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October 14, 1966 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS Index, 1941-43=10 Index, 1941-43 = 10 110 - PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 100 90 80 A Monthly (avg. of daily close) ~ 70 I i i i ii 1 i * i i i I i i I 1 i i i i i 1964 1963 • i t i i | i i i i 1965 i . > . •. 1966 J FMAM'J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Index, 1957-59 =: 100 Index, 1957-59 = 100 180 j - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) | - r Y JV N? - (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) A A\A/V ~ l\M o \ f 190 V X .— Weekly_ 170 160 150 i i i i i 1I L, L 1 1 J f MA M J J AS O N D 1966 1965 1964 1963 180 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Index, 1957-59 = 100 110 WHOLESALE PRICES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SALES OF RETAIL STORES 25 (seasonally adjusted) Commodities other than Farm Products and Foods 20 Nondurable 15 10 5 / Farm Products 90 I ii i i i I i 1963 I I I M I i i ii ii i i 11 i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1964 1965 1966 Durable Goods iiiiiit'«n«ii'*ni**'*tiii JnHfitmiaiiiiii****111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' « *1963 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 ' *1964 ' I > Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ^Available or.!y with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement weekly and monthiy data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected Goods i . I I I I 1 I » I I 1 » » I I » I » I I •» I 1965 1966 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1965 ITEM Oct. 2 COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE: All commodities Farm products Foods, processed A M other 22 commodities 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1957-59=100. do... do... do... do... mil. $. do... 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. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... Excess reserves, estimates 3/ ....do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do... Savings deposits.................................. .do.«• Loans, net (adjusted) and investments, total do... U.S. Government obligations,. do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross).. do... Real estate loans (gross) do... 901 230 Sept. 24 Oct. 106.3 105.3 112.7 105. I 108.3 5,733 3.985 106.6 5,605 3,942 899 242 155 804 756 273 144 790 743 264 40,492 42,196 22,052 443 43,228 45,971 23,216 508 43,000 45,841 23,749 584 42,804 45,399 23,133 56 71,953 47,142 181,765 22,840 58,619 27,231 71,291 47,155 182,910 22,663 59,382 27,264 71,052 42,237 182,641 23, 127 59,376 27,331 1,002 70,054 49,604 171,846 25,282 50,527 27,331 106.2 6,020 4,049 144 281 4.70 90.02 95.69 4.71 90.54 96.25 5.72 79.13 84.55 5.72 77.71 82.94 82.26 1,779 19,631 206,045 7,705 1,793 19,549 219,177 7,850 2, 173 1,875 21,848 182,501 8,298 2,670 143.3 1,853 21,462 207,477 8,302 1,740 21,573 218,405 8,31 I 2,645 142.0 612 328 2,615 140.4 613 336 2,229 I 19.7 597 323 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 105.5 5,542 3,678 177 *I03.I *99.4 * 106.9 *!02.8 105.4 5,570 3,767 200 40,286 41,578 21,911 357 .thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... ± / Data do not always cover calendar weeks. Oct. 9 1,006 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..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. thous. bbl. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL M i see 11aneous 1966 Sept. 17 I 16.6 614 328 3/ Daily average. 616 326 4/ Wednesday data. 5.71 77.11 * Monthly index for October 1965 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1966 1965 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. Sept. COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: ALL COMMODITIES By stage of processing: Crude mater i a 1s for further process i ng.. Intermediate materials, supplies, and components.do.... Finished goods By durabi1ity of product: Commodities other than farm prod, and foods. .........do.... Chemicals and allied products Fuel and related products, and power Furniture, other household durables Hides, skins, and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and motive products Metals and metal products Nonmetallic mineral products Pulp, paper, and allied products Rubber and products Textile products and apparel Tobacco products and bottled beverages.... do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-_ Wholesale prices 1957-59=$1.00.. 102.9 103.0 105.7 106.4 106.8 106.8 100.8 102.4 103.8 100.0 102.5 104.1 105.6 104.9 106.4 107.8 105.4 107.0 107.4 105.8 107.5 106.1 105.6 108.1 103.9 102.0 99.1 106.7 103.9 102.2 99.5 106.7 106.2 105.2 104.2 110.6 106.2 106.4 107.8 1 1 1.7 106.2 107.0 108.1 113.8 106.2 107.1 108.7 114.0 102.7 97.1 99.0 97.7 112.2 101.8 102.7 97.2 99.2 97.7 1 1 1.3 102.0 104.9 97.6 101.5 98.9 122.9 107.7 105.2 97.9 101.4 99.0 122.7 106.6 105.2 97.9 r102.0 r99. 1 121.2 106.2 105.1 98.0 102.2 99. 1 1 19.9 105.7 103.8 106.2 101.6 99.9 93.2 101.9 107.6 103.8 106.2 101.6 100.0 93.3 102.1 107.7 105.9 108.7 102.5 103.0 95.4 102.2 109.8 106.0 108.8 102.7 103.2 95.1 102.4 106.2 108.5 102.7 103.2 95. 1 102.4 r110.1 106.2 108.4 103.0 103.2 94.6 102. 1 1 10. 1 $0,972 $0,971 $0,946 $0,940 $0,936 4,774 146 3,274 4,302 139 3,222 1 10.0 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F. W. Dodge Co.): TOTAL VALUATION Index (seasonally adjusted) Bui Iding, total. rj Revised. Digitized for 19148 FRASER 4 265 *I39 3,478 A *»•, II C;"5; 147 3,220 4,854 ' 147 3,713 $0,936 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1965 ITEM Aug. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Continued CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E. H. Boeckh and Associates: Average, 20 cities: All types combined 1957-59=100. Apartments, hotels, office buildings do... Commercial and factory buildings do... Residences do... New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $. By purpose of loans: Home construction do... Home purchase do... All other purposes do... DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL!/ Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group. Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores. Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group ±/ Data for Sept. Sept. June July Aug. Sept. 118.4 119.7 118.5 116.4 121.9 123.1 121.9 120. 1 2,187 2,079 511 1,099 577 490 1,015 574 22,989 7,448 4,243 1,139 1,119 15,541 1,173 757 1,984 5,453 1,926 2,865 22,732 7,082 3,784 1,201 1,102 15,650 1,324 759 1,856 5,498 1,820 2,962 25,950 8,776 5,233 1,229 1, 159 17,174 1,373 829 2,071 5,979 2,002 3,208 r25,329 r8,162 r4,755 r1,239 r 1, 116 r 17, 167 r1,253 r828 r2,219 r6,262 r2,056 r2,965 r25,434 r8,20l r4,657 r 1,298 1,151 r 17,233 r 1,384 r823 r2, 199 r5,920 r2,050 r3,267 do.... do.... do..., do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 23,585 7,755 4,660 1,127 1,002 15,830 1,306 779 1,807 5,568 1,820 2,988 23,753 7,768 4,658 1, 184 1,002 15,985 1,343 794 1,814 5,586 1,827 3,043 25,394 8,056 4,771 1,208 1,006 17,338 1,460 848 1,967 5,975 1,927 3.355 r25,362 r8,106 r4,764 r1,258 r1,007 r 17,256 r1,464 r844 r1,996 r5,924 r1,918 r3,365 r25,657 r8,327 4,938 1,269 1,010 r17,330 1,508 837 1,995 5,958 1,930 3,340 do.... do.... 32,743 33,360 32,527 33,045 35,883 35,595 35,498 35,479 34,502 35.263 5,899 6, 162 6,092 6,248 6,608 6,702 6,51 1 6,664 6,565 6,729 77,470 74,212 69,077 3,258 612 75,321 72,446 67,668 2,875 609 79,601 75,731 70,543 3,870 466 79,636 76,411 71,402 3,225 373 79,290 76,369 71,662 2,921 385 76,823 74,251 69,878 2,573 417 75,772 72,387 67,815 3,385 717 75,611 72,297 67,879 3,314 728 77,086 73,997 69,759 3,089 476 77,098 74,072 69,928 3,026 435 77,371 74,338 70,180 3,033 451 77,113 74,165 70,116 2,948 499 4.5 3.1 4.4 12.9 4.4 3.0 4.2 13.2 4.0 2.6 3.9 12.3 3.9 2.6 3.7 12.2 3.9 2.5 3.9 11.6 3.8 2.4 3.8 12.2 do.... do.... thous.. do.... do.... do..., do.... CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED do.... EMPLOYED, TOTAL do..., Nonagricultural employment do.... UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) do.... Long-term (15-weeks and over).. do..., Rates (unemployed in ea. group as percent of that group): All civiIian workers Men, 20 years of age and over Women, 20 years of age and over Both sexes, 14-19 years of age EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): TOTAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 2/ thous.. Manuf actur i ng do.... Contract construction do..., Wholesale and retail trade do.... Services and miscellaneous do.... Government do..., PRODUCTION WORKERS ON MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS: TOTAL, UNADJUSTED do.... Seasona 11 y ad justed do..., Durable goods industries, unadjusted 2/ do.... Seasona 11 y ad j usted 7 do.... Primary metal industries do.... Fabricated metal products do.... Mach i nery do..., Electrical equipment and supplies do.... Transportation equipment do.... Nondurable goods industries, unadjusted do..., Seasona 11y adjusted do.... Aggregate weekly payroll index: Manufacturing ind. (prod, workers), unadj 1957-59=100.. j)/ Preliminary. 1966 118.2 119.4 118.3 116.1 mil. $. do... do... do... do... do... do... ...do... do... do... do... do... ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores.. Automotive group Furniture and appliance group. Lumber, building, hardware group. Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group ESTIMATED INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH II OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, UNADJUSTED EMPLOYED, TOTAL Nonagr i cu I tura I emp I oyment UNEMPLOYED (ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS) Long-term (15-weeks and over) r./ Revised. 19148 3 122.8 124.1 122.9 120.9 123.1 124.3 123.2 121.0 1,629 r1,234 1,316 340 823 466 r266 r643 r325 270 721 325 24,573 7,457 3,884 1,255 ....... 17, 1 16 1,453 830 1,994 6,110 1,892 3,214 25,554 8,306 ....... 17,248 61,021 18,129 3,162 12,717 9, 152 10,150 61,180 18,157 3, 168 12,765 9. 180 10.188 63,983 19,167 3,300 13,217 9,549 10,885 r64,072 r19,128 r3,297 r13,256 r9,609 rlO.929 r64,196 r19,268 3,246 r13,264 r9,64l r10.940 p64,181 p19,195 p3,223 p13.260 p9,642 p10.979 13,578 13.487 7,692 7,776 1,078 985 1,205 1, 141 1, 142 5,886 5,711 13.811 13.503 7.896 7,794 1,071 1,005 1,221 1, 173 1,268 5,915 5,709 14.351 14,281 8 419 8 328 1,108 1,061 1,326 1,322 1.363 5,932 5,953 r14.159 r 14.201 r8,277 r8.293 1, 102 r1,035 r1,324 r1,302 r1,299 r5,882 r5,908 r14 423 r14.337 r8,3l1 r8.404 rl.104 r1.059 r1,325 r1,345 r1,222 r6,112 r5,933 p14,569 p14,255 p8.484 p8.378 pi,103 pi, 064 pi,333 p1,366 pi,376 p6,085 p5,877 136.6 140,8 152.5 r148.6 r 152.0 p156.0 advance estirnates. 2/ lideludes industries not shown separately MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1965 ITEM Aug. 1966 Sept. June Aug. July EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION—Con. HOURS AND EARNINGS PER PRODUCTION WORKER ON PAYROLLS OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Average weekly gross hours, mfg. indus., unadj hours, do.., Seasona 11 y ad j usted Durable goods industries, unadjusted do.., Seasonal ly adjusted.. do.., Nondurab Ie goods i ndustr ies, unadjusted do.., Seasona I ly adjusted do.., 41.1 41.1 41.7 41.8 40.3 40.0 41.0 41.0 41.7 41.7 40.2 40. I 41.6 41.3 42.3 42.0 40.5 40.3 r4l .0 r4l .0 41.6 41.8 40.3 40.1 r4l.4 r4l.4 r42.0 r42. I 40.4 40.1 2.59 2.49 2.77 2.65 2.36 2.27 2.63 2.51 2.71 2.58 2.71 r2.59 2.38 2.39 2.74 2.45 2.34 2.74 r2.46 2.35 r2.70 2.57 2.87 r2.73 r2.45 r2.35 5.4 4.3 3.9 5.1 4.2 1.5 5.5 4.5 4.0 5.7 4.4 3.5 1.3 I.-4 6.7 5.3 5.6 4.4 4.9 2.5 1.0 1.3 r5.1 r4.6 3.9 r5.3 r5.0 2.5 r2.0 rl.7 p6.1 p4.8 p4.7 p5.6 p4.6 p3.6 pi.I p 1.0 mil. $, do.., do.., do.., do.., 61,429 40,619 237 39,049 13,596 63,384 41,704 174 39,774 13,587 66,520 44,656 292 42,169 12,993 67,574 45,816 877 42,380 12,890 66,342 r44,450 386 42,518 12,788 Liabilities, total ....do.., Deposits, total do.., Member-bank reserve balances do.. Federal reserve notes in circulation do.., Ratio of gold certificate reserves to FR note liabilities percent SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Railroad (20 stocks) Sales (SEC): Total on a11 registered exchanges: Market value mil. $, Shares sold mi 11 ions, On New York Stock Exchange: Market value mil. $, Shares sold millions, 61,429 18,645 17,191 36,021 63,384 19,591 18,149 36,319 66,520 20,083 18,567 38,258 67,574 21,354 19,155 38,583 66.342 19,591 17,399 38,660 37.7 37.4 34.0 33.4 33.1 312.37 887.70 155.44 214.21 321.61 922.18 157.51 308.07 875.87 133.72 227.18 286.45 817.55 218.86 311.51 888.73 134.07 229.24 207.91 5,952 163 7,993 222 9,673 228 r8,30l 200 9,663 236 A,937 6,662 165 7,772 162 6,655 141 7,805 168 Avg. hourly gross earnings, mfg. industries.......dollars, Excluding overtime do.., Durable goods industries.. do.., Excluding overtime .....do.., Nondurable goods industries do.., Excluding overtime do.., LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Accession rate, total......monthly rate per 100 employees, Seasonally adjusted do.., New hires. do.., Separation rate, total do.., Seasonally adjusted do.. Quit do.., Layoff... do.., Seasonally adjusted do.., 2.6 1.6 2.81 2.68 2.88 2.88 FI NANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Discounts and advances U.S. Government securities Gold certificate reserves 120 126.68 rj Revised. £./ Preliminary. USCOMM-DC—19148 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 AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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