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January 28, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDijGATORS Index, 1941-43=10 Index, 1941-43=10 —I 110 100 1964 1963 1965 1966 J r M A M '.; J A S O N D ta: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 index, 1957-59 = 100 250 STEEL PRODUCTION (Ingots and steel for castings) 200 200 150 A w^l 1966 100 Weekly 1963 1965 1964 -J I I I L_l I ' i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1966 Data: Amor. Iron & Steel Inst. Index, 1957-59™ 100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION Millions 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* (daily a v e r a g e ; seas, a d j . ) - 120 ^A*^/"^ no 2.0 1.5 100 - 1.0 90 - .5 vvvA/^y^-v^V *Seas. a d j . , a t annual rates 80 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce - J J J J - i J _ L J J - L x l j _ L J . J L - L i j ^ L J L J _ . -i-...-L-i.a±.i.j-La-j^ .1 M l 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1962 1963 1964 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce mess ^ A v a i l a b l e only w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, a t $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y , this S u p p l e m e n t provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1. I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i • i i 1962 1963 1964 d-LXJLi 1965 50 WEEKLY 1966 1965 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I i commod i t i es Farm products Foods, processed A i! other 22 commodities 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores.. ., 1957-59= 100.. do.... do... <, do... . do.... mil. $.. • do.... 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.. FINANCE: Currency in circu lation 3/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/,...do.... Member bank reserve ba! ances 3_/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do,... Reporting member bank (of F.R.System) in leading cities: £ / Demand deposits, adjusted.......... mil. $.. SaV! ngS depOSttSe . a a . e e seaeeaseseesee.eeeeoeee»eae 0 0O o . .B Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... U S S» Government obiigatsons.....,,..,.,.,.,.,,,,,do,,,. 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/. e 1941-43=10., Industrials, 425 stocks.....„..,...„ ...do.... PRODUCTION: Eituminous coal 3/. .....**.*.»...*....*thousa sh s t o n s S 5 Electric power, by utilities......,, mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, busesK«-.-,.,-,.„.,.number. Petroleum (crude) -and condensate 3/ S S S e s s s t h o u s s bbi a Steel.. Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL Misee11aneous thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... Jan. I Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 104.5 104.5 110.2 103.3 112.5 5,102 3,473 104.5 104.6 110.8 103.3 112.0 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 102.1 4,734 3,191 •101.0 *93.0 *I02.2 *I0I.9 102.4 4,703 3,151 109.8 5,189 3,555 110.7 5,220 3,625 352 2,145 2,003 252 326 2,120 1,980 279 377 1,626 1,538 203 403 1,747 1,657 230 259 234 42,348 44,289 23,081 464 42,039 44,181 23,271 322 41,963 43,309 23,231 690 41,618 43,128 22,467 197 66,069 41,132 148/792 26.939 41,863 20,054 69,688 45,362 165,464 24,252 50,564 22,570 68,158 45,242 163,796 23.718 50,719 22,600 4.57 86.60 91.50 4.87 91.8! 97.77 69,262 45,373 165,014 24,324 50,773 22,556 4.88 92.85 98.96 1,654 21,558 229,713 8,255 2,312 124.1 508 279 1,732 21,864 233,543 8,239 38,927 39, I 12 2!,440 390 39,282 39,522 21,845 588 66>, 160 41,046 148,734 26,497 4i,947 20,060 4.57 85.84 90.74 !, 560 20,435 243.640 7,829 !, 534 20^547 246,469 7,835 1,946 20,427 185,426 8,080 2,670 143.3 532 303 2,680 143.9 529 300 2,185 117.3 458 254 347 4.88 93.19 99.30 2,400 128.8 545 299 4.89 93.69 100.02 236,201 2,434 130.7 J_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3_l Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. * Monthly index for Jan. 1965. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 1965 ITEM Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS Dec. Sept. Oct. Dec. INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS 5 SHIPMENTS: J/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, totai ...bii. $, Primary metaIs.. ...........do.., Transportation equipment do.., Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total „ do.., Pr imary meta Is ..do.., Transportat ion equ i pment do.., MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: j / New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, totai do.., New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.., Pr imary meta Is do.., Transportation equipment ..do.., Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.., Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) : Durable goods industries, total do,., Pr i mar y meta Is. do,., Transportat 1 on equ i pment do.., 19.4 3.4 5.0 20.0 3.3 5.6 20.8 3.3 5.0 21.7 3.2 6.1 r2i.7 r3.3 r6.2 21.2 3.2 6.1 19.3 3.4 4.7 20.6 3.7 5.3 20.9 3.2 5.9 21.1 3.2 6o0 21.6 3.3 2L9 3.5 r5.9 5.9 19.3 20.4 21.8 22.6 r22.l 21.5 19.5 3.7 4.3 20.7 3.8 5.2 22, 2, 6, 22,4 3.1 r6.9 r?.2.4 3.4 6.0 22.5 3.6 5.9 52.7 53.0 59.5 60.4 r60.8 6!.I 53.4 6.4 20.9 54.0 6.6 60.7 5.4 2!.! 59, 5, 24, r25.8 r6i.5 r5.4 r25.9 62.1 5.6 25,9 114.6 112.0 98.3 96.7 125.9 124.3 rl35.7 r133.6 r l 17.6 r I 15.4 101 .9 101 .0 do.., do.., 112.5 109.9 96.4 94.8 124.3 122.7 r133.0 r130.9 rl16.3 rl!4.l 100 .3 99 .4 do.. do.. 1,505 1,480 1,610 1,575 1,453 1,436 r i ,41 I rl,380 r l : 537 r l . 521 1,746 1,712 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private)... PrivateIy owned Totai nonfarm (public and private) Pr i vate I y owned Seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s : T o t a l , i n c l . farm ( p r i v a t e o n l y ) . . . . Total nonfarm ( p r i v a t e only) £_/ Revised. 29301 thous, do.. ±/ Data f o r Dec. 1965 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1964 1965 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept, Oct. Nov. Dec. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL E S T A T E — C o n . NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 permit-Issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: ..do 1,256 741 1,195 720 1,180 677 1,259* 741 do.... do.... ..do.... 103.8 6.3 11.2 1.9 80.2 3.9 6.1 1.0 90.0 10.! 3.6 3.0 do.,.. Household equipment, supplies, furnishings*, •.....,do,,,. ii,8 13.6 7.6 8,2 10.4 li.l 9.7 5,3 .......do.... „ 4.7 2.3 3.6 32.7 r1,282 r736 1,319 745 120.5 8.0 16.9 3.2 117.8 5.9 15.2 2.2 91.5 3.9 7.2 1.2 10.1 9.3 5.2 6.0 12,0 13.1 7.3 8.5 12.3 14.3 9.2 9e! 11.9 II. 1 1 1.3 5,4 *3.2 .9 3.6 25.0 5.0 1.5 3.4 32.7 6.5 2,2 3.9 38.8 5.7 1.7 3,7 38.6 4.5 .9 3.4 30.7 7,057 3,660 975 2,402 7,104 3,718 958 2,428 8,013 4, 171 940 2,902 8,007 4,204 !,009 2,794 8,022 4,245 1,082 2,696 8,080 4,281 1,055 2,745 4,648.0 1,917.7 2,730.3 1,023.7 1,706.6 4,816.5 2,013.0 2,803.5 1,065.4 1,738.1 5,126.9 2,104.3 3,022.6 1,142.9 1,879.7 5,129.9 2,061.0 3,068.9 !,165.4 1,903.5 5,408.3 2,229,4 3,178.9 1,215.0 1,963.9 5,523.1 2,273.5 3,249.6 1,234.5 2,015.1 do.... ..do.... 45.1 91.3 33.2 41.0 29.5 45.5 90.7 33.4 41.7 30.0 47.2 95.4 35.3 44. i 31.4 47.4 96,3 35.1 43.8 31.4 50.5 104.7 37.0 47.6 32.1 50.6 102.2 37.5 47.7 33.3 mi I. $.. 4,63! 3,339 3,029 2,655 6,380 .......do..,. 4,579 675 43 9 3,196 1,662 94 49 2,86! 1,370 76 92 2,530 877 116 8 6, 123 1,184 165 92 727 229 23 47 15 2! 213 1,805 637 52 205 29 34 619 1,538 435 25 365 26 202 343 1,002 316 3! 163 20 96 272 1,44! 475 21 242 1 1 12 561 do..,. 3,904 3,242 566 1,534 373 1,097 1,490 342 984 1,653 369 867 4,939 3,463 1,018 do.... 720 1,787 1,523 989 1,419 do.... ..==,» e s „ S i . , d o e a s . 553 243 310 51 116 1,322 621 70! 145 320 !,249 797 452 130 143 83! 455 377 56 102 1,193 569 624 61 165 4.58 4.58 4.69 4.72 4.75 4.84 .......do.... do.... 4.43 4.49 4.57 4.81 4.44 4.50 4.58 4.81 4.52 4.63 4.69 4.91 4.56 4.66 4.7! 4.93 4.60 4.69 4.75 4.95 4.68 4.80 4.85 5.02 do.... do.... do.... 4.53 4.53 4.67 4.54 4.54 4.68 4.65 4.64 4.77 4.67 4.67 4.81 4.71 4.7! 4.83 4.79 4.82 4.91 DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: Drugs and toiletrfes.••••••••.•••...,......, es e . . s »dO. *<,.-, A i i other F!NANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.; harm mortgage Joanss hederai land banks.... .do.... do.-... Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except i nterbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annua! rates, seas. a d j . : Tota I (225 SMSA' s ) . . . . . »• •» • • » » D 1 ! o 3> • New York SMSA , .. do,.,. do.... do.... 218 other SMSA's Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: to deposits.. New York SMSA ........do 218 other SMSA f s SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: • By types of security: .......do..r. By type of issuer: .......do.... Public uti !ity 0 , do..., do.,.. do.... New corporate security issues: Estimated net proceeds, total Proposed uses of proceeds: Plant and equipment... do.... SECURITY MARKETS: Bond yields: By ratings: Aa A Baa By groups: „ Publ ic uti 1 ity £./ Revised 29301 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS -— Continued 1964 STtM Nov. 1965 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nova Dec. FINANCE—Continued SECURITY M A R K E T S — C o n t i n u e d STOCKS: C A S H DfViDEND PAYMENTS PUBLICLY REPORTED: TOTAL Dl VIDEND PAYMENTS.. n i l . $.. Finance . c . a a 0 „ 0 . „ „ „ c „. „.. ...oo „e... <> <><>,,. ..do.... Manuf actur ing.....................•..••....•... do.... 488.5 125.8 175.8 3.2 3,520.3 493. 1 2,282.9 183.0 2,735.1 305.6 !,762.3 121.4 1,332.8 277.0 430.9 20.8 5.36.6 !40 o 7 198.9 3.5 3,881.1 571.9 2,504.5 186.9 2.7 140.7 6.5 23.0 112.6 236.9 96.8 71.2 114.4 245.2 70.3 76.0 315.8 153.3 24 o 8 84.3 2.3 146.0 6.5 2603 252. \ 113.2 80.8 7.32 8.06 3.49 4.00 4.61 6.12 7,37 8.10 3,68 4.03 4.68 6,22 7.63 8.47 3.90 4.08 4.92 6„3i 7.78 8.67 3.96 4.16 4.92 6,31 8 e l2 9.03 3.99 4.28 4.93 6,57 8.15 9,06 4,02 4.34 4.94 6.59 Price per share, end of m o „ , composite...........do.... 1 ndustr ials o... e ....do.,,. Pub lie ut i 1 i t i es ............ „ o r. »•••. a».... o«... do. „.. Ra I I roads, „ „. „..,, «. „..,.. „.8 „,,..... 0 < • . . . . » c . . . . . „ do... „ 241,05 268.83 115.62 95.95 242.99 270,21 S15.54 92.59 254.52 290.30 116.95 95.11 260.91 301.00 118.38 99.69 255,62 296.07 115.84 102.30 258,09 299,67 f14.86 103.46 Yi a S ds, compos ite,.,,„ percent.. ! ndustr ials.,, ,,,„„..., do.,,, Pub!ic uti11ties...............................do.... 2.95 3.00 3.02 4.17 2.93 2.60 3.03 3.00 3.19 4.35 2.99 2.62 3„00 2092 3.33 4.29 3.17 2,94 2.98 2.88 3.35 4.17 3.43 2.96 3 s j8 3.05 3,44 4.18 3.51 2.94 3.S6 3,02 3.50 4.19 3.51 2.63 67,518 60,756 14,626 5,030 3,224 70,922 70,782 22,319 5,338 3,668 79,712 86,677 17,711 6,093 4,200 83,042 94,963 19,447 6,264 4,174 10. II 57 103 9.08 48 112 10.15 66 116 10.44 70 112 10.41 60 !09 9,08 49 115 723 799 886 742 751 831 18,744 15,398 18,667 15,286 11.093 444 9,155 18,960 15,036 12,327 493 9,812 18,992 15,050 19,076 15,012 10,341 10,441 18,917 14,731 11,756 470 9,253 I'l ! U ! n y g a 9 3 O » e « O O » O A O G O 9 !l O » i! « O 3 9 « U n ( ' C CI O 9 O » O 3 9 tl 01 O U O afic s PubSIc utli itiess Commun I cat ions do.... E 1 ectr 1 c and gas . . . • . . . • . , , • . . „ . . . . . , • • • . . . . . . do.... Ra11 roads.. r......... 9... *. o......... . = ..«»...,.do.... T r a d e . . . , . . . . , , . . , , . „ .«,„.,„.».,,.»»..,,.,„, o...do,... Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's): Dividends per share, annua! rate, composite,«.,dol lars e , Industr ials.........,..,:.„.....................do...„ Pub SI c utilities do.. „. Ra11 r o a d s „ a u „ , . . u 0 „„.. 0 „„ D e ...o•..»«.«,*»...o.».do. 0 .. No Y a banks.0 0 „.. „, „,,... „. „«,..... * <. e . „ c.»„ „, %, „.0 d o B „,. Fire 1 nsurance compan i es...,. „ 00 ..»*.<,«, e .,.<,....,,,do. „., R a i l r O a d S . e a e o a a a a: t> a a a a o a e> « a a e a a a a o e o B a a *> o o a a a oQOm a » „ N» Y . banks..........,.........................do.... Fire insurance compan ies. ......... „.,,.,,., B,0. .do.... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS AIRLINES (SCHEDULED DOMESTIC T R U N K ) ; Miles fiown (revenue).. ...a........ .«,.*.......•.....thous.. Express and freight ton-miies flown..................do.... Mai ! ton-*mlies f 1 own „ do,,,, Passengers or ig i nated (revenue).. 0 0 «,,.«,..o» 0 0 0 0 0 o. 0 ..do.„.. Passenger-miles fIown ( r e v e n u e ) . . . . . c .,,„...,.,..mii i ions.. HOTELS? SI8.0 siooo,,.. aa*o..oo O O O O O . O f l .»..«..» e...o»a» o a o o a . . „ . . . 0 . . . O a.ae.OGo C S . . . S O S TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: U Consumption...•••.............o..•>••...>....thous. bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system s p i n d l e s ) : Active spindles, last working day, total ..thous.. Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total... es =mi SI ions.. 9,909 495 Consuming 100 percent cotton...................do.... j r / R e v i s e d , J_/ D a t a f o r USC0MM-DC--2930I D e c . 1964 and S e p t . and Dec. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mai! WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 8,166 517 522 8,218 8,265 1955 c o v e r 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r m o n t h s , 4 w e e k s . POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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