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January 31, 1969 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS I NESS INDICATORS 1941-43 = 10 140 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS - - 120 110 - 100 - 130 120 1969 110 ^ V^1968 _ 90 100 Monthy (avg. 80 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1—1 1—L__ 1 l I l 1966 J 1 i I l l i l i I l l 1967 1 1 1 I I I i I i i 1968 i Weekly of daily 1 i I close) i i (Wednesday i__... l l 1 1 J FMAMJ 1969 close) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 90 JASONO Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 1957-59 = 100 220 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) 210 200 Monthly • ' • • I I I I L-J l_ I 1966 I I L_L 1968 1969 J F M A M J j A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 1,400 350 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) 1,000 W V - ^ l \ 800 600 - / \ 400 / \ -j\ y-V - / - \/ 200 Monthly 0 1—1 1 l__l 1 1 1 1 1 L__ 1966 1 I I I 1 1 I I I 1 I 1 1 1-1 1967 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i i 1968 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, provides selected w e e k l y a n d m o n t h l y d a t a subsequent t o those p u b l i s h e d this S u p p l e m e n t in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY i i 1 i 1969 . . i i J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1967 1968 ITEM Jan. 27 Jan. 20 Jan. 4 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 1957-59=100 96.1 95.9 98.8 99.8 100.5 mil. $ .do.. 5,562 3,854 5,581 3,778 6,016 4,231 5,935 4,130 5,975 4,081 thous do.. do.. do.. 294 1,745 1,649 176 243 1,696 1,602 216 291 1,625 1,532 82 337 1,603 1,509 157 mil. $ do.. do.. ;do.. 46,493 51,044 25,571 157 46,117 51,186 25,922 376 50,945 58,103 28,295 862 50,472 57,305 27,963 202 50,023 56,768 28,540 206 bj mil. $ do.. do.., do.. do.., do.., 79,096 48,736 204,402 28,725 65,721 29,236 77,154 48,521 201,998 27,928 65,059 29,034 88,930 49,161 230,171 29,354 73,988 32,050 84,604 48,812 226,732 28,101 73,958 32,021 84,613 48,523 225,319 27,811 73,797 32,137 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent, Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) ij,..1941-43=10, Industrials, 425 stocks do.., 6.41 95.64 103.71 6.40 93.17 101.07 6.91 *103.86 *113.02 6.91 100.80 109.64 6.90 101.62 110.63 thous. sh. tons. .| 1,659 mil. kw.-hr.. 25,531 number.. 220,095 thous. bbl.. 9,194 1,767 25,076 227,908 9,257 1,743 26,837 139,493 8,937 1,725 28,057 235,215 9,026 1,806 27,733 233,570 9,043 2,777 149.1 14..1 2,351 126.2 11.3 2,405 129.1 13.5 2,513 134.9 14.3 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 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 2 / . Federal reserve bank credit outstanding, total jj Member bank reserve balances 3/. Excess reserves, estimated .3/. .. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments (adjusted), total U.S. Government obligations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / Steel, raw. Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES .thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. bil.. 2,697 144.8 13.8 Jan. 25 101.1 266 192 162 49,537 56,388 28,285 208 6.88 101.98 110.95 234,969 2,575 138.2 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average, hj Wednesday data. * Tuesday average. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: l/ Value (not seasonally adjusted); Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total. Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment bil. $, do.., do.., 25.5 3.8 6.4 26.6 3.8 7.3 28. 3. 7. 29. 4. 7. r28.8 4.1 r7.9 27. 3. 7. do.., do.., do.., 25.5 3.9 6.2 26.6 4.0 6.7 28. 4. 7. 29. 4. 7. r28.8 4.2 7.6 28. 4. 7.0 .....do.., 24.9 27.5 29.1 30.5 r28.5 28.4 do.., do.., do... 25.9 4.1 6.5 28.1 4.3 7.3 28.4 4.1 7.0 30.3 4.4 7.8 r29.3 4.5 7.6 29.1 4.3 7.3 do.., 78.6 79.5 8I.3 82.3 r82.0 82.5 do.., do.. do.., 79.1 6.7 30.4 80.6 7.0 31.0 80.6 5.7 32.7 81.9 32.9 r82.4 r6.1 32.9 83.6 6.4 33.2 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1957-59=100, 187 190 219 213 222 p225 6,997.7 3,100.8 3,896.9 1,557.8 2,339.1 7,047.0 3,149.7 3,897.3 1,515.4 2,381.9 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 8,540.1 r3,925.9 4,614.2 1,094.1 2,710.1 8,752.9 4,076.8 4,676.1 1,902.4 2,773.7 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 leading SMSA's do.. 226 other SMSA's do.. Digitized for r/ FRASER Revised. JD/ Preliminary. 1/ Data for Dec. 1968 are advance estimates. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 6259 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Nov. FINANCE—Con. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA • s) ratio of debits to deposits , s New York SMSA do.... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do 6 other leading SMSA' s do.... 226 other SMSA's do.... Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 58.4 130.2 41.2 55.7 34.8 5^.5 122.1 41.1 54.6 35.3 64.7 144.7 43.8 61.3 36.7 66.3 143.1 45.6 64.4 37.7 66.5 144.6 44.9 63.O 37.4 109,818 101,288 82,781 18,508 82,860 18,429 8,529 8,259 270 115,905 107,340 86,503 20,837 87,361 19,979 8,565 8,251 314 115,832 107,154 91,428 15,726 87,884 19,270 8,677 8,457 220 119,354 110,288 93,636 16,652 91,092 19,196 9,066 8,818 248 118,071 109,165 91,252 17,913 89,477 19,688 8,906 8,644 262 8.37 8.12 11.30 8.47 8.33 10.77 9.11 12.54 10.10 9.28 12.48 8.46 8.26 11.92 35.5 33.8 34.4 41.4 r39.5 229.0 137.1 196.8 146.7 54.5 107.6 231.5 130.7 240.3 145.4 16 17 .! 140.8 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL mil. kw.-hr. Electric utilities, total do... By fuels do... By water power do... Privately and municipally owned utilities do... Other producers (publicly owned) .......do Industrial establishments, total do... By fuels do... By waterpower do... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEER: Production mil. bbl., Taxable withdrawals do..., Stocks, end of month do..., VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oil: Production, crude mil. lb., Cottonseed cake and meal: Production thous. sh. tons.. Stock (at oil mills), end of month do.... Cottonseed oil* Production, crude,*. .............••••••.. .mil. lb., Linseed oil: Production, crude (raw).. do.... Soybean cake and meal: Production thous. sh. tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month do.... Soybean oil: Production, crude mil. lb.. METAIS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL (RAW): Production thous. sh.tons. Index daily average 1957-59=100. Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motorized) number. Rider-Type do.... Ind. trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments...do.... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $.. Domestic , do.... Shipments, total do.... Domestic do.... Order backlog, end of month do.... Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total do.... Domestic do.... Shipments, total do.... Domestic do.... Order backlog, end of month do.... 162.6 35.9 24.3 31.6 r35.4 r29.9 1,218.4 168.0 1,181.9 199.8 893.4 95-4 1,257.3 111.5 1,281.4 112.5 535.3 525.7 408.6 578.8 r584.1 11,299 141.5 11,953 144.9 8,086 101.3 9,006 109.2 r9,590 r120.1 903 1,058 2,961 912 1,086 3,406 891 1,007 3,600 1,055 1,089 4,123 939 1,028 3,473 77,45 67.65 114.25 101.45 1,137.5 88.35 80.15 137.40 121.40 1,088.5 71-05 62.30 115.55 109.15 864.7 78.55 70.45 107.75 100.90 835.5 r97.60 r88.60 rl03.55 r96.50 r829.6 23.60 21.70 34.55 31.15 234.5 33.25 27.20 39.45 35.15 228.3 22.75 20.90 26.90 24.95 175.7 56.35 54.10 32.90 29.15 199.2 r80.20 r76.70 r26.50 r23.05 r252.9 576 622 362 719 760 320 702 761 262 240 240 52 599 659 257 259 50 645 660 248 255 43 652 628 643 813 r658 20.2 13.3 9.9 .495 6.5 20.2 13.3 12.5 .502 8.3 r20.0 13.1 r9.9 r.495 r6.5 PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA: Production thous. sh. tons.. 602 675 Shipments from mills do.... 646 687 Stocks at mills, end of month do.... 268 311 NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: Production do.... 222 204 Shipments from mills do.... 228 206 Stocks at mills, end of month do.... 39 41 Consumption by publishers do. 587 622 Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of mo do.... 630 673 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of linters): 1/ Consumption thous. bales.. 825 720 Manufactures: Spindle activity (coton system spindles): 20.0 20.1 Active spindles, last working day, total millions.. 14.4 14.5 Consuming 100 percent cotton ..do.... 11.6 10.2 Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total billions.. .511 .465 Average per working day do 7.3 8.3 Consuming 100 percent cotton do.... r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Dec. 1967 and Oct. 1968 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. Digitized for6259 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1967 ITEM Oct. TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Con. Men's apparel, cuttings: Tailored garments: Suits...........„.,.».,.,,,,.,., e,99.9.9..,, *,9 thous9 units Overcoats and topcoats .do.. Nov. Aug. Sept. 1,852 432 1,919 419 1,856 408 1,836 *420 1,210 12,042 2,126 1,256 12,010 2,020 1,208 14,418 1,992 675 330 510 329 273.2 5,239 Oct. •K.O Nov. Q£0 395 304 rl,367 r!4,594 r2,312 1,306 13,038 1,982 544 259 1,074 13,417 1,858 676 268 r629 340 672 297 296.6 5,367 340.3 6,005 311.6 5,668 r337.7 r5,782 413.7 6,845 751.9 706.9 807.7 761.8 292.1 274.7 816.9 769.4 1,125.2 1,065.2 1,040.7 984.3 645.4 608.8 683.0 645.2 193.1 182.6 656.4 620.0 935.2 889.5 876.6 831.0 .do... .do.., 106.5 98.1 324.7 116.5 99.0 92.1 160.5 149.4 190.0 175.8 I64.I 153.3 .number, .do... do.., 8,787 5,549 1,787 7,884 5,161 2,326 9,526 6,439 2,308 9,544 6,475 3,703 r9,980 r7,Q36 r3,769 9,803 6,922 3,969 Coats (separate), dress and sport. do.. Trousers (separate), dress and sport.... do.. Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport.....,.,....thous. doz Work clothing: Dungarees and waistband overalls. ** do.. Shirts. .....do.. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Aircraft (complete): Shipments ................................... .mil. $, Airframe weight .thous. lb, MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES, TOTAL. .thous, Domestic „„ do.., Passenger cars, total. do... Domestic.............................................do.., Trucks and buses, total. Domestic Truck trailers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis Vans.. Trailer bodies, chassis, sold separtely r/ Revised. USCOMM--DC—-6259 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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