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/ ^ * K£Es August 17, 1^ WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS c mm V 4 r E S o^ Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. LJ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF EGONOIVIIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 Monthly (avg. _J of d a i l y close) ~ 120 110 r-J \y\ ^ / — " - 100 90 - - 80 - - 70 1 1 1 1 L J JL-JL-I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1976 1 1 1 ILJL 1977 1 .1. JL 1 1 1 ! 1 I 1 1 1 1 J , JL_ I 1978 J 1979 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand & Poor's Corp. THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) Monthly Weekly - —1 1,000 A y\ 800 600 400 +. s^y\ /v A /\ A / A A/^V\ zrA ^~i\ \//T' —1 - - - 200 0 J 1 1 1 1 1 \ 1 1 I « I I 1 1 1 I 1976 I 1 1 1 1 i 1 I I J 1 1 1 1 1 I - I I I L- 1 1 1 1 i „ J _ J _ 1979 1978 1977 300 - 1979 250 -Ikflh Af\ IV J VA 1 200 150 100 1978 8 h 1 1 1 1- L J J FMAMJ L J—J 50 L_LJ-_< 0 JASOND Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1910-14=100 900 r ~ ~ PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 800 1967=100 2601 WHOLESALE PRICES 240 Prices Paid 1 A8S Commodities 220 700 200 600 180 500 .-^-^ Prices Received Farm Products a n d '(Incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) Processed Food a n d Feed 160 linn l I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I M 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1977 1 I I 1 I I 1978 iinilinii 1979 400 J J J J I i 11 i t I 1976 II I M 1 i i i i i 1977 Data: U.S. Dept of Agriculture WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly In the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. I I I t 1 I I M 1 1 I I I i l I I t I I 1 I 1978 1979 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 19 79 Aug. 5 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES _2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 1967=100 do. . do. . thous INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do. . State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do.. FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun £ Bradstreet)...number Aug. Jul. 28 12 Aug. 11 Aug. 4 230.1 234.5 227.0 234.0 238.0 231.0 276.7 262.0 287.2 276.5 257.5 290.2 277.8 250.0 298.8 376 326 445 417 428 2,545 2,281 134 2,541 2,299 115 2,392 2,263 120 2,429 2,298 123 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ = . .« .mi 1. $ 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.. 106,713 126,301 38,058 353 107,130 123,399 37,159 15 118,082 132,943 41,543 292 117,480 131,818 41,251 36 117,353 131,238 41,072 216 116,955 91,857 455,691 42,847 135,467 82,621 115,665 91,880 458,616 42,613 134,577 83,155 102,519 78,099 471,699 35,744 145,692 89,786 102,409 77,913 473,837 35,641 146,337 90,159 103,873 77,662 476,401 35,185 147,484 90,474 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor 's)~~4/... 1941-43=10 Industrial, 400 stocks do... 9.16 102.92 113.98 9.07 104.50 115.53 9.67 101.69 112.40 9.70 103.08 114.10 9.74 104.17 115.17 thous. sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number thous. bbl 13,550 45,218 103,233 8,930 12,940 45,796 75,758 8,930 13,130 47,691 131,104 8,624 14,330 48,066 113,391 8,624 15,010 49,200 85,769 8,700 thous . sh. tons percent 2,640 87.4 2,614 86.5 2,646 89.1 2,653 89.3 2,627 88.4 17.2 17.2 17.6 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 5/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil 276.6 246.5 299.4 eli7,947 129,881 40,302 189 9.73 105.98 117.25 2,574 86.7 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 July May Apr. July COMMODITY PRICES 543 487 592 463 342 336 593 1,017 539 480 537 477 324 336 595 1,038 609 476 541 451 339 35 0 500 1,135 615 496 526 469 362 370 545 1,141 r610 r524 r526 r497 r380 r423 r579 1,141 615 546 513 505 407 446 620 1,105 do... do.. . do.. . do. .. 602 612 786 239 599 618 767 256 749 709 1,019 265 740 704 1,007 261 700 704 937 246 687 709 916 237 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items do... Production items do. .. All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do... 640 613 631 747 642 620 631 749 714 664 713 837 719 671 717 842 722 679 718 845 732 687 728 854 73 72 73 73 72 72 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-14=100. Crops .do. Commercial vegetables do... Cotton do.. . Feed grains and hay do. .. Food grains do... Fruit do.. . Tobacco do. .. Livestock and products Dairy products Meat animal s Poultry and eggs PARITY RATIO. PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES: SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 C o m m o d i t i e s 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw i n d u s t r i a l s ALL COMMODITIES Farm p r o d u c t s Food and f e e d s , p r o c e s s e d I n d u s t r i a l commodities C h e m i c a l s and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s F u e l s and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s , and p o w e r F u r n i t u r e and h o u s e h o l d d u r a b l e s r/ Revised. .do. 196 7=100 do.. do. . 229. 240. 221. 228.9 234.9 224.7 276.3 251.8 294.5 277.1 254.4 293.8 278 1 256 5 293 9 do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . do.. do. . 209. 219. 204. 208. 198, 323. 159. 210.7 219.9 204.2 210.1 199.8 324.5 161.4 229.7 245.9 222.3 228.6 214.7 361.9 167.8 231.6 245.2 222.1 231.1 217.7 377.3 168.9 233 242 220 233 218 393 169 1 8 7 5 9 2 3 236.6 246.8 223.0 237.2 224.3 411.7 170.1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATSSTICS — Continued 3 1978 ITEM July Apr. May COMMODITY PRICES--Con. PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES--Con. ALL COMMODITIES--Con. Industrial c o m m o d i t i e s — C o n . H i d e s , skins and leather products 1967=100. Lumber and wood products do . .. Machinery and equipment do. .. Metals and metal products do. . . Nonmetallic mineral products do. .. Pulp, paper, and allied products do... Rubber and plastics products do. . . Texti le products do.. . Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100. Motor v e h i c l e s and equipment 1967=100 . PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR A S MEASURED B Y — Producer prices 1967=$1.00. 195.3 278.5 195.3 225.9 222.0 193.5 174.5 159.2 172.4 175.0 197.3 277 196 227 224 195 174 160.0 172.8 175.5 259.3 304.5 209.2 255.5 242.9 214.5 188.2 166.0 186.5 189.2 269.3 302.8 210.8 255.7 245.2 215.8 190.2 166.8 186.8 189.5 267.2 299.7 211.7 257.6 246.8 216.6 192.8 168.1 187.1 189.7 $0,514 $0,510 $0,473 $0,471 $0,469 thous . do. . . do. . . do. . . do.. . do. .. do... do. . . do. . . do. . . do. .. do... 104,276 102,178 95,852 3,983 91,869 6,326 100,504 94,640 3,424 91,216 5,864 1,266 104,755 102,639 96,202 3,997 92,204 6,438 100,622 94,446 3,377 91,069 6,176 1,314 103,318 101,236 95,6 75 3,074 92,601 5,561 102,111 96,174 3,186 92,987 5,937 1,235 103,551 101,473 96,220 3,309 92,911 5,253 102,247 96,318 3,184 93,134 5,929 1,213 106,229 104,153 97,917 3,785 94,132 6,235 102,528 96,754 3,260 93,494 5,774 1,086 do. .. do.. . do.. . do.. . do. .. do. . . 85,996 70,399 50,083 25,473 879 4,278 86,033 70,476 50,174 25,501 882 4,317 88,248 72,673 51,751 26,351 922 4,507 r88,777 r72,919 r52,100 r26,423 923 r4,594 r89,549 r73,817 r52,749 r26,451 r931 r4,622 do . . . do. .. do .. . 20,316 12,109 8,207 20,302 12,138 8,164 20,922 12,665 8,257 r20,906 rl2,645 r8,261 r20,898 rl2,653 r8,245 ..do.. . ..do.. . ..do... ..do.. . ..do. . . .. do .. . ..do... ..do... do. . . do. .. 60,523 4,881 19,412 4,905 14,507 4,670 15,963 15,597 2,772 12,825 60,532 4,827 19,469 4,901 14,568 4,690 15,989 15,557 2,765 12,792 61,897 4,935 19,959 5,062 14,897 4,853 16,575 15,575 2,756 12,819 r62,116 5,031 rl9,985 r5,080 rl4,905 r4,867 rl6,622 rl5,611 2,770 rl2,841 r62,258 r5,075 rl9,969 r5,09 7 rl4,872 r4,889 rl6,688 rl5,637 r2,793 rl2,844 Indexes o f aggregate weekly employee-hours (prod, w o r k e r s ) : Private nonagric. payrolls, total, (seas, adj.)...1967=100. Goods-producing do.. . Mining do .. . Contract cons truction do.. . Manufacturing do. . . Durable goods do. . . Service-producing do. .. Transportation, communication, electricity, gas...do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Retail trade do . .. Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do. .. 120.6 106.0 144.0 122.8 101.7 103.8 130.7 109.4 126.8 127.0 137.9 143.9 120.6 106.1 143.5 124.2 101.6 104.0 130.7 106.5 127.4 128.0 139.0 144.1 122. 106. 149. 124. 101. 104. 133.7 107.5 129.8 129.8 143.6 148.2 rl23.9 rl09.3 rl48.3 rl32.3 rl03.8 rl07.3 rl34.0 rill.5 rl29.2 rl28.6 rl42.3 148.7 rl24.1 rl09.3 rl50.1 rl33.9 rl03.5 rl07.0 rl34.4 rll2.1 rl29.3 rl28.7 143.0 rl49.4 Indexes of average hourly earnings, seasonally adjusted: Private nonfarm economy (prod, or nonsupervisory w o r k e r s ) : Current dollars do.. 1967 dollars do.. Mining do.. Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do. , 212.3 108.8 239.8 207.6 214.7 214.1 109.1 244.3 207. 216. 227.0 107.0 264.2 218.0 231.1 r227.4 106.1 r262.6 r220.7 r232.3 r228.6 rl05.6 r264.6 r220.7 r233.6 229.6 205.2 194.6 211.5 230 207 196 213 241.9 221.0 207.6 225.3 r243.9 r220.9 r207.0 r224.0 r245.3 r222.3 r207.7 225.3 177 3,071 411 5,193 157 3,768 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years o f age and over not seasonally adj usted Civilian labor force Employed, total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted Employed, total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL O F NONAGRIC. ESTAB. Private sector Nonmanufacturing industries Goods-producing Mining Contract construction SESA. ADJ Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurable goods Service-Producing Transportation, communication, e l e c , g a s , e t c . Wholesale and retail trade Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government Federal State and local Transportation, communication, e l e c , g a s , etc Wholesale and retail trade Finance, insurance, a n d real estate Services WORK STOPPAGES: Number o f stoppages: Beginning in month Workers involved: Beginning in month Days idle during month r / Revised. p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . do .. do.. do.. do. . number. thous . do.. . 543 475 114 2,579 162 3,335 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Conflnyed 4 1979 July May Apr. July June FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS BOND YIELDS: Domestic corporate (Moody' s ) . . . ...... . „ „.. „. .. ... .percent. By ratings: Aaa do.. . Aa. .................... do.. . A........................ ........ ...... .....do... Baa.............................................do.. . 9.13 9.81 9.81 9.96 9.07 9.33 9.60 9 9 9 10 38 65 88 33 9.50 9.86 10.00 10.47 9 9 9 0 29 66 89 38 9.69 9 9 9 10 20 49 75 29 By group: Industrials .....................................do... Public utilities................................do... Railroads .......................................do... 8.92 9.33 8.68 9.05 9.38 8.70 9 57 10 05 9 38 9.69 10.23 9.48 9 57 0 04 9 44 9 47 9 90 9 45 STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks).......................... Industrial (30 stocks)............................... Public utility (15 stocks)..................... Transportation (20 stocks) 288.53 840.26 105.48 224.33 287.85 831.71 105.54 227.06 294.69 864.96 103.23 231.81 286.65 837.41 100.26 227.92 293.01 838.65 104.59 239.68 297.04 836.95 107.43 248.42 Standard £ Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 stocks)...............1941-43=10 Industrial, total (400 stocks)................do.. Capital goods (111 stocks)..................do.. Consumer goods (189 stocks)........... do.. 97.66 107.96 106.36 87.51 97.19 107.39 105.16 86.68 102.07 113.95 116.32 84.05 99.73 111.24 113.76 101.73 112.98 114.76 102.71 113.63 114.08 Utilities (40 stocks).........................do.. Transportation (20 stocks) .................1970=10 Railraod (10 stocks).............. 1941-43=10 Financial (40 stocks)......................1970=10 New York City banks (6 stocks)........1941-43=10 Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 stocks)............do.. Property-Casualty Insurance (6 stocks)......do.. 52.25 13.88 44.92 11.87 44.85 101.70 108.43 52.32 14.00 43.97 11.75 43.62 100.76 106.90 50.09 14.18 49.75 11.97 44.24 101.93 118.88 48.65 14.07 49.88 11.85 44.18 100.47 117.03 50.57 14.65 52.60 12.51 44.93 104.76 120.67 51.73 15.20 54.73 13.01 46.61 109.29 122.13 #U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979--281-051/56 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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