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a BUSINESS u LJi j fr J STATISTICS UTTTn n uu ^TOFCcv A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE ^ %TKO*»* August 22, 1975 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1941-43=10 135 - PRICES OF 425 INC>USTRIAL STOCKS (avg. Monthly of daily - close) 125 115 / _ / - 105 95 - - 85 75 _L_,I J . 1 1 ...1 I 1, 1 1 I 1 1972 i i i i i i i 1973 i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i I I i i 1 i i l i i 1975 1974 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 170 170 ~ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) - 160 150 - s/~~ - 140 130 - Monthly 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1973 1 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 1 L.-1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1975 Data: Edison Electric Inst. biiiion > 16.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT 15.0 - CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID (seasonally adjusted) hS\ iyo/= IUU TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 140 (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) 14.0 130 h Extended / v " 13.0 l£-s'\ 12.0 11.0 llill 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1973 100 Mill 1974 r u v \ / r v - •r / ^ \ - • . . I . I " . . . . . 1972 1975 Data: Federal Reserve ~ IAP Repaid * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY \ |v/ I . . . . . 1973 Board it t . . . . . I . . . 1974 1975 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1974 1975 ITEM Aug. 10 Aug. Aug. J u l y 26 17 2 Aug. 9 196.5 237.5 172.2 201.3 252.0 172.2 198.7 244.8 171.9 1967=100. do. . . do. . . 244.6 270.1 228.2 243.8 2 72.2 225.8 mil. $ do . . . .10,542 7,147 10,599 7,185 11,177 7,376 11, 356 7. ,564 11,181 7,721 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 f7 Bradstreet) .. .number. 318 2,2 38 1,962 155 269 2,182 1,899 166 471 4,962 3,815 194 464 ,856 ,724 233 430 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industriaIs ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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. . . 74,383 90,516 36,920 228 74,916 90 ; 286 36,936 213 81,736 94,047 34,962 269 81,281 93,491 35,013 295 81,497 92,336 34,563 318 99,680 5 7,505 379,324 21,348 126,107 58,731 100,927 57,420 378,326 21,429 126,459 59,154 103,500 65,574 373,426 32,042 121,082 59,067 103,863 65,392 373,309 32,160 120,611 59,059 02,166 65,419 574,328 32,096 20,320 58,989 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. $ Poor's ) 4-/. . 1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 9.29 82.65 93.17 9.34 76.73 86.22 9.43 90.18 101.18 9.44 88.83 99.68 9.48 86.25 96.79 12,165 37,865 69,115 8,940 13,955 39,299 86,318 8,917 11,750 41,133 74,475 8,371 12,755 41,444 109,963 8,366 12,895 39,841 99,674 8,386 thous. sh. tons. 196 7=100. 2,733 112.0 2,676 109.7 16.1 16.5 1,944 79.7 15.4 1,914 78.5 bil. 1,941 79.6 14.3 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. Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not alway cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 5/ Daily average. Aug. 16 207.7 252.7 181.2 82,041 91,077 34,105 50 9.50 85.97 96.49 92,640 1,915 78.5 14.9 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS ITEM July Apr. June July p_/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL) 1967=100 BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Products, total do. . Final products do. . Consumer goods do. . Durable consumer goods do. . Automotive products do.. Autos do.. Auto parts and allied goods do. . Home goods do. . Nondurable consumer goods do. . Clothing do.. Consumer staples do. . Equipment Business Defense and s p a c e e q u i p m e n t Intermediate products Materials Durable goods m a t e r i a l s N o n d u r a b l e goods m a t e r i a l s F u e l and p o w e r , i n d u s t r i a l BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Durable manufactures Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment Instruments Lumber a n d p r o d u c t s Clay, g l a s s , and s t o n e p r o d u c t s F u r n i t u r e and f i x t u r e s TJ R e v i s e d . 31,041 p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 125.S 125.5 109.9 124 . 1 122 . 5 130 . 3 133 . 5 117 . 3 99 . 6 151 . 3 142 . 7 129 . 0 108 9 134 . 3 124 . 0 122 . 8 130 . 0 131 . 7 113 5 101 . 5 136 . 9 141 8 129 4 108 6 134 9 do. . do. . do. . , do. do. .. do. do... do. . . 112 130 81 128 128 127 131 126 .0 2 7 9 8 6 3 3 113 131 82 127 128 125 131 128 do. . . do. do. . . do... do. .. 125. 122. 124. 132. 130. 6 1 7 5 4 do. do. . . do. do.. . d o . .. 99. 147. 125. 126. 131. 4 5 6 9 1 rl09. rll0.3 110.8 r l l 2 .9 r l l 2 .6 r l l 9 .6 107 . 8 93 .6 82 . 4 r l l 5 .2 115 . 9 r l 2 4 .0 89 .2 rl33 3 r.113 . 0 rl.13 .2 r l 2 0 .6 rllO 2 r97 .6 86 3 rll9 3 r l l 7 .4 rl24 5 92 . 0 r l 3 3 .1 rll3.5 rll3.8 rl22.0 rll2.8 rl02.9 93.2 rl21.6 rll8.4 rl25.5 113.9 .114.3 123.4 115.5 105.8 97.7 121.1 121.1 126.4 rl33.5 133 . 6 0 3 6 8 0 8 1 0 rl03 rll5 82 rll3 rl05 rlOl 107 rll7 0 4 4 4 2 6 9 5 rl02 rll5 r82 112 r!04 r99 1.09 rll9 8 0 5 4 6 6 2 5 rl02.4 rll4.4 r82.3 rll2.4 105.1 r99.0 rill.7 rll9.0 101 . 6 112 . 7 83 3 112 6 105 6 98 4 113 9 120 7 125 121. 123 131. 129. 2 6 2 1 9 rl07 rl03. 95 rll2 rllO. 9 3 0 4 8 rl07 rl02. r89. rllO. rl09. 8 4 8 9 0 rl08.5 rl02.6 r87.7 rlll.l rl08.2 108 102 87 110 107 98. 146. 121. 127. 131. 7 7 6 7 6 r84 131. rl04. rl05. rl05. 7 1 1 4 6 r87. 6 rl29. 7 r.108. 0 rl.04. 2 rl.09. 6 r90.9 rl30.7 108.2 105.1 109.6 90 4 130. 7 9 2 2 4 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 3 1974 June Apr. July May June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. IND. PROD. ( F . R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEAS. A D J . , TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L . ) - - C o n . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING--Con. Nondurable manufactures Textile mill products Appare 1 p r o d u c t s L e a t h e r and p r o d u c t s P a p e r and p r o d u c t s P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g 130.7 125.1 102.1 81.6 136.7 112.7 130. 125. 102. 75. 136. 113. rll4.8 rl00.4 r88.2 68.0 rl05.8 100.2 rll5.9 rl03.7 89.6 r69.8 rl05.8 rl02.6 rll6.9 106.2 do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . 156.9 126.2 164.5 127.1 102.9 155.8 127.9 167.2 126.6 101.5 rl32.8 rl20.2 rl33„5 rl22.9 115.9 rl35.6 rll8.7 rl32.7 rl23.4 103.8 rl36.7 rl21.9 135.0 rl23.2 do. . do.. do. . do. . do.. do. . 110.2 121.1 118.3 108.4 150.6 160.3 110.2 120.3 115.6 108.4 152.4 162.7 108.5 125.8 112.2 rlOo.6 rl53.1 164.1 rl07.0 114.8 rll9.1 rI05.3 rl52.3 163.0 rl06.1 110.2 rl20.5 r!05.4 rl51.5 53,059 14,761 8,714 53,050 14,736 8,702 50,357 12,826 7,426 r50,438 rl2,870 r7,409 r50,310 rl2,845 r7,369 36. 36. 40. 3. 40. 3. 36. 36. 40. 3. 40. 3. 36.0 36.7 39.1 2.3 39.7 2.4 36.0 36.9 39.0 r2.4 39.4 2.2 36.0 r35.7 39.1 r2.4 39.6 2.3 4.23 5.26 6.75 4.43 4.47 5.80 r7.14 4.73 r4.50 r5.85 r7.26 4.76 5.39 3.49 3.80 3.74 r5.78 r3.72 r4.09 r3.98 r5.84 3.73 r4.17 r4.02 rl05.6 r88.7 rll3.2 r95.1 r86.7 r84.7 rll7.3 rl00.4 113.7 rll4.5 rl21.3 rl28.8 1967=100 do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . Chemicals and p r o d u c t s Petroleum products Rubber and p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s Foods Tobacco products MINING Metal mining Coal Oi 1 and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric 72. 108. rl03. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, A N D EARNINGS Production o r nonsupervisory workers on payrolls o f p r i vate nonagricultural establishments, seas, a d j . : Employees, total thous Manufacturing do. . Durable goods do. . Average weekly hours p e r w o r k e r , seasonally adjusted: Total private hours Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do. . Overtime hours do. . Durable goods do. . Overtime hours do. . Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars Mining do. . Contract construction do. . Manufacturing do. . Transportation, communication, elec., g a s , etc Wholesale and retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Indexes of man-hours (aggregate weekly), s e a s , Private nonagric. payrolls, total Goods-producing Mining Contract construction Manufacturing Durable goods Service-producing Transportation, comm. , e l e c , gas Wholesale and retail trade Retai 1 trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services do.. do. . do .. do. . adj.: 1967=100 do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. do.. do. . do. . do. . LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession r a t e , total m o . rate p e r 100 employees. New hi res do. .. Separation r a t e , total do. .. Quit do. .. Layoff do. . . Seasonally adjusted: Accession r a t e , total New hi res Separation r a t e , total Quit Layoff do. . . do. . . do. . . do. . . do . . . 113.5 104.6 110.3 117.8 102. 103. 119. 108. 116. 116.8 123.8 128.0 113.3 104.0 110.2 115.3 101.8 102.8 119.8 109.7 116.7 117.1 123.2 127.5 105.6 109.5 99.4 86.3 85.7 117.2 102.5 112.8 112.9 120.4 129.0 rl06.0 89.2 rll4.9 rl00.3 86.4 84.8 rll7.5 rl00.6 113.7 114.2 rl21.1 rl29.5 5.4 4.3 4.2 2.5 4.8 3.7 4.9 2.5 1.4 3.7 1.6 4.0 1.1 2.1 4.0 2.0 3.9 1.3 1.8 p4.5 p2.6 p3.7 pi.4 pi.5 4.4 3.3 4.5 2.6 1.1 4.4 3.4 4.5 2.5 1.0 3.9 1.7 4.4 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.8 4.1 1.3 2.5 p3.6 p2.0 p3.9 pi.5 p2.0 24,606 12,400 2,733 9,473 25,364 12,684 3,008 9,672 29,214 14,917 29,575 15,180 3,499 10,895 29,951 15,437 3,371 11,143 88.9 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS A N D DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY T H E FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end o f month m i l . $. Farm mortgage loans : Federal land banks do. . . Loans to cooperatives do. . . Other loans and discounts do... rj R e v i s e d . 31,041 p_/ Preliminary. 3,650 10,646 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1974 19 75 July July Apr. 183,425 150,615 184,805 152,142 184,344 151,271 185,010 151,610 186,099 152,688 14,641 12,878 15,486 13,959 13,603 13,809 13,799 13,460 14,682 13,624 14,387 13,301 14,635 13,310 13,181 13,423 13,149 13,274 13,959 13,537 21,582 15,247 5,741 594 21,385 15,055 5,816 514 23,113 15,893 6,628 592 24,002 15,387 7,932 683 23,485 15,623 7,250 612 251.00 831.43 71.81 169.77 236.19 783.00 68.47 158.36 244.32 790.93 75.77 166.35 254.71 836.56 77.29 169.69 259.00 845.70 83.87 168.40 260.30 856.28 82.68 167.98 89.79 101.62 100.10 90.07 37.46 37.31 82.82 93.54 93.64 80.34 35.37 35.63 84.72 95.27 96.76 80.75 38.19 38.55 90.10 101.56 101.96 85.15 39.69 38.90 92.40 103.68 101.15 85.98 43.67 38.94 92.49 103.84 101.15 86.58 43.67 38.04 56.70 86.06 82.88 49.12 72.43 70.28 54.75 79.64 84.76 57.17 83.76 94.63 57.77 87.19 96.72 58.13 90.44 95.98 May FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month. mil. $. Installment credit, total.............................. do. .. Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended^ total . .. do. . . Repaid, total do.. . Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total do... Repaid, total do.. . Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total................ .....mil. $. Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.)..................do. .. Group do... Industrial . do. . . SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 s t o c k s ) I n d u s t r i a l (30 s t o c k s ) Public u t i l i t y (15 stocks) T r a n s p o r t a t i o n (20 s t o c k s ) Standard § P o o r ' s Corporation: I n d u s t r i a l , p u b l i c u t i l i t y , and r a i l r o a d : Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43=10 I n d u s t r i a l , t o t a l (425 stocks) do. . C a p i t a l goods (116 s t o c k s ) do.. . . . . . . . . . . . do.. Consumers' goods (184 s t o c k s ) . do.. Public u t i l i t y (55 s t o c k s ) do.. Railroad (20 s t o c k s ) Banks: do. . New York City (9 stocks).... do.. Outside New York City (16 stocks) ....do.. Property liability insurance (16 stocks)... USC0MM--DC—31,041 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^e-isi6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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