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^TMENTOPc September 29, 1961 STATISTICS 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 Index, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10 90 index, I 9 4 I - 4 3 » I 0 90 Monthly (daily avg. close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) 80 80 70 60 / 50 _1_L_J L l - J L-L-LJLJUyJ J F M A M J J A S O N D Thousands 000 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 800 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants) |*^^% — \ r\J\ 600 400 \ 1 200 0 1 „L_JL„.LJL_J 1 L_JL-L_J-J ,„! \ ,i ' J , , , ! ' 1958 i, ,,! \,,'! f 1 i ' S959 I i—JL_±„J[—L_J —1 1 > ' Index , 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100 135 CONSUMER PRICES » L I » \ I ^ L J 1969 I960 Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS' - S30 2.0 Ail !#e>ms 1.5 125 120 - f\ IS5 i l M l h l M L 1958 1.0 Food °-°tKVeA> ^ i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 I I II 1 ) 1 1 I1I ,11 1 11 1 I I 1 111 1959 1960 S96S 0 u iii iIi J 1958 I ii ii i I i ii ii I i S959 I960 at c I I I I i I I I I 1 1961 40 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 196! ITEM Sept. 17 Sept. 24 84.3 150 1,786 1,591 305 *l 19.2 *87.7 * 108.1 *127.9 83.6 148 1,734 1,571 321 32,291 28,036 18,582 821 32, 171 28,189 18,633 519 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 Commodity prices, wholesale: State programs (50 States and, in 1961, Puerto Rico)..do.... Failures, indust. and commercial (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. F inance: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 47.....do.... 84.9 154 2, 164 1,587 321 32,474 28,447 19,169 602 118.7 87.6 108.0 127.3 85.1 150 118.7 86.9 108.2 127.4 85.1 129 2, 164 1,587 275 32,663 28,931 19, 1 17 545 1 18.6 87.8 107.6 127.2 84*4 292 337 32,836 29,052 19,197 32,775 29,251 19,450 588 579 Reporting member banks (or F.R.System) in leading cities:j>/ 61,950 Loans and investments (adjusted), to+aI,,,,,,,,,,..,do,... Commercial and industrial loans (gross),..........do.,.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 4/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) J5/...1941-43=10., 29, 1 10 114,301 33,464 3!,476 13,061 61,791 29,079 114,270 33,321 31,548 13,058 63,341 29,110 !15,106 33,171 31,728 13,10! 4.75 68,01 71.76 106,865 27,855 31,509 12,874 108,14! 28,357 31,770 12,877 4.57 55.40 58.60 4.58 54.57 57.69 4,74 67.81 71,57 4,74 68.46 72.27 1,388 14,298 106,517 6,847 1,391 14,556 140,440 6,877 1,381 16,214 115, 156 7,051 1,441 15,838 102,497 7, 162 1,462 15,869 81,578 7, II 1 1,510 81.1 599 298 1,547 83.0 618 314 2,030 109.0 599 310 2,032 109.1 5!3 262 2,032 109.1 594 297 .,.«»».« s-asases »«,..».» ........ 4,74 66.96 70.53 Production: I ndex of product i on 1957-59-100.. ....,.., 92,678 2 , 1 i4 1 13.5 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ In addition to State programs, includes the following: Railroad; UCFE (Federal employees); UCX (ex-servicemen); and, effective with week of April 15, 1961, TEC (temporary extended compensation). Also effective with week of April 15, 1961, includes persons under extended duration provisions. 4/ Daily average. 57 Wednesday data; figures for member banks in leading cities are on revised basis. * Monthly index for September I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS I960 1961 ITEM July GENERAL BUSINESS August May June July August INDICATORS 14,709 15,028 16,371 16,418 r14,483 15,079 1,315 128 217 228 621 121 1,545 123 255 269 731 167 1,403 123 222 218 696 144 1,275 ill 196 223 633 112 1,604 5,1 16 97,594 5,940 27,874 33,097 22,556 8,127 80,471 6,798 19, 162 18,944 24,776 10,791 83,828 8,762 12,500 26,590 27,192 8,784 69,168 3,946 13,786 14,881 27,304 9,251 102,693 6,358 27,716 26,175 79,384 13,060 1947 -49=100.. 126.6 126.6 127.4 127.6 128.1 *I28,0 ...do.... ...do.,.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 129.9 124.2 130.1 124.1 1 17.6 I 19.9 II 1.0 150.3 131.0 124.9 117.7 120.2 110.8 152.5 131.2 125.2 118.0 120.4 1 1 1.2 152.7 131.4 125.7 1 18.7 121. 1 1 1 1.5 152.8 131.6 175 6 ...do.... ...do.... ...do..;. ...do.... 109.1 120.6 115.8 134.4 1 10.8 131.3 124.8 104. I 141.8 109.3 120. 1 116.6 127.3 1 1 1.3 j 131.5 124.9 1 103.5 109.6 120.7 117.5 132.2 108.7 132.2 126.2 103.5 143.4 109.6 120.9 1 17.3 135.4 107.4 132.4 126.3 103.9 143.5 109.9 122.0 118.0 138.2 107.8 132.4 125,6 103.6 143.6 109 9 121.2 NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.). .number.. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.): .number.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... of dol.. ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 1, 146 102 192 173 573 106 61,732 3,993 11,073 21,080 20,470 129 262 260 789 164 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL ITEMS Special group indexes: Dairy products, o s o e e e a,*.,, ...do.... ...do.... r_l Revised. * Index based on 1935-39=100 is 214,0. 5086 1 17.7 120.0 1 1 I.I 150.0 ! 1 141.9 1 18 4 120 8 1119 153.0 1 18,5 132.4 108 4 132.3 125 6 103 2 143.6 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-Continued 3 i96i i960 ITEM July August May June July August COMMODITY PRICES - Continued CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - Continued Med i ca 1 care 156.4 133.4 121.6 145.9 134.2 198.9 132.2 156.7 133.8 121.9 146.2 134.4 199.3 132.4 160.4 133.8 123.9 146.6 134.2 206.5 133.1 160.9 J33.9 123.5 147.7 135.3 207.3 133.1 161.2 134.3 124.1 148.3 135.9 208.5 133.6 161.4 134.2 124,4 149,3 136,8 209. 1 133.6 79.0 79.0 78.5 78.4 78. 1 *78. 1 118.3 1 14.3 135.1 130.3 130.7 126.6 138.3 r132,4 r 127.9 r 124.7 129.2 126,1 116.6 112.6 133.0 128.2 128.3 124.2 135.3 r129.4 r 125.5 r122.3 126.3 123.2 1,227.0 1,209.0 1,355.0 1,335,0 1,291.0 1,268.0 rl,381.0 rl,351.0 r1,338,0 rl,313.0 1,317.0 1,291.0 **61,498 **30,236 **l0,364 **4,002 **2,444 ***59,825 ***30,890 ***!0,5I2 ***4,183 ***2,720 58,011 36,606 12,000 3,839 2,380 60,315 38,119 11,783 4,282 2,826 88,703 1,696 7,357 82,410 1,808 8,413 98,232 1,841 8,457 100,764 1,969 8,897 90,865 1,148 8,778 13,53! 7,648 112,629 110,367 25,300 30,612 14,523 8,232 121,499 148,282 26,082 33,127 15,786 6,796 98,426 148,430 25,905 36,309 14,690 9,536 96,978 139,063 24,57! 33,490 14,918 6,061 94,414 125,740 24,263 32,952 43,686 127,911 r43,233 3,993 54,943 131,653 48,077 5,000 54,576 154,395 41,483 5,271 r45,986 139,190 41,799 5,635 44,201 139,675 41,588 4,218 r23,168 r23,626 3,281 25,861 25,826 3,503 22,326 21,409 7, 182 22,500 23,068 6,592 22,388 22,588 6,354 171,028 366,440 189,745 371,582 240,997 309,483 r196,278 r382,902 15,7,734 427,345 9. 126 r7,643 r835,795 10,319 9,542 833,699 15,603 10,240 859,477 15,789 11,307 861,575 9,830 7,958 861,841 6,874 5,059 814,039 5,556 4,382 7,285 6,642 812,166 6,594 5,064 12,352 6,779 835,974 6,983 5,199 11,924 7,313 838,410 7,775 5,866 7,256 5,090 839,087 5,455 4,008 217 144 2,774 252 222 2,797 334 317 2,717 526 284 2,922 165 160 2,913 r1,275 r9,050 r 132,298 2,366 4,466 11,464 125,733 17,967 1,979 12,467 156,424 1, 139 1,931 13,413 140,683 914 853 9, 142 134,099 1,787 44.7 47.9 43.9 38.0 45.9 47.0 27.7 29.6 29.5 30.0 26.9 30.7 70.0 189.9 68.6 157.7 138.1 245.5 85.0 196.9 66.6 142.6 68.6 89.4 1947-49-100.. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Pr i vate 1 y owned do.... Seasonally adjusted at annua! rates: Total, inci. farm (private only) do.... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: DDT .....thous. of Formaldehyde (37$ HCHO) „.. e lb.. .do.... Alcohol, ethyl: Withdrawn tax-pa id,*, Alcohol, denatured: do,,.. Superphosphate and other phosphatic fertilizers (100$ p 2 ° 5 ) • FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL): Production,,, 89e thous, of tax gal.. Whisky: Rectified spirits and wines,prod.,tota1..thous. of proof gal.. Wines and distilling materials: Effervescent wines: Sti11 wines: Production....••...•....,...•......•.••..•.,.• Taxab !e withdrawals. do.... do,.,, Distilling materials produced at wineries.............do,.,. VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Corn oil: Cottonseed cake and mea i: jr/ Revised. * index based on 1935-39=100 is 46,7. * * May I960, 5086 *** June I960. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1961 STEM July August May ju ly August FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS—Continued Vegetable oils and related products—Continued Cottonseed o i I : 51.3 Production^ crude,,,,,, , , e 8 , . , 4 , . . . . . . s m i l 0 of lb* Linseed oils I5 C 8 Production, crude Craw) ........o.c..,...,,..,.,..... .do.eo Soybean cake and mea S: 1,441.6 Production............ .•••.,.• • • •. • •. • • •• • - • • * • • • • «.®do 0 .. 251.0 Stocks Cat oii -mills), end of m o n t h e e , e . . o . , . 6 e . . , » s d o , , , Soybean o i I : 350.0 Production, crude. »s...,o.e«o..o<>*«..»«><>e<»<»«»o,,.... .do,.. 2U7 1,484.0 182.0 100,8 60 o 4 48, I 48.9 4!e,7 34,8 33 e 7 37 5.9 ,562.2 425.0 1,469.4 390.6 1,433.6 403.2 1,376.8 342,2 358.5 377.0 I 352,8 345«l 333.9 4,480 4,470 5,646 5,687 5,597 5,764 355.5 253, I 143.0 422.5 261.4 139,7 425.0 295.3 155.7 r423.2 r304.3 159.2 374.3 263.6 139.3 1.5 1.2 I.I 4.4 1,4 6.1 1.2 3.5 42.95 28.35 51.30 41.40 3.9 56.85 42.50 47,90 37.70 4.1 49.60 37.65 57.90 43,95 4.8 61.50 37.80 64.20 42.50 r55.65 r34.90 r49.75 r33.75 r5.0 p56.00 p38.00 D47.95 p33,75 P5.3 555.9 561.5 202.4 570.2 551.8 220.8 591, 583, 261, 558.3 573.0 246.4 554.9 552.7 248.7 585.4 609.3 224,8 657.2 155.9 33.6 419.7 623,7 179.9 171.5 42.0 420.4 646.0 185.9 179,1 40.6 485.9 589.4 165.8 170,7 35.7 446,5 593.6 170,6 163.6 42.7 412.9 618.3 192,2 185,9 48.9 417,4 670.7 562 r684 668 824 540 690 19,222 17,521 7,861 393 7, 153 19,266 17,561 9,418 18,966 17,297 11,259 8,605 19,000 17,346 9,312 466 8,514 450 10,263 18,992 17,279 7,530 376 6,798 19,065 17,270 9,550 478 8,658 53.3 26.9 62.8 65.2 54.8 25.0 65.3 61.0 53.9 30.4 59.9 57.0 52.4 32.5 60.8 56.3 r52.0 32.0 r63. I 58.6 56.4 35.7 59.1 55.3 METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON, production (excI.ferroalSoys).thous of short tons 0 A Iumlnum shIpments: Mill products and pig and ingot (net).», ffl0o ...mlI. of !be Mill products, t o t a l , , 8 „ , 9 , „ , 9 e e s . , „ . , . .........do... Plate and sheet,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,. .........do... Furnaces, Industrial, new orders, nets Electric processing..... e , e e ...................mi I. of do I.. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steei)„..,,,,,,,,,,do, e , MACHINE TOOLS (METAL-CUTTING AND-METAL-FORMING): New orders ( n e t ) , tota I....... os>.............. •.. a •. *odo.... Domestic.„,.,,..............a <,, ,..,,<»....«, c *. 0 . e . ..do..>. Shipments, total•••••••• eea........ .. sea .. ,,.,,,, t ,...do,,, Domest ic,,,,,.,,..,,,,,..,,,,,.,,,.^.,,,..,...,....do,., Estimated backlog (metaS-cutting on ly)..............months. .9 3.3 PAPER A N D PRINTING NEWSPRINT, CANADA (INCLUDING NEWFOUNDLAND)Production.........................< O 0 thous. of short tons. Shipments from mi I Is,............. •..••••.••.••••••••.do,.. Stocks at mills, end of month e o , 0 .,,,,.,,.,.,,..,,,.,.do.,. NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Production...... •••••....•••. •••••••••... •.. ••...... • .do... Shipments from mi I Is,................................ • .do.,. Stocks at mills, end of month...................,.....do,., Consumption by pub Iishers...... ...................... a do. 0 0 Stocks at and in transit t o publishers, end of month.,do,.. TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: ±/ Consumption................................thous. of bales. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton^ system spindles): Active spindles, last working day............thousands. Consuming 100 percent cotton .....do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, totaI.....ml I I ions. Average per working day....••..•••••.....••.•.do... Consuming 100 percent cotton.....••••......•••••do... MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND A C E T A T E ) : Production: of lb, FI Iament yarn,.............. .do,, 3 Staple, incl. tow (rayon)... .do... Stocks, producers 1 , end of m o . Filament yarn.. .do... Staple (rayon). r7 Revised, j ) / P r e l i m i n a r y . USC0MM—DC--5086 ±/ D a t a f o r June 196! cover 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r m o n t h s , 4 w e e k s . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N 25, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FIRST CLASS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 471 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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