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November 12, 1965 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE I SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS '••#^S^E3^M^<^IT^j^S>: Index, 1941-43=10 Index, 1941-43=10 00 - - PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 90 - 80 - 70 H Monthly 60 (avg. „~1—J 1. -J. U.J 1962 LJ_XJ 1 ^x^x^u^ of daily close) H 100 - L. L i . j L - i - u - a — 1964 1963 1965 J F M A M J J A S O N D Index, 1957-59 = 1 Index, 1957-59=100 180 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) Monthly (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) 170 160 f****^ ^y^^y/^ss 150 - ^ ^ . / ^ 140 130 i —i ujfi JII H ^ h m i—i—i— 1 1 U_J 1962 l — l M.I 1 1 I—I i 1 J- 1 1963 1 I..JL-I • ..J 1—i 1 J 1,11,1 i__ 1965 (seasonally a d j u s t e d a t a n n u a l rate) J F M A M J J A S O N D ( d a i l y a v e r a g e ; seas, a d j ) - 120 Total 60 110 - Private Reside ntial (non farm) 40 L.,-1 l_.. Index, 1957-59=100 130 COTTON CONSUMPTION NEW CONSTRUCTION _ . 1964 Billion Dollars 80 - \ — NV~ i 100 - 90 - 20 1 1 I I 1 1 •J-i.JLJL.J.. . . . . . 1962 1 . . . . . 1963 1 1 1 1 Li-LJUiJ.L. 1964 1965 80 n i . i l i .... i . 1 . . . . . i i i i i 1 i i f i i 1962 ^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 1963 1964 M M l h i l l l 1965 9 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1965 1964 ITEM Nov..7 Oct. 31 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: A I I commodities Farm products Foods, processed A I I other 22 commodities 27 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1957-59=100.. do.... do.... do.... .....do.... mil. $.. do.... Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL M i see I I aneous U 235 1,279 I, 158 249 2/ Oct. 30 103.0 99.2 104.6 102.8 105.7 242 232 40,810 42,082 22,089 368 105.6 5,531 3,596 178 1,021 "923 228 105*6 5,472 3,551 193 1,018 923 279 40,814 42,061 2 1,706 298 40,848 42,347 22,273 484 40,729 41,642 21,840 192 64,999 40,061 144,363 26,928 39,882 19,719 4.57 84.69 89.51 64,019 40,128 145,619 26,829 40,192 19,741 4.57 85. i4 90.05 63,817 44,589 160,859 24,320 48,370 22,126 4.72 91.34 97. 12 65,145 44,660 160,570 24,492 48,24! 22,153 4.72 91.78 97.61 65,704 44,719 160-, 286 24,414 48,220 22,203 1,762 18,41I 141,769 7,716 1,737 18,408 181,557 7,722 1,849 19,695 242,215 7,858 1,842 19,838 247,834 7,862 I ,854 19 882 251 592 7,847 2,644 141.9 647 341 2,634 141.4 628 339 441 3/ Daily average. 4.72 92.51 98.47 2,032 2, 141 I 14.9 633 343 109. I 623 338 47 Wednesday data. * Monthly Nov. 6 102.8 98.9 105.9 102.7 105.9 5,789 3,687 38,446 37,910 2J,2I0 Tuesday price. MONTHLY 246 1,305 I, 182 277 Oct. 23 38,333 37,203 20,769 304 thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... Data do not always cover calendar weeks. *I00.7 *94.0 *I00.9 *I0I.6 102.8 4,994 3,494 102.9 5,002 3,356 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.. FI NANCE: Currency in circulation 3_/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/...do.... Member bank reserve ba lances 3/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3_/ .do.... Reporting member bank (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.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/.... .percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 47.1941-43=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 3/ thous. bb I.. Oct. 16 2,065 I 10.8 635 349 4.73 92.31 255,913 2,021 108.5 index for Nov. 1964. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1965 1964 ITEM Sept. Oct. Aug. Sept. 6,331 4,484 2,591 2,019 r6,409 r4,466 r2,527 r2,009 r6,470 r4,387 r2,437 rl ? 942 6,397 4,296 2,347 1,873 1,316 353 July Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL. 6,076 4,089 2,311 1,842 mi 1. $.. do do.... do.... 6,178 4,168 2,405 1,910 do.... do ...do 1,166 289 508 237 1, 176 295 519 247 1,294 330 611 318 1,331 342 624 315 rl,336 r350 r6!7 r30l 110 456 2,010 566 816 533 107 469 1,987 568 806 505 109 454 1,847 559 709 501 1 12 r465 1,943 599 717 r54l 107 r47l r2,083 r6l5 840 540 65,968 45,571 25,934 64,861 45,294 25,685 68,599 48,603 26,983 r67,953 r48,194 r26,62l r69,178 r48 r 000 r26,276 68,191 47,599 26,091 13,018 3,400 5,587 2,454 13,115 3,445 5,653 2,543 14,887 4,073 6,826 3,336 14,921 4,096 6,815 3,232 r 14,885 r4, 114 r6,754 r3,101 14,665 1,217 5,071 20,397 6,261 7,414 1,215 4,990 19,567 6,237 6,739 1,188 5,185 19,996 6,388 7,156 1,186 r5,142 r19,759 r6,642 6,529 I, 186 r5,277 r2l,l78 r6,8l5 7,636 1, 185 5,231 20,592 6,684 113 113 116 117 117 117 do.... do.... do do.... do Other types (excl. military facilities) do.... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL do do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 598 282 104 490 2,101 609 4,117 6,507 2,891 CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX: .1957-59=100.. r/Revised. 29191 J_7 Except farm and public u t i l i t i e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1965 1964 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. 74,122 70,805 5,230 65,575 3,317 764 4.5 74,280 70,465 4,815 65,650 3,815 924 5.1 74,375 71,123 5,126 65,997 3,252 780 4.4 74,259 70,379 4,721 65,658 / 3,880 933 5.2 78,457 74,854 5,626 69,228 3,602 587 4.6 76,181 72,766 4,674 68,092 3,415 659 4.5 77,470 74,212 5,136 69,077 3,258 612 4.2 75,772 72,397 4,576 67,821 3,375 705 4.5 75,321 72,446 4,778 67,668 2,875 609 3.8 75,483 72,182 4,405 67,777 3,301 736 4.4 588 3.6 75 ,778 72 ,486 4 551 67 935 3 292 703 4.3 59,421 59,643 37,900 415 35,709 15,185 59,643 18,884 17,883 33,852 61,914 41,166 536 39,207 13,591 61,914 19,304 18,008 35,796 61,429 40,619 237 39,049 13,596 61,429 18,645 17,191 36,021 63,384 41,704 174 39,774 13,587 63,384 19,591 18,149 36,319 63 ,504 4 I ,905 5i0 39 ,657 13,582 63 ,504 19,612 18,204 36 ,628 44.9 38.0 37.7 37.4 37.1 1,385 698.2 1 14.2 540.0 105.8 350.2 15,064 306.9 41 1.8 9.5 572.0 45.4 1,358 683.1 1 12.6 533.6 102.9 386.7 15,494 330.3 409.2 10.6 556.8 50.3 Oct. EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, UNADJUSTED do.... do.... do.... do.... do UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN W O R K E R S ) . . . . : CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, TOTAL, SEAS. ADJUSTED EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN W O R K E R S ) . . . Long-term (15 weeks and o v e r ) . . . . . do.... do.... do...-. do.... doeosa *.... 75 ,953 73 196 4 ,954 68 ,242 2 ,757 F1 NANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: ...mi 1. $,• .....do.... do.... do.... Ratio of go id certificate 37, I ! I 95 35,350 15,190 59,421 18,396 17,121 33,590 reserves t o t-R note i iabi i ities percent.. 45.2 1. cu. ft., 1,357 589.3 100.6 494.6 103.1 371.6 13,264 268.6 408.9 10.9 517.3 54.8 1,378 613.9 90.9 513.5 107.3 419.5 14,059 278.6 428.6 11.4 539.7 57. 1 108.0 1,853.3 112.1 •1,959.0 108.1 r2,00l.6 14.36 12.04 863.74 17.07 14.79 860.08 8.32 9.85 866.20 17.00 10.65 865.42 9.69 8.41 837.21 8.42 1 1.06 10.85 832.56 10.95 3.76 5.65 836.60 6.31 13.33 6.62 836.20 7.54 CHEMICALS A N D ALLIED PRODUCTS INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Ammonia, synthetic anhydrous (commercia1).thous. sh. tons.. do.... Carbon dioxide, liquid, g a s , and solid.......... Chlorine, gas....... ••...do.... do.... do.... 1. cu. ft.. sh. tons.. do.... Sodium carbonate (soda a s h ) , synthetic... do.... Sodium bichromate and chromate Sod i urn hydroxi de. do Sodium silicate (soluble silicate g l a s s ) , anhydr ous..do.... Sodium sulfate (anhydrous, refined; Glauber's sa i+; crude sa It cake) do do.... Sulfuric acid.... Nitric acid,. 1 17.5 2,078.7 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO DISTILLED SPIRITS ( T O T A L ) : . tax ga1.. * do.... do.... Stocks, end of month Whisky: do.... Product ion do.... Taxab le withdrawa Is do.... Stocks, end of month .' Rectified spirits and wines, prod., tota1....mi 1. proof ga1.. Vegetable oils and related products: Coconut o i l : Product i on, ref i ned i ..mi 1. lb.. do.... Consumption in end products.... Stocks, crude and ref. (factory and warehouse) do Corn o i l : do.... Product i on, ref i ned t 39.8 66.2 161.7 46.9 74.0 131.8 25.6 44.5 137.8 41.4 63.2 r 123.5 35.6 59.6 115.3 29.9 31.2 61.9 41.3 42.6 52.4 31.1 35.8 39.3 37.9 35.3 38.5 34.8 36.6 35.4 do.... do.... do 86.7 127.9 432.8 143.9 140.3 450.1 92.1 105.8 420.6 80.3 113.0 292.5 95.5 130.6 253.8 do.... do.... do 458.4 434.8 577.8 444.3 432.5 538.4 340.2 362.6 499.0 r375.8 373.8 423.0 357.6 383.7 298.3 sh. tons.. do.... 9.6 5.4 5.3 3.7 10.0 5.1 4.7 3.8 16.3 5.5 5.0 4.4 rl7.2 6.0 r5.l r4.6 PI7.0 P5.3 p5.5 p4.6 Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, e t c . ) . . . .....do.... 8.6 7.8 8.8 8.3 8.2 7.0 p8.2 p7.3 Stocks, crude and ref. (factory and warehouses ) Cottonseed oil: Stocks, crude and ref. (factory and warehouse) Soybean oi1: Stocks, crude and ref. (factory and warehouse) do METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MO.: Warehouses (service centers)..... •Producing mi 1 Is: r_/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary. 29191 8.4. 7.5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1964 1965 ITEM Aug. Sept. June Ju ly Aug. Sept. PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS Crude petroleum: Oil we ! 1 s comp1eted 0 ..number.. Runs to s t i l l s , , 9 . , . . . . 8 8 . , „ 8 < , 9 . a o s , 0 0 , . 9 „ „ o e „ , .mi 1. bbl.. Refinery operating r a t i o s . . „ . . , e , 0 . „ 6 a a „ „ 0 „ . „ 0 0 % capacity.. ALL OILS, SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND STOCKS: New supply, total............................... .mi I. bbl.. Production: Crude petroleum, ... ........,. ....................do.... Natural-gas liquids, benzol (blended), etc.. .....do.... Demand, tota 1 .................*.......................do.... Domestic demand, t o t a l e ) e , „ , e , , „ , , B „ , . , , , 0 1 . „ .....do.... Gaso1i n e 9 . . . . „ . „ . . „ . 0 , „ „ . „ . . . . 0 . . 0 . . „ . „ . „ 0 . . .....do.... Kerosene .....do.i.. Distillate fuel oi1...........„„.......... 0 . .....do.... Residual fuel oi 1 „ , .....do.... Jet fue1.................................... .....do.... Lubr icants.................................. .....do.... .....do.... Stocks, end of month, tota1. e ................... .....do.... Crude petroleum............................... .....do.... Natura l-gas 1 iquids................................do.... Ref ined products.............................. .....do.... Refined petroleum products: Gasoline (incl. aviation): . do.... .....do Aviation gasoline: .....do.... .do.... Kerosene: Product ion.................................... .....do.... 1,892 281.0 88 1,945 269. 1 87 1,583 273. 1 [ 87 1,52 1 288.7 i 89 ! 1,784 286.1 89 335.5 325.0 340.9 345.5 347.4 232.6 34.9 319.0 312.8 150, 1 12.8 41.4 36.7 227.9 34.7 321.8 316.2 145.6 13.7 232.4 ' 35.2 327.5 321 .2 155.2 4.5 41.8 38.6 237.6 36.6 r332.3 r326.2 156.7 4.9 ! r44.3 37.8 18.6 4. 1 17.2 17. 1 853.2 242. 1 43.6 r567.6 48. 1 38.3 10.7 3.7 16.7 18.6 873.3 237.9 46.6 588.7 15.5 18.8 876.5 232.8 46.8 596.9 18.2 4.3 15.7 17. 1 840. 1 253.6 38.7 547.8 149.4 190.9 142.5 188.6 141.6 192.6 10.6 3.9 1 1.6 8.9 1 1.2 8.5 13.4 36.0 13.9 37.3 1 148.5 185. 1 ....... 240.2 36.5 336.0 330.2 154.4 5.9 47.9 36.8 19.4 4.0 17.8 17.9 864.7 • 236.4 46.7 58 1 .6 ....... 150.4 181.8 4.0 8.2 4.2 8.2 7.0 23.4 6.7 25.3 6,6 26.0 4. 1 8.5 Disti1 late fuel oil: .....do.... 62.0 175.0 59.4 186.7 j 58.7 116.6 65.5 M38.5 66,4 158.4 do.... do 21. 1 44.6 21.3 1 45.4 20.9 45.2 21.6 50.2 21. 1 53.8 do do.... 10.4 10.7 8.9 9.6 15.7 20.5 16.8 21.0 16.0 20.4 do.... do 5.4 12.9 5.3 13.0 5. 1 12.9 5.4 12.8 5.4 13.3 do do 13.7 15.4 12.5 12.8 12. ! 20.7 14.4 18.5 14.6 16.2 4.9 14,0 i4. r 4.8 12.8 4.9 12.3 4.8 13. 1 43.9 44.3 35.3 40. 1 43.5 Residua 1 fuel oi1: Jet fuel: Lubr icants: Asphalt: . Liquefied petroleum gases: Stocks (at plantss> terminals, underground, and at rerni 1. bbl.. 4.6, , r_/ Revised. USCOMM-DC—29191 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE