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n 0 BUSINESS U fr y STATISTICS m LJLA m n I June 10, 1966 A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT /i $ TO THE T l SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* M U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = 10 Index, 1941-43=10 110 - PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 100 r-\ ^m^ -J 100 - 90 80 - A Monthly 70 (avg. I I I I I 1 i I I i l I I I 1 ! 1 1 . 1 1 1 ™J_U—L™J 1- i 1965 1964 1963 1 1 L_J L _ J — | — — L - i of daily close) 1 1 1 ..J.:. 1—J- 1 J 1966 FMAM'JJASOND Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59=100 Index, 1957-59=100 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 180 170 160 h 150 Monthly 140 I 1963 1965 1964 I I I L_ J FMAMJ 1966 J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) 1,000 800 600 ^^t~ V \ 400 200 T K. ^ ^ ^ \J \H / r J A l ^ \ V v / F Monthly 0 _ L - J — L w J ~ J L . . . L . J L*...L-,t 1 — -J—L™L™JUJ—! 1—L_J_™L™J— - I I 196^ 1963 1 1 1 \ 1 1 1 -L.J_ 1965 i i i i i • 1 1966 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. # Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected i i i J_- i 1 J FMAMJ J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS5 1966 1965 ITEM May 29 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: Al 1 commodities ........ 1957-59-i 00.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES • mil, $.. INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs.... thous*. State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. F1 NANCE: Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ,3/....do.... May 14 June 5 *I02.I *98.4 * 103.3 *I02.3 105.1 5,637 3,599 104.7 5, 188 3,502 176 1,226 1,095 215 169 1,230 1,095 280 39,047 40,146 21,368 330 39,239 40,772 21,417 33! 62,273 42,449 153,118 24,033 45,223 20,804 1 10.3 5,659 3,804 151 938 882 . 288 May 21 May 28 110.5 5,712 3,843 105.2 103.9 110.7 104.3 110.9 5,938 3,993 147 908 853 241 230 41,834 43,83! 22,603 358 41,924 43,771 22,523 311 41,859 43,827 22,238 309 62,611 42,538 154,161 24,026 45,270 20,848 65, 107 43,252 166,105 21,730 53,142 23,129 63,028 43,215 165,517 20,881 53,566 23,189 64,236 43,199 165,531 20,733 53,462 23,243 4,59 87.09 92.37 5,17 87.23 93.34 5.19 85.12 91.04 521 87.07 93.22 1,770 19,759 234,316 7,709 1,810 18,893 200,544 7,745 1,778 20,726 229,741 8,365 . 1,793 21,004 235,651 8,384 1,845 21,13! 222, 158 8,378 2,727 146.4 601 330 2,747 147.5 537 289 2,776 149.0 61! 330 2,765 148.4 609 324 2,744 147.3 612 325 Jun® 4 105.3 104.0 1 10.9 104.4 III.5 151 221 41,987 44, 139 22,374 448 Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities:4/ Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) ±/.. .percent.. 1941-43=10... 4.58 88.30 93.66. 5123 86.10 92JI7 PRODUCTION: Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) ........number.. Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL .1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. 179,772 2,726 !46 t 3 * Monthly index for May 1965. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 1965 ITEM Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS May Feb. Mar. Apr. 16,585 17,868 20,156 17,305 17,299 17,022 946 103 167 139 430 107 1,226 130 209 17! 60! 115 May INDICATORS NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do do.... do ....do.... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No., per 10 ,000 concerns.. 17,712 16,504 1, 179 99 228 183 535 134 16,540 16,043 1, 183 126 204 191 549 113 1,106 121 206 154 509 1 !6 83,247 6,039 19,554 26,090 20,067 11,497 54.1 133, i 13 48,806 17,729 32,978 20,944 12,656 50.1 95,536 8,595 24,306 18,163 35,165 9,307 44.1 103,471 11,005 16,630 29,928 29,749 16,159 50.2 110,141 20,761 35,024 22,011 22,444 9,901 47.4 74,621 71,070 66,597 3,552 1,050 75,302 7 1,688 66,9 i 9 3,614 813 -75,741. 72,407 67,278 3,335 804 75,306 71,816 66,947 3,490 715 74,708 71,551 67,939 3, 158 685 76,355 73,52! 69,079 2*834 579 75,060 72,023 68,244 3,037 749 76,341 73,435 69,072 2^906 588 75,906 EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED. UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED... EMPLOYED 29511 do..,. do do.... in ea. group as percent of that group): UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) Rates (unemployed do.... do.... do.... do.... 4.8 3.4 4.6 14.7 4.6 3=3 4.4 14.0 3.7 2.6 3.6 10,9 3.8 2.6 3.6 11.7 73, 105 68,900 2,802 779 76,666 73,799 69,317 2,867 603 3.7 2,4 3.6 12.0 76,706 73,764 69,472 2,942 602 76,268 73,231 69,155 3,037 536 4,0 2.4 4.0 13.4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 1965 J 966 ITEM Apr. May Feb. 59,846 17,803 629 3,145 4,013 60,032 17,835 627 3,188 4,020 62,50.1 18,691 ' 12,494 3,024 8,814 9,924 13,108 13,238 7,570 7,588 1,065 958 1,190 1,106 1,227 Apr. EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATI ON—Continued EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. thous. Manuf actur i ng.......... do... M i n i ng...... , do... Contract construct I on ................ do... Transportation and public utilities do... Wholesale and retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services and ml seel laneous. . . . . . . . . . do... do... . . . . . . . . . ..do... Government . do... PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: TOTAL, UNADJUSTED.,. do... Seasonal ly adjusted............ do... Durable goods industries, unadjusted do... Seasona I ly adjusted do... Primary metal industries ....* do... Fabr \ cated meta I products do... Mach i nery , do... Electrical equipment and supplies .....do... Transportat i on equ i pment . do,.. Nondurable goods industries, unadjusted............do... Seasonally 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. Seasonal ly adjusted do... Durable goods industries, unadjusted do... Seasonal ly adjusted........... ..do... Nondurab le goods industries, unadjusted do... Seasonal ly adjusted... do... Avg* hourly gross earnings, mfg. industries.. dollars. ExcIud ing overtime do... Durable goods industries do... Exc I ud i ng overt i me do... Nondurable goods industries do... Excluding overtime ....do... LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total monthly rate per 100 employees. Seasona 1 ly adjusted do... New h i res do... Separation rate, total.,., do... Seasona M y ' adjusted do... Quit..... do... Layoff. ..do... Seasonal ly adjusted do... 3,374 4, 104 r62,9l8 r18,780 r632 3,462 r4,107 r62,933 r18,860 r592 r3,375 r4, 114 12,532 3,032 8,843 9,955 12,942 3,082 9,205 10,472 rl3,OI5 r3,100 r9,25l rlO,57l r12,992 r3,102 r9,262 r10,636 13,180 13,252 7,621 7,599 1,066 968 I, 192 I, I 14 1,240 13,727 13,937 8,024 8, 122' 1,049 1,018 1,266 1.261 1,340 r13,828 r 14,003 r8,098 1,060 r1,023 1,277 r1,265 r1,355 r13,921 r14,055 r8,193 r8,2!3 r 1,076 r1,033 r 1,286 r1,289 rl,358 5,538 . 5,650 5,559 5,653 5,703 5,815 r5,730 r5,826 r5,728 r5,842 130.9 133.8 143.2 r144.7 r146.I 40.7 41.0 41.7 41.9 39.4 39.9 2.60 2.50 2.78 2.67 2.34 2.26 41.2 41.1 42.1 42.0 40.0 40.0 2.61 2.50 2.79 2.66 2.35 2.26 41.3 41.6 42.1 42.4 40.2 40.6 2.67 2.56 2.86 2.72 2.40 2.31 41.4 41.5 42.2 42.3 40.2 40.4 2.68 2.56 2.86 r2.72 2.41 2.31 41.2 41.5 42.2 42.4 r39.8 r40.3 r2.70 r2.58 r2.88 r2.74 2.43 2.33 3.8 3.9 2.6 3.7 4.0 1.7 1.3 1.5 4.1 4.1 3.0 3.6 3.9 1.7 I.I 1.4 4.2 4.8 3.1 3.6 4.3 1.8 1.0 I.I r4.9 r5.2 r3.7 r4. I r4.6 2.3 rl.O rl.l p4.5 p4.7 p3.6 p4.l p4.4 p2.4 P.9 pl.O 7,607 3,950 978 2,679 7,729 4,01 I 940 2,778 61,688 40,071 568 37,754 14,144 61,475 41,!69 545 38,686 14,023 63,794 42,717 315 40,189 13,432 64,124 42,840 327 40,734 13,204 65,452 43,285 452 40,713 13,190 61,688 19,557 18,259 34,662 61,475 19,625 18,006 34,974 63,794 19,205 18,014 37,322 64,124 19,233 18,000 37,432 65,452 19,841 18,736 37,536 36.0 35.3 35.1 631 r8, 177 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month... mil. $., Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks.. do,.., Loans to cooperatives do.*. Other loans and discounts do..., FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, tota I do..., Reserve bank credit outstanding, total do..., Discounts and advances do..., U.S. Government securities ..do..., Gold certificate reserves..... do..., Liabi I ities, total do..., Depos i ts, tota I ,.. do.... Membei—bank reserve balances do.... Federal Reserve notes in circulation... do..., Ratio of gold certificate reserves to FR note liabilities percent., CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month mil. $., Installment credit, total.. .do..., Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, tota 1 do..., Repaid, total , do..., SeasonaI Iy adjusted: Extended, tota I do. Repaid, tota i do..., LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance'Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total do.... Ord i nary do.... Group and wholesale do.... Industrial... r./ Revised, j>/ Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 29511 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis do.... 40.8 40. I 8,367 4,385 I, 145 2,837 8,570 4,477 I, 137 2,956 8,788 4,553 I, 148 3,087 79,237 61,886 80,469 62,807 86,565 68,279 87,059 68,827 88,184 69,543 6,554 5,531. 6,253 5,330 5,517 5,552 6,865 6,317 6,658 5,942 6,492 6,673 6,024 6,505 5,974 8,333 6,418 1,382 533 II,120 7,797 2,694 629 9,928 7, 124 2,230 574 6,245 5,500 9,109 1,595 626 8,928 6,688 1,549 691 4 MONTHLY 1US1N1SS STA1BTICS —Contimiftd 1966 1965 ITEM Apr. May 48.4 100.0 35.2 44.5 31.2 47.0 96.0 34.7 44.3 30.6 317.55 907.71 162.25 212. 19 319.93 927.50 161.35 209.18 Feb. Mar. Apr. May FINANCE—Continued Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonaIly "adjusted: Total (225 SMSA ! s ) . . . . . . . . . . . .ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA ..,„ „M...., 8 ......do.., Total 224 SMSA's (except N„Y.).....................do..« 6 other Iead ing SMSA ' s.. ................, do.., 2!8 other SMSA's.. s .... 8 „., 8 .,.,. .......do.., SECURITY MARKETS: Stock prices: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks)........,..., Industrial (30 stocks)................... Public utility (15 stocks).............., Railroad (20 stocks) 50.9 105.6 37 .0 47 .6 32 .5 347. 977. 145. 264. 42 15 87 99 52.3 107. 1 38 .3 49 . 1 33 .5 331. 926. 141. 252. 52.8 ! 12.0 37.7 47.8 33.3 16 43 49 80 337.27 943.70 140.26 260.64 ..».'. . 8 . o a . . •.•.. ....... 314 62 890 ,70 137 32 233 07 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride. .mi I. lb, AcetyIsaIi cy i ic ac i d (asp i r i n).......................do... Creosote oil.... ..mil. gal, DDT.................. ..mi I. lb, Ethyl acetate (85JO do.., Forma Idehyde (37$ HCHO).............................. do.., Glycerin, refined, all grades*. Product i on do.., Stocks, end of month.......... do... Methanol, synthetic and natural... ...,mil. gal Phthalic anhydride .......mil. lb, I 17.0 2.4 1.0.0 12.8 8. I I 16.5 2.3 10.4 13.7 10. I 130.6 2.7 7.6 12.3 8.0 135.2 3. I 10.5 12.0 8.3 129.0 2.8 8.6 14.2 11.9 256.7 250.3 269.9 309.7 290. I 31.4 30.1 37.5 51/3 28.6 28.6 36.0 49.0 r29.8 30.0 r39.6 57.3 30.1 11.7 39.1 54.9 1 1.3 4.9 5.6 r 10.9 r5.9 r6.3 10.8 5.8 5.9 9.5 8. I 364.7 193.2 r9.2 8.3 397.7 180.2 25, 27. 36. METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF,M0.: Consumers' (manufacturers only)... ....mil. sh. tons Receipts during month.. ........................... ..do.. Consumption during month .....do.. Service centers (warehouses) .....do.. Producing mi I Is: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc.) do.. Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.) do.. Washers, sales (domestic and export) thous Driers (elec., g a s ) , sales (domestic and export) .do.. 15. I 7.4 6.0 4.2 7.8 6.7 298.0 91.9 7. 315. 9,337 5,753 9,390 5,923 r8,489 r5,593 11,452 7,527 422 642 ,621 2,261 6, 166 4,040 4,753 3,065 35,225 19,589 5,873 3,976 5,839 5,241 35,207 20,875 83. 8.2 351.6 128.0 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT TRUCK TRAILERS, SHIPMENTS: Complete trailers and chassis number Vans do.. Trailer bodies and chassis (detachable), sold separately number RAILROAD EQUIPMENT (American Railway Car Institute): Freight cars: Shipments do.. Equipment manufacturers, total do.. New order s do.. Equipment manufacturers, total.... do.. Unfilled orders, end of month do.. Equipment manufacturers, total do.. 1 6,262 4,550 12,566 I 1,064 5 1,760 39,878 8,054 6,009 rl1,256 r9,24l 54,721 42,905 7,262 5,689 12,270 8,007 59,652 45,219 jr/ Revised. USCOMM-DC—295 I I 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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