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June 28, 1968 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43 = 10 120 Index, 1941-43 = 10 120 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 — — \ 100 / H 100 - 90 80 Monthy (avg. of daily close) 70 1 I™1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JL™ 1 1 1 L_J_ 1 L_l 1965 1 L I — __J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l_J — — 1966 1 1-JL..J 1-1 1967 1—1—1 1 i. ( J- J 1968 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) Monthly i_J 1965 I I I I I 1966 I I I I I I I I L J F M A M J J A S O N D 1968 1967 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. index, 250 1957-59=100 RAW Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 200 200 1968 150 150 ' 100 ^ ^ 1967 100 Monthly 5 0 I—i—i—i—i—i—I—i—i 1965 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. i i_j I i i i . i i , , , i i 1966 _L-J—I—i 1967 i i i i 1968 * 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 Weekly i i—i I i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 50 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1967 1968 ITEM June 17 June 24 June 15 June 22 98.8 98.6 94.9 94.6 94.1 94.0 6,469 4,312 6,164 4,027 6,459 4,206 6,480 4,345 6,703 4,491 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.... State programs (50 States, D.Co, and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. 177 1,076 1,023 238 178 1,060 1,009 221 140 977 916 154 H9 983 921 183 154 *202 191 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2/....do.... Member bank reserve balances J/ •• do.... Excess reserves, estimated %] .do.... 44,600 47,118 23,213 355 44,598 47,552 23,767 299 46,937 52,923 25,305 370 47,254 52,985 25,239 217 47,506 53,242 25,404 323 47,574 53,528 25,548 219 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: lj 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.... 74,353 47,563 191,559 25,482 62,430 27,491 72,659 47,532 193,511 25,279 63,860 27,496 76,136 48,470 204,803 26,494 67,054 29,844 76,190 48,492 206,171 26,535 67,419 29,873 77,474 48,465 206,302 26,451 67,628 29,985 5,73 92.40 99.74 5.77 92.20 99.56 6.64 97.92 107.10 6.64 99.89 109.33 6.63 #101.66 #111.28 6.63 #99.99 #109.01 1,918 24,523 205,993 8,475 1,908 24,404 211,105 8,625 1,881 23,335 201,143 9,231 1,950 25,155 239,126 9,197 1,943 26,188 246,071 9,149 250,126 2,210 118.6 2,250 120.8 2,857 153.4 2,798 150.2 2,776 149.0 2,790 149.8 14.4 14.5 13.9 15.4 15.6 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ....coo ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1957-59=100.. mil. $.. do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) ^J percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) it/.. 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks ..do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2LI thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate $j thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Index of production ...thous. sh. tons.. .1957-59=100.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON MILES bil.. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price MONTHLY June 1 June 8 2 / Daily average, ij Wednesday data. * Tuesday averages. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals • Transportation equipment .. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals •• Transportation equipment May Feb. Mar. Apr. May bil. % .do.. do.. 23.3 3.7 6.4 23.5 3.6 6.6 25.1 3.9 6.8 26.2 4.1 7.1 r25.7 r4.3 r6.8 26.3 4.4 7.1 do.. .do. • .do.. 22.3 3.4 5.9 22.9 3.4 6.4 24.6 3.8 6.4 25.3 3.9 6.5 r24.6 r4.0 r6.3 25.6 4.2 6.9 do.. 23.2 23.6 25.6 27.7 r26.1 24.8 ..do.. do.. do.. 22.2 3.2 6.1 23.9 3.6 7.2 24.8 4.3 6.4 26.3 3.8 8.1 r25.2 r3.8 r7.2 25.4 4.0 7.2 do.. 74.6 74.7 79.8 81.3 r81.7 80.2 do. do. do. 74.0 5.6 32.2 75.0 5.7 33.1 79.3 7.4 34.7 80.3 7.3 36.3 r80.9 r7.0 r37.2 80.5 6.8 37.3 334.2 132.0 131.9 129.7 87.2 84.6 85.3 82.8 rl28.6 rl26.6 r126.0 rl23.9 rl64.6 rl6l.4 rl6l.7 rl58.5 141.6 137.3 139.7 135.5 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (private and public) thous.. 115.9 Privately owned do..., 113.7 Total nonfarm (private and public) do..., 114.2 Privately owned do.... 112.0 Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: 1,116 Total, incl. farm (private only) do.... Total nonfarm (private only) ' do.... 1,099 Digitized forr/ Revised. 1/ Data for May 1968 are advance estimates; revised Apr. I96S data FRASER 9475 rl,586 1,537 rl,511 1,274 1,499 rl,479 1,254 rl,557 supersede those appearing in the June 1968 SURVEY 1,331 1,312 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Apr, May Feb. Mar. Apr. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total thous. One-family structures do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities 1913=100. Atlanta do... New York do... San Francisco do... St. Louis do... New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $. By purpose of loan: Home construction . do... Home purchase do... All other purposes do... 1,066 628 1,416 728 1,340 675 945 1,053 1,048 944 927 982 997 890 912 93^ 1,033 1,044 943 923 940 1,047 1,044 943 923 1,339 1,738 1,456 1,766 ri,952 312 586 441 400 779 559 305 704 447 409 840 517 r475 934 r543 10,103 5,175 10,280 5,248 11,188 5,721 11,361 5,793 11,488 5,853 1,337 3,590 1,316 3,716 1,595 3,871 1,598 3,970 1,549 4,085 553.5 864.O 689.5 451.4 238.1 6,348.2 2,734.5 3,613.7 1,409.2 2,204.5 7,263.9 3,216.8 4,047.1 1,593.3 2,453.8 7,218.7 3,197.9 4,020.8 1,601.6 2,419.2 500.7 285.5 215.2 673.5 541.7 6.03 6.00 5.78 6.00 6.10 6.71 6.21 6.71 r6.30 6.71 170.57 72.98 7.91 66.02 60.72 171.24 73.26 8.00 66.25 60.92 178.76 76.68 9.17 67.87 62.29 179 -48 76.97 9.35 68.06 62.42 180.41 77.15 9.43 68.12 62.45 4.94 9.54 1.18 8.00 4.95 9.62 1.35 7.80 5.24 10.26 1.33 8.21 5.26 10.36 1.18 8.30 5.30 10.47 1.19 8.74 1,150.8 531.6 81.0 13.7 114.4 197.0 213.1 1,278.4 575.4 90.5 18.0 111.8 215.0 267.7 1,155.3 508.7 83.8 15.5 112.2 208.1 227.0 891 972 997 890 882 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... Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $. New York SMSA do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA's do... 1 226 other SMSA s do... Money and interest rates: Federal intermediate credit bank loans ...... percent „ Federal land bank loans do... e0 LIFE INSURANCE (institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES bil. $ e Bonds (book value), total „. 0 . .do... Stocks (book value), total .. 0 ... .do... Mortgage loans, total . do... Nonfarm 0 0 0 .do... Real estate do... Policy loans and premium notes „ do... Cash ....... o. .do. o. Other assets „ do... PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL . ..mil. $. 0 Death benefits do... Matured endowments do... Disability payments do... Annuity payments do... Surrender values do... Policy dividends .do... Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) .ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA do... 1,034454. 82. 13. 99. 189. 194.3 ,103. 492. 85. 15. 101. 195. 213. 57.7 123.0 54*8 115.2 59.8 129.2 59. 128. 59«7 126.7 40.8 54.2 35.1 39o2 52.0 33.9 42. 1 56, 9 36. 1 41. 56. 35. 42.3 57.4 36.2 .mil. kw.-hr. 102,172 106,582 112,970 114,845 109,234 Electric utilities, total .do... By fuels do... By waterpower do... Industrial establishments, total .do... By fuels „ .do... By waterpower . do... SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (Edison Electric Institute) mil. kw.-hr. Commercial and industrial: Small light and power do... Large light and power do... 93,654 76,199 17,455 8,518 8,220 298 97,727 78,524 19,203 8,854 8,524 330 104,531 86,615 17,915 8,439 8,155 284 105,887 87,024 18,864 8,957 8,651 306 100,340 81,341 18,999 8,895 8,578 317 T o t a l 232 SMSA's ( e x c e p t N.Y.) 6 o t h e r l e a d i n g SMSA's 226 other SMSA's do. .do. .do. ELECTRIC POWER Production (utility and industrial), total... Railways and railroads .-.do... Residential or domestic do... Street and highway lighting do... Other public authorities do... Interdepartmental ...' do... REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (Edison Electric Institute) „ mil, $. r/ Revised. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9475 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 88,105 98,707 98,285 18,705 39,530 18,679 40,304 20,526 41,380 20,501 42,024 376 26,142 772 2,376 204 370 24,885 726 2,316 306 432 32,603 901 2,593 273 404 31,603 874 2,599 280 1,370.4 1,362.4 1,519.0 1,503.1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1967 ITEM Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. 7,215 7,321 7,841 8,476 8,443 896 1,180 653 919 1,262 698 979 1,283 693 rl,010 rl,360 r770 1,028 1,370 801 134 81 48 133 93 55 122 &5 42 123 91 48 117 94 50 10,349 129.6 10,577 128.2 11,795 152.8 12,721 154.2 12,450 155.9 404 162 136 373 165 139 318 154 126 r307 rl57 128 302 153 126 730.4 524.2 243.3 752.1 565.7 242.5 r826.6 r593.9 285.8 932.7 650.2 316.9 90.85 82.65 103.60 92.60 1,269.3 101.00 90.85 118.30 107.35 1,252.0 85.80 74.60 U4.90 104.65 1,032.0 94.15 84.90 139.75 125.40 986.4 r90.10 r78.40 r105.90 r89.35 r970.6 93.95 86.80 122.50 110,25 942.1 25.25 20.20 40.35 38.70 323.5 21.70 18.20 40.40 37.00 304.8 23.75 22.50 29.30 27.55 213.1 22.80 20.40 32.15 27o95 203.7 rl9.70 rl7.05 28.15 24.90 22.50 18.15 28.75 25.15 189.0 May METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excluding ferroalloys) •.•.......thous. sh. ton „ Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month ...............do... Shipments, total ... .do..• For sale .........................................'.. .".do.. • Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month ...............do... Shipments, total .do... For sale ..................'...............'.'...'.........do.'.. STEEL (RAW) : PRODUCTION ............................. do... Index ............................daily average 1957-59=100. Steel castings: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of mo........thous. sh. tons. Shipments, total .......................................do... For sale .............................................do... Aluminum shipments: Ingot and mill products (net) ...•••....•.....•.•••..mil. lb. Mill products, total .................................do... Plate and sheet (excluding foil) ...................do... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total ...........................mil. $. Domestic ...........................................do..• Shipments, total ........'. .do... Domestic .do... Order backlog, end of month do.. „ Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total .do... Domestic .do... Shipments, total .....................................do... Domestic .................'..........................do... Order backlog, end of month .do... r/ Revised — • USCOMM-DC-9475 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 8,706 rl2,700 153.9 rl?5.? POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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