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October 11, 1963
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BUSINESS
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SURVEY OF
CU^ENT
iUSINESS
STATISTICS
Ol
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
Billion Dollar*
150
Billion Dollars,
150
TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS
(average of Wednesday data)
(Wednesday data)
-j
(Weekly Reporting Member Banks of-Federal Reserve System)
140
-
130
120
-
-
110
-
-
100
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STEEL PRODUCTION {Ingots and steel far costings)
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Index, 1957-59-100
200
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1963
1962
1961
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140
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Billion Dollars
80
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Billion Dollars
70
(seasonally adjusted annual rate)
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING
(short- and intermediate-term)
40
Private Residential
(non farm)
30
1960
1961
1962
1963
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1962
1963
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
1963
1962
ITEM
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
91.8
4,577
118
274
1,462
1,299
318
100.2
95.1
101.3
100.7
92.5
4,544
122
220
1,405
1,256
288
100.3
95.2
101.0
100.8
92.8
4,413
119
234
1,396
1,249
281
100.3
95.3
101.4
100.8
93.8
4,630
119
219
100.3
95.7
101.2
100.7
94.9
254
287
33,914
31,816
20,174
446
36,066
34,553
19,830
517
36,016
34,465
19,884
332
35,850
34,434
20,200
462
35,855
34,467
20,147
61,073
33,735
124,140
30,818
34,063
14,927
60,744
33,92!
124,897
31,995
34,081
14,940
62,717
36,996
132,599
27,863
35,498
17,290
63,190
37,055
134,548
28,019
35,864
17,359
61,609
37,147
134,264
28,066
35,944
17,409
4.60
56.15
58.62
4.59
56.16
58.68
4.51
73.20
76.98
4.52
72.80
76.60
4.52
72.89
76.68
,.thous. bbl..
1,461
16,023
171,039
7,355
1,472
15,987
176,413
7,345
1,651
18,107
139,443
7,559
1,647
17,478
170,578
7,598
1,638
17,285
183,203
7,578
JS. sh. tons..
,1957-59-100..
.thous. cars..
do
1,766
94.8
597
317
1,746
93.7
595
318
1,804
96.8
596
306
1,863
100.0
596
307
1,879
100.9
620
321
Oct. 6
Sept. 29
COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE:
1957-59-100..
*I0I.2
•100.6
*I03.3
*I00.8
92.6
4,534
116
232
1,453
1,297
305
do....
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
do....
mi 1. $..
1957-59*100..
.'
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs....
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number..
FINANCE:
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, tota
2>/. •. .do....
do....
do
Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) In leading cities:_4/
Loans and Investments (adjusted), total....
••••..•QO....
do....
Commercial and industrial loans (gross).. .•••••.do....
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/.
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/ ,.1941-43*10..
Industrials, 425 stocks
do....
PRODUCTION:
is. sh. tons.,
mil. kw.-hr..
FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL
33,882
31,702.
20,191
504
347
4.52
72.30
76.15
1,883
101.1
±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. .3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Sept. 1962.
MONTHLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1962
1963
ITEM
July
Aug.
May
June
July
Aug.
FINANCE
AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES
SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.:
Farm mortgage loans:
Federal land banks....
5,841
2,986
704
2,150
5,833
3,003
680
2,150
6,229
3,176
702
2,351
6,326
3,198
701
2,427
6,408
3,218
711
2,479
6,428
3,240
706
2,482
do....
59,364
45,650
60,003
46,204
64,165
49,494
64,892
50,220
65,364
50,792
66,137
51,421
do....
4,720
4,278
4,862
4,308
5,263
4,605
5,134
4,408
5,348
4,776
5,230
4,601
do....
4,669
4,283
4,619
4,261
4,950
4,516
5,011
4,578
5,106
4,605
5,049
4,624
do....
do....
4,540
3,566
103
1,497
525
450
1,965
7,252
828
442
3,954
2,107
9,445
7,089
107
5,467
431
1,786
1,654
11,132
6,953
106
6,293
443
2,664
1,626
pi 3,977
p12,042
p95
p5,299
p5,5ll
pi,340
pi,731
9,977
7,290
108
5 785
8,541
794
492
4,448
2,852
7,470
823
435
4,488
1,727
p7,663
p86l
p386
rp4,606
rp1,847
4,871
3,547
117
1,676
574
537
1,967
7,863
882
468
4,237
2,520
4,391
2,650
6,273
4,576
1,148
549
6,301
4,568
1,173
560
7,552
5,531
1,382
639
6,971
5,115
1,268
588
6,967
5,134
1,276
557
6,804
5,048
1,177
579
do....
do....
CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND 1NTERMEDIATE-TERM) :
Installment credit extended and repaid:
Unadjusted:
Seasonally adjusted:
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE:
do....
386
2 064
1,633
8,305
850
466
LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR (LIAMA):
r/ Revised. £ / Preliminary. ±/ Containes certain interfund transactions.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
3
1963
1962
ITEM
July
1
Aug.
J
J
May
June
July
Aug.
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION:
do,...
101.5
1.8
103.9
2.3
112.9
2.5
109.7
2.2
107.0
2.2
49.3
158.1
39.1
4.4
45.5
157.6
41.5 i
5.1
61.4
164.7
47.0
5.7
50.4
170.7
42.7 |
5.5
58.1
175.7
42.8
4.8
22.4 1
24.0
2.2
8.1
15.7 !
9.0
25.3
25.4
3.0
8.3
16.4
8.9
23.0
22.9 j
3.7 j
9.0 I
15.6
10.8
23.1
23.4
3.3
7.4
17.7
7.9
106.0
2 1
Alcohol, ethyl:
, tax ga1..
do....
Alcohol, denatured:
wine gal..
do....
do....
.mil. gal..
DDT
Ethyl acetate (85jO
do....
21.1
21.3 i
3.8
7.2
16.1
5.2
8.7
14.8
9.6
119.1
150.2
29.8
33.6
122.0
169.0
28.3
33.2
116.6
217.3
29.0
40.0
114.0
203.8
27.6
40.4
118.0
190.7
26.3
35.6
do....
11.3
12.9
13.1
13.0
10.9
do....
Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins. .••..oo....
do....
do....
40.2
24.3
13.8
48.9
33.2
44.3
29.2
18.3
60.1
40.7
51.0
27.3
23.6
63.4
46.0
r50.0
21.0
r2l.4
60.5
r42.6
46.8
21.2
19.6
49.9
34.7
Thermoplastic resins:
Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene).. .....oo....
do....
do....
94.7
116.3
172.7
102.3
131.9
170.8
132.5
154.8
196.8
128.1
r149.9
S87.0
114.3
133.9
189.8
35.6
30.1
22.4
23.3
34.5
26.3
do....
30.3
33.3
32.8
33.5
34.1
34.8
sh. tons..
85.2
133.9
103.2
94.2
135.2
216.6
86.6
210.8
71.3
187.3
101.0
154.8
..mil. lb..
63.7
75.1
98.4
62.2
51.2
70.5
do....
14.3
27.1
38.0
39.8
8.1
25.9
sh. tons..
807.7
91.2
799.0
72.9
945.6
102.7
899.7
134.8
878.7
113.3
901.0
139.4
..mil. lb..
383.9
379.7
443.7
422.2
413.6
426.9
13,449
5,962
56,934
5,569
12,226
6,668
62,492
5,858
12,050
10,701
42,378
4,947
13,177
10,018
45,033
4,934
13,070
8,758
49,358
4,981
13,375
7,548
55,188
5,039
4,505
351
381
701
600
506
1,509
5,402
409
438
854
723
571
1,897
8,061
548
715
1,245
768
606
3,373
7,375
479
652
1,136
724
560
3,094
6,460
451
636
966
699
533
2,599
5,895
456
579
239
308
2,357
289
367
2,301
409
390
2,668
345
360
2,396
302
370
2,458
do....
1,402
1,992
1,331
2,079
1,306
2,285
1,354
1,863
1,322
1,999
..mil. lb..
do....
do....
do....
449.3
320.4
I4A.3
60.7
442.9
319.9
137.6
74.3
591.2
402.7
198.0
83.1
r526.0
359.7
172.2
r78.5
526.4
362.1
175.1
65.1
568
524
517
420
558
532
550
589
579
533
433
5M
2,568
236.8
264.2
60.5
2,681
301.5
348.7
80.1
2,569
333.8
311.0
2,750
291.2
358.6
2,307
297.1
281.2
2,567
326.1
379.7
75.7 1
58.6
Formaldehyde (37* HCHO)
tfo....
do....
.mil. gal..
127.8
214.5
32.9
37.1
PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION:
Thermosetting resins:
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS:
Coconut oil:
Corn ol1:
Cottonseed cake and meal:
Cottonseed oil:
Linseed oi1:
Soybean cake and meal:
Soybean oil:
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
IRON ORE (INCL. FOREIGN ORE):
Ig. tons..
do.... I
At U.S. docks
STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS:
do....
sh. tons..
do....
do....
do....
Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total.... .....do....
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL:
do....
1
i
910
631
541
2,232
350
411
2,323
Barrels and drums, steel, heavy types (for sale):
1
Aluminum shipments:
Industrial trucks (electric),"shipments:
do....
Industrial trucks and tractors (gasoline-powered), shipments
number..
Vacuum cleaners (standard type), sales billed.....
Electron tubes and semiconductors, factory sales.• • ..mi 1• $••
1
71.4 1
r/ Revised. 1/ Excludes sales of combination washer-drier machines; such sales (incl. exports) totaled 2,800 units in Aug. 1963.
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1963
1962
ITEM
Aug.
Sept.
July
Aug.
6,035
4,218
2,631
1,823
706
r5,968
r4,l96
r2,520
rl,9!5
500
r6,l97
r4,260
r2,5l6
r1,937
r467
6,193
4,249
2,476
1,908
i
923
226
402
1
183
991
238
437
206
147
505
1,050
251
467
225
150
r5IM
1,084
264
484
237
136
1,944
505
June
Sept.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
5,844
4,082
2,353
1,794
445
5,791
4,038
2,311
1,776
423
1,039
241
471
246
152
511
1,037
245
465
234
146
515
1,762
464
117
700
481
1,753
459
117
708
469
1,817
517
142
689
469
r1,772
r483
r1,937
r50l
692
r493
799
r5l5
62,829
45,244
25,957
62,358
44,976
25,813
64,928
46,060
27,632
r64,535
r46,27l
r27,423
r66,479
r47,223
r27,735
66,576
47,360
27,657
11,830
2,936
5,273
2,688
1,533
5,626
11,723
2,930
5,214
2,549
1,575
5,548
10,912
2,833
4,566
1,909
1,595
5,599
11,335
2,948
4,792
2,129
1,551
5,616
11,991
3,056
5,233
2,456
1,530
5,606
12,294
3,157
5,422
2,576
1,481
5,616
17,382
5,065
1,164
6,140
18,868
5,738
?,400
6,661
r 18,264
r5,303
r19,256
r5,482
19,196
5,554
do....
17,585
5,083
1,244
6,195
6,315
7,073
..1947-49=100..
149
149
151
152
152
152
do....
do....
do....
do
73,695
69,762
5,770
63,993
3,932
5.3
72,179
68,668
5,564
63,103
3,512
4.9
75,165
70,319
5,954
64,365
4,846
6.4
75,173
70,851
5,969
64,882
4,322
5.7
74,418
70,561
5,496
65,065
3,857
5.2
73,062
69,546
5,326
64,220
3,516
72,197
68,104
5,087
63,017
4,093
5.7
72,254
68,188
5,114
63,074
4,066
72,720
68,602
4,909
63,693
4,118
5.7
73,269
69,161
5,024
64,137
4,108
5.6
72,915
68,917
4,838
64,079
3,998
5.5
73,136
69,076
4,884
64,192
4,060
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNAOJ.), TOTAL. . . . . . . .nil 1 .
# ..
do....
do....
Nonresidential buildings, total J./
•p.......GO....
Public utilities
do....
do....
Milltary fac i111 i es
do....
do....
do....
...do
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
RATES), TOTAL
mil. $..
do....
do....
Nonresidential buildings, total ±/
Stores, restaurants, and garages
a........OO....
.........do....
do....
.........oo....
do....
Public utilities
do....
do....
Public, total
Mi 1 itary faci 1 ities.
..-
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX;
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE
!
140
494
450
520
EMPLOYMENT
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED
EMPLOYED
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED...
EMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED
do....
do....
do....
do
5.6 J
4.8
5.6
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