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K l t M j N L O f Cr,
November 30, 1962
BUSINESS
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
100
index, 1941-43 = 10
100
Weekly
Monthly
PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
(daily
avg.
(Wednesday
close)
close)
90
90
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Billion .Dollars
Index, 1957-59 = 100
110
WHOLESALE PRICES
SALES OF RETAIL STORES
20
(seasonally
adjusted)
105
, Total
15
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10
Dutable
90
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1959
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1961
1962
50
J A S O N D
Index, 1957-59 = 100
200
Index, 1957-59 = 100
200
STEEL PRODUCTION {ingots and steel for costings)
150
|
1962
Goods
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1959
1960
1961
H l l l l H I
1962
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
!96!
1962
ITEM
Nov. 18
Nov. 25
95.1
*!00.0
*95.6
*I00.2
*!00.7
95.4
Nov. 3
Nov. 10
Nov. 17
Nov. 24
100.6
98.8
101.4
100.7
93.3
4,878
136
100:5
98.3
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
mil. $..
1957-59- 100..
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs
thous..
INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs
do....
State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico)..
do....
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number..
FINANCE:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do....
93.7
4,906
117
100.7'
98.1
101.9
100.7
**93.5
4,745
125
310
1,680
1,529
130
134
323
2,113
1,612
316
2,278
1,755
296,
1,606
1,457
308
238
320
295
29!
33,222
29,817
19,741
33,350
30,465
19,894
34,039
31,49!
19,807
34,231
31,686
19,562
34,560
31,868
{9,416
101.0
100.7
92.8
304
588
597
452
551
565
62,777
29,724
118,162
34,181
32, 136
13,312
62,644
29,790
117,255
33,867
32,024
13,338
63,025
34,246
125,533
31,432
34,290
15,203
61,472
34,355
124,672
30,952
34,322
(5,231
62,197
34,343
124,798
30,594
34,617
15,309
4.70
71.67
75.31
4.69
71.70
75.40
4.57
56.52
59,09
4.56
58.71
61.48
4.55
60.16
63.04
1,512
15,678
179,648
7,206
1,524
15,330
145,574
7,210
1,471
16,247
191,272
7,314
1,458
16,491
193,922
7,340
1,512
16,469
188,068
7,361
2,037
109.3
591
306
2,032
109.1
495
263
1,778
95.4
609
328
1,804
96.8
586
315
!,782
95.7
571
308
34,684
32,299
19,666
539
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4/
Commercial and industrial
loans (gross)
do....
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
percent..
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10..
4.55
60.81
63.68
PRODUCTION:
Index of production
FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL
1957-59-100..
.thous. cars..
J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price (note shift to 1957-59 reference base),
data. * Monthly index for Nov. 1961. ** Wednesday price.
MONTHLY
154,404
1,844
99.0
3/ Daily average. _4/ Wednesday
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1961
1962
ITEM
Sept.
Oct.
12,777
15,249
15,330
15,386
Sept.
Oct.
July
13,616
15,419
15,492
16,286
14,957
15,247
1,285
139
183
182
614
167
1,446
118
221
217
731
159
....thous. $..
;..
do
do
do
do
do
116,664
10,950
10,048
66,737
17,927
11,002
70,257
3,485
14,583
17,930
21,524
12,735
91,574
5,642
22,412
21,598
29,999
11,923
146,832
6,977
33,618
36,170
53,180
16,887
96,165
5,605
12,803
39,988
27,944
9,825
119,092
7,634
24,728
48,833
26,876
1 1,021
Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10 000 concerns.;
67.5
69.5
58.3
62.5
62.2
66.3
100.0
100.0
100.4
100.5
101.2
100.7
96.0
99.9
101.2
95.9
99.7
101.2
96.5
100.3
101.5
97.2
100. 1
101.7
99.1
99.8
(01.0
100.0
(01.0
96.5
92.2
99.1
95.8
97.6
90.9
98.1
98.5
Aug.
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.):
do
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.):
do
do
do
do
do
1, 165
106
187
215
545
112
14,955
15, 104
1,319
120
217
227
622
133
1,410
1 1 I
1, 118
92
194
185
514
133
231
244
672
152
COMMODITY PRICES
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX:
1957-59-100..
By stage of processing:
do
Crude materials for further processing..
Intermediate materials, supp 1 ies, and cornponents.do....
do
By durability of product:
do
do
Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried..
Livestock and live poultry..
rY Revised.
CORRECTION for Nov.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
1,025.3; finance, 194
Federal Reserve
30210Bank of St. Louis
1962
SURVEY, p. S-20:
do
do
do
do
99.2
101.3
95.2
89.4
97.2
90.2
101. !
95.1
89. 1
97.0
89.4
99.2
100.2
r102.6
101.2
100.9
100.6
94.9
98.6
104.4
Cash dividend payments publicly reported for Oct. 1962 should read (mil. dol.)—total,
97.4
100. 1
102.0
100.4
100.8
98.7
97.5
98.5
93.6
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
3
1
1961,
1962
ITEM
Sept.
July
Oct.
j
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
COMMODITY PRICES--Continued
WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX—Continued
ALL COMMODITIES—Continued
Fruits and vegetables, canned and frozen
Commodities other than farm prod, and foods
do....
...do....
Furniture, other household durables.........
Nonmetallic mineral products
do....
„
do....
Tobacco products and bottled beverages
do....
P U R C H A S E S POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y —
Who 1 esa 1 e pr i cess
s ... .«.=»..».»... do. .. e
100.3
105.3
108.0
99.8
95.3
100.5
106.0
109.5
100.4
94.7
100.8 !
108.1
105.7 |
98.7
99.0
101.5
108.0
106.1
97.1
101.0
103.3
107.8
106.0
r96.6
r106.8
101.5
107.8
107.7
96.4
100.0
100.7
98.3
99.6
99.4
108.4
95.6
100.5
98.2
99.0
99.4
108.9 ,
94.8
100.8
97.2
100.0
98.8
107.5
97.5
100.6
97.0
99.5
98.7
107.0
97.4
100.8
96.9
100.8
98.6
107.5
r97.0
100.7
97.0
100.8
98.5
107.5
96.6
102.0
101.3
101.8
98.9
96.3
99.7
103.8
102.1
100.9
102.1
99.6
96.2
100. 1
103.8
102.4
99.7
101.6
100.0
92.7
100.9
104.0
102.3
99.8
I0U6
99.7
92.7
100.8
104.2
102.3
99.7
riOI.5
99.5
r92.8
100.6
104.2
102.4
99.4
101.5
99.3
93.2
100.5
104.4
100.0
100.0
99.6
99.5
98.8
FINANCE
*99.3
AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES
SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.:
Farm mortgage loans:
Federal
land banks...
Other loans and discounts
BANK DEBITS: Unadjusted:
Total (344 centers)
do....
dosaii
bil. $..
5,841
2,986
704
2,150
5,833
3,003
680
2,150
5,814
3,021
690
2, 103
3,031
738
5,762
1,993
113.7
54.3
279.7
III.4
57.5
281.1
110.8
57.5
109^
53.4
308.7
127.5
64.1
261.8
107.8
52.0
102.0
272.4
113.6
54.0
104.7
285.7
114.4
59.0
112.3
283.9
1 15.8
57.4
110.7
286.6
120.9
58.1
107.6
299.1
124.5
62.3
112.4
10,285
8,945
90
4,679
3,251
884
1,380
3,811
3,141
105
1,614
408
241
1,443
4,540
3,566
103
1,497
525
450
1,965
9,445
7,089
107
5,467
431
1,786
1,654
11,414
10,053
102
5,072
3,533
962
1,745
4,068
3,030
120
1,391
460
551
1,547
6,771
727
418
3,852
1,777
7,796
713
438
4,067
2,587
7,252
828
442
3,954
2,107
8,541
794
492
4,448
2,852
7,327
807
401
4,031
2,088
8,524
814
440
4,610
2,672
5,924
4,206
1,145
573
6,898
4,777
1,511
610
6,222
4,528
1,146
548
6,273
4,505
1,214
554
5,957
4,116
1,269
572
6,993
4,891
1,484
618
38.6
72.3
37.4
26.5
40.1
75.6
38.3
27.0
42.1
77.3
42.1
28.6
41.9
78.8
41.1
28.3
41.7
82.2
r4l.8
27.3
43.7
82.9
44.6
28.5
13.9
52.6
89.7
33.0
14.1
57.2
98. 1
37.-6
11.3
48.9
94.7
33.2
rl2.9
60.1
102.3
40.7
101.5
34.4
12.8
121.8
116.8
37.2
15.2
146.2
116.3
40.2
13.8
172.7
131.9
44.3
18.3
170.8
133.9
38.2
15.1
170.1
7.40
7.62
10.47
7.33
6.99
10.37
9.90
9.22
11.49
9.06
9.18
10.80
7.38
7.42
10.29
5,352
2,784
645
1,922
246.6
100.3
49.0
5,313
2,800
679
1,834
£. / * * ,
1
Seasonally adjusted:
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE:
LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR (LIAMA):
TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S.
GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED:
New York City.....
do....
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION:
Cellulose acetate (sheets, rods, and tubes and molding
and extrusion materials) and nitrocellulose (sheets,
13.0
1
57.9
104.5
42.0
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Beer:
r/ Revised. * Index
30210
based on 1947-49=100 is 83.6. ±1 Data reflect deduction of certain interfund transactions.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
4
1962
1961*
ITEM
Sept.
Aug.
Oct.
July
N3.7I
! 0'. 52
r863.58
19.25
!4.34
864.32
6 43
8 29
886 81
8 34
9 82
882 85
879.54
r9.94
7.56
r84I,22
13.92
10.93
840,54
7..55
r5.84
10.48
.8.21
3 42
5 ,02
864 49
5 62
4 12
5
6
861
6
4
32
58
04
78
83
6.16
7.82
856.98
7.51
5.60
6,019
6,330
4,211
4,586
4,659-
5,009
8,915I 1.1.7
9, 173
II 1.2
6 , 174
74.8
7,098
86.0
7,251
90.8
r7,78l
r94.3
95.30
86.49
102.76
92.62
!10.24
I I 1.17
104.70
I 19.22
109.84
109.37
55.65
34.05
4S.20
27.10
5..7
47B30
28.55
45.15
28.35
5.7
46.60
37.45
39.45
28.95
4.0
38.50
33.20
39.50
29.65
4. I
r39.35
r3l.60
r43.70
r33.70
4.0
45.75
39.35
44.35
34.00
4.0
10.95
10.70
2.8
9.10
I LG0
2.7
14.00
12.50
S.O
12.50
11.40
5.1
r10.75
r9.45
r4.9
15.40
16.35
4.8
847
716
692
693
661
823
19,089
17,313
9,685
484
8,782
18,761
16,773
9,697
388
8,621
18,798
16,731
9,432
472
8,382
18,689
16,543
18,712
9, 131
457
8,034
16,495
!1,565
463
10, 134
52.2
35.5
57.5
33.6
58.4
40.5
63.2
41.4
r59.0
r38.0
62.6
45.8
52.3
5S.2
48.6
43.4
51.1
54.5
54.0
54.4
r57.l
52.9
58.
48,
Sept.
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS—Continued
DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL)r
Product l o n , „ e 6 e s , 8 9 9 8 e . 6 8 . » .
Taxable wit hdrawa!s ea eo<» * »„ „ „„
Stocks , end of month
Whisky?
Product ion..••••••••••.•••••••
Taxable wlthdrawals so .........
Stocks, end of month,...,
Rectified, spirits and' wines, prod* totaI.
Whisky.........••••.•»•. •a • •. • • •
..miI. tax gal.
••••..••..dp...
;•••••....do...
........ 6 s d0. s 0
..........do...
mi I. proof ga i.
00 . 030 .. s „dG 000
10.17
!0 o 70
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Pig irons
Production .(excluding blast furnace production1of ferroalloys)
,,.,,
oo.(.<»....thous. sh. tons.
STEEL INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS:
PRODUCT ION". ..................................... t......do. „.
Index........................................1957-59*100.
Materia! handling equipment (Industrial)?
S9.d©0
New orders index..,
...e3«o
...do.
ShIpments Index.......o.••••••••.....o..
MACHINE TOOLS:
Metal cutting too Is:
. . . m H . $„
Orders, new (net), totale....e....»...
.....do...
Domest ic., 8 .,.,,...., 8 .o 0e ,, e , 8 »..o.
.....do...
ShIpments, totaI.....*.••••.•.•....•..
.....dp...
Domest ic.•••••••••.•••••••.•••.••...
...•months.
' Estimated back log............•••......
Metal forming tools?
. . . m l L $.
Orders, new (net)..,,.,.............*.....
o.ossdo...
S h I pments • .••.••.•e..ooa»o...oo.....<>•
00.months.
Est I mated back l o g . ^ . , . , . , . , . ^ ^ ^ " .
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
COTTON i J . /
thous. bales.
Consumpt i on • • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . . . • • • • • . . .
Manufactures:
S p i n d l e a c t i v i t y ( c o t t o n system s p f n d i e s ) :
Active spindles, last working d a y . . . . . . . . . . . . . s .thous.
Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n , . . . . . . . , , . . . . , . . . . d o . . .
S p i n d l e h o u r s o p e r a t e d , a l l f i b e r s , t o t a I . . . . m l 11 Ions.
A v e r a g e per w o r k i n g d a y . . . • • ' . . « • • • • . . . • • • • . , . . d o . . .
Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE):
Production:
Filament y a r n . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • . • • • . . . . • • . • • • • • • n i I I . lb.
S t a p l e , I n c l e tow ( r a y o n ) . „ „ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
S t o c k s , p r o d u c e r s 8 , end o f m o . :
F I lament y a r n . • • • . • • • • • , • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • • • • • • • • . • • , . . d o . . .
S t a p l e , i n c l . tow ( r a y o n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . d o . . .
r / Revised®
\J D a t a f o r S e p t .
USCOMM-DC-30210
196! and J u l y and O c t .
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DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
FIRST CLASS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
19, 102
17,344
II,579
463
10,525
1962 c o v e r 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r m o n t h s , 4 w e e k s .
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