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July 1, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS :TEO B U S I N E S S INDICATORS Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 - ISO -ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) I 180 (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 170 / J***®*®*^^ 160 - 150 Monthly 140 -J—1 L J •I.-,J.,..J—L 1 L. 1 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 I I 1963 1 1 • 1 1 1 J J J 1964 J 1—JL^X-JL- i I i i 1965 i 1—' i i „ i i— 1966 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) 1,000 K 800 600 200 0 # \^h r \J \M V 1 400 -*>-* •^A r lr v \ / V \ f T —J t 1 1 Monthly 1—1~4—UJL™L-J— . i _i._j__i__i 1963 . . . L _ i — I I I I —— i - J — L JL..J-.1—l,J-„L,..i..,.,J 1 I I 1965 1964 I i l l 1 1 ! 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1966 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59 = 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CONSUMER PRICES (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) All S«rv»c«s 160 - 140 - 120 100 #""» - JLULiaJLU-JLU. I I I J I I U I I I 1964 Data: Federal Reserve Board I I I 1 111 1 1 1 1 1965 I l l 1 1 I I I 1966 • i • ' i I • • • ' ' 1 I I 1963 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor ^Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1964 1965 1966 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1965 ITEM June 19 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I I commodities .... Farm products.. Foods, processed A I I other . 2 2 commod ities2_/. # . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurab le goods stores .. ,... 1957-59=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... mil. $.. do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCT I ON: 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. bbl.. Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous ±f , 2/ June 18 June I I June 25 105.6 104.0 I 10.7 104.9 I 10.9 5,923 3,980 105 104 I I I 104 III I I 1.2 5,854 3,943 142 868 816 221 149 851 799 271 180 243 39,555 41,131 21,649 402 39,528 41,455 22,057 415 4 1,987 44,139 22,368 .425 42,226 44,230 22,216 226 42,356 44,450 22,323 462 42,327 44,665 22,701 274 65,065 42,694 156,323 23,707 46,473 2 1,003 62,693 42,781 155,978 23,533 46,320 2 1,07 I 65,630 43,093 167,093 20,704 53,839 23,260 64,964 43,057 165, 187 20,254 53,647 23,280 68,9i i 43,079 167,585 20,586 54,889 23,371 199 I, 163 1,046 261 152 4.61 85.20 90.35 4.61 84.67 5.23 86. 10 92.17 5.26 84.93 90.85 5.28 86.73 92.88 1,784 19,740 248,061 7,773 1,861 20,452 239,400 7,784 1,878 20,237 179,814 8,363 1,903 2 1,863 228,875 8,325 1,923 2 1,967 226,590 8,332 2,740 147. I 604 320 Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY June 4 I I 1.5 5,604 3,801 183 I, 168 1,047 288 .thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. .do.... Data do n o t a l w a y s c o v e r c a l e n d a r w e e k s . June 26 *I02.8 *I00.3 *I06. I *I02.5 104. I 5,462 3,515 104.4 5,514 3,649 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 circulation^/... ....mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/...do.... Member bank reserve ba lances 3_/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4_/j Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings depos its.. •. ...do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... 4 U.S. Government obligations ...do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) *...do.... 1966 3/ 2,726 146.3 548 288 2,685 144. I 617 321 D a i l y average. 2,660 142.8 621 323_ 4_/ Wednesday d a t a . 2,670 143.3 625 223_ * Monthly index f o r 5.30 86.85 93.07 227,065 2,645 142.0 M f f U l June 1965. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 ITEM Apr. 1966 Feb. Mar. 84,744 16,779 7,538 9,241 r86,99l r 17,334 7,887 r9,447 122,047 18,580 10,809 7,771 r123,085 rl8,88l 10,995 r7,886 rl23,9!6 r18,906 I 1,096 r7,8IO 1.44 1.43 .84 1.41 1.09 1.39 r.83 .10 .43 .83 I, 183 126 204 946 103 167 1,226 130 209 1 106 121 206 183 535 134 191 549 113 139 430 107 171 601 I 15 83,247 6,039 19,554 133, 113 48,806 17,729 95 536 8 595 24 306 103,471 I 1,005 16,630 10 141 20 761 35 024 96,376 26,400 23,832 26,090 20,067 I 1,497 32,978 20,944 12,656 18 163 35 165 9 307 29,928 29,749 16,159 22 01 1 22 444 9 901 20, 164 17,054 8,926 54.1 44. I 50.2 May Apr, May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES: ±/ Mfg. and trade sales (seas, adj.), total Merchant wholesalers, total Durable goods establishments Nondurable goods establishments ..mil. $.. Tdo.... do.... do.... Mfg. and trade inventories, book value, end of month (seas, adj.), total mil. $.. Merchant wholesalers, total do.... Durable goods establishments do.... Nondurable goods establishments do.... Inventory-sales ratios: Manufacturing and trade, total ....ratio.. Merchant wholesalers, total do.... Durable goods establishments do.... Nondurable goods establishments do.... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Fai lures, total number.. Commercia I service do.... Construction. do.... Manufacturing and mining Retai I trade Wholesale trade Liabilities (current), total Commercia I service Construction Manufacturing and mining Retai I trade Who lesa le trade. do.... do.... do.... thous. .$.. do.... do.... do... do.... do.... Failure annual rate (seas, adj.) No. per 10,000 concerns.. I, 179 99 228 50.8 r85,826 rl7,150 7,781 r9,368 154 509 1 16 47.4 997 108 210 121 459 45.8 r/ Revised, J./ Wholesale trade sales and inventories data for Mar. and Apr. 1966 were revi'sed after the June 1966 issue of the SURVEY to press. Digitized for went FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1966 1965 ITEM Apr. May 109.3 109.6 I I 1.6 112.0 112.5 109. 1 IIO.I 105.9 107.0 103.0 100.7 120.6 105.0 117.3 1(9.3 109.4 1 10.3 106.2 107.5 102.9 100.2 121. 1 105.2 117.5 1 19.5 I I 1.4 I I 1.3 108.0 I 10.6 101.8 97.2 I 14.0 105.4 119.7 122.0 I I 1.9 I I 1.6 108.4 I II.I 102.0 97. I I 15.4 105.6 120.1 122.5 112.4 I 12.2 108.8 I I 1.4 102.3 97.4 I 17.4 106.0 12!. I 123.6 107.3 99.8 104.5 117.6 107.9 100.3 104.2 121.4 I 13. I i i5.7 107.0 I 16.5 I 13.9 i 16.9 108. I I 17.4 I 14.0 i 15.6 108.9 I 19.8 108.2 1 10. 1 108.8 110.8 107.2 105.4 107.7 103. 1 108.2 1 10.2 108.8 1 10.8 107.1 104.6 107.7 103.1 109.4 I 12. I 109.8 I 13.3 106.5 109.0 108.2 103.8 109.6 I 12.3 109.9 I 13.5 106.6 108.9 108.2 104.0 110.3 I 13.0 I 10. I 14. 108 108 108 104 106.3 1 II.0 109.5 121.3 1 15.4 121.6 1 10.7 115.9 106.8 1 11.4 110.0 121.3 1 15.6 121.8 1 1 1.0 1 15.9 107.6 I I I. I 109.6 122.0 I 17. I 124.5 I 10.8 I 15.9 108.2 I I 1.4 109.9 122. I I 17.6 125.3 I I 1.0 I 16.6 108.7 I 12.0 110.5 122.1 I 18. I 125.8 I I 1.6 I 16.8 I 13. I 108.0 I I 1.4 I 14.2 108.5 I I 1.8 i 14.3 108.8 112.3 Feb. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: A.I I items Special group indexes: All items less shelter All items less food Commodities Nondurab les Durab les.. New cars Used cars Commod i t i es I ess food Services ..... Services less rent 1957-59= 100. ....do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... . Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables.... do... ........do... do... ...do... Housing. do... S he I ter do... Rent do... Homeownership................................do... Fuel and utilities................... ....do... Fuel oil and coaI............................do... Gas and electricity .do... Household furnishings and operation...... do... Apparel and upkeep do... Transportation.................................. .do... Pr i vate do... Pub I ic... do... Health and recreation^ .do... Medical care. do... Persona I care .do... Reading and recreation... do... Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food. do... Apparel and upkeep .' do... oe8 Transportation .do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1957-59=$ 1.00. | $0,915 $0,912 $0,896 $0,893 $0,889 4,770 152 3,685 4,864 145 3,849 3,270 144 2,557 4,737 158 3,729 5,098 161 3,964 815 901 917 804 803 901 917 804 810 843 916 946 840 822 845 917 949 841 830 854 926 954 852 836 mi I. bb I. do... do... 9.22 8.43 12.08 10.05 9.24 12.24 7 .39 6 .66 1 1.07 10 31 8 73 1 183 9.82 8.54 12.34 mil. wine g a l . do... do... .54 .41 3.47 .57 .44 3.56 .79 .35 3 .78 88 .48 4 . 14 .65 .49 4.26 do... do... do... 3.73 14.20 179.74 3.25 12.22 170.52 2 .58 12 .42 39 .59 2 .59 17 62 25 26 2.26 12.89 213.69 do... 2.39 3.79 "4.50 2.82 4.46 .mi I I ions. ...do... do... 4,014 43,483 633 3,919 40,841 714 3,524 42,985 525 4,577 47,053 630 4,040 39,582 571 thous. skins. .thous. hides and kips. thous. sk i ns. do... 506 2,022 1,248 2,515 445 1,927 1,255 2,654 464 2, 149 r 1,428 2,887 330 2,044 1,257 2,625 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 4 8 STATES (F. W . DODGE C O . ) : TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1957-59=100. Bui Iding, total mil. $. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal C o . , T h e : Average, 3 0 cities.. 1913=100 Atlanta .do.. New York do.. San Francisco .do.. St. Lou i s do.. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS: TOBACCO BEER: Production Taxab le withdrawa Is. Stocks, end of month WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: Production Taxab le withdrawa Is Stocks, end of month...... StiI I wines: Production Taxab le withdrawals.. Stocks, end of month , , Distilling materials produced at wineries TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smalI: Tax-exempt Taxab le Cigars (large), taxable LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip...... Goat and kid S heep and I amb i 532 1,938 I, 162 2,656 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 4 Continued 1965 1966 ITEM Apr, May Apr. Feb. METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production ( e x c L ferroa 1 loys).... .o.thous. sh. tons STEEL INGOTS: Production'..................... .......do.. I ndex„ „.. o ..... odai ly average 1957-59=100 Foundry equipment (new), new orders, net mo. avg. shipments, 1957-59=100 Furnaces (industrial) and ovens, etc., new.ordeirs (domestic), net. ..mi I. $ E lectr ic process ing....,,,,.,,,,,,^.,,... ....do.. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) ....do.. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total ...do.. Domestic ...do.. Shipments, total.. ...do.. Domestic........ ...do.. Estimated backlog, end of month. .months Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net), totaI. .mi I. $ Domest i c ...do.. Shipments, total.. ..*do.„ Domestic........ ...do., Estimated backlog, end of month. .months Ranges (incl. buiIt-ins), sales, tota I..............0thous Washers, sales (domestic and export)...,,,,,,,,, do.. Driers ( e l e c , gas), sales (domestic and export)..... .do.. 7,951 1,966 149.9 8,-195 12,012 145.6 6,834 10,249 137.5 7,937 12,083 146.5 7,853 11,569 144.9 374. 1 192.9 198.2 274.0 244.6 9.4 1.7 4.6 Hi3. I. I 5.3 13.7 1.8 16. 1 25.6 '3.5 4,6.4 155.85 137.45 105.05 94.25 9.1 r134.50 F1I8.40 r86iQa r78.35 r9.5 1.7 9.9 96.05 85.70 77.75 68.20 74.75 67. 10 82.45 71.75 6.6 6S^4 135.45 121.10 83.00 73.55 8.7 20. 15 17.75 21.25 19.40 9.5 24.05 22.55 27.90 24.80 9.0 30.50 29.40 28.70 26.15 10.2 31.25 28.65 30.45 28.75 10.0 r22.80 r2l.80 r26.70 r25.30 r9.6 161.7 298.0 91.9 144. I 315.0 83.3 182.8 364.7 193.2 177.4 397.7 180.2 197.3 351.6 128.0 735 742 753 947 758 18.7 15.! 9.9 .497 18.8 15.2 10. I .506 8.2 18.8 14.6 10.5 .525 8.2 19 2 14 7 13 0 10 0 19.2 14.7 10.5 .525 8.0 70.0 54.6 67.9 54.6 62.9 52.2 71 5 58 5 r65.4 r55.7 32.9 52.4 33.5 55.5 61. I 56.7 60 1 53 9 r58.8 r53.5 159.6 3, 174 124.6 2,574 169. I 3,400 r3,588 198.3 4,265 9,337 5,753 9,390 5,923 8,489 5,593 rI 1,546 r7,572 10,906 7,018 422 642 1,621 r2,263 978 1 TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON: ±/ Consumpt ion„,..„.......„ e „.. „ „ . s . . . . . „, thous. bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total.. .mil I ions, Consuming 100 percent cotton............ .do.., Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total. .bi II ions. Average per working day..., .do... Consuming 100 percent cotton............ .do.., MANMADE FIBERS: Production: Filament yarn (rayon and acetate)........... il. lb. Staple, incl. tow (rayon) ..do... Stocks, producers', end of month: Filament yarn (rayon and acetate). Staple, incl. tow (rayon)......... ...do. ...do. .518 TRANSPORTAT SON EQUIPMENT Aircraft (civilian): Shipments................... ..mi I. $. Airframe.weight............thous. lb. Truck trai lers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis.....................number. Vans do... Trailer bodies and chassis (detachable), sold separately number. r/ Revised. 29565 J_/ Data for Mar. 1966 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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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