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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE* PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSIN APRIL 3, 1970 Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 1970 1969 1968 1967 J FMAMJ JASOND Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1957-59 = 100 250 1957-59 = 100 250 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and ai! other forms) - 200 150 - 200 ~ 150 H IOO 100 Monthly 50 i i i i i 1 i i i t j... i i i i 1 i i i i i i _J 1—1—1 1 1 L-J—L_J—1— 1968 1967 L_J L_J 1 1 l_l L_l 1 J FMAMJ 1970 1969 J A S O N D ta: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1910-14=100 1910-14=100 375 425 PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 350 400 1957-59 = 100 120 WHOLESALE PRICES 115 _ Ail Commodities no _lndustrial Commodities J W^' - A 105 100 95 _\ / \ VV / / ^ / • ^• ^ 1967 350 300 Farm Products 325 275 250 300 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1968 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1 1 1 1 1 1 i_l_l 1 i1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1_ 1969 1970 275 I 1967 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected 325 - J -I.JL.1..L.JL.1. 1 1 LJ-JL 1 Prices Paid^/ (left scale) 375 j/(incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) I I I I I II I I 1 I I i M I I I I I I I M 1969 1970 225 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Mar. WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / . 1957-59=100. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES„. Nondurable goods stores. .mil. $oo o o. do INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. 0 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs „ do... State programs (<0 States, D. C , and Puerto Rico).. .do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet). .number. FINANCE: Currency in circulation j>/° <• ..... mil„ $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3 / ....... do... Excess reserves, estimated 3 A • o..... .do... 22 Mar. 29 103.9 10l*.l* 11U.9 115.1 111*. 9 6,1*27 1,290 6,627 U,36l 6,325 1*,I*90 6,150 l*,5ll 6,517 1*,573 159 1,363 1,279 227 158 1,278 1,200 189 271 1,952 1,833 227 239 1,927 1,808 237 228 168 1*9,551* 58,389 1*9,1*71 58,325 26,622 -138 52,101; 60,977 27,1*11; 52,319 60,832 27,210 1*2 52,508 61,1*51 27,618 -9 52,1*59 61,595 27,1*1*1* 78,1*91; 1*5,790 226,670 22,117 78,51a 33,1*03 77,1*85 U5,9l;7 226,572 21,680 79,212 33,1*1*2 8.20 87.51* 95.71* 26,710 85 78,290 1*8,783 225,592 25,053 75,11*9 32,682 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij/ Demand deposits, adjusted.. o o .« „milo $. Savings deposits. 0.. . .. =>.. . » . . . . 0 , , * . „ . « 0 do.. „ Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.0. UoSo Government obligations...„„„.„„ 0 ........° . ..do.„. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) , „do.«. Real estate loans (gross)...... o ... do... 7.18 Bond yields > domestic corporate (Moody 1 s) 3/* * * percent*., 99.21 Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor' s)T*/.. .191*1-1*3=10.. 108.16 Industrials, 1*25 stocks »......»... do.... PRODUCTION: 1,988 Bituminous coal J3A ° . ........... thous „ sh. tons. . Electric power, b y utilities 0 .......... .mil. kw.-hr.. 25,963 Motor vehicles (passenger cars) .. „ „ „number.. 181,1.17 Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3 / ......thous„ bbl„. 9,09k Steel, raw, o .... o.<,..... o....»...,.,..,., 9 thous * sh* tons s = Index of production. . ......... 1957-59=1000 . RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1970 1969 ITEM ....... 1 / Data do not always cover calendar weeks. bil. MONTHLY 7 11,632 75,0U7 32,590 1*5,690 227,673 22,31*8 78,531 33,1*10 Mar. 11* Mar. 21 98. hh 80ll; 88.69 96.97 1,851* 26,11*1; 182,533 9,085 1,778 28,170 11*6,170 9,622 1,861* 28,21*5 162,555 9,601*. 1,860 28,1*88 160,006 9,612 2,807 150.7 2,826 151.7 2,671* 11*3.* 2,658 11*2.7 2,678 11*3.8 15.2 II*.9 ll*.8 15.0 11*. 9 3 / Daily average, 8.16 90-.01* Mar. 28 lll|.5 231; 7-.23 100.39 109.55 „ 2 / Tuesday price. Mar. 8,22 89o77 98o22 130,628 2,720 11*6.0 k/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1969 1970 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, I n c . ) : Unadjusted. ......... ........... . number. Seasonally adjusted ............... .. do... COMMODITY PRICES 20,811 22,199 23,089 21,353 22,81*9 22,137 21*, 1*07 22,01*8 PRICES RECEIVED B Y FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-ll*=100. Crops......... . o... do... Commercial vegetables do. 0 Cotton. ... o u do. 267 226 336 166 271 228 321; 173 286 221 377 169 do... do s . . do... ..... do... 165 156 272 583 161* 156 285 583 161* 159 216 602 Livestock and products ..do... Dairy products. ..do... Meat animals .... ..do... Poultry and eggs .. do... PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services o. ................. ......dO... ... ...................... dO... Family living items .. ............... ...... dO .. . Production items All commod., services, i n t . ,taxes, and wage rates... do... PARITY RATIO.................. O . . . . . . O . . O . . . . O . . . O . . . . . d O . . . WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: All commodities....... «...... ......... ... .1957-59=100 Farm products 00 .............. .....do.. Processed foods and feeds.... ..... ..do.. Industrial commodities „ .......... do.. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR A S MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices..,. „ 1957-59=$!.00 302 329 362 156 308 323 375 160 318 321 31*1* 299 366 73 Feb. Mar. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Feed grains and hay ** „ Food grains ...,,.,..,,.,..,„,..«,.<>...:> Fruit . o ..... .0 ............ Tobacco . u r/ Revised. p_/ 7338 Preliminary. 290 221 339 171 289 221 330 175 210 598 169 159 211* 602 167 157 216 602 31*2 352 1*10 199 31*6 351 1*20 197 31*9 31*6 1*36 181 31*7 339 10*2 170 31*7 302 369 73 328 357 307 378 76 330 360 309 383 75 333 362 312 386 75 333 363 312 386 75 111.1 105.0 116.3 111.1* 111.7 106.5 116.1* 112.0 115.1 111.7 122.6 111.I..6 116.0 112.5 125.1 115.1 rll6.1* rll3.7 rl25.2 rll5.5 pll6.5 plll*»£ pl2l*.3 Pll5*7 $0,900 $0,895 $0,869 $0,862 $0,859 287 218 31*2 161 168 158 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1969 ITEM Feb. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 1*8 STATES (F. ¥. Dodge): TOTAL VALUATION..................... mil. $,, Index (seasonally adjusted)...............1957-59=100.< Building, total..................................mil. $., CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities.............................1913=100.. Atlanta.................................. „ do..., New York. do.... San Francisco..................a................. do...< St. Louis........................................do.... Nex\r mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total........ .mil. $.. By purpose of loan: Home construction. , do..., Home purchase...................................... do..., All other purposes do.... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total........mo. rate per 100 employees.. New hires do „ „,, Separation rate, total. Quit.......... Layoff........ Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total. New hires........... Industrial establishments, total. By fuels u 08 By waterpower «.......... r / Revised, p / P r e l i m i n a r y . ~ 7338 Nov. Dec. Jan. 3,705 U,l*06 178 3,2la 5,228 218 3,911 1*,928 205 3,727 1,015 1,125 1,105 1,035 978 1,026 1,138 1,113 1,01*7 990 1,073 1,178 1,136 1,066 1,051; 1,076 1,178 1,136 1,061 1,05U 1,082 1,210 1,169 1,061 1,060 1,592 1,580 1,330 1,508 rl,061* 3li8 783 U6l 36U 767 1*1*9 286 652 392 300 687 521 r220 r530 r31l* h.6 3-3 3.9 3=0 3.6 2.8 2.9 2.1 U.o k.$ 1|..3 2.1 1.3 l*.l 1.6 rl.8 rL.8 2.1 rl.7 li, 802 205 2.9 .do. .do. 2.3 1.2 .do. .do. h.9 3.8 1+.6 3.7 l*.l* 3.1* U.6 3 6 I*. 3 3o3 h.6 2.7 1.1 I1.8 2.7 1.1 U.8 2.6 1.2 1*.6 2.5 rl.U rl*.9 2.5 rl.5 8,73U-2 3,896.7 ii,837.5 2,007.9 2,829.6 8,833.1 3,929.8 1*,#>3.2 2,01-7.2 2,856.1 9,1*81*.5 1|,20?.5 5,277.0 2,22l*.8 3,052.2 9,560.1; 1,198.2 5,362.2 2,212.9 3,lh9.3 r9,51*7.5 l*,o51*.o 5,1*93.5 2,277.1* 3,216.1 65.7 138.3 U6.2 6$6 38.2 r67.2 rlU6.1* rh6.9 r66.9 r38.6 70.5 151.6 2,10U.l 2,Oh9.k 2,085.9 2,177.7 2,11*3.3 2,295.2 3,1*71.2 3,10-5.2 3,367.1 3,1*21.2 3,362.6 3,238.6 3,298.1* 3,238.0 3,305.2 2,022.0 2,0ll;.l 2,399.1 2,652.7 2,989.1 3,213.7 3,21*7.1* 3,007.1 3,125.5 3,21*9.7 11*1.7 3=5 10.7 12.3 321.1 11*0.1* 3.1 129.5 2.7 10.0 10.1* 355.0 152 „1 3o5 11*3, 3, 13*1 358.7 12.7 316.1 31 30 52 6k. 3 29.0 30.5 56.li 72.1 21*. 1* 27.1* .mil. ...do. ...do. GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL do... Seasonally adjusted. „„ do... CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetic anhydride .......mil. lb. Acetylsalicylic acid (asprin) .do... Creosote oil mil pal Ethyl acetate ( 8 # ) ^ ^ \J Formaldehyde (37$ HCHO) do...' Glycerin, refined, all grades: Production do... Sto cks , end of month do... Methanol, synthetic..... 0 ......mil. gal. Phthalic anhydride „ mil. lb. ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL o. Brail. kw.-hr. Electric utilities, total ..do... By fuels do,a( By w a t e r p o w e r . . . . . . „ „0 do... P r i v a t e l y and m u n i c i p a l l y owned u t i l i t i e s . . Other p r o d u c e r s ( p u b l i c l y o w n e d ) . . . . . . . . . . . 1*,766 191 3,891 1970 I4.O 2.1 1.0 Separation rate, total. do.... Quit. .................do.... Layoff. „...0 do.... FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: T o t a l (233 S M S A ' s ) . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . „.„ bil. $.. New York SMSA. do oa T o t a l 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.... 6 o t h e r l e a d i n g SMSA' s, do.... 226 o t h e r SMSA's.. „...„ 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 0 Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) .......do.... 6 other leading SMSA' s. do.... 226 other SMSA's. O ..do FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL.... Excl. Department of Defense shipments.... Seasonally adjusted.................... 3 28. k 30.U 51. k 59.8 323 31, 31. 1*6, h9.h 71.7 1*0.3 69, 1U51*9, 69, 1*0. r69.1* 139.9 r50.6 71.6 rla.9 52.5 %.\x iia,no 131,591 122,h63 101,050 21,1A3 117,665 109,110 88,023 21,087 125,601 116,1*65 96,91*1 19,521,. 136,786 127,357 106,027 21,330 131,732 109,1*71* 22,258 .do. .do. 99,163 23,300 87,914. 21,166 9li.,736 21,729 103,589 23,768 107,213 2l|.,5l9 . . . . do. ....do. „ . . . do. 9,128 8,860 267 8,551* 9,137 8,869 267 9,1*29 9,114* 285 9,378 9,070 307 8,290 265 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1969 1970 ITEM METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (operations in all U.S. districts)s Mine production,>...<..........•...•........ „thous. lg. tons. .do... Shipments from mines...................... .do.., Stocks at mines, end of Deriod u .,...o....o STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS:; Total (all grades)..-..................... ,thous, sh. tons, ...do... Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling,,.... „..do.s. Plates ...do... Bars and tool steel, total.............o... ...do... Barss Hot rolled (incl. light shapes)... Pipe and tubing. Wire and wire products.....a....,,,,......... Tin mill products Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total. Sheets: Cold rolled,.....a.............. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total........... Domestico... ........... <>». =.... .<> ..<,..... Shipments, total........ c ................... Domestic... n .........,>.....o...o......... Order backlog, end of month................ Metal forming type tools? Orders, new (net), total................... Domestic. ....<,.........................»» U i i i p l i i c l l OO , oO o a i Feb.. Nov. 5,230 2,220 18,801 i|,967 2,Ol;3 21,725 13,lljl l;,82l. 13,652 7,280 7,092 1*62 623 1,052 678 7,560 528 653 1,157 701 7,651; 519 662 l,ll;6 703 8,538 523 697 1,126 718 732 239 598 237 h97 kh9 2.892 1,291; 3,185 1,337 699 230 598 2,961; 1,260 59U 235 1,276 3,351 1,1(22 93.15 83.15 97 = 70 90..60 78.95 67,55 82.80 70.20 118.15 103.35 812. k r92.25 r78.60 r93«85 r81;„35 r8l0.8 62.20 52.00 86.95 7)4.30 786.1 r22.30 rl8„70 275 .U 3U.15 390.2 26.25 21..20 33.60 31.20 382.8 r38.65 r36L..l; 29.30 27.85 38.95 31;. 85 351I..8 2,680 3,853 r3,973 3,892 •-x-607.5 -X-53.U -X-12I4.5 *757.5 -x-93.6 -x-lli6.8 628 1,096 699 . „. do... ...do... ...do... ...do... ...do... 71.1.9 2U9 50li 3,006 1,379 .mil. $. ...do... ...do... ...do.,, ...do... 91.20 76.00 86. \£ ... do... ...do... 36.30 32.75 . o o o o o . o o e o o o o c o o o o o o i . ' n ' . o o o Domestic...„...••............••.........• Order backlog, end of month................. Jan. 82.80 811;. 3 25.85 92.20 83.90 8J..7.8 16.70 11.3.10 CU s JKJ ...do... ...do... 5,712 7,1-90 28.70 31.90 27.70 39.20 Dec, ».thous. 3,768 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles)? 1 / Passenger cars. „.»..............«..........« <> Foreign cars. „............................. Trucks.... •. o... o...... o...... o............... r/ „.oothous„ .....do... 657.6 63.ii 133 o 2 Revised. 1/ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & Co.3 republication prohibited. State and includes delayed registrations for several States„ USC0MM—DC—7338 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS -x-Excludes data for one State, Feb,. 5,327 262,5 Batteries (auto c replacement), shipments....... Jan. TL\£) o 70 -x-619.1 *8l„8 #130.9 -x-x- Excludes data for one -x-x-912.5 ##101.7 •x-x-185.0 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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