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^ t M E N ^ c October 27, 1961 c a l l ^sosSfs^^ 11 1 I i I 1 S l l i l 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 t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, I 9 4 I - 4 3 - S 0 90 Index, 1941-43*10 90 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (daily avg. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 80 80 1961 70 h 70 60 60 50 50 40 U « • ' '» J 1958 _J ! ! ! L_ I 1960 1959 I I I L_l I [ L_ _J_„l-J_J_^_i_J_J_.L_LJ^A| J F M A M J J A S O N D 1961 Thousands 1,000 Thousands 250 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 800 t— 40 Weekly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) H 200 600 150 400 100 200 ^J_J_LJ—LJL^JLJ^JL JUJLI^J—u \ \ S958 1959 I 1 ,,< I960 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 Index, 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 S30 120 COTTON CONSUMPTION ISO soo 90 " A|U J V\- 80 j u n linn 1958 i i m l i i n i 1959 i \ \ ' \ i > i i JFfYSAMJ i > » i i i o J A S O N D (seasonally adjusted) 1 xX^T i FREIGHT CARLOADSNGS * (daily average; seas, adj.) 120 i 1961 SOO wJ / ^ H J ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 i 11 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I960 196S 80 - - V v y 60 r V wyAf *Average per .working day 1 1 1 i ! 1 1 ! 1 1 1 S958 1959 11111 11111 111 i i 1 i i i i i i I960 I I l l l 1 I i i i.l. 1 S96S WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 I960 196! ITEM Oct. 22 Oct. 15 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I I commod 11 ies 1947-49= 100.. Farm products..... .. do.... Foods, processed,, .do...«, A I I other *.••«.••...••....•.••••••••• .do.... 22 commodities 2/ do.... DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ........do.... INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, ALL PROGRAMS thous.. State programs (50 States and, in 1961, Puerto Rico).do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.. FINANCE: Currency in circu lation 3/ mil. $,. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/.. ..do.... Member bank reserve balances 3 / s s e 8 e e . do.oee Excess reserves, estimated .3/ do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4/ Demand deposits, adjusted.... mil. $.. Savi ngs depos i ts do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total......' do.... U* S. Government o b ! i g a t s o n s s s s s S I S S s s i S S s s . s s = s = d o * s s * Commercial and Industrial loans (gross) e e e e e **. e e do e e * 6 Real estate loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2>/..*..^percent*. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10., Industrials, 425 stocks... ....„do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, coaches) ...number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate ,3/ thous. bb I.. Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD I NGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous... , thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... Sept, 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 118.5 87.4 107.9 127.1 83.9 118.5 86.9 108.0 127.2 83.7 83.8 *II9.6 *89.5 * 109.0 * 128.0 83.4 83.7 83.6 156 1,829 1,669 326 157 1,846 1,685 270 156 2,060 1,519 286 164 2,003 1,476 330 34! 398 32,276 28^513 18,640 689 32,304 28,62! 18,839 876 32,612 28,986 19,519 656 32,673 29,237 19,601 490 32,886 29,517 19,427 493 33,010 29,737 19,814 623 106,889 27,836 31,723 12,856 106,972 28,151 31,740 12,86! 62,^66 29,244 117,104 34,414 31,794 13,!35 61,542 29,400 116,176 33,642 3!,776 13,140 62,!89 29,466 116,985 34.240 31,833 13,191 4S63 54.15 57.34 4S64 54.25 57.46 4S74 66.47 70.00 4S74 67.18 70.57 4.72 68.17 71.60 1,449 14,120 162,539 6,824 1,451 14,191 163,153 6,771 1,463 !5,340 139,i 12 7, 156 !,433 15,035 120,492 7, 112 1,475 15,125 !!2,599 7, 153 1,579 84.8 653 332 1,579 84.8 637 325 2,102 112.8 640 333 2,071 II 1.2 642 331 2, 131 I 14.4 638 332 156 4.72 68.21 71.68 167,638 2,042 109.6 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for October I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM August September June July August September CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost indexes, The American Appraisal Co.: .. 1913-100.. do.... do.... 723 789 779 671 704 727 803 787 679 704 740 809 810 704 72! 742 809 820 706 722 746 809 820 706 722 747 809 821 708 722 do.... do do 51.1 5.3 4.0 1.9 69.6 8.7 3.2 4.1 66.5 2.9 5.8 3.3 47.6 .7 3.5 1.8 47.4 4.8 2.7 1.8 80 0 8 6 7. I 3.6 do ^.do do.... do.... 5.7 7.5 2.7 3.0 6.2 8.7 3.9 5.5 7. 1 10.0 4. 1 4.0 5.9 8.4 3.2 2.4 4.6 7.4 2.5 2.3 7.7 9.0 3 8 6.2 do do.... 3.5 .5 2.1 14.8 5.0 .7 1.9 21.6 4.2 .7 2.7 21.6 3.3 .4 2.2 15.8 2.7 .5 2.2 16.0 4.8 .6 2.6 25.8 4,871 2,515 562 1,794 4,870 2,528 589 1,753 5,242 2,728 595 1,920 5,310 2,746 617 1,947 5,347 2,767 646 1,935 5 352 2,784 645 1,922 DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: Cost, tota1 Bui 1 d i ng mater ials Household equipment, supplies, furnishings... do Al ! other FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgaqe loans: Federal land banks CORRECTION for the October 1961 SURVEY, p. S-12: Digitized forread FRASER $260 million instead of $269 million. 5134 do do.... Firms with II or more stores, unadjusted—August 1961 figure for variety stores should MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued I960 i96i | ITEM August 3 June September J July j August September FINANCE—Continued BANK DEBITS: Unadjusted: 246.61 100.29 48.99 247.67 100.59 49.09 255.54 100.86 51.44 104.54 50.74 100.72 109.05 52.15 r102.39 109.78 P5I.33 p100.24 p12,642 p!0,749 p84 3,779 2,982 91 8,713 6,367 98 10,285 8,945 90 4,486 3,492 792 1,354 p4,387 p5,246 pi,173 p1,752 1,480 520 306 1,382 4,814 382 1,821 1,597 4,679 3,25! 884 1,380 6,803 751 6,-082 6,793 736 6,072 p7,948 763 7,425 6,322 765 5,617 7,631 730 6,951 6,771 727 6,047 6,093 1,101 580 4,412 5,725 1,091 567 4,067 6,255 1, 141 628 4,486 6,125 1,312 589 4,224 6,347 1,405 585 4,357 5,866 1, 158 578 4,130 65.5 36.7 26.6 68.5 35.8 26.0 70.6 37.7 26.6 70.6 36.7 26.2 73.4 38.1 26.7 977 100.8 4,640 9.0 45.4 942 90.0 4,718 9.6 44.2 896 95.5 5,988 10.9 37.0 r790 96.7 r5,798 9.1 35.5 938 105.4 6,094 10.2 41.0 -mil. lb.. 47.9 35.9 38.0 45.9 47.0 44.8 do.... 29,6 27.4 30.0 26.9 ! 30.7 29.1 sh. tons.. 68.6 157.7 189.3 137.1 85.0 196.9 66.6 142.6 ! 68.6 89.4 149.6 73.3 48.8 133.3 60.4 48.1 48.9 109.4 ....do.... 21.7 43.0 34.8 33.7 37.9 40.7 do.... 1,484.0 182.0 1,239.6 158.6 1,469.4 390.6 1,433.6 403.2 r1,384,8 342.2 1,059.4 142.8 .....do.... 358.5 298.4 352.8 345.1 333.9 253.3 JS. skins., and kips.. JS. skins.. do.... 630 1,947 1,449 2,838 532 1,911 1,410 2,493 589 1,974 1,462 2,850 341 r1,534 1,030 2,209 567 2,075 1,048 3,161 thous. sh. tons.. 4,470 4, 108 5,687 5,597 5,764 422.5 261.4 139.7 358.8 253.2 134.0 423.2 304.3 159.2 r373.9 r263.2 r139.4 425.5 302. 1 159.3 47.80 36.30 36.50 29.00 4. 1 42.15 25.80 41.00 29.90 4.3 52.10 31.50 46.75 30.20 4.8 46.70 27.85 37.20 24.95 5.0 r44.80 . r29.65 r34.05 r23.15 r5.2 241.77 92.44 49.47 240.77 97.16 47.91 271.83 113.23 54.28 ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... 99.95 50.13 99.04 103.83 48.97 96.22 103.83 52.29 j 101.55 ..mi 1. $.. 8,590 6,454 93 10,211 8,981 87 4,996 409 1,608 1,484 ..bil. $.. ••••do.... ! Seasonally adjusted: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: do.... .«*.... ....do.... Corporation Income taxes ....do.... ....do.-... Interest on public debt ......... ...'.do.... A ! ! other expend f tares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e s 6 » B e 6 S5 i S s d o s s = s LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN (NEW PAID-FOR INSURANCE): TURNOVER OF DEMAND DEPOSITS EXCEPT INTERBANK AND U. s. GOVERNMENT, ANNUAL RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: deposits.. ....do.... ....do.... | 74.2 p37.3 p26.3 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: . cu. ft., Carbon dioxide, liquid, gas, and solid fc ...thous. sh. tons.. . cu. ft., sh. tons.. ....do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Corn o i l : Cottonseed cake and mea1: Cottonseed o i 1 : Linseed o i l : Soybean cake and meal: Soybean oil: LEATHER AND PRODUCTS •LEATHER PRODUCTION: METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON, production (excl.ferroa1loys) Aluminum shipments: 6,019 MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. 5134 p56.75 p34.20 p4l.65 p27.00 p5.6 U Data for net receipts and total expenditures reflect exclusion of certain interfund transactions. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1961 I960 ITEM August September June July August METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued MACHINE TOOLS—-Continued Metal forming tools: Orders, new i n e t ) e , , . „ . . „ e o . . o . 8 o e B e . « o « « » o 8 o ...mil. $ 0 Shipments,, .......... 0 . 00 .........a......<,...«>.„ 8 . 0 d o 8 0 0 Estimated back fog., ,o.months. PAPER AND PRINTING NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND): Production. ............0........ ® . . . . . 0.. 0 thous 0 tons. Shipments from mi I ls e „ . . 0 , . 0... <> . e . ...<».o . .«.-».. Ood o s o o Stocks at mills, end of m o n t h 8 0 o 3 „ » , c o . » . . . » . , ( .docoo NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: .do... Product ion .do... Shipments from mi!ls„.,. 9 ..»,,.«,».. a »....»». t ., .do... Stocks at mills, end'of m o n t h , » 0 0 „ , 0 „ „ „ , 0 0 0 . . . «doooa Consumption by publishers. Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of m o n t h s d o a o . 9.05 ! 1.40 3a8 10.15 12.95 3.8 9.40 !7 0 45 3.3 8,95 12.55 3.0 riO.iO r12.95 570 552 221 571 590 201 558 573 246 555 553 249 585 609 225 180 172 42 420 646 162 168 36 4.54 654 166 171 36 447 594 171 164 43 413 618 192 186 49 417 671 684 80! 824 540 18,966 17,297 I 1,259 450 10,263 18,992 17,279 7,530 376 6,798 19,065 17,270 9,550 478 8,658 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: ±/ Consumpt i o n s o o o Es......... 0. E.... „..... • •. • • .thous. bales. Manufactures: SpIndie activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day s ..........,.. ffl thous a Consuming 100 percent c o t t o n , , 8 8 0 » 4 . 0 „ „ , „ 8 a , „ d o , O B Spindle hours operated, all fibers, totaI„.„.miI Ilons a Average per working day„ 0 „ 0 6 a a ! 1 6 0 ! i 0 . a «, 0 ,„ B 8 cJo. I > „ Consuming 100 percent cotton* 0 . . „ . . a ..«,.. . . ... .do. „ . MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND A C E T A T E ) : Productions Filament y a r n e « , . J „ 6 „ . e » „ » 8 e ( , o o s o „ 8 „ . 8 0 „ „ 1 , 0 , < ! S m i l 0 lb. Staple, i n c L tow (rayon)..........................do... Stocks, producers', end of m o D : Filament y a r n 0 e . 0 0 0 s d o . 0 0 Staple (rayon)....,.do... 19,266 17,561 9,418 471 8,605 19,259 17,652 I 1,244 450 10,328 54.8 25o0 65.3 61.0 49.3 24.6 68.3 59 Q f 52.4 32.5 60.8 56 e 3 52s0 32 6 0 r56.5 r35e6 63 e I 58 B 6 59s! 55 0 3 TRANSPORTAT S ON EQUIPMENT Truck trailers, productions Complete trailers, tota I,..,.,.,,,,, ,. ,• number. Vans,, ..............................................do... Chassis, van bodies, for sale separately.............do... RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR INSTITUTE: Freight cars: Shipments, total...................................do... Equipment manufacturers..........................do... Railroad and private-line shops, domestic........do... 4, 134 2,513 670 3,615 2, 195 367 4,679 2,753 526 3,757 2,259 515 4,868 3,018 406 4,315 2,506 1,809 4,355 2,984 1,371 3, 142 2,085 1,057 1,234 764 470 2,428 1,70! 727 New orders, tota I............. ...-j.................do... Equipment manufacturers...„....................;.do... Railroad and, prIvate-!ine shops, domestic........do... !,334 709 625 2, 156 2,150 6 1,217 1,082 135 2,589 2,431 158 1,474 1,409 65 Unfilled orders, end of month..................... .do... Equipment manufacturers..........................do... Railroad and private-!ine shops, domestic..... .. .do... 23,951 10,773 13,178 2 1,692 9,874 !1,818 !I,830 3,34! 8,489 10,785 5,008 5,777 9,831 4,716 5, I 15 r./ R e v i s e d * j ) / USC0MM—DC—5134 Preliminary. J./ Data f o r September UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 25, D. C OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS I960 and June and September 196! c o v e r 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r months, 4 weeks. PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO A V O I D PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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