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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS \ states** April 3, 1981 Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF E C O N O M I C A N A L Y S I S INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 1180 160 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 150 Monthly Weekly (avg. of daily close) — 170 (Wednesday close) 140 160 /\ */M /V 150 130 140 120 A,.. 110 / 1980 130 / 100 1 1 1 1 I i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 i i i i 1 i 1979 i i i i 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1980 120 I I 1 I i l l J F M A M J J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1981 I I » 110 A S O N D Data: S t a n d & P o o r s C o r p . MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 20 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 5 Monthly (Ingots and all other forms) 16 - 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1979 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1980 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1981 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: A m e r . Iron & Steel Inst. 1967=100 180 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) 170 160 - s 275 All Services - - 250 \V A 150 140 130 1967=100 325 CONSUMER PRICES 300 11 i I I 111111 1978 I I 1 1 1 1 1 i 11 i Data: Federal Reserve Board 1979 IFood 225 - 200 i i i i i 1 i i i I I 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 I I 1980 1981 175 / All I t e m s - 11 I I 1111111 1978 i i i M 1 I I i i i I I 1 I I 1 1 I I I Ii i i i i 1 i i i i i 1979 D a t a : U . S . D e p t . of L a b o r WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. / 1980 1981 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1981 1980 ITEM Mar. 22 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2J 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials Mar. 29 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 1967=100. do... do... 281.2 280.8 241.1 312.7 239.6 313.2 272.1 253.1 286.0 273.8 253.1 288.9 275.1 254.4 290.3 thous. 393 400 414 386 366 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun $ Bradstreet)...number. 3,633 3,332 238 3,543 3,226 294 4,135 3,542 345 4,056 3,471 319 291 132,765 141,557 39,834 -238 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $ . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.....do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do... 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... 122,783 137,163 43,445 180 122,503 137,181 42,972 -581 131,667 140,404 40,176 697 132,388 139,184 39,087 219 102,923 71,590 511,136 34,631 162,354 103,466 100,816 71,510 508,222 35,276 161,372 103,732 96,718 76,694 546,104 42,629 169,983 113,835 99,256 76,711 540,496 41,986 168,936 114,015 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. $ Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 13.67 104.31 118.27 13.87 98.68 111.40 14.44 130.86 148.53 14.27 129'. 95 147.36 14.08 134.22 151.92 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 17,114 42,125 140,923 8,712 16,540 41,877 145,519 8,712 18,950 43,190 17,510 42,743 18,945 43,066 e8,572 e8,587 e8^587 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE, TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. percent.. bil.. 2,589 88.6 19.5 2,592 88.7 19.2 2,560 85.5 19.2 2,570 85.8 18.9 2,620 87.5 19.4 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, ej Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1981 1980 Jan. Feb. Nov. r/ Dec. r/ Jan. p/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1967=100, BY MARKET GROUPINGS: PRODUCTS, TOTAL do.. Final products * do.., 152.7 152.6 149.4 150.9 151.5 149.9 147.0 150.1 147.7 148.7 147.5 149.9 148.2 150. 148. do.. do.. do.. do.. 157.0 156.0 130.0 156.5 154.8 179.9 131.5 150.5 146.6 174.1 130.9 152.4 148.4 178.7 129.6 153.8 150.2 179.3 131.1 BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES MINING Metal mining Coal Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 148.2 133.5 137.6 141.0 129.9 164.8 183.4 149.0 132.9 136.6 136.0 130.4 167.1 185.7 152.8 136.0 107.2 151.6 137.4 171.5 191.5 153.4 138.2 155.4 140.5 122.6 150.3 140.7 172.0 MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Nondurable manufactures Foods Tobacco products Textile mill products Apparel products Paper and products do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 153.4 166.0 148.5 118.7 143.4 131.5 157.4 153.0 165.9 149.0 149.1 163.3 150.5 125.1 135.0 150.6 165.1 151.4 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 138.9 139.9 217.4 144.6 MATERIALS, TOTAL Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials Energy materials Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Leather and products r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated 181.0 218.0 147.5 265.5 74.2 120.0 144,0 133.8 153.6 266.8 73.3' 128.0 154.4 122.1 155.3 137.4 170.5 190.3 151.0 165.2 151.1 118.8 133.2 125.0 156.5 133.8 145.6 219.0 137.4 259.9 67.8 142.7 144.9 212.0 218.8 131.2 259.6 71.2 136.8 259.2 67.8 155.4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1981 1980 ITEM Jan. Feb. Dec. Nov. Jan. GENERAL BUSINESS I N D I C A T O R S — C o n . INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY O U T P U T ) — C o n . SEASONALLY A D J . , TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L . ) — C o n . BY INDUSTRY G R O U P I N G S — C o n . MANUFACTURING—Con. Durable manufactures 1967=100 Ordnance, p v t . and govt do.. Lumber and products do.. Furniture and fixtures do.. Clay, glass, and stone products do.. Primary metals do.. Fabricated metal products Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments do.., do.. do.. do.. do.. 144.7 77.1 131.6 165.0 116.4 144.1 77.2 130.2 159.2 162.4 111.9 139.3 r79.6 124.9 147.2 147.8 rll3.4 rl40.5 r79.5 rl22.0 rl49.0 rl51.5 rll2.1 pl41.1 p79.6 pl22.3 pl48.5 pl54.0 pll2.9 145.0 167.1 181.7 122.1 175.9 145.7 167.0 179.2 125.7 174.8 rl34.1 163.4 rl73.0 121.7 169.9 rl37.4 rl67.1 rl74.9 rl20.6 172.1 pl38.2 pl68.8 pl77.7 pll7.4 pl73.6 233.3 233.2 236.5 236.4 256.4 256.2 258.7 258.4 260.7 260.5 229.9 231.9 222.4 232.0 220.5 201.3 210.4 253.1 266.1 233.5 235.0 225.2 236.3 227.3 202.1 213.8 256.8 270.2 253.2 254.9 242.5 252.4 240.5 255.5 257.1 243*8 254.1 242.0 221.1 231.0 284.7 300.7 257.6 259.2 245.4 256.9 245.3 160.8 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100 ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 1/ do.. Special group indexes: All items less food do.., All items less medical care do.. Commodities do.. Nondurables do.. Nondurables less food do.. Durables do.., Commodities less food do.. Services do.., Services less rent do.., 220.6 230.0 280.9 296.4 Food Food at home Housing 2/ Shelter Rent .3/ Homeownership Fuel and utilities 4/ Fuel oil and coal 5/ Gas (piped) and electricity Household furnishings and operation 2/ do.. do.., do.., do.., do.. d o . „, do.., do.. do.. do.. 243.8 240.6 247.3 264.0 184.1 292.5 258.6 514.0 273.0 196.9 244.9 241.3 250.5 267.2 185.6 296.3 263.8 539.1 278.8 199.0 264.5 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care do.., do.. do.., do.. do.. do.. do.. 171.0 233.5 233.5 173.9 197.2 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1967=$1.00 221.0 232.4 287.7 304.2 268.6 266.4 263.9 276.9 298.5 199.6 334.2 289.9 585.3 313.9 265.6 279.1 300.1 200.9 335.8 296.7 625.9 318.5 211.0 211.6 212.6 184.8 259.0 257.4 184.3 230.8 277.0 274.5 183.9 181.1 253.9 171.9 239.6 239.8 175.3 195.3 229.5 257.9 $0,429 $0,423 198 1,139 2 262.1 273.8 294.7 198.3 329.4 285.7 567.0 310.5 261.1 275.8 264.7 262.9 185.3 234.0 286.4 279.5 $0,390 $0,387 $0,384 296 992 1 316 525 3 324 763 6/ 256 586 1,265 51 6 1,667 70 30 1,181 1,536 58 72 1,281 36.2 35.1 30.0 18.9 7.5 7.3 16.5 6.9 7.1 6.4 5.2 5.3 16.6 6.0 18.5 7.4 7.1 9.5 5.5 6.0 1,840 2,149 3,940 1,809 2,254 4,423 1,512 1,658 2,636 1,521 1,712 2,562 226.8 259.4 184.5 234.4 280.1 METALS AND MANUFACTURES IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS: Steel mill products Scrap. Pig iron IRON AND STEEL IMPORTS: Steel mill products Scrap Pig iron thous. sh. tons. ,do... do. do. do. do. STEEL MILL SHAPES AND FORMS, INVENTORIES, E.O.M.: Total for the specified sectors m i l . sh. tons. Producing m i l l s , inventories, end of month: Steel in process do... Finished steel do... Service centers (warehouses), inventories, e.o.m do... Consumers (manufacturers only), inventories, e.o.m...do... Receipts during period do... Consumption during period do... Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motori zed) number.. Rider-type do.... Ind. trucks, tractors (combustion engines),shipments...do.... 10.0 5.8 35 43 2 38 18 7.0 6„6 5.4 5.2 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated. 1/ Beginning J a n . 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 2/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." 3/ Residential. 4/ Includes additional items not previously prices. 5/ Includes bottled gas. 6/ Less than 500 short tons. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1981 1980 ITEM Jan,• £/ Feb,• 1/ Nov,• £./ D e c . r/ J a n . r/ Feb. FINANCE Money stock measures and components (averages of daily figures) Measures (not seasonally adjusted): Ml-A Ml-B M2 . M3 do do 375.,4 393..0 1,,538,,1 1,,791..9 2,,172.,6 365.3 383.2 1,,539.6 1,,797.5 2,,185.9 391 .,1 417.7 7 ,665. 1, 1,,942.,1 2,,344.,7 394.,7 421.,8 1,674.,8 1,962.,8 2,375.0 377. 3 4 2 0 .,7 1,684. 8 1,984. 0 358.2 409.4 1:,685.2 1,,986.2 106..6 268..8 17.,7 27.,0 49..1 409..8 662..0 223,.5 106.8 258.5 17.9 28.3 56.7 400.9 673.4 227.6 116.,6 274..5 26. 6 32.,6 77..0 405.,8 735,,9 240.,0 118.,5 276.,2 27.,1 32.,1 75..8 390.,9 757..4 251..5 115. 8 261.,5 43.,3 32.,6 80.,7 374.7 779.,3 260.,7 115.9 242.3 51.2 31.8 92.4 364.0 790.8 263.1 370..6 388..3 1;,534.,7 1,,786.,6 2,,166.• 0 373.5 391.4 1,,547.6 1,,805.4 2,,188.5 388..4 415.,0 1.,670..8 l: ,946.,1 2,,346.,5 384..8 411..9 1,673..4 1,957.,9 2,373.,5 372..8 416.,1 1,681.,3 1,978,,7 366.0 417.2 1.,692.2 1;,993.2 107..3 263..3 412,.4 660..9 221..6 108.1 265.4 404.0 670.2 227.4 115..8 272..6 407..9 741..6 238..8 116..4 268..4 393.6 763,.2 248..0 116,,6 256..2 377,,1 778,,0 258,,8 117.3 248.8 366.8 787.1 263.2 .... Components (not seasonally adjusted): Demand deposits do.... Overnight RP's and Eurodollars Money market mutual funds do do Measures (seasonally adjusted): Ml-A Ml-B M2 M3 do do do Components (seasonally adjusted): Currency Demand deposits Savings deposits Small time d e p o s i t s . . . . . . . Large time d e p o s i t s . . . . do do do do .... Revised. " & U . S . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1981-340-999/31 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE C0M-209
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