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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS December 1, 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 INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 120 - — - / 110 100 Monthly (avg. of daily close) INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 - 90 -f - 80 70 ._! _ _» _ ! t I .I 1 1 1 1 1 1975 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1 111 1 111 1 1 1 1976 1977 1 1 1 [ 1 1 1 i„„....i L-Jj^U. 1978 INDEX, 1967=100 J F M A M J J A S O N D INDEX, 1967=100 Data: Edison Electric Inst MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst WEEKLY 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. MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1978 1977 ITEM Nov. 19 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100. do... do... 205.4 208.8 202.9 Nov. 26 207.3 212.6 203.5 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 256.5 254.0 258.0 Nov. 18 255.3 250.4 258.6 252.0 246.7 255.5 thous. 368 342 303 286 340 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun S Brads tree t)...number. 2,664 2,125 156 3,098 2,486 120 1,953 1,819 110 2,041 1,897 177 101 100,883 110,374 36,221 417 101,034 110,086 35,856 -11 108,929 133,545 38,436 138 109,828 129,087 37,999 397 110,775 127,051 38,030 267 114,423 92,646 433,371 45,927 123,064 73,104 109,618 92,549 427,009 45,522 123,049 73,287 118,184 90,783 476,473 41,484 139,878 87,588 116,348 90,925 478,080 41,320 140,251 87,729 8.49 95.45 104.99 8.48 96.49 106.10 9.39 96.85 107.76 9.42 94.45 105.05 9.40 92.71 102.94 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ 1 do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: £/ Demand deposits, adjusted do... Savings deposits do... Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do... U.S. Government obi igations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do... 1 Bond yields,. domestic corporate (Moody s) 3/ percent. Stock prices!; 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 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. 15,670 39,712 196,918 8,455 13,210 38,561 114,888 8,455 15,950 40,395 217,764 8,804 16, 750 40,259 225,313 8,804 16,020 41,803 222,305 8,803 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,247 74.1 2,264 74.6 2,765 90.9 2,733 89.8 2,723 89.5 bil. 17.9 14.2 19.4 19.2 18.8 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. £/ 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 ITEM II 1978 III IV I II 1,867.0 1,188.6 175.6 81.2 69.9 1,916 .8 1,214,.5 177,.4 79,.5 72,.0 1,958 .1 1,255 .2 187 .2 84.0 75,.3 1,992,.0 1,276 .7 183 .5 84,.1 72,.1 2,087.5 1,322.9 197.8 92.5 76.5 2,141.4 1,357.7 199.4 89.7 79.0 473.6 79.3 244.5 46.2 479,.7 81..4 246..4 46,.0 496,.9 86..7 252,.6 47,.5 501..4 82..9 257,.7 48,.3 519.3 87.5 267.8 49.1 532.0 90.5 272.3 51.6 539.4 78.0 182.1 43.5 557..5 83..7 186,.9 45,.0 571..1 84..6 192.0 47,.3 591..8 89,.6 198..1 49,.7 605.8 r88.9 204.1 52.1 626.3 93.3 209.9 53.7 295.6 278.6 187.2 91.4 17.0 309..7 287..8 193,.5 94.3 21..9 313,.5 300,.5 200,.3 100..2 13..1 322..7 306..0 205..6 100..3 16,.7 345.4 325.3 220.1 105.3 20.1 350.6 336.8 227.9 108.9 13.8 -5.9 178.1 184.0 -7.9 180,,8 187.,8 -23..2 172,.1 195,.2 -24,.1 181.,7 205..8 -5.5 205.4 210.9 -6.6 213.8 220.3 388.8 142.9 93.7 245.9 399.5 146..8 94..4 252..7 412,.5 152,.2 97,.1 260,.3 416,.7 151,.5 97,.9 265,.2 424.7 147.2 98.6 277.6 439.6 154.0 99.8 285.6 III r/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. $.. Personal consumption expenditures, total Durable goods, total .do.... Motor vehicles and parts .do.... Furniture and household equipment .do.... Nondurable goods, total Clothing and shoes Food Gasoline and oil Services, total Household operation Housing Transportation Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment Nonresidential Residential Change in business inventories .do.... .do.... .do.... .do.... .do.... Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports Gov't purchase of goods and servcies, total Federal National defense State and local xf Revised. .do.... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 197h ITEM II III 1978 IV I II III r/ GENERAL BUSINESS I N D I C A T O R S — C o n . NATIONAL INCOME AND P R O D U C T — C o n . SEASONALLY ADJUSETD QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL R A T E S — C o n . NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL b i l . $. Compensation1 of employees, total do... Proprietors income, total 1/ do... Farm do... Nonfarm do... Rental income of persons with capital consumption adj ustment do. .. Corp. profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, total do... Profits before tax, total do... Profits after tax do... Inventory valuation adjustment do... Capital consumption adjustment do... Net interest do... PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total Less: Personal tax and nontax payments Equals: Disposable personal income Less: Personal outlays Equals: Personal saving do... .do... do... do... do... 1,499.3 1,140.5 98.9 20.0 78.9 1,537.6 1,165.8 97.2 16.5 80.8 1,576.9 1,199.7 107.3 25.1 82.3 1,603.1 1,241.0 105.0 21.9 83.1 1,688.1 1,287.8 110.1 24.0 86.1 1,731.0 1,316.9 114.5 25.0 89.5 22.4 22.4 22.7 22.8 22.2 24.3 143.7 175.1 102.8 -16.6 -14.8 93.7 154.8 177.5 104.8 -7.7 -15.0 97.3 148.2 178.3 104.4 -14.8 -15.3 99.0 132.6 172.1 102.1 -23.5 -16.1 101.7 163.4 205.5 120.5 -24.9 -17.2 104.6 168.4 208.6 122.0 -20.9 -19.3 107.1 1,508.6 223.3 1,285.3 1,217.8 67.5 1,543.7 224.6 1,319.1 1,244.8 74.3 1,593.0 233.3 1,359.6 1,285.9 73.7 1,628.9 237.3 1,391.6 1,309.2 82.4 1,682.4 249.1 1,433.3 1,357.0 76.3 1,730.6 263.1 1,467.5 1,393.4 74.1 Sept. Oct. 1978 1977 Sept. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Househo 1 d durab les Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Oct. July Aug. mil. $ do.. do.. 61,989 8,956 14,825 63,287 8,755 16,233 59,296 9,131 13,185 65,991 10,110 13,858 r71,888 rl0,643 rl6,958 73,762 10,970 18,109 do.. do.. do.. 59,285 8,637 14,503 60,316 8,690 14,896 65,222 9,905 15,510 68,684 10,346 16,324 r68,916 rl0,241 rl6,738 70,475 10,908 16,672 do.. do.. do.. do.. 3,806 17,633 14,971 2,662 3,941 17,824 15,216 2,608 4,155 19,574 16,819 2,755 4,447 20,409 17,598 2,811 r4,353 r21,290 rl8,357 r2,933 4,477 21,012 18,268 2,744 do... 62,243 66,699 61,702 69,713 r74,520 80,991 do... do... do... 60,364 8,988 14,518 63,556 8,696 17,117 65,187 10,095 15,226 71,582 10,876 18,516 r72,645 rll,233 rl8,536 77,238 12,002 20,911 do... do... do... do... 3,820 18,234 16,124 2,110 4,138 20,556 16,097 4,459 4,039 19,355 17,074 2,281 4,563 22 , 701 19,344 3,357 r4,456 r23,667 r20,149 r3,518 4,158 25,696 22,178 3,518 do... 175,551 178,963 207,714 211,434 r214,067 221,298 do... do... do... 174,966 17,852 54,923 178,206 17,858 57,144 206,026 23,232 69,745 209,922 23,760 71,938 r213,650 r24, 753 r73,733 220,417 25,847 77,973 mil. $ . do... do... do do... 139,288 115,972 1,069 104,715 11,595 128,999 106,794 923 94,597 11,595 146,137 123,607 1,127 108,885 11,693 148,947 126,311 954 111,739 11,679 rl53,075 rl29,675 rl,365 .115,279 11,668 156,260 129,206 1,206 115,322 11,655 do... do... do... do... 139,288 40,928 23,953 87,361 128,999 30,379 22,841 88,380 146,137 39,910 28,461 95,571 148,947 40,773 27,705 96,534 rl53,075 r44,430 r26,830 96,572 156,260 42,503 26,200 98,154 mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 109,130 176,535 125,685 5,748 5,352 25,178 241,749 113,077 182,852 131,535 6,630 1,196 27,714 243,106 116,955 192,013 138,220 6,632 1,444 28,213 267,169 114,813 186,539 135,136 5,592 1,031 27,563 270,102 113,870 191,858 135,128 5,802 5,970 28,666 272,480 118,184 201,237 142,470 6,709 1,303 31,091 276,533 do.. do.. 93,405 113,712 92,844 114,684 91,857 135,919 91,590 137,422 91,633 139,485 90,783 143,895 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System condition, Wednesday nearest end of the month: Deposits: Demand, adjusted 2/ Demand, total 3/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp State and local governments U.S. Government Domestic commercial banks Time, total 3/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp: Savings Other time xj Revised, collection. U Data for O c t . 1978 are advance estimates. 3/ Includes data not shown separately. 2/ Other than domestic interbank and U.S. Gov't, less cash items in process of MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM Sept. Oct. July 303,936 120,290 13,075 22,525 71,353 101,651 316,908 123,508 12,905 23,188 72,490 105,016 345,594 135,467 12,172 23,520 82,621 114,293 348,636 134,981 12,490 23,576 84,410 113,853 353,784 136,710 12,865 24,022 85,882 114,813 365,297 139,878 13,048 24,692 87,588 120,965 ...do.... ...do.... 111,301 45,713 38,073 65,588 110,989 44,816 37,212 66,173 110,097 42,847 38,350 67,250 110,888 42,777 38,187 68,111 112,020 42,917 38,579 69,103 111,176 41,484 38,156 69,692 .percent.. 8.31 8,42 9.22 9.08 9.04 9.20 ,... do.... ,...do.... ....do.... 7.92 8.15 8.37 8.80 8.04 8.26 8.48 8.89 8.88 9.07 9.33 9.60 8.69 8.96 9.18 9.48 8.69 8.92 9.11 9.42 8.89 9.07 9.26 9.59 >— 8.19 8.43 8.03 8.27 8.56 8.07 9.05 9.38 8.70 8.95 9.21 8.72 8.90 9.17 8.68 9.03 9.37 8.74 829 657 171 10.6 8.6 2.0 1,014 870 144 930 762 168 11.0 11.0 9.1 1.9 9.1 1.9 958 752 205 11.9 9.9 2.0 828 662 166 10.8 8.9 1.9 pi,034 884 pl50 pll.l 9.2 pi.9 1,669 1,745 2.4 1,629 1,738 2.3 1,729 1,694 2.2 1,510 1,655 2.0 1,606 1,678 2.3 1,629 1,737 2.3 Aug. Sept. Oct. FINANCE—Con. Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve S y s t e m — C o n Loans (adjusted), total 1/ Commercial and industrial For purchasing o r carrying securities ...do.... To nonbank financial institutions ...do.... Real estate loans Other loans Investments, total U . S . Government securities, total Notes and bonds Other securities SECURITY MARKETS: BOND YIELDS: Domestic corporate (Moody's) By ratings: Aaa Aa A Baa B y group: Industrials Public utilities Railroads ....do TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: T o t a l , n o t seasonally adjusted Domestics Imports T o t a l , seasonally adjusted at annual rate Domestics Imports Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics) vj Revised. do.... 1/ Includes data not shown separately. - & U . S . 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