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February 2, 1968 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS II^SiSS^BSHEBSSHHIHHIHHHII^HHHHHHIHHl^Hi Index, 1941-43 = 10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 Index, 1941-43 = 10 — — 100 ~ 90 ~ - 80 70 Monthy (avg. of daily close) i i i i i I i i i _J i ,1 1 L^L,„^^L^U_J^X_J™L-XU^J™Jw™J™„ ^LO^i^J^lJLj 1965 1966 1 1 LJUJ 1967 1 L™J—L—LUL^ J FMAMJ 1968 J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thous 1,400 Thousands 350 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 Monthly 0 -J L_J • I I 1965 I I I i i 1966 I I I I I I l I I 1967 I I i 1 i i i i L. J FMAMJ 1968 J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59 = 100 115 WHOLESALE PRICES Index, 1957-59 = 100 140 CONSUMER PRICES Industrial 110 130 A II Services Commodities . - - - " 105 All - 120 Commodities 100 110 •z^f**-*^ 100 a-ix„JL,ulj M M All Items 1 1 IJ. 1 1 1 1 1 1I I LI ! 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1966 - Food l_Ll,_|_l I 1 1967 i IIi i i Il 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1968 1965 U.S. Dept. of Labor * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected 1966 1967 1968 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS5 1968 1967 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1957-59=100.. Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 102.9 102.7 96.4 96.1 95.9 95.8 5,658 3,940 ALL RETA 1L STORES, SALES mi 1. $.. 5,350 3,677 5, 196 3,497 5,233 3,787 5,440 3,850 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. 278 1,624 1,551 270 253 1,606 1,533 317 358 1,712 1,618 171 373 1,744 1,647 179 44,004 46,384 23,661 125 43,567 46,581 23,989 516 47,200 52,224 26,414 621 46,857 51,772 25,924 585 73,937 45,690 185,478 25,073 60,869 27,478 72,734 46,520 184,227 24,879 60,329 27,390 81,848 48,864 205,770 28,371 66,290 28,988 80,346 48,71! 204,359 27,824 65,928 28,975 78,909 48,59! 203,994 28,653 65,750 28,993 5.46 85.79 91.46 5.37 85.85 91.49 6.54 95.67 104.09 6,48 96.52 104.70 6.41 95.64 103.71 1,808 23,595 200,408 8,740 1,826 22,708 184,019 8,730 1,637 24,967 188,168 9, 194 1,646 26,414 224,226 9, 176 1,671 25,531 220,029 9, 194 State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. 294 176 216 FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do.... 46,493 51,044 25,572 154 46,117 51,186 25,941 366 Assets and liabilities of targe commercial banks: 4/ Commercial and industrial loans (gross)eB.» Real estate loans (gross) , do.,.. .do..,. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. 6.40 93,17 101.07 PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL .....1957-59-100.. ..thous. cars.. \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2,443 131.1 528 295 ! 2,650 142.2 417 241 2,373 127.4 527 291 2/ Tuesday price. "5J Daily average. MONTHLY 1 2,635 141.4 487 279 226,107 2,697 144.8 504 287 2,777 Nov. Dec. 149. 1 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS Sept. Dec. 1 Oct. INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... .do.... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No, per 10,000 concerns.. 913 93 152 145 431 92 1,055 III 219 157 454 114 1,112 do.... .do.... 127 214 145 526 100 106,732 6, 161 24,523 33,768 27,343 14,937 93,943 6,344 11,536 29,177 37,769 9, 1 17 161,481 1 1,654 67, 1 10 29,338 38,631 14,748 881 102 166 133 393 87 949 108 197 130 426 88 69,977 7,025 15,780 20,678 19, 1 10 7,384 81,633 11,052 14, 192 14,705 33,652 8,032 831 104 158 133 347 89 195,448 45,725 97,868 25,988 16,380 9,487 55.6 52.4 49.1 47.4 42.2 43.2 114.6 114.7 117.1 117.5 117.8 1 18.2 114.4 114.8 110.2 114.3 114.9 110. 1 116.7 117.5 1 12.0 117.1 118.2 112,4 1 18.7 1 12.6 117.7 1 18.9 1 12.9 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: .... 1957-59-100.. Special group indexes: do.... ....do.... do.... Commodities less food Digitized for 9251 FRASER ,. ..do.... ....do.... M7.7 112.9 103.5 99.3 119.3 j 1 ! H3.0 103. 1 98.6 114.2 114.9 104.8 96.1 126.2 115.1 105.7 101.1 126.0 115.3 106.0 101.4 125.6 107.8 124.7 127.7 i 107.7 125.2 128.3 1 10.0 128.7 132.3 110.6 129.1 132.7 lil.i 129.6 133,2 1 1 • 1 15.6 106.1 101 3 124.8 1 1 1. 1 130. 1 133.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1966 1967 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. COMMODITY P R I C E S — C o n . CONSUMER PRICE I N D E X — U N A D J . — C o n . Food Meats, poultry, and fish Da I ry products Fruits and vegetables.... 1957-59= 100. do... do... do... Housing. Shelter Rent Homeowner sh i p Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... Apparel and upkeep Transportat ion Pr i vate Public do. do. .do. do. Health and recreation Med i ca I care Persona I care Reading and recreation....... Seasona11y adjusted i ndexes: Food • Apparel and upkeep .do. do. do. ..do. do. do... Tran sportat i on do... 114.8 III.8 116.7 114.9 114.8 110.9 116.5 114.3 1 15.9 113.4 117.3 1 15.6 115.7 1 12.3 117.9 115.3 115.6 I I 1.4 117.8 116.7 112.6 115.8 I 11.2 117.8 108.3 108.9 108.1 106.5 112.0 114.5 Il2e6 129.6 113.0 116.4 III, 3 118 6 108, 4 110,2 107, 9 106 7 1 15.3 1 19.0 113.0 121.5 109.4 112.5 108.9 109.1 1 16.0 117.7 115.7 133.0 115.5 I 19.4 113.2 121.9 109.3 112.7 109.0 109.3 112.3 113.8 IIU7 129.8 1 15.0 118.7 112.8 121.1 109.4 112.3 108.9 108.8 115.1 116.8 114,8 133.0 120.8 131.3 I 13.4 118.3 I2le0 131.9 113.7 118.4 I24 0 9 138.5 116.4 120.5 125.5 139.0 116.5 121.4 126.2 139.7 I 16.9 122.0 115.3 III.3 I 14.0 115.3 III.7 113.3 1 15.6 114.9 1 17.0 115.8 115.4 1 17.3 I 16.1 115.9 I 17.8 3,461 130 2,500 3, 189 133 2,262 4,695 168 3,526 5,053 171 3,761 4,258 168 3,302 I 16.6 118.3 ! 16.2 134.6 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F 6 Wft Dodge C o . ) : TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1957-59=100. Building, total mil. $. FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANQE: Budget receipts, total Rece i pts, net J/ Customs....... Individual income taxes , Corporation income taxes Emp I oyment taxes Other internal revenue and receipts Budget expenditures, total ±/ Interest on public debt Veterans' services and benefits NationaI defense. All other expenditures SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Sales, excl. U.S. Govt, bonds (SEC): All registered exchanges: Market value Face value New York Stock Exchange: Market va I ue . Face value STOCKS: Sales (SEC): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value Shares sold On New York Stock Exchange: Market value Shares sold. mil. $. do... do... 9,819 7,394 179 12,815 10,606 161 15,090 12,404 163 8,979 6,823 179 10,225 7,529 193 ...do... do... ...do... do... do... ....do... .....do... do... do... 5,303 580 1,868 1,888 10,386 1,100 555 5,500 3,233 4,217 4,636 1,655 2, 146 9,512 1,160 610 5,911 1,861 7, 100 4,032 2 , 106 1,689 12,468 1,145 543 6,586 4,257 4,468 913 1,390 2,029 11,530 1,154 599 6,628 3,391 5,463 588 2,107 1,872 11,730 I, 174 586 6,405 3,576 mil. $. do... 312.46 313.01 366.38 356.22 494.25 439.68 634.15 559.18 567. 12 536.43 do... do... 293.69 293.70 348.01 335.45 438.28 385.75 553.63 494.43 496.10 475.48 do... mi I lions. 8,102 219 9,538 266 13,092 369 14,499 409 14,478 381 mil. $. mi I I ions. 6,638 162 7,662 189 9,964 228 11,006 249 II,193 242 91.7 101.2 26.3 7.1 4.7 97.3 104.4 36.5 7.5 5.5 109.4 I 13.4 33.5 8.3 6.0 I 14. I I 14.9 10.41 60 108 9.35 49 10.97 64 120 11.40 68 7,470 7,350 7,055 7,530 7,626 964 1,268 711 962 1,214 669 897 I, 169 703 r909 rl,235 r742 851 1,261 715 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS : Miles flown (revenue) millions. Express and freight ton-miles flown do... Mail ton-miles flown do... Passenger originated (revenue) do... Passenger-miles flown (revenue) billions. HoteIs: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occupied... % of total. Restaurant sales index* same mo. 1951=100. I 18 38.8 8.3 5.8 I !2 I 1.24 59 I 10 METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys) Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo. Sh i pments, tota I For sale. r_l Revised. J./ Excludes 9251 thous. sh tons. .do, do, -...."!do] certain interfund transactions. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 STEM Nov. 1967 Dec. Sept. _ Nov. Oct. Dec. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Con. Castings, malleable Irons Orders, unfilled., for sale, end of m o 9 e s e e t h o u s @ sh. tons e e S h f pments, tota l.,....e<» »••••••••••••.•»••.o«.0»*<><>0« do... s j F Ol 5>Ol"©©®@@©©e©@s®©©©®©©©©©©©@©©0©©©©@©®@©©o@©©©©^^' e ® e © | Steel castings! Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo................do, e . s Shipments, tota1.....................................do.®.,, rOr Saieoo©©oooo©os@©oo©o®9S®©s©©s®©ss®oo©©©80©®os®"Oe®as MACHINE TOOLSt ±/ Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), tota 1 ••••••••• ••••••o..•••o*o.mi 1. $.. L/QFTic»*3 V i K*® ® ® ® & @ @> ® ® ® ® ® ® 0 ® & ® & ® ® ® @ @ o ® ® & ® ® & @ ® & ® o @ & ® o ® &*^Q® Shipments, tota 1,,,,,,,,,,,, UOmeST lC 0 9 0 0 Q ® & & .« g . l >.c.t..<..t..do,,,, s«o®oooooooo©9oesosoB ooos©o3osooffloooUUee o o Order backlog, end of month...•••••....•........,,.do.... Metal forming type tool si Orders, new (net), total s e ,.... 9 .•........... e . s e mi1. $.. S_/\JRlfc?5 8 8 G @ ® © © © e © e a ©^ e a ^ @ @ @ © o 6 i o @ © o © @ o @ © o o © ® e i © © o © o o @ U w @ ©© © Domestic..........................................do. ... Order backlog, end of month........................do.... 182 89 56 132 89 5! 122 619 176 147 590 179 148 319 138 1 16 303 143 118 299 146 110,15 99.25 103.05 90.85 1,321.9 120.35 107.35 135.50 120.95 1,306.7 78,80 74.40 122.40 108,85 1,203.3 77,25 71.75 106.20 95.80 1,174.3 77.45 67.65 I14.25 101.45 1,137.5 88.10 79.70 139.25 122,75 1,086.4 33.54 31.35 39.15 36.95 41 1.8 22.75 19.05 40.20 38,70 394.4 21,60 19.20 31,90 29,40 262.5 24.10 21,75 41.15 37.30 245.4 23.60 21.70 34,55 31.15 234.5 33.85 27.55 38.65 34.20 229.7 Oct. Nov. Dec. 1968 Jan. j)/ 1966 Dec. COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMOD IT 1ES............................... J957-59,= 1008 . 12! 89 51 193 92 59 _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ Jan. 95 , 49 1.20 1967 o o e , o . e 0 « 6 8 . . . o a , • • • o ....... ....... 105.9 106.2 106. 1 106.2 ri05.8 107. I Farm products ,....... do.... Foods and feeds, processed,*.... O0.. sae<a. es se . aoo so 0 do s s e e > 1 ndustr i a 1 commod i t i e s e e S ( ! , o s . o s . e , e e s e @ o . . e e e e e s O 0 e e do.. • • 101.3 1 12.8 105.5 102.6 I 12.8 105.8 97.1 II 1.7 106.8 96.4 110.9 107. 1 r98.9 rl 1 1.5 r107.4 99.1 1 12. 1 107.7 Chemicals and allied products..•.•......•...••....do..,. Fuels and related products, and power............do.... Furniture and household durables o e s ,899eoe,.do..ee Hides, skins, and leather products............. e «,do 9 ... 93.2 102,4 100.4 117.3 98.4 102.6 100,4 117,9 98.2 103,0 101.7 I 14.8 93.2 102.8 102.0 1 15.4 Lumber and wood products...., 102.5 110.7 109.0 103.3 102.6 ill.l 109.4 103.6 107.3 112.2 109.8 104.9 106.7 112.6 1 10.5 103.0 95.0 101.8 107.5 103.1 95.6 102.0 107.9 104.3 98.8 102.2 110.5 104.6 99.1 103.0 110.6 104.8 99 „2 103.8 110.7 $0,942 ,872 $0,943 .851 $0,942 ,849 r$0.936 .846 ..............do.... Meta1s and meta1 products .••••....•••..-do..,, Nonmetalllc mineral products. 0 0 0 8 e 0 9 .. 0 9 a o .......do.... Pulp, paper, and allied products,.,...........,.,do..,. Textile products and appare!,,,,,^,,,,,,,,, do,,,, | 105. 1 1 | 93.4 102.6 102.1 116.0 eeae.ee 107.6 113.2 111.0 105.3 P U R C H A S E POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices., ....•..••.......,»,,...t.do.... $0,944 .872 [ $0,934 jr/ Revised. JJ/ Preliminary, J/ Data have been adjusted to new benchmarKS back to January 1956; the revised data reflect new companies as well as types of machines now classified as machine tools. USCOMM-DC—9251 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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