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August 9, 1968 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59=100 250 250 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) - 200 200 150 i 1 ! i 100 ! ! 50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 L- i - J 1965 1966 Monthly I 1 1 11 1 1 11l l I . 1968 1 " 1 I—1 L 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 L 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 140 115 WHOLESALE PRICES CONSUMER PRICES 110 — All Commodities \ - Industrial Commodities ^ \ \ "s > < ^a"'—*** \ -3r - 105 i / 100 Farm Products All Items / Food 95 -/ / i i i.l i i i i i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i ! i i i i i I i i i i i 1965 1966 1967 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1965 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i.l. I J L 1 I 1 1966 1967 1968 Data- U.S. Dept. of Labor Index, 1910-14=100 Billion Dollars NEW 90 - VV vl '. / 100 * / CONSTRUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates) 375 r | PRICES RECEIVED A N D 350 h- PAID BY FARMERS 325!Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 300 Prices Received 40 275 Private Residential (nonfarm) -.. I \-~-^ 20 • • • I i • i • i . i 1965 U S. Dept of Commerce 1966 : • i i i • i 1967 / 250 i i i i i i I i i i i i 1968 225 1111111 1965 ^- w '^-*f i i i i I i i i i i ; i i i i i I i i i i i i i i i i i I i i i i i I 1966 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ^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 \ 1967 1968 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1967 ITEM July 29 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Aug. 5 July 23 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 „ 1957-59=100. 96.9 96.9 93.9 93.5 93.2 , .mil„ $. do.o. 5,968 3,911 5,895 3,996 6,532 4,3U 6,542 4,304 6,421 4,206 250 1,240 1,174 186 243 1,088 1,022 228 217 1,041 974 147 238 1,271 1,204 202 201 190 44,864 48,479 24,021 432 44,849 48,470 23,974 295 48,114 54,800 25,839 451 48,104 54,467 26,004 276 47,849 54,629 26,255 394 47,697 54,450 26,128 314 73,709 47,951 194,566 26,240 63,717 27,849 74,348 47,836 195,538 26,004 63,445 27,797 77,211 48,465 208,053 25,209 69,192 30,280 76,812 48,382 210,855 27,299 69,354 30,388 77,058 48,340 210,687 26,929 69,084 30,435 5.86 94.06 101.56 5.88 95.78 103.56 6.61 *102.23 *111.33 6.58 *101.70 *110.76 6.59 *99.21 *107.98 1,880 25,227 54,900 9,227 1,799 25,343 33,578 9,416 2,138 25,960 216,460 9,215 1,904 28,055 184,638 9,231 1,886 27,761 126,920 9,224 e u..u•...thous• sh. tons. 1957-59-100. 2,231 119.8 2,237 120.1 2,667 143.2 2,621 140.7 2,561 137.5 bil.. 13.7 14.0 14.4 14.7 14.7 « INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 0. .thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs „ do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / milo $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total i / ...do... Member bank reserve balances 2 / do... Excess reserves, estimated 2 / , „.. „do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij Demand deposits, adjusted mil. Savings deposits do. Loans and investment (adjusted), total do. U.S. Government obligations do. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do. Real estate loans (gross) . do. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) 2 / percent,* Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) ij„ 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks „. do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal i / thous. sh. tons „ „ Electric power by utilities mile kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / thous. bbl„. Steel, raw ...i Index of production 1968 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price . 2 / Daily average. lj MONTHLY 93.3 .6.46 *97.74 *106.31 2,235 120.5 Wednesday data. * Tuesday averages. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total ... .... ............. .number. Commercial service . „. do... Construction ., .do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade <•.... .do... "Wholesale trade do.,. Liabilities (current), total ............. thous. $. Commercial service do... Construction do... Manufacturing and mining „ do... Retail trade ..... do... Wholesale trade do... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns. July Apr. May June July 1,047 105 180 163 500 99 843 82 132 129 405 95 1,003 133 152 153 454 111 909 92 168 150 393 106 751 92 140 128 317 74 104,643 6,896 26,912 26,062 27,931 16,842 48.6 72,551 4,690 16,191 27,100 17,062 7,508 43.2 80,107 7,971 10,483 22,662 23,277 15,714 43.5 91,411 4,618 17,397 33,120 23,345 12,931 40.9 74,657 6,885 25,378 15,368 14,415 12,611 36.9 255 228 279 285 355 123 256 221 285 292 358 132 259 232 282 305 348 127 260 235 281 305 348 124 259 229 285 300 354 334 260 221 294 307 364 302 321 288 342 75 r3Q3 r324 r289 344 74 309 333 292 353 73 310 335 293 354 73 311 335 293 354 73 311 336 293 355 73 116.0 116.5 119.9 120.3 120.9 115.6 116.5 116.1 116.8 119.6 120.6 12Q.0 121.0 120.4 12.1.6 COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS . .1910-14-100. Crops , „ „ „do.. o Livestock and products „ do... uouo Dairy products do... Meat animals „ cu. „ „do... u Poultry and eggs „ do... PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items „ do... Production items c do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates ..do... PARITY RATIO do... CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: All items „ „. „ „ 1957-59=100. Special group indexes: All items less shelter „ do... u All items less food ...... a .do... r/ Revised http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve 6045 Bank of St. Louis va MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1968 1967 ITEM May June Mar. Apr. May COMMODITY FRICES~Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—UNADJ.~Con. Special group indexes—Con. Commodities Nondurables Durables New cars Used cars 1957-59=100. do... « do. •. do... do... 110.5 113.2 1Q3.9 96.9 121.4 111.0 113.8 104.1 96.8 122.4 113.9 116.9 106.6 100.6 114.3 117.3 106.9 100.3 126.3 114.7 117.8 106.9 100.3 126.7 Commodities less food Services Services less rent do... do... do... 108.7 127.0 130.4 108.9 127.4 130.8 111, 132. 136. 112.2 132.5 136.6 112.5 133.0 137.1 Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables do... do... do... do... U3.9 108.5 115.9 116.4 115.1 111.6 116.3 119.9 117. 113. 118. 126. 118.3 112.7 118.8 128.3 11B.8 113.0 120.2 130.7 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership do. do. do. do. U3.9 117.5 112.1 119.7 114.1 117.7 112.2 119.9 117.2 121.0 114.2 123.8 117.5 121.3 114.4 124.0 117.8 121.6 114.6 124.3 do. do. do. do. 108.7 110.8 108.3 107.9 108.6 110.5 108.2 108.1 109.9 113.9 109.3 111.8 110.0 114.0 109.5 112.2 110.3 115.3 109.5 112.5 do. do. do. do. 113.8 115.5 113.6 130.9 113.9 115.7 113.7 132.2 117.6 119.0 116.7 137.1 118.4 119.0 116.8 137.2 119.5 119.1 116.8 137.3 do... do... do... do... 122.8 135.7 115.0 119.6 123.2 136.3 115.3 119.7 128.3 142.9 118.4 124.2 128.8 143.5 119.0 124.9 129. 144. 119. 125. do... do... do... 114.5 113.7 115.6 115. 113. 115. 118.1 117.8 119.5 118, 118, 119. 119.4 119.3 119.2 do... do... do... do... 105.8 100.7 110.7 106.0 106. 102. 112. 106. 108.2 102.1 112.9 108.6 108.3 102.1 112.8 108.8 108. 103. 113. 108. Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products do. do. do. do. 98.8 104.4 100.8 115.2 98.5 104.0 100.8 115.6 98.6 102.0 103.6 117.9 98.8 102.4 103.8 118.3 98.7 102.4 104.0 118.8 Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products Nonmetallic mineral products do. do. do. do. 104.2 111.6 108.9 103.8 104.7 111.6 108.9 103.9 113.9 114-3 113.8 107 -3 115.8 114.8 113.3 107.4 117.0 115.0 111.7 107.8 103.9 95.8 101.6 108.0 1Q3.9 95*8 101.6 109.6 105.2 99.7 104.6 111.5 105.2 99.7 104.7 111.8 105.5 99.8 104.8 111.8 $0,945 .865 $0,941 .862 $0,924 .837 $0,923 .834 $0,922 .831 mil. $. do... do... do... 6,306 4,023 1,868 1,380 6,674 4,316 2,110 1,599 5,902 3,904 1,873 1,468 r6,680 r4,391 r2,140 rl,710 r7,170 r4,678 r2,353 rl,891 do. do. do. 1,501 499 597 1,509 515 577 1,427 430 587 rl,538 r441 676 rl,562 r448 r684 2,283 2,358 1,998 r2,289 r2,492 73.9 47.8 22.1 72.4 48.1 22.9 83.2 54.9 27.4 r83.8 r55.9 r27.8 83.6 r55.4 r27.7 do. do. do. 17.8 6.0 7.1 17.3 5.9 6.7 19. 58. rl9.1 r5.5 r8.5 rl8.5 r5.3 r8.1 do 26.1 24.3 28.4 r28.0 r28.3 Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private Public Health and recreation Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation Seasonally- adjusted indexes: Food Apparel and upkeep Transportation WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Pulp* paper, and allied products do... Rubber and products do... Textile products and apparel do... Miscellaneous products do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Wholesale prices 1957-59=$1.00. Consumer prices do... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (nonfarm) New housing units Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total do... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Private, total do... Residential (nonfarm) do... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total . Revised. * Preliminary July 1968 wholesale price indexes are as follows: All commodities, 109.1; farm products, 103.9; processed foods Digitized for r/ FRASER and feeds, 115.9; industrial commodities, 108.9; purchasing power of the dollar, $0,917. 1/ Except farm and public utilities. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve 6045 Bank of St. Louis 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 1967 ITEM June July Apr. mil. $, do.., 94,813 75,051 95,115 75,348 99,142 78,345 100,275 79,270 d°«., do.., 7,458 6,697 6,859 6,562 7,694 6,930 7,883 6,958 7,693 6,600 do.., 6,823 6,531 6,776 6,551 7,342 6,800 7,479 6,869 7,516 6,884 . , , 318.12 872.66 131.92 253.90 327.23 888.51 132.72 267.65 309.31 893.37 123.59 230.63 318.17 905.22 122,72 246.85 327.12 906.82 127.66 262.95 327.41 905.32 133.11 259.95 12/31/65-50, do.,. do.. do.. do.. 50.54 51.55 54.97 45.95 47.51 51.67 53.13 57.30 44.87 49.85 53.23 56o03 46.85 42.46 57.56 54.85 58.04 49.92 42.07 60.43 56.64 59.83 52.86 43.30 64.6O 56.41 59.12 51.59 44.69 68.90 mil. kw.-hr, do.., » do., do.. do.. „.. .do.. 111,704 103,007 84,505 18,502 83,772 19,235 114,428 106,019 87,106 18,914 85,836 20,184 109,234 100,340 81,341 18,999 80,976 19,364 114,607 105,522 85,998 19,524 85,251 20,271 8,697 8,408 8,409 8,895 8,578 317 9,084 8,758 327 May June July FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month Installment credit, total Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total Repaid, total Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total Repaid, t o t a l • SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks) u Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Railroads (20 stocks) New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite Industrial Transportation Utility Finance .., > « do.,, 101,467 80,363 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL Electric utilities, total By fuels „ „ „., By waterpower Privately and municipally owned utilities Other producers (publicly owned) Industrial establishments, total By fuels ^y waterpower o. „ „ <,«« do,. «..«. .do.. « «do.. 289 8,183 226 USCOMM-DC-6045 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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