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n , * * * T K o* K August 27, 1976 A WEEKLY BUSINESS U UJii y STATISTICS mft n a0 ^ rn TT SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 135 ^ 125 PRICES OF 4 0 0 Weekly ( W e d n e s d a y close) Monthly INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ~ ( a v g . o f d a i l y close) _ _ 120 Ns ^ - \ _f^ ^y - 110 7^1976 j?ftH ^ " 115 \ - 105 - 80 70 1975 ~ 75 1 i I 1 1 1 JU_! 1 • 1 1 1 1 i 1973 1 1 1—1, 1 L.,,1 1 .,U—1 1 L 1 1 60 1—UJ^JL™- _ J L J L ™ X U U J — L J U J ™ J U X 1975 1974 100 90 ?& \ — 85 f^ J\ - 95 - V F i i i 1976 J I M I I I i t FMAMJJASOND Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (Passenger cars) Thousands 350 Monthly 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 -I 1973 L _ J — I — I I I ! i 1974 i i i I i i i i i 1976 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Billion $ 1,100 1,400 PERSONAL INCOME 1,300 1,000 1,200 ^ Total .S"' **** 1,100 1,000 900 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1974 1975 170 160 — Food _ ,,,, ,, 1976 600 140 . ^> / ' * * * - *>** ^^**y ^ " ^ ^ ^ o ^ ^y^ - Items - All K - 130 I.I.I.I il I.I i I.I AJ-J U 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor #• 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 / • • • " " .*•*** y*\ V-" 4 I I Services 800 700 ****** 1 1 I 1 1 11 11 1 l-l 1 I I M I 900 "***• .*'£? . 150 Wage and Sola ry Disbursements (right scale) II 1 II 1 1 II 1 1 M l — 180 - (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) (left scale) 1967=100 200 CONSUMER PRICES 190 — L U 1 1 Li i i 1974 I.I 1 i i i i i 1975 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .i ,i i 1976 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1976 ITEM Aug. 16 Aug. 23 July 31 Aug. 7 Aug. 14 207.7 252.7 181.2 207.8 252.5 181.5 212.8 211.2 213.8 207.4 203.8 209.7 207.6 203.7 210.3 11,386 7,859 11,467 7,927 12,598 7,964 12,422 8,356 12,444 8,307 367 4,664 3,489 204 353 4,553 3,383 195 401 3,608 2,800 148 374 3,604 2,785 177 do.. 82,036 91,135 34,163 86 82,028 92,528 34,621 211 89,033 103,418 34,202 -130 89,178 105,411 34,706 514 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 102,830 65,382 372,864 32,640 119,714 59,046 101,548 65,308 373,111 32,975 119,403 59,030 104,791 80,201 376,910 41,163 111,257 61,767 103,033 80,442 379,492 42,681 111,338 61,805 Bond y i e l d s , domestic c o r p o r a t e (Moody's) _3/ percent Stock p r i c e s , 500 stocks (Stand. § P o o r ' s ) 4 / . . . 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0 I n d u s t r i a l , 400 s t o c k s do.. 9.50 85.97 96.49 9.52 83.22 93.36 8.96 103.05 115.60 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100 do. . do.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores mil. $ 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 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3_/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 5/ Member bank reserve balances _3/ mil. $ do.. do. . Excess r e s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d _3/ Assets and l i a b i l i t i e s of l a r g e commercial banks: 4 / Demand d e p o s i t s , a d j u s t e d Savings d e p o s i t s Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , gross a d j u s t e d , t o t a l U.S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s Commercial and i n d u s t r i a l loans (gross) Real e s t a t e loans (gross) . PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s Motor v e h i c l e s (passenger c a r s ) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ t h o u s . s h . tons m i l . kw.-hr number t h o u s . bbl 12,735 40,896 103,559 8,357 11,400 40,489 128,174 8,359 S t e e l , raw Rate of c a p a b i l i t y u t i l i z a t i o n 5/ t h o u s . sh. tons percent 1,915 1,962 Ml 14.6 14.5 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 207.8 203.9 210.5 266 89,748 102,019 33,565 -37 e89,882 104,219 34,400 337 8.92 104.43 117.01 8.87 104.06 116.48 104.56 117.04 10,695 43,756 87,062 8,190 9,375 40,435 103,952 8,178 10,050 42,045 103,284 8,178 2,603 85.7 14.7 2,560 84.3 14.2 2,529 83.3 1/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. ^/Tuesday p r i c e . _3/Daily a v e r a g e . 4/Wednesday d a t a , on c u r r e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and i n d u s t r y f a c i l i t i e s . e/Estimated. MONTHLY Aug. 21 121,045 2,546 83.9 5 / C a p a b i l i t y f o r a f u l l o r d e r book based BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 ITEM II III IV 1,233.4 935.2 95.5 1,264.6 963.1 97.2 II GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $. Compensation-of employees, total do.. . Proprietors' income, total 1/ do. . . Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment do.. . Corp. profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, total do... Profits before tax, total do.. . Profits tax liability. do... Profits after tax do... Inventory valuation adjustment do. . . Capital consumption adjustment do. . . 1,149.7 904.0 81.1 1,182.7 912.9 1,304.7 994.4 93.2 pi,336.3 rl,017.2 rl00.3 21.9 22.3 22.4 22.9 23.3 23.1 69.0 94.2 40.2 54.0 -16.5 -8.6 86.6 105.8 44.8 61.0 -7.8 -11.4 105.3 126.9 54.8 72.1 -9.0 -12.6 105.6 131.3 57.2 74.1 -12.3 -13.5 115.1 141.1 61.4 79.7 -11.5 -14.5 pll5.3 pl45.3 p64.1 p81.1 r-14.6 -15.4 July Apr. May 1976 PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries, total Manufacturing bil. $ do. . do.. do. . Distributive industries do.. Service i n d u s t r i e s do. . Government and government enterprises Other labor income £/ Revised. P_/Preliminary. 31,576 1/ do. . do. . June 1,253.7 797.4 269.9 207.6 1,252.0 802.9 272.5 209.2 ,352.5 876.9 301.7 234.8 362.9 883.3 303.5 235.8 rl,370.4 r883.1 303.4 r236.2 193.3 159.4 174.8 62.0 194.4 160.0 176.0 62.6 212.3 175.3 187.6 68.4 213.9 177.2 188.7 69.0 r212.4 rl77.7 rl89.6 69.7 Includes inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments July ,384, 891, 305, 237 215.2 180.1 190.5 70.5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1976 1975 ITEM June Apr. July May June July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE--Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES--Con. P r o p r i e t o r s ' income: 1/ 27.3 63.3 28.6 65.4 23.3 72.7 27.5 72.5 31.6 r73.4 29.6 74.0 do do do.... do.... social insurance..do.... do 22.4 32.0 109.7 189.2 49.6 1,215.4 22.5 32.3 110.1 177.3 49.8 1,212.2 23.3 33.4 120.0 188.7 54.1 1,317.3 23.4 33.9 120.7 187.1 54.4 rl,323.3 22.7 35.9 rl21.5 rl86.8 r54.3 rl,326.6 23.5 35.2 122.8 192.5 54.9 1,342.5 mil. $.. do... . do 43,785 6,350 10,131 37,487 5,520 7,927 48,766 7,467 11,942 49,363 7,913 11,961 r52,075 r8,239 rl2,725 44,515 7,131 9,999 40,757 5,961 9,456 41,354 6,048 9,513 47,741 7,096 11,614 48,321 7,595 11,387 r48,475 r7,713 rl1,862 48,585 7,807 11,367 3,202 12,567 10,901 1,666 3,366 12,315 10,748 1,567 3,776 13,563 11,701 1,862 3,894 13,589 11,666 1,923 r3,605 rl3,492 rll,762 rl,730 3,650 13,717 12,015 1,754 41,737 38,839 r48,896 r48,896 r52,943 46,703 49,688 7,757 11,983 do R e n t a l income o f p e r s o n s w i t h Less p e r s o n a l contributions c a p i t a l consumption for MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 2 / Value (not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) : Value (seasonally adjusted): do do do Supplementary series: .do do.... do do MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 2 / New o r d e r s , n e t ( n o t s e a s o n a l l y adjusted): do New o r d e r s , n e t Supplementary (seasonally adjusted): do .do do 39,282 5,439 9,194 41,435 5,943 9,793 r47,790 7,238 rll,521 r49,565 8,805 rll,284 r49,926 r8,075 rll,918 do do do do 3,217 12,047 10,138 1,909 3,440 12,546 10,728 1,818 3,759 rl3,623 11,530 r2,093 3,889 rl3,614 11,664 rl,950 r3,636 r14,352 rl1,835 r2,517 3,729 14,584 13,509 1,075 do 118,065 119,417 rll4,902 rll4,436 rll5,304 117,699 do do do 119,123 14,556 32,236 119,203 14,452 32,514 rll3,778 14,216 r31,404 rll5,015 15,424 r31,300 rll6,465 rl5,785 r31,354 117,545 15,712 31,972 do do.... do do 1,559 70,664 45,546 25,118 1,635 70,891 45,523 25,368 1,698 r67,030 41,225 r25,805 1,692 r67,052 41,221 r25,831 rl,723 r67,912 r41,292 r26,620 1,800 68,781 42,788 25,941 1967=100.. 160.6 162.3 168.2 169.2 170.1 171.1 do do do do do do 156.6 160.3 157.9 162.4 151.2 145.8 157.6 162.0 160.1 165.0 152.2 146.9 165.0 167.4 163.1 167.2 156.0 151.9 166.0 168.4 164.2 rl68.2 157.0 153.5 167.0 169.4 165.2 169.0 157.9 154.7 167.9 170.3 166.0 167.9 158.1 155.8 do do 165.7 170.9 166.6 171.9 178.4 184.7 179.5 185.8 do do do do.... do do do do 174.4 177.2 153.3 177.4 166.4 169.4 136.9 181.4 178.6 187.7 153.4 188.8 167.1 170.2 137.3 182.3 177.7 184.0 179.2 178.0 167.9 179.0 174.9 176.6 143.2 188.9 rl80.0 rl81.2 167.4 176.4 175.6 177.3 143.8 189.6 180.9 182.7 167.9 176.7 176.5 178.2 144.4 190.7 180.7 187.2 182.1 184.0 168.0 177.3 177.5 179.5 145.0 192.2 do do do do do 166.9 230.6 169.4 158.1 141.4 168.0 234.1 170.4 158.3 141.1 179.3 246.6 184.4 167.4 145.7 180.2 246.2 186.1 167.9 146.8 181.7 247.3 rl87.9 168.5 146.9 182.5 248.1 189.6 168.9 146.5 do do.... 149.8 149.3 127.0 147..5 154.1 152.6 152.3 126.6 153.2 155.0 161.3 160.1 134.4 159.4 172.4 163.5 162.5 134.5 167 ° 172.4 165.9 165.0 134.5 173,4 173.6 167.6 166.8 134.4 177.5 174.4 series: Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted) Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Supplementary series: COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: Speci-al group indexes: Rent Household f u r n i s h i n g s and operation An do 1 do....; r/ Revised. 31,576 i | 1/ Includes inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments. 2/ Data for July 1976 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Confined July COMMODITY PRICES--Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES--Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Special group indexes—Con. Health and recreation............................. 1967=100. Medical care do... Personal care....................................... do.. . Reading and recreation...............................do.. . PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Consumer prices.. .1967=$!.00. Apr. May June July 153.2 168.1 150.3 144.1 154.0 169.8 151.2 144.4 161.4 181.6 158.3 149.5 162.1 182.6 158.9 150.3 162.8 183.7 159.8 150.9 163.7 185.5 151.2 151.2 $0,623 $0,616 $0,595 $0,591 $0,588 $0,584 110.9 110.3 90.3 120.1 119.3 92.8 137.5 137.2 107.8 rl48.2 rl47.9 rll2.2 rl56.8 rl55.9 rl20.5 137.7 137.0 113.1 1,080 1,207 874 916 1,367 1,055 rl,422 rl,065 rl,527 rl,149 1,387 1,128 938 667 1,016 1,082 803 1,158 807 rl,150 r829 1,219 875 20.0 19.7 201 213 23.6 237 24.4 260 23.7 233 162.36 101.10 163.44 100.76 172.56 102.53 rl74.85 rl03.28 rl74.72 rl02.72 pl75.93 pl02.94 146.91 91.48 147.76 91.10 153.65 91.30 rl55.42 r91.80 rl55.32 r91.31 pl56.23 p91.42 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) thous, Privately owned..................................... do.., One-family structures do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned................................. do.., One-family structures...............................do.., NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total........ do.. , One-family structures. .do.., Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes: Unadjusted. .do.., Seasonally adjusted at annual rates. do.. 699 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Gross avg. 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......................... r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. 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