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APRIL 5, 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS r *T£S Of * A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1971 Data: Ldison ! iecinc inst. 1972. 1973 J r M 1974 A M J J A S O N D 1967=100 200 1967=100 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION 150 200 (ingots and all other forms) - 150 1974 100 50 100 r- 50 Weekly Monthly 1_J 1971 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1973 1972 Billion $ Billion $ 130 90 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) 80 !_ 70 ] * / 60 50 . , , . . 1 . .• !III , 1 1971 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Billion $ 100 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 80 140 Total Put in Place (ieft scale) 110 120 100 100 A i i i i i 1 i iI 1i Ii 1i 1 1 1 1 9i0 l 1 1973 1974 80 V 60 Private Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) 40 \ Shipments (left scale) u-uuul 1971 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected weekly J I I I I I I LI I I 0 F M A M J J A S O N D NEW CONSTRUCTION / L / Inventories (right scale) I I I L_i_ Billion $ 160 // 120 1 i I ! I L_J 1974 • ' ' ' i • • i » i <''' 'I ' ' ' ' ' 1973 1974 20 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1973 1974 ITEM Mar. 24 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 1} Mar. 31 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 1967=100 148.6 146.4 231.5 234.6 232.9 mil. $ do.. 9,092 5,853 9,632 5,902 9,315 6,508 9,630 6,558 9,697 6,476 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 209 2,028 1,855 187 194 1,959 1,790 206 310 2,800 2,580 217 294 2,755 2,529 265 285 mil. $ do.. do*. do.. 65,250 79,817 31,972 248 65,130 79,061 31,576 70,577 84,042 34,602 92 71,193 84,256 34,760 128 71,286 85,245 35,126 68 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) .. 9 S 9 ,»do.. 95,289 58,516 320,492 25,397 99,884 47,524 96,236 58,584 318,964 25,373 99,975 47,501 98,300 57,418 356,814 25,989 111,490 55,682 99,148 57,652 357,208 25,717 112,740 55,948 97,976 57,900 358,432 24,863 114,753 56,131 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/....1941-43=10 Industrial, 425 stocks . .do.. 7.63 110.49 123.81 7.65 8.21 125.17 97.98 109.51 8.25 99.74 111.65 8.30 97.57 109.19 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3_/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ Member bank reserve balances 3/ Excess reserves, estimated 3/ 111.62 215 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal..** Electric power by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons, mil. kw.-hr numberthous. bbl 11,025 34,171 213,363 9,294 11,750 33,398 214,297 9,301 11,350 33,443 143,605 9,140 11,305 34.314 .120,098 9,085 12,715 34,373 151,081 9,068 Steel, raw Index of production PAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons, 1967=100 bil, 2,984 122.3 15.8 2,963 121.4 16.3 2,896 118.7 2,839 116.4 16.7 2,875 117.8 17.0 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2_f Tuesday price 3J Daily average, 16.8 kj Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1974 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 63.,764 35,,061 1,> 752 5, ,242 3,,860 70,>335 38.,986 1,,885 5,,793 4,,372 76.,387 41.,356 2.,136 6,,383 4.,668 71,,571 38.,047 1,,809 6,,072 4,527 r71,,925 37,,765 rl,,839 6,,504 r4,,325 79,032 41,818 1,971 7,045 4,718 5,,903 5,,178 10,,769 1,,138 6,,174 5.,571 10,,911 1 ,258 = r6.,223 r5.,060 8.,926 rl,,134 7,005 5,689 9,915 1,230 28.,703 9.,687 475 23>215 31.,349 10,,380 478 2,,451 ,031 35 j 12;,337 532 2,,675 33.,524 11.,980 539 2,,537 r34.,160 ,010 rl2 j 549 r2 ,556 j 37,214 12,673 507 2,782 2.,432 4,885 2,,649 1,,560 68,,401 2.,566 5.,579 2j,723 1.,709 69,,245 2,,850 5,,610 3,,425 1,,729 77,,019 2,,719 5,,4633,,694 1.,584 75,,355 r2,,901 r5 j ,685 r3.,742 rl,,696 r77.,187 3,148 6,454 4,090 1,856 77,911 37,,773 2S,025 5,,449 4.,264 38.,122 2.,042 5.,652 4.,449 41,,896 2,,162 6,,792 4,,714 40,,203 2,,048 6,,687 4,,730 40.,792 r2.,125 6.,766 r4,,780 41,029 2,136 6,870 4,802 5,,684 5,,085 10.,259 1 ,163 = 5,,635 5,,141 10.,018 1.,170 6.,614 5,,382 10,,624 1.,232 6,,630 5,,387 9.,156 1.,226 r6.,649 r5,,529 9.,452 rl,,265 6,697 5,645 9,290 1,272 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS ^.NUFACTURERS ' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Primary metals 5,, 316 4,,644 9,,784 1,,047 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/. Paper and allied products Rubber and plastics products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Transportation equipment Instruments and related products.. r/ Revised. lj Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 11,627 6.,384 5,,438 8.> 755 1,,218 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 19 74 1973 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 30 ,628 10,,303 505 2 ,420 31 123 10 454 503 2 477 35 123 12 180 528 2 637 35;,152 12,,089 552 2.,642 r36 j ,395 rl2,,762 582 r23,793 36,882 12,714 533 2,814 2,,891 6,,140 3:,663 1.,754 r3s,009 r6 j ,127 r33,7-46 rl j ,830 3,090 6,316 3,999 1,833 rl22 j ,837 r80.,460 r42 j ,377 rl22 j ,570 125,414 82,062 43,352 124,835 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group—Con. 2,,522 5,,245 2 ,667 1 ,681 2 5 2 1 520 464 674 68 7 2 5 3 1 898 895 456 794 108 ,572 70 ,625 37 ,947 108 ,187 109 71 38 109 737 453 284 082 117 77 40 118 842 154 688 435 120.,312 78.,835 41., 477 120.,870 71 2 9 8 136 446 483 062 77 2 9 8 645 737 226 792 79.,441 2.,813 9,,356 8.,997 ,541 r80 j r2,,865 r9.,467 r9 ,023 j 81,805 2,836 9,485 9,175 14,482 = -e .dO. . . a 10,,654 16.,217 2,,659 14 10 16 2 652 768 320 627 16 12 17 3 365 302 763 170 16,,703 12.,559 18,,233 3.,268 rl73,021 rl2.,749 rl8.,339 r3.,413 17,369 13,093 18,488 3,572 37,,597 9,,595 2,,338 4,060 37 9 2 4 946 723 343 106 40 10 2 4 790 432 446 521 41,,429 10,,584 2.,460 4,,589 r42.,029 rlO,,638 r2.,569 r4,,707 43,030 10,615 2,609 4,684 2.,882 7,,002 2,,262 2.,380 2 6 2 2 885 992 280 391 3 7 2 2 170 208 548 574 3,,267 7,,268 2,,626 2,,627 r3.,325 r73,263 r2,,731 r2.,702 3j?r'4 7,625 2,874 2,747 66.,527 37.,657 28.,870 70.,016 73 41 31 71 046 467 579 022 78 43 35 79 917 845 072 441 73,,590 40.,009 33.,581 76.,811 r75.,674 41.,292 r34.,382 r79.,077 82,659 45,343 37,316 80,269 39.,218 5,,694 4.,449 6.,116 5.,320 10.,657 39 6 4 6 5 10 765 015 635 093 496 203 44 6 4 7 5 11 315 730 997 313 788 573 41,,546 6,,597 5,,237 7,,308 5,,399 9.,218 42.,453 5.,956 r5.,144 r7,,087 r6,,269 10.,283 43,411 6,578 5,485 7,49 7 6,273 9,863 30,,798 7.,919 21, ,879 31 257 8 009 23 248 35 126 8 687 26 439 35,,265 8,,601 26,,664 r36.,624 r9,,033 r27., 591 36,858 8,981 27,877 88.,077 83.,941 4.,136 87.,635 90 86 4 89 788 422 366 412 112 107 4 114 600 921 679 324 114,,623 109,,886 4,,737 115,,785 rll8,,369 113,,411 r4,,958 rll7.,677 121,993 116,935 5,058 120,036 83., 431 8.,209 11.,111 15.,349 15.,983 26.,505 4.,204 85 8 11 15 16 26 4 074 572 297 807 338 690 338 109 14 14 21 19 31 4 606 934 614 321 706 385 718 110,,953 14,,844 15,,122 22 ,002 19,,718 31 ,446 4 ,832 112,,616 14,,033 rl5,,486 r22,,438 r20,,459 32,,279 r5,,061 115,002 13,742 16,169 23,239 21,086 32,853 5,034 216 008 023 328 862 360 1 051 2 208 11 8 4 3 2 845 985 720 848 504 582 1 405 2 860 10 ,891 8 ,315 4 ,284 3 ,464 2 ,393 622 1 ,286 2 ,576 r9 ,368 r7 ,110 r3 ,639 2 ,953 r2 ,155 r509 rl ,183 r2 ,258 9,067 6,742 3,289 2,665 2,177 552 1,168 2,325 INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: 70,.590 2,\ 468 9,575 7,,887 Electrical machinery * NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL s .....do.••• NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Primary metals Fabricated metal products Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders... •. ..•do.•.• UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL.... do.••• By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders. •••••do•••• CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Residential (incl. farm) Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ Industrial Public, total NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL Private, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE rJ Revised. .1967=100.. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 11,624 9.,588 7.,357 ,265 3;,553 1,,929 391 1,,088 2,,231 9 7 4 3 1 135.7 102.0 59.4 48.1 26.3 5.3 15.0 33.7 136.4 104.1 61.5 49.4 26.2 5.2 14.9 32.3 136.8 102.9 54.6 44.1 28.9 6.7 16.1 33.8 136.3 100.5 52.7 42.0 28.8 7.1 15.7 35.8 rl32.8 r98.4 r50.4 39.7 r29.4 r6.9 rl6.3 r34.4 133.2 99.2 49.9 39.3 30.7 7.9 16.5 34.0 144 145 157 158 159 160 2_/ Except farm and public utilities. MOM I HIV BUSINESS ITEM STATISTICS—Continued 1 I 1974 19 73 Jan. Nov „ Feb. Jan. Dec. Feb. FINANCE Commerc i.al bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for Juno 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas, adj.: bil. $. Loans 1 / « „ . « , . . . » » . . . . . . . « „ ..do... ..do... ,, U.S. Gove rnmcn L. so cur it i as »»..-. . .„.„.... •>».« =. o d o „ - •• Other securi Lies..««. n «..«....«>... .••......<..*n..c FOREIGN TRADE „ EXPORTS ( MDSE . ) , TNCL . REEXPORTS , TOTAL ................ mil. .„ Excl. Department of Defense Shipments. ... ...do... ..do.... Seasonal 1 y adjusted By c o m m o d i t y groups and principal com.Tiod.i.L.i cs: Food and 1 ivo an irnal s.,. .• . « .. . »«...« ..do..» .> « Beverages and tobacco ..do... ..do... O Crude materials, inedible, axe, fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc ..do... ...«. do. •>. Animal and vegetable oils. faLs, waxes Chemical s . •, ......... „«,.. „ „ t,«.........,, ,»=» Bcdo... Manuf a c tur ed good s . . . .» . «... . «. . , . .»u do.w . Machinery and transport equipment, total.....-....« ..do... El ectr ical. . . « . « „ . . . r <,....do... Transport equipment, total „»..•>«„«..„.. ........ „....«..do... ..do... M i s c e 11 an eou s manu f ac t u r e d ar t i c 1 e s..............« C ommo dit i es no L c 1 a ssif i. e d o«,. «.«............«.,..a .. n d O .. a . . „ . . GENERAL IMPORTS , TOTAL . .,. ...... „ „. ......... ..do... o ..do... « Seasonally adjusted... .. „ „„ „.. „. „ „. „ „ By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and 1 ive an i.mal s«.. •-«.. c........... ....«...... ..do... ..do.. Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels.............. ..do.. Mineral fuels , lubr leants , etc................ n . « . ..do.. Animal, and vegetable oils and fats.,.................. ... do.. Chemi cal s.............. ,»....do.. Manuf ac tu r ed good s. . » . ..do,. Machi nery and transport cqui pment. » -,« -. d o v v Mi sccllanoous manufactured articl es. .. .... ..do... Commodities not classified...........»............... ..do... „ „ „ „ i 4,773.6 jj 4,731.8 |1 4,954.8 i !1 j 624.6 443.6 54.5 126.5 4 ,902,9 4 ,866. 2 ,070.= i!i 1! !I | 7,127.7 7 ,091.1 6,8 70.6 6 ,969.7 6 ,925.7 6 ,953.5 1..385.2 128.7 892.2 I 156.2 i 61.4 ! r566.9 !1 731.3 2 ,564.0 |j 466.1 1 ,009.3 373.3 178 = 6 5 | ! | | I 1 | 633.6 450. 2 53.9 ! 129.5 | 625.4 444.5 53.2 127.7 5 75.4 397. 2 60, 6 1.17.,6 564.7 385.8 61,8 117.1 i 6,873.6 r6,831.6 7 ,111.0 7 ,340.1 7 ,298.2 7 ,605,. 5 1 ,293.1 94.3 852.2 175.0 77.6 544.8 705.4 2 ,647.5 459.0 1,074.9 346.1 150.2 1 ,198»1 90.8 854.0 144. 2 73.7 604.6 756.3 2 ,515.5 521.5 875.1 371.3 184.1 1 ,156.8 87., 2 992.6 178.6 96.5 650.2 795.5 2 ,734.3 489.5 1 ,107.9 382.9 174.2 |! |! I 690.3 | 62.9 584.6 105.2 44.0 388.8 478.8 1 ,955.,5 ! 369.7 i 733.4 275.1 ! 118.9 672-,3 74..5 663.,I L06. i 44 o8 384. 1 458. 0 2,026. 4 352. 4 803. 3 2.70.8 132. 6 | 4,958.0 5 ,482. 1 6 ,787.2 6 ,627., 5 5 ,777.3 6 ,083.9 6 ,649.6 6 ,467,2 6 ,692.? 7 ,392.4 568. 4 76. 3 .341.2 495, 5 16.8 190. 2 983. 8 } 572-.9 584. 128. 7 809.0 127.0 478.7 908.3 37.4 216.2 1 ,239.6 2 ,055., 2 772.2 143.4 725.3 113.7 383.0 1 ,030.5 38.5 208.2 1 ,071.3 I ,443.2 608.3 155.3 780.8 100.3 413.6 1 ,304.9 23.6 200.7 1 ,094.8 1 ,943.9 642.3 144.6 743.4 86.2 387.9 1 ,577.0 24.5 226.3 1 ,081.4 1 ,770.2 640.2 155.1 5,406.5 5,243.9 616.7 109.2 388.5 532.2 8.8 189.1 1,106.3 1 ? 661,4 631.5 162.8 1 !| 1 | r/ Revised. 1/ Excludes interbank loans. USCOMM—DC—11 ,624 UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 641.0 454.7 55.7 130.6
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