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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION ~*wso«»^ A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS U U !ttHIMiWEM!^H^MK^KBP^^ffi^^^K ; APRIL 13, 1973 1967 = 100 1967 = 100 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) ' ' - " ' 170 'Jjtv. (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) 160 150 - ^ r ™ * « ^ _ S4U 130 Monthy 120 , 1 1 1 1 ,1—Lj—1—1—L™L„ 1 L 1 1 1970 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I I I 1 1971 I 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 i 1972 i i i 1 i i i i i J 1973 FMAMJJASOND Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 1,000 Monthly (Passenger cars) ' 800 600 ~ 400 ~ 200 - 0 —1—I—l—I—1—1—l—l J _ J L J L l .-ll—L_J L_J—1 1970 1 L_I_L„.I_ l i l 1971 l l 1 l l I I i ,J 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1 ,,l .JL 1 1 1973 J FMAMJJASOND Data: Motor Vechicle Mfrs. Assn. Billion $ 50 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) 40 ~~ Total ^ / ^ * — f Billion $ 13.Q CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND 12.0 •REPAID (seasonally adjusted) MX) Extended 30 ^~~'- ***** 10.0 20 Nondurable 10 ' ' i i i .1 i i i i i ..J.i i i i | J M i i 1970 1971 Goods I I I \\ 1 1 1 1 l,Ll_l_LJ...I. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board # Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1971 1972 I I M I 1973 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1972 1973 Apr. 1 Apr. 8 1967=100. 114.9 mil. $. do... Apr. 7 Mar. 17 Mar. 24 Mar. 31 115.8 148.9 148.6 146.4 8,799 5,781 8,110 5,427 9,055 5,804 8,970 5,795 9,499 5,846 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. 224 2,814 2,176 202 271 2,596 2,118 182 212 2,103 1,924 280 209 2,034 1,860 187 194 206 171 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/--do... Member bank reserve balances 3J do... Excess reserves, estimated 3>/ do... 60,175 73,516 32,219 285 60,508 74,706 32,604 374 65,157 78,981 31,623 91 65,250 79,843 32,002 274 65,130 79,052 31,659 70 65,377 79,884 32,602 507 90,818 57,626 275,738 27,754 83,535 39,873 91,787 57,812 277,753 28,628 84,038 39,819 96,763 58,299 317,277 25,180 98,540 47,230 95,216 58,426 319,741 25,267 99,768 47,380 96,226 58,582 318,918 25,368 99,986 47,500 7.67 106.49 118.45 7.67 109.00 121.44 7.61 114.98 129.06 7.63 110.49 123.81 7.65 111.62 125.17 thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 11,850 31,358 150,295 9,524 11,680 31,183 196,172 9,781 10,680 33,552 210,318 9,266 10,685 34,171 213,363 9,294 11,700 33,398 214,297 9,301 thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,747 112.6 2,699 110.6 2,977 122.0 2,984 122.3 2,963 121.4 bil.. 14.8 14.8 15.8 15.9 16.3 WHOLESALE PKICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total U.S. Government obiigations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) 4/ do... do... do... do... do... do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/... .percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/. 1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION? Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 37 Steel, raw, Index of production = RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 151.6 7.63 108.77 121.80 210,921 2,967 121.6 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 ITEM 1973 Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. 112.4 111.3 113.0 114.4 110.4 117.2 130.8 125.0 134.8 134.4 127.5 139.3 143.0 136.6 147.5 149.9 142.3 155.3 do. . . do... do... do.. . do... do... do... do..., 117.3 120.7 118.8 116.5 103.5 116.1 110.8 119.1 117.4 119.7 118.6 116.8 103.4 116.5 110.9 123.0 122.9 137.5 129.4 119.4 104.8 121.9 112.4 142.2 124. 144. 132. 120. 105. 122. 112. 143. 126.9 150.9 137.0 121.3 105.6 126.0 113.1 144.9 129.7 160.9 141.4 122.7 106.7 126.7 113.5 143.5 Lumber and wood products do..., Machinery and equipment do..., Metals and metal products do..., Nonmetallic mineral products do..., Pulp, paper, and allied products do..., Rubber and plastics products do..., Textile products and apparel do..., Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100., Miscellaneous products 1967=100., PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00.. 137.7 117.1 122.6 124.6 111.6 109.2 112.0 113.6 114.0 139.5 117.3 123.4 124.8 112.3 108.9 112.1 113.6 114.2 149.8 118.6 124.4 127.4 115.1 109.8 115.6 114.2 115.1 151.0 118.9. 125.6 128.2 115.8 110.0 116.6 114.1 115.8 161.0 119.4 126.9 128.4 116, 110 117, 114, 117, 173.2 120.0 129.2 129.0 118.3 110.3 119.0 114.5 117.9 $0,853 $0,852 $0,814 $0,803 $0,788 $0,771 30,987 10,181 6,192 1,550 1,240 36,220 12,258 7,582 1,673 1,466 47,004 13,725 7,274 2,330 1,664 r35,768 rl2,154 r7,504 1,789 rl,458 r35,037 rl2.275 r7,609 rl,750 1,469 41,596 15.106 9,496 1,954 1,828 Mar. COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials WHOLESALE PRICES INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products 1967=100. do... do... DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL If Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group vj Revised. 9055 1/ mil. $ .. do.... do. . .. do.... do.... Data for Mar. 1973 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1973 1972 Jan. Feb. DOMESTIC T R A D E — C o n . RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES—Con. ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED)—Con. 1/ Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores. •• mil. $. do.. . do... 20,806 1,309 1,101 23,962 1,734 1,157 33,279 3,177 1,668 r23,614 rl,608 rl,205 r22,762 rl,457 rl,148 do. do. do. do. 2,402 7,105 2,264 4,512 2,693 7,870 2,488 5,673 2,910 8,948 2,724 10,755 r2,715 r7,995 r2,589 r4,999 r2,644 r7,670 r2,479 r4,931 do. ....do. do. • do. do. 35,345 11,457 6,689 1,728 1,576 36,450 12,087 7,073 1,780 1,622 39,417 13,640 8,300 1,808 1,711 r40,707 rl4,234 r8,507 rl,962 r 1,915 r41,305 rl4,392 8,572 2,016 1,934 do. do. do. 23,888 1,741 1,155 24,363 1,767 1,178 25,777 1,899 1,236 r26,473 rl,949 rl,246 r26,913 2,008 1,251 do.* do.. .....do.. do.. 2,714 7,665 2,493 5,965 2,814 7,720 2,534 6,088 2,957 8,071 2,713 6,362 r3,057 r8,476 r2,7l4 r6,590 3,082 8,435 2,827 6.751 do.. do.. 51,724 52,484 53,324 52,639 53,283 54,700 53,484 55,394 do.. do,, 9,104 10,853 10,839 10,987 16,906 11,830 rl0,482 rl2,477 thous do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 87,318 84,778 79,366 2,909 76,458 5,412 87,914 85,410 80,195 3,094 77,101 5,215 89,437 86,997 82,881 3,163 79,719 4,116 88,122 85,718 81,043 2,955 78,088 4,675 89 86 81 2 78 4 do. do. do. do. do. do. 85,518 80,594 3,369 77,225 4,924 1,298 86,264 81,216 3,460 77,756 5,048 1,209 87,267 82,780 3,650 79,130 4,487 1,001 86,921 82,555 3,501 79,054 4,366 919 87 569 83 127 3 424 79 ,703 4 442 895 5.1 3.4 5.1 5.0 3.3 5.3 5.1 3.4 4.9 15.7 14.3 15.8 4.6 8.9 4.6 9.0 2.4 3.0 5.7 5.1 8.7 4.5 4.3 • Eating and drinking places.* • • Food group • Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive group • Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group • Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group • Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores.. = ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total 10,183 12,526 LABOR FORCE. EMPLOYMENT. AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted 2J • Civilian labor force 2/ Employed, total 2J Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 2J Employed, total 2/ Agriculture. Nonagri cultural industries Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers • Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over. • Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races Married men Occupation: White-collar workers « Blue-collar workers • Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workersConstruction • Manufacturing. Durable goods - 075 683 833 956 882 845 5.8 5.9 4.1 5.1 18.5 4.2 5.5 17.4 5.2 5.3 10.6 10.4 4.6 9.6 2.9 3.4 7.0 6.0 6.2 6.3 2.8 3,4 6.9 6.1 9.9 6.2 6.2 2.4 3.3 5.6 5.2 9.8 4.4 3.9 2.4 3.2 5.6 5.1 9.0 5.0 4.6 71,744 58,599 39,987 22,719 72,011 58,830 40,145 22,811 74,026 60,522 41,103 23,478 r74 r61 r41 r23 r 5 0 ,935 r 4 ,582 r l 6 ,121 r 4 ,013 r l 2 ,108 4 .012 r l 2 ,687 r l 3 ,533 2 ,632 r l O ,901 10.4 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED total. EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS of nonagric. estab., total Private sector Nonmanufacturing industries Goods-producing Mining. • Contract construction • Manufacturing. Durable goods. Nondurable goods • thous do. . do.. do.. do.. do*. do. . .do. • do. . Service-producing .do. Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc do. Wholesale and retail trade.. do. Wholesale trade do. Retail trade • do. Finance insurance and real estate, = = = = = = = = = •=•*----«do. Services • ....do. Government do. Federal do. State and local do. 613 614 607 3,494 18,612 10,621 7,991 3,512 18,685 10,673 8,012 3,452 19,419 11,281 8,133 r74,245 r60,764 r41,295 r23,581 r610 r3,502 rl9,469 rll,326 8,143 49,025 4,438 15,456 3,863 1 11,593 49_,200 4,487 15,508 3,883 11,625 3.885 12,139 13,181 2,667 10,514 50,548 4,558 15,946 3,970 11,976 3,991 12,549 13,504 2,652 10,852 r50,664 r4,574 rl5,989 r4,001 ril,938 r3,999 rl2,621 rl3,481 2,637 rl0,844 3.874 1 12,112 13,145 2,669 10,476 r3 rl9 rll r8 ,713 ,180 ,603 ,778 r612 ,589 ,577 ,406 ,171 xj Revised, jj Preliminary. 1/ Data for Mar. 1973 are advance estimates. 2/ Subsequent adjustments (derived from the 1970 Census) were introduced into the survey effective Mar. 1973. The labor force and employment levels are not directly comparable with data prior to Mar. 1973. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATiSTiCS—Coofinued 1973 1972 Jan. Nov. Jan. FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM); Total outstanding, end of month*»...«».»„ o««., Installment credit, total......o.... Installment credit> extended and repaid: Unadjusted; Extended, total .........a.c..a,..*..<> . r . . . * Repaid, total.............................<,. Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total.o .„ „ . = .. . .. .... ..«. .n . ...., Repaid, total......»=«.. *..»... o .» . ....».„.«. 137,426 110,757 136,941 110,510 152,968 124,325 157,564 127,332 157,227 127,368 157,582 127,959 O. = C . C l O o 9,469 10,007 9,540 9,787 12,806 10,986 13,643 10,636 11,923 11 9 887 11,214 10,623 . odo. ..do. 11,116 10,015 10,952 10,069 12,846 11,128 12,627 10,964 13,304 11,355 13,434 11,437 mil. $.. ,, O O O . l d O i 1973 . 1972 Mar. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks)....r ...<>.n .< .1941-43=10. Industrial, total (425 stocks)co.«0.»n, do... Capital goods (116 stocks)^..,...,... do... Consumers' goods (184 stocks). -. ...„.< « * . . » . . do«B . Public utility (55 stocks)«. . *..... ...«. do... Railroad (20 stocks)o...9<. o.cc.oo, do... Banks: New York City (9 stocks)................« do... Outside New York City (16 stocks)........ do... Property-liability insurance (16 stocks)*..« .do... New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite* .....co.......................... 12/31/65=50. Indus tr iai « <• „ » .., n .. . .. 0 ...... o .. . <=» « .. . ... <. . . . . . . d o . . . Transportation* .......................... .......do... ..do. Utility.................................. Finance. ...<.... -.». » . ..«.. . ........ » ». ..do. Jan. 105.24 116.86 113.90 109.42 57.41 45„66 107.69 1.19.73 116.89 113.20 57.73 46.48 117.50 131.08 124.57 122.26 61.73 44.62 118.42 132.55 3.27.04 122.57 60.01 42.87 114.16 127.87 125.56 117.54 57*52 40.61 112.42 126.05 124.53 116.41 55.94 39.29 49.28 90.19 122.20 52.16 94.79 128.19 62.48 114.24 144.16 65.03 113,88 134.69 59.30 103.73 124.2.3 61.21 105.59 124.67 58.45 63.36 52.80 38.56 73.74 59.96 65.18 53.71 38.56 77.15 64.2.6 69.96 48.44 42.28 83.45 64.38 70.55 45 n 14 41.72 81.62 61.52 67.67 42.34 39.95 74.47 60.15 66.20 40.92 39.13 72.32 USCOMM--DC-.-.9055 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375
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