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BUSINESS STATISTICS
September 6. 1968
A WEEKLY
SUPPLEMENT
| TO THE
SURVEY OF CURRENT.BUSINESS*
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFF!CE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS
mJ S*N E & S -1NE>1QA'T<^RS
Index, 1941-43 = 10 120
100
1965 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp.
1966
index, 1941-43 =
1967 1968 j F M A M J J A S O N D
Thousands 1,400
MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (cars, trucks coaches; U.S. plants)
Monthly
1965 Data- Automobile Mfrs. Assn.
1966 1967 1968
Thousands 350
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Biiiion Dollars
8.0
7..0
6.0
5.0
4.0 h
CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID (Seasonally adjusted)
Extended
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1965 1966 Data: Ferisral Reserve Soarii
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1967 1968
index, 1910-14=100 375
350
325
300
275
250
225
PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS
Pikes Paid (incl, interest, taxes, and w a g e rates;
!UJ_L jJ_ lJLL_U_
Prices Received
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1965 1966 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
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1967 1968
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2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
ITEM
WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. , . 1957-59=100 •.
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES ......... mil. $.. Nondurable goods stores .. .do.. *.
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs ..........thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs .do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do....
FAILURES, INDUSTo AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).'.number..
FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 A • • • • mil. $• • Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2/....do,... Member bank reserve balances 2/ ..............o......do....
Excess reserves, estimated 2/ .....................do....
Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij 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) 2/......percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) jjc .1941-43=10..
Industrials, 425 stocks .do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2/ « • thous. sh. tons.. Electric power by utilities .mil. kw-.-hr.. Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / thous. bbl..
Steel, raw .thous. sh. tons.. Index of production 1957-59=100..
RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON MILES bil..
1967
Aug..26
97.0
5,937 4,060
16.1 1,057 995 260
45,020 AS, 23d 23,763
473
72,049 43,065 193,668 25,652 62,605 28,112
5.93 93.61 101.17
1,826 24,1*2
115,950 9,401
2,401 128.9
13.8
Sept. 2
6,247 4,345
163 990 931 260
44-, 918 47,651 23,475
260
73,321 47,957 194,309 26,903 62,189 28,094
5.96 93.07
100.52
1,847 23,331
177,106 9,434
2,428 130.3
H o
1968
Aug. 10
93.3
6,385 4,324
222 1,091 1,021
154
47,976 54,971 26,246
368
75,898 48,288 211,828 26,897 69,000 30,466
6.40 *97.25
*105.79
1,877 28,659 26,213 9,234
2,068 111.0
14.0
Aug. 17
93.3
6,452 4,366
160 1,065
994 190
48,289 54,820 25,335
316
75,918 48,283
212,283 27,037 68,787' 30,589
6.36 *98.53
*107.28
1,892 26,799 56,160 9,227
2,032 109.1
14.5
Aug. 24
93,9
6,456 4,408
149
" " l 3 5
48,252 55,457 26,225
503
75,659 .48,296
213,124 27,747 68,655 30,666
6.34 *98.96
*107.70
1,399 28,950 76,756 9,217
1,963 105,4
14.2
Aug. 31
94.1
1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 2/ Daily average, ij Wednesday data. * Tuesday averages.
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
43,190 54,794 25,723
140
6.33 *98.81
*107.58
137,899
1,948 104.6
ITEM 1967
-July Aug.
1968
May June July Aug
COMMODITY PRICES
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS.. .1910-14=100., Crops o do....
Commercial vegetables do.... Cotton do....
Feed grains and hay do.... Food grains do.... Fruit o do.... Tobacco ». .do....
Livestock and products ,. .do.... Dairy products do.... Meat animals .do.... Poultry and eggs do....
PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do....
Family living items do.... Production items do....
All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates ..do....
PARITY RATIO do
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 STATES (F. W. Dodge Co.): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $..
Index (seasonally adjusted) 1957-59=100.. Building, total mil. $..
FINANCE MONEY AND INTEREST RATES:
Federal intermediate credit bank loans. percent. . Federal land bank loans . d o . . . .
6074
256 221 307 177
179 167 190 557
285 292 358 132
303 324 289 344
74
4,879 149
3,577
5.63 6.00
255 221 257 186
167 169 255 555
283 301 353 128
303 323 289 342
75
5,104 165
3,759
5.62 6.00
260 235 333 179
166 167 303 563
281 305 348 124
310 335 293 354
73
6,170 172
4,770
6.37 6.75
259 229 292 176
163 156 302 563
285 300 354 134
311 335 293 354
73
5,539 160
4,273
6.47 6.92
260 221 288 170
157 150 266 563
294 307 364 142
311 336 293 355
73
5,956 187
4,700
6.57 6.96
261 226 270 219
147 149 308 576
291 315 353 144
310 337 291 354
74
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
ITEM 1967
June j July
1968
Apr, May June July
FINANCE—Con.
CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of mo mil.
Installment credit, total ................ .do. Automobile paper .... «... < do. Other consumer goods paper ......... ... do. Repair and modernization loans .do. Personal loans ....... .do.
By type of holder-; Financial institutions, total .do.
Commercial banks do. Sales finance companies .. .do. Credit unions do.
Consumer finance companies do. Other ....••• do.
Retail outlets, total do. Automobile dealers do.
Noninstallment credit, total do. Single-payment loans, total do. Commercial banks *.... .do. Other financial institutions do.
Charge accounts, total do.... Credit cards do....
Service credit do.... Installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total do....
Automobile paper do.... Other consumer goods paper 5, c. a c c . 5 3, e.,.- c e.,.. .dos... All other do....
Repaid, total .do.... Automobile paper do.... Other consumer goods paper do.... All other do....
Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total do....
Automobile paper do.... Other consumer goods paper do.... All other do....
Repaid, total do.... Automobile paper do.... Other consumer goods paper do.... All other .do....
LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total mil. $..
Ordinary do.... Group and mass-marketed ordinary do.... Industrial do....
Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted:
Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits.. New York SMSA do
Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do. 6 other leading SMSA's do. 226 other SMSA's do.
FOREIGN TRADE
EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL mil. Excl. Department of Defense shipments do. Seasonally adjusted do.
GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted .
.do.
.do.
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION SCHEDULED AIRLINES (DOMESTIC TRUNK), OPERATING RESULTS: Miles flown (revenue) millions. Express and freight ton-miles flown do... Mail ton-miles flown do... Passengers orginated (revenue) do... Passenger-miles flown (revenue) billions.
HOTELS: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occupied % of total. Restaurant sales index. .same mo. 1951=100.
r/ Revised. 6074
9 M 1 3 75,051 31,208 19,580 3,696
20,567
66,452 32,966 16,721
8,826
5,995 1,944 8,599
502
19,762 8,077 6,902 1,175
6,334 965
5,351
7,458 2,678 2,155 2,625
6,697 2,322 2,017 2,358
6,823 2,338 2,081 2,404
6,531 2,281 1,995 2,255
11,370 8,140 2,644
586
56.5 120.0
40 .1 53.4 34 .4
2 ,667 .8 2,618.5 2 ,577 .1
2,269.6 2 ,227 .1
105.4 117.4 28.9 9.2 6.7
11.06 63
123
95,115 75,348 31,364 19,607 3 ,711
20,666
66,781 33,235 16,747 8,864
6,009 1,926 8,567 506
19,767 8,100 6,927 1,173
6,346 1,024 5,321
6,859 2,396 2 ,071 2,392
6,562 2,240 2,044 2,278
6,776 2,266 2,147 2,363
6,551 2,228 2,074 2,249
9,732 7,201 1,956
575
56 .8 119.8
40.7 55.5 34 .5
2,419.3 2 ,376.9 2 ,584.6
2 127.4 2^208^5
110.5 100.3
27 .8
6 .8
9.93 55
109
99,14.2 78,345 31,766 20,802 3,649
22,128
69,332 34,908 16,790 9,3H
6,336 1,987 9,013
522
20,797 8,488 7,246 1,242
6,559 1,069 5,750
7,694 2,789 2,280 2,625
6,930 2,403 2,170 2,357
7,342 2,517 2,354 2 ,471
6,800 2,339 2,159 2,302
11,786 8,796 2,433
557
59. 126.
42. 57. 36 .
2,983.4 2,944.2 2,888.5
2 755.3 2^640.'5
120, 122.
43 . 9. 6.
11 .64 63
117
100,275 79,270 32,240 20,953 3,699
22,378
70 ,231 35,450 16,892
9,475
6 ,361 2,053 9,039
531
21,005 8,508 7,242 1,266
6,830 1,092 5,667
7,883 2,875 2,334 2,674
6,958 2 ,401 2,183 2,374
7,479 2,578 2,319 2,582
6,869 2,343 2,159 2,367
12,450 9,149 2 ,698
603
61 .0 129.5
43 .0 58.8 3 6 . 1
2 , 9 6 8 . 1 2 ,944 .4 2 ,719 .7
2 814.6 2^751^9
123.7 136.0
44 .5 8.8 6.3
11.14 63
134
101,467 80,363 32 ,774 21,176 3,727
22,686
71,272 35,980 17,095
9 ,671
6,470 2,056 9 ,091
540
21,104 8,519 7,259 1,260
6,912 1,144 5,673
7,693 2 ,761 2,302 2,630
6,600 2,227 2,079 2,294
7,516 2,574 2,364 2,578
6,884 2,337 2,183 2,364
11,416 8,336 2,530
550
62. 131.
43 . 59-36.
2 ,731 .2 2 ,681 .5 2 ,759 .3
r 2 6'-8.8 r2^839'.3
11.94 63
125
102,437 81,308 33,253 21,356 3 ,769
22,930
72,199 3 6 , 5 2 1 17,265 9,787
6,552 2,074 9,109
549
21 ,131 8,543 7,279 1,264
6,955 1,227 5,633
8,206 2,986 2,396 2 ,824
7 ,261 2,507 2,216 2,538
7,683 2,669 2,363 2 ,651
7 ,001 2,405 2,185 2 ,411
11,407 8,342 2,542
523
64.3 14-0.3
43-7 59.9 37.0
2,699.5 2 ,640.5 2 ,803 .0
2 812.0 2,664!4
10.63 58
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
ITEM 196?
June Jul-' Apr, May Jims
CHEMICALS AMD ALLIED PRODUCTS
ORGANIC CHHMICAIS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride .«,..«.o.oo«o.oo<.cUo*,,<,o „ Acetysalicylic acid (aspirin) ,, 0,, a., „ ... c „ 0 Creosote oil «.«.ooo*o»oo*..oo»'.«P«
DDT . „ . . . . . e . . - ; ; . ' . . ' . » . . c'c n a , . , = . ' „ o . c ' . - , ' . ; . Ethyl acetate ($5%) .................... Formaldehyde (37$ HCHO) Glycerin,, refined, all grades: Production Stocksj end of month .................
Methanol , synthetic and natural ......... Phthalic anhydride .....«...*,..„.......
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS!
s 0 0 » 0 e 0
0 0 0 * 0 0 ..
a 0 » » 0 • .
« • • > • < : » c
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
« . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OBACCO
0 » e c 0 0 .
e 0 * « . 0 •
. „„ m i l . l b d o . ,
. . . m i l . g a l ...V.mil. l b . . . . . . . d o . . . . . . . . . d o . .
, . „ . . . , d o . « . . . . . . . d o . . „ . . m i l . g a l . . . . m i l . l b
. . m i l . b b l . . . . . . . d o . . . . . . . . . d o . .
Production ...........•,<,„.....„..00... Taxable withdrawals .................. Stocks, end of month
Rice s, California: Receipts, domestic, rough .„....., .................«.mil. lb. Shipments from mills, milled rice do... Stocks, rough and cleaned (cleaned basis), end of mo....do...
VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn oil: Production, crude ............... •«.., *.......... • .mil. lb.
Cottonseed cake and meal: Production .................................. thous. sh„ tons. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month .............t.t..do...
Cottonseed oil: Production, crude .................................mil. lb.
Lindseed oil: Production, crude (raw) ............................. .do,...
Soybean cake and meal? Production ................................thous. shB tons. Stocks (at oil mills)., end of month ..................do...
Soybean oil: Production, crude .................................mil. lb.
J.'.7 9.5 7.0
14 .2 295.4
2 8 . 1 29 .4 45.7 55*0
11 .21 10 .51 12.83
104 58
135
40.2
67.5 157.8
49.6
3 5 , 4
1,103.6 122 .1
527.9
140 .1 2 . 2 9.2 9*6
1 0 . 1 281.2
26 .8 27.9 41 .9 52 .8
10 .64 9,63
13.03
144 122 113
33.9
44o2 148.4
30.2
7.2
1,061.7 141.3
512.3
123.7 2.7 9.6
10.8 9.5
343»6
28.8 37.5 49.9 60.8
.10.84 9.45
12 .88
206 188 142
39.0
107 c 8 192.4
7 6 . 1
23»4
1,028.9 150 .8
472.8
IQ3 o0 \ 2,2. \ 8.3 I
11.7 13 .6
350.5
27.3 3 2 . 1 47.-5
11.48 10.19 33.17
122 119 106
40.7
73.8 200.5
52.6
24.3
,128.2 123.8
520.5
107 .-6 2,4 1C.7 12.3 12.8
356.3
26.3 29.3 46,5 65*5
11.37 10 .30 33 .31
Ju ly
63
r 3 8 . 8
r-47.8 188.9
r35 = 5
23 ,2
r l , 0 9 8 . 9 151.6
r 5 0 ? . 5
91 80 69
3 M
3 9 . 1 158.0
2 7 . 1
1 ,102.2 136.6
508.0
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