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April 25, 1969 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS iwrtrinii! 1957-59 = 1 1957-59 = 100 220 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index] 210 200 190 180 Monthly 170 l 1966 l i t l t 1 I i i I 1967 I I I I J L I 1968 J FMAMJ 1969 J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1200 - (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) ~~ A 1,000 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 Monthly 0 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1966 L_ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1967 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 i i . i 1 i . . . • J FMAMJ 1969 1968 J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1957-59 = 100 250 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 100 250 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 200 H 200 150 -i 150 100 Monthly 50 I • • • i i I • i 1966 I I I 1967 I I I I—I I I I I I I L-J I I I I I l i ' ' l 1968 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. ^Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected L_J 1969 I L_-L_ J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1969 ITEM Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Mar 0 29 Apr. 5 Apr e 12 Apr. 19 WHOLESALE PRICES9 22 COMMODITIES 2/....... 1957-59=100„, 96.7 96.1 104.4 104.1 105.3 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES ................. Nondurable goods stores e . ............. ,mil0 $». . „do0... 6,666 4,593 6,308 4,200 6,798 4,457 7,165 4,946 6,558 4,364 168 1,253 1,174 241 165 1,197 1,123 259 158 1,278 1,200 189 171 1,275 1,197 168 187 174 227 46,647 52,570 25,434 406 46,901 55,230 26,090 527 49,471 55,408 26,593 234 49,526 55,478 26,695 257 49,766 58,387 26,572 191 49,863 58,072 26,575 105 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij 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.... 77,973 48,908 205,294 27,162 67,109 29,552 78,803 81,891 48,650 223,706 26,073 75,269 32,627 81,332 48,337 223,764 25,541 75,327 32,656 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2/„......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand.& Poor's) J*/....1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks. .do.... 6.52 95.67 104.37 205,880 26,606 67,859 29,453 6= 52 96.81 105.62 79,484 48,667 221,275 24,813 75,047 32,590 7*23 100.39 109.55 7.23 100.78 110.06 7.21 101.02 110.40 1,907 23,042 153,981 9,281 2,893 155.3 13o9 1,916 23,235 242,791 9,304 2,915 156.5 1^7_ 1,857 25,525 175,168 9,185 2,828 151.8 14.4 1,798 24,967 202,474 9,306 2,821 151.4 14.1 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs .thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs. „ .......... ». 0 o Q do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico), 0000 do,.„. FAILURES, INDUSTo AMD C O M m C I A L (Dun & Bradstreet) do.... FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/. . o . ........ Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total jj Member bank reserve balances 3/„ Excess reserves, estimated 2d * PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2J'Electric power, by utilities.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/» Steel, raw. Index of production. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES..... mil. $.. do.... do.... do„ „.'. .thous. sh. tons.. ....mil. kw.-hr.. .........number.. .....thous. bbl.. , thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. ,, bil.. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price MONTHLY ).G 1. Ac: 1,854 26,144 226,707 9,085 2,826 151.7 14o9 2/ Daily average. 1±/ Wednesday data. 106.0 C.-LO 100.63 109.94 210,476 2,800 150.3 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec, Jan. Feb. Mar. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): CONSTRUCTION AM) REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PLAMJING (Engineering News-Record) l/.......................mil. $.. NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (private and public).............thous.. Privately owned...................................do.... Total nonfarm (private and public)..................do.... Privately owned...................................do...„ Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only)„...................do.... Total nonfarm (private only)........................do.... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total.......„„„„.„.„...............................thous.. One-family structures„..„.........................do.... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities..............................1933=100.. Atlanta...........................................do.... New York............. 0............................do.... San Francisco.....................................do...„ St. Louis „... .do „... Associated General Contractors (bldg. only)-...1957-59=100.. E. H. Boeckh and Associates Inc 3 : Average, 20 cities: All types combined. .do.... Apartments, hotels, office buildings............do.... Commercial and factory buildings................do.... Residences,, .................................... .do.... r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Feb. 1968 and Jan. 1969 are for 5 weeks; 6376 17,910 18,014 19,520 17,974 20,310 20,272 24,327 20,578 20,811 22,199 5,040 3,930 5,461 4,405 3,617 4,690 87.2 84.6 85.3 82.8 128.6 126.6 126.0 123.9 99.8 96.4 98.9 95.5 rl05.8 rl01.5 rl04.5 rl00.2 r94.2 r89.5 r93.2 r88.5 132.7 128.4 131.4 127*1 1,537 1,499 1,511 1,479 1,507 1,492 rl,878 rl,845 rl,673 rl,651 1,539 1,522 1,394 724 1,416 728 1,463 736 1,403 671 rl,477 r685 1,370 678 938 1,033 1,044 943 923 134 940 1,047 1,044 943 923 135 1,007 1,111 1,099 1,013 971 143 1,015 1,125 1,105 1,035 978 145 1,026 1,138 1,113 1,047 990 146 1,032 1,151 1,117 1,057 996 346 146.2 148.0 145.7 344.9 147.5 149.2 346.9 346.4 134.6 135.5 134.9 132.4 other months, 4 weeks. 134.1 135.1 134.6 131.6 . • a . • . • 3i£.l 143.1 341.1 • e • 0 . 0 e 146.3 144.5 343.2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 1968 1969 ITEM Febo Mare Dec Jan. Febo Mar, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES—Con. Engineering News-Record: Building0....... ......................... .1957-59=100. Construction. ................ o.........do... Federal Home Loan Banks, outstanding advances to member institutions, end of period......................mil. $. 131.8 146.5 132.5 147.0 143.1 158.0 145.0 160.0 146.O 161.7 --147.9 *162.9 4,348 4,269 5,259 5,357 5,298 5,331 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROUS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): Total, seasonally adjusted...........................thous. Mining...............................................do... Contract construction...............................do... Manufacturing. .....•.•.•...'....'.............. .do... Durable goods.....................................do... Nondurable goods...................................do... 67,600 608 3,388 19,612 11,514 8,098 67,656 609 69,310 638 3,387 19,974 11,724 8,250 r69,620 r644 r3,380 r20,005 rll,803 r8,202 r69,955 r646 r3,491 r20,054 rll,8ll r8,243 p70,102 p647 P3,428 p20,118 pll,858 p8,260 Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc...do... Wholesale and retail trade..........................do... Wholesale trade....................................do... Retail trade .do... Finance, insurance, and real estate. .do... Services............................................do... Government .do... Federal...... s . .do... State and local. .do... 4,342 13,920 3,619 10,301 3,304 10,405 12,021 2,721 9,300 3,311 10,415 12,053 2,718 9,335 4,400 14,271 3,725 10,546 3,442 10,755 12,443 2,715 9,728 r4,390 rl4,442 r3,746 rl0,696 x-3,462 n o , 792 rl2,505 2,760 r9,745 r4.418 rl4,473 r3,768 rlO,705 r3,474 rl0,849 rl2,550 r2,764 r9,786 p4,448 pl4,503 P3,786 pl0,717 P3,483 pl0,871 P12.604. p2,759 P9,845 PRODUCTION WORKERS (MFG. PAYROLLS), TOTAL, seas. adj....do.., Durable goods industries. .....................do.., Nondurable goods industries...........................do.., LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING' ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total.........mo. rate per 100 employees, Separation rate, total. .do.., Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total...............................do... New hires«oo.ooo..o.ocoooooo.oooo.ooo.o...........do.•, Separation rate, total. .do... 14,393 8,382 6,011 14,386 8,371 6,015 14,663 8,535 6,128 rl4,692 r8,604 r6,088 rl4,738 r8,6l6 r6,122 Pl4,778 p8,656 p6,122 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.0 3.8 r4.6 r4>5 P3< P3< 4o5 3.3 4.7 2.5 1-4 4.1 3.4 4.6 .2.4 1.2 4.7 3.8 4.0 2.5 1.0 r4.9 r3.9 r4.6 r2.7 rl.l P4.6 P3.7 P4.7 73,462 51,056 166 48,952 11,384 73,462 23,040 21,195 41,211 72,892 52,127 672 49,691 10,131 72,892 22,614 21,133 41,490 78,972 56,614 188 52,937 10,026 78,972 23,473 21,807 45,510 77,635 55,892 862 52,127 10,025 77,635 24,295 23,124 44,170 77,849 55,857 744 52,275 10,025 77,849 23,909 22,801 43,992 78,772 55,163 1,148 52,405 10,025 78,772 23,289 21,588 44,232 27.6 24.4 22.0 22.7 22.8 22.7 11,882 10,484 10,367 10,367 10,367 10,367 181.4 40.3 141.1 185.8 7.2 182.0 40.7 141.2 rl99< 43« 155. 202. 4. rl92.4 43.4 149.0 201.6 6.6 192.7 43.7 149.0 202.0 4.5 rl93< 43« 150. 202 c rl93.8 43.9 149.9 201.0 194.2 44.1 150.1 y U l t . . • • • • o o o o o a o e a a . o . . . e e . . . o . « . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iiayOI I o o o o o o . o o o o o o o o o o o o o o . . o . o o o o o o o o o . dO • . . o o o o o . o o . dO o o « 3,330 19,607 11,495 8,112 4,332 13,999 3,632 10,367 p2.8 pl.O FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total.......................................mil. $. Reserve bank credit outstanding, total.............. do... Discounts and advances...................... .do... U.S. Government securities.............. 0........ .do.'.'. Gold certificate reserves................'.'.'........'.do... Liabilities, total...................................'.do... Deposits, total. do Member-bank reserve balances...........'...'. „..... .do.'.'. Federal reserve notes in circulation...... do... Ratio of gold certificate reserves to FR note liabilities. .. .percent. GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U.S., end of month..... • ooo.o.• .Tim., MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply. .........bil. Currency outside banks............................do. Demand deposits. ........„...„., ...........do. Time deposits adjusted...... ...........do. U.S. Government demand deposits.......... ...........do. Adjusted for seas, variation; Total money supply. ...........do. Currency outside banks............................do. Demand deposits ...........do. Time deposits adjusted................... ...........do. SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: Estimated gross proceeds, total.......... .mil. $. By type of security: Bond and notes, total................ ....do... Corporate.......................... ....do... Common stock......................... ....do... Preferred stock...................... ....do... By type of issuer: Corporate, total..................... ....do... Manufacturing...................... ....do... Extractive (mining)..............'.. ....do...' Public utility.... „. ....do... Railroad........................... ....do..o Communication......'.............. ..•.do... Financial and real estate.......... ....do..., Noncorporate, total. ....do.'.., U.S. Government.................... ....QO 0 . . , State and municipal. ....do..., U 199.2 44.3 154.9 202.5 4.8 182.7 40.7 141.9 185.2 183.4 41.1 142.2 186.7 193.1 43.4 149.6 204.3 8,072 5,069 3,812 4,227 4,056 7,845 1,382 169 5& 4,628 1,359 295 145 3,330 1,572 464 19 3,774 1,570 386 67 3,259 1,224 725 72 1,608 570 50 562 47 148 64 6,464 4,719 1,134 1,799 777 42 456 13 86 105 3,270 418 1,363 2,055 651 104 319 9 41 522 1,758 377 1,138 2,023 413 148 627 13 186 205 2,204 427 1,244 2,021 516 265 315 26 56 243 2,035 443 974 18 r/ Revised, JD/ Preliminary. * Index as of Apr. 1, 1969: Building, 149.9J construction, 164.3. Digitized for6376 FRASER 200.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1969 ITEM Feb. Dec. Mar. Jan. Feb. Mar. FINANCE--Con. SECURITY" MARKETS: BONDS: Prices (Stand. & Poor's Corporation): Industrial, utility, and railroad (AAA issues): Composite............................dole per $100 bond Domestic municipal (15 bonds)........................do.. Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's)......................percent By rating: Aaa. .do.. Aa ..do.. A........... ...do.. Baa. do.. By group: Industrials......................................do.. Public utilities.................................do.. Railroads........................................do.. Domestic municipal, Standard & Poor's Corporation (15 bonds)...........................dol. per $100 bond STOCKS: Dividend yields, preferred stocks, 10 high-grade (Standard & Poor's Corporation)............. „.percent. PRICES: Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks)............... 1941-43=10o Industrial, total (425 stocks).......... .do... Capital goods (130 stocks) do.. Consumers' goods (181 stocks)................do.. Public utility (55 stocks) .do.. Railroad (20 stocks). .do.. Banks: New York City (9 stocks) .do.. Outside New York City (16 stocks) do.. Fire and casualty insurance (16 stocks) ..do.. Shares listed, New York Stock Exchange, end of month: Market value, all listed shares .bil. $ Number of shares listed .millions 77.5 94.8 76.9 92.7 72.8 72.3 88.0 71.8 86.4 70.6 83.7 6.40 6.42 6.80 6.89 6.93 7.11 6.10 6.27 6.41 6.80 6.11 6.28 6.43 6.85 6.45 6.66 6.85 7.23 6.59 6.73 6.93 7.32 S5 95 13 51 6.31 6.36 6.65 6.33 6.39 6.67 6.72 6.85 6.97 6.78 7.02 6.98 02 23 16 4.39 4.56 4c91 4.95 5.10 5.34 5.65 5.2 5.93 5.93 5.94 6.09 90.75 98.33 98.13 77.99 65.61 42.35 89.09 96.77 96.32 77.49 62.62 41.68 106.48 116.01 111.44 91.91 70.54 55.19 102.04 110.97 IO6.56 IOI.46 110.15 105.47 54.78 99.30 108.20 103.73 86.69 66.07 50.46 38.46 70.66 56.61 38.38 70.59 53.31 50.99 99.19 98.30 49.49 92.57 95.51 49.52 94.50 r96.80 46.10 90.89 88.29 564*15 11,796 568.51 11,897 692.34 13A96 689.24 13,326 654.51 13,448 672.59 13,657 87.69 68.65 54.11 87.93 69.24 TJ Revised. 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