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December 1, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS B U S IN E S S IN D I C A T O R S Index, 1941-43=10 120 Index, 1941-43=10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 - 100 - 90 - ^ - v 80 Monthly (avg. 70 i i < i i ! i i i i i i . i 1964 . . i i . . i . i i 1965 i i i 1 t t i i i of daily close) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1966 J F M A M J 1967 J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) 1,000 — /^Js-^\ rv/^A r\ 800 \ A*"! 600 \ / V 400 200 Monthly 0 .. 1 1 -J—1—1—J 1 ,,-L. ,JL- i.™J -J—l~J 1964 l~J—1 1 L 1 _l .Jl .. 1 _ l 1965 1, l - X J — L _ J — l _ J L .,,- 1 . J JL , 1 - I J , . J . , . J _ J — L . J - ... 1966 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1967 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59=100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) Index, 1957-59=100 l 250 200 - 150 - 100 Monthly 50 i i i i i 1 i J 1964 i — i — i — —J L_J L-J-J—1—LJL.„J__J 1965 .. 1™.J..„J 1 1 1, JLJL_±__I 1966 | i i i i i 1 i 1967 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * Available 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 i i i i J FMAMJ J A S O N D 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 1967 STEM Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Nov. 4 Nov. Nov. I I 18 Nov. 25 95.1 1957-59=100.. 102.7 102.6 94.8 94.7 94.9 mil. $.. do.... 6,159 4,187 5,957 4, 108 6,228 4,299 6, 176 4,281 6,368 4,395 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).number.. 217 930 880 293 206 1,043 989 204 205 986 919 216 202 1,018 950 228 209 196 182 do.... 43,765 46,165 23,354 547 43,876 45,967 22,923 184 45,341 48,643 24,698 278 45,565 49,458 24,772 356 45,878 49,570 24,675 505 46,089 49,786 24,606 219 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4 / Demand deposits, adjusted .mil. $.. Savings deposits do.... Loans and inveslments (adjusted), total do.... U.S. Government obligations do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... 71,824 47,091 181,094 22,560 60,267 27,585 70,435 46,972 179,775 22,512 59,945 27,516 77,183 48,438 200,894 28,915 63,401 28,531 74,113 48,501 199,316 28,488 63,527 28,576 75,831 48,489 200,957 29,053 63,826 28,694 5.64 82.37 87.61 5.67 80.21 85.20 6.25 92.71 101.05 6.30 91.14 99.25 6.38 91.76 99.84 6.40 93.65 101.99 1,892 22,033 240,221 8,458 1,961 21, 119 184,459 8,489 1,798 23, 124 169,909 8,997 1,939 23,631 157,204 8,945 1,848 23,715 205,079 178,767 2,565 137.7 609 332 2,528 135.7 524 290 2,568 137.8 575 321 2,577 138.3 568 314 2,662 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Member bank reserve balances 3/ Excess reserves, estimated 3/ mil. $.. do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)....1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL M i see I Ianeous ±/ thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2 / Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3 / Daily average. ±/ 2,707 145.3 318 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 Sept. 1967 Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS 1 SHIPMENTS: J./ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metaIs Transportation equ ipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment MANUFACTURERS 1 ORDERS: ±/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primarymetals Transportati on equ i pment Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total.......... Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) : Durable goods industries, total Pr imary meta Is Transportati on equ i pment bil. $. do... do... 23.8 4.0 5.9 24. 3. 6. 20.6 3.1 5.2 22. 1 3 .4 5 0 23.4 3.5 5.6 22.9 3.5 5.4 do... do... .do... 23.0 3.9 5.8 23, 3. 23.2 3.6 6.2 23. 6 3 5 6, 6 22.8 3.4 5.8 22.2 3.4 5.2 do... 25.8 24.5 21.8 22.3 23.7 22.9 25.3 4.0 7.6 24.2 3.8 6.9 23.7 3.6 6.7 23.7 3.5 6.0 23.2 3.7 5.8 22.5 3.5 5.5 do... 75.7 76.0 76.9 77.2 77.5 77.4 do... do... do... 75.6 7.4 32.1 76.4 7.4 32.6 76.7 5.9 34.5 76.8 5.9 33.8 77.2 6. I 33.9 77.6 6. I 34.1 82.6 98-.. 6 83.4 100.5 81. I 99.3 80.3 99.6 80.0 98.0 78.5 95.8 ....do... do... do... FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Prices (Stand. & Poor's Corporation): Industrial, utility, and railroad (AAA issues): Composite . ...$ per $100 bond. Domestic municipal (15 bonds).... do... / Data for Oct. J967 9166 142.9 572 Wednesday data. ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS 8,988 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1967 1966 ITEM Sept. FINANCE—Con. SECURITY M A R K E T S — C o n . BONDS—Con. Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody' s ) . . . . percent. By rating: Aaa. do... Aa do... A • do... Baa do... By group: Industrials do... Pub I ic uti I ities... do... Ra i I roads. do... Domestic municipal, Standard & Poor's Corporation (15 bonds)..... do... STOCKS: Dividend yields, preferred stocks, 10 high-grade (Standard & Poor's Corporation) percent. Oct. July Aug. Sept. 5.71 5.67 5.86 5.91 6.00 5.49 5.58 5.69 6.09 5.41 5.50 5.67 6. 10 5.58 5.72 5.88 6.26 5.62 5.76 5.94 6.33 5.65 5.87 6.06 6.40 5.71 5.78 5.65 5.63 5.72 5.67 5.79 5.91 5.88 5.84 5.96 5.94 5.93 6.02 6.03 4.11 3.97 4.05 4.03 4. 15 5.23 5.28 5.34 5.35 5.41 77.81 83.11 74.74 67.89 77.13 82.01 72.67 66.67 93.01 100.38 98.35 81.27 94.49 102.11 101.0$ 83.88 95.81 103.84 r104. 17 r84.62 do.. ....do.. 63.11 40.31 65.41 39.44 67.77 49.91 68.03 50.43 67.45 49.27 do.. do.. ....do.. 28.87 57.44 59.52 32.30 61.04 63.68 36.76 65.95 62.56 37.89 67.34 58.95 38.39 67.99 60.84 thous. Ig. tons. do... 6,795 731 6,962 863 8,378 810 7,843 638 7, 179 763 dollars. % of tota I. same mo. 1951=100. 10.45 65 118 10.86 69 113 9.93 55 109 I I. 12 I 12 10.97 64 120 266 109 168 321 r83 r293 144 122 113 202 153 I 18 165 145 70 35.9 39.5 33.9 38.2 101.2 64.1 237.7 89.6 44.2 148.4 65.9 133.2 r49. I r104.9 Prices, Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks). 1941-43=10. Industrial, total (425 stocks)... do... Cap ita I goods ( 122 stocks) do.. . Consumers' goods (181 stocks) .do... Public utility (55 stocks) Railroad (20 stocks) Banks: New York City (10 stocks) Outside New York City (16 stocks) Fire and casualty insurance (20 stocks) TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION Panama CanaI: Total In United States vessels Hotels: Average sales per occupied room. Rooms occup ied Restaurant sales index 63 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO Rice, California: Receipts, domestic, rough mil. |b. Shipments from mills, milled rice do... Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis),end of mo...do... VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oiI: Production, crude.... ,. mil. lb. Cottonseed cake and meaI: Production..... thous. sh. tons. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do... Cottonseed oiI: Production, crude ....mil. lb. Linseed oiI: Production, crude (raw) do... Soybean cake and meaI: Production thous. sh. tons. Stocks '(at oi I mi I Is), end of month do... Soybean oiI: Production, crude mil. lb. 39.1 67.7 165.6 30.2 45.4 r33.5 44. I 45.4 7.2 32.9 37.8 824.1 III.4 1,039.6 130.0 1,061.7 141.3 1,029.5 102.3 r972.9 r109.6 382.1 482.1 494. I 480.1 r459.5 thous. sh. tons. 7,732 8,044 6,696 6,951 7,055 do... do... do... 1,034 1,344 768 1,012 1,346 757 882 934 581 r896 r1,240 891 I, 171 703 do... do... do... 209 95 60 210 96 58 132 64 4! 137 85 51 132 89 51 do... do... do... 633 162 154 626 179 149 328 124 105 317 rl38 r I 13 319 138 115 do... do... do... 301 393 3,282 390 414 3,219 328 329 3, 135 METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys).. Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo Shipments, total For sale rlAl Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo S h i pments, tota I For sa le Steel castings: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo S h i pments, tota l 8 s , „ 8 , „ „ For sale Fabr i cated structuraI stee I: Orders, new (net). Sh i pments Backlog, end of month jr/ Revised. 9166 621 449 3,277 336 368 3,230 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 1967 ITEM Sept. Oct. J July .9 8.7 70.4 46.4 177.7 139.2 160.5 119.0 222.5 ! 17.6 1.5 7. 1 .4 5.6 35.7 42.6 133.5 85.2 r113.1 r89.2 176.1 10.9 1.0 7.1 J Aug. j Sept. j Oct. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Con. Radiators and convectors, shipments: Cast iron................. ...mil. sqe ft , radiation.. ,00006.dO.... J Oil burners: Shipments.,, .,..,....«....«. ......thous.. Stocks, end of mo................ .......do.... do.... Ranges, gas, domestic cooking, shipments J/.... Stoves, gas, domestic heating, shipments....... ....••• do.... do.... ! .......do.... I .......do..., i Furnaces and ovens Cindust.), dom. new orders, let..mi 1. $.. E1ectric processing.......................... .......do.... Fuel-fired (except for hot roiling steel..... .......do.... MACHINE TOOLS? Metal cutting tools? Orders, new (net), total................... .....mi I. $., .......do.... Domestic........................................do.... .9 8.6 62.8 53.5 181.6 150.5 159.9 115.2 i 202.6 1 i2.2 ; 1.3 8. 1 137.70 126.50 104.05 93.65 10.8 128.10 121.10 101.80 91.65 ii.O 88.25 77.90 96.15 88.80 9.2 19.90 17.95 29.60 27.60 9.4 23.75 20.90 27.05 25.60 9.0 18.10 13.60 21.20 18.70 5.9 932 781 19.6 15.1 12.9 .514 10. 1 | .5 8.8 64.8 42.5 185.4 1 13.4 144.6 108. 1 225.5 14.3 .5 9.8 ....... 10.7 .5 3.6 108.60 99.15 87.25 j 78.45 1 9.5 5.5 1. 1 1.8 r74.00 r69.85 rl14.80 r102.10 r9.0 72.55 67.00 98.55 88.75 8.8 13.95 13,30 20.55 17.65 5.7 r!5.65 r!3.95 r22.80 r2l.05 r5.6 17. 10 15.45 29.25 26.55 5.0 562 721 850 744 19.5 15.1 19.8 14.9 20.0 14,9 20.0 14.7 20.1 14.7 10.5 .527 8.3 8.1 .403 6.0 9.8 .491 7.2 12.0 .481 8.8 10.3 .513 7.4 2,401 23, 144 918 1,196 992 1,759 19,256 760 954 794 r2,2l5 r25,3!1 r967 r1,207 r773 149.4 3,448 148.4 3,040 r220.9 r4,133 281.5 4,920 9,790 6,600 1,406 9,603 6,468 975 r6,492 r3,684 r2,866 7,485 4,336 2,784 Metal forming tools: „......do..s. U O m e S T ! C 9 o © o a . o © o o o o o o a o o o o o a o o o G 9 o o o » o o s> ..do.... UOme STIC. esse. see. ....... see., ee.oes. ess. TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of 1 inters); 2/ wing bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total. ...mi11 ions.. Consuming 100 percent cotton........... .......do.... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total ...bi II ions.. ....... do.... Women's, misses', juniors' outerwear, cuttings: hous. units.. do.... do.... .thous. doz.. do.... Skirts 2, 109 21,523 791 1,238 824 j i 2, 100 21,972 847 1, 113 672 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Aircraft (civilian): 248.5 4,533 Truck trailers, shipments: | 7,799 4,663 1,869 j r / Revised. J / Shipments of top burner u n i t s ( f o r use with b u i l t - i n ovens) in Aug. 1967 t o t a l e d 18,400 u n i t s (four-burner e q u i v a l e n t ) . 2 / Data f o r Sept. 1966 and Sept. 1967 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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