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larch 31, 1961 , « INCOME M ^ ^ , SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS BUSINESS A WEEKLY IPAYMENTS STATISTICS UPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only w i t h s u b s c r i p t i o n t o t h e SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S , at $4.00 a n n u a l l y , t h i s S u p p l e m e n t provides selected weekly a n d m o n t h l y data subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS I n d e x , 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 90 Index, 1 9 4 S - 4 3 - I 0 30 Monthly (daily aug. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) 80 80 1961 70 70 I 60 / 196© i 1958 S959 i a a I960 a 8 i i i a a H 50 - J L I . . J I I I L_l i—L-L^J J f H A M J 4 A S Q MO 198S Thousands 40 Thousands 1,000 250 Monthly Weekly M O T O R VEHICLE P R O D U C T I O N 8 0 0 I— (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S„ plants) 200 600 150 400 100 2 0 0 h- 8 s ; ' 8 J F M A M J Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 135 s ! i I ft' 0 J A S 0 ND Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS* CONSUMER PRICES (seasonally adjusted) 130 - 100 All Items S25 80 120 I ' 5 \j I M | 1 1 | | | | I | | [ | | | [ | IJ_L.lj_LL-L_LLLiJ,_J_Ll LJJJ I I I I I I I 1958 S959 I960 1961 60 Vi r -1-J i 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1958 1959 - wv. *fe * Average per working day - L i LI A. Li.!..! J_J_ LL_LU_J_LJL_L_ 1 _ 1 l 1 l 1 1 1 1 L 1 I. 1 I960 1961 J WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 i960 1961 ITEM Mar. 19 Mar. 26 Mar. 4 Mar. II Mare 25 Mar, 18 Commodity prices, wholesale: ......... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. Finances Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .4/..*..do.... Member bank reserve balances 4 / , , 9 s e 9 9 e , o e e e e 6 9 8edoeeo, 83.8 129 2,407 2,246 302 *S20.0 *90.4 *I07.3 *I28.6 84.3 131 2,327 2,169 286 31,726 27,197 18,109 511 86.0 122 3,590 3,346 408 119.7 88.8 109.6 128.1 86.1 128 3,500 3,257 318 119.8 90.0 109.6 128,1 86.4 140 31,671 27,189 18,S89 452 31,766 28,109 19,013 677 31,794 28*014 18,673 430 31,901 28,116 18,827 633 60,255 30,289 102,153 25,107 31,059 12,585 4.80 55.04 58 78 59,172 30,392 101.510 24,843 31,037 58,970 34,853 108,743 30,029 31,273 12,423 60,819 34,890 II0,249 30,236 32,008 12,433 4.78 55.74 59,291 34,661 109,64! 30^265 31,303 12,450 4.56 63.43 KO Rd en no 4.55 63.44 67.21 4e53 63.57 67.27 1,487 14,219 173,580 7,116 1,485 13,951 166,072 7^078 1,048 14,226 I!1-702 7^241 1,022 14,353 I13,573 7,353 1,074 14,295 92,686 7,353 2,607 139.9 581 308 2,597 i39.4 601 317 S>580 84.8 501 272 1,573 84.4 493 272 S,574 84.5 507 281 119.8 90.0 !09s8 128*0 86.4 eeS 363 °**359 31,887 28,234 18,974 561 Reporting member banks (of FeReSystem) in leading cities: j>/ Loans and investments (adiusted). total..» 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) .5/*..1941-43^10.. Industrials- A7^ c+nrkc Hrs i£.,5/5 »«©.®»e®e »ooeeso»» 4.53 64.70 £ 0 -%.£> Production; Electric power, by ut?1itiese.00.oeooee.eSoemiS8 of kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches),.............number.. 108,702 86.5 oecocoeeo ±/ Data 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. 4V Daily average. J5/ Wednesday data, * Monthly index for March I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM January February November December 125.4 125.6 127.4 127.5 127.4 *I27.5 129.4 122.9 116.7 118. 1 113.3 148.2 107.9 117.6 116.5 125.7 106.4 130.7 123.2 104.0 140.9 129.7 123.0 116.7 118.0 113.3 148.9 108.4 117.4 116.5 125.9 106.2 131.2 124.0 104.3 141.0 130.8 125.0 118.3 120.9 110.7 151.3 110.7 121.1 118.9 126.2 109.9 132.1 125.7 104.0 142.7 130.8 125.0 118.4 121.0 110.8 151.4 110.6 121.4 119.3 126.3 110.5 132.3 125.6 103.9 142.8 130.6 124.8 118.0 120.7 110.2 151.7 109.4 121.3 119. J 126.1 111.6 132.3 125.9 103.6 142.9 130.8 J25.0 118.1 120.8 110.3 151.9 109.6 121.4 119.0 127.2 III. 8 132.4 125.9 103.7 143.1 do.... do.... .....do.... do.... do.... do..,. do.... 153.5 132.7 120.3 147.6 136.3 195.8 131.8 154.7 132.6 120.6 147.5 136.0 197.9 131.8 157.9 133.9 122.5 146.5 134.4 202.9 132.7 158.0 S33.7 122.3 146.5 134.5 202.9 132,7 158.5 133,7 122.2 146.2 134.0 205.5 132.6 159.4 133.8 122.7 146.2 133.9 205.7 132.6 do.... do.... 83.8 79.7 83.8 79.6 83.6 78.5 83.7 78.4 83.5 78.5 **83e3 **78.4 January February COMMODITY PRICES ...1947-49-100.. Special group indexes: do.... do.... do.... .....do.... . do.... do.... ..........do.... do.... do.... do.... ...do.... do.... do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY- CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F.W.DODGE CORP.): 2,718 2,193 2,886 2,485 2,235 2,240 1,218 1,071 732 727 838 702 1,500 1,815 1,647 1,466 1,504 1,537 1,872 2,169 1 1,787 1,674 1,728 1 1,685 ** Indexes based on 1935-39=100 are as follows: Measured by—wholesale prices, 43.6; consumer do.... do.... * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 213.2. 46.9. Digitized forprices, FRASER CORRECTION for March 1961 SURVEY, p. S-18: Data for "total life insurance written" were incorrectly printed on line for "total ordinary" http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ and vice versa. Federal Reserve 9329. Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 I960 196! ITEM January February 5,425 4,867 9,289 7,237 November December January February FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: 90 Individual income taxes....•...•...••••••..........do.... Corporation Income taxes..••^••••••••••••••••••••••do.... Employment taxes..»«•••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••do.4.. Other Internal revenue and receipts...••••••..•....do...* Expenditures, total l/ e .. 69 .... 8ffl < B80<S6 ... (Sffiae . 88> «. 0 . e do e . ao Interest on public debt. ••••••••••••••••••••••do.,.. All other expenditures........••.•••.••.•••...•..•.do.... LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN (NEW PAiD-FOR INSURANCE): Value, estimated total.,,.,,,,,, 9! .,. 9 «,, I!9e e e ,.,. 8 ., 9 do,« ( ,« Group and wholesale...........................,....do.... InOUST! !ai.eee..asss8eae9..eeee»e«.«se«as6sd«»@e.e.QO.a c« US U 8 n a r y , . . . . . . e s s . . . a s . . . • » o » « « e e . s » © a < s « « . 9 e e e s a » s O O . e a> ® GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U e S., END OF MONTH..............do.... 93 3,004 564- 5,718 341 1,611 1,384 6,142 1,427 6,157 483 7,900 6,300 8,751 7,643 91 80 4,648 2,974 3,331 455 1,295 1,411 6,773 5,537 4,846 82 3,198 596 534 348 1,770 6,847 1,375 6,470 9,153 6,537 70 5,567 444 1,814 1,258 6,236 734 765 775 719 5,373 5,391 6,047 6,293 5,749 5,553 4,867 5,399 986 567 6,654 1,623 6,998 1,694 5,074 1,094 5,327 872 491 543 485 503 896 526 3,504 19,444 3,846 19,421 4,488 17,910 4,819 17,767 3,477 17,441 3,905 17,373 62 564 27^274 9,741 3,732 2,4S6 58,697 29,814 9,729 3,440 2,136 55,199 32,691 11,043 3,518 2, S29 • 35,736 16,479 3,504 2,284 826 779 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: Mi!es flown, r e v e n u e e o s e s e s . s e e e e s s s e s a e 6 . a o s 6 # s t h o y s 3 n d s « . Express and freight ton-miles f lown«.«„«.»«««*««„ # »do«««. Mail ton-miles flown..••••••••••••••••».»...•••••••••do.... Passenger~mlles flown, revenue.••••••••••••......ml 1iIons.. Rg O"? 1 56,334 30,458 11,151 3,448 2,348 ee.aoass. 69«f»88«e ee.ea.... ••••••••• FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER (FEDERALLY INSPECTED): W*Q 9 t I V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s . . . . e . e . . e s e e « e . . e . . . . . . . . U O e . . . Sheep and lambS e , 0 «9«.«.»«.eeeoee8e.e«ceQe»e.eooeeee<3dOeeee> 413 389 502 451 427 385 S ,564 6,516 1,237 1,437 5,841 1,076 i,625 5,707 1,192 i,576 5,753 1,114 i ,632 5,744 1,300 1,435 5,078 1,117 33.6 30.3 44.8 46.2 50.6 37.2 26.7 27.4 26.8 24.2 25.6 24.6 632.7 1,945.4 576.6 1,443.7 740.0 2,393.5 612.9 2,404.6 666.9 !,964.3 525.7 1,509.8 289.9 131.6 267.5 149.5 344.5 198.8 287.5 197.7 309.8 227.2 247.4 239.6 212.2 196.9 248.3 205.8 223.8 179.0 51.8 77.1 46.3 64.2 53.6 99.7 36.3 103.8 46.5 100.3 42.9 99.0 37.2 32.9 38.6 26.1 33.3 30.8 1,016.8 2,770.0 919.9 2,437.5 1,102.2 3,671.7 1,130.7 3,318.1 1,149.8 3,298.5 1,019.1 3, 122.6 1,549.8 190.4 1,394.6 188.0 1,703.2 221.4 1,748.6 204.0 1,783.2 260.0 1,566.8 326.0 370.5 335.4 401.1 409.8 418.7 371.1 7,754 7,342 4,138 3,841 4,039 3,937 r30i r 181 251 288 17! 237 318 188 272 346 196 299 288 169 237 r368.1 r249.9 131.3 r426.8 256.1 135.8 369.7 r236.9 127.8 r378.5 r226.4 M2I.6 343.5 242.2 132.0 1.2 3.5 1.4 3.7 1.5 2.7 1.0 2,8 1.0 2.9 36.8 43.1 72.0 5.4 41.5 25.1 78.3 61.7 15.2 1.3 39.2 48.0 78.2 7.7 45.1 25.4 79.9 63.2 15.3 1.4 40.3 41.6 172.3 27.7 1 13.1 31.4 99.9 76.8 20.8 2.3 29.2 44.2 85.6 10.1 47.3 28.2 73.3 59.2 13.0 l.i 42.0 44 J 68.3 8.0 41.2 19.2 76.6 61.6 14.1 .9 95.5 128.6 106.5 101.2 123.7 VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Corn oil: Cottonseed: Consumption (crushings) eoo<SO(B thous fl of short tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month................do.... Cottonseed cake and meaI: Cottonseed oil: Flaxseed: Linseed oi1: Soybeans: Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean oil: METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding ferroalloys)...thous. of short tons.. Cans, metal, shipments (in terms of steel consumed), total Aluminum shipments: 9# ....... Radiators and convectors, cast iron: Oi1 burners: Kerosene, gasoline, and fuel oi I*.... •••••••••.••••«.<» do.... Oil....«...e.«...« .•• •• do. Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1947-49=100.. r/ Revised. 9329. J./ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. °« o s 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS SfATiSTICS — Continued 1960 ITEM S961 i February November December January 954,3 698.5 1, 122.4 925 9 2 6l2 o 0 r856 6 8 r624 s 6 r1,084,5 r879sI r660.9 r8l9.6 r586.0 rl,013.3 r845s1 r647 e 4 *852 o 0 *556 o 0 ^820 e 0 ^8I3 9 0 *562 o 0 15!.! 76.5 151.3 I4Sa6 !48„5 !520S 81 8 4 148e6 I49e3 S5Ie2 r!42 e 5 r75 s 2 rl45.l rl45 e I rI63 a I r136.2 r7! s 3 r136.1 r!37 e 6 r!5I e 6 141.0 78 s 0 !37 s 0 139 e 0 149.0 397.0 428,9 401.0 394.8 262.3 402 . 6 404.3 389 . 9 . 385.9 266 e 2 r375 s 0 r368 e 3 r389.2 r389 a 4 r269 9 8 r349 s 2 r333 e 7 r375 a 6 r375 a 8 r269 s 6 392.0 349e 0 362o 0 362 a 0 270e 0 338 3 7 S62.6 334,5 330,6 113.0 336 . 6 166,0 337 9 S 329.8 119.4 r28S 9 0 ri34 s 3 r30I o 8 r287.6 r139.2 r280 e 7 r!35 @ 9 r277 9 8 r277.7 r138.4 319.0 129 s 0 321.0 312 o 0 I43 6 0 10,325 11,322 4*333 25,943 10,772 10,179 3,996 26,473 9,044 3,303 3,425 26,290 8,804 r7,650 3,087 27,540 9,22! 9,130 2,449 27,682 3,899 5,391 8,924 4,043 4,011 9,002 2,921 2,657 10,859 2,913 r2,817 11,034 3,899 5,391 8,924 2,869 1,633 1,236 5,052 3,525 1,527 4,29! 3,515 2,261 1,254 1,958 757 1,20! 5,761 3,952 i,809 48,369 24,848 23,521 3,480 S,667 1,813 46,522 22,9!5 23,607 3,944 2,210 !,73A r3,732 2,692 r1,040 22,781 8,178 14,603 1,339 427 912 18,894 5,023 13,871 1,536 438 1,093 18,429 4,669 13,760 9 282 18 282 21 202 14 '-62 31 131 January I February PAPER AND PRINTING PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER., NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBOARDs 954 6 G 713.1 j 1,146.5 941A j 598 0 5 ooooeoooo sooooooao 000003000 oaaseosoo QQ®@@@3@® Fine papers eaossso.e sossoaas© QO0SOO9SQ OBoooeooo aooaosoos Printing papers oooesoBeo ©aooooea© aoooogoos o 3 S O O «,„ s e ssosoooao Coarse papers eeeoesase 0 0 ® . e e s S s eoooooex. OOOSOOOS.S s s s «, e s 6 o Q RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS Tires and tubes: Pneumatic caslngss oaaseee.s ss9eBesoe •0aoB . 08e 0 0 3 O 0 0 8 DO Inner tubes? 3 osees©©e • e es a 0 • . • oeeaa8ffloo TRANSPORTAT1 ON EQ UI mEHT RA1LROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RA1LWAY CAR 1NST1TOTE: Freight cars: hqulpment manufacturers, total 3 s a 8 > B a o s o 9 B o a o a o s a 8 d o s » a o Railroad and private-line shops, domestic*.,.. 8S9 do 9a .. Railroad and private-line shops, domestic ffl9do.oee Railroad and private-line shops, domestic.......do.... 1 2,661 1,630 1 2,724 1,484 1,240 21,070 6,857 14,213 | Passengers cars (equipment manufacturers): 26 176 j r/ Revised. * January data exclude estimates f o r tissue and miscellaneous paoers* USCOMM-DC-9329- 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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