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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS^ WW^^i MAY 2 77971 1967 = 100 T50" ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 1967=1 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY LIBRARIES (E. E. I. sea. a d j . index) 140 130 120 110 100 1968 1969 1970 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) 1,000 Thousands 350 - - 800 f\ \ 600 /\ J\ ^/ A - / \ / 400 - 200 Monthly 0 1 1 L J - 1 1 1 1 1 J..ILJL_ 1968 1 I ! 1 . 1 I 1 1969 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 . i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1971 1970 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Million 2.5 1967 = 100 140 _ CONSUMER PRICES PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) 2.0 - 1.5 - 130 All Services 120 S s^"^ . „ —>*** .• 1.0 110 -1 .5 ^^^^'^ Food 100 .,1.1JL-I_LJLL±-LULJ i i i i i 1 i i > i i J-U-UJLLJ-UJL 1968 1969 1970 ....LJ-J-J-JLLjULJ-Li-. 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 0 JULJLLl 1 1 J. I 1 1 I . . 1 I 1. i 1 1 i i. 1968 1969 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ^ A v a i l a b l e 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 I I I I I 1 1 i i i I i I I I 1 1 I I I I 1 1 1970 1971 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1971 1970 ITEM Apr. 18 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ Apr.,3 Apr. 25 Apr. 10 Apr. 17 ....1967=100.. 116.4 116.1 109.5 110.1 110.2 mil. $.. ......do.... 6,786 4,715 6,971 4,728 7,455 5,044 7,740 5,447 7,358 4,964 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.. 340 1,881 1,767 226 299 1,920 1,805 206 265 2,921 2,406 266 278 2,866 2,375 229 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores. Apr. 24 109.8 258 190 252 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3J i....mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2 / do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated _3/. do.... 52,988 62,379 28,262 102 52,945 62,863 28,372 158 56,110 66,917 29,979 420 56,428 67,318 29,686 287 56,971 67,328 29,621 201 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits „rl0 Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... U.S. Government obligations do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... 83,378 46,345 233,261 23,633 79,426 33,745 81,851 45,894 229,832 22,967 79,336 33,412 82,590 52 973 252^754 28,060 81,208 34,553 84,244 53,083 255,955 28,380 81,019 34,445 85,333 53,026 255,893 28,401 81,138 34,568 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. 6c Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 8.18 86.73 94.83 8.20 84.27 92.21 7.85 100.31 110.42 7.84 101.98 112.34 7o85 103.37 114.00 56,880 68,131 29,973 122 7.86 103.36 114.05 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. ...number.. thous. bbl.. 1,921 27,280 139,911 9,713 1,876 27,519 159,082 9,692 2,140 29,326 184,092 9,873 2,195 28,633 146,502 9,920 2,249 28,111 150,408 9,905 Steel, raw Index of production thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,686 110.1 2,707 111.0 15.1 15.4 2,940 120.5 14.8 2,932 120.2 14.5 2,905 119.1 14.6 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. bil.. 1] Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average, kj 193,611 2,926 119.9 Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 Feb. 1971 Dec. Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: \J Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. mil. $.. Primary metals .do.... Transportation equipment do.... Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.... Primary metals do.... Transportation equipment do.... Supplementary series: Household durables do. ... Defense products (old series) do.... Defense products (new series). do.... Producers' capital goods industries do.... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total mil. $.. New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.... Primary metals do.. .. Transportation equipment. do.... Supplementary series: Household durables do.... Defense products (old series) do.... Defense products (new series) do.... Producers' capital goods industries do.... Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.... Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.... Primary metal s do .... . Transportation equipment ..do.... 30,853 4,957 7,627 31 ,248 4 ,994 7,630 29 ,485 4 ,269 7 ,426 28,530 4,606 7,236 r31,946 r5,022 r8,414 33 ,363 5 ,280 8 ,947 30,273 4,739 7,361 29 ,757 4 ,692 7 ,150 30 ,024 4 621 7 168 30,545 4,746 7,324 r31,352 r4,805 r8,108 31 ,688 4 ,951 8 339 183 040 021 512 2,104 3,961 1,913 6,672 r2,124 r4,048 rl,898 r6,700 2,028 4,328 1,924 6,554 2 4 1 6 046 292 943 379 2 4 2 6 2 4 1 6 254 214 887 595 30,422 30,412 30,003 30,090 r33,027 32,989 29 ,368 4 ,309 7 040 28 ,861 4 ,547 6 ,660 30,602 4,962 7,017 31 ,405 5 ,428 7 872 -31 ,867 r5 ,100 r8 599 31,179 5,002 7,627 106 985 579 998 2,222 4,181 2,051 6,554 84,827 83,991 78,755 84,417 6,805 30,926 83,521 6,660 30,436 79,462 6,914 27,432 1 4 1 6 986 018 744 627 2 3 1 5 107 988 170 990 r2 r3 r2 r7 113 618 357 518 2,258 3,636 1,701 6,716 80,316 r81,394 81,025 80,330 7,597 27,981 r80,843 r7,894 r28,47l 80,333 7,946 27,760 2 3 2 6 r/ Revised. 1_/ Data for Mar. 1971 are advance estimates. CORRECTION: P. S-13, April 1971 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS—Employees on payrolls in petroleum and coal products industry (seas. adj.) for Mar. 1971 should read 191,000 employees. Also on P. S-21, Dow-Jones industrial averages should read 901.29. 2616 for FRASER Digitized MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1970 ITEM 1971 Mar. Jan. Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables Defense products (old series) Defense products (new series) • Producers' capital goods industries mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... 1,582 29,625 20,301 25,262 1,642 29,318 19,937 24,881 1,516 26,442 19,506 23,958 1,522 26,469 19,769 24,277 rl,509 r26,039 r20,227 r25,093 1967=100. . 113.9 114.5 119.1 119.2 119.4 ...do.... do.... do. ... do.... do.... do.... do. ... do.... 113. 113. 111. 112. 111. 109, 118. 119.8 114.6 114.3 112. 112. 111. 109. 119. 121. 120.2 118.8 115.6 115.6 115.7 115.2 125.6 128.0 120. 118. 115. 115. 115. 115, 126= 128.7 120 119 115 115 115 115 126.6 129.0 do.... ..do.... do... . do.... do.... do. . . . do.... do*. . . 114.1 116.6 110.4 112.7 115.7 119.5 108.4 123.5 114, 117 110 113 116 121 108.8 125.5 115.3 113.7 113.6 110.6 122.6 127.9 112.6 133.4 115.5 113.1 113.9 109.6 122.7 128.0 112.9 133.4 115.9 113.6 114.0 112.6 122.6 127.3 113.6 132.3 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 105.4 108.1 105.6 111.6 114.0 106.1 108.2 105.8 112.4 114.6 111.3 114.9 110.7 115.3 119.2 112.1 116.7 111.5 115.4 117.6 113.1 117.2 112.8 115.9 118.1 do.. .. do.. . . do.... do.... do. ... do.... do. ... .do.... ..do.... 109.8 108. 106. 97. 125. 113. 117. 111. 110. 109.7 108.0 106.4 96.8 125.5 114.2 118.2 112.2 111.2 116 115 114 109 113 119 124 115 116 117.5 115.8 115.4 107.0 133.9 119.8 124.9 115.3 117.3 117.5 115.8 115.2 105.5 134.4 120.2 125.8 115.4 117.5 1967=$1.00. . $0,878 $0,873 $0,840 $0,839 $0,838 157.1 154.5 152.1 158.0 155.5 152.3 *rl69.9 *rl67.2 *rl60.7 170.9 167.8 161.0 171.2 167.9 161.3 1,042 1,262 2,474 1,667 1,887 223 502 317 284 585 393 416 968 1,090 307 752 608 346 818 723 102.32 89.83 113.69 99.82 103.39 90.30 114.85 100.31 106.96 89.81 119.66 100.47 rl07.83 r90.46 120.55 101.13 rl07.85 r90.33 rl20.31 rl00.76 113 ,452 111,774 115,649 122,035 23 ,982 45 ,583 403 39 ,068 964 3 ,087 365 23,609 47,041 415 36,307 938 3,079 386 25,147 47,583 421 37,860 1,081 3,172 385 26,223 47,480 445 43,156 1,087 3,260 384 1,757.5 1,721.0 1,887.8 1,978.1 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted index: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities. Nondur abl es Nondurables less food. Durables Services Services less rent . Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Housing Shelter Rent Homeowner ship Fuel and utilities. Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity • Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Health and recreation Medical care Personal care. • Reading and recreation -. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E.H. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, office buildings 1957-59=100.. Commercial and factory buildings.. .....do.... Residences .do.. . . New 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 SPENDABLE WEEKLY EARNINGS, avg. per production or nonsupervisory worker (with 3 dependents): On private payrolls (exc. gov't, farm) current dollars.. 1967 dollars.. Manufacturing industries current dollars.. 1967 dollars.. ELECTRIC POWER SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (Edison Electric Institute) mil. kw.-hr.. Commercial and industrial: Small light and power. • do.... Large light and power do.... Railways and railroads do.... Residential or domestic. ..do.... Street and highway lighting do.... Other public authorities ..do.... Interdepartmental. do.... REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (Edison Electric Institute) mil. $. . r_/ Revised. £_/ Preliminary. 1_/ Data for Mar. 1971 are advance estimates. -'Annual totals for 1970 are; apartments, hotels and office and factory buildings, 160.3, and residences, 155.9 buildings, 162.7; commercial 2616 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1971 1970 Jan. Nov. Dec. Feb. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip......................« .........thous. skins* Cattle hide and side kipeSo00»0.a«,oa809«,thous. hides and kips* Goat and kid......................................thous. skins* Sheep and lamb*,.. . ..»... „ „................«......... • •. .odo..s 292 1,669 531 1,835 271 1,699 393 1,775 213 1,585 202 2,013 188 1,701 204 1,949 163 1,660 143 1,803 124 1,631 162 1,820 2,902 657 2,245 2,859 673 2,186 2,733 587 2,146 2,639 535 2,104 2,794 571 2,223 2,983 537 2,446 ....... ........ so.. ...so. ....... .dO. s . 2,651 656 1,995 2,670 587 2,083 2,694 574 2,120 2,632 511 2,121 2,738 566 2,172 3,075 582 2,493 Stocks (gross), mill, end of period, total...............do..» Hardwoods. *.... -...do... Softwoods.............................................. do... 5,583 629 4,954 5,772 715 5,057 6,233 1,395 4,838 6,363 1,516 4,847 6,428 1,529 4,899 6,277 1,484 4,793 LUMBER AND PRODUCTS National Forest Products Association: Productions total................... ...............mil. bd.ft. Hardwoods..............................................do... Softwoods. doi.. Shipments3 total.........................................do. .. Hardwoods.•..«•...........................••»•.......•.do.»• S o f t W O O d S . . . . . . a. . B . . . 1970 1971 Mar. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted..........................thous. Domestics..............................................do... Imports................................................do... Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates...............mil. Domestics. .do... Imports................................................do... Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of period: Not seasonally adjusted.................................thous. Seasonally adjusted......................................do... Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics)...............ratio. 686 598 88 9.2 8.0 1.2 745 646 99 8.6 7.5 1.2 536 425 110 6.8 5.2 1.6 694 r586 108 9.9 8.4 1.5 748 637 111 10.0 8.5 1.5 897 756 141 10.0 8.5 1.6 1,555 1,428 2.2 1,573 1,420 2.3 1,220 1,294 3.0 1,381 1,296 1.9 1,528 1,401 2.0 1,683 1,530 2.2 xj Revised. USCOMM—DC—2616 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 A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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