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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, 1941-43 = 10 100

90

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PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ,. .. Mo"fhl\ (daily avg. close)

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MOTOH VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly (cars, trucks, coaches; U. S. plants)

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STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and steel for costings)

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2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1

ITEM

COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Ai 1 commodities 1947-49^100..

22 commodities 2/ . . e«e..do...8 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ....do....

State programs (50 States and Puerto Rico)...........do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & BRADSTREET)..number.. FINANCES

Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total J3/.. ..do....

Reporting member banks (of FsReSystem) In leading cities^/

Loans and investments (adjusted), total............do....

Commercial and industrial loans (gross)8ee.ee9ae.do....

Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/..e.e.percent,. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand* & Poor's) ±/BS I94!~43«l0ee

PRODUCTION:

FREIGHT CARL0ADINGS, TOTAL. ....thous. cars..

1961

Feb. 18

84.3 115

477 3,662 3,422 374

31,930 28,086 18,844

642

*IH*I24 31,120 31,517 12,775

4.60 61.92 65.45

1,222 14,567 97,919 7,167

1,582 84.9 502 264

Feb. 25

*I20.0 *90.0 *II0.5 *I28.1 84.4 S22

434 3,660 3,409 348

31,857 28,232 19,045

725

110,549 30,681 31,477 12,780

4.58 62.36 65.90

1,103 14,490 121,817 7,207

1,582 84.9 468 252

1962

Feb. 3

"mil 114

347 2,979 2,466 345

32,792 29,678 19,757

530

64,362 30,640 118,531 34,475 31,992 13,420

4.70 68.84 72.77

1,373 16,440 162,379 7,406

2,446 !3i.3 549 294

Feb. SO

IS9.5 89.3 109.5 127.8 84.2 118

350 2,902 2,398 313

32,776 29,873 19,698

456

63,445 30,794 117,866 33,914 32,038 13,415

4.70 70.42 74.50

1,362 16,468 152,650 7,479

2,446 131.3 542 288

Feb. 17

119.4 89.7 109.4 127.6 83.4 122

308

412

32,888 29,791 19,520

497

63,07! 30,899 117,877 33,564 32,117 13,452

4.70 70.42 74.42

1,405 16,266 159,540 7,471

2,454 131.7 538 286

Feb. 24

119.3 89.3 109.1 I27e5 83.4

SO°*°3Q9

32,870 29,913 19,534

493

4.70 70.32 74.29

160,101

2,405 129.1

U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday prices. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Feb. 1961.

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

ITEM

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (DUN & BRADSTREET, INC.):

do.... do.... do....

Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns..

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

Construction cost indexes, The American Appraisal Co.:

Construction cost index (E. H„ Boeckh and Assoc Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, and office buildings:

do.... ates):

1926-29=100..

do....

I960

December

1,353

110 245 231 637 130

78,971

3,579 28,104 18,878 20,199 8,211

63.4

731 806 796 691 710

315.1 302.4 296.8

1961

January

1,404

121 219 228 685 151

81,520

4, 128 11,231 26,111 28,688 11,362

61.1

732 ! 806

808 691 710

1 315.6 302.5 296.4

October

1,446

118 221 217 731 159

70,257

3,485 14,583 17,930 21,524 12,735

69.5

748 819 821 715 722

323.4 308.6 300.0

November

1,335

122 206 258 624 125

119,214

5,070 18,883 35,237 23,494 36,530

63.8

747 815 819 r7U 731

323.3 308.5 299.9

December

1,278

104 215 232 606 121

65,489

3,453 16,743 19,723 18,361 7,209

63.6

747 815 815 711 731

323.8 308.9 300.1

1962

January

1,447

114 231 213 749 140

111,827

8,858 19,017 44,289 28,886 10,777

62.9

748 824 825 711 733

324.5 309.6 300e5

r/ Revised. 5305


MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3

ITEM

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Cosrr 1 nued

Construction cost index (E. H. Boeckh & Associates}™—Cone

Average, 20 cities—Continued Commercial and factory buildings?

Brick and concrete.e.os.„.»«B.eeU.S. avg. \926-29=100os Brick and steel,,,,,.,,,,,.^^^.,,,,,..,,,.,,,,,,.^.... Brick and wood*........ 9e<B«90eeos>15,8 e a 9 S O« ...... ffl0. do....

O T © Q l e e e 9 s e e a e « e e e e e e s e s » e e a e » o s e e e e e s e e 9 e e « e e e e e Q O . s » e

Residences:

FINANCE

AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.:

Farm mortgage loanss - Federal land banks.. ...do.,..

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE:

Rece 1 pts, net e :, .,, e« : t e,. c ,e«>do,«te

Other Internal revenue and rece«pts.•••••••••••••••do....

Expenditures, tota!8e..s......e....., 8 e e s e d o e e e e

All other expenditures..........s„ ...... do....

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

RaiIroads (class 1): Financial operations;

Operating revenues, total ••••••••••••••••••mi 1. $••

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

STOCKS, COLD STORAGE, END OF MONTH;

Eggs:

VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil:

Corn oi1:

Cottonseed cake and mea1:

Cottonseed oi J:

Linseed oi1:

Soybean cake and meaJ:

Soybean ol1:

Tobacco, manufactured products:

Consumption (withdrawals): C i garettes, sma i1:

Manufactured tobacco and snuff, tax-paid thous. lb..

I960

December

328.2 320.8 298.2 293.0 300.3

298.5 287.1

4,795 2,564 649

1.582

8,751 7,643

80

2,974 3,331 596

1,770

6,847

765 438

A 917 1,638

r731.6 r588.2

60.7 697.2 r34.8

76.8 332.6 , 423

183.5 12.4 170.2 301 160

76 64

230

46.2

24.2

287.5 197.8

205.8

26.1

883.7 102.3

414,2

12,380

2,997 33,793

365 12,372

1961

January

329.0 320.8 298.2 292.2 300.1

298.2

286.5

4,851 2,581 675

1.595

5,537 4,846

82

3,198 534 348

1,375

6,470

775 444

•*; A Q ^

1,6.12

699.2 584.5 52.8

703.3 d4.1

r76.4 r327.7

r446 r169.6

rl2.4 r200.7

r304 rl72

80

54 204

50.6

25.6

309.8 227.2

223.8

33.3

891.6 130.0

418.7

14,456

3,083 38,916

475 13,991

October

337.9

326.5 302.5 295.1 302.3

302.3 289.3

5,313 2,800 679

1.834

3,81 1 3,141

105

1,614 408 241

1,443

7,796 713 438

A c\fn 2,587

843.3 721.0 47.4

753.7 89.7

230.7

490.5 397

182.7 19.7

136.4 550 382

145 86

207

45.7

28.2

341.2 96.7

256.0

34.0

838.7 62.4

396.9

16,098,

3,732 45,361

605 15,010

November

337.8 326.5 302.4 295.1 302.2

302.2 289.2

5,252 2,812

695 1.745

8,007 6,424

106

4,891 377

1,266 1,368

7,485 740 437

A 9S^ 2,055

799.6 681.1 47.2 728.1 71.5

223.7 470.6 486

212.2 18.4 193.0 489 318

83 70 207

43.2

28.3

347.5 85.8

259.7

39.5

888.0 62.9

417.7

13,909

3,342 42,568

666 13,905

December

338.3 326.9 302.5 295.3 302.5

302.4 289.3

5,277 2,828 697

1.752

8,980 7,967

88

3,363 3,322 505

1,70!

7,160 781 p47l

nl 9ft S

pi,809

77068 626.4 60.3

713.7 57.2

r224.8 r472.9

r485 r2ll.4

17.6 r200.I

r432 r263

r39 61

r!97

39.1

27.7

r286.8 81.5

r2l0.4

32.1

895.4 99.3

417.9

11,348

3,063 33,260

367 11,526

1962

January

338.8 327.5 303.0 295.7 303.1

302.8 289.7

5,320 2,848 716

1.757

5,959 5,357

100

3,570

466 353

1,470

7,395

803 p47I

nA 9Rft

PU9I8

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«*»»•••« .»«•••••

241.0 453.1 482

I 195.6 15.6

208.3 408 253

29 49 175

38.0

1 28.4

299.1 84.9

219.1

33.3

1 946.7 101.4

442.4

r7 Revised, p/ Preliminary. £/ Deficit, 5305


IONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued

ITEM

METALS AND MANUFACTURES

0thous0 sh3 tons0 PSG IRON, production CexcSo ferroalloys) STEEL INGOTS AMD STEEL FOR CASTINGSs

P R O D U C T 1 O N o .o o o o o oo o o o a o o c o o . O OO Oo = o o . o o o o o o o o o o o o o. . d O . „o

1 n d e X e e e a o o o o e s s e e e s o c o s a o s o o s o Q a o s o s a o o s o a c l 9 5 7 - 5 9 = I 0 0 3

Steel forgings Cfor saSe)s Orders, unfilled, end of fnonth000000oOBooothous0 shD tons0 ShIpmeOtS, totSI a e o e o e, e. o o o o o 0 o © o o ® o ® o o a e o o o © a o e o e o o o ® d O 0 s 0

Drop and upset,9»o.»eoo<io1.8o»<,o<,S8o,o»<1Soo6o.51)»88do,00 Cans (tinplate), shipments (tons of metal consumed^ total

for sale and own us800ooo00oooooooooo0thousffl shs tonse F O O d . . o o a . . . . . . « o . . Q « o o . o . o o o o o o o o . o o . o o o . o o o o o o o . . d O B O o

ShSpmefltS f o r S a l e . . » o . . . 0 . 0 o o o o o o o o o e o o o . 0 o o o o o Q o o . . d 0 . o o Furnaces, Industrial, new orders, net?

E l e C t r I C p r O C e S S l n g . . . . . o o « o o o o o o o . o o o o o o o a a o o < > o o o o m l I • $ o

Fuel-f I red (except for hot rolling s^ee\)ooooaooooQQ06o€>QQ

MACHINE TOOLSi Metal cutting toolss Orders, new (net), total Ooooo0o0 oSOO 69.o„o».oo»oe8!loeeo

D O m e S t 5 C o o o o s o o o o o o o o e o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o c o s o o o e d O a o o

S h I p m e n t S , t o t a S o o o s o o e o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o e o o o o o o o o C f O o e a

D O m e S t I C 9 e o ® e o o o e G o o o o o o o s o o o o o o o o o o e> o o e o a o G o o o o ® d O e 0 o

Es t Ima ted b a c k l o g „ . , t o < D o o t n o o o o o o n o o o t s r n o n t h s 0

Meta l f o r m i n g t o o l s ? O r d e r s , new ( n e t ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o o o o o o o o . o o o o o o o o o o o n » i U $o S h i p m e n t s . . . . . . . , . . o o • . o. o o o •«.« 0 . < . o . • * « » o » o o o , o • o • » d o . « 0

Es t Ima ted back I o g „ „ « . . o 0 . . . o . . . . . . « . • • o . o o o o « 0 . * 9 m o n t h s 0

RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS

Pneumat ic casSngss Prod iJc t lon 0 6 e @ s s e o«,© a O Q oo 0 oooooooothouSs Shspments, t o t a f e @ a <>> ® e o o 0 0 o 0 o o o o o o ® d o e c G

Or i g ! n a I e q u I p m e n t . . . . . . . . . D . . . . . . d o * . . Stocks, end of month...0.00ee„..„..do.••

Inner tubes? Production...QOOOoooo0c000000OOCo0Bo«0ooodoo0o S h I pments oOG,SoSOo0OoSooooooooOOooOoooooeodo8OO Stocks, end of fflonth,8,836„6,,o6ooo0(1«)8«»do8oo

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

COTTONs U Consumpt Ion••.••••..••••••.•••..,«•• Manufacturesi Spindle activity (cotton system splndles)i Active spindles, last working day......... Consuming 100 percent cottona...0S69eeSe

Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total. Average per working day9oe..99sooeseoB

Consuming 100 percent cotton.............

TRANSPORTATION EQU S PMENT

I960 I96S

thouSe baleSo

aethouss s f f l 0dQ. 0 0

11 IIons* 08edo6,0

seodoos.

Motor vehicles? Registrations? 2/ New passenger cars-.... Foreign carsee.eess.

New commercial cars80<s

sesthouse asa9doase

s.Bedoooe

December January

3,841

5,840 70.8

268 90 64

346 196 298

1.2

47.4S 29 8 45 48 @ 60 33 e 00

4 e 3

I L 5 5 S2075

4 0 3

8 ,804 7 ,650 3,087

27 ,540 2 , 9 1 3 2 ,817

11,034

r7!9

19,085 17,471 10,253

410 9,426

544.3 32.3 7362

4,039

6,416 7758

266 95 69

289 171 237

4.5

35®75 20o95 36Q95 25.10 4.3

20s35 8.55 5e0

9,221 9,130 2,449

27,682 3,208 5,076 9,394

r635

19,022 17,450 8 ,760

438 8,051

413 .6 2 5 . 6 6 2 . 3

October

6 ,330

9 P I 7 3 S S 1.2

282 110 84

451 294 367

1.4

47.30 28*55 45.15 28.35

5e7

9 S I0 11.00

2 e 7

11,150 I I ,109 3,429

24,195 3,560 3,435 9,096

716

19,089 17,313 9,685

484 8,782

549.6 32.5 82.9

November

6 ,105

8,746 !0955

r282 110 82

345 r 2 0 3

292

2S6

51.95 39,80 48.10 32.20

5S5

S2095 ISo00

2 a 9

10,329 9,739 3,841

24,916 3,232 2 ,903 9,458

875

19,017 17,205 11,872

475 10,753

557.9 28 .9 81.6

December

6,400

664

19,009 17,181 8,875

444 8,019

525.7 24 a2 79o0

1962

January

6 ,833

9 ,569 U 6 a 0

307 104 78

343 200 289

0 9 2 . 1

r44 r a65 r 3 3 s 5 0 r 5 7 0 2 5 r 3 9 . 5 5

r 4 0 8

r ! 2 o 6 0 M 3 . 5 5

2 0 8

10,483 9 ,176 3,689

26 ,367 3 ,002 2 , 8 8 8 9 ,784

10,353 125*5

o o o o e o o o

o © s B O o o e

o o o o o o o o

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

o o o . o o o o

U 9 5 .8

p42 .40 p34 s70 p42e85 p30 e40

p4 s 8

p !4 a 75 p !0 9 50

p3 a 0

eooos.000 o o o f a e e o ®

0 0 0 0 8 9 . 9

o o o o o o o e

o o o o o e s o

o a o o o o o o

868

18,971 17,120 11,661

466 10,513

£, / Revised*, j > / P r e l i m i n a r y . ±/ Data f o r Dec. I960 , Nov« 1961, and Jan e 1962 cover 5 weeks; o t h e r months , 4 weeks. 2/ Cou r t esy o f R9

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