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August 19, 1967 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS IN DIG ATORS Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) \/^s/\ 1,000 /s/^--^ r\ "I \ 800 \ hJ V 600 400 200 A*—' \ \ - - 0 Monthly L_L L_J I I. J L_i L_L_.J ! JL_-L~LuJ 1964 ! J__JL_J 1 .1 —J__L„J—!.™J—l_JL-L„^_J_-J 1965 l_J_JL_J 1966 1 L_l_JL_J 1 L_ 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59=100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 200 index, 1957-59 = 100 !250 - - 150 100 200 Monthly 50 J I _|_ L _1 1 _L 1 _ l 1 |_. 1 1 I- . L L 1 . 1 .J.. J _L... 1 _... . ! 1964 L... 1 _. JL. i.. J 1 I J 1 1 1 1 1 1 ( 1965 1 1 1 1 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D iy6/ Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion Dollars 700 PERSONAL INCOME 600 Billion Dollars 80 NEW CONSTRUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates) i 500 Wage and Salary Private Resid sntial 40 (nonfarm Disbursements > L/»Dvrsemenr5 \ 400 r ) - _ \ . _ — — - "* 20 L I I • » I I I I I I I ' I I I I I 1 I I I I I l I i-L-l I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 1964 1965 1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y a n d m o n t h l y d a t a subsequent t o those published - Total Put in Place 60 Total 300 - ^—s. (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1' iMi 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce a t $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y , this S u p p l e m e n t in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY i 1 • ' 1965 ' ' i 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 J 1- l _L. 1 .1. 1 1 1 1 _i_J_LJ 1966 1967 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1966 STEM. 1967 Aug. 6 Aug. 13 July 22 July 29 Aug. 5 Aug. 12 ill. 1 II!,! 97.0 96.9 96.9 96.7 ...mi 1. $.. 5,670 3,894 5,616 3,824 5,974 3,951 6,009 3,9)5 6,072 4, 136 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. 1NSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a 1 1 programs do State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. 227 1,074 1,020 285 180 1,031 978 235 283 1,248 1, 184 214 244 1,270 1.204 202 42,752 45,713 22,987 353 42,908 45,743 22,878 46 i 45,085 48,455 23,883 245 44,864 48,479 24,018 424 70,784 47,500 182,445 22,340 59,039 26,939 69,904 47,364 181,317 22,135 58,984 26,945 72,827 47,822 194,909 26,574 63,859 27,729 73,581 47,817 194,253 26,169 63,708 27,780 74,566 47,836 195,654 26,091 63,464 27,788 5.85 93.65 101.08 5.86 94.06 101.56 5.88 95.78 103.56 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / 1957-59- 100. „ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES 250 239 186 FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Member bank reserve balances 2>/. 999 . do.... sesssdo„see 44,985 48,536 23,959 4!5 44,845 48,470 23,967 29! Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 47 Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 5 s) Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 3/......percent.. 1941-43=10.. 5.43 83.15 89.03 5.45 83. 1 i 89.01 5.89 95.78 103.52 PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 1,771 23,064 31,747 8,257 1,823 23,244 !9,85i 8,251 1,815 23,494 104,357 9,213 1,862 25,227 54,900 9,227 1,819 25,343 33,691 9,416 2,454 131.7 584 297 2,509 134.7 581 297 2,220 119.2 483 243 2,23i 119.8 549 276 2,237 120.1 549 281 3/ Daily average. 43,530 2,338 125.5 47 Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 1967 ITEM IV GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. $ Personal consumption expenditures, total do.. Durable goods, total do.. Automobiles and parts ....do.. Furniture and household equipment do.. Nondurable Clothing Food and Gasoline goods, total and shoes beverages and oil Serv i ces, tota I Househo I d operat i on Housing Transportation a Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports ,, es s,. =ss , 748.8 470.1 70.9 29.8 30.6 762. I 473.8 70.6 29.6 30.6 766.3 480.2 69.4 27.3 31.4 r775.I r489.7 r72.5 r29.7 r3l.9 203.2 39.5 105.2 15.8 207.1 39.8 107.0 16.2 209.5 41.0 107.3 16.3 210.3 40.8 107.2 16.6 214. 41. 109. 17. r2!7.2 r43.2 rl10. I rl7.5 do.. do.. do.. do.. 183.5 26. I 66.2 13.2 186.3 26.9 66, 13, 189.8 27.4 67.4 !3.7 192.9 27.7 68.5 14.0 196.6 27.8 69.6 14.4 r200.0 r28. i r70.6 14.6 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 115.2 105.3 78.3 27.0 9.9 I 18.5 104.5 78.7 25.8 14.0 I 16.4 104.9 81.2 23.7 11.4 122.2 103.7 82.8 20.9 18.5 I 10.4 103. 81. 2i. 7. rl05.! M04.6 r8!.5 r23. I r.5 6. 42. 36. 5. 42. 37. 4. 43. 39, 4.3 44.0 39.7 5. 45. 39.9 r5„3 r45. I r39.8 146.5 72.1 55. I 74.3 151, 74. 58, 76. 157. 79. 63.0 78. I 161.7 81.5 65.6 80.2 170.4 87. S 70.2 83.3 M75.0 89.5 r72.5 r85.4 do.. .do.. ss = S ! d o s . Govt, purchases of goods and services, totai rederal National defense State and local 736.7 461.6 68.2 28.5 29. I do.. do.. ...do.. do.. Gross private domestic investment, total F ix«<l i nvestment Nonres i dent i a I r Res ident iol structures Change in business inventories £./ Revised. 9064 725.9 458.2 71.6 31.4 29.4 do.. do.. do.. do. „ MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1967 1966 ITEM II III IV 1 600.3 420.8 60.0 42.8 17. 1 19.2 610.4 430.7 59.3 43.3 16.0 19.3 622. 1 441.2 59.2 43.3 15.9 19.4 634.1 450.2 58.6 43.4 15. 1 19.6 636.4 459. 1 57.8 43.2 14.6 19.8 P64I.9 r463.4 r57.8 43.4 14 3 20.0 81.1 83.7 49.2 19.3 567.8 70.4 497.5 470.9 26.6 81.3 83.6 49.2 19.8 577.3 74.1 503.3 474.6 28.7 81.9 84.0 49.4 20.4 589.3 76.9 512.4 483.2 29.2 84.6 83.9 49.3 21. 1 601.6 79.6 522.0 487.4 34.6 78.1 79.0 46.5 21.6 612.9 80.2 532.7 493.9 38.8 p78.5 p79.2 p46.6 22. 1 r6l9.1 r79. i r540.0 r504.0 r36.0 May June July 1 II GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES—Con. .. do.... do.... do .......do.... do.... C o r p . p r o f i t s and i n v e n t o r y v a l u a t i o n a d j . , t o t a l . . d o . . . . Corporate p r o f i t s before t a x , t o t a l do.... do.... PERSONAL INCOME, q u a r t e r l y t o t a 1 Less: P e r s o n a l t a x and n o n t a x p a y m e n t s . . . , . . , . . . , - d o , . * , do.... do.... 1967 K 66 Apr. June July 581.1 393.9 159.5 128.1 93.7 63.4 77.3 20.7 584.7 397.1 159.6 128.2 94.8 63.8 78.8 20.9 616.5 416.7 165.0 132.5 99.1 68.2 84.5 22.6 618.2 417.2 164.3 132.2 99.3 68.6 85.0 22.8 r622.6 r420.9 r165.2 r133.0 r100.4 r69.5 r85.7 23. 1 627. 1 423.9 166.2 133.4 101.5 69.9 86.2 23.3 43.5 15.6 19.3 21.6 42.2 41.8 17.5 560.7 43.3 16.0 19.4 21.6 42.5 42.4 18.3 563.9 43.3 14.4 20.0 22.8 45.8 51.0 20.1 596.9 43.4 14.4 20.0 23.1 46.0 51.5 20.1 598.8 r43.6 14.3 20.1 23.3 r46. 1 r5l.6 r20.3 r603.2 43.7 14.4 20.2 23.6 46.5 51.9 20.4 607.5 r6,875 r4,6l8 r2,290 r1,760 r 1,619 r609 r576 r2,257 r6,948 r4,653 r2,323 r 1,753 r1,621 r6l8 r596 r2,295 r5,75l r3,673 r1,642 rl,188 1,419 464 557 2,078 r6,337 r4,024 r1,866 r1,378 r1,504 r502 r597 r2,3l3 6,928 4,359 2,105 1,594 1,557 520 595 2,569 r74.5 r5l.5 r24.9 rl8.6 r7.0 r6.7 r23. 1 r73. 1 r50.5 r24. 1 rl8.4 r7.0 r6.8 r22.6 r72.2 r46.0 21.1 17.3 5.6 6.9 26.1 r74.2 r47.8 r22. 1 rl7.9 r6.0 r7. 1 26.4 74.9 48.6 22.8 17.8 5.9 6.9 26.3 PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: b i 1. $ . . do.... do.... P r o p r i e t o r s ' income: B u s i n e s s and p r o f e s s i o n a l . do.... do.... do.... do Less p e r s o n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s T o t a l nonagr i c u I t u r a 1 income for soc. insurance...do.... do r CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE ( U N A D J . ) , T O T A L . . do.... do.... do do do.... do Pub 1 i c , t o t a l NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL b i l . $.. r Pr i v a t e , t o t a 1 do.... ..do.... do.... Public, tota ! CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE Associated General C o n t r a c t o r s ( b l d g . 1957-59-100.. 121 122 123 124 126 only).. .......do.... 127 128 129 130 131 133 do.... do.... do .......do 25,950 8,776 5,233 1,229 1,159 do.... do.... do.... do.... 17,174 1,373 829 2,071 do.... do.... do.... DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: General merchandise group ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL 2 / r/ Revised. 9064 Ej Preliminary. 25,329 8,162 4,755 1,239 1, 1 16 25,081 8,205 4,955 1 . 160 999 r26,557 r8,928 r5,4l3 1.245 r l , 1 15 r27,539 r9,353 r5,6l5 r1,317 1,177 26,286 8 734 5 108 1 312 17,167 1,253 828 2,219 16,876 1,375 851 1,99 1 r17,629 r1,439 r894 r2,093 r18,186 r1,485 r908 r2,l70 17,552 1,340 869 2,259 5,979 2,002 3,208 6,262 2,056 2,965 5,810 1,940 3,049 r5,888 r2,034 r3,322 25,394 8,056 4,771 1,208 1,006 25,362 8 , 106 4,764 1,258 1,007 25,918 8 , 104 4,660 1,286 1,048 r25,897 r8,187 r4,752 1,306 r1,001 J/ Except farm and public utilities. i 2/ Data for July 1967 are advance estimates. r6,272 r-2, 1 14 r3,475 r26,478 r8,508 5,043 1,299 1,023 6,165 2,214 3 (20 i 26,740 8,785 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued "~~~ 1967 !966 ITEM June July Apr. May I j J u ne j Ju ly DOMESTIC T R A D E — C o n . RETAIL TRADE, A L L RETAIL S T O R E S — C o n . ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . fin I . do....! .....do.... .....do....l ESTIMATED 17,338 j 1 ylAQ 1 17,256 r17,970 i,537 I 921 i 2,034 6,063 2,019 3,596 17,955 844 i,996 5,924 1,918 3,365 17,814 1 3Q5 906 2,034 5,985 1,992 3,479 rl7,7IO r 1,490 r903 r2,038 r5,996 r1,996 r3,468 36,467 36,325 36,155 36,3S2 37, i 99 36,236 36,935 36,263 36, 337 36,087 ....... »..«,... 6,608 6,702 6,5! ! 6,664 6,500 6,993 6,839 6,948 7,252 7, 171 ....... ....... 77,628 74,038 69,333 3,591 4.6 77,703 74,655 70,076 3,048 3.9 76, 1 i ! 73,445 69,724 2,666 3.5 76,095 73,637 69,812 2,457 3.2 79,020 75,391 70,996 3,628 4.6 79,47i 76,22! 71.705 3,250 4. 1 75,668 72,730 68,749 2,938 3.9 75,770 72,846 68,920 2,924 3.9 76,740 73,910 70,020 2,830 3.7 76,189 73,289 69,637 2,900 3.8 77,237 74,147 70,420 3,090 4.0 77,505 74,489 70,633 3,016 3.9 66,520 44,656 292 42,169 12,993 67,574 45,816 877 42,380 12,890 69,015 47,267 54 45,460 12,604 | | 70,135 48,268 68 46,718 12,610 70,516 47,603 41 46,804 12,604 66,520 20,083 !8,567 38,258 67,574 21,354 19,155 38,583 | 70,135 21,474 19,505 39,934 70,516 20,813 18,877 40,199 34.0 33.4 31.9 31.6 31.4 319.91 315.43 264.31 15.50 51.12 4.48 319.28 314.88 264.18 15.58 50.70 4.40 330.89 326.99 271.82 19.33 55.17 3.89 326.22 322.29 266.13 19.55 56.16 3.94 1 330.64 327.13 270.92 j I 56.21 3.50 848 1,967 5,975 1,927 3,355 1 j ACA ....... INVENTORIES: Adjusted, tota i. „.............„. •...... •..... 0 « s .do.»., j RETAIL FIRMS W I T H il OR MORE STORES; Estimated sales ( u n a d j u s t e d ) , total..........« .....do.... Estimated sales (seasonally a d j u s t e d ) , total.. on 0 e O d O . ... EMPLOYMENT A N D POPULATION CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, T O T A L , UNADJUSTED......... ....thous.. .....do.... EMPLOYED. .....do.... UNEMPLOYED.o CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, S E A S 9 A D J U S T E D , a . a 9 . . . . . . . ....thous.. EMPLOYED................o...................., 0 , t e .do..,, Nonagricu itural emp ioyment.. do UNEMPLOYED (ail civilian w o r k e r s ) . . . . . .....do.... FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE B A N K S , CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Reserve bank credit outstanding, tota1 e .. „ 0, .....do.... Discounts and advances..................,. .....do.... U.S. Government securities...............= do,... .....do.... .....do.... Member-bank reserve balances,,,,,,,.,^,,,,, .....do.... Ratio of gold certificate reserves t o FR note 1 iabi 1 ities percent.. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT F I N A N C E : Public debt and guaranteed obligations: Gross debt ( d i r e c t ) , end of month, total.... ...bi 1. $.. do.... do Held by U . S . Government investment accts...do.... do 1 1 1 | | ! I j 1 ! | 69,015 21,353 19,410 39,070 1 327.80 323.88 272.23 18.65 51.65 3.93 1 4i5 Guaranteed obligations not owned by U . S . Treasury, do jr/ Revised. ±/ Data f o r July 1967 are advance estimates. USCOMM-DC—9064 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS i ,46 ,49 .5! j 46,066 12,608 68,862 20,844 19,634 39,499 32.3 1 68,862 47,799 ,5i 1 | 1 -5I .52 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE