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^TMENTQf r „ May 26 1961 STATISTICS BUSINESS 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 Index, 1941-43 = 10 90 90 Weekly Monthly PRICES OF 4 2 5 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (daily „¥g. cose) (Wednesday close) H 80 80 1961 70 j 60 - - / 0_J L_J ! L_J H 70 PvJ - 1 ! 1 I 1 1 1 L_J S ! L_J 1 1 i » _i_ _i_ 1959 1958 I 1 » I I t t —L_J 1 1 L_J 1—1—! 1 1 , i i » i i J F I ^ A M J I96S I960 i960) ! L-j J H 50 i Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION J— (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 1 i i 600 400 200 0 r i i I i i • f ' » I I • I I I t -L-J 1959 1958 8 I• I \ I L-J I i -i -i 1960 i M ' 1961 Millions Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 2.5 120 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS' FREIGHT CARLOADINGS 4 (seasonally adjusted) 2.0 100 1.5 1.0 80 ^Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates i i i i i > i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1958 1959 ' i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i I960 §961 * Average per working day 6 0 I—i—« i i i I i i i i i I i I i 1 1 I i i 1 1 i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i I i 1 1 i i I i i 1958 1959 I960 \ i ^yj A S O N D Thousands ! ? 000 800 60 / ^y0^ 50 40 ^ S96S 4 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1961 I960 ITEM May 21 May 14 Commodity prices, wholesales A11 commod it ies.. 1947-49-100.. State programs (50 States and, In 1961, Puerto Rico)...do.... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)....number.., Finance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .4/......do.... ......... April 29 May 6 May 13 85.9 134 1,832 1,710 304 *1I9.7 *90.4 *I07.3 *I28.2 86.6 138 1,783 1,666 313 87.4 146 3,523 2,610 369 119.3 87.4 108.5 128.0 87.6 140 3,464 2,495 399 31,723 27,371 18,306 498 31,774 27,480 18,235 458 31,807 27,755 19,018 732 64,066 27,833 111,059 30,340 31,735 12,772 119. 1 86.9 108.4 127.8 86.5 157 May 20 119.1 87.3 108.2 127.9 86.7 368 303 31,843 27,868 18,809 465 31,968 27,914 18,747 475 32,081 28,180 18,913 626 62,550 27,915 111,606 30,590 , 31,905 12///0 62,246 28,007 111,272 30,290 3i,8IO i2,803 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: j?/ U. S. Government ob1igations..••••••••••••••• eeeee .do.... Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 1/....1941-43=10.. 104,006 26,070 31,254 12,877 4.79 54.57 58.11 4.80 55.44 59.12 1,397 13,710 171,212 6,794 1,424 13,831 183,367 6,864 2,102 112.8 640 329 2,031 109.0 637 324 - 4.58 65.55 69.33 4.59 66.18 70.04 4.58 66.41 70.26 1,219 14,206 147,715 7,143 1,238 14,278 153,747 7,013 1,943 104.3 544 300 1,988 106.7 55-1 298 4.58 67.39 71.25 Production: Petroleum (crude) and condensate 4/....,......thous. of bbl.. 1,226 14,254 139, 162 7,249 1,858 99.7 544 303 150,388 2,037 109.3 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ In addition to State programs, includes the following: Railroad; UCFE (Federal employees); UCX (ex-servicemen); and, effective with week of April 15, 1961, TEC (temporary extended compensation). Also effective with week of April 15, 1961, includes persons under extended duration provisions. At Daily average. j>/ Wednesday data; revised basis. * Monthly index for May I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM March Apr i1 , January February March Apr i 1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN L BRADSTREET, INC.): do.... do.... t>335 120 241 224 607 143 1,370 121 220 215 674 140 1,404 121 219 228 685 151 1,449 116 262 229 693 149 1,610 135 266 271 786 152 1,441 131 245 238 704 123 do.... ...do.... do.... do.... do.... 70,193 7,809 19,427 19,170 14,116 9,671 69,192 7,065 13,661 18,483 18,563 11,420 81,520 4,128 11,231 26,111 28,688 11,362 88,083 6,941 14,943 23,160 30,646 12,393 126,622 13,344 20,283 26,579 51,185 15,231 86,114 7,093 13,127 23,215 32,562 10,117 do.... 93.3 90.2 125.2 123.5 72.5 69.9 r80.7 r75.8 r110.3 r105.4 1 18.7 1 14.8 do.... ...........do.... 92.3 89.2 123.4 121.7 71.0 68.4 r77.4 r72.5 r107.9 r103.0 115.9 1 12.0 ...do.... do.... 1,112.0 1,098.0 1,327.0 1,307.0 1,105.0 1,078.0 rl,184.0 r1,133.0 rl,317.0 r1,285.0 4,616 2,428 609 4,690 2,446 594 4,851 2,581 675 4,936 2,605 683 5,023 2,640 665 .do.... do.... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, inc 1. farm (public and private).... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: 1,233.0 1,203.0 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks. r/ Revised. Digitized for 9404 FRASER 1 | 5, 110 ^2,669 650 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1961 I960 ITEM March Apri 1 January February March April FINANCE - Continued . 245,729 96,593 50,410 226,007 86,174 46,862 12,217 9,580 105 3,332 6,192 1,149 1,439 6,423 784 5,640 7,468 5,064 91 4,290 619 858 1,609 6,031 772 5,269 5,537 4,846 82 3, 198 534 348 1,375 6,470 775 5,749 9,153 6,537 70 5,567 444 1,814 1,258 6,236 719 5,553 11,878 8,524 88 3,171, 5,799 1,348 1,472 7,012 726 6,287 7,359 5,125 73 4,319 493 736 1,738 6,450 722 5,730 57.9 34,0 25.8 56.4 35.3 26.1 57.0 36.5 25.7 63.7 35.8 25.7 61.1 35.4 26.1 61.3 p36.8 p25.6 12,881 12,239 12, 172 11,924 13,393 11,980 25,977 6,209 361 24,317 25,150 3,421 641 18,745 28,599 6,733 460 34,267 39,739 6,363 679 23,834 33,442 4,367 1,235 27,338 40,954 3,678 1,019 15,730 39.6 43.6 50.6 37.2 33.7 29.7 247,654 94,473 52,382 222,671 89,831 44,861 255,389 100,455 53,354 230,917 91,151 48,529 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 6 other centers ....do..,. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Corn grindlngs, wet process. a e Grains: Receipts, Interior primary markets: 80S.aosesethouse of b u 0 . VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oi1: Corn oi1: 28.6 25.0 25.6 24.6 27.1 28.1 528.3 953.4 373.7 596.0 666.9 1,964.3 525.7 1,509.8 480.4 1,059.6 401.8 668.1 246.7 140.8 175.8 188.9 309.8 227.2 247.4 239.6 224.9 272.0 189.3 270.5 N8I..4 130.9 223.8 179.0 163.5 137.7 45.6 54.4 40.5 27.8 46.5 100.3 42.9 99.0 43.9 100.1 50.8 81.9 32.5 29.5 33.3 30.8 31.4 36.4 r1,044.3 r1,926.3 r997.1 r1,625.4 1,149.8 3,298.5 1,036.6 3,255.7 1,043.9 2,920.3 988.9 2,607.4 r1,573.0 r172.2 rl,5!4.2 r249.0 1,783.2 260.0 1,593.0 327.2 1,603.4 356.8 1,517.8 432.6 r38l.l r368.0 418.7 377.6 381.1 362.9 1,871 1,700 1,798 1,714 1,438 1,639 1,529 1,634 1,588 1,937 433.1 267.3 144.1 366.8 247.6 133.6 341.6 241.3 131.9 r349.3 r232.5 r124.6 397.2 281.7 151.9 1.5 4.2 1.2 4.6 1.0 2.9 1.2 2.9 1.0 3.3 35.4 55.2 34.6 61.6 42.0 44.1 r37.7 r44. 1 34.0 48.9 2.2 114.8 68.3 8.0 41.2 19.2 76.6 61.6 14.1 0.9 213.9 r2.6 124.8 r70.9 8.6 39.3 23.0 r78.8 r63. 1 r!4.4 rl.3 199.1 3.5 150.8 106.3 11.9 74.2 20.2 80.7 63.9 15.7 l.i 241.2 Cottonseed: Cottonseed cake and mea1: Cottonseed oil: F1axseed: Linseed o i 1 : Soybeans: Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean o i I : METALS AND MANUFACTURES Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale): Aluminum shipments: Mill products and pig and ingot (net)..........mi I. of lb.. Radiators and convectors, cast iron: Oil burners: Stoves and ranges, domestic cooking, including bui lt-ins, shipments: Gas•••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••..•••••••.........do.... Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total „ do,,,, Gas...................................................do.... Oi 1..... do.... r/ Revised. 2.9 171.9 113.0 13.7 70.8 28.6 82.8 66.7 14.7 1.4 230.8 3.0 156.4 1 10.5 16.3 61.3 32.8 86.8 70.2 15.6 1.0 203.2 j>/ Preliminary. ±/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions, tops (not included above) totaled 29,200 units in March 1961. units; shipments of cooking 2/ Includes figures for buiIt-in oven-broiler MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1961 I960 ITEM March Aprl 1 January February March Aprl 1 PAPER AND PRINTING PAPER, EXCLUDING BUILDING PAPER, NEWSPRINT, AND PAPERBOARD; 1,050,0 Orders, new...........................thous. of short tonsa, 734,6 Orders, unfilled, end of month. .do,,,. 1,202,1 Produ ct Ion,,, , , , , „.do,„. S h I pmentS Q a o e o o Q a o a e o o 3 o o o «, o o o c o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o e o dOo o a o 999,5 Stocks, end of raonthsoo8«,,8.^o»eil0o»e.«..0<.9oo8».».«,(io„ell 621.8 Fine paperi 159.7 Orders,,new...............;..........................do.... 81.3 Orders, unfilled, end of m o n t h , , , „ , s o o . . . o . . , e o , 0 « . . . d o . 0 0 « 160.9 Product I on,,,c*..,,,„,.o,.,,...,,,,..,,.,,,.,,,,.,,,, ,do.... S h 1 pmentS , , , , , e , , , s , 0 0 , , , o , , . o , o o , a , , <> , , . o o o , , o , a , , . , d o .152,9 ,.. 155.8 Stocks, end of month,., ...coco,...,,. ,. 0 ,,oo SS o© 0 . 6 do. e , . Pr i nt1ng paper: 45! ,1 Orders, n e w , . 8 , D , „ 9 8 9 0 , s , 8 „ „ „ 0 9 ( ( „ 6 9 0 „ „ 9 0 9 „ , 8 „ ( ) o . 5 , 9 425.9 Orders, unfilled, end of month....O...o.o...«.......;do.o.. 423.6 Production.,,,,.,, « o...*« ...f*»..do.... 418,3 S h 1 pmentS . .......O..«,...oo«.......o.oo. ..-••.... •..•.dO.,o, Stocks, end of raonths.0oo6(.,0,60o,,»0«oooe»,OS8,ee,6do,(18, 271.5 Coarse papers 371.2 Orders, new,..........................................do..• • 182.4 Orders, unfilled, end of month*,........oa,,,,,,.....do.... 358,6 Product i on...............................o o..........do..,. 359,9 S h 1 pments, e s , s s , asse *s6os 8 *es , s , 8 , „ * , „ , „ * ^ „<,„„,„,, OD * do.,,, S22lo Stocks, end of month, , „ ,„do,„. 995.2 747,5 1,164,1 967,2 628,9 r933,8 r6I7.9 rf,118.1 r898.9 644,5 r895,2 r636,! r1,054,6 r859,5 r656.9 ^947.0 *6I9,0 *9Q6 S Q *909 o 0 *565,0 152,5 86,2 155,0 157.4 160,7 r144,3 r78.0 r142.2 r143,2 r153.0 r144,9 r87.7 r 140.3 r138.2 r!44,1 168,0 93,0 163,0 163,0 144.0 407,9 410.5 403.0 401.8 272,7 r4?2.3 r366,7 r386.0 r380.6 r274.5 r397,3 r370.3 r37l.8 r369,0 r277.3 435,0 388.0 408,0 408,0 277,0 374, 1 . 203.9 348.3 347,9 119,8 r3!9 a 6 r 129.8 r322.0 r3!2,8 r!43lo r297.0 r133.4 r30l.2 r296,0 r150,4 344.0 138,0 335.0 338.0 144.0 .o.ss.oooe eoo.so.oos oaoaeaseso ocooooaooe 0OS09.0®,, oooooooo©. .00,00,6,. 800,«099,0 ,©oo«®e,s8 eoasoeosse .••eco.eo ..,.,,..«, ...,,,,,,, 0,0,00000© a,,.,,,,.. ,»..».«,., .,..«•..». »,...,..,, , • , 0 . 0 , » », ,o........ TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON; U Consumption,*,,,.,.,,,•,.••••*• •••••.•••••••thous, of bales.. Manufactures; Spindle activity (cotton system spindles); Active spindles, last working day oeo8 . a . a8 ,.. 9 thousands e . Consuming 100 percent cotton,••••••••••••..•.....do.... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total,O,os,miS1 ions.® Average per working day,.,.....,,.,,..........,,do,,,. Consuming SOO percent cotton,,,,.............•. ..do;...: 887 708 637 637 795 647 19,299 17,602 12,143 486 SI,126 19,310 17,599 9,844 492 8,989 19,022 17,450 8,760 438 8,051 19,063 17,451 8,940 447 8,190 19,058 17,430 11,196 448 10,253 19,008 17,360 9,096 455 8,330 Equipment manufacturers, total'.....................do..-.. 5,950 4,408 1,542 5,569 4,200 1,369 3,515 2,261 1,254 1,958 757 1,201 3,874 2,180 1,694 2,933 1,156 1,777 New orders, tota 1...............,,.....,„.;-,-....•••• .do...., Equipment manufacturers, total...,.,....«,•••••••••do..,• Railroad and private-1ine shops, domestic ...do.... 2,0 M 1,891 120 5,352 4,357 995 1,339 427 912 1,536 438 1,098 1,802 1,795 7 Equipment manufacturers, total...... .do..... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic..,••••••• do,,.. 42,334 20,149 22,185 41,206 20,485 20,721 18,894 5,023 13,871 18,429 4,669 13,760 15,807 4,284 11,523 2,040 824 1,216 13,664 3,902 9,762 12 315 21 294 14 162 31 131 44 112 31 81 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT^ AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE? Freight cars; Passenger cars (equipment manufacturers): Unfilled orders, end of month, total•••••••..••••••••do.... rj Revised, * March data exclude estimates for tissue and miscellaneous papers, J/ Data for March I960 and March 1961 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM-DC-9404 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS >ENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE T O AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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