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.alMENTOf r~ May 31, 1963 BUSINESS °F STATISTICS COSINESS tC©' A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o 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 WeMy Monthly (daily avg. close) (Wednesday close) 80 60 yft w P\ 70 -\ - 50 40 r\A- 1 1 I I 1 _ L _ 1 _ J L _ I _ J L _. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I960 1 1 1 1 I 1961 1 1 l_L 50 1 1 .^ L U _ J _ J _ L J L J - ^ . U J U J ^ J ^ 1962 i i i i LJ^J^JLJUJ^J^J J F M A M 1 J A S O N D 1963 Thousands Thousands ,000 250 MOTOR VEHICLE PftOPUCHQN Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. 5 . plants) .j ^ 200 800 600 - 400 - 200 - 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 . JL_ JL_J__J_JL_.• J ^ I O J L , , .1 1960 1,,-.., 1 L ^ L ^ J L ^. - J L J L O - J 1961 LJ i 1 i.LL-J.^JL-. i i i i 1962 Index, 1957-59 = 100 115 CONSUMER PRICES 1 i i i i i 1 1963 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION (daiJy average,- seas, a d j . ) 110 All H Servi :es All 95 £?£• ^ J^ ~JUL±JUL± J » 1 I, 1 1960 V S 100 ^ J Food \ 90 JL,IJLJ™JLJU™JL4_XJU. 1961 •J...I ,?, ,i ,»,„.! t ) i i i .•,LllJ..J,J,-i.l,,.L, 1962 1963 - 120 110 Items 105 100 40 80 • ' ' M 1 ' • 1960 ' • > •A J\^\A * \ H f -j •JU- i I 1 ,1 i i 1 i \ 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 T 1L 11 I I > ' i \ \ a J 1961 1962 1963 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1962 1963 ITEM INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs o e o . a e e e 95.4 4,584 112 248 1,826 1,560 ..........do.... *IOOe2 *96.2 *99.6 •100.9 94.5 4,490 106 329 FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... May 4 May 26 May 19 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A!! co?wnod?ti@s S80000SOOOOOOS80S08esoe8SOOee0 o1957-59=100., May II May 18 99.9 94.6 100.6 100.5 95.1 4,692 May 25 100.0 94.5 101.1 100.5 95.5 245 1,755 1,507 93.7 4,781 113 256 1,925 1,746 99.8 94.7 99.7 100.5 94.7 4,814 127 247 1,858 1,680 285 306 322 268 338 34,896 33,163 19,679 soooeooo no 231 33,406 30,970 19,815 33,327 31,153 19,831 34,581 32,500 19,654 34,755 33,081 19,716 34,933 33,077 19,659 487 532 407 362 459 60,657 31,976 121,312 60,857 32,045 120,832 63,699 35,822 130,890 61,006 35,952 130,716 30,48! 35,437 !6,42! •ii'"7 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading citiesr4/ U*S, Government ob ligat Ions...••.....•..••....••.do*... Commercial and Industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) 4/se1941-43=10,. rKUUlA/l I UN* Index of production FREIGKT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY ^9. !9R i? ^9n "VJ.fiftQ 33,123 13,990 32,978 14,041 35,337 16,237 61,888 35,909 129,777 30,277 35,232 16,310 4.58 64.27 67.66 4.57 619ll 64.21 4.48 69s97 73.47 4.48 70o0i 73.55 4.47 70e43 73.87 1,370 16,008 180,043 7,267 1,662 89.2 587 311 1,362 16,202 179,647 7,279 1,646 88.4 580 306 1,498 16,279 195,04! 7,460 2,544 136.6 591 324 1,536 16,529 200,718 7,485 2,548 136.8 599 322 1,523 16,787 191,940 7,515 2,605 139.8 60! 322 ......... ..:.••••• ........ 4,47 70,14 73.54 2,626 141.0 3/ Daily average. 47 Wednesday data, •* Monthly index for May 1962. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1962 !963 ITEM Apr, Jan. Feb. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS Special group indexes: All items less food All items less shelter. A11 commodities. Nondurab les. Durab les. Services. AppareI Food Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Meats, poultry, and fish. Housing......... Gas and electricity.... Housef urn i sh i ngs Rent.... .. . Med i ca I care Persona I care. Reading and recreation...... Transportat i on Private Pub lie Other goods and services PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer pr Ices 1957-59=100.. 105.0 105.2 106.0 106.1 106.2 do.,.. .do.... do.... do.... .do.... .do.... 105.7 105.0 102.8 103.2 100.9 109.0 106.0 !05.2 103.1 103.5 101.4 109.2 106.5 105.9 103.6 104.3 100,4 M0.5 106.6 106.1 103.8 104.5 100..6 110.5 106.8 106.1 103.7 104.4 100*8 110.8 107.0 106.1 103.6 104.2 100.9 I II. I do.... .do.... do.... .do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 102.7 103.2 105.0 104.4 100.6 104.6 107.9 99.5 105.3 102.7 103.4 103.7 108.6 100. I 104.6 107.8 99.3 105.4 103.0 104.7 103.8 106.4 102.5 105.4 108.2 97.9 106.3 103.3 105.0 103.6 109.4 102.1 105.4 108.0 98.3 106.4 103.6 104.6 103.5 109.6 100.7 105.7 108.0 98.6 106.4 103.8 104.3 102.9 I 12.0 98.3 105.8 107.5 98.5 106.5 113.6 105.9 109.2 105.9 104.6 114.9 105.1 113.9 106.3 109.4 107.2 106.0 115.6 105.1 il5. 107. 115.6 '07.3 I ;0.,0 106.B >05,3 H6.3 105.1 115.8 107, I 16.1 107.6 111.0 107.0 105.5 116.5 105.8 do..., 95.2 95.1 94.3 94.3 94.2 **94.2 mil. $.. do.... do. do. 12,354 9,104 104 3,728 8,153 5,754 99 5,348 6,285 5,533 80 3,636 10,997 7,305 103 6,206 13,093 9,663 107 3,927 8,544 5,735 110 5,344 do.... do.... do.... do.... ..do.... do.... do.... no. 106. 105. 115. 105. no, <07, 105, 1.16, 105, *I06.2 FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Receipts, t o t a l Receipts, net J . / . . . . . . . . Customs. Indivjdua| income taxes I J./ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. * Index based on I947-49=I00 is 130. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 76.8. * 30531 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ** Index based on 1947-49=100 is MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1962 ITEM Mar. 19CT Apr, Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr, FINANCE—Continued FEDERAL GOVERNMENT F i NANCE—Cont i nued Rece i pts—Cont i nued 5,879 1,188 1,456 445 745 1,516 517 429 1,623 422 2,596 1,671 6,081 1,428 1,550 551 940 1,598 7,749 733 449 4,597 1,972 7,289 777 438 4,315 1,766 8,013 858 486 4,547 2,215 6,763 809 445 4,102 1,432 7,806 825 405 4,523 2,056 7,590 823 367 4,522 1,886 128.11 62.06 6.26 4.08 16.29 3.64 27.48 128.57 62.38 6.35 4.06 16.30 3.63 27.67 134.01 64.44 6.31 4.09 16.54. 3.54 28.82 134.50 64.66 6.24 4.08 16.54 3.54 28.98 134.98 64.72 6.03 4.06 16.54 3.53 29.09 4.89 2.12 2.69 44.64 41.42 3,99 5.83 1.20 5.49 4.93 2.13 2.71 44.75 41.52 4.01 5.88 1.21 5.41 5.24 2.24 2.91 47.20 43.80 4.15 6.24 1.28 5.44 5.28 2.25 2.94 47.35 43.93 4.17 6.28 1.27 5.50 5.34 2.26 2.99 47.62 44.16 4.18 6.32 1.19 5.60 830.8 350.1 62.9 II.1 72.0 156.9 177.8 714.1 300.4 57.6 IT.6 66.7 141.5 136.3 844.7 369.5 71.5 13.4 95.2 152.6 142.5 759.2 332.2 59.2 11.2 75.5 136.9 144.2 885.0 391.7 72.2 13. 1 73.5 154.9 179.6 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 8.30 7.33 10.66 8.35 7.46 11.07 7.57 6.35 10.00 6.60 5.75 10.43 8.11 7.22 10.82 .42 .25 2.67 .35 .22 2.76 .33 .26 2.48 .48 .19 2.75 .47 .24 2.96 2.53 14.33 172.68 1.43 2.15 12.10 164.42 1.70 3.85 12.78 214.60 5.2i 3.41 12.19 r201.99 2.05 2.94 14.87 191.37 i.9i> 41.5 31.9 38.7 23.4 21.0 24 7 31.5 31.3 31.0 27.3 33.1 31.8 LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total.». e do ee .. Industrial and miscellaneous (U.S.) do.... Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign^ total.,.do. se . PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.; TOTAL mil. $.. Death benef its.... do.... Disabi 1 ity payments Pol icy dividends LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR (LIAMA): do.... .....do.... 7,680 5,258 1,802 620 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Beer: WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: StiI 1 wines: . 1 VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PROOUCTS: Coconut oil: Corn oil: Cottonseed cake and mea1: 242.5 123.4 | 192.1 156.9 322. 1 105.2 [ 292.1 122.6 254.7 148.8 194.2 197.7 146.3 228.3 206.3 182.6 139.0 35 ,.2 823.3 96.0 Cottonseed oiI: 182.0 i Linseed oi1: 30.6 31.7 39.1 30.9 36.6 899. 1 91.2 840.3 96.0 987.2 99.3 893.3 78.7 960.0 123.3 422.7 397.4 456.2 413.1 Soybean cake and mea1: Soybean oi1: 386.4 METALS AND MANUFACTURES 451.5 PIG IRON: Production (excluding blast furnace production of ferro7,106 6,425 5,584 5,316 719 1,061 563 704 1,021 544 755 977 496 775 918 483 CASTINGS: Gray iron: rj Revised. J/ Data reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. 30531 6,763 6,449 N( -, 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Confihuad 1963 1962 ITEM Apr. Febffi Jan. Apr8 METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued CAST!NGS--Cont im:ed HalI ©able ;ron: thouse sh0 t o n s a S h I pments ,• tota I.Ooo.,.-o»ooo....... ...dO. .. For sa I e. „... . . .. .. •. • •. • .. • •.«....o".., • •»• o . •..« Stee 1 • Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo a o S f f...........do... lB. S h i pments, tota I B „o 0 a e a s « s .do, e . For safe, total............... ............. eeBoSaaoeoodoaoo Steel forglngs (for sale)s Orders,, unfilled, end of month,............... 8,„s„0.6e.do,.. ............do... S h I pments, tota I..,..•••... ••.....•..••..•...• 00 0 0 0 0 0 o e o .do. o = Drop and upset MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting toolss .mil. $. Orders, new Cnet), totaI...„......•»•.... o. Dow©st ic....................,,c.o.o....o» O..doaoo .s»dosoa Shipments, total...............co........ ...do... Domest!c,............ e0 ...... *. •.. • • o®*.. Estimated backlog**,«, * = • » ® ° ° . . , o . . . . . . e 0 o s o . s monfhs s Metal forming toolss Orders, new (net) , , c s miI. $. DomestIc,„. c .„„..„...........«o.....,. •. • e ..do. a o . S h i p m e n t s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 ° o . . . o a . « . c« o* o o c e o O o o ® a o oodo0S0 Domest i c 0 s s o * *«* a ^ o 0 . =,«.»<»«<>«,»e *.». *. <>«a ® o a o d o 9 S O .months 0 Estimated b a c k l o g . . 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - . . . . . . . . . . o e s * . 76 42 74 50 80 45 75 42 189 149 112 206 130 102 193 115 91 196 116 91 345 132 103 331 122 92 282 115 85 305 1! I 82 44.60 35.30 55.40 38,65 4e4 43a70 34.45 48.70 35.30 403 46.20 37o40 35.80 29.75 4G2 53.35 44,80 43.05 34.30 r6!„55 r49s55 r50.00 r41.65 r5.0 61.70 47e70 46s65 39.40 5,1 18.75 14eI0 12.60 9a45 4.4 I6e20 11.60 11.65 8ol0 5o0 13.95 S2.20 13.30 I 1.50 408 19.20 16.50 14.05 10.05 5.1 r!2e85 rl1.85 rl7.35 r 14.60 r4G7 •16.00 11.45 14o00 11.25 4S7 882 298 511 72 872 295 504 73 *r69l 285 *r333 73 682 266 341 76 721 27! 376 74 578 532 315 525 543 296 518 433 264 444 420 287 513 458 342 550 554 338 187 186 43 481 587 173 180 36 487 550 190 183 32 376 606 174 168 37 356 604 193 187 43 435 583 184 193 34 490 570 731 868 790 659 r18,822 r16,940 r9,6J2 r48l r8,634 r18,870 r16,982 rl 1,618 r465 r10,436 18,61 I 16,222 11,206 448 9,705 18,54.1 !6,029 9,316 466 8,044 310 122 92 PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS W O O D P U L P S T O C K S , E N D OF M O N T H ; T o t a l , all m i l l s , , , , , thous, sh, tons. 00 Pulp ml lis „ o ,.,,, „„„do,, e Paper and board mi tSsQ..., <,*, QO 000 ... 0. °®eo.... .,. B d o O O B Nonpaper ml 11s. © e . . „ 0 , . . . . . , . . s . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . • . . . d o Q 0. NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING N E W F O U N D L A N D ) ; Product 1 o n , . , . , . es-s. 00QO .oe •,.... •... . 0 . 00 oo*.»... .. .doea „ Shipments from m i l l s . 0 ( 1 B < , 0 8 0 „ < 1 . 0 8 9 , [ , . O E o 8 , « , e ( ) o e 6 . , , 6 S d o 8 0 , Stocks at m i l l s , end of m o n t h * 6 0 . • • . . . . . . • . • • . . . 0 0 • • . d o . . . NEWSPRI N T , UNtJED STATES t Product!on,.•...••••...•....•••.••.••...•..•.•..•..a.do... Shipments from mi I I s . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . • • • . . . • • . . . . . . . . d o . . . Stocks at m i l l s , end of raon+ha»„t„B989SS,9SS99,e<18„,do„8 Consumption by pub U s h e r s , . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . • . • . • . . . d o . . . Stocks at and in transit t o publishers^ end of mo..«..do... T E X T I L E PRODUCTS COTTONs 1 / Consumpt i o n , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .f h o u s e bales. Manufactures2 Spindle activity (cotton system spindles)? Active spindles, last working day........ o0.,thous. ConsumIng !00 percent cotton .....do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total ,miiI?onss Average per working day..,.,..,,. . „ , , oao ..do se , Consuming 100 percent c o t t o n e c 8 . , , a s a o e aoJIOS do.. s 809 18,630 15,995 9,394 470 8,043 18,586 15,890 11,482 459 9,771 r/ Revlsede \J Data for Aprc 1962 and Jan. and Aprs 1963 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. * Data in May 1963 SURVEY unrevised* CORRECTIONS: N.Y, State savings banks,.amount due depositors—Feb. 1963 figure should read $24,103 mil.; Mar. 1963, $24,436 mil. USC0MM-DC—30531 PENALTY FOR PHIVATE USE TO A V O I D UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PAYMENT O F POSTAGE, $300 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 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