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October 1, 1965

BUSINESS
STATISTICS

A WEEKLY
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS*

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS
SELECTED BUSINESS

INDICATORS

Billion Dollars
160

Billion Dollars
160
TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS
(Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System)

1963

1962

J F M A M J

1965

1964

Index, 1941-43 = 10
100 -

Index, 1941-43=10

-

PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS

-

*

S \

-

70

-

J

1964

90

J *

w

80

100

-

1965
1

90

JA S O ND

v

80

-

\

-

-

V / ' V

(avg. of daily close) ~~

• • t

1962

i 1 i i i » il..,l„ . t . 1 I 1 1 1

1963

!

1

1965

70

-

60

Weekly

Monthly

60

-

~

(Wednesday close)

, JL. . ., III 1, 1 1 li .
J F M A M J JA S O ND

Index, 1957-59 = 100

Index, 1957-59 = 100
200

200
1965

-

150

-

100

1964
-

50
Weekly

1962

1963

1964

1965

• Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement
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J F M A M J JA S O ND

WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1

2

1965

1964
ITEM
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
All commodities
Farm products..
Foods, processed
All other
22 commodities 2/
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
Nondurable goods stores

»

Sept. 5
1957-59= 100.
do...
..
do...
........do...
do...
mil. $.
do...

.

INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs
thous.
INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, All programs
do...
State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do...
FAILURES, I.NDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).. number..
FINANCE:
Currency in c ircu lat ion 3/.
mil. $.
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do...
Member bank reserve balances 3/
do...
Excess reserves, estimated 3/
do...
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in ieaaing cities:4/'
Demand deposits, adjusted
mil. $.
Savings deposits
do...
Loans and investments (adjusted), totai
do s= =
U.S. Government obligations
do...
Commercial and industrial loans (gross),,.
.do,,.
Real estate loans (gross)
do...
Bona yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
percent.
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.
Industrials, 425 stocks
do...
PRODUCT I ON:
Bituminous coal _3/„
thous. sh. tons.
Electric power, by utilities
...mil. kw.-hr.
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses)
number.
Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/
thous. bb I „
Steel
Index of production
FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL
Mi see I laneous

thous. sh. tons.
1957-59=100.
..thous, cars.
do...

_]_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks.

2/ Tuesday price.

Sept. 4

Sept. 12

Sept. II

Sept. 18
102.9
99.2
106.7
102.6
105.4
5, 145
3,525
177

* 100.7
*95.6

* 102.2

* 101. I
99.3
5,262
3,731
196
1,256
I, 129
240

99.2
4,624
3,245

104.7
5,605
3,892

171
1,290
I, 155
213

182
I, 152
1,043
297

38,243
37,716
20,679
497

38,007
36,968
20,531
398
62,689
39,477
i42,946
26,392
39,091
19,320

62,949
39,533
i 4 i, 9 i 8
26,147
39,031
19,366

105. I
4,921
3,418
163
I, 137
1,025
251

243

266
40,319
41,918
22,143
460

40,055
41, 170
21,575
430

40,307
4 1,586
21,415
375

40,488
41,508
2 1,58.3
464

63,505
43,827
158,i 57
22,992
46,987
21,739

63,035
43,932
i56,744
22,614
46,794
2 1,780

66,203
43,967
i59,423
22,987
47,697
21,869

4.57
82.31
87.05

4.57
83.05
87.87

4.67
87. 17
92.43

4.69
88.66
94. 10

4.69
89.52
95.09

1,712
19,792
153,280
7,741

1,785
18,937
142,665
7,734

1,750
20,370
86,482
7,762

1,856
19,977
82,347
7,785

1,686
2!,025
155,071
7, 164

2,436
130.8
604
318

2,464
132.3
524
271

2,413
129.5
600
320

2,390
128.3
517
266

2,343
125.8
590
316

3/ Daily average.

4/ Wednesday data.

1965

1964
Aug.

May

5, 131
3,487
120
1,549
646
624
2, 192
7,410
957
442
3,542
2,946

9,662
6,653
I 12
4,967
419
2,338
1,826
8,083
913
r478
r3,789
r2,987

I 1,582
7,268

7,839

Ju ly

June

July

FINANCE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE:
Budget receipts, total
Receipts, net J_/
Customs
Individual income taxes
Corporation income taxes
Employment taxes
Other internal revenue and receipts
Budget expenditures, total J_/
Interest on public debt
Veterans' services and benefits
National defense
All other expenditures
LIFE INSURANCE:
Life Insurance Agency Management Association:
Insurance written (new paid-for insurance) :Value, estimated total
Ord i nary
Group and wholesale
I ndustr i a I
SECURITY MARKETS:
Bonds, sales, excI. U.S. Govt, bonds (SEC):
All registered exchanges:
Market value
Face value
New York Stock Exchange:
Market value
Face value
Stocks, sales (SEC):
Total on a I I registered exchanges:
Market va I
Shares sold.,^
On New York S?83f;1ixchange:
Market va I
Shares sold


J_/ Excludes certain interfund transactions.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

955
450
4,317
2,486

p15,495
p13,377
p 145
p5,314
p6,596
p1,407
p2,033
p9,08I
p997
p476
p4,906
p2,746

5,070
3,807
137
1,661
727
629
1,915
7,240
1,000
210
3,835
2,274

1,243
584

7,898
5,686
1,597
615

8,914
6,674
1,549
691

9,435
7,003
1,799
633

8,569
6,439
1,535
595

do..
do..

247.56
227.28

197.81
186.44

240.82
220.36

303.79
278.99

265.58
248.19

do..
do..

238.63
218.63

190.38
178.75

230.16
210.27

287.04
262.56

253.01
235.86

mil. $
do..,
do..
do..,
do..
do..
do..
do..
do„.
do..
do..
do..

do..
do..
do..
do..

6,012

128

6,067
520

2,861
2,007

8, I 16

2,259
121.3

* Monthly index for September 1964.

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
ITEM

4.69
90.22
95.86

mi I. $
millions

6, 181
170

4,828
139

6,580
198

6,91 I
187

5,655
154

»rP! J • $
mill ions

5,266
125

4, 106
100

5,366
133

5,819
136

4,783
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued

3
1965

1964
ITEM

July

Aug.

May

June

6,062
877

6,604
927

6,631
738

6,467
835

July

Aug.

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Panama CanaI:
Total
In United States vessels

+ hous„ !gt tons.
do...

6,855
496

6,809
628

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION:
Cellulose plastic materials
Thermosetting resins:
A Ikyd resins
Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins
Polyester resins
Phenolic and other tar acid resins
Urea and melamine resins

mil. lb.
do..
do..
do..
do..
do..

Thermoplastic resins:
Styrene-type plastic materials Cpolystyrene).......do...
Vinyl resins (resin content basis)
do...
Po lyethy lene
do...
ALCOHOL: Ethyl alcohol and spirits:
Production
mil. tax gal.
Stocks, end of month
do...
Used for aenaturation
do....
Taxable withdrawals
do...
Denatured alcohol:
Production
mil. wine gal,
Consumption (withdrawals)
do...
Stocks, end of month
do...

1 1.3

12. 1

i4.4

15.8

1 1.8

45.5
27.5
23.3
53.8
37.4

49.2
25.3
25.8
70.4
44. 1

50.0
26. I
33.7
71.8
46.9

54.5
25.4
35.5
72.9
48.2

47.7
28.7
32. I
66.9
40.0

144.8
177.9
221.0

167.8
181.6
256.9

168.9
18! .4
256.4

150.4
169.9
254.3

51.8
187.0
45.7
5.0

55.1
190.0
47.0
4.7

58.9
190.4
50.8
5.3

55.5
190.9
50.5
6. 1

56.9
191. 1
51.0
4.9

24.7
25.3
2.9

25.4
24.8
3.4

27.2
27.5
5.8

27. 1
27.9
5. 1

27.4
27.0
5.6

1 1.54
10.92
1 1.77

9.88
9,40
1 1.56

10.05
9.24
12.24

! 1.21
10.21
r12.50

10.42
9.85
12.38

129.2
156.8
216.8

'

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO
BEER:
Production
mil. bb !.
Taxable withdrawals
do..,
Stocks, end of month
do..,
DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL):
Production
mi I. tax ga I,
Taxable withdrawals
do..,
Stocks, end of month
do..,
Whi sky:
Production
do..,
Taxable withdrawals
do...
Stocks, end of month
do..,
Rectified spirits and wines, prod., totaI....mi I. proof gal,
WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS:
Effervescent wines:
Production
mil. wine gal..
Taxable withdrawals
do....
Stocks, end of month
do...«
StiI I wines:
Production.
do....
Taxable withdrawals
do....
Stocks, end of month
do....
Distilling materials produced at wineries
do....
Li vestock:
Shipments, feeder, to 9 corn - belt States:
Cattle and calves
thous. of animals..
Sheep and lambs
do....

8.65
9.51
871.04

9. 13
10.62
866.18

14.44
1 1.30
87 1.05

14.01
1 1.95
870.65

8.32
9.85
866.20

5.03
5.72
844.27
6.35

5.41
6.68
839.97
6.69

10.05
6.92
840.97
7.24

9.08
6.94
841.10
8. 10

3.76
5.65
836.60
6.31

.27
.28
3.46

.42
.35
3.49

.57
.44
3.56

.66
.51
3.62

.32
.31
3.60

.85
r10.43
139.42
1.40

3. 12
12.27
130.04
9.84

3.28
12.22
170.56
3.79

2.53
13.59
157.01
3.42

1.48
9.91
146.16
3.42

359
179

588
314

367
1 16

328
136

495
1,698
1,015
1,917

542
1,993
790
2,865

532
1,952
1, 162
2,646

574
r1,984
1,317
2,637

391
1,575
1,071
1,902

7,849

7,780

338
1 13

533
i'9 1

LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
LEATHER PRODUCTION:
Calf and whole kip.„
Cattle hide and side kip
Goat and kid
Sheep and lamb

thous. skins.,
thous. hides and kips..
thous. skins.,
do...,

METALS AND MANUFACTURES

r_/ Revised.

291 16


7,006

8, 195

388
r 123
r89

395
129
101

512
162
127

510
172
134

347
379
2,490

379
374
2,497

570
318
3,279

458
363
3,245

9.2
.9
3.6

10.8
1.0
6.8

—i

VJ1
CO

PIG IRON:
Production (excluding production of ferroalloys)
thous. sh. tons.,
Steel forgings (for sale):
Orders, unfilled, end of month
do...
Shipments, total
do...
Closed die (drop, upset, press)
do...
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL:
Orders, new (net)
do...
Shipments.
do. „.
Backlog, end of month
do...
Furnaces (industrial) and ovens, etc., new orders (domestic)
net
mil. $.
Electric processing
do...
Fuel-fired (exc. for hot rolling steel)
do...

1 1.3
1. 1
5.3

9.7
1.4
5. 1

7,661

526
146
1 13
337
329
3,268

341
413
3, 176

18.3
1.0
6.7

10.5
1.0
6.0

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-—Continued

4

1965

1964
ITEM

July

June

Aug.

July

Aug.

May

78. 10
66.50
60.00
51.70
6.7

73.80
62.65
60.90
51.20
6.8

74.75
67. 10
82.45
71.75
6.4

93.65
87. 10
83.75
71. 15
6.5

r95.60
r84.75
r69.45
r 60.70
6.8

108.85
96.50
58.25
50.70
7.4

27.?^
25.45
18.80
16.30
1 1. 1
351.6
12.6. 1

15.80
14.90
17.35
14. 10
10.8
384.7
172.0

24.05
22.55
27.90
24.80
9.0
315.0
83.0

40.85
39.70
26.00
23.55
9.4
388.7
109.0

r26.70
r26.05
r20.20
r 17.75
r9.4
356. 1
127.7

24.25
22.40
20.65
19.05
9.7
398.6
213.3

... .».<,..... .......... ......

188
101
171
179

185
91
190
185

208
r 135
r201
r207

r209
r 142
r200
r206

pi 96
p 141
p 182
p 193

....................

467
413
445
445

461
390
461
461

r5 12
r508
r504
r504

r5 19
r52 1
r503
r503

p535
p563
p475
p475

357
161
337
341

384
170
372
366

r384
r226
r392
r380

r367
238
r360
r363

p390
p236
p382
p383

65.6
42.6

64. 1
43.0

r67.9
r54.6

70.0
r55.0

r68. 1
r54.0

71.6
55.9

35.9
58.9

34.9
53.2

r33.5
r55.5

34.5
60.6

r40. 1
r69.6

46.3
73.0

1, 104
328
570
r10,415
2,006

1,806
428
840
11,562
2,335

1,889
446
1,073
11,937
2,573

r1,995
r485
r1,099
12,465
r2,499

1, 185
323
661
10,148
1,893

7 1.4
1,631

89.2
1,748

124.6
2,574

r119.1
r2,472

130.8
2,562

METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Cont i nued
MACHINE TOOLS:
Metal cutting tools
Orders, new (net)
Domestic.
Shipments, tota1.

tota|.................a...
.oaaooooosoooooooocaooooooo

......do....

Estimated backlog
Meta1 forming tools
Orders, new (net) tota1.....................
Domestic.
Shipments, t o t a L
Domestic.
Estimated backlog
Washers, sales (domestic and export)............. .....thous..
Dr iers (e lec., gas), sa les (domest ic and export).
PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS
SELECTED TYPES OF PAPER (APPA):
Fine paper:
Orders, new...... .....................thous . sh. tons..
Orders, unfi1 led, end of month..„....„„.„...8 ......do....
Production........9 » . o e . o » * . c » « o » . o o . « . o o » o o o . o
do....
do....
Shi pments.........
Printing paper:
..do
Orders, new.......
.
......do
Orders, unfi1 led, end of jnonth...
Production.
......do
Shi pments........
Coarse paper:
do
Orders, new......
Orders, unfi 1 led, end of month............... ......do....
Product ion.
do,.,.
Shi pments9....... . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......

TEXTILE PRODUCTS
MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE 5:
Production:
. mi 1. lb..
Fi lament yarn....
.do....
Staple, i nc1. tow (rayon)
Stocks, producers', end of month:
do
Filament yarn....
do
Staple, incl. tow (rayon)
Men's appare 1, cuttings:
Tai lored garments:
Sti i ts
j
thous. units. .
......do....
Overcoats and topcoats
......do....
Coats (separate), dress and sport
do....
Trousers (separate)* dress and sport.
thous. doz..
Sh i rts (woven fabr i cs), dress and sport........
TRANSPORTATION AND EQUIPMENT
. a .„mi1. $..
Aircraft (civi1ian): Sh i pments.
thous. lb..
Airframe we i ght
r./ Revised, jd/ Preliminary.
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