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._rjir~ March 1, 1963 SURVEY O ? CURRENT iUStNESS BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS. INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = 1 Index, 1941-43 = 10 90 PRIOES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 80 -Mmahfy (dally awg. clossj - - 70 60 -\ - 50 40 H AA- i » , » » 1 » » ' ' ' •* J U L J L - l - l J L , , , L J 1960 1 1 1 - — L J L - L 1 \ 1,1 , \ ; 8. l , i 1961 f i i 1 i 1962 1 i i- i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1963 Index, 1957-59=1 Index, 1957-59=100 150 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Monthly (E. £. 9. seas. adj. index) 140 130 120 110 •JLO-O-l-J 1 \ 1 1 H i _LJL_l_L_L_Ll_l.J 1960 , 1 . _ 1 _-JLJLJLJL-1-AJLJUJLJL-L- „..L...IL,.LJ.w...i-l..,..L.J.„..JL JUJL J 1962 1961 1963 Thousands 250 Thousands 1,000 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 200 h 0 L.L i ; i i I i 1960 i L J i I i ,» i i-i I I 1961 -L—LJ \ i i I I. ,8, ,„l, 1962 8 I 1 I I 1963 I-JL.-LJL J P M A M J J A S O N D 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' .1962 1963 ITEM Feb. Feb. 2 Feb. 24 17 Feb.. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 100.1 96.2 100.3 100.6 **93.3 4,156 89 100.2 97.0 100.2 100.6 93.0 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: <*I00.7 *98.2 *I0I.8 •100.8 96.1 1957-59-100.. do.... do.... do.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES DEPARTMENT STORE SALES 1957-59*100;. do State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bredstreet)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do.... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4_/ do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total •....•..a...QO.... do Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's } 4/..1941-43-10.. do.... PRODUCTION: ,thous. sh. tons.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches).•• .thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59*100.. do ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. * * Wednesday price. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY • 88 86 93.8 4,184 83 308 2,873 2,380 412 292 2,958 2,456 309 416 2,797 2,610 320 375 2,754 2,569 329 311 32,888 29,791 19,520 498 32,870 29,913 19,580 533 34,080 31,916 19,610 430 34,105 32,194 19,667 460 34,263 32,330 19,622 501 63,071 30,907 117,877 33,564 32,117 13,452 62, 148 31,004 117,829 33,492 32,176 13,475 64,495 35,143 127,391 31,986 34,295 15,626 63,135 35,267 127,662 32,050 34,388 15,641 62,593 35,328 127,409 31,735 34,383 15,688 4.70 70.42 74.42 4.70 70.32 74.29 4.48 65.85 68.84 4.48 66.40 €9.49 4.48 66.15 69.11 1,372 16,266 159,541 7,471 1,333 16,110 159,780 7,450 1,311 18,188 183,474 7,207 1,418 17,532 182,893 7,370 1,326 17,672 179,254 7,441 2,454 131.7 538 286 2,405 129.1 511 274 1,874 IX.6 501 277 1,975 106.0 529 287 2,054 110.3 512 279 96.1 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 100.4 97.7 100.7 100.6 93.6 4,190 90 ,3/ Daily average. 1 ,4/ Wednesday data. 311 34,293 32,312 19,492 408 4.47 65.33 68.75 175,138 2,066 112.0 * Monthly index for Feb. BUSINESS STATISTICS i 1961 1962 1963 ITEM Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns.. 1,278 104 215 232 606 121 1,447 114 231 213 749 140 65,489 3,453 16,743 19,723 18,361 7,209 63.6 106,609 8,858 19,017 39,071 28,886 10,777 62.9 106.3 107.1 106.3 104.9 106.4 107.3 106.4 105.1 108.7 109.7 IOC.7 107.2 8,866 8,576 292 5,968 8,726 -2,758 4,150 10,149 -5,998 1,410 III 231 244 672 152 119,092 7,634 • 24,728 48,833 26,876 11,021 66.3 1,216 109 193 200 590 124 1,101 100 219 161 497 104 ' 1,258 113 183 244 562 136 98,841 16,184 16,095 34,069 24,107 8,386 59.4 81,275 8,785 18,744 20,671 22,744 10,331 56.0 160,963 7,728 31; 113 56,054 29,552 36,50C 55.2 108.6 109.7 .108.6 106.9 100.0 109.9 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost index (E. H. Boeckh & Associates): Average, 2 0 cities: 108.5 " 109.6 108.5 106.9 FINANCE Net cash transactions (Federal) with the public: 1/ 1 9,209 10,021 -732 9,540 9,436 112 Seasonally adjusted quarterly totals: 25,300 26,900 -1,600 J./ Other than borrowing. Digitized for30373 FRASER 27,300 29,300 -2,000 loe.r. IC7.I MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1 1961 3 1962 1963 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. FINANCE—Continued FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: do.... 8,980 7,967 88 3,363 3,322 505 1,701 5,959 5,357 100 3,570 466 353 1,470 4,068 3,030 120 1,391 460 551 1.547 8,533 7,027 114 5,312 412 1,206 M88 9,553 8,360 94 3,537 3,450 652 1,820 6,285 5,533 80 3,636 517 429 1,623 do.... do.... do.... 7,160 781 471 4,258 1,836 7,395 803 471 4,316 1,890 8,524 814 440 4,610 2,672 8,070 808 443 4,558 2,268 7,572 640 445 4,344 2,142 8,013 858 486 4,548 2,214 .38 .49 2.20 .33 .27 2.23 .36 .50 2.91 .30 .56 2.62 .34 .49 2.43 r4.59 r13.54 209.50 11.92 3.28 12.22 194.33 9.68 86.89 15.02 241.60 144.34 14.79 15.26 239.38 39.81 5.66 12.95 224.60 9.46 39.1 38.0 44.3 43.1 do.... 27.7 28.4 32.2 30.3 26.3 31.0 . sh. tons.. do.... 286.8 81.5 299.1 84.9 348.3 92.9 362.9 99.2 300.0 98.5 322.1 105.2 do.... do.... 1 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: . wine gal.. do.... Sti11 wines: Product ion.. ••••••••. do.... do.... do.... VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconul oil: 38.7 Corn oi1: Cottonseed cake and mea1: Cot1onseed oiI: 210.3 219.1 243.9 255.4 211.4 228.3 do.... 32.1 33.3 49.0 39.9 33.8 39.1 . sh. tons.. do.... 895.4 99.3 946.7 101.4 914.8 68.3 988.2 64.4 981.9 r88.8 987.2 99.3 417.9 442.4 428.6 452.3 450.4 456.2 11,348 14,335 16,499 14,337 3,063 3,299 3,221 3,661 do.... .thous. lb.. 33,260 367 11,526 41,114 490 13,999 45,461 622 15,711 42,546 662 13,863 , sh. tons.. 5,819 3.664 2,155 6,190 8,741 6,214 3,941 2,273 6,531 8,456 5,530 3,241 2,289 5,509 8,916 5,415 3,252 2,163 5,517 8,807 P5,252 p3,i39 p2,113 p5,457 p8,595 P i'_ i ron: Production (excl. production of ferroalloys)... i • • a . . O O . . . . do.... Stocks (consumers' and supph'ers 1 ), end of mo.. »•••••oo.... A i um i nun sh i pnents: 6,400 6.425 3,183 6,833 6,996 3,101 5,009 5,213 3,150 5,094 5,207 3,075 5,337 P5.364 p3,124 do.... r435.7 271.3 115.8 r477.3 r324.5 143.5 r473.4 r3l8.5 139.6 436.4 280.7 129.3 Linseed oiI: Soybean cake and meaI: Soybean oil: Tobacco, manufactured products: .thous. lb.. Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smalI: 11,212 3,514 34,734 336 11,953 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron end steci scrap: do.... do.... do.... 429.4 296.9 133.9 | 5,584 Radiators and convectors, cast iron: radiation.. do.... 2.6 •9 I.I 2.5 1.6 2.1 I.I 2.1 2.9 37.4 44.6 31.2 49.9 62.7 52.7 34.4 53.0 27.7 51.2 148.6 146.5 84.4 45.8 85.4 68.7 213.2 149.5 146.7 86.1 49.6 86.8 71.4 207.7 195.9 191.6 261.3 166.5 153.3 M7.6 255.6 165.2 161.9 r20l.5 r 142.7 Ml.l 87.6 238.4 s 0:1 burners: Stovc-s and ranges, dom. cooking (exc. electric): Siiipments, total (excl. liquid-fuol types) 2/.. • • • • • . o o . . . . Stoves, domestic heating (exc. electric), shipments....do.... r/ Revised. &/ Preliminary. J/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions, totaled 77,500 units in De"c. 1962. Digitized for above, FRASER 30373 147.6 145.5 94.0 62.2 90.4 74.5 •251.8. " TJ Shipments of cookfng tops, not included 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1962 1961 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Dec. Nov. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued Furnaces, industrial, new orders, not: Electric processing Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) mil. i. do... .9 2.1 1.9 5.8 I.I 1.9 I.I 5.1 .8 1.7 do... do... do... do... months. 44.65 33.50 57.25 39.55 4.8 42.05 34.30 43.05 30.65 4.8 48.30 41.90 44.75 34.75 4.1 47.25 40.65 48.05 38.85 4.0 r5l.65 r43.30 r55.l5 r43.00 3.9 mil. S. do... do... do... months. 12.60 8.50 13.55 8.90 2.8 16.70 12.35 10.25 6.80 3.3 16.30 14.35 16.90 12.70 4.7 14.65 12.25 12.70 9.40 4.7 r!5.l5 14.10 H4.I5 10.55 r4.7 thous. squares. do. •. do... do... do... thous. sh. tons. 3,310 1,219 2,092 52 43 63 5,119 1,771 3,348 75 32 97 7,588 2,955 4,633 103 108 105 5,286 1,984 3,302 80 64 3,665 1,162 2,503 57 31 65 NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Production thous. sh. tons. Shipments from mi I ls.e do... Stocks at mills, end of month do... 528 560 167 554 498 223 618 646 218 609 625 202 506 530 178 NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Production do... Shipments from mills do.., Stocks at mills, end of month » do.., Consumption by publishers do.., Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of mo....do... 163 167 33 473 584 185 175 43 434 188 192 35 511 609 183 184 34 506 597 166 176 25 441 604 658 870 823 667 590 19,009 17,181 8,875 444 8,019 18,971 17,120 11,661 466 10,513 18,712 16,495 11,565 463 10,134 18,730 16,395 18,750 16,374 8,450 422 7,317 MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic r Sh i pments, tota I Domest ic Est i ma tod back log Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net) Domestic Sh i pinents Domestic Est imated back log PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS Asphalt and tar products, shipments: Asphalt roofing, total Ro 11 roof i ng and cap sheet Shingles, all types Asphalt siding Insulated siding Saturated felts PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: ±/ Consumption thous. bales, Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day thous, Consuming 100 percent cotton do.., Spihdle hours operated, all fibers, totaI... .mi I lions, Average per working day do.., Consuming 100 percent cotton do.., 9,253 463 8,035 r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Jan. and Oct. 1962 and Jan. 1963 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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