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May 27, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS H U B I N E S S IN DICTATORS Index, 1941-43 = 10 Index, 1941-43 = 10 110 - I no PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS _A 100 100 r*\ .****v 90 - 80 Monthly 70 (avg. 1 1—1 1—1—I—1—1—I—1—1— -. 1 ' 1963 L^L-J—Lj 1964 1 JLJ^J— of daily 1 1 1 ,1 1 1 .J close) ~~ 1 „I__L 1 „, J 1966 1965 F M A M ' J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 - index, 1957-59 = 100 -j ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 180 (E. E. 1. seas. a d ; , index) / 170 ~ ~ 160 - y*""*^^^^ 150 Monthly UO —1 1 1 1 •_. .1 1 l _ l U . 1963 i i i i ,L, i i i i i i„„ 1 ,-L.J 1 L_l J 1 1., 1 1 I 1965 1964 _ 140 1 1 1 1 I . .1 1 .1—1 I ,. J 1966 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Milli 2.5 Index, 1957-59 = 100 120 CONSUMER PRICES PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS* 2.0 115 h ^ ^ * All Serv'u 1.5 L/^^fW^VlV 1.0 *Seas. adj., at annual rates 100 111111111111111111 1963 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1964 1965 1966 iiiiiiiI ii i ii 1963 Data: 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 1964 i i I I I I I I 1 • • • • i Ti i • 1965 1966 M 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 1965 ITEM May 22 May 15 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALES A I 1 commodities Farm products Foods, processed Al I other 22 commodities 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1957-59=100.. do.... do.... ....do.... do.... mil. $.. do.... . , 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^/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, totai 3/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3>/ do.... Reporting member banks (of F.R.System) in leading cities: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,se8 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.. 00 Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ e D s t h o u s s bb!.. Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOADINGS, TOTAL M i see I I aneous thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... U Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 105.0 5,427 3,559 *I02J *98.4 *I03.3 *I02.3 105.4 5,373 3,487 185 1,347 1,210 292 179 1,293 1,157 266 39,071 40,332 21,465 349 39,095 40,333 21,445 343 62, 156 42,315 152,643 24,095 45,293 20,693 4.57 89.94 95.36 Apr. 30 III.5 5,984 3,835 153 1,027 964 • 245 May 14 May 7 105.4 105.3 110.7 104.3 110.3 5,659 3,804 110.4 5,919 4,071 May 21 105.3 104.5 110.7 104.3 110.5 151 164 979 917 213 288 241 41,563 43,254 22,616 378 41,600 43,560 22,743 279 41,834 43,831 22,603 358 41,924 43,771 22,450 315 60,570 42,387 153,109 24,239 45,458 20,734 4.57 89.67 95.15 67,921 43,377 165,865 21,849 52,495 23,041 5.16 91.76 98.35 65,809 43,289 166,475 21,739 53,084 23,046 5.16 89.39 95.75 65,107 43,252 166,105 21,730 53,142 23,129 5.17 87.23 93.34 5.19 85.12 91.04 1,679 19.181 245,531 7,739 1,753 19,343 248,355 7,730 1,195 20,515 249,765 8,292 1,717 20,443 234,062 8,384 1,788 20,726 229,657 8,365 2,660 142.8 594 331 2,701 145.0 606 333 2,682 144.0 574 333 2,765 148.4 602 328 2,776 149.0 611 330 3/ Daily average. ±/ Wednesday data. 243,301 2,765 148.4 * Monthly index for May 1965. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 1965 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: J/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): bi 1. $.. do.... do.... 21.9 3.9 6.2 22.0 4.1 5.9 20.8 3.4 6.0 22.9 3.8 6.5 23.9 4.0 6.6 23.9 4.1 6.5 do.... do.... 21.3 3.6 5.9 20.9 3.8 5.4 22.3 3.5 6.0 22.4 3.6 6.0 23.2 3.7 6.2 22.7 3.8 6.0 do.... 22.5 22.4 23.1 24.6 25.8 24.9 do.... 21.7 3.6 6.3 22.0 3.5 6.5 23.6 3.6 6.5 23.7 4.0 6.6 24.6 4.0 6.7 23.9 3.9 6.4 56.2 56.7 63.8 65.5 67.5 68.5 do.... 55.5 7.1 21.8 56.4 6.7 22.7 63.8 5.8 26.6 65.1 6.1 27.1 66.6 6.4 27.6 67.7 6.5 28.0 .1957-59=100.. J09.0 109.3 111.0 III.6 112.0 1 12.5 108.7 109.9 105.6 106.4 103.2 100.8 121.7 109.1 110. 1 105.9 107.0 103.0 100.7 120.6 110.8 lll.l 107.4 109.6 101.9 97.4 114.8 III.4 III.3 108.0 110.6 101.8 97.2 114.0 III.9 III.6 108.4 III.) 102.0 97.1 115.4 1 12.4 1 12.2 108.8 1 11.4 102.3 97.4 117.4 Value (seasonally adjusted): MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: J./ New orders, net- (not seasonally adjusted): New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: Special group indexes: J./ Data for Apr. 1966 http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 29494 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1966 1965 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. COMMODITY PRICES—Continued CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—Con. Unadjusted Indexes—Con. Special group indexes—Con. Commodities less food.... Serv i ces. Services less rent 1957-59=100, do.., do.. 104.8 117.0 119.1 105.0 117.3 119.3 Food Meats, poultry, and fish Da i ry products Fruits and vegetables do.. do.., do.., do.., 106.9 99.6 105.0 115.3 107.3 99.8 104.5 117.6 Housing S he I ter Rent Homeowner sh ip Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity.... Household furnishings and operation... do.., do.., do.., do.., do.., do.., do.., do.., 108.2 110.1 108.7 110.8 107.4 106.5 107.7 103.1 108.2 110.1 108.8 110.8 107.2 105.4 107.7 103.1 109 .2 112 .0 109 J 113 \ 106 A 108 .9 107 9 103 6 Apparel and upkeep Tr ansportat ion.. Pr i vate Public. do.., do.., .do.., do... 106.0 110.6 109.0 121.3 106.3 111.0 109.5 121.3 Health and recreation. do.., Med i ca I care ...do.., Persona I care. do.., Reading and recreation do... Seasona11y adjusted i ndexes: Food. do.., Apparel and upkeep do... Transportat ion do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer pr i ces 1957-59=$ 1.00. 114.9 121.4 110.4 115.4 115.4 121.6 110.7 115.9 105 .4 119 .7 122 .0 105.6 120.1 122.5 113 .1 115 .7 107 0 116 5 113.9 116.9 108.1 SI7.4 109 4 112 1 109. 8 113. 3 106, 5 109 0 108.2 103.8 109.6 112.3 109.9 113.5 106.6 108.9 108.2 104.0 107 3 III 2 109 6 122, 0 107. 6 111. 1 109. 6 122. 0 108.2 III. 109, 122, 116 9 124. 2 110, 4 115, 7 117. 124, 5 110. 8 115. 9 117. 125. III. 116.6 111. 6 107. 8 113. I 108. 0 III. 4 114.2 108.5 III.8 105.3 1 19.5 121 .8 III .4 1 12.9 106 .6 111 .3 no.8 , $0,917 $0,915 $0,901 $0,896 $0,893 124.9 120.7 123.0 118.8 154.9 152.2 152.8 150.1 87.3 84.6 86.3 83.7 r8I.O r78.2 r79.5 r76.7 M30.4 ri25.8 N28.2 rl23.6 1,489 1,465 1,552 1,532 1,611 1,585 r1,374 rI,349 rl,561 rl,530 1,269 711 1,187 677 1,262 709 I, 191 659 rl,293 r760 94.1 6.6 10.9 3.0 103.4 8.6 11.9 3.7 64.6 1.7 8.8 1.6 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (public and private) .thous. Pr i vate I y owned do... Total nonfarm (public and private) do... Pr i vate I y 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: Tota I thous. One-fami ly structures do... DOMESTIC TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING: Cost, total Apparel and accessories Automotive, including accessories Bui Iding materials... mil. $. do... do... do... 83. 4, U. 2. 101.9 6.8 11.5 3.4 Drugs and toiletries Foods, soft drinks, confectionery Beer, wine, liquors Household equipment, supplies, furnishings do... do... do... do... 9. 12, 4. 6. 9.7 11.3 6.1 7.7 6.6 7.7 2.4 3.0 9.1 10.7 3.8 3.6 10.8 12.2 5.2 7.6 I ndustr i a I mater ials Soaps, cleansers, etc Smok i ng mater ials A11 other do... do... do... do... 3. 2. 3. 32. 4.6 2.8 3.4 33.5 2.9 I.I 2.2 26.7 3.3 1.5 2.6 31.0 4.0 1.4 2.5 36.4 FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Bonds (book value), total Stocks (book vaiue), totai Mortgage loans, total Nonfarm Rea I estate Policy loans and premium notes Cash Other assets rj Revised. 29494 bll. $. do... do... do... do. 15 1.66 68.74 6.6i 56.34 51.92 152.27 68.85 6.62 56.69 52.21 159.63 70.50 7.29 60.52 55.68 160.23 70.66 7.29 60.88 55.99 160.80 70.98 7.27 61.29 56.32 do... do... do... do... 4.57 7.26 1.24 6.91 4.57 7.31 1.20 7.02 4.69 7.72 1.30 7.60 4.70 7.77 1.30 7.63 4.72 7.85 1.02 7.67 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1966 1965 ITEM Mar. Jan. Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. FINANCE—Continued PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U s S e : T0TAL o . oseoe ........ e * e .. e a. o . s ..® 0 .... s .<»..o.... o ..mi lB $ „ Death benefits.• ••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••.••••.do.... Matured endowments.• •<.••••.••••••.•••••••.•••••••..do.... DisablIIty payments.•••.•.•••••.•••••••.•••••.•••••do.,.. Annuity payments. ......a,.*.......,,.,.®....,,..««...„ .do.. .. Surrender va1ues»„ O S S E „ 9 e i , 8 ,., 9 o 8 »..o 9 , a , 8 S ., 8 , a 8 ,.do..,. Po! s cy d f v f dends. •.•...••.••.•••••••....••••.••••.. do.. •. SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commissions Estimated gross proceeds, total. „ o o s . ............. ..do.... By types of security? Bonds and notes, total••••••••••••.•••...•••..•do.... Corporate•..•••••••••••••••..•••...••...•••.•do.... Common stock••••••••••••••.•••••..•••.•••••••••do.... Preferred stock 0 ..........................• • • • • do.... By type of Issuerj Corporate, totaL^.,,,,....,,,,,,,...,,..,.^..^^,,.. Manufacturing................ ................ .do.... Extract1ve (m1nIng)..........................do.... Pubi ic uts 1 ity 0 f f l 6 « e B S S > e o o . ..„.„.„............do.... R a I i r O a d ......eaoee....*..,,®.,,,,..... . . . . . . . . . d O . . a o Commun i cat ion................................ do.... Noncorporate, tota1............................do.... U.S. Government....«...»<*. .„.......... B ...... do.«.. New corporate security issues; Estimated net proceeds, total a e e ........... O B ...„do s e .. Proposed uses of proceeds: New money, totaI........••••......••••..••••.do.... Working capita 1............................do.... .••••••• 5,059.2 468.3 91.9 15.7 922.0 398.6 82.0 12.9 964.3 411.8 85.1 14.4 909.8 403.5 77.9 12.2 1,139.5 503.0 94.8 16.6 88.5 183.6 211.2 83.5 162.1 182.9 104.5 162.1 186.4 90.0 157.0 169.2 100.3 196.5 228.3 ........ 3,003 3,050 3,084 2,995 4,250 ........ 2,860 1,215 82 60 2,887 1,070 127 35 2,894 1,220 70 119 2,862 1,168 59 75 3,833 2,065 396 21 1,358 555 14 289 47 30 248 1,233 562 75 212 21 18 251 1,410 428 21 407 46 127 1.52 1,301 556 20 257 42 148 152 2,482 1,001 28 344 40 304 296 1,646 413 1,003 1,817 390 971 1,674 475 1,176 1,694 345 804 1,768 457 848 1,343 1,214 1,395 1,287 2,452 1,039 667 372 146 157 939 680 260 61 213 1,211 911 300 50 135 1,086 802 283 36 165 2,039 1,482 557 7 407 8,204 12,347 149.7 7,951 11,966 149.9 6,910 10,577 128.2 6,834 10,249 137.5 7,937 12,083 146.5 7,853 11,569 144.9 914 735 753 753 947 758 18.7 15.2 12.3 .494 10. 1 18.7 15.1 9.9 .497 8.1 18.9 14.7 10.4 ,522 8.2 18.8 14.6 10.5 .525 8.2 19.2 14.7 13.0 .518 10.0 19.2 14.7 10.5 .525 8.0 [ ........ ........ ••••«••• .....OS. a... ...a .. ...... ........ ........ eee.eee. • .....»© ...OS... 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