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• « * " » « March 23, 1962 STATISTICS BUSINESS 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 Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (daily avg. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 90 90 80 80 h 1962 th 70 / 1961 60 50 \J\JLJL^J...JL-A I [ I I 1959 « i i i i » i i i i i 1 i i i i 1960 i I i i I i I I 1961 I I 1 I I I I i i i i i I i i i i i j j 50 I J F M A M J J A S O N D 1962 Index, 1957-59= :100 200 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 Monthly STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) Weekly 150 - 100 -\ 150 1962 -i 50 0 -1-L..L.~L-L.J..JL...L.J_ 1 1 1959 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -L-J—— L - J L — I — L J L J - I 1960 1 1 1 1 i i i i—i—L i i t i i 1962 1961 r /°\ J ^ S A * / ^ H IOO ^1961 50 i i i 1.1 1 1 I _i I _ I 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS Index, 1957-59 = 100 110 2.0 105 h 100 1959 'Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates i 1111111 i i 1960 1961 1962 1959 11111111ii 1960 I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 1961 1962 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1962 1961 ITEM Feb. 24 Mar. II Mar. 18 86.1 128 •101.0 *98.l •101.6 *I0I.2 86.4 140 83.4 119 83.1 119 383 3,498 3,257 318 413 3,463 3,227 363 292 2,958 2,456 309 315 2,891 2,397 311 306 364 339 31,794 28,014 18,671 427 31,901 28,116 18,827 635 32,870 29,913 19,579 533 32,855 29,778 19,487 522 32,908 29,974 19,487 450 33,066 29,917 19,347 464 110,082 30,401 31,501 12,738 4.55 63.44 67.21 111,556 30,606 32,226 12,741 4.53 63.57 67.27 62,148 31,004 117,829 33.492 32,176 13,475 4.70 70.32 74.29 63,104 31,073 118,928 33.510 32,204 13,497 4.69 69.96 73.89 62,286 31,248 117,995 32.908 32,203 13,484 1,049 14,613 113,556 7,353 1,573 84.4 493 272 1,111 14,554 92,680 7,353 1,574 84.5 507 281 1,333 16,110 159,780 7,450 2,405 129.1 511 274 1,248 16,514 162,359 7,403 2,361 126.7 528 291 1,281 16,418 157,410 7,266 2,367 127.1 526 285 Mar. 3 Mar. 10 Mar. 17 100.7 97.8 102.2 100.7 83.8 120 100.7 98.6 101.9 100.7 84.4 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs .....thous.. State"programs (50 States and Puerto Rico). do.... FAILURES, INOUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3>/....do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent•• Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43*10.. 4.68 69.69 73.57 4.67 70.91 74.93 PRODUCTION: 160,283 2,387 128.1 J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Dally average. ±/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Mar. 1961. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1961 1962 ITEM January February November December January February GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SALES: J./ Value (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total bil. $. 12.6 12.6 15.7 15.4 r!5.l 14.5 do... 13.2 13.3 15.6 15.7 rl5.4 16.0 do... 12.4 12.8 15.9 rl5.8 rl6.l 14.9 do... 12.9 13.4 16.1 rl6.2 rl6.6 16,0 do... 42.6 42.8 44.7 r45.1 r46.l 46.3 1957-59*100. 101.0 101.0 100.0 100.4 100.8 100.8 Farm products Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried Grains Livestock and live poultry do. •. do... do... do... 97.9 97.7 93.7 98.4 98.3 94.1 94.7 99.1 95.6 89.9 98.8 89.4 95.9 87.2 98.4 92.4 97.9 97.0 97.2 95.7 98.2 103.9 96.7 94.7 Foods, processed Cereal and bakery products Dairy products and ice cream Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen Meats, poultry, and fish do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 101.9 104.6 107.4 104.0 99.4 102.5 104.7 106.1 104.1 100.6 100,1 106.1 109.6 100.5 93.6 100.9 106.1 110.2 100.4 95.9 101.8 106.9 109.1 99.3 99.2 101.9 108.6 109.1 99.8 98.6 Commodities other than farm products and food Chemicals and allied products Fuel and related products, and power Furniture, other household durables Hides, skins, and leather products do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 101.2 99.7 102.6 99.5 103.4 101.2 100.0 103.1 99.4 103.1 100.7 98.1 99.8 99.5 108.6 100.9 98.1 100.6 99.3 101.0 98.4 101.0 99.3 108.2 100.9 98.1 100.4 99.1 107.7 MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±/ New orders, net (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: 2/ ALL COMMODITIES 108.2 rj Revised. JJ Data for Feb. 1962 are advance estimates. 2/ Data reflect conversion to the 1957-59=100 reference base period; monthly data for 1961 ,not shown here will appear on p. S-8 of the April 1962 SURVEY. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 5346 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1961 1962 ITEM January I February November 95.6 102.6 100.3 101.8 94.8 102.5 100.4 101.7 94.8 102*2 100.4 101.9 94. 102. 100. 101. 94.7 102.3 100. 101. do.... do e 9 9 9 do.... do.... 101.0 96.4 100.2 102.8 101.0 96.3 100.1 102.8 99.2 95.5 100.2 103.8 99.6 94.5 100.3 103.8 99. 94. 100. 103.8 •••• .do.... 99.0 99.0 100.0 99.6 99.2 thous.. do.... 72.5 69.8 81.0 75.8 105.5 102.5 r86.7 r82.4 r82.l r79.7 do.... ...do.... 71.0 68.3 77.7 72.5 103.8 100.8 r84.5 r80.2 r80.8 r78.4 do.... do.... 1,127 1,098 1,169 1,115 1,351 1,328 rI,297 r 1,257 r 1,259 r1,233 .1947-49=100.. do.... 166.5 184.2 166.5 184.1 168.7 188.7 168.8 188.8 169.4 189.5 LIFE INSURANCE: .'SSETS, TOTAL, AL!. U.S. COMPANIES bii. $.. Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.... U.S. Government do.... State, county, municipal (U.S.) do.... Public utility (U.S.) do.... Rai Iroad (U.S.).... do.... industrial and miscellaneous (U.S.) ,do..es 120.47 59.09 6.54 3.67 15.97 3.71 25.42 120.95 59.24 6.54 3.70 15.98 3.71 25.48 125.71 61.02 6.36 3.90 16.17 3.66 26.81 126.59 61.05 6.10 3.92 16.21 3.66 26.95 127.31 61.66 6.31 3.96 16.23 3.65 27.23 Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total...do.... Preferred (U.S.) do.... Common (U.S.)., ., do.... Mortgage loans, total..... do.... Nonfarm do.. •. 4.10 1.91 2.13 42.01 39.02 4.15 1.94 2.16 42.14 39.15 4.58 2.09 2.42 43.82 40.66 4.78 2.10 2.60 44.24 41.07 4.82 2.11 2.64 44.38 41.21 3.81 5.30 1.28 4.88 3.82 5.34 1.27 4.98 3.95 5.68 1.37 5.28 3.97 5.72 1.39 5.44 3.97 5.77 1.28 5.43 .mil. $.« .doa... ..do,... do.... 5,187 1,157 501 3,529 5,458 944 544 3,970 6,671 1,187 595 4,889 7,440 1,930 529 4,981 5,991 1,670 494 3,827 PAYMEhTTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL ,..,o..,. do.... Death bene?it?,.* ..*... .do.... Matured endowments.................. »•. *io. „.. Disabi I ity pay^-ents *.*. do..... Annuity payments ,.....* do.• • • r Surrender values „..,, „ .do.... Pol icy dividends do.... 711.2 304.2 62.9 M.9 81.2 138.5 112.5 683.2 292.2 56.5 10.2 61.9 139.8 122.6 711.3 292.7 60.8 10.9 62.7 140.7 143.5 967.5 320.7 70.0 11.3 56.4 163.7 345.4 808.9 349.1 74.7 12.5 91.0 152.7 128.9 *55,199 *32,69l * II,043 *3,5I8 *2,I29 **56,97l **35,736 **16,479 **3,504 **2,284 57,563 42,181 12,572 3,839 2,367 56,503 44,707 17,184 "#2!525 #2,610 8.91 63 III 9.08 64 113 9.72 63 109 8.81 49 III 9.00 61 109 133 70,391 139 67,046 177 85,296 144 79,679 114 75,118 December January COMMODITY PRICES—Continued WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX—Continued ±/ ALL COMMODITIES—Continued Commodities other than farm products and foods—Cont. Lumber and wood products 1957-59=100.. Machinery and motive products do.... Metals and metai products do.... Nonmetaliic mineral products do.... Pulp, paper, and allied products. Rubber and products , Textile products and apparel Tobacco products and bottled beverages PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Who less le pr i ces ...... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, inci. farm (public and private) PrivateIy owned Total nonfarm (public and private)..... Privately owned Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only) Total nonfarm (private only) CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES (ENR): Building Construction.. .„ FINANCE ReaI estate. Policy loans and premium notes Cash.. Other assets ..... INSURANCE WRITTEN (NEW PAID-FOR INSURANCE!): Value, estimated total ., Group and wholesale *,.... Industr iai . Ord i nary do..•. do.... do..,. do.... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: Miles flown, revenue thous.. Express and freight ton-miles flown do.... Mail ton-miles flown do.... Passengers originated, revenue...... do.... Passenger-miles flown, revenue do.... HOTELS: Average sale per occupied room dollars.. Rooms occupied % of total.. Restaurant sales index same mo. 1951=100.. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Explosives (industrial), shipments: Black blasting powder High expIosIves thous. lb.. do.... jr/ Revised. * Data are for Nov. I960. * * Data are for Dec, I960. # Figures for Dec. 1961 and Jan. 1962 exclude data for intra-Alaska and intra-Hawaii. ±/ See note 2 on p. 2 . http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 5346 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1962 1961 ITEM January December January February November 6.82 5.85 9.74 12.2 6.21 5.57 iO.OO 11.9 6.52 6.60 9.87 15.6 6.45 6.48 9.42 11.9 6.99 6.15 9.86 !3„2 22,678 99.4 422 51,542 21,288 98.4 595 48,251' 22,955 99.8 450 52,250 22,008 100.5 415 50,094 25,490 97.6 440 55,478 do.... do.... do.... do.... ......do,... do.... do.... 76.4 527.7 446 169.6 12.4 200.7 504 172 80.5 552.4 r469 r156.8 11.8 r255.0 268 152 225.7 470.6 486 212.2 18.4 195.0 489 3!8 224,8 472.9 485 211.4 17.6 200.1 452 265 r259.0 r456.8 482 r195.6 r!6.5 r209.1 r405 r25l thous. cases.. ...mil, lb.. do.... 80 54 204 49 49 172 85 70 207 59 61 197 29 49 r(79 .thous. lb.. 14,456 15,055 15,909 11,348 14,555 do.... do.... .thous. lb., 5,085 58,916 476 15,991 2,854 57,447 441 12,626 5,542 42,568 666 15,905 5,065 55,260 567 11,526 5,299 41,114 490 15,999 15,058 45 14,447 27,625 77 25,692 25,595 65 thous. bbl«. 16,744 46 14,302 17,051 46 15,669 do.... do.... 57,959 25,952 58,551 29,765 50,582 16,915 56,270 19,551 3*9,725 24,758 ous. units.. 1,700 18,415 1,290 1,259 576 2,185 22,124 1,016 1,40! 681 2,467 20,922 768 1,521 654 1,658 16,848 682 1,005 412 1,877 19,958 1,097 1,298 58 i 50.0 50.5 65.6 57.4 45.2 27.4 59.8 58.4 59.2 57,6 45.9 40.5 61.5 45,7 47.8 41.4 February FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Beer: ......do.... !207 WHEAT FLOUR: Production: (100 lb.).. , sh. tons., •thous. bu.. STOCKS, COLD STORAGE, END OF MONTH: , Eggs: She 11 , Fish Tobacco, manufactured products: 259.2 455.8 498 176.7 15.9 258.0 545 219 58 4! 156 Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, small: Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Portland cement: thous. bbl.. Stocks, end of month: 17,505 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Women's, misses', juniors' outerwear, cuttings: do.... thous, doz., do.... MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Production: ...mil. lb.. do.... Stocks, producers', end of mo,: Filament yarn. ......QO.... Staple (rayon! ..••..QO.... , 64.1 42.1 47,4 42.8 59.0 59.8 48.0 45.4 r/ Revised. USC0MM-DC--5546 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O A Y O I D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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