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November 27, 1964 ^INCOME iPAYMENTS I M k ^ i f " BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data.sub$equent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 90 (aj%££ *~) - ^. -" l 80 "I 70 A 60 - 50 . . ^ ^ ^ J ™ ™ * ™ ^ ^ ^ . . . . I . I . . . •^JU^Jt^JU^n^l^JLjl 1962 1961 Ur- »,.„„, .L^A.,,, ^JU™.X*«A»^ 1963 1 1 U,„,L..J,.„JL.^a J F M A M J 1964 Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 160 160 Monffsly ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. £. !. seas. ad;, index) 150 -| 140 -J 130 - 120 - 110 J A S O N D -„U-J ! U . l . 1 -1 4_™J~I U-J — U - L - l - l 1 1 1 1 ^ > J „»J»«J__X™a»»J 1 , I, IUWJL^, - i . i < 1963 1962 1961 1 J i i t » » i i 150 1 J F M A M J 1964 Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* Index, 1957-59 = 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION 2.0 120 J A S O N D (daily average; seas, adj.) 1.5 V^AP/VW 110 100 1.0 .5 h I/Tw* 90 h ^Seasonally adjusted, at annual rates -J I - ' ' • ' 1,» 1961 1962 ii j i i i i U U U . U Ii l l n u 1963 1964 80 ',„•» i >•••'-» ,.L L „l I I 1961 ,1. ' I ' ft i. ' < I i I 1962 ''''»!'»''' 1963 it i j I l u l l 1964 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1964 1963 ITEM Nov. 23 Nov. 16 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A 1 1 commod it ies 1957-59-100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. State proqrams (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....„do.... Oct. 31 Nov. 14 Nov. 7 100.7 93.4 100.8 101.6 102.1 4,996 3,460 Nov. 21 100.7 93.4 SOI.O 101.6 101.9 96.6 4,976 3,321 *I00.7 *96.2 * 102.5 *I00.9 95.5 4,871 3,249 102.9 5,039 3,410 282 1,671 !,526 318 1,656 1,514 235 1,279 1,158 270 309 249 277 197 271 36,625 35,138 20,065 •431 36,722 35,635 20,250 38,333 37,203 20,770 38,442 37,910 2!,214 38,977 38,532 21,318 506 315 446 38,793 38,201 21,017 37 1 63,515 37,630 134,670 27,930 37,!08 17,757 63,137 37,689 135,328 28,180 37, 198 17,811 64,999 40,06! 144,363 26,928 39,882 !9,7!9 64,019 40,i28 145,619 26,829 40, 192 19,741 63,890 40,197 145,016 26,552 40,312 19,789 4.54 73.29 77.43 4.54 72.56 76.58 4.57 84.69 89.51 4.57 85.14 90.05 4.57 85.08 89.94 1,645 17,637 208,092 7,580 1,695 17,727 219,134 7,593 1,743 16,411 141,884 7,716 1,707 18,408 181,484 7,722 1,729 18,558 208,980 7,684 1,979 106.2 589 310 1,995 107.1 587 311 2,644 141.9 657 348 2,634 141.4 628 339 2,612 S40.2 627 336 **I02.8 4,948 3,486 246 1,302 1, 182 250 610 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: 4/ Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.„ u i Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. 4.57 86.22 91.20 PRODUCTION: Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bb !.. Index of product ion FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL 1957-59=100., thous. cars.. 27 Tuesday price. J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. ** Wednesday price. MONTHLY J3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 188,522 2,634 141.4 * Monthly index for Nov. 1963. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1963 1964 ITEM Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: U Value (not seasonally adjusted): .bil. $.. ...do.... ...do 18.3 2.8 4.6 19.2 2.9 5.3 17.9 3.0 4.4 17.7 3.1 3.6 19.7 3.3 4.8 18.9 ...do.... .,.do... r ...do.... S7.9 2.7 4.9 !8.6 2.9 5.2 19.9 3.4 5.0 19.2 3.2 5.1 19.3 3.3 5.0 18.3 ...do.,.. 18.5 18.9 19.5 17.9 20.2 19.2 ...do 18.2 2.7 5.4 18.6 3.0 5.1 21.3 3.5 6.2 19.3 3.3 4.8 19.9 3.8 4.8 19.0 3.7 47.3 47.0 51.4 51.6 52.1 52.5 47.1 3.8 20.0 47.2 3.9 20. 1 51.3 5. S 21.6 51.4 5.0 21.2 52.2 5.7 21.0 52 9 6 1 21.2 1,051 113 189 167 467 115 1,262 133 207 217 578 127 1,096 82 214 192 501 107 1,169 113 203 185 550 I 18 1,034 8! 208 163 484 98 i 060 96 194 JQ6 467 107 3.3 4. I Value (seasonally adjusted): 3.3 4.0 MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): ...do.... 4. ! Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) : INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet - Inc.): .number.. .. do.. \J Data for Oct. 1964 are advance estimates. Digitized for 16187 FRASER 1 1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1964 1963 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS Sept. Sept. Oct. July Aug. 85,918 6,579 21,522 28,149 15,644 14,024 91,834 10,758 12,981 32,777 23,603 11,715 125,642 9,037 23,772 23,309 20,781 48,743 95,180 22,555 17,897 16,079 25,715 12,934 114,565 6,074 32,185 3I,396 24,958 19,952 59.4 59.6 54.9 59.1 56.3 8,142 254 4,968 2,920 13,033 189 8,139 4,706 13,354 1,395 *8,98l *2,747 *23i 7,246 388 4,840 1.660 357 11,962 252 9,187 2,24! 282 i48.4 146.4 145.2 S43.2 167.5 164.5 164.2 161.2 145. i 142.7 142.8 140,4 r144.8 ri4i.6 r142.2 rl39s0 M23.I M24.I rl2l.0 1,747 1,712 1,864 1,824 1,505 1,483 r1,430 ri,408 r1,465 r -1,441 1,371 764 i,40i 751 1,242 663 1,281 701 r1,222 r694 138.76 65.79 5.82 3.89 16.46 3.47 30.33 139.61 66.08 5.83 3.89 16.47 3.46 30.62 145.82 67.69 5.76 3.81 16.51 3.41 32.18 146.48 67.74 5.76 3.82 16.49 3.41 32.22 147.17 67.82 5.79 3.85 16.44 3.40 32.31 5.56 2.30 3.17 5.56 2.29 3.18 6.06 2.48 3.47 6.13 2.53 3.49 6.20 2.54 3.55 49.23 45.52 4.34 6.58 1.34 5.92 49.54 45.80 4.36 6.62 1.34 6.11 52.83 48.71 4.45 6.95 1.25 6.60 53.17 49.01 4.46 6.99 1.35 6.64 53.56 49.37 4.49 7.02 1.28 6.80 798.5 324.6 63.8 12.6 71.9 143.7 181.9 860. 368, 70. 13. 76. 149. 183.5 857.8 370.4 69.1 11.9 82.8 150.5 173.1 840.7 355.9 66.5 12.1 77.1 143.4 185.7 882.3 372.9 73.5 13.7 77.1 149.6 195.5 46.8 96.9 46.7 29.9 46.2 87.2 48.4 30.1 49.6 clOI.2 49. I 31.2 47.1 92.8 47.1 30.6 r47.7 97.0 r47.7 30.7 1,673 2,977 r2,467 r4,128 2,453 1,586 784 81 5 2,852 992 91 34 r2,242 r644 r!66 r59 r4,OI6 r6!6 r58 r54 2,297 974 133 23 r728 INDICATORS—Continued INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FA I LURES—Continued Liabilities (current), total Commerc i a I ser v i ce Construct ion Manufacturing and mining Reta i I trade Who I esa I e trade. thous. $. do... * .do... do... do... do... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)....No. per 10,000 concerns. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONCRETE PAVEMENT AWARDS: ±/ Total thous. sq. yds. A i r ports *«.«es33eSdoee, Roads do... Streets and alleys „ do... Mi see I ianeous do... NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incU farm (public and private) thous. Pr i vate I y owned do... Total nonfarm (public and private). do... Pr i vate I y owned do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incU farm (private only) do... Total nonfarm (private only) do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Tota I thous. One-fami ly structures do... FI NANCE LiFE INSURANCE (institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Bonds (book value), domestic and foreign, total U.S. Government State, county, municipal (U.S.) Public utility (U.S.) Railroad (U.S.) Industrial and miscellaneous (U.S.) Stocks (book value),domestic and foreign, total Preferred (U.S.) Common (U.S.) bil. $. do... do... do... do... do... do... do.. do.. do.. Mortgage loans, total do... Nonfarm do... Rea I - estate do... Policy loans and premium notes do... Cash do... 4 Other assets do... PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U . S . : TOTAL mi I . $ . Death benef its do... Matured endowments do... Disabi I ity payments .....do... Annuity payments do... Surrender values do... fc PoI icy dividends do... TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U.S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: Total (344 centers) ratio of debits to deposits. New York City -. do... 6 other centers , do,.. 337 other reporting centers do... SECURITIES ISSUED:' Securities and Exchange Commission: Estimated gross proceeds, total mil. $. By types of security: Bonds and notes, total do... Corporate „ do... Common stock do... Preferred stock „ do... By type of issuer: Corporate, tota i. a do... Manuf actur i ng ...do... Extractive (mining) ».... * do... Pub I ic uti I Ity..... do... Ra i I road , do... Commu n i cat i on do... Financial and real estate do... Noncorporate, tota I U.S. Government State and municipal e „ do. do. do. 871 287 6 79 51 40 358 I, 116 247 18 278 17 46 453 802 347 452 1,86! 394 1,282 r869 rl92 r8 227 54 r28 285 r 1,598 387 922 ; / ! ! 3! r284 1,130 272 87 338 28 2! 281 | 1 r3,400 2,449 767 1,323 358 952 1 | rl78 r\f> r ;n7 r_/ Revised, c/ Corrected. * Prior to 1964, "miscellaneous" yardage was included with data for roads and streets. ±/ Data for Oct. 1963 and Sept. 1964 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 16187 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued S963 1964 ITEM Sept. July Oct. Aug. Sept. Oct. FINANCE—Continued SECURITIES ISSUED (SEC)—Continued Estimated gross proceeds—continued New corporate security Issues; Estimated net proceeds., total..... Proposed uses of proceeds: New money, t o t a l „ e 8 . o , 6 0 , „ B . Plant and equipments........ Working capital............. Retirement of securIties...... Other purposes O.oemiS0 $0 862 I, 101 r854 r7.l8 I.,.N7 .eodo.so ...do... ao.doseD ...do... *..do e e o 730 373 357 67 65 912 368 544 88 100 r653 r430 r-223 r74 r!27 r570 r296 r273 r57 r9l 788: 464 325 82 247 12.8 14.0 11.3 12.1 S4.6 43.3 25.5 21.2 62.8 42.2 47 2 30.2 23 ,9 69 6 48 3 45.5 27.5 23.3 53.8 37.4 49.2 25.3 25.8 70.4 44. S 45.7 32.9 26.8 70.4 47.1 130.1 156.5 183.3 136 5 S68 3 202 4 129.2 156.8 216.8 144.8 177.9 221.0 143.4 171.4 227.3 14,761 16,604 13,146 14,513 15,035 3 , 173 42 ,399 556 14,383 3,740 46,740 652 15,838 3,877 42,584 693 13,187 3,708 44,420 719 13,909 3,986 43,303 689 14,820 403 1,774 1,064 2.,833 532 2,039 1,258 3,128 495 S,693 1,015 1,917 542 r1,993 790 2,865 572 1,937 1,047 2,528 663 829 741 712 702 882 18,696 15,758 9,345 467 7,903 18,742 15,753 II,788 472 9,903 18,446 15,238 10,272 411 8,455 18,543 15,273 9,678 484 7,981 18,489 15,174 9,608 480 7,931 18,672 15,350 12,175 487 10,003 CHEHSCALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCT ION: Cellulose plastic materials.........................mi I. Sb9 Thermosetting resins; A Ikyd res ins.........................................do... Coumarone-lndene and petroleum polymer resins e0 ......do.. 8 PoIyester r e s i n s o s e o E S S S ( S S > O E O S B B 5 , s > s e a Q S < i , s s a a e a < , e B 8 S B 6 d o o s . Phenolic and other tar acid res ins...................do... Urea and me I amine res Ins*,.<,. «,«„...... ..... ...... OB. ..do... Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene)........ .do... Vinyl resins (resin content basis)...................do... Polyethylene................••.•..•••...••..•••......do... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Production, total.................................thous. lb. Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smalS: Tax-exempt........................ ,. 8 ,. 8a .. 0 . s .mill Ions. Taxab le „ do.,. 8 Cigars (large), taxable..............................do... Manufactured tobacco^ taxable...................thous. lb. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip.............................thous. skins. Cattle hide and side kip..............thous. hides and kips. Goat and kid...................................thous. skins. Sheep and Iamb.........................................do... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: U Consumption .thous. bales. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total. thous. Consuming 100 percent cotton.... do... Spindle hours operated, ail fibers, total......ml I lions. Average per working day........................do... Consuming 100 percent cottone „ do... rj R e v i s e d . ±/ USCOMM-DC—16187 Data f o r O c t . 1963 and J u l y and O c t . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1964 cover 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r m o n t h s , 4 w e e k s . PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE. $300