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^IMENTOfc November 15. 1963 BUSINESS ° A BUsSfsS i<-°* STATISTICS 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 (daily avg. close) 80 70 h 60 h 50 40 Li_i«j_i_L_Lj_ I960 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1963 1962 1961 Thousands 250 Thousands ,000 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) . g^ - 800 600 \ / 1 - i 400 - 200 - 0 , 1„ 1 1 1. 1 1 ) 1. J L J L J™. _., |. _.L,|. L_.L 1 1 | | | 1 J i [, X ± 1 X X 1 Billion Dollars SALES OF RETAIL STORES 20 — ^ ^ « ^ ^ mmz^^**^ (seasonally adjusted) 1, 1 1 1 1 1 l _ i 1 l 1 1 1 1 1963 1962 1961 1960 200 Billion Dollars 70 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING (short- and intermediate-term) 60 Total (end of month) j f ^g&e^ ^^^^ - Total - 15 50 10 _ JNondurai »/e Goods - Dsjrahl® Goods 40 ^ Installment Cr@dit (end of month) *_JL^ ~ 5 J J X u i L U J i -0_l^LJl™LJ_J^«i_Jl™i„ JU^ 1960 1961 i > U. j i i i . J - J U U ^ J L L X J L X ^ 1962 1963 30 r^^^u^^. I960 ^ ^ . U ^ ^ i ^ . ^J^lJ^l^J^M^. 1961 _ 1962 1 1963 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1963 1962 ITEM Nov. 3 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: All commodities , 1957-59=100.. Farm products, ........... do.... Foods, processed. .do.... A 11 other do.... 22 commod it les 2/ do.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES ..mil. $.. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES 1957-59= 100.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs .....thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs T.,... ..do.... State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico)... do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do.... Member bank reserve balances^/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 5/ *do* S3S Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Demand deposits, adjusted .mil. $. Savings deposits do,,. Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do... U.S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial ioans (gross) .....do... Real estate loans (gross) do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 5/. percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 s+«^cks • •••'•••••••• do s e e PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal ,3/.,. thous, sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities = s i s a s * s * s =ss mlI. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number. Petroleum (crude) snd condensate 3/s, ...thous. bbI. Steel thous. sh. tons. Index of production 1957-59=100. FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL thous. cars. Ml see I laneous.. .••••.........•.<,.»...•••• do... !/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. •** Wednesday price. Nov. 10 Oct. |y Oct. 26 *100.6 *98.7 *I01.5 *!00.7 93.7 4,825 117 296 1,606 1,457 320 **93.5 4,689 125 310 1,682 1,529 295 100.3 95.2 101.5 100.7 95.7 4,834 122 245 1,469 1,326 303 100.4 95.2 102.1 100.7 96.2 4,674 112 258 1,501 1,359 279 100.2 94.6 101.7 ,100.7 96.2 4,898 119 273 34,042 31,491 19,807 454 34,231 31,686 19,559 549 36,235 34,737 19,987 383 36,165 34,589 19,941 428 36,066 34,163 19,756 350 36,250 34,842 20,174 525 63,025 34,246 125,533 31,432 34,290 15,203 4.57 56.52 59.09 61,472 34,355 124,672 30,952 34,322 !5,23l 4.56 58.71 61.48 62,749 37,465 134,115 28,035 36.282 17,570 4.52 72.97 77.00 63,041 37,503 133,183 27,794 36,310 I7,6!2 4.53 73.00 77.06 63,089 37,534 133,754 27,990 36,296 17,651 4.53 73.80 78.10 4.53 72.81 76.96 1,475 16,247 191,199 7,314 1,778 95.4 609 328 1,465 16,491 193,918 7,340 !,804 96.8 586 315 1,603 17,173 2(0,443 7,610 1,908 102.4 626 333 1,619 17,261 212,492 7,608 1,915 102.8 625 328 1,593 17,457 208,320 7,571 1,944 104.4 623 331 100. 94. 101. 100, **96. 285 219,496 i,958 105.1 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Oct. 1962. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1962 1963 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept, 12,777 15,232 15,318 15,121 15,893 15,355 15,197 16,201 13,753 15,575 mil. $. do... do... do... 18,863 5,604 2,808 999 20,576 6,988 4,082 1,068 20,540 6,976 4,003 1,100 r2l,OI8 r6,556 r3,529 rl,138 rl9,236 r5,936 r2,940 1,054 21,588 7,449 4,242 do... do... do... „ .do... .........do... 13,259 1,193 1,513 4,823 2,232 13,588 1,214 1,485 4,803 2,372 13,564 1,010 1,646 5,003 2, 129 r14,462 rl,167 rl,698 r5,3l8 r2,465 r13,300 rl,!48 rl,534 r4,7!7 r2,292 14,139 1,176 1,606 5,045 2,459 do... do.., ...do... do... r19,844 20,719 6,773 3,940 958 r20,666 r6,562 r3,733 r992 r20,385 r6,53l 3,654 974 20,861 6,848 952 19,875 6,391 3,704 939 do... do,.. do... do... do... 13,571 1,202 1,458 4,877 2,321 13,484 1,178 1,456 4,881 2,270 13,946 1,214 1,497 5,030 2,441 r 14, 104 rl,259 rl,5l9 r4,996 r2,497 r13,854 1,190 1,478 4,931 2,408 14,013 ..bll. $. do... 27.02 27.24 28.04 27.40 27.68 27.94 r27.3! r27.88 27.60 27.98 mil, $. 5,413 5,622 5,518 r6,094 5,527 Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted ••••••.••••••••. •• number. Seasona I Iy adjusted. do... DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL!/ Durab le goods stores. Automotive group.. Lumber, building, hardware group.. Nondurable goods stores.... Appare I group Eating and drinking places Food group.. Genera! merchandise group. ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ Durab I e goods stores Automotive group. Lumber, building, hardware group Nondur ab I e goods stores Appare I group Eating and drinking places. Food group........ Genera i merchand i se group „.... ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total. „ Adjusted, tota I RETAIL FIRMS WITH 4 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total r/ Revised. ±/ Data for Oct. 1963 are advance estimates. 36146 r6,273 r3,548 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1962 1963 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. DOMESTIC T R A D E — C o n t i n u e d RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: 4,559 318 101 1,436 1,893 67 86 4,692 314 103 1,519 1,890 73 92 4,601 263 111 1,436 1,915 75 102 r5,l06 310 115 1,662 r2,136 76 94 4,611 309 107 1,546 1,825 71 83 4,698 316 99 1,498 1,943 62 93 4,647 304 101 1,443 1,954 62 89 4,914 324 105 1,628 1,992 64 92 r4,983 341 107 1,666 r2,007 63 88 4,871 316 105 1,626 1,970 63 89 117 117 113 110 100 120 113 rl26 rp!2l rpl2! 12.86 4.50 8.36 13.85 7.00 6.85 14.33 4.97 9.36 14. S3 6.97 7.16 13.96 4.87 9.10 14.23 7.22 7.02 M4.I3 r4e94 r9s20 M4.45 r7.23 r7.22 13.86 4.83 9.02 i4e57 7.21 7.37 72,179 68,668 5,564 63,103 3,512 4.9 72,187 68,893 5,475 63,418 3,294 4.6 72,254 68,188 5,114 63,074 4,066 5.6 71,915 68,076 5,040 63,036 3,839 5.3 75,173 70,851 5,969 64,882 4,322 5.7 73,269 69,161 5,024 64,137 4,108 5.6 74,418 70,561 5,496 65,065 3,857 5.2 72,915 68,917 4,838 64,079 3,998 5.5 73,062 69,546 5,326 64,220 3,516 4.8 73,136 69,076 4,884 64, 192 4,060 5.6 .......do.... 4.9 4.0 3.1 5.0 4.0 2.4 1.9 1.9 3.9 3.9 2.5 4.4 4.0 1.5 2.2 2.0 4.3 4.0 2.7 4.1 4.0 1.4 2.0 1.9 r4.8 r3.7 r3.2 4.7 4.2 r2.l rl.9 r2.0 p4.5 p3.6 p3.0 p4.8 P3.9 P 2.3 pl.7 pl.7 mil. $.. .......do.... 60,126 46,310 60,"626 46,722 65,364 50,792 66,137 51,421 66,343 5!,627 do.... do.... 4,098 3,992 4,913 4,501 .5,348 4,776 5,230 4,601 4,745 4,539 dol. per fine oz.. 4,491 4,289 16,067 1.155 4,682 4,298 15,978 1.206 5,106 4,605 15,633 1.290 5,049 4,624 15,582 1.288 5,031 4,710 15,582 1.293 s. sh. tons.. do.... 922 68 101 1,045 81 112 1,003 68 105 985 68 119 doa„, 5,125 351 430 824 623 453 1,947 5,579 394 453 915 595 376 2,297 6,460 451 636 966 699 533 2,599 5,895 456 579 910 631 541 2,232 do . 9.6 3.8 4.3 3.3 8.9 4.2 4.9 3.2 1 1.9 4.9 4.2 3.4 1 1.6 4.1 4.4 p3.5 do.... 6.8 6.4 6.7 6.4 7.3 7.2 r7.2 r6.8 do.... do.... do.... Lumber yards, building materials dealers,... do.... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total.. ...•...QO.... do.... do..,. Lumber yards, building materials dealers.... .......do.... ., do,... DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, UNITED STATES T O T A L : 1957-59=100.. p 1 16 p t 13 WHOLESALE T R A D E : bi 1. $ e e Inventories, estimated (unadjusted), total,,.. .do,.. • .......do,ee. EMPLOYMENT CIVILIAN LABOR F O R C E , TOTAL, UNADJUSTED.. EMPLOYED ..........^ UNEMPLOYED do.... ««*,,,* C H I L I A N LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED EMPLOYED do.... do UNEMPLOYED LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total....,.monthly rate per 100 employees.. do.... Separation rate, total do.... Quit 73,344 69,891 S350 64,541 3,453 4.7 73,101 69,075 4,919 64, 156 4,026 5.5 FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of m o n t h e s 8 8 C , s e s , Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, tota 1 Repaid, total Seasorally adjusted: SILVER, price at New York METALS AND MANUFACTURES CASTINGS, TOTAL SHIPMENTS: Stee1 STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling do.... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total.. STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF M 0 „ : do.... do 1. sh. tons.. do.... Producing mi 1 Is: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc.) Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, e t c . ) . r/ Revised. £./ Pre I iminary. 36746 = 5,455 417 587 848 569 405 2,084 pl0.9 p4.0 p4.7 p7.4 p6.8 15,583 1.293 BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1963 S962 ITEM July July June Aug. _ _ PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS May Aug. Crude petroleums 1,542 263.6 88 1,860 272.7 88 -l>-809 273.5 88 U7U. 264.4 85 2,028 262.5 85 1,737 • 263.9 85 3I307 3|9e5 3290l 312.9 333.7 333. S 235. S 33.3 236.8 34.0 ALL OILS, SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND STOCKSs Productions Natural-gas .liquids, benzol (blended), etc.......do.. BS Demand total,..,.. , .. do 224.0 31.0 224.2 30.4 234.5 33.1 226.9 31.9 296.2 29lo0 142.5 10.9 40.6 33.7 302,2 296.8 147.2 10.6 3696 35.0 311.0 304.7 I43s3 10.2 48.2 37.0 293.2 287.6 r140.7 9.8 39.7 35.0 314.4 308.3 150.0 10.9 40.3 36.2 321.7 315.2 151.7 S2.4 43.2 36. S 8.7 3,6 S4.9 19.0 10.1 3.8 17.2 18.4 10.9 4.1 14.4 15. S 8.7 3.8 13.8 14.8 10.8 3.7 16.5 S7.0 M.8 4.0 16.2 17.2 830.1 242.4 39. S 548.6 847.4 243.6 40.3 563.5 813.6 255.7 31,6 526.4 833.4 250.0 35.4 547.9 852.7 250.0 38.8 563.9 864.0 249. S 41.4 573.6 139.7 S83.I 136.6 173.0 133.4 195.7 136.8 192.6 141.5 184.7 144.0 S77.7 11.3 10.2 11.0 9.8 11.2 12.0 10.9 1 1.6 IS.O 10.4 SS.2 9.5 13.3 33s2 12.6 35.7 If.9 29.6 11.7 32.3 S2.9 35.2 12.5 36.2 59.4 140.6 59.0 S63.Q 60.2 103.2 60.1 123.4 62.4 145.2 63.3 164.9 23.2 50.7 22.9 54.! 21.0 46.6 21.8 48.1 21.7 50.9 2S.8 52.5 8.5 8.! 9.7 8.7 8.6 9.6 9.0 10.2 9.1 • 10.2 503 12.5 5.0 12.2 5.5 13.2 5.3 13.4 5.6 13.4 5.4 S3.4 12*7 18.4 12.7 14.4 II.1 20.9 S2.I 19.8 12.9 16.8 13.2 14.5 6.7 12.6 6.3 12.2 5.0 II.1 4.9 10.6 5.0 12.7 4.9 12.8 37.6 39.4 27.2 31.9 35.5 38.5 Refined petroleuro products? Gasoline Cinci. aviation)s Aviation gasolines Kerosenes Distillate fuel oils Residual fuel oil: Jet fuels 8.9 9.6 Lubricants? Asphalts Liquefied petroleum gasess Stocks Cat piants, terminals, underground, and at re- j r / Revised. USC0MM-DC—36146 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 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