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May 10, 1963
STATISTICS
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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, 1941-43 == 10
90
Index, 1941-43 = 10
90
PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
80
(dally avg. close)
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70
60
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1962
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1963
Index, 1957-59=100
150
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities)
index, 1957-59=1
Monthly
(E. E. 1. seas. ad{. index)
140
130
120
110
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1963
Billion Dollars
70
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING
Billion Dollars
80
NEW CONSTRUCTION
(seasonally adjusted annual rate)
60
(short- and Intermediate-term)
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40
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—
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(n©n form)
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1962
1963
WEEKLY
2
BUSINESS STATISTICS1
1963
1962
ITEM
May. 4
Apr. 13
Apr. 20
Apr. 27
244
2,066
1,727
335
94.3
4,711
116
272
1,969
1,653
314
99.9
95.8
99.2
100.5
92.9
4,996
121
282
2,121
1,968
274
99.9
95.4
99.5
100.5
93.3
4,659
104
257
2,103
1,911
255
99.8
94.1
99.6
100.5
93.4
4,669
113
261
33,244
30,722
19.878
550
33,133
30,704
19.868
458
34,745
32,779
19,373
375
34,915
32,853
19.686
529
34,685
32,743
19.727
513
34,581
32,500
19,601
348
64,321
31,740
120,482
32,097
32,778
13,840
63,071
31,757
121,909
32,069
32^937
13,874
63,139
35,929
128,555
30,348
35,^274
16,026
64,393
35,785
129,787
30,946
35^258
16,093
4.61
67,71
71.27
4,61
65.99
69.49
4.47
68«29
71.64
4.47
68 s 92
72.36
63,529
35,801
129,154
30,597
35,036
16,185
4.48
69.72
73.22
4,48
69.97
73.47
1,427
15,054
180,013
7,345
1,957
105.0
578
314
1,372
15,369
175,040
7,290
1,820
97.7
587
315
1,500
16,325
180,345
7,461
2,464
132.3
556
312
1,501
16,191
187,741
7,468
2,521
135.3
561
316
1,521
16,495
185,640
7,493
2,548
136.8
577
321
May 5
Apr. 28
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
.... 1957-59=100..
do....
do.,..
Al1 other.....
do....
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES.
1957-59-100..
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs
do
1NSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a 11 programs
State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico)...........do....
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number..
FINANCE:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ,3/....do....
Member bank reserve balances 3/,,,,.,,,,
do,,,.
*I00.4
*96.9
*I00.2
*I00.9
95.1
4,499
no
99.9
95.0
100.0
100.5
93.7
312
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/
Loans and investments (adjusted), total
U.S. Government ob!igat ions..........
Commercial and industrial loans (gross5)
do....
percent..
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/a
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's ) 4/..1941-43=10..
.....do....
PRODUCTION:
.thous. sh. tons..
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches)... , a
number..
thous. sh. tons..
1957-59-100..
Stee I.....
FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL
188,254
2,544
136.6
±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3>/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Apr. 1962.
MONTHLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1963
1962
ITEM
Mar.
Apr.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
mi 1. $..
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL.
4,131
2,987
1,629
1,192
343
4,600
3,325
1,928
1,345
487
4,334
3,138
1,746
1,309
335
r4,00l
r2,938
r1,579
r 1,156
r323
r4,353
r3,118
r1,725
r1,269
r359
4,804
3,450
2,033
1,430
506
..do....
do....
833
221
348
167
96
410
839
223
348
161
107
433
899
241
382
155
92
378
869
235
368
151
r93
r377
851
228
363
155
r!02
r4l9
837
225
353
148
112
448
do....
.do....
1,144
392
95
279
1,275
425
103
339
1,196
389
104
338
r1,063
r352
97
277
r1,235
r404
1,354
420
57,748
40,553
22,507
58,279
41,747
23,484
62,917
43,434
24,830
r60,353
r42,3!3
r23,878
r61,138
r42,309
r23,830
61,014
43,280
24,788
11,033
2,653
4,795
2,442
1,295
5,449
17,S95
5,069
1,328
5,771
11,234
2,792
4,793
2,353
1,385
5,388
16,532
5,106
1,381
5,057
11,348
2,773
5,086
2,310
1,330
5,62 S
19,483
5,096
1,787
7,483
11,219
2,7S6
4,999
2,256
rS,328
r5,588
r18,040
r5,096
1,684
r6,181
11,244
2,742
4,982
2,266
r1,366
r5,573
r18,829
r5,2I2
11,185
2,815
4,846
2,162
1,464
5,56!
17,7345,044
147
148
149
150
150
do....
do....
do....
do....
Pub lie utilities
Pub 1 i c, tota 1
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
RATES), TOTAL
mil. $..
Nonresidential buildings, total J_/«
........sdo..s„
uommerciai............................... 0 . . 0 0 0 0 , d O . 3 . O
Stores, restaurants, and garages...... . . „ d 0 o
Farm construct ion.
o e o o a a » a e a o a a . a a o e e o e o o o o e ® o d O « . oc
Public utilities
.„.,,„„.»..».,...., •••••.••.do*...
a t t 0
• " "«IC,
TOTS
B
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O O a
leseoaettae&esaeeeeoeeas.eeeesegis
Nonresidential buiIdings.......•....•••••. • • • . . . . . adOo...
Mi Iitary facilities....................... .........do....
CONSTRUCT1ON COST INDEX:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE............
rj Revised* ±/ Excludes farm and public utilities.
Digitized for30504
FRASER
337
6*948
150
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
3
1962
1963
ITEM
Mar.
Apr.
Jan.
70,697
66,316
4,782
61,533
4,382
6.2
70,769
66,824
4,961
61,863
3,946
5.6
70,607
65,935
4,206
61,730
4,672
6.6
71,803
67,860
5,504
62,356
3,943
5.5
71,585
67,591
5,296
62,295
3,994
5.6
3.7
4.3
2.2
3.6
3.8
1.2
1.6
Mar.
Apr.
71,275
66,358
4,049
62,309
4,918
6.9
71,650
6.7, 148
4,337
62,812
4,501
6.3
72,161
68 097
4 673
63,424
4,063
5.6
72,348
68,171
5, 183
62,988
4,177
5.8
72,501
68,086
4,841
63,245
4,415
6.1
72,698
68,636
5,008
63,628
4,062
5.6
73,002
68,874
5,023
63,851
4, 128
5.7
4.0
4.4
2.4
3.6
3.7
1.3
1.6
3.6
3.9
1.9
3.9
3.9
1.1
2.2
r3.3
r3.9
1.8
3.2
3.7
1.0
1*6
p3.4
p3.9
p2.0
p3.4
p3.6
pl.2
pi.6
51,932
30.224
115
29,061
16,336
52,739
30,641
120
29,182
16,222
53,872
31,959
87
30,289
15,660
54,614
32,608
209
30,586
15,595
53,935
32,585
201
30,963
15,606
54,612
32.825
153
31,182
15,595
51,932
17,952
16,972
28,474
52,7'39
18,207
17,035
28,537
53,872
17,989
16,644
29,846
54,614
18,205
16,850
29,868
53,935
18,046
16,748
29,934
54,612
18,222
16,904
30,010
35.2
34.7
32.7
32.4
32.5
32.3
56,275
43,211
57,314
43,837
62,740
48,130
62,219
48,025
62,276
48,190
do....
4,392
4,255
4,737
4, III
4,368
4,481
4,033
4, 138
4,675
4,510
do....
4,499
4,121
4,659
4, 166
4,878
4,376
4,885
4,449
4,940
4,540
10,685
8,263
2,422
7,060
9,074
-2,014
6,285
8,830
-2,544
10,352
8,776
1,576
11,548
8,997
2,552
Feb.
EMPLOYMENT
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED
EMPLOYED
do
UNEMPLOYED.
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED
EMPLOYED.
do
UNEMPLOYED
LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS:
employees..
do....
do....
do....
.....do....
FINANCE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH:
Reserve bank credit outstanding, total........
U.S. Government securities
doase.
do....
••••.•••••••. s .,..do 8 e . e
do....
do....
Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit and FR note
..percent..
liabi 1 ities combined....
CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM):
Installment credit extended and repaid:
Unadjusted:
Adjusted:
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE:
Net cash transactions (Federal) with the public:
1/
.....do....
do....
Seasonally adjusted quarterly totals: 2/
27,400
28,300
-900
do....
r25,300
r27,600
r-2,200
do....
6,824
4,839
1,364
621
6,350
4,629
1,110
611
5,593
4,057
1,023
513
6,252
4,519
1,173
560
7,233
5,147
1,491
595
162
MO
119
121
110
92
189
138
165
140
146
128
154
90
152
41.5
31.9
38.7
23.4
21.0
31.5
31.3
31.0
27.3
LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR (LIAMA):
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Rice, California:
Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end of mo.do....
VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS:
Coconut oil:
Production, crude
9 .„..do. e ..
Corn oi1:
33J
Cottonseed cake and meaI:
sh„ tons..
Stocks (at oil mills), end of month,
„ o s , ••...do.*..
Cottonseed oil:
Production, crudee„s,SOOoa®OHOO<5<Se«!.eS<sooee«,se,B ..mi I. tb Be
Linseed o i 1 i
Production, crude (raw) „.«,«,. ...•.-... • * *»«»<,**.
e e o o> d O o » a
Soybean cake and mea1:
Product ioru..» # .,., # ».••••••••••••...•. • thous. sh. tons..
Stocks Cat oil mills), end of month......... „ „ e o « o d 0
Soybean oil:
Production, crude 6 ..... 0 ..... . . . « , « * * < > * E.*... ....mil. Ib9a
s
e
e
oeqis
254.7
148.8
242.5
123.4
192.1
S56.9
322.1
105.2
r292.I
r122.6
!82.0
146.3
228.3
r206.3
182.6
30.6
31.7
39et
30e9
36.6
899.1
91.2
840.3
96a0
987.2
99e3
893.3
78.7
960.0
S2383
.
422.7
397.4
456e2
413.1
451.5
••••••••
I
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seossoss
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
1962
1963
ITEM
Feb 0
Mar.
Deco
Jan9
Mar.
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS—Con9
TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTSs
Production, total.....,.,,... 0 . 0 ..„ 0 o..o.o.,.e»«thous. Ib0
Consumption (withdrawals)'?
Cigarettes, smalls
Tax-exempt,.,.,,,,,...,
mi i I Ions.,
Taxab le
„
,
,
•
.do-...
Cigars (large), taxab le... ..... . Qi>eoaeesS9ss<,..., ..do...,
Manufactured tobacco, taxabIe,....,.,.........thous. lb.
S2,880
14,773
IS,212
14,236
13,093
3,283
35,836
432
11,754
3,528
42,645
513
14,085
3,514
34,734
336
11,953
2,417
43,467
494
13,903
3,338
37,969
452
12,503'
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
PIG IRON?
Production (excluding blast furnace production of ferroa l l o y s ) a f f l s a e e a o @ 3 0 6 6 B S e s o o o o o o o o o a o e o o o o t h o u s s sh e tons,
STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS?
Total Call grades)••••,••••...,,...•.•..•...•,0,..,..ao,0.
Structural shapes Cheavy), steeS pi S Ing. oa . t , e<ssoo . 0 do. 8.
Bars and tool steely total.........................do,e,
P i pe and tub log
•
,
«.,
©do e ..
Tin mill products,,•••.••• • ee ..,.......•. oo0 . e *«. s .d©. 80
Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total. #0 .. 00 ..do,oo.
STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF M 0 e :
Consumers Cmanufacturers only),..0o<.o.o
mil, sh Q tons B
Receipts during month....,»,,..,.....„..,..•........do...
Consurnpt I on dur i ng monthe„ese,8.SSSs..<».*«,.„......,,. do*..
Warehouses (merchant wholesalers)«,„....,,•...........do...
Producing mi 1Iss
In process (Ingots, semifinished., etc. )....•..-.•......do.,..
Finished (sheets,, plates, bars, pipe, ©tCo), 9 .. ... O do eo ..
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEELs
Orders, new (net)ooooooeooooooeonoooo.oo.&thousQ sh. tons 0
Sh i pments,....,,,,,o 0,* o o 6 o , . , 0 e, O.,o e,,,*,«,,o......do,..
Backlog, end of [flonth„,„ 6< , seeo .„.o. 8 o», 888 ..... a ..do.„.
Aluminum shipments?
Ingot and mill products (net)....,0,00.00000.0,,,.mi I. lb..
Mill products, t o t a ! 8 6 0 „ S 4 » 0 , . „ 0 9 . „ , S o a . « 6 0 e 0 » » d o , 0 .
Plate and sheet (excl, foi l ) a 6 6 8 8 9 . , e t e s 0 0 . * o . 0 0 3do.«,8
Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net
mo. avg. shipments, l947-49=S00ffl
Industrial trucks (electric), shipments?
Hand (motori-zed)• • ••••'•••'.••••••••••••••.•••••••...number.
R 5 der-typeo . eeoo *.. a(3se e. 3Oes .«.o S0 ».....*..«*«..«*>.* do s ..
Industrial
t r u c k s and t r a c t o r s
(gasoline-powered),
shipments
number,,
6,421
7,!06
5,337
5,584
5,316
6,449
6,626
392
612
7,699
473
720
5,00!
330
460
5,731
354
484
5,604
6,691
366
514
442
613
986
534
548
2,903
1,164
657
691
3,219
778
394
303
2,257
878
440
539
2,491
849
433
495
1,009
2,384
2,840
II.0
r4.6
4.1
3.5
12.0
5.6
4.6
3.6
8.7
3.9
4.1
3.3
808
4.4
4,3
3,2
8.9
4.2
4.1
9a3
5.0
4.6
8.5
7.5
7.9
•7 a 5
7.2
6Q8
7.4
6.8
7.3
7.0
276
286
244
312
306
2,708
2,864
302
564
567
,0.00000
7.5
7.1
289
2,487
221
327
478
282
2,481
2,624
328
235
2,609
r429eI
r292.3
r134,4
5I6 6 5344.1
159.0
436.9
282.5
131.I
r487e1
r330.6
S53.9
470.3
306.4
136.8
145.3
98.5
106.9
177.1
173.0
S22.0
357
326
506
523
576
538
573
536
483
600
529
793
1,278
2 , 185
2 , 195
1,730
1,765
2,531
903
5,814
1,584
4,165
1,534
1,628
36
38
48
4,229
62
59
78
3,665
1,162
2,503
57
31
65
1,990
815
1,174
29
30
45
oooooos.
o.oooao.
2 , 137
PETROLEUM AHD PRODUCTS
ASPHALT AND TAR PRODUCTS, SHIPMENTS?
Asphalt roofing, total,,...,,.«...,...••.,,thous, squares0.
Roll roofing and cap sh9et 9 < , 8 o,.Me 0 ^. 8 ...... a o. S 9 do e i ,
Shingles, ail types.sosoeo.fflee.<,a..•••••.•••••.....do.aa
AsphaIt siding..................................,o...do.,.
1 n s u i a t e d s i d i ng • • , . • < , • • . . . , 0 . . . . . • • , , . • , . . • • . . • , • . . • • d o . . .
Saturated f e l t s , . , . . • • • , • « • • • . . . , . • • • • . . . . t h o u s , shs tons*
2,631
67
42
85
jr/ Revised*
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