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AUGUST 16, 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS c Sf ATes o* * A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1941-43 = 10 150 1941-43 = PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 140 130 — / Monthly \ 120 (avg. of daily close) - 110 - Rl 100 90 i . . . . 1971 Data: i i i i i i i i t i . i i i . i i 1 i i i i Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds All Commodities \ \ 140 ASOND v . \ ' \ , A / »/ f 40 V Total 30 / 20 — ••• Goods Commodities 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1i1 i1 i1i1i 1 i 1i Mi 1i 1i 1972 Nondurable — \ Industrial 100 i i i i i 1971 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) / /y 1973 i i i 1974 I ' i i ' i 1971 U.S. Dept. of Labor Data: I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I 1972 1973 I i 1974 U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1910-14 = 100 Billion 600 15.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT K , / \A 14.0 - CREDIT EXTENDED A N D REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 13.0 Extended 12.0 A / y 11.0 / A [ /\ /v r ' / \ f r - 9.0 iii.,, 1971 Federal Reserve Board 1972 PRICES RECEIVED A N D PAID BY FARMERS 500 Prices 400 Repaid - 300 , i i i i 1 i i i i i 1973 1974 200 j / ( i n c l . interest, taxes, and wage rates) i i i i I i i [i ii ' I ' i i i i I 1971 Data: 19 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture * A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected w e e k l y Paidl/ f " 10.0 Data: J Billion $ - Data: J FMAMJ 1974 50 160 120 i i i i i 1 Standard & Poor's Corp. 1967 = 100 200 WHOLESALE PRICES 180 i 1973 1972 1973 I I i i i i i I i i ii i 1974 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 1974 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 1967=100.. do do.... 195.1 215.0 182.3 205.2 236.1 234.8 244.7 228.1 239.4 254.8 229.1 249.9 274.7 234.0 244.6 270.1 228.2 mil. $.. do.... 9,791 6,443 9,520 6,332 10,577 7,036 10,412 6,881 10,859 7,104 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.. 262 1,635 1,500 183 239 1,654 1,517 182 .325 2,278 1,984 170 333 2,245 1,943 196 340 116 155 74,374 90,499 36,909 221 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw Industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 186.1 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.... 68,311 82,975 33,456 75 68,311 82,945 33,414 24 74,849 92,050 37,870 21 74,441 91,808 37,503 189 74,081 91,409 37,227 192 100,262 57,567 335,213 22,431 107,593 51,217 96,356 57,136 337,333 22.151 108,084 51.152 100,967 57,989 376,207 20,186 126,553 58,795 99,585 57,855 374,921 19,944 126,132 58,728 101,409 57,651 379,772 20,853 126,267 58,892 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941=43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 7.88 106.83 120.12 7.97 105.55 118.77 9.10 83.70 94.65 9.16 84.99 95.92 9.23 79.31 89.35 11,870 39,040 113,345 9,381 2,810 115.2 16.3 12,300 40,276 57,462 9,400 2,771 113.6 15.9 12,295 41,466 121,622 8,875 2,786 114.2 16.3 12,320 40,119 124,464 8,904 2,758 113.0 16.4 12,425 40,098 93,440 8,860 2,719 111.4 16.5 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. 3/ Daily average. MONTHLY 9.29 82.65 93.17 ,115 ,733 12.0 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1974 ITEM Apr. May Apr. May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number Commercial service do.. do.. Construction Manufacturing and mining do.. Retail trade do.., Wholesale trade do.. 796 94 119 112 396 75 838 97 149 106 390 96 797 99 153 131 333 81 971 143 161 149 412 106 802 97 140 112 386 67 925 123 169 147 397 Liabilities (current), total thous. $ Commercial service do.. Construction do.. Manufacturing and mining do.., Retail trade do.., Wholesale trade do.., Failures annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns, 119,343 8,071 19,202 38,588 33,528 19,954 35.2 167,949 9,290 37,962 57,965 33,665 29,067 36.3 213,133 20,508 47,085 96,031 27,687 21,822 37.5 204,587 19,652 36,391 60,849 65,383 22,312 40.8 209,758 65,332 20,134 39,928 38,726 45,638 34.1 375,693 18,349 28,437 67,789 233,803 27,315 39.7 May June July 221.6 215.1 226.2 224.4 219.7 227.5 236.9 250.0 228.2 155.0 155.7 161.7 158.9 150.5 137.0 204.3 124.5 157.4 153.6 142.8 210.5 167.6 157.8 148.4 221.7 1974 1973 June July Apr. 1967=100 do.. do.. 171.2 172.8 170.1 181.9 187.2. 178.1 230.8 220.1 238.4 do.. do.. do.. ...do.. do.. do.. do.. 136.0 182.3 151.8 126.0 110.4 133.4 115.2 134.3 173.3 146.5 152.7 186.2 159.1 146.6 132.3 197.9 122.9 COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables 18,033 126.1 110.8 134.7 115.2 180.8 168.6 126.1 180.8 128.2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1974 June July Apr. June May July COMMODITY PRICES—Con. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES—Con. Industrial commodities — Con. Hides, skins, and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products Nonmetallic mineral products 1967=100. do... do... do... do... 140.9 183.1 121.9 132.5 131.1 141.4 177.8 122.0 132.8 130.0 145.4 200.2 130.8 161.2 146.7 146.3 198.0 134.1 168.7 150.7 146.0 192.2 137.2 174.0 152.3 146.6 188.6 140.3 180.3 156.4 Pulp, paper, and allied products do... Rubber and plastics products do... Textile products and apparel do... Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100. Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00. 122.0 112.6 123.7 115.0 118.9 122.3 112.9 124.2 115.0 119.0 144.4 129.4 137.5 119.4 123.3 146.6 133.7 139.1 121.4 124.9 147.5 135.6 141.7 122.8 126.1 153.3 139.5 142.1 125.1 128.5 $0,735 $0,745 $0,655 $0,645 $0,642 $0,618 mil. $. do... do... do... do... 43,586 15,410 9,242 2,032 2,185 41,665 14,518 8,707 1,940 2,080 44,200 14,445 8,272 2,034 2,008 r47,033 rl5,457 r8,78 7 r2,175 r2,210 r45,501 rl5,113 r8,624 r2,128 2,170 45,958 15,408 8,998 2,145 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 28,176 1,975 1,300. 3,353 9,135 3,008 6,771 27,147 1,740 1,240 3,359 8,976 3,088 6,269 29,755 2,130 1,363 3,288 9,348 3,181 7,166 r31,576 r2,044 rl,393 r3,606 rl0,217 r3,408 r7,439 r30,388 rl,98 7 rl,369 r3,683 ' r9,945 r3,498 r7,082 30,550 1,866 1,341 3,739 10,057 3,713 6,944 do. do. do. do. do. 41,167 13,731 7,943 2,006 1,946 42,767 14,409 8,654 2,000 1,894 44,283 13,941 7,644 2,163 2,012 r44,894 rl4,289 r7,854 r2,215 r2,040 r44,491 rl4,018 7,807 2,145 1,975 46,266 14,901 27,436 1,997 1,314 3,085 8,598 2,843 6,939 28,358 2,028 1,305 3,122 9,128 2,908 7,051 30,342 2,010 1,408 3,429 9,689 3,236 7,438 r30,605 r2,075 rl,389 r3,402 r9,795 r3,312 r7,558 r30,473 2,078 1,407 3,423 9,785 3,383 7,466 31,365 60,395 59,788 60,008 60,213 66,299 64,855 66,818 65,615 67,156 66,580 12,945 12,634 12,214 13,161 13,648 14,008 rl4,393 rl4,091 13,742 14,012 92,729 90,414 85,567 4,053 81,514 4,847 93,227 90,917 86,367 4,165 82,201 4,550 91,736 89,493 85,192 3,437 81,756 4,301 92,158 89,929 85,785 3,604 82,181 4,144 94,758 92,546 87,167 3,895 83,272 5,380 95,496 93,276 88,015 4,024 83,991 5,260 88,818 84,518 3,430 81,088 4,300 789 88,828 84,621 3,512 81,109 4,207 755 90,313 85,775 3,511 82,264 4,538 857 90,679 85,971 3,457 82,514 4,708 877 90,919 86,165 3,293 82,872 4,754 939 91,167 86,312 3,405 82,907 4,855 928 4.8 3.2 4.9 14.0 4.3 8.8 4.7 3.1 4.8 14.4 4.1 9.2 5.0 3.6 4.9 13.8 4.5 8.7 5.2 3.4 5.1 15.8 4.7 9.5 5.2 3.5 5.1 15.6 4.8 8.8 5.3 3.5 5.2 16.2 4.8 9.4 2.3 2.9 5.3 4.7 8.2 4.4 3.7 2.1 2.9 5.2 4.7 9.4 3.8 3.3 2.5 2.8 6.4 5.3 10.3 5.0 5.0 2.6 3.1 6.2 5.4 10.2 5.2 4.8 2.6 3.3 6.1 5.4 10.6 5.1 4.4 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL If Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores do... Apparel group do... Drug and proprietary stores do... Eating and drinking places do... Food group,. do... Gasoline service stations do... General merchandise group with nonstores do... ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total .......do... Adjusted, total do... RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total do... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total do... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted thous. Civilian labor force do... Employed, total do... do Agriculture - •« Nonagricultural industries do... Unemployed do.., Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted Employed, total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races do... do... do... do... do.. . do... Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers.. Construction Manufacturing Durable goods r/ Revised. 18,033 1_/ Data for July 1974 are advance estimates. 2.2 3.2 5.7 5.2 9.6 4. 7 4.5 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 19 73 19 74 June July Apr. 75.,526 61.,867 42.,011 24.,139 629 3.,654 75,,478 61.,883 42.,079 24,,115 631 3.,680 76,,941 62,,834 42,,913 24,239 659 3 ,659 , r77, 136 r63,000 r43,058 r24,268 664 r3, 662 r 77,,073 r62,,947 r42,,996 r24,,219 r666 r3 s,602 76,951 62,820 42,953 24,041 674 3,500 19.,856 11.,654 8.,202 51.,387 ,597 19.,804 H ; ,646 8.,158 51.,363 4,,598 19 3,921 11,, 733 8,,188 52,702 ,668 rl9,,942 rll, 746 8, 196 r52,868 r4,,664 rl9,,951 rll,, 778 r8,,173 r52,,854 r4,,648 19,867 11,730 8,137 52,910 4,637 16.,262 4.,072 12.,190 4,049 12,820 13.,659 2,,613 ,046 16.,294 4.,071 12.,223 4.,048 12.,828 13.,595 2.,588 11;,007 16,,549 ,202 12,,347 4,,130 13.,248 14,,107 2,,681 11,,426 rl6, 594 r4s,211 rl2,,383 r4.,145 rl3,,329 rl4,,136 2,,698 rll,,438 rl6.,575 r4., 197 rl2.,378 r4,,142 rl3.,363 rl4.,126 r2.,684 rll.,442 16,612 4,187 12,425 4,133 13,397 14,131 2,664 11,467 169,,148 138.,212 179.,495 147,,047 181,,680 148,,852 183,,425 150., 615 ....... 14,,812 12;,618 14.,856 13.,577 15,,605 13,,800 14,,641 12:,878 14,,542 12;,544 14.,179 13;,026 14..669 13,407 14 ,387 13 ,301 May June July £_/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS of nonagric. estab., total...... Nonmanufacturing industries...................... Transportation, communication, elec., gas, etc...«,...do.... Wholesale and retail trade............ « ..........»...do.... Wholesale trade..................... « ..........,...do...o Finance, insurance, and real estate... ,. .......... »...do.... State and local..................... ..............do.... FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM) : 167.,083 Total outstanding, end of month......................,.mil. $.. 136.,018 Installment credit, total.............................do.... Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: 14.,608 Extended, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,...do.... Repa id, total........................................ .do.... 12:,121 Seasonally adjusted: do 13,s 646 Extended totalo«o..o.ooooob.oooo.ooo.o»o«ooo.ooo. ,034 .do- - - -| Repa id to ta 1 . . . . . . . . . S O . . . O . 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