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December 12, 1969 A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STATISTICS COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS B U S I N E S S IN D I C A T O R S 1941-43 = 10 140 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES ©F 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 - > / 110 100 -•^ \ - ^ ^ ^ _ 90 Monthy (avg. 80 —1—1—1—\—1—Lj 1 1—LJ— 1 1 1 « 1 1966 l _ l _ L - L _ I _ l _ —L™J L—1 ,1 1967 i 1 1 I 1 L_ of daily close) 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1968 L.J—l_ J F M A M J J A S O N D 1969 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 100 250 1957-59 = 100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) - 200 H 200 1968 f -•v-*-H 150 s*—*"x ^ 150 1969 100 100 Weekly Monthly 50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 _J L_J L_J 1 1 L_±__L_J —1—1—1—1—1—1—L_J—L_l—1 1967 1966 ' I ' ' 1968 1 1 L_J I i 1 1 J 1969 . i i i F M A M J 1 JL~L_1 ,L™A_ J A S O N D 50 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Bii!ion$ 60 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES Billion$ 100 (seasonally adjusted) S~^ f H 90 ^>»^\ ( r i g h t scale) 0 45 / / / ^ \ -<'*' 9.0 • — • 8.0 [A - \ Extended H 80 \ 7.0 Shipments (left scale) - ^-^^•—"^ 70 6.0 .s 60 5.0 S - — (seasonally adjusted) J? * 50 h CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID ^ < 55 Inventories Billion$ 10.0 p- Repaid — Book v a l u e , e n d of month 40 -L-L-l-l 1 1 1966 M i l l lj_LUU. 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1.1 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1968 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1969 i t i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1967 1968 1966 Data: Federal Reserve Board sfeAvaiiable only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY i j i i i 11 i i i i 1 1969 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1969 ITEM Nov. 30 VIHOLhSALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ Dec. 7 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6. 1957-59-100., 97.9 97.9 *112.1 112.2 111.6 mil. $., .do.... 4,773 7,631 5,437 6,965 4,795 7,065 4,914 7,126 4,956 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.. 180 1,080 1,002 137 224 1,11.1 1,033 159 197 1,084 1,007 161 231 1,098 1,022 183 219 194 199 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2J mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding,, total i/.„,do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do Excess reserves, estimated 2 / do 49,638 58,532 26,594 -59 50,077 59,049 26,859 -285 52,314 62,458 27,696 -202 52,551 63,102 27,949 -1 52,687 62,869 27,547 83 53,059 63,192 27,655 97 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits.. do Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do..., U.S. Government obligations do Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... 79,135 48,817 223,917 28,375 71,241 31,893 71,270 31,687 78,396 46,343 226,984 22,971 78,246 33,995 79,835 46,345 226,372 22,641 78,092 34,057 79,485 46,334 227,914 23,736 77,996 34,075 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)/^..1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do.... 6.63 107.76 II7.33 6.68 **108.02 **117.79 7.70 97.89 107.62 7.78 95.90 105.58 7.89 93.27 102.85 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities . Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2/ thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 1,923 24,612 174,419 8,998 1,737 26,358 210,360 1,944 27,357 180,736 9,254 1,879 28,157 182,727 9,277 2,024 26,660 121,870 9,252 Steel, raw Index of production. f RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. bil.. 2,356 126.5 13.5 2,348 126.0 14.3 2,769 148.6 15.7 2,784 149.4 15.7 2,806 150.6 14.1 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. V 112.1 7.97 91.65 101.06 181,223 2,777 149.1 Wednesday data. * Monday price. ** Tuesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total \J ' Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. E/ mil. do, do. do. do. 52,950 28,404 1,449 3,912 2,965 54,016 29,541 1,496 4,125 3,079 50,501 27,225 1,407 4,360 2,876 53,401 28,745 1,531 4,584 3,135 r57,991 r32,188 rl,592 r4,946 r3,249 58,152 32,398 1,595 5,035 3,398 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do. do. do. do. 5,029 3,754 7,067 1,062 094 681 835 1,025 4,856 3,536 6,224 1,023 5,095 3,739 6,302 1,166 r5,700 r4,098 rd,101 rl,287 5,433 4,068 8,460 1,167 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products do. do. do. do. 24,546 8,251 423 1,981 24,475 8,115 412 1,956 23,276 7,809 437 1,507 24,656 8,159 453 1,852 r25,803 r8,708 r454 rl,884 25,754 8,723 413 1,747 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products do. do. do. do. 2,186 4,204 1,897 1,221 2,174 4,109 1,905 1,321 2,157 3,825 2,046 1,266 2,264 4,040 2,088 1,311 r2,338 r4,268 r2,155 r1,423 2,322 4,246 2,118 1,483 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products do. 51,441 52,560 55,392 55,239 r56,434 56,678 do. do. do. do. 27,985 1,347 3,963 2,859 28,960 1,390 4,220 3,005 30,605 1,388 4,777 3,088 30,868 1,414 4,739 3,036 r31,742 rl,478 r5,Ol6 r3,135 31,826 1,482 5,156 3,312 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do. do. do. do. 5,075 3,545 7,227 999 5,194 3,529 7,555 989 5,261 3,930 7,916 1,101 5,504 3,863 8,120 1,182 r5,769 r3,873 r8,248 rl,212 5,536 3,902 8,205 1,124 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 7181 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 3 1968 1969 ITEM Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries , total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Oct. July Aug. Sept. mil, $. .do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 23,456 7,812 411 1,848 2,117 4,061 1,884 1,221 23,600 7,869 421 1,805 2,112 4,061 1,890 1,276 24,787 8,114 425 1,789 2,333 4,118 2,030 1,395 24,371 8,156 432 1,785 2,234 4,100 2,071 1,352 r24,692 8,259 r442 rl,76l r2,263 r4,120 r2,138 rl,424 do do.... do do 86,409 56,141 30,268 87,109 86,887 56,265 30,622 87,566 92,682 61,113 31,569 93,166 93,262 61,541 31,721 93,728 r93,415 r6l,643 r31,772 r94,211 do do.... do.... do do do.... do.... do.... 56,458 2,029 7,502 6,121 11,213 8,502 13,889 2,067 56,657 2,064 7,426 6,229 11,147 8,524 13,891 2,105 61,441 2,463 7,800 6,407 12,542 9,044 15,154 2,407 61,724 2,453 7,907 6,37-1 12,606 9,086 15,177 2,412 r62,03o r2,458 r7,937 6,434 r12,697 r9,203 r15,129 r2,4l6 do do.... do.... do.... do-.... do.... do.... do.... 30,651 7,423 2,219 3,477 2,331 5,793 2,083 1,733 30,909 7,491 2,211 3,470 2,359 5,871 2,114 1,731 31,725 7,296 2,230 3,509 2,486 6,395 2,078 1,851 32,004 7,367 2,251 3,586 2,469 6,418 2,075 1,885 r32,175 r7,399 r2,225 r3,564 r2,513 r6,467 r2,108 rl,890 do do.... do.... do 53,605 29,052 24,553 51,877 55,022 30,536 24,486 53,931 51,551 28,355 23,196 55,793 53,001 28,420 24,581 54,799 r58,450 r32,671 r25,779 r56,829 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 28,381 4,092 3,103 5,184 3,668 6,996 23,496 6,434 17,062 30,280 4,397 3,271 5,403 3,751 7,764 23,651 6,518 17,133 31,069 5,161 3,197 5,433 4,079 7,554 24,724 6,856 17,868 30,482 5,001 3,091 5,513 3,707 7,657 24,317 6,616 17,701 r32,135 r5,313 r3,340 r6,152 r3,688 r7,885 r24,694 r6,709 r17,985 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do Durable goods industries, total do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do.... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL do By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do.... Primary metals do.... Fabricated metal products do.... Machinery, except electrical do.... Electrical machinery do.... Transportation equipment do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders...do.... FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month mil. $.. Installment credit, total do.... Automobile paper do.... Other consumer goods paper do.... Repair and modernization loans do.... Personal loans do.... By type of holder: Financial institutions, total do.... Commercial banks do.... Sales finance companies do.... Credit unions do.... Consumer finance companies do.... Other do.... Retail outlets, total do Automobile dealers do.... 84,358 81,318 3,040 83,617 85,357 82,307 3,050 84,991 89,892 86,759 3,133 89,456 89,493 86,435 3,058 89,014 r89,952 r86,918 r3,Q34 r89,411 80,572 5,662 9,115 14,430 12,923 32,709 3,045 81,894 5,840 9,381 14,637 13,148 32,918 3,097 86,369 7,456 10,175 16,487 13,276 33,121 3,087 85,984 7,718 10,231 16,494 13,120 32,658 3,030 r86,377 r8,015 rlO,436 r16,875 rl2,935 r32,297 r3,034 107,636 86,184 33,336 22,988 3,881 25,979 108,643 87,058 33,698 23,248 3,910 26,202 116,567 93,833 36,081 25,172 4,039 28,541 117,380 94,732 36,245 25,467 4,063 28,957 118,008 95,356 36,321 25,732 4,096 29,207 75,114 35,923 17,680 9,851 8,530 3,130 11,070 313 21,452 8,868 7,719 1,149 6,550 1,267 6,034 75,871 36,352 17,823 9,962 8,588 3,146 11,187 317 82,130 39,248 19,127 11,054 9,293 3,408 11,703 335 22,764 9,120 7,946 1,174 7,039 1,498 6,605 82,910 39,532 19,265 11,220 9,436 3,457 11,822 336 22,648 9,073 7,879 1,194 6,988 1,550 6,587 83,440 39,793 19,360 11,347 9,450 3,490 11,916 336 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders Noninstallment credit, total Single-payment loans, total Commercial banks Other financial institutions Charge accounts, total Credit cards Service credit r/Revised. ^/Preliminary. 7181 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. l/lncludes data for "other industries" not shown. 21,585 8,943 7,794 1,149 6,692 1,268 5,950 22,652 9,075 7,882 1,193 7,005 1,557 6,572 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 ITEM FINANCE—Con. Installment credit extended and repaid; Unadjusted: Extended, total.................... Automobile paper.,................ Other consumer goods paper....... ALL other,........................ Repaid, total...................... Automobile paper................. Other consumer goods paper...,... All other........................ Seasonally adjusted? Ext-ended, total..............,,...... , Automobile p a p e r * « . « . . . , , e ,......., Other consumer goods paper....... All other........,......r......A. Repaid, total...................... Automobile paper................. Other consumer goods paper....... All other........................ Sept. 1969 Oct. I July Aug. Sept. Oct. . . . . . . m i l . $.. ........do.... ........do.... ........do.... ........do.... ........do,... ........do.... ........do.... 7,682 2,354 2,462 2,866 7,182 2,343 2,251 2,588 8,687 2,917 2,752 3,018 7,^13 2,555 2,492 2,766 8,920 2,828 2,778 3,314 8,174 2,551 2,562 3,06.1 8,604 2,593 2,764 3,247 7,705 2,429 2,469 2,807 8,485 2,566 2,794 3,125 7,861 2,490 2,529 2,842 8,797 2,939 2,805 3,053 8,303 2,661 2,682 2,960 do..,. do..,. do.... ........do.... ........do.... ........do.... ........do.... ........do.... 1 8.,416 2,783 2,560 3,073 7,701 2,482 2,428 2,791 8,533 2.7^2 2,645 3,106 7,586 2,391 2,451 2,744 8,521 2,582 2,777 3,162 7,899 2,471 2,511 2,917 2,634 2,819 3,227 8,080 2,562 2,574 2,944 8,669 2,794 740 135 971 498 600 873 8,66.1 2,808 2,707 3,146 7,992 2,463 2,615 2,914 Oct. Nov. 1968 Oct. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks)......................:.. Industrial (30 stocks)................<.............. Public utility (.15 stocks)........................... Railroad (20 stocks) New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite.................................12/31/65=50 Industrial.....................................do.. Transportation..................................do.. Utility. do.. Finance...................r....................do.. 1969 Nov. Aug. Sept. 340.25 955.47 130.40 270.41 344.39 964.12 137.57 270.51 279.78 825.46 115.76 199.24 279.05 826.71 113.35 199.06 280.44 832.51 115.12 198.39 281.02 841.09 116.04 195.47 58.32 61.07 55.24 45".2?2 " 77.50 59.44 61.97 55.96 47.18 79-55 52.09 54.85 41.45 41.34 65.29 52.37 55.29 42.72 40.20 68.16 53.27 56.22 43.3.2 40.55 71.71 53.85 56.84 42.59 41.36 71.62 USCQMM—DC—7181 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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