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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ^rcso*^ U U U U U U U )ECEHBEft 24, 1971 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43 = 10 120 favg . Tdaily c/osej - 120 110 ^ \ / \ / \ 100 - A inn IUU 90 — - Weekly (Wednesday 80 —I—i—I—I—l—Li I I I I 1 1 L__J__J 1968 J 1 1 1 l_J • 1 1 J--,! 1969 L ,1, 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 l I 1970 I 1 i i i i i -UJ 1971 » J i J FMAMJ I close) i J i i 70 i A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group 1967 = 100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION 200 1967=100 250 Monthly (ingots a n d all other forms) - - 200 - 150 100 \ 50 j • . i • • I • i . i • . 1 • i • • • _ l L 1 1969 1968 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 i 1970 i i i ~ 1 IVI i i i 1971 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967 = 100 120 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Million 2.5 (F.R.B. seas. a d j . index) 115 - r°*^ \ /** 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L I 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1968 1969 h ^ 1970 ^ 1.5 - 1.0 - .5 ~ 1 1 1I 1 I 1 1 1 - 1 1971 Data: Federal Reserve Board 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L_i_. 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 i i 1968 1969 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY ' - 105 100 2.0 - 110 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , at annual rates) [ M i l l I I I t 1 1 M 1 1 J- 1970 M i l l 1971 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1970 ITEM 1971 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Nov. 27 107.8 107.6 105.9 105.7 105.7 mil. $.. do.... 8,547 6,372 9,337 6,945 8,221 5,680 8,982 6,279 9,344 6,655 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.. 371 2,472 2,222 190 355 2,501 2,454 223 284 2,466 2,015 161 373 2,499 2,053 170 348 178 do.... 56,566 65,604 28,718 136 56,964 66,243 29,038 120 60,107 73,090 30,759 195 60,426 73,653 31,239 558 60,568 73,043 30,732 114 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: kj 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..,. 82,483 48,016 247,734 27,490 80,296 34,293 83,972 47,611 248,860 27,349 81,400 34,085 83,666 54,010 264,315 27,285 82,623 38,014 87,255 54,124 268,886 28,297 82,933 38,042 86,882 54,033 266,588 27,314 82,980 38,066 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3_/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand* & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10,= Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 8.46 89,54 98.24 7.78 90,33 99.57 7.79 95.54 105.53 7.79 96.92 107.11 7.76 98.54 108.99 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1967=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3_/. ... mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ^/...do.... Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s 3/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated _3_/. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/.... Steel, raw Index of production 8.33 89 = 72 98.38 Dec. 11 Dec. 4 106.5 61,040 73,124 31,021 75 thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 1,927 29,962 156,137 10,042 2,163 30,530 181,909 10,022 1,833 30,222 145,748 9,223 2,075 31,663 178,919 9,230 31,783 184,555 9,290 179,123 thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,424 99.4 2,369 97.1 1,860 76.2 1,931 79.1 1,958 80.3 2,028 83.1 bil.. 12.8 14.7 12.1 14.0 14.2 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3J Daily a v e r a g e . 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 ITEM II III IV I II III r/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAI RATES: ....bil. $.. NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL do.... Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj., total.do.... ......do.... Corporate profits before tax, total do.... 793.4 598.5 67.6 23.2 71.5 75.8 34.5 41.3 -4.2 32.6 j 802.2 606.5 66.0 23.4 73.0 78.5 35.6 42.9 -5.5 33.4 802.1 609.3 65.9 23.7 69.0 71.6 32.3 39.2 -2.6 34.2 828.3 627.9 66.0 23.8 75.5 79.1 36.2 42.9 -3.5 35.0 1970 Oct. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OU TPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.).... BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Auto parts and allied parts do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... rj Revised. 8031 JD/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 844.5 639.5 66.7 24.2 78.3 83.3 37.4 46.0 -5.1 35.8 r854.1 647.7 68.8 24.5 r76.7 r83.1 37.9 r45.2 -6.4 36.4 1971 Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. p_/ 103.7 102.6 105.3 rl06.2 rl06.2 107.0 103.6 101.4 109.0 97.1 77.6 51.1 128.7 108.3 113.5 100.0 117.2 90.8 95.9 82.6 111.9 102.6 100.2 107.7 95.5 76.0 51.8 122.3 106.6 112.3 96.3 116.6 89.8 94.6 81.7 111.6 rl06.2 rl05.0 rll6.0 115.8 121.1 108.5 145.2 112.9 rll6.1 rl00.3 rl20.2 r89.6 r96.8 77.9 rll0.7 rl06.4 rl05.0 rll5.7 rll5.4 rl23.5 108.0 rl53.4 rll0.9 rll5.8 103.0 rll9.1 r90.2 r97.8 r77.7 rill.2 rl06.5 rl05.1 rll6.2 rll5.9 rl23.4 107.8 rl53.6 rill.7 rll6.4 107.5 105.8 117.1 116.0 123.8 109.2 152.0 111.6 117.5 rll9.4 r89.8 r97.3 r77.3 rill.9 120.4 90.0 98.1 76.5 113.3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1971 1970 ITEM Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2.1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS — Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT):—Con SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INC. UTIL.)—Con. BY MARKET GROUPINGS—Con. Materials 1967=100, Durable goods materials do.. Nondurable goods materials ...do.. Fuel and power, industrial do.. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do. . Durable manufactures do. . Primary metals do.. Fabricated metal products do.. Machinery.. do.. 104.1 96.2 113.4 118.2 102.8 93.6 113.3 117.8 rl04o0 r94o9 rll4.8 rll7.2 rl06.2 r99.1 rll4.4 rll9.3 rl05.5 rl00.9 rll4.0 r98.3 105.9 101.4 112.7 104.8 101.4 95.7 102.5 106.3 96.5 100.2 93.8 98.4 104.5 94.9 103.6 96.6 r81.Q 108.0 r95.6 rl04.5 r98.2 r92.3 rl05.7 r96.0 rl05.0 r99.3 r96.3 106.3 r97.0 105. 99. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 73.8 107.3 106.8 104.5 100.1 71.7 106.5 106.4 104.1 96.5 r91.1 109.1 113.1 108.8 r99.6 r91.7 rll0.5 rll3.9 rl09.4 r101.0 r92.2 rll0.5 114.3 109.5 92. 112. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 109.7 104.1 96.9 89.6 111.9 109.6 102.8 93.4 85.0 113.3 rll3.8 rll0.5 r96.0 84.1 117.8 rll3.6 rlll.O 100.3 87.6 rll0.2 rll3.3 110.0 114.4 do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 102.3 120.3 113.2 110.0 112.3 104.4 101.9 119.7 116.9 111.4 112.7 102.3 101. rl27. rll5. rl29. rll4. rl02.9 rl29.5 rll3.7 rl29.1 rll2.0 100.3 rl04.6 rl27.2 114.0 124.6 rll2.0 106.1 127.6 MINING o do.. Metal mining o do.. Coal do.. Oil and gas e x t r a c t i o n do.. UTILITIES do.. Electric do.. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total mil. $ Primary metals do.. Transportation equipment do.. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. Pr imar y metal s do.. Transportation equipment do.. Supplementary series: Household durables. .............do.. Defense products (old series) do.. Defense products (new series) do.. Producers' capital goods industries do.. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1_/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. Primary metals do. . Transportation equipment do.., Supplementary series: Household durables do.. Defense products (old series) do.. Defense products (new series) do.. Producers' capital goods industries do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total ....do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. Primary metals do.. Transportation equipment do.. Supplementary series: Household durables do.. Defense products (old series) do.. Defense products (new series) do.. Producers' capital goods industries • do.. 112.4 134.3 108.7 112.9 134.0 137o6 113.7 148.5 107.9 113.4 129.6 131.9 rl06.5 rl04.8 109.4 rl08.8 rl37.0 139.7 rl06.0 rl09.7 rl09.7 rl07.7 rl38.4 rl41.5 r96.8 117.9 28.5 rl06.2 rl38.8 rl41.6 100.9 29,133 4,409 6,104 27,723 4,169 5,925 29,709 3,843 6,443 32,627 4,237 7,626 r32,617 r4,430 r7,901 32,046 4,590 7,956 28,152 4,450 5,796 27,680 4,316 5,617 31,464 3,991 7,915 31,543 4,270 7,620 r31,166 r4,421 r7,262 31,851 4,796 7,378 2,174 4,016 2,184 5,819 2,181 3,860 2,036 5,815 2,419 3,584 2,077 6,435 2,397 3,431 1,765 6,652 r2,367 r3,511 rl,768 r6,592 2,582 3,521 1,822 6,412 Transportation equipment Instruments Lumber and products Clay5 glass, and stone products Furniture and fixtures Nondurable manufactures Textile mill products Apparel products Leather and products Paper and products Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods Tobacco products 107 96 86.2 112.4 113.2 59.1 105.1 137.4 139.4 27,769 27,138 29,916 32,432 r32,544 32,021 26 779 4 164 5 072 27,560 4,348 5,490 31,758 4,184 7,923 31,026 4,517 7,130 r31,126 r4,488 r6,970 32,248 4,804 7,450 133 129 125 843 2,193 3,814 2,016 5,871 2,457 3,634 2,154 6,551 2,379 3,018 1,467 6,425 r2,398 r3,249 rl,953 r6,806 2,725 3,907 2,001 6,475 76,791 76,206 74,763 74,568 r74,499 74,477 76,650 6,276 25,654 76,530 6,308 25,527 74,879 5,366 24,618 74,362 5,612 24,128 r74,323 r5,680 r23,838 74,720 5,686 23,909 1,596 26,031 19,496 22,414 1,608 25,985 19,475 22,470 1,786 24,535 19,177 22,986 1,769 24,122 18,880 22,759 1,800 r23,862 rl9,065 r22,972 1,943 24,249 19,245 23,037 thous do.. do.. 143.8 140.9 79.4 128.3 126.9 67.4 205.9 204.5 111.7 rl75.6 rl73.8 rl02.1 rl79.7 rl77.7 rl02.2 175.6 172.9 93.4 do.. do.. 1,583 890 1,693 934 2,258 1,212 r2,002 rl,187 r2,008 rl,150 231.6 1,297 2 3 2 5 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. r_/ Revised. 1/ Data for Nov. 1971 are advance estimates. 8031 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1971 1970 Aug. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE - - Sept. Con. NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS ( 1 3 , 0 0 0 p e r m i t - i s s u i n g p l a c e s ) : Seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s : Total............................................. tho-us, One-family s t r u c t u r e s . . , . . . , . . . , . « . . . . . . „ , . , do „ , ,558 697 rl,523 r712 2,006 908 1,900 865 r2,173 r980 ,392. 605, 77. 23. ,961 906 FINANCE PAYMENT TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.: TOTAL mil. $. Death benefits.......................................do... Matured endowments...................................do... Disability payments..................................do... Annuity payments. ................ . .do.. . Surrender values.....................................do.. . Policy dividends.....................................do... SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's): Dividends per share, annual rate, composite.....dollars* Industrials. do... Public utilities.................................do... Railroads........................................do... N.Y. banks.......................................do... Property and casualty insurance companies........do..» Price per share, end of mo., composite............-do... Industrials........«„«....... .........do... Public utilities. do... Railroads........................................do... Yields, composite. percent. Industrials ........do... Public utilities.................................do... Railroads. do... N.Y. banks.......................................do... P r o p e r t y and c a s u a l t y i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s . . . . . . . . d o . . . 1,329. 565. 81. 18. ,231. 519. 78. 20. ,348. 609. 73. 20. 466 5 638 .1 80 9 23 6 148. 231. 283. 149. 216. 246, 164. 241. 239. 168 6 232 .9 321 ,8 181. 224. 278.8 8.91 9.67 4.71 3.79 6.82 10.48 8.84 9.56 4.72 3.79 6.90 10.49 8.77 9.43 4.78 3.84 7.28 10.66 9.43 4.78 3.84 7.28 10.70 8.75 9.41 4.78 3.84 7.28 10.70 8.73 9.39 4.79 3.49 7.28 10,70 224.96 272.65 74.15 61.70 235.68 285.04 81.54 64.62 262.95 322.28 79.70 93.50 261.31 320.26 78.81 93.32 251.49 306.25 82.41 86.56 251.26 306.87 79.80 82.15 3.34 2.93 6.00 4.11 4.34 3.08 3.35 2.94 6.07 4.11 4.31 3.11 3.48 3.07 5.80 4.44 4.19 3.31 3.47 3.06 6.00 4.25 3.96 3.55 6.35 6.14. 4.27 4.05 r_/ R e v i s e d . 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