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* * " • **TES WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS X & April 7, 1978 f Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (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 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 - INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 Monthly Weekly - (avg. of daily close) -| 130 (Wednesday close) 120 - 110 - 100 - 90 - 90 - 80 80 70 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I i 1 1 1 i i i 1975 i 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 —1 1976 1 1 1 1 1 1977 120 1977 \ \\ 1 1 1 1 H no 1978 1971 1 1 1 qioo • • ' • • 70 ' ' J F M A M J J A S O N D 1978 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967=1 INDEX, 1967=100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 200 _ (E.E.I, seas. adj. index) Monthly - 190 - 180 " 170 " 160 - 150 , 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 __J L_l l_l 1975 1 1 l i l t , L__ 1 1 1976 l__ J J 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 .1. 1 __1 1977 1 1 1 1 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1978 Data: Edison Electric Inst 1967=100 220 CONSUMER PRICES 210 ~ 200 All Services 190 180 150 ^ ^ — ... 7 food y ' s^ .\ / Shipments (left scale) 100 — ~^\ S 90 _ y V All Items _ h^+'s** / 220 - • ^ S /- \ V / 200 180 / 80 160 Inventories (right scale) 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 i t i i i 1 i i i i i 1975 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor _ - s - (seasonally adjusted) 110 p/ ' V- - ,3- 170 160 ~ BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 130 260 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS 120 - & INVENTORIES - 240 i i i i i 1 i i i t i ,_!_!_ l _ l _ l _ L l 1 1 1 1 1977 1978 70 140 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 I I 1 11 I 1 I 1 M 1 1 •1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,1-1 J—1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1975 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1977 1978 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1978 1977 ITEM Mar. 26 Mar. 11 Apr. 2 Mar. 18 Apr. 1 Mar. 25 1967=100. do... do... 221.4 217.1 224.2 219.2 213.6 223.0 223.9 229.2 220.1 227.6 238.2 220.4 226.0 236.5 218.8 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $. Nondurable goods stores do... 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. 12,770 8,332 13,705 8,644 13,173 9,057 13,637 9,307 14,542 10,016 299 3,855 3,060 166 296 3,701 2,927 205 343 3,383 3,066 175 303 3,207 2,900 133 281 145 144 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 228.0 240.1 219.8 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... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody*s) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor»s) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks do.... 93,086 110,019 33,921 77 93,013 109,366 34,737 333 101,472 112,820 35,707 314 102,048 112,267 35,978 128 102,168 116,483 36,295 167 el02,322 117,262 36,520 264 106,875 94,118 400,281 49,872 117,099 64,930 8.51 100.20 111.40 107,553 94,998 400,929 49,489 116,791 64,974 8.53 98.54 109.46 111,201 93,087 437,969 46,786 127,137 76,061 8.81 87.84 96.58 112,266 93,231 440,330 46,291 127,988 76,344 8.79 89.12 97.98 8.78 89.47 98.34 8.81 89.64 98.49 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons.. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 14,835 38,688 208,414 8,067 13,350 37,254 208,722 8,058 7,580 40,950 205,021 8,596 8,335 38,920 208,498 8,596 8,565 36,973 161,716 8,596 thous. sh. tons.. percent.. 2,572 83.8 2,569 82.1 2,470 82.0 2,500 83.0 2,489 82.7 bil.. 16.8 16.4 15.4 15.9 15.5 rail, Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 211,974 2,550 83.9 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, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 1977 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Jan. r/ Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS1 SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products mil. $.. do. do, do. do. 96,387 48,858 2,286 6,980 6,162j 106,743 54,715 2,546 7,774 6,926 113,484 59,266 2,982 8,094 7,416 110,685 57,715 2,763 7,956 7,071 104,726 53,840 2,682 7,917 6,562 118,080 61,734 3,030 9,065 7,696 do. do. do. 8,785 6,012 11,803 9,953 6,634 13,049 10,201 7,364 14,255 10,921 7,267 13,174 9,442 6,902 12,581 11,060 7,626 14,453 do. do. do. do. 47,529 14,283 669 2,949 52,028 15,475 671 3,270 54,218 16,097 757 3,769 52,970 16,050 800 3,592 50,886 14,947 719 3,362 56,346 16,803 751 3,653 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products do. do. do. do. 4,174 8,186 7,749 2,713 4,492| 9,399 7,948 3,054 4,481 9,009 8,172 3,135 4,450 9,042 8,377 2,994 4,398 9,233 8,029 2,833 4,770 10,395 8,261 3,279 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products do. 103,569 106,133 113,240 116,929 112,749 117,432 do. do. do. do. 53,341 2,644j 7,334 6,764 54,703 2,765 7,590 7,048 59,154 2,975 8,323 7,491 61,675 3,221 8,598 7,556 58,883 3,104 8,306 7,219 61,705 3,294 8,848 7,843 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do. do. do. do. 9,471 9,713 6,594 12,824 2,2581 10,571 7,228 13,516 2,351 11,061 7,411 14,355 2,449 10,144 7,618 13,541 2,352 10,768 7,584 14,186 2,384 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Foods and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products r/ Revised. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown 6,6251 12,642 2,228 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1977 ITEM Jan. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS* SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)— Con. By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total If Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals 7 Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total If Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: 2/ Unadjusetd indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Services 3 Feb. 1978 Nov. Dec. Jan. mil. $. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 50,228 14,920 704 3,269 4,358 8,661 7,878 2,950 51,430 15,277 703 3,346 4,435 9,126 7,833 3,037 54,086 15,827 746 3,701 4,495 9,648 8,175 3,188 55,254 16,051 803 3,827 4,769 9,820 8,382 3,273 r53,866 r15,625 r756 r3,728 r4,592 r9,800 r8,184 r3,078 do... do... do... do... 169,300 107,378 61,922 167,482 170,396 108,439 61,957 168,449 176,493 111,560 64,933 177,162 177,363 112,291 65,072 176,720 rl79,767 rll4,053 r65,714 rl77,934 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 106,562 4,248 17,197 13,344 24,281 14,054 19,245 4,657 107,222 4,234 17,276 13,249 24,253 14,317 19,512 4,687 112,548 4,562 17,581 13,966 25,734 15,523 20,387 5,008 112,558 4,469 17,370 13,969 26,079 15,684 20,229 4,966 rll3,209 r4,607 r17,046 rl4,070 r26,392 r15,665 r20,292 r5,151 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 60,920 15,775 3,471 5,269 5,220 13,009 5,156 3,965 98,810 51,048 47,762 105,288 61,227 15,973 3,518 5,360 5,273 12,991 5,083 4,000 107,879 55,651 52,228 106,575 64,614 16,114 3,666 5,400 5,699 14,265 6,004 4,137 115,378 61,156 54,222 116,068 64,162 15,654 3,585 5,451 5,573 14,223 6,023 4,200 114,312 61,298 53,014 121,566 r64,725 rl5,922 r3,484 r5,567 r5,649 rl4,287 r5,984 r4,329 rl08,991 r57,763 r51,228 rll6,272 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 55,037 7,987 6,924 10,219 6,871 12,630 50,251 11,019 39,232 55,133 7,974 6,960 9,998 6,713 12,614 51,442 11,240 40,202 61,984 8,901 8,051 10,717 7,762 14,413 54,084 11,944 42,140 66,162 8,948 7,609 11,650 7,768 17,229 55,404 12,480 42,924 r62,256 r9,205 r7,810 rl0,561 r8,448 r14,026 r54,016 r12,050 r41,966 do... do... do... do... 176,648 168,599 8,049 179,179 177,780 169,532 8,248 177,623 189,282 180,840 8,442 189,416 192,902 184,418 8,484 194,056 rl97,166 ri88,337 r8,898 rl97,568 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 168,962 16,658 23,464 44,279 23,575 52,744 8,217 169,394 17,041 23,374 44,419 23,741 52,534 8,229 180,750 18,312 23,711 46,605 25,276 57,327 8,666 185,239 18,660 23,765 47,199 25,632 60,202 8,817 rl88,601 rl9,560 r24,355 r47,612 r26,459 r60,684 r8,967 1967=100. 175.3 177.1 185.4 186.1 187.2 .do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 172.9 174.1 168.7 172.4 161.9 158.9 187.4 174.0 176.0 170.9 175.0 163.1 159.7 188.7 182.5 184.1 177.9 182.4 170.1 165.5 199.5 183.1 184.7 178.3 182.9 170.3 165.9 200.5 183.8 185.8 179.2 183.9 169.7 166.6 202.0 Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables do... do... do... do... 183. 172. 171, 177. 187.7 174.7 171.1 194.7 195.6 181.9 176.5 188.7 196.3 182.1 176.9 192.5 199.2 Housing Shel ter Rent Homeownership do... do... do... do... 183. 184. 149. 196. 184. 185, 150. 198. 194.6 196.9 157.0 211.5 195.7 198.2 157.9 213.0 3/193.8 200.0 4/158.8 215.0 r/ Revised. 1/Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 2/Beginning J a n 1978,data are for consumer price index, all urban consumers. 3/ Includes TV and sound equip, and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." 4/ Residential. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 ITEM Jan. Feb. 1978 Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES—Con. 1/ Unadj usted indexes:—Con. Housing—Con. 194.8 271.7 204.2 172.6 196.4 278.3 205.4 173.6 207.4 289.9 219.5 180.1 207.6 291.9 218.9 181.1 2/208.5 295.2 3/219.7 4/171.3 210.6 296.9 233.3 172.1 150.0 172.2 171.5 141.1 177.7 178.7 150.8 173.2 172.6 140.7 179.1 178.9 158.5 178.7 178.0 148.2 175.0 184.7 158.2 178.8 178.0 150.5 170.7 185.7 155.7 179.0 178.2 150.9 169.8 186.6 154.5 179.4 178.6 151.2 170.0 186.8 ...1967=$1.00.. $0,570 $0,565 $0,539 $0,537 $0,534 $0,531 100 employees.. 3.7 2.2 3.9 1.4 1.7 3.7 2.1 3.4 1.3 1.4 3.0 2.2 3.3 1.5 1.1 2.3 1.5 3.3 1.2 1.4 r3.7 r2.4 r3.5 1.5 1.2 3.2 2.2 3.1 1.4 .9 4.0 2.7 3.8 1.8 4.6 2.9 4.1 1.9 3.9 2.9 3.6 1.9 4.4 3.1 3.9 2.1 r4.0 2.9 r3.6 1.9 4.0 3.0 3.8 2.0 1967=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusetd for sea-onal variation: Separation rate, total do.... Seasonally adjusted: do.... do.... r/ Revised. 1/ See note 2 for p. 3. 2/ Includes additional items not previously priced. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 3/ Includes bottled gas. 4/ See note 3 for p. 3. POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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