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November 29, 1968 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1957-59 = 100 210 " Sndex, 1957-59=1 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) A (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) V^ \ S 200 190 A 180 : 170 Monthly 160 ,..li i—i—i—i 1—t— i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1965 )—L™l 1 1 1 . I ' I l 1966 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1967 1968 l _ J FMAMJJASOND Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 _ Thousands 350 (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants) _ / \ 1,000 / 800 \ - / 600 \ / 400 V 200 Monthly 0 -Li 1 -J L.. 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1965 1 1™ 1 1 1 „ 1 -- J 1 1 L.l 1966 1 1 t 1 i I i i i 1967 i i 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1968 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Index, 1957-59 = 100 ! 250 index, 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 250 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) -H 2 0 0 - 200 1968 1967 _ pd 150 j*y \f - 100 100 Monthly 50 1 i i i i i_J i i i_ 1965 I I I I ' 1966 ' ' L- I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! 1967 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. ^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 LJ L—L_J 1968 L__L. Weekly i. 1 I l l 1 1 l l J F M A M J J A S O N D 50 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 Nov. 25 Nov. 18 ..........1957-59=100. 94.8 ..........mil. $. ............do... 6,370 4,359 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs............thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs .do. „.. State programs (50 State, D.C., and Puerto Rico)......do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).. .number.'. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2/. ........................ .mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2/.....do...„ Member bank reserve balances jj .do.... Excess reserves, estimated 2js s .'.......... .do.... WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES.. Nondurable goods stores. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij 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) 2/.......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) y,..1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks.............................do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal %/••••••••o................thous. sh. tons*. Electric power, by utilities...................mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/............ -thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Index of production.......... RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES.. .thous. sh. tons. .....1957-59=100. .............bil. Nov. 2 Nov. 16 Nov. 9 Nov. 23 96.8 **97«8 98.3 6,147 4,285 6,838 4,529 6,796 4,643 6,972 4,760 209 1,021 952 196 201 1,133 1,060 182 162 872 804 193 175 908 839 163 196 181 154 45,878 49,570 24,699 508 46,089 49,796 24,622 221 48,556 55,636 26,696 327 48,806 55,491 26,348 183 49,314 56,503 27,051 483 49,475 56,672 26,885 143 75,959 48,623 201,268 29,124 63,908 28,761 74,382 48,527 199,508 28,212 63,885 28,731 79,134 48,522 219,978 30,099 69,686 31,462 76,460 48,593 221,438 29,874 70,131 31,494 78,580 48,589 220,817 29,272 70,499 31,612 6.38 91.76 99.84 6.40 93.65 101.99 6.48 *103.30 *112.79 6.52 103.27 .112.65 6.54 105.13 114.43 1,914 23,715 205,079 1,879 22,799 180,614 8,994 1,943 24,822 260,152 9,026 1,843 24,965 260,177 9,023 1,890 25,750 248,004 9,009 2,662 142.9 14.7 2,707 145-3 12.7 2,080 111.7 16.2 2,175 116.8 15.3 2,194 117.8 14.7 95 = 1 98.5 6.56 *106.14 *I15.43 256.864 2,244 120.5 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 2 / Daily average, ij Wednesday data. * Tuesday average. -"-"-Wednesday price. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1967 ITEM Sept. July Oct. Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: l/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total bil. $ Primary metals .. do.. Transportation equipment do.. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. Primary metals .do.. Transportation equipment do.. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: l/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. do.. New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total .do.. Primary metals .do.. Transportation equipment. do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total .do.. Unfilled orders end of month ^seas. ad.?.^: Durable goods industries, total. .do.. Primary metals do. * Transportation equipment .do.. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun &' Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total. number Commercial service ,, .do.. Construction. .do.. Manufacturing and mining. do.. Retail trade do.. Wholesale trade. do.. Liabilities (current), total. .thous. $ Commercial service doe. Construction.. „ do.. Manufacturing and mining. do.. Retail trade do.. Wholesale trade. do.. Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)...No. per 10,000 concerns Digitized forr/ FRASER Revised. 1/ Data for Oct. 1968 are advance estimates. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 6186 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 25.5 3.7 5.9 25.0 3.7 5.7 25.6 4.4 6.1 24. 3, 5< 28. 3r7. 29.6 4.1 7.9 25.2 3.8 6.1 24.8 3.8 5.B 28.1 4.7 7.0 26, 3. 6, 27. r4. r7« 29.5 4.2 8.1 25.7 25.5 25.0 25-3 r28.6 30.2 25.2 3.9 5.9 25.7 3.8 6.3 26.8 3.9 6.6 27.2 3.5 7*4 r27.8 4.1 r6.9 30.4 4.4 8.3 78.6 79.1 80.0 77*9 6.6 29.6 78.8 6.6 30.1 79.7 5.7 32.4 80.2 5-5 32.9 80.1 5.7 32,7 81.1 5.9 32.9 913 93 152 145 431 92 93,943 6,344 11,536 29,177 37,769 9,117 49-1 949 108 197 130 426 810 734 87 129 105 344 69 65,766 6,525 14,595 22,113 14,098 8,435 ^6 ^ 705 68 112 126 320 79 58,651 5,857 15,703 15,951 13,721 7,419 40.3 768 92 151 111 347 67 65,384 6,631 18,001 13,512 17,594 9,646 37.5 SS 81,633 11,052 14,192 14,705 33,652 8,032 47.4 134 119 380 89 90,269 9,942 31,275 20,589 19,740 8,723 41-0 81.5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1968 1967 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. LABOR FORGE, EMPLOYMENT, AMD EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 1957-59=100. 185 186 185 198 r219 10,624 5,449 1,384 3,790 10,661 5,502 1,438 3,721 11,830 6,004 1,454 4,372 11,809 6,033 1,450 4,326 11,722 6,064 1,479 4,179 6,993.0 3,102.4 3,890.6 1,537.7 2,352.9 8,163.0 3,726.1 4,436.9 1,807.9 2,629.0 8,521.8 4,079.6 4,442.2 1.825.2 2,617.0 8,368.4 3,857.8 4,510.6 1,840.2 2,670.4 174.66 74.96 8.62 66.70 61.24 175.39 75.37 8.72 66.88 61.4-0 183.09 78.14 9.94 68.71 62.97 183.84 78.34 10.04 68.91 63.15 184.75 78.51 10.17 69.02 63.25 5.08 9.88 1.34 8.09 5.10 9.93 1.43 7.95 5.42 10.81 1.40 8.68 5.47 10.92 1.35 8.79 5.50 11.03 1.45 9.07 1,120.5 499.2 74.9 15.4 1,198.8 507.3 75.5 16.8 1,162.3 498.6 75.0 15.6 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. do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA's. do... 226 other SMSA's .do... LIFE INSURANCE (institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES.... do... Bond (book value), total. do... Stocks (book value), total. do... Mortgage loans, total. do. .. Nonfarm........... .do... Real estate do. Policy loans and premium, notes do. Cash......... do. Other assets do... PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL. o -.mil. $. Death benefits do... Matured, endowments „ .do... Disability payments .. .do... .1118.8 435.9 78.8 16.6 1,078, 465. 87, 13, 121.0 180.6 267.9 109.8 184.2 218.6 117.3 201.4 212.3 112.1 204.7 282.4 113.2 200.5 259.4 57.4 120.6 40.8 55.4 35.1 58.3 125,5 40.8 54.6 35.1 64.3 140.3 43.7 59.9 37.0 65.2 147.7 43.7 60.8 36.5 64.7 144.7 43.8 61.3 36.7 4,218 4,609 r4,913 r9,821 3,819 4,004 1,549 173 41 4, H I 1,940 238 231 r4,541 rl,771 r286 r9,426 rl,037 r303 93 3,421 1,159 397 1 1,763 654 16 269 20 202 187 2,409 930 65 647 7 121 392 r2,143 r843 r27 239 20 239 r201 r.1,432 r362 r21 r446 11 r95 rl97 1,557 453 70 475 5 156 142 2,455 362 1,273 2,200 422 991 r2,770 417 1,422 r8,389 5,850 1,729 2,262 361 1,423 .do... 1,733 2,367 r2,097 rl,397 1,513 .do... .do... do... do... do... 1,581 1,080 501 10 142 2,120 1,459 662 79 168 r1,985 rl,143 r841 rb rl06 rl,074 r744 r330 3 r320 1,281 912 370 15 216 127.0 2.8 9.9 5, 9. 289. 131.5 3.3 9.0 4.4 9.4 324.4 341.2 2.3 9.0 12.2 13.0 337.3 .142.3 2.1 8.0 12.3 13.3 r340.6 142.5 2.6 10.7 14.5 336.4 25.7 21.4 39.5 •65.1 32.4 25.0 41.9 63.0 27.5 29.2 48.6 57.1 30.2 28.7 46.1 r63.9 28.3 27.9 47.5 59.7 Annuity payments „.. do... Surrender values do... Policy dividends . .. .do... 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... T o t a l 232 SMSA's ( e x c e p t N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA' s. do... 226 other SMSA' s........... .do... SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: Estimated gross proceeds, total. .mil. $» By type of security: Bonds and notes, total..........................do... Corporate.....................................do... Common stock. r......do... Preferred stock .do... By type of issuer: Corporate, total................................do... Manufacturing do... Extractive (mining) .do... Public utility do... Railroad. , do... Communication. .do... Financial and. real estate do... Noncorporate, total. U.S. Government.. State and municipal New corporate security issues: Estimated net proceeds, total. Proposed uses of proceeds: New money, total. Plant and equipment Working capital Retirement of securities Other purposes.... r 799952. 847. 513. 333. .do... ...do... .do... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride ,,,.„,.„... ,je s „„„..........„...«. t.,. .mil. lb. Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) do... Creosote oil mil. gal. DDT .mil. lb. Ethyl acetate (85%),.,....»..,„.....,. do... Formaldehyde (3756 HCHO) , .do... Glycerin, refined, all gradesProduction, .do... Stock, end of month. .do... Methanol, synthetic and natural. .mil. gal. Phthalic anhydride mil. lb. r / Revised, p / Preliminary. Digitized for 6186 FRASER 9.3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1968 1967 ITEM Aug. July May June July Aug. ELECTRIC POWER SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (Edison Electric Institute)..................o ........................ mil. kw.-hr. Commercial and industrial: Small light and power,.,, do,.. large light and power „,,, ,..do... Railways and railroads...... ,......„. J .................. .do..,. Residential or domestic..................................do... Street and highway lighting...........................c. .do.,.. Other public authorities .,.,'„.......„.«.................. do.,... Interdepartmental.......^......................b.....•.,.do... REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (Edison Electric Institute).......,.. 0 . .,...„......................,... .mil. $., 94,242 98,008 94,367 97,169 102,330 107,416 22,196 40,130 23,056 r41,913 20,621 43,488 22,064 4.3,354 24,174 43,055 25,433 44,195 336 28,166 723 2,376 315 351 29A30 764 2,472 321 351 26,239 775 2,586 307 336 27,676 750 2,685 304 342 30,995 746 2,693 324 338 33,570 796 2,769 315 1,482.2 1,524-4 1,450.8 1,514.6 1,601.6 1,670.7 Oct July Aug. 1968 1967 Sept. Sept. Oct. TEXTILE PRODUC'i'S COTTON ( e x c l u s i v e of l i n t e r s ) : 1/ C o n s u m p t i o n . » . . . . . - . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..•.. - . . . <..<.-...,„thous, b a l e s , Manufactures: S p i n d l e a c t i v i t y ( c o t t o n system, s p i n d l e s ) : A c t i v e s p i n d l e s 3 l a s t working d a y , t o t a l . JO u . . . . . . m i l l i o n s . Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n do:,. Spindle hours operated, a l l f i b e r s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . b i l l i o n s . Average p e r working d a y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n . „ . . . , . « » . . . o . . . . . . . . c . d o . « . Men's a p p a r e l , c u t t i n g s : Tailored garments: S u i t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . units. •Overcoats and t o p c o a t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Coats ( s e p a r a t e ) , d r e s s and s p o r t . . . . . „ . . . . . . „ . . . . „ . . , , d o „ . . T r o u s e r s ( s e p a r a t e ) , d r e s s and s p o r t ' do... S h i r t s (woven f a b r i c s ) , d r e s s and s p o r t . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . i o z , 850 7U 670 665 r643 831 20 .,0 3A„7 20.1 14-7 10.3 .513 7.4 20.2 13.6 20.2 20,2 .419 6.8 10.1 .504 6.6 r9.9 r.495 6.5 20.2 13.3 1.2.8 .510 8.4 1,774 345 1,116 11,624 2,417 1,272 318 793 12,079 1,716 1,856 408 rl,208 rl4,418 r.1,992 1,850 434 1.089 13,593 1,892 12.6 .481 rl,659 290 1,104 11,337 2,087 io! 5 "1 ' 2 IC r / R e v i s e d . 1 / Data f o r S e p t . 1967 and. J u l y and Oct. 1968 cover 5 weeks,: o t h e r months, 4 weeks. USCCMM-DC-6186 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OK- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS Firct-niass Mai! WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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