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May 31, 1968 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1957-59=1 Index, 1957-59 = 100 200 ~ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) / (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) A W i 190 — 180 - 170 - 160 Monthly 150 i t i ' i 1 ' i i ' i ^l~J i i i 1965 1 i i i i i _ j ^ u j i i 1 | | i i i • J - U L i 1967 1966 — 1 1 1 L-J—L—L— 1968 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 _ (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) -r / ^ A 1,000 800 _ f^*) \ 600 - / - \ / 400 - 200 - 0 Monthly .1 l I 1 1 1 I 1 I | i I 1965 1 I I 1966 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,1 I 1967 l 1 , J FMAMJ 1968 J A S O N D Automobile Mfrs. Assn. index, 1957-59 = 100 115 WHOLESALE PRICES Index, 1957-59=100 140 CONSUMER PRICES 110 l— 130 A II Services 110 ^ - ^ " ' ^*» — ** 120 \ l^^f**-*^ Industrial Commodities All Commodities ^\ - - Food All /terns 100 i 1 i i i i i i i M i I.J.,.1 i j _ i 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1966 i i I I i 1 I i I l l 1967 , , , , , 1 ,M M 1968 I I M M I 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * 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 1966 1967 1968 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1967 1968 1TM May 20 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. .o.1957=59=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES ............ Nondurable goods stores .............. ,.. „ .mil. $„. e.. o..... .'do.... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs ......... thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs ...0 .do. „. „ State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) ..'.do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.. May 27 Steel, raw .... Index of production .thous. sh. tons.. .1957-59=100.. RAIL FREIGHT. REVENUE TON MILES .... .......bil.. May 18 May 11 May 25 99.6 95«0 94.4 94.9 6,009 4,002 6,049 4,013 6,563 4,387 6,625 4,504 6,940 4,365 178 1,183 1,129 233 171 1,115 1,062 273 181 1,106 1,040 197 164 1,071 1,006 178 156 215 274 44,073 47,241 23,081 327 46,481 52,458 25,514 267 46,668 53,030 25,717 412 46,920 52,819 25,373 398 46,908 53,117 25,352 279 70,628 47,213 188,389 24,813 62,042 27,261 78,384 48,386 205,757 26,005 67,757 29,543 74,426 48,424 204,852 2.6,293 67,431 29,586 75,616 48,421 205,986 27,294 67,638 29,719 5.57 92.78 99.77 ,5,63 90.18 96.90 6.58 97.97 107.17 6.59 98.07 107.27 6.61 97.18 106.19 1,820 22,033 210,627 8,531 1,911 22,073 209,496 8,545 1,845 23,270 256,582 9,256 6.59 98.91 108.25 1,901 23,408 253., 118 9,246 1,853 23,961 259,000 9,216 253,398 2,408 129 o3 2,385 128.0 2,904 155 o 9 2,896 155.5 2,844 152.7 2,860 153.5 14°7 15.1 15,4 15-4 FINANCE: Currency in circulation %/........................ .mil. $.. 44A36 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total i/....do.... 47,326 Member bank reserve balances jj/.........„0...........do.... 23,386 Excess reserves, estimated %]'. do.... 404 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: hj Demand deposits, adjusted .mil. $.. 70,849 Savings deposits „ .do..'.. 47,256 Loans and investments (adjusted), total ...........do.... 189,548 U. S. Government obligations ....................do.... 25,053 Commercial and industrial loans (gross) ....do.'... 62,312 Real estate loans (gross) .......................do.... 27,302 Bond yeilds, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) hj * e1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks ...........................do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal %/, .thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) ..number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate %J............thous. bbl.. May 4 14^5_ 94.9 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. %/ Daily average. }J Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Mar. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ........... Primary metals .......................... Transportation equipment ................. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total .......... Primary metals .......................... Transportation equipment MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ........... New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ........... Primary metals .......................... Transportation equipment Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total ........... Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj): Durable goods industries, total Prijnary metals .......................... Transportation equipment ................ Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. bil. ...do. ...do. 23.9 3.7 6.5 23.3 3.7 6.4 23.3 3.6 6.6 25.1 3.9 6.8 26.1 4.1 7.0 26.0 4.4 6.7 .do. .do. .do. 23.1 3,5 6.1 22.3 3.4 5.9 25.2 3.7 6.7 24.6 3.8 6.4 25.2 3.8 6.5 24.9 4.1 6.2 .do. 23.2 23.2 24.1 25.6 27.5 26.4 .do. .do. .do. 22.1 3.0 5.9 22.2 3.2 6.1 24.8 4.0 6.6 24.8 4.3 6.4 26.1 3.8 8.0 25.4 3.8 7.1 .do. 74.8 74.6 79.3 79.8 81.2 81.6 .do. .do. .do. 74.1 5.8 32.0 74.0 5.6 32.2 79.1 6.8 34.7 79.3 7.4 34./ 80.3 7.3 36.2 80.8 7.0 37.0 4,389 3,714 159 3,297 138 3,458 2,809 3,704 156 2,453 5,417 176 4,055 4,878 146 3,834 5,175 4,782 4,442 4,348 4,269 4,545 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, $. Federal Home Loan Banks, outstanding advances to member institutions, end of period .................... mil. $. 1/ Data for Apr. 1968 are advance estimates. 9447 4,424 149 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 196? ITEM Mar. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less shelter All items less food Commodities .... .1957-59=100. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. 115.0 115.3 118.6 119.0 119.5 do.. .do.. do.. 114.6 115.4 110.0 114.8 115.9 110.2 118.2 H9.3 113.2 118.5 119.7 113.5 119.1 120.2 113.9 do. do. do. .do. 112.9 102.9 97.2 115.9 113.0 103.4 97.0 118.8 116.0 106.3 101.0 125.8 116.4 106.4 100.8 123.6 116.9 106.6 100.6 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 107.8 126.3 129.5 114.2 110.0 115.7 115.2 108.4 126.6 130.0 113.7 109.0 115.7 114.2 111.2 130.8 134.6 117.0 111.6 118.5 124.1 111.5 131.3 135.2 117.4 112.0 118.5 124.9 111.9 132.1 136.1 117.9 113.1 118.7 126.1 do. do. „... 0 do. do. 113.3 116.6 111.8 118.6 113.6 116.9 111.9 119.0 116. 120. 113. 122. 116.9 120.8 113.9 123.5 117.2 121.0 114.2 123.8 do. do. do. do. 108.7 111.1 108.3 107.3 108.8 111.0 108.4 107.7 109.5 113.7 108.9 110.6 109.8 113.8 109.3 111.2 109.9 113.9 109.3 111.8 .do... do... do... do... 112.6 114.2 112.2 130.5 113.0 115.1 113.2 130.6 115.9 118.7 116.6 135.5 116.6 118.6 116.4 136.2 117.6 119.0 116.7 137.1 „. .do... do... do... do... 122.2 134.6 114.4 118.9 122.6 135.1 114.9 119.4 127.1 141.2 117.6 122.7 127. 141. 117. 123. 128.3 142.9 118.4 124.2 do... do... .do... 114.3 112.9 114.5 113 o9 113.1 115.3 117.2 116.6 118.5 117. 117. 119. 118.1 117.8 119.5 „.. .do... do... do... do... 105.7 99.6 110.6 106.0 105.3 97*6 110.0 106.0 107.2 99.0 112.4 107.8 108.0 101.3 113.3 108.3 108.2 102.1 112.9 108.6 Chemicals and allied products , Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables do. .do. do. 98.5 103.7 100.6 98.8 103.3 100.6 98.2 101.8 103.0 98.1 102.5 103.3 98.6 102.0 103.6 Hides, skins, and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment do. do. do. 116.9 103.6 111.5 115.7 104.1 111.6 116.5 108.6 113.9 116.7 111.6 U4.1 117.9 113.9 114.3 Nondurables ..'. Durables New cars Used cars o 0 „ Commodities less food Services Services less rent Food . Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership „ . Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private .... Public „ Health and recreation Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation. Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food Apparel and upkeep „ Transportation WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products „ Foods and feeds, processed Industrial commodities 4 „ Metals and metal products do... Nonmetallic mineral products .do... M - P J paper, and allied products do... Rubber and products do... Textile products and apparel do... Miscellaneous products do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY — Wholesale prices x957-59=$i.OO. Consumer prices do... 109*4 103.8 103,6 95.9 101.8 107.7 109.1 103.9 103.9 95.9 101.8 108.0 111.7 106.0 105.2 99.5 104.3 111.0 112.8 106.9 105.7 99.5 104.6 111.3 113.9 107.3 105.2 99.7 104.6 111.5 $0,946 .870 $0,950 .867 $0,933 .843 $0,926 .840 $0,924 .837 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... 9,937 5,111 10,103 5,175 11,012 5,661 11,188 5,721 11,361 5,793 Loans to cooperatives „ do... 1,598 1,363 1,337 1,565 1,595 Other loans and discounts .do... 3,590 3,463 3,970 3,785 3,871 Money and interest rates: Federal intermediate credit bank loans percent. 6.10 5.98 6.21 6.03 6.17 Federal land bank loans do... 6.00 6.68 6.00 6.71 6.71 Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total mil. $. 14,421 11,992 10,871 9,989 10,715 Ordina ry do... 8,018 9,036 8,392 7,198 7,615 2,298 2,290 2,959 4,773 Group and mass-marketed ordinary .,.«.«...,..do.«. 2,484 501 641 616 555 612 Industrial do... r/ Revised, * Preliminary May 1968 wholesale price indexes are as follows: All commodities, 108.4; farm products 103.2; foods and feeds, processed,, 113.5; industrial commodities, 108.6; purchasing power of the dollar, $0,923. 9947 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1967 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL ............... mil. $.. Excl. Department of Defense shipments ..................do.... Seasonally adjusted ................................. .do.... 2,$31.9 2,796.8 2,551=4 2,705*4 2,666.1 2,653.8 2,726.8 2,674.0 2,784.7 2,726.0 2,666.7 2,773.1 2,673.8 2,639.1 2,454.7 2,983.4 2,944.2 2,888.5 GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL ........»o.........................do.... Seasonally adjusted,,........................... •. • •. • • • .do.... 2,354o8 2,202.9 2,090.9 2,226.0 2,735.2 2,615.4 2,448.1 2,601.9 2,558.2 2,612.4 2,755.3 2,640.5 40.4 37.7 35.1 37.6 r38.5 38.9 184*0 148.1 106.8 I66.9 198.0 161.8 161.6 168.1 rl40.2 rl70.6 110.8 192.4 128.7 73.9 143.8 114.1 r99.1 76.7 31.3 30.2 27.6 28.5 25.8 23.4 1,083.7 86.3 1,080.9 146.1 1,191.7 142.7 1,132.6 158.5 rl,124.1 rl96.3 1,027.1 150.8 496.8 502.8 526.2 510.4 r510.9 472.2 906 748 729 r721 844 19.8 15.3 11.9 .477 9.3 20.0 15.3 10.0 .501 7.7 20.1 14.1 10.4 .519 •7.2 20.1 rl4.0 10.3 .516 r7.2 20.1 13.8 12.5 .498 8.5 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS: TOBACCO VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oil: Production, crude ........... „.............. •..... mil. lb.. Cottonseed cake and meal: Production . „........................•.•...thous. sh. tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month.'..'.'. ••......••... odo.... Cottonseed oil: Production, crude .................................mil. lb.. Linseed oil: Production, crude (raw) ..............................do.... Soybean cake and meal: Production .................................thous. sh. tons.. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month ..................do.... Soybean oil: Production, crude .................................mil. lb.. TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of linters): 1/ Consumption .................................. .thous. bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total . . .millions.. Consuming 100 percent cotton ........... ......do...o Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total. ..billions.. Average per working day ......do.... Consuming 100 percent cotton......................do. 20.1 14.2 12.7 .508 8.9 r / Revised, l / Data f o r Mar. I967 and J a n . and Apr. 1968 cover 5 weeks3 o t h e r months, 4 weeks. 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