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January 9, 1970 A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STATISTICS COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUSINESS OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS INDICATORS 1941-43 = 10 140 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS -j 120 100 ^\/ y^./ 110 ~^\ \ - y ^ ^ ^ 90 Monthy (avg. 80 1 1 1 4™J—1—1 1—1—1—1 _l 1__1—L_J 1966 1 1—L-JL-I—1— i i • i 1967 i I l 1 1 i j _ 1 J L_J of daily close) 1 1 L__l—1 1968 1—1 J 1969 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 1 1957-59 = 100 220 " ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) /\JT (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . i n d e x ) JT ^^ 210 - 200 - 190 - 180 Monthly 170 1 1 1 I I.I I 1 I I 1 i i i i 1966 i 1 i i i i i l.l. 1967 _ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1969 1968 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Billion$ 60 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES ^ (seasonally adjusted) s~*^ 55 jf**0*** jT"' .~t Inventories (right scale) 50 h 45 .// N b^W - / <--*• -A A' ' r- J Billic 100 Bil!ion$ ? 100 /" 60 60 Shipments 40 Private Residential (nonfarm) (right scale) \ (left scale) ~ 70 1 t..L. i i i i i 1 i i i ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M , 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 601 1 1 1 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Total Put in Place (left scale) H 80 - 1967 1968 1969 ~ L ^ ^ ^ - - ^ 40 20 i i i I i i i 1966 i i I i i i i i I i i 1967 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 80 90 Book v a l u e , end of month 1966 NEW CONSTRUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates) / <r 40 Billion$ i i i 1 i i i i i I i i 1968 i i i iIiiiii 1969 WEEKLY Z BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1968 1970 1969 ITEM Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 99.5 98.8 112.2 112.4 112.1 112.6 mil. $. do... 7,264 5,257 5,985 4,213 8,197 5,903 8,950 6,526 7,882 5,891 INITIAL UTMPLOYMENT 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. 334 1,436 1,351 85 291 1,625 1,532 82 265 1,339 1,251 173 289 1,360 1,273 153 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding* total l/....do..., Member bank reserve balances 3/ do..., Excess reserves, estimated 2/ do...., 50,803 59,854 27,232 -24 50,956 62,112 28,340 -127 53,287 63,621 27,747 -249 53,525 63,702 27,982 56 53,757 64,183 27,855 240 73,988 32,050 82,449 46,216 228,545 23,974 78,525 34,050 81,995 46,150 231,97923,572 80,367 34,103 83,456 46,137 231,411 23,083 80,520 34,076 6.91 *103.86 *113.02 8.05 90.48 99.80 8.15 89.20 98.38 8.26 91.18 100.55 1,743 26,837 116,718 8,937 1,938 28,981 183,641 9,494 1,895 29,513 178,788 9,502 1,468 27,455 38,696 9,506 2,297 123.3 2,351 126.2 2,759 148.1 2,723 146.2 2,454 131.7 10.0 11-3 15.0 Dec. 28 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ „... 1957-59-100. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $., Savings deposits do..., Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do..., U.S. Government obligations do..., Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do..., Real estate loans (gross) do..., 83,477 48,821 230,722 29,304 73,161 32,121 6.88 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2/.....percent., Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) jj.1941-43=10., *105.04 Industrials, 425 stocks do..., *114.35 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal ?J thous. sh. tons., 1,608 Electric power, by utilities ..mil. kw,-hr., 25,718 Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number., 76,429 Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / thous. bbl.. 8,936 Steel, raw Index of production thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. bil.. 2 / Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY Jan. 4 2 / Daily average, ij Wednesday data. 320 103 131 53,975 65,028 28,548 387 8.32 92.06 10.1.49 30,182 2,603 139.7 14.8 -"-Tuesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Oct. Nov. mil. do. do. do. do. 54,016 29,541 1,496 4,125 3,079 do. do. do. do. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 52,495 28,831 1,325 4,051 2,852 53,401 28,745 1,531 4,584 3,135 57,991 32,188 1,592 4,946 3,249 r58,383 r32,36l rl,604 r5,024 r3,371 56,127 30,934 1,452 4,851 3,136 5,094 3,681 7,835 1,025 4,968 3,692 7,932 1,043 5,095 3,739 6,302 1,166 5,700 4,098 8,101 1,287 r5,469 r4,064 r8,440 rl.,176 5,315 3,891 8,138 1,204 do.. do.. do.. do.. 24,475 8,115 412 1,956 23,664 7,997 420 1,863 24,656 8,159 453 1,852 25,803 8,708 454 1,884 r26,022 r8,677 r414 rl,990 25,193 8,633 438 1,837 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products do.. do.. do.. do.. 2,174 4,109 1,905 1,321 2,077 3,923 1,910 1,239 2,264 4,040 2,088 1,311 2,338 4,268 2,155 1,423 r2,350 r4,230 r2,082 rl,594 2,277 4,025 2,153 1,409 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products do.. 52,560 52,548 55,239 56,434 r56,904 56,297 do.. do.. do.. do.. 28,960 1,390 4,220 3,005 28,786 1,334 4,180 2,896 30,868 1,414 4,739 3,036 31,742 ,478 ,016 135 r31,794 r1,491 r5,144 r3,286 31,008 1,461 015 180 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do.. do.. do.. do., 5,194 3,529 7,555 989 185 586 568 028 5,504 3,863 8,120 1,182 5,769 3,873 8,248 1,212 r5,572 r3,900 r8,185 rl,133 5,575 3,782 7,821 1,187 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total \J Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical. Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total l/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products vj Revised. 7214 1 / I n d u e s data for "other i n d u s t r i e s " not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1968 1969 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. 23,600 7,869 421 1,805 2,112 4,061 1,890 1,276 23,762 8,003 418 1,788 2,089 4,139 1,919 1,279 24,371 8,156 432 1,785 2,234 4,100 2,071 1,352 24,692 8,259 442 1,761 2,263 4,120 2,138 1,424 r25,110 r8,4l6 r423 rl,841 r2,285 r4,178 r2,065 rl,542 86,887 56,265 30,622 87,566 87,382 56,497 30,885 87,947 93,262 61,541 31,721 93,728 93,415 61,643 31,772 94,211 r94,118 r62,173 r31,945 r94,9l6 56,657 2,064 7,426 6,229 11,147 8,524 13,891 2,105 56,953 2,153 7,504 6,229 11,222 8,528 13,844 2,122 61,724 2,453 7,907 6,371 12,606 9,086 15,177 2,412 62,036 2,458 7,937 6,434 12,697 9,203 15,129 2,416 r62,631 r2,449 r7,925 r6,478 rl2,909 r9,307 rl5,358 r2,427 do. do. do. do. .do. do. do. do. 30,909 7,491 2,211 3,470 2,359 5,871 2,114 1,731 30,994 7,417 2,231 2,425 2,351 5,882 2,136 1,833 32,004 7,367 2,251 3,586 2,469 6,418 2,075 1,885 32,175 7,399 2,225 3,564 2,513 6,467 2,108 1,890 r32,285 r7,292 r2,240 r3,524 2,581 r6,526 r2,156 rl,879 do. do. 0 ..do. „ .do. 55,022 30,536 24,486 53,931 52,136 28,471 23,665 53,100 53,001 28,420 24,581 54,799 58,450 32,671 25,779 56,829 r57,850 r31,853 r25,997 r56,821 do.. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 30,280 4,397 3,271 5,403 3,751 7,764 23,651 6,518 17,133 29,325 4,475 3,225 5,134 3,505 7,589 23,775 6,447 17,328 30,482 5,001 3,091 5,513 3,707 7,657 24,317 6,616 17,701 32,135 5,313 3,340 6,152 3,688 7,885 24,694 6,709 17,985 1-31,699 r5,300 1*3,437 r5,635 r4,097 r7,577 r25,122 r6,912 rl8,210 85,357 82,307 3,050 84,991 85,003 81,951 3,052 85,539 89,952 86,918 3,034 89,411 r89,415 r86,410 r3,005 1*89,333 81,894 5,840 9,381 14,637 13,148 32,918 82,429 89,493 86,435 3,058 89,014 85,984 7,718 10,231 16,494 13,120 32,658 3,030 86,377 8,015 10,436 16,875 12,935 32,297 3,034 r86,288 r8,172 rlO,588 1*16,938 1*13,133 r31,689 1*3,045 726 90 124 110 338 64 73,698 9,416 10,173 18,412 24,016 11,681 39.9 815 90 145 136 350 94 116,443 13,696 21,151 28,532 34,647 13,417 39.5 r8.783 r6,102 r2,946 r2,125 2,200 621 1,033 r2,68l r8,510 r5,996 r2,836 r2,080 r2,l69 r6l3 rl,025 r2,534- GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total l/ mil. Food and kindred products do. Tobacco products do. Textile mill products do. Paper and allied products do. Chemicals and allied products do. Petroleum and coal products .do. Rubber and plastics products do. INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total. do. Durable goods industries, total do. Nondurable goods industries, total do. Book value (seasonally adjusted), total do. By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/• • • • • do. Stone, clay, and glass products „ do. Primary metals do. Fabricated metal products do. Machinery, except electrical do. Electrical machinery do. Transportation equipment do. Instruments and related products do. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED),TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total. NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total l/ Primary metals . ..<>.... Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do Durable goods industries, total do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders....do.... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ. ), TOTAL do By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do.... Primary metals do.... Fabricated metal products do.... Machinery, except electrical do.... Electrical machinery do.... Transportation equipment do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders..do.... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number.. Commercial service do.. •. Construction do.... Manufacturing and mining do.... Retail trade .do.... Wholesale trade do.... Liabilities (current), total thous. $.. Commercial service do.... Construction do.... Manufacturing an^.mining. do.... Retail trade..',.. .'.... .do.... Wholesale trade .'.'do. .7. Failure annual rate (seas. adj.).. do.... CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $.. Private, total do.... Residential (nonfarm) do.... New housing units do.... Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ do.... Industrial....» do.... Commercial do.... Public, t o t a l . do.... r/ Revised. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 7214 3,097 768 92 151 111 347 67 65,384 6,631 18,001 13,512 17,594 9,646 37.5 7,891 5,406 2,678 2,130 538 844 2,485 6,133 9,711 14,589 13,065 32,936 3,110 696 87 115 97 341 56 58,651 7,949 8,157 20,482 16,908 5,155 35.7 792 225 593 102 752 543 798 567 702 86 126 108 303 79 62,830 4,347 10,293 19,252 11,087 36.0 r8,685 6,013 051 2,013 558 936 r2,672 2/ Except farm and public u t i l i t i e s Sept. Oct. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1963 1969 ITEM Aug. Nov. Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL.............. bil. $< Private,, total.........................................do... Residential (nonfarm)................................do... Nonresidential buildings, total X/•..................do... Industrial.........................................do... Commercial.........................................do... Public, total. do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE.......... .1957-59=100. Sept. 87.8 59.3 29.8 19.7 6.1 8.9 28.5 87.8 59.0 30.2 19.2 6.3 8.3 28.8 r91.7 64.O 30.9 22.7 6.4 10.3 r27.7 r93«6 r65.6 r31.1 23.'8 6.7 11.1 r28.0 135 135 143 143 1968 COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS,.... 1910-14=100. C r O p S c . o . o o . . . o . o . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . o o o o o . o o o . . o o c o . o o . odO o o . Commercial vegetables............. 0«.....•o......«...do.,. Cotton.............................. »."o .„..'..«,. «".o.. .do., c Feed grains and hay................................•.do... Food grains..........................................do... Fruit.........................................„0 00.0 0do... Tobacco........................................0 0 0 0..do... Livestock and products do,., Dairy products.......................................do... Meat animals .do... Poultry and eggs.....................................do... PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services...........................do... Family living it:ems .do... Production items.....................................do... All comrnod., services^ int., taxes, and wage rates.....do... PARITY RATIO...................... ...................do... Oct. Nov. Sept. r93.9 r65.8 r31.5 r23.7 r6.9 no. 9 r28.1 1969 Dec. Nov. Oct. 92.0 63.8 31.2 22.3 6.5 9.6 28.2 144 rl43 Nov. Dec. 264 231 353 204 156 159 285 577 262 223 344 182 159 155 250 584 275 214 285 164 166 152 245 615 277 217 313 183 165 157 228 611 285 228 436 180 162 158 222 605 286 221 377 169 164 159 216 602 292 340 337 154 296 336 343 162 328 337 407 164 327 349 401 161 333 355 398 184 342 352 410 199 314 341 294 360 315 341 296 360 325 354 304 374 326 355 305 376 327 356 306 377 329 358 307 378 73 73 74 74 76 76 r/ Revised. \J Except farm and public utilities. 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