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Ir BUSINESS y STATISTICS my IipRfr yH _,<:>,. r^^.^ a APRIL 4, 1975 A WEEKLYSUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS"^ u U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS -43=10 Monthly (avg. of daily close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS I 1972 1973 I I I I I I I I I I I 1974 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967-100 INDEX, 1967=100 - 170 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 170 (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) 160 - / * * * _ >\ - A 150 - 140 - 130 ™ Monthly .1.1 1 1 l__L J_ L _ l . . . . ! _ _ ! _ _ 1 1 1 1 1_| 1972 1 1 1 1 1 1 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1974 1 1 1 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1975 Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1967=100 200 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION 150 Weekly 1967=100 200 (ingots a n d a l l other forms) - - 150 1974 - 100 - / ^ ^ ^ \ x ^ ^ ^ " ^ ^ J Ypes**<°>>x^x\ 100 50 50 n i i i i i l i i 1972 i i i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1973 . 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. ^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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1975 1 1 1 1 II I I i J FMAMJ l l M I il J A S O N D 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1975 1974 ITEM Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 Mar. 22 1967=100 do.. do.. 232.9 226.9 237.1 233.0 225.1 238.5 196.0 218.6 181.7 199.8 227.1 182.7 197.8 223.0 182.0 mil. $ do.. 9,756 6,538 10,142 6,624 10,107 7,150 10,048 7,108 10,353 7,200 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 285 2,711 2,480 215 279 2,723 2,404 237 569 5,961 5,211 266 496 5,934 5,159 296 500 77,760 88,599 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurabl e goods stores 71,286 85,262 35,209 80 71,117 85,546 34,774 169 77,049 91,193 35,825 428 259 77,933 89,378 34,535 56 98,207 57,861 357,215 24,933 114,419 56,007 99,337 58,249 360,712 24,819 116,010 57,196 100,954 60,209 379,495 25,459 126,260 59,557 103,194 60,698 381,103 26,423 125,191 59,618 100,700 61,146 378,463 26,728 125,446 59,576 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10 Industrial, 425 stocks do.. 8.30 97.57 109.19 8.36 96.59 108.09 9.25 82.90 92.70 9.24 83.59 93.60 9.28 84.34 94.60 12,650 34,373 151,081 9,068 2,875 117.8 17.4 13,005 34,766 141,701 9,041 2,872 117.7 17.3 12,985 36,206 102,125 8,453 2,785 114.2 14.9 11,690 36,199 130,845 8,368 2,718 111.4 14.5 12,425 34,519 124,800 8,370 2,669 109.4 14.8 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON MILES thous. sh. tons mil, kw.-hr number thous. bbl thous. sh. tons, 1967=100 bil, 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ 200.8 229.6 183.0 302 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.. Member bank reserve bal ances 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.. 34,513 Mar. 29 77,849 92,707 34,809 129 9.34 83.59 93.89 105,821 2*,673 109.6 Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1974 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan Feb. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total... mil. By purpose of loan: Home construction do. Home purchase do. Al 1 other purposes do. 2,343 2,693 1,961 r2,212 2,004 2,269 451 1,368 524 547 1,534 612 391 1,198 372 r400 rl,255 r557 378 1,142 484 425 1,285 254.74 11.54 119.72 81.74 262.74 11.82 120.18 85.53 263.82 11.89 119.58 86.26 75.79 7.82 20.38 79.24 79.94 8.25 22.90 2.04 266.82 12.06 121.99 86.53 80.23 8.31 23.06 1.59 13.29 559 FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE: INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE: ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Government securities Corporate securities Mortgage loans, total Nonf arm Real estate Policy loans and premium notes Cash Other assets bil. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply bil. Currency outside banks... do. Demand deposits do. Time deposits adjusted do. U.S. Government demand deposits ,do. Adjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply do. Currency outside banks do. Demand deposits do. Time deposits adjusted do. r/ Revised. 61,917 r253.86 rll.47 rll9.47 r81.67 r75.70 r7.73 r20.35 rl.47 rll.70 277.8 61.6 216.2 369.4 270.9 62.0 208.9 371,0 1.82 11.72 8.14 22.71 1.52 12.84 270, 61. 208. 374. 6. 285.3 67.8 273.1 62 210 376, 283.8 67.3 217.5 412.9 3,3 216.5 414.7 12.90 292.2 68.9 223.3 417.6 4.8 284.3 r67.8 216.6 420.3 r289.3 r67.7 280.9 67.8 r221.6 r424.7 213.1 427.1 3.3 r282.2 r68.1 r214.1 r426.7 284. 68. 215. 429. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1974 ITEM 1975 Jan. Feb. Nov. 77,925 63,938 43,685 25,009 658 4,098 20,253 11,968 8,285 78,053 63,986 43,831 24,943 661 4,127 20,155 11,883 8,272 52,916 4,710 16,851 4,227 12,624 4,132 13,236 13,987 2,680 11,307 Dec. Jan. 78,404 63,836 44,203 24,187 693 3,861 19,633 11,611 8,022 r77,690 r63,102 r43,956 r23,606 r662 r3,798 rl9,146 rll,291 r7,855 r77,166 r62,544 r43,835 r23,192 r702 r3,781 rl8,709 rll,000 r7,709 53,110 4,717 16,871 4,232 12,639 4,142 13,313 14,067 2,696 11,371 54,217 4,697 17,048 4,283 12,765 4,183 13,721 14,568 2,746 11,822 r54,084 r4,668 rl6,912 r4,267 rl2,645 r4,182 rl3,734 rl4,588 2,738 rll,850 r53,974 r4,607 rl6,838 r4,243 rl2,595 r4,174 rl3,733 rl4,622 r2,731 rll,891 52,916 14,876 8,765 52,931 14,764 8,669 52,591 14,222 8,380 r51,851 rl3,776 r8,086 r51,390 rl3,381 r7,829 36.7 36.4 40.4 3.5 41.0 3.6 36.8 37.6 40.4 3.5 40.9 3.6 36.2 37.1 39.5 2.8 40.2 3.0 151.11 122.96 1.47 7.76 42.27 9.97 30.19 7.91 23.40 28.15 151.34 123.18 1.49 8.07 42.02 9.93 30.20 7.93 23.54 28.16 150.30 121.14 1.31 7.45 40.28 9.74 30.10 7.98 24.26 29.16 rl49.23 rll9.95 rl.41 r7.41 r39.22 r9.73 r29.87 r8.02 r24.28 r29.28 rl48.12 rll8.78 1.54 7.29 38.19 r9.61 r29.67 r8.05 24.42 r29.35 number. do... 310 480 350 560 390 620 250 460 350 470 thous. do... do... 132 244 1,305 102 134 ,142 277 415 4,536 260 385 ,900 104 157 1,608 mil. $. do... do... 6,866.9 6,824.9 7,150.2 7,334.0 7,292.2 7,548.9 9,397.5 9,343.3 8,973.6 8,743.5 8,702.8 8,862.3 9,202.8 9,123.9 9,411.9 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 1,194.8 90.8 852.4 144.2 73.3 604.4 756.1 2,514.5 520..5 875..1 371..3 184..1 6,612..4 496.8 1,152.0 87.2 987.4 178.8 96.5 653.9 795.5 2,734.3 489.5 1,107.9 382.9 174.2 6,644.0 7,317.2 1,444.1 141.1 1,084 464 118 729 935 3,652.4 635.4 1,413.9 468.6 239.6 8,876.8 8,964.7 1,324.8 140.7 924.2 251.9 166.3 774.2 934.2 3,459.9 558.1 1,376.8 409.0 24.7.7 9,132.4 9,249.9 1,643 122 1,026 357 140 819 911 3,312 615 1,084.2 454.6 238.6 9,822.5 9,622.4 do... do... do... do... do... .,.do... do... do... do... do... 783.0 100.6 428.3 744.6 86.1 401.9 1,588.1 24.8 228.0 1,059.2 1,717.7 637.5 156.1 789.2 102.7 475.0 2,207.3 49.9 397.1 1,767.7 2,035.7 824.0 228.2 888.3 107.2 497.5 2,490.8 53.3 385.7 1,728.5 2,011.6 751.8 217.7 713.8 112.3 477.9 3,414.9 48.5 437.2 1,749.5 1,894.7 755.6 218.0 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ..thous Private sector do.. Nonmanufacturing industries do.. Goods-producing do.. Mining do.. Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do.. Durable goods do.. Nondurable goods do.. Service-producing do.. Transportation, communication, electric, 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.. Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas, adj.: Employees, total thous Manufacturing do.. Durable goods do.. Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: Total private hours Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do.. Overtime hours do.. Durable goods do.. Overtime hours do.. MAN-HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagric. estab., for 1 week in the month, seasonally adjusted at annual rate bil. man-hours Total private sector do.. Mining do.. Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do.. Transportation, communiG. elec., gas, etc do.. Wholesale and retail trade do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate do.. Services do.. Government do.. WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month In effect during month Workers involved: Beginning in month In effect during month Man-days idle during month 3 36. r37. 39. 2. r40. 2. r36.2 37.1 r39.2 r2.3 r40.0 r2.5 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals •. Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exec, fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils and fats Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified. r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 61,917 1,325.6 23.9 202 1,074 1,887 640 145 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 1974 ITEM Nov. Dec. Oct. Sept. Nov. Dec. ELECTRIC POWER Production (utility and industrial), total.. mil. kw.-hr El ectri c uti 1 i ti es, total By fuels By waterpower Privately and municipally owned utilities Other producers (publicly owned) do.. do.. do.., do.. do.. Industrial establishments, total By fuel s By waterpower do.. do.. do.. 149,394 161,772 160,064 160,300 157,865 167,242 140,785 121,734 19,051 153,276 127,047 151,963 26,229 21,301 151,768 130,806 20,962 149,507 128,328 21,179 158,867 135,873 22,994 115,947 24,838 124,023 29,253 124,032 27,931 124,908 26,861 124,074 25,434 132,002 26,865 8,608 8,496 8,322 286 8,186 310 8,101 7,849 252 8,531 8,284 247 8,358 8,102 256 8,374 8,070 304 138,889 137,882 152,701 141,745 137,202 141,302 • 32,180 58,910 30,822 56,482 36,644 60,731 33,271 59,958 31,947 57,666 32,698 54,332 130,663 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 Residential or domestic do.. do.. 346 42,308 371 45,198 338 50,002 358 43,212 375 42,209 392 48,803 Street and highway lighting Other pub! i c authori ties Interdepartmental do.. do.. do.. 1,177 3,494 474 1,219 3,325 464 1,084 3,458 444 1,163 3,342 441 1,220 3,364 422 1,239 3,420 418 REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (Edison Electric Ins t i tute) mi 1 . $ 2,644.7 2,679.3 3,753.8 3,484.1 3,388.9 USC0MM--DC—61,917 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-202 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail *2, — —- ^» WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 3,550.5
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