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March 24, 1967 BUSINESS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE ^IIIIIP^ Ifiii SB all HH HI ""^H^ Si SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* i l l 'mnnji^ N^mp^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUS!NESS INDICATORS Index, 1957-59=100 200 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Billion Dollars 700 PERSONAL INCOME (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) (seas, adj., at annual rates) — 180 600 Total ~ 500 - Wag® and Salary Disbursements \ 400 \ ^ ^ es* 160 ~ 140 eat* •*** ~""" " = • •**• 300 II 1 1 ll 1 M 1 1 1964 1965 1966 I M I I I 120 -JUU J, I,.,[ 1. . U U u J j U U l - U J j U L J U U U J J J U - j J j U L L J L J L J _ i J » ^ j J - J m l J L l _ L . 1964 1967 1965 1966 Index, 1957-59=100 115 WHOLESALE PRICES Index, 1957-59=100 140 •|Q2 I Commodities other than Form Products and Foods /x L- 90 1964 1965 1966 l I I l l M 1967 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1965 1966 I I l I 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor Billion Dollars 80 1967 Data: Federal Reserve Board Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Million 2.5 NEW CONSTRUCTION* PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* 2.0 Total Put in Place 60 Private Residential (nonfarm) 40 20 *Seas. adj., at annual rates I I I I I li I 1 ll i I l I M I I 1964 1965 U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1966 1967 Seas, adj., at annual rates • i i i i i i i •LJ-U, I I.I M JLX 1964 U.S. Dept. of Commerce * 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 , 1965 „U_Li 1966 • I.M.ll.l.l-LL 1967 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1967 1966 ITEM Mar. 12 Mar. 19 Feb. 25 1957-59=100. 114.2 114.5 101.7 101.4 100.8 mil. $. do... 5,407 3,578 5,633 3,676 5,412 3,715 5,603 3,905 5,510 3,839 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. 177 1,459 1,376 290 162 1,370 1,291 245 248 1,699 1,625 294 327 1,695 1,621 289 241 336 265 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total J3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3_/.... do... Excess reserves, est i mated 3/ do... 41,319 42,987 22,045 360 41,480 42,848 22,121 363 43,540 46,183 23,381 115 43,571 46,451 23,207 371 43,753 46,271 23,257 377 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ 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... 71,573 50,574 174,858 23,983 53,720 25,865 69,756 46,574 184,997 25,622 60,404 27,210 72,600 46,609 186,497 25,629 60,730 27,168 70,969 46,721 184,772 25,183 60,829 27,124 5.38 *87.34 *93.36 5.42 87.68 93.84 5.43 88.27 94.50 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores . . Bond yieids, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities ..mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate J3/. thous. bb I. Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous. 5.05 88.96 95.14 Mar. 18 100.3 1,768 20,709 237,966 8,337 1,725 23,493 159,310 8,751 1)734 23,209 131,314 8,685 1,493 22,631 193,264 8,685 2,692 144.5 558 318 2,730 146.5 2,582 138.6 504 283 2,528 135.7 534 302 2,464 132.3 522 305 2 / Tuesday price. MONTHLY 5. 12 87.86 93.89 Mar. I I 1,738 21,424 239,898 8,342 thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... J/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 43,568 46,81 I 23,794 553 Mar. 4 3/ 573 325 Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 198,022 2,476 132.9 * Tuesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS 5.43 89.-19 95.64 Jan. Nov. Feb. Jan. Dec. INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL .bil. Compensation of employees, total do. Proprietors' income, total ....do. Rental income of persons do. Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,totaI.do.... Corporate profits before tax, total do.... Corporate profits tax liability do.... Corporate profits after tax do.... Inventory valuation adjustment do.... Net interest do.... PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income bil. $.. Wage and salary disbursements, total do.... Commodity-producing industries. do..., Manuf actur i ng on Iy do..., 1/577.8 406.5 57. I 18.5 2/613.8 438.3 57.3 18.9 76, 78. 32. 46. -I. 18. 79, 81, 33, 48, -2, 20, p3/626.9 447.5 57.5 19. 1 p8l.9 p8l.9 p33.8 p48.2 .0 21.0 560.2 376.8 152.1 121.8 564.7 380.1 153.9 i23.3 598.5 405.1 162.4 i 3 i .4 601, 407, 162, i3i. r607.5 r4l0.7 163.9 ri32.2 41 1.2 163.0 i5i.2 90.1 61.1 73.6 19.8 90.9 61.2 74.1 20.0 95.8 65.8 81.0 21.7 96, 66, 81, 21, r97, 66. 82. 22, 97.7 67.0 83.5 22.5 do.... do.... 41.3 16.8 41.3 17.0 42.2 15.2 42.4 15.4 42. rl5, 42.9 Rental income of persons do.... Dividends do.... Personal interest income do.... Transfer payments do.... Less personal contributions for soc. insurance...do.... 18.6 20.8 40.5 42.3 16.8 18.7 21.0 41.0 42.6 16.9 19.1 21.2 44.8 47.8 18.5 19, 19, 45, 48. 18. 19, 21, r45, r50, 19, 19.3 21.5 46.1 51.1 19.7 538.8 543.0 578.6 581.7 Distributive i ndustries Service industries Government Other labor income Proprietors' income: Business and professional Farm Total nonagricuIturaI do.... do.... do.... .....do.... income. r_/ Revised. p/ Preliminary. 19346 \_f Data are for 4th atr. 1965. 2 / Data arp -fnr 3rH n+r iQfifi. I r537.5 609.9 14.9 I 3/ Data are? fnr 4th ntr ; 1966, 590.1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1966 1967 ITEM Feb. Nov. 150.6 152.4 152.9 158.1 131.9 157.7 174.5 163.0 166.8 142.4 125.6 165.4 Jan. Dec. Jan. 158.6 N59.0 N58.0 154, 160 138 161, 176, 164, 169, 142, 126.5 167.7 N6I.0 rl67.3 138 rl64 189 172 18! rl36 rl09 173.9 rl6l.3 167.6 M36.2 rl68.6 r!89.5 rl7!.5 N84.6 r!36.9 rl12.8 r160.2 rl65 .8 132.7 rl66 .7 rI89 .8 rl64 .8 rl86 .7 rI37 ,0 114 .1 r!72 A 146.4 140.4 145.6 III.4 150.6 136.0 183.1 130.5 185.8 126.2 119.6 117.3 I 14.4 113.5 133.4 164.7 169.3 147.3 140.7 148.4 109.7 148.5 138.6 185.5 125.5 184.7 126.8 126.7 117.7 111.2 115.0 130.8 168.7 174.2 r!53. I N4I.8 149.3 rl10.8 153.7 144.7 M99.4 129.1 202.0 129. 117. rl2I. 114. r I 19. 133. 176. 183, r!53. rl41. 150. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do,. do.. do.. 150.3 144.6 167.3 168.1 180.3 152.0 136.9 162.6 171.9 150.9 149.9 151.0 152.1 146. I 166.6 167.9 177.8 155.0 139.2 164.8 174.0 152.6 152.6 152. I 158.5 M48.8 bil. $ do.. do.. 20.8 3.4 6 0 do.. do.. do.. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con 11 nued INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1957-59=100. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do... Durab le manufactures do... Pr imary meta Is do... Fabricated metal products .....do... Machinery, ss ss 6s s ss.. * * do... Transportation equipment .do... Instruments and related products do... Clay, glass, and stone products.,.............do... Lumber and products do... Furniture and fixtures do... Nondurab le manufactures Textile mill products Apparel products Leather and products Paper and products . Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Food and beverages Tobacco products MINI NG Coa I •. Crude oil and natural gas Metal mining UTILITIES E lectric BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total Consumer goods Automotive and home goods Automotive products Autos Auto parts and allied products Apparel and staples Equipment, including defense Business equ ipment Mater i a I s Durable goods materials Nondurab le mater i a Is MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: J_/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary meta Is Transportation equ ipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Pr i mary meta Is Transportation equ i pment MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: U New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Pr imary meta Is Transportation equi pment Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total Pr i mary meta Is. Transportation equ i pment COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: A l i i terns Special group indexes: Commodities Nondurab les Durab les New cars Used cars Commodities less food Food M e a t s , p o u l t r y , and f i s h Dairy products F r u i t s and v e g e t a b l e s Hous i ng Shelter Rent r./ Revised, £./ Preliminary. Digitized for iFRASER 9346 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. ..do... do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. r166.5 162.8 166.7 M57.8 r143.3 179.6 187.5 159. I 158.5 174.0 110. rl52. r!43. rl98. N28.8 202.7 N32.0 119.3 r 123.0 125.2 rl18.9 r134.8 N76.4 183,4 r159. I r149.0 r164.8 162.6 167.3 156.4 143.5 rl53 .1 138 .5 152 .8 145 7 199 8 128 5 13! 6 rl23 r!20 rI20 138 r!76 6 7 6 4 0 157 8 r 147. 1 157. 6 rl47 s 1 141. 3 154. 6 rl59.9 r180.8 rl89.3 N58.8 rl56.I r161.0 rl80. 9 rl88. 5 rl58. 2 rl53. 9 161. 9 22. 3. 6. 23.4 3.7 6.6 23.0 3.6 6.5 21. 6 3,7 5.9 22. 3. 6. 22. 3. 6. 23.2 3.8 6.2 23.7 3.9 6.3 23. 3 3.8 5.9 do.. 23.1 24.6 22.7 22.9 21.9 do.. do.. .do.. 23.6 3.6 6.5 23.7 4.0 6.6 23. 3. 5. 24.0 3.7 6.5 22, 3. 5. do.. 63.8 65.5 75.3 75.3 75.6 do.. do.. do.. 63.8 5.8 26.6 65.1 6.1 27. I 76. 7, 32, 76.4 6.9 32.4 75, 6. 32. 1957-59= 100, I I 1.0 I I 1.6 I 14.6 I 14.7 I 14.7 do.. do.. do.. do. . do.. 107.4 109.6 101.9 97.4 I 14.8 108.0 I 10.6 101.8 97.2 I 14.0 I 10.2 I 12.9 103.5 99.. 3 I 19.3 I 10. I I 13.0 103. I 98.6 i 14.2 109.9 I 12.7 102.7 97.6 I 13.6 do.. do.. 105.3 I I 1.4 I 12.9 106.6 I I 1.3 109.2 ! 12.0 109.7 105.4 113.I I 15.7 107.0 I 16.5 109.4 I 12. I 109.8 107.8 I 14.8 I I 1.8 I 16.7 I 14.9 I 12.6 I 15.8 I I 1.2 107.7 I 14.8 I 10.9 i 16.5 I 14.3 I 13.0 I 16.4 I I 1.3 107.3 I 14.7 I 10.3 I 16.4 I 15.3 I 13. I I 16.5 I I 1.4 do.. do.. do.. do.. do. . do.. ±/ Data for Feb. 1967 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1966 1967 STEM Jan. Feb. Jan. Dec. Nov. _______ " COMMODITY PR ICES—Cont I nued Feb. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UNADJ.--Con. ..1957-59=100.. .........do.... .........do.... .........do.... ......... do.... .........do.... .........do.... .........do.... .........do.... ......... do.. 0 0 106.4 108.9 107.9 107.3 1 1 1.2 109.6 122.0 i I6e9 124.2 ! !0 o 4 106.5 109.0 108.2 107.6 1 1 I. 1 109.6 122.0 i 17. 1 124.5 1 10.8 108.3 108.9 108.1 1 12.0 1 14.5 1 12.6 129.6 120.8 131.3 1 13.4 108.4 i 10.2 107.9 1 12.3 1 13.8 1 1 1.7 129.8 121.0 131.9 1 I3 0 7 108.6 1 10.5 108.3 1 11.3 1 13.4 I 1 1.4 129.8 121.4 132.9 1 13.8 108.7 I I I.I 108.3 II 1.9 1 13.8 1 1 1.8 130.0 121.8 133.6 1 14.1 .........do.... .........do.... ......... do.... II 1.6 107.8 110.8 1 13.1 108.0 1 1 1.4 rl 15.3 I 1 1.3 rl S4.0 MI5.3 1 1 1.7 rl13.3 1 14.9 1 1 1.9 113.2 I 14.0 1 12.3 IS4.3 $0,896 $0,873 $0,872 $0,872 $0.87! 4,748 3,389 !,627 1,315 1,266 6,074 4, 140 1,795 1,356 1,672 r4,723 r3,277 r 1,379 r1,033 1,361 4,312 3,015 1,239 609 624 r5,453 r3,840 r1,622 r1,217 r1,579 r575 r600 rl,6l3 r645 45 r71,066 r47,868 r20,740 19,647 6, 136 7,800 r23,198 r8,568 561 566 Seasonally adjusted Indexes^ PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y 1957-59=$1.00.. $0,901 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE MEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE <UNADJ„), TOTAL„ .......mi 1. $.. do.... .........do.... .........do.... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ .........do.... C.B Industrial ,..,.... .........do.... Comrnerc i a 1.............................. .........do.... .........do.... .........do.... .........do.... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL .......mi 1. $.. Pr1vate, tota1.......«,....... o.o............ .........do.... .........do.... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/........ .........do.... ......... do.... .........do.... .........do.... ......... do.... Res i dent i a 1...„..................................do.... NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private).... ........thous.. .........do.... .........do.... ..........do.... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: ..........do.... ..........do.... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (12,000 perm it-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: .........thous.. ..........do.... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: ..1957-59=100.. 5, 157 3,651 1,843 !, 483 1,302 453 507 942 0 O . . . . O 442 510 453 45! 1,506 1,359 1,934 647 38 622 36 678 50 77,622 53,285 27,460 18,812 5,987 7,846 24,337 9,259 78,920 54,290 27,463 19,388 6,629 7,294 24,630 9,391 69,856 46,811 20,830 18,531 6,444 7,051 23,045 8,413 516 508 556 r69,934 r46,876 r20,459 r18,868 r6,250 r7,5l6 r23,058 r8,450 560 87.3 84.6 86,3 83.7 81.0 78.2 79„5 76.7 77.6 75.3 76„2 73.9 r65.7 r6306 r64„4 r62.3 r67.l r64.4 r65.7 r63°0 63.2 61.4 62.1 .60.3 1,611 1,585 1,374 1,349 1,012 993 r1,089 r1,066 r1,282 r!,25! 1,089 !,073 1,255 71 1 1,197 652 715 441 759 477 r942 r549 847 551 1 18 123 rl22 123 123 1 18 r1,446 r603 ....... ....... 1,297 575 39 41 71,706 48,282 21,156 •••.... ....... ....... 23,424 8,628 r_f Revised. J / Excludes farm and public u t i l i t i e s . 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