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February 14, 1969 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 1941-43 = 10 140 - - - 110 130 120 1969 - 100 no J¥ \r X 1968 90 100 Monthy (avg. of daily close) 80 —i—i—i—i—i—1—i—i—i—i—i— - J 1 1 L_J 1966 I 1 L_1_J 1 ^J^i^O^LJ^JLx^LJLJLa™ 1967 L_J L_J 1968 1 1 L_J Weekly (Wednesday close) 1 L_j 1969 90 ,.-1 1 1 _1-JLJL-L-J J F M A M J J A S O N D 1 1„ 1 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Billion$ Bi!lbn$ NEW CONSTRUCTION 100 80 (Seas, adj., at annual rates) 60 Total Put In Place (left scale) 40 Private Residential (nonfarm) right scale) \ 40 20 i i i I i i i i i 1 I i i 1966 i i i I i i i 1967 i i I i - 25 Nondurah le Goods 15 i 1968 i i i 10 5 i i i i i ii ii i i i I„LIJLU..LJ-L„ 1969 1 -Li- 1 1 -1• . U L - U - L L L J - L - L L _l_U_JL_L.,|jU 1 i_L ,„ 1966 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1967 1968 1969 U.S. Dept. of Commerce Hours 48 Dollars 3.40 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS 3.20 - Durable Goods -i^s^*-- i (seasonally adjusted) 30 20 60 i Billion$ 35 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (Hours seasonally adjusted) Billion$ 10.0 H 46 9.0 44 8.0 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID — (seasonally adjusted) Extended 42 7.0 40 6.0 38 5.0 / ^ - > - " - ~ ' \ v—\~y\ Repaid Average Hours Per Week (right scale) 2.40 • • • I 1966 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor I i i i i i I i i i i i I i 1967 1968 i i i i i Ii i i i i 1969 JUUULI, L u i™u_ i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1966 Data: Federal Reserve Board ^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 1967 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 J_LJ_ULLJL. 1968 1969 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1967 ITEM Feb. 3 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. .1957-59=100. .1 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES. Nondurable goods stores INITIAL UNEMPIOIMENT CLAIMS, State programs INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) FAILURES, INDUST, AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet) 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY Feb. 8 5,789 3,922 257 1,666 1,572 206 266 1,562 1,469 192 236 1,567 1,474 162 250 45,763 50,751 25,672 336 45,777 51,099 25,921 375 50,023 56,768 28,540 206 49,537 56,419 28,317 240 49,153 55,468 27,566 157 78,785 48,661 204,218 28,153 64,965 29,268 75,654 48,518 201,901 27,417 64,913 29,027 84,613 48,523 225,293 27,812 73,836 32,137 81,640 48,438 223,891 28,051 73,516 32,214 81,120 48,342 222,462 27,556 72,917 32,224 6.40 92.24 100.00 6.40 92.06 99.75 6.90 101.62 110.63 6.88 101.98 110.95 6.87 102.51 111.30 6.90 103.20 111.95 24,835 179,208 9,363 2,821 151.4 13.9 1,743 25,026 181,059 9,378 2,857 153.4 13.5 1,817 27,733 233,525 9,043 1,740 27,154 234,774 9,050 1,733 27,638 226,519 9,042 223,834 2,513 134.9 14.3 2,575 138.2 14.0 2,604 139.8 13^8 309 1,686 1,591 204 Steel, raw, ....... — ° .thous. sh. tons.. Index of production .1957-59=100.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MTT.ES..........................bil.. 1 5,975 4,081 thous.. do do.... do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal %/. ....thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities........... ........mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses)... .............number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate %/.... .........thous. bbl. Feb. 101.8 5,720 3,895 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3 / percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) kJ...1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks do... Jan. 25 6,058 3,975 96.4 5,706 3,867 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij Demand deposits, adjusted .mil. $.. Savings deposits. ..do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... U .S. Government obligations do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)V .do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... Jan. 18 101.1 96.7 .mil. $<,.] .do..'.".j FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / .mil. $.. Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3 / • • do.... Excess reserves, estimated 2/» '•' do...'. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. Feb. 10 2 / Daily average, 100.5 102.8 .•• — 49,061 55,345 27,386 179 2,656 142.6 ij Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 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 l/... Industrial,, ........................ Commercial......0.0 0.. „ Public, total.......................... ....do. ....do. ,...do. ....do. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL -bil. $. Private, total........................................do... Residential (nonfarm) doV.. Nonresidential buildings, total l/. Industrial. Commercial. Public, total. „.. .do... .do... do... .do... CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F.W. Dodge Co.): TOTAL VALUATION...... _..,.. *.. .mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) .1957-59=100. Building, total. .mil. $. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE............... 1957-59=100. American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities. a .1913=100. Atlanta .do... New York .do.... San Francisco .. *. do... St. Louis ..». ...do... r/ Revised. 1/ Excludes farm and public utilities. 6280 6,951 4,763 2,340 1,857 6,407 4,441 2,191 1,742 7,953 5,344 2,760 2,139 8,014 5,423 2,695 2,130 r7,630 r5,429 r2,628 r2,102 6,989 4,921 2,480 1,985 1,616 493 676 2,188 1,492 521 573 1,966 1,716 508 793 2,609 1,808 538 8Z»4 2,591 rl,752 r543 r798 r2,38l 1,631 562 681 2,068 79.6 53.9 27.2 81.2 54.0 27.6 84.5 57.2 29.1 87.2 59,5 30.0 r87.3 r59.3 r30.6 88.3 59.7 31.3 17.8 5.7 7.0 25.7 17.4 18.6 6.7 27.2 8.5 27.3 19.7 6.1 8.9 27.7 rl9.2 r6.3 r8.3 27.9 19.0 6.3 7.9 28.6 4,258 168 3,996 166 2,954 5,170 183 3,940 6,171 200 4,778 4,863 183 4,035 4,543 179 3,592 127 134 134 134 136 932 1,025 1,026 937 919 992 1,087 1,092 980 969 994 1,110 1,092 980 969 997 1,110 1,093 1,001 969 1,007 1,111 1,099 1,013 971 3,302 127 930 1,024 1,025 933 916 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Dec. Dec. Jan. Oct. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL X/ ....mil. $ • i Durable goods stores do. Automotive group................................. .do. Furniture and appliance group.....................do, Lumber, building, hardware group.... do. 32,622 9,032 4,573 1,738 1,088 24,094 7,517 4,642 1,205 29,418 10,039 5,992 1,450 1,339 r30,112 r9,554 r5,623 rl,489 rl,443 Nondurable goods stores do.... Apparel group , .do.... Drug and proprietary stores ...do.... Eating and drinking places........................do.... Food group i . .do.. Gasoline service stations .do.. General merchandise group.........................do.... ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/. do Durable goods stores do.... Automotive group.. do.... Furniture and appliance group .do.... Lumber, building, hardware group...... .....do.... 23,590 2,618 1,241 2,041 6,562 1,958 7,376 26,368 8,422 4,738 1,323 1,114 16,577 1,277 901 1,836 5,596 1,874 3,289 26,936 8,502 4,951 1,362 19,379 1,654 941 2,161 6,108 2,064 4,697 r28,676 r9,372 r5,593 1,359 1,200 r20,558 rl,8l0 r924 r2,045 r6,425 r2,055 r5,488 r2S,779 r9,272 r5,497 rl,350 rl,173 r34,132 r9.704 r5,078 rl,755 1,192 r24,428 r2,666 rl,308 r2,045 r6,393 r2,089 7,739 r28,083 r9,074 5,268 1,335 1,223 Nondurable goods stores do.... Apparel group do.... Drug and proprietary stores «. do..,. Eating and drinking places do.... Food group .do.... Gasoline service stations. .do.... General merchandise group., do.... ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total do.... Adjusted, total........'.' .. do,... RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total do.... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total..........do.... 17,946 1,473 934 2,023 5,920 1,910 4,295 18,434 1,530 941 2,015 5,886 1,975 4,269 19,304 1,634 963 2,146 6,133 2,040 4,622 rl9,507 rl,663 r935 r2,132 r6,236 r2,065 r4,749 rl9,009 1,555 992 2,051 6,133 2,054 4,479 38,045 39,318 38,430 39,575 42,683 42,220 43,815 42,488 41,346 42,750 10,604 7,309 6,352 7,503 8,068 7,992 9,015 r8,l67 11,179 8,055 67,060 603 3,275 19,593 11,498 8,095 67,058 604 3,107 19,612 11,5a 8,071 68,701 591 3,285 19,807 11,603 8,204 r68,955 r637 r3,279 rl9,871 rll,66l r8,210 r69,280 r637 r3,378 rl9,973 r11,728 r8,245 Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc...do•.. Wholesale and retail trade , .do. „. Wholesale trade do..« Retail trade '.'. do. Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services , do... Government. .do... Federal do... State and local... do... 4,302 13,793 3,581 10,212 3,289 10,316 11,889 2,709 9,180 4,317 13,818 3,586 10,232 3,291 10,331 11,978 2,721 9,257 4,374 14,298 3,708 10,590 3,411 10,610 12,325 2,705 9,620 r4,392 r!4,326 3,722 rl0,604 1*3,426 rl0,702 rl2,322 2,696 r9,626 r4,391 rl4,260 r3,719 3,441 rlO,757 rl2,443 r*2,715 r9,728 PRODUCTION WORKERS (MFG. PAYROLIS), TOTAL, seas, adj do... Durable goods industries do... Nondurable goods industries do... HOURS (GROSS), AVG. WEEKLY PER PROD. WORKER (MFG. PAYROLIS): Manufacturing, seasonally adjusted hours. Overtime hours do... Durable goods industries do... Overtime hours .do... Nondurable goods industries do... Overtime hours do... MAN-HOUR INDEXES, AGGREGATE WEEKLY, seas, adjusted: Manufacturing. .1957-59=100. Durable goods industries do... Nondurable goods industries do... HOURLY EARNINGS, AVERAGE PER PROD. WORKER (MFG. PAYROLLS): Manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted dollars. Excluding overtime do... Durable goods industries ,. .do... Excluding overtime do... Nondurable goods industries do... Excluding overtime .do... 14,400 8,389 6,011 14,405 8,420 5,985 14,524 8,432 6,092 rl4,568 r8,475 r6,093 rl4,667 r8,541 r6,126 40.8 r3.8 r41.7 r4.1 39.7 3.4 40.7 r3.8 41.4 r4.0 39.9 r3.4 Nov. DOMESTIC TRADE LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLIS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): Total, seasonally adjusted thous.. Mining do.... Contract construction do.... Manufacturing do.... 0 Durable goods industries „ .do.... Nondurable goods industries .do.... n o , 541 40.7 3.4 41.3 3.6 39.9 3.2 40. 3. 40. 3. 39. 3- 41.0 3.7 41.6 4.0 39.9 3.3 117.0 122.4 110.1 115.7 121.6 107.9 118.7 123.8 111.9 2.91 2.79 3.09 2.96 2.64 2.54 2.94 2.83 3.13 3.00 2.67 2.57 3.06 2.92 3.25 3.09 2.79 2.67 3.08 2.94 r3.28 3.12 r2.8l 2.69 3.10 2.96 3.29 r3.14 2.82 2.70 10,848 5,609 1,506 3,733 11,012 5,661 1,565 3,785 11,734 6,094 1,551 4,090 11,677 6,107 1,583 3,987 11,748 6,126 1,577 4,044 5.82 6.24 5.98 6.68 6.54 6.96 6.53 6.97 rll8 rl24 111 m.9.5 r125.0 rll2.2 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL IOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month „ OBO .mil. $.. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks do.... Loans to cooperatives do.... Other loans and discounts ....do. MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: "" * Federal intermediate credit bank loans percent.. Federal land bank loans .do.... r/ Revised. jp/ Preliminary, l/ Data for Jan. 1969 are advance estimates. 6280 6.59 6.96 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 196? ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 99,64s 79,485 102,132 80,926 107,636 86,184 108,643 87,058 110,035 87,953 113,191 89,890 ...do. ...do. ,386 ,907 8,378 6,937 7,682 7,182 8,687 7,813 8,166 7,271 9,568 7,631 ...do. ...do. ,304 ,913 7,360 7,001 8,416 7,701 8,533 7,586 8,288 7,454 8,277 7,502 .do. .do. .do. .do. 11,425 8,535 2,317 573 *-24,089 8,798 *14,720 571 11,161 8,101 2,533 527 13,802 9,782 3,471 549 *15,658 *6,234 536 16,642 9,998 6,070 574 EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL........ Excl. Department of Defense shipments'.'.'...'.".'. Seasonally adjusted........................ .do. .do. .do. 2,796.1 2,760.0 2,691.4 2,871.5 2,812.3 2,603.4 2,984.7 2,941.5 3,245.9 2,763,4 2,714.9 2,594.2 3,184.3 3,124.4 2,989.3 3,075.1 3,026.0 2,866.0 GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL........................... Seasonally adjusted..'.............'.'............' .do. .do. 2,441.7 2,381.8 2,431.4 2,525.0 2,869.3 2,963.7 2,924.1 2,657.4 2,795.1 2,818.3 3,017.5 2,946.6 20.73 15.20 899.16 19.94 11.05 904o58 19.36 14.29 940.45 r24.32 15.75 r944.52 22.26 12.95 950.02 14.83 10.74 853.74 12.17 7o90 12.76 7.21 856.66 8.63 5ol7 13.28 9.45 893.39 10.43 6.37 17.66 11.07 895.98 12.85 8.26 16.14 8.76 899.65 10.40 6.73 FINANCE—Con. CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month.............. Installment credit, total.................. Installment credit, extended and repaid; Unadjusteds Extended, total............................ Repaid, total.............................. Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total Repaid, total.............................. Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Yalue, estimated total..................... Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.)...... Group.................................... Industrial............................... .mil. ; ...do. &3ms FOREIGN TRADE FOOD AND KINDRED HtODUCTSj TOBACCO DISTILLED SPIRTS (TOTAL): Production................................... .mil. tax g a l . Taxable withdrawals.......................... ....do... Stocks, end of month......................... ..'.'.do... "Whisky: Production................................... ....do... Taxable w i t h d r a w a l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....do... Stocks, end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....do... Rectified s p i r i t s and wines, prod., t o t a l . . . . . . . m i l . proof gal Whisky. .do.., r/ Revised. * Includes coverage on Federal employees of USCOMM—DC—6280 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 DFPICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 3.3 b i l . i n Dec. 1967 and $3.5 b i l . i n Nov. 19.68. 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