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August 20, 1965 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDICATORS Billion Dollars 160 Billion Dollars 160 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 1965 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 7 - ^ / ^ 150 - 140 150 1964 H 140 130 - - 130 120 - ^ ^ ^ - 120 (average or Wednesday data) 110 . . . I . 1962 1 I . . . . —L 1 . 1 1963 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i i i i 1964 I i i i i (Wednesday data) 110 i 1965 J F M A M J Index, 1941-43=10 00 - J A S O N D Index, 1941-43 = 10 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS . ^ V '•*" 90 100 fe\ V» d °o - 80 70 - \ X 60 1 1 .!_•_,. l _ L _ , l _ L _ l — • _ ,.. 1, 1962 . . 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . i . - Monthly (avg. of daily close) ~ i i 1963 i 1 i . i i 80 H 70 Weekly 60 (Wednesday close) i J F M A M J 1965 J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 110 WHOLESALE PRICES Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) 105 160 - Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods ^ niiiiilUr 140 100 4 95 _V # Farm Products * 100 90 1962 1963 1964 1965 1......... 1962 *Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY - i All Commodities ( 'vA\ ,,, 1963 - / 1 > i 111 1964 I I JUL.J- 1965 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1965 1964 ITEM Aug. 8 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I i commodities Farm products Fooas, processed A i i other 22 commod ities 2/.„ , ALL RETA IL STORES, SALES Nondurab ie goods stores :., , 1957-59=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... mi I. $.. do.... * 100.4 *94.i *I01.2 *I0I.I 96.6 4,951 3,380 Aug. 15 July 24 97.9 4,913 3,338 102.2 99.4 105.9 102.5 102.8 5,266 3,475 July 31 Aug. 102.6 98.8 105.7 102.2 103.4 5,506 3,544 102.7 99.0 106. 1 102.6 i04.0 5,285 3,599 Aug. 102.8 99.3 106. i 102.6 104.6 232 245 217 204 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLA I MS, State programs,,,,.,..,.,.., t hous.. 265 1,222 1,449 1,238 1,477 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a i ! programs ,.do.... 1, 100 1,312 1,336 I, I 1 6 State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... 243 304 261 273 245 276 FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: 39,901 39,939 40,125 40,065 38, i 14 Cur r ency in c i rcu I at i on _3/ mi!. $,.37,885 4 1,786 37,393 41,418 41,201 4 1,535 36,892 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/... .do.... 2 1,62 I 21,779 21,597 21,515 20,598 20,555 Member bank reserve balances _3/ do.... 383 428 323 195 476 346 Excess reserves, estimated 2>/........ do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ 63,260 63,313 64,179 62,613 62,952 Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. 43,531 43,376 43,429 39,302 39,242 Savings deposits do.... 156,672 i56,086 141,237 155,795 141,660 Loans and investments (adjusted), tota i do.... 23,562 23,667 23,604 25,805 26,049 U.S. Government obligations ....do.... 46,543 46,262 46,445 38.674 38,700 Commercial and industrial loans (gross).. ..do.... 21,410 21,368 21,336 19,227 19,157 Real estate loans (gross) „ do.... 4.64 4.64 4.64 4.57 4.57 4.64 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/ percent.. 85.79 84.03 84.07 86. 13 82.09 82. 17 Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..I 941-43=10.. 89.29 90.88 89.01 91.26 86.82 86.90 Industrials, 425 stocks..... do.... PRODUCT I ON: 1,782 1,679 1,739 1,610 1,738 Bituminous coal 3_/„ thous. sh. tons.. 20,807 ,276 2 1,229 20,105 19,109 ]9 139 357 Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. 174 347 22 597 i 17,707 42 225 Motor venicles (cars, trucks, buses),.. number.. 7,'63l 7^768 7,794 Petroleum (crude) and condensate .3/. thous. bbI.. 2,300 2,644 2,607 7; 656 2,603 Steel tnous. sh. tons.. 123.5 2,379 141.9 139.9 140.5 139.7 Index of production 1957-59=100.. 574 127.7 595 598 588 FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL thous. cars.. 304 294 308 581 303 Mi see I laneous do.... 301 2/ Tuesday price. 3_/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. ^Monthly index for July 1964. J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. Y: MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS FARM INCOME AND MARKETINGS: Cash receipts from farming, including Government payments, total mi I. $. Farm marketings and CCC loans, total do... Crops do... Livestock and products, total do... Dairy products do... Meat anima Is do... Poultry and eggs do... Indexes of cash receipts from marketings, and CCC ioans: A I I commodities 1957-59=100. Crops do... Livestock and products do... Indexes of volume of farm marketings: A I I commodities do... Crops do... Livestock and products do... INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): UNADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX (INCLUDING UTILITIES).1957-59=100. BY INDUSTRY QR0UPINGS: Manuf actur 1 ng, tota I do.., Durab Ie manufactures do... Nondurab Ie manufactures do... Mini ng do... 4 BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total do... Consumer goods do... Equipment, including defense do... Mater ials , do... Durable goods materials do... Nondurab Ie mater ia Is do... r/ Revised. £_/ Preliminary. 2906 I 1965 1964 ITEM Apr. May June July June 2,625 2,608 1,060 1,548 425 837 257 2,929 2,823 1,260 1,563 407 867 270 ,549 ,466 804 ,662 438 916 267 2,574 2,546 823 1,723 454 972 261 2,896 1, 106 1,790 438 1,050 278 97 92 100 105 110 101 92 70 108 95 72 I 12 108 96 116 104 88 116 I 14 I 17 112 48 114 87 51 I 14 105 91 1 15 Ju ly £_/ 133.9 127.6 r141.5 r142.5 r144.7 139.2 135.2 136.. 4 133.6 112.6 127.9 128.8 126.7 107.0 r143.3 r 147.4 r138.2 113.0 r144.5 rl49.0 rl38.7 I 14.4 r146.7 r 151.6 r140.6 r 115.6 140.0 145.1 133.7 I 12.7 127.5 r138.4 r136.7 142.0 r144.3 144.4 r144.3 rl39.5 r137.3 r144.2 r142.3 137.4 134.1 144.6 140.7 143 138 133.3 133.2 133.5 134.5 8 34.9 134.1 126.3 130.1 127.8 127.7 127.8 r 145. I 147.1 rl43. I r140.2 r146.6 r 147.0 149.6 144.3 MONTHLY BUSiNESS STATISTICS—Continued 1964 1965 ] ITEM June GENERAL BUSINESS 1 Apr. July May 1 June 1 Ju l y JD/ INDICATORS—Continued INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION—Continued SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL INDEX ( I N C L . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTUR1NG, TOTAL UTIL.)1957- 59=100.. ..do ..do ..do.... ..do.... ..do ..do 1 ..do ..do ..do.... ..do ..do,... j ..do 1 ..dc... ssdo ..do ..do ..do.... ..do 1 ..do.... ..do ..do.... j ..do.... Paper and p r o d u c t s M1N1 NG Coa 1 ..do.... UT 1L1T1ES ..do 131.6 132.9 r140.9 132.4 133.2 126.1. 130.6 140.1 133.9 135.0 131.2 133.3 141.9 134.3 136.A 126.4 116. 1 143.2 132.5 121.5 134.4 103.5 132,8 124.5 158.7 124.6 155.2 120.0 127.5 M0.9 105.0 1 1 I.I 107.7 151.4 155.5 142.3 145.4 M4I.4 r 147.4. 155.2 144.6 145.5 129.9 114.2 155.6 r 138.4 r132,2 M43.6 r105.0 rl40s0 128.3 M69.2 121.5 167.7 r122.5 120.9 1 13.0 107.9 112.0 125.8 160.6 164.0 134.9 134.8 126.6 109.0 142.8 131.5 119.2 133.8 97.3 130.1 124.1 159.6 122. ! 153.4 1 19.6 1 18. 1 1 1 1.4 105.1 1 10.8 1 19.2 149.7 153.6 1 | | ! j 141.4 r142.4 143.6 rl42.6 r146.5 r140.8 r146.0 r156.9 M47.3 M47.0 r130.3 r l 17. 1 rl56.5 137.8 131.6 143.6 105.0 r I40s9 129.3 r167.3 r!22.9 168, 1 r120.8 1 16.5 r114.0 rl13.0 r l 1 1.9 r121.6 r160.9 164.3 r143.8 r148.0 143.7 rl46.7 rl58.6 149.2 rl49.7 131.0 113.0 •157.4 r138.5 132.0 145.1 149.9 148 148 161 150 151 132 ' 139.4 129.9 169.4 123.0 !58 139. 1 131 ! "l21.2 rl14.9 r 1 17.2 r112.2 121.7 161. w i 16.4 1 17 1 14 161.0 BY MARKET GROUPINGS: A u t o p a r t s and a l l i e d products 9 foodstuffs of rl42.6 142.9 163.4 r130.5 r142.4 95.2 87.0 101.4 95.8 86.8 102.5 105.3 90.6 116.7 105.2 90.3 1 16.9 100.0 100.4 I0J.7 102.1 102.8 102.9 92.4 100.3 101.7 93.8 100.5 102.1 96.9 101.8 102.8 98.3 101.9 103.2 100.6 102.2 r103.9 100.5 102.3 104.0 102.4 98.9 101.1 96.6 96.7 98.6 105.4 101.2 103.1 102.5 101.5 98.7 91.8 101. 1 107.3 103.4 100.4 97.6 102.3 102.1 97.6 97.6 98.0 106.3 100.5 103.7 105.2 101.9 99.8 92.3 101.5 107.8 103.6 100.8 98.4 103.3 102.3 97.6 98.4 98.0 107.4 100.4 103.7 105.7 101.9 100.0 92.9 101.6 108.1 103.7 102.0 100.3 r106.1 r102.5 97.4 98.7 98.0 r108.2 100.3 r103.8 rl05.9 r102.0 100.0 r92.8 101.9 107.6 103.7 102.2 100.0 106.7 ...do.... ...do.... 102.3 98.4 93.2 100.2 100.9 96.5 96.3 98.5 104.8 101.4 103.0 102.3 101.4 98.7 91.6 101.0 107.4 102.5 97.4 98.7 97.8 109.2 100.4 103.8 105.8 101.9 99.9 92.7 101.9 107.6 doss=s !00,0 99.6 98.3 97.3 *97s2 -59=100.. ...do.... 153.4 150.6 162.3 rl57.2 138.9 r142.7 r143.6 r162.4 r131.4 r141.8 164.2 157.2 r 144.3 145.3 169.7 131.4 r143.2 104.2 90. 1 1 15.3 146.5 150 144 103 3 89.0 1 14.6 product: C o m m o d i t i e s o t h e r t h a n f a r m p r o d , and f o o d s ..do.... ..do ..do.... Tobacco p r o d u c t s and b o t t l e d b e v e r a g e s . . PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY— SiS JD/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 131 147.0 157 133.6 132.7 150.2 125.7 134.6 ...do ..do.... r./ R e v i s e d , r131.4 r145.0 r154.7 131.8 130.8 148.1 122.8 132.9 ..do ..do.... WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMOD1T1ES By s t a g e o f p r o c e s s i n g : ' Crude m a t e r i a l s f o r f u r t h e r p r o c e s s i n g do.... I n t e r m e d i a t e m a t e r i a l s , s u p p l i e s , and c o m p o n e n t s ^ d o . . . . By d u r a b i l i t y 140.8 137.9 158 168 185 r 139.3 r138.4 157.8 166.9 183.5 145. 1 r132.3 r132.4 141.1 150.8 148.4 161.3 150.8 135.8 ..do . .do ...do ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ..do.... ...do.... COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PR ICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: r 140.1 r137.9 M58.0 r168. 1 187. 1 143.0 132.3 132.1 145.0 152.6 162.6 139.3 128.0 129.1 132.7 140.0 138.5 145.7 141.9 127.9 ..do ..do Bus i ness equ i pment r 139.9 r138.1 rl58.5 r168.0 184.9 r145.8 131.5 M3I.6 r 143.6 131.7 131.5 143.5 151.7 161.7 138.4 127.7 128.9 132.0 139.^ 137.6 143.7 141.3 129.1 ..do.... * Index based on 1947 -49=100 is 8 1 . 8 . 94.1 101.2 97.9- MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1965 1964 ITEM May July June July DOMESTIC TRADE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING: LINAGE (52 CITIES), TOTAL. C lassi fied Disp lay, total Mil. Automoti ve...o........ Finaneia I...„......... Genera I„„.„,.......... Re+ai!................ I ines ,.do.. ,.do.. 247.0 68.4 178.6 226.5 66.9 159.6 27 1, 72. 199, 286.0 79.9 206.0 266.0 75.7 190.3 ,.do.. ,.do.. ..do.. i= do, :: 16.2 5.2 25.9 131.3 12.8 5.8 19.6 121.4 16, 5, 25, 151, 16.9 5.0 28.5 155.6 17.3 5.4 24.9 142.7 15,461 1.293 15,462 1.293 14,410 I ,293 14,290 1.293 13,934 I .293 13,858 i.293 ,566.0 229.3 ,722.5 I 12.3 , 157. 241. 362. 1,243.8 267.5 391.2 18.4 487.4 106.5 179.8 3.2 2,863.7 251.2 1,951.0 121.2 1,279.3 270.8 399.6 19.4 FINANCE GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U.S., end of month............ r.ii I. $„ SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK..................doi. per f i ne oz . SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS, CASH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS PUBLICLY REPORTED: TOTAL DI VIDEND PAYMENTS,.„.,..........,......,„.= mi I. $„ Fi nance...................................... : ...dc... Manufacturing................................« ...do... Mining........................................ ...do... Pub lie utiIities: Commun i cat i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .„..do69„ ...do... Electric and g a s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ra i I roads „.., „». „ „ „. „., „.u,,............,, O B . d o B O O ...do... Trade....................................... Mi see I Ianeous............................. ...do... I 11.6 225.8 63.9 65.6 35.0 288.7 141. I 21.1 70.3 16.8 292.4 152.2 25.7 74.2 22.2 2.0 150.2 5.9 27.4 12..4 I 14.8 24 1.9 70.7 74,3 38.6 31 1.9 151.5 21.5 81.6 23.0 4.4! 4.37 4.28 4.30 4.38 4.38 80.24 85. 13 75.85 72.42 67.46 46.29 83.22 8 8 . 19 77.76 75.47 70.35 48.93 87.97 03.03 84.85 83.78 77.24 46.63 89.28 94.69 86.35 85.21 77.50 45.53 85.04 90. 19 8 I . 62 80.04 74. 19 45.52 84.91 8 9,.92 30.54 78.80 74.63 4 3.31 38.91 76.69 66.96 39.78 76.98 68.31 40.00 7 1.81 69.49 38.91 7 1.23 67.67 37. 17 68.47 62.54 38. 18 70.22 60,95 SECURITY MARKETS (Standard & Poor's Corporation) Stocks: Dividend yields, pref. stocks (14 high-grade)..„,..do... Pr ices: industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks).............. 1941-43=10. ! ndustr i a I, tota I (425 stocks).,.,. „ „..,...,.. .do. „, Capital goods (!22 stocks).................do... Consumers' goods (188 stocks)..„ ......do... Public utility (50 stocks)...................do... Railroad (25 stocks)........... .do... Banks: N. Y. City (10 stocks),. do... Outside N. Y. City (16 stocks).. do... Fire and casualty insurance (22 stocks) do... RUBBER AND RUBBER- PRODUCTS Natural rubber: Consumption Stocks, end of month thous. Ig. tons. do... 41.24 67.13 34.73 75.39 45.55 87.34 41.52 93.87 42.58 98.38 Synthetic rubber: Product! on. Consumption Stocks, end of month do... .do... do... 146.94 124.70 293.02 137.99 104.42 300.31 r I 53.28 r129. 16 r307.65 155.61 r 121.65 r3i7.8i 144.93 125.54 316.20 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 BUSINESS
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