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APRIL 26, 1974

BUSINESS
STATISTICS

A WEEKLY
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S *

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
1967 =

1967=100

100

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION

170

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150

1967=100

200

RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms)
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1973

100

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1971
Amer. Iron & Steel Inst.

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U.S. Dept. ol I abor

1972


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provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

1974

1973

Data:

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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
1974

1973
Apr. 14

Apr. 21

Mar.30

Apr. 6

Apr. 13

1967=100..

152.8

153.3

233.0

232.2

229.8

ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
Nondurable goods stores

mil.. $..
do....

9,498
6,177

10,074
6,606

10,130
6,624

10,106
7,028

10,601
7,416

INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs
INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs
State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)
FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)

thous..
do
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number..

213
1,844
1,684
222

211
1,839
1,685
186

2 79
2,723
2,404
237

288
2,659
2,331
164

281

FINANCE:
Currency in circulation 3/
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/
Member bank reserve balances 3/
Excess reserves, estimated 3/

mil. $..
do....
do....
do....

65,906
79,602
31,757
-91

66,335
80,72 7
32,627
237

71,117
85,502
34,747
147

71,361
85,956
35,520
306

72,008
85,286
35,179
236

do....
do....
do....
do....
do....
do....

100,011
58,596
321,325
25,554
100,932
47,887

99,244
58,150
320,704
24,840
101,931
47,997

99,337
58,249
360,712
24,819
116,010
56,196

101,444
58,485
365,274
25,326
118,498
56,148

102,676
58,432
366,163
25,685
118,848
56,228

percent..
1941-43=10..
do....

112.68

7.63

126.41

7.62
111.54
125.02

8.36
96.59
108.09

8.43
94.33
105.58

8.49
92.40
103.42

PRODUCTION:
Bituminous coal
Electric power, by utilities.
Motor vehicles (passenger cars)
Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/

thous. sh. tons..
.mil= kw.-hr..
number..
thous. bbl..

11,380
33.957
215,681
9,335

11,075
32,425
161,660
9,336

13,005
34,766
141,701
9,041

11,255
33,849
144,499
9,064

12,400
33,2.80
133,603
9,016

Steel, raw
Index of production
RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES

thous. sh. tons..
1967=100..
bil...

3,002
123.0
16.4

2,995

2,872
117.7
16.9

2,914
119.4
16.3

2,904
119.0

WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2J

Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4-/
Demand deposits, adjusted
Savings deposits
Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total
U.S. Government obligations
Commercial and industrial loans (gross)
Real estate loans (gross)
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/
Industrial, 425 stocks

}_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks.

2_/ Tuesday price.

MONTHLY

122.8

15.6

3/ Daily average.

224

16.1

Wednesday data.

BUSINESS STATISTICS
1972

1973

1974

ITEM
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IV

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GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT:
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES:
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL
Personal consumption expenditures, total

Food and beverages
Services, total
Housing
Transportation
Gross private domestic investment, total
Fixed investment
Nonresidential

Net exports of goods and services

Gov't, purchases of goods and services, total.... ...do.

NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL


r/ Revised. jd/ Preliminary.
11,637


1,199.2
752.6
122.9
55.7
50.0
310.7
65.1
149.1
26.6
319.0
45.7
107.9
22.2

1,242.5
779.4
132.2
60.5
53.-7
322.2
68.3
154.7
27.5
325.0
46.5
110.6
22.8

1,272.0
795.6
132.8
59.7
54.4
330.3
69.3
158.1
28.8
332.6
47.1
113.3
23.2

1,304.5
816.0
132.8
59.2
55.0
341.6
70.3
164.3
29.4
341.6
48.7
115.8
23.7

1,337.5
825.2
125.6
51.8
55.0
349.6
70.8
168.3
30.5
350.0
49.5
118.4
24.1

1,351.8
844.6
124.5
48.2
57.1
362.3
73.3
174.0
31.7
357.8
50.1
121.3
25.1

189.4
181.2
124.3
56.9
8.2
-3.5
79.7
83.2
260.7
102.7
72.4
158.0

194.5
189.9
130.9
59.0
4.6
.0
89.7
89.7
268.6
105.5
74.3
163.0

198.2
193.7
134.1
59.6
4.5
2.8
97.2
94.4
275.3
107.3
74.2
168.0

202.0
197.3
138.0
59.2
4.7
7.6
104.5
97.0
279.0
106.8
74.2
172.2

213.9
195.9
141.8
54.0
18.0
12.8
116.4
103.6
285.6
106.8
73.0
178.8

201.8
194.0
144.4
49.5
7.8
9.5
125.9
116.4
295.9
111.3
76.2
184.6

978.6
731.2
77.1
55.3
21.8
24.9

1,015.0
757.4
80.6
56.3
24.3
24.7

1,038.2
774.9
81.5
57.1
24.4
24.6

1,067.4
794.0
85.0
57.9
27.1
25.3

rl,095.1
814.7
89.8
58.5
31.3
25.7

826.6
88.2
59.1
29.1
25.8

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
1973

1972
ITEM

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1974

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IV

I

II

III

IV

I

98.8
106.1
60.3
46.6
976.1
147.4
828.7
774.3
54.4

104.3
119.6
66.9
47.9
996.6
145.1
851.5
801 .5
50.0

107.9
128.9
71.6
49.4
1,019.0
149.3
869.7
818.7
51 .0

112.0
129.0
71.5
51.1
"1,047.1
156.0
891.1
840.1
51 .1

rill.9
rl.2 7.4
r71.6
53.0
1,078.9
161.1
917.8
850.8
67.1

55.0
1,093.9
163.4
930.5
869.9
60.6

Feb.

Mar.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

38,986
5,793
10,769

40,328
6,030
10,854

38,047
6,072
8,755

37,765
6,504
8,926

r41,775
r7,061
r9,782

43,226
7,486
9,800

38,122
5,652
10,018

38,064
5,634
9,765

40,203
6,687
9,1.56

40,792
6, 7CG
9,452

r40,974
i0,884
r9,163

40,809
6,995
8,780

2,929
11,161
9,531
1,630

2,968
11,155
9,490
1,665

3,143
12,208
10,661
1,547

3,132
12,516
10,900
1,616

r3,236
rl2,770
rll,106
rl,664

3,283
12,493
1.0,842
1,651

41,467

43,926

40,009

41,292

r45,071

45,245

39,765
6,015
10,203

41,021
6,500
10,281

41,546
6,597
9,218

42,453
5,956
10,283

r43,157
r6,624
r9,712

42,243
6,966
8,636

3,061
11,830
10,105
1,725

3,033
12,461
10,5 72
1,889

3,015
12,912
11,569
1,343

3,168
14,124
11,746
2,378

r3,153
rl4,369
rl2,210
r2,159

3,282
13,234
11,633
1,601

86,422

90,020

109,886

113,411

rll6,727

118,742

85,074
8,572
26,690

88,031
9,438
27,206

110,953
14,844
31,446

112,616
14,033
32,279

rll4,804
rl3,773
r32,827

116,239
13,745
32,686

1,981
51,576
31,866
19,710

2,046
52,882
32,948
19,934

2,254
62,671
41,419
21,252

2,289
64,280
42,264
22,016

128.6

129.8

138.5

139.7

141.5

143.1

127.9
128.2
124.5
126.2
121.6
119.9
136.2
138.7
131.1
142.8
121.0
133.3
132.0
137.4
122.3
142.9
124.1
127.2
124.5
122.6
123.6
121.1
118.7
111.0
112.4
144.3

128.4
129.5
126.1
128.3
122.4
120.2
136.6
139.2
134.5
152.7
121.5
136.8
132.4
137.7
122.8
143.2
124.6
127.8
125.0
1.23.0
124.8
121.5
119.1
110.8
11.3.7
1.44.5

134.8
138.4
135.7
140.3
130.0
123.2
143.8
146.9
151.3
165.8
144.9
145.3
140.6
146.4
126.9
153.6
135.9
172.8
131.0
128.0
130.5
126.7
124.6
112.0
112.6
1.46.5

135.6
139.7
137.0
142.1
131.3
123.3
144.8
148.0
153.7
169.2
146.3
149.7
142.2
147.4
127.3
154.8
140.8
194.6
134.3
129.0
128.8
128.1
126.2
112.9
107.0
146.0

136.8
141.5
139.3
145.2
133.5
123.4
145.8
149.1
157.6
174.2
149.3
155.9
143.4
148.3
128.0
155.8
143.5
202.0
137.3
130.1
130.4
129.3
127.5
112.7
103.0
146.2

138.4
143.1
141.0
147.2
136.1
124.3
147.0
150.4
159.1
171.6
151.5
162.5
144.9
149.4
128.4
157.2
144.9
201.5
140.0
132.6
132.2
132.0
130.4
112.8
102.2
146.6

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con.
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES--Con.
NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL—Con.
Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj. toLal ...bil. $..
do....

PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total

1974

1973
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1_/
Value (not seasonally adjusted):

Value (seasonally adjusted):

Supplementary series:
Household durables
Nondefense
MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/
New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted):
New orders, net (seasonally adjusted):
Primary metals

do

Supplementary series:

Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted):
Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjus ted):

Supplementary series:
r2,208
r65,881
r43,370
r22 ,511.

2,206
66,624
44,162
22,462

COMMODITY PRICES
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES:
Unadjusted indexes:
,1967-100..
Special group indexes:
All items less food
All items less medical care

Nondurables less food

Food

Shelter
Rent

Public
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1973
Ma r.

Feb.

Mar.

128.1
135.3
122.4
124.3

128.6
135.8
123.1
124.5

133.0
141.4
129.2
127.6

133.7
142.2
129.8
128.3

134.5
143.4
130.8
128.9

$0,778

$0,770

$0,722

$0,716

$0,707

$0,699

139.5
138.0
73.6

201.1
200.0
105.1

r90.6
90.4
46.8

r86.3
r84.5
r43.3

rl07.5
rl.07.3
r57.2

124.2
121.8
75.3

2,423
1,363

2,283
1,244

1,403
767

r1,464
r 793

rl,862
r1,042

1,460
943

2,209
1,079

2,129
1,022

1,237
606

1,301
638

rl,333
r 729

1 ,421
753

142.5
110.7

143.3
110.4

151.3
109.3

151.7
108.4

rl52.4
r 10 7.5

pl53.1
pl06.9

140.62
109.22

141.35
108.83

1 48.74
107.45

1.47.53
1.05.47

r149.08
rl.05.23

pi49.41
P104.34

123.70
96.08

124.26
95.67

129..96
93.88

129.03
92.24

r 1.30.2 3
r91.92

pl30.48
p91.12

Jan.

COMMODITY PRICES—Con.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES—Con.
U na c:l jus t. e d indexes — Con.
Ileal Lh and recreation..............
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. "l.967=L00&
Med i.ca'l. caro. ..................,.«.«..«................... do...
Personal, care.............................. ..«......... do...
Reading arid rocrea Lion ....................... .........do. . .
PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y —
Consumer prices.
......1 967=$1 .00.

135.4
144.8
131 = 8
129.5

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED:
Unadjusted:
To La 1. ( pr iva to and publ ic )........„...»..„............. thous.
Privately owned.......................................do..
One-family structures...............................do...
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
To La 1 p riva tcly owned...................................do...
One-famil y strue tures
do. . .
NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING
PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places):
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
Iota 1
..............................................do...
One-family

struc Lures.

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LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS
Earnings per production or nonsupcrvisory worker on payrolls of private, nonfarm establishments:
Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted:
Current dol lars...................................... 1967=100.
1.967 do 11ars.
.do...
Gross average weekly earnings:
Current dollars, seasonally adjusted.......................
1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted..........
Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with
Lhree dependents):
Current dollars, seasonally adjusted...
1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted.....

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