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October 6, 1967 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS index, 1941-43 = 10 120 index, 1941-43 = 10 120 I PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 110 J 100 7^ *j WV 9 6 6 In \. /^1967 (avg. .J«.L_UJ-.4„J—I 1965 1964 I of daily L-J™1--L_L..-J™-1_J_J_-L_L_1 1966 yw — Monthly 90 r^ 80 Weekly (Wednesday close) close) 1 i L-...J. 1 L 1 L__ i _ J F M A M J J A S O N D L_l—l__L_J_ U_l_ 1967 I. Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Biiiion Dollars 50 90 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES 45 r- (seasonally adjusted) index, 1957-59=100 140 80 Shipments (left scale) 40 h 70 35 60 ^ B o o k value, end of month 30 i 1 1 i 1964 i i i I i i 1965 i i i i i i i i i i i i 1966 i i i ! i i i i i I 50 1967 1964 1965 Index, 1957-59=100 115 1967 index, 1910-14 = 100 375 PRICES RECEIVED AND 350 r~ PAID BY FARMERS 325 275 ! L j i 1 250 1965 1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published ~~~~ _ Prices Paid \ (incl. interest, taxes, and w a g e rates) j ~ Prices Received 225 ^ ! y—""A 300 1964 1966 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor U.S. Dept. of Commerce "-—*-~r 1 at $ 6 . 0 0 annually, this Supplement ^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1965 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in the latest monthly SURVEY S>* V^-'i I • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. J - l — 1 — 1 — 1 — L 1964 s f 1966 i i i i 11 i i i i i 1 1967 70 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1967 1966 ITEM Oct. 1 Sept. 24 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 95.9 106.6 106.2 96.1 95.6 96.3 mil. $.. 5,619 3,902 6,052 4,01 1 5,747 4,096 6,005 4, 174 6,025 4,070 thous.. 144 789 743 264 144 768 723 281 157 1,002 938 200 166 953 891 235 156 204 192 43,000 45,841 23,751 592 42,804 45,399 23,139 68 45,130 48,247 23,944 366 45,398 47,880 24,026 386 45,223 47,971 24,307 414 45,004 48,159 24,210 259 70,888 47,269 183,191 22,716 59,436 27,335 71,052 47,237 i 82.639 23, 127 59,399 27,332 73,491 48,002 195 282 26,822 62,238 28,107 74,550 48,027 195,84 i 27,138 62,285 28,7.02 73.713 48.109 i 97.843 27,423 63.163 28,786 5.72 77.71 82.94 77. i i 82.26 5.98 94.39 102.03 5.99 95.99 103.98 5.99 96. 13 104.25 State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)...do..,. FAILURES, iNDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).number.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Sept. 9 mil. $.. do.... Assets and liabilities of iarge commercial banks: 4/ Loans and investments (adjusted), total do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross).,..,,.,.do,,.. Real estate loans (gross) do!SS! 3ond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/.....percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor*s)....194i-43=i0.. 5.71 6.01 96.79 105. 14 PRODUCTION: Index of production FREIGHT CARL0ADINGS, TOTAL 1,861 21,462 207,477 8,302 1,785 21,573 218,614 8,31 I 1,853 22,088 134,858 9,227 1,833 23,123 156,388 8,21 1 1,816 23,518 172,883 9,28! 2,645 142.0 612 328 2,615 140.4 2,431 130.5 487 263 2,469 132.5 566 313 2,440 131.0 568 316 2,457 131.9 1957-59-100.. thous. cars.. ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 613 336 3/ Daily average. 170,754 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM July Aug. May June July Aug. 40,412 20,599 990 3,507 2,006 43,109 21,432 1,074 3,790 2,263 45.136 23, 528 998 3,613 2, 168 46,980 24,778 1,051 3,717 2,276 r40,864 r20,256 r943 r3,105 1,939 44,334 22,043 1,076 3,391 2,226 3,075 3,065 4,925 752 3, 162 3,315 4,437 817 3,647 3,196 6,609 865 3,869 3,53! 6,891 929 r3,272 r3,028 r4,844 r832 3,440 3,317 5,081 931 19,813 7,031 432 1,462 21,677 7,41 1 447 1,791 21,608 7,629 41 1 22,202 7,81 1 471 r20,608 r7,352 r447 22,291 7,606 1,926 3, 187 1,743 1,042 1,891 3,564 1,822 1, 164 rI,703 r3,283 do.... do.... 1,699 2,980 1,709 971 do.... 44,327 44,206 44,945 44,888 r45, 346 45,475 do.... do 23,031 940 4,045 2, 142 22,874 95! 3,922 2, 130 22,900 914 3,434 2,092 23,052 923 3,462 2,093 r23,136 r897 r3,58l 2,068 23,454 954 3,510 2.094 3,363 3,496 5,742 844 3,364 3,377 5,915 851 3,455 3,323 6,380 876 3,517 3,358 6,465 878 r3,587 r3,468 r6.116 r933 3,677 3,382 6,495 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL do.... do.... E lectr ica I machinery „s. do.... dos s s s do.... do.... do.... SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: do do.... do.... r_/ Revised. 1,846 3,503 1,746 1,136 r 1,81 1 rl,OIO 452 1,906 3,566 1,815 1, 108 J/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. CORRECTION FOR SEPTEMBER 1967 SURVEY, p. S-2: Unrecorded transactions for 2nd qtr. 1967 should read $-576 mil. instead of $-652. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 9115 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 969 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATiSTiCS—Continued 1966 ITEM GENERAL BUSINESS 1967 July Aug. May June July Aug. 21,296 7,274 417 1,717 1,875 3,237 1,733 1,080 2 1,332 7,476 425 1,725 1,878 3,203 1,718 1,064 22,045 7,728 400 21,836 7,634 441 r22.2l0 r 7,6 I I r43l 22.021 7,666 430 1,803 3,432 1,81 I 1,085 r1,879 r3,6l6 r1,838 r l , 126 1,859 3,626 1,789 I, 132 72,684 45,634 27,050 72,958 73,770 46,680 27,090 74,!10 81,267 52,558 28,709 80,578 80,913 52,346 28,567 80,390 r80,628 r52,194 r28,434 r80,897 81,005 52,694 28,31 I 8 i,365 45,790 1,692 6,787 4,837 9,097 6,84 i 10,006 2,023 27 168 6 534 2 366 3 297 2 131 4 741 i ,804 1,345 42,314 22,521 19,793 45,625 46,814 1,698 6,902 4,916 9,329 6,998 10,399 2,062 27,296 6,361 2 350 3,348 2 , 171 4.819 1,829 1,364 43,805 22,244 21,561 44,842 51,784 1,842 7,451 5,229 i0,234 7,755 12,184 2,303 28,794 6,737 2,377 51,809 1,847 7,478 5, 162 10,275 7,682 12,236 2,301 28,581 6,634 2,380 r52,346 r1,835 r7,495 r5,142 r10,313 r7,730 r12,706 r2,3l3 r28,55l r6.662 2,373 52,847 !.8!4 7,476 5,238 10,374 7,775 13,047 2,322 28,518 6,474 2,355 2^305 5.412 1,960 1,428 45,199 23,600 21,599 45,738 '*2!3l6 'r2*3l6 5,381 1,918 1,415 47,976 25,830 22.146 46,087 r5,383 r1,935 r1,402 r42,093 r2l,430 r20,663 r45,92l 2^312 5,367 1,939 1,393 44,517 22, 133 22,384 45,559 24,371 4, 106 2,231 3,426 3,744 6,639 21,254 5,952 15,302 76,602 72,801 3,801 76,310 23,512 3,792 2, 128 3,774 3,603 5,986 21,330 5,938 15,392 77,300 73,615 3,685 76,942 23,857 3,606 2, 106 3,497 3,250 7,209 21,881 5,948 15,933 77,856 74,679 3, 177 77,988 24,263 3,591 2, 108 3,590 3,455 7,327 2 1,824 5,873 15,951 78,854 75,732 3, 122 79,188 r23,659 r3, 646 rI,979 r3,564 r3,579 r6,64l r22,262 r6,198 r 16,064 r80,085 r76,908 r3, 177 r79,764 23,358 3,455 2,258 3,968 3,512 5,811 22,201 6,260 15,941 80,268 76,998 3,270 79,850 72,651 7,374 5,954 I 1,820 I 1,567 30,332 3,659 73,286 7,244 5,952 12,230 11,793 30,402 3,656 74,973 5,741 6, 189 12,376 12,133 33,066 3,015 76,185 5,870 6,205 12,449 12,230 33,929 3,003 r76 f 7IO r5,935 r6, I 16 r 12,426 r 12,341 r34,453 r3,054 76,615 5,880 6,280 12,717 12,472 33,769 3,235 1,017 94 186 144 492 101 69,876 4,459 18,233 19,230 18,757 9, 197 52.3 1,249 112 276 191 567 103 178,088 38,358 33,193 43,497 30,488 32,552 60.8 I, 100 I 19 193 157 515 I 16 93,370 10,280 16,046 26,912 26,307 13,825 48.6 1,047 105 180 163 500 99 104,643 6,896 26,912 26,062 27,931 16,842 48.6 843 82 132 129 405 95 72,551 4,690 16,191 27,100 17,062 7,508 43.2 1,017 98 159 172 490 98 108,901 12,310 12,758 33,294 37,861 12,678 49.3 113.3 113.8 I 15.6 I 16.0 I 16.5 116.9 113.I I 13.2 109.3 I I 1.8 103.0 96.7 120.3 106.7 113.6 ! 13.4 109.8 I 12.5 103.0 95.8 122.1 106.6 I 15. 115.6 I 16.5 I I 1.0 I 13.8 104. I 96.8 122.4 108.9 I 16. I I 16.8 I I 1.5 I 14.3 104.4 97.0 124.8 109. I 116 I 17 I I I. I 14, 104, 96, 125, 109, INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . By industry g r o u p — C o n . Nondurable goods industries, total U mil. $. Food and kindred products „ do... Tobacco products . do... Textile mill products do... Paper and allied products do... Chemicals and allied products do... Petroleum and coal products do... Rubber and plastics products do... INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total do... Durable goods industries, total ..do... Nondurable goods industries, total do... Book value (seasonally adjusted), total do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, tota I ±/ do... Stone, clay, and glass products „,,,,„do,,. Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products do... Machinery, except electrical do... E lectr ics! machinery do... Transportation equipment do... Instruments and related products do... Nondurable goods industries, total U do... Food and kindred products do... Tobacco products do... Textile mill products do... Paper and allied products do... Chemicals and allied products do... Petroieum and coa i products do... Rubber and plastics products do... NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurab le goods industries, total , do... NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total J,/ do... Primary metals do... Fabr icated meta I products do... Mach i nery, except e I ectr i ca I do... E lectr ical machinery do... Transportat i on equ i pment do... Nondurable goods industries, total do... Industries with unfilled orders do... Industries without unfilled orders 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... 3y industry group: Durable goods industries, total \_l do... Primary metals do.. , Fabr i cated meta I products do..., Machinery, except electrical do..., E lectr ical machinery do..., Transportation equipment do..., Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders....do..., INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun i, Bradstreet, Inc.): Fai lures, total number., Commer c i a I ser v i ce do..., Construction do..., Manufacturing and mining do..., Retai I trade do..., Wholesale trade do..., Liabilities (current), total thous. $., Commer c i a I ser v i ce do..., Construction do..., Manufacturing and mining do..., Retai I trade do..., Wholesale trade do..., Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)...No. per COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: A I I items Special group indexes: All items less shelter A M items less food... Commodities Nondurab les Durab les New cars Used cars Commodities less food 10,000 concerns., 1957-59= 100.. do..., do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do..., do..., Revised. Digitized for rV FRASER J./ Includes data for "other i n d u s t r i e s " not shown. 91 15 1,851 3,331 1,797 I, 124 ! 16. 110. I 13.2 103.9 96.9 121.4 108.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 ITEM : r 1966 ! !967 July Aug. ; May I 14.3 j III.3 | 109 2 j 113.5 \ i i9, l 115.8 I M i .5 !09 o 2 1 13.5 1 19.5 113.9 113,9 113.8 115.5 122.8 127.7 1 12.5 1 17.2 128.4 1 12.7 i !7 9 4 M3.2 109.6 1 13.4 | June i July j Aug. COMMODITY PRICES—Continued CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UNADJ.-- Con. FOOCl n . . „ . « . . . , . . . . - . . . , . . . . , o o o . . c o . . c . . o , , . a c 1 9 5 7 " 5 9 = 1 0 0 . . H o u s ! n g 0 0 ( , U o 0 o . » o 0 o o 0 0 o 0 o 0 0 o 0 o.«-.• o « „ . .s<>.o.o.g do,.,. Appare 1 and upkeep.;. 6,. „. „«..... 0 „. „.., „ . e » .0 . • » . » . . » . « . d o » .0. Transportat ion.». e <> . „ 9 * „ « .c . . . . » u u » • c .o .. <> .. o *.»<>..do,. . „ H e a 1 f h and r e c r e a t 1' or .. „»o a.». -.> *...<, <>.<:. o»= * « 0 . 0 <,..<,.do... „ Med i ca i care....„....„.„...„...„.................do.... Personai care...................................,do,... Reading and recreation,, 0 „ do.. l t Seasonal Sy adjusted indexes: FOOd «ao.oo..ooo,«oo«o B U U oo 8 0 eee«o<..»o».«o.oo.o».ooB. 0 »dOoo.. Appare i and upkeep . . 00s 0 * o»<*. c »«»«.*.. -.. .*,....<.,oo.oe.. d o a . 0 „ Transportati on ........co..........*.<.«,...........n.do.... ! 15.7 123.2 116.0 r114.3 i 13.7 1 16.2 123.6 135.7 i 15.0 I 19.6 136.3 ! 15.3 ! 19.7 136.9 1 15.5 1 19.8 137.5 ! i5.5 109.6 ! 13,5 ! 14.5 ! 13.7 i 15.6 M5.3 I 15.0 1 14.2 ! 16.0 1 15.8 1 14.3 1 !6 a 3 Sept. June July Aug. Sept. 1 15. 1 f 114.! | ' M3.9 J ! !3„9 1 15.9 1966 Aug. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL. FARM PRODUCTS,.,1910-14=100,. Crops do.... L \ vestock and products. 0 . e » B ,.».... a „.„„ 0 .. 0 ..o.<><>.. .do*«,.. Dairy products. do,... Meat animals ,,..,,.,.,».....,,,..... ,...do,.,. Pou!try and eggs..........eu....................... do.... PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: Aii commodities and services,..,.,,,..,,,.,,,.,, do.... Family living items........ ••.................do.... Production items.................................. o do... 0 Ail commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do.... WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: A LL C0NM0D1T1E S „....,, a „,..,. „.«. „..,.......... 1957-59= 100.. Farm products........... 0 ..........................do.... Foods and feeds, processed.........................do.... Industrial commodities.............................do.... Chemicals and allied products....................do.... Fuels and related products, and power............do.... Furniture and household durables ,,..., ,do..„. ! i 16. 1 120.0 1967 27 1 239 300 304 366 163 270 235 300 320 355 167 255 227 279 288 353 123 257 225 285 292 358 133 256 224 283 302 352 128 252 217 283 312 344 133 299 317 287 335 301 318 289 337 303 321 290 343 304 323 291 345 303 323 289 343 304 323 290 344 81 80 74 74 75 73 !06.8 106,8 108.7 115.5 105.2 106.3 102.4 1 12.6 106.0 !06c,5 102.8 I 13. i i06.0 98.0 102.2 99.2 98.5 104.0 100.8 115.6 104.7 1 1 1.6 98.3 103.9 100.9 1 15.2 105.3 1 11.6 108.1 1 15.7 105.2 97.9 102.0 99.1 121.2 106.2 1 108.5 108.5 102.7 103.2 95.1 102.4 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices.. 1957-59-$ 1.00.. 1 16.6 1 14.7 ! 13.8 ! 16.4 124.2 | | 1 19 9 105.9 108.9 108.4 103.0 1 107.1 103.1 94.7 102.2 107.1 108.9 103.9 103.9 95.8 101.6 109.6 $0,936 .879 $0,936 .876 $0,941 .862 ! i 109.0 104.2 104.1 95.8 101.5 109.7 $0,939 .858 2 | j p!06.2 p98. 1 pi 12.8 pl06.5 !06„ ! r99 0 2 112. I 106.3 98.0 i04.7 101.0 114.4 1 | 106. 1 1 11.8 109.2 104.5 104.0 97.8 101.7 110.0 $0,943 .856 | $0,942 r7 Revised. £ / Preliminary. USCOMM-DC—91 15 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Digitized forSURVEY FRASER OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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