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December 17, 1965 A WEEKLY BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS D BUS!NESS IN D I C A T O R S Index, 1941-43=10 Index, 1941-43=10 00 - - PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 90 j * ^ 0 0 0 * * * * 100 ^"^ V / 80 - 70 Monthly 60 (avg. of daily close) ^Jt J 1 L U - J 1 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1 .1.-1 - ! .,»o, .J—!—Un-x^JL-x * . x ,J J. 1 JL™0™JL™_ 1962 1 . 1 . 1 1 , ™4 1964 1963 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1965 Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) J F M A M J Monthly Weekly J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) 170 - J****~*r 160 jfe 1 jj 1964 " 1 /m~'^^*S^ 150 140 130 in 1965 J g g S —Lmtai*^~^<^^-j « 1— , , 0 S , 1962 ^ ^ ^ ' , , > l I , ™ m 0 ^ t Data: t Edisof Electric Inst. ™™l Billion Dollars 30 SALES OF RETAIL STORES 150 - 140 , 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce i—i J 1965 Dollars 2.80 160 H 1—t—„fc,—i,.—1.—J—...I.—• L...J. JL...— i — i — i — i — i — i — i — i — i — i — i — i 1963 170 . 1 J F M A M J . • . • • i J A S O N D 48 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS (seasonally adjusted) 25 2.60 20 2.40 Nondurable 10 h Durable 2.20 1962 2.00 Goods I I I ,1 I 1 I I M I I I M I I I I I I I » I I I I I [ I I I I 1963 1964 Average Hours Per 42 Week* 1965 1.80 provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY 40 ^Seasonally adjusted Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor ii i i t » i i ii i 1 i i i 1962 *v%,y '«*„yH >«*% -*V%^ J * % J ^te***** * A v a i l a b l e only w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, a t $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y , this Supplement 44 (right scale) , , ,n,,,,M,, \ . l l «.««..u..^^'««•^•''%^T'*'* •• I I I I 1 I I I / Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) Goods !V.. 15 46 •-' 1963 i i i > i 1964 t i i i I t • i • i I i 1965 • i • i 38 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 i964 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE; Al 1 commodities I957-59-IOO., Foods, processed... .do.... 22 commodities 2 / . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES...... -j.. do.... .mil. $.. •103.4 5,840 4, 1 18 346 1,600 1,475 269 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs.. thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs .....do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)...do.... FAILURES, SNDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).number.. F S NANCE: do ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ MONTHLY 257 273 41,389 42,605 2 i,878 41.520 42,50! 2 i,747 41,732 43,018 22,190 41,929 43,519 22,377 487 228 423 66,045 45,100 162,477 Z4,1IV 4.59 83.46 88.15 4.75 92.60 98.54 1,654 19,769 256,969 7,790 !, 728 20,029 259.730 7,778 Tuesday price. ....... 4.77 91,94 97.80 49,135 22,425 4.78 91.50 97.37 1,906 20,542 254,043 8,003 1.937 19,669 205,658 7,990 1,801 21,059 256,835 8,022 ....... . ., 2,629 141.1 577 2,084 III.9 602 2,064 110.8 521 323 325 281 3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. 2, 119 113.7 583 321 4.81 91.28 97.11 2,173 1 16.6 * Monthly index for D e c . 1964. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 ITEM 108. I 103.0 108.3 202 64.102 45.048 161.007 24,276 48,951 22,387 2,634 141.4 569 316 103.7 102.3 247 315 .thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. do.... Dec. 11 257 64,435 44,969 160,618 23,268 49,303 22,356 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moodv 8 s) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand & Poor ! s) 4/..1941-43=10.. Industr i a 1s, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCT ION; Steel.... Index of production.... „ FREIGHT CARLOAD!NGS, TOTAL... M i see 1 1 aneous 257 i, 1 15 1,027 103.5 101.8 107.3 103.0 106.6 6,341 4,351 290 '. .....mil. kw.-hr.. .-es = = s «,number = ! 106. I 5,537 3,757 229 1,228 1, 138 106.2 5,765 3,836 21, i42 Dec. 4 64,967 40,343 146,275 26.941 40,914 19,934 Commercial and industrial loans (gross).........do.... Real estate loans (gross)............„ ....do.... Electric power, by utilities.... Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) *I00.8 *92.8 *iO0.8 *I0I.8 103.4 6,220 4,376 330 1,660 1,536 285 Nov. 27 64,607 40,312 146,997 27,256 40,999 !9,909 4.59 83.79 88.56 Reporting member bank (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/ Demand deposits, adjusted ...mil. $.. Loans and investments (adjusted), total... Nov. 20 39,476 39.480 39.277 38,969 2i,376 389 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/...do.... 1965 Dec. 12 Dec. 5 Oct. 1965 Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New construction? Advance planning (ENR) ±/ mil. $.. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: Associated General Contractors (bldg. on!y)..1957-59=100.. Engineering News-Record: Bui Iding do.... Construction. do.... DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 2/........... .mi I. $.. Durab le goods stores. do. Automot i ve group... do. — Furniture and appliance group.... do.... Lumber, building, hardware group do.... Nbndurab I e goods stores do.... Appare I group. „ .do.... Drug and proprietary stores do.... Eating and drinking places do.... Food group do.... GasoIi ne ser v i ce stat ions do.... General merchandise group.,,. do. ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 2/.. ...do.... Durab ie goods stores. do.... Automot i ve group do.... Furniture and appliance group ......do.... Lumber, building, hardware group................do.... Nondurab le goods stores. Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group .. Gasoline service stations......... Genera I merchand i se group * ... .do do.... .....do do . ... i. .do.... ...do do;... 3,676 2,900 3,714 120 120 124 I 17.0 124.7 I 17.0 124.8 ! 19.5 129.5 •22,989 7,539 4,225 I, 143 I, 15! 15,450 I, 197 755 1,969 5,402 1,761 2,801 2!,383 6,496 3,495 1,088 983 21,720 6,813 3,713 I, 169 995 14,907 I 355 689 ! 568 5 017 I 712 3 021 2! 661 6 695 3 685 I 098 982 14,887 1,301 739 1,637 5,229 1,722 2,664 14,966 1,310 724 1,609 5,258 1,738 2,738 22,605 7, 133 3,858 I, 182 I, I 18 15,472 I 376 724 528 1 / Data for Oct. 1964 and Sept. 1965 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. Index as of Dec. I, 1965: Building, 120.4; construction, 130.0. 29249 1,930 2,793 23,544 7,837 4,639 I, 132 1,025 15,707 1,336 779 1,775 5,517. 1,826 2,889 3, 9! 5 3,895 4.618 124 124 124 120. I 129.8 120.4 129.8 *I20.2 *I29.7 24,892 8,414 4,814 1,239 24,512 8,223 4,737 1,290 16,478 1,395 16,289 1,455 22,741 7, 131 3,729 I, 158 I, 129 15,610 1,327 769 1,861 5,501 1,823 2,869 23,774 7,789 4,594 I, 136 1,024 15,985 1,347 807 1,805 5,626 1,834 2,946- 811 lp 1,958 5,867 1,865 3,026 23,959 7,838 4,457 1, 167 1,7/86 5,402 1,813 3,455 24,013 7,927 16,121 1,354 16,086 828 1,897 5,670 1,825 2,967 2 / Data for Oct. and Nov. 1965 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1964 1965 ITEM Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. 31,071 30,486 31,860 30,559 32,743 33,360 32,527 33,045 33,706 33,294 r58,370 rl7,146 r633 r3,074 r3,965 r12,225 r2,987 r8,656 r9,684 r58,879 rl7,477 r636 r3,124 r3,972 r!2,250 r2,994 r8,674 r9,752 r60,62l r 18,072 r627 r3,189 r4,049 r12,600 r3,053 r8,946 r10,085 r60,756 r!8,098 r6l7 r3, 186 r4,067 r!2,64l r3,06l r8,967 rIO,I 19 r60,975 N 8 , 159 r623 r3,198 r4,070 r!2,68l r3,067 r9,0lI N O , 166 r!2,876 r12,639 r7,157 r7,068 r5,7l9 r5,57! r 13,078 r12,960 r7,.4i2 r7,349 r5,666 r5,6!I r13,540 r13,440 r7.683 r7,769 r5,857 r5,67l rl3,773 r 13,457 r7,887 r7,781 r5,886 r5,676 r13,747 r13,500 r7,895 r7,793 5,852 r5,707 r!24.9 M28.9 r136. I N40.3 r 141.5 r40.8 r40.7 41.3 41.2 40.0 39.9 40.9 40.9 r4i.7 r4l.7 39.9. r39.9 rn-i . 1 r4l .0 r4i .7 r4l .7 40 .3 r40 .0 r40.9 41 .7 41 .6 40 .2 r40. ! 41 .u r4i .4 r4l.3 r42.2 r42. 1 r40.2 r40. I r2.52 r2.69 2.30 r2.55 r2.72 2.31 r2. 59 2. 77 2. 36 2. 53 2. 51 2. 38 r2.63 r2.8! 2.38 64,999 94,544 68,627 5,035 3,389 11,699 65,478 64,607 97,707 69,515 5,333 4,364 12,548 65, 670 63,505 96,101 68,!89 5, 105 3,914 12,566 75,896 64,133 97,048 68,280 4,940 5,591 12,075 76,276 r65,OI2 r100,028 40,061 16,464 96,545 39,882 5,863 8,030 19,719 27,267 47,8i8 26,928 21,655 20,890 40,312 16,237 98,992 40,999 5,865 8,43! 19,909 28,335 48,005 27,256 22, 103 20,749 43,827 20,990 11 I,071 46,987 6,224 10,289 21,739 30,I 13 47,086 22,992 20,322 24,094 44.319 21,003 1 1 1,755 48,117 5,453 10,154 22,012 30,553 47,023 22,830 20,202 24,!93 r44,805 r2!, 342 r!!2,727 r48,778 5,587 10,058 22,23! r30,506 47,769 23,991 19,948 23,778 315.64 311.22 264.96 14. 10 46.26 4.42 318.49 314.02 267.36 14.33 46.66 4.46 318.24 313.90 264.12 !4.92 49.78 4.34 316.75 312.36 264.29 15.40 48.07 4.39 318.90 314.56 267.60 15.18 46.96 4.34 .82 .83 .50 .52 .49 49.70 .37 .41 15,461 1.293 49.81 .35 .36 15,386 1.293 50.26 .37 .46 13,857 1.293 50.28 .34 .45 13,858 1.293 50.36 .37 .41 13,857 1.293 92.8 109.3 3.36 92.7 Oct. DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES—Con. ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total . Adjusted, total. EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION mil. $.. do.... EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): J./ TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED thous.. Manufacturing do.... Mining. do.... Contract construct ion do.... Transportation and public utilities do.... Wholesale and retail trade i..... do.... Finance, insurance, and real estate ..do.... Servi ces and mi see I ! aneous do.... Government do.... PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: ±/ TOTAL, UNADJUSTED...., do.... SEASONALLY ADJUSTED do Durable goods Industries, unadjusted. do.... Seasonal ly adjusted do.... Nondurab le goods industries, unadjusted do Seasonal iy adjusted...^ .do.... Aggregate weekly payroll index: Manufacturing (production workers), unadj. J/.1957-59=100.. HOURS AND EARNINGS PER PRODUCTION WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: U Average weekly gross hours, mfg. indus., unadj......hours.. Seasonal ly adjusted. .do.... Durable goods Industries, unadjusted do.... Seasonal ly adjusted .' .do.... Nondurable goods industries, unadjusted do.... Seasonal ly adjusted do.... Avg. hourly gross earnings, mfg. industries Durable goods industries Nondurable goods industries.. FI NANCE dollars.. do.... do.... Weekly reporting member banks of Federal Reserve System, condition, Wednesday nearest end of month: Deposits: Demand, adjusted 2/ mil. $.. Demand, total do.... Individuals, partnerships, and corp do.... States and political subdivisions do.... U.S. Government do.... Domest i c commerc i a I banks... do.... Time, total do Individuals, partnerships, and corp.: Savings do . Other time do Loans (adjusted), total 3/ do..*. Commercial and industrial do For purchasing or carrying securities do To nonbank financial institutions do . Rea I estate Ioans do.... Other loans do Investments, total do.... U.S. Government obi i gat ions, total.. do.... Notes and bonds do.... Other securities do.... FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Public debt and guaranteed obligations: Gross debt (direct), end of month, total bil. $.. Interest bearing, total...... „ do.... Pub I ic issues do.... Held by U.S. Government investment accts do.... Special issues do.... Noninterest bearing,......... a ...„„„ 0 .„..........do.... Guaranteed obligations not owned by U.S. Treasury, end of month ,.„ bil. $..• U.S. savings bonds-: Amount outstanding, end of month do.... Sales, series E and H ...do Redemptions .do. GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U.S., end of month ...... ° [mil .*$.*! SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK ......do!, per fine oz.. SECURITY MARKETS: Bonds (Standard & Poor*s Corporation): Prices: Industrial, utility, and railroad (AI+ issues): Composite (21 bonds) dol. per. $|00bond.. Domestic municipal (15 bonds) do Yields: Domestic municipal (15 bonds) percent.. 95. I I 10.9 3.26 95.2 I 12.0 3. 18 93.5 I I 1.0 3.25 ri1,348 r5,572 r2,442 r13,692 r77,!70 3.42 r_l Revised. $J Preliminary. ±/ Employment and earnings data reflect adjustments to Mar. 1964 benchmarks and are not strlct'lv comparable with previously published estimates. 2 / Other than domestic commercial interbank and U.S. Govt, less cash items in process of collection. 3/ Exclusive of loans to domestic commercial banks and after deduction of valuation reserves. 29249 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1965 1964 ITEM Nov. Oct. Aug. Oct. Sept. Nov. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCT!ON: Acetic anhydride,,........................... ......mil. lb.. Acety!sa!Icy 1Ic acid ( a s p i r i n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........do.... Creosote o i l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....mi 1. gal.. DDT......................................... Ethy1 acetate ( 8 5 $ ) . ................... .........do.... Forma 1dehyde (37$ H C H O ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........do. Glycerin,, refined, all g r a d e s : Stocks, end of month..................... .........do.... Methanol, s y n t h e t i c ....................... .....mi 1. gal.. 118.3 2.5 9.8 1 18.9 2.2 10.6 6.4 1 1. 1 238.6 252.9 128.0 2.3 9.0 13.5 8.7 156.5 2.6 8.7 11.3 13.2 134.4 3.0 7.9 9.6 10.9 252.3 r274.! 252.8 25.3 29.6 34. 1 56.5 26.3 30.1 34.0 47.3 30.3 28.2 35.9 48. ! 27.9 29.8 34.0 47.7 33.7 32.6 34.9 47.5 10.0 5. 1 4.7 3.8 10.5 5.5 5.0 3.9 17.2 6.0 5. 1 4.6 17.0 r5.2 r5.4 4.6 PI5.8 P4. 1 P5.3 P4.6 8.8 8.3 9.0 8.5 8.2 7,0 8.2 7.3 P8.2 P7.5 15,923 14,917 14,812 14,122 19,333 18,36! r!6,733 r17,393 18,239 16.638 1,792 1,356 2,830 r2,886 4.471 956 2,274 1,679 4,024 1,179 2,137 1,550 4,976 1,764 3,357 1,382 4,929 1,371 2,838 r1,488 METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF M O . : Consumers (manufacturers o n l y ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . mi ! „ sh. tons.. Consumption during month................. .........do.... Warehouses (service c e n t e r s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do Product ng mi 1 Is: In process (ingots, semifinished, e t c . ) . . .........do.... Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc )........do.... STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containers: Product ion................................. .thous. gross., Shipments, domestic, total..... .........do.... General-use food: do . Wide-mouth food (incl. packers' tumblers, jelly glasses, and fruit j a r s ) . . . . . . . . do Beverage................................. .........do.... Beer bott1es............................. ..... do.... Medicinal and toilet..................... .........do.... Chemical, household and industrial........ .........do.... .....do .do.... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL ....do.... Passenger c a r s , total do do... .........do.... 1,932 , 5.030 1,379 2,332 1,759 3,000 621 124 26,432 3,225 536 i 15 26,929 3,371 564 117 27,314 r3,193 r560 128 26,401 3, 548 552 106 27,537 491.8 463.7 794. 1 748.8 444.7 433.9 598.7 574.2 1,016.8 974.3 41 1.5 394.7 80.3 69.0 679.2 648.4 114.9 100.3 333.0 330.4 1 1 1.7 103.5 459.7 445.2 139.0 129.0 862.2 831.8 154.6 142.5 563.5 39.9 97.8 766.7 54.3 129.7 589.5 51.7 122.6 745.8 52.1 133.1 | *l 069 9 *9|3 2 *!56 7 REGISTRATIONS: ±/ New passenqer cars., £./ R e v i s e d . £_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . USC0MM-DC—29249 .........do do.... * Preliminary estimate of production. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 658.5 46.2 I 14.5 ! i \_f C o u r t e s y o f R . L . P o l k & C o . ; r e p u b l i c a t i o n prohibited. POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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