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January 24, 1969 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS W^W^W^iM&M^l^^CfM^M^W^M^: Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) 1965 1966 1967 J 1968 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. index, 1957-59 = 100 250 Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) - 200 H 200 r^~~*~"\ 150 100 Monthly 50 —I l—l—l l—I 11 l. I J 1965 .!,,..,! 1 1 L 1 1 ,.l,. I I I , l i i 1966 l l 1 1 1 I l I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1968 Data: Amer. iron & Steei inst. Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Mill on 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) (Seas, adj., at qnnual rates) 2.0 180 - " 1.5 ^^ 160 - 1.0 140 - 1?0 J.J. 1 1 1 1 11 I I I1I 1 1 1 1 I I M 11 I I 1 1 1 1 11 I i I.I i I l 1 I I I l l 1965 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1966 1967 1968 .5 0 i i i l i 1 ii M I 1965 i n n Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ^Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected - 1 JUU-LJ- i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1966 1967 i i I I i 1 i• 1968 'ii WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1967 ITEM Jan. 11 Jan. 20 Dec. 28 1957-59=100 96.2 96.1 99.5 98.8 99.8 .mil. $ .do.. ,344 ,773 5,562 3,854 7,330 5,288 6,016 4,231 5,935 4,130 373 ,743 ,647 179 334 1,436 1,351 85 291 1,621 1,532 82 337 1,745 1,649 176 157 192 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2d • mil. $. Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2 / do... Member bank reserve balances.jj,......................do... Excess reserves, estimated %/..................... .'.do... 46,857 51,772 25,911 564 46,493 51,044 25,571 157 50,803 56,851 27,195 387 50,945 58,103 28,295 862 50,472 57,305 27,963 202 50,023 56,708 28,480 146 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: \J 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... 80,533 48,856 204,758 27,897 66,077 29,101 78,909 48,591 204,002 28,653 65,751 29,002 83,312 48,665 227,373 29,160 73,033 31,943 88,930 49,161 230,171 29,354 73,988 32,050 84,735 48,872 226,691 28,101 73,912 32,011 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) j/.......percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) it/...1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks .do... 6.48 96.52 104.70 6.41 95.64 103.71 6,88 *105.Q4 *1L4.35 6.91 *103.86 *113.02 6.91 100.80 109.64 6.90 101.62 110.63 PRODUCTION: 1,646 Bituminous coal 2j°...... .thous. sh. tons» Electric power, by utilities...................mil. kw.-hr. 26,414 Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses).......... number.. 224,226 Petroleum (crude) and condensate %/, .thous. bbl.. 9,176 1,659 25,531 220,095 9,194 1,590 25,718 92,341 8,936 1,743 26,837 139,493 8,937 1,761 28,057 235,137 9,026 238,261 2,697 liiA.8 13.4 2,297 123,3 10.0 2,351 126.2 11.3 2,405 129,1 13.5 Jan. 13 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES. Nondurable goods stores INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. .j INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs ..do... State programs (50 State, B.C., and Puerto Rico)......do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet) do... Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT/REVENUE TON-MILES. .thous. sh. tons.. .1957-59=100 .Ml.. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price MONTHLY 2,635 1A1.4 13.3 jj Daily average, ij Wednesday data. Jan. 4 Jan. 18 100.5 2,513 134.9 * Tuesday average. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM III IV 795.3 495.5 73.1 31.0 31.4 811.0 502.2 74.2 31.4 31.8 do .do do do 216.4 42.8 109.1 18.3 Services, total.................................do Household operation...........................do Housing. .do Transportation. do IV II III 831.2 519.4 79.0 34.6 33.3 852, 527. 81. 35. 33, 871. 541. 38. 35. 546.3 84.8 38.0 34.4 218,4 42.3 110.8 18.6 226.5 44.6 113.6 19.7 228.2 44.8 116.4 19.4 232.7 47.2 117.7 20.0 233.5 46.5 118.8 20.2 205.9 29.2 71.2 15.1 209.6 29.9 72.2 15.5 213.9 30.3 74.0 16.2 218.7 31.0 75.4 16.3 223.4 31.5 76.9 16.8 228.0 31.9 78.6 17.1 114.7 109.3 83.3 26.0 5.3 121.8 113.5 85.0 28.5 8.3 119.7 117.6 88.6 29.1 2.1 127, 116, 87, 29, 10.8 127.1 119.6 90.1 29.5 7.5 136.1 126.0 94.2 31.8 10.0 JD/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AM) PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 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 goods, total. Clothing and shoes Food and beverages Gasoline and oil. Gross private domestic investment, total..........do, Fixed investment ...............do, Nonresidential. .do, Residential structures do Change in business inventories do .do, .do, .do, 5.4 46.1 40.6 3. 46. 42. 1.5 47.5 46.0 2.0 49.9 47.9 3.3 52.6 49.4 3. 52. 49. Gov't, purchases of goods and services, total.....do, Federal. .do, National defense .do, State and l o c a l . .do, 179.6 91.3 72.9 88.4 183. 93. 74. 90. 190.5 97.1 76.8 93.4 195.7 100.0 79.0 95.6 199.6 101.2 79.6 98.4 202.5 101.6 80.0 100.8 Net exports of goods and services Exports. Imports vj Revised. 6252 JD/ Preliminary. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM III II IV III GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AM) PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT MNUAL RATES—Con. NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL. . bil. : Compensation of employees, total. .do. Proprietors' income, total........ do. Business and professional .do. Farm ........... do. Rental income of persons .do. Corp.profits and invetory valuation adj., total....do. Corporate profits before tax, total do. Corporate profits after tax do. Net interest do. PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total do. Less: Personal tax and nontax payments.... do. Equals: Disposable personal income..e s..,...,..c....do. Less: Personal outlays . .do. Equals: Personal saving. .do. 656 9 471 5 61 2 46 6 14 6 20 4 80.2 80.8 47 23 633 83 550 509 40.5 670.9 482.7 61.1 46.8 U.3 20.5 82.3 85-4 50.3 24.3 645 o 2 85.6 559.6 516.1 43.4 688.1 49608 61.8 47.2 14-.6 20.7 83.8 88.9 49.1 25.0 662.7 88.3 574.4 533.5 40.8 705.4 507 cl 62.6 47.8 14.8 20.9 89.2 91.8 50.7 25.8 678.I 91.9 586.3 542 c3 44.0 1968 1967 Nov. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1957-59=100. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL. do... Durable manufactures . do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products... .do... Machinery do... Transportation equipment do... Instruments and related products do... Clay, glass, and stone products do... Lumberand products .do... Furniture and fixtures do... 722.5 519.7 63.4 48.0 15.4 21.0 91.6 92.7 51.2 26.7 694.3 101.6 592.7 555.6 37.1 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 159.8 162.1 165.1 I65.7 167.4 161.3 164.1 134.9 159.8 183.2 165.6 185.4 139.2 120.6 I67.8 166.3 rl68.7 rl20.6 167.6 rl86„4 180.5 184.3 150.0 119.4 179.7 rl63. 152. rl49< rl09. rl66, 150. 222, rl41.9 rl67.4 rl69.3 r123.0 rl72.2 rl86.1 rl80.4 rl85.8 rl51.5 1019.4 rl80.4 rl65.0 rl53.2 150.8 113.1 rl66.6 rl51.2 r226.6 1-14-3.4 rl68.7 rl71.4 rl29.6 173.6 188.4 rl79.9 rl88.3 r150.5 122.0 rl82.3 rl65.3 154.9 "13514 "l35i8 "l34'4 124.0 120.8 do... do... do... do... do... .do... do... do... do... .do... do... 157.7 147.1 148.6 113.0 156 145 209 136 213, 333. 115 164.1 168.1 140.9 162.4 182.2 177.5 186.3 143.6 125.7 170.7 159.0 151.9 150.9 114.8 157.4 144.1 211.4 147.9 215.4 134.4 120.5 .do... do... do... do... do... do... 124.1 117.2 126.5 94.6 191.5 199.4 122.8 119.2 123.5 97.1 192.6 200.8 rl27.0 120.8 rl26.8 127.7 204.8 214.7 rl20, 86. rl25rl25. r208, 218. rl26.5 rll5.9 126.6 132.5 r210.0 do... do... do... do... ..do... do... 160.1 150.2 163.2 152.4 144.5 162.9 162.1 153.0 I69.O 170.0 175.1 163.3 rl65.7 157.3 175.8 175.6 177.4 173.2 rl66.4 rl58.5 rl77.6 rl78.9 180.3 rl77.0 rl67.4 rl58.9 179.1 180.2 rl80.6 179.8 Apparel and staples do... Equipment, including defense do... Business equipment do... Materials do... Durable goods materials do... Nondurable materials ..do... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted. number. Seasonally adjusted do... 146.1 181.5 183.5 160.1 152.4 168.1 147. 181. 183. 162, 155. I69. rl51.5 rl83.6 rl85.2 rl65.1 rl53.3 rl77.2 152.5 rl83-3 rl87.1 rl65.5 rl55.3 r176.0 rl85.7 rl90.0 rl67.5 rl58.0 178.3 16,065 18,403 17,525 18,168 19,015 21,237 21,636 21,721 18,201 20,850 120.2 118.4 118.6 116.8 83.1 80.1 82.1 79.1 139.8 134.3 138.0 132.4 1-143.3 r140.8 rl40.6 rl38.1 r128.1 rl25.7 rl26.1 rl23.7 1,590 1,567 1,250 1,235 1,592 1,570 rl,570 r 1,541 rl,717 rl,689 1,222 663 1,390 745 1,393 706 1,378 694 rl,425 r729 Nondurable manufactures Textile mill products Apparel products Leather and products Paper and products Printing and publishing. Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods and beverages Tobacco products . MINING Coal.. • Crude oil and natural gas Metal mining UTILITIES , Electric BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total Consumer goods Automotive and home goods Automotive products Autos Auto parts and allied products 167.8rl52.0 225.9 142.7 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (private and public) thous. Privately owned do... Total nonfarm (private and public) do... Privately owned do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only) do... Total nonfarm (private only) do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual, rates: Total thous. One-family s t r u c t u r e s do... r / R e v i s e d . JD/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 1,400 702 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1967 ITEM Oct. Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. rl6,152 r-2,963 rl8,741 rl6,Ol6 r2,726 16,570 -5,837 12,705 15,038 -2,332 -189 r-3A53 -207 r2,518 -286 -6,122 -55 -2,387 r2,839 314r3,153 378,018 297,472 r-4,528 2,010 r-2,518 372,616 292,947 3,132 2,990 6,122 375,374 296,121 -686 3,073 2,387 375,120 295,441 10,733 5,359 1,496 1,937 2,243 16,856 1,289 6,769 3,790 1,252 393 r597 12,705 6,541 679 2,495 3,194 15,092 754 6,342 3,830 1,436 329 617 1,247.2 547.8 84.6 15.9 1,087.3 466.1 75.4 15.5 122.8 128.6 257.5 117.0 186.5 226.8 Aug. FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Budget receipts, expenditures, and net lending: Expenditure account: Receipts (net)............•.•....•.........•'....•• .mil. Expenditure (excl. net lending) .... „.............0.. .do Expendo acct. surplus or deficit (-).............. .do Loan account: Net lending ........... ...... -do Budget surplus or deficit (-)..........................do Budget financing: Borrowing from the public...............................do Reduction in cash balances.-•.••.••......•..............do, Total, budget financing..............................do. Gross amount of debt outstanding.........................do Held by the public.....................................do Budget receipts by source and outlays by agency: Receipts (net), total............ •.................... .do Individual income taxes (gross)••••......••.•......•.do, Corporation income taxes (gross).....................do, Employment taxes (gross).............................do, Other ..do, Expenditures and net lending, total.................... do, Agriculture Department...............................do, Defense Department, military.........................do, Health, Education, and Welfare Department ............do, Treasury Department. .do, National Aeronautics and Space Adm. „ do, Veterans Administration .do, LIFE INSURANCE: PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL .mil. Death benefits. .do, Matured endowments .do, Disability payments..................................do, Annuity payments Surrender values Policy dividends do, .do. .do, 8,579 10,888 5,361 4,348 356°375 281,401 360,988 285,749 8,579 4,469 913 1,362 10,888 5,464 588 2,067 r13,188 6,472 654 2,880 3,439 rl6,341 1,270 6,449 3,771 rl,357 434 599 rl8,741 9,247 5,133 2,380 r2,188 r16,223 1,645 6,438 3,764 rl,348 342 622 1,078.1 465.4 87.1 13.0 1,059.6 447.3 96.0 14.3 1,198.8 507.3 75.5 16.8 1,162. 498. 75. 15. 109.8 184.2 218.6 107.4 I84.O 210.6 112.1 204.V 282.4 113.2 200.5 259.4 r/ Revised. USCOMM—DC—6252 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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