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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION / vX A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* : SfW^X^-W^^^^^W^^WM^^M^^^S^ )ECEHBER 1971 1941-43 = 10 120 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (avg.TJaiiydose) 120 — 110 - 100 - v/ 90 80 - -~JL -J.....J 1 J L_L^-i L J . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—1 1968 —i—i—i—i—i—!—i—i 1969 i i i i i i i i 1970 1 i i i i J 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group 1967=100 150 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. sea. a d j . index) 140 / \ 130 jf^J 120 ~ 110 Monthly 100 1 1 1 1 1 I _ . l _l L-J—J -.1 1 . 1968 .1... L.. l _ i _ J 1. I_.l . 1 ...1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1969 1 1 1 1 1 j 1970 1 i 1 1 1 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Edison Electric Inst. Billion $ 65 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) 60 on $ no r»,^-.. Inventories (right scale) ^^-f^^ ^^"^"^ / 55 •—~ " 50 < /"* - /A V / *. /•* / S 100 1967 = 100 140 _ CONSUMER PRICES 130 —-90 120 Shipments (left scale) 80 110 Book v a l u e , e n d of month t _!_! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l I I H l l l U . J J - 1,1 1 i 1.1 1 1 1 1 L 1 1968 1969 1970 100 70 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. ot Commerce Stems ^ > ^ Sr^ .«*•*"" ., „—-— • ».«*** * ^ * " " « — . .«•—*'* *r»* ^ ^ > - 7 I f ! * ^ ' Food JUUUL-ULJ. 1-1 L.I A L.,l L I 1 I I 1 1 1 I I M 1 1 1 1 1 1. .1. 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in the latest monthly SURVEY Services \ > ^ ^*"^ _ All . • 45 " All -s V \ - 1969 1970 . . 1. . . 1971 _ WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1970 1971 ITEM Nov. 21 Nov. 28 108.8 108.7 106.0 7,517 5,458 7,483 5,424 8,206 5,593 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, 334 2,192 1,977 221 354 2,424 2,186 235 297 2,208 1,787 226 290 2,254 1,829 194 292 185 161 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... 55,961 65,366 28,763 164 56,040 65,128 28,373 76 59,316 72,169 30,974 413 59,594 71,876 30,616 19 59,925 72,550 31,229 246 60,119 73,100 30,759 195 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) „*-,. s do= = . 80,849 47,738 243,989 26,711 80,182 34,339 80,299 47,336 241,598 26,211 79.905 34,061 81,845 53,691 265,581 26,477 83,161 37,606 84,319 53,805 265!324 26,421 83,005 37,746 85,028 53,939 265,246 27,531 82.917 37,870 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)"4/. 1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks o do... 8.64 82.79 90.88 8.62 85.09 93.33 7.78 94.91 104.62 7.77 93.41 102,85 7.77 92.85 102.26 2,201 28,870 89,113 10,061 2,079 28,567 82,341 10,068 1,418 30,035 186,351 9,276 1,561 30,566 183,407 9,226 1,756 30,085 185,420 9,285 thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. 2,363 96.9 2,289 93.8 1,918 78.7 1,871 76.7 bil. 15.6 12.5 13.1 13.3 1,866 76.5 13.9 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1967=100, ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores mil. $, do.., PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars)..... Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ Steel, raw o Index of production o thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number = thous. bbl. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ 2/ Tuesday price. Data do not always cover calendar weeks. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. Nov. 6 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 106.1 105.5 105.9 8,532 5,673 8,563 5,782 Nov. 13 7.78 90=33 99.57 145,748 76.6 ........ 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery. Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total Ij Food and kindred products Tobacco products. Textile mill products Paper and allied products... Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals. ..o Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical-***.*.. Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products rj Revised. 7989 1_/ Includes • mil. $. do... do... do... do... 57,236 30,815 1,617 4,845 3,735 55,415 29,133 1,600 4,409 3,599 -53,478 28,485 1,765 4,923 3,223 56,321 29,709 1,944 3,843 3,688 r60,282 r32,627 1,925 r4,237 r3,802 60,093 32,807 1,958 469 725 do... do. . . do. .. do... 4,807 4,672 6,714 1,089 4,539 4,572 6,104 1,020 4,486 4,045 5,852 926 4,680 4,400 6,443 984 r5,334 r4,845 r7,626 r1,088 172 743 915 1,078 do... do... do. .. do... 26,421 8,885 482 1,992 26,282 8,814 469 2,026 24,993 8,470 506 26,612 8,720 513 r27,655 9,251 r520 27,286 9,158 501 do... do... do... do... 2,148 4,212 2,223 1,482 2,167 4,072 2,242 1,484 2,045 4,058 2,327 1,501 2,289 4,329 2,320 1,624 r2,299 r4,673 r2,347 rl, 649 2,279 4,367 2,391 1,660 do... 55,073 53,235 58,418 57,804 r57,892 57,402 do... do... do. . . do... 29,900 1,475 4,895 3,617 28,152 1,461 4,450 3,466 32,123 1,793 5,312 3,437 31,464 1,831 3,991 3,679 r31,543 rl,758 r4,270 r3,680 31,348 1,785 4,459 3,583 4,682 4,355 6,761 990 4,505 4,376 5,796 963 4,937 4,434 7,749 1,022 4,983 4,513 7,915 969 r5,186 r4,523 r7,620 r989 5,122 4,550 7,275 1,018 ...do... do. .. do... do... data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1970 1971 July Sept. Aug. Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . By industry group-Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products • Textile mill products Paper and allied products.... <= Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical * * ^5 = * s = Electrical machinery . -. * Transportation equipment Instruments and related products 25,173 8,335 467 1,868 2,067 4,021 2,189 1,470 25,083 8,363 479 1,856 2,071 3,975 2,232 1,406 26,295 8,739 491 26,340 8,683 488 r26,349 r8,667 r503 2,187 4,330 2,344 1,637 2,270 4,305 2,293 1,682 211 r4 459 r2 308 rl 637 98,708 64,497 34,211 99,576 99,501 64,696 34,805 100,282 99,826 64,482 35,344 100,194 99,754 64,426 35,328 100,063 r99 381 r64 090 r35 291 rl00, 266 64,965 2,283 8,987 6,949 13,874 10,239 14,281 2,446 65,218 2,306 9,114 6,941 13,968 10,303 14,267 2,421 64,692 2,293 8,821 7,510 13,831 9,920 13,796 2,327 64,523 2,302 8,953 7,519 13,745 9,885 13,570 2,356 r64 r2 r9 r7 rl3 r9 rl3 r2 do... do... do. . . do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do 34,611 8,329 2,179 3,471 2,719 6,604 2,336 2,115 56,093 29,645 26,448 53,567 35,064 8,593 2,195 3,516 2,704 6,654 2,367 2,133 54,151 27,769 26,382 51,951 35,502 8,791 2,142 35,540 8,818 2,129 r35 703 r8 909 r2 185 2,744 6,786 2,397 2,153 53,835 28,834 25,001 58,255 2,711 6,729 2,471 2,095 56,453 29,916 26,537 58,085 r2 r6 r2 r2 r60 r32 r27 r57 740 691 459 064 019 432 587 322 2 6 2 2 59 32 27 57 772 697 465 113 916 638 278 237 do... do... do... do... do... do.. . do... do... do... 28,355 4,547 3,644 4,517 4,096 6,036 25,212 6,635 18,577 26,779 4,164 3,494 4,369 4,167 5,072 25,172 6,660 18,512 31,955 4,434 3,489 4,823 4,827 8,062 26,300 7,022 19,278 31,758 4,184 3,577 5,072 4,584 7,923 26,327 7,201 19,126 r31 r4 3 r5 r4 r7 r26 r7 r!9 026 517 520 105 628 130 296 006 290 31 4 3 5 4 6 26 6 19 208 518 338 342 748 955 029 871 158 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/ do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products do... Machinery, except electrical do... Electrical machinery do... Transportation equipment * * . * s s s s = , s ?---, .do,.. Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders....do... 81,018 78,155 2,863 80,906 79,754 76,791 2,963 79,622 77,646 74,559 3,087 77,615 77,773 74,763 3,010 77,898 r77 r74 r2 r77 513 568 945 325 77 74 2 77 331 397 934 161 78,023 6,562 10,844 14,559 14,520 26,378 2,883 76,650 6,276 10,872 14,423 14,311 25,654 2,972 74,584 5,173 10,960 14,269 14,320 24,610 3,031 74,879 5,366 10,859 14,360 14,393 24,618 3,019 r74 r5 rlO rl4 rl4 24 2 362 612 698 279 500 128 963 74 5 10 14 14 23 2 219 672 453 497 695 808 942 number. thous. 560 591 448 231 410 820 390 166 280 number. thous. do... 971 785 ,670 881 754 11,574 670 967 7,906 660 472 4,505 540 286 r2,841 10,552.0 4,668.1 5,883.9 2,502.9 3,381.0 10,780.2 4,899.8 2,497.4 3,383.0 11,770.0 5,147.4 6,622.6 2,773.9 3,848.8 12,369.5 5,704.9 6,664.7 2,795.7 3,869.0 rl2,310.5 5,613.7 r6,696.8 2,815.3 r3,881.4 75.3 161.0 53.0 77.9 42.8 78.1 175.9 53.4 78.4 43.2 79.8 178.9 r55.8 82.7 45.2 83.7 198.7 56.0 83.4 45.3 83.0 191.7 56.3 84.0 45.4 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products • Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total o NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Primary metals • Fabricated metal products • Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders mil. $. do... do. . . do... do... ...do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do. . . do. . . = = = o .do,.. do... do... 563 293 ?.:o 403 686 902 493 369 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS: Beginning in period: Work stoppages Workers involved In effect during month: Work stoppages Workers involved Man-days idle during period • FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $.. New York SMSA do. . Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.. 6 other leading SMSA's do.. 226 other SMSA's do.. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits New York SMSA do.. Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.. 6 other leading SMSA's do.. 226 other SMSA's do.. r/ Revised. 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 5,880.5 8 679 512 2 4 2 1 179 265 384 575 99 791 63 ,963 35 828 100 579 64 2 9 7 13 9 13 2 490 305 257 346 595 820 547 400 36 089 9 091 2 207 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1971 1970 Sept. July Sept. Aug. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.) S INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL. .„ Excl. Department of Defense Shipments... Seasonally adj usted.».,- . «o»............ . m i l . $. » . . do... . o . do « o =. GENERAL IMPORTS , TOTAL„ . o <> , . .,000 „ , . „ O O O dO O O O Seasonally adj usted™ a ..»......o....,, .>».. 3,373.5 3,334.6 3,552.7 346.0 423.0 3,974-5 3,915.9 3,688.0 3,397.7 3,340.0 3,494.5 3,423.8 3,366.2 3,677.7 4,264.9 4,225.1 4,510.6 2,893.2 2,827.8 2,709.9 3,596, 3,498. 3,699.1 3,798,6 3,847. 3,937. 4,253„7 4,245.2 3,471.6 3,531 0 3 METALS AND MANUFACTURES MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic, o o. o .. o o..... o«». „ o. . m i l . $. Shipments, total...................... Domes Lie............................ Order backlog, end of month..„...„... B Metal forming type tools: Order s , new (net) , total....... „ -. Domes t i c a . edOo o o ...do... u .,do E D 36.70 28.65 55.15 45*85 60,40 54.50 49.85 44.15 45.05 41.80 83.35 67.00 577,7 70.95 60.40 543.4 45.30 39.55 385.9 40.90 33.35 405.4 r58.90 r47.40 r396.4 48.05 38.95 393.4 23.85 22.25 38.35 36.25 22.85 20.35 17.90 14.65 r25.40 r24.60 21.55 16.45 31.40 28.90 263.1 35.25 33.15 266.2 19.45 17.15 186.0 21.65 16.90 182.3 r21.90 rl8.65 rl85.8 27.80 20.90 179.6 580 489 92 755 630 125 817 668 149 725 566 159 | 884 756 129 1,051 934 116 8.9 7.8 1.1 7.4 6.0 1.4 9.8 8.1 1.7 10.1 8.3 1.9 | 12.2 10.8 1.5 11.3 10.0 1.4 1,261 1,496 2.3 ,053 ,280 2.6 1,582 1,580 2.3 1,569 1,681 2.4 1,591 1,691 1.9 1,482 1,660 2.0 . . . u do..o ...do... Shipments j t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o * . . . d o . . Dome s t i c . . . „ „ . . . . . . . . . . n o . . . a . . . . . . « = . . . » . » „...,= « . . . . d o . . Or d or backlog, end o f month.. a » . . .......... ..u . . 0«., ...do.. TRANSPORTATION 44.15 35,75 o a .dO. e o EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted.................... thous Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates.......... mil Domestics. ........................................... .do.. Imports ........ o . .................................o... do.o Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of period: Not seasonally adjusted...............a................thous Seasonally adj usted................. .................... do.• Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics)..............ratio I r_/ Revised. USCOMM--DC—- 7989 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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