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/"A / December 2 3 , 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS \ 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 4 0 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 - INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 Monthly - ( a v g . o f d a i l y close) 120 " 110 " 100 " 90 ~ 80 " 70 _L._. 1 t 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 l__l 1974 1 L 1 .!.._! 1 1. ,_!_...!. I 1 I 1.. 1 . 1975 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1__| 1 1976 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1977 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. SHORT TONS 20,000 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) Monthly Weekly 16,000 - 12,000 - 8,000 - SHORT TONS 5,000 4,000 1976 d (I 3,000 msi^ 2,000 1977 4,000 — i — i — i — i — i — 1 . . . .i—i . i i i 1974 1 1 1 1 1 L - l - J - J - J — L - - 1 1 _I_.J 1975 1 1 1 1. -L_L_.l , 1 1 • 1—L-l 1976 1 1 1 1 JL—L 1977 1 1 1 1 L-L-..JJ F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1,700 PERSONAL INCOME (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) 1,600 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1,300 1967=100 140 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. a d j . i n d e x ) 1,500 1,400 Total (left scale) 1,300 1,200 1,100 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1975 1976 1977 1974 1975 Data: Federal Reserve Board WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1976 1977 1,000 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 ITEM Dec. 11 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100 do.. do. . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $ Nondurable goods stores 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/ 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. . 1977 Dec. 18 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 10 Dec. 17 213.1 215.1 211.6 200.2 197.2 202.2 199.6 196.8 201.5 207.3 212.6 203.5 209.4 211.5 207.9 211.6 213.9 209.8 14,623 10,360 15,485 10,955 14,339 9,776 15,506 10,607 15,841 11,203 495 3,792 3,005 187 435 3,686 2,915 164 342 3,098 2,486 120 431 3,019 2,435 116 448 100 136 93,019 103,527 34,313 125 93,660 104,725 35,456 467 100,993 111,133 35,909 51 101,492 111,475 35,952 457 101,730 113,098 35,716 35 el02,509 112,606 36,286 304 109,128 88,107 399,093 48,319 116,432 63,394 113,738 88,378 403,298 49,777 116,425 63,505 109,618 92,549 427,009 45,522 123.049 73,287 113,231 92,276 431,492 45,659 123,573 73,444 115,019 92,241 431,536 45,942 123,850 73,166 8.44 104.08 115.65 8.47 105.14 116.75 8.48 96.49 106.10 8.47 94.83 104.19 8.50 92.78 101.85 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ thous. sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number thous. bbl 13,650 42,630 206,494 8,090 13,935 41,885 212,285 8,090 13,210 38,561 114,888 8,455 14,750 40,825 202,346 8,468 9,100 43,367 181,729 8,468 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons percent 2,135 69.6 15.5 2,144 69.9 15.5 2,264 74.6 2,287 75.4 2,277 75.1 13.5 16.0 14.1 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil 8.53 94.03 103.42 200,014 2,262 74.6 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book Fased on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities. e_/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 1976 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS 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 and nongovernment enterprises do.. Other labor income do.. Proprietors' income: 1/ Farm do.. Nonfarm do.. Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment do.. Dividends do. . Personal interest income do.. Transfer paymetns do.. Less personal contrib. for social insurance do.. Total nonfarm income do. . INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1967=3 00.. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: PRODUCTS, TOTAL do Final products do.. .. Consumer goods do.... Durable consumer goods do Automotive products do.... Autos and utility vehicles do.... Autos do. ... Auto parts and allied goods do.. .. Home goods do.... r_/ Revised. 44057 p_/ Preliminary. e_/ Estimated. ,414.2 914.0 313.4 241.4 224.2 184.9 191.5 79.1 1,432.1 923.9 318.5 245.8 226.1 186.6 192.7 80.0 15.3 70.8 16.4 72.1 23.9 36.7 135.2 195.5 56.1 ,385.5 24, 37, 136 198, 56 ,402, rl,549.0 r997.9 r349 269 r244 r203 200 90 rl,561.3 rl,006.0 r352.9 271.1 r246.0 r204.9 202.1 91.5 rl,582.6 rl,020.3 r358.0 r275.0 r248.6 r207.8 r205.8 92.8 1,597.4 1,026.0 360.7 277.3 249.1 209.1 207.1 94.0 15. 80. 14.9 80.8 25. 42, 150. 208. 61. rl,510. 26.0 42.6 151.3 210.2 62.0 rl.531.8 r26.2 42.7 rl53.1 r210.9 62.6 rl,550.3 26.4 42.9 154.9 212.1 62.8 1,561.0 rl7. r81. 21. 82. 130.2 131.5 rl38.1 rl38.6 pl39.0 el39.7 129.2 126.7 135.9 138.9 147.8 136.3 120.2 176.6 133.9 131.3 129.3 138.4 143.7 161.6 154.0 138.4 180.5 133.7 138.4 rl36.3 rl44.7 rl54.7 rl77.2 rl73.1 150.9 rl87.3 rl42.1 rl38.8 rl36.8 rl44.9 rl55.8 rl77.7 rl72.8 151.6 rl89.7 rl43.5 pl38.9 pl36.9 pl45.5 pl57.9 pl82.0 pl78.4 pl54.3 pl91.4 pl44.5 el39.4 el37.0 el45.4 el55.9 el75.1 el68.2 el47.5 el92.7 el45.1 1/ With inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustment MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1976 ITEM Oct. 1977 Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (TNCL. UTIL.)--Con. BY MARKET GROUPINGS--Con. PRODUCTS--Con. Final products--Con. Consumer goods--Con. Nondurable consumer goods 1967=100. Clothing do.. . Consumer staples do... 134.7 123.3 138.0 136.2 123.1 139.8 140.6 rl26.4 rl44.6 rl40.6 128.0 rl44.2 pl40.5 Equipment do.. . Business do.. . Industrial equipment do... Commercial, transit, and farm equipment...do... Defense and space equipment do... Intermediate products do... Construction supplies do... Business supplies do... 114.2 135.7 129.6 142.6 78.0 138.8 134.8 142.8 116.8 140.1 131.1 150.6 77.6 139.0 135.8 141.9 rl24.9 rl51.1 rl40.4 rl63.4 80.8 rl46.1 141.7 rl50.6 rl25.6 rl52.2 rl41.4 rl64.6 r80.9 rl46.4 rl43.3 rl49.6 pl25.2 pl52.6 pl42.1 pl64.6 p79.3 pl46.8 pl44.1 pl49.6 do. .. do... do. .. do... 151.8 128.3 147.5 120.8 131.9 128.2 147.3 121.9 rl57.6 rl35.4 rl55.1 rl21.4 rl38.2 rl35.7 rl54.5 rl23.7 pi 39. pl37. pi 54. pl25. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES MINING Metal mining Coal Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric do.. . do. .. do... do... do. .. do... do.. . 132.5 116.1 126.1 126.4 112.5 150.8 167.0 133.8 115.3 124.5 122.1 112.3 154.6 171.8 rl34.4 rll5.4 70.0 113.6 rll9.3 rl55.7 rl35.2 rll8.4 r71.4 133.0 rl20.2 rl54.0 pl36.3 pll9.4 p79.6 pl41.4 pll9.3 pl55.0 MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Nondurable manufactures Foods Tobacco products Textile mill products Apparel products Paper and products do. . . do. .. do... do... do... do. .. do... 129.8 141.9 134.8 118.3 134.2 122.9 132.3 131.4 143.0 134.3 119.6 133.3 122.7 132.5 138.6 rl49.4 rl39.3 rll7.0 rl36.6 rl24.1 140.3 rl39. rl49. 138. 113. rl39. 127. rl39. pl39.4 pl49.6 pl37.6 do... do. .. do... do... do... 119.3 170.7 130.3 211.1 77.2 119.7 173.7 135.8 215.5 75.8 125.0 rl82.6 rl39.9 237.4 74.5 rl24.3 rl81.7 rl41.9 r242.2 r74.0 pl25.2 pl81.2 pl40. 2 p239. 5 p76. 7 do... do... do... do... do... do... 121.4 72.3 129.6 134.5 139.9 109.9 123.4 71.6 129.5 133.7 143.2 104.6 131.3 75.5 131.8 rl42.9 rl48.8 rll2.5 131.8 r75.1 rl36.1 rl45.6 rl45.5 rl09.0 pl32. p73, pi 36, pl46. pl47. pll3. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 123.5 134.3 135.0 104.3 150.2 126.7 137.5 135.7 112.7 150.3 134.0 145.2 143.9 rl24.3 158.3 rl34.0 rl47.4 rl44.7 rl25.5 rl60.3 pl33.7 pl48.4 pl44.9 pl24.7 pl62.4 10,063 240 6,793 7,691 210 14,231 6,207 9,933 13,713 279 9,135 10,581 244 8,606 2,728 4,064 3,271 2,491 3,716 1,484 3,785 6,148 4,297 3,617 5,518 4,578 3,154 5,452 1,975 thous. do... do. .. 149.8 148.4 109.1 128.2 127.1 89.4 194.2 194.0 140.5 177.8 177.7 rl31.6 rl94.5 rl94.5 rl36.9 do... do... 1,715 1,269 ,706 236 2,029 1,453 r2,065 rl,523 r2,224 rl,581 do.'... do.*.V 1,481 987 1,583 1,055 1,772 1,156 1,695 1,135 rl,850 rl,216 MATERIALS, TOTAL Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials Energy materials Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Leather products Durable manufactures Ordnance, pvt. and govt Lumber and products Furniture and fixtures Clay, glass, and stone products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments pl43.7 pl40.7 pl38.7 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES, (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1967=100. Building, total mil. $. By type of building: Nonresidential do... Residential do... Non-building construction do... 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 PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures r Revised, p Preliminary, Digitized for 44057 FRASER e Estimated. 267 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 1976 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: .do.... 22.4 248 21.9 263 22.3 251 27.3 270 26.8 300 27.4 319 .mil. $.. 7,253 6,808 9,664 10,893 r9,869 9,178 ...do .do.... ...do 1,324 4,574 1,355 1,332 4,183 1,293 1,841 6,183 1,640 2,084 6,947 1,862 rl,894 r6,240 rl,735 1,739 5,689 1,750 bil. $.. ...do ...do do.... ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do 312.87 19.54 150.00 90.20 83.02 10.13 25.49 1.18 16.33 314.84 20.20 151.10 90.29 83.07 10.23 25.59 .91 16.50 336.65 21.64 165.78 93.11 84.87 10.90 26.78 1.50 16.95 338.96 21.98 166.94 93.33 85.00 10.93 26.95 1.60 17.24 341.38 22.54 167.58 94.07 85.60 10.93 27.09 1.60 17.57 .mil. $.. ...do .do ...do.... 25,662 16,919 8,193 550 24,409 17,720 6,171 518 27,191 17,833 8,624 734 29,961 20,418 9,036 507 33,217 19,689 13,020 508 New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations By purpose of loan: FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE: INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE: ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): r_/ Revised. 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