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s 0 —1 BUSINESS STATISTICS LJ1J( un u fr T l TSR B September 1, 1967 A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS mu.uj.i=iiHisHg! INDICATORS Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) K 1964 1965 1966 J 1967 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. index, 1957-59=100 250 index, 1957-59=100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) - 200 ~ 200 - 150 100 Monthly 50 __i_.: '• ! i ! i i s : s 1 i ! 1964 i-J ! L-JL_JL_..J__L_ 1 ! 1965 1 • ! ! 1 1 ! 1 _.. L .i . . . . 1966 1 . . . . 1967 . J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. index, 1957-59=100 115 WHOLESALE PRICES Index, 1957-59=100 140 CONSUMER PRICES 110 130 All Services 105 — - Industrial Commodities \ 120 100 All Commodities 110 95 All Items 100 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 i i 111 i i i 111 i 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1964 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1965 1966 11 i i i 1 1 1 11 i i 1967 90 / / 1964 Daia: U.S. Depi. of Labor v^ Farm Products JJU.1.1. l l l l l l , 1 1 l.i.l.l_U_L_L-J_ i 1 I I J J J M I 1 * 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 A 1965 1966 — i t i i i 1 i i -JUL. i 1967 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1967 1966 iTEM Aug. 5 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26 96.7 96.5 97.0 5,866 4,038 5,998 4,079 Aug. 20 Aug. 27 1957-59=100.. III.7 109.6 96.9 mil. $.. do.... 5,721 3,889 5,793 3,910 6,066 4, 130 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.. 157 978 926 251 144 916 867 281 250 1,240 1,174 186 193 175 I, !98 I, 132 239 222 260 mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... 43,000 45,305 22,606 277 42,894 45,121 22,454 374 44,845 48,470 23,967 29! 44,985 48,536 23,980 386 45,135 48,292 23,746 366 45,020 48,238 23,769 469 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 47 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.... 70,621 47,455 181,430 22,193 58,974 27,086 69,516 47,295 180,185 2 2 , 179 58,620 27,068 74,348 47,836 195,538 26,004 63,445 27,797 72,598 47,899 194,057 25,458 62,894 27,855 72,863 47,908 194,222 25,628 63,058 27,981 5.50 81.18 86.99 5.56 79.07 84.77 5.88 95.78 103.56 5.89 95.75 103.52 5.91 94.55 102. 15 1,908 23,698 38,809 8,249 1,924 22,828 66', 335 8,245 1,799 25,343 33,578 9,4!6 1,826 24,556 44,701 9,392 1,824 24,128 64,955 9,403 2,501 134.3 593 303 2,560 137.4 2,237 120.1 549 281 2,338 125.5 552 282 2,318 124.4 569 296 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Member bank reserve ba lances 3/ Excess reserves, e s t i m a t e d ^ / Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor*s>.... 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks.. do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities kw.-hr.* sssmi!s Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate .3/ thous. bb I,, Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. thous. cars.. do.... 2/ J./ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ 601 307 Daily average. 5.93 93.61 iOi.17 I 15,521 2,401 . 128.9 47 Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1967 1966 ITEM June July Apr. May June July COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: ... 1957-59-100.. 1 12.9 1 13.3 1 15.3 1 15.6 1 16.0 1 '6 5 do.... do.... 1 12.6 112.8 109.0 1 11.5 102.6 96.8 118.2 113. 1 1 13.2 109.3 I 11.8 103.0 96.7 120.3 1 14.8 115.9 110.2 113.0 103.4 97.0 118.8 1 15.1 1 16.3 1 10.5 1 13.2 103.9 96.9 121.4 1 15.6 1 16.5 1 1 1.0 1 13.8 104.1 96.8 122.4 1 16 1 106.7 122.6 125.5 108.4 126.6 130.0 108.7 127.0 130.4 108.9 127.4 103.8 109. 1 127.9 do.... 106.4 122.0 124.8 do.... 1 13.9 1 14.2 109.6 121.7 1 14.3 1 14.3 1 1 1.0 121.5 113.7 109.0 1 15.7 1 14.2 1 13.9 108.5 1 15.9 i 16.4 1 1 1 1 1 16.0 1 12.3 1 16.4 124 4 Household furnishings and opera lion. do do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 1 1 1. 1 1 14. 1 1 10.2 1 15.8 108.0 107.0 108.1 i04.8 1 1 1.3 1 14.4 1 10.3 1 16.2 107.9 107.0 108. 1 105. 1 1 13.6 1 16.9 1 1 1.9 1 19.0 108.8 1 1 1.0 108.4 107.7 1 13.9 i 17.5 1 12. 1 1 19.7 108.7 1 10.8 108.3 107.9 1 14. 1 1 17.7 1 i2.2 1 19.9 108.6 1 10.5 108.2 108. 1 1 14 5 1 18 1 1 12 4 120 5 108 9 1114 108 3 108.2 109.4 1 12.2 1 10.7 122.8 109.2 1 13.5 1 1 1.5 129. 1 113.0 115. 1 1 13.2 130.6 1 13.8 1 15.5 1 13.6 130.9 1 13.9 115.7 113.7 132.2 1 13 7 Pub lie do.... do.... do.... do.... Special group indexes: do.... Commodities less food ,••,.••••. . s 9 . _- Shelter Rent , 9079 do s e s . 15. 1 11.6 16.3 19.9 1 16.8 1 1 1.5 1 14.3 104.4 97.0 124.8 131.4 1 16.2 114 1 132.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1967 1966 ITEM June COMMODITY PRICES—Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—UNADJ.— Con. Health and recreation Medica I care Persona I care Reading and recreation Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food ... . Apparel and upkeep Transportation 1957-59=100. do... do... .....do... „ Individual income taxes Corporation income taxes Emp ioyment taxes Other internal revenue and receipts Budget expenditures, total J/ Interest on public debt Veterans' services and benefits National defense A i I other expend i tures Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, est i mated tota I Ordinary Group and mass-marketed ordinary Industrial June 122. 135, 114. 119. 122.8 135.7 115.0 119.6 123, 136, 115. 119, I 14.0 109.5 112.3 113.2 109.6 113.4 I 13.9 I 13.1 115.3 I 14, I 13. 115. 115.3 I 13.9 I 15.9 4,854 147 3,713 4,797 147 5,095 3,298 4,389 138 3,458 154 3,810 5,414 164 4,070 mil. $. do... se . s s d o s s = 20,817 17,151 !72 7,993 5,702 158 19,225 13,534 150 12,072 6,289 !66 p22,007 pl8,249 p!76 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 7,295 8,251 2,719 2,380 9,439 1,068 359 6,303 1,757 3,725 878 1,674 1,558 10,263 1,091 450 4,910 3,851 5,687 1,065 3,033 2, 120 p7,229 p9,324 p2,564 P 2,7I4 10,915 I, 103 565 6, 125 3,130 plO,145 pi,128 p452 p6,00l p2,599 do... do... do... do... 10,101 7,624 1,908 569 9,361 6,794 2,041 526 10,820 7,836 2,407 577 I I,974 8,478 2,876 620 I 1,547 8.333 2,649 565 11.51 10.74 12.58 I 1.32 10.59 12.48 10.77 9.18 12.88 I 1.26 10.20 13.04 I 1.21 10.51 12.83 465 2,046 1,344 2,649 283 1,653 913 1,977 320 1,895 752 2,201 379 2,050 777 2,459 340 1,983 769 2,402 7,837 7,659 7,215 7,321 6,639 7,475 5,150 24,970 15.2 2.2 8.3 6,320 4,680 23,380 15.8 3.5 7.6 6,685 4,740 20,825 10.6 1.0 5.8 7,570 5,350 20,265 9.7 1.8 4.0 7,065 5, 125 20,560 14. 1 1.2 8.4 903 081 305 660 913 3,359 997 1,032 3,552 1,079 l,0!4 3,748 1, 136 995 3,938 135.20 123.15 I 12.00 102.35 9.8 120.75 109.10 79.30 72.70 10.2 85.40 77.65 97.10 86.80 9.9 94.90 85.35 I 10.90 100.65 9.7 39. 15 33.00 30.60 29.35 9.5 27.95 26.60 24.00 23.30 9.8 18.05 14.65 28.85 27.70 6.8 15.60 13.20 28.85 26.50 6.5 698 687 241 703 666 278 670 692 348 704 741 311 .do... do... do... PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS NEWSPRINT, CANADA: Production thous. sh. tons. Shipments from mills. do... Stocks at mills, end of month do... 2./ Preliminary. May i 19.1 127.7 112.5 117.2 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEER: Production mi I. bb I. Taxab le withdrawals do... Stocks, end of month ....do... LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip thous. skins. Cattle hide and side kip thous. hides and kips. Goat and kid thous. skins. Sheep and lamb do... METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys) thous. sh. tons, Tin: Consumption, pig, total |g. tons. Pr imary do.., Stocks, pig (industrial), end of month do... Furnaces and ovens (indust.), dom. new orders, net...mi I. $. E lectr ic processing do... Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) do... Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motor ized) number. Rider-type „ do... !nds trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments..do... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $. Domestic do... Shipments, total do... Domestic do... Estimated backlog, end of month months. Metal forming tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $. Domestic do... Shipments, tota I do... Domestic do... Estimated backlog, end of month months. jr/ Revised. 9079 Apr. 118. 127. 112. 117. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F. W. Dodge C o . ) : TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1957-59=100. Building, total s.. s . S S S S i O S 1 ,,!!iii 8 $. FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Budget receipts, total Receipts, net J_/ ,s Customs.., .,„,,,,„,„, July J/ Excludes certain interfund transactions. 9,807 4,295 3,157 1,817 9,464 I, 127 480 6,303 1,567 rl04.10 r93.95 rl2l.70 r108.30 9.3 r30.45 r17. 15 r33.25 r27.00 r5.9 652 713 250 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 4 1967 S966 STEM June Apr., July 1 May I June July PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS—Con. NEWSPRINT, UNITED STATES: 5 e sh„ tons., Shipments from mi Ms.......................... .......do.... ! .......do.... Stocks at mills, end of month. .......do.... Consumption by publishers,.,,eo Stocks at and In transit to publishers, end of mo....do.... 223 221 54 609 654 227 | 249 32 6!6 676 222 228 27 568 711 197 191 33 522 727 622 748 733 889 562 19.3 14.8 12.9 .515 9.9 19.3 14.8 8.6 .430 6.6 20.0 15.3 10.0 .501 7.7 19.7 15.0 9.9 .496 7,5 19.6 14.8 12.3 .491 9,3 19.8 14.9 8.1 .403 6.0 169.8 3,747 148.6 3, 106 1-224.9 r4,329 262.0 r4,984 258.9 4,843 10,690 6,928 1,719 7,763 5,206 S,59S 7,990 4,829 3,431 r8,820 r5,376 2.898 7,430 3,954 2,221 May June 194 205 | 204 18 573 677 26 522 688 953 186 1 ! TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of 1 inters): ±/ nning bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total.. „..mi 11 ions.. Consum i ng 100 percent cotton...................do..,. Spindie hours operated, all fibers, total, ... b i M i ons.. .......do.... Consuming 100 percent cotton. „. .. ,. „«, ... . » » o » o . d O o .„ a TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Aircraft (civilian): Shipments,, # „ * „ . A.4s *. .. s. s ... i S mlI. $„„ Truck trailers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis...;. a8 .......... .....number.. 1966 1967 July Aug. 106.4 107.8 1 13.8 105.2 106.8 108. 1 115.7 i05.2 105.8 100.7 1 10.7 106.0 106.3 102.4 M2.6 106.0 97.9 102.0 99.1 121.2 106.2 108.5 98.8 104.4 100.8 | 1 15.2 104.2 1 1 1.6 98.5 104.0 100.8 115.6 104.7 1 1 1.6 98.3 103.9 100.9 115.2 105.3 II 1.6 108.8 102.7 103.2 95.1 102.4 107.1 108.5 102.7 103.2 95.1 102.4 107.1 108.9 103.8 103.9 95.8 101.6 108.0 108.9 103.9 103.9 95.8 101.6 109.0 104.2 104. 1 95.8 101.5 $0,940 $0,936 .879 July Aug. COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: 1957-59=100.. .......do.... do .......do.... do.... do do.... do Furniture and household durables 97.9 101.4 99.0 122.7 106.6 108.3 do.... do.... do.... do.... I 1 | 109.6 1 $0,941 .862 J 106.5 r102.8 r113.1 r106.0 106. I 99.4 I 12.1 106.3 109.7 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — 57-59=$1.00.. 1 .883 | $0,945 .865 $0,939 $0,943 .858 jr/ Revised. _[/ Data for June 1966 and June 1967 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USCGMM-DC--9079 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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