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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS / O c^ ^ ^ tJT August 4, 1978 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. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 _ TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 450 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 Monthly (average of Wednesday data) ~~ Weekly (Wednesday data) ~ — 425 g 400 1978 425 \ 400 1977 ^ 375 375 - 350 350 325 300 475 450 - 325 J I U-L. i L_J 1975 I I L...1 , I I ..J Data: Federal Reserve Board MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 20 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION I I 1 . 1 1 1.....J 1, 1976 L.,1, , l._L_ 1,' 1 1977 1 J 1 1 1 I 1—L.,1 _ L _ J I 1 1 1 ...1, 1 i .1 i , J F M A M J J A S O N D 1 1 1 i -1 1978 MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 5 Weekly Monthly (ingots and all other forms) 16 1977 -1978 J u 1975 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst i I i 1977 1976 1967=100 < i 1975 I 1 1 • ' ' I I I 1978 I I L_ - 1 ,11 1 1 „J I. 1 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 2.5 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor i 1976 1977 1978 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 1975 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce W E E K L Y BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS. 300 1977 1978 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1977 1978 ITEM July 30 July 23 July 8 July 15 July 22 1967=100. do... do... 203.3 202.2 203.9 203.5 202.5 204.1 229.4 237.4 223.8 229.4 236.2 224.8 227.7 232.6 224.4 mil. $. do... 13,612 8,789 13,871 8,772 14,328 9,653 14,817 9,702 14,932 9,597 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 S Bradstreet)..number. 399 3,093 2,468 157 380 2,950 2,455 103 429 2,594 2,256 84 422 2,594 388 129 89 97,604 113,109 35.519 106,598 127,575 39,147 800 107,624 125,804 36,889 212 97,166 112,220 35,195 -74 107,321 128,901 39,536 391 111,722 94,369 414,245 47,889 118,441 68.520 110,550 94,351 412,493 46,565 118,863 68,748 120,324 93,180 458,001 42,556 135,597 80,922 117,219 92,818 453,475 42,499 135,135 81,266 8.33 101.73 111.83 8.34 98.64 108.22 9.18 94.27 104.02 9.21 96.24 106.30 9 24 98 12 108 44 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 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... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 2,288 -161 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, b y utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. s h . tons. m i l . kw.-hr. number. ....thous. b b l . 12,490 47,905 152,169 8,188 43,451 140,791 8,188 10,120 43,094 113,348 8,954 12,540 45,821 165,033 8,954 12,986 48,212 148,211 8,954 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. .percent. 2,293 75.5 2,303 75.8 2,633 87.2 2,581 85.4 2,586 85.6 bil. 16.1 16.6 13.9 17.1 17.0 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 12,660 229 0 233 3 225 9 9 .23 99,.08 109,.55 1/ Data do not always cover calendar w e e k s . 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . 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 1977 May 1978 June Mar. Apr. May r/ June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS ANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Capital goods industries Defense mil. $ . . do ..do.... 59,009 9,084 14,825 62,943 9,504 15,833 67,473 9,957 16,675 68,379 10,252 17,087 67,357 10,086 16,833 70,874 10,583 17,182 do.... ..do.... do 57,273 8,665 14,058 58,049 8,836 14,345 64,457 9,310 15,676 66,493 9,824 16,288 65,417 9,628 15,971 65,412 9,838 15,570 .do ..do.... . .do ..do.... 3,483 16,861 14,250 2,611 3,790 16,610 13,957 2,653 4,296 18,978 16,095 2,883 4,369 19,536 rl6,598 2,938 4,133 19,058 16,257 2,801 4,366 19,451 16,540 2,911 59,555 63,955 71,712 71,890 70,723 73,341 , .do . .do ..do.... 58,835 8,889 14,552 59,111 8,330 15,563 69,016 10,228 18,085 70,033 10,308 17,721 70,045 10,754 18,019 68,035 10,293 17,809 , do . .do , do , do 3,577 17,781 14,893 2,888 3,723 18,080 15,490 2,590 4,262 21,992 17,507 4,485 4,513 21,440 17,409 4,031 4,150 22,202 18,124 4,078 4,289 21,556 17,638 3,918 171,994 173,006 196,039 199,549 202,915 205,373 173,301 17,520 55,000 174,363 17,014 56,218 196,359 20,866 64,480 199,895 21,349 65,915 204,516 22,476 67,963 207,140 22,931 70,204 1 ANUFACTURERS ORDERS: 1/ New orders, n e t (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, n e t (seasonally adjusted): Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Capital goods industries , do Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): ..do.... Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted) '.do.... do.... ,.do.... Transportation equipment r/ Revised. 1/ Data for June 1978 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1977 ITEM 1978 May June 2,863 .12,668 80,732 31,936 Mar. Apr. 2,796 114,138 82,265 31,873 3,486 127,402 90,712 36,690 3,625 129,310 91,528 37,782 r3,644 rl32,453 r93,395 r39,058 180.6 180.6 181.8 181.8 189.7 189.8 191.4 191.5 193.3 193.3 May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally a d j u s t e d ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $. Capital goods industries do... Nondefense do... Defense do... COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100. ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 2/ do... Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Commodities less food Services Services less rent do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 177.3 179.4 174.3 178.3 165.7 163.4 164.7 192.2 199.4 178.4 180.6 175.4 179.7 166.6 163.9 165.4 193.7 201.1 185.9 188.3 181.6 186.8 170.7 168.3 170.0 204.9 213.0 187.4 190.1 183.5 188.8 171.8 169.9 171.3 206.5 214.6 189.0 191.9 185.5 190.7 172.8 172.0 173.0 208.0 216.2 Food Food at home do.. do.. 191.7 189,8 193.6 191.9 204.2 202.5 207.5 206.5 210.3 209.7 Housing Shelter Rent Homeowners hip do.. do.. do.. do.. 184.6 188.9 152.2 202.3 186.0 190.3 152.9 203.9 3/ 196.7 202.9 4/ 160.5 218.3 198.3 204.7 161.5 220.4 199.9 206.6 162. 7 222.5 do.. do.. do.. do.. 200.2 282.6 210.9 166.5 201.8 283.1 213.0 167.6 5/ 212.6 297.2 6/ 226.6 3/ 173.6 213.9 296.6 229.2 175.0 215.5 295.6 232.5 176.0 do.. do.. do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. 153.4 178.1 177.7 141.4 191.4 181.5 200.5 153.9 179.1 178.6 141.7 192.2 183.2 201.8 156.5 179.9 179.1 151.1 172.3 187.2 214.5 158.4 181.1 180.3 151.2 177.3 187.3 215.7 159.8 183.2 182.6 152.5 184.6 187.4 216.9 1967=$ 1.00. $0,554 $0,550 $0,527 $0,522 $0,517 thous. do do... 201.3 201.3 152.2 197.8 197.6 149.1 172.3 172.1 121.4 199.1 rl97.5 rl39.9 212.8 r213.5 rl56.5 do... do... 1,982 1,469 1,931 1,406 2,047 1,429 r2,165 rl ,492 r2,081 rl,493 NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures do... do... 1,656 1,099 1,739 1,114 1,647 1,037 1,740 1,157 rl,058 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates do... do... 24.9 251 26.8 264 24.5 284 23.1 252 9,796 11,265 9,419 r9,027 10,381 1,918 6,019 1,859 2,104 7,102 2,059 2,113 5,502 1,804 r2,011 r5,261 rl,755 2,226 6,404 1,751 131,108 108,982 400 97,394 11,629 137,763 114,757 260 102,239 11,620 136,643 113,604 332 101,577 11,718 141,394 116,621 1,750 103,500 11,718 rl41,977 rll6,607 1,167 102,826 11,718 Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) Privately owned One-family structures Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-family structures New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total m i l . $. By purpose o f loan: Home cons truction do... Home purchase do... All other purposes do... rl,597 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U . S . Government securities Gold certificate account mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. Revised. 1/ Data for June 1978 are advance estimates. 2 A Beginning Jan. 1978, data are for consumer price index, all urban consumers. Digitized for r/ FRASER 3/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." 4/ Residential. 5/ Includes additional items not http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ previously priced. 6/ Includes bottled gas. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1977 ITEM 1978 May- June Mar. Apr. 131,108 36,114 29,009 85,333 137,763 40,872 24,562 86,326 136,643 33,697 27,900 91,666 141,394 36,663 28,321 92,331 May FINANCE—Con. FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF M O N T H — C o n . Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation mil. $. do... do do... rl41,977 r33,647 r30,135 94,570 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.) , INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Oils and fats, animal and vegetable Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total mil. > do. do. rl0,974.8 rl0,969.7 rl0,528.6 rlO,282.4 rl0,279.3 rl0,090.6 12,079.4 12,074.2 10,912.1 12,069.7 12,064.2 11,634.9 12.494.6 12,478.9 11.753.7 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 1.234.7 1.148.0 142.5 1,074.8 398.1 1,465.7 213.6 1,337.5 165.2 141.5 1,031.1 1,067.7 5,144.4 1,472.8 144.3 1,388.6 284.5 145.4 971.3 988.7 5,098.2 1,684.2 143.6 1,466.5 363.6 119.3 1,018.7 1,100.4 5,132.2 GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Oils and fats, animal and vegetable Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment do. do. 11,257.7 11,169.5 14,046.4 13,334.3 14,547.3 13,699.3 14.486.0 14.496.1 14,199.2 13,992.1 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 1.122.7 144.9 696.6 2.792.8 42.1 412.4 1.781.5 2.946.9 1,156.8 145.5 839.1 4,305.8 70.6 449.2 2,010.5 3.419.1 1,257.5 174.7 768.5 3,431.2 46.0 604.2 2,334.1 4,050.7 1,161.5 201.5 712.4 3,513.5 42.7 611.6 2,383.0 4,085.5 1,143.4 189.2 841.4 3,234.1 51.5 583.9 2.359.3 4.020.4 128.8 1.325.4 432.4 125.2 929.9 970.5 4,568.9 876.7 1.806.8 120.1 917.6 947.0 4,260.8 851.6 1,572.2 r/ Revised. ^ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 19 78 - 261-769/2 UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-2Q9
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