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July 16, 1965 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS : T E D B U S I N E S S INDICATORS Index, 1957-59 = 1 Index, 1957-59=100 180 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Monthly (E. E. S. seas. a d j . index) 170 /^88MH 160 /"^^f^r 150 - gmaUB0 M^^^^^ 140 130 \ j 0 ^ * ^ \ ^ y ^ » • 1962 i i I. i i ^ i i i < i, i • i . 1 (seas, adj., at annual rates) Tofa/^^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 r ,> 1964 Billion Dollars 550 PERSONAL INCOME 500 i 1963 ^ 1 1, mi,,,.! i l , ,1, 130 >i J F M A M J 1965 J A S O N D Billion Dollars 30 SALES OF RETAIL STORES * , ^^ (seasonally adjusted) 25 ^nnif Total - 450 20 N o n d u r a b l e Goods 400 Wage 350 and Salt try Disbursemen - s \ 15 J »«^^ \ 10 300 Durable ^mmmm* >«***«» - Ge o e f s n***«f»llll 250 , ,, ,,, •XJ.J.-)-jJ,l„J„l^-l„ -UJ.JJ.1JJL1J-L, 1962 1963 5 ,.a.ju L J J L I J I 1964 _i_L_L_I_l_L_l_J__l._l_l_ - L - L - L - L J - L - L - L - t - L - l - . •„l-l.-L„i.J..Lj-,L.;.,JL,,JL. 1962 1965_ 1963 • ' • 1964 1965 * Data for January 1963, 1964, and 1965 include special Government Life Insurance dividends. Dollars 2.80 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS 2.60 46 44 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) Average Hours Per Week (right scale) 2.20 ^*» %•<**•%, «4**y Index, 1910-14 = 100 350 PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 325 ir-nuur-H / 2.40 2.00 Hours 48 / 300 Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, and w a g e rates) - 42 275 40 250 : 38 225 >j*„ • - ^ ^ / l %** Prices -^«/*- Received 1963 1964 1965 n/* 4 ** •J.a.J.JUL,l. 1 M i l ,,J..JL.L,.L-L.i-J-J,X-i-JLll 1962 $ 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 - J 'Seasonally adjusted 1.80 1962 - ^ 1963 111 1 1 M i l l -A.,U.JLjJ,i.J.O J U L J 1964 1965 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1965 1964 ITEM J u l y II June 19 June 26 *I00.I *93.2 *I00.2 *IOI.O 95.3 4,979 3,272 95.8 5,043 3,390 102.6 100.1 105.6 102.4 104.4 5,522 3,673 102.8 101.1 105.7 102.4 104.1 5,471 3,540 102.6 100.3 105.6 102.3 104.1 5,759 3,791 270 1,461 1,308 262 335 1,515 1,365 228 183 1,168 1,047 288 199 1,164 1,046 261 236 259 226 37,615 36,960 20,845 405 37,916 37,588 20,809 294 39,555 41,131 21.647 399 39,528 41,455 22,063 418 39,509 41,102 21,892 331 39,895 41,955 22,212 397 62,654 39,053 142,720 26,621 38,785 18,936 61,949 39,084 141,597 26,286 38,568 18,970 65,064 42,693 156,325 23,709 46,473 21,005 62,693 42,781 155,978 23,533 46,320 21,071 63,789 43,044 158,425 24,263 46,776 21,136 4.59 82.27 87.30 4.58 83.12 88.18 4.61 85.20 90.35 4.61 84.67 89.80 4.62 84.12 89.12 1,907 18,950 192,589 7,642 1,844 18,967 194,566 7,626 1,816 19,740 248,062 7,773 1,861 20,452 239,400 7,784 2,065 20,707 227,882 7,798 2,288 122.8 507 295 2,285 122.7 495 284 2,740 147.1 611 323 2,685 144.1 616 321 2,645 142.0 547 318 July 4 July 3 July 10 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs... thous.. State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. FINANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/....do.... Member bank reserve balances .3/. do.... 102.5 99.1 105.4 102.4 103.8 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:,4/ Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. 4.63 84.67 89.65 PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. 2/ J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. 188,673 2,615 1,404 * Monthly index for June 1964. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1964 1965 ITEM May June Apr. May June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries Manufactur i ng on ly D i str ibut i ve i ndustr ies Service industries.... Government. Other labor income........... Proprietors' income; Business and professional.... Farm „ bil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 487.8 328, 128, 102. 84. 52. 63, 14. 489.3 330.1 129.4 102.7 84.6 52.4 63.8 14.1 513.8 349.6 138.0 109.9 89.6 55.0 67.1 14.7 r5l5.8 349.9 137.4 109.6 89.9 55.2 67.4 14.8 r520.0 r352.3 M38.3 rli0.2 r90.6 r55.7 67.7 14.8 523.9 354.2 139.2 110.8 91.1 56.0 68.0 14.9 do.. do.. 39.1 12.6 12.4 19.8 35.7 38.0 12.5 470.7 39.3 12.6 40.5 11.9 12.5 20.7 37.8 39.2 13.2 497.6 40.6 r!2.9 40.7 15.9 12.5 20.8 38.0 39.5 13.3 498.6 40.7 N4.7 12.5 20.8 38.2 r39.2 13.3 r500.9 21,915 7,709 4,958 1,000 829 14,206 1,072 731 1,595 5,158 1,698 2,391 r23,535 r8,06l r5,036 r1,000 r999 r15,464 r1,41 I r736 rl,699 r5,38! rl,769 r2,779 Rental income of persons. ..do.. Dividends do.. Personal Interest income do.. Transfer payments do.. Less personal contributions for soc. Insurance...do.. Total nonagricultural Income do.. 12.4 19.9 35.9 37.6 12.6 472.1 12.6 21.3 38.4 39.2 13.4 503.5 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL J/ Durable goods stores.......... Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores Appare I group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group.... r_/ Revised. e „ mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.., J/ Data for June 1965 are advance estimates. Digitized for 29014 FRASER 22,508 7,693 4,551 1,043 1,047 14,815 1,282 713 1,650 5,248 1,708 2,479 22,242 7,719 4,387 1,112 1,129 14,523 1,238 705 1,711 5,114 1,754 2,491 r23,843 r8,238 r4,986 r!,055 1,124 23,776 8,368 5,006 1,117 rl5,605 rl,28l r747 rl,823 r5,426 rl,857 r2,757 * 15,'408 1,246 754 1,821 5,375 1,881 2,674 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1964 1965 ITEM May June Mar. 21,777 7,218 4,126 1,080 974 14,559 21,773 7,002 3,885 1,108 992 14,771 22,805 7,669 4,592 1,094 970 15,136 r22,865 r7,550 r4,455 rl,086 r968 rl5,3l5 r23,375 r7,7l5 4,539 1,095 1,036 r15,660 1,295 713 1,589 5,034 1,670 2,589 1,322 721 1,623 5,202 1,683 2,620 1,261 748 1,699 5,301 1,774 2,80! r1,253 r760 rl,74l r5,400 rl,798 r2,78l 1,326 747 1,772 5,391 1,828 2,926 30,352 29,926 30,118 30,180 31,139 30,544 r3|,583 r30,95l 31,514 31,077 6,253 6,109 6,099 r6,794 6,719 5,233 350 120 1,696 2,125 69 106 5,107 335 131 1,698 1,981 79 115 4,972 290 126 1,580 2,081 56 89 r5,594 406 132 rl,868 2,222 67 108 5,507 349 140 1,863 2,163 84 115 5,165 348 115 1,768 1,999 '64 5,240 349 127 1,759 2,066 67 100 5,397 333 128 1,867 2,117 65 102 r5,470 346 134 r1,842 2,164 66 107 5,619 352 137 1,968 2,176 78 109 57,931 17,225 631 3,093 3,968 12,135 2,934 8,489 9,456 58,104 17,285 639 3,106 3,965 12,187 2,943 8,509 9,470 59,992 17,849 633 3,304 4,042 12,622 2,997 8,754 9,791 r59,9!3 r17,896 629 r3,186 r4,044 r12,563 r2,997 r8,763 r9,835 r60,098 rl7,9l2 r629 r3,210 r4,058 r12,632 3,004 8,794 r9,859 12,666 12,736 7,201 7,174 12,847 12,794 7,292 7,219 13,108 13,298 7,523 7,615 r13,176 rl3,3!8 r7,6!9 r7,649 r13,259 r13,326 r7,683 r7,653 Lumber and wood products ..do. Furniture and fixtures do. Stone, clay, and glass products ...do. Primary metal Industries.... do. Fabricated metal products do. Mach I nery ..............do. Electrical equipment and supplies. do. Tr ansportat I on equ I pment do. 534 325 499 994 911 1,121 1,010 1,155 556 334 513 1,005 927 1,130 1,022 1,143 511 346 484 1,053 941 1,191 1,100 1,237 r5l8 349 498 rl,06l 972 r1,197 rl,l08 rl,248 r534 r347 r508 rl,062 r982 rl,200 rl,II6 rl,262 Nondurable goods Industries, unadjusted do... Seasonally adjusted , .....do... Food and kindred products do... Textile mill products ....do... Apparel and related products do... Paper and a I Med products .........do... Printing, publishing, and allied industries do... Chemicals and allied products.... do... 5,465 5,562 1,085 800 1,141 490 601 534 5,555 5,575 1,126 807 1,161 498 603 533 5,585 5,683 1,059 818 1,215 494 614 540 r5,557 5,669 1,052 822 1,191 r496 r6l5 r546 5,576 r5,673 rl,070 r822 rl,192 497 r6l4 r544 123.3 125.8 132.5 N3I.7 r!34.7 40.7 40.6 4L5 41.3 39.7 39.7 40.9 40.6 4L7 41.4 39.9 39.6 41 .2 41 .4 42 . 1 42 .3 40 .0 40 .2 40.7 40.9 r4L6 r4l.7 39.4 39.8 41.2 41.1 r42,! r41.9 40.0 40.0 2.53 2.71 2.29 2.53 2.71 2.29 2. 50 2 . 78 2. 34 2.60 2.78 2.34 2,61 r2.80 r2.34 Apr. May DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES—Continued ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), T O T A L ! / Durable goods stores Automotive group, Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group... Nondurable goods stores mil; $. do... do... do.,. do... do... AppareI group .do... Drug and proprietary stores.. ......do... Eating and drinking places............. do... Food group .do.. • Gasoline service stations ...do... General merchandise group.............. .....do... ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, totaI do... Adjusted, totaI....... do... RETAIL FIRMS WITH 4 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total do... RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total....... ...do... Appare I group ..........eec. do. e e Eating and drinking places................... do... General merchandise group .........do... Grocery stores do... Lumber yards, building materials dealers...... do... Tire, battery, accessory dealers do... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total Appare I group. '••••• Eating and drinking places General merchandise group... Grocery stores •••.. Lumber yards, building materials dealers Tire, battery, accessory dealers ...do... • .do... do... do... ...do... do... do... EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED thous. Manuf actur Ing do... Mini ng .'................. do... Contract construct ion.... do... Transportation and public utilities. dosee Wholesale and retail trade.............*..... do... Finance, Insurance, and real estate do... Services and miscellaneous .do... Government. .,.... .do... PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: TOTAL, UNADJUSTED do... SEASONALLY ADJUSTED do... Durable goods industries, unadjusted .....do... Seasona11y adjusted. do... Aggregate weekly payroll index: Manufacturing (production workers), unadj 1957-59=100. HOURS AND EARNINGS PER PRODUCTION WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Average weekly gross hours, mfg. Indus., unadj hours. Seasona 11 y adjusted do... Durable goods industries, unadjusted... do« Ba Seasona 11 y adjusted do... Nondurable goods Industries, unadjusted do... Seasona 11 y adjusted do... f Avg. hourly gross earnings, mfg. industries..,....dollars. Durable goods industries do... Nondurable goods industries do... r_/ Revised. £./ Preliminary. 29014 ±/ Data for June 1965 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 S965 1964 ITEM May June May June Mar. Apr. 57,158 36,066 226 34,229 15,176 57,742 36,589 79 34,794 15,185 60,573 38,972 124 37,591 14,293 61,688 40,071 568 37,754 14,144 61,475 r4S,!69 545 38,686 14,023 62,632 41,159 657 39,100 13,670 57,158 18,232 16,890 32,411 57,742 18,250 16,973 32,835 60,573 18,502 17,277 34,629 61,688 19,557 18,259 34,662 61,475 19,625 18,006 34,974 62,632 19,278 18,229 35,444 46.8 46.2 41.3 40.8 40.1 38.6 94.7 III.6 94.9 III.8 95.2 112,0 95.0 112.2 94.7 III.9 94.3 110.8 3.21 3.20 3,18 3,17 3.19 3.26 4.41 4.41 4.26 4.28 4.30 4.38 80.72 85.79 76,50 72.67 67.29 44.86 80.24 85.13 75.85 72.42 67.46 46.29 86.83 91.75 83.62 81.50 76.92 46.98 87,97 93,08 84.85 83.78 77.24 46.63 89.28 94.69 86.35 85.2! 77.50 45.53 85.04 90.19 81.62 80.04 74.19 42.52 39,88 77.66 67.62 38.91 76.69 66.96 38.96 71.13 68.26 40.00 71.81 69.49 38.91 71.23 67.67 37.17 68.47 62.54 1,271 659.7 94.9 501.1 106.0 349.5 1,204 636.7 108.9 482.0 100.8 306.5 1,439 707.2 91.4 548.0 109.2 439.5 1,425 706.7 94.3 533.0 106.2 415.1 1,420 710.7 107.7 544.7 107,4 351.5 13,402 280.3 435.1 12.3 534.4 52.3 12,538 259.5 419.5 I 1,2 503.7 44.5 16,321 304.4 436.5 12.2 571.9 56.1 15,603 r324.0 415.9 11.2 557.8 46.8 15,267 338.1 444.8 12.4 569.4 46.6 116.1 1,962.6 107,8 rl,861.9 114.9 2,044.2 112.4 2,101.2 119.6 2,116.3 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH? Assets, totaI ••«• Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 0 o 0 0 0 o Discounts and advances,oo»o»»»<.oo0»»oa.ooS UaS© Government securitSes^o^^osoo.o.oo Gold certificate r e s e r v e s 6 8 9 9 M e o . . 6 » . s f l 8 0 o o esomII. oooeodo0 e o o O E ,do 0 ooossdos ...••do. LIab11111es, t o t a l e a e e 9 8 S o « J a e o e o o s » 0 » o 0 o o o » o s o = s06e ..cio 8f>e D e p O S l t S , t o t a l s s a@Q®oa®8e9.0®se.oao.e..«i<t>«»oeel9es>e ®dQ0 . , Member-bank reserve balances,...•»••••«••, e o.o*..do... Federal Reserve notes In clrcutatlon 6 e e e . a . 9 ..o. e 0 odo.. e Ratio of gold certificate reserves to FR note liabilities percent. SECURITY MARKETS (Standard & Poor B s Corporation)2 Bonds: Prices? Industrial, utility, and railroad (AI+ Issues)? Composite (21 b o n d s ) e s . e 9 . . . 9 9 e e 9 d o l . per $100 bonde Domestic municipal CIS bonds») o s s o @ e i S E e e > o s s s e < s 9 0 9 9 do e e ( S Yields* Domestic municipal (15 b o n d s ) s e o e e @ e @ e 9 S s e e 8 e a p e r c e n t e Stocks 1 Dividend yields, pref @ stocks (14 high-grade)....;.do... Pr1cess Industrial, public utility, and railroads Combined Index (500 stocks) 9 e 9 f f l e e o o e @ s e e e I94S-»43=S0 8 Industrial, total (425 stocks)„.....,.. doB9a Capital goods (122 stocks).....,...........do... 8 Consumers goods (188 s t o c k s ) 0 9 a 9 e @ 9 e s e e 9 . . d o . e e Public utility (50 stocks)..,....,...........do... Railroad (25 stocks). 9 ...„„.....„..«.........do.. e Banks? N-, Y e City (10 stocks)......... i...............do... Outside N e Y @ City (16 s t o c k s ) o a e . e S 8 e 9 S o o e o a Q S d o . o s Fire and casualty Insurance (22 stocks)..........do... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION? Acetylene......•••••••••••••••••••...•••••....mtl. cu. 'ft. Ammonia, synthetic anhydrous (commercial).thous. sh. tons, Carbon dioxide, liquid, gas, and sol Id... do.., Chlor I n e , g a s . • ••••••••••••.,••••••••••••••..do.., HydrochSorlc a c f d . . . . . . f . . • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • . • • • . . • • • . . d o , . , NSTrIC a C S U . . . . . . . 00 9 e . . o s a . 9 o..eoeeee.ee...a. .......QO. . , Oxygen (high purity).......... •••.•••••••mfI. cu. ft, Phosphoric acid thous. sh. tons, 88 Sodium carbonate (soda a s h ) , synthetic............... do... Sodium bichromate and chromate „ do,,, Sodium hydroxide... 9 « 0 ......................... do.,, Sodium silicate (soluble silicate glass), anhydrous..do.., Sodium sulfate (anhydrous, reflned| Glauber's salt? crude salT cake)e....................s.^...........do.a« Sulfuric acId...................... 8 .................do. 8t r/ Revised. 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