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|—1 BUSINESS STATISTICS n u y T\ \Au f\ r^ n\ u UJiw T l A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* DECEMBER 18, 1970 1 j\ \ i i i I L 1 U.S: DEPARTMENT OF "COWIMERCE/OFFICEjOR BUSINESS .ECONOMICS 1957-59 = 100 250 1957-59 = 100 250 RAW 200 STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (inflets «nd ell ether f.rms) A - A 150 100 200 Mmnthfy 50 t 1—«—1 1 1 1 -I t 1 1 t 1 • 1 t 1967 1 1 1 t 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1968 ' ' • 1969 ' 1 ' • • • ' J F M A M J J A S O N D 1970 Data: Amer. Iron I Steel li Billion $ 800 Billion $ 900 1957-59 = 100 220 PERSONAL INCOME TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates) (F.R.I, seas. a d j . index) BOO — 700 200 600 180 500 160 r 400 140 1 (left scale) 700 - -^ f m§e mnd Smlmry Disbursements (right scale) L*"-"' 600 500 • r 7 , •' • • » • • 1967 '' • i 1111111111 1111111 11111 i j - J 1969 1968 ^ i i _ L l 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1..1.1 L l-l_LlJ_l_i_i 1967 1970 Dollars 3.60 Billion $ 35 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) 30 • * i t 11111 i i t i l l 1,1.1.1,1.U_ 1969 1970 1968 3.40 Hours 48 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS 46 (Hours seasonally adjusted) 25 Average Hourly 3.20 h Nenefurabfe Gmmds U-~- I -^ Data: Federal Reserve Board Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 20 V ^ 44 Gress £«rnin§s (left scale) 42 3.00 15 Durable GeeWs X V*v_/% " H / ^ 2.80 10 Average Hmurs Per Week V*- 40 (right scale) « • I t i i i t 1967 i i i t i I i i i i • • i t i I t i i i i I I I 1 1 I I I l I 1968 1969 1970 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 2.60 • I i i i i i I i i i t i I i i • • i I i • li li 1i 11 l ) i l I 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * Available enly with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT IUSINESS, this Supplement provide* selected weekly end menthly data subsequent to those published in the latest menthly SURVEY 1968 1969 i i I i i i i i 1970 38 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1969 Dec. 6 Dec. 5 13 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 1957-59=100. 112.1 112.2 106.6 106.5 106.1 $. do... 7,706 5,595 8,157 5,898 7,311 5,289 7,282 5,258 7,970 5,886 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. 247 1,277 1,193 199 265 1,339 1,251 173 334 2,192 1,980 221 354 2,420 2,183 235 399 214 190 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ *mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ^/.....do... Member bank reserve balances 2/ ....do... Excess reserves, estimated _3/.............. ...do... 53,064 63,273 27,737 203 53,287 63,654 27,775 291 55,961 65,403 28,812 205 56,040* 65,151 28,403 108 56,355 65,717 28,876 413 56,566 65,604 28,710 138 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: _4/ Demand deposits, adjusted... mil. $ 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... 79,562 46,464 228,438 23,724 78,397 34,191 82,449 46,216 228,545 23,974 78,525 34,050 79,962 47,290 242,721 26,506 79,981 34,041 80,299 47,336 241,598 26,211 79,905 34,061 83,226 47,406 244,485 27,369 80,005 34,044 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks. do... 7.97 91.65 101.06 8.05 90.48 99.80 8.64 82.79 90.88 8.62 85.09 93.33 8.51 88.48 97.03 2,083 28,616 181,415 9,424 1,938 28,981 183,641 9,494 2,133 28,870 89,108 10,061 2,079 28,567 82,407 10,068 2,122 28,690 143,555 10,036 156,137 .........thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. 2,777 149.1 2,759 148.1 2,363 126.8 2,289 122.9 2,379 127.7 2,424 130.1 bil. 15.3 15.0 15.2 12.5 14.8 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores rail. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw... *Index of production thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 1} Tuesday price. MONTHLY Dec. _3_/ Daily average. BUSINESS 105.6 8.46 98.24 _4/ Wednesday data. STATISTICS 1970 1969 III 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 do.. Rental income of persons .....do.. Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj., total.do.. Corporate profits before tax, total do.. Corporate profits tax liability do.. Corporate profits after tax. ..do*. Inventory valuation adjustment. ...do.. Net interest. ...do.., 749.3 544.9 66.0 21.6 87.1 93.0 43.5 49.5 -5.9 29.7 764.0 557.5 66.7 22.0 87.4 93.4 43.8 49.7 -6.0 30.4 779.5 572.2 67.5 22.1 86.8 89.9 42.1 47.9 -3.2 31.0 791.5 592.2 67.6 22.5 76.7 82.6 38.0 44.6 -5.8 32.4 1969 r / Revised. 2409 r806.6 603.8 67.8 22.7 r78.4 r84.4 r38.9 45.4 -5.9 33.8 1970 Nov. PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income....... .......bil. $. Wage and salary disbursements, total do... Commodity-producing industries, total..... do... Manufacturing do... Distributive industries do... Service industries. .do... Government. •• ...do... Other labor income..... ..do... Proprietors.' income: Business and professional....... ..do... Farm. do.... Rental income of persons do.... Dividends do.... Personal interest income do.... Transfer payments do.... Less personal contributions for soc. insurance....do.... Total nonagricultural income do.... 797.4 596.4 67.8 22.6 77.5 82.0 38.1 43.9 -4.5 33.1 Aug. Sept. 766.7 522.7 201.8 160.9 123.1 90.0 107.7 28.3 770.6 525.2 201.9 160.0 124.1 91.0 108.1 28.5 806.4 543.2 202.0 159.6 129.7 97.3 114.2 30.8 811.9 546.6 201.5 159.5 130.2 97.9 117.0 31.1 r8l0.0 r541.8 rl96.8 154.3 rl30.6 r98.8 rll5.6 31.3 812.4 543.6 196.8 153.9 130.8 99.9 116.1 31.5 50.8 16.7 22.2 25.2 61.2 66.3 26.7 744.1 50.5 16.6 22.3 25.3 62.0 66.9 26.7 747.9 51.7 16.1 22.7 25.3 66.0 78.6 28.0 784.0 51.8 16.0 22.8 25.5 66.8 79.6 28.2 789.7 51.9 15.9 22.8 r25.6 67.0 r81.7 28.0 r787.9 52.0 15.7 22.9 25.7 67.2 81.9 28.1 790.5 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1969 1970 Aug. Sept* Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS — Con, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1957-59=100. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do.., Durable manufactures. ....do.. Primary metals. ....do.. Fabricated metal products do.. Machinery .do.. 173.1 171.4 rl68.8 rl65.8 rl62.4 173.9 177.3 150.4 179.4 199.0 171.8 172.1 150.3 179.2 187.4 rl67.7 rl66.7 rl45.6 rl71.9 190.3 rl63.7 rl60.4 rl42.4 rl69.1 rl86.4 rl59.5 rl53.5 rl34.8 rl63.5 rl87.9 Transportation equipment do*. Instruments and related products...............do.. Clay, glass, and stone products do.. Lumber and products do*. Furniture and fixtures..... ........do.. 175.7 193.9 156.3 113.8 184.0 168.3 196.0 155.9 114.1 183.7 156.7 183.3 rl50.1 114.2 172*9 rl39.0 rl81.8 rl48.9 108.2 rl71.7 rl21.7 rl81.6 148.0 Nondurable manufactures ....do.. Textile mill products.... .do*. Apparel products...........*....*.•.•*...*••*.*do*• Leather and products... .......do.. Paper and products. ..........**.........do.• Printing and publishing do.. 169.5 152.1 146.5 101.1 177.1 156.9 171.5 151*9 148.0 102.7 175.9 159.1 rl69.0 rl46.1 140.9 93.6 rl72.9 154.3 rl67.7 rl45.3 rl40.7 94.6 rl65.8 rl51.5 rl67.1 145.7 140.5 238.3 146.7 238.6 138.0 113.8 240.8 150.9 240.2 141.0 116.2 239.8 147.5 r236.9 rl41.6 121.8 r240.9 rl50.3 220.0 rl42.5 122.9 240.3 151.6 do. . do.. do*. do.. 130.2 115.7 130.7 141*1 132.6 118.9 131.2 153.3 rl37.1 128.5 rl35.1 rl52.3 rl38.9 rl27.9 rl38.2 rl44.5 r!39.9 rl28.1 rl38.9 148.4 do.. do.. 226.0 238.5 226.0 238.3 235.8 248.6 r234.2 257.1 r241.5 do.. .............do*. .......do*. do. • do.. do.. 170.9 161.2 176.8 172.8 164.0 184.4 168.4 160.5 167.2 168.0 153.8 186.7 r!66.5 rl63.5 177.0 167.5 163.3 173.1 rl63*0 rl60.1 160.0 rl33.2 108.5 rl65.7 rl59.7 rl57.0 150.0 rl09.4 r76.5 152.8 Apparel and staples..*. .do.. Equipment, including defense......... ** .do.. Business equipment..........*...*........•.--•***••do.. Materials do.. Durable goods materials........ ........do.* Nondurable materials...*• do*. 156.2 191.9 200.9 175.4 165.8 185.3 158.3 185.6 194.4 174.6 163.5 186.0 rl59.2 rl73.0 rl85.9 171.2 rl57.4 rl85.4 160.1 rl69.6 rl82.3 rl69.0 152.3 rl86.2 rl65.4 178.4 rl65.2 rl45.0 rl86.1 Oct. July Aug. 815 90 145 136 350 94 916 126 123 191 398 78 910 131 160 157 382 80 906 111 118 199 391 87 116,443 13,696 21,151 28,532 34,647 18,417 39.5 251,920 29,155 29,049 144,516 30,134 19,066 46.8 169,587 63,931 15,169 44,034 27,434 19,019 47.4 232,940 55,678 15,044 91,431 54,970 15,817 50.0 Chemicals and products Petroleum products... Rubber and plastics products. Foods and beverages... Tobacco products do.. ..........do.. *do.. .do.. • ..do*. MINING Coal Crude oil and natural gas Metal mining* , UTILITIES Electric BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total Consumer goods...*. Automotive and home goods Automotive products Autos Auto parts and allied products. 1969 Sept. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number. Commercial service do... Construction do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do..* Liabilities (current), total thous. $. Commercial service do. .. Construction do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do... Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)....No. per 10,000 concerns. 726 90 124 110 338 64 73,698 9,416 10,173 18,412 24,016 11,681 39.9 rl72.8 167.0 150.1 139.9 1970 Sept. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods stores* Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores • Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group* Gasoline s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s General merchandise group with n o n s t o r e s r_/ Revised. 2409 2/ Preliminary. mil. $, ..do.., do.., do.., do.., 28,583 9,364 5,481 1,401 1,279 30 10 6 1 1 645 055 088 434 309 31,143 9,959 5,860 1,395 1,381 30,404 9,229 5,178 1,392 1,365 r29,739 r9,039 r4,986 rl,377 rl,319 31, 9 5 1 1 do.., do.., do.., do*. ..do.. do.. do.., 19,219 1,642 969 2,199 6,125 2,060 4,669 20 ,590 1 ,747 986 2 ,255 6 ,593 2 ,119 5 ,107 21,184 1,500 1,031 2,554 7,112 2,414 4,790 21,175 1,625 1,047 2,612 6,859 2,275 5,060 r20,700 rl,653 rl,047 r2,431 r6,665 r2,141 r5,046 22 ,298 1 ,817 1 ,080 2 ,454 7 ,257 2 ,215 5 ,505 I 794 496 257 472 356 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1969 DOMESTIC TRADE — 1970 Sept. Oct. 29,259 9,384 5,665 1,364 1,190 19,875 1,676 1,019 2,173 6,326 2,089 4,864 43,370 43,897 July Aug. 29,620 9,354 5,638 1,358 1,173 20,266 1,719 1,007 2,219 6,450 2,090 5,000 30,729 9,487 5,544 1,395 1,221 21,242 1,704 1,055 2,299 6,751 2,237 5,246 30,781 9,503 5,522 1,399 1,236 21,278 1,715 1,071 2,347 6,814 2,156 5,187 r30,885 r9,556 r5,652 rl,345 rl,237 r21,329 rl,650 rl,10l r2,374 r6,870 r2,165 r5,248 30,484 8,888 4,909 1,397 1,222 21,596 1,744 1,091 2,376 6,887 2,191 5,345 44,882 44,411 44,819 44,965 43,927 45,453 44,659 45,691 45,347 44,883 Aug. Sept. Sept. Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES — Con. ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL mil. $. Durable goods stores..------..........................do.•• Automotive group...... ......do... Furniture and appliance group.......................do... Lumber, building, hardware group....................do**Nondurable goods stores. ..do... Apparel group.. ............do... Drug and proprietary stores do... Eating and drinking places........... ....do... Food group do... Gasoline service stations........... ..do... General merchandise group with nonstores.. ....do... ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total do... Ad j us ted, total • ......do... 1969 Oct. 1970 Nov. Nov. 2/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS HOUR (GROSS), AVG. WEEKLY PER PROD. WORKER (MFG. PAYROLLS): Manufacturing, seasonally adjusted hours. Overtime hours do... Durable goods. ..........do... Overtime hours.......••••••.••..••••....•.•.•.•..•.•do... Nondurable goods... do... Overtime hours. ....••••.•••.....do... HOURLY EARNINGS (GROSS), AVG. PER PROD. WORKER ON PAYROLLS: Manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted. .dollars. Excluding overtime..................................do.•• Durable goods. do... Excluding overtime do... Nondurable goods......•••..••... ....do... Excluding overtime do... rj R e v i s e d . 2/ USCOMM—DC—2409 40.5 3.5 41.2 3.6 39.6 3.3 40.5 3.5 41.1 3.5 39.6 3.3 39.8 3.0 40.3 2.9 39.1 3.0 39.3 r2.8 39.8 2.7 38.6 2.8 39.4 2.7 r39.9 r2.6 38.9 r2.8 39.5 2.5 40.0 2.3 38.8 2.7 3.37 3.25 3.58 3.46 3.08 2.97 3.42 3.29 r3.63 3.49 3.14 3.02 3.38 3.26 3.57 r3.45 r3.13 3.01 3.39 3.28 3.58 3.47 3.15 3.04 Preliminary. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE