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March 22, 1968 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS" U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDIGATORS Index, 1957-59 == 100 Index, 1957-59=100 200 ~ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 210 /V (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) A 1968 i 190 — 180 - 170 - 200 V h iAf / If ]i - 160 Monthly 150 I i i i I 1 i i ) i < i i i l i 1965 1 1 i i I t l i i I ' 1 I I l l I 1968 180 1967 4* - 170 Weekly — 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1967 1966 190 - 160 I i 1 l 1 1 l I I I ! J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Index, 1957-59 = 100 250 Index, 1957-59=100 250 H200 200 h 1965 1966 1967 1968 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion Dollars : 700 1 PERSONAL INCOME Million 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS (Seas, adj., at annua! rates) 2.0 600 (Seas, adj., at annual rates) Total 500 h Wage and Salary Disbursements 400 300 1 ii i i i I i 1965 i i i i i i i i i 1966 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ' I i I i i i i i 1 i i i i i I 1967 1968 il i ii i i 1965 1966 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * 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 1967 1968 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1967 Mar. 11 1968 Mar. 18 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 96.9 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. .......1957-59=100. 100.8 100.3 95.9 96.3 96.7 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES„.„„..„..... Nondurable goods stores ............mil. $. .do... 5,475 3,749 5,649 3,876 5,773 3,910 6,043 4,038 5,973 4,089 241 1,650 1,578 336 225 1,595 1,525 265 200 1,675 1,575 197 199 1,610 1,513 224 208 274 184 43,571 46,451 23,187 359 43,753 46,271 23,282 372 45,881 50,643 25,275 362 45,817 50,779 25,625 306 45,832 51,363 25,814 326 46,205 51,588 25,533 470 71,097 46,855 185,094 25,254 60,916 27,193 75,517 46,806 190,482 27,185 61,966 27,149 73,815 48,596 203,961 28,983 65,024 29,080 75,721 48,620 203,438 28,738 65,057 29,106 74,815 48,731 203,409 28,168 65,295 29,117 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 jj/.......... mil. $.„ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ^/...do.0.„ Member bank, reserve balances 3/. ...do.,.. Excess reserves, estimated j3/.....................do.... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted..................o....mil. $.. Savings deposits........o.......o.................do.... Loans and investments (adjusted), total...........do.„„. U. So Government obligations....................do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross).........do.... Real estate loans (gross).......................do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/.....percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks... .............do. PRODUCTION: .thous. sh. tons.. Bituminous coal .3/..,.».....». Electric power, by utilitiese•••.••••... ,....mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses).... ..........number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate j3/o.... ..o o..thous. bbl,, 5.43 88.27 94.50 5.43 89.19 95.64 6.39 91.24 98.93 6.38 90o08 97.62 6.38 89.26 96.82 1,532 22,631 193,226 8,685 1,703 22,684 197,986 8,659 1,752 25,484 216,474 9,561 1,838 25,061 225,594 9,530 1,894 24,513 224,136 9,470 Steel, raw.............................. .thous. sh. tons.. Index of production....... 0................1957-59=100., 2,464 132.3 2,476 132.9 2,828 151.8 2,862 153.6 2,883 154.8 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON MILES........... .............bil.. 13.8 13.9 13.4 14.4 14.3 JL/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 6.38 90,03 97.77 230,778 2,854 153.2 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 ITEM 1968 Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. 610.4 413.8 166.2 133.7 612.6 414.2 165.2 132.7 642.4 435.3 171.2 137.5 649.3 443.1 173.3 139.2 r650.9 r442.4 rl73.3 rl39.6 658.4 448.7 177.0 141.9 98.4 66.4 82.7 22.1 98.6 66.9 83.4 22.2 103.7 71.9 88.4 24.3 103.9 72.8 93.1 24.6 rl05.1 r73.1 r90.9 24.9 106.4 73.9 91.4 25.2 43.3 15.0 19.7 21.8 45.0 43.2 14.6 19.8 22.3 45.2 44.1 15.2 20.4 23.1 48.0 44.2 15.3 20.4 21.0 48.5 44.3 rl5.3 20.5 22.9 48.9 44.4 15.2 20.5 23.1 49.3 ........do.... Transfer payments Less personal contributions for soc. insurance..do.„.. Total nonagricultural income.............. ........do.... INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.).. .1957-59=100.. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL.................... ........do.... Durable manufactures.................. .......do.... Primary metals...................... ........do.... Fabricated metal products........... ........do.... Machinery........................... ........do.... 49.7 20.0 590.2 51.1 20.0 593.0 52.8 20.8 622.0 53.1 21.1 628.8 r54.0 22.3 r630.3 54.4 22.6 637.8 158.2 156.6 159.5 rl62,0 161.2 161.3 160.1 165.5 132.6 166.7 190.3 158.5 162.9 131.9 165.0 186.8 rl61.1 rl64.1 rl35.0 rl59.8 rl83.2 rl63.9 rl68.1 rl40.7 rl62.5 rl82.2 163.0 rl67.2 rl37.6 rl63.6 183.3 162.8 166.8 137 165 183 .do.... Transportation equipment............ Instruments and related products.... ........do.... Clay, glass, and stone products..... ........do.... Lumber and products................. ........do.... Furniture and fixtures.............. .do..,. 162.6 186.2 137.2 113.7 172.1 157.5 183.4 136.9 115.2 170.6 165.6 185.4 139,2 120.6 167.8 rl77.5 rl86.3 rl43.6 rl25.7 rl70.7 rl75.7 rl86.6 140.6 114.4 rl70.9 176 185 134 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income..».................. ......bil. $.. Wage and salary disbursements, total.... ........do.... Commodity-producing industries, total. ........do.... ........do.... Manufacturing. Service industries.................... ........do.... Government............................ ........do.... Other labor income...................... ........do...... Proprietors' income: Business and professional............. ........do.... Farm.................................. ........do.„.. Rental income of persons................ ........do.... Dividends............................... ........do.... Personal interest income................ ........do.... r/ Revised. £/Preliminary. Digitized for9339 FRASER Jan. Feb. £/ 172 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. 153. 140, 150. 107, 152, 145, 200. 128. 195. 132. 118. 123. 120. 119. 140. 180. 187, 152.9 138.9 147.1 103.7 152.4 146.1 200.6 rl58.7 rl52.0 150.7 115.0 157.0 rl44.1 r210.6 rl38.3 210.0 rl34.2 120.5 123.1 116.1 124.6 r95.7 r!91.8 200,8 rl57.7 148.3 127 191 132 120 122 115 119 142 180.5 1R6 Q rl57.2 147.4 rl48.6 rll3.3 156.1 145.5 r208.0 rl36.8 r207.5 rl33. 115. 123. 115. 126. 93. rl90. rl99 s 4 158.1 148.0 159.3 147.0 141.3 154.4 144.4 179.9 186.9 •157.9 154.2 161.6 157.0 146.1 152.4 135.7 120.5 155.7 144.1 180.3 186.6 155.8 151.3 160.4 160.0 rl50.1 163.2 152.4 144.5 162.9 rl45.9 rl81.1 rl83.5 rl59.5 rl52.3 rl66.9 rl61.9 rl52.8 169.0 rl70.0 175.1 rl63.3 147.6 rl81.5 rl83;4 rl61.8 rl55.6 rl68.1 rl81.7 183.7 rl61.6 rl55.1 168.2 4,940 5,401 4,295 5,896 3,492 61.7 59.1 60.4 57.7 63.2 61.4 62.0 60.2 120.2 118.4 118.6 116.8 r83. r80. r82, r79. r82. r80, r81. r79. 1,111 1,079 1,149 1,132 1,590 1,567 rl,250 rl,235 r1,453 rl,427 942 549 894 551 1,158 625 ,323 702 rl,102 r630 129 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX--Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING, TOTAL--Con c Nondurable manufactures..... ,... c 1957-59=100. Textile mill products •.••••...•••..•••..do... Apparel products........ «..........do... Leather and products ..do... Paper and products o............ do... Printing and publishing .do... Chemicals and products do... Petroleum products .do... Rubber and plastics products.. •• <> do... Foods and beverages do... Tobacco products do... MINING .. do... Coal do... Crude oil and natural gas. do... Metal mining. .do... UTILITIES do... Electric................... * *.................*do... BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products , total do... Consumer goods do... Automotive and home goods do... Automotive products do... Autos .................. .do... Auto parts and allied products..... do... Apparel and staples , do... Equipment, including defense. ..........do.., Business equipment.. do... Materials .do... Durable goods materials.. „.........do... Nondurable materials. .. .do... rl42.8 211.9 137.8 133.2 rl22.6 rll0.8 rl25.8 97.6 rl92.0 rl61, rl51. 167. 164. 163, 165* CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: Advance planning (ENR) \J mil. $. NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private) .....thous. Privately owned do... Total nonfarm (public and private) ....do... Privately owned do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only) do... Total nonfarm (private only).... do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: To ta 1 thous. One-family structures do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: Associated General Contractors (bldg. only)...1957-59=100. Engineering News-Record: Building ....do... Construction do... 129 134 134 134 rl24.4 rl36.7 rl24.7 rl36.9 rl30.1 rl44.3 rl30.4 rl44.5 131.4 145.7 mil. $. 5,091 7,523 8,732 4,483 4,539 do... .do... .do... .do... 5,000 1,593 40 51 7,367 1,262 139 17 8,428 1,196 222 81 4,206 2,107 235 42 4,213 1,431 279 47 .do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .do... do... do... 1,684 649 27 222 51 296 267 3,407 494 1,450 1,418 570 15 279 20 106 248 6 105 4 154 1,159 1,500 527 25 410 0 83 176 7,232 5,054 1,320 2,385 1,135 126 282 16 70 277 2,099 371 1,093 1,757 557 40 425 9 185 259 2,782 481 do... 1,669 1,400 1,470 2,344 do... do... .do... do... do... 1,522 1,135 388 21 125 1,375 918 457 1 24 1,305 914 391 3 163 2,113 1,379 734 8 223 FINANCE SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: Estimated gross proceeds, total By type of security: Bonds and notes, total „ Corporate. Common stock. Preferred stock By type of issuer: Corporate, total Manufacturing Extractive (mining) Public utility Railroad Communication. Financial and real estate Noncorporate, total. U.S. Government State and municipal New corporate security issues: Estimated net proceeds, total............ „ Proposed uses of proceeds: New money, total Plant and equipment Working capital Retirement of securities Other purposes r/ Revised, U Data for Nov. 1967 and construction, 147.0. £ / Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9339 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1,162 1,718 Feb. 1968 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 1,606 1,200 406 30 83 * Index as of Mar. 1, 1968: Building, 132.5; MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1967 ITEM 1968 Nov. Jan„ Dec. Jan. Feb. FINANCE--Con 0 SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody 8 s ) 0 ..„ .... .. ... 0 »„..percent. By rating: 20 o A a o „ . . o o o o o . . . . . . . . . o o . . . o . . o o o o . . . . o o o . . o . o o d O . ,30 . . A 0 . „ „....... .. . .. ... „ .. „ 0 . . ... .. . . „ ........o.do... .53 Baa» o........o.........o o.o..o o o.oo o.o o o.o o..do... .97 By group: ,45 Industrials........ a.........................do... ,42 Public utilities........... ......„<>......... odo. .. ,63 Railroads........................»..........odo„. 0 Domestic municipal, Standard & Poor's Corporation (15 bonds) 0 ......... ..... .. ......«...,.«..... .do. „. 3.58 STOCKS: Dividend rates 5 prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's): 8.29 Dividends per share, annual rate, composite,,. odollars. 9.15 Industrialso „ 0 . ... o»................. o..'...... odo... 4.18 Public utilities....................o.........odo... 4.63 Rai1roads„.... 9 ................................do... 5.22 N.Y. banks..................................... do.., 7.53 Fire insurance companies..oo 08 o.. 0 .o.o.... 0 o.oodo.„„ 233.54 Price per share, end of m o . , composite.......... .do... 266.77 Industrials....................................do... 108.12 Public utilities...............................do... Rai1roads...................................... do... 93.13 Yields, c o m p o s i t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p e r c e n t . 3.55 Industrials................... .................do... 3 .. 4 3 Public u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . 3 ..87 Rai1roads do... 4 ..97 N.Y. b a n k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . 3 ..79 Fire insurance c o m p a n i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . 2.93 Aaa .ooo . .. ». •. .... o .».. .o. .. ....=»oo...oooo. d o .. . 5.35 6.36 6.51 6.45 6.40 5.03 5.18 5.38 5.82 6 6 6 6 07 23 43 72 6.19 6.35 6.58 6.93 ,17 ,29 ,48 ,84 6.10 6.27 6.41 6.80 5.33 5.25 5.48 6 28 6 39 6 42 6.39 6.57 6.63 ,34 ,47 ,65 6.31 6.36 6.65 3.56 4.36 4.49 4.34 4.39 8.30 9.16 4.20 4.63 5.28 7.81 233.23 267.35 105.18 92.56 3.56 3.43 3.99 5.00 3.94 3.17 8.28 8.92 4.41 4.55 5.48 8.09 250.32 300.84 95.92 90.80 3.31 2.97 4.60 5.01 4.06 4.02 8.30 8.95 4.44 4.55 5.57 7.95 256.30 309*19 98.19 90.86 24 ,89 52 01 06 .78 8.41 9.12 4.44 4.55 5.57 7.95 247.26 294.18 97.75 88.59 40 10 54 14 93 63 8.42 9.12 4.45 4.52 5.69 8.08 241.14 286.99 97.15 85.80 USCOMM-DC--9339 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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