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May 30, 1969 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS INDICATORS 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 1941-43 = 10 140 - 130 ^ S / 110 120 - 100 90 80 — ~\ _ / —•—• -'- ' . i I . i i i i i —L-L..I 1966 110 1 1 .-1 1 l_i J L Monthy (avg. of daily close) 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 I 1 t 1 L.-i-_,l..,._l J 1 J J 1 l.,_.i_.,_ 1967 1968 100 Weekly (Wednesday ' 1969 ' ' ' ' I ' close) ' ' • • 90 JFMAMJJASOND Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 1957-59 = 100 220 ~ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) _ 210 ys. 200 / 190 180 - ^ J - J \ /***[ Monthly 170 _I_L_I_]-J_I-J 1 J 1 J i , L..I,...J_I_,LJ,„.I_I..J..J™ 1966 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 J l_l 1967 i i i i i 1968 _ 1 i i i i i 1969 JFMAMJJASOND Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 ~ (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) Thousands 350 ~~ A 1,000 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 0 Monthly _j_j_._i..„.i_i._,.L-i_i_.__j._:._„ 1966 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1967 1 J—J L—1—1 ! —1—1—1—1 1 .._I_L.,LJ-.J_J_1_..I 1968 1969 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. •Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1 1 J„ J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1968 1969 ITEM May 18 May 25 May 3 May 17 May 10 94.9 94o9 106.5 106.9 107.2 mil. $ 0 do c .. 6,519 4,340 6,449 4,244 6,976 4,579 6,991 4,708 6,812 4,485 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).... .do... 156 1,027 966 215 148 982 922 274 150 1,043 141 192 158 1,012 945 194 46,920 55,279 25,379 400 46,908 55,319 25,379 322 49,502 59,255 27,629 50 75,803 48,566 206,388 27,367 67,538 29,950 74,744 48,464 204,886 26,756 67,427 29,770 6.59 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES. c Nondurable .goods stores 1957-59=100. 0 0 FINANCE: Currency in circulation ^J Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total j5/ Member bank reserve balances 3 / Excess reserves, estimated 2/. „ mil. $. do. 0. do... do... 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).. c do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3 / percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Standc & Poor's) /j/.. .1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks ... do... 0 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3 / Electric power, by utilities,, 0.. 0 Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) Petroleum (crude) and condensate %J thous. sh. tons. .mil. kw.-hr. ...... .number. 00 0 .thous. bbl. Steel, raw. thous. sh. tons. 0 eooo Index of production ..., O 1957-59=100. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES ••_-•_••« •• bil. 98.07 107.27 1,853 23,961 259,110 9,216 974 108.1 *°"l67 218 49,646 59,980 28,175 444 49,959 59,829 27,788 227 49,968 59,983 79,374 47,737 225,566 24,791 76,688 32,877 76,026 47,726 225,027 24,233 76,579 32,839 77,949 47,679 225,882 23,973 76,732 32,946 6.61 97.18 106.19 7.H 103.69 113.50 7.10 104.67 114.63 7.06 106.16 116.24 7d0 104.47 114.34 1,858 23,827 254,437 1,921 25,163 195,213 9,258 1,858 25,501 199,091 9,416 1,853 25,451 200,572 207,928 2,784 149.4 15.1 2,817 151.2 15.5 9,230 2,860 2,842 152.6 153.5 152.7 15.3 15.7 15.2 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 2 / Daily average, hj Wednesday data. MONTHLY May 24 2,844 27,718 63 9,287 2,811 150.8 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS" SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. .bil. $. 27.8 28.3 27.3 r31.1 30.3 Primary metals do,.. 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.9 4.7 Transportation equipment. • do... 7.2 7.0 7.8 7.3 7.7 Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. ,.. .do... 26.8 29.3 26.9 29.5 29.9 Primary metals do... 4.1 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.6 Transportation equipment . do... 7.3 6.7 6.7 7.5 r7.3 MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total • do... 28.5 29.7 31.1 28.2 New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. .do... 28.0 30. 29. 27.4 29.7 Primary metals .do... 4.2 4. 4. 4.2 r4.6 Transportation equipment . do... 8.1 7. 7. 7.3 7.1 Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total , .do... 82.6 84.2 82.2 85.0 r85.4 Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total .. . .do... 81.8 82.2 84.4 85, 85. 6. Primary metals .... do... 7.8 6.5 7.9 r6. Transportation equipment do... 33.0 33.9 34.3 34. 32.3 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: All items.... 0 .1957-59=100. 124.6 125.6 124.1 119.5 119.9 Special group indexes: All items less food do... 120. 120.6 125.6 126.8 124.9 All items less medical care. „ do... 118. 118.5 123.0 124.0 122.5 Commodities .do... 113. 114.3 118.7 117.8 117.4 Nondurables... „ .do... 116, 121.8 117.3 121.0 121.1 0 Nondurables less food .do... 116. 121.4 120.1 116.4 120.5 Durables , do.,. 106. 111.1 108.6 106.9 109.7 vj Revised. 1/ Data for April I969 are advance estimates. Data for the HELP-WANTED INDEX appearing in the May 1969 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS have been revised as follows: Feb.- 1969, Digitized forNOTE: FRASER Mar. 1969, 232j Apr. 1969, p227. Apr. 30.6 4.9 7.6 29.6 4.6 7-3 31.8 30.9 4.8 7.8 86.6 86.4 6.8 34.5 126.4 127.5 124.7 119.3 122.5 121.9 111.4 230j MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 1969 ITEM Mar. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. CONSUMER HtlCE INDEX— Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Special group indexes—Con, Services.. .0 Services less rent Food ..... Meats, poultry, and fish. Dairy products „ Fruits and vegetables Apr Jan. Mar. Apr. 1957-59=100. do... do... do... do... do... 132.1 136.1 117.9 113.1 118.7 126.1 132.5 136.6 118.3 112.7 118.8 128.3 139.0 143.9 122.0 115.6 122.7 127.0 139.7 144.6 121.9 116.2 122.8 124.7 140.9 146.1 122.4 116.5 123.0 127.6 142.0 147.4 123.2 II8.4 122.9 127.9 do... do... .do... do... do... do... do... 0... .do... 117.2 121.0 114.2 123.8 109.9 113.9 109.3 111.8 117.5 121.3 114.4 124.0 110.0 114.0 109.5 112.2 122.7 128.2 116.9 132.7 111.7 116.7 110.2 115.2 123.3 128.9 117.2 133.6 111.8 116.9 110.2 115.8 124.4 130, 117, 135, 112. 117. 110, 116, 125.3 131.6 117.8 137.1 112.6 117.4 111.2 116.9 do... do... .do.., do... do... do =.. 117.6 119.0 116.7 100.6 124.6 137.1 118.4 119.0 116.8 100.3 126.3 137.2 123.4 120.7 117.9 102.3 115.5 144-.8 123.9 122.0 119.3 102.3 122.6 145.5 124.9 124.3 121.6 102.4 130.5 147.5 125.6 124.6 121.9 101.9 131.2 148.0 Health and recreation do... Medical care „ do... Personal care „do... Reading and recreation. „ do... Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food do... Apparel and upkeep. do... Transportation. do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED S f — Consumer prices 1957-59=41.00. 128.3 142.9 118.4 124.2 128.8 143.5 119.0 124.9 133.3 150.2 123.7 128.4 133.7 .151.3 124.1 128.4 134.3 152.5 124.8 128.7 135. 153125, 129. rll8.3 r118.0 rll9.4 118.7 118.5 rll9.0 122.2 124.1 rl20.6 122, 124. 122, 122.8 125.3 124.7 123.6 125.7 124.6 $0,837 $0,834 $0,806 $0,803 $0,796 $0,791 5,417 176 4,055 4,878 146 4,802 205 3,705 5,003 177 3,834 4,766 191 3,891 3,729 5,895 183 4,682 1,787 1,973 1,592 1,580 rl,870 2,077 414 850 523 945 548 348 783 461 364 767 449 r440 r896 r534 486 1,025 566 11,361 5,793 1,598 3,970 11,488 5,853 1,549 4,085 11,907 6,169 1,630 4,108 *11,946 6,226 1,680 *4,040 12,324 6,317 1,663 4,344 *12,344 6,412 1,648 *4,284 7,218.7 3,397.9 4,020.8 1,601.6 2,419.2 7,500.7 3,285.5 4,215.2 1,673.5 2,541.7 3,733.3 3,896.7 4,836.6 2,007.7 2,828.9 8,832,8 3,929.8 4,903.0 2,047.4 2,855.6 8,723.3 3,882.8 4,840.5 1,974.3 2,866.2 8,883.9 3,902.0 4,981.9 2,028.9 2,953.0 6.21 6.30 6.54 6.62 6.68 6.70 59.3 128.2 41.6 56.5 35.7 59.7 126.7 42.3 57.4 36.2 64.9 137.0 46.1 66.3 37.7 67.8 145.4 47.4 67.8 39.1 65.8 143.1 46.1 64.5 38.9 65.9 138.2 46.8 66.1 39.2 114,845 105,887 87,024 18,864 109,234 100,340 31,341 18,999 131,591 122,463 101,050 21,413 117,665 109,110 88,023 21,087 126,035 116,679 95,159 21,519 85,345 20,542 8,957 8,651 306 SO,976 19,364 8,895 8,578 317 99,163 23,300 9,128 8,860 267 87,944 94,008 21,166 8,554 22,670 9,356 9,063 Housing Shelter Rent „ Homeownership Fuel and utilities..... Fuel oil and coal. Gas and electricity. 0 0 Household furnishings and operation. Apparel and upkeep. Transportation Private New cars Used cars. Public . D „ „.., CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F.W. Dodge Co.): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) , 1957-59=100. Building, total mil. $ 0 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... 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' s do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA's do... 226 other SMSA's do... MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Federal intermediate credit bank loans percent. 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... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do..., 6 other leadings SMSA' s do..., 226 other SMSA's do..., ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL.... ^ ^.-hr.. Electric utilities, total do **MIB :;:::::::::::::do::: By waterpower., Privately and municipally owned utilities Other producers (publicly owned) Industrial establishments, total By fuels By waterpower d0e 11 do..., do..., .do..!! .*!!!.' .'do.'!! 1 do..., ij Revised. * Excludes loans by Federal Intermediate Credit Banks outside the Farm Credit Adm. Digitized for6415 FRASER 8,290 265 293 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1969 ITEM Mar. Jan. Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS SHOES AND SLIPPERS, PRODUCTION, TOTAL.... thous. of pairs. Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc. athletic, total.....do... Slippers for housewear. .do... Athletic do... Other footwear .do... 58,067 48,457 8,760 654 196 56,075 45,664 9,535 683 193 53,224 45,033 8,476 636 127 r48,651 r40,086 r7,846 r576 rl43 52,847 43,441 8,559 691 156 8,U3 7,296 7,225 8,196 1,010 1,360 770 1,026 1,352 1,021 1,255 676 rl,019 rl,288 r718 1,039 1,418 780 123 91 48 12,721 154.2 117 50 12,450 155.9 138 111 56 11,083 134.3 142 118 64 10,915 146.5 181 145 77 rl2,400 rl50.3 307 157 128 300 153 125 392 153 132 r432 rl63 rl38 433 172 145 r937.4 r648.9 r312.7 137.6 956.3 687.7 347.9 132.7 886.1 644.0 307.9 156.5 r88l.7 638.5 r322.0 r!44.4 894.6 655.8 317.9 151.1 „ .thous. bales. 721 839 647 r664 787 .millions. do... ..billions. do... do... 20.1 14.0 10.3 .516 7.2 20.1 13.8 12.5 .501 &.5 20.0 13.1 9.8 .490 6.4 rl9.9 13.1 rlO.l r.505 r6.6 20.0 13.1 12.1 .484 7.9 7,428 METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys) thous. sh. tons. Castings, gray iron: Orderssunfilled, 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 month thous. sh. ton3, Shipments, total .do... For sale .do..« Aluminum shipments: Ingot and mill products (net) mil. lb. Mill products, total do.., Plate a n d sheet (excluding foil) . .do... Castings .do... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of l i n t e r s ) : 1/ Consumption Manufactures: Spindle a c t i v i t y (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, l a s t working day, t o t a l Consuming 100 percent cotton Spindle hours operated, a l l fibers, t o t a l Average per working Consuming 100 percent cotton , 802 94 19.9 13.0 12.2 .488 7.9 8,150 12,143 152.1 r / Revised. 1/ Data for Apr. 1968 and Jan. and Apr. 1969cover 5 weeks: other months, 4 weeks. 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