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March 3, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS HH^H4H'Hlfl#iiaMUdifei Index, 1957-59=100 200 Index, 1957-59=100 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 210 (E. E. f. seas. a d j . index) 190 — — J V x^*> 180 - 170 y^—**^ 160 ~ Monthly 150 JIZx^- L I l^JL^JU, 1964 1 1 I L_J 1 I i 1 ! i ~J^,I_UU—l_JL_| 1965 L-J—LJ — L _ J — L J — 1 — L i _ J 1966 _ 1—L™L™ 1967 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands. 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) Thousands 350 — / ^vA 1,000 - ^ 800 /S/Vra^i /-\ \ ^ \ nJ 600 - V 400 - - 200 0 Monthly —i i—i—i i i i—UJ—i—i —1 1 1—1 1 1 1—L-J—L™J 1964 ....!.. 1 . 1 1 1965 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1966 i 1 1 I J 1 I I 1 I 1 1967 J FMA M J J A SO N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59=100 250 STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and steel for castings) Index, 1957-59=100 I 250 - 200 - H200 ~ 150 100 Monthly 50 I I I ! 1 1 1 1 1 1964 ! . —1—L_J H_J I 1—1—1—1—1— — J 1965 1 » 1 -L-. 1 1. 1 1966 1 1 1 1 1 1 1• I Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * 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 1 !..,J .J--J 1 1967 J FMA M J J A SO N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1967 1966 ITEM Feb. 19 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1957-59*100. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores. Feb. 26 114.3 Feb. 4 Feb. II 102.5 102.2 102.1 Feb. 18 mil. $. .....do... 5,249 3,523 5,377 3,530 5,331 3,647 5,055 3,529 5,307 3,683 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)9number, 209 1,633 1,546 281 195 1,633 1,545 229 274 1,607 1,534 356 276 1,629 1,557 288 248 286 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ ..mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total .3/...do... Member bank reserve balances ,3/. ..do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/..... do... 41,283 43,130 22,153 337 41,219 42,912 22,106 398 43,347 46,216 23,905 325 43,405 46,630 23,877 316 43,614 46,747 23,721 416 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ±/ 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... 70,594 50,512 176,053 25,422 53,575 25,863 73,703 46,459 186,431 25,758 60,258 27,291 72,568 46,466 184,313 25,326 60,213 27,242 71,768 46,506 185,315 25,926 60,404 27,253 Bond yields, 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 2>/ .....thous. bbl. Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL M i see 11 aneous 4.95 93.16 99.62 4.98 91.48 97.86 5.35 86.43 92.21 5.34 87.72 93.73 5.34 88.27 94.38 1,643 21,671 239,765 8,255 1,733 21,726 233,629 8,302 1,754 23,000 160,742 8,737 1,708 23,436 178,754 8,722 1,805 23,144 178,054 8,712 2,575 138.2 538 302 2,626 141.0 536 297 2,376 127.5 520 293 2,482 133.2 500 278 2,476 132.9 531 294 thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 1965 ITEM * Tuesday data. Dec. Jan. Oct. do.... do.... 1,090 119 210 1,084 101 203 do.... do.... 156 492 113 Nov. Dec. Jan. 1,150 138 213 1,112 127 214 1,055 ill 219 1,191 160 515 105 154 542 103 145 526 100 157 454 114 171 558 126 ..do..,. 97,575 7,895 22,741 103,175 8,021 13,877 108,046 8,230 24,399 106,732 6,161 24,523 161,481 11,654 67,110 108,172 8,044 19,361 do.... .....do do Failure annual rate (seas, adj.) No. per 10,000 concerns.. 24,972 28,793 13,174 54.2 23,029 42,216 16,032 50.7 34,992 26,043 14,382 57.2 33,768 27,343 14,937 55.6 29,338 38,631 14,748 52.4 32,818 27,301 20,648 55.4 3,698 153 2,879 3,374 152 2,467 4,106 139 3,020 3,461 130 2,500 837 909 941 837 817 840 913 945 839 821 884 969 980 890 864 885 970 979 886 878 887 970 979 884 879 1 i 883 186 184 193 194 193 ! p!89 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): , 113 223 | CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F. W. Dodge Co.): 1957-59=100.. 3, 189 133 2,262 i 2,838 126 2,112 CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: 1913-100.. do do.... ,. EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED... £,/ Prel iminary. ..do.... 889 970 992 890 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1966 1965 1967 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. do.... 8,080 4,281 1,055 2,745 8,206 4,328 1,113 2,766 9,381 4,926 1,219 3,236 9,357 4,938 1,276 3,143 9,452 4,958 1,290 3,205 9,560 4,986 1,323 3,251 do.... 5.04 5.43 5.22 5.43 6.29 5.96 6.33 5.96 6.38 5.96 6 38 5.96 1,545 1,037 272 236 1,264 964 190 1,339 1,013 220 106 1,292 971 221 99 1,657 1,138 280 Jan. Dec. FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks do.... Money and interest rates: Federal land bank loans*ss LIFE INSURANCE: Premiums collected (LIAMA): do do do no 239 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION Hote1s: of total.. 1951=100.. 9.08 49 115 9.64 60 106 10.86 69 113 10.41 60 108 10.03 59 106 9.35 49 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 118 PLASTICS AND RES IN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Ce 11u1ose p1astic materials Thermosetting resins: Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins. Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type plastic materials (polystrene)... Vinyl resins (resin content basis) ..mil. lb.. 13.5 13.1 16.3 15.3 do.... do.... .....do.... 45.0 27.1 36.7 47.7 25.0 35.7 48.6 23.9 37.9 47.1 25.9 38.0 .do.... do.... 84.8 62.2 80.6 52.6 r90.6 r58.3 80.4 51.7 do.... 180.7 218.7 282.2 179.0 215.7 279.9 210.3 239.2 304.6 209.6 227.2 312.7 8.13 8.03 r10.34 7.76 6.69 rl0.89 8.37 7.79 11.54 8.10 7.93 11.08 8.38 8.14 10.57 .93 .86 3.10 .76 .40 3.40 .72 .91 4.20 .73 1.01 3.88 .96 1.00 3.75 r9.5l 15.05 r262.30 7.37 12.00 r254.73 88.44 15.90 290.38 17.88 16.09 282.86 8.28 14.47 265.10 29.91 11.33 129.55 35.20 18.65 ..mil. lb.. 36.0 35.4 39.5 36.1 34.1 sh. tons.. 332.8 80.9 334.4 94.6 237.7 89.6 259.9 91.7 r249.2 r94.2 230.9 232.6 165.6 183.1 rl75.l do.... 40.9 37.5 45.4 39.0 30.1 33.2 sh. tons.. do.... 1,135.2 75.4 1,163.8 105.0 1,039.6 130.0 1,147.1 129.0 rl,133.1 r120.0 1,158.4 133.6 519.8 533.2 482 1 521.9 r5!2.3 4,053 37,720 445 4,088 39,348 571 3,827 43,484 645 3,819 43,225 664 528 2,065 1,523 2,697 500 1,965 1,371 2,550 350 2,043 902 2,089 397 2,016 943 2,350 do.... FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEER: .mi 1. bbl.. WINES AND DISTILLING MATERIALS: Effervescent wines: wine gal.. do.... Sti11 wines: do VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Cor noil: 34 3 Cottonseed cake and mea1: i 241.3 109.4 Cottonseed oiI: 170 1 Linseed oi1: Soybean cake and meal: Stocks (at oil mills), end of month Soybean oi1: TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Consumption (withdrawals): Cigarettes, smal1: .mi 11 ions.. do.... Cigars (large), taxable. I 3,549 38,079 424 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip j r / Revised. 19322 .» tho us. skins.. thous. hides and kips.. us. skins.. do 341 1,925 913 1,960 1 537 9 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS 'STATISTICS —Continued 1966 1965 ITEM Dec. METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON; Production (excl. ferroat toys)'.. oe98a thous 9 sh. tons9e Steel (carbon), finished, composite price j./.. ..$ per lb. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tool si Orders, new (net)* total.................. se6 miI. $.. BS099doSS8e S h i pment s, tot a I......••.•••-••••••• ••••••• .....do.... UOfne S T S G o o o e a o e o o © e Q o o o o o o © © o e o a o o e s e o e .eeeedoe9a. Estimated backlog, end of month........... ...months.„ 0 Metal forming tools? Orders, new (net), total••'•.••.....>.•••••• U O m e S T I Co oaoesosoffiososaoseosaosciseaiaooaao Shipments, totaI.....•••••••..••.•••••••.. Estimated back Log."'end of month.•••.•••.•• .mil, $B ee .do ees ...do... .*sdo.8e „monthse Washers, sales (domestic and export) a.. e s 9 a ...........thous. Driers (e!ece, gas)^ sales (domestic and export). eB<8. ..do... Jans Oct. 6,327 30839 6,91.0 ;0839 8,044 ,0848 7,470 e0848 7,350 .0848 128.50 116.50 109.10 98*15 796 126.50 115.50 79.30 70s20 8.2 128.10 121.10 IOi.80 9.1 ..65 II.0 103,50 93,20 96,60 85e20 II.1 rl13.10 r100.80 r127.05 r113.40 rl0.9 27a60 23e95 30.30 27e55 9e9 29*75 26.10 23 e 35 22.25 10,0 23s75 20 0 90 27 # 05 25e60 9.0 24.30 22875 28.00 26.45 8.6 16.45 13,90 28.75 27.70 8.4 357. S 238.8 3!7e4 I86 e 7 407ft.6 297.9 304.6 201B6 245.3 201.9 S9 197 191 25 211 210 28 214 215 28 201 207 21 576 573 526 586 641 700 626 705 593 681 831 753 781 759 852 18.9 14.7 S8.9 14.7 19.5 15.1 19,5 .15.1 11.8 .470 9.3 10.4 .522 8.2 10.5 .527 8.3 I0e2 .508 7.9 1,731 358 1,157 10,461 2,519 1,766 274 1,161 ! 1,295 2,331 1,826 330 1,079 11,846 2,392 r! ,736 r283 r!,055 rl 1,649 r2,446 1,788 19,032 953 1,197 561 2,041 19,810 r2,40i 23,144 918 1,196 992 2,165 20,856 928 1,064 784 Dec. PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES? Product ione....••••••....••.. ..••••• .•••••••thous. sh,tons@ Shipments from mi Ils9oee..... ..do.,, Stocks at mills, end of month 8 .do. 98 Consumption by publishers.............................do... Stocks at and in transit to publishers, end of mo....do. . TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of I inters): 2/ Consumption. sfflo88se90S0 . 08(soeas . 8eas8 « eea>e8ea thous. baIes. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles)? Active spindles, last working day, total...semiII ions. Consuming 100 percent cotton*.«.6..s.se.se99affl8doaoe Spindle hours operated, all fibers totaI. billions.. Average per working dayos>a)98ea ss ..do 89BS Consuming 100 percent cotton.88„ «.**do8e9. Men's apparel, cuttings: Tailored garments: Suits......••••••••••••••• ,8 .thous, units Overcoats and topcoats do,, # Coats (separate), dress and sportee..e99,,6.9ae9..8Sdoa. Trousers (separate)^ dress and sport...............do.. Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport*.......thous. doz Women's, misses', juniors' outerwear, cuttings: Coats..,9S8Sei,e,e8•••••••••••••••••••.•••.••.thous. units Dresses..............................................do.. Su its..... „ . „.. a... a..,....do.. Blouses, waists, and shirts....................thous, doz Sk i rts...........,..........'.........................do.. rj R e v i s e d . £ / Preliminary. J / Revised Sept. c o v e r 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r months, 4 w e e k s . 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