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December 22, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS 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 DI G A T O R S Index, 1941-43 = 10 120 Index, 1941-43=10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 — - 100 - 90 - 80 Monthly (avg. 70 _JLJL~J—1—1 !—1 1—I—1—L_ ^ J L J ^ J — 1 — 1 1964 LJ—L_l 1—1!—1—L™J—1— 1—1—L-JI—LJ—1— — l — i 1966 1965 o f daily close) i—i—i—1—i—i—i—L__L , J F M A M J J A S O N D 1967 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59=100 250 Index, 1957-59=100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 200 150 - - 100 Monthly 50 • ' ' i ' i l i i i 1964 i i i i i i i i i i 1965 i i I i i i i i . 1 1 1 1 1 1966 .1 L 1 L.J—1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1967 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Index, 1957-59=100 200 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Billion Dollars 700 PERSONAL INCOME (F.R.B. seas. a d j . i n d e x ) 600 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 180 Total 500 160 ^ ~ — x__^^/~ 140 - Wage and Salary Disbursements \^-T— 400 300 i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i I « ' ' ' ' ' ' ' • ' I ' ' 1964 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1966 1967 120 1 1 1 1 1 1 J_t_l A i - t l Data: Federal Reserve Board * 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 ' 1-i 1 1 L I 1964 1965 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1966 1967 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 ITEM Dec. S7 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 1957-59=100. 103.0 102.9 95.1 95.5 95.6 96.5 mil. $. ..........do... 6,977 4,956 486 357 6, 171 4,296 6,919 4,720 7,232 5, 116 255 1,263 1,205 256 201 1,135 1,060 182 228 I, 164 1,089 199 258 215 200 46,918 50,753 24,695 308 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1967 Dec. 10 303 I, 185 I, 129 280 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. FINANCE; Currency in circu lation 3_/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total j5/...do... Member bank reserve balances 3_/.....„„ ...•.do... Excess reserves, estimated ,3/ do... 44,210 46,399 23,188 181 44,603 46,407 23,518 510 46,089 49,796 24,621 217 46,347 50,I 17 24,647 374 46,480 50,721 24,855 319 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks; 47 Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $. Savings deposits , .do... Loans and investments (adjusted), total... do... U.S. Government obligations ..••.....do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do... 71,856 47,048 181,466 23,276 60,053 27,518 74,768 46,872 182,814 24,010 60,243 27,464 74,382 48,527 199,508 28,212 63,885 28,731 76,649 48,533 199.698 28,400 63,733 28,754 75,666 48,505 200,442 26,206 64,145 28,739 5.69 81.72 87.04 5.69 82.64 88.02 6.40 93.65 101.99 6.44 94.47 102.89 6.49 95.64 104.35 1,896 22,906 235,623 8,560 1,898 23,358 233,771 8,559 1,879 22,799 180,614 8,994 1,825 24,397 239,368 9,030 1,830 9,033 2,383 127.9 563 315 2,431 130.5 551 308 2,707 145.3 490 275 2,703 145.1 555 309 2,723 146.2 553 315 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/..... per cent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.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^/. thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CAR LOAD I NGS, TOTAL M i see I laneous . thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. ...thous. cars.. do.... J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 6.51 95.34 104.03 237,067 2,747 147.5 47 Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 | 1967 ITEM 1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME; SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES; NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL 1 Proprietors income, total do.... do.... Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj. ,total.do.... do.... Inventory valuation adjustment II 600.3 420.8 60.0 19.2 81.1 83.7 34.5 49.2 -2.6 19.3 610.4 430.7 59.3 19.3 81.3 83.6 34.5 49.2 -2.3 19.8 i III 622. 1 441.2 59.2 19.4 81.9 84.0 34.6 49.4 -2.2 20.4 ] 1 II III 636.4 459.1 57.8 19.8 78.1 79.0 32.5 46.5 -.8 21.6 641.6 463.4 57.8 20.0 78.3 78.9 32.5 46.5 -.7 22.1 r653.4 472.6 58.8 20.2 r79.2 r80.0 r32.9 r47.l -.8 22.7 1966 PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE; SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES; Total personal income .„ Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries, total... Distributive industries Service industries bi 1. $.. do.... do.... do.... Proprietors' income: Business and professional Rental income of persons Dividends „ Persona 1 interest income •.....do.... Less personal contributions for soc. insurance...do.... Total nonagr icu Itural income.. ......do.... r/Revised. Digitized for9187 FRASER | IS?67 Oct. Nov. Aug. 597.5 404.8 163.2 132.1 95.9 64.9 80.8 21.4 602.1 407.6 164.1 132.8 96.5 65.6 81.4 21.7 631.6 426.7 168.0 135.3 101.8 70.1 86.9 23.6 634.4 428.5 168.2 135.4 102.1 70.8 87.4 23.8 r635.9 429.4 M67.9 M34.9 r102.6 r7l.l r87.8 24.0 641 7 435.0 171.5 138.0 103.6 71.7 88.2 24.3 43.3 15.0 19.5 21.6 43.8 46.6 18.6 577.5 43.5 15.1 19.6 21.6 44.3 47.4 18.7 581.9 43.8 15.0 20.2 23.5 46.9 52.4 20.6 611.4 43.9 15.3 20.3 23.4 47.3 52.5 20.6 614.0 44.0 15=1 20.3 23.2 r47.6 52.8 20.6 r6!5.7 44.1 15.0 20.4 23.1 48.0 52.6 20.8 621.5 , ! ' Sept. Oct. 1 Nov. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1967 1966 ITEM Aug. Sept. Oct. 159.1 r158.1 M56.8 r!56.4 161.8 168.9 145.0 164.2 191.1 172.6 181.8 139.5 112.3 173.2 161.5 167.7 140.5 164.7 189.8 170.6 183.2 139.2 I 11.8 175.6 r159.4 r!63.6 r129.3 r159. I 182.8 171.9 183.2 136.9 109.2 164.8 158.0 rl6l. 1 r129.2 r158.0 r182.2 r159.2 r!83. 1 rl38.4 M13.3 r166.3 rl57.9 r160.2 132.6 M56.3 179.1 159.0 r183.3 r137.3 113.6 166.5 do.. do. „ do.. ...do.., do.., do.., ........do.., .do.. do.*, ........do.., .do.., 152.8 141, 151, 113.9 153.3 144.1 197.1 131.2 199.9 129.5 116.9 153.6 141.8 152.3 110.8 153.7 144.7 200.6 129.1 201.6 129.9 117.2 r154.0 r138.7 r146.4 r106.5 152.8 148.6 200.7 r133.2 r203.I r131.7 M2I.4 r154.2 N4I.3 147.4 108.4 rl52.9 r145.4 r202.3 r138.6 199.2 M3I.3 120.2 do.., ....do.. do.., do.., do.., do.., 121.9 122.7 119.6 129.8 178.9 185.1 121, 117, 119, 133, 178, 184, r127.8 I 17.2 M3I.2 rl05.7 r184.8 r192. I 125.2 r 1 15.5 128.9 r94.8 r184.8 192.1 do.., do.., ....do.., .....do.., do.., do.., do.., 158.7 149.3 169.4 168.5 177.8 156.2 142.9 159.0 149.2 166.7 162.8 166.7 157.8 143.7 158.2 148.6 r162.5 161. I 163.7 157.8 144.2 r 157.1 r147.1 rl55.0 r142.2 133.4 r153.8 144.6 M57.0 r147.9 r156.0 r145.3 135.3 158.6 179.0 187.2 159.7 159.1 160.3 180.0 187.8 159,0 157.8 160.2 178.9 180.6 rl57.9 r 151.8 r164.2 r178.6 r179.8 157.0 149.0 rl65.3 176.5 177.2 r156.3 r 148.8 r164.0 15,241 16,233 13,982 16,206 17,332 17,388 16,222 18,409 17,233 17,908 79.1 76.6 77.0 74.4 75.1 72.8 73.7 71.4 130.2 127.4 126.5 123.6 r125.8 rl2l.9 r123.4 rl19.5 r136.1 M34.5 r133.8 M32.2 845 824 975 956 1,407 1,381 445 415 r1,486 r1,468 718 433 719 440 1,127 639 1,159 638 rl,2l2 r673 64,694 623 3,239 19,422 11,457 7,965 4, 190 65,014 621 3,241 19,498 11,485 8,013 4,212 66,190 606 3,223 19,318 11,351 7,967 4,283 r66,055 r60l r3,238 r19,142 r I I,149 r7,993 r4,262 r66,23l r596 r3,235 rl9,162 rll,137 r8,025 r4,255 13,354 3,469 9,885 3,120 9,675 11,071 2,617 8,454 13,406 3,484 9,922 3, 132 9,744 11,160 2,616 8,544 13,664 3,569 10.095 3,253 10,130 11,713 2,746 8,967 rl3,7l9 r3,565 r10,154 r3^264 rIO,161 r I 1,668 2,715 r8,953 r13,769 r3,573 r!0,196 r3,268 rIO,198 rI 1,748 r2,7l2 r9,036 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.).... 1957-59=100 BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS? MANUFACTURING, TOTAL . do.. Durab le manufactures do.. Pr imary metaIs do.. Fabricated metal products do.., Mach! nery do.. Transportation equipment do.. Instruments and related products do.. Clay, glass, and stone products..... do.. Lumber and products do.. Furniture and fixtures , do.. Nondurab Ie manufactures Textile mill products.... Appare I products Leather and products Paper and products*e. Printing and publishing..... Chemicals and products PetroIeum products.......,*. Rubber and plastics products Foods and beverages..... Tobacco products. ....... . MINING Coal Crude oi I and natural gas Metal mining , UTILITIES. e Electric.... «. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total Consumer goods. Automotive and home goods Automotive products Autos Auto parts and allied products Apparel and staples Equipment, including defense do.., Bus i ness equ i pment do.., Mater ials do.., Durable goods materials do.., Nondur ab I e mater ials... *.......do.,, NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number, Seasona11y adjusted do.., CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private) thous, Pr i vate I y owned . do.., Total nonfarm (public and private) do.., Pr i vate I y owned do.., Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only) do... Total nonfarm (private only).... do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Tota I thous, One-fami ly structures do... Oct. Nov. 159.4 1 N55.0 143.8 153.9 r144.6 205.2 136.8 131.9 121.4 rl12.3 1 r 124.3 95.7 r186.0 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (N0NAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): Total, seasonally adjusted thous. Mining do... Contract construct i on do... Manuf actur ing do... Durable goods industries do... Nondurable goods industries „ do... Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc..do... Wholesale and retai I trade Who lesa Ie trade Retai I trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Serv i ces Government. Federa I State and local # jr/ Revised. 9187 j>/ Preliminary. „ 9# do... do... ...do... do... -# <JO. do... o e . .do... do... 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1967 1966 ITEM Nov. Oct. Nov a Aug. 14,434 8,488 5,946 14,490 8,505 5,985 14,191 8,299 5,892 14,003 r8,09l 5,912 r14,025 r8,077 r5,948 p 14,266 p8,275 p5,99l 119.2 125.9 I 10.4 I 15.2 121.0 107.6 rl14.2 rl18.6 r108.6 r I 13.7 MI7.6 r108.7 p i 16.3 p12 1.2 r I 10.0 5.1 4.8 3.9 4.3 5.4 5.3 r5.3 6.2 p4.6 p4.6 5.1 3.9 4.6. 2.6 I.I 4.8 3.7 4.6 2.6 1.2 4.3 3.1 4.3 2.3 I.I r4.3 r3.2 4.7 2.3 rl.3 p4„6 P3.3 p4.4 P2.2 pl.3 308.9 207.2 53.4 48.4 309.3 207.5 53.4 r339.5 r220.2 r6le6 r57.7 342.6 221.8 62.3 48.4 r337.3 r2l8.2 r6l.8 r57.3 58.6 344.3 222.3 61.8 60.2 326.89 322.30 270.41 16.06 51.89 4.59 329.41 324.86 272.31 16.29 52.55 4.55 335.85 332.4! 274.10 18.83 58.31 3.44 335.90 332.45 274.7! 18.61 57.74 3.45 340.50 337.04 279.87 345.09 341.57 284.20 18.68 57.17 3.46 **57.37 3.52 .50 .49 .52 .52 .52 165.43 71.69 7.34 64.01 58.78 166.22 71.87 7.36 64.35 59.12 173.84 74.76 8.46 66.51 61.07 4.84 8.87 1.26 7.43 4.84 9.00 1.33 7.47 5.05 9.81 1.34 7.92 174.66 74.96 8„62 66.70 61.24 5.08 9.88 1.34 8.09 175.39 75.37 8.72 66.88 61.40 5.10 9.93 1.43 7.95 993.5 421.1 956.0 407.0 79.2 13.1 98.2 166.9 191.6 I,166.8 509.7 77.5 13.3 102.8 198.0 265.5 I,I 18.8 453.9 78.8 16.6 121.0 180.6 267.9 1,078.1 465.4 87.1 13.0 109.8 184.2 218.6 Sept. Oct. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS PRODUCTION WORKERS (MFG. PAYROLLS), TOTAL, seas. adj...thous. Durable goods industries..« .... ... .. ... ........ .......do.., Nondurable goods industries......•••••••••••••••••••••do.., NAN-HOUR INDEXES, AGGREGATE WEEKLY? Manufactur i ng.•••••••.•••••••.•••••••.•••••••••1957-59=100 Durable goods industries....„.....„. ... o e . 9 8 . s o s . ...do.., NondurabIe goods i ndustr i es ••••••••••••••••••do.. LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS; Unadjusted for seasonal variations Accession rate, totaI.........mo. rate per 100 employees Separation rate, total.....................••••••...do oe Seasonally adjusted; Accession rate, total..8ffll9(9e,,0 . e ........S.....«*. eee .do.., New hires........ ••••••••••••••••••••do.„ Separation rate, total..............................do.., yUlT........................ ........... ........... UO a » LayOT T®ososooeaoe9®oaooBSSoo»oooaoo®®a®sosa«soo»e«>e QO« . , 119.0 126.0 109.8 FINANCE Commercial bank credit (last Wed. of mo., except for June 30 and Dec. 3! call dates), seas, a d j . ; Total loans and investments J/.'..... ..... •••••bil. $, Loans J./.•••••••••••••••• •• •••• ..... .do.. U.S 6 Government securities................ ••••••••• .do.., Other securities.. .,...(j 0 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE; Public debt and guaranteed obligations; Gross debt (direct), end of month, total ....do.., I nterest bear i ng, tota I do.. Pub I Ic issues...... ..................do.. Held by U.S. Government investment accts......do.. Spec i a I i ssues. do.. Non interest bear ing...............................do.., Guaranteed obligations not owned by U.S. Treasury, end of month ••••••••• • • do.. LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life insurance); ASSETS. TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES.. do.., Bonds (book value), total ,,, do.. Stocks (book value), total.... do.. Mortgage loans, total........ .......do.. Nonf arm. do.. ReaI estate. do.. Policy loans and premium notes , do.. Cash do.. Other assets do.., PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.; TOTAL mil. $ Death benef its....... do.., Matured endownments do.. D i sab i 15 ty payments do.. Annuity payments.... do.. Surrender va I ues do.. Pol icy dividends .....do.. jr/ Revised. JD/ Preliminary. USCOMM-DC—9187 J/ Excludes interbank loans UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Moil WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 80.1 12.4 94.2 174.1 211.6 • 54 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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