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January 20, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = 10 Index, 1941-43=10 no - 100 r-v — 90 - 110 ~ •d ioo PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ^* B "\ ^^\^ 80 __ \y A Monthly 70 (avg. of daily close) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l™J—L~i™_ 1 1963 1 ! i 1 1 1 l.___L J 1 -J—J L-J i l l , l_J_J 1 • — L J.-.l-.L-L-1 1965 1964 1 J_L_L-J— J FMAM'J 1966 J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59 = 100 110 WHOLESALE PRICES Billion Dollars 600 PERSONAL INCOME 550 h (seas, adj., at annual rates) Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods Total 500 95 300 LfirrfTi i i 1963 I.I i i i i i i i i i i i - 1964 i i i 11111 111 111 i 1111 i i i 90 1 vv*v Farm Products ' ' ' ' ' I 1963 1966 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1966 8.0 _ CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID* 7.0 _ - _/W\ 1.0 - .5 - r^ ^vy KV 1963 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i 1965 1966 >-+*?**** ^ \ 5.0 ~-'~+' <*-«* Repaid 4.0 I I ^Seasonally adjusted ~j - U - 1 . L 1 1 1 I I 1 1-U-L.i„l,l„JU-LJ_l_ ..ii 1 l,l 1 l I l I 1 I > 1 > M 1 l l l I 1 1963 1964 Data: Federal Reserve Board * 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 _ ^ ^ j^^_ 6.0 - i i i i i 1 11 i i i _i I_I_I.J 1 1 1 1 1 1 _ Extended *Seas. adj., at annual rates 0 I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1965 Billion Dollars PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS 1.5 1964 U.S. Dept. of Labor Millie 2.5 2.0 I i i i i i I ii i ii 1965 1966 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 1967 ITEM Jan. 15 Dec. 24 Dec. 31 Jan. 7 Jan. 14 1957-59=100., 110.7 112.5 102.8 102.9 102.5 103.3 mil. $., ............do... 5,401 3,766 5,275 3,605 8,174 6,026 5,588 3,919 4,972 3,544 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., 403 1,753 1,657 230 347 1,772 1,674 259. 289 1,328 1,269 222 374 1,559 1,496 210 346 189 331 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $., Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/,..do...., Member bank reserve balances 3_/.....................do..., Excess reserves, estimated j3/ do..., 42,053 44,181 23,270 319 44,675 46,828 23,875 196 44,773 47,468 24,176 455 44,656 47,491 24,638 385 44,445 47,539 24,474 628 75,283 46,885 185,219 24,490 60,969 27,430 75,120 47,213 186,263 24,803 60,641 27,505 75,588 47,123 187,485 25,274 60,888 27,481 Jan, 8 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores ... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $., Savi ngs depos its do..., Loans and investments (adjusted), total...........do..., U.S. Government obligations dv>..., Commercial and industrial loans (gross).........do..., Real estate loans (gross) do..., Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent., Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10., Industrials, 425 stocks.. do..., PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons., Electric power, by utilities ..mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number., Petroleum (crude) and condensate ,3/.... thous. bbl., Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD I NGS, TOTAL M i see I laneous 75,637 50,852 178,440 26,765 53,395 25,642 4.88 92.85 98.96 4.88 93.19 99.30 5.69 81.38 86.52 5.69 80.61 85.57 5.67 80.55 85.45 1,654 21,558 229,713 8,255 1,725 21,864 233,586 8,239 1,858 23,130 194,500 8,588 1,760 22,209 139,487 8,577 1,890 22,500 176,599 8,699 2,312 124.1 508 279 2,400 128.8 545 299 2,377 127.6 523 286 2,220 119.2 416 232 2,380 127.8 451 251 thous. sh. tons., 1957-59=100., thous. cars., do..., 2/ Tuesday price. J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. MONTHLY 41,963 44,309 23,232 688 3_/ Daily average. 5.60 83.47 88.76 201,287 2,450 131.5 ±/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 1966 ITEM IV £ / III IV 686.5 435.0 66.7 30.2 27.3 704.4 445.2 68.0 29.9 28.8 721.2 455.6 70.3 31.4 29.6 732.3 460.1 67.1 28.5 29.2 r745.3 469.9 70.2 30.1 30.7 759.1 474.4 70.1 30.0 31.0 191.4 36.0 98.7 15.3 197.0 37.5 101.6 15.7 201.9 39.4 103.3 15.8 205.6 39.7 104.8 16.1 208. I 41.1 105.5 16.1 208.7 39.9 106.2 16.1 do. •, ••••. do.., .do.., do.. 176.9 26.0 63.6 13.0 180.2 26.3 64.7 13.4 183.4 26.5 66.0 13.5 187.4 27.1 67.1 13.9 191.5 27.6 68.2 14.2 195.6 27.8 69.5 14.5 ...do.., .do.. do. • do.. ..do.. 106.7 98.0 70.2 27.8 8.7 III.9 iOi . 5 73.9 27.6 10.4 114.5 105.6 77.0 28.6 8.9 118.5 106.2 78.2 28.0 12.3 115.0 i05. i 80.3 24.8 9.9 118.0 103.6 81.7 21.9 14.4 do.., do.., do.., 7. 40. 33. 6.1 40.3 34.2 6.0 41.7 35.6 4, 41, 37. 4.2 43.4 39.2 4.8 44.6 39.8 Govt, purchases of goods and services, total....do.., Feder a I do.., NationaI defense do.., State and l o c a l . . ....do.., 137. 67. 50. 70, 141.2 69.8 52.5 71.4 145.0 71.9 54.6 73.1 149, 74. 57. 75, r156.2 r79.0 r62.0 77.2 161.9 82.5 65.5 79.4 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY An.lltSTFn QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. $, Personal consumption expenditures, total do,., Durable goods, total do.., Automobiles and parts .do.., Furniture and household equipment.... do.., Nondurable Clothing Food and Gasoline goods, total and shoes. beverages... and oil Serv i ces, tota I House ho I d operat ion Housing • Tr ansportat i on Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment. Nonres i dent i a I Res i dent i a I structures Change in business inventories.. Net exports of goods and services. Exports Imports... r/ Revised. 192*54 j)/ Pre I iminary. .do.., do.., do.., do.., MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1966 1965 ITEM ill III IV 562.7 395.6 56.7 40.7 16.0 577.8 406.5 57.1 41.1 16.0 595.7 419.6 58.4 41.4 17.0 604. 1 427.9 57.9 41.6 16.3 613.8 438.3 57.3 41.9 15.4 do.... Corp.prof its and inventory valuation a d j . ,total.do.... Corporate profits before tax, total.... do.... 18.4 74.0 75.0 44.1 18.1 18.5 76.9 78.7 46.3 18.7 18.7 80.0 82.7 48.7 19.1 18.8 79.9 82.8 48.7 19.6 18.9 79.1 81.9 48.2 20.2 21.0 do.... PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total Less: Personal tax and nontax payments.... .......do.... do.... do.... do.... 541.9 65.7 476.2 447.1 29.0 552.8 66.7 486.1 457.6 28.5 564.6 69.5 495.1 468.4 26.7 573.5 73.6 499.9 473; 3 26.6 585.2 77.4 507.8 483.3 24.5 598.1 79.9 518.2 488.3 29.9 Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 553.2 371.4 149.2 1 19.6 558.2 374.1 150.7 120.3 590.0 399,5 160.7 129.6 594.4 402.3 161.5 130.7 r598.5 r405.1 r162.4 r131.4 601.5 407.4 163.0 131.6 do.... 89.2 60.6 72.4 19.4 89.7 60.9 72.9 19.6 94.4 64.9 79.5 21.3 95.1 65.4 80.2 21.5 r95.8 65.8 81.0 21.7 96.3 66.2 81.9 21.9 do.... do.... 41.1 16.0 41.3 16.2 42.0 15.3 42.1 15. 1 42.2 r!5.2 42.4 15.4 do.... 18.6 20.2 39.7 40.3 13.5 18.6 20.5 40.0 41.4 13.6 19.0 21.2 43.8 46.0 18.2 19.0 21.2 44.3 47.2 18.3 19.1 21.2 44.8 47.8 rl8.5 19.2 19.8 45.3 48.8 18.6 532.6 537.2 570.1 574.6 r578.6 581.4 15,130 17,418 18,185 16,999 14,528 15,564 15,241 16,305 13,982 16,096 103.5 104.1 106.8 106.2 105.9 105.9 100.8 103.0 104.7 103.2 103.0 105.3 106.1 105.6 108.1 103.6 105.3 107.8 rlOI.I 105.3 r107.8. 100.8 105.4 107.6 104.2 102.9 100.3 107.6 104.2 103.9 103.0 109.4 106.2 107.1 108.7 113.8 106.6 105.8 104.4 112.4 r106.9 105.1 102.5 rll0.7 107.0 104.9 101.8 110.6 103.2 97.5 100.3 98.0 113.6 101.6 104.1 103.2 97.6 100.6 98.2 114.6 101.9 104.2 105.2 98.0 102.2 99.2 119.9 105.9 106.3 105.3 97.9 102.6 99.7 118.7 104.8 107.1 r105.5 98.0 102.7 r100.3 rI 17.5 r103.0 r107.7 105.5 98.2 102.1 100.4 117.5 102.5 107.9 106.7 101.6 100.8 93.5 I0i.9 107.7 106.6 101.6 100.9 93.5 102.0 107.9 108.4 103.0 103.1 94.7 102.2" 110. 1 108.6 103.2 103.1 94.6 102.2 110. 1 r109.0 r103,3 103.0 r95.0 i02. i 110.1 108.9 103.2 103.0 95.0 i0i.9 110. 1 $0,966 $0,961 $0,936 do.... do 118.3 1 16.1 117.1 114.9 103.2 102.3 101.6 100.8 95.2 92.4 93.0 90.2 do.... do.... 1,547 1,531 1,769 1,735 1,075 1,050 GENERAL BUSINESS 1 M IV £ / INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL R A T E S — C o n . NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bi k $.. do.... .......do.... do.... 447.5 57.5 42.2 15.2 19.1 PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Wage and salary disbursements, total bi1. $.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... Proprietors' income: do.... do Less personal contributions for soc. insurance..do.... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: 1957-59=100.. ALL COMMODITIES By stage of processing: Crude materials for further processing... do.... Intermediate materials, supplies, and comp onents.do.... do By durability of product: do.... do.... Commodities other than farm prod, and foods .......do.... do.... Fuel and related products, and power do do.... do.... do.... Tobacco products and bottled beverages... do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y 57-59=$1.00.. $0,944 $0,944 r82.8 r80.3 r80.6 r78. 1 r77.l r74.8 r75.8 r73.5 66.5 64.4 65.3 63.2 r848 r826 r 1,007 r988 1, 102 1,079 $0,942 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total nonfarm (public and private).. Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: r/ Revised. &/ Preliminary. J9254 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1965 ITEM 1966 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 permit-Issuing places); Seasonally adjusted at annual rates; T O t a l000oaoB99so««oo®ii>oa©ooo©«.«o&o<i30Q6osoo©ooeQaoT hOU S a One-fami iy structures........................... .do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES; Engineering News-Record; Bu i Id i ng. 1957-59= 100. Construct ion. do... 1,280 731 1,292 724 733 450 714 434 r7l5 r44l 120.2 129.7 120.4 130.0 125.2 136.5 125.0 136.3 125.0 136.4 321.71 317.36 270.30 15.65 47.05 4.36 320.90 316.52 270.26 15.51 46.26 4.39 324.75 320.01 266.95 16.02 53.07 4.73 326.89 322.30 270.41 16.06 51.89 4.59 329.41 324.86 272.31 16.29 52.55 4.55 .46 .46 .50 .50 .49 50.42 .34 .40 50.46 .33 .42 50.70 .40 .57 50.77 ;4I .47 50.84 .37 .41 1,261 944 212 105 13,805 1.293 1,545 1,037 272 236 13,733 1.293 1,261 954 210 96 13,258 1.293 1,339 1,013 220 106 13,257 1.293 1,292 971 221 99 13,159 1.293 837 983 4, 144 883 1,228 4,052 1,032 1,127 4, 161 861 1, 149 3,829 1,031 I, 147 4,285 110.50 100.25 77.95 67.25 7.7 128.50 116.50 109.10 98.15 7.6 13.770 126.50 104,05 93.65 10.8 r128.10 M 2 I . 10 rlOl.80 r9l.65 II.0 103.90 93.55 96.50 85.25 ! I.I 27.15 25.05 22.95 19.55 10.4 27.60 23.95 30.30 27.55 9.9 19.90 17.95 29.60 27.60 9.4 r23.75 r20.90 r27.05 r25.60 r9.0 22.45 19.55 26.40 25.05 8.6 FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FI NANCE; Public debt and guaranteed obligations; Gross debt (direct), end of month, total........biI. $.. Interest bearing, total so .. do,,.. Pub I ic issues ..do.... Held by U.S. Government investment accts....do.... Spec i a I i ssues .do.... Non i nterest bear i ng . do.... Guaranteed obligations not owned by U.S. Treasury, end of month..... do.... U.S. savings bonds; Amount outstanding, end of month...... do.... Sales, series E and H...........................do.... Redempt i ons .„ do..,. LIFE INSURANCE; Premiums collected (LiAMA); Total life insurance premiums ....mil. $.. Ord i nary do.... Group and wholesale........... ..do.... I ndustr ial do.... GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U.S., end of month .....do.... SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK dol. per fine oz.. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Industrial trucks (electric), shipments; Hand (motor i zed) number.. R i der-type do.... Ind. trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments.do.... MACHINE TOOLS; Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (pet), total .mil. $.. Dome stic ....do.... Shipments, total do.... Domest i c do.... Estimated backlog, end of month months.. Metal forming tools; Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, totaI Domestic. Estimated backlog, end of month r./ R e v i s e d . USCOMM-DC—19254 * I n d e x e s as o f J a n . mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... months.. 1967; Building, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 125.2j c o n s t r u c t i o n , 137.3. POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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