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June 16, 1961 STATISTICS BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only w i t h subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, t h i s Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published In t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 ^ 1 0 90 Iodex 9 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 90 Monthly PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (daily avg. Weekly (Wednesday closed close) 80 h 80 i 1961 ^ ^ 70 60 196© H 50 _L_LJ 1958 I960 1959 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 ^ 1 0 0 300 L-l-J J F ^ A M J 196! L_J J L_JL_L^J 4 0 A S O M D Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 300 Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. !. seas. adj. index) 275 h 250 ~i 2 5 0 225 200 U « ' » i iS958 i i i i i i t i t i J i S959 SALES OF RETAIL STORES I L_J 1 L_J I I 1 I « I 1961 _ (seasonally adjusted) (seasonally adjusted) Total 15 S I Index, 1947-49=100 200 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES & STOCKS Billion Dollars 20 S I 1960 175 h Nondurable Goods \ 6^**»-*#****d 150 Durable Goods 125 h [f I. I. I I J 1 I I I » I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I M I I 1 I I I I I I I I i p http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/S958 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1959 1960 I I I I 1961 IOO I i I i i i I i i i 1958 Mill 1959 I960 1961 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1961 1960 ITEM Commodity prices, wholesale: A I I commodities . ... 1947-49= 100., Farm products. .. „ ........ ••••••• do..., Foods, processed.. •• « • • • .do. .., A! I other ..............do..., 22 commodities 2/ , „........do..., Department store sales...... 0 .....do..., Insured unemployment, total J3/..... thous., State programs (50 States and, In 1961, Puerto Rico)...do.... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)....number.« Finance: Currency in circulatson 4 / e e . . . . o e s .mil. of dol., ss Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 4/ .do..., Member bank reserve balances j4/. ....do..., Excess reserves, estimated 4/.... ». .......do..., Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: J5/ Demand deposits, adjusted.. .........mil. of dol,. Sav i ngs depos i ts . do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total .........do..*. U. S. Government obligations....... ........do.... Commercial and Industrial loans (gross)............do...< Real estate loans (gross) ....do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 4_/ .percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) J5/\...1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do,. . : Production: Bituminous coal 4/.. thous. of short tons. Electric power, by utilities. ..........mil. of kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches),. .number., Petroleum (crude) and condensate _4/„... thous. of bbI., Steel Index of production...... Freight car loadings, total Mi see I laneous .thous. of short tons., 1957-59=* 100.. ....thous. of cars., .do..., May 20 June I I June ..».«<>.«. .»*&.«. «„ • •...<>••• 86.2 *l19.7 *90.4 *!07.3 *I28„2 85„8 131 144 1,758 1,642 1,733 1,621 274 283 31,812 27,358 18,12! 31,917 27,557 18,152 437 462 ......... ......... 104,248 26,117 31,374 12,861 .«««...<,. a*. ...... ......... May 27 June 3 i 19 J 87.! 108.2 127.9 8667 146 3,296 2,307 303 118.9 86.1 107.8 127.8 85.8 137 3,160 2,20! 368 118.8 86.5 107.8 127.7 85.5 132 119.0 87.0 107.8 127.9 254 349 32,08! 28,180 18,913 601 32,00! 28,070 18,918 567 32,055 27,904 18,870 612 32,198 28,175 18,769 554 61,313 28,079 I 12,822 31,438 31,883 12,825 6!,876 28,148 II1,927 31,188 31,586 12,842 62,054 28,200 112,090 31,397 31,479 12,855 4.81 55.89 59.57 4.77 57c89 61,83 4.58 67.39 71.25 4S58 66.26 69a99 4S60 66.56 70,46 1,427 13,503 138,005 6,781 1,456 14,147 164,627 6,772 1,303 14,352 148,228 7,06! 1,355 14,390 154,205 7,054 i,366 13,887 102,60! 7,061 1,726 92.6 1,756 94.3 648 322 2,037 109.3 568 304 2,077 111.5 579 305 2,052 575 287 June 10 I 10. 1 531 275 84.8 4.62 66.64 70.57 151,091 2,042 109.6 \_l 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. j>/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for May I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1961 I960 ITEM Apri I May February March Apri 1 May DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1 / . Durable goods stores........ Automot i ve group Furniture and appliance group -. Nondurable goods stores. Appare I group. Drug and proprietary stores.... Eating and drinking places Food group. Gasoline service stations General merchandise group..... 19,200 6,351 3,755 835 18,548 6,397 3,689 872 15,071 4,479 2,587 682 r17,934 r5,467 r3,190 r776 r17,463 r5,445 r3,124 r766 18,638 6,054 3,42! 855 .....do.. do., .....do.. ...do.. do.. ..........do.. do.. 12,849 1,360 607 1,308 4,586 1,457 2,094 12,151 1,084 611 1,380 4,365 1,489 1,858 10,592 775 588 1,135 4,173 1,282 1,417 r i 2,467 ri, 191 r627 r1,282 r4,702 r1,429 r1,921 r12,018 !,025 r610 r1,309 r4,494 r 1,460 r!,8l2 12,584 1,137 639 1,381 4,568 1,536 1,935 do.. do.. do.. .do.. 18,860 6,257 3,564 916 18,428 6,043 3,376 907 17,795 5,348 2,890 812 r18,127 r5,547 r3,044 r833 r!7,914 r5,438 2,953 870 13,122 5,594 12,603 1, 179 623 !,377 4,424 1,496 2,123 12,385 12,447 . I,130 629 1,339 4,590 1,473 1,998 r 12,580 r 1, 161 r634 r1,390 r4,603 r 1,491 r2,039 r12,476 1,082 63! 1,376 4,556 1,496 2,036 12,528 25,790 12,290 13,500 24,960 I 1,630 13,330 25,800 12,360 13,440 25,200 I 1,760 13,440 r24,690 rI!,560 r!3,130 r24,900 11,380 r13,510 ,r25,030 I 1,500 r13,530 •r24,4IO r10,950 r13,460 mil. of do! do.. ........do.. .....do.. • ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL 1 / Durable goods stores............ Automotive group Furniture and appliance group........... Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores., Eating and drinking places... Food group. Gasoline service stations..... Genera 1 merchand i se group ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: ' Unadjusted, total. •'••••• Durab le goods stores. Nondurable goods stores Adjusted, tots 1 Durable goods stores Nondurable goods stores £_/ Revised. ••..-• ....do.. ...do.. do.. ......do.. do.. ...do.. do.. ..............do.. .do.. .do-.. -•...... ..do.. ....do.. do.. J/ Data for May 1961 are advance estimates. Digitized for 9419. FRASER 1, 129 619 1,345 4,531 1,45! 1,947 25,160 I 1,500 13,660 24,410 10,910 13,500 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 I960 196! ITEM March Apri I January February March DOMESTIC TRAOE - Continued RETAIL FIRMS WITH 4 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total..••••••••••ml I. of doi. RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total .,.•........,.do.,. Apparel group. ................do... Eating and drinking places.... do... General merchandise group .....do... Grocery stores .....do... Lumber, building-materials dealers..................do..• Tire, battery, accessory stores............. .do... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total..... do. Appare I group. .do. Eating and drinking places.. .....do. General merchandise group. ........do. Grocery stores do. Lumber, building-materials dealers .„..-. do. Tire, battery, accessory stores do. WHOLESALE TRADE: Sales, estimated (unadjusted), total bil. of do!. Durable goods establishments do... Nondurable goods establishments. do... inventories, estimated (unadjusted), total.... do... Durable goods establishments... ....do... Nondurable goods establishments........ .......do... 4,289 4,932 4,107 4,044 r5,047 3,830 243 88 1,063 1,750 54 70 4,422 369 93 1,344 1,867 69 3,534 200 84 910 1,695 48 59 3,472 186 80 897 1,669 47 62 4,334 328 92 1,240 1,930 57 78 4,167 284 90 1,290 1,771 64 81 4,216 292 96 1,308 1,760 4,195 289 90 1,250 1,808 67 79 4,262 293 90 1,303 1.808 68 84 4,352 299 94 1,339 1,835 67 89 12.2 4.6 7.6 12.9 6.9 6.0 !L4 3.8 7.6 13.1 6.6 6.5 11.7 4.0 7.7 13.1 6.7 6.4 N2.6 r4.l r8.5 13.4 6.8 6.6 Apr? I DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, UNITED STATES TOTAL: Unadjusted index Adjusted i ndex May 150 154 r!39 14! EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRiCULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): TOTAL, UNADJUSTED (EXCL. ALASKA AND HAWAII) thousands. Manuf actur ing...... do... Mining do... Contract construction ........do... Transportation and public utilities do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Service and miscellaneous do... Gover nment do... 52,844 16,380 677 2,590 3,917 11,620 2,463 6,644 8,553 52,957 16,348 677 2,830 3,924 11,543 2,469 6,717 8,449 PRODUCTION" WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: TOTAL, UNADJUSTED (EXCL. ALASKA AND HAWAII) Durable goods industr ies J_/. Lumber and wood products (except furniture). Stone, clay, and glass products... Primary metal industries Fabricated metal products... Machinery (except electrical)..... E I ectr i ca I mach i nery, Transportation equipment 12,334 7,123 569 448 1,020 837 1,176 860 1,187 1947-49= 100. do... February 109 145 March Apr? I 132 146 rpi35 rp!48 51,090 15,473 620 2,264 3,759 I 1,279 2,494 6,527 8,674 51,397 r 15,497 622 r2,4l4 r3,749 11,337 r2,507 r6,566 8,705 r5 1,825 r 15,529 623 r2,6l3 r3,755 r11,380 r2,5l8 r6,679 r8,728 12,292 7,084 592 452 993 836 1,159 855 1,174 11,395 6,359 496 396 829 754 1,077 835 1,012 rl1,418 6,363 r498 402 r833 r750 r1,076 r830 1,013 r I 1,470 r6,429 r5l8 r4l2 r846 r762 r1,081 r828 rl,0l5 5,211 960 86! 1,082 448 568 55! 154 317 5,208 967 863 1,079 449 567 547 155 315 5,036 925 806 1,063 432 568 525 142 322 r5,055 r932 r807 r1,074 432 r57i r532 rl42 318 r5,04l r944 r8!5 r1,041 r434 r569 540 143 r3IO 99.7 100.8 168.8 99.4 100.9 171.5 92.1 92.5 157.1 r92.3 r92.6 158.2 r92.7 r93.8 r160.4 39.3 39.9 38.6 89.60 97.36 79.52 2.28 2.44 2.06 39.9 40.4 39.3 91.37 98.58 81.35 2.29 2.44 2.07 38.9 39.3 38.4 90.25 97.07 81.02 2,32 2.47 2.II 39.1 39.5 38.7 90.71 r97.96 82.04 2.32 r2.48 2,12 r39.3 r39.9 r38.7 r9!.57 r99.35 r82.43 2.33 r2.49 2.13 mil. of kw.-hr.. do..,. 66,220 58,717 67,982 60,344 71,742 6 4 ,.64 I 68,289 61,280 .......do.... 7,503 7,638 65,746 59,263 6,484 EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS do... do... do... do... do... do... do... ...do... do... Nondurable goods industr ies J./ do... Food and kindred products do... Textile mi!! products........... *do... Apparel and other finished textile products do... Paper and allied products...... do... Printing, publishing, and allied industries.......do... Chemicals and allied products.... ....do... Products of petroleum and coal .do... Leather and leather products. do... Indexes of employment: Unadjusted 1947-49= 100. Adjusted .do... Indexes of weekly payrolls, unadjusted .do... HOURS AND EARNINGS PER WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MFG. ESTAB.: Average weekly gross hours, ail mfg. Industries hours.. Durable goods industries do.... Nondurable goods industries. .....do.... Avg. weekly gross earnings, all mfg. industries....dollars.. Durable goods industries... ......do.... Nondurable goods industries........ do.... Avg, hourly gross earnings, all mfg. industries do,... Durable goods industries .do.... Nondurable goods industries ....do,,.. ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL E I ectr ic uti lities Industrial estab I ishments.. r_i Revised, for9419. FRASER Digitized JD/ Preliminary. J/ Includes data for industries not shown separately. 7,101 7,009 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued °~*»""—-*--^^ - • ' • • ' '1 I960 ITEM j LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES | LUMBER (NATIONAL LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)! 1 Product! on j, total. ......»»•.«.....•«..•••••.m 11, of bd« ft ao SoftWOOdSs © o o g o e s s o a o o f f l s s s o ^ a a a e a o s o e ^ s e s s a e e ' e a o s,oedO®s0 o j Shipments, t o t a i „ „ 8 0 9 « 0 i » o 9 0 « o 8 0 ! » o 9 o ( i l , O S o a 8 a 8 a . o s s d o 8 8 o e Softwoods, •..•••.•••••o. ••<>•••<.•• ••••••••••••• •••••do...«j Stocks C gross), mill, end of months total ...„oot!0!)aa5!Jo0o3o | 5 Q T 8 W O 0 G S @ ® s @ @ @ @ 3 3 © o a @ @ @ 3 e @ ® a s @ ® o s o © o & & o @ @ i a ® 3 3 @ s ® ® d Utl® a a © j METALS AND MANUFACTURES 1 STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: | Total Call grades) J/#...............«thous. of short tons oa j Structural shapes (heavy), steel pi 1 i n g ^ o o ^ ^ ^ ^ c J o ^ , , li \ Q T @ 5 © . © © ® © © @ © © © f a © e ; © © i 3 1 s © Q S © ' 3 © a © © © Q © « 0 © © Q © @ © © © © a © © a © W g s © © j Bars and too! steely tota1.........................do....| Pipe and tubing.... • .•••••••••...••••••••••.....«.• 8 d o o a o o Tin mill products.... eeeoe . e ..;....................do.... ' Sheets and strips Cincls electrical), tota1••••.••.do....< PULP, PAPER* AND PRINTING WOOD PULP: ProductIon, total, all grades* aes .. affl thous 0 of short tons ao Dissolving and special alpha 08 , S oo,».o a « ai » se oo do„». SU 1 fate. • .oe.o.o.oo.o...ooooooaooooc....oo....o..... dO» .'. . SUifite e 8 9 B , 0 „ 0 6 S o 8 , 0 0 1 , 0 0 8 5 ! lC 3 .O i , 8 ,..0 = 0 . S 1 1 . t M M J ( J O „ . . Groundwood ssos ...O0.a.oo«.o.ooooooe«,««o0o.,,ao o a s « « o d o a o a e Defibrated or expiodedB.,„o<»(!oS<,3t>9o».So0<,i!,<,,ai,.,,doB.,e Soda, semichemlca1, screenings, damaged, etc sss ....do.. S0 Stocks, end of month, total, al! mi 1 ls..«............do.... PUIP m 31I S ^ o o a ^ o o o o o o o o D o s o o o o a o s o a o o o s o o e o o o c o c o o od O . oo e Paper and board ml 1 Is. , S8 »,., i , l , ( ,. 8 . 9 . 9e ...« 9S! , 08e .do. 5 ,, Nonpaper mi i 1 s............... e ... a ...« s ® GSi! , 0 .. e .. .«do O S 3 e All paper and board mills, production: Paper and board, t o t a U <,«. ••••••••••••••••••..do.... Paper.....................................•••o...•.do.... Paperboard ......................................... do.... Wet-machine board*.........................o.......do.OSB Construction paper and board.............•••••••••.do.... PAPERBOARD (NATIONAL PAPERBOARD ASSOCIATION)! OrderS <, neW® . . . a . . . . . . . a...... ...«««.«.. a.a.eooo.*.. sOOe o 3 s Orders, unfilled, end of month..••••••••••^•••••••...do.... Production, totaI...............•••••• ••••••••••do••.. ! Percent of activity.....................•••.••••••••*•••• TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL*••.••....•••...•••••••.-••••• • .number.. UOUieST ICe.eee. e.».aoee»» ©.•.»«»«. soo..«ess.«a. . . . . GO e . . . Trucks, tota1..•••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••...do.... uomesTic.«....».a................................oo.... jr/ Revised. J / Includes data not shown separate|y # production, 1,451.9; percent a c t i v i t y , 9 1 . USCOMM-DC-9419. April 1961 j January 3, S32 2,662 2,969 2,422 I 9,978 6,326 3,059 j 2,53! ! 3,063 I 2,513- | 9,974 6,344 7,966 574 1 755 1,214 698 | 635 1 3,291 | 6,742 ' 517 ; 624 993 6S0 559 2,806 2,175.9 | 95.3 1,255.9 2S8.2 278.6 i 105.5 222 a 3 ; 851.0 270.8 504.0 76.2 3,027 1,370 1,375 14 269 2,896 4,327 1,295 13 262 1,441.3 467. i 1,434.7 94 1,334.9 321.3 1,345.5 93 789,511 340 303 659,730 644,780 129,441 105,438 703,002 366 362 588,046 576,817 114,590 92,557 2,263 1,863 j 2,27! ! 1,861 10,243 6,332 4,638 308 378 669 489 577 1,790 2,I07 e 6 98.9 S,2l8e5 222.! 267.7 96.1 204.3 882.0 317.! 499. 1 65.8 2,098.8 88.5 1,195.9 23L8 268.3 102.8 211.5 879.9 283.0 520.2 76,7 | | * Data f o r May 1961 ( u n i t s as above): | February 2,793 1,295 1,257 10 230 j Aprl 1 March 2,302 1,881 j 2,258 1 1,830 j SO,286 6,382 | 2,696 2,292 2,856 2,404 10,126 6,270 1 2,567 2,237 2,758 2,374 9,934 6,132 4,251 321 ! 395 ! 627 ! 425 466 1,599 5,047 384 478 758 544 528 1,825 5,133 377 458 800 566 524 1,889 j 1 1 j 1 1 | • | | 2,184.1 96.7 S,283s7 224.8 256.8 104.0 218.1 897.0 338.2 496.4 62.4 r2,245.0 I 106.6 rl,310.9 221,1 274.7 104.2 r227.5 r9!4.0 r324.6 r523.6 65.9 1,957.0 91.4 1,151.4 199.7 242.7 75.1 196.7 889.0 312.3 507.1 69.6 2,639 1,219 1,214 10 S96 j r3,004 r1,354 r 1,386 12 r253 2,881 1,300 1,310 11 260 ! ! 1 1,453.7 440.7 1,435,8 91 * 1,304.4 *42l.3 *l,316.8 *9i 526,056 255 254 425,892 410,516 99,909 79,573 547,708 425 425 453,425 442,740 93,858 77,620 1,202.4 380.3 1,201.0 87 1,241.8 399.3 1,218.9 89 485,933 278 278 406,616 395,075 79,039 67,407 448,212 198 196 363,193 351,137 84,821 67,703 ! 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