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.^MENTQf r~ May 1, 1964 BUSINESS 0p STATISTICS wmmmtOJ* 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 Billion Dollars 160 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (average of Wednesday Billion Dollars 160 data) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 150 - 140 130 - ~ 120 - ->n no ^^^^\ , . . ^ ^ ^^^JL—!__ j. t J ^ L ^ J ^ w X . X ^, m TOL . , , . . , 1 ^ _ ^ a ^ . 0 J F M A M J J A S O. N D - /N y\T V ^ ^ J ^ L ^ L ^ J ^ l ^ L ^ ^ ^ w - 1 L - - L - J - - i ^ X ~ L - - ^ _ . —0.~-l-—U ),„•„,) 1962 - v V —J—< • ,1 ; I - / \ 1961 "V ^0 / /•^ -A v 200 X - ^ J ^ . (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 400 i M&nfMy MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 600 , Thousands 300 Thousands 1200 1000 1 1964 1963 1962 1961 _ 130 t ) 1963 J.,,„J )„^l—, 1 • • . I 1 , , 1 ,),, „ 1 •• J F M A M J J A S O N D 1964 Index, 1957-59- Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots one! steel for castings) Monthly 150 - 100 - 50 - 0 _!. ^ ^ ^ ^ 1961 i 1962 1963 1964 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 1963 1964 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Al 1 commodities..... Apr. 20 Apr. 27 93.3 4,638 3,042 *99.7 *95.4 *99.3 *100.4 93.4 4,647 3,042 .. .mil. $.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: 257 2,101 1,911 255 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/... .do.... Apr. 18 95.5 4,804 3,178 100.3 94.6 100.5 101.0 95.9 4,696 3,117 100.3 94.7 100.5 101.1 97.0 4,845 3,197 261 2,014 i,830 312 265 2,049 1,910 267 282 1,994 1,856 288 232 34,915 32,853 19,690 533 34,685 32,743 19,729 513 36,732 35,353 20,310 272 36,839 35,898 20,351 425 36,998 35,891 20,367 298 64,393 35,785 129,787 30,946 35,218 16,093 63,529 35,801 129,154 30,597 35,036 16,185 62,532 38,704 138,373 26,870 38,308 18,366 63,083 38,672 138,844 27,960 37,964 18,393 65,918 38,483 139,288 27,261 38,252 18,46! 4.47 68.92 72.36 4.48 69.72 73.22 4.58 79.24 84.16 4.58 79.75 84.71 4.59 80.09 85.10 1,496 16,191 187,579 7,468 1,508 16,495 185,663 7,493 1,306 17,876 209,188 7,575 1,332 17,870 209,972 7,649 1,594 17,590 218,358 7,622 2,521 135.3 561 316 2,548 136.8 577 321 2,447 131.4 519 305 2,447 131.4 530 303 2,457 131.9 581 328 1957-59=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Apr. II Apr. 4 Apr. 25 100.4 94.7 100.5 101.1 96.4 289 36,912 35,593 20,358 441 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ 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.. > 4,59 80.49 85.53 PRODUCTION: Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) Index of production number.. i957-59-IOO.. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. ,4/ Wednesday data. 218,120 2,464 132.3 * Monthly index for Apr. 1963. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 1963 ITEM Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS Mar. Dec. Jan, Feb. Mar. INDICATORS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL Personal consumption expenditures, total Durable goods, total Nondurable goods, total Services, total bil. $.. ..do.... do.... 571.8 367.4 50.6 600.1 379.9 53.6 p608.5 p388.0 p55.5 ..do.... 165.3 168.7 p!72.5 do.... 151.4 157.7 p160.0 do.... do.... do.... 43.7 29.0 5.1 87. i 49.2 32.5 5.4 p85.0 p49.7 p32.3 p3.0 do.... do.... do.... 3.6 28.6 24.9 5.4 32.3 26.9 p6.5 p33.5 p27.0 123.0 65.5 56.4 57.5 127.7 66.6 57.2 61.2 PI29.0 p67.2 p57.4 p6l.8 14,059 15,390 16,318 15,563 15,472 15,867 18,825 16,193 15,495 16,086 17,631 16,023 10,997 7,305 103 6,206 422 2,596 1,671 13,093 9,663 107 3,927 6,081 1,428 1,550 10,379 8,803 103 3,582 3,726 I, 147 1,820 6,580 5,853 101 3,873 583 404 1,619 12,235 8,047 87 6,975 451 2,835 1,887 13,961 10,148 108 3,991 6,654 1,579 1,629 77.8 Gross private domestic investment, total.............do.... New construction Producers 1 durable equipment Change in business inventories..... Net exports of goods and ser v i ces Exports.. .... Imports Govt, purchases of goods and services, total Federal (less Government sales) National defense State and local do.... .....do.... do.... do.... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number.. Seasonal ly adjusted « do.... FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FiNANCE: Receipts, total Receipts, net ±/ Customs. I nd i v i dua I i ncome taxes Corporation income taxes.... Emp I oyment taxes Other internal revenue and receipts p_/ Preliminary. \_/ Excludes http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 36389 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... certain interfund transactions MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1964 1963 ITEM Feb. Mar* Dec. Jan. Feb. F1 N A N C E — C o n t i nued FEDERAL GOVERNMENT F I NANCE—Continued Expenditures, total 1 / mil. $ Interest on public debt.. do.. Veterans' services and benefits do.. National defense. ...* do.. AI I other expend itures. . do.. LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES bil. $ Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total....do.. U.S. Government. „ do.. State, county, municipal (U.S.) do.. Public utility (U.S.) . do.. Ra i I road (U.S.) , ,..do.. Industrial and miscellaneous (U.S.)..............do.. 4,523 2,056 8,289 903 455 4,515 2,442 8,492 925 481 4,348 2,819 7,521 880 r450 r4,368 rI,943 134.50 64.66 6.24 4.08 16.54 3.54 28.98 134.98 64.72 6.03 4.06 16.54 3.53 29.18 140.90 66. 10 5.76 3.88 16.43 3.43 30.94 141.87 66.63 5.78 3.86 16.44 3.42 31.41 142.53 66.79 5.80 3.86 16.42 3.42 31.46 5.28 2.25 2.94 47.35 43.93 5.34 2.26 2.99 47.62 44. 16 5.68 2.34 3.25 50.54 46.75 5.74 2.35 3.29 50.83 47.01 5.77 2.35 3.32 51.13 47.27 4.17 6.28 1.27 5.50 4.18 6.32 1.19 5.60 4.35 6.69 1.44 6.10 4.37 6.73 1.28 6.29 4.38 6.77 1.27 6.43 759.2 332.2 59.2 885.0 391.7 72.2 1,083.0 369.7 73.1 885.8 400.3 78.7 838.2 364.6 72.1 11.2 75.5 136.9 144.2 13.1 73.5 154.9 179.6 14.8 74.4 163.5 387.5 12.6 93.2 151.5 149.5 12.1 77.4 146.6 165.4 do... do.., 111.87 126.08 100.64 108.50 322.41 240.58 286.79 253.71 230.97 213.65 do.., do.., 107.89 121.64 95.66 102.80 317.40 235.87 280.62 248.73 226.21 209.23 do.., ...mill ions, 4,298 130 4,019 122 6, 156 169 7,649 200 5,317 140 ......mil. $, mi I I ions. 3,741 97 3,485 91 5, 154 123 6, 149 145 4,280 102 11.7 13.9 12. I 1 1.6 39.3 20. I 45.0 Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign, total...do.. Preferred (U.S.) do.. Common (U.S.). ..do.. Mortgage loans, tota I do.. Nonfarm do.. Rea I estate do... Policy loans and premium notes do.. Cash .do.. Other assets do.., PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL mil. $, Death benefits... do.., Matured endowments. do.., Dlsabi I ity payments Annu i ty payments Surrender values... Pol icy dividends. , SECURITY MARKETS: Bonds, sales, excl. U.S. Gov't bonds (SEC): All registered exchanges: Market value Face value New York Stock Exchange: Market va I ue Face value Stocks, sales (SEC): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value * Shares sold... On New York Stock Exchange: Market value Shares sold..... do.., do.., do.., do.., 6,763 809 445 4,102 1,432 7,806 825 405 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose plastic materials Thermosetting resins: AI kyd res i ns» Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins Polyester resins. Phenolic and other tar acid resins Urea and melamine resins. Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene) Vinyl resins (resin content basis) Po I yet hy I ene mi i. lb, do... do... .do.., do... do... 18.4 53.0 40. 5 29. i 22.0 63.3 44.8 13.0 37.7 25.9 20.4 61.7 38.0 44.4 26.0 22.7 66.3 r42.8 43. 25. 23. 64. 39, 132.3 rl50.5 210.8 136. 158. 208. 100. 5 129.4 159. 5 122.8 144.7 189.3 127.8 153.0 210.1 thc«as. skins. thous. hides and kips. thous. skins. do... 458 1,722 1,111 2,923 418 1,772 I, 176 2-675 471 386 1,798 1,212 2,693 1,844 1,325 2,552 414 1,790 1,047 2,727 SHOES AND SLIPPERS, PRODUCTION, TOTAL; thous. of pairs. Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc. athletic, total.do... Slippers* for housewear. do... Ath let ic do... Other footwear do... 49,760 44,864 3,995 528 373 51,983 46,026 4,989 505 463 45,258 39,932 4, 109 412 805 r52,137 r47,074 r4,072 r402 r589 50,597 44,955 4,852 395 395 9.26 62 113 692 8.87 61 116 928 8.90 47 107 661 9.09 57 105 686 9.26 60 109 790 do... do... do... LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and lamb TRANSPORTATION AND SOMMUNICAT IONS HOTELS: Average sale per occupied room Rooms occup led Restaurant sales index National parks, visits rj Revised. \J Excludes 36389 dollars. % of tota i. same mo. 1951= 100. ...thous. certain interfund transactions. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued !964 1963 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Feb. Jan. METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRONs Production (excluding blast furnace production of terroai loys) ....... o...^ . • .......*•••..*»-.-..•..thous. s'h.. torts.. Cans (tinpila+e), shipments (metal consumed), total for sale and own use J/*- ...«•• ........... -*..- .-.*..thous. sh. tons.. Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg, shipments, 1957-59=I00.. Furnaces (Industrial) and ovens, etc., new orders (dottiest I c ) , net. ....................................JnH* $.. Material hand Ii ng equIpment CIndustrIa I): Orders (new), 1ndex, seas. ad j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1957-59=!00.. MACHINE TOOLS; Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total.........................mil. $.. Domest!cs *.••.••••••••.•...••••••.•.•••..•.•..•.-do,... S hi pments, total,,..».......»». = ..»«»..«.«...,.....!io..,. Domest ic,,( .........do,,.. Est imated backIog. ....... ... •.. •......... •.. •.... .months.. Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net), tota! as . „ „...... •....., ..... <> .ml I. $ . . D o m e s t i c . . . . . .... «,oaoOOS,offlo **. ...00...... <><>..... . d o . . . . S h i p m e n t s , t o t a l . aoa. ..«.......... *.. ........ •......do.... Domestic. s*fflB*,sooo,SOOo„*c>0oS»0a,00<»<!,o<a«ooe<»ffl<,oo.I *do.... Est 1mated back log.....••..•.....•...•..•.......•.months.. Insulating materials (electrical), sales, Index.1947-49=100.. 5,316 6,449 5,897 6/29! 6 , 199 6,9.10 r.287 r339 r288 342 293 ........ 124.6 87.9 129.6 235.8 251.8 272.9 7.4 15.0 6.1 5.8 9.8 '10.5 95.0 116.5 156.2 146.5 153.3 ........ 53.35 44.80 43.05 34.30 61.55 49.55 50.00 41.65 5.0 77.40 64. 15 69.00 56.30 5.6 80.15 60.60 50.35 39.85 6.2 r74.50 r60.45 r5!.25 r39.I0 r6s3 77.45 60.85 62.85 47.85 6.4 12.85 11.85 17.35 14.60 4.7 156 21.20 19.80 14.30 12.50 5.8 151 48.80 47.40 15.00 12.40 7.6 r!54 r20.30 M8.85 r19.15 r ! 6 . 15 r7.7 S46 24.65 19.60 16.85 15.30 8.1 4.6 19.20 16.50 14.05 10.05 5.1 137 TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANMADE FIBERS CRAYON AND ACETATES Productions . s mi1 0 Sb0 Fi Iament yarn.••••....•,•.•'••«•..•...• Staple, incl. tow (rayon)e. 88 . 08 ,. 0 ., 0 0 < S O O E do* 0 * Stocks, producers', end of months .......do... FiIament yarn.•.••.••.•••.....••*..... Staple, Incl. tow (rayon)............. .......do... Men's apparel, cuttings: Tailored garments5 Suits..,..,...., .....,,,,....,.. ....thous. units. Overcoats and topcoats................ ............do... Coats (separate), dress and sport..... ............do... Trousers (separate), dress and sport.................do... Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport.........thous. doz. 53.8 43.9 57. 45. 62.9 52.6 65.7 56.6 59.0 50.4 64.7 55.0 62.2 39.8 60.2 36.8 47.0 37.9 44.7 40.3 43.6 41.9 41. 48, 1,834 247 1,068 8,349 2, 156 1,965 268 1,181 9,229 2,235 1,677 158 967 7,384 1,853 1,934 !89 I, 169 9,560 2, 138 1,771 209 i ,030 9,587 2,101 r5,405 r3,422 469 r 6 ,795 r 4 ,065 624 r6,503 r4,139 459 r6,!35 3,802 342 5,910 3,609 289 S,545 8.3 1, 5 4 3 8.3 1,515 6.8 1,513 6.5 1,507 6.3 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT TRUCK TRAILERS, SHIPMENTS : CompIete tra iIers and chassis......................number.. Vans..........................,.»..................do.... Trailers and chassis (detachable), sold separately...do.... Freight carsf class I (AAR): Number owned, end of month........Bs................thous.. Held for repairs, percent of total owned................. r7 Revised. \J R e v i s e d t o r e f l e c t new f a c t o r t o d e r i v e t o n n a g e e q u i v a l e n t ( 2 3 . 5 base boxes per s h . t o n o f s t e e l ) . Comparable m o n t h l y d a t a n o t shown above ( t h o u s . s h . t o n s ) J a n . , 314; A p r . - N o v . , r e s p e c t i v e l y , 383; 4 0 7 ; 403; 458; 514; 459; 425; 299. USCOMM-DC—36389 1963 'PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER 1,505 6.3 BUSINESS
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