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AUGUST 9, 1974 > BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1967=100 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 170 (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) Monthly i i i i I i Data: 1971 Edison Flectric Inst. 1972 1973 i 1974 1967=100 200 1967=100 200 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 150 - 100 50 — 1 — L—i. ._± 1 L _L„ L, 1 1 1971 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1972 1973 Billion $ i 1974 130 Billion $ 160 NEW CONSTRUCTION 120 140 Billion $ 90 Monthly i i i i i 1 i i i i MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES J F M A M J J AS O N D Billion $ 100 (seas, adj., at annual rates) (seasonally adjusted) - 80 - 60 - 4 0 Total Put in Place (left ^scale) 110 Private Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) 100 90 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1972 1973 8 0 | I I 1 | | | | | I I M I I 1 I II I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I 20 I II I 1974 Data: 1972 1971 U.S. Dept. of Commerce * A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected w e e k l y 1973 1974 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1973 1974 ITEM July 20 234.8 244.7 182.3 228.1 229.1 9,563 6,211 9.791 6,443 10,438 7,035 10,577 7,036 10,412 6,881 266 1,627 1,494 178 262 1,635 1,500 183 352 2,318 2,039 224 325 2,278 1,985 170 333 68,267 83,942 33,81.3 13 68,051 83,649 34,051 499 74,876 91,146 36,855 242 74,849 92,050 37,870 21 74,441 91,808 37,503 189 97,279 57,865 333,361 22,862 106,915 51,108 100,189 57,345 334,410 22,301 107,557 51,006 101,224 58,064 375,773 20,353 125,82 7 58,420 101,967 57,989 376,207 20,186 126,553 58,795 99,598 57,884 375,228 20,038 125,992 58,700 7.83 109.64 123.24 7.88 106.83 9.04 79.99 90.34 9.10 83.70 94.65 9.16 84.99 95.92 11,965 40,053 156,964 9,374 2,780 113.9 16.2 11,760 39,040 113,345 9,381 2,810 115.2 11,960 40,513 1.25,924 8,865 2,760 113.1 15.7 12,295 41,466 121,622 8,875 2,786 114.2 16.3 12,420 40,119 124,464 8,904 2,758 113.0 16.4 Aug. 4 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, WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMOTITIES 2J 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw Industrials 1967=100, do.., do.., 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: 4y Demand deposits, adjusted do.., Savings deposits do... Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.., U.S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross). fi;; do= = , Real estate loans (gross) doe.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) kj...1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. numbere thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. bil. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY July 27 July 13 232.2 241.1 226.0 July 28 188.7 197.9 182.5 195.1 215.0 120.12 16.1 3/ Daily average. 239.4 254.8 196 _4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1974 1973 ITEM May June Mar. Apr. May June r71,,644 r39,,760 2,,182 6,,195 4,503 r75,,431 r41.,799 2.,270 6,,402 4.,732 r81.,391 r42,,829 2,,150 7,,555 4,921 r80,,823 42.,699 r2,,229 r7j,757 r4,,948 82.,391 r44.,000 2,,263 r8,,052 5,,233 86,694 46,742 2,439 8,533 5,432 6,,199 5.,111 rlO,,204 1.,170 6,,750 5.,583 rlO,,407 1,,263 7 ,551 5,,777 8.,941 1,,316 r7j,172 r5,,552 9 ,195 j rl,,244 7,,186 5.,731 r9.,591 1.,316 7,938 6,064 10,049 1,414 31,,884 10,,740 526 2.,549 33,,632 11,,383 555 2,725 38,,562 12;,939 530 2,,932 r38.,124 rl2 ,171 j r531 r2 ,806 j 38.,391 12,,281 588 2 ,884 j 39,952 12,473 601 3,084 2.,699 5,,784 2,,781 1,,716 r70.,376 2 ,833 j 5,,962 2,,953 1,,794 r70,,639 3.,217 6.,729 4,,374 1,,919 r 78.,197 r3.,258 r7,,094 r4,,499 rl,,985 r 79,,050 3,,291 6.,987 4.,725 1,,967 81.,117 3,479 7,195 4,990 2,095 81,319 r38.,376 2 ,096 j 5 ,710 j 4,,487 6,,047 5 ,296 j r9,,409 l \ 1171 r38,,280 2 ,072 j 5,,789 4,,411 6,,159 5,,265 r9,,252 1,,186 40,,635 2,,154 7,,059 4,836 6,,969 5,,629 8.,177 i!,315 41,,232 r2,,191 7,,047 r4,879 r6,,884 r5 j ,727 ,699 rl!^270 r42,,538 2.,175 r7.,421 5.>213 7,,010 5.,948 r8.,857 1,,320 42,859 2,226 7,718 5,064 7,209 5,723 8,980 1,328 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS ^NUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Transportation equipment SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Fabricated metal products r/ Revised. 18,031 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1973 1974 ITEM May June Mar. Apr. May June r37 81.8 rl2 451 r549 r2 851 38 579 12 449 582 2 956 38 460 12 1.32 558 2 901 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group—Con. .mil. $. 32,000 1.0,8 72 520 2,611 32,359 11,071 515 2,566 2,715 5,387 2,819 1,663 2,708 5,593 2,883 1,677 3 6 4 1 091 435 404 826 r3 r6 r4 rl 235 490 531 879 3 6 4 1 310 529 792 907 3 6 4 1 326 766 878 958 112,604 73,562 39,042 111,625 113,175 73,911 39,264 113,025 127 83 43 126 125 515 610 500 rl29 r84 r44 rl28 464 911 553 438 132 86 45 130 092 563 529 936 133 87 46 133 564 468 096 300 72,867 2,524 9,425 8,1.89 73,801 2,593 9,391 8,230 83 2 9 9 014 952 562 384 r84 r3 r9 r9 108 02 7 723 583 85 3 9 9 715 100 947 736 87 3 10 9 267 190 206 923 15,172 11,211 16,634 2,744 15,386 11,369 16,977 2,823 17 13 18 3 693 133 671 62 7 rl8 rl3 rl8 r3 102 341 490 702 18 13 18 3 528 496 782 803 19 13 18 3 050 644 928 917 38,758 9,864 2,352 4,295 39,224 10,042 2,343 4,317 43 11 2 4 486 035 588 733 r44 rl 1 r2 r4 330 164 561 769 45 11 2 4 221 057 555 789 46 10 2 4 033 947 580 893 2,948 7,036 2,321 2,457 2,992 7,046 2,335 2,484 3 7 3 2 484 655 002 742 r3 656 rl 836 r3 312 r2 759 3 8 3 2 778 140 555 8 75 3 8 3 2 816 478 702 953 r73,380 r41,403 31,977 r73,600 r77,650 r44,078 33,572 r74,291 r83 44 38 r79 377 736 641 547 r83 44 r38 r82 152 904 248 059 84 r46 38 85 865 504 361 264 88 48 39 85 749 887 862 075 r41,514 7,042 4,861 6,544 5,696 r9,804 32,086 8,417 23,669 r41,946 7,015 4,672 6,719 5,682 rl0,259 32,345 8,186 24,159 41 6 5 8 5 r7 37 8 28 974 930 165 018 751 998 573 908 665 44 124 7 510 r5 557 rl 734 r6 204 8 758 r37 935 r9 263 r28 672 r46 9 5 8 6 r9 38 9 29 730 002 694 087 548 095 534 362 172 46 9 5 7 5 9 38 9 29 662 403 939 841 966 115 413 173 240 ..do.... ..do.... r97,610 r92,788 4,822 r9 7,460 99,827 95,066 4,761 rlOl,120 rl22 rll7 5 rll9 546 429 117 955 rl24 119 r5 rl22 875 632 243 961 127 rl22 5 127 350 137 213 114 129 124 5 130 405 278 127 872 Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders.... ..do.... r92,740 11,954 12,024 17,365 17,566 r26,883 4,720 r96,412 13,181 12,285 17,926 17,984 27,891 4,708 114 13 16 24 21 r31 5 92 7 645 401 207 140 430 028 117 14 rl 7 r25 r21 31 r5 817 106 079 057 617 490 144 rl22 rl5 17 26 22 r31 5 016 688 560 137 218 730 098 125 17 18 26 22 31 5 820 371 435 766 463 867 052 37 562 12 730 544 2 759 INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: By industry group: Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ ..do... NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL ..do NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: ..do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL By industry group: 1974 1973 June July Apr. May June July COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS 1910-14=100.. Cotton Fruit Tobacco 437 385 42 7 249 281 294 362 706 439 367 423 257 288 299 317 705 466 463 369 494 351 486 334 765 445 455 429 412 365 440 347 765 419 450 414 407 •369 446 396 765 444 461 410 388 406 493 350 749 482 382 666 221 500 391 693 232 469 521 577 205 437 503 534 178 393 464 471 166 429 445 548 180 434 443 428 501 87 433 443 426 r499 88 489 504 479 562 83 492 513 477 564 79 495 r5l4 r482 r568 74 501 518 489 573 77 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates.... ..do r/ Revised. 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 8,031. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 19 74 1973 ITEM May June Mar. Apr. May June rll,539 8,691 4,924 4,1.06 2,312 480 1,318 2,848 rl2,063 9,161 5,257 4,417 2,388 528 1,348 2,902 rl0,002 7,276 3,553 2,836 2,314 569 1,246 2,610 rll, 010 r8,022 3,994 3,083 r2,440 586 1,336 2,988 rll,752 r8,553 4,326 r3,317 r2,535 r648 rl,384 r3,199 12,156 8,801 4,521. 3,526 2,532 644 1,380 3,355 r135.5 98.7 50.0 39.4 30.0 7.5 16.3 36.1 rl36.2 98.8 49.6 39.3 29.5 6.9 16.3 37.3 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL... Nonresidential buildings, total 1/.......... .do .......do .......do.... Public, total... NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES) , TOTAL Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE........ rl34.5 rl01.9 57.6 49.3 27.2 5.8 15.4 32.6 rl.34. 7 1.03.2 58.2 49.6 27.6 6.0 15.6 31.5 rl36.4 r99.3 r49.5 r39.8 r29.8 r7.6 rl6.4 r36. 7 136.0 99.7 49.7 39.5 29.9 7.7 16.1 36.7 150 151 163 rl65 166 168 16,452.0 7,177.0 9,275.1 3,918.3 5,356.7 16 ,638.8 7 ,224.6 9 ,414.3 4 ,050.2 5 ,364.1 r20,166.8 8,914.4 rll,252.5 4,718.0 r6,534.5 r20,062.1 8,637.9 rll,424.2 r4,747.6 r6,676.6 r20,555.8 8,970.1 rll,588.7 r4,820.8 r6,767.9 20,439.2 9,065.7 11,373.5 4,754.6 6,618.8 97.8 235.1 67.4 103.7 53.6 99.9 245.0 68.7 107.6 54.0 118.2 292.5 80.3 120.8 64.7 rll7.0 275.3 r81.0 rl22.3 65.3 116.8 279.9 79.7 119.8 64.3 FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas. adj „ .....bil. $.. Total (233 SMSA's).......... ............... New York SMSA ...................... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.)........... 226 other SMSA's.. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits.. New York SMSA Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.).............., 226 other SMSA's......... rll5.4 274.6 r80.2 rll9. 7 r65.0 rj Revised. 1_/ Except farm and public utilities. USCQMM—DC—18,031 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 First-Class Mail .^OV-UTIOyV WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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