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November 27, 1964
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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%££

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80

"I

70

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60

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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

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1962

1961

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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
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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
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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.
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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 . ±/
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