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Aygust 19, 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 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. STATES <* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 4 0 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 - INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 Monthly - (avg. of daily close) L- Weekly (Wednesday close) 130 120 " 120 110 " 110 - H 100 100 ^""\ / \ / L ^ 90 " 90 80 - 80 70 ' » 1 • 1 • 1—t 1—l l . i l J 1 » 1 -1 L — 1 — 1__L 1974 l__l _ I _ 1 -J 1—I — i 1 1 i-l L 1 1 1 1 1 1976 1975 1 1 1 1 1 1 J— -J-J J 1977 I I I L—L_l L_ 70 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 ~ 1,000 800 600 ***S A v./ \ /^*^\ >v / - \ /—\ / V^ - 400 - 200 " 0 _L-J 1 1 1 I 1 J L. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1974 __ i 1 1 1 1 1 i 1975 i i i 1 . i i . i_ I__J 1 1 1 _L 1 1 1 1 1 1977 1976 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. SHORT TONS 20,000 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) /Monthly SHORT TONS 5,000 16,000 12,000 8,000 I- 4,000 ! ' ' • • • ' • 1974 -i I • 1975 • • • • i l L 1976 I l I • I I I l l l 1977 Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 1977 ITEM Aug. 14 Aug. 7 July 30 203.5 202.5 204.1 Aug. 6 205.0 197.1 202.7 14,014 8,723 13,793 9,130 396 3,094 2,470 157 377 2,949 2,450 103 377 126 162 97,368 113,888 36,019 521 e97,887 110,275 34,923 119 8 35 98 92 108 73 July 23 1967=100. do... do... 207.4 203.8 209.7 207.6 203.7 210.3 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. 12,301 8,338 12,334 8,266 20373~ 202.2 203.9 13,688 8,716 374 3,584 2,769 177 330 3,508 2,701 184 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 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... 89,226 105,395 34,691 436 89,759 102,015 33,562 -36 97,581 113,223 35,628 313 97,166 112,251 35,193 97 103,017 80,400 379,576 42,745 111,316 61,810 104,761 80,543 381,939 42,376 111,391 61,844 111,722 94,369 414,245 47,889 118,441 68,520 110,505 94,362 412,341 46,540 118,843 68,671 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 8.92 104.43 117.01 8.87 104.06 116.48 8.33 101.73 111.83 8.34 98.64 108.22 8.35 98.37 108.09 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 9,375 40,435 103,952 8,165 10,100 42,045 103,284 8,178 12,100 47,905 152,109 8,188 12,660 43,451 140,791 8,188 11,970 44,765 109,545 8,583 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,560 84.3 2,529 83.3 2,293 75.5 2,303 75.8 2,294 75.5 bil. 14.5 15.0 15.8 16.3 15.5 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES Aug. 13 201.4 199.0 203.0 2,329 76.6 If Data do not always cover calendar weeks. If Tuesday price, 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplie , and industry facilities, ef Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 1976 ITEM June July Apr. May June July COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 9 Foodstuffs 207.4 210.6 205.2 216.0 218.8 214.1 220.8 219.0 221.9 218.7 219.4 218.1 208.5 211.3 206.4 204.1 203.8 204.1 do do do do do do 183.2 196.5 181.8 181.5 187.3 260.5 184.4 196.9 182.6 182.7 187.1 265.3 194.3 208.1 188.5 193.2 192.6 298.6 195.2 204.3 192.0 194.2 193.8 302.3 rl94.4 rl92.7 190.1 194.6 193.9 304.0 194.8 190.5 187.8 195.8 193.5 306.6 do do do do.... 145.3 168.1 199.9 170.4 196.6 145.7 170.3 203.7 171.2 198.9 150.1 180.1 229.6 178.8 208.0 150.5 181.9 229.3 180.0 208.6 151.3 179.7 228.7 180.8 C207.8 151.2 180.3 235.5 181.9 210.3 do do do do . 1968=100.. ..1967=100.. 186.3 179.6 157.1 148.3 149.2 151.8 187.3 180.5 158.3 149.0 149.2 151.7 198.2 185.1 165.9 153.7 158.7 161.0 198.9 186.1 166.4 154.0 159.0 161.3 200.4 187.3 167.4 154.4 159.4 161.8 201.5 187.7 168.9 154.4 159.5 161.8 1967=$1.00.. $0,546 $0,542 $0,515 $0,512 $0,514 $0,513 98,251 96,114 88,460 3,780 84,680 7,655 99,325 97,185 89,608 3,931 85,677 7,577 97,958 95,826 89,258 3,140 86,118 6,568 98,321 96,193 90,042 3,478 86,564 6,151 101,264 99,135 91,682 3,820 87,862 7,453 101,449 99,314 92,372 3,790 88,582 6,941 ..1967=100.. do do WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and ov er, do do do.... do do r/ Revised, c/ Corrected. Digitized for84,434 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1977 1976 ITEM June July Apr. May 95,189 87,783 3,333 84,450 7,406 2,247 96,760 90,023 3,260 86,763 6,737 1,816 97,158 90,408 3,386 87,022 6,750 1,836 7.8 6.1 7.6 18.2 7.1 12.9 4.4 4.7 9.7 8.0 17.0 7.8 7.0 5.0 7.0 17.8 6.3 12.3 3.6 4.4 7.8 7.0 12.0 6.7 79,513 64,565 45,620 23,344 791 3,608 18,945 11,034 7,911 June p_/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con. LABOR FORCE, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted—Con. Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted thous. Employed, total do... Agriculture do... Nonagricultural industries do... Unemployed do... Long-term, 15 weeks and over do... 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 Black and other races Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers. Construction Manufacturing EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ Private sector Nonmanufacturing industries Goods-producing Mining Contract construction Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurable goods Service-producing Transportation, communication, elec, gas, etc Wholesale and retail trade Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government Federal State and local thous. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 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... Indexes of average hourly earnings, seasonally adjusted: Private nonfarm economy (prod, or nonsupervisory workers): Current dollars 1967=100. 1967 dollars '. do... Mining do... Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Transportation, communication, elec, gas, etc do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do... Gross average weekly earnings (prod, workers on payrolls): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted Indexes of aggregate weekly employee-hours (prod, workers): Private nonagric. payrolls, total, (seas, adj.) 1967=100. Goods-producing do... Mining do... Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Durable goods do... r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. 84,434 94,704 87,533 3,313 84,220 7,171 2,173 4.3 4.5 9.3 7.8 16.3 7.6 79,368 64,414 45,430 23,357 781 3,592 18,984 11,059 7,925 56,011 4,482 17,664 4,254 13,410 4,301 14,610 14,954 2,728 12,226 6. 5. 6. 17. 6. 12. 97,641 90,679 3,338 87,341 6,962 1,737 7.1 5. 7, 18. 6. 13. 3. 4, 7. 6. 12. 6. 81,686 66,640 r47,118 24,217 847 3,842 19,528 11,423 8,105 3.6 4.3 7.9 7.1 13.0 6.2 81,921 r66,804 r47,204 r24,306 r845 r3,861 rl9,600 rl 1,469 r8,131 r82,095 r66,883 r47,264 r24,351 r855 r3,877 rl9,619 rl1,490 r8,129 56,169 4,508 17,737 4,271 13,466 4,312 14,664 14,948 2,723 12,225 57,469 4,575 18,203 4,371 13,832 4,463 15,182 15,046 2,719 12,327 r57,615 r4,586 rl8,235 r4,384 rl3,851 r4,480 rl5,197 rl5,117 2,723 rl2,394 r57,744 r4,576 rl8,227 r4,373 rl3,854 r4,488 rl5,241 rl5,212 r2,735 rl2,477 53,007 13,665 7,905 53,104 13,618 7,878 54,771 14,066 8,177 r54,911 rl4,145 r8,233 r54,900 rl4,144 r8,241 36. 37. 40. 3. 40. 3.4 36.1 36.9 40.1 3.1 40.9 3.3 36.2 37.3 40.3 3.4 40.8 3.6 36.3 37.4 40.4 3.4 r41.1 3.6 36.2 r36.8 40.5 3.4 r41.2 3.7 184.3 108.3 196.9 185.8 183.6 199.0 177.5 169.2 188.3 185.6 108.5 199.1 188.0 185.4 199.9 178.8 170.8 188.3 195.3 108.6 212.1 192.6 195.4 208.6 189.8 177.4 199.7 rl96.5 rl08.6 r213.1 rl93.1 rl96.8 r210.1 rl90.7 rl79.0 r200.7 rl97.4 rl08.5 r214.3 rl94.6 rl98.4 r211.3 rl91.0 rl77.5 r201.6 175.09 102.87 176.17 103.02 187.15 104.09 188.76 104.34 rl88.96 rl03.88 155.60 91.42 156.41 91.47 164.66 91.58 165.87 91.69 rl72.67 r94.93 111.6 96.8 125.0 104.0 94.6 93.8 111.8 96.5 127.7 103.7 94.2 93.5 115.6 100.9 142.2 112.0 97.5 96.8 116.1 101.7 rl40.2 rll2.7 r98.5 98.1 115.7 rl01.8 rl41.8 rill.4 r98.8 98.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 1976 ITEM June July Apr. May June July FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE: INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE: ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Government securities Corporate securities Mortgage loans, total Nonfarm Real estate Policy loans and premium notes Cash Other assets bil. $ do.. do.. do.., do.. do.., do.. do... do.., 305.22 17.85 145.31 89.71 82.70 9.98 25.14 1.51 15.73 307.60 18.77 146.69 89.74 82.67 10.02 25.25 1.36 15.76 328.79 21.03 160.29 92.20 84.38 10.80 26.36 1.48 16.63 331.03 21.08 161.52 92.36 84.43 10.82 26.50 1.62 17.12 , , 304.34 985.59 86.16 218.84 310.90 993.20 90.31 225.92 308.71 929.10 107.71 231.00 312.74 926.31 110.49 240.75 311.38 916.56 113.63 237.48 311.20 908.20 117.11 236.39 Standard § Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 Stocks) Industrial, total (400 Stocks) Capital goods (111 Stocks.) Consumer goods (189 Stocks) 1941-43=10, do.., do.., do.., 101.77 114.50 117.50 90.26 104.20 116.99 119.62 93.37 99.05 109.89 110.76 84.03 98.76 109.10 109.28 83.43 99.29 109.46 108.17 84.36 100.18 110.12 107.69 85.21 Utilities (40 Stocks) Transportation (20 Stocks) Railraods (10 Stocks) do.., 1970=10. 1941-43=10. 45.61 14.53 46.56 47.49 14.96 47.75 52.57 14.38 52.83 53.68 15.00 54.14 55.29 14.82 53.06 56.95 14.68 53.12 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.., USCOM- -DC—84,434 11.26 55.44 102.61 94.44 11.83 55.13 104.45 102.68 11.41 47.94 97.47 108.19 11.59 47.63 96.14 117.06 11.74 47.61 95.30 121.39 12.11 50.04 98.88 121.13 SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS United States Government Printing Office SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Washington, D.C. 20402 Postage and Fees Paid U.S. Government Printing Office U.S.MAIL OFFICIAL BUSINESS Penalty for private use, $300
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