The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
DECEMBER 6, 1974 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS <°>* •"••«„ o f * SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Billion $ 400 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 375 350 325 300 275 (average of Wednesday data) 250 . J ^ J - ^ T ^ T I i i . i.j_ 1971 L i _ I _ I _ I . J _i i I._._I i..i_ ...I—I.—1 L...L 1 J 1—1 1 1 1 1 1™JLJ—1—L_I_JL_L-,J_ 1972 1973 1974 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board 1967=100 1967=100 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 170 H 170 (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 160 h 1971 1972 1973 1974 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 1,400 j 350 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 - (Passenger cars) 300 _ 1973 _ 250 200 -hhfJP}^ 150 "T 100 1974 _ 200 ° -L 50 Weekly 0 -L-J • ' ' 1971 1972 I 1 I I I I I I I JLJ 1973 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected weekly I I I I I I I I I ' ' 1974 J i l l I i i i i i 1 F M A M J J A S O N D 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 ITEM Nov. 24 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1974 Dec. 1 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 1967=100 do.. do.. 193.4 190.8 195.2 192.1 192.9 191.5 230.7 282.3 200.4 232.1 290.3 198.8 225.1 277.9 194.4 mil. $, do.. 9,909 6,959 10,939 7,521 10,444 7,503 10,588 7,587 10,766 7,699 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, 238 1,768 1,597 180 299 1,788 1,621 180 435 ,532 ,221 229 463 2,761 2,436 195 545 188 134 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 223.3 277.8 191.9 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve Bank credit outstanding, total 3/_. ...do... Member bank reserve bal ances 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 (Standi Poor's)^/ 1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 70,181 85,044 35,095 369 70,502 84,440 34,438 66 76,052 90,648 36,990 302 77,025 90,755 36,532 199 77,209 91,701 36,847 66 77,330 92,178 37,103 628 98,053 56,534 343,507 25,004 107,73/ 54,557 8.02 99.76 112.14 100,178 99,178 56,278 57,586 343,117 24,257 107,428 54,509 8.01 381,447 21,605 129,438 102,372 57,661 384,100 21.948 129,296 60,051 9.61 73.35 82.00 102,276 57,727 383,870 225689 129,307 60,115 9.56 67.90 75.77 9.54 69.94 78.12 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 10,300 32,884 162,187 9,092 2,959 121.3 15.0 7,355 35,078 168,657 8,606 2,751 112.8 15.9 4,570 35,040 139,573 8,668 2,642 108.4 15.3 thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. bil. 97.65 109.72 11,690 33,968 213,127 9,045 2,961 121.4 16.9 59,945 9.67 74.75 83.68 14,360 34,484 176,321 8,652 2,780 113.9 17.3 85,994 105.1 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 ITEM Sept. 1974 Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADO.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units mil. $..| do. do. do. 12,486 9,357 5,287 4,418 12,280 9,287 5,017 4,149 12,403 8,830 4,480 3,581 r!2,408 r8,717 r4,373 r3,488 r!2,141 r8,508 r4,123 r3,277 11,931 8,526 3,865 3,040 do... do... do... do... 2,473 580 1,395 3,129 2,576 617 1,441 2,545 645 2,524 r666 1,397 3,573 r2,590 r561 rl,361 r3,691 2,770 765 rl,425 r3,633 1,490 3,405 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Pri vate, total do... Residential (incl. farm) do... New housing units do... 137.3 104.1 58.0 48.2 138.0 r134.0 r95.8 r47.2 r37.5 rl33. r94. r45. r35. 132, 94. 43. 33, 28, r7. r!5. r38. r29. 7. r15. r38. Nonresidential buildings, total J/ Industri al Commerci al Public, total Nonresidential buildings, total \J Industrial Commercial Publi c, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE do... do... do... do... 1967=100. New mortgage loans of a l l savings and loan associations, estimated total m i l . $. By purpose of loan: Home construction do... Home purchase do... All other purposes do... r/ Revised. 61,825 £ / Preliminary. V Except farm and public u t i l i t i e s ^ 27. 6, 2,993 136. 103. 56. 46. 98, 48. 38. 29.0 7.2 28.4 6.7 15.8 33.2 16.0 40.0 156 156 174 175 r!77 178 3,174 2,786 3,816 3,593 r2,681 P2.402 571 1,836 532 1,547 707 603 2,387 826 542 2,338 713 r426 p407 pi,462 p533 15, 33. 767 r l ,657 r598 30. 8. 16. 38.1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued "1973 ITEM Sept. 3 j Oct. 1974 July Aug. Sept. Oct. FINANCE MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Home mortgage rates (conventional 1st mortgages): y ....do.... 8.17 8.26 8.31 8.50 ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... do ....do.... 24,843 20,670 4,170 -4,173 567 -4,740 17,637 23,092 -5,455 5,455 1,395 4,060 472,078 342,338 473,139 343.727 9.09 9.13 r9.19 r9.33 20,938 24,411 -3,472 3,472 1,644 1,828 23,620 25,408 -1,787 1,787 2,283 -496 28,377 24,712 3,666 -3,666 569 -4,235 487,239 347,706 493,622 349,980 493,130 350,549 8.96 9.00 p9_17 p9.51 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Budget receipts and outlays: Gross amount of debt outstanding ....do ....do Budget receipts by source and outlays by agency: do . ,do.... do Social insurance taxes and contributions (net] . . . . d o . . . . ....do.... 24,843 11,709 5,247 5,408 2,479 17,637 9,230 1,053 1 4,712 1 2,641 i 20,938 10,806 1 1.485 5,781 ] 2,867 23,620 1 10,485 828 9,544 2,763 28.377 13,947 5,647 6,120 2,675 ,.,.do.... do 20,670 249 6,119 7,232 23,092 799 6,523 7,415 24,411 384 1 6.313 8,688 25,408 346 7.062 8.808 24,712 616 6,745 8,846 2,552 246 968 3,763 249 1,056 4,267 1 216 I 1,256 i 2,552 247 1,234 I 8.06 7.96 9.10 9.36 9.67 9.80 ....do.... do do do 7.63 7.86 8.11 8.63 7.60 7.84 7.98 8.41 8.72 8.76 9.35 9.55 9.00 9.05 9.61 9.77 9.24 9.35 9.90 10.12 9.27 9.40 10.10 10.41 do do do 7.89 8.09 8.37 7.76 8.04 8.24 8.95 9.35 9.08 9.16 9.70 9.30 9.44 10.11 9.46 9.53 10.31 9.64 ,.mil. $.. do do 6,021.2 5,964.6 6,419.8 6,784.9 6,750.7 6,585.4 7,695.7 7,655.9 8,307.2 7,998.9 7,929.7 8,370.0 7,672.8 7,611.7 8,286.2 8,994.1 8,926.2 8,664.5 do.... do.... do.... do do.... 1,191.6 93.0 506.3 121,6 66.0 1,216.7 110.6 747.5 177.1 59.1 1,081.5 90.0 768.4 305.7 164.3 1,020.7 97.6 777.8 338.7 110.6 1,000.1 83.7 647.3 332.2 86.9 1,170.6 124.1 787.3 449.4 112.2 do do do.... do do.... do do.... 505.6 648.8 2,324.5 429.9 890.9 336.9 147.7 552.9 709.2 2,555.6 488.9 924.2 378.5 162.3 798.5 936.1 2,809.9 569.1 906.2 417.1 222.0 812.0 999.1 3,019.6 625.7 953.1 461.6 233.1 729.1 885.2 3,139.5 597.7 1,183.1 439.9 224.6 728.7 1,017.9 3,768.3 669.4 1,495.9 473.3 216.0 do do.... 5,307.4 5,643.8 6,402.9 5,996.3 9,003.1 9,035.6 9,166.4 9,501.8 8,441.1 8,519.5 9,186.0 8,635.1 616.4 91.0 390.0 701.2 21.4 708.6 128.1 493.1 797.7 26.3 774.6 126.5 532.8 2,407.4 70.3 766.4 112.7 536.3 2,498.7 44.3 650.1 111.6 496.7 2,115.6 54.2 657.8 113 4 504.1 2,268 3 79.6 209.4 1,140.4 1,953.6 785.2 160.5 350.8 1,529.4 2,131.2 885.5 194.5 380.5 1,711.0 1,993.4 935.5 187.6 386.8 1,575.9 2,011.7 837.6 200.9 427.5 1,886.5 2,126.5 906.8 215.5 Health, Education, and Welfare Department ....do.... do Veterans Administration do 2,907 267 1,145 j SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: By r a t i n g : Aaa Aa A Baa By group: Industrials. Public u t i l i t i e s Rail roads. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department o f Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and p r i n c i p a l commodities: Food and l i v e animals Beverages and tobacco Crude m a t e r i a l s , i n e d i b l e , exc. fuels Mineral f u e l s , l u b r i c a n t s , e t c . Animal and vegetable o i l s , f a t s , waxes Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, t o t a l Electrical. GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and 1ive animals Beverages and tobacco Mineral f u e l s , l u b r i c a n t s , etc Animal and vegetable o i l s and f a t s Chemicals Manufactured goods Miscellaneous manufactured a r t i c l e s Commodities not c l a s s i f i e d r/ Revised. 61,825 £ / Preliminary. do do do do do do.... do do 190.5 970.8 1,511.8 1 668.7 1 145.6 1 \J Beginning January 1973, data r e f l e c t changes in sampling and weighting. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1974 1973 ITEM Sept. Sept. Aug. July Oct. Oct. METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades)... .......thous. sh. tons, .do... Plates..................... .do... Bars and tool steel, total. .do... Pipe and tubing............ .do... Tin mill products .do... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical)* total. .do... Sheets, cold rolled...................... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total................... .. mil. $. .....do... Domestic................................. .....do... Shipments; total........................... .....do... Domestic................................. .....do... Order backlog,. end of month,............... Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total................... .do.., .do... Domes t1c................................. .do... Shipments, total..... .................. .do... Domestic.............. ............... .do... Order backlog, end of month................ TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RETAIL SALES, NEW PASSENGER CARS: Total, not seasonally adjusted.........................thous Domestics.... .do.. Imports do.. Totals seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l Domestics. do.. Imports .... ... do.. Retail i n v e n t o r i e s , new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonal1y a d j u s t e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s Seasonally a d j u s t e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . Inventory-sales r a t i o , new cars (domestics) ratio 8,843 873 1,490 755 687 3,612 1,492 9,084 953 190.80 163.30 105.00 88.00 2,135.8 130.10 112.60 98.45 85.65 ,324.5 61.55 53.50 36.40 32.40 567.1 71.40 64.45 38.80 32.45 599.7 875 754 121 11.7 10.2 1.5 1,360 1,478 1.7 8,905 801 1,470 729 565 3,871 1,606 9,892 879 1,649 864 609 4,307 168.70 138.80 95.75 79.45 1,238.9 184.05 165.35 1,730 1,507 814 608 3,785 1,567 8,601 882 1,484 792 561 3,506 1,444 2,176.6 144.10 118.20 151.35 127.55 2,169.4 P127.10 P98.60 pi 29.20 P108.90 p2,167.3 56.60 48.90 47.10 42.40 646.1 32.55 25.20 40.25 35.10 638.4 49.60 44.45 45.10 40.30 642.9 P44.55 P35.40 p63.75 P57.80 p623.7 979 858 122 9.9 8.4 1.5 812 691 121 9.7 8.4 1.3 811 668 143 11.1 9.5 1.6 726 591 134 10.1 8.4 1.7 757 628 129 7.8 6.3 1.5 1,479 1,664 2.4 1,496 1,400 2.0 ,294 ,388 1.8 1,385 1,385 2.0 1,595 1,610 3.1 89.35 75.45 JD/ Preliminary. USCOMM— DC—61,825 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 ^e-AQi 6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
@FedFRASER