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November 28, 1969 A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STATISTICS COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS iNDICATORS 1957-59 = 1 1957*59 = 100 220 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) 210 200 190 180 Monthly 170 1966 1967 1969 1968 J FMAMJ JASOND Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1957-59 = 100 1957-59 = 100 250 250 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and al! other forms) - 200 s*—x 150 100 H 200 ^ H 150 - - 100 Monthly 50 L JL 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 1 —1 1 1 L,_J 1 1 L_L_±_J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J _ J , J L „ 1 ., . - L . J - 1967 1966 1 1 1,-1. 1 1 1 1 1 1968 1969 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel I 1957.59 = 100 150 CONSUMER PRICES Million 2.5 PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , a t annual rates) 2.0 140 1.5 130 1.0 r "Vf 120 110 I i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1966 i ii i ii iiiii 1967 1968 0 1969 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor I i i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i i i i 11 i i i I 1966 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ^ A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1967 11 i i i i 1 i i i i i l i i i 1968 1969 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1968 1969 IT™ Nov. 1 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 1957-59=100. 98.3 98.5 111.4 111.9 *112.1 mil. $. do... 6,869 4,650 6,954 4,693 6,874 4,530 6,802 4,702 6,965 4,795 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. 196 982 909 181 212 994 922 154 175 970 902 197 206 1,004 935 222 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2/...do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 3j do... 49,314 58,748 27,070 537 49,475 58,723 26,960 -77 51,650 61,308 27,212 128 51,819 62,091 27,635 310 52,314 62,458 27,696 -202 77,953 46,409 227,305 23,428 78,117 33,947 78,494 46,359 227,028 23,004 78,228 33,993 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: hj Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits do.... Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... U.S. Government obligations do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... 78,755 48,734 223,959 29,416 70,490 31,752 70,908 31,686 79,650 46,376 226,129 23,350 77,649 33,950 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) £/•'»•.percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks" (Stand. & Poor's)4/,1941-43=10,. Industrials, 425 stocks do.... 6.54 1.05*13 114.43 6.56 **106.H -x-"-115.43 7.68 96.81 106.35 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2 / .................thous, sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / thous. bbl.. 1,868 25,750 206,390 9,009 1,893 1,899 27,028 25,948 187,800 216,153 9,307 9,006 Steel, raw ... .thous. sh. tons.. 2,812 2,194 2,244 Index of production 1957-59=100.. 150.9 120.5 117.8 RAIL FREIGHT,REVENUE TON-MILES bil.. 15.3 16.2 14-7 l/Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/Tuesday price. 2/Daily average. Jt/Wednesday data. MONTHLY Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 112.2 197 183 "ioi' 7.68 97 = 64 107.31 1,868 27,059 186,904 9,280 2,730 146.5 15.8 ^Monday price. 52,551 63,051 27,898 76 7.70 97,89 107.62 7.78 95.90 105.58 1,942 27,357 180,736 9,254 184,161 2,769 2,784 148.6 149.4 15.7 **Tuesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM Sept. 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: l/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment r / Revised, JQ/ Preliminary. 1/ July Aug. Sept. Oct. ,... .bil. $. do... .do... 28.4 3.9 7.1 29. 4. 7. 27.2 4.4 6.2 28.7 4.6 6.3 32. 4. 8. 32.5 5.1 8.6 .do... do... .do... 28.0 4.0 7.2 29. 4. 7. 30.6 4.8 7.9 30.9 4.7 8.1 31. 5- 31.9 5.2 8.3 do..« 29.1 30.5 28.4 28.4 32.7 31.9 31.7 5.4 7.7 do... do... do... Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total .do... Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted. number. Seasonally adjusted do... COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Oct. 1957-59=100. do... do... 28.4 4.1 7.0 30.3 4.4 7.8 31.1 5.2 7.6 30.5 5.0 7.7 r32.1 5.3 7.9 81.3 82.3 86.8 86.4 r86.9 86.4 80.6 5.7 32.7 81.9 5.8 32.9 86.4 7.5 33.1 86.0 7.7 32.7 r86.4 r8.0 32.3 86.3 8.2 31.6 19,015 20,986 21,636 21,394 r24,015 23,770 p21,140 23A55 p21,723 23,383 122.2 122.9 128.2 123.0 120.8 Data for Oct. 1969 are advance estimates. 123.8 121.5 128.8 126.5 128.7 129.3 129.0 129.3 127.0 130.0 127,6 130.8 128.2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 3 1968 ITEM COMMODITY FRICES--Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.—Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Special group indexes—Con. Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Sept. 1969 Oct. July Aug. Sept. 1957-59=100.. do.... do.... do.... 116.1 119.6 118.9 107.6 116.8 120.2 119-7 108.5 121.0 124.7 123.1 111.9 121.4 125.2 123.3 111.9 121.7 125.8 124.4 111.6 do.... do.... 136.0 140.5 136.6 141.2 144.0 149.6 145.0 150.7 146. 151. Food Meats, poultry, and fish. Dairy products Fruits and vegetables do .do.... do.... do.... 120.4 115.5 121.6 122.9 120.9 115.4 122.3 123.4 126.7 127.6 124.4 132.3 127.4 127.9 125.0 130.2 127. 129. 125. 126.8 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership. .do.... .do do.... do.... 120.4 125.3 115.7 129.1 120.9 126.0 116.0 130.0 127.0 134.0 118.8 140.0 127.8 135.1 119.3 141.3 128.6 136.1 119.7 142.6 do.... do do.... .do.... 110.5 115.8 109.3 113.9 110.4 U5.9 109.1 114.2 112.6 117.4 110.9 118.2 113.0 117.7 111.5 118.5 113.3 118.1 112.0 119.0 do.... ....do.... do.... .do do.... do 122.2 119-5 117.2 98.4 126.7 138.7 123.3 120,6 118.4 102,8 138.7 126.8 124.3 121.4 101.6 127.0 149.5 126.6 124.2 121.3 101.0 125.4 149.7 128.7 123.6 120.5 99-5 121.4 150.3 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 B Y — Consumer prices 1957-59=$1.00.. 131.1 146.4 121.5 126.7 131.9 147.4 122.1 127.5 137.0 155.9 126.6 130.7 137.7 156.8 126.8 131.2 138.4 157.6 127.3 131.6 120.0 122.0 119.9 120.8 122.6 120.4 125.8 127.6 124.1 126.4 127.4 124.2 127.1 128.4 124.0 $0,818 3.814 $0,780 $0,777 $0,774 thous. do... 139.8 134.3 143.3 140.8 126.5 125.2 127.6 124.9 rl32.1 rl28.6 Total nonfarm (private and public) do... Privately owned do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, inc. farm (private only) do... Total nonfarm (private only) do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total thous. One-family structures .do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities 1913=100. Atlanta do # New York do San Francisco do... St. Louis do... 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..., 138.0 132.4 140.6 138.1 124-3 122.9 126.2 r.123.5 rI30.4 r!26.9 1,592 1,570 1,570 1,541 1,371 1,349 rl,384 rl,370 1*1,533 rl,513 1,393 706 1,378 694 1,228 570 1,245 570 1,201 565 992 1,087 1,092 980 969 994 1,110 1,092 980 969 1,059 1,161 1,106 1,062 1,019 1,061 1,176 1,105 1,062 1,035 1,065 1,179 1,106 1,063 1,054 1,840 1,949 1,974 1,918 rl,728 396 984 460 466 995 488 421 1,091 462 393 1,C 436 r377 r936 r415 108.66 88.92 109.06 88.74 111.20 86.74 rill.44 r86.59 114.01 88.17 218 223 227 224 235 Services Services less rent Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal. Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (private and public) Privately owned . LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS SPENDABLE WEEKLY EARNINGS: Spendable average weekly earnings per worker (with three dependents) in manufacturing industries: Current dollars Constant dollars #,. 1957-59 dollars, HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX r/Revised. jo/Preliminary. 7167 1957-59=100, MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1969 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Sept. Aug. Oct. LUMBER AND PRODUCTS National Forest Products Association: Production, total. Hardwoods Softwoods - mil. bd. ft. do.. .do.. Shipments, total Hardwoods Softwoods do... do... do... Stocks (gross), mill, end of period, total...... do. Hardwoods .... do. Softwoods............................................do. METALS AND MANUFACTURES MACHINE TOOLS: Metal, cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total...........................mil. Domestic do. Shipments, total. do. Domestic do. Order backlog, end of month. .do. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total. do. Domestic do. Shipments, total. do, Domestic............................. n.............do. Order backlog, end of month. do. Washers, sales (domestic and export) thous. Driers (elec.. gas), sales (domestic and export),. .do... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Truck trailers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis........................number. Vans ,, do... Trailer bodies, chassis^ sold separately....... ... .do... r/~Revised. USCOMM—DC—7167 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 3,193 592 2,601 3,381 622 2,759 3,055 673 2,382 3,113 710 2,403 3,197 690 2,507 3,205 648 2,557 3,454 657 2,797 2,982 686 2,296 3,040 726 2,314 3,104 684 2,420 5,196 995 4,201 5,094 975 4,119 5,354 641 4,713 5,430 636 4,794 5,444 667 4,777 71.05 62.30 115.55 109.15 864.7 78.55 70.45 107.75 100.90 835.5 87.35 70.00 83.85 75.05 910.4 66.70 56.45 74.05 63.15 903.O r82.00 r58.50 rl08.40 r96.65 r876.6 86.40 76.45 101.40 91.70 861.6 22.75 20.90 26.90 24.95 175.7 56.35 54.10 32.90 29.15 199.2 40.65 37.10 27.90 26.25 394.9 38.60 33.30 30.70 28.05 402.8 r27.70 r23.95 r34.85 r32.80 r395.7 39.50 35.60 40.80 39.30 394.4 445.1 318.7 455.9 375.7 395.4 220.9 417.9 276.1 433.5 350.4 462.8 394.6 9,544 6,475 3,703 9,980 7,036 3,769 11,370 7,941 2,368 rlO,702 r7,554 r2,827 11,998 8,830 3,654 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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