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.fttMENT O f - October 30, 1964 ^ 1 INCOME 1 PAYMENTS • K ' p SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS BUSINESS °> SUSINESS STATISTICS i<-°* A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $4.00 annually, this Supplement provides/selected weekly and monthly data subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 160 Billion Dollar: 150 1962 1961 1963 J F M A M J 1964 Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 Index, 1941-43 = 10 100 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 90 (^.TEify **.) - y^ 80 70 - 60 - 50 , ..i. » j .a J - i i J-A i i,; • ^ x ^ i i i i > , — J L — u ^ L ^ u ^ a ™ . , ! ^ ..a a . . , a — J — — i ^ U ^ J ^ M ^ J ^ J 1963 1962 1961 1—,1—1 J F M A M J 0 J A S O N D Index, 1957-59=100 200 Monthly - - - 100 50 1 U™ 1964 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for costings) 150 J A S O N D -j ~ «--»»• * x„i u—i—1 LJuxjua- 1961 M ,1 1, ,J „„t ,1 L ..1 .,A I . ^ L . J 1962 —JL.—! U^^JuJL^X, 1963 ,! J - t „ , . >..,...•.a,v,,A, 1 •, . l U - A M ^ . j L u J l ^ i ^ ^ 1964 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1963 1964 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE; All commod it ies.........".". 1957-59= 100.. Farm products do.... Foods, processed. .......*,.. ...do.... A11 other do.... 22 commodities 2/ ....„ do.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES .....mil. $.. Nondurable goods stores... do.... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs... .thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs........ do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE; Currency in circulation .3/........... mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/es9,do,... Member bank reserve balances.3/, ......do.... Excess reserves, estimated ,3/........... do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities :4V Demand deposits, adjusted... mil. $.. Savings deposits..... do.... Loans and Investments (adjusted), total.,. do.... U.S. Government obligations... ....do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) '..••••*.. do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/... 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks. do..,. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal ,3/............, thous. sh. tons,. Electric power, by utilities..................mi I. kwa~hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses)..... ..number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/„ .thous. bb I.. Steelooeo...... a 0 9 6 0 . 8 .thous. sh. tons.. Index of production... 1957-59=100.. FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL.. thous. cars,. Mlsce! Ianeous...•....-•• do.... Oct. 19 Oct. 26 95.7 4,877 3,167 247 1,469 1,326 303 *I00.5 *95.1 *I02.2 *I00.9 96.2 4,715 3,047 258 1,501 1,359 279 101. I 5,311 3,419 212 1,235 1,106 268 36,235 34,737 i9,989 386 36,165 34,589 19,942 429 62,749 37,465 134,115 28,035 36,282 17,570 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 100.6 94.2 101.2 101.3 101.6 5,005 3,430 100.6 93.7 101.5 101.3 102.1 4,939 3,394 100.6 93.8 101.6 237 1,241 1,112 246 203 233 232 38,074 37,487 21,14! 386 38,209 38,051 21,264 439 38,465 37,876 20,982 400 38,432 37,878 21,020 401 63,722 39,873 145,878 27,207 38,153 19,533 4.56 84.18 89.12 63,522 39,933 143,951 26,422 39,743 19,560 4.57 84.80 89.77 63,488 39,974 144,076 26,419 39,956 19,635 4.52 72.97 77.00 63,04i 37,503 133,183 27,794 36,310 17,612 4.53 73.00 77.06 1,618 17,173 210,438 7,610 1,908 102.4 626 333 1,635 17,261 212,485 7,608 1,915 102.8 625 328 1,637 18,331 101,119 7,621 2,563 137.6 619 332 1,678 18,245 96,668 7,638 2,571 138.0 633 334 1,682 18,074 101,488 7,652 2,598 139.5 639 337 Oct. 3 4.57 84.79 89.67 101.4 102.6 4.57 85.10 89.98 108,581 2,621 140.7 \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Oct. 1963. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1963 1964 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. Sept. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Construction cost indexes (The American Appraisai C o . ) : Average, 30 cities.... r .. I9l3-inn_. St. Louis. rir> ................" 786 862 867 774 762 788 862 869 775 762 800 872 884 794 786 806 872 893 799 786 808 887 895 800 786 809 887 897 802 786 6,428 3,240 706 2,482 6,430 •3,259 735 2,436 6,940 3,516 757 2,667 7,048 3,551 782 2,715 7,081 3,586 787 2,707 7,084 3,620 809 2,656 10,960 11,287 -328 11,652 9,549 2,102 14,286 10,290 3,996 4,745 10,217 -5,472 10,552 11,218 -666 1 1,739 9,700 2,039 28,472 30,395 -1,923 28,438 29,341 -903 11,722 10,095 104 5,350 3,603 1,098 1,567 p14,438 pl2,3IO pl!7 p4,8IO p6,196 pi,460 pi,855 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks.... do.... do FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Net cash transactions (Federal) with the public: J/ Excess of receipts, or payments (-).... Seasonally adjusted quarterly totals: .......do.... Other internal revenue and receipts......... £/ Preliminary. ±/ Other than borrowing. Digitized for16158 FRASER 9,977 7,290 108 5,785 386 2,064 1,633 2/ Excludes certain interfund transactions. 28,162 30,645 -2,483 5,131 3,487 120 1,549 646 624 2,192 9,662 6,653 112 4,967 419 2,338 1,826 11,766 10,072 122 4,924 3,950 1 |43 1,621 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1965 ITEM Aug. 1964 Sept, June Aug. July Sept. FINANCE—Continued FEDERAL GOVERNMENT F1NANCE—Continued 8,505 850 466 4,469 2,572 7,815 856 458 4,215 2,554 p9,5!5 p948 p500 p5,677 p2,435 7,410 957 442 5,542 2,946 8,083 913 479 3,789 2,986 8,450 927 489 4,201 2,858 7,082 5,149 1,539 594 7,561 5,099 1,662 600 8,917 6,155 2,140 622 7,695 5,856 1,286 573 7,791 5,543 1,643 605 8,000 5,578 1,854 149.2 31.9 117.3 107.5 6.5 150.6 51.9 118.6 108.5 6.6 155.6 55.5 120.3 119.2 7.8 155.2 35.7 121.5 120.1 7.0 155.1 35.8 121.5 121. i 6.4 156.9 55.8 125.1 122.0 151.2 31.8 119.5 107.1 151.6 51.9 119.7 108.1 155.6 55.4 122.1 118.5 156.7 53.5 123.5 119.4 157.2 55.7 125.5 120.6 158.0 55.8 124.2 121.7 67,355 51,894 15,617 5,151 5,588 64,555 52,766 15,045 4,659 3,119 68,852 58,871 14,545 5,542 5,910 71,255 60,591 14,557 5,524 5,796 72,562 65,842 14,178 5,647 4,025 5,641 857 5,702 1,000 5,902 1,100 6,062 877 6,604 927 49.7 174.1 44.0 5.0 61.7 181.7 40.7 5.8 50.5 185.4 44.8 5.6 51.8 187.0 45.7 5,0 55.1 190.0 47.0 4.7 25.8 24.3 2.8 22.0 22.0 2.8 24.2 24.4 5.6 24.7 25.5 2.9 25.4 24.8 5.4 8.55 10.02 874.49 9.42 ll.lt 869.81 12.79 10.98 875.92 8.65 9.51 871.04 9.15 10.62 866.18 5.06 6.46 851.80 6.75 4.62 5.80 8.02 846.88 7.74 5.68 8.46 6.56 846.81 7.27 4.92 5.05 5.72 844.27 6.55 4.55 5.41 6.68 859.97 6.69 4.58 .56 .51 5.29 .54 .59 5.21 .68 .45 5.49 .27 .28 5.46 .42 .55 5.49 5.04 12.85 120.74 9.98 45.45 12.52 155.87 118.07 1.92 15.25 150.88 .86 .85 10.42 139.42 1.40 5.12 12.27 150.04 9.84 485 1,802 862 5,254 405 1,774 1,064 2,853 611 1,957 1,154 2,756 495 1,693 1,015 1,917 542 1,991 790 2,865 5,278 5,174 7,076 7,006 7,158 7,142 7,782 94,5 7,858 98.4 10,175 127.4 10,095 122.4 10,505 127.5 r10,656 155.5 515 459 •452 467 520 LIFE INSURANCE WRITTEN, NEW PAID-FOR (L1AMA): 588 MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily fig.): Unadjusted for seas, variation: 6.6 Adjusted for seas, variation: Currency outside banks s o a e 9 e 9 do.... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS AIRLINES (SCHEDULED DOMESTIC TRUNK): Passengers originated (revenue) 6 * s do 9 .,. Waterway traffic: 6,227 867 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ALCOHOL: Ethyl alcohol and spirits: Denatured alcohol: FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL): Whisky: Rectified spirits and wines, prod., total....mi 1. proof gal.. Wh isky do.... WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Taxable withdrawals do.... Sti11 wines: LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid thous. hides and kips.. thous. skins.. I METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. prod, of ferroalloys)...thous. shs tonsss STEEL INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS: PRODUCTION .do.... Index 1957-59= 100.. Cans (tinplate), shipments (metal consumed), total for sale rj' Revised. j>/ Preliminary. J./ Excludes certain interfund transactions. 16158 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued S963 1964 I TEN Aug. Sept. June Aug. July Sept. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued Furnaces CIndustrial) and ovens, etc., new Cdomest I c ) , net B .. .. •,.-• 0 • • • • • • • E1 ectrIc processing••«••••••-•••••• Fuel-f ired0 .••.•••••••••.••••••••• Material handling equipment (Industr lal); Orders (new), Index, seas. a d j e s s s MACHINE TOOLSs Metal cutting toolss Orders, new (net), totaleee«,eSfc. Domestic. a*0ee88e©©«8eoa®s«>ea« Shipments, total••••••...••••••• DOmeSt orders ...••••.••mi 1.<$.. ..0.000.as.6do.SBe 9.2 1.0 5.7 .....1957-59=100.. 150,2 o...o.....mll. $•• eeeeoe.9S...doS6.6 06o,089S8eoedo,»6a i C M M ^ t e o n M t a e n o t e E stImated b ackIog...••••••••••*• 0oOQe0oeoomOnthS8e Metal forming too Is 1 .....oo...mTI. $.. Orders, new (net), total•......• Domest Ic.............*..«*o.oo Shipments, t o t a l s s e o o o s Q S e o o s S S o Domest i c , , M e „ 0 » o o 9 o . e » 0 8 e 9 0 0 o &e0 ooo 0 oomonths oe Estimated back log........•••••.• PULP^ PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA? Productfon e « 0 S O o O O S S B O o O ® o e S o® e o o o Q 1 9 o O o f f l 0othous e sh e tons 0 ShIpments from mllSs 0 0 «, o o e e a o o o s , 0 ( >o Q O o S o 0 e o o o s »oo 0 o a s «do... Stocks at mills, end of m o n t h 0 0 6 6 6 o 0 0 , e o i ! 0 8 0 .........do... NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES 1 Product fon s ..........o.oo....o. 0 .....................do... Shipments from ml I is o o o o o e o e s . o e . 0 . e ( S o a 6 .«, 0 ! S , > e a ... s ..do.. e Stocks at mills, end of month................,,......do... Consumption by publlshers...........................,do... Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of mo. a . e do*o. 9.6 2.7 7.5 1.2 3Q2 9.2 .9 3.6 10.8 1.0 6.8 128.1 S27.8 S56.9 150.6 49.20 38.55 41.20 33.30 5.6 56.55 45.40 54.75 42.85 5.4 100.10 83.35 73.80 62.25 6.6 78.10 66 ..50 60.00 51.70 6.7 73.80 r62.65 r60.90 r5l.20 6.8 81.60 66.00 70.35 55.30 7.0 19.85 18.15 12.65 11.40 4.2 22.35 17..60 14.70 12.10 4.6 63.10 56.95 21.40 19.85 10.8 27.90 25.45 18.80 16.30 II.I rl5.80 r14.90 r17.35 r 14.10 no.8 25.85 20.70 15.40 12.60 IS.6 586 576 265 551 580 235 610 652 240 617 620 237 637 634 239 605 628 215 I9S !78 44 443 632 164 172 36 490 606 S94 192 34 496 529 174 182 27 453 562 200 194 33 472 591 181 188 26 491 608 59.3 48.4 r59.6 48.7 r64.6 44.8 65.6 42.5 64. f 43.0 68.1 50.9 58, 32. 57.3 33.9 35.0 60.9 35.9 58.9 34.9 53.2 35.1 49.9 1,838 489 1,024 10,214 2,201 1,589 343 882 8,843 1,918 1,757 390 1,024 11,354 1,975 1,156 311 659 9,947 1,730 1,893 407 993 11,360 2,028 6,54! 3,879 276 6,404 3,736 285 8,185 4,614 627 7,888 4,538 651 7,309 4,366 806 J II.S 1.2 5e3 TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Productions Filament yarn...................................mi I. lb. Staple, Incl. tow (rayon).. 88eo .... e .. aae ..........do. 0B Stocks, producers 8 , end of month! FS lament yarn„.„...... ..............................do... Staple, Incl. tow (rayon)..........................do... Men s s apparel, cuttings? Tailored garments; .thous. units. Suits Overcoats and topcoats*......„..„.»..... •••••••••do... Coats (separate), dress and sport....... Trousers (separate), dress and sport. e s s •••••••••do... Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport... ...thous. doz. ........ TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT TRUCK TRAILERS, SHIPMENTS s Complete tra11ers and chassis......................number. VanSe.eee9a.e.$..Q.ee9.eee«eeo0seeee«esee.aa.a.essaOO..« Trailers and chassis (detachable), sold separate8y...do... rj Revised. USC0MM-DC—16158 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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