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r WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS - x v ^ / December 29, 1978 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 r 1 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 !- INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 120 i- 1975 1976 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1977 1978 J F M A M J INDEX, 1967=100 J A S O N D INDEX, 1967=1 I ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION Weekly Monthly 200 J— (E-E.l. seas. adj. index) 190 1801- / !i \ 1 ! 170 [1 / A / x 6 0 I " / \ \ \y r^x / \ 0 J^ ' - - j 1977 Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1,700 > V 1 150 I—i i i i i 1 i i i i i ! i i i l_j 1 i i i i i, i 1975 1976 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1,800 PERSONAL INCOME >v i i i i i 1i i i i i ! 1978 J F M A M J J A S O N D BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1,400 _ (seas, adj., at annual rates) 1,600 — 1,500 1,400 Total (left scale) 1,300 1,200 .. - - ——~ Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) 1,100 I.I i i I.LI.I i i i. ,1-1 I I I 1 I.I I i.i i i I_I i 1 I.I i i i i i i i i 1 i i i I.I 1977 1975 1976 1978 Data: U.S. Dept of Commerce 1975 i: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1976 WEEKLY BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS. 1977 1978 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1977 ITEM 1978 Dec. 17 Dec. 24 1967=100. do... do... 213.1 215.1 211.6 212.8 215.2 211.1 250.4 248.2 251.8 251.5 249.1 253.0 249.9 247.7 251.3 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. 413 3,153 2,572 136 451 3,150 2,586 151 428 2,363 2,220 428 2,467 2,319 390 128 147 e/112,846 ~ 125,789 41,137 -4 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials Dec. 2 111 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total V do... Member bank reserve balances V do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits 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... 102,556 112,574 36,275 313 102,941 116,633 36,630 201 130,701 41,392 40 112,063 129,498 41,483 106 117,604 92,006 436,182 46,530 123,908 73,655 118,347 91,761 437,455 46,381 125,567 73,935 114,248 90,044 477,585 41,317 146,573 88,929 115,529 89,998 481,133 41,047 140,855 89,044 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ oercent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrial. 400 stocks do... 8.53 94.03 103.42 8.57 93.05 102.39 9.39 93.75 104.01 9.*0 97.49 108.34 9.44 96.06 106.65 111,882 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 5,285 42,338 200,014 8,538 5,515 41.401 182,635 8,538 16,235 43,052 206,224 8,806 15,595 44,086 192,120 8,806 14,200 46,238 210,826 8,806 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,262 74.6 2,295 75.7 2,700 88.7 2,705 88.9 2,712 89.1 bil. 14.6 14.0 18.8 18.1 17.8 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 ITEM II 1978 III IV II III r/ 1,867.0 1,188.6 175.6 81.2 69.9 1,916,.8 1,214 .5 177,.4 79 .5 72,.0 1,958.1 1 ,255.2 187.2 84.0 75.3 1,992.0 1,276.7 183.5 84.1 72.1 2,087.,5 1,322..9 197.,8 92.,5 76.,5 2,136.1 1,356.9 199.5 89.8 78.9 473.6 79.3 244.5 46.2 479,.7 81..4 246.4 46.0 496.9 86.7 252.6 47.5 501.4 82.9 257.7 48.3 519..3 87..5 267.,8 49.,1 531.7 90.5 272.0 51.5 539.4 78.0 182.1 43.5 557..5 83..7 186,.9 45.0 571.1 84.6 192.0 47.3 591.8 89.6 198.1 49.7 605.8 88.,9 204.,1 52.,1 625.8 92.6 210.1 53.7 295.6 278.6 187.2 91.4 17.0 309..7 287.8 193..5 94..3 21..9 313.5 300.5 200.3 100.2 13.1 322.7 306.0 205.6 100.3 16.7 345.4 325.3 220.,1 105.3 20.1 350.1 336.5 227.5 109.0 13.6 ....do.... -5.9 178.1 184.0 -7.,0 180.8 187.8 -23.2 172.1 195.2 -24.1 181.7 205.8 -5.,5 205.4 210.9 -10.7 210.1 220.8 Gov't purchase of goods and services, total.. ....do.... Federal National defense State and local 388.8 142.9 93.7 245.9 399..5 146.8 94.,4 252.7 412.5 152.2 97.1 260.3 416.7 151.5 97.9 265.2 424.,7 147.2 98.,6 277.,6 439.8 154.0 99.6 285.8 I GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS IATI0NAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL ..bil. $.. Personal consumption expenditures, total ....do.... Durable goods, total ....do.... Motor vehicles and parts ....do.... Furniture and household equipment ....do.... Nondurable goods, total Clothing and shoes Food Gasoline and oil Services, total Household operation Housinq Transportation Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment Nonresidential Residential Change in business inventories Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports r/ Revised. ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM III II III r/ IV I fl 1,576.9 1,199.7 107.3 25.1 82.3 1,603.1 1,241.0 105.0 21.9 83.1 1,688.1 1,287.8 110.1 24.0 86.1 1,72o.4 1,317.1 114.5 25.0 89.6 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES-Con. NATIONAL INCOME, TuTAL bil. $.. Compensation of employees, total do.... Proprietors' income, total 1/ Farm Nonfarm Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment 1,499.3 1,140.5 98.9 20.0 78.9 22.4 22.4 22.7 22.8 22.2 24.3 143.7 175.1 102.8 -16.6 -14.8 93.7 154.8 177.5 104.8 -7.7 -15.0 97.3 148.2 178.3 104.4 -14.8 -15.3 99.0 132.6 172.1 102.1 -23.5 -16.1 101.7 163.4 205.5 120.5 -24.9 -17.2 104.6 165.2 ! 20 j.4 119.2 -20.9 -19.3 107.4 1 ,508.6 223.3 1,285.3 1,217.8 67.5 1 ,543.7 224.6 1.319.1 1,244.8 74 3 1,593.0 233.3 1,359.6 1,285.9 73.7 1,628.9 237.3 1,391.6 1.309.2 82.4 1,628.4 249.1 1,433.3 1,357.0 76.3 1,731.7 263.2 1,468.4 1,392.5 76.0 Corp. profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, total do.... Profits before tax, total do.... Profits after tax, total do.... Inventory valuation adjustment do.:.. Capital consumption adjustment do.... Net interest PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total Less: Personal tax and nontax payments Equals: Disposable personal income Less: Personal outlays Equals: Personal saving do.... do.... do.... 1 ,537.6 1,165.8 97.2 16.5 80.8 Q 1977 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 Nonfarm Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment Dividends Personal interest income do.... Transfer payments do.... Less personal contrib. for social insurance. do.... Total nonfarm income 1 78 Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1,577.0 1,014.1 354.8 274.2 245.6 206.9 206.8 94.8 1,592.7 1,022.3 358.3 277.1 247.4 208.3 208.4 96.1 1,731.1 1,111.3 395.7 301.0 271.0 228.0 216.7 107.9 rl ,744.7 rl,120.1 r398.2 r303.6 r274.1 230.3 217.5 109.1 rl,767.2 rl,136.7 r404.5 r308.7 r277.6 r233.6 r221.0 110.4 1,784.5 1,148.4 410.9 313.9 279.9 235.3 222.3 111.8 22.1 81.4 24.6 32.2 24.9 90.1 26.0 90.2 27.3 r91.5 28.7 92.0 22.4 45.1 145.3 214.2 62.4 1,540.1 22.6 45.5 145.5 216.5 62.6 1,553.1 24.3 50.3 rl61.9 230.8 70.4 rl ,690.3 24.2 50.7 rl63.6 231.5 70.8 rl,702.6 24.3 51.1 rl 65.2 232.2 r71.5 rl,723.6 24.4 51.6 166.6 233.1 72.1 1,739.2 184.5 184.5 185.4 185.4 197.7 197.8 199.1 199.3 200.7 200.9 201.8 202.0 181.6 183.1 177.0 181.4 169.2 165.0 167.4 198.5 206.2 182.5 184.1 177.9 182.4 170.1 165.5 168.1 199.5 207.2 193.3 196.3 189.3 194.4 175.4 175.9 176.3 213.4 222.2 195.1 197.9 190.5 195.4 177.1 177.2 177.8 215.6 224.6 196.7 199.4 191.8 196.6 178.1 178.8 179.1 21 / .6 226.7 197.8 200.5 192.9 197.5 179.1 180.0 180.3 218.6 227.8 Food Food at home 194.4 191.7 195.6 193.0 215.4 214.5 215.6 214.1 216.8 215.4 217.8 216.1 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations 190.4 195.6 156.1 210.0 206.8 287.2 219.3 169.6 191.4 196.9 157.0 211.5 207.4 289.9 219.5 170.2 3/205.2 " 213.3 4/165.1 230.6 5/218.1 294.2 6/236.9 3/178.9 207.5 216.2 166.4 234.2 21G.8 295.7 237.9 180.5 209.5 218.6 167.4 237.0 220.1 300.1 240.0 181.9 210.6 220.1 168.5 238.8 218.5 306.1 234.9 183.0 157.2 178.6 177.9 145.7 178.0 184.4 207.2 158.5 178.7 178.0 148.2 175.0 184.7 208.1 159.6 188.1 187.7 153.8 196.7 187.6 221.4 161.9 188.7 188.3 153.5 195.9 188.2 222.6 163.3 189.7 189.4 155.5 195.4 189.3 224.7 164.1 191.4 191.1 158.5 194.7 189.7 227.0 Oct. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) ..1967=100.. ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 2/ do.... Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Commodities less food Services Services less rent. do.... do.... Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private Used cars Public Medical care PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y Consumer prices 1967=$1.00.. $0,498 $0,495 $0,542 $0,539 $0,502 SO.506 r/ Revised. 1/ With inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustment. 2/ Beginning Jan. 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 3/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly irT"Hea1th and recreation. additional items not previously priced. 6/ Includes bottled gas. 4/ Residential. 5/ Includes MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM Sept. Oct. Nov. 190.9 190.9 140.0 rl81.1 rl80.5 rl24.6 rl 90.8 rl90.8 rl31.4 154.1 154.1 106.3 2,096 1 ,544 2,025 1 ,440 r2,075 rl ,463 r2,095 rl ,459 2,104 1,498 1,781 1,185 1,822 1 ,218 1,563 1,020 1,731 1,092 rl,719 rl ,127 1,691 1,114 27.4 319 22. 7 320 27.9 283 24.1 272 25.7 300 Oct. Nov. .thous.. ..do.... ..do.... 193.2 193.1 135.4 155.9 154.8 109.3 ..do.... ..do.... 2,139 1,532 ..do.... ..do.... thous.. do Aug. 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 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations estimated total imil. 5.. By purpose of loan: do Home construction do Home purchase All other purposes do TRANSPORTATION 9,277 9,138 10,398 r9,305 9,482 1 ,800 5,696 1,781 1,780 5,550 1 ,808 1 ,981 5,830 1 ,587 rl,807 r6,049 rl,449 1,951 5,989 1,542 284.7 13.7 14.7 704.8 280.6 14.0 14.5 736.4 321.8 11.2 16.8 643.2 250.9 12.0 17.0 653.3 313.1 13.2 17.2 698.5 EQUIPMENT Trucks (new), retail sales and inventories,seasonally Retail sales: Light-duty, up to 14,000 lbs. GVW Medium-duty, 14,001-26,000 lbs. GVW Heavy-duty, 26,001 lbs. and over GVW Retail inventories, end of period r/ Revised. ^ " U . S . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: adj.: .thous.. ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... 1979--281-051/23 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE C0M-209 316.,8 13.,7 16.,2 741.,9
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