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- gTKAENT USINESS Of March 26, 1965 STATISTICS SUS/NESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43= 10 100 - index, 1941-43= 10 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS / <* 90 > \ 80 - - Monthly (avg. of daily close) 60 1962 1963 . 1964 Weekly (Wednesday close) ~ 1 J F MAM J J A S O N D — ~ . i . i i i • i , , 1965 Index, 1957-59 = 100 1962 1963 1964 Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* 2.0 1965 100 Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods \ .... .vnisV ^ ^ | 95 h *Seas. adj., at annua! rates 1963 1964 1965 J A S O N D WHOLESALE PRICES 1.5 .5 J F M AM J Index, 1957-59 = 100 110 105 1962 70 60 Index, 1957-59 == 100 180 0 90 ^964 80 70 100 1965 All I /" Commodities V v \ k \ A Farm Products * 90 I i i i i ii M M i ) i I m 1962 1963 iM * \ ^ j i iI i iii i 1964 i i i i i I i i ii i 1965 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1964 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE; A i l commodities Farm products... Foods, processed.. A i l other 22 commodities 2 / . . . . . . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1957-59=100. do... do... do... do... mil. $. do... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, S t a t e programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a l l programs do... State programs (50 S t a t e s , D.C., and Puerto R i c o ) . . . . d o . . . FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number. FINANCE: Currency in circu I at ion 3/ . mil. $. Federal Reserve bank c r e d i t outstanding, t o t a l 3 / . . . . d o . . . Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 3 / . . . . . ..do... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading c i t i e s : 4 / Demand deposits, adjusted . . . . m i l . $. Savings depos i t s . . do... Loans and investments (adjusted), t o t a l do... U.S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . .....do... Commercial and industrial loans ( g r o s s ) . . . . do... Real estate loans (gross) .do... Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks ..do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/» 4s thous. she tons. E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw.-hr. Motor vehicles ( c a r s , trucks, b u s e s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n u m b e r . Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbi. Steel... Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL... Mi see I laneous . . . . . t h o u s . sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... V Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 1965 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 94.4 4,610 3,093 * 100.4 *95.2 * 100.5 * 101.1 93.9 4,741 3, 184 Feb. 27 Mar. Mar. 15 102.8 101.4 95.8 102.0 102.0 102.9 4,848 3,220 289 101.9 4,896 3, 174 226 2,041 1,910 274 36,538 35,385 !9,978 314 36,692 35,480 20,2!3 375 38,613 39,162 21,185 533 38,616 39,226 21,138 217 38,756 39,475 21,063 366 63,457 38,428 137,589 27,865 37,507 18,217 4.55 78.95 83.79 63,360 38,509 139,308 27,910 38,137 18,280 4.56 79.38 84.33 62,986 41,623 149,301 25,855 43,041 20,167 4.55 87.17 92.11 63,507 41,744 150,232 OK OAX 4.55 87.26 92.21 64,249 41,910 149,679 25,66! 43,163 20,202 4.55 86.54 91.40 1,372 18,240 196,529 7,626 1,477 18,140 197,871 7,592 2,362 '126.8 537 309 1,518 1,517 19,816 242,162 7,869 i ,503 19,609 250,651 7,877 265 2,260 2, 105 306 2,315 124.3 515 296 248 2, 162 2,012 3/ Daily average. 20,086 191,787 7,894 2,723 146.2 511 291 4/ Wednesday data. 4,804 3,316 242 1,965 1,837 316 293 ^ ^ 43,343 20,188 2,765 148.4 537 310 222 2,771 148.7 556 323 * Monthly index for Mar. 1964. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 ITEM Jan. Feb. 1965 Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: U Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, t o t a l Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, t o t a l Primary metals Transportation equipment. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, t o t a l New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, t o t a l Primary metals Transportation equipment. Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, t o t a l Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) : Durable goods industries, t o t a l Primary m e t a l s . . . . Transportation equ ipment b i l . $. do... do... 17.6 3.0 4.9 19.2 3.2 5.3 19.4 3.4 5.0 20.0 3.3 r5.6 r 19.1 3.3 r5.4 20.9 3.6 5.9 do... do... .do... 19.1 3.1 5.1 19.0 3.0 5.1 19.3 3.4 4.7 20.6 3.7 r5.3 r20.6 r3.5 5.5 20.5 3.4 5.6 do... 18.6 19.9 19.3 r20.4 r20.3 21.8 do... do... do... 19.7 3. 1 5.4 19.5 3.1 5.2 19.5 3.7 4.3 20.7 3.8 5.2 r21.3 r3.7 r5.5 21.1 3.7 5.7 do... 47.2 47.9 52.7 53.0 r54.3 55.3 do... do... do... 47.1 4.0 19.7 47.6 4.2 19.8 53.4 6.4 20.9 r54.0 6.6 r2l. 1 r54. 1 6.6 r20.9 54.8 7.0 21.1 101.0 100.5 100.7 100.7 101.0 101.2 95.1 101.3 102.1 94.0 101.2 101.6 94.0 101.1 102.1 94.0 101.4 101.9 94.2 101.6 102.3 95.5 101.6 102.3 101.7 100.3 101.8 99.5 102.9 99.1 103.0 99.0 103. i 99.5 103.2 99.7 COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES 1957-59=100. By stage of processing: Crude materials for further processing do... Intermediate materials, supplies,and components..do... Finished goods do... By d u r a b i l i t y of product: Durable goods do... Nondurable goods do... jr/ Revised. J_/ Data for Feb. 1965 are advance estimates. Digitized for16376 FRASER 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1965 1964 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. COMMODITY PRICES—Continued WHOLESALE PRICE 1NDEX--Continued F r u i t s and vegetables, fresh and dried 59=100.. ..do.... F r u i t s and vegetables, canned and frozen ..do.... Commodities other than farm products and f o o d s . . . . . d o . . . . PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y - 96.3 95.9 103.9 84.7 102.5 107.2 91.8 94.5 97.9 102.0 82.8 100.9 107.4 88.9 94.0 108.0 88.0 83.6 100.9 102.3 39.8 92.7 98.9 90. ! 83. 1 100.8 101.9 88.8 93.0 98.5 90.4 85.5 102.2 101.9 91.9 94.5 102.3 90.5 88.4 102.0 100. 1 92.0 101.3 96.3 99.5 98.4 102.5 101.2 96.4 99.0 98.5 102.5 101.6 97. 1 97.6 98.5 103.2 101.8 97.2 98. ! 98.4 i03. i 101.9 97.3 r98.5 r98.3 103.3 101.9 97.5 98.0 98.3 i03.5 104.3 101.8 98.9 101.4 104.7 101.6 98.9 101.5 i04.5 101.7 99.0 r101.5 104.6 101.8 99.0 101.5 99.3 99.0 *98.8 101.7 101.1 99.8 101.2 101.8 101.2 99.9 101.2 99.0 99.5 99.3 100.8 99.6 99.5 98.3 101.1 100.3 98,5 97.7 rl13.8 r l 1 1.4 r ! 1 1 s6 r109.2 rIOO.1 r98.5 r98.2 r96.6 85.9 81.8 84 = 6 80.5 87.5 85.3 86*8 84.6 1,718 1,688 1,657 1,613 r1,455 r1,429 r1,646 r1,609 1,466 1,434 1,422 1,409 1,333 742 1,404 810 1,258 741 rl,173 r718 1,312 764 1,272 744 308.58 304.50 262.58 14.44 41.92 4.08 310.36 306.13 263.25 14.39 42.88 4.22 318.49 314.02 267.36 14.33 46.66 4.46 317.94 313.55 267.48 14.36 46.08 4.39 317.98 313.68 269.44 14.68 44.24 4.31 319.88 315.54 269.98 .76 .79 .83 .81 .66 .69 49.21 .41 .43 49.81 .35 .36 49.89 .37 .43 49.94 .43 .53 50.01 .39 .45 1,187.5 305.1 346.2 18.1 594.7 209.3 170.8 2.2 488.5 125.8 175.8 3.2 3,520.3 493.1 2,282.9 183.0 1,385.2 374.8 408. 1 20.0 613.3 214.1 175.5 3.6 247.0 135.0 26.4 90.2 19.5 3.0 140.1 8.8 47.7 12.8 2.7 140.7 6.5 23.0 10.8 1 12.6 236.9 96.8 71.2 43.8 290.8 146.1 19.1 102.1 24.2 1, 154 614.8 79.0 466.8 1, 120 583.8 76.0 456.0 1,374 640.2 81.2 502.5 1,390 699.6 84.4 523.6 1,408 679.3 80.5 529.4 91.2 402.0 12,011 267.9 381.2 94.8 402.6 12,2.01 273.5 394.5 106.4 420. 1 14,225 275.3 428.3 108.7 445.2 14,652 272.6 394.0 1 10.2 460.1 15,080 284. 1 402.6 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: T o t a l , i n c l . farm ( p u b l i c and p r i v a t e ) Tots! nonfarm ( p u b l i c and p r i v a t e ) „ .do Seasonally adjusted a t annual r a t e s : Total nonfarm ( p r i v a t e only) ..do.... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 permit-issuing p l a c e s ) : Seasonally adjusted a t annual r a t e s : Total FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: P u b l i c debt and guaranteed o b l i g a t i o n s : Gross debt ( d i r e c t ) , end of month, t o t a l bil. $.. ..do Held by U . S . Government investment a c c t s . . . . . d o . . . . Guaranteed obligations not owned by U.S. Treasury U.S. savings bonds: Amount outstanding, end of month S a l e s , s e r i e s E and H SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS, CASH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS PUBLICLY REPORTED: TOTAL DIVIDEND PAYMENTS * Pub 1ic u t i 1 i t i e s : ..do.... bil. $.. ..do ..do.... mil. $.. ..do ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... E l e c t r i c and g a s . . . . 49. 1 1 .47 .53 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acety 1 ene. m i l . cu. f t . . Ammonia, synthetic anhydrous (commercia1).thous. sh . t o n s . . ..do Carbon dioxide, l i q u i d , gas, and s o i i d . . Chlorine, g a s . . . . . Hydrochloric acid N i t r i c acid Oxygen (high p u r i t y ) Phosphoric acid Sodium carbonate (soda ash), do .mi I . cu. f t . . thous. sh . t o n s . . synthetic............. Sodium bichromate and chromate...•.••••••••••.••••. Sodium hydroxide Sodium s i l i c a t e (soluble s i l i c a t e g l a s s ) , anhydrous . . d o . . . . Sodium s u l f a t e (anhydrous, r e f i n e d ; Glauber's s a l t ; crude s a l t c a k e ) . . . Sii 1 -fur i r ariri ..do s j Revised. * Index based on 1947-49=100 is 83.2. 16376 9.3 490.2 41.4 106.3 1,868.4 10.5 484.2 40.9 103.2 1,853.7 1 ! .3 525.2 46.7 1 1 1.2 1,927.3 12.2 557.0 44. 1 1 14.3 r2,037.0 11.6 568.4 42.2 1 15.5 1,984.6 45.57 4.34 2.0 151.4 9.1 45.5 12. 1 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1964 ITEM Jan. Feb. 1965 Nov« Dec. Jan. Feb FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO RIce, Ca1Ifornla: .mi 1. !bos Shipments from m i l l s , milled r see . . . . . . . .....do.... Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned b a s i s ) , end of mo.do.„.. VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut o i l s Corn os1: Cottonseed cake and mea!: Cottonseed o i l s Linseed of S: Soybean cake and meaI: Production. 206 89 232 83 187 143 180 56 87 49 185 121 58 210 ..--do-. 30.0 30,0 37.8 . . . . do.... 32,7 34.6 33.5 32.0 35.1 sh. tons., ....do.... 326.5 207.5 292.8 241.4 339.0 159.9 325.0 126.8 315.4 150.6 .mil. 231 ,4 207,4 243.3 233.7 227.9 35.2 34.7 34.7 lb,. 35.3 33 „ 6 842.0 152.4 807.3 162.4 1,022.2 120.3 1,009.4 102.6 1,001.9 186.8 .mil. 388.6 376.2 467.9 464.8 463.3 2,710 9, 1 13 r54,654 5,273 3,225 8,867 49,002 5,068 11,476 10,900 62,407 4,007 6,249 11,472 57,184 3,741 3,981 1I,522 49,643 3,226 7,314 546 762 1, 145 745 610 234 399 3,092 1,458 7,673 540 834 1, 170 755 671 227 415 3,286 1,572 8,050 566 844 1, 199 848 601 273 635 3,415 1,610 lb.. 186 182 161 36.7 a * * *do...e . . . . . . . . . . . . . .thous. sh. t o n s . . Soybean o i l s 138 METALS AND MANUFACTURES IRON ORE ( U . S . and foreign ores and ore agglomerates): Receipts a t iron and steel p l a n t s * . . thous. Ig. tons.. do e ... Consumption a t Iron and steel p lants® s . » ®«, . . . e ©. E do.... Stocks, end of mo.: At furnace yards. ...« At U. S . docks.. ...... ....do.... STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total Call g r a d e s ) . t h o u s e sh. t o n s . . S t r u c t u r a l shapes ( h e a v y ) t s t e e l p i 1 i n g « . . . . . . ., . . . . d o . . . . do.... Plates Bars and too 1 stee 1, tota 1 , , , , do.... B a r s : Hot r o l l e d ( i n c l . l i g h t shapes) ,. . . . . d o . . . . do..,. P1 pe and tubing• ••...•.•..•••..••<>.<•••. Wire and wire products• ..«....•.< do* Tin m i l l products do.... Sheets and s t r i p ( i n c l . e l e c t r i c a l ) ^ tota do,... Sheets: Cold r o l led. . Aluminum shipments: 1ngot and m i l l products (net)••*...•••»••«•••••.. mi 1. l b . . Mill products, totaI.....••••••»••••••••••••••>, . . . . d o . . . . do.... P l a t e and sheet (exc1. f o i I ) , 504 221 563 2,786 1,316 6,239 405 6S3 916 621 545 226 494 2,608 1,211 542.5 358.5 167.1 530.4 354.8 167.8 r530.4 r379.4 r169.4 646.9 421.9 191.9 819 685 723 799 729 745 18,543 15,521 9,494 475 7,978 18,744 15,398 9,909 495 8, 166 18,667 15,286 11,093 444 9, 155 18,744 15,322 9,905 495 8, 109 18 ,750 j 15,,308 10,,031 502 8;,214 6,475 422 614 977 680 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: 1/ Manufactures: Spindle a c t i v i t y (cotton system s p i n d l e s ) : A c t i v e spindles, last working day, t o t a 1 . . . . , do.... Consuming 100 percent cotton Spindle hours operated, a l l f i b e r s , t o t a l . . . ,.mi 11 ions.. Consuming 100 percent c o t t o n . . . do 18,591 15,596 1 1,579 463 9,742 jr / Revised. J / Da+a for J a n . and Dec. 1964 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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