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April 4, 1969 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS :D B U S I N E S S I N D I C A T O R S 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43 = 10 140 120 H V 110 J 100 H 1 90 Monthy (avg. 80 ™J—1—LJ—1—1—LJ—1—1—L™ • J L - J L ^ J U J 1 1 1 1 1966 L-JU-^ ^JUJ^J 1967 1 1 1—I—LU-XJ™ of daily close) LJL~LJi—1—LJL™JLO™xJ 1968 J 1969 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-593 1957459 = 100 220 " ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) ^ 210 - 200 " - / 190 J V /^i 180 " Monthly 170 1 1 L_.J 1 1 1 1 1 1 , J 1966 I i i i i 1 I I l I I I.I 1967 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i I I I i i i 1 i i i _ i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1969 1968 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 ~~ (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) Thousands 350 300 ~ A 1,000 250 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 r 150 1969 1968^ 200 I Weekly Monthly 0 1 I l l l 1 l l 1966 l l i__ l L 1 1 1 L...1 L...„.L-JL-i 1 1967 . . i l l J—i—L i i i i i 1 1 I 1968 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. * 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 1 1 1 1 1969 L._l 100 i1 1 i i 1 J i i i 1 i i i i i F M A M J J A S O N D 50 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1968 1969 ITEM Mar. 23 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. .1957-59=100. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES. „... Nondurable goods stores.'.'.. .mil. '..-.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)'.'.'.'.'. do.'. Mar. 8 Mar. 30 Mar. 15 Mar. 22 Mar. 29 97d 96o7 104.1 104.1 103.9 6,121 4,056 6,548 4,197 6,277 4,310 6,387 4,348 6,541 4,407 176 1,444 1,358 278 165 1,370 1,288 245 195 1,489 1,399 205 180 1,431 1,342 196 159 227 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / . .mil. $ Federal reserve bank credit outstanding," total 3/.'....do.. Member bank reserve balances j$/.......................do.. Excess reserves, estimated 2/..............'.'.'.... .'.'.do.. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij Demand deposits, adjusted. .mil. $. Savings deposits ..<>........................... .do..'. Loans and investments (adjusted)," "total".".'.'. .".V.Y.'.'.'.doY.. U.S. Government obligations.......................do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)...........do... Real estate loans (gross) .do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2 / percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) ij...1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks .do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal .2/....... thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities.. mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks," buses)'.'.'.'.".".'.'.".'.'. number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate^.. '.'...'.'thous. bbl.. Steel, raw. Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILKS. .thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. . .bil, 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 104.4 189 46,233 52,312 25,672 -302 46,153 25,326 161 49,157 55,478 26,950 167 49,459 55,377 26,717 -81 49,554 55,564 26,684 56 76,234 49,057 204,590 27,669 66,349 29,435 76,657 49,120 203,449 27,065 66,513 29,264 78,906 48,449 222,351 25,472 74,204 32,451 79,899 48,514 221,658 25,105 74,520 32,505 78,063 48,633 222,054 24,930 75,045 32,568 6.43 88.98 96.72 6.49 89o66 97.61 7o00 99.71 108.51 7.04 99.05 107.87 7.18 99.21 108.16 7.23 100.39 109.55 1,852 23,938 232,785 9,438 1,973 23,579 231,357 9,472 1,247 26,879 221,848 9,192 1,611 27,352 220,590 9,108 1,912 25,963 222,992 9,094 222,002 2,842 152.6 14.4 2,885 154.9 14.7 2,750 147.6 13.9 2,800 150.3 14.4 2,807 150.3 14.9 49,471 55,401 26,585 226 2,826 151.7 2/ Tuesday price. 2j Daily average. .^/Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. COMMODITY: PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FJEM PRODUCTS 1910-14=100 Crops. .do.. Commercial vegetables .do.. Cotton .do.. Feed grains and hay .do.. Food grains .do.. Fruit do.. Tobacco. .do.. Livestock and products .do.. Dairy products do.. Meat animals do.. Poultry and eggs do.. PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do.. Family living items do.. Production items do.. All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates....do.. PARITY RATIO. do.. 257 228 342 168 165 173 273 560 282 314 342 131 258 229 348 164 165 173 294 560 282 308 345 132 262 221 327 182 159 155 244584 296 337 343 162 263 220 333 163 162 155 251 578 299 332 349 166 267 225 339 166 165 156 265 583 302 330 362 156 306 330 290 349 74 r308 330 r292 350 74 315 341 296 360 73 315 342 296 363 72 318 344 299 365 73 1968 Jan. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F.W. Dodge Co.): TOTAL VALUATION .mil. $. Index (seasonally adjustedX. .1957-59=100. Building, total .mil. $. New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations estimated total. mil. $. By purpose of loan: Home construction .do... Home purchase „ do... All other purposes. do... r/ Revised. Digitized for6352 FRASER 3,714 159 321 347 303 369 74 1969 Nov. Feb. 272 229 348 173 164 156 279 583 308 323 375 160 Dec. Jan. Feb. 4,766 191 3,891 4,802 205 3,705 1,724 4,543 179 3,592 1,886 rl,592 1,590 392 868 464 407 869 610 r348 r783 r46l 369 771 450 2,809 3,704 156 2,453 4,863 183 4,035 1,407 1,474 295 673 439 310 712 452 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 1969 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: Cost, total...o 63.3 84.7 134.7 100.6 67.2 Apparel and accessories . do. Automotive, including accessories...................do. Building materials. .do. 1.6 4.4 1.2 3.2 9.6 1.8 6.6 13.9 2.2 4.0 7.4 1.6 2.0 6.8 1.4 Drugs and toiletries do. Foods, soft drinks, confectionery.. ............ .....do. Beer, wine, liquors .do. Household equipment, supplies, furnishings..........do. 7.1 6.7 3.4 2.5 11.2 9.1 4.5 2.8 15. 11, 13. 9< 5o4 1.8 4.4 50.9 .mil. $. Industrial materials .do. Soaps, cleansers, etc......'.....................'... .do. Smoking materials .'. .".do. All other .'. .'.'.' do. FINANCE 12, 9155. 3.2 2.8 4.2 1.1 4.3 36.0 3.7 1.1 3.2 28.5 1,519 1,165 252 102 8.7 4. 1. 2. 27. 4< 1. 3. 33- rl,460 rl,126 r229 rl06 rl,427 rl,094 r235 r.98 rl,425 rl,084 r246 r95 rl,833 rl,243 r340 r249 2,738. 2,685. 2,796. 749.3 690.0 797.3 3,195.8 3,135.9 3,000.3 3,096.6 3,047.5 2,886.4 2,111. 2,056. 2,082, 2,733.6 2,618.6 455.8 ,610.1 2,806.5 2,829.8 3,028.0 2,956.8 2,025. 1,966, SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUCK), OPERATING RESULTS: Miles flown (revenue)....*»• •'• • • • • •«• • • • • • v _ vv _._._.millions118.6 r Express and freight ton.... •. * * • • ••••••••••v*^ 0 '.* •. 104.0 41.0 Mail ton-miles flown • do... Passengers orginated (revenue) ..do... 8.4 Passenger-miles flown (revenue)...'.','............. .billions* 6.2 112.0 102.6 41.3 7.9 5.7 124.4 143.5 50.6 8.5 6.0 131.8 136.2 61.7 9.9 7.6 132.4 130.9 46.6 9.3 7.0 118,073 109,167 91,254 17,913 131,591 122,463 101,050 21,413 89,477 19,690 128,063 118,961 98,669 20,292 96,672 22,289 LIFE INSURANCE: Premiums collected (LIAMA): Total life insurance premiums Ordinary Group and mass-marketed ordinary... Industrial .. mil. do. .... do. "."."• V. .'.'.do'.' FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL. Exclo Department of Defense shipments. Seasonally adjusted....................'." „.odo. .do. '.'..'. .'.'.do. GENERAL BIPORTS, TOTAL .do. Seasonally adjusted...................................do. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL.... ........, Electric utilities, total. By fuels.. By water power. * * .mil. kw.-hr. .do*.. do... .do... Privately and municipally owned utilities Other producers (publicly owned) Industrial establishments, total. By fuels.. By waterpower.. .do... do... 91,866 20,699 112,970 104,531 86,615 17,915 84,976 19,555 .do... .....do... .do... 8,740 8,421 319 8,439 8,155 284 8,906 8,6/,4 262 9,102 8,836 266 9,128 8,860 267 .60 4.62 1.07 .56 r5.06 1.16 1.26 5.3S 1.26. 1.27 5.25 1.13 .70 5.60 3.88 15.11 258.34 10.50 r2.82 rl4..52 r243.05 3.18 20.75 16.44 286,82 28.99 5.51 16.00 268.30 16.92 3.63 14.95 255.91 7.15 35.1 37.6 39.5. 37.8 r38.0 198.0 161.8 161.6 168.1 240.3 145.4 246.7 135.1 r255.3 rl41.2 143.8 114-.1 167.7 173.7 rl86.2 30.4 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS: TOBACCO WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Production .mil. wine gal. Taxable withdrawals... *...'.'.' .do... Stocks, end of month..". .'.......... .do... Still wines: Production. .do ... Taxable withdrawals do... Stocks, end of month. .do... Distilling materials produced at wineries...'.'.' .do... VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oil: Production, crude. .mil. lb. Cottonseed cake and meal; Production...............................thous. sh. tons. Stock (at oil mills), end of month. .do... Cottonseed oil: Production, crude .mil. lb. Linseed oil: Production, crude (raw) „ .do... OnTr^onr, /-»nl^s> „„ A -man 121,305 112,565 92,325 20,240 99,163 23,300 27.6 28.5 29.9 25.0 1,191.7 142.7 1,132.6 158.5 1,281.4 112.5 1,207.1 149.2 rl,139.9 rl74.4 526.2 510.4 584.1 544.6 r524.2 1 • Production. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month Soybean oil: Production, crude .thous. sh. tons. „ do... mil. lb. r/ Revised. CORRECTIONS FOR JAN. I969 DATA AS SHOWN IN THE MAR. 1969 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, pp. S-39 and S-40: Manmade fibers—exports of staple, Digitized for etc., FRASER 5,497 thous. lb.; motor vehicles—passenger car exports to Canada, 24.75 thous. cars. 6352 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 1969 ITEM Jan. M E T M S AND MANUFACTURES Radiators and convectors, shipments: Cast-iron.»............................mil. sq„ ft.radiation o Nonferrous......................«......... ......do.... Oil burners? Shipments...........'.....'.......'.'.'..... ,. o. o'thous. Stocks^ end of month......'......'.'. ......do..'.. .5 8.0 47.1 32.4 Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb, .6 7.3 51.5 30.2 .5 7.7 68.3 27.0 .4 6.4 r55.3 r29.5 .5 7.7 59.7 25.9 2 7 5 0 7 9.6 r201.0 174.2 rl34.6 230.0 9.2 1.7 4.0 202.8 r!44.7 rll5.2 r207.6 8.0 1.0 4.6 150.5 124.6 248.0 6.9 .8 3.9 12.0 .5 3.8 ...do. ...do. ...do. „ .'.do. .mil.' i ...do. ...do. I64.8 108.3 88.7 252.3 10.2 .8 7.1 .mil. ; ...do. ...do. ..do. ..do. 75.50 64.20 102.85 91.45 1,061.1 85.80 74.60 114.90 104.65 1,032.0 97.60 88.60 103.55 96.50 829.6 110.15 98.55 130.15 122.65 809.6 r91.20 r76.00 r86.45 r82.80 r814.3 93.70 83.65 98.25 91.10 809.8 21.85 20.45 31.50 25.20 218.6 23.75 22.50 29.30 27.55 213.1 80.20 76.70 26.50 23.05 252.9 39.55 33.90 37.95 33.75 254.5 r36.30 r32.75 28.30 25.85 r262.5 45.70 43.10 32.80 28.70 275.4 Natural rubber: Consumption................................... .thous. Ig. tons. Stocks, end of month.....................................do... 49.17 108.23 47.61 102.10 48.35 99.79 r46.17 r106.72 50.51 98.07 Synthetic rubber: Production...............................................do..„ Consumption..............................................do... Stocks, end of month.. .'•..........'.....'..................do... 178.79 162.92 360.27 170.82 154.26 360.38 180.62 161.25 347.01 rlBl.66 1*154.44 r336.77 181.27 168.82 377.99 Stoves, gas, domestic, cooking ranges, shipments. Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total.............. Water heaters, gas, shipments.................'.'.'.. Furnaces and_ovens (indust.), dom. new orders, net. Electric processing.............................. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel)........ MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total.•••.••.•••............ Domestic. .....................'.'..'.'..........'.' Shipments, total....... ...••.....',...'..V.......' Domestic ..'.'."..'.'.'.'...,'...'. Order backlog^ end of month...'................ Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total........................ Domestic .....................'.'.'.............. Shipments, total.................'.'............. Domestic. „.........„ Order backlog, end of month........ . .'„.. „. .'„ „.'.' ..do. .'.do. ..do. ..do. ..do. 173 108 89 236 12 o7 RUBEEE AND RUBBER PRODUCTS r / Revised. USC0MM—DC—6352 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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