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December 30, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 1,000 800 600 (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) ^^r~ K \ 400 ^V^4 \j V 0 i i i i i i i i i i i _J—1 v \ / \ \ J V ~ V 1 l_J 1—1—L_1™J—1— 1963 r- • ^ A 1V^i \M V T 200 / 1964 1 i i_i_.i i l—l _l_J i | Monthly | i ....!. i i_._ 1966 1965 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index , 1957-59 = Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 250 - 200 200 150 h c f ^ ^ jT H 150 ^ 1965^ 1966 _ H 100 IOO Weekly l 1963 1964 1965 1966 i l l 1 i i i i Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Index, 1910-14=100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 125 CONSUMER PRICES PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS <+' 120 h All Services i 115 Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) Prices Received .*<*• '*-#*% + \ All Items 105 Food 100 I I I I I I I I I II 1963 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture V / * W ' \ 'N1965 1966 • • • ' • I • ' ' ' • II I I I I I I I I I 1963 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor ^Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY selected weekly and provides .-r- T- 110 i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1964 i i iiiIi ii i I 1965 1966 50 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1965 1966 ITEM Dec. COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I I commod i t i es Farm products. Foods, processed A I I other 22 commodi t i e s 2 / ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores.... 109.0 7, 105 4,984 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.... 1941-43=10 Industrials, 425 stocks do.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3f...... thous. sh. tons Electric power, by utilities... ..mil. kw.-hr Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ thous. bb I Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous 2/ 10 Dec. 17 Dec. 2 4 105.6 101.4 I 10.1 105.4 102.8 105.8 102.3 I 10.4 105.3 103.0 6,920 4,947 105.7 101.5 110.7 105.3 102.9 7,426 5,345 244 1,091 1,038 263 303 I, 185 I, 129 280 255 *"*256 44,210 46,399 23,197 199 44,603 46,407 23,512 508 72,996 46,924 181,373 23,438 59,938 27,491 71,719 46,934 180,883 23,223 59,921 27,447 74,799 46,876 182,750 24,010 60,193 27,467 44,101 46,191 • 23,209 438 4.85 92.02 97.98 4.87 92.29 98.31 5.68 80.45 85.57 5.69 81.72 87.04 5.69 82.64 88.02 1,848 21,634 249,264 8,137 2,214 20,717 175,905 8, 143 1,833 22,715 243,009 8,493 1,853 22,906 235,623 8,560 2,224 119.4 548 307 2,153 115.6 471 262 2,436 130.8 572 318 2,383 127.9 563 315 2,431 130.5 551 308 44,675 46,808 23,864 209 1,888 23,358 233,716 8,559 Tuesday price. MONTHLY 42,367 44,066 22,804 234 Dec. 105.8 102.4 I 10.4 105.4 102.6 6,612 4,596 76,084 50,478 177,607 26,332 52,493 25,554 thous. sh. tons 1957-59=100 thous. cars .......do.. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 1965. 287 1,439 1,355 242 42,260 43,571 22,463 565 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 3/....do.. Member bank reserve ba lances 3/ .do.. Excess reserves, estimates ,3/ do.. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted ....do.. Savings deposits do.. Loans, net (adjusted) and investments, total do.. U.S. Government obligations ....do.. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.. Real estate loans (gross) ..........do.. *I04.I *I03.0 *I09.4 *I03.2 109.3 7, 198 5,187 263 1,326 1,237 277 1957-59= 100 .do., do.. do.. do.. mil. $ do.. Dec. 3 Dec. 25 18 3/ Daily average. 47 Wednesday data. 5.69 81.38 86.52 2,377 127.6 * Monthly index for December BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 1965 ITEM Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.) Fa i Iures, tota I number Commercial service.. do.. Construction do.. Manufacturing and mining do.. Reta i I trade do.. Wholesale trade do.. 1,033 103 201 155 477 97 1,249 112 276 191 567 103 1,042 123 195 159 470 95 ....thous. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. p e r 10,000 c o n c e r n s 82,066 10,381 19, 139 17,862 27,876 6,808 51.5 71 ,722 7 ,635 14,420 22 ,539 20 ,606 6 ,522 51.4 178,088 38,358 33,193 43,497 30,488 32,552 60.8 129,162 14,435 24,513 50,41 I 23,928 15,875 56.6 1957-59=100 Liabilities (current), total Commercia I service Construct ion Manufacturing and mining Retai I trade Wholesale t r a d e F a i l u r e annual r a t e ( s e a s . a d j . ) . . N o . 1,047 110 212 145 490 90 I 10.4 I 10.6 113.8 110. 110. 106, 108. 102. 97. I 19. 105. 118, 121. 109, 108. 105. 108. I 10.4 II 1.2 107.1 108.9 102 4 98 7 118 7 105 6 119 0 12! 3 109 7 108 5 105.8 109.9 113.6 I 13.4 109.8 I 12.5 103.0 95.8 122. I 106.6 123.0 125.9 115.8 I 14.5 I 14.8 122.3 I, 150 138 213 154 542 103 1,112 127 214 145 526 100 108,046 8,230 24,399 34,992 26,043 14,382 57.2 106,732 6, 161 24,523 33,768 27,343 14,937 55.6 I 14. I 114.5 114.6 113. 113. 110. 112. 102. 94. 120. 107. 123.5 126.5 I 15.6 I 14.8 116.0 I 16.6 I 14. 114. I 10. 113. 103. 98. 120.8 107.6 124. I 127 J I 15.6 I 13.8 I 17.1 115.3 I 14.4 I 14.8 110.2 112.9 103.5 99.3 119.3 107.8 124.7 127.7 I 14.8 I 11.8 I 16.7 I 14.9 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: A I I items Spec i a I g r o u p i n d e x e s : A l l items less s h e l t e r A l l items less food Commod i t ie s Nondurables Durab les New cars Used cars Commodities less food Services Services less rent Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables 19232 .... do.. ....do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1966 1965 ITEM Oct. Nov. Sept. Aug. Oct. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Hous i ng She Iter , , M M • Rent. Homeowner sh tp. • • Fuel and uti Iities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity » Household furnishings and operation • • Apparel and upkeep Tr ansportat i on Pr i vate Pub I i c 1957-59= 100. do. •. do... • do... do... do... do... ...do... do... do... do... do... Health and recreation ..do... Med ica I care do... Persona I care do... Reading and recreation... do... Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food.... ....do... Apparel and upkeep do... Tr ansportat ion ...••....• do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer pr ices 1957-59=$ 1.00. 109.0 III.2 109.2 112.1 107.7 106.9 107.9 103.3 109.2 III.5 109.3 112.5 107.9 107.2 108.0 103.3 III. 5 114. 6 110. 6 116 4 107.9 107. 0 108 1 105 2 III.8 115.0 110.7 116.8 108.0 107.4 108.1 105.7 112.2 115.5 I I 1.0 117.4 108.1 108.3 108.0 106.1 107.8 III.2 109.7 121.6 108.1 III.5 110. 1 121.6 109 .2 113 5 6 1 1 1 129.2 110.7 113.3 III.3 129.5 III.5 114.3 112.3 129.6 116.2 123.0 109.2 H5.2 116.4 123.4 109.6 115.4 119 .5 128.4 112 .7 117 .4 119.9 129.4 113.0 117.5 120.4 130.4 113.3 I 18.0 115 . 5 109 . 6 113.5 115.3 110.5 113.5 I 15.6 I 10.8 I 13.8 $0,873 $0,906 $0,904 $0,879 $0,876 120.5 8.0 16.9 3.2 117.8 5.9 15.2 2.2 67.4 7.0 5.0 1.8 108.1 11.7 8.9 3.6 125. 7. 16. 3. 9 6 3 7 12.3 14.3 9.2 9.1 8.8 7.3 3.6 3.1 II. 10. 6. 7. 13 12 8 II 9 1 4 1 5. I, 3. 37.8 5 9 1 .7 3 .9 41 . 3 DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: Cost, total..., Apparel and accessories Automotive, including accessories Bu i Id ing mater ia Is. Drugs and toiletries Foods, soft drinks, confectionery..... Beer, wine, liquors.... Household equipment, supplies, furnishings I ndustr i a I mater i a I s Soaps, cleansers, etc Smok i ng mater ials A I I other mil. $. do... do... do... do.. do.. do.. do,. do..., do..., ...do..., do... FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month ......mil. $. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks .....do... Loans to cooperatives do... Other loans and discounts do... Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, a d j . : Total (225 SMSA's) bil. $. New York SMSA do... Total 224 SMSA's (except N.Y.-) do... 6 other leading SMSA's.... do... 218 other SMSA's. do... Money and interest rates: Federal intermediate credit bank loans percent. Federa I land bank loans .do... Open market rates, New York City: Bankers' acceptances (prime, 90 days) ..do... Commercial paper (prime, 4-6 months) do... Finance C o . paper placed directly, 3-6 mo do... Stock Exchange call loans, going rate do... Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt, annual rates, seas, adjusted: Total (225 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA do... Total 224 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA's do... 218 other SMSA's do... 38.8 5.7 1.7 3.7 38.6 8,007 4,204 1,009 2,794 8,022 4,245 1,082 2,696 9,412 4,853 I, 190 3,368 9,406 4,900 I, 199 3,308 9,381 4,926 1,219 3,236 5,129.9 2,061.0 3,068.9 1,165.4 1,903.5 5,408.3 2,229.4 3,178.9 1,215.0 1,963.9 149.9 676. I 473.8 348.5 , 125.3 6.141.8 2,625.2 3,516.6 1,378.7 2.137.9 6,038.9 2,551.8 3,487.1 1,363.5 2,123.6 5.01 5.43 ,02 ,43 ,99 ,96 13 96 6.29 5.96 4.25 ,4.38 4.32 4.75 .25 .38 .38 .75 5.67 5.85 5.63 6.12 75 89 67 25 5.72 6.00 5.82 6.25 47.4 96.3 35.1 43.8 3i.4 50.5 104.7 37.0 47.6 32. I 54.4 112.7 39.3 52.2 34. ! 53.6 109.5 39.4 51.1 34.3 r53.l 108.2 r38.9 50.6 r33 s 9 95,722 86,985 71,675 15,310 70,998 15,987 8,737 8,497 240 95,299 86,723 71,260 15,463 70,606 16,117 8,576 8,323 252 I 12,348 103,632 87,309 16,323 85,221 18,41 I 8,716 8,509 207 102,282 93,817 79,722 14,095 77,727 16,090 8,466 8,264 201 103,070 94,210 79,786 14,424 77,789 16,422 8,859 8,626 233 ELECTRIC POWER Production (utility and industrial), total Electric utilities, total By f ueIs By water power Privately and municipally owned utilities Other producers (pub I icly owned) Industrial establishments, total By f ue I s By water power r/ Revised. 19232 mil. kw.-hr. do... do... ..do... do... do... do... do... do... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1966 1965 ITEM Oct. Nov. 7,8! 7.50 11.28 7.7! 7.60 10.83 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEERs Taxab le withdrawals..«,.,. ........... **. • • •..... • eo . 9 do 9 ... Stocks, end of month,,,,.,,,. ,,,..» do,,,. VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS? Corn oil: 10.99 10.44 12.25 9.00 8.95 1 1.62 O "Z-7 <J« -J 1 ... . ... 7.79 1 1.54 40.1 36.5 38.2 35.9 r39.5 35. 1 297,9 91.0 338.4 96.1 70.8 99.5 101.2 64. 1 237.7 89.6 266. 4 90 6 212.1 236.5 49. 1 67,7 M65.6 186. 0 45.9 33.5 38.5 44. 1 45.4 38. 9 1,039.6 130.0 S, 138. 5 128.4 517 9 Cottonseed cake and mea1: Stocks Cat oil mills), end of month. oe ,,.,,,,do,,., Cottonseed oils Production, crude ,„.,,.....»» ..mil. lb.. Linseed oils Production, crude (raw). ,,do,,., Soybean cake and mea1s Production , 8 e 9 a .9,.,, 8 ,.. 9 9 .»thous, sh, tons.. 999.7 99.6 1, 125.6 108.8 944.0 130.5 824. 1 1 1 1.4 474.8 510.1 436.9 382. 1 r482.i 3,747 41,771 r67l 3,694 43,446 696 3,863 50,707 651 3,475 46,371 c626 3,827 43,484 645 468 2,038 1,296 2,51 1 542 2,071 1,434 2,756 443 2,059 808 2,624 326 1,972 933 2,217 350 2,043 902 2,089 18,299 16,667 16,269 15,897 19,821 19,768 rl7,163 r18,878 18,392 15,981 1,932 1,489 2,533 r2,767 1,760 5,030 1,379 2,332 1,759 4,707 1,427 2,530 1,723 4,963 2,579 3,893 1,507 r4,936 r2,287 r3,050 r1,506 4,433 1,533 2,759 1,757 3,548 554 106 27,696 3,367 516 113 27,790 3,646 544 103 31,926 r3,669 546 1 17 29,684 3,227 426 86 31,735 Soybean oils TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTSs Consumption (withdrawals)? Cigarettes, sma11s Tax-exempt,,e,,,99999990.909999999999.99999.mi 11 ions.. Cigars (large), taxable,,, , .do.... .990, 9 LEATHER PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTIONS Cattle hide and side kip.. thous. hides and kips.. STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass containerss General-use foods Wide-mouth food Cincl. packers' tumblers, jelly r/ Revised. c/ USC0MM-DC--19231 Corrected 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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