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J H INCOME October 26,1962 ip^^ £ N T S B f c r - * SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription to t h e 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 90 - 80 - (dally avg. (Wednesday close) close) H 90 - 70 H 80 \ v^ 60 50 Weekly Monthly PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1 1 1 ! -J 1 1 i | 1 I I 1 I 1959 | 1 I I LJ„™L™ j L 1. I 1960 S I 1 ! 1 I I 1 i I i ! S 1 | I I I -L-i-i i \ I I I i i i j j 50 j 1962 1961 F M A M J J A S O N D Thousands ,000 Thousands 250 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) 800 600 400 A 200 ^U/ \ W W 200 0 ^J^JLJ^J f )..,-i .,,,1 1 1 1 i -JLX 1959 Xf" J\ V 1/ V ^V I ? 1 1 1 1 1 1 „1 1 l ^ 1 1 L J _ 1 1 1 1 1 L_JL_ I960 1 I—1—1 1961 Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* 1 1 i 1 i L i 1962 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 120 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS (seasonally a d j u s t e d ) 2.0 1.5 1.0 I "^V-Vy^Y^ *Seasonal!y adjusted, at annual rates I I I I U l l i l i 1959 ' U I I I t,,M ', 1960 i » i i i J i J i i » I » i i » t I ,j|, U 1961 1962 | ' 80 I 1 I I I I 1 I I t I I I I M I I I I I I I M I lJLJLJL±JLJLi l l 1 • l | l | | | I I | f 1959 1960 1961 1962 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1961 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A1 1 commod i t ies Oct..13 Oct. 20 100.6 97.9 101.6 100.7 92.3 4,501 112 266 100.-7 98.8 101.5 100.7 92.7 232 1,453 1,297 305 100.8 98.5 102.1 100.7 91.8 4,569 118 274 !,455 1,299 318 298 332 33,010 29,737 19,804 574 33,882 31,702 20,194 507 33,909 31,816 20,17! 435 34, 102 32,416 20,337 48! 34,256 32,229 20,259 422 62,!89 29,466 116,984 34,240 31,849 13,196 63,410 29,516 117,777 32>020 13,221 61,073 33,739 124,140 30,818 34,063 14,927 60,744 33,92! 124,897 31,995 34,08! 14,940 61,377 34,058 124,344 3!,5!3 34,096 15,008 4.72 68.17 71.60 4.72 68.2! 71.68 4.60 56 8 !5 58.62 4.59 56. 16 58.68 4.57 57,24 59.74 1,505 15,125 112,611 7,153 1,465 15,162 167,588 7,118 1.470 15,987 176,418 7,345 1,746 93.7 595 318 1,486 16,397 180,21i 7,327 Oct. 14 Oct. 2! 96.7 *!00.0 *95.1 *I00.5 * 100.5 96.4 112 250 2,042 1,521 341 118 2732,012 1,499 398 32,886 29,517 19,426. 493 1957-59-100.. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES.'. ... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs...... 1957-59-100.. thous.. do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)...number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.... Member bank reserve ba lances 3_/......................edo#.s* Excess reserves, estimated 3/ •••••do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ e s a a s e ., e a s s s e =a s c a Index of production FREIGHT CARL0ADINGS, TOTAL thous, sb e tons.. 1957-59-100.. .......thous. cars.. 1962 TLA 2,07! 1 1 1.2 642 33! Sept. 29 e.r\a 2,042 109.6 65! 341 92.6 4,45! 116 1.453 16,023 171,330 7,355 1,766 . 94.8 597 317 Oct. 6 1,746 93.7 607 326 4.57 56 s 89 59.39 189,316 1,739 93.3 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Oct. 1961. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1961 1962 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS1 SALES: ±/ Value (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Value (seasonally adjusted): ...bi 1. $.. 14.7 15.1 !6.8 15.1 16.0 15.9 do 15.0 15.0 15.9 16.3 16.3 16.3 do 15.! 15.3 !6e5 r!5.8 15.3 15.7 do.... 15.6 15.7 15.4 ri6.3 15.8 16. 1 44. 1 44.3 44.3 r45.0 44.3 44. 1 !,604 1,285 1,281 1,165 1,319 1, 1 18 129 262 260 789 !64 139 !83 182 614 !67 113 194 237 606 131 106 187 215 545 112 120 217 227 622 133 92 194 185 514 133 .thous. $.. 102,693 116,664 88,493 91,574 146,832 96,165 do.... do.... .....do.... 6,358 27,716 26,175 29,384 13,060 10,950 10,048 66,737 17,927 11,002 5,445 13,627 32,82! 27,065 9,535 5,642 22,412 21,598 29,999 11,923 6,977 33,618 36,170 53,180 16,887 5,605 12,803 39,988 27,944 9,825 Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns.. 74.4 67w5 57.3 58.3 62.5 62.2 MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±1 New orders, net (unadjusted): New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): r/ Revised. J./ Data for Sept. 1962 are advance estimates. Digitized for30170 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINISS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1962 1961 ITEM Sept. 1 Aug. June July Aug. r 148.7 r147.0 H7.0 115.6 r145.6 r143.9 1 14.4 1 13.0 Sept. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: thous.. do 150.1 127.0 128.2 122.4 159.5 156.2 do.... do.... 127.4 124.2 126.5 120.7 157.0 155.7 r140.2 r135.8 1 M38.5 r155.9 | do 1,526 1,501 1,585 1,565 1,425 1,599 r1,466 r1,447 r1,540 r1,511 1,312 1,284 754 825 825 71! 742 758 855 845 71! 745 760 835 845 718 745 762 835 845 734 743 Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Construction cost indexes, The American Appraisa 1 C o . : ...1915=100.. do.... do.... 747 809 | 821 708 722 746 809 820 706 722 .......do.... F1 NANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDST ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: Federal 5,547 2,767 646 1,955 5,552 2,784 645 1,922 5,770 2,968 692 2,109 5,841 2,986 704 2,150 5,853 3,003 680 2,150 5,8i4 3,021 690 2,103 255.5 100.9 51.4 246.6 100.5 49.0 291.8 121.9 59.4 279.7 II 1.4 57.5 r281.I 110.8 57.5 263.3 109.7 53.4 258.1 105.4 51.4 101.5 .914 261.8 107.8 52.0 102.0 .914 282.4 115.7 57.9 108.8 1.025 285.7 114.4 59.0 112.5 1.055 r283.9 115.8 57.4 rll0.7 * 1.085 286.6 120.9 58.1 107.6 1.155 58.6 71.1 57.2 26.4 58.6 72.5 57.4 26.5 41.6 77.5 41.5 27.8 42.1 77.5 42.1 28.6 41.9 78.8 41.1 28.5 41.7 82.2 41.5 27.3 11.7 51.9 88.4 52.6 15.9 52.6 89.7 55.0 14.2 59.6 107.5 41.5 11.5 48.9 r94.7 55.2 15.0 60.1 102.5 40.7 do.... 107.4 54.5 15.6 154.0 101.5 54.4 12.8 121.8 151.1 46.1 18.6 170.6 MI6.5 r40.2 15.8 172.7 151.9 44.5 18.5 170.8 do.... do.... r9.42 9.16 11.15 7.40 7.62 10.47 9.96 9.19 11.39 9.90 9.22 11.49 9.06 9.18 10.80 .55 .26 2.95 .25 .51 2.87 .46 .26 3.10 5.00 r12.74 r125.45 14, 51 50.26 15.14 165.92 112.99 1.67 11.72 141.87 16,591 15,015 14,093 5,598 47,166 595 15,889 5,100 59,584 549 14,579 land banks.... Other loans and dlscounts 0 BANK DEBITS: Unadjusted: eoedo99ee bi 1. $.. do do.... Seasonally adjusted: .......do.... New York City do.... do.... SILVER, price at New York ... dol. per fine o z . . TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. S. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED to deposits.. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTI ON: Cellulose acetate (sheets, rods, and tubes and molding and extrusion materials) and nitrocellulose (sheets, do.... do.... do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS Beer: Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: 1. wine gal.. I *16 .19 5.06 .57 .25 5.15 1.07 9.16 151.76 1.47 6.15 12.28 125.99 19.66 12,546 15,926 3,557 41,294 555 14,200 5,208 59,577 520 12,766 5,625 47,503 596 15,031 4,958 5,058 1,880 4,862 9,196 p4,323 p2,640 p1,685 p4,258 p9,278 Sti11 wines: .......do .......do.... Distilling materials produced at wineries..... Tobacco, manufactured products: 1 2.56 j Consumption (withdrawals): C i garettes, sma11: do.... Manufactured tobacco and snuff, taxable METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron and steel scrap: s. sh. tons.. do.... do.... do.... 1 rj Revised, JD/ Preliminary. Digitized for basis). FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 30170 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 5,625 5,466 2,157 5,580 8,569 ! 5,684 5,516 2, 167 5,584 8,674 | 1 1 p4,878 p3,044 pi,854 p4,957 p9,204 1 * Effective Aug. 1962 for silver in commercial bar form (priced one-quarter cent higher than on former MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 196! S962 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. Sept. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued Pig Iron? Production (excluding b l a s t furnace production of f e r r o a S loys)-. • • • • • • . . . • • • . . . • • • • • • • • • • • • t h o u s . s h . t o n s . C o n s u m p t I on • • . • • • • • • . . • • • • • • • • • . • • • • . . * . . . • . • • / ; " . . . . . d o . . . Stocks (consumers 8 and supp I l e r s s ) , end of mo s s o . O O B a ,ado o o e MACHINE TOOLS? Metal cutting toolss Orders, new (net), total .....•••••••••••.••••••..mi S. $. Domest I Co ..... OS o.. OO ooo0oo O . a <»ooo»..o Ooo ... s ,o. • .do... Sh 1 pments, tota I do.,. B 5,764 5,876 3,045 6,019 6,105 2,999 4,-582 4,605 3,345 4,211 4, 166 3,439 4,586 p4,738 p3,193 4,659 44.80 29.65 34.05 23.15 5.2 55.65 34.05 41.20 27. 10 5.7 50.00 40.25 60.00 41.90 3.9 46.60 37.45 39.45 28.95 4.0 r38.50 r33s20 r39.50 r29.65 r4.l 40.25 32.40 44.45 33.95 4.0 10.10 12.95 2.8 10.95 10.70 2.8 13.40 13.70 5.0 14.00 12.50 5.0 r12.50 r f t.40 5.1 10.30 8.60 5.0 585 609 225 548 555 217 566 573 261 527 529 260 568 575 252 552 558 246 188 S82 49 417 671 164 173 40 451 664 188 182 44 457 557 S65 169 40 423 587 188 182 47 442 621 171 !79 39 479 599 690 847 709 692 693 661 19,065 17,270 9,550 478 8,658 19, 102 17,344 11,579 463 10,525 18,817 16,869 9,510 476 8,481 18,761 16,773 9,697 388 8,621 18,798 16,731 9,432 472 8,382 18,689 16,543 9,131 457 8,034 .number. Equipment manufacturers, totaI........... .... ...do,,. Railroad shops, domest1c..................... ...do... 2,403 1,676 727 2,811 2,125 686 3,181 2,289 892 3,54 I 2,205 1,336 New orders. .................................... ...do... Equipment manufacturers, total»........ ... ... ...do... Railroad shops, domestic.,.,..,.,..,,......., .».do,,, Unfilled orders, end of -month.................. ...do... Equipment manufacturers, total......,........ ...do..* Railroad shops, domestic..................... ...do... 1,452 1,389 63 3,143 1,280 1,863 r3,098 r1,630 1,468 2,796 1,710 1,086 9,831 4,716 5,115 10,210 3,918 6,292 3,911 2,219 1,692 3,41 I 2,294 1,117 S3,274 7,171 6,103 13,192 6,516 6,676 12,429 6,003 6,426 2,946 1,984 962 1,593 1,256 337 I 1,064 5,264 5,800' D O m e S t I C . .a © . . . . . o o o © Q o o © o o o e s o o e e o » e e o e o e o o 8 o s e . d Oe » » Estimated back log. ...®.................. s ....... .months. Metal forming toolss Orders, new ( n e t ) „ . , 6 , 8 9 9 , 8 „ 8 9 e „ , 8 9 6 . , , , , , 9 . . ! 1 j i L $• b " s p m s n s s © © © © Q © © © © © © © ® © o © © © © © @ o-© © © © © © s © o © ^ © © o © © © © © © o o © © o Est I mated back log..•••••••••-•••••••.••..••••.••.. months. PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Product Ion ............................... • thous. sh. tons. Shipments from mi I Is.....•.••••••••••••••••••......•••do... Stocks at mills, end of month.. ,. .. »6»o..,.»09..,,..cio8,. NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES? Product ion,„ .M^MM^O......,"...^,,........^,,. Shipments from ml S Is......,......«*.<>• •. ••. .. •... • 9 0 e do a ( 1 „ Stocks at mills, end of month do... Consumption by pub I fshers.. .... ......... ,,„ 0 6 ,.do.,, Stocks at and In transit t o publishers, end of mo....do... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: U thous. bales. ConsumptIon Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles)? Active spindles, last working day............ s.thous. Consuming 100 percent cotton............... ...do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.... iIIIons. Average per working day.................. ...do... Consuming 100 percent cotton............... ...do... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE? Freight carss i> U S p m e n T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b e . . . . . . . . . . . . . rj R e v i s e d . &/ USC0MM-DC--30170 Preliminary. J/ Data f o r S e p t . 1962 c o v e r 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR WVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT O f POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 2 5 , D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER OF CURRENT 1961 and J u l y BUSINESS
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