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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS U U U U U U U U.S. DipARfWJENT OF CQWIllRelMTC 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43 = 10 130 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (avg. of daily dose) 1969 120 110 \ ^sx S*sj y^y^ 100 100 r\ >r~ \ 90 80 \ 1 J.. .1, ,1 1 i 120 1 1 1 I i 1 1 11,1 ! 1 , | 1 1 „JLJ 1968 1967 LJ—I LjLJ LJ—L™ -^JL^LJl J 1969 H Lj ' ' ' • f V' L-J—L-JL, 1970 J FMAMJ ' ' i i 1 80 JASOND Data: Standard & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 100 250 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 240 (E. E. I. sea. adj. index) 1957-59 = 1 230 220 210 200 190 Monthly 180 I 1 l I l I l J I I 1967 I I I I > I I I I I I I 1 LJ 1968 LJ- I 1969 I I I I I I I I l I. 1970 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (Passenger cars) 1,000 800 f\ y\ /\ y\ v^^ \ 600 400 \ / ^ 200 0 " Monthly 1 1J 1 1 1 ! J—1—1—1— 1967 i l l I i 1 i 1968 i i I i _J™JLJ_JLJ 1 L J — L J — L - j - •l..J....J,..,J..J-.,J 1969 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY LJ....J....J...J.... 1970 J F M A M J J A S O N D BUSINESS STATISTICS1 WEEKLY 2 1969 1970 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 112.2 112.4 Nov. 28 106.5 Dec. 5 10.6.1 Dec. 12 105.6 do.. 8,157 5,898 8,903 6,518 7,282 5,258 7,970 5,886 8,449 6,273 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 265 1,339 1,251 173 289 1,360 1,273 153 354 2,424 2,186 235 379 2,454 2,214 214 371 190 223 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/. .mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.. Member bank reserve balances _3/«.. • ......do.. Excess reserves, estimated^/ do.. 53,287 63,654 27,775 291 53,525 63,740 28,016 97 56,040 65,151 28,403 108 56,355. 65,717 28,876 413 56,566 65,604 28,710 138 56,964 66,225 29,015 99 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.. 82,679 46,366 228,959 24,033 78,573 34,205 81,995 46,150 231,979 23,572 80,367 34,103 80,299 47,336 241,598 26,211 79,905 34,061 83,086 47,476 244,502 27,364 80,004 34,044 81,951 47,568 246,256 27,286 80,058 34,020 8.05 90.48 99.80 8.15 89.20 98.38 8.62 85.09 93.33 8.51 88.48 97.03 8.46 89.54 98.24 2,0.56 28,981 183,641 9,494 1,895 29,513 178,788 9,502 2,079 28,567 82,407 10,068 2,148 28,690 143,555 10,036 1,892 29,962 156,137 10,042 2,759 148.1 2,723 146.2 2,289 122.9 2,379 127.7 2,424 130.1 15.1 14.8 12.5 14.8 12.6 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. 1957-59=100 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. Nondurable goods stores. ....... • $ Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 37........percent Stock'prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4^/... .1941-43=10 Industrials, 425 stocks • do.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal <3/..... Electric power, by utilities. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/... ...thous. sh. tons .mil. kw.-hr..| .*..number thous. bbl..| Steel, raw.. Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. thous. sh. tons 1957-59=100 bil 2J Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3 / Daily a v e r a g e . Dec. 19 105.4 ....... 8 .33 89 .72 98 .38 181,909 2,369 127.2 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1969 Aug. Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS 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: Household durables Defense products (old series) Defense products (new series).... Producers' capital goods industries mil. $ do.. do.. 32,564 5,026 8,530 30,986 4,849 8,236 29,091 4,701 6,255 31,664 4,955 7,220 r30,041 r4,509 r6,702 29,011 4,274 6,541 do.. do.. do.. 31,680 5,131 8,154 31,011 5,064 7,843 31,270 4,935 7,981 30,863 5,049 7,169 r29,369 r4,592 6,538 29,159 4,460 6,304 do.. do.. ....do.. do.. 2,225 4,351 2,089 6,417 2,082 4,457 2,199 6,381 2 ,,005 4,291 2,112 6,687 2,104 4,269 2,121 6,630 r2,085 r4,524 r2,184 r6,423 2,087 4,171 2,051 6,757 32,056 30,430 28,152 31,166 r28,936 28,408 31,436 5,196 7,636 31,048 4,755 8,215 30,537 4,842 7,559 29,856 4,709 7,026 r28,504 r4,348 r6,062 29 195 4 573 6 ,081 2,183 4,183 1,893 6,349 2,032 4,499 2,347 6,744 2,030 4,056 1 ,v846 6,299 2,107 3,482 2,005 6,759 r2,0l5 r3,954 r2,125 r6,552 2 ,118 3 ,802 1 ,985 7 ,162 86,410 85,854 80,270 79,776 r78,664 78,064 86,563 8,327 31,987 86,600 8,018 32,359 80,561 7,066 28,154 79,559 6,726 28,013 r78,693 r6,481 r27,537 78,725 6,594 27,314 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. . xj Revised. 2418 17 Data for Nov. 1970 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1970 1969 ITEM Aug. Oct. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables.................................mil. $. Defense products (old series) do... Defense products (new series)* .do... Producers' capital goods industries. do... 1,682 30,588 20,557 24,369 1,632 30,630 20,705 24,732 1,521 27,814 19,670 23,351 1,525 27,028 19,554 23,480 thous. do. .. do..o 125.8 123.4 68.0 97.4 94.6 55.1 131.6 128.7 77.3 rl33.4 rl30.9 r76.0 rl42.0 rl39.6 r78.5 do... do... 1,390 766 L ,280 762 1,425 838 rl,509 r881 rl,570 r881 do... do..• rl,202 r581 rl,195 r605 1,326 663 1,371 675 rl,506 r696 1957-59=100. do... do... 155.1 152.1 149.3 156.0 152.5 150.1 164.1 162.1 157.8 167.7 165.2 159.3 168.1 165.3 159.6 70,836 622 3,445 20,233 11,965 8,268 70,808 624 3,473 20,082 11,782 8,300 70,414 619 3,305 19,271 11,134 8,137 r70,531 621 r3,262 rl9,285 rll,145 r8,140 r70,216 r620 r3,273 rl8,726 rl0,645 r8,081 4,463 14,^24 3,775 11,049 3,596 11,361 12,292 2,739 9,553 4,464 14,848 3,782 11,066 3,611 11,383 12,323 2,730 9,593 4,520 14,912 3,840 11,072 3,670 11,521 12,596 2,659 9,937 r4,511 rl4,961 3,850 rll,lll r3,684 rll,622 rl2,585 2,649 r9,936 r4,502 rl5,004 r3,855 rll,149 r3,696 rll,669 rl2,726 r2,654 rl0,072 14,794 8,703 6,091 14,638 8,522 6,116 13,974 8,019 5,955 rl4,000 8,039 r5,961 r13,474 r7,571 r5,903 227 222 170 162 rl46 7.72 7.76 8.73 7.33 7.53 7.79 8.22 7.35 7.58 7.84 8.25 8.13 8.49 8.85 9.44 8.09 8.47 8.78 9.39 8.03 8.44 8.71 9.33 7.59 7.91 7.76 7.61 7.94 7.83 8.44 8.83 9.19 8.40 8.80 9.10 8.35 8.74 9.06 6.21 6.37 6.33 6.45 6.55 95.52 105.07 103.67 87.29 58.80 41.75 96.21 105.86 104.68 89.84 59.46 40.63 77.92 85.40 78.38 74.76 52.62 26.74 82.58 90.66 84.96 79.65 54.54 29.14 84.37 92.85 87.90 82.12 53.37 31.73 44.47 85.73 88.52 46.00 88.09 94.19 44.21 76.07 72.48 45.22 79.49 77.07 43.51 79.39 81.56 r1,455 r26,456 rl9,496 r23,611 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 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 ) : S e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d a t annual r a t e s : Total One-family structures CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E. H. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, office buildings Commercial and factory buildings.....» * Residences LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): Total, seasonally adjusted..... thous. Mining ......do... Contract construction. do... Manufacturing. . do... Durable goods. ..do... Nondurable goods do... Transportation,icommunication, electric, gas, etc......do... Wholesale and retail trade . .1 do... Wholesale trade do... Retail trade . ... do.. • Finance, insurance, and real estate........ do... Services.. do... Government. ...do... Federal do... State and local do... PRODUCTION WORKERS (MFG. PAYROLLS), TOTAL, seas, adj Durable goods Nondurable goods HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX.. do. do. ..do. .1957-59=100. FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's) percent. By rating: Aaa do... Aa do... A do... Baa. .................do... By group: Industrials •.. • ..do... Public utilities... do... Railroads. do. . . Domestic municipal, Standard &• Poor's Corporation (15 bonds) percent. STOCKS: Prices: Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) o 1941-43=10. Industrial, total (425 stocks) do... Capital goods (116 stocks) .....do... Consumers' goods (184 stocks).... do... Public utility (55 stocks) do... Railroad (20 stocks) do... Banks: New York City (9 stocks) do... Outside New York City (16 stocks) do... Property-liability insurance (16 stocks) do... r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. Digitized for2478 FRASER 1/ Data f o r Nov. 1970 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . 8.63 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1969 1970 Sept, July Aug. Sept. Oct* 2.1 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings s gray iron: Orders, unfilled? for sale, end of month* •. • • ..thous. sh. tons Shipments , t O t a l . . . . . . . s o © . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a. ad O o a For sale. ...................a......»..«, ., ot . ao ,». 0! ,do.» Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.... >.do.. Shipments, total.••.••.....•..•.••.•••...••.•.•••••.•••.••do*. For sale..•.••.••••.....••.•.•.•••••••.••••.............do.. Steel castings: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.......•.•.• ..... .do*. Shipments, total so...©................................... .do.. FOr S a le ® . . . . o s . . . . . . . . . . . © . . . . . . . . . . . . . eoooo a m » . . . . . . . »QO. o STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES,END OF MONTH: Consumers 1 (manufacturers only) .,.,.,... •mil. sh. tons. Receipts during month...................... do.o. Consumption during month................... do... dO. a • Service centers (warehouses)................. Producing mills: do... In process (ingots, semifinished, etc.).... do... Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.) MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total.............................omil. $ Domestic.....•..............••....•...••..•••..•.•...•do.. Shipments, total. ......do., Domestic.............................a................do.• Order backlog, end of month. ... ...................«,.««. .do.. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total.•••.•••.•.....••...............do.. D O m e S t i C . • . • . • • • . • . • . e a . s B . s o o a s a a . « . • • • • • . . • • • • . • • • . odO» • Shipments, total.........................................do.. Domestic. ....do.. Order backlog, end of month. .............do.. 1,143 1,402 811 1,150 1,498 886 978 1,084 669 r969 rl5139 694 963 1,155 683 130 97 58 121 103 64 100 61 41 r94 r68 r42 91 62 44 r436 153 127 420 167 138 381 129 108 r378 rl23 rlOl 9.8 5.9 6.1 5.9 10.0 6.4 6.2 5.8 9. 5. 5. 6. 9. 5, 5, r6. r9.7 r5.5 r5.3 p6.5 9.5 4.8 5.0 11.0 11. 11. 11.9 9.2 12.1 9.7 336 136 114 82.00 58.50 108.40 96.65 876.6 89.00 77.40 104.60 94.00 861.0 62.70 47.70 74.90 61.30 644.9 34.20 23.45 62.15 47.75 617.0 r44.15 r35.75 r83.35 r67.00 r539.0 35.35 27.30 71.20 60.75 503.2 27.70 23.95 34.85 32.80 395.7 45.00 36.25 43.20 40.40 397.5 14.75 12.30 38.75 36.25 247.7 12.50 8.95 30.40 28.15 229.8 r23.85 r22.25 r31.40 r28.90 r214.6 35.25 32.90 36.40 34.35 213.5 r_/ R e v i s e d . £_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 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