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February 4, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS •;:£feUE<^£^.;s!!&iiiiBite^^ Billion Dollars Billion Dollars 170 H 170 1966 \y - 160 150 196.5 140 (Wednesday data) 130 J 1963 1964 1965 1966 | i I I I I I |__ JFMAMJJASOND Data: Federal Reserve Board Index, 1957-59- 100 index, 1957-59 = 100 Weekly - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities} 180 180 (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) W 1 fW _ 170 1966 V 160 150 170 L 160 150 140 140 f1 J„..,.l, ! 1963 1964 1965 1966 I J FMAMJ L '" , ' J AS OND j ., L. L. Data: Edison Electric Inst. Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings} ^ A v a i l a b l e only w i t h subscription t o the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, a i $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y , this Supplement provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the Safest monthly SURVEY Index, 1957-59=100 250 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 1965 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Al 1 commodities.. 1957-59-100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES .....mil. $.. 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.. F1 NANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/... .do.... Reporting member bank (of F.R.System) in leading cities; _ / Commercial and industrial loans (gross)... do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ „percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) 4/..1941-43-10,. Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 ISO.7 5,220 3,625 112.5 5,i02 3,473 104.5 104.6 110.8 103.3 112.0 5,006 3,389 104.6 104.7 IM.O 103.3 112.4 29! 2, 111 1,972 258 403 1,753 1,657 230 347 1,773 1,674 259 234 "*258 38,644 38,631 2.1,259 341 42,039 44,18! 73 771 *322 41,963 43,309 23,23! 690 41,618 43,128 22,460 197 41,237 42,816 22,472 318 66,063 41,125 148,779 26,935 41,875 20,050 65,897 41,220 148,145 26,671 41,834 20,075 69,262 45,373 165,014 2 'l, 324 50,773 22,556 68,!58 45,252 163,796 23,718 50^699 22,600 68,276 45,145 163,924 24,556 50,439 22,534 4,57 86.60 91.50 4.56 87,23 92,2! 4.88 92.85 98.96 4,88 93.19 99.30 4,39 93.69 100.02 1,654 21,558 229,713 8,255 1,725 21,864 233,586 8,239 1,690 22,371 237,873 8,270 2,400 128.8 545 299 2,434 130.7 536 297 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 102.4 4,703 3,151 *IOI.O *93.0 *I02.2 *I0I.9 102,8 4,869 3,173 326 2,120 1,980 279 38,927 39, 1 12 21,440 390 Jan. 8 29! 4,90 93.70 100.11 PRODUCT 1 ON: i, 57 1 20,336 235,775 7,828 1,534 20,547 246,469 7,835 Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. 2,709 145.4 534 307 2,680 143.9 523 297 2,312 124. S 508 279 234-, 708 2,440 131.0 ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3_/ Daily average. _/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Jan, 1965, MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 1965 ITEM Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 567 100 180 175 412 100 119,324 4,870 22,953 59,174 20,629 11,698 50.3 968 89 175 165 442 97 98,282 9,17! 25,835 27,233 28,023 8,020 48.2 1,100 124 205 172 479 120 104,976 23,039 19,007 24,880 27,463 10,587 59.7 1,047 110 212 145 490 90 82,066 10,38! 19,139 17,862 27,876 6,808 51.5 1,033 103 201 155 477 97 71,722 7,635 14,420 22,539 20,606 6,522 51.4 108.7 108.8 110.2 110.4 MO.6 1 1 1.0 108.5 109.5 105.6 106.4 103.5 102.5 122.9 104.8 116.0 117.9 106.8 99.5 105.3 113.0 107.7 109.3 108.3 109.8 108,6 109.6 105.7 106.5 103.4 101.6 123.7 104.9 116.2 118,2 106.9 99.0 105.6 114.5 107.8 109.5 108.4 110.0 110.0 110.6 106.6 108,6 101.7 96.5 118.9 104.9 118.5 120.7 109.7 109.8 105.3 108.5 108.6 110.8 109.1 lit.6 I 10.2 110.9 106.9 108.7 102.1 97.7 119.4 105.3 118.7 121.0 109.7 108.9 105.5 108.5 109.0 II 1.2 109.2 112.1 110.4 ! !0.8 1 1 1.3 107.4 109.4 102.4 98.7 1 18.2 105.7 1 19.3 121.6 1 10.6 1 10,1 106.1 ili.O 109.4 I I 1.8 109.5 112.9 Dec. INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... do.... do.... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns.. 1,090 I 19 210 156 492 1 13 97,575 7,895 22,74! 24,972 28,793 13,174 54.2 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, all items Special group indexes: Digitized for29315 FRASER 1957-59-100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... i 1 1 II 1.2 107.1 108.9 102.4 98.7 118,7 105.6 119.0 121.3 109.7 108.5 105.8 109.9 109.2 111.5 109.3 112.5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1964 1965 STEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. COMMODITY PRICES—Continued CONSUMER PRSCE INDEX—Continued Fuel and utilities..... . 1957-59=100.. 107.5 103.7 108.1 102.9 106.4 MO.O 108.6 119.5 107.9 105.8 108.3 102.9 106.6 110.5 109.0 120.3 114.2 120.2 109.7 114.9 107 ."4 104.3 107.9 103.1 107.2 111.0 <£>09.5 121.6 107.7 106.9 107.9 103.3 107.8 III.2 109.7 121.6 107.9 107.2 108.0 103.3 108.1 III.5 1 10. 1 121.6 108. 1 108.6 108.0 103.6 108. 1 1 1 1.6 1 10. 1 122.0 114.3 120.3 110.0 114.9 115.8 122.8 109.2 114.8 116.2 123.0 109.2 115.2 116.4 123.4 109.6 115.4 116.6 123.7 1 10.0 1 15.4 $0,920 $0,919 $0,907 $0,906 $0,904 $0,901 3,757 2,745 3,598 2,604 4,153 3,220 4,356 3,479 3,745 3,024 3,698 2,879 8,972 7,037 !24 5,068 449 1,49! 1,840 10,025 8,856 125 3,398 3,953 779 1,769 12,640 10,999 159 5,422 4,236 1,120 1,703 4,327 3,295 !53 1,508 625 46! 1,580 10,220 8,106 !64 5,934 507 1,508 2,107 10,807 9,553 !40 3,705 4,315 803 1,844 7,051 917 366 3,997 1,780 8,770 955 495 4,473 2,866 9,452 966 474 4,531 3,482 8,750 962 486 4,477 2,878 9,105 963 526 4,528 3,310 9,426 1,005 207 5,092 3, 154 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F. W„ Dodge C o . ) : TOTAL VALUAT f ON.. ......,„,...........................,. .rrri !. $.. BuIS dI rig, tots 1•••.•••.....•....•.••.•.••......,...do.... FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES Custems.,„ „ „.. s... a.. * . . . . » . . . . . . s.....,,........... do„. B s Emp loyment taxes, .. «>.«» *...>..»...«» .do.... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: 14.8 14.2 15.6 21.4 14.0 38.2 27.2 25.1 68.0 44.2 39.0 25.3 25.9 69.0 45.3 51.8 27.4 31.6 84.3 55.8 49.1 28.3 30.3 r86.l 60.0 43.6 26.5 34.3 83.0 58.9 155.1 174.5 216.8 158.0 178.4 223.8 179.2 197.5 264.7 171.7 206.6 278.8 171.4 203.2 267.6 83 56 180 87 49 185 59 46 72 173 37 122 112 77 180 19.7 28.7 38.2 36.8 33.5 32.0 40.7 40. 1 36.5 35.8 339.0 159.9 325.0 126.8 191.0 77.7 297.9 91.0 338.4 96.1 330.9 81.0 243.3 233.7 132.7 212.1 236.5 230.2 35.2 34.7 48.7 45.9 33.5 40.9 1,022.2 120.3 1,009.4 102.6 697.2 74.2 999.7 97.2 1,125.6 104.3 1,135.2 74.6 467.9 464.8 329.5 474.8 510.1 519.8 629 1,845 942 2,630 637 1,895 1,120 2,333 464 1,955 1,066 2,558 r468 2,037 1,296 2,469 537 2,068 1,434 2,714 Thermosetting resins: Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins do.... Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type plastic materials (polystyrene)„...«..do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO Rice, California: Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end of mo.do.... VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut o i ! : 37.8 133 85 207 Corn oi1: Cottonseed cake and meal: Cottonseed oil: Linseed oi!: Soybean cake and meal: Soybean oil: LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: rj Revised. \J Excludes certain interfund transactions. 29315 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS- Continued 4 1964 1965 ITEM Dec. Nov. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Furnaces (industrial) and ovens, e t c , new orders (domestic), net.. ....o^........ <,........ ..........mi 1. $.. Ei ectr i c process i ng..................................do.... Fue|-f!reti (except for hot roil!ng stee1) 0,...doe,.. industrial trucks (electric), shipments? Hand (motor s zed).„.,.„ 0 .... .number.. R ider-type^ do,,., industrial trucks and tractors (internal combustion engines), MACHINE TOOLS; Metal cutting tools; Orders, new (net), total .».......<.................mi 1. $.. Domest ic do,,,. S h i pments, tot a 1.......... °, ,...».....<>. <> ..»•*»....do.,.. Domest ic.tfa,..,*60............,...•», -........... .do.,..« Estimated backiog.,,^,,.,,,,,,,,0^,.,..,,.^.,...months.. Metal forming tools; Orders, new (net), tota1. n ....••..•.•...,.......,mi1. $.. Sh! pments, tota i... 8.,. „ . . . „ , . « , , • n n... •. „ u .,.-. o., • »do. Est i mated back! og.....,. „ „.„, „ „, ~ «.*..-.fi..,.....„.months „, Washers, sales (domestic and e x p o r t ) . 0 „ 0 0 a o . . a o , . . . . J S t h o u s . , Driers (elec,, g a s ) , sales (domestic and export) .,„.,.,„„ sdooc.,« Sept. Nov. Oct. Dec. 8.3 i.i 4.1 13.6 1.4 5.6 12.6 2,0 7.2 SS.4 S.3 6.8 13.8 2.0 7.7 14.2 2.6 7.9 585 671 724 694 745 899 810 1,015 837 983 ........ 3,208 3,762 3,729 3,910 69.95 57.85 65.65 52.75 6.8 81.05 70.75 86.50 70,35 6.3 99,85 87.00 80.80 70.90 7,6 99.25 93.00 91.05 75.60 7.6 r110.50 r100.25 r77.95 r67.25 r7.7 128,05 115.95 111.55 100.25 7.5 23.95 20.35 11,2 333.8 199.4 38.25 24.20 10.9 316.1 193.1 25.60 21.20 9.8 430.6 274.2 35.20 24.30 10.3 397.2 279,1 r27.l5 r22.95 rl0.4 370,4 234.3 25.90 29.30 10.2 357. S 238.8 4,144 1965 1964 DecT" Jan.. Oct." Nov , Dec, e . e o o n s c ........ 1966 Jan. COMMODITY PRICES 236 234 234 233 174 248 220 236 248 161 248 218 258 245 156 259 223 259 236 166 263 228 296 225 171 Feed gr a 1 ns 3nd hay........................«,»...... do. •,.. 234 234 24! 247 171 F ood gr o i ns......„..,..,..,.«»..... • * *. -,.. * .•«»<... <... do.... Fru it..........,,„.t D . •...... •., o . „ . . . . , . • •,..... -,.. .do..,. 01 S-bear?ng crops., do,,,, Potatoes (including dry edible beans).......o......do.„.. Tobacco.., o ...».-.«.«.,.*,. o *.«. * ..-..*,.... B -....,..do... „ 168 268 273 282 495 168 272 275 322 488 164 241 244 181 527 167 215 246 182 526 170 228 255 188 550 !7I 235 268 191 540 234 27 i 261 139 2.66 237 267 272 !36 270 273 277 332 150 268 274 279 332 154 267 289 280 356 164 265 293 276 369 160 265 rates.,.do,... 283 301 269 313 PAR STY RAT! 0............. o............ ,*.......„........do.... 75 285 303 272 317 74 288 305 276 322 77 289 307 276 322 77 29 S 309 278 324 80 293 309 281 327 80 PR!CES RECE\VED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...19\0-!4= i 00.. Crops........................... •... • • a c......,.....*,do.... CommerciaI • vegetab ies , „,, do,,,, O O T T O l ! »oftiiio»o»e#ftOeB*offl«o*»ttooosees»'JC'9**C!«ofta>offi*»«i L\vestock and (iO« » © e products...............................do,..„ ! 1 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage r/ Revised* USCOMM-DC—29315 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Cliis mm WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PA5D U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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