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September 13, 1968
BUSINESS
STATISTICS
A WEEKLY
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INDICATORS
Index, 1941-43 = 10
120
PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
index, 1941-43 = 10
120
110
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Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp.
Thouj»ands
350
Thousands
1,400
MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION
(cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants)
1,200
-
-j 300
1968
-
250
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1966
1968
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Index, 1957-59 = 100
250
Index, 1957-59 = 100
250
R A W
STEEL
PRODUCTION
( i n g o t s a n d a\\ o t h e r f o r m s )
200
200 h
150
100 rMonthly
50
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Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst.
^ A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription Jo t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS,
p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those p u b l i s h e d
a t $ 6 . 0 0 a n n u a l l y , this S u p p l e m e n t
in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY
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1968
5- M A M J J
A S O N D
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
2
1968
1967
ITEM
Sept. 2
. „ .mil.
.
do.
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs ..........thous.
INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs
do...
State programs (50 States, D 0 C 0 , and Puerto Rico) ...do...
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..number.
FINANCE:
Currency in circulation 2/.
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total
Member bank reserve balances 2 / ......
Excess reserves, estimated 2J
mil. $.
%J....do...
do...
do.. .
Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: hj
Demand deposits, adjusted
......... .mil. $.
Savings deposits
„................... .do...
Loans and investments (adjusted), total
do...
UcSo Government obligations
do...
Commercial and industrial loans (gross) . „
do...
Real estate loans (gross) .............a.
do...
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2 /
.percent.
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) hj..1941-43=10.
Industrials, 425 stocks ..„........................do...
PRODUCTION:
Bituminous coal %]'........................thous. sh. tons.
Electric power,by utilities ..................mil. kw.-hr.
Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) ..............number.
Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / o
thous. bbl.
Aug. 24
93.3
93.9
94.1
Aug. 31
,247
,345
5,677
4,040
6,452
4,366
6,450
4,402
6,828
4,686
163
990
931
260
158
1,002
160
1,066
149
1,006
936
135
139
44,918
47,651
23,475
260
45,131
48,247
23,925
332
48,289
54,820
316
48,252
.55,457
26,225
503
48,190
54,810
25,782
167
73,449
48,091
195,122
26,974
62,240
28,163
73,491
48,002
195,282
26,822
62,238
28,107
75,918
48,283
212,283
27,037
68,787
30,589
75,659
48,296
213,127
27,747
68,642
30,666
76,650
48,281
212,813
27,832
68,221
30,715
6.34
#98.96
*107.70
6.33
*98.81
#107.58
1,827
25,839
128,762
9,235
938
200
994
190
5.96
5.98
94«39
100.52
102.03
6.36
*9S.53
*107.28
1,884
23,831
177,106
1,853
22,088
134,858
1,892
26,799
56,160
9,434
9,227
9,227
1,920
28,950
76,831
9,217
2,032
109.1
1,963
105.4
1,948
104.6
14-.2
14.7
. . . t h o u s . sh. t o n s . .
.......1957-59=100..
2,428
130.3
2,431
130.5
RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON MILES
...............bilo.
14=3
12.4
1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 2 / Daily average, ij
14,5 1
Sept. 7
93.9
150
93.07
Steel, raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Index of production . . . . . . . .
MONTHLY
Aug. 17
96.4
WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/......„......1957-59^100.
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES .
Nondurable goods stores
Sept. 9
48,424
55,156
25,802
215
6.33
100.02
109.02
153,240
1,862
99.9
Wednesday data. * Tuesday averages
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1968
1967
ITEM
June
July
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS:
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL. B „ . . . . u....... 0 0 0 0 u 0mil.
Durable goods industries, total 1/
do.
Stone, clay, and glass products .......... 0 . u . „ u Odo.
Primary metals ...........................„„„„.„„do.
Fabricated metal products ...............„...„..0do.
46,666
24,778
1,051
3,717
2,276
40,747
20,580
943
3,105
1,939
Machinery, except electrical ....................do.
Electrical machinery .....................0
do.
Transportation equipment
.do.
Instruments and related products .. „ „
.do.
3,869
3,531
6,891
929
.do.
.do.
.do.
.do.
Paper and allied products.....
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products „.
Rubber and plastics products .
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL ............
By industry group:
Durable goods industries, total l/
Stone, clay, and glass products „
Primary metals ...................
Fabricated metal products .......
Nondurable goods industries, total l/.
Food and kindred products ..........
Tobacco products ...................
Textile mill products ..............
Apr.
May
June
July
49,665
26,203
1,125
4,352
2,366
r52,215
r27,436
rl,153
r4,533
r2,456
46,817
23,759
1,066
4,122
2,183
3,272
3,028
5,168
832
49,065
25,733
1,102
4,278
2,334
4,089
3,369
6,757
996
3,990
3,326
7,172
1,029
r4,247
r3,681
r7,243
rl,130
3,640
3,122
5,867
975
21,888
7,811
471
1,647
20,167
7,352
447
1,344
23,332
7,988
414
1,731
23,462
8,2U
451
1,761
r24,779
r8,763
r468
rl,888
.do.
.do.
.do.
.do.
1,891
3,444
1,822
1,164
1,703
3,045
1,811
1,010
2,110
3,824
1,798
1,298
2,146
3,773
1,823
1,312
r2,258
r3,926
rl,972
rl,320
23,058
8,506
44-9
1,555
2,063
3,441
1,845
1,160
.do.
44,583
44,865
47,742
49,420
r49,803
51,002
.do.
.do.
.do.
.do.
23,052
923
3,462
2,093
3,517
3,358
6,465
878
23,192
897
3,581
2,068
24,628
1,066
3,992
2,292
25,483
1,030
4,138
2,283
r25,407
rl,014
r4,222
r2,256
26,196
1,017
4,495
2,320
3,587
3,468
6,172
933
3,807
3,422
6,290
1,004
3,784
3,458
6,913
1,043
r3,874
r3,501
r6,680
rl,066
3,975
3,553
6,729
1,091
Machinery, except electrical ................uudo.„
Electrical machinery
.do..
Transportation equipment
.do..
Instruments and related products .........u„.„.do..
r/ Revised. .1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown.
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MONTHLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
3
1968
1967
ITEM
June
July
.mil.
do.
do.
do.
.do.
do „
do.
do.
21,531
7,634
441
1,572
1,803
3,308
1,8.11
1,085
21,673
7,611
431
,590
,879
,311
.do.
do.
do.
do.
.do.
.do.
.do.
do.
do.
do.
.do.
do.
Apr.
May
June
,126
23,114
8,076
427
1,735
2,074
3,568
1,832
1,246
23,937
8,358
439
1,798
2,152
3,596
1,875
1,298
r24,396
r8,577
r438
rl,802
r2,151
r3,763
rl,958
rl,230
80,608
52,346
28,262
80,119
80,328
52,194
28,134
80,603
84,427
55,280
29,147
83,956
85,184
55,812
29,372
84,505
r85,143
r55,837
r29,306
r84,6l8
51,809
1,847
7,478
5,162
10,275
7,682
12,236
2,301
52,346
1,835
7,495
5,142
10,313
7,730
12,706
2,313
54,754
1,775
7,572
5,481
10,398
7,921
14,071
2,411
54,977
1,806
7,528
5,560
10,453
7,983
14,025
2,422
r55,276
rl,824
r7,376
r5,649
rlO,566
r7,925
rl4,240
r2,443
Nondurable goods industries, total 1/
do.
Foods 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.
NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL .......do.
Durable goods industries, total
.do.
Nondurable goods industries, total
do.
NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL „
.do.
By industry group:
Durable goods industries, total 1/
.do.
Primary metals
.do.
Fabricated metal products
do.
Machinery, except electrical
do.
Electrical machinery
do.
Transportation equipment
do.
28,310
6,634
2,380
3,108
2,310
5,381
1,918
1,415
47,666
25,830
21,836
45,757
28,257
6,662
2,373
3,096
2,310
5,383
1,935
1,402
41,968
21,754
20,214
45,481
29,202
6,839
2,397
3,330
2,309
5,550
1,996
1,481
49,510
26,123
23,387
48,266
29,528
6,903
2,406
3,348
2,340
5,634
2,010
1,472
48,596
25,109
23,487
49,400
r29,342
r6,847
r2,412
r3,379
r2,379
r5,528
r2,023
rl,486
r51,351
r26,524
r24,827
r-49,063
24,263
3,591
2,108
3,590
3,455
7,327
23,715
3,646
1,979
3,564
3,579
6,697
25,165
3,783
2,297
3,779
3,278
7,186
25,541
4,067
2,382
3,830
3,278
7,199
r24,6l7
r3,621
r2,224
r3,955
r3,581
r6,247
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. ADJ. ), TOTAL
do...,
By industry group:
Durable goods industries, total 1/
.do...,
Primary metals
do...,
Fabricated metal products
.do...,
Machinery, except electrical
do....
Electrical machinery
do....
Transportation equipment
do....
Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders ...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....
21,494
5,667
15,827
78,703
75,732
2,971
79,044
21,766
6,007
15,759
79,927
76,908
3,019
79,662
23,101
6,375
16,726
84,876
81,669
3,207
84,052
23,859
6,504
17,355
83,813
80,581
3,232
84,033
r24,A4-6
r6,589
rl7,857
r82,944
r79,665
r3,279
r83,354
76,185
5,870
6,205
12,449
12,230
33,929
2,859
76,710
5,935
6,116
12,426
12,341
34,453
2,952
80,876
7,045
6,873
12,038
12,113
37,177
3,176
80,936
6,974
6,973
12,083
11,934
37,463
3,097
r80,198
r6,374
r6,941
rl2,l64
rl2,064
r37,031
r3,156
1,047
105
180
163
500
843
82
132
129
405
95
1,003
133
152
153
454
111
909
92
168
150
393
106
751
92
140
128
317
74
104,643
6,896
26,912
26,062
27,931
16,842
48.6
72,551
4,690
16,191
27,100
17,062
7,508
43.2
80,107
7,971
10,483
22,662
23,277
15,714
43.5
91,411
4,618
17,397
33,120
23,345
12,931
40.9
74,657
6,885
25,378
15,368
14,415
12,611
36.9
6,761
4,388
2,107
1,599
7,134
4,661
2,336
1,733
6,680
4,391
2,140
1,710
7,170
4,678
2,353
1,891
r7,550
r4,863
r2,528
r2,015
1,509
513
576
2,373
1,553
539
592
2,473
1,538
441
676
2,289
1,562
448
684
2,492
rl,523
r429
r689
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—-Con.
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con.
By industry group—Con.
Nondurable goods industries, total JL/. „
Food and kindred products
.....
Tobacco products
„
Textile mill products
......
Paper and allied products
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and plastics products
.'
INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH:
Book value (unadjusted), total
Durable goods industries, total
Nondurable goods industries, total
Book value (seasonally adjusted), total
By industry group:
Durable goods industries, total l/.
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical machinery
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Liabilities (current), total
thous. $..
Commercial service
„.
do....
Construction
.do....
Manufacturing and mining
do....
Retail trade
„
do....
Wholesale trade
do.
Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns!..
,m
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL
mil. $..
Private, total
*»»..*.
do....
Residential (nonfarm) ....,
do....
New housing units
„
do....
Nonresidential buildings, total 2 /
do.
Industrial
do.
Commercial
„
.do.
Public, total
do.
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1967
1968
ITEM
July
Aug.
May
July
June
Aug.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—-Con,
WM CONSTRUCTION PUT .IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
RATES) , TOTAL ...................................... .bil. $.
Private, total ... <•.. o... ..,.. „. . „.... .......«... ... •..<> .do...
Residential (nonfarm)....0 ...................,:......«. .do...
Nonresidential buildings s total 1/'
'
do...
Industrial
do...
Commercial .................. „.............,....<>...do...
Public, total ..........a........ <......................do...
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES :
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE .,.....„,..„... .1957-59=100.
75.7
50.4
23.8
17.8
6.1
6.8
25.4
76,
51.
25.
17.
25
8 3 ..6
55*, 4
2 7 .*7
1 8 ..5
5..0 3
8,1
28.3
r82„
r53<
r27«
r.17.
r4.
r8.
r28.
82.3
53.8
27.2
17.4
•4.8
8.0
28.5
125
126
130
132
132
327.23
8S&,5±
132.72
267.65
329.62
9-12.46
132.43
262.85
318.17
905.22
122.72
246,85
327.12
906.82
127.66
262.95
327.41
905.32
133.11
259.95
318.15
883.72
131.15
249.52
93.01
100.38
93*35
o l . 27'
67.77
49.91
94.49
102.11
101.01
83 *oo
68.03
50.1&
97.87
107.02
106.86
87.75
62.92
48.00
100.53
109.73
110.65
89.04
65.21
51.72
100.30
109.16
108.12
68.38
67.55
51.01
98.11
106.77
104.92
85.73
66.60
48.80
36.76
65.95
62.56
37.89
67.34
58,95
42.19
76.43
59.23
43.72
79.66
72.52
48.58
85.91
78.11
47.38
84.74
78.11
51067
53.13
57.30
44.87
49.85
52.46
54.20
56.80
44.69
51.24
54*85
58.04
49.92
42.07
60.43
56.64
59.83
52.86
43.30
64.6O
56.41
59.12
51.59
44.69
68.90
55.04
57o59
49.01
44-. 09
68.19
FINANCE
SECURITY MARKETS:
STOCKS:
Prices:
Dow--Jones averages (65 stocks).....a......................
Industrial (30 stocks) ................................
Public utility (1,5 stocks)
Railroads (20 stocks) .„...,.............,,. = ....,.«....
Standard & Poor's Corporation:
Industrial, public utility, and railroad:
Combined index (500 stocks) ....... u..... .1941-43-10.
Industrial, total (425 stocks) ...............do....
Capital goods (1.30 stocks) «........... ..«. .do...
Consumers ; goods {181 stocks) ..............do...
Public utility (55 stocks) ...................do...
Railroad (20 stocks) ..........................do...
Banks:
New York City (9 stocks) .......... „.........,..do.„.
Outside New York City (.16 stocks)
„
do...
Fire and casualty insurance (16 stocks)
...do..,
New York. Stock Exchange common stock indexes1
Composite .„.,,„..„.„.„..„*..,„.,...„...«,,. .12/31/65=50.
Industrial .....................................do...
Transportation ............'.„..............„.„..do...
Utility ...................«..... o.........c....do...
Finance
do,..
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