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February 28, 1969 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS *E314SINESS INDICATORS 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43 = 10 140 -H - 120 110 ~ y ^ x / 130 120 1969 - 100 90 — ft 110 xT^ ^^1968 / ^^\ 100 Weekly Monthy (avg. 80 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l—J .^UJ^UJLJ^J—\—L™J—1—l_ 1966 1 i I 1 1967 1 1 I l I i I i i i i 1968 of daily i 1 i i close) i i (Wednesday t I 1969 J close) i 1 \ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 F M A M J J A S O N D 90 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 1957-59 = 100 250 200 " 150 " 100 - 200 Monthly 50 1 1 , 1 .1 1 L - l , -L—l—J 1 1 l _ 1 1 1 1 1 ,„,| 1966 1 . JL 1 L 1967 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1969 1968 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1957-59 = 100 150 CONSUMER PRICES 1957-59 = 100 120 WHOLESALE PRICES 115 140 All Industrial Services y 130 - 110 ^ A * 105 1 Commodities V f\ \ f" A 100 110 1 i i i i i t 1 i i i i i i 11 i i 11 i i i i 1 1 1 i i i i i i i i i i I 1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1968 V 95 . 1969 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 A , vy x f V '\Farm Products i i i i i 1 M i i, l 1967 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor weekly and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY yv 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1966 ^ A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected Commodities i i i I I 1969 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1969; ITEM Feb. 17 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES,.?/ .1957-59=100. Feb. 8 Feb. 1 Feb. 24 96.3 Feb. 15. 101.8 102.8 102.6 . .mil. $. do... 5,772 3,942 5,778 3,880 5,955 3,909 5,940 4,106 5,954 4,047 INITIAL IMEMPLOYMMT 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)... .do..'.' 214 1,637 1,540 220 200 1,675 1,575 197 250 1,580 1,487 178 248 1,532 1,440 186 220 185 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/. mil. $. Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total'.'2/.. ..do... Member bank reserve balances 2/ °° • .do... Excess reserves, estimated jj do... 45,942 50,949 25,530 488 45,881 50,643 25,275 379 49,153 55,468 27,566 157 49,061 55,368 27,409 202 49,307 55,670 27,225 176 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: lj Demand deposits, adjusted. mil. $. Savings deposits . do... Loans and investments (adjusted), total. do... U .S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)..........do... Real estate loans (gross) do... 75,93S 48,699 202,054 27,586 64,868 29,284 73,815 48,596 203,961 28,983 65,024 29,080 81,120 48,342 222,543 27,656 27,896 32,220 79,515 48,318 222,936 27,332 73,111 32,245 80,522 48,307 223,427 26,797 73,344 32,296 6.39 90.14 97.68 6.39 91.24 98.93 6.87 102.51 111.30 6.90 103.20 111.95 6.94 103.63 112.51 1,791 25,783 224,560 9,372 1,752 25,484 216,474 9,561 1,741 27,638 226,192 9,042 1,738 27,316 224,581 9,033 1,742 27,375 210,787 8,986 2,826 151.7 14.0 2,828 151.8 13.4 2,604 139.8 13.8 2,656 142.6 14.0 2,697 144.8 14.2 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES. c................ Nondurable goods stores. . Bond Yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) jj......percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) it/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks .do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal jjm.......................thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities..................mil. kw.~hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses)...............number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate ^/9°..........thous. bbl. Steel, raw Index of production. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. .thous. sh. tons. .. .1957-59=100. bil. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 2/ Daily average, jj MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: l/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total..................bil. $. Primary metals .do. Transportation equipment. .do... Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total....................do... Primary metals .do... Transportation equipment. do... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: \J New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total .do... New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total .do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment .do... Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total ...................do... Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total .do..« Primary metals ................................'.'.do..'. Transportation equipment .do... 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. Digitized for TJ FRASER Revised. 1/ Data for Jan. 1969 are advance estimates. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 6302 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Wednesday data. Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 26.6 3.8 7.3 25. 36, 29.5 4.1 7.8 28.8 4.1 7.9 27.7 3.9 7.3 26.6 4.0 6.7 26, 4< 6. 29. 4. 7. 28.8 4.2 7.6 r27.7 4.2 6.8 27.5 25.9 30.5 28.5 28.7 28.1 4.3 7.3 26.8 4.4 6.9 30.3 4.4 7.8 29.3 4.5 7.6 r29.4 4.3 7.6 79.5 80.3 82.3 82.0 r82.9 84.1 6.3 33.7 563 73 93 90 256 51 83,414 5,862 11,394 48,205 12,252 5,621 29.9 80.6 80. 5 81.9 7.0 31.0 7.4 31.0 5.8 32.9 82.4 6.1 32.9 831 104 158 133 347 89 195,448 45,725 97,686 25,988 16,380 9,487 43.2 844 90 159 149 354 92 104,491 7,398 23,366 31,131 20,339 22,257 38.2 768 92 151 111 347 67 65,384 6,631 18,001 13,512 17,594 9,646 37.5 696 87 115 97 341 56 58,651 7,949 8,157 20,482 16,908 5,155 35.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 1968 1967 ITEM Dec. Jan. Octc Nov. Deco COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less shelter. All items less food Commodities. Nondurables Durables New cars Used cars Commodities less food Services Services less rent .1957-59=100. 118.2 118.6 122.9 123.4 123.7 .do... .do... do... do... do... do... .do... do... do... .do... 117.7 118.9 112.9 115.6 106.1 101.3 124.8 111.1 130.1 133 08 118.2 119.3 113.2 116.0 106.3 101.0 125.8 111.2 130.8 134.6 122.2 123.8 116.8 120.2 108.5 102.8 122.5 124.4 117.1 120.3 109.3 103.8 "114*7 136.6 141.2 115 ".3 137.4 142.0 122.7 124.7 117 120 108 102, 118, 115 138 142.9 do... do... do.. • do... 116.2 111.2 118.1 119.6 117. Ill, 118, 124. 120.9 115.4 122.3 123.4 120.5 114.6 122.6 123.8 121.2 114.4 122.6 126.4 .do... do... ....do... .... do... 116.0 119.9 113.5 122.6 116. 120. 113. 122. 120.9 126.0 116.0 130.0 121.7 126.9 116.3 131.1 122.3 127.6 116.7 132.0 .do... .do... do... do... 109.3 113.1 108.7 109.7 109.5 113.7 108.9 110.6 110.4 115.9 109.1 114.2 111.3 115.9 109.9 114.8 111.5 116.2 110.0 115.1 do... do.., do... do •.. 116.8 117.9 115.8 134.9 115.9 118.7 116.6 135.5 123.3 120.6 118.4 138.7 124.0 121.2 118.9 139.4 124.3 120.2 117.5 rl44.3 .do... do... do... .do... 126.6 140.4 117.2 122.2 127.1 141.2 117.6 122.7 331.9 147.4 122.1 127.5 132.4 148.2 122.8 128.0 132.8 149.1 123.4 128.2 .do... .do... .do... 116.4 116.2 117.7 117.2 116.6 118.5 120.9 rl22.6 120.4 121. 123120, 121.6 123.7 120.2 .do... .do... .do... .do... 106.8 98.9 111.5 107.4 107.2 99.0 112.4 107.8 109.1 101.2 114.4 109.7 109 c 103« 114. 109 c 109.8 103.3 114.7 rll0.2 Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products .do... .do... do... .do... 98.4 102.6 102.1 116.0 98.2 101.8 103.0 116.5 97.8 101.9 104.5 122.3 97.8 102.0 104.7 122.4 97.7 102.2 105.0 122.8 Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products• Nonmetallic mineral products do... .do... .do... do... 107.6 113.2 111.4 105.3 108.6 113.9 112.2 106.0 124.9 116.1 112.5 108.9 126.8 116.6 112.4 109.2 133.5 116.7 112.8 109.3 Pulp, paper, and allied products do... Rubber and products .do... Textile products and apparel .......do... Miscellaneous products do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices .1957-59=^1.00. Consumer prices .do... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AMD EARNINGS Man-hours in nonfarm establishments, all employees, seasonally adjusted, annual rate .bil. man-hours. HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1957-59=100. 104.8 99.2 103.8 110.7 105.2 99.5 104.3 111.0 105.2 101.0 107.0 112.0 105. 101. 107. 112. 105.2 101.1 107.1 112.5 $0,936 .846 $0,933 .843 $0,917 .814 3.912 .810 $0,911 133.23 190 132.16 184 136.40 213 r!36.47 222 rl36.86 r226 115,905 107,340 86,503 20,837 87,361 19,979 8,565 8,251 314 121,305 112,565 92,325 20,240 91,866 20,699 8,740 8,421 319 119,354 110,288 93,636 16,652 91,092 19,196 9,066 8,818 248 118,071 109,165 91,254 17,913 89,477 19,688 8,906 8,6/»4 262 128,063 118,961 98,669 20,292 96,672 22,289 9,102 8,836 266 „ Food ..* Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products ...... Fruits and vegetables „. . Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation. Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private Public Health and recreation Medical care.. Personal care Reading and recreation Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food Apparel and upkeep Transportation WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products. Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities „ .808 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL .mil. kw.-hr. oooa Electric utilities, total .do... By fuels .do... By water power 8 0.. .do... Privately and municipally owned utilities .do... Other producers (publicly owned) 9 , 9 ,,, 0 0aee e0ss s sBss s do 0 .. Industrial establishments, total .do... e, By fuels do... By waterpower .do... r/ Revised, JD/ Prelimnary. * Feb. 1969 data: All commodities, 111.0; farm products, 104.8; processed foods and feeds, 116.1; industrial commodities,H1.3; purchasing power of the dollar, $0,901. CORRECTION: For p.S-4 of the Feb. 1969 Survey: Revisions for Sept. 1968 industrial production components are as follows (1957-59=100): Digitized for Manufacturing, FRASER 166.4; nondurable manufactures, I63.6. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 6302 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 1967 1969 ITEM Dec Jan., Oct, Nov. Dec. Jan. FOOD .AJND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO Rice, California: Receipts, domestic, rough. ........................... .mil. lb. Shipments from mills, milled rice........................do..'.' Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end of mo.....do...' 59 62 254 187 135 260 371 69 286 88.35 80.15 137 «40 121.40 1,088.5 75.50 64.20 102.85 91.45 1,061.1 33*25 27.20 39.45 35.15 228.3 315 215 170 312 221 179 298 78.55 70.45 107.75 100.90 835.5 97.60 88.60 103.55 96.50 829.6 110.15 98.55 130.15 122.65 809.6 92.15 76.50 86.80 83.35 814.9 21.85 20.45 31.50 25.20 218.6 56.35 54.10 32.90 29.15 199.2 80.20 76.70 26.50 23.05 252.9 39.55 33.90 37.95 33.75 254.5 35.60 32.60 25.80 23.15 264.3 1,672 337 1,894 311 2,352 395 rl,869 304 1,611 251 1,079 10,275 1,625 1,244 11,738 1,918 1,367 14,594 2,312 r1,292 rl3,214 1,982 1,033 10,224 1,640 75209 4,757 1,447 7, $39 5,028 2,063 9,980 7,036 3,769 r9,701 r6,774 r3,966 9,764 6,722 4,535 115 METALS AND MANUFACTURES MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total............................ .mil. $.. Domestic. ••>..........................................do... Shipments, total.. •...........».................t <.=,...do...' Domestic....*.........................................do... Order backlog, end of montn............................do... Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total.............................. .do... Domestic.............................................do..'. Shipments, total.'..................................... .do... Domestic.............................................do...' Order backlog, end of month........................... .do.'.'. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Men's apparel, cuttings: Tailored garments: Suits............•......o......................thous. units. Overcoats and topcoats.................................do... Coats (separate), dress and sport......................do... Trousers (separate), dress and sport...................do... Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport,...........thous. doz. TRANSPORTATION EQUIfMENT Truck trailers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis..........................number. Vans...................................................do... 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