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.ttlMENT Q f c March 24, 1961 BUSINESS STATISTICS c, /3S«s s t ^ 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'to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 ^ 1 0 0 300 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = Monthly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. S. seas. adj. Index) 275 250 250 225 H 225 200 U „L_L J_ S958 _j i 1959 \ i ) -L_i L__! J L_ I960 Billion Dollars 450 PERSONAL INCOME I L_J 200 I S_ J F ^ A ^ J J A S O N D 9961 Index, 1957 = 100 S40 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (seasonally adjusted, at annual rates) (F. R. B. seas. adj. index) 400 120 350 100 Wage and Salary Disbursements 300 80 250 * Revised basis 2 0 0 U i i i i I i i i i i ' i i i i i I i i i i t 1 i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i ii i I i i i i i 1958 1959 1960 60 i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i | i i i i i S958 1961 l l l i i l l i n i 1959 ' i ' i i I i i i i I I960 196! y Data for June, July, and August include retroactive salary payments to Federal employees. index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 160 WHOLESALE PRICES Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION (daily average; seas, adj.) 140 120 Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods no 120 / 100 All Commodities 100 Farm Products 90 A 80, JLLi I I I I I I I i J I M I 1 1 I I I I I 1958 1959 i i t 11 i i j i M I960 i IIii I i i 1961 80 i • JvW k/q 1 ! ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J\ V-M V, V llllllll III iiiiihiiii i i 11 i 1 i i i i i 1 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* I960 1961 ITEM Mar. Commodity p r i c e s , Failures, F i nance: indust. 12 Mar. 19 Feb. Mar. 25 4 Mar. Mar. 1 I 18 wholesale: and c o m m e r c i a l (Dun & B r a d s t r e e t ) . . . . n u m b e r . . F e d e r a l R e s e r v e bank c r e d i t o u t s 1 a n d i n g , t o t a l j 4 / R o p o M i n g member banks ( o f F.R.System) in do.... 84.4 !??. 5,661 3,409 348 86.0 177 3,596 3,346 408 31,613 27,075 17,941 365 31,726 27,197 18,108 510 31,857 28,232 19,036 715 59,594 30,227 100,986 25,068 30,314 12,587 60,255 50,289 102,153 25,107 31,076 12,585 a 83 54.04 57.67 8 5.6 1 16 7,443 7,277 290 1 19.7 88.8 109.6 128.1 86. 1 127 1 19.9 90.2 109.7 128.1 86.4 318 365 31,766 78,109 19,013 677 31,794 28,014 18,673 430 31,901 28,116 18,832 637 59,389 34,606 109,213 30,310 31,248 17,463 59,29! 34,661 109,641 30,265 31,303 12,450 58,985 34,350 108,751 30,029 31,270 12,431 4.80 55.04 58.78 "_58 6 2 ! 36 65.90 ".56 63.43 6/.09 4.55 63.44 67.21 1,347. 14,380 174,991 7,0'"; 9 1,487 14,109 173,580 7,116 ! , 103 14,239 121,826 7,207 1,048 14,226 II1,702 7,241 i,017 14,353 113,557 7,353 2,654 142.5 560 301 2,607 1.39.9 531 308 1,582 84.9 468 252 1,580 84.8 501 272 1,573 84.4 493 272 l e a d i n g c i t i e s : _5/ U. S . Government ob ! i a a t i o n e do.... Bond v i e I d s . dorriestic c o r p o r a l e ( M o o u v ' s i 4 / S t o r k p r i c e s , 500 s t o c k s ( S t a n d . & P o o r ' s ) Product iuii: Bituminous coo! 4 / * *I20.0 *90.4 *I07.3 * 128.6 35.8 179 2,407 2,24 6 302 , . norroni-. . 5/m...I911-43=10.. . . . i i i u u u , of Motor v e h i c l e s ( c a r s , t r u c k s , coaches) P e t r o l e u m ( c r u d e ) and c o n d e n s a t e 4 / . . . . short tons.. number.. t i i o u s . o ( bb 1 . . •1 '"3 63*. 57 67.27 92,405 1,574 84.5 \J Delta do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Includes data for Alaska, Hawaii and, beginning 1961, for Puerto Rico, and for the following programs: State; R.R.; Federal employees; and ex-servicemen. 4/ Daily average, j}/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for March I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM January February November December 395.7 395.7 409.0 406.9 r406.6 405.9 268.2 1 12.6 89.4 69,9 39.4 46 b 3 10.6 268.6 III.9 89.0 7053 39.8 46.5 10.7 273.6 109.5 86.2 72.5 42.0 49.6 II.1 271.4 107.:> 84.6 72,3 42.0 49.8 11.0 r27l.4 rl07.7 r84.4 r72.! 42.1 50.0 II.0 270.5 106.2 33.9 72.0 42.1 50.2 10.9 35.5 11.3 12.5 13.9 25.2 77.7 9.2 380.2 35.5 10.4 12.5 13.9 25.5 27.7 9.1 381.7 35.9 12.9 17.5 14.1 77.6 30.5 9.7 397. 1 35.7 12.9 12.5 14.0 77.7 150.9 9.2 390. I 35.5 12.9 12.5 14.0 27.7 31.0 r9.4 r389.8 35.4 i3.0 12.5 13.9 27.7 31.2 9.3 389.0 111 no 105 103 102 p i 02 112 iii 115 109 ! 10 110 109 ! 10 108 108 104 98 74 101 107 rl02 96 r-69 10! 10! r!02 95 72 r99 r!0i plOI p95 p74 p98 p i 07 108 1 18 107 117 115 1 19 94 1 !6 103 r96 ri!4 89 rli6 rIO! 101 p88 |)!I3 o99 115 12 i 97 1 19 j 107 95 M7 January February GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Wage and s a l a r y d i s b u r s e m e n t s , total... . Proprietors' .. do income: do.... do.... Less p e r s o n a l contributions for social insurance...do.... INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ( F . R . INDEX OF PHYSICAL VOLUME): SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX ( I N C L a UTI . . ) 1957*, 100. fc BY INDUSTRY: do.... MANUFACTUR1NC, TOTAL do.... do.... I n s t r u m e n t s and r e l a t e d r_/ Rev i s e d . £./ P r o I im i 9:i23 products... no ! nary. ! no j ! nn p i 09 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 I960 1961 STEM January February November December February January GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS - Continued INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF PHYSICAL VOLUME) - Con. Seasonally adjusted index, by industry - con. 112 101 123 99 109 112 III 122 98 113 109 119 104 118 109 1 14 118 102 117 107 108 120 108 rl09 109 1 17 98 91 99 119 96 84 98 95 121 120 98 77 101 95 125 124 M25 124 112 116 125 113 103 MO 110 110 110 113 119 112 102 109 109 110 109 113 III 114 102 101 94 109 108 112 108 113 101 99 91 r!08 14.7 15.1 14.1 rl3.7 1 rl2.8 12.7 15.4 15.7 13.8 rl3.6 rl3.3 13.4 14.1 14.6 13.6 rl3.3 rl2.5 12.8 14.2 14.8 13.6 rl3.2 r!3.0 13.3 47.5 46.9 43.2 r42.8 r42.6 42.7 18,189 14,669 12,412 14,579 r16,340 12,734 1947-49-100.. 119.3 119.3 119.6 119.5 119.8 120.0 Intermediate materials, supplies, and components..do.... 94.6 127.5 120.6 94.8 127.4 120.5 93.0 126.5 122.7 93.3 126.4 122.2 94.5 126.7 r122.3 95.2 126.7 122.5 86.5 104.9 77.2 78.5 105.6 120.7 118.8 104.5 92.4 87.0 100.5 76.7 80.8 105.7 120.6 118.4 105.0 93.1 88.7 99.5 72.7 82.8 109.2 123.5 122.0 i 110. 1 97.3 89.7 106.7 75.3 84.8 109.8 123.5 121.2 ril2.3 98.3 90.3 103.9 75.9 85.8 110.5 123.6 I 19.7 112.5 100.2 128.8 109.9 III.9 123.4 112.7 128.7 110.0 112.0 123.5 112.0 89.9 107.5 70.3 81.8 109.1 123.1 121.7 109.4 96.6 127.9 110.3 II6.I 122.6 108.5 127.9 110.4 116.2 122.6 108.8 r128.0 H0.4 rll7.3 r122.4 108.3 128.0 110.8 117.8 122.2 108.2 125. 1 153.8 155.5 138.4 133.7 124.9 153.9 155.3 138.2 1 133.2 144.6 96.5 131.7 ! 116.5 rl!5.7 r153.2 r152.3 138.6 132.6 140.1 95.0 132.1 114.9 153.1 152.5 138.5 132.8 139.9 94.8 132.1 732 806 733 806 808 695 710 113 112 124 106 115 87 120 no 114 rill r97 120 1 96 rl09 110 98 113 p I 10 III 112 rl 12 p 1 12 rl20 105 105 120 rl06 pl05 r 110 109 r 1 15 r98 r8l 99 98 78 99 107 III rl25 p96 p75 p98 p!26 BY MARKET GROUPING; MANUFACTURERS' SALES: Value (unadjusted): 107 m r!03 113 100 98 90 107 pl07 pi 10 p!02 p 1 13 plOO D98 p90 pl07 \J Value (seasonally adjusted): MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: \J New orders, net (unadjusted): New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES . By stage of process i ng: Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen Meats, poultry, and fish ....do.... ........do.... Commodities other than farm prod, and food.. Tobacco manufactures and bottled beverages ..do.... 143.1 96.6 131.7 do.... 116.9 153.7 152.3 137.9 133. 1 143.6 95.4 132.0 rl53. 1 152.2 137.9 132.3 141.2 95.2 132.1 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost Indexes, The American Appraisal C o . : rj Revised. £/ Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9323 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 | ! 714 I 779 ! 778 670 691 \J Data for February 1961 are advance estimates. 715 787 1 778 674 691 ! 730 ! 806 795 690 710 731 806 796 i 691 710 808 691 710 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued I960 196! ITEM January February November December January February F1 NANCE SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS : CASH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS PUBLICLY REPORTED? TOTAL DIVIDEND PAYMENTS.....................mi 1.. of--do!.. F t SianCe.a o s . ..».«. eBeaeooso.aosBOSeoose.oeeas.eseodO,!,... Manufacturing..®.... . a o e e . o s s , , « .aM...MMdo(.s, Pubi ?c uti1ities: Commu n I cat ions..e.oosso.e0c,ee4>9<»»oeo.»ase«..«,«,«do.e.« Electrlc and gas.».....„. s .. „ . » . . .. „ ...o. s ..»«do 0 ... RaS i r o a d e . . a s o c S 8 0 s e o 8 e e 8 e s e e e s a o S B 0 8 . a e . e a ( 0 . O S 6 3 d o 8 a a a Trade. s..,,s.,,.oao<<c.>o9.»li>..e.iil.<!0.9,9»(>9<.ilvio,,,, M f see 1S aneous• .••••••••••••••.••••••••••••...••-• do •••• Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Tota! on all registered exchanges: Market value..... rail, of dol.. Shares sold,,,...,,,.^,^.^.^.^^,,,, eeB9 thousands,. On New York Stock Exchange: Market value,.,,....,,.................!!!!!, of d o L . S hares sold,..,..,..,.......,,.,,...,.,,... thousands.. 986.7 252.8 293.3 II.0 457,5 168.9 132.7 3.3 387.6 104.5 136.0 2.9 2,456.3 345.9 1,476.4 171.8 1,003.2 255.2 298.7 1 1.2 468.1 161.2 135*8 2.9 201.7 I09e! 32.7 74.0 12.1 1.8 102.2 4.4 37.1 7.1 2.1 109.6 1.4 23,0 8.1 93.1 186.6 79.7 63.3 39.5 2090 0 114.6 34«6 68.1 1 1.8 1.7 111.9 4.1 42.8 7.7 4, 167 129,141 3,616 103,097 3,295 r104,672 4,139 135,728 4,947 162,841 3,518 85,579 3,068 72,566 2,785 72,365 3,487 94,756 4,176 115,063 1,136 83 123 1,108 83 !29 836 63 100 749 57 108 *,.«».*«« 115.0 258.3 254.6 1,355.8 526.5 143.2 294.5 283.6 1,442.4 503.5 118.4 280.6 275.3 1,468.8 429.8 113.5 254.6 223.5 1,521.7 405.5 109.4 242.5 228.9 r1,090.1 r367.9 735 r730 644 726 637 19,365 17,678 9,995 500 9, 144 19,358 17,665 9,985 499 9,131 19,151 17,507 8,923 446 8,178 19,085 17,471 10,253 410 9,426 19,022 17,450 8,760 438 8,051 19,063 17,451 8,940 447 8,190 58.5 25.6 109.0 56.9 52.1 57.9 25.8 109.6 58.2 51.4 49.7 25.8 119.1 68.0 51.1 50.0 30.5 121.0 63.6 57.4 45.3 27.4 118.3 59.8 58.5 eeQ8e@e9s ...••*•». see. see.. ......... METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, shipments: Gray iron*..... esooe ...... eo ....... eo .thous. of short tons.* Ma 1 1 eab 1 e iron ...........do..,.. Steel 0 . a f f l o a .. o . o .. e o . e 6 9 ... e o e e e e O f f l e ..... e e e e 3 9 e e . 0 a a .do.... Ranges, electric, dom. and export sales........-....thousands.. Vacuum cleaners (standard type), sales bi1 led...........do.... Washers, sales billed (domestic and export) J./..........do.... Radio sets, production 2/„.••••®o®•>•• • B *.•.•. os .o•••...do. se ® Television sets (SncU combination), production 2/®ee • •• do.... 8 0 ® © S oesosaeas e ess®.©.*. eeeeee... S S e . pl,l I2e6 p442„7 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: 2/ Consumption. s ...o 9se o &a ,,<» e e S , ee . os ,, 0o «, e99 thouSo of bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day sa .....thousands.. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.....mi 11 ions.. Consuming 100 percent cotton. ,,.„. ...do,,., MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Production: Filament yarn.................................mi I. of lb.. Staple, incl. tow (rayon)...........................do.... Stocks, producers8„ end of month, tota1...............do.... Filament yarn................••••••..• •••••••••.•••.do.... Staple, incl, tow (rayon)................. •••••do.... 48.6 27,8 1 19.1 65.2 53.9 rj Revised, JD/ Preliminary. \J Excludes sales of combination washer~dryers; in January 1961, domestic sales of such types totaled 6,400 units. 2/ Data for December I960 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCOMM-DC-9323. 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
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