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April 28, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFiCE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43=10 120 Index, 1941-43 = 10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL SHOCKS 110 - — 100 110 100 <-v / 90 90 80 80 Monthly (avg. 70 —L™J—1—1—1 „ l 1—1—L_J—1—I 1964 1 ! 1965 o f daily close) 1 » .1, l , r l _ J L J L a — ™J™ 1 1 ,1 -J—1—1 1966 1 i i 70 1 - J FMAMJ 1967 J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59=1 Index, 1957-59=100 200 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. !. seas. a d j . index) — 190 180 r^ 170 - 160 Monthly 150 A 1 1., I —1 I I I - 1 „. I „L 1 1 1 ,J 1964 1.. 1 1 1 1 L ,1 -..i.,.,.1 J — J - I..-J J - L J L - i - J — i i 1966 1965 i i i _ 1 i i i .1 i_ J 1967 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Billion Dollars 80 Milik 2.5 NEW CONSTRUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates) PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS 1~ ^•""N^ 2.0 Total 60 Private 40 Put in Place (Seas, adj., at annual rates) ~ Residt intial (nonfarm 20 i M ix L u x I')I 1964 / 1 1 1 1 1 L l L..LJ -XJ_LlJ.il 1 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 11 1 1,j , u u - L i I M I 1966 1967 0 l i i i i ' i i f i i n i l i i i i i l 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually/this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected 1965 1 I I I I I I LM M I I I I I I 1 1966 1967 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1967 1966 ITEM Apr. 16 Apr. 23 Apr. 1 Apr. 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 22 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/.........,.•.1957-59-100.. 112.9 112.5 98.8 98.4 97.9 97.8 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES.............................mi 1. $.. Nondurable goods stores..••••••.•••••••••••..•••••••.do.... 5,534 3,685 5,599 3,729 6,010 3,944 6,008 4,049 5,946 3,992 289 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs..*.. thous.. Stat® programs C50 States, D 9 C«, and Py@rto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, IMPOST® AMD COMMERCIAL CDurt & Bradstreet)..number.. 161 157 224 251 1,136 1,067 1,080 1,015 1,536 1,469 1,475 1,410 275 252 280 296 208 41,864 43,431 22,403 41,768 43,293 22,627 43,674 46,480 23,319 43,680 46,677 23,391 43,914 46,763 23,173 43,897 47,027 23,578 360 373 377 449 253 490 72,841 47,098 189,065 26,770 61,962 27,131 72,818 47,090 189,490 26,078 61,897 27,081 73,560 46,965 189,084 26,107 61,800 27,095 FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/,a,edo.eoo Assets sod liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Savirigs deposits!31.,,, ; ., ; , ( , I; ,,, 50! ., e ,.„ l)tl , • 74,329 49,327 177,705 24,027 55,153 26,123 do.... U.S. Government obligations.....,................do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)••••••••••do.... 5.16 91.54 98.11 5.16 92.08 98.69 5.4i 90.73 97.35 5.41 89.79 96.24 5.41 88.78 94.98 1,045 20,556 252,504 Petroleum (crude) and condensate .3/...•••••••••thous. bbl.. 8,278 929 20,499 251,881 8,319 2,000 21,583 198,655 8,629 1,795 21,815 200,851 8,615 1,831 21,896 179,722 8,589 2,686 144.2 2,720 146.0 2,434 130.7 2,385 128.0 2,428 130.3 543 327 544 330 538 309 544 313 554 315 Bond vie Ids. domestic corporate (Moody's) ,3/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor s s) 4/.,1941-43*10.. Industrials, 425 stocks.«* a , se «. 9e .«**......« do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous'coal 3>/............••••..• thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by uti1ities eeB ,....••••••.. ee mi1. kw.-hr. s Steel, raw.,••...••......••••.............thous. sh. tons.. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 206,814 2,385 128.0 ±/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: ±/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total..................biI. $ Primary metals .. do.. Transportat ion equ ipment. do.. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. do.. Primary metaIs do.. Transportation equ i pment.•••»...•• do.. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±f New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ...do.. New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods Industries, total.....a,..,,,....,..,do., Pr Imary meta Is •••••• •••••• do.. Transportat 1 on equ I pment..,, do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods Industries, total,.•••••••••.••••....do,. Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total .do.. Pr I mary meta I s •, do.. Transportat I on equ i pment. do.. 5.41 91.94 98.62 Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 22.9 24.0 4.0 6.7 23.0 3.6 6.5 21.4 3.6 5.8 23.1 3.8 6.1 23.7 3.8 6.3 22.4 3.6 6.0 23.2 3.7 6.2 23.7 3.9 6.3 23.1 3.8 5.9 22.7 3.7 5.7 22.9 3.6 5.9 24.6 26.1 22.9 21.6 23.0 23.4 23.7 4.0 6.6 24.9 4.1 6.9 24.0 3.7 6.5 22.1 3.3 5.6 22.2 3.5 5.7 22.2 3.1 6.0 65.5 67.6 75.3 75.5 75.4 75.0 65.1 6.1 27.1 66.8 6.4 27.7 76.4 6.9 32.4 75.4 6.5 32.0 75.0 6.3 32.1 74.3 5.8 32.2 4,748 3,389 1,627 1,315 5,544 3,861 1,873 1,443 5,453 3,840 1,622 1,217 r4,857 r3,307 1,379 1,033 r4,395 r3,035 r 1,232 r935 5, 137 3,416 1,454 1,035 1,266 453 451 91 354 1,452 511 530 92 395 1,579 575 600 99 507 rl,404 r492 r529 96 r394 1,313 474 477 94 r368 95 412 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $ Pr i vate, tota L ....»•••••. do.. Res i dent i a I (nonf arm) , do.. New housing units do.., Nonresidential buildings, total 2/...... I ndustr i a I Commerc ial... ••••... Farm construct i on Public uti I ities jr/ Revised. 19404 do., ......••.do.., do.. do.., • do.., 1/ Data for Mar, 1967 are advance estimates. 2/ Excludes farm and public utilities. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 ITEM 1967 Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. »,359 622 36 52 305 1,683 659 38 69 511 1,613 645 45 60 496 r1,550 r664 46 48 r395 ri,360 r6l3 43 44 r307 78.9 54,3 27.5 19.4 6.6 7.3 79.5 55,1 27.3 20,5 7.1 7.7 69.9 46.9 20.5 18.9 6.2 7.5 r72.9 r48.3 20.7 r20,3 r6.7 r8.1 r72.9 r48.6 r2I.I 20,1 6.9 7.7 1.2 5.5 24.6 9.4 .5 .8 8.2 1.2 5.4 24.4 8.7 .5 1.0 8.6 1.2 5.9 23.1 8.4 .6 .7 8.3 1.2 r5.6 r24.7 r9.4 .6 r.7 r8.2 1.2 r5.7 r24.4 r9.2 .6 .7 r8.2 1.2 5.7 24.8 9.4 .6 118 118 r!23 123 123 123 8,367 4,385 1,145 2,837 8,570 4,477 1,137 2,956 9,452 4,958 1,290 3,205 9,560 4,986 1,323 3,251 9,721 5,036 1,342 3,343 9,937 5,111 1,363 3,463 5,673.0 2,375.6 3,297.4 1,265.1 2,032.3 5,784.6 2,411.7 3,372.9 1,313.6 2,059.3 6,406.5 2,844.6 3,561.9 1,405.1 2,156.8 6,409.I 2,847.3 3,561.8 1,362.2 2,199.6 6,294.9 2,724.7 3,570.2 1,389.5 2,180.7 6,315.9 2,756.6 3,559.3 1,386.8 2,172.5 50.6 105.2 36.8 47.5 32.5 51.3 106.0 37.6 48.5 32.9 56.9 121.8 40.0 53.2 34.2 57.2 124.7 39.4 50.9 34.8 55.6 119.4 39.4 52.6 34.2 54.8 117.2 39.1 51.2 33.9 78, 79, 20. 5, 87.9 96.3 24.2 6.9 4.7 97.3 104.4 36.5 7.5 5.5 96.6 87.1 24.9 7.4 5.3 88.9 85.5 24.5 6.7 4.6 6,340 762 7,193 895 6,744 750 7,013 815 6,929 670 7,909 819 9.83 62 118 9.41 65 123 9.35 49 118 10.03 59 106 10.22 62 114 9.79 64 122 17.02 10.58 881.58 19.82 12.07 886.18 15.20 10.05 880.42 17,20 9.91 885.49 17.20 9.76 888.40 12.49 7,50 842.55 7.10 4.85 15.06 7.87 846.87 8.60 5.81 9.85 6.55 835.46 6.92 3.99 12.73 6.49 839,32 6,49 3.60 13.81 6.81 843.33 6.87 4.26 .79 ,35 3.78 .88 .48 4.14 .96 1.00 3.75 .86 .51 4.01 .86 .43 4.38 2.59 12.42 239.53 4.50 2.58 17.62 225.26 2.82 8.28 14.47 265.10 18.65 3.49 13.43 253.50 8.68 3.14 13.14 239.90 7.44 i, no 1,042 !,460 269 Mar. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. NEW CONSTRUCTION POT IN PLACE (UNADJ.)--Con. Public, "total e e » ee e e» e e * » e • * 9 »e e o ee o e o o o s o 9 a e » , i ee • *Rl? ! , $o Buildings (excl. military) do... Res i dent ial,..,. ••• •••••••••do,.. Mi Htary fact llties do... Highways and streets.•••••••••••• ••••.•••• do,.. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Pr I vate, tot a I... •••.,...••••* ••••do,.. Res i dent ial C nonf arm) ••••• •••••••••••.. • .do,.. Nonresidential buildings, total J./ do... I ndustr ial.. •••••••.•.,»•••..••. .do, • • Commerc ial. ••••• •••••• do.«. Farm construction .••..••••.••..,......do.•• Public uti I ities ....... do... Pub I i c, tota I do... Buildings (excl. military) .. • ••.••..do... Res i dent ial do... Mi l i t a r y f a c i i i t i e s . . , do... Highways and s t r e e t s . . . . » a ,SS9 « J Oi,, SiSi CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF CGMJCRCE COMPOS ITE 1957-59= 100. FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.; Total, end of month. .. mi f. $. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks....... do... Loans to cooperatives •••.»••••. do... Other loans and discounts 98sas>s s e a s do e » # Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Tota I (233 SMSA 's) bil. $. New York SMSA , ..do... f Total 232 SMSA s (except N.Y.) ..do... 6 other leading SMSA's. ••do... 226 other SMSA's. •••.. do. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt,, annua! rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA do,,. Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) ..do... 6 other leading SMSA's....... do... 226 other SMSA's do... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: Miles flown (revenue) . millions. Express and freight ton-miles flown do... Mai I ton-mi les flown do... Passenger or ig inated (revenue) do... Passenger-miles flown (revenue) ...billions. Panama Canal: Total thous,, Ig, tons. In United States vessels. do... Hotels: Average sale per occupied room.,,, dollars. Rooms occupied........ % of total. Restaurant sales index same mo, 1951= 100. . ?2j 711 44 491 73,3 48.5 21.1 ,.,.,•, e e'e e » z e 8.2 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, TOBACCO DISTILLED SPIRITS (TOTAL): Production mil. tax gal, Taxable withdrawaIs ..do,,, # Stocks, end of month..#••••••,,.•«.., ..••••..do,,. Whisky: Product i on., , do.,, Taxab Ie withdrawa Is , ,,• do... Stocks, end of month,,. do.,. Rectified spirits and wines, prod,, total,,,.,mi I, proof gal. Wh i sky do... WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Production*. • mil, wine gal, Taxab I e w i thdrawa Is • do... Stocks, end of month.,,...... ...do... Sti11 wines: Product i on do... Taxab le wi thdrawa Is..... do... Stocks, end of month , .do.,. Distilling materials produced at wineries do..., Livestock, receipts, principal markets: Cattle and calves Hogs e .»o ee Sheep and lambs..... thous. animals. ..do... ..do... jr/ Revised. 1/ Excludes farm and public utilities. 19404 966 1,095 227 1,316 314 I, 142 1,497 298 840 1,233 221 943 1,442 250 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 1967 ITEM FOOD AMD KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO—Con. VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS? Corn ol!: ,,96ee,Bmii . lb. Product I on, crude0o«s8©oo©os©(»o«>oeBe©©©©8soe Cottonseed cake and meal: thous„ sh9 tons. Product ion« 899e9(! , oesB « see , eooeeasS98e Stocks Cat oil mills), end of month . . , © . , . soao OO e 9 . Cottonseed oiI: Production, c r u d e 6 9 , 9 e o 9 8 o e . 8 e 0 9 „ 8 ........mil. lb. Linseed oils Production, crude (raw)............ •••••••••••do... Soybean cake and meaI: Product I on.......................... thouss shs tons* Stocks Cat olS mills), end of month, e o e o s o e * 9 e a d © 9 9 0 Soybean ©I!% Product Ion, crude® ..............so. lb. eoo3See§STii I . METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRONS Production (excl. ferroaI loys).....'.... .thous # sh # t o n s . STEEL (RAW)s PRODUCTION................. .JOMOO d a i l y average 1957-59^100. »59 s i00 ea MACHINE TOOLS? Metal cutting tooSsi Orders, new (net), total........ mi 1. $ . . UOnJ©5T I C o e e e s . e a s s o o s s e e o o f f l O S © 9.do.... Shipments, totaiee<s,offl(SO«,....,,..«, «.do. e « e ..do 9 < , e 6 Estimated backlog, end of month® months.. Metal forming tool si Orders, new(net), total.....••• mi Se $ . . e.doeeo. Shipments, total................ o»dO.... DomestIc...... ..do.... Estimated backlog, end of month. months.. TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of I Inters):-J./ Consumpt ion. , , ethous. bales. Manufactures? Spindle activity (cotton system spindles)! Active spindles, last working day, total,, mills ons. Consuming 100 percent cotton........... ....do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total bill ions. Average per working day,,.„ ...do,, Consuming 100 percent cotton.*..... .. ....-.,.. .do.. MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE)? Productions Filament yarn..................................ml I. lb Staple, incl. tow (rayon)........,.,,.ee..........do.. Stocks, producers', end of months Fi Sament yarn.....................................do.. Staple, incl. tow (rayon).......•••••••....••,..esdo.. Feb. Mar. Dec, Jan. Feb. Mar. 34.3 40.5 34. S 34,3 r33.7 40.2 305.4 !!5.0 287.6 156.7 249,2 94.2 237.6 Ml,6 M79.I r 126.1 185.8 149.3 214.7 202,4 175. S 168,0 N26.6 130.0 38.1 43. S 30.1 33.3 29.7 31,3 1,042.7 113.7 S, 142.8 134.2 1,133,1 S20.0 S,157.6 134.1 =1,022.3 rlll.O 1,085.0 86,5 478.4 526.3 512*3 529,0 r468.8 503,5 6,834 7,937 7,350 7,374 6,804 7,587 10,249 137.5 12,083 146.5 10,435 126.5 SO, 632 128.9 10,041 134,8 10,963 132.9 135.45 121.10 83.00 73.55 8.7 155.85 137.45 105.05 94.25 9.1 113.10 100.80 127.05 113.40 I099 88.50 81.10 86.45 77.80 S0.5 T95.35 r83.65 r94.20 r84.75 10.5 100.15 88.35 126.85 111.35 10.3 30.50 29.40 28.70 26. S5 10.2 31.25 28.65 30.45 28.75 SO.O 16,45 13.90 28.75 27.70 8.4 13,80 S3.70 25.75 24.10 7.8 r17.50 r!5.65 r29.15 r26.00 r7.6 13.70 13.10 29.00 27.20 7.0 753 947 852 770 749 906 18.8 14.6 10.5 .525 8.2 19.2 14.7 13.0 .518 10.0 19 5 15 1 SI 3 .453 8 ,8 19.8 15.3 10,1 .503 7.8 19.8 15.3 10.0 .499 ,7:8 19.8 15.3 11.9 .477 9.3 62.9 52.2 71.5 58.5 66 3 54 r65.3 r57. I r57.l 49.8 58.9 48.4 61. I 56.7 60. I 53.9 67 3 70 1 70.2 74.6 r68.6 r80. I 63.3 82.8 5 £,/ Revised. 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