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May 5, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Thousands 1,400 1,200 Thousands 35i: MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) — /Vxl N / V / V 1,000 i-v 800 \ \ hJ V 600 400 200 / - .... - 0 Monthly t^-1 1 1 L__( 1 1 1 1 1 1 L-J 1 I 1964 1 1 1 UJ 1 i- J 1 1—L-j | L_L_JL-i-.i —LJL_l^_Jta_L_L_l„JLJL„JL 1966 1965 J 1967 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Billion Dollars 50 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) 90 Index, 1957-59=100 140 CONSUMER PRICES 80 130 All Services 70 A. Inventories ^ (right scale) 35 k**-~-- 60 All - ^ B o o k v a l u e , e n d of month 30 Food I J I I I J M I ,1,1,1 l „ i ,l, 1 l l I i J - 1964 1965 1966 50 100 1967 1964 Index, 1957-59=100 115 WHOLESALE PRICES - 105 _ „ /\ 100 Industrial Commodities 95 -VN 90 Jr"^ >X^ \~*~^t -^^fT , v ' All Commodities A J / i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i I 1966 1967 A Farm 1965 \ 275 — Pro ducts 1966 Prices Paid (incl. interest, taxes, a n d w a g e rates) 300 \ l l L-L 1 1 1 Index, 1910-14 = 100 375 PRICES RECEIVED AND 350 PAID BY FARMERS 325 \ ..•l..L.J-,JL-L.l-l-LX-Li- -UL1..1 J J 11 1,1 1 J_J_LJ 1964 1965 __ A A / I !,!, i . l l . L . L . Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor U.S. Dept. of Commerce 110 Items J-J-L-lJ-ij. i i i : 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y a n d m o n t h l y d a t a subsequent t o those p u b l i s h e d Prices Received y~-' 250 225 *^ /^-''\ /^-L ii i i ! I n . 1964 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture a t $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y , this S u p p l e m e n t in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY I I JU-JU.4-LJ.-J 1966 1967 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1966 ITEM Apr. 23 1967 Apr. 30 Apr. 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 22 Apr. 29 1957-59*100. 112.5 I 11.5 98.4 97.9 97.8 mil. $. ..do... 5,599 3,729 5,949 3,819 6,008 4,049 5,946 3,992 5,970 4,010 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. 157 1,080 1,015 252 153 1,027 964 245 251 1,475 1,410 296 289 1,452 1,387 208 218 281 30! FI NANCE: Currency in circu lation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, totaI 3_/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3_/....... ...do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... 41,768 43,293 22,627 373 4 1,563 43,254 22,615 380 43,680 46,677 23,391 449 43,914 46,763 23,173 253 43,894 47,024 23,572 470 43,754 46,888 23,406 267 72,818 47,090 189,490 26,078 61,897 27,081 73,560 46,965 189,083 26,106 61,795 27,094 72,488 46,845 190,949 25,919 62,439 27,113 5.41 89.79 96.24 5.41 88.78 94.98 5.41 91.94 98.62 1,795 21,815 200,851 8,615 1,839 21,896 179,660 8,589 1,873 22,080 207,798 8,591 2,385 128.0 544 313 2,428 130.3 554 315 2,385 128.0 558 316 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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. eee 73,560 46,965 179,893 24,410 55,311 26,189 5.16 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) .3/ percent.. 92.08 Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. 98.69 I ndustr i a I s, 425 stocks .....•••... do.... PRODUCTION: 950 Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons.. 20,499 E lectric power, by utilities ..mil. kw.-hr.. 251,881 Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. 8,319 Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbl.. 2,720 146.0 544 329 Stee !, raw ;;: ..... ;;5 .. s: .. ::c:; thous, sh. tons.. Index of production 1957-59=100.. FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL thous. cars.. Mi seel laneous..... do.... \_l Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 5.16 91.76 98.35 I, 195 20,515 249,765 8,292 2,682 144.0 574 333 3/ Daily average. 5.43 93.02 99.95 206,510 2,447 131.4 47 Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total J/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical. Electrical machinery Transportation equ i pment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total ±/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total J./.. Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical E lectr ical machinery Transportat ion equ i pment Instruments and related products I./ Revised. ±/ 43,570 22,878 885 3,773 2,110 45 ,218 23 ,996 976 3 ,955 ,203 2 43,50! 22,982 877 3,575 2,094 41,626 21,395 835 3,632 1,918 r44,808 r23,062 r864 r3,748 r2,121 45,944 23,860 927 3,732 2,173 3,312 3,193 6,485 742 3 ,526 3 ,332 6 ,655 809 3,449 3,449 6,477 917 3, 169 3, 149 5,822 740 r3,626 r3,4l9 r6,086 r806 3,758 3,493 6,440 852 do. do. do. do. 20,692 7,234 410 1,672 21 ,222 7 ,259 430 1,754 20,519 7,348 417 1,628 r21,746 r7,490 r398 r1,725 22,084 7,663 413 1,758 do. do. do. do. 1,743 3, 145 1,668 1,061 1 810 3,404 1 597 1 113 1,782 2,933 1,753 1,039 mil. $. do... ...do... do... do... do. do. do. do. 1,787 3, 148 1,704 1,009 r1,891 r3,342 r 1,745 r1,086 1,906 3,402 1,707 I, 142 do. 42,702 44 121 45,51 I 44,460 r43,932 44,784 do. do. do. do. 22,433 1,042 3,643 2,202 23 238 1 078 3 726 2 288 23,715 1,068 3,893 2,267 23,060 1,061 3,758 2, 135 r22,622 r 1,013 r3,6l8 r2,2l4 23,055 1,019 3,516 2,258 3, 179 3, 120 6,049 740 3 285 3 266 6,243 803 3,583 3,389 6,268 845 3,492 3,463 5,881 834 r3,485 r3,336 r5,686 r805 3,493 3,429 6,001 847 do. do. do. do. Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 20,231 7,085 384 1,587 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1966 1967 ITEM Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS Mar. Dec. Jan. 20,883 7,257 450 1,729 2 1,796 7,672 426 1,752 21,400 7,381 424 1,751 r2l,3l0 r7,370 r420 r 1,674 Feb. INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)---Con. By industry g r o u p — C o n . Nondurable goods industries, total J/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total ±/ Stone, clay, and glass products PrImar y metaIs Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical E Iectr icaI machinery Transportation equipment. Instruments and related products mil. $ do.. .. .do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 1,710 3 , 127 1,638 1,051 1,763 3,326 1,640 1,081 1,903 3,286 1,719 1,111 1,880 3,297 1,688 1,079 r 1,856 r3,325 r1,722 r1,075 do.. do.. ..do.. do.. 69,441 43,070 26,37! 69,040 70,049 43,594 26,455 69,648 77,392 49,432 27,960 77,897 78,881 50,433 28,448 78,886 r79,8l7 r51,274 r28,543 r79,394 42,884 1,643 6,486 4,829 8,575 6,210 9,047 1,822 43,273 1,652 6,553 4,779 8,610 6,334 9,186 1,851 50,037 1,746 7. !09 5,314 9,942 7,653 I 1,369 2,214 50,620 1,772 7, 140 5,272 10,029 7,799 11,717 2,211 r51,079 r1,787 r7,!74 r5,295 r10, ! 17 r7,857 r I 1,921 r2,222 26,156 6,230 2,338 3 , 169 1,981 4,460 1,816 1,293 45,434 24,578 20,856 44,129 26,375 6,357 2,394 3 , 174 1,985 4,460 1,809 1,295 47,398 26,099 21,299 45,833 27,860 6,394 2,343 3,333 2,271 5,039 1,869 1,402 43,377 22,949 20,428 45,845 28,266 6,593 2,336 3,325 2,265 5, 145 1,930 1,444 41,779 2 1,562 20,217 43,408 r28,3l5 r6,594 r2,376 r3,349 r2,272 r5,175 r 1,925 r 1,427 r44,802 r23,117 r2I,685 r43,527 23,741 3,994 2,247 3,317 3,332 6,574 20,388 5,604 14,784 24,888 4,057 2,41 I 3,529 3,489 6,873 20,945 5,745 15,200 23,960 3,677 2,403 3,582 3,358 6,540 21,885 6,091 15,794 22,072 3,315 2,049 3,391 3,552 5,577 2 1,336 5,934 15,402 r22,329 r3,427 r2,224 r3,266 3,362 r5,799 r2l,198 r5,750 r15,448 69,156 65,543 3,613 68,814 71,337 67,646 3,691 70,527 78,630 75,315 3,315 79,917 78,787 75,485 3,302 78,863 r78,777 r75,536 r3,24l r78,455 6 5 , I 10 6, 102 5,558 10,613 10,358 27,082 3,704 66,762 6,434 5,681 10,857 10,581 27,712 3,765 76,415 6,909 6,221 12,816 12,279 32,350 3,502 75,427 6,466 6, 135 12,716 12,368 32,046 3,436 r75,131 r6,274 r6,144 r 12,497 r12,394 r32,158 r3,324 946 103 167 139 430 107 95,536 8,595 24,306 18, 163 35,165 9,307 44.1 1,226 130 209 171 601 115 103,471 I 1,005 16,630 29,928 29,749 16,159 50.2 1,055 II I 219 157 454 I 14 161,481 I 1,654 67, I 10 29,338 38,631 14,748 52.4 I, 191 I 13 223 171 558 126 108,172 8,044 19,361 32,818 27,301 20,648 r54.9 1,216 152 236 160 555 I 13 I 13,450 12,746 25,050 32,325 32,887 10,442 r57. I I I 1.6 I 12.0 I 14.7 I 14.7 I 14.8 108.0 I 10.6 101.8 97.2 I 14.0 105.4 108. I I I, 102. 97, I 15. 105, I 10. I I 13.0 103.1 98.6 I 14.2 107.7 109.9 I 12.7 102.7 97.6 I 13.0 107.3 109.9 I 12.7 102.8 97.3 I 14.0 107.6 do.. do.s do.. do.. .............do.., do.. .do.., do.., Nondurable goods industries, total J_/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurab le goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, tota I J/ Primary metals. Fabr i cated meta I products Machinery, except electrical E lectrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders 20,269 7, I 14 433 1,624 do.., do.., do.., do.., ......do.., do.., do.., do.., do.., do... do.., do... do.., do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS, A D J . ) , TOTAL do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total ±/ do... Pr i mary meta Is.... do... Fabricated metal products..... do... Machinery, except electrical do... E I ectr i ca I mach i nery do... Transportation equ ipment do,.. Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders....do... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Fa i I ures, tota I number. Commer c i a I ser v ice do... Construction do... Manufacturing and mining .do... Retai I trade do... Who I esa I e trade do... Liabilities (current), total thous. $. Commercial service do... Construction do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retai I trade do... Wholesale trade.. do... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)...No. per 10,000 concerns. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: A I I items Special group indexes: Commod i t i es Nondurab I es Durab les. New cars Used cars Commodities less food Revised. ±/ Includes Digitized forjr/ FRASER 19509 1957-59= 100. do... do... do... do... do... do... data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1967 1966 ITEM COMMODITY P R I C E S — C o n t i n u e d CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UNADJ.--Con. Food...................................... .. 1957-59= I O C . .........do.... Hous i ng.... ............ . „................. Apparel and upkeep........................ .........do.... Transportation,, 8 0 5 ,. 0 . 0 .do.„. 0 1 Health and recreation.,,.,,0,......,..,...^ .........do.... Seasonally adjusted indexes* 113. 1 109.4 107.6 11 1. 1 117.1 J i 1 o . o o . o . s s o e . a o . e s o s s . f f l a i i ' S e s a .........do.... 113.9 109.6 108.2 1 1 1.4 117.6 Dec. 1 1 14.2 108.5 113. 1 108.0 111.4 .........do Apparel and upkeep 9 . a a o . ! , 1 , e e .. e ».e«, a .».».. .........do.... Tr°3nSnOrtat ! On Mar, Feb. 1 1 l,Q Jan. Feb. 1 14.8 113.0 112.3 i 113,8 121.0 | 113. ! 1 1 1.3 113.4 121.4 115.3 1 1 1.7 113.3 114.9 1 11.9 113.2 N4.7 1 Mar. 1 14.2 113.3 j 1 1 1.9 ! 113.8 121.8 1 14.2 1 13.3 1 12.6 ! 14.2 122.2 1 14.0 112.3 i i4. 3 1 14.3 1 12.9 i i4.5 Apr. 1967 1966 Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. 105.4 106.8 I 12.2 104.0 97.6 99.9 98.4 118.7 105.6 106.9 108.0 102.1 101.8 94.3 102. 1 105.5 106.4 III.5 104.3 97.6 100.0 98.6 120.6 108.4 107.2 108 2 102.3 102.3 95.4 102.2 106.2 102.6 1 12.8 105.8 98.4 r102.6 100.4 1 17.9 102.6 1 1 1. 1 109.4 103.6 103. 1 95.6 102.0 106.0 101.0 1 1 1.7 106.0 98.5 r103.4 100.4 118.0 103.6 I 1 1.2 109.6 103.7 103,3 95.8 r!05.7 r99.6 rl10.6 r106.0 98.5 103.7 100.6 117.0 103.6 1 1 1.5 109.4 103.8 •103.6 95.9 101.8 .........do.... .........do 106.5 106.7 107.9 108.0 1957-59=$1.00.. .... .do $0,949 .893 $0,948 .889 $0,942 .872 $0,943 .871 r$0.946 .870 $0,950 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. ..1910-14=100.. Crops....................................... .........do.... Commerci a 1 vegetables,,.,,, ,,.,,,,, .........do 269 231 291 236 170 234 545 265 236 313 240 172 243 547 291 272 365 161 255 224 282 168 186 201 555 252 250 224 282 173 186 196 559 273 301 323 144 246 224 323 173 183 190 557 265 294 319 130 r30i r3l8 289 340 74 301 318 288 341 72 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX? ALL COMMODITIES............................. ..1957-59=100.. Farm products............................. .........do.... Foods and feeds, processed............ e o •• .........do.... Industrial commodities..... •.•••.•••••••...•••.••..do.... Chemicals and allied products,,.......... .....••••do.... Fuels and related products, and power. 8 e .••••••••do.... Furniture and household d u r a b l e s . o e o 9 e e s ••••.••••do.... Hides, skins, and leather p r o d u c t s a 6 S O S O e . a s . e o . o d o a . e . Lumber and wood products.. offl ............ .........do.... Machinery and equipment................. .........do.... Metals and metal products e .............. .........do.... .do.... Rubber and products..................... .........do.... Textile products and apparel............ .........do.... 102.0 PI05.3 P97.6 PI 10. 1 p106.0 ....... ....... ....... .••••.. ...... • ....... ....... ........ 107.7 ,• PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY- Feed grains and hay,,. .........do .........do.... do.... Dairy products. ..„«,<,„«.e.8s»»6e»0..ffl»00oeo » s a o . a ,..do .do.... ...do.... j 303 277 380 174 1 i ; 223 283 j 175 184 195 281 31 1 330 '152 j 561 277 307 328 142 301 318 301 318 289 340 288 339 1 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: 296 315 .........do.... All commod., services, int», taxes, and wage rates...do.... .........do PAR1TY RAT 10 r/ Revised, j ) / P r e l i m i n a r y . 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