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February 10, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT B U S I N E S S * U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1957-59=100 Index, 1957-59=100 200 ELECTRIC POWER P R O D U C T I O N (by utilities) (£. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 190 TV A 180 170 >^ 160 - ' Monthly 150 A \ i t I 1 i \ \ 1964 Data: Edison Electric Inst. I , I .i 1 L_J L_J 1 1 1 1 1 L_ —L-j—|—1—1 .1„_J J L.J 1965 i _i j — i — 1 —i— i i • _ i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1967 Index, 1957-59=100 90 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS WHOLESALE PRICES & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) 45 Shipments (left scale) 35 i 1966 Billion Dollars 50 40 L, - / r /^ V^~'~ ^S —H 80 / •A 70 Inventories* (right scale) — «.«-—* — 60 / Farm Products *Book value, end of month 30 1 U U 1 U..L1 1,A_ L U . j J . L i 1964 i i i 50 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 .!_[. 1 1 _l 1 _J 1 _L_L_i_]_J_ 1965 1966 90 1967 u t i i I i i i i i 1964 1965 i i i i i I i i i ,i i 1966 I I,,UL,U„l,„) I 1967 U.S. Dept. of Labor Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Index, 1910-14=100 375 Billion Dollars 8.0 i i i i i I 11 i i i 1 - C O N S U M E R INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D PRICES RECEIVED 350 REPAID* AND P A I D BY FARMERS Extended ^ 325 300 Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 275 Prices Received y~-- 250 * Seasonally adjusted 4.0 ,iiiMiiiii 1964 Federal Reserve Board • • • -1 1965 1966 '• ' 1967 225 ' • • • • I • ' ' • • M ii in ii I i i i i i 1964 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture # Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annudlly, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected / - ^ ' \ i, i [ I i i i 1966 > i i I,i,j,i,,11, 1967 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 !966 ITEM 1967 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 103.3 102.9 102.7 102.5 5,198 3,576 5,270 3,680 5,287 3,626 5,138 3,451 278 1,708 1,617 258 319 1,761 1,669 222 334 1,636 1,563 331 278 1,625 1,551 270 253 41,237 42,816 22,451 305 41,085 43,005 22,538 348 44,445 47,563 24,513 658 44,004 46,384 23,654 119 43,567 46,581 23,989 500 73,859 46,729 185,450 24,728 60,894 27,444 73,809 46,556 185,165 25,002 60,695 27,422 72,733 46,520 184,226 24,879 60,321 27,390 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1957-59=100.. 112.4 112.6 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores .....mil. $.. do.... 5,135 3,494 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 3/. mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/...do.... Member bank reserve ba!ances J>/, e s -. 9 .,. do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ , do.... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: Demand deposits, adjusted Sav 1 ngs deposits a* Loans and investments (adjusted), total U.S. Government obligations. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) .„.,„ « ±/ mil. $. do... do... do... do... do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2J/,...,percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor'sf"4/,1941-43=10., Industrials, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal J/....„ .*,,.,,.thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw,-hr., Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate .3/ thous, bbl,. Steel, raw. Index of production.. FREIGHT CARLOAD I NGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous. thous. sh. tons.. ...1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... „ 74,107 50,535 176,325 26,688 52,882 25,778 Jan. 14 317 4.90 93,70 100.11 4.91 92.53 98.89 5.60 83.47 88.76 5.46 85.79 91.46 5.37 85.85 91.49 1,628 22,757 235,399 8,198 1,423 22,793 209,682 8,204 1,826 23,411 202,462 8,698 1,808 23,595 200,408 8,740 1,853 22,708 183,953 8,730 2,440 131.0 514 284 2,422 130,0 488 276 2,450 131.5 542 301 2,443 131.1 528 295 2,373 127.4 527 291 43,347 46,216 23,878 330 5.35 86.43 92.21 167,922 2,376 127.5 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 1966 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. do..,. 41,642 21,738 993 3,266 2,101 40,766 21,659 934 3,188 2,014 46,170 23,753 1,075 3,954 2,341 46,326 24', 158 1,075 3,851 2,232 r44,7!l r23,425 r959 r3,73l r2,142 43,370 23,046 884 3,574 2,095 do.... do.... do.... do.... 2,970 3,087 6,223 729 3,124 3,117 6,342 773 3,406 3,668 5,857 892 3,465 3,641 6.537 874 r3,270 r3,540 r6,585 r880 3,462 3,455 6,499 911 do.... do.... do.... 19,904 7,018 410 1,721 19,107 6,832 400 1,580 22,417 7,787 440 1,845 22,168 7,546 418 1,847 r21,286 r7,354 r433 1,777 20,324 7,260 417 1,617 ...mm: ........do.... do.... do.... do.... 1,675 2,958 1,613 985 1,649 2,797 1,625 995 1,927 3,375 1,743 1,078 1,908 ^,^15 1,794 1,109 r1,860 r3,077 r1,733 r1,008 do.... 41,403 42,622 44,091 44,487 r44,393 45,371 do.... do.... 21,606 1,013 3,335 2,139 22,316 1,140 3,470 2,166 22,971 980 3,919 2,20! 23,451 97! 3,839 2,098 r23,237 r979 r3,8l2 r2,180 23,789 1,077 3,893 2,265 3,150 2,962 5,907 710 3,242 3,073 6,075 713 3,422 3,413 5,845 833 3,559 3,445 6,389 847 r3,468 r3,386 r6,226 r856 3,594 3,396 6,297 841 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: do.... do.... Paper end D!Iied products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Mach i nery, except e!ectr i ca1.,.s * ssseeee, u Oe«.. do.... do.... j- / D A W I cori . !/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. Digitized for19298 FRASER 1,777 *\ run 1,730 1,037 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1966 1965 ITEM Dec. Sept. 19,797 7,001 394 1,673 20,306 7,131 410 1,703 1,691 3.067 1,619 1,012 Nov. Oct. Nov. 2!,!20 7,360 430 1,688 2!,036 7,220 418 1,704 r21,156 r7,334 r4l6 1,734 1,762 3,133 1,594 1,064 1,843 3,170 1,728 1,043 1,841 3,219 1,761 1,029 r1,878 r3,191 r1,739 r1,036 66,777 41,407 25,370 67,192 67,620 41,831 25,789 68,015 74,417 47,319 27,098 74,884 75,297 47,993 27,304 75,788 r76,383 r48,764 r27,6i9 r76,896 77,171 49,282 27,889 77,669 41,869 1.634 6,261 4,816 42,324 1.626 6,349 4,856 47,568 1,675 6,908 5,048 48,352 1,703 6,971 5,109 r49,3IO rl,722 r7,057 r5,2l4 49,880 1,750 7,089 5,267 ...do.... 8,453 5,993 8,860 1,730 8,508 6,093 8,930 1,788 9,536 7,205 !0,557 2, 106 9,665 7,383 !0,780 2,150 r9,852 r7,580 rii,09! r2,l74 9,927 7,635 !1,345 2,178 ...do.... ...do.... 25,323 5,993 2,268 3,085 25,69! 6,034 2,371 3, 130 27,316 6,274 2,339 3,322 27,436 6,284 2,340 3,356 r27,586 r6,383 r2,307 r3,286 27,789 6,393 2,341 3,337 ...do.... 1,934 4,350 1,737 1,306 1,965 4,335 1,756 1,279 2,214 4,937 1,819 1,386 r2,230 r5,000 1,835 r1,422 2,252 5,014 1,865 1,409 NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... 42,094 22,109 19,985 41,531 22,448 19,083 48,083 25,810 22,273 46,649 24,518 22,131 r43,927 r22,738 r21,189 43,084 22,867 20,217 ...do.... 42,234 43,868 46,318 45,243 r44,052 45,540 ...do.... 22,389 3,392 2,213 3,396 3,201 5,972 23,403 3,684 2,335 3,532 3,21! 6,165 25,274 4,047 2,106 3,715 3,676 7,561 r23,027 r3,588 r2,275 r3,675 r3,507 r5,7l4 19,845 5,454 14,391 20,465 5,717 14,748 21,044 5,792 15,252 24,244 3,817 2,231 3,647 3,579 6,860 20,999 5,822 15,177 r21,025 r5,799 r15,226 23,886 3,670 2,300 3,579 3,344 6,519 21,654 6,029 15,625 64,129 60,752 3,377 64,821 64,896 61,543 3,353 66,068 79,213 75,673 3,540 79,170 79,537 76,033 3,504 79,923 r78,753 r75,346 r3,407 r79,581 78,468 75,168 3,300 79,749 61,445 5,432 5,298 10,014 9,692 25,903 3,376 62,534 5,646 5,467 10,304 9,830 25,993 3,534 75,591 7,372 5,856 12,524 12,056 32, 1 19 3,579 76,382 7,350 5,989 12,611 12,189 32,590 3,541 r76,170 7,125 r6,084 r12,818 rl2,3IO r32,078 r3,4ll 76,266 6,902 6, 1 19 12,802 12,259 32,301 3,483 ...do.... 118.9 120.1 118.9 117.0 119.5 120.7 119.5 117.6 123.3 124.5 123.4 121.2 124.0 125, 1 124.2 121.8 124.7 125.6 125.0 122.2 125. 1 125.9 125.5 122.6 .mi 1. $.. ...do.... 85,291 67, 168 87,884 68,565 91,639 72,829 91,899 73,073 92,498 73,491 94,786 74,656 6,608 5,955 7,519 6,120 6, 189 6,000 6,403 6,159 6,611 6,193 7,442 6,277 6,530 5,831 6,489 5,855 6,573 6,103 6,522 6, 142 6,657 6,213 6,433 6,112 Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Cor.. By industry group—Con. n in i 1 . $ . . ...do.... ...do.... Chemicals and allied products sese*e,SS5 ...do.... .«-do.... ...do.... ?! 582 7 580 427 1 735 1 899 3,305 1 694 1, 108 INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: ..-do---, ...do.... By industry group: Stone, clay, and glass products.. ses do s --« ...do.... ...do,... ...do.... ...do.... NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL ...do.... ...do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders.. . • . d o . . . . UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL... ...do.... By industry group: Fabricated metal products ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders ...do.•.. 2,194 ' 4,880 1,813 1,363 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCT 1ON COST 1NDEXES: E. H. Boeckh and Associates: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, office buildings -59=100.. ...do.... FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Installment credit, extended and repaid; Unadjusted: Seasonally adjusted: r- / B o w l e g ^ _!./ Includes dists for "other industries" not shown. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 19298 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXt ALL COMMODITIES...............................'957-59=100.. By stags of processings Crude materials for further processing...........do,... Intermediate materials, supp„, and components....do..,. F i n I shed goods. ................................... do.... By durability of products Durab !e goods,, ...••.••.••.....•............... ...do.... Nondurab I e goods....... a .........................do..«. Farm products,,. „. „„«.0... s............ ... ......... .do. =,. Foods, processed .„„«,. c «>. o.,»......................a. do. ,„. Commodities other than farm prod„ and foods.„..„. c .do.. „ • Chemicals and allied products do.,.. Fuel and related products, and power do,„. Furniture, other household durables......... oooa .do.. e . Hides, skins, and leather products.»....,..„.....do.... Lumber and wood products„:, „ *e. .„ „ a „„, „ „.. 0.,-, 3 a s c .do..., Machinery and motive products....................do.... Metais and metal products........................do.... Nonmetaiiic mineral products......„..„....., o0 ...do.... Pulp, paper, and allied products.,...............do.... Rubber and products... ,,,.. ......^..do.,,, Text! I e products and appare I ,„ „ „ „„. dofl. 0 . Tobacco products and bottled beverages do,.,. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — 1965 1967 1966 Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 104. I 104.6 106.2 105.9 105.9 106.2 103.2 103.0 105.3 105.2 103.4 i05„6 103.6 105.3 i07.8 101. I 105,3 107.8 100.8 105.4 !07B6 102.2 105.7 107.7 104.2 103.9 103.0 109.4 103.2 97.6 S00.6 98.2 I 14.6 101.9 104.2 106.6 101.6 I00«9 93.5 102,0 I07 a 9 104 !04 104, ISO 103 97 100.5 i06.6 105.8 104.4 112.4 105.3 97.9 102.6 99 0 7 118.7 104.8 107.1 106.9 105. i i02.5 M0.7 "105.5 98.0 102.7 100.3 117.5 103.0 107,7 109.0 103.3 103.0 95.0 102.! I 10. i 107.0 104.9 101.8 I 10.6 i05.5 98.2 r102.0 100.4 r ! I7„3 102.5 r108.0 rS09.0 r103.3 103.0 95.0 rfOS.8 r110.3 $0.ybi $0,956 $0,942 $•0,944 $.0,944 $0,942 9isi 106.3 3.56 90.5 106,9 3.52 83.4 100.5 3.97 83.5 101.0 3.93 83.0 102.4 3.83 85.9 106.0 3.58 337.09 955.19 152.00 245.33 346.95 985.93 151.26 255.52 273.35 778.10 129.70 192.07 285.23 806.55 136.43 201.94 285.52 800.86 135.68 205.78 298.28 830.56 138.64 220.I I 9 1.73 97.66 91.42 83.31 75.39 51.03 93.32 99.56 93.35 84.28 53.C3 77.13 82.01 72.67 66.67 65.41 39.44 80.99 86.10 77.89 68.25 68.82 41,57 81.33 86,50 79.83 67.76 68.86 41.44 84,45 89.88 82.70 69.97 70.63 44.48 37.24 70.93 67.86 32.30 61.04 63.68 34.34 65.05 68.62 35.93 67.03 70.50 37.08 69.90 70.03 98.3 I 16.0 102.8 104.4 107.0 102.0 !0!.2 93.7 101.9 108.1 108, 103. 103, 94. I02s 110, Jan. 107.4 105.3 102.8 I L0.7 105.8 98 102, S00 I 17, 102 108 109.4 103.7 103.1 95.5 102.0 110.3 FINANCE SECURITY MARKETSj Bonds (Standard & Poor*s Corporation): Pri ces ; Industrial, utility, and railroad (AAA issues)' Composite.... e o o o .«.....„... O 0 0 .dol. per $100 bond.. Domest i c mun i ci pa I (15 bonds).„.„.„ B ... a do.... Yields? Domestic municipal (15 bonds)... e ,....percent.. STOCKS: PRICES: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks)................... *.. •.« Industri a I (30 stocks)...... ... a...0......... Pub lie ut iIi ty (15 stocks)........................... Railroad (20 stocks)................................. Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks)............ 1941-43*10.. Industrial, total (425 stocks) do.... Capita! goods (122 stocks)... ...do.... Consumer's goods (181 stocks) , do,.,. Public utility (55 stocks).................do.... Railroad (20 stocks).......................do.... Banks: N. Y. City (10 stocks).......................do.... Outside N. Y. City (16 stocks),.,,, 5 „.do,.,, Fire insurance (20 stocks) , do,,,, 37.7! 70.27 66.13 ] 1 1 J 1 74.50 r Revised. USCOMM—DC—19298 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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