A UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF

COMMERCE PUBLICATION BUSINESS

STATISTICS

December 5, 1969

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S I N D I C A T O R S

1941-43 = 10 130

120

110

100

90

80

PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS

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_ Monthy

(avg. of daily close)

i i i i i 1 i i i i i

1941-43=10 140

130

Weekly (Wednesday close)

• ' ' » I I ' ' ' • *

120

H 100

90 1966

Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1967 1968 1969 J F M A M J J A S O N D

1957^59 = 100

220

210

200

190

180

170

" ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) As^/ (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) ^ y ^^

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1957-59 = 1

1966 Edison Electric Inst.

1967 1968 1969 J F M A M J J A S O N D

Billion$

100

60

40

NEW CONSTRUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates)

Total Put in Place (left scale)

Private Residential (nonfarm) (right scale) \ I

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

Billion$

80

H 60

40

i i i i I i i i

20

1966 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

1968 1969

1910-14 = 100 425

400

375

350

325

300

275

1910-14 =

PRICES RECEIVED AND _ PAID BY FARMERS

Prices Paid~^ >< (left scale) ^ ^ \

\^y

> - _ / - \ ^

• 1 1 1 1 1

Prices Received (r ight scale)

1 \.-~-- —-

-

- ^ (incl. interest, taxes, and w a g e rates)

1 1 M 1 1 1 M 1 1 |„U_1_U_I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U L - J M i l l

= 100 375

350

325

300

275

250

225 1966 1967

Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1968 1969

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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, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).number..

FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. ..$.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total jj,. .do..... Member bank reserve balances 2/ -do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do....

Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: }J Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits do.... Loans and investments, gross 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)V. 1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do....

PRODUCTION: Bituminous c o a l 3 / t h o u s . s h . t o n s . . E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s . m i l . k w . - h r . . Motor v e h i c l e s (passenger c a r s ) number. . Petroleum (crude) and condensate 2 / t h o u s . b b l . .

S t e e l , raw t h o u s . s h . t o n s . . Index of p roduc t ion .1957-59=100. .

RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES b i l . . Jl/Data do not .always cover ca lendar weeks. 2/Tuesday p r i c e

1968

Nov. 23

6,954 4,693

212 994 922 154

49,475 58,723 26,960

-77

78,553 48,772

224,550 28,644 70,937 31,832

6.56 -**-106.14 **115.43

1,891 25,948

216,153 9,006

2,244 120.5 15.3

Nov. 30

97-9

6,988 4,773

1180 1,080 1,002

137

49,638 58,532 26,594

-59

71,178 31,752

6.63 107.76 117.33

1,933 24,612

174,419 8,998

2,356 126.5

13.4

1969

Nov. 8

11.9

6,802 4 ,702

206 1,005

935 222

51,819 62 ,091 27,635

310

77,953 46,409

227,305 23,428 78,117 33,947

7 .68 97 .64

107 .31

1,868 27,059

186,904 9,280

2,730 146.5

1 5 . 8

Nov. 15

*112.1

6,965 4,795

197 1,084 1,007

161

52,314 62,458 27,696

-202

78,396 46,343

226,984 22,971 78,246 33,995

7.70 97.89

107.62

1,942 27,357

180,736 9,254

2,769 24-8.6

15.7

Nov. 22

112.2

7,065 4,914

231

" " l 8 3

52,551 63,102 27,949

- 1

79,835 46,345

226,372 22 ,641 77,995 34,065

7.78 95.90

105.58

1,739 28,157

182,727 9,277

2,784 149.4

Nov. 29

111.6

199

52,687 62,850 27,527

63

7*90 93.27

102.85

123,950

2,807 150.6

3 /Da i ly ave rage , /^/Wednesday a a t a . ^Monday p r i c e . **Tuesday d a t a .

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

ITEM

1968

Oct. Nov.

1969

Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.

COMMODITY PRICES

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS..1910-14=100. Crops do... Commercial vegetables do...

Cotton do... Feed grains and hay do.,. Food grains do...

Fruit 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...

WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: All commodities 1957-59=100. Farm products do... Processed foods and feeds do... Industrial commodities do...

PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY— Wholesale prices 1957-59=$!.00.,

262 228 284

224 148 155

332 562

291 337 338 149

312 339 292 358

73

109 .1 101.2 114.4 109-7

$0,917

264 231 353

204 156 159

285 577

292 340 337 154

314 341 294 360

73

109.6 103 .1 114.7 109.9

D.912

279 220 297

173 167 145

257 607

330 325 422 153

324 352 304 373

75

113.4 108.9 121.5 112.8

$0,882

275 214 285

164 166 152

245 615

328 337 407 164

325 354 304 374

74

113.6 108.4 121.3 113.2

277 217 313

183 165 157

228 611

327 349 401 161

326 355 305 376

74

114.0 107.9 121.6 113.8

3.877

285 228 436

180 162 158

222 605

333 355 398 184

327 356 306 377

76

114.5 110.4 121.6 114.0

$0,873

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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3

ITEM

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS

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...

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.

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 1/ do... Industrial .do... Commercial do...

Public, total. do... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL

RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Private, total. do... Residential (nonfarm) do... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ .do... Industrial do... Commercial do...

Public, total do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1957-59=100.,

FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank

and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $..

New York SMSA do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do..., 6 other leading SMSA's...... do..., 226 other SMSA's do...,

LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total .mil. $., Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.) do..., Group 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's.. 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 do...

Seasonally adjusted do...

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

HOTEIS: Average sale per occupied room dollars. Rooms occupied % of total. Restaurant sales index same mo. 1951=100.

CHEMICAIS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

ORGANIC CHEMICAIS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride mil. lb. Acety^.salicylic acid (aspirin) do... Creosote oil mil. gal. DDT. .mil. lb. Ethyl acetate (85$) do. Formaldehyde (37$ HCHO) d o . . . Glycerin, refined, a l l grades:

Production , . . . d o . . . Stocks, end of month d o . . .

Methanol, synthetic mil. gal . Phthalic anhydride mil. lb .

1968

Sept.

705 68

112 126 320 79

58,651 5,857

15,703 15,951 13,721 7,419 40.3

8,082 5,364 2,780 2,139 1,716

508 793

2,718

85.3 57.4 29.4 18.6 5.5 8.5

27.8

133

8,369.6 3,857.8 4,511.8 1,840.2 2,671.6

11,126 8,138 2,457

531

63.7 138.5 43.6 60.9 36.5

2,990.2 2,947.0 3,211.1

2,879.6 2,950.6

11.85 63

122

142. 2, 9.

10, U.

332,

28.7 28.4 47.5 59.1

Oct.

768 92

151 111 347

67 65,384 6,631

18,001 13,512 17,594 9,646 37.5

7,891 5,406 2,678 2,130 1,808

538 844

2,485

87.8 59.3 29.8 19.7 6.1 8.9

28.5

135

8,602.1 3,953.7 4,648.4 1,904.9 2,743.5

13,546 9,831 3,162

553

r66.3 rl43.0 r45.5 r63.5 r38.1

2,780.5 2,732.0 2,631.1

2,935.5 2,736.0

12.31 72

118

137.1 3.1

10.5

364.6

27.0

28.1 50.5 66.2

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1969

July

113 131 113 283 49

112,727 8,047

19,457 63,474 17,189 4,560 34.9

8,180 5,776 2,906 2,267 1,945

562 907

2,404

91.6 62.5 29 22 6

10 29

rl43

9,242.8 3,908.6 5,334.2 2,244.4 3,089.8

12,104 9,053 2,560

491

67.6 136.1 49.4 71.8 40.3

3,045.6 2,997.9 3,171.5

3,153.9 3,066.3

11.59 57

119

140.9 3.2

10.2 10.3 12.7

320.4

28.9 28.8 51.2 65.8

Aug.

702 86

126 108 303

79 62,930 4,347

10,293 19,252 17,851 11,087

36.0

r8,651 r6,013 r3,051

2,186 r2,013

r558 r936

r2,638

r91.0 r64.0 r30.9 r22.7

6.4 10.3

r27.0

143

9,430.1 4,148.4 5,281.7 2,242.8 3,038.9

13,230 8,791 3,931

508

70.1 146.5 49.7 72.9 40.3

3,227.3 3,165.4 3,385.1

2,909.6 3,180.2

13.09 60

118

144.4 3.0 9.0

10.2 11.4

r348.7

26.5 32.4 51.7 58.6

Sept.

726 90

124 110 338

64 73,698 9,416

10A73 18,412 24,016 11,681

39.9

r8,719 r6,100 r2,944 r2,123 r2,200

r621 rl ,033 r2,6l9

r93.0 r65.5 r31.0 r23.8 r6.7

r l l . l r27.4

143

r9,737.3 4,311.5 5,425.8 2,249.6

r3,176.3

12,464 8,905 3,026

533

72.3 153.5 50.9 73.0 41.9

3,136. 3,112. 3,325.

3,131. 3,055-

13.04 60

122

129.5 1.7 9.3

""iVl 357.8

30.3 31.6 54.1 58.2

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4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued

ITEM

METAIS AND MANUFACTURES

PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys)....... thous. sh. tons.

STEEL (RAW) : Production..................................do.. Index............. daily average 1957-59=100.

Aluminum shipments: Ingot and mill products (net).......................mil. lb. Mill products, total .do... Plate and sheet (excluding foil) do...

Oil burners: Shipments. .'.thous. Stocks, end of month. do..

Ranges, gas, domestic cooking, shipments..-.'.-.«.......... .do.. Top burner sections (4~burner equiv.), shipments.........do.. Stoves, domestic heating, shipments, total...............do.. Gas .do..

Warm-air furnaces, shipments, total .do.. Gas....................................................do..

Furnaces and ovens (indust.), donu new orders, net.....mil. $ Electric processing. do.. Fuel-fired (except for hot rolling steel) .do..

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

COTTON (exclusive of linters): 1/ Consumption....................................thous. bales. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total..,....millions. Consuming 100 percent cotton. .do...

Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total......billions. Average per working day do...

Consuming 100 percent cotton .do... Women's, misses', juniors' outerwear, cuttings: Coats .thous. units. Dresses ..........do... Suits do... Blouses, waists, and shirts thous. doz. Skirts do...

1968

Sept.

..

. .

5,481 8,086 101.3

779.9 564.0 255.4

73*7 28 .4

211.2 19.5

174.9 125 .1

183 .1 137.2

8.2 . 8

4 .3

5,916 9,006 109.2

839.8 625.7 284.8

82.6 27.3

217.0 18.4

197.7 144.4

230.4 177.3

1 3 . 1 1.0 9 .0

643

Oct.

813

20.2 13.3 9.9

• 495 6.5

2 ,051 19,892

532 1,148

645

20 .2 13.3 12.5

| .502 8.3

2,222 22,984

622 1,389

773

1969

July

7,836 11,365 137.8

873.6 626.9 302.4

40.3 30.5

I69.O 15.6

128.5 95.7

154.1 124.7

8.4 1.2 4.7

649

19.9 12.9 10.2 .406 6.4

1,707 19,089

541 1,160

830

Aug.

7,699 11,421 138.4

r849. r606. r297.

63. 28.

221.2 15.8

176.4 133.5

rl72.3 136.3

6.4 .3

4.0

629

19.8 12.8 9.6 480 6.2

1,727 r20,068

496 r1,074

r738

Sept.

7,739 11,523 144.3

930. 641. 300,

66 < 23.

230. 18.

176. 136,

202.7 153.9

5.9 1.6 2.2

r634

r l9 .7 12.7 9.6

r.480 r6 .1

1,750 20,615

519 1,095

698

Oct.

8,292 12,324 U9-4

6.7 .6

3.1

802

19.7 12.7 12.4 • 495 7.9

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