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DECEMBER 27, 1974 S *TES A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ,^TOFCcv O* * SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Bill ion $ 425 Billion $ 400 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS ( W e e k l y Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 375 350 325 300 275 (average 250 -J I ' i ' l I I I L_ 1971 _1 L-J I 1 I J I L_J I 1972 of Wednesday L™J I I i i (Wednesday data) i I I L_J 1973 l_J 1 i i L I I t J 1974 i ,i i i F M A M J data) L_J™J i i i J A S O N D 275 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1967=100 1967=100 200 200 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) - 150 150 1973 100 - 50 Monthly 0 I i i i i i 1 1 1 L_L_1 1 1 1 1 1 " 1972 1971 ' " I I 1 1973 1974 r~ 1974 ^-l 50 Weekly i i i i i I i i i i i I 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Biilion 1,200 iliion $ 1,000 Milli 3.5 PERSONAL INCOME PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , at annual rates) (seas, a d j . , at annual rates) 1,100 900 3.0 1,000 800 2.5 700 2.0 600 1.5 500 1.0 Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) 1971 1972 1973 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1971 * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly 1972 U.S. Dept. of Commerce a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 100 1973 1974 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 ITEM 1974 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Nov. 30 1967=100 do.. do.. 207.8 202.8 211.1 205.1 196.2 211.9 223.3 277.8 191.9 mil. $ do.. 11,993 8,666 13,298 9,958 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 342 1,992 1,823 188 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 220.7 272.3 190.7 216.7 267.3 187.3 210.5 262.4 180.6 11,016 7,828 11,646 8,672 12,439 9,199 424 2,024 1,863 174 524 3,318 2,967 134 694 3,471 3,123 261 638 2Q2 153 71,229 83,673 34,444 -28 71,682 85,577 35,203 311 77,328 92,201 37,118 640 77,921 93,258 37,051 355 78,473 92,253 36,229 -168 78,895 92,792 36,699 102,870 56,523 350,538 26,333 108,641 54,886 103,209 56,241 351,100 25,441 109,119 54,894 100,675 57,809 382,367 21,951 129,845 60,026 103,624 57,920 387,665 23,002 130,126 59,986 105,157 57,917 386,647 23,358 130,172 60,190 8.04 93.57 104.75 8.06 94.82 106.21 9.54 69.94 78.12 9.55 67.41 75.14 9.54 67.67 75.47 thous. sh. tons.. 13,080 mil. kw. -hr.. 36,113 number.. 189,407 thous. bbl.. 9,072 thous. sh. tons.. 2,926 1967=100.. 119.9 bil.. 17.2 11,250 36,879 121,334 9,188 2,851 116.9 15.4 4,200 34,564 85,560 8,662 2,563 105.1 12.8 5,270 36,855 113,612 8,686 2,433 99.7 14.1 10,115 37,057 129,313 8,629 2,491 102.1 15.4 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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, 425 stocks do.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES Dec, 7 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 9.54 67.90 75.77 112,479 2,542 104.2 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 ITEM II III 1974 IV II III GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCCME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: NATIONAL INCCME, 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. 1,051.2 776.7 92.8 25.7 105.0 124.9 50.9 74.0 -20.0 49*.9 72.9 -17.5 1,106.3 814.8 103.2 26.4 106.4 122.7 49.5 73.2 -16.3 Nov. Aug. 1,077.3 793.3 99.3 26.2 105.2 T TO H 1,118.8 828.8 98.4 26.4 107.7 17C A 52.2 83.2 -27.7 1973 Oct. PERSONAL INCCME, 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.. r / Revised, p/ Preliminary _ 6-1,843 Sept. 1,130, 848. 89, 26, 105, 139, 55, 83, -33, 1974 Oct. rl,155.5 868.2 92.1 26.6 rl05.8 -vO CI O r62!7 r94.3 r-51.2 Nov. p/ 1,090.8 711.0 260.0 202.9 169.1 131.5 150.4 47.1 1,100.0 717.9 263.1 205.2 171.1 132.3 151.4 47.6 ,167. 761. 276. 215. 180. 144. 159.5 52.3 1,178.0 767.7 278.3 217.8 183.1 146.4 159.9 52.9 |rl,185.0 r773.0 r279.5 r219.4 rl83.8 rl46.9 162.8 53.5 1,182.8 768.3 272.5 214.2 183.9 147.8 164.2 54.0 58.3 44.9 26.4 30.2 94.8 121.7 43.7 1,037.0 58.5 44.9 26.4 30.4 96.0 122.1 43.8 1,046.1 62.5 30.6 26.6 33.2 105.3 143.6 48.4 ,126.8 62.5 30.7 26.6 33.4 106.9 146.0 48.6 1,137.4 r62.5 r29.2 26.7 33.5 rl08.0 147.6 48.9 lrl,145.7 62.7 27 26 33 109 149 48 1,144.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1973 1974 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. mil. $.. do.... do.... 41,608 6,345 10,481 40,474 6,383 10,029 42,282 8,039 8,080 46,329 8,251 10,199 r47,165 r8,467 rl0,871 43,943 8,099 9,878 do.... do.... do.... 40,879 6,730 10,121 41,055 6,792 9,783 44,825 8,474 10,112 45,016 8,415 10,324 r46,548 r9,022 rl0,494 44,796 8,644 9,617 do.... do.... do.... do.... 3,152 11,408 9,783 1,625 3,260 11,479 9,938 1,541 3,200 12,205 10,708 1,497 3,287 12,648 11,010 1,638 r3,345 rl2,950 rll,287 rl,663 3,217 12,906 11,331 1,575 Oct. Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Value (seasonally adjusted): Supplementary series MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): do.... 43,829 42,980 46,332 47,429 r45,418 42,932 do.... do.... do.... 43,304 6,868 10,635 43,475 6,730 10,733 49,463 10,010 11,766 46,402 8,611 10,623 r45,084 r8,378 rl0,012 43,716 7,925 9,726 do.... ........do.... do.... do.... 3,220 12,755 10,928 1,827 3,358 13,284 11,160 2,124 3,133 15,034 11,805 3,229 3,128 13,510 11,832 1,678 r3,294 rl2,784 rll,383 rl,401 3,131 13,266 10,975 2,291 do.... 104,221 106,722 132,837 133,935 rl32,191 131,185 do.... do.... do.... 105,874 14,996 29,126 108,297 14,934 30,076 134,305 19,438 34,421 135,695 19,636 34,721 rl34,224 rl8,993 r34,234 133,143 18,275 34,343 do.... do.... do.... do.... 2,281 58,854 38,639 20,215 2,379 60,659 39,862 20,797 2,261 74,439 50,498 23,941 2,100 75,302 51,323 23,979 r2,052 r75,128 r51,413 r23,715 1,963 75,491 51,059 24,432 ....1967=100.. do.... do.... 192.0 197.7 188.1 192.1 191.5 192.4 240.8 266.9 224.2 230.5 255.2 214.7 231.5 276.9 204.4 227.8 282.0 196.4 ....1967=100.. 136.6 137.6 rl49.9 rl51.7 rl53.0 154.3 do.... do do do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 133.1 136.4 133.5 137.4 127.0 123.2 142.2 145.2 134.0 137.5 134.7 138.9 128.5 123.3 143.0 146.1 rl46.1 rl49.7 rl47.6 rl53.0 rl43.7 rl33.2 154.2 158.4 rl47.8 rl51.5 rl49.4 rl54.8 rl45.3 rl34.8 155.9 160.3 rl49.1 rl52.8 rl50.7 rl55.8 1-146.1 rl36.8 157.3 161.9 150.4 154.2 152.0 157.2 147.2 138.0 158.6 163.3 do.... do.... do.... do.... 148.4 170.7 137.3 138.8 150.0 167.4 141,2 143.7 162.8 162.1 150.7 168.2 165.0 166.3 151.1 162.9 166.1 163.7 151.7 162.4 167.8 164.0 152.7 164.3 do.... do.... do do do.... do.... do.... do.... 138.1 144.7 125.9 151.5 128.6 141.1 127.4 126.7 139.4 145.6 126.3 152.6 132.1 155.6 129.8 127.5 152.8 156.1 130.9 165.4 152.6 220.9 148.5 143.9 154.9 158.1 131.4 167.9 154.0 222.7 150.2 146.6 156.7 159.9 132.2 170.1 155.2 225.5 151.5 149.0 158.3 161.2 132.8 171.7 157.1 229.2 154.0 151.0 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do 129.6 125.0 122.9 111.9 118.5 145.2 130.5 125.8 123.8 112.2 116.1 144.6 138.1 rl41.3 rl40.5 118.1 rl32.0 148.7 139.9 rl42.2 1-141.4 118.4 rl35.9 148.8 141.1 rl42.9 rl42.3 123.7 rl39.4 148.8 142.4 143.4 142.7 124.5 141.6 149.5 do do.... do. . do.... 132.1 140.6 127.3 127.2 132.6 140.9 128.1 127.5 142.6 153.7 139.3 135.2 144.0 155.2 141.2 137.0 145.2 156.3 143.0 137.8 146.3 157.5 144.2 138.8 $0,732 $0,727 r$0.667 r$0.659 r$0.654 $0,648 New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Supplementary series: Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Supplementary series: COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 9 Foodstuffs CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: Special group indexes: Commoditi es Services less rent Shelter Transportation Private Public Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-- rj Revised. 617843 1/ Data for Nov. 1974 are advance estimates. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 ITEM Oct. 1974 Nov. Sept. Aug. Oct. Nov. p/ 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 (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures thous. .do... do... 149.5 147.1 86.0 134.6 133.3 70.5 114.0 111.1 79.8 r99.6 r98.3 r73.4 r96.9 r96.4 r69.5 74.9 74.4 57.2 do... do... 1,674 957 1,675 938 1,134 812 rl,150 r844 rl,106 r779 990 784 do... .do... ,379 676 1,361 674 900 618 823 577 r782 r533 720 503 8.31 8.50 8.39 8. 58 9.09 9.13 9.19 9.33 9.17 9.51 9.32 9.61 266.1 60. 205. 360. 6. 270.9 61.5 209.5 359.0 4.3 277.3 65.7 211.6 408.3 4.0 279.0 65.8 213.2 410.2 5.4 281.2 66.4 214.8 413.5 3.6 284.9 67.6 217.3 413.0 3.3 266. 60. 206. 359. 269.4 61.0 208.4 360.8 280.5 65.4 215.1 405.3 280.8 65.8 215.0 407.6 281.7 66.5 215.2 412.3 283.3 67.1 216.2 414.9 FINANCE MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Home mortgage rates (conventional 1st mortgages): 1/ New home purchase (U.S. average) .percent. Existing home purchase (U.S. average) do... MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply. .bil. $ Currency outside banks.............................. do.. Demand deposits do.. Time deposits adjusted. do.. U.S. Government demand deposits do.. Adjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply .do.. Currency outside banks do.. Demand deposits do.. Time deposits adjusted do.. r / Revised. _ 1/ Beginning January 1973, data reflect changes in sampling and weighting USC0MM--DC-- 61,843 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^6-l9l6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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