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February 17, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS INDICATORS Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) 1,200 Thousands 350 1,000 \~ 800 600 V 400 200 Monthly 0 -J^LJ—I L~L- -L—I—L—LJ _LJ~J I I 1965 1964 I ,l„,l t I, L 1967 1966 J FMAMJ JASONO Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59=100 250 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) Index, 1957-59=100 I 250 200 150 - - 100 Monthly 50 I , , , |_ , , ., L. ,_ j .. JL_ 1 __ I . 1 . L...I 1964 _I._L !_.. J _ i . . . _ 1965 1—1—1 1 1 1 1 1 L L L 1 ™1 J,. L . I . - 1 J - J L J — L - i — 1966 J FMAMJ 1967 J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion Dollars 35 SALES OF RETAIL STORES Billion Dollars 700 PERSONAL INCOME 30 600 (seasonally adjusted) (seas, adj., at annual rates) 25 Total Nondurable 20 Wage and Salary Disbursements vi»Dvrsemenrs \ < i~ 15 400 _„ 300 l i M i i l i i i n l n i i i 1964 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Durable Goods 10 •4-*-—* 1966 .\ i i n IIIi u 1967 1964 I I M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I M M J I I I I I II I I I 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY Goods 1966 1967 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 1967 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1957-59=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES eei .mil B $.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. 1NSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a 1 1 programs do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)...do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).number.. Feb. 5 Feb. 12 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 112.6 113.0 102.9 102.7 102.5 5,198 3,576 5,212 3,548 5,286 3,620 5, 136 3,446 5,331 3,647 319 1,761 1,669 222 255 1,729 1,640 226 278 1,624 1,551 270 253 1,606 1,533 317 41,085 43,005 22,538 348 41,196 43,425 22,323 344 Feb. II Feb. 4 102.2 274 288 356 F1 NANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/...do.... 43,567 46,581 23,989 500 44,004 46,384 23,654 I 19 43,405 46,630 23,856 308 43,347 46,216 23,905 325 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total 74,469 50,465 176,948 25,204 53,006 25,771 do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) ....do.... 73,809 46,556 185,165 25,002 60,695 27,422 72,734 46,520 184,227 24,879 60,329 27,390 73,575 46,456 186,420 25,758 60,266 27,295 4.91 92.53 98.89 4.92 94.06 100.60 5.46 85.79 91.46 5.37 85.85 91.49 5.35 86.43 92.21 1,423 22,793 209,682 8,204 1,630 21,687 234,504 8,213 1,808 23,595 200,408 8,740 1,826 22,708 184,019 8,730 1,743 23,000 160,690 8,737 2,422 130.0 488 276 2,530 135.8 534 299 2,443 131.1 528 295 2,373 127.4 527 291 2,376 127.5 520 293 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)j4/8.1941-43=10.. 5.34 87.72 93.73 PRODUCT 1 ON: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL ±/ 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3_/ Dai ly average. 2,482 133.2 4 / Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 ITEM 183,908 1967 1966 Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 558.2 374.1 150.7 120.3 560.2 376.8 152.1 121.8 594.4 402.3 161.5 130.7 598.5 405.1 162.4 131.4 r60l.8 r407.5 r 162.9 M3I.4 607.2 410.8 163.9 89.7 60.9 72.9 19.6 90.1 61.1 73.6 19.8 95.1 65.4 80.2 21.5 95.8 65.8 81.0 21.7 T96.5 66.2 81.9 21.9 97 6 66.7 82.7 2?.2 41.3 16.2 41.3 16.8 42.1 15.1 42.2 15.2 42.4 15.4 42.7 15.3 18.6 20.8 40.5 4 2 . J> 19.1 21.2 44.8 47.8 18.5 19.2 21.3 45.8 16.8 19.0 21.2 44.3 47.2 18.3 19.2 •19.8 45,3 r48 9 Less personal contributions for soc. insurance..do.... 18.6 20.5 40.0 41.4 13.6 I8.*6 19.7 do.... 537.2 538.8 574.6 578.6 r58l.7 587 1 .... 1957-59-100.. do.... do.... 134 157 118 128 151 III 178 232 139 c/170 c/225 c/129 30,60! 8,976 4,835 1,619 1,084 22,054 6,985 4,300 1,058 817 25,923 8,625 5,096 1,332 1,077 r26.158 r8,4IO r4,899 rl,39l rl,0l2 GENERAL BUSINESS Jan. INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: bi 1. $.. Wage and salary disbursements, total 132 3 Proprietors' income: do.... do.... /lO £ FARM INCOME AND MARKETINGS: Indexes of volume of farm marketings: DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL r/ Revised. 19^05 c./ Corrected. 1/... U Data for Jan. 1967 are advance estimates. r31,759 r8,88i r4,664 r1,692 1,019 ! 22 291 6^986 4,277 1,085 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1965 ITEM DOMESTIC TRADE—Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES—Con. ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/—Con. Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations Genera! merchandise group * 4„ ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automot i ve group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group 3 1966 Dec. Jan. mil. $. do... do... do... do... do... do S I I 21,625 2,418 1,089 1,881 6,559 1,889 5,644 15,069 1,152 778 1,708 5,600 1,815 2,375 17,298 1,478 841 2,006 5,922 1,959 3,375 r!7,748 r1,553 r840 r1,884 r5,755 rI,922 r3,958 r22,878 r2,534 r1,192 r2,OI6 r6,670 r1,979 r6, 118 do... do... do... ..do... do... 24,816 8,252 4,953 1,207 1,070 25,023 8,324 4,884 1,208 1, 149 25,550 8,276 4,921 1,266 971 r25,6IO r8,143 r4,76l rl,283 r986 r25,329 r8,138 4,770 1,255 1,002 16,564 1,340 828 1,875 5,956 1,838 3,069 16,699 1,417 806 1,879 5,783 1,907 3,230 17,274 1,466 859 1,974 5,949 1,926 3,354 r17,467 r1,463 r876 rI,979 r5,92l r1,939 r3,476 rl7,191 1,384 890 1,996 5,844 1,921 3,315 33,435 34,607 33,610 34,745 37,193 36,680 38,171 36,734 35,846 36,961 9,275 6,445 5,494 6,475 6,804 6,871 7, 190 6,856 9,940 6,689 62,241 18,492 3,334 12,941 9,329 10,380 62,469 18,566 3,318 13,009 9,363 10,435 64,466 19,312 3,202 13,340 9,712 11,008 r64,823 rl9,4l5 r3,204 r13,393 r9,778 rll,104 r65,08l r19,445 r3,286 r13,404 r9,8l9 rll,184 13,769 13,779 7,980 7,973 13,617 13,833 7,942 8,033 14,581 14,350 8,530 8,442 r14,548 r14,436 r8,527 r8,467 r14,440 r14,445 r8,48l r8,468 145.2 144.3 100.0 131.4 141.3 97.5 173.0 156.9 105.2 M55.7 156.4 r102.0 r 149.9 M55.9 r102.7 41.7 41.3 42.6 42.2 40.4 40.2 41.2 41.4 42.1 42.4 39.8 40.2 41.4 41.3 42.2 42.2 40.3 40.2 41.3 41.3 r42.l r42.l 40.2 40.2 r4l.3 r40.9 r42.l r4l.7 r40.l r39.9 2.66 2.54 2.84 2.70 2.40 2.31 2.67 2.56 2.85 2.72 2.40 2.31 2.75 2.62 2.94 2.79 2.48 2.37 2.76 2.63 2.94 2.80 2.49 r2.39 2.77 r2.65 2.95 r2.82 2.50 2.40 3.1 4.8 2.2 4.1 4.3 1.4 1.9 4.6 4.9 3.2 4.0 4.1 1.9 1.3 i ? 5.1 5 I 4.1 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.9 3.1 r4.3 r4.5 2.1 1.3 I.I P 2.9 65,371 43,340 137 40,768 13,436 65,371 19,620 18,447 37,950 64,246 43,085 239 40,565 13,436 64,246 20,098 18.751 37,337 67,257 45,501 410 42,975 12,776 67,257 20;767 19,338 38,759 68,376 46,281 70,332 r47,192 458 173 43,912 12.667 68,376 19,987 19,093 39,58! 44,282 12.674 70,332 20,972 19.794 40,196 35.4 36.0 33.0 32.0 31.5 Nondurable goods stores do.... Appare I 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, tota I do.... RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total do.... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total do.... EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 2/ thous.. Manuf actur i ng do.... Contract construct ion do.... Wholesale and retail trade do.... Services and miscellaneous do.... Government do.... PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: TOTAL, UNADJUSTED do Seasona I ly adjusted do.... Durable goods industries, unadjusted do.... Seasona I ly adjusted do.... Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls (unadj.): Construction (construction workers) 1957-59=100.. Manufacturing (production workers) do.... Mining (production workers) do.... HOURS AND EARNINGS PER PRODUCTION WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Average weekly gross hours, mfg. indus., unadj hours.. Seasonal ly adjusted do.... Durable goods industries, unadjusted do.... Seasona I ly adjusted do.... Nondurable goods industries, unadjusted do.... Seasonal ly adjusted do.... Avg. hourly gross earnings, mfg. industries dollars.. Exclud i ng overtime. do.... Durable goods industries do.... Exc I ud i ng overt ime do.... Nondurable goods industries do.... Excluding overtime do.... LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total monthly rate per 100 employees.. Seasona I ly adjusted do.... New hires do.... Separation rate, total do.... Seasona I ly adjusted do.... Quit do.... Layoff do.... Seasona i iy adjusted do.... 1 A 1 Oct. LO Nov. Dec. p4.5 P2.I p4.l p4.3 Pi pi.8 pi.3 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total mil. $.. Reserve bank credit outstanding, total do.... Discounts and advances do.... U.S. Government securities do.... Gold certificate reserves do.... Liabilities, tota I do.... Depos i ts, tota I do.... Member-bank reserve balances do.... Federal reserve notes in circulation do.... Ratio of gold certificate reserves to FR note liabilities percent.. £/ Revised, 19306 JD/ Preliminary. J_/ Data for Jan. 1967 are advance estimates. 2/ Includes data for industries not shown separately. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1967 1966 1965 STEM Dec. Jan., Oct. 320.90 316,52 270.26 15.51 46.26 4.39 322.00 317.60 273.24 15.53 44.36 4.40 326,, 89 322.30 270.41 16.06 51.89 4.59 Nov. Dec. Jan. FINANCE—Cone FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Public debt and guaranteed obligations: Gross debt (direct), end of month, total.........bi 1. $., Interest bear 1ng, tota1..,. c e . , 0 , e „ „ c . „ . „ 0 a „ 0 . a e 9 do.. . a Pub l i e ! ssues . 00 .........eo.o 0 »...o..oQ.» S oo...do.... Held by thS 0 Government investment accts P „. e o do. 0 e 0 Spec i a I i ssu es«. ( g , ,< 9 ,dG.,,. g Non i nterest bear ing do. „.. Guaranteed obligations not owned by U.S. Treasury, end of month e ,,,,«,,, 8 , tte8() o 8 ,,,,, !1 , il .«..»....dOr, ct , U.S. savings bonds: Amount outstanding, end of month.................do..•• Gales, series E and H.......•.«.... ...............do.... Redempt i ons...•.••....•.•..•••••....•••.•••..•..•do.... Life insurance Agency Management Associations insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated tots!.n....................... = 0mi !. . $ 0 o Ordi nary o . o e . o . o o o a o e o o s . o o . o o o . o o . o.o.ffloocooao.odOg.oc Group and mass-marketed ordinary.••••••......•...do.... 1 ndustr ialoo.oeooooooo.caooooeoaoo....... <*.»0...•do.... 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Price per share, end of mo., composite ,. e o .,do.... 1nd ustr ials....•...••••.....•.........•.•......do.... 329.4! 324.86 272.3! 16.29 52.55 4.55 329.32 325.02 273.03 16.69 51.99 4.30 328.87 324.94 273.69 51.25 3.93 .46 .42 .50 .49 .49 .50 50.46 50.44 e47 .65 50.77 «4i .47 50.84 .37 .41 50,92 .37 .45 50.93 .49 .63 8, 120 6, 151 1,420 549 9,714 7,246 1,878 590 9,898 7,501 1,835 562 14,434 8,050 5,850 534 4.84 4.89 5.67 5„65 5.69 5.50 4.68 4.80 4.85 5.02. 4.74 4.83 4.VI 5.06 5.41 5.50 5.67 6.10 5.35 5.46 5.65 6.13 5.39 5048 5S69 6.18 5.20 5.30 5.53 5.97 4.79 4.82 4.91 4.84 4.85 4.97 5.63 5.72 5.67 5.59 5.64 5.72 5.63 5.65 5.78 5.45 5.42 * 5.63 8.15 9.06 4.02 8 S 18 9.10 4.03 8.33 9.25 4. 14 8.22 9.07 4.15 8.23 9.08 4.18 8.29 9. 15 4. 18 4.34 4.94 6.59 4.35 4.94 6.59 4.55 5. 14 6.97 4.61 5.14 7.42 4.61 5. 14 r7.53 4.63 5.22 7.53 257.90 300.28 111.34 109.88 220.60 250.49 104.92 83.37 218.34 248.93 103.47 83.25 217.56 246.38 105=99 82.91 233.54 266.77 108.12 93.13 3.17 3.03 3.62 3.96 3.55 2.70 3.78 3.69 3.95 5.46 3.96 2.70 3.76 3.64 4.01 5.54 3.90 2.92 3.73 3.69 3.94 5.56 3.80 r2.92 3.55 3.43 3.87 4.97 3.79 2.93 .33 .42 12,180 7,601 4,055 524 258.09 299.67 I 14.86 103.46 3.16 3.02 3.50 4 e 19 3.51 2.63 • o o o o . . e a . e o « a a o o o . o o o o . . o . o r/ Revised. 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