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AUGUST 12, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) 1,000 800 600 400 200 Monthly 0 J_j_ ,J_J_ 1964 1963 1965 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1966 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) - 200 150 200 r ^ X ^ - 100 Monthly 50 _L-U-L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L-.l . . I I I 1—1.. 1963 i i i 1964 i 1-L.L.i i i i __i_J LJ 1 1 L_l 1 1 1 J FMAMJ 1966 1965 J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Index, 1957-59=100 110 WHOLESALE PRICES 105 - Commodities farm 100 Products All ^ r / Commodities t / te i H 46 2.80 ^*\ZM* and Foods -X/H 95 Hours 48 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS other than ftt"'««*£)Mtty&H^ \ Dollars 3.00 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) 6^« 44 \ / v' 42 - 40 1 Farm 90 1 1 1 I—L_i_l_L. 1 1 1 Products i I i l i 1 i I i i i 11111111111 1963 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1964 1965 38 i i i i i 1 i ii i i 1966 1963 U.S. Dept. of Labor *Avai!able 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 1964 1965 1966 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1965 1966 ITEM July 31 Aug. 7 July 16 July 30 July 23 Aug. 6 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES *102.9 *I00.0 •106.6 *I02.5 103.4 5,504 3,545 mil. $.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. 2!7 1,221 1,100 243 State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: 39,901 41,20! 21,594 322 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do,... 106.5 108.3 112.1 105.1 113.3 5,761 3,780 106.3 106.8 III.9 105.1 ill.l 104.0 5,296 3,633 113.0 5,709 3,791 IJ3.0 5,638 3,765 245 1,225 1,105 304. 246 1,017 963 304 252 1,002 948 210 226 255 285 43,019 46,085 23,245 725 42,921 45,615 22,924 172 42,747 45,396 22,934 248 42,744 45,713 22,980 35! 70,519 47,681 182,676 22,525 58,732 26,742 71,176 47,56! 182,475 22,583 58,814 26,812 71,134 47,444 !8!,83i 22,572 58,742 26,835 39,944 41,418 21,783 386 Large Commercial Banks in leading cities: 4./ Loans, net (adjusted) and investments, total Commercial and industrial loans (gross) 69,950 48,632 168,635 26,113 48,589 24,293 do.... iiedoess8 Poa 1 oc+n+o Inane t nrncc^ rin Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. 4.64 84.03 89.29 4.64 85,79 90.88 5.35 86.30 92.40 5.37 85.51 91.56 5.41 84.10 90.02 1,742 2!,229 174,347 7,794 2,607 139.9 591 305 1,815 20,807 139,319 7,768 2,644 141.9 595 304 1,994 24,522 174,545 8,248 2,469 132.5 565 294 1,808 23,625 139,434 8,282 2,424 130.1 573 296 1,823 23,976 91,619 8,259 2,413 129.5 593 299 5.43 83.15 89.03 PRODUCT ION: Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbi.. FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL thous. cars.. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY 31,537 2,454 131.7 * Monthly index for July 1965. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 1966 ITEM June July Apr. 17,635 16,671 16,794 16,369 17,299 17,022 17,036 16,603 17,500 16,641 May June July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number. Seasonal ly adjusted do... CGMM0DITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES 1957-59=100. By stage of processing: Crude materials for further processing dos.. Intermediate materials, supplies, and components.do... F i n i shed goods do... By durability of product: Dur ab I e goods do... Nondurab I e goods do,.. Farm products do... Foods, processed do... 102.8 102.9 105.5 105.6 105.7 106.4 100.6 102.2 103.9 100.5 102.3 104.0 106.3 104.3 106.3 105.7 104.8 106.2 r105.6 104.9 106.4 107.6 105.4 106.9 103.7 102.0 100.3 106.1 103.7 102.2 100.0 106.6 105.7 105.1 106.4 110.6 106.1 105.0 104.5 110.5 106.2 105.2 r104.2 rH0.6 106.2 106.3 107.6 III.7 do. do. do. do. do. do. 102.5 97.4 98.7 98.0 107.7 100.3 !02.5 97.4 98.7 97.8 108.8 100.5 104.3 97.6 100.0 98.6 120.8 108.4 104, 97, 100, 98. 122. 109.6 i04e9 r97.6 101.5 98.9 123.1 r107.7 105.1 97.8 101.4 99.1 122.8 106.7 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 103.8 105, 9 102. 0 100, 0 93.1 101, 107. 103.7 105.8 riOI.7 99.9 93.0 101.9 107.6 105.2 108.2 102.3 102.3 95.4 102.2 109.4 105.8 108.4 102.4 102.7 95.4 102.2 109.4 105.9 108.7 r!02.5 103.0 95.4 102.2 109.8 106.0 108.7 102.7 103.2 95.1 102.4 I 10.0 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY — Wholesa !e pr ices 1957-59,.$ | ^QO. $0,973 $0,972 $0,948 $0,947 $0,946 $0,940 Commodities other than farm prod, and foods Chemicals and allied products Fuel and related products, and power Furniture, other household durables Hides, skins, and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and motive products Metals and metal products Nonmets I I ic minera! products Pulp, paper, and allied products Rubber and products Textile products and apparel Tobacco products and bottled beverages TJ Revised. Digitized for 19068 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTiCS — Continued 1965 ITEM June 1966 1 July 1 3 1 May Apr. 1 June July EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 78,003 73,716 68,094 4,287 762 75,652 72,085 67,434 3,567 779 78,457 74,854 69,228 3,602 587 76,054 72,618 67,979 3,436 685 75,906 73,105 68,900 2,802 779 76,666 73,799 69,317 2,867 603 76,706 73,764 69,472 2,942 602 76,268 73,231 69,155 3,037 536 79,601 75,731 70,543 3,870 466 77,086 73,997 69,759 3,089 476 79,636 76,411 71,402 3,225 4.7 3.2 4.8 14.0 4.5 3.2 4.4 13.4 3.7 2.4 3.6 12.0 4.0 2.4 4.0 13.4 4.0 2.6 3.9 12.3 3.9 2.6 3.7 60,290 17,943 626 3.195 4,034 12,580 3;04l 8,857 10,014 60,50! 18,032 633 3. 154 4,03i 12,619 3,049 8,929 10,054 62,935 18,860 591 3,370 r63,496 r 19,083 r626 r3.324 r4,138 r13,086 r3,122 r9,3l3 r10,804 o63,646 p 19,088 p634 4, 112 13,004 3 ; 101 9,261 10,636 r63,050 r18,930 r623 r3,274 r4,i25 r!3,02l r3,106 9,283 r10,688 13,412 13.340 7,750 7,662 1,085 984 1,206 1,136 1,244 5,662 5,678 13,361 13,405 7,701 7,72 i 1,080 974 1,204 1,132 1,218 5,660 5,684 13,917 14,054 8,191 8,214 1,077 1,033 1,285 1,290 1,357 5,726 5,840 r14,020 r14,095 r8,260 r8,240 1,082 r1,037 r1,295 r1,300 r1,367 r5,760 r5,855 r14,295 r14,220 r8,406 r8,3l5 r1,104 r1,055 r 1,311 r 1,334 r1,367 r5,889 r5,905 p14,147 p14,202 p8,286 p8,3!4 pi,106 pi,044 pi,316 p1,333 pi,264 p5,86l p5,888 136.7 135.1 146.1 r148.3 r 151.9 p148.8 41.3 41.0 42.2 41.8 40.2 39.9 2.61 2.50 2.79 2.67 2.35 2.26 41.0 41.0 41.6 41.7 40.2 40.0 2.61 2.50 2.79 2.67 2.36 2.27 41.2 41.5 42.2 42.4 39.9 40.4 2.70 2.58 2.88 2.74 2.43 2.33 41.5 41.4 42.3 42.2 r40.2 r40.2 2.70 2.58 2.88 2.74 2.43 2.33 r4l.6 r4l.3 42.3 41,9 r40.5 r40.2 r2.7l 2.58 r2.89 2.74 2.44 2.34 P4I.2 p4l.2 P4I.8 p4l.9 p40.3 p40.1 p2.70 p2.5'9 p2.88 p2.75 p2.45 p2.35 5.6 4.5 4.3 3.6 4.0 1.7 I.I 1.4 4.5 4.1 3.2 4.3 4.0 1.8 1.8 1.6 4.6 4.8 3.6 4.3 4.7 2.5 1.0 1.2 62,632 41,159 657 39,100 13,670 62,632 19,278 18,229 35,444 61,914 41, 166 536 39,207 13,59! 61,914 19,304 18,008 35,796 65,452 43,285 452 40,713 38.6 38.0 81,717 63,850 6,839 5,796 373 77,098 74,072 69,928 3,026 435 Rates (unemployed in ea. group as percent of that group): EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED thous.. r do Finance, insurance, and real e s t a t e , e r s e e = , = PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: TOTAL, UNADJUSTED do ss=,s,sdose,s do.... do.... do.... ..do do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... ..do Aggregate weekly payroll index: Manufacturing (production workers), unadj 1957-59=100.. HOURS AND EARNINGS PER PRODUCTION WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Average weekly gross hours, mfg. indus., unadj hours.. do.... do.... Avg. hourly gross earnings, mfg. industries... do.... do.... do.... do LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total monthly rate per 100 employees.. do.... do.... do.... do.... Quit Layoff r5. 1 r5.0 4.0 r4.3 r4.7 r2.5 r.9 rl.l i ! 12.2 D3,308 p4,096 D13,It1 p3,128 p9,394 p10,887 p6.5 p5.2 p5.4 p4.l p4.5 p2.4 P.9 pl.l FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: do.... B9c..eedo..ee do.... 1 do.... Ratio of gold certificate reserves to FR note 1 iabilities percent.. CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): 64,797 43,940 441 41,480 13,092 64,797 19,673 18,119 37,880 66,520 44,656 r292 42,169 12,993 66,520 20,083 18,567 38,258 67,574 45,816 877 42,380 12,890 67,574 21,354 19,155 38,583 35.1 34.6 34.0 33.4 82,539 64,704 88,184 69,543 89,092 70,209 90,070 7!,!94 6,537 5,682 6,658 5,942 6,694 6,028 7,236 6,251 6,383 5,659 6,505 5,974 6,472 5,979 6,675 6,126 !3, 190 65,452 19,841 18,736 37,536 Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: do.... Seasonally adjusted: r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. 19068 I 6,196 5,601 | 1 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 S965 STEM June FS NANCE—Continued SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK...„...-o.,«. .do!, per vine oz 6 , SECURITY MARKETS 2 STOCKS s PrIcess Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks}„.„ S ndustri a I (30 stocks) Pub 1!c ut i !ity (S5 stocks). 0 0 „„ Ra iIroad (20 stocks) Sales (SEC): Total on a!3 registered exchanges Mar ket va I ue.*.o»..«•. o o c .. <, Q B 3 C U O oooomii. $ o u >D mi 11 ions,„ Shares s o l d s o s 0 « 3 ) *oo On New York Stock Exchanges , „ j i I. $ce Market va I ue „„oe.>oocoo.o..oo „ » Shares soid u 3 . = scoo»ocuo*oooo oAooeoomiiI?ons sa TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS AIRLINES (SCHEDULED DOMESTIC TRUNK): ecoioocoooDllll IOnS 6 W! i I es f! own (revenue) 0 0 e o 8 » • = 0 = . e o P »»o e e c»=. o Express and freight ton-miles flown „, H3! ! ton-mi ies f lown„ . „»,•»..= • • oo»»o«ccoo o.. 0 30« o e d O , e e c « Q cooo.o . . . e o o o o . . . . . « d O » ,0 Passengers originated (revenue) Passenger-miies f!own Crevenue)oo O J oooo9b9 . *« I i lonss a o«e»-.ioobi 3 Note Is: Average sale per occupied r o o m O O B O ( 0 0 a« 5 0 « 0 *e 0 dQi lars, Rooms occupled , s0 ..„*„.$ of total, .same mo, 195 5=100. Restaurant sales index............. METALS AND MANUFACTURES 3RON ORE (U 0 So and foreign ores and ore agglomerates); Receipts at Iron and steel plants...,„ e .„,thous,. ig. tons. Consumption at iron and steel p lants. o s o .„.. a .....»do. 0 . Stocks, end of m o 0 : At furnace yards4,,.„», -.,•. »,•,-. S i » d o „ , At U s S„ docks. „ o.do.„, STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MO. .mi I . s h . tons. Consumers' (manufacturers only). ..... ..... Receipts during month.»<> „ „ n 0 * 0 e, „ <> o <, o . <,. ,. o0 .<>« . o u o oo • oo o d O . . . Consumpt!on during month......oo.c......o..o.o do.,. Service centers (warehouses) 0 0 . 0 0 0 , 0 ». 8 0 0 o««,». ee do.,, Producing mi Iis? in process (ingots, semifinished, e t c ) .. ,.do... Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.)... ,.do... Fabricated structural steels Orders, new (net)... „.,.„.........«.......thous. sh , tons. July Apr 0 May June 1.293 1.293 l e 293 1.293 1.293 .293 302.72 878.06 154.93 195,79 303.66 873.43 155.7! 199.51 337.27 943.70 140.26 260.64 314.62 890,70 137.32 233,07 3ii.5i 888.73 134.07 229.24 308.07 875.87 133.72 227. 18 6,911 187 5,656 154 12,909 357 12,268 302 9,673 228 5,819 136 4,783 M6 9,893 221 9,800 209 7,772 162 78.3 74.5 16.9 6.3 4,5 82. i 73.0 16.5 6.3 4.6 87 0 1 94.1 23.8 7.4 5.! *p4.8 *p5.7 10.03 63 115 9,10 57 112 30.26 66 117 9,73 67 127 10.43 65 122 S5,256 11,083 -38,914 1,594 15,929 ll,!33 43,710 i,80! 8,841 10,897 32,088 1,744 15,421 11,658 35,852 1,703 15,370 10,941 40,278 1,791 15.8 6.2 5.9 4.2 16.3 5.5 5.0 4.4 10.8 5,9 6.0 4.7 r!0.9 r5.9 r5.8 5.0 pl0.6 p5.5 p5.8 p5.0 8.2 7.3 8.4 7.5 9.0 8.2 r9.0 r8. I P9. p8. ,.do S 4 9 Backlog, end of period».. G ...••••.•.•••••.•.•.•. Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net m o 0 avg. shipments, 1957-59=!00. 458 363 3,245 337 329 3,268 504 407 3,382 474 386 3,609 366 422 3,365 274.6 280.6 244.6 227.6 340.6 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT REGISTRATIONS (motor vehicles)? ±/ New passenger c a r s a 9 0 . 8 o ».. 6 o.o» e . 9 o...,» thous e Foreign cars 0 „„„ o do,,. New commercial cars (trucks) e 3 , s o ,c e ,o 0...6S9.,do,,. 841.5 49.3 135.2 833.6 52.0 136.4 822.6 55.6 148.6 777.2 50.6 144.0 752.5 52.6 137.4 S h 5 p m e n t S9 o o e 3 o e o o 8 0 9 0 0 3 0 » o . . o 9 o o o o » . e < > » e . e 8 o . o . r,/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. prohibited. USCOMM-DC—19068 * As compiled by A i r Transport Assn. of America. ±/ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & C o . ; r e p u b l i c a t i o n POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized for SURVEY FRASER ..do... 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