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September 29, 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, 1957-59=100 index, 1957-59=100 1964 Edison Electric Inst. 1965 1966 1967 J FMAMJ Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION J A S O N D Thousands ! 350 — (cars, trucks, coaches; U.S. plants) L 1 - 300 f Ipoo 200 1964 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1965 1966 1967 Index, 1957-59=100 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, at $6.00 annually, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY • • '• • 1 •• • •• • 0 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Index, 1957-59=100 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1967 1966 ITEM Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Sept. 2 Sept. 9 1957-59=100, 108.3 106.6 96.4 96.1 95.6 mil. $, do.., 5,748 3,946 5,619 3,902 6,380 4,445 5,747 4,096 6,005 4, 174 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, 155 804 756 273 144 789 743 264 163 990 931 260 157 998 938 166 200 235 43,228 45,791 23,231 504 43,000 45,841 23,751 592 44.918 47,651 23,464 241 45.130 48,247 23,944 366 45,398 47,880 24,026 386 72,090 47,256 182,047 22,893 58,674 27,301 71,291 47,155 182,910 22,663 59,382 27,264 73,321 47,957 194,809 26,903 62,189 28,094 73,491 48,002 195,282 26,822 62,238 28,107 74,551 48,027 195,837 27,138 62,296 28,202 5.72 79.13 84.55 5.72 77.71 82.94 5.96 93.07 100.52 5.98 94.39 102.03 5.99 95.99 103.98 1,883 21,848 182,501 8,298 1,853 21,462 207,477 8,302 1,847 23,831 177,106 9,434 1,853 22,088 134,858 9,227 1,833 23,123 156,426 9,21 I 2,670 143.3 2,645 142.0 325 328 2,431 130.5 487 263 2,469 132.5 566 313 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FI NANCE: Currency in c ircu lat ion 3/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Member bank reserve balances 3/ Excess reserves, estimated 3/ mil. $, do.., do.., do.., Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ 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) 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 mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number. thous. bbl. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production FREIGHT CARLOAD INGS, TOTAL Mi see I laneous thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. thous. cars. do... ±/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 616 2,428 130.3 571 31 I 612 3/ Dai Iy average. Sept. 16 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: ±/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals. Transportation equipment MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: ±/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment J Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfi lied orders, end of mont i (seas, adj.): Durable goods industries, total Primary melais Transportat ion equipment CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities At lanta New York San Francisco St. Louis 1967 1966 ITEM July Aug. May June July bil. $, do.., do.., 20.6 3.5 4.9 21.4 3.8 4.4 23.5 3.6 6.6 24.8 3.7 6.9 r20.2 3.1 r4.9 do.., do.., do.., 23.0 4.0 5.7 22.9 3.9 5.9 22.9 3.4 6.4 23.1 3.5 6.5 r23.1 3.6 r6.2 do.., 22.5 22.2 23.6 25.8 r2l.2 do.., do.., do.., 24.4 4. I 6.6 23.5 3.8 6.0 23.9 3.6 7.2 24.3 3.6 7.3 r23.4 r3.6 r6.5 do.., 72.8 73.6 74.7 75.7 r76.7 do.., do.., do.., 72.7 7.4 30.3 73.3 7.2 30.4 75.0 5.7 33. I 76.2 5.9 33.9 r76.4 r5.9 r34.2 I9I3«I00, do.., do.., 877 950 969 881 952 971 899 982 997 909 982 997 915 995 1,013 do.., do.., 887 863 888. 863 890 912 891 912 923 912 r/ Revised. U Data for Aug. 1967 are advance estimates. 9107 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1966 ITEM July 1967 Aufj. May June July Any. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. New mortgage loans of aI I savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $ By purpose of loan: Home construction do.., Home purchase do.. All other purposes ...do.. ,234 1,314 1,738 2, 162 266 643 325 272 722 320 400 779 559 435 1,046 681 186 189 174 9,351 4,788 9,412 4,853 I, 167 3,396 1, 190 3,368 r1,860 2,210 r382 r95 1 r527 425 1, 188 597 171 169 p 180 10,280 5,248 10,435 5,303 10,605 5,358 10,661 5,404 1,316 3,716 1,296 3.836 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED 1957-59=100 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 deposits accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bi I. $ New York SMSA do.., 1,335 3.91 1 1,368 3.889 5,868.3 2.394.1 i,092.4 1,597,0 6,348.2 2,734,5 6,637.2 2,904.1 6,688.7 2,857.1 7,067.8 3,185.7 do.., do.., do.., 3.474.2 1,343.6 2,130.6 >,495.4 ,357.1 138.3 3,613.7 1,409.2 2,204.5 3,733.1 1,476.4 2,256.7 3,831.6 1,560.5 2,271.1 3,882.1 1,575.0 2,307.1 percent, do.., 5.91 5.93 5.99 5.96 5.78 6.00 5.72 6.00 r5.63 6.00 5.62 6.00 bit. $, do.., do.., do.., do.., 163.49 71.59 7.38 62.97 57.78 163.94 71.65 7.36 63.34 58.13 171.24 73.26 8.00 66.25 60.92 171.88 73.48 8. 12 66.41 61.04 173.13 74.37 8.34 66.32 60.92 Real estate do.., Policy loans jand premium notes do.., Cash do.., Other assets do.., PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL mil. $, Death benefits do.., 4.78 8.29 4.95 9.62 1.35 7.80 4.99 9.70 1.30 7. 89 5.03 9.74 1.46 7.87 Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) 6 other leading SMSA's 226 other SMSA's Money and interest rates: Federal intermediate credit bank loans Federal land bank loans LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance): ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Bonds (book value), total Stocks (book value), total Mortgage loans, total Nonfarm 1.12 7.36 4.79 8.45 1.18 7. 17 916.2 406.2 ,08/.1 459.1 1,103.2 492. 1 1,137.5 477.4 969.0 429.6 Matured endownments Disability payments do.., do.., 73.0 13.7 77.6 13.0 85.6 15. 1 87.9 17.5 71.6 13.5 Annu i ty payments Surrender values Policy dividends do.., do.., do.., 95.3 165.0 163.0 100.4 182.6 254.4 101. 1 195.7 213.6 102.2 199.2 253.3 102.5 169.2 182.6 10.49 10.41 64 128 1 1.06 63 123 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION Hotels: Average sale per occupied room Rooms occupied Restaurant sales index dollars, % of total, same mo. 195Is 100, 9.46 56 I 14 111 9.93 V.; 109 1 1. 12 63 1 12 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Paints, varnish, and lacquer: Factory shipments, total Trade products Industrial finishes.. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; T0BAC00 BEER: Production Taxable withdrawals. Stocks, end of month VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oiI: Production, crude Cottonseed cake and meaI: Production thous. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month.. Cottonseed oil: Production, crude Linseed oiI: Production, crude (raw) Soybean cake and meaI: Production thous. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month Soybean oil: Production, crude rj Revised. j>/ Pre I iminary. Digitized for9107 FRASER mil. $. do... do.., 202.5 121.9 80.6 225.9 132.4 93.5 231.7 134.4 97.3 250.4 146.7 103.7 214.8 134.2 80.7 mil. bbl, do... do... 11.32 10.59 12.48 10.99 10.44 12.25 1 1.26 10.20 13.04 1 1.21 10.51 12.83 10.64 9.63 13.03 mil. lb, 37.5 38.2 38.5 40.2 r33.9 38.9 sh. tons, do... 72.2 133.9 70.8 99.5 63.3 160.9 67.5 157.8 r44.2 r148.4 61.7 133.8 mil. lb, 50.6 49. I 4 5.5 49.6 30.2 42.8 35.4 7.2 32.9 r1,061.7 r141.3 1,042.0 104.5 do... 15.9 38.5 32.5 sh. tons. do... 969.9 198.9 944.0 130.5 1,107.6 1 1 1.7 1,103.6 122. 1 mil. lb. 451.8 436.9 514.7 513.5 r494. 1 486.6 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1967 1966 ITEM July Aug, May June July 3,863 50,707 651 4,32! 48,101 639 5,262 48, 123 r529 4, 141 41,376 485 I 1,097 134.5 10,577 9,576 I 19.9 9,620 I 16.6 7,029 6,221 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO—Con. TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS: Consumption (wi+hdrawaIs): Cigarettes, small: Tax-exempt. ....•e................ Taxab le....« .,.,....•, Cigars (large), taxable ..,.mi I ! ions. „ 3,625 37,925 do.... 507 do.... METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL (RAW): PRODUCTION thous. sh. tons.. Index .. „.daily average 1957-59=100., STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades) .thous, sh. tons, Plates do.., Bars and tool steel, total do.., Pipe and tubing.... do.., Tin mill products ....dc.., Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total do... Sheets, cold rolled do.., Furnaces and ovens (indust.), dom. new orders, net.mil. $, Electric processing do.., Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel). do.., 10,791 130.8 7, 179 758 I, 162 859 534 2,613 I, I 14 15.8 3.5 7.6 S28.2. 7,788 797 1,264 864 558 2,952 1,289 15.5 1.6 9.3 ,247 667 , 106 897 564 737 ,238 9.7 4.0 2,590 Mil 14. I 1.2 8.4 622 769 733 889 562 19.3 14.8 19.5 15. I 19.7 15.0 19.6 14.8 19.8 14.9 .430 6.6 8.6 10.6 .530 8.2 9.9 .496 7.5 12.3 .491 9.3 8. I .403 6.0 67.6 55.4 69.7 59.7 58.4 45.2 55.7 49.2 52.0 37.2 63.7 65.9 66.5 70.9 61.7 78.4 60. I 77. I 64.3 75.4 148.6 3, 106 161.7 3, 372 262.0 4,984 r259.8 r4,803 225.8 4, 138 7,763 5,206 1,591 8,835 6,232 1,793 8,820 5,376 2,898 r7,483 r3,999 r2,227 6,515 3,688 2,867 1.8 660 1,093 908 601 574 958 736 541 2,377 1,067 10.9 1.0 7. I TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (exclusive of I inters): ±/ Consumption thous. running bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total millions.. Consuming 100 percent cotton. do.... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, tolai....bi 11 ions.. Average per working day do.... Consuming 100 percent cotton,,,„,,,, ••••••do.,,. MANMADE FIBERS (RAYON AND ACETATE): Production: Filament yarn mil. lb.. Staple, incl. tow (rayon) do.... Stocks, producers', end of month: Filament yarn do.... Staple, incl. tow (rayon) do.... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Aircraft (civiIian): Shipments Airframe weight Truck trailers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis Vans Trailer bodies, chassis, sold separately mi I. $.. thous. lb.. number.. do.... do.... r./ Revised. ±/ Data for June 1967 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 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