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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* B *H III yj 1 n*T n n LI UJLs frwl T l AUGUST 20, 1971 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43 = Monthly (avg. of daily close) 120 i 1968 1969 i I i i • i i i 1970 I 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 f— (Passenger cars) Thousands 350 1,000 800 600 400 200 Monthly 0 1 I l l i 1968 1 I I l > i _L-J 1 1969 ' ' 1 t i ' i i i »» i i 1970 i i i i 1971 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1967 = 100 250 1967=100 250 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 200 H 200 150 H 150 100 h 100 Monthly 50 -L_J—I I I I I 1 I—1_ 1968 -L_J—L__J I | 1969 i i i i i i i i 1970 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY ' i i i i 1971 J FMAMJ JftSOND WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1971 1970 ITEM Aug. 15 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 14 108.1 113.0 108.5 108.3 108.5 .mil. $. ...do..o 6 875 4 862 4,794 7,509 5,022 7,563 5,021 7,422 5,137 279 1 912 1 767 233 258 1,894 1,748 204 342 2,409 1,996 177 340 2,457 2,018 179 363 175 237 54 ,588 63 ,713 28 ,142 188 54,898 64,339 28,588 279 58,955 71,997 30,969 329 58,683 70,641 30,602 76 58,691 70,845 30,938 471 59,007 70,599 30,343 24 455 817 679 911 7Q 550 33 919 79,017 46,331 234,015 23,465 79,388 33,679 83,143 53,309 256,134 25,937 82,182 36,073 83,821 53,146 255,928 25,398 81,829 36,149 83,091 53,124 256,489 25,040 81,828 36 s i96 3.75 77.18 84.63 8.71 75.42 82.56 8d4 99.28 109,39 8.16 97.07 106.94 8.21 93.89 103.37 1 ,976 32 ,300 19 ,038 9 ,912 2,037 32,239 46,301 9,680 1,823 32,921 102,685 9,630 1,613 32,258 59,034 9,623 1,893 31,472 57,568 9,664 thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2 ,436 99.8 2,470 101.2 2,314 94.8 947. 38.8 bil.. 14.7 14.5 12.3 1,966 80.6 10.9 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. . FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3_/...do.... Member bank reserve balances 3J do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ .....do.... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted m i l . $o Savings deposits do. • • Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do... U.S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial lo^ns (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross)..... do... 79 46 235 23 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent e Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks ..do**. Steel, raw Index of production J u l y 31 113.1 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ J u l y 24 1967=100. WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY _3/ D a i l y a v e r a g e . 8.22 94.66 104.29 85,741 1,232 50.5 12.6 4_/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 July June July May Apr. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E n g i n e e r i n g News-Record: Building 1957-59=100. Construction .* do... New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total m i l . $. By purpose of loan: Home construction do.. . Home purchase do... All other purposes do... 157.5 180.1 160.9 186.0 173.5 198.9 *176.8 *203.0 179.2 207.2 2,086 2,080 3,168 r3,438 4,265 398 1,017 671 393 1,071 616 597 1,306 1,265 r620 1,451 rl,367 705 2,097 1,463 44,859 44,527 44,819 44,965 47,759 46,728 47,795 47,146 47,514 47,383 8,986 9,189 9,018 9,227 9,840 9,910 9,642 r9,842 9,910 10,151 5.4 3.9 4.4 2.1 1.5 4.4 2.9 5.3 2.1 2.3 3.6 2.3 3.9 1.6 1.4 3,9 2.6 3.7 1.7 1.2 4.0 2.7 4.8 2.2 1.9 4.1 2.8 4.9 2.2 1.6 3.9 2.5 4.3 1.7 1.6 3.9 2.5 4.0 1.7 1.5 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total mil. $. do.. . do... do... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total mo. rate per 100 employees. New hires do. .. Separation rate, total do... Quit do... Layoff do... Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total..-.* ...do... New hires • do... Separation rate, total do. .. Quit do... Layoff do... r_/ Revised. _p_/ Preliminary. 7863 '"Index as of August 1, 1971; Building, 182.7; constru ction, 212.5 P 4.8 P3.4 P 3.8 P3.6 P2.4 P 4.1 pi.8 Pl.5 *180.3 *208.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1971 1970 June July Apr. May FINANCE MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Open market rates, New York City: Bankers' acceptances (prime, 90 days) percent. Commercial paper (prime, 4-6 months) do... Finance Co. paper placed directly, 3-6 m o . do... Stock Exchange call loans, going rate do... Yield on U . S . Govt, securities (taxable): 3-month bills (rate on new issue) do... 3-5 year issues do... INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE: PAYMENT TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL mil. $ . Death benefits do.. . Matured endowments do. .. Disability payments .do. • . 7.78 8.21 7.55 8.00 7.61 8.29 7.64 8.00 4.36 4.57 4.27 5.32 4.91 5.10 4.69 5.50 5.33 5.45 5.24 5.50 6.742 7.86 6.468 7.58 3.780 5.42 4.139 6.02 4.699 6.36 1405.6 613.4 84.3 21.1 1301.6 575.3 75.4 19.1 1414.4 611.1 87.7 19.9 353.7 592.8 81.9 20.1 1430.0 635.7 85.4 25.2 141.2 256.2 289.4 149.0 243.2 239.6 161.3 249.7 284.7 157.4 234.3 267.2 164. 243. .77 8.85 7.86 8.03 8.14 8.48 8.58 8.76 9.25 8.44 8.64 8.92 9.40 7.25 7,74 7.99 8.45 7.53 7.84 8.14 8.62 7.64 7.96 8.20 8.75 8.55 9.06 1 8.76 8.61 9.01 9.11 7.43 8.05 8.37 7.68 8.23 8.40 7.80 8.39 8.43 8.95 9.69 4.71 8.95 9.70 4.71 8.85 9.57 4.78 8.85 9.55 4.78 8.85 9.57 4.78 do. . . do... do... 4.02 6.70 10.48 3.95 6.70 10.48 3.82 7.28 10.57 3.85 7.28 10.57 3.84 7.28 10.57 ...do... do. .. do... do... 198.30 236.81 68.96 52.39 212.90 252.79 74.55 56.18 277.35 339.59 85.82 87.10 263.90 324.75 81.51 83.44 261.94 320.58 4.51 4.09 6.83 4.20 3.84 6.32 3.19 2.82 5.56 3.35 2.94 5.86 3.38 2.99 5.63 7.67 4.30 4.61 7.03 4.01 4.19 4.39 3.95 3.27 4.61 4.26 3.35 4.54 4.39 3.15 224.18 699.30 99.15 137.53 223.29 712.80 102.83 125.75 309.11 932.54 122.92 217.16 307.39 925.49 117.75 221.10 300.23 900.43 114.36 217.96 75.59 82.96 80.77 73.10 49.22 28.94 75.72 83.00 77.99 73.10 50.91 26.59 103.04 113.68 109.38 102.41 62.06 42.29 101.64 112.41 108.61 101.96 59.20 42.05 99.72 110.26 105.46 100.96 57.90 42.12 41.03 71.16 69.94 42.12 72.07 71.10 49.05 93.01 112.76 46.24 88.82 114.06 44.68 85.97 119.24 2967 622 2345 3004 648 2356 3451 577 2874 3168 599 2569 3384 613 2771 Annuity payments do. . . Surrender values .... .do.. . Policy dividends do. .. SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's) percent. By rating: Aaa do... Aa do... A. do... Baa. ....«..«».....-...••••.............«..°<=. do. . . By group: Industrials do... Public utilities do. =. Railroads do. . . STOCKS: Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's): Dividends per share, annual rate, composite...dollars. Industrials do... Public utilities do... Railroads. N.Y. banks Property and casualty insurance companies Price per share, end of mo., composite Industrials Public utilities Railroads Yields, composite. Industrials Public utilities do. . . do. • . do... Railroads do... N.Y. banks do... Property and casualty insurance companies do... Prices: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks).-., Standard 6c Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43=10. Industrial, total (425 stocks) do... Capital goods (116 stocks) do... Consumers' goods (184 stocks) do... Public utility (55 stocks) do... Railroad (20 stocks) do... Banks: New York City (9 stocks) do... Outside New York City (16 stocks) do... Property-liability insurance (16 stocks) do... 275.3 84.95 84.56 LUMBER AND PRODUCTS National Forest Products Association: Production, total Hardwoods Softwoods mil. bd. ft. do. . . do. .. Shipments, total Hardwoods Softwoods do. do. do. 3042 524 2518 2930 497 2433 3560 644 2916 3313 659 2654 3537 587 2950 Stocks (gross), mill, end of period, total Hardwoods Softwoods do. do. do. 6061 1165 4896 6141 1322 4819 6042 1287 4755 5895 1225 4670 5741 1250 4491 7863 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1970 1971 May S T O N E , C L A Y , A N D GLASS Clay construction p r o d u c t s : ' Shipments: B r i c k , unglazed (common and f a c e ) = a a „ . « » m i L stands brick* Structural t i l e s except facing* .«, « . 0 ».. c ».thous« she, tons. Sewer pipe and f i t t i n g s , v i t r i f ied. .... ...«,.......„.. d o . . . Facing tile ( h o l l o w ) , glazed a n d unglazed mils brick equivalent. Floor and wall tile and a c c e s s o r i e s , glazed and unglazed m i l . sq. f t . PETROLEUMs S i d i n g . . o . . . . . . . . . . . o . e . . o • • o c. . . . e . o o . . . o c. » o e . . d O o o » Insul ated siding. ..oo.o a ...eo.»<>o«o.ooBo.>a U .o.o.o°o.o.. d o . . . Saturated f e l t s . . . . .......»..,,»«« . «.•.«« . „. •« .thous. sh. t o n s . TRANSPORTATION S l - l C o o o « o e e > c s > o o o a o o o o « o o o « o » f r > o c s o o o o B O & o i T r u c k s and b u s e s , totalo....«.».o..........«.. D o m e s t i c . . . ....... »»»... . . ..n ............».< R E G I S T R A T I O N S (new v e h i c l e s ) : 1/ Passenger c a r s . ................................. ..thous. » u odO a a a o..do... a e odO... a . . d O affl« aBadO.o. ..thous. ...do.o• _L T U. C K May 579.4 17o5 138.4 617.0 20.1 153.5 10.6 15.1 20.5 687. G 17.7 159.0 686.9 15.8 159.9 14.1 14.9 14.0 22.8 23.7 23.2 21.5 7,895 2,924 4,970 20 31 75 8,554 3,386 5,168 24 39 79 6,426 2,653 3.773 16 25 73 6,314 2,354 3,960 21 35 69 8,102 2,676 5,427 18 34 77 8,800 3,095 5,705 15 32 82 890. 839t 724, 684, 165, 155. 991. 931, 805. 758. 185. 172. 1,057.4 992.4 865.2 815.9 192.2 176.5 92.1.6 863.0 750.4 703.6 171.2 159.4 930.8 867.9 767o3 716.7 163.4 151.2 1,008.2 945.9 809.8 761.3 198.4 184.6 *784. *104. *158. *900.9 *118.6 *176.6 *820.3 *130.0 *158.2 *833.5 *125.1 *168.4 *838.7 *126.7 *171.5 *897.0 *138.6 *178.1 5,832 4.227 2,387 2,218 31,046 24,299 6,115 4,478 5,218 3,487 30,149 23,308 5,026 4,262 5,304 3,885 25,193 19,948 5,497 4,431 4,107 3,782 23,563 19,059 5,252 4,381 6,670 6,570 24,944 21,227 5,401 4,205 8,521 6,321 27,977 23,256 15 131 EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: F A C T O R Y SALES (from p l a n t s in U . S . ) , total...... D o m e s t i c . ....<>.«........................a... Passenger c a r s , t o t a l . . . . a . . . . . . . » » . » . . . . . . . . < l / O m e Apr™ C O A L , A N D PRODUCTS ASPHALT A N D TAR PRODUCTS, SHIPMENTS: A s p h a l t roofingj total = t h o u s 8 squaresRoll roofing a n d c a p s h e e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Shingles s all types,,... u . ... ...a . « . . . . . • . . . . . . <»..... »do. • • Asphal t Mar. PRODUCTS S n o o o a s a t t e o o o ' 9 o a 9 a o o o « o c i o o o < i > o a > 0 o o o o o < : ) s 6 ) < 9 c » « > < » . .dO a s . RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (ARCI & AAR): Shipment s... * . <=.,,,». „ ... o. „ «= o.. .. *, c . 0 ««..«. „ .„..,.. o number.. Equipment m a n u f a c t u r e r s . ..a................... . n.do..• N e w order s........... . ........... . ............. .do.... ..do... Equipment m a n u f a c t u r e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c odO.o o U n f i l l e d o r d e r s , end o f m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ..do... Equipment m a n u f a c t u r e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1_/ Courtesy of R. L« Polk & Co.; republication prohibited. "'Registrations for one State arc omitted from data for all months shown, a n o t h e r State is excluded from April 1971, and a third State's registrations are excluded from figures shown for April-June 1971. USC0MM--DC—7863. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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