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^^TMENTOFc November 29, 1963 BUSINE ° f TATISTICS BUSINESS t < - ° * E 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 Weekly (Wednesday close) "1962 H 50 40 1960 1961 1962 J F M A M 1 J A S O N D 1963 Index, 1957-59=1 Index, 1957-59 = 100 150 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Monthly (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 140 130 120 110 J, L.-J ,1 1 L j a J ^ J L O ^ L ^ ^ a a a a - X J L J ^ J ^ a ^ ™L™LU_I Millions 2.5 1J ) 1 1 1 L. —I. t J 1962 1961 1960 J -J 1 1-.-I -1 J i 1963 Index, 1957-59 = 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS * (daily average; seas, adj.) 2.0 1.5 120 110 V^Ar^A/^^ IS^V~^ 1.0 100 .5 V1V 90 h *Seasonally adjusted, of annual rates 0 -L-LI-Ul-I-t 1960 1961 I I I lj 1962 I I I I I I l,l 1963 I I I 80 •OJLj,, I \ 1,1, 1 1 I I, I ,,! ,1 J 1960 1961 a n i ,1 i i i 1962 1963 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1963 1962 ITEM Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nov. 23 Nov. 16 Nov. 9 Nov. 2 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE; .1957-59-100.; *I00.7 •99.3 •101.3 1 93.3 4,819 136 304 1,720 1,567 291 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES .1957-59-100.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs..... INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ~}J •• • • .do.... .do.... ! •100.7 100.6 96.1 102.2 100.8 96.6 4,988 143 282 92.8 4,681 137 308 1,885 1,725 253 96.2 4,959 120 273 1,530 1,389 285 34,560 31,868 19,417 571 34,684 32,299 19,685 607 36,066 34,163 19,756 350 36,250 34,842 20,170 476 36,625 35,138 20,064 426 62,197 34,343 124,798 30,594 34,617 15,309 4.55 60.16 63.04 61,986 34,418 125,459 31,034 34,787 15,384 63,126 37,606 134,924 28,242 36,862 17,674 4.53 72.81 76.96 63,515 37,630 134,670 27,930 37,108 17,757 4.55 60.81 63.68 63,089 37,534 133,754 27,990 36,296 17,651 4.53 73.80 78.10 1,497 16,469 188,019 7,361 1,479 16,109 152,783 1 7,378 1,608 17,457 208,346 7,571 1,608 17,586 220,256 7,568 1,627 17,637 208,105 7,580 ! j 1 ••96.2 4,946 132 313 1,589 1,449 270 100 3 94.6 101.7 100.8 1 95.5 270 36,722 35,635 20,217 514 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) In leading cities: £/ Loans, and Investments (adjusted), tota1..... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) jfc/. ..1941-43-10.. 4.54 73.29 77.43 4.54 72.56 76.53 PRODUCTION: us. sh. tons., .mil. kw.-hr.. us. sh. tons.. .1957-59-100.. •thous. cars.. FREIGKT CARLGADINGS, TOTAL.. 1,782 95.7 571 308 ! J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2J Tuesday price. •* Wednesday price. MONTHLY 1,844' 99.0 484 263 1,944 104.4 623 331 3/ Dally average. £/ Wednesday data. 1,958 105.1 595 ; 314 | 1,979 106.2 588 309 1 * Monthly index for Nov. 1962. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1962 1963 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SALES: ±/ Value (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total VaIue (seasons 11y adj usted): Durable goods industries, total...... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±/ New orders, net (unadjusted): Durable goods^lndustries, total. New orders, net~*( seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total 15.95 17.61 ......do.. 16.34 16.34 •••••••••••••do.. 15.40 ...do.. ....bl 1. $ Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total............ r 16.40 17.16 19.1 17.64 r17.22 17.19 17.6 17.30 16.87 N6.44 17.68 19.1 15.89 16.57 17.23 r16.95 17.68 17.9 43.64 46.25 r46.29 46.81 46.8 46.58 46.8 16.54 do.. 43.95 do.. 43.73 43.55 46.06 r46.06 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Fai I ures, tota I.... ••••• number CommerciaI service. .do.. Construction. .do.. Manufacturing and mining.... .................do.. RetaiI trade. do.. Wholesale trade. ...do;. 1,118 92 194 185 514 133 1,410 ill 231 244 672 152 1,155 101 180 173 590 III 1,135 108 210 187 522 108 1,051 113 189 167 467 115 1,262 133 207 217 578 127 96,165 5,605 12,803 39,988 27,944 9,825 119,092 7,634 24,728 48,833 26,876 11,021 120,509 7,614 31,350 45,955 26,463 9,127 65,233 5,304 12,394 18,748 19,341 9,446 85,918 6,579 21,522 28,149 15,644 14,024 91,834 10,758 12,981 32,777 23,603 11,715 62.2 66,3 57.1 54.5 59.4 59.6 Liabilities (current), total Commercial service...... Construction. ....••*........ Manufacturing and mining. Retai I trade. ••••••••• Who I esa I e trade. thous. $ ...do.. do. • ....do.. ••••• .do.. do.. Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)...No. per 10,000 concerns, £,/ Revised. J/ Data for Oct. 1963 are advance estimates. 36,162 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1963 1962 ITEM Sept. j Sept. Aug, July Oct. 1 Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONCRETE PAVEMENT AWARDS: J/ 10,718 132 6,479 4,107 13,661 973 7,592 5,097 9,399 184 5,613 3,603 8,142 254 4,968 2,920 13,033 .....do.... 6,986 123 4,415 2,447 ....do.... 117.0 114.3 138.0 135.2 r152.3 r150.2 N47.9 f!44.4 r147.0 r145.0 167.7 165.7 ....do.... 114.4 111.7 134.1 131.3 N50.7 M48.6 M45.5 r142.0 r143.8 N4I.8 164.3 162.3 ....do.... 1,356 1,328 1,537 j 1,491 r1,588 r1,573 r1,455 r1,434 rl,730 r1,695 1,876 1,835 Construction cost Indexes (The American Appraisal Co, ): 1913*100.. ....do.... New York....... ....do.... ....do.... do 762 835 845 734 743 762 ! 845 846 734 743 782 856 851 770 754 786 862 867 774 762 788 862 869 775 762 790 863 872 778 765 • sq. yds.. 189 8,139 4,706 NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks BANK DEBITS: Unadjusted: Total (344 centers). New York City .... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... 5,814 3,021 690 2,103 5,762 3,031 738 1,993 6,408 3,218 711 2,479 6,428 3,240 706 2,482 6,430 3,259 735 2,436 6,418 3,280 848 2,290 .....•« ..bil. $.. ....do.... ....do.... 263.3 109.7 53.4 307.4 127.5 62.8 320.7 129.9 66.8 r300.l 119.5 61.9 r310.4 I30.3 63.1 337 .J 136.9 73.1 ....do.... ....do.... do 286.6 120.9 58.1 107.6 297.9 124.5 61.0 112.4 320.0 130.3 66.9 122.8 r3!0.3 127.8 63.3 r119.2 r329.7 I40.I 67.0 rl22.6 326.7 133.7 69.4 123.6 43.5 82.9 43.7 28.5 45.8 85.1 46.8 30.3 r44.9 88.9 44.2 r29.5 46.8 96.9 46.7 r29.9 46.2 87.2 ....do.... ....do.... 41.7 82.2 41.8 27.3 ..mil. $.. 1,568 2,150 2,089 2,010 1,673 ..;.do.... ....do.... ....do.... 1,408 472 110 51 2,027 853 74 49 1,989 710 65 35 1,910 686 61 39 1,586 784 81 5 ....do.... ••••do.... ••••do.... •...do.... 632 190 21 165 20 69 93 976 167 21 252 6 262 228 r8IO r330 r4 rl9l 26 92 r93 r786 r279 r!3 124 8 r97 r!9l ••••do.... ....do.... ••••do.... 936 300 426 1,174 359 646 r1,279 413 789 ....do.... 618 961 ...•do.... ....do.... ....do.... ••••do.... ....do.... 441 314 126 39 138 •mil* lb.. Seasonally adjusted: New York City TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U.S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1 48.4 j 30.1 SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: By types of security: ! By type of Issuer: ....do.... Public utility. ! j 871 287 6 79 5! 40 358 1,224 398 726 802 347 452 r797 r774 862 727 467 259 126 108 r588 r374 r2!4 rl2l r89 r596 269 r326 rl07 r7l 730 373 357 67 65 37.7 44.3 34.5 26.3 31.3 33.5 29.6 32.2 34.1 34.8 31.9 34.7 ±51.9 348.3 92.9 101.0 224.1 159.2 j New corporate security issues: Proposed uses of proceeds: FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Corn oil: Cottonseed cake and meal: sh. tons.. 99.5 1 jr/ Revised* XI Data for Oct* 1962 and July 1963 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 36162 71.3 187.3 1 154.8. 343.1 1 167.4 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1963 1962 ITEM Oct. Sept. J Aug. July Sept. 1 ] Oct. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS—Continued Vegetable oils and related products—continued Cottonseed oil: 156.7 1 241.3 167.2 243.9 51.2 70.5 do.... 44.8 49.0 8.1 25.9 37.4 41.1 sh. tons.. 709.2 85.1 914.8 68.3 878.7 113.3 901.0 139.4 736.9 139.1 944.4 159.6 334.4 428.6 413.6 426.9 345.9 442.1 4,659 5,009 5,989 5,278 5,174 5,525 1.0 1.6 I.I 1.0 1.6 1.0 5.7 .7 2.7 4.6 39.35 31.60 43.70 33.70 4.0 48.30 41.90 44.75 34.75 4.1 57.90 47.90 44.55 38.65 5.5 49.20 38.55 41.20 33.30 5.6 r56.55 r45.-40 r54.75 r42.85 r5.5 68.15 53.30 54.85 43.20 16.30 14.35 16.90 12.70 4.7 15.55 13.90 14.95 12.70 3.8 r22.35 31.80 29.50 16.00 12.90 do.... 552 558 246 618 646 218 551 575 255 586 576 265 551 580 235 630 638 227 do.... do.... do.... .....do.... Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of mo .....oo.... 171 179 39 479 599 188 192 35 511 609 173 183 31 421 615 191 178 44 443 632 164 172 36 490 606 194 193 37 529 661 823 690 667 663 829 18,681 15,757 9,344 467 7,870 18,696 15,758 9,345 467 7,903 18,742 15,753 11,788 472 9,903 Linseed oil: Soybean cake and meal: Soybean oil: METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding blast furnace production of ferrosh. tons.. Furnaces, industrial, new orders, net: f.9 | j #9 MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: do.... .....do.... .. •..do.... do.... 5.8 Metal forming tools: do.... 10.75 9.85 9.45 7.35 4.9 1 1 19.85 18.15 12.65 11.40 4.2 1 r!7.60 ! r14.70 N2.I0 r4.6 5.4 PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): sh. tons.. NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: 588 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: J./ us. bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total do.... Spindle hours operated, ail fibers, total.... •mi II ions.. do.... ! 18,689 16,543 9,131 457 8,034 I 18,712 16,495 11,565 463 10,134 | 18,638 15,692 9,819 393 8,162 | £ / Revised. ±/ Data f o r Oct. 1962, J u l y and Oct. 1963 are f o r 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM-DC-- 36,162 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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