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January 3, 1969 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS 'NDICATORS index, 1957-59 = 1 Index, 1957-59 = 100 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (byutsiit.es) (E. E. S. seas. adj. index) 200 1965 1967 1966 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1968 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 Index, 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 100 250 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and ail other forms) 200 200 d 150 H IOO Monthly 50 I I I I I I I I I I I I L-L-J L_J L_J I ' ' ' ' 1965 1 I i i i i i 1966 I I I 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1968 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Index, 1957-59=100 140 CONSUMER PRICES Index, 1957-59 = 100 115 WHOLESALE PRICES *>' y 130 All Services — ^ -" ^ «*•* — Industrial All Commodities ^ \ \ 105 120 Commodities \ ^fi. 'N > H _ \v ' "-" :5W,i r 110 All Items 100 - Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1966 1967 95 LI 1 I I 1 1 1 1 l-L- 1968 90 -/ / A\A/' Products 1 1 m i i Liu i i M l 1 1 1 I I I 1 11 1 I I 1 1 1 1. 1 _UL 1 1,. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor ^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 / / > farm Food LJ I i i I . L L J I J_L.,-L-L-L-LiJLiJLJLJL 1... i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1965 ' '"""'( ^^ * ^^^^\m***— gZ^^*** 100 110 1966 1967 1968 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1967 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/a 1957-59-100. „| Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Dec. 7 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 99.5 96.3 96.3 97.9 98.4 99.1 mil. $. .do. „. 8,808 6,528 5,857 4,060 7,662 5,440 8,248 5,873 8,871 6,449 thous. do... do*.. do... 290 1,336 1,259 191 333 1,570 1,484 168 224 1,111 1,033 159 233 1,153 1,073 158 • 243 122 85 mil. $. 47,093 51, .119 25,203 267 47,293 51,785 442 50,077 56,129 26,840 -47 50,383 55,566 26,441 24 50,616 56,055 27,054 332 50,803 56,798 27,142 334 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: hj Demand deposits, adjusted .mil. $. Savings deposits .„ do... Loans and investments (adjusted), total .do... U.S. Government obligations .................. do.. e Commercial and industrial loans (gross) .....do... Real estate loans (gross) .do... 78,862 48,571 204,648 28,244 65,587 28,961 79,580 48,781 205,136 28,321 65,869 28,969 80,311 48,679 223,610 29,579 71,270 31,687 81,871 48,627 225,122 29,858 71,682 31,793 82,159 48,563 228,376 29,771 72,965 31,857 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) ,2/.......percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)lj....1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks.............................do... 6.53 95.15 103.77 6.53 95.91 104.49 6.68 *108.02 *117.79 6.76 *107.39 *117.06 6.82 *106.66 *116.23 1,775 24,819 225,105 8,996 1,610 23,624 183,279 8,996 1,858 27,385 246,310 9,005 1,735 27,764 228,794 8,949 2,747 147.5 13-0 2,615 140.4 10.4 1,737 26,358 252,429 9,008 2,348 126.0 14.3 127.2 14.4 128.2 13.6 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES- ............ Nondurable goods stores....... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet) FINANCE: Currency in circulation %J Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2/.....do... Member bank reserve balances 2 / do... Excess reserves, estimated 2 / ....... do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2J. „ Electric power, by utilities ....„...„. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) „ „ Petroleum, (crude) and condensate 2J Steel, raw. thous. sh. tons. .mil. kw.-hr. .number. thous. bbl. .thous. sh. tons. Index of production* RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES .1957-59-100. bil. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price MONTHLY 6.88 *105.04 *114.35 90,910 2,297 123.3 3 / Daily average, ij Wednesday data. * Tuesday average. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Oct. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICES 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... ..... . „ „ . „ Rent....... Homeownership. ,. „ „ .. Fuel and utilities.... . Fuel oil and coal. ............... Gas and electricity. Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep. Transportation. Private Public Digitized for 6228 FRASER . Sept. Oct. Nov. 117.8 121.9 122.2 122.9 123.4 117. 118. 112. 115. 105. 101. 126. 110. 129. 132. 117.5 118.7 112.6 115.3 106.0 101.4 125.6 111.1 129.6 133.2 121.2 122.6 115.9 119.2 107.7 99.1 122.2 123.8 116.8 120.2 108.5 102.8 122. 124. 117. 120. 109. 103. 135.5 140.0 121 123 116 119 107 98 126 113 136.0 140.5 114. 136. 141. 115.3 137.4 142.0 115.7 112.3 117.9 115.3 115.6 111.4 117.8 116.7 120.5 115.3 121.5 128.2 120.4 115.5 121.6 122.9 120. 115. 122. 123. 120.5 114.6 122.6 123.8 do. do. 115.3 119.0 113.0 121.5 115.5 119.4 113.2 121.9 120.1 125.0 115.4 128.8 120.4 125.3 115.7 129.1 120. 126. 116. 130. 121.7 126.9 116.3 131.1 .do. do. do. do. 109.4 112.5 108.9 109.1 109.3 112.7 109.0 109.3 110.7 115.7 109.7 113.3 110.5 115.8 109.3 113.9 110. 115. 109. 114. 111.3 115.9 109.9 114.8 do. do. ....do. do. 116.0 117.7 115.7 133.0 116, 118, 116, 134, 120.3 120.0 117.7 138.6 122.2 119.5 117.2 138.7 123. 120. 118. 138. 124.0 121.2 118.9 139.4 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .do... do... Food. .„...* ........... . .do. Meats, poultry, and fish ..... . do. Dairy products ............do. Fruits and vegetables...... .. , do. Housing Shelter Aug, 117.5 ..1957-59^100. „ Nov. do. .. ...do. "H3I5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Oct, Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. COMMODITY PRICES—Continued CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UNADJ.—Con. 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 125.5 139.0 116.5 121.4 126.2 139.7 116.9 122.0 130.5 145.5 120.9 126.3 1m c J-.CJ-. J 126.7 131.9 147.4 122.1 127.5 do... .do... do... 115.8 115.4 117.3 116.1 115.9 117.8 119.7 121.0 120.0 120.0 122.1 119.7 120.9 122.7 120.4 do... do... do... do... 106, 97. 106.8 106.2 96.4 110.9 107.1 108.7 101.4 114.9 108.9 109.1 102.8 115.3 109.2 109.1 101.2 114.4 109.7 .do.,.. .do... do... do... 98.2 103 cO 101.7 114.8 98.2 102.8 102.0 115.4 98.1 102c6 104.2 119.5 97.9 102 „ 5 104.4 120.7 97.8 101.9 104.5 122.3 .do... do.. „ do... do... 107.3 112.2 109.9 104.9 106,7 112.6 illu0 105.1 120.5 115.4 111.3 108.7 122 06 115.8 112.2 108.7 124.9 116.1 112.5 108.9 104.3 98.8 102.2 110.5 104 99 103 110, 104.9 100.6 106.0 111.6 105.1 100.7 106.5 111.9 105.2 101.0 107.0 112.0 c...... .1957-59^100. do... do... do... Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power. Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products c... 0 Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products Nonmetallic mineral products 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 BY-Wholesale prices. 1957-59-$1.00. Consumer prices do... Ill, 131.1 146.4 $0,943 .851 3.942 .849 $0,920 .820 $0,917 .818 $0,917 .814 132.23 186 133.72 187 136.26 198 rl36.30 219 rl36.30 r213 6,993.0 3,102.4 3,890.6 1,537.7 2,352.9 6,997.7 3,100.8 3,896.9 1,557.8 2,339.1 8,521.8 4,079.6 4,442.2 1,825.2 2,617.0 8,368,4 3,857.8 4,510.6 1,840.2 2,670.4 8,599,8 3,953.7 4,646.1 1,904.9 2,741.2 175.39 75.37 8.72 66.88 61.40 176.18 75.63 8.84 67.10 61.60 183.84 78.34 10.04 68.91 63.15 184.75 78.51 10.17 69.02 63.25 185.70 78.98 10.34 69.21 63.43 5.10 9.93 1.43 7.95 5.16 10.00 1.45 8.01 5.47 10.92 1.35 8.79 5.50 11.03 1.45 9.07 5.51 11.12 1.46 9.08 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 1,162.3 498.6 75.0 15.6 1,247.2 547.8 84.6 15.9 109.8 184.2 218.6 107.4 184.0 210.6 112.1 204.7 282.4 113.2 200.5 259.4 122.8 218.6 257.5 58.3 125.5 40.8 54.6 35.1 58.4 130.2 41.2 55.7 34.8 65.2 247.7 43.7 60.8 36.5 64.7 144.7 43.8 61.3 36.7 66.3 143.1 45.6 64.4 37.7 mil. $. „ .do... do... 2,486.9 2,441.7 2,393.9 2,796.1 2,760.0 2,691.4 2,840.5 2,786.8 2,915.8 2,984.7 2,941.5 3,245.9 2,763.4 2,714.9 2,594.2 do.. .do.. 2,198.1 2,441.7 2,381.8 2,739.1 2,827.3 2,869.3 2,963.7 2,924.1 2,657.4 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Man-hours in nonfarm establishments, all employees, seasonally adjusted, annual rate „ .bil. man-hours. HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1957-59 "100. FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $. New York SMSA do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leadings SMSA's do... 226 other SMSA's do... LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES do... Bond (book value), total do... Stocks (book value), total do... Mortgage loans, total do... Nonfarm do... Real estate Policy loans and premium notes Cash do... do... do... PAYMENTS TO P O L I ^ O L D ^ ' M D ' B E ^ F I C m n s ' l N ' u i s ! : TOTAL mil. $. Death benefits do... Matured endowments do... Disability payments do... Annuity payments do... Surrender values do... Policy dividends do... Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leadings SMSA • s do... 226 other SMSA • s do... FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense shipments Seasonally adjusted GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted u. r/ Revised. * Preliminary Dec. 1968 data: All commodities, 109. 8; farm products 103.3; processed foods and feeds, 114.7; industrial commodities, 110.2; purchasing power of the dollar, $0,911. Digitized for6228 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS SI'ATISTICS—Continued 4 1967 1968 ITEM Sept, ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL„,...,•... .... c, a . , „ . . , *,. Electric utilities, total,.... ..,,.,.*. By fuels,,,.,,.,.,., ... • . ...... By nater power-, ,.,,.Privately and municipally owned utilitiesOther producers (publicly owned).,,., ,, 4.... .mil* ki\,.--hr. .« do,,,, ,„. d o . . . Sept, Oct. 127,472 118,870 99,841 19,029 97,308 21,562 131,905 123,001 104,356 18,146 101,215 21,786 8,635 j 8,369 | 266 [ 8,603 8,338 265 8,904 8,657 246 92,564 j 102,330 107,416 20,368 j 41,724 24,174 43,055 25,433 44,195 355 25,939 876 2,495 •307 342 30,995 746 2,693 324 338 33,570 796 2,769 315 351 32,967 842 2,772 331 1,444.5 1.601.6 1,670.7 1,656,3 909 1,235 j 742 965 1,144 703 909 1,184 723 899 rl,223 r747 132 59 51 122 95 49 rl20 79 44 122 79 46 r-131 49 116 .102 56 319 303 143 118 280 129 109 279 129 109 289 rl35 rll6 331 141 119 i i i \ j I j j 115,332 107,154 91,428 15,726 87,884 19,270 j j j 5 j j 119,354 110,288 93,636 16,652 91,092 19,196 8,677 I 9,066 8,818 248 8,457 I 220 j 106,260 i i j \ | i | j j 1 I I 24,832 44,166 1,497,3 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.. . othous., s h . tons Shipments, total. •. ..do.. For sale..,..,.t....,,. *., -,.,.-,.. t •.=,.... , c , . : ,,.,.,dO., Castings, malleable iron? Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.. ,dO.:. Shipments, total <.........,..„ do,. For sale..,.,.,,...,, , -...,«„ i .*•,. =•.,,, , „, ,,..,= ,,,:.,.do,„ Steel castings; Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.. .....do.. Shipments., total ^...... . , „ u do«. ..„...,.::.....*.„...,.,.... Aug. 109,498 100,864 82,989 17,874 82,784 i 18,079 j 107,159 98,939 81,653 do s ., „ 17,281 .., ,.dO^.. 80,731 .„dO.,:. 18,208 Industrial establishments, total,.,,.,., „ ,..... ,.„do,.,. 8,220 By fuels ».• do...„ 8,001 By waterpower. „=. „•.,., „... ....„.,.„..,,.« .do..,.« SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (Edison Electric Insti219 tute) »...,»,..,.....:...,,..:„, ....<-< : , 110.1 c lCv\ -hl\, „ Commercial and industrial: 95,691 Small light and power ..,...„. ,,. .do.... ; «. „,..,,,...., Large light and power......... ,.„. „,. ,•., -..,.,..-. ,. a... .• ,.».-, ,do,.,. 22,310 41,507 : cdO Railways and railroads-. -. •,. . do..,. Residential or domestic 338 do.., Street and highway lighting. 27,948 .....do O t h e r UUbliC; fcLUlIiUl\Llifc!fcS« e r : 803 .....do... (! Interdepartmental^» 2,471 REVENUE FROM SALEB TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (Edison Electric 314 r . ,IIO.i. $.. Institute)-. For s a l e July Oct, .....do.. 897 1,169 703 116 1,307 770 USCOMM-DC-6228 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 A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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