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January 5, 1968 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSm• ESS I N D I C A T O R S Index, 1941-43-10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 - 100 - Index, 1941-43=10 120 ^ y ^ y ^ - / 90 80 Monthly (ayg. 70 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 J—1—1 1 — i i. i i 1964 i 1 i i i i 1 i 1 1 1 1965 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l i I of daily ) 1966 i close) 1 1 i I 1 1 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N O Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) 1,000 800 N / -^ \ 600 Thousands 350 — AK/SL-^\ ^ ^ \ r\ 1 \ l\l \ A^v / ~ \ 1 V 400 200 0 -LJ Monthly 1 L O J - L ._1_ i~JL_J_J —1—L, . 1 , 1 1 J — 1 I — I L J — 1 — 1964 1 1 ..-1—L-J 1965 I L.,1 1 J.-1 I 1 1 1-1 1 1-1 i, 1 .J 1966 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N D iaia: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59=100 140 CONSUMER PRICES Index, 1910-14 = 100 375 PRICES RECEIVED AND 350 PAID BY FARMERS 130 325 All Services Prices Paid (Incl. interest, taxes, a n d w a g e rates) 300 120 h 275 Prices Received All 100 i i i i i I i i i 1964 1965 Items 250 I M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published 225 * A^i. i i i I i I I II M ' 1964 y~~ ' ' ' Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture a t $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y / t h i s Supplement in the latest monthly SURVEY • I ' i 1965 ' • , - ^ ' \ ^S I I I I l I I I I 1966 I I I I I 1 I I I 1967 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 ITEM 1967 Dec. 24 Dec. 31 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 1957-59=100.. 102.8 102.9 95.6 96.5 96.4 96.2 mil. $.. do.... 8, 186 6,024 5,589 3,914 7,232 5, 116 7,680 5,487 8,713 6,416 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.. 289 1,328 1,269 222 374 1,562 1,496 210 258 1,204 242 1,280 1,201 200 290 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $., Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/,...do.... Member bank reserve balances 5/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do 5 S S 5 44,675 46,808 23,892 204 44,773 47,468 24,165 437 46,480 50,721 24,855 319 46,918 50,762 24,701 327 47,093 51,112 25,187 237 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ 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.... 75,420 46,999 185,500 24,543 61,143 27,493 75,120 47,213 186,263 24,803 60,641 27,505 75,607 48,505 200,436 28,206 64,108 28,738 5.69 81.38 86.52 5.69 80.61 85.57 6.49 95.64 104.35 6.51 95.34 104.03 1,900 23,130 194,500 8,588 1,760 22,209 139,487 8,577 1,808 24,381 235,257 9,033 1,733 24,769 238,322 9,004 225,075 8,996 186,103 2,723 146.2 553 315 2,747 147.5 532 305 2,747 147.5 501 289 2,615 140.4 Oct. Nov. WHOLESALE PRICES, 2.2 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 5/ psrcGnt.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do.0.. 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. bb I.. Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous thous. sh. tons.. ..1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 2,377 127.6 523 286 I, 127 215 2,220 I 19.2 416 232 j5/ Dai ly average. 191 78,289 48,442 201,171 27,991 64, I 19 28,815 47,293 51,785 25,696 445 78,878 48,44! 204,232 28,118 65,474 28,878 6.53 95. 15 103.77 6.53 95.91 104.49 1,710 ±/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS Oct. Nov. Aug. 1,150 138 213 154 542 103 1, 112 127 214 145 526 100 1,017 98 159 172 490 98 108,046 8,230 24,399 34,992 26,043 14,382 106,732 6, 161 24,523 33,768 27,343 14,937 108,901 12,310 12,758 33,294 37,861 12,678 Sept. INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... do.... do.... do do!!.! do.... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10 000 concerns.. 57.2 Nov. 55.6 Dec. 49.3 Sept. 913 93 152 145 431 92 93,943 6,344 11,536 29,177 37,769 9, l?7 49.1 Oct. 949 108 197 130 426 88 81,633 11,052 14, 192 14,705 33,652 8,032 881 102 166 133 393 87 69 977 7 025 15,780 20,678 19, 1 10 7,384 47.4 Nov. Dec. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. .1910-14=100.. do.... 259 230 284 324 324 163 257 229 281 320 323 158 252 217 283 312 344 133 251 224 275 320 330 122 250 227 269 321 316 122 253 231 272 321 318 129 300 318 286 337 300 318 287 337 303 323 289 344 304 324 289 345 303 325 287 344 304 325 288 345 77 76 73 73 73 73 KKiChS PAlU b¥ hAKMtKb: do.... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do.... Digitized for9210 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 1967 iTEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. FOREIGN TRADE 2,693.2 2,624.0 2,580.7 2,276.9 2,261.0 2,627.0 2,571.9 2,486.1 2,252.4 2,186.3 2,487.8 2,396.9 2,560.7 2,165.5 2,I 14.1 2,549.7 2,504.6 2,631.6 2, III.5 2,214.9 2,485.2 2,440.0 2,383.0 2,342.2 2,216.4 2,797.0 2,760.8 2,671.6 2,435.4 2,375.7 6,962 863 6,549 692 7,843 638 7, 179 763 7,874 791 7,396 626 10.86 69 !!3 10.41 60 108 11.12 63 112 10.97 64 170 I 1.40 68 112 I 1.24 59 110 mil. lb. 39.5 36.1 38.2 39.1 r38.9 35.0 thous. sh. tons. do... 237.7 89.6 259.9 91.7 65.9 133.2 49.1 104.9 r143.5 r!2U6 229.1 135.4 mil. lb. 165.6 183.1 45.4 33.5 r100.2 166.9 do... 45.4 39.0 32.9 37.8 r35.3 32.4 thous. sh. tons. do... 1,039.6 130.0 1,147.1 129.0 1,029.5 102.3 972.9 109.6 rI,136.9 r 151.6 1,158.1 166.4 mil. lb. 482.1 521.9 480. I 459.5 r5!5.l thous. skins. thous. hides and kips. thous. skins. do... 350 2,039 905 2,089 397 2,016 948 2,350 370 2,059 624 2,778 294 1,892 663 2,557 374 2 , 102 757 2,607 1,012 1,346 757 964 1,268 711 896 1,240 747 r897 r1,169 703 1,232 210 96 58 193 92 59 137 85 51 132 89 51 122 95 49 626 179 149 619 176 147 317 138 319 138 rl 16 303 143 118 390 414 3,219 17.6 1.5 7.1 404 382 3,234 9.0 1.9 4.1 621 449 3,277 14.3 .5 9.8 336 368 3,230 10.7 .5 3.6 218.9 204.2 219.3 201.0 128.10 121.10 101.30 91.65 II.0 103.50 93.20 96.60 85.20 II.I 108.60 99.15 87.25 78.45 9.5 74.00 69.85 I 14.80 102.10 9.0 72.55 r67.35 r99.60 r89.85 r8.7 74.45 64.80 107.95 95.40 23.75 20.90 27.05 25.60 9.0 24.30 22.75 28.00 26.45 8.6 13.95 13.30 20.55 17.65 5.7 15.65 13.95 22.80 21.05 5.6 r 17.45 r15.80 r29.40 r26.70 r5.3 16.15 14.70 24.95 22.45 726 717 281 714 738 258 705 665 365 641 660 346 EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL ..mil. $. Exci. Department of Defense shipments do... Seasonal ly adjusted do... GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL do... Seasonal ly adjusted do... TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Panama CanaI; Total ...thous. Ig. tons. In United States vessels do... HoteIs: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occupied ...•.••....... % of tota! e Restaurant sales index same mo. 1951^100. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oiI: Production, crude Cottonseed cake and meaI: Production Stocks (at oil mills), end of month Cottonseed oil: Production, crude Linseed oiI: Production, crude (raw) Soybean cake and meal: Production Stocks (at oil mills), end of month Soybean oiI: Production, crude 514.9 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and lamb METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray irons Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo thous. sh. tons. Shi pments, tota I do... For sale do... Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo do... S h i pments, tota I do... For sale do... Steel castings: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo .....do... Sh i pments, tota I do... For sale do... Fabricated structural steel: Orders, new (net) do... Shipments, do... Backlog, end of month do... Furnaces and ovens (indust.), dom. new orders, net...mi I. $. E lectr ic process ing do... Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) do... Material handling equipment (industrial): Orders (new), index, seasonally adj 1957-59=100. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $. Domest i c do... Shipments, total do... Domest i c do... Estimated backlog, end of month months. Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $. Domest i c do... Shipments, total do... Domestic do... Estimated backlog, end of month months. I 13 913 745 411 399 478 358 3,279 3,271 10.3 5.5 I.I 1.8 1.3 6.3 190.8 8.5 4.8 PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA: Production Shipments from mills Stocks at mills, end of month j r / Revised. Digitized for 9210 FRASER thous. sh. tons. do... do... 681 704 323 675 687 311 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1966 1967 ITEM Oct. PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS—Cone NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES? Product son 0 .............»...«......•••..„.thous. sh. tons. Shipments from m l ! I s doffl60 S t o c k s a t mi I I s , end o f rnonth. „ a . « , . , . 0 . . „ . . . . . . . . . do... consumpt1 on by pub i i shers 0 .o 0 0 o..o 0 0 . 0 .o..o.oo...o do oe . 0 Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of mo e do... TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics (gray goods), weaving mills; Cloth woven, total J./......................mi I. linear yd Nov. Aug. Oct. Sept. 21 I 2i0 28 64! 700 214 215 28 626 705 225 212 46 544 726 209 21 ! 44 568 707 Orders, unfilled, total, end of month 0 f f l s O D O B e o o c > < , O O O B do s o 1,001 705 !,2I9 702 3,727 C O t t O n . o . . o e a . o o . o o o o « « . o o c o o o o o o o . o c o o o » . o « •> « . o • o • d O . . 2,839 1,001 722 1,257 730 3,382 2,533 918 631 i, 390 865 2,864 1,928 rl t 151 78! rl ,357 845 r2 ,835 ,882 ! 781 759 72! 19.5 15.1 !0„5 t527 8.3 19.5 15.1 10.2 O 508 7.9 20ffl0 14.9 1,826 330 1,079 2,392 i,736 283 !,055 2,446 1,639 9,603 6,468 8,794 5,96! C O t t O n J./. .. c o .. o . o . . . . . . • • o . . . . . . . o .«,..... o o Q . . . . . d O . . Stocks, tota!, end of month,,tJ c.do,. U O T T O n o o a o s e G o s e o o o » « o e e e » a o o o o o a o o o o 8 . n o a o e o o a © o e ©Q O . . COTTON (exclusive of Sinters); ±/ Consumption. 0 0 ..». 0..»««»«,. a aa ...„. 8 .thous. running bales Manufactures; Spindle activity (cotton system spindies); Active spindles, last working day, total.....miI I Ions Consuming 100 percent cotton ee . 000ffl ....do.« Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total 0 ...biI I ions Average per working day s o „.. a o „.„.„„.. a „..„„.do.. Consuming 100 percent c o t t o n , 0 0 0 . 0 „ f f l 0 „ . O B O O O O O S d o 0 0 Men's apparel, cuttings; Tailored garments; Suits.. tnous. units Overcoats and topcoats."„ „ »....,.....do.. Coats (separate), dress and sport..... .<,...».* do.. Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport........thous. doz TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Truck trai lers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis..„.... o a o o „„.„ 0 0 0 ....number Trailer bodies and chassis (detachable), sold separately number Aug. Sept. 228 226 47 634 698 Nov. 222 228 41 622 673 970 656 1,338 849 2,86! I , 845 850 744 720 20 „0 14.7 12,0 .481 8.8 20.1 14.7 10.3 05i3 7.4 20. i 14.5 10.2 .511 7.3 1,761 !,039 2,255 r i,659 r290 I , 104 r2,087 I, I 13 2,41 i 7,485 4,336 r7,87l r4,6l9 8,603 5,373 9.8 e 49l 7.2 361 2,784 ! 869 June July 358 */ !,575 Aug. Sept. ELECTRIC POWER SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL ( E d i s o n E l e c t r i c I n s t i tute) . . . . . . . . . . . . m i I. kw.-hr. Commercial and i n d u s t r i a l ; S m a l l l i g h t and p o w e r . . . •••.•••• .do... L a r g e l i g h t and power do... R a i l w a y s and r a i l r o a d s ,,,., do.,, R e s i d e n t i a l or domestic do... S t r e e t and highway l i g h t i n g . . ........do... Other p u b l i c a u t h o r i t i e s . . . . . . . „s,8 .....do.., i nterdepartmenta I , . . B do.,, REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS ( E d i s o n E l e c t r i c institute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i I. $. xj R e v i s e d . \J D a t a f o r September sold separately. USCOMM-DC—9210 91,519 90,587 94,197 97,963 95,646 21,995 40,212 355 27,667 714 2,266 166 2!,329 40,355 341 26,351 746 2,239 158 20,343 40,991 337 25,510 702 2,405 301 22,196 40,130 336 28,166 713 2,341 315 23,056 41,913 351 29,130 754 2,437 321 22,310 31,507 338 27,948 794 2,436 314 1,453.1 1,427.6 ,416.3 1,481.4 1,523.6 1,496.5 1967 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 , UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT 93,376 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS * Data exclude shipments of detachable t r a i l e r chassis POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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