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December 5, 1969 A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STATISTICS COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS S INDICATORS 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43=10 140 - 120 130 110 ^ N / 120 \ - 100 _ 90 H 100 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthy (avg. 80 1 1 1 1 J..,„JLjL J L™l 1 -J 1—J L™i_J 1966 1 LJL™1_J— — i — 1 I l—l 1967 1 1 1 1 1 — ! _ i i i i i 1968 of daily 1 i i close) i i i • ' ' » I I ' ' ' 90 • * J F M A M J J A S O N D 1969 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 1 1957^59 = 100 220 " ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) As^/ (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . i n d e x ) ^ y 210 A ^^ - /~* - 200 190 A - / - J V /**** 180 Monthly 170 1 i , i , , i 1966 i i i i 1 i i i i i •I.I i 1 1 -J 1967 L_J 1 1 . i _ i i i i 1968 i 1 i i i i _ i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1969 Edison Electric Inst. Billion$ 100 Billion$ NEW CONSTRUCTION 80 (Seas, adj., at annual rates) H 60 375 60 40 Private Residential (nonfarm) (right scale) \ I 40 20 325 350 Prices Paid~^ (left scale) 325 >< ^ ^ \ - \^y 350 Total Put in Place (left scale) 1910-14 == 100 375 1910-14 = 100 425 PRICES RECEIVED AND 400 _ PAID BY FARMERS Prices Received (right scale) >-_/-\ 275 1 \.-~-- —- ^ 300 300 250 - ^ (incl. interest, taxes, a n d w a g e rates) ii i i I i i i I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1968 1969 275 • 1 1 1 1 1 1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ^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 1 1 M 1 1 1 M 1 1 |„U_1_U_I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U L - J 1968 M i l l 1969 225 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1969 ITEM Nov. 30 Nov. 23 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 15 Nov. 29 97-9 11.9 *112.1 112.2 6,954 4,693 6,988 4,773 6,802 4,702 6,965 4,795 7,065 4,914 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.. 212 994 922 154 1180 1,080 1,002 137 206 1,005 935 222 197 1,084 1,007 161 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. ..$.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total jj,. .do..... Member bank reserve balances 2 / -do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.... 49,475 58,723 26,960 -77 49,638 58,532 26,594 -59 51,819 62,091 27,635 310 52,314 62,458 27,696 -202 52,551 63,102 27,949 -1 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: }J Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits do.... Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... U.S. Government obligations .do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... 78,553 48,772 224,550 28,644 70,937 31,832 71,178 31,752 77,953 46,409 227,305 23,428 78,117 33,947 78,396 46,343 226,984 22,971 78,246 33,995 79,835 46,345 226,372 22,641 77,995 34,065 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor 's)V. 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do.... 6.56 -**-106.14 **115.43 6.63 107.76 117.33 7.68 97.64 107.31 7.70 97.89 107.62 7.78 95.90 105.58 7*90 93.27 102.85 1,891 25,948 216,153 9,006 1,933 24,612 174,419 8,998 1,868 27,059 186,904 9,280 1,942 27,357 180,736 9,254 1,739 28,157 182,727 9,277 123,950 2,784 149.4 2,807 150.6 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1957-59=100.. . .mil. $.. do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous c o a l 3 / E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s Motor v e h i c l e s ( p a s s e n g e r c a r s ) Petroleum ( c r u d e ) and condensate 2 / thous. sh. t o n s . . .mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. b b l . . S t e e l , raw thous. sh. t o n s . . Index of p r o d u c t i o n .1957-59=100.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil.. Jl/Data do n o t .always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/Tuesday p r i c e MONTHLY 2,730 2,356 2,244 146.5 126.5 120.5 15.8 13.4 15.3 3 / D a i l y a v e r a g e , /^/Wednesday a a t a . 2,769 24-8.6 15.7 ^Monday p r i c e . 111.6 231 199 ""l83 52,687 62,850 27,527 63 **Tuesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS..1910-14=100. Crops do... Commercial vegetables do... 262 228 284 264 231 353 279 220 297 275 214 285 277 217 313 285 228 436 Cotton Feed grains and hay Food grains do... do.,. do... 224 148 155 204 156 159 173 167 145 164 166 152 183 165 157 180 162 158 Fruit Tobacco do... do... 332 562 285 577 257 607 245 615 228 611 222 605 do... do... do... do... 291 337 338 149 292 340 337 154 330 325 422 153 328 337 407 164 327 349 401 161 333 355 398 184 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items do... Production items do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates..do... 312 339 292 358 314 341 294 360 324 352 304 373 325 354 304 374 326 355 305 376 327 356 306 377 .do... 73 73 75 74 74 76 1957-59=100. do... do... do... 109.1 101.2 114.4 109-7 109.6 103.1 114.7 109.9 113.4 108.9 121.5 112.8 113.6 108.4 121.3 113.2 114.0 107.9 121.6 113.8 114.5 110.4 121.6 114.0 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1957-59=$!.00., $0,917 D.912 $0,882 3.877 $0,873 Livestock and products Dairy products Meat animals Poultry and eggs PARITY RATIO WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: All commodities Farm products Processed foods and feeds Industrial commodities 7173 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1969 ITEM Sept. July Oct. Sept. Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number. Commercial service do... Construction do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do... Liabilities (current), total thous. $. Commercial service do... Construction. .do... Manufacturing and mining. do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $. Private, total do... Residential (nonfarm) do... New housing units do... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ do... Industrial .do... Commercial do... Public, total. do... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Private, total. do... Residential (nonfarm) do... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ .do... Industrial do... Commercial do... Public, total do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1957-59=100., FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $.. New York SMSA do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do..., 6 other leading SMSA's...... do..., 226 other SMSA's do..., LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total .mil. $., Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.) do..., Group do... Industrial do..., Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits., New York SMSA's.. do..., Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do..., 6 other leading SMSA's do..., 226 other SMSA's do..., 705 68 112 126 320 79 58,651 5,857 15,703 15,951 13,721 7,419 40.3 768 92 151 111 347 67 65,384 6,631 18,001 13,512 17,594 9,646 37.5 113 131 113 283 49 112,727 8,047 19,457 63,474 17,189 4,560 34.9 702 86 126 108 303 79 62,930 4,347 10,293 19,252 17,851 11,087 36.0 726 90 124 110 338 64 73,698 9,416 10A73 18,412 24,016 11,681 39.9 8,082 5,364 2,780 2,139 1,716 508 793 2,718 7,891 5,406 2,678 2,130 1,808 538 844 2,485 8,180 5,776 2,906 2,267 1,945 562 907 2,404 r8,651 r6,013 r3,051 2,186 r2,013 r558 r936 r2,638 r8,719 r6,100 r2,944 r2,123 r2,200 r621 rl,033 r2,6l9 85.3 57.4 29.4 18.6 5.5 8.5 27.8 87.8 59.3 29.8 19.7 6.1 8.9 28.5 91.6 62.5 29 22 6 10 29 r91.0 r64.0 r30.9 r22.7 6.4 10.3 r27.0 r93.0 r65.5 r31.0 r23.8 r6.7 rll.l r27.4 133 135 rl43 143 143 8,369.6 3,857.8 4,511.8 1,840.2 2,671.6 8,602.1 3,953.7 4,648.4 1,904.9 2,743.5 9,242.8 3,908.6 5,334.2 2,244.4 3,089.8 9,430.1 4,148.4 5,281.7 2,242.8 3,038.9 r9,737.3 4,311.5 5,425.8 2,249.6 r3,176.3 11,126 8,138 2,457 531 13,546 9,831 3,162 553 12,104 9,053 2,560 491 13,230 8,791 3,931 508 12,464 8,905 3,026 533 63.7 138.5 43.6 60.9 36.5 r66.3 rl43.0 r45.5 r63.5 r38.1 67.6 136.1 49.4 71.8 40.3 70.1 146.5 49.7 72.9 40.3 72.3 153.5 50.9 73.0 41.9 2,990.2 2,947.0 3,211.1 2,780.5 2,732.0 2,631.1 3,045.6 2,997.9 3,171.5 3,227.3 3,165.4 3,385.1 3,136. 3,112. 3,325. 2,879.6 2,950.6 2,935.5 2,736.0 3,153.9 3,066.3 2,909.6 3,180.2 3,131. 3,055- 11.85 63 122 12.31 72 118 11.59 57 119 13.09 60 118 13.04 60 122 142. 2, 9. 10, U. 332, 28.7 28.4 47.5 59.1 137.1 3.1 10.5 144.4 3.0 9.0 10.2 11.4 r348.7 129.5 1.7 9.3 364.6 140.9 3.2 10.2 10.3 12.7 320.4 27.0 28.1 50.5 66.2 28.9 28.8 51.2 65.8 26.5 32.4 51.7 58.6 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense shipments Seasonally adjusted mil. $. do... do... GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL do... Seasonally adjusted do... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION HOTEIS: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occupied % of total. Restaurant sales index same mo. 1951=100. CHEMICAIS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICAIS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride Acety^.salicylic acid (aspirin) Creosote oil DDT. Ethyl acetate (85$) Formaldehyde (37$ HCHO) Glycerin, refined, a l l grades: Production Stocks, end of month Methanol, synthetic Phthalic anhydride r/Revised. .l/Except farm and public u t i l i t i e s . 7173 mil. lb. do... mil. gal. .mil. lb. do. do... , . . . do... do... mil. g a l . mil. l b . ""iVl 357.8 30.3 31.6 54.1 58.2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1969 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Sept. Aug. Oct. METAIS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys)....... thous. sh. tons. STEEL (RAW) : Production..................................do.. Index............. daily average 1957-59=100. Aluminum shipments: Ingot and mill products (net).......................mil. lb. Mill products, total .do... Plate and sheet (excluding foil) do... Oil burners: Shipments. .'.thous. Stocks, end of month. do.. Ranges, gas, domestic cooking, shipments..-.'.-.«.......... .do.. Top burner sections (4~burner equiv.), shipments.........do.. Stoves, domestic heating, shipments, total...............do.. Gas .do.. .. 5,481 8,086 101.3 5,916 9,006 109.2 7,836 11,365 137.8 779.9 564.0 255.4 73*7 28.4 211.2 19.5 174.9 125.1 839.8 625.7 284.8 82.6 27.3 217.0 18.4 197.7 144.4 873.6 626.9 302.4 40.3 30.5 I69.O Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total .do.. . Gas....................................................do.. Furnaces and ovens (indust.), donu new orders, net.....mil. $ Electric processing. do.. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) .do.. 183.1 137.2 8.2 .8 4.3 230.4 177.3 13.1 1.0 9.0 154.1 124.7 643 20.2 13.3 9.9 • 495 6.5 . TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of linters): 1/ Consumption....................................thous. bales. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total..,....millions. Consuming 100 percent cotton. .do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total......billions. Average per working day do... Consuming 100 percent cotton .do... Women's, misses', juniors' outerwear, cuttings: Coats .thous. units. Dresses ..........do... Suits do... Blouses, waists, and shirts thous. doz. Skirts do... r/Revised. 1/Data Oct. 1968 and July and Oct. I969 cover 5 weeksj other months, 4 weeks. 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