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December 31, 1965 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED B U S I N E S S INDICATORS Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Weekly Monthly Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) 170 y ^ W l / 160 5 ^ ' jj 1 9 6 4 ~~ 150 140 130 1 A ~~ 170 1965 ^s^^^^mBBBg^ ~^mimmii^--%^l^^^~~i • •— . 1 L__J 1 1962 1 ! Data: Edisoi Electric Inst. 1 1 1 1 1 11 ! 1 1 1 1963 - 150 - 140 . 1 1 L_.t_~J--~ _ _ _ « J U - J i L-J JU„J 1964 1 1—t—t-,.,J U 1965 - 130 X » r X . . . 4 - ^4_-»_™JL___ J F M A M J J A S O N D Thousands Thousands 300 1,200 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1000 — _\ _* Jfe^_ / ^ ^ \ (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) _• I — 1 1 - 800 1/ 600 - 400 - 200 Monthly 0 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1 J 1 1 1 1 l__J 1 L_l — i — i — i — i — s — 1 — i — i — i — i — i — -,.v..l 1962 1 1 4 1963 1 i ,J,„ 1 1 t,.,,l- - , • -J A, ,1 I„,,l.,,. 1 „ 1965 1964 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 100 S30 COTTON CONSUMPTION Index, 1957-59=100 110 160 FREIGHT CARLOADINGS ( d a i l y a v e r a g e ; seas, adj.) (seasonally adjusted) ikjA^rv 120 ~ 110 NA^^^1- 100 - 90 - 80 Data: Federal Reserve Board i i i i i I n 1962 i . i I i i i' i i I i 1963 • • • I • • • • 1964 • ' I i i 1965 i • i 80 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce -l_l_l_J-_J—_- l,.LTL,.L..La..J.-l..,X..L..J...J...I.,.L.-LT, -..*..-1-.1 1 .1-1 l-.J_l_L_.l_ 1962 ^ A v a i l a b l e o n l y 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 p r o v i d e s 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 1963 1964 1965 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1964 1965 ITEM Dec. I I Dec. 18 257 1,244 1,152 257 103.8 102.4 108.4 103.1 108.3 6,640 4,601 251 1,276 1,182 273 103.9 102.6 108.9 103.1 108.9 7,008 4,900 263 •"•^ 39,834 40,175 21,841 397 41,732 43,018 22,190 423 41,929 43,519 22,334 457 42,260 43,571 22,461 559 367 066 815 235 68,194 40,371 148,993 27,241 41,668 19,948 4.58 83.55 88.20 66,161 40,431 149,448 27,340 41,668 20,010 4.58 84.15 88.94 66,175 45,094 162,531 24,I 19 49,167 22,425 4.78 91.50 97.37 66,063 45,151 161,267 23,757 49,061 22,463 4.81 91.28 97.11 69,785 45,160 164,536 23,973 49,966 22,519 4.85 92.02 97.98 4.87 92.29 98.31 thous. sh. tons.. 1,708 mil. kw.-hr.. 20,580 number 8S 256,483 thous. bbl.. 7,780 thous. sh. tons.. 2,645 1957-59=100.. 142.0 thous. cars.. 537 do.... 299 1,487 18,537 143,161 7,771 2,557 137.3 417 236 1,801 21,059 257,92! 8,022 2, 119 113.7 583 321 1,822 21,214 254,870 8,145 2,173 116.6 581 324 1,848 2 1,634 249,286 8,137 2,224 I 19.4 555 310 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I i commodities Farm products Foods, processed A I I other 22 commodities 27 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores.. ±/ Dec. 26 103.8 6,713 4,714 *I00.7 *92.7 *I00.8 *I0I.8 102.9 6,339 4,544 106.6 6,341 4,351 311 1,707 1,583 224 371 1,925 1,799 162 39,743 39,632 21,387 391 1957-59=100.. do.... .do.... do.... do.... mil. $.. do.... 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 circulation^/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/..do.... Member bank reserve balances .3/.... do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3_/ do.... Reporting member bank (of F.R.System) in leading cities:^/! Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), totaj do.... U.S. Government obligations..*.... do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/....percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)4/.1941-43=10.. I ndu str i a I s, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCT I ON: Bituminous coa! 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL Mi see I I aneous Dec. 19 Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. Dec. 4 4/ Wednesday data. Dec. 25 103, 102, 108 103 109, 2,153 115.6 * Monthly index for Dec. 1964. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 1965 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... do do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... Who 1 esa 1 e trade do.... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.).No. per 10 ,000 concerns.. 1,060 96 194 196 467 107 93,766 4,666 23,967 35,619 19,135 10,379 50.7 967 100 180 175 412 100 119,324 4,870 22,953 59,174 20,629 11,698 50.3 1,131 114 208 176 533 100 135,039 47,127 24,080 30,097 19,704 14,031 56.9 1,100 124 205 172 479 120 104,976 23,039 19,007 24,880 27,463 10,587 59.7 1,047 1,033 no 212 145 490 90 82,066 10,381 19,139 17,862 27,876 6,808 51.5 103 201 155 477 97 156.89 70.10 5.16 3.54 16.10 3.28 35.48 7.07 2.75 4.21 58.82 54.10 4.68 7.59 1.25 7.38 FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): bi 1. $.. ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Bonds (book value), domestic and foreiqn, total...do.... do.... State, county, municipal (U.S.) do.... Public utility (U.S.) do.... RaiIroad (U.S.) do.... Stocks (book value), domestic and foreign Preferred (U.S.) total..do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 147.98 68.04 5.77 3.87 16.35 3.38 32.62 148.75 68.17 5.70 3.84 16.33 3'. 38 32.77 155.19 69.82 5.32 3.61 16. 17 3.30 34.98 156.04 69.84 5.26 3.58 16.14 3.29 35.07 6.24 2.55 3.58 53.98 49.76 4.50 7.06 1.28 6.88 6.31 2.56 3.64 54.40 50.15 4.51 7.09 1.39 6.87 6.80 2.68 4.00 58.02 53.36 4.65 7.51 1.31 7.09 6.96 2.73 4.11 58.41 53.72 4.68 7.55 1.27 7.34 71,722 7,635 14,420 22,539 20,606 6,522 51.4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1964 1965 ITEM Oct* Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. FINANCE—Continued PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL m i I. $. Death benef Its .. do... Matured endowments.. do.. . Disabl I ity payments............ do... Annu i ty payments do... Surrender values .do... Po I i cy d i v I dends do... 898.8 375.3 77.5 12.4 78.2 143.8 211.6 803.8 342.6 75.2 12.6 77.1 136.0 160.3 935.5 400.4 67.9 12.5 85.5. 158.8 210.4 954.2 398.8 74.6 14.3 86.7 164.5 215.3 918.9 388.8 75.8 13.0 83.5 148.5 209.3 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS HOTELS: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occupied .# of totaI. Restaurant sales index same mo. 1951 = 100. 10.24 70 112 10.11 57 103 9.99 65 106 10.15 66 116 10.44 70 112 13.6 14.8 12.6 15.6 21.4 45 e 7 32.0 28.4 75.1 49.1 38 e 2 27.2 25.1 68.0 44.2 51.6 26.6 32.1 76.1 46.3 51 ,8 27 4 31 6 84 3 55 8 49 ,1 28 .3 30 .3 150.1 190.4 215.0 155.1 174.5 216.8 168.2 185.9 262.3 179 2 197 5 264 7 171 7 206 6 278 8 6.95 7.03 10.13 9.66 9.61 11.68 9.08 8.49 I 1.58 7.81 7.50 I 1.28 37.8 30.6 19.7 28.7 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose plastic materials . .mil. lb. Thermosetting resins: AI kyd res ins . e es e s . es e s e ee s do 9 9e #....., Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins.....do... Poiyester resins do... Phenolic and other tar acid resins.. do... Urea and melamine resins. ...do... Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene) Vinyl resins (resin content basis) Polyethylene „ do... do... do... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEER: Product ion mi«l . bbl. 7.73 TaxabIe withdrawaIs 7.65 .do... Stocks, end of month 10.68 .do... VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oiI: Product ion, crude mi I. lb. 32.1 Corn oil: Product ion, crude., 36.0 ,do. Cottonseed cake and meaI: Product ion thous. sh. tons, 316.9 Stocks (at oil mills), end of month 137.4 .do... Cottonseed oil: Product ion, crude mi I. lb. 227.3 Linseed oil: Production, crude (raw) 45.7 Soybean cake and meal: Production. thous. sh. tons. 1,027.4 Stocks (at oil mills), end of month 112.8 ,do... Soybean oiI: Product ion, crude mi I. lb. 482.5 TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Production, tota I thou s. lb. r!6,l90 Consumption (withdrawaIs): Cigarettes, smalI: Tax-exempt mil I ions. 3,571 Taxab I e * =doese 47,136 e Cigars (large), taxable 777 .do... Manufactured tobacco, taxable ......thou s. lb. 15,140 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and lamb thous. skins. thous. hides and kips. thous, skins. do... METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding production of ferroalloys) thous. sh. tons. Steel forgings (for sale): Orders, unfilled, end of mo do... Shipments, tota I do... Closed die (drop, upset, press) do... Cans (tinplate), shipments (metal consumed), total for sale and own use thous. sh. tons. Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1957-59=100. Furnaces (industrial) and ovens, etc., new orders (domestic), net mil. $. E Iectr i c process i ng do... Fuel-fired (except for hot roiling steel) do... £,/ Revised. 29269 86.2 60 0 33.5 38.8 40.7 40.1 339.0 159.9 71.9 110.8 191.0 77.7 r297.9 91.0 243.3 50.0 132.7 r2l2.l 35.2 37.2 48.7 45.9 1,022.2 120.3 856.5 133.9 697.2 74.2 999.7 97.2 467.9 408.2 329.5 474.8 13,470 15,032 14,847 14,956 3,237 41,548 784 13,727 4,907 46,647 697 14,553 4,021 44,084 658 14,024 3,747 41.771 669 14,505 639 2,068 1,092 2,750 629 1,845 942 2,630 496 1,979 973 2,723 r464 1,955 1,066 2,558 474 2,037 1,296 2,469 7,780 7,674 7,661 6,690 6,310 r389 rl35 rl04 445 144 III 568 154 r569 rl72 rl34 573 178 139 422 325 538 497 407 122.1 201.6 387.0 316.9 295.0 13.7 1.8 6.4 8.3 I.I 4.1 10.5 1.0 6.0 12.6 2.0 7.2 11.4 1.3 6.8 I 14 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1965 1964 STEM Oct. Aug. Sept. Oct. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued MACHINE TOOLS; Metal cutting tools; Orders, new (net), total oe . 0 ,..... oa ....•........ .miS. $. Domest i c..........0.... „0.. . . 0 .. . „ . ... 00 . 0 ........do... Shipments, totales . ea 0 8 , 8 0 < i e 0 8 0 8 a ( ) ( , 8 9 . 0 . 0 „ 8 » 9 .o».,.do e aa Domestic ••.•...••.••.....•„•...........»•....... .do... Est imated back log. ............................... .months. Metal forming tools; Orders, new (net), total.... QO ......... ee ... aoe .. .mi I. $. Sh I pments, tota I ..„. ..«.„«,.„.„.. 90 . •>...... ......».•• do.,. Estimated backSog,,^,,.,,^,,,,,,,,,^,,,.,,,,,,,,,.,,,months. 81.00 67.70 71.65 54.40 6.8 69.95 57.85 65.65 52.75 6.8 106.80 95.40 57.55 50.10 7.3 99, 85 87 00 80 80 70, 90 7.6 r99.25 r93.00 r9l.05 r75.60 r7.6 112,00 101,35 77, 30 66. 60 .7.9 22.75 21.15 II.I 23.95 20.35 11.2 24.55 20.35 9.7 25, 60 21 20 9.8 r35.20 r24.30 rl0.3 26a 25 22. 50 10.6 Washers, sales (domestic and export).,...... ae . s ,i, 0 , . .thous. Driers (elec, gas), sales (domestic and export). oso . 9 •.do... 391.0 233.8 333.8 199.4 398.6 213.3 430.6 274.2 397.2 279.1 370.4 234.3 .thous. sh. tons. 192 89 8 9 o..o 8 0 ....do,„, ............do... 197 193 191 106 182 186 r202 r!57 r204 r208 r!97 r!53 r!97 N98 p206 pi 53 p204 p205 ............do... ............do... ..do,,, .... ........do... 538 439 503 503 478 420 477 477 r5IO r5l8 r493 r493 r523 r549 r5l3 r5l3 p538* p542 p52l p52l 397 193 397 394 364 203 360 359 r392 r235 r390 r382 r355 r2l8 r369 r372 p393 p225 p392 p388 COTTONs 1 / Consumption...................................thous. bales.. 882 723 Manufacturesi Spindle activity (cotton system spindles)? Active spindles, last working day, total.........thous.. Consuming 100 percent cotton....................do.... 18,672 15,350 18,744 15,398 18,929 15, 119 12,175 487 10,003 9,909 495 8, 166 67.3 49.7 33.1 47.8 PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS SELECTED TYPES OF PAPER (APPA); Fine papers Orders, new.....#.................. Orders, unfilled, end of month..... Product i o n , „ , 6 8 e , , . i > B ! ) 9 , „ 9 , 8 S 6 „ , S h i pments Printing paper? Orders, new.0..„909..„.«,........... Orders, unfilled, end of month..... Product i on*............,........... S hIpments.......................... Coarse paper? Orders, new,.....0................. Orders, unfilled, end of month..... Product ion.......................... S h i pments0...........0...«»•........ .do. .do. .do. .do. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Spindle hours operated, all fibers, totaI.,...mi I I ions.. Average per working day ..do.... Consuming S00 percent cotton.... ...„ .do.... MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE); Production: Fifament yarn....................................mi I. lb.. Staple, incl. tow (rayon).........................,.do.... Stocks, producers 8 , end of month; F iIament yarn.......................................do.... Staple, incl. tow (rayon)...........................do.,.. rV Revised., js./ Preliminary. USC0MM-DC--29269 J_/ Data for Oct. 1964 and Sept UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 742 751 18,960 15,036 18,992 15,050 19,076 15,012 10,131 506 8,071 12,327 493 9,812 10,341 517 8,218 10,441 522 8,265 62.5 49.2 r7l.5 55.9 r70.9 r52. I 65.3 50.4 67.8 51.9 32.4 46.5 46.3 73.0 52.9 71.1 55.3 68.5 55.5 60.4 1965 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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