16 June 8 June 1 194 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:,4/ £ t 1 A T O 1 , 1 *+•-' Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) .• do.... .do.... Bond yieids, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. 4.59 79.49 84.33 PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL... ±/ 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. 2/ Tuesday price. Data do not always cover calendar weeks. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 209,599 2,445 131.2 * Monthly index for May 1963. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1963 1964 ITEM Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS May Feb. Apr. Mar. May INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do do do.... Manufacturing and mining Wholesale trade. ....thous. $.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... Commercia1 service Reta i1 trade W ho 1esa1e trade Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10, 000 concerns.. 16,894 15,682 15,495 16,086 r17,676 r16,064 1,303 III 217 24! 595 139 1,241 109 204 21! 572 145 1,320 131 210 2!2 625 142 100,755 4,960 14,434 32,286 28,847 20,228 54.2 118,274 14,502 19,828 33,496 39,291 II,157 56.4 123,935 7,238 14,933 26,260 22,680 52,824 55.3 110,999 1 1,686 20,776 26,762 19,515 32,260 56.6 51.3 72,161 68,097 4,673 63,424 4,063 1,424 5.6 73;127 69,061 5,178 63,883 4,066 1,292 5.6 72,527 68,002 3,931 64,071 4,524 1,163 6.2 72,810 68,517 4,017 64,500 4,293 1,322 5.9 73,799 69,877 4,429 65,448 3,921 1,237 5.3 72,902 68,767 4,997 63,770 4, 135 1,067 5.7 73,022 68,720 5,030 63,690 4,302 1, 113 j 5.9 1 73,835 69,832 4,797 65,035 4,003 1,007 5.4 73,760 69,807 4,600 65,207 3,953 1,047 5.4 74,583 70,559 4,748 65,811 4,024 927 5.4 16,347 15,305 1,287 1 16 212 189 620 150 17,365 16,242 1, 197 101 201 216 554 125 112,884 10,355 27,872 30,650 28,151 15,856 EMPLOYMENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS).. Long-term (15 weeks and o v e r ) . . . . . . Percent of civilian labor force do.... An .., CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED... UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) Long-term (15 weeks and o v e r ) . . . . Percent of civilian labor force r/ Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 36461 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ' 1 ' 74,742 71,101 5,007 66,094 3,640 1,084 4.9 74,595 70 754 4,865 65 889 3,841 934 5. 1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued !963 1964 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. EMPLOYMENT—Cont i nued LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS 100 employees.. do.... do 3.5 3.8 2.0 3.9 4.1 2.3 3.6 3.7 2.0 3.4 4.0 2.0 r3.7 r4.0 2.2 p3.6 p3.8 P 2.3 do.... .do do do do 3.5 3.8 1.2 1.7 1.8 3.6 4.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 4.0 4.0 1.2 2.0 1.8 3.3 3.8 i.l 1.5 1.7 r3.5 r3.8 1,2 1.6 1.7 p3.3 p3.6 pi.3 pi.4 pi.6 62,149 48,075 63,167 48,806 69,203 53,597 68,786 53,552 68,913 53,795 69,816 54,382 do do 4,702 4,479 5,332 4,601 4,784 4,932 4,552 4,597 5,322 5,079 5,578 4,991 do.... do.... 4,973 4,496 5,008 4,487 5,276 4,848 5,421 4,842 5,480 4,956 5,371 4,959 13,093 9,663 107 3,927 6,081 1,428 1,550 8,544 5,735 110 5,344 551 940 1,598 6,580 5,853 101 3,873 583 404 1/619 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 7,806 825 405 4,523 2,056 7,590 823 367 4,522 1,886 8,492 925 481 4,348 2,819 7,521 880 450 4,365 1,946 7,871 907 455 4,377 2,144 7,930 895 415 4,561 2,075 do.... ....do do M35.I5 r64.7l r6.02 r4.04 r16.52 r3.53 r29.22 135.61 64.95 6.01 4.04 16.51 3.52 29.44 141.87 66.63 5.78 3.86 16.44 3.42 31.41 142.53 66.79 5.80 3.86 16.42 3.42 31.46 143.07 66.76 5.73 3.85 16.44 3.41 31.51 Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total...do.... Preferred (U.S.) do do do.... r5.32 r2.28 r2.95 r47.58 r44.l2 5.38 2.26 3.03 47.91 44.41 5.74 2.35 3.29 50.83 47.01 5.77 2.35 3.32 51.13 47.27 5.85 2.36 3.39 51.44 47.52 r4. 17 r6.35 1.23 r5.79 4.20 6.36 1.18 5.63 4.37 6.73 1.28 6.29 4.38 6.77 1.27 6.43 4.39 6.82 1.28 6.53 885.0 391.7 72.2 13.1 73.5 154.9 179.6 834.4 367.1 67.3 12.6 73.3 155.0 159.1 885.8 400.3 78.7 12.6 93.2 151.5 149.5 838.2 364.6 72.1 12.1 77.4 146.6 165.4 938.0 397.6 81.3 13.8 82.5 167.3 195.5 2, 123.8 2,057.6 2,057.6 1,968.3 2, 117.5 2,025.0 2, 179.3 2,127.2 2,206.7 2,120.4 1,960.4 1,463.0 1,486.7 1,912.7 2,037.3 2,091.5 1,994.5 2,028.7 1,446.7 1,421.8 1,337.7 1,445.3 2,077.5 1,592.3 1,522.9 2,046.0 1,454.2 1,417.2 do 106.9 2.5 7.1 17.7 8.0 103.4 2.4 8.4 17.2 9.7 III.8 2.8 8.2 1 1.4 8.8 101.6 2.6 7. 1 12.8 10.8 125.4 2.7 8.4 13.3 9.4 109.2 2.7 8.9 11.3 7.4 do do 1 13.8 214.0 117.6 21 1.5 121.8 207.0 109.1 203.0 138.8 219.5 129.3 239.0 22.0 27.6 28.8 39.4 29. 1 22.3 29.6 37.4 26.3 25.4 29.9 36.7 28.5 27.6 30.3 44.9 28.5 26.5 33.9 47.8 FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM) mi 1. $.. do Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Seasonally adjusted: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: rlrv do do.... do.... do do Other Internal revenue and r e c e i p t s , 0 s c e s 0 a s = c e e S o 0 d o = s s s do do.... do.... do.... LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): bi 1. $.. ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... do.... Public utility (U.S.) RaiIroad (U.S.) do.... do ....do.... Cash do.... PAYMENTS T O POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: mi 1. $.. TOTAL do.... do do.... do do do FOREIGN TRADE mi 1. $.. do EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL do do.... do.... GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL 1,562.3 1,542.1 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride mil. lb.. do.... Creosote oil DDT Ethyl acetate (85#) .. Ethy 1 ene g i yco 1 Formaldehyde (37# HCHO) Glycerin, refined, ail grades: rj Revised. &/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 36461 do.... do mil. lb.. ±/ Excludes c e r t a i n 22.5 29.6 26.4 41.0 interfund transactions. 4 MONTHLY COSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1964 1963 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan„ Mar s Feb. Apr e CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Cont. ALCOHOLS Ethyl alcohol and spirits; Product i o n e e „ , e . o „ 0 , . . , , 0 Stocks, end of m o n t h . 0 . o e o Used for denaturation..... Taxable wlthdrawa Is....„•. Denatured alcohols Product ! o n „ 9 8 6 , , „ , B „ , , 0 Consumption (withdrawals). Stocks, end of month 6 ., e , e tax gal 0 do... do.., ..........do... 53.4 164.2 43.8 5.3 52, 163, 45. 5. 60, 5 !79£ 5 49. 5 4 9 56c 1 I83e0 44s 0 4S 7 53 0 8 I88e9 43ffl9 5.4 0 miI. wine gal 0 ..........do... ..........do... 23.6 24.8 2.3 24. 23 e 2696 26.43.2 23e 7 23. 1 23e9 24.7 2o9 S ,068 84 145 1,095 83 S4I 1,229 88 157 9.0 5.1 4.7 3.2 9 4 5 2 5. 1 3 4 9,4 4.8 4.8 3.5 9.4 5,3 5.3 r3.4 p9.3 p5.3 p5.4 p3.4 7.5 7.2 7 8 7 2 8.0 7.3 800 7.6 p?„9 p7.6 0 0 miI. ...,; 3C METALS AND-MANUFACTURES CASTINGS, TOTAL SHIPMENTS: Gray i r o n o a , 8 8 e s o . „ 0 0 < , o c o o o , . 0 O thous 0 sh £ tons. Malleable i r o n 9 . 8 „ „ , 0 a . . . . . . Bdo.0. SteeI......................... .do. ao STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES END OF M0 o s Consumers (manufacturers only) 8 mi S. sh.tons. .do.., Rece i pts durs ng month Consumption during month«.....„..„........ .do... odo e0 Warehouses (service centers).........•...... Producing mi ISs: „do„, In process (Ingots., semifinished, e t c 0 ) 0 „ Finished (sheets, plates, bars,, pipe* etc. .do... Radiators and convectors, shipments Cast i ron ..rail. sqa ft. radiation.. Nonferrous„......o...0.000.0...., ....................do.... OS I burners: Shipmenfs.,„..»,0ooo...»oo..0»»oo»,000»0.e»,eosthous„ Stocks, end of (nonth.„.,.... e .., ( , t .. 8 .., 8! .»..<,,«.,dOo. t . Stoves and ranges, dom„ cooking (exc 0 electric)1 Shipments, total (excl. liquid-fuel types). eo .. af>s.. a d o s . e . Gas J./..............................................do.... Stoves, domestic heating Cexc E electric), shipments....d© 0 . 0 . Gas...................................................do.... Industrial trucks (electric), shipments? Hand (motorized).................... ............... number. e R i der-type............................................do...« I n d u s t r i a l trucks and t r a c t o r s (gasoline-powered), shipments number., 1,055 81 127 , 154 82 S30 I.I 7.1 6.3 ,9 8 .1 .9 8.2 I.! 7*4 37.1 64.5 39.2 67.8 42 ,3 44 .1 41.7 r44 e 2 40 o 2 47.9 177.1 174.7 I26e4 79.2 !76 e 9 I74 0 6 105.6 55.7 158 ..1 156 ,0 91 ,0 54 .3 S67s7 S65«7 r70 e 8 r38.7 200.0 I97e4 113.2 77 a 7 529 793 579 550 491 484 515 609 548 578 581 510 2,137 2,2!2 2,543 2,518 2,862 3,032 TRANSPORTAT f ON EQU S PMENT REGISTRATIONS: 2/ New passenger cars..................................thous.. Foreign cars.......................................do.... New commercial cars (trucks).........................do.... RAILROAD EQUIPMENT (American Railway Car Institute): Freight cars: Shipments........................................number.. Equipment manufacturers..........................do.... 624.2 32.5 99.2 758.8 42.7 120.0 612.0 35.4 102.7 551.8 29.8 90.9 636.9 35.8 108.3 812.3 45.0 132.5 4,026 2,639 3,755 2,812 5,253 3,299 5,467 3,674 6,780 4,336 6,529 3,531 New orders.........................................do...« Equipment manufacturers..........................do.... Unfilled orders, end of month......................do...« Equipment manufacturers..........................do.... 5,522 3, S00 21,307 IS,155 2,570 10,800 3,441 37,836 20,291 3,701 3, 172 36,080 19,789 7,742 5,510 36,922 20,960 4,243 2,513 34,702 19,942 r/ Revised. £_/ Preliminary. J/ Excludes top-burner sections; shipments of such types totaled 30,900 units in Mar, , S964. of R. L. Polk & Co.? republication prohibited. USCOMM-DC—36461 2/ Courtesy PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. 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