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December 2/, 1968 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = Index, 1941-43 = 10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ^ 110 - /*""-% / " \ 100 ~~ / - 90 80 70 Monthy (avg. of daily close) i i i i i 1 i 1 1 1 1 , J—1—1—L_L_J_J_ i—i—i—i 1965 I , i 1966 I I 1 l I i I i 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 J FMAMJ 1968 1967 JASOND Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands Thousands 1,400 350 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) Monthly J 1965 1966 L_l 1967 I I L_J I L_J_ J FMAMJ 1968 J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Million 2.5 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) - 180 160 (Seas, adj., at qnnual rates) 2.0 ^^ -*~1 1.0 h - 140 120 1 1 1 1 1 1 I..1 L l...l._ JUU 1 1 I M l 1 i1 n i U_u I i i 1965 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1966 1967 i iJ i i 1 i i i i i 1968 I I I I I I I I II I M I I I I I M I 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. ot Commerce ^Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected 1966 1967 1968 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1968 1967 ITEM Dec. 16 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/„„.. „ 0 D ...„.„ 0 1957-59=100. Dec. 96.4 23 Nov. 30 Dec..7 Dec. 14 96.3 97.9 97.9 98.4 mil. $„ .do... 7,7*2 5,599 6,528 7,073 4,839 7,662 5,440 8,248 5,873 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).....do... 242 1.280 1,201 200 290 1,336 1,259 191 180 1,080 1,002 137 224 1,111 1,033 159 233 158 FINANCE: Currency in circulation ,2/..........................mil. $. Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3./.....do... Member bank reserve balances 2/... ......do... Excess reserves, estimated %/0...................„..do... 46,918 50,769 24,710 -349 47,093 51,119 25,203 267 49,638 55,814 26,525 119 50,077 56,129 26,840 -47 50,383 55,566 26,441 24 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: jj 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... 78,416 48,576 201,484 27,882 64.170 28,884 78,734 48,437 204,335 28,173 65,536 28,892 78,964 48,672 220,549 28,231 71,178 31,752 80,311 48,679 223,610 29,579 71,270 31,687 81,871 48,627 225,123 29,858 71,682 31,793 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2/a......percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) V•••1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks.............................do. •. 6.51 95.34 104.03 6.53 95.15 103.77 6.63 107.76 117 -33 6.68 *108.02 *117.79 6.76 *107.39 *117.06 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal %/... ...thous. sh. tons* Electric power, by utilities.......... ........mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses).. .number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2/... .thous. bbl. 1,778 24,796 238,322 9,004 1,730 24,819 225,105 8,996 1,933 24,612 209,473 8,998 1,737 26,358 252,429 9,008 2,747 147.5 13.7 2,747 147.5 13.1 2,356 126.5 13.4 2,348 126.0 14.3 1,813 27,385 246,306 9,005 2 369 127 ~2 14.4 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALESc ...... .............. Nondurable goods stores........„..«•... ....• Index of production......... RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. ...thous. sh. tons., .......1957-59=100. ...............bil., Dec. 21 99.1 50,616 56,023 27,022 300 *106.66 *116.23 196,500 2 388 128^2 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 2/ Daily average, hj Wednesday data. * Tuesday average. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. rl64.6 rl65.1 r 1.65.7 167.4 168.8 171.3 130 173 188 180 18? 152 Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.).....1957-59=100. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL..............................do... Durable manufactures............................do... Primary metals................................do... Fabricated metal products.....................do... Machinery.................................... .do... 157.2 159.8 158.5 160.7 131.7 158.2 179.6 161.3 164.1 134.9 159.8 183.2 rl65.7 rl67.8 rl22.8 rl66.3 rl83.8 rl66.3 rl68.5 119.9 rl67.6 rl86.3 rl67.2 rl69.0 r122.0 x-171.7 1-186.4 Transportation equipment. .do... Instruments and related products..............do„.. Clay, glass, and stone products...............do... Lumber and products .do... Furniture and fixtures .do. „. 159.2 183.2 139.7 117.0 166.6 165, 185, 139, 120. 167.8 rl81.7 182.6 r!47.5 rll4.7 rl78.6 rl80.5 rl84.3 r150.0 rll9.4 rl79.7 rl80.3 rl85.4 rl50.4 1-119.8 rl80.6 Nondurable manufactures do... Textile mill products „...do... Apparel products. .do... Leather and products do... Paper and products..................... .do... Printing and publishing.......................do... 155.8 144.3 146.2 .109.4 154.5 144.3 157. 147. 148. 113, 156. 145. r163.0 rl51.4 r!49.0 ri09.5 r164.1 151.1 rl63.6 z-152.0 149.5 109.8 rl65.9 rl50.0 rl64.9 rl50.7 206, 137210, 132. 118, 209.2 136.7 213.9 133.5 115.5 r221.0 rlA0.7 r223.1 135.3 123.1 r222.4 I-142.3 223.3 rl35.4 124.0 226.9 141.4 MINING. ... .do Coal. „„..„.,,.,,,,„............„...„.„..............do Crude oil and natural gas.......................do Metal mining .do 122.8 115.3 126.0 94.1 124.1 117.2 126.5 94.6 rl29.4 rl21.3 rl29.3 134.5 rl26.9 1-120.8 rl26.7 rl27.7 UTILITIES do Electric..............„..„....u. „.............. .do 188.7 195.8 191.5 199.4 r202.1 r211.5 1-204.8 214.7 Chemicals and products....... Petroleum products........... Rubber and plastics products. Foods and beverages.......... Tobacco products Revised., xj P r e l i m i n a r y . Digitized for rjFRASER 6224 .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. 166.4 rl50.4 Nov. ja/ "lBl" 165.7 151 'l35".8 121.8 r86.6 rl26.9 126.8 r208.5 126.1 116 126 210.5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)--Con. Ff MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total 1957-59=100. Consumer goods ..do... Automotive and home goods. .do... Automotive products .do... Autos .do... Auto parts and allied products.............do... Apparel and staples Equipment, including defense. Business equipment do... .do... do... Materials .do... Durable goods, materials..........................do... Nondurable materials do... MANUFACTURERS1 SHIftffiNTS: l/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total „bil. $. Primary metals do... Transportation equipment. s „.......*.. s .. = . s . . =..,,cdo... Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: l/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. „ do... New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. do... Primary metals .do... Transportation equipment. do... Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do... 157. 148, 157. 145 135, 158. 160.1 150.2 163.2 152.4 144.5 162.9 rl64.8 rl56.8 rl75.6 177.1 182.4 rl70.2 rl65.6 rl57.3 rl75o8 rl75.6 177.4 r373.2 rl66.7 rl59°0 rl77.> 9 178.8 rl80„3 176.8 T45176, 176, 146.1 181.5 183.5 rl50.7 rlB1.9 r!82.4 151. rl83. rl.85. rl82.9 rl86c7 157- 160.1 152.4 168.1 rl64.2 rl53.3 rl75.5 rl64« rl53< rl76, rl64.8 1A °3 rl.75.5 167, 25.0 25. 3. 6, 24.7 s • ( 5=7 24.8 3.8 5c8 25. 3. 6. 25.5 5,0 28. 3. 7= r29.5 4.1 r?.8 26.8 3.7 6.9 28. 4< 7. 29.0 4.2 7.6 24.9 25.3 29.1 r30.5 25.7 3.8 6.3 25. 4. 6. 27.3 3.5 7.5 28.4 4.1 7.0 30.3 4.4 r7.8 79.1 78.6 80.7 81.3 r82.3 78.8 6.6 30.1 79.1 6.7 30.4 80.2 32.9 80.6 5.7 32.7 32.9 137. 135, 134, 133. 120.2 118.4 118.6 116.8 141.0 136.6 138.9 134.5 rl39.8 rl34.3 rl38.0 rl32.4 rL42.5 r140.0 rl39.8 rl37.3 1,496 1,478 1,590 1,567 1,518 1,496 1,592 1,570 rl,562 rl,533 1,253 1,222 663 1,290 673 1,393 706 rl,378 r694 mil. $.. 4,609 8,732 9,821 3,819 6,060 do..., do..., do..., do..., 4,141 1,940 238 231 8,428 1,196 222 81 9,426 1,037 303 93 3,421 1,159 397 1 551 591 483 25 do..., do..., do..., do..., do..., do.... do..., 2,409 930 65 647 7 121 392 1,500 527 25 410 0 83 176 1,432 362 21 446 11 95 197 1,557 453 70 475 5 156 14-2 2,099 620 66 676 19 106 229 do.... do..., do. 2,200 422 991 7,232 5,054 1,320 8,389 5,850 1,729 2,262 361 1,423 3,960 430 2,260 109.9 110.2 40.3 8.0 5.5 133.7 136.3 43.7 I I .1 8.6 127.5 134.8 41.1 8.9 6.6 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (private and public) thous. Privately owned do... Total nonfarm (private and public) do... Privately 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 (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total thous, One-family structures do... o n 81.9 FINANCE SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: Estimated gross proceeds, total By type of security: Bonds and notes, total Corporate Common stock Preferred stock By type of issuer: Corporate, total Manufacturing Extractive (mining) Public utility Railroad Communication Financial and real estate „ Noncorporate, total U.S. Government State and municipal TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: Miles flown (revenue) millions. 114.1 Express and freight ton-miles flown do... 114.9 Mail ton-miles flown. do... 38.8 Passengers orginated (revenue) do... 8.3 Passenger-miles flown (revenue) .billions • 5.8 http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ X / R e v i s e d , s/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 1 / Data f o r Nov. 1968 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS- -Continued I.968 1967 ITEM Nov. Aug. .6 8.0 61.9 28.9 92.7 .126.8 96.9 197.1 8 r63 r35 rl05 r!49 113 r218.1 73^7 28.4 128.6 .184.2 137.5 209.4 2,957 1,941 969 649 1,330 850 3,202 2,099 907 573 1,235 756 r2,909 1,596 925 576 ,227 749 ,771 ,500 744 720 665 643 r813 657 20.1 14.7 10.3 .513 7.4 20.1 14.5 10.2 .511 7.3 20.2 13.5 10.1 .504 6.6 20.2 13.3 20.2 13.3 rl2.5 r.502 r8.3 20.1 13.1 10.0 .502 666 751.9 706.9 645.4 608.8 106.5 98.1 807.7 761.8 683.0 645.2 124.7 116.5 292.1 274,7 193.1 182.6 99.0 92.1 816.9 769.4 656.4 620.0 160.5 149.4 Oct. Sept. Oct. Nov. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Radiators and convectors, shipments: Cast-iron,.............................mil. sq. f t . radiation.. Nonf errous o *,..,..««.....-. ,.,...-... .do ., Oil burner's: Shipments............ 3........ B....« . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . . Stocks, end of month...... ............ . . . . . . . . . d o , . . . Stoves, gas 5 domestic heating, shipments........, . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total.............. . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . Gas. ..........do.... Water heaters, gas, shipments.................... . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics (gray goods), weaving mills: Production, total......... b... d . . . . . , . . . . . . . « mil. . . , linear yd.. „,.„„,....do.... Stocks, total, end of month..........t........, . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . do.... Orders, unfilled, total, end of month.......... do.... Cotton..,.«...».................«..»........< ..do.... COTTON (exclusive of linters): l/ Consumption.................................... .thous. bales. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): ,.. .millions. Active spindles, "Last working day, total... Consuming 100 percent cotton............. .......do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total., ...billions, Average per working day..............., . ..do... Consuming 100 percent cotton............. .......do... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT GottOD. o „ . „. o . . CottOn... c . . . . . . . . . . o . . , , . . , . . > u . c . c . n . . . 3 o . . . . . . » 0 u S O O . , * >. o , j . . O S . . . n C , . « . . MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL...............o.........., Domestic....c.....................,. Passenger ears, total..................'...... Domestic................................... Trucks and buses, total...................... Domestic...... „...............'...'........., .....thous. ......do... ......do... ......do... ......do... ......do... .7 9.8 74.9 29.7 136.4 168.9 126.7 233.3 971 656 1,338 849 .6 9.9 .495 6.5 1 I 1 1,125.2 I,065.2 935.2 889.5 190.0 175.8 r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Oct. I968 cover 5 weeksj other periods. 4 weeks. 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