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^ (i) December 7, 1979 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (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 EC( THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly — (Passenger cars) 1,200 \ 1,000 800 v yyM A r r\ vyA/-M \r V ] •M - 600 400 - / v t H V -J 200 0 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 I I I l l 1 l l 1 l l 1 1 1 1976 1 1 1 1 1 1 » i 1 1 1 1977 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1978 1979 J F MAM J J A S ON D (tela: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United Slates. Inc. MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 20 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION Monthly Weekly (Ingots and oil other forms) H4 16 \ I, H3 1978 8h I I I . I I I I l I I » l I I I I 1977 1976 I I I 1978 l I I I I I I I 1979 i2 I I I I I I I I, I I I J F M A M J J A S ON D Dab: Amer. Iron ft Steel Inst 1967=100 24a 230 — — r CONSUMER PRICES / >• .••• 220 Food ^ ^ ^ 7 ^S^ All Services 200 \*2 190 180 ~f*^ iir.^ > S ! S 160 4 H - 2.5 2.0 1.5 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 HM i i i l m n Data: U.S. Dept. of Ubor (seas.adj., at annual rates) 3.0 —i All Items 1976 MILLION 3.5 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS H ' . 170 1 / T t f y* i y H / 210 t 1977 \ • M M I M M , 1978 11111 i M i i 11 1979 1.0 kvi iiinliii 1976 1111111111111111 1977 Data: U.S. Dept of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1978 1979 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1978 1979 ITEM Dec. 2 Nov. Nov. 24 Dec. 1 250.4 248.2 251.8 278.4 245.2 303.9 279.7 251.0 301.2 282.9 252.6 305.8 thous.. 351 428 393 401 380 2,353 2,208 125 2,363 2,220 111 2,354 2,185 128 2,344 2,178 136 100 134 111,242 130,417 41,312 150 111,913 130,654 41,283 153 120,129 134,404 42,585 477 121,230 135,454 42,871 261 121,744 138,522 43,406 115 el22,212 138,114 42,944 57 113,169 90,274 479,205 41,637 140,536 88,724 114,248 90,044 477,585 41,317 140,573 88,929 103,277 73,770 492,228 34,691 152,676. 96,277 104,608 73,236 494,591 35,916 152,127 96,562 101,922 73,096 492,172 35,606 151,945 96,888 percent. 1941-43=10. do... 9.38 95.48 106.04 9.39 93.75 104.01 11.41 99.87 111.86 11.37 103.39 115.90 11.40 103.89 116.43 thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 14,140 40,718 116,769 8,803 16,235 43,052 206,224 8,760 16,395 41,910 174,366 8,706 15,530 42,982 145,579 8,706 14,000 39,605 93,675 8,706 thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,678 88.0 2,700 88.7 2,385 82.4 2,349 81.2 2,277 78.7 bil. 15.1 18.0 18.1 17.6 15.2 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun $ Bradstreet) do... .| do.... number.. FINANCE; Currency in circulation ZJ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/......do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 5/ do.... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do.... Savings deposits do.... Loans and investments, gross adj usted, 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/ Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/ Industrial, 400 stocks ; Steei, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ Nov. 17 251.1 247.9 253.3 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State program PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 5/ Nov. 10 1967=100.. do.... do SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials.; RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 283.1 254.0 305.0 11.30 106.77 119.30 2,270 78.5 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 1978 1979 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. r/ Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment mil. $ do.. do.. 71,345 10,643 16,544 73,238 10,918 17,858 67,066 10,955 13,583 r71,365 11,482 13,139 77,057 11,907 15,758 78,517 11,944 17,068 do.. do.. do.. 68,476 10,332 16,248 70,096 10,918 16,352 r73,585 11,887 rl5,596 r74,416 11,787 rl6,034 74,112 11,554 15,623 75,594 11,957 15,714 do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,348 20,677 17,912 2,765 4,494 20,404 17,724 2,680 4,701 22,169 19,386 2,783 4,665 r22,999 r20,007 2,992 4,669 23,047 20,119 2,928 4,978 23,422 20,292 3,130 do.. 73,973 80,552 67,926 r71,203 79,455 79,144 do.. do.. do.. 72,399 11,305 18,150 76,463 11,926 20,033 r72,545 rll,887 rl5,874 r74,029 rl1,787 rl6,230 78,008 11,554 18,323 74,759 11,957 14,281 do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,469 23,107 19,835 3,272 4,216 24,873 21,032 3,841 4,530 22,536 20,232 2,304 4,657 r23,770 r20,737 3,033 4,745 26,493 22,200 4,293 4,658 22,467 20,115 2,352 do.. 211,688 219,003 258,040 r257,882 260,281 260,913 do.. do.. do.. 212,101 24,844 71,727 218,468 25,852 75,408 257,417 30,953 95,610 r 25 7,029 29,870 95,807 260,924 30,024 98,506 260,091 29,875 97,074 Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New Orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense U n f i l l e d o r d e r s , end of month ( u n a d j u s t e d ) : Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l U n f i l l e d o r d e r s , end of month ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) : Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l Primary metals • T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment t/ Revised. 1/ Data f o r Oct. 1979 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1979 1978 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. r3,914 rl72,547 rl26,483 r46,064 3,595 171,593 126,307 45,286 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS—Con. 1 / Unfilled orders, «end of month (seasonally adjusted)—Con. Supplementary s e r i e s : 3,796 136,747 97,248 39,499 3,519 141,216 100,557 40,660 3,847 168,329 123,673 44,656 199.1 199.3 200.7 200.9 219.4 218.9 221.5 221.1 223.7 223.4 225.6 225.4 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 195.1 197.9 190.5 195.4 177.1 177.2 177*. 8 215.6 224.6 196.7 199.4 191.8 196.6 178.1 178.8 179.1 217.6 226.7 214.2 217.6 210.5 218.3 201.1 192.6 197.0 234.7 245.6 216.9 219.7 212.2 220.4 205.4 193.6 199.5 237.6 248.8 219.6 222.1 214.1 223.1 209.6 194.5 201.8 240.7 252.1 221.8 224.1 215.6 224.5 211.3 196.0 203.4 243.6 255.1 do.... do.... 215.6 214.1 216.8 215.4 236.9 235.5 236.3 233.9 237.1 234.7 238.2 235.4 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 3/207.5 216.2 4/166.4 234.2 5/218.8 6/295.7 237.9 3/180.5 209.5 218.6 167.4 237.0 220.1 300.1 240.0 181.9 228.4 240.1 175.9 263.0 243.5 412.9 264.5 190.4 231.5 243.9 177.5 267.6 247,2 438.6 266.5 191.2 234.6 247.4 179.0 271.9 251.2 461.6 270.1 192.2 237.7 251.5 181.4 276.7 252.9 470.8 272.5 193.3 do.... do do.... do.... do do.... do.... 161.9 188.7 188.3 153.5 195.9 188.2 222.6 163.3 189.7 189.4 155.5 195.4 189.3 224.7 164.3 216.6 217.4 166.7 209.2 197.1 239.9 166.3 219.6 220.4 166.6 207.0 200.8 241.8 169.8 221.4 222.0 166.1 202.9 205.2 243.7 171.0 222.7 223.1 167.5 199.9 209.1 245.9 .1967=$1.00.. $0,502 $0,498 $0,457 $0,452 $0,448 $0,444 do.... do.... 181.1 180.5 124.6 192.1 192.1 131.1 165.0 164.2 117.8 rl71.4 rl70.3 rll9.4 163.3 rl63.2 rl05.8 168.4 106.7 do.... do.... 2,024 1,432 2,054 1,436 1,788 1,220 rl,793 rl,239 rl,911 rl,255 1,760 1,148 do do.... 1,838 1,184 1,835 1,209 1,528 1,001 1,654 1,030 rl,775 rl,015 1,550 920 do.... do 24.1 275 25.8 286 22.4 282 9,305 9,674 9,399 r9,945 8,252 do.... do.... do 1,807 6,049 1,449 2,017 6,077 1,580 1,896 5,988 1,515 rl,947 r6,461 rl,537 1,634 5,204 1,414 mil. $ . . do do 12,714.4 12,713.1 13,274.2 13,157.4 13,153.6 12,901.1 14,731.8 14,725.7 15,668.9 15,009.4 14,975.1 15,820.7 14,939.6 14,919.6 15,832.4 1,645.7 176.9 1,111.9 348.0 1,597.9 251.3 1,470.4 422.1 2,055.9 178.1 1,539.4 2,056.5 141.8 1,555.6 438.0 do.... do.... 3,839 rl69,101 ! rl24,404 ! 44,697 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967*100.. Special group indexes: do.... Public PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y - CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s : NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (16,000 permit-issuing p l a c e s ) : Seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s : MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: New mortgage loans of a l l savings and loan a s s o c i a t i o n s , By purpose of loan: 28.9 ! 277 23.6 268 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL.. By commodity groups and principal commodities: do.... do do do.... 1 2,053.3 176.4 1,434.6 534.0 1 496.3 1 j j 17,283.2 17,275.5 16,838.1 2,384.3 184.0 1,940.8 567.4 r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Oct. 1979 are advance estimates. 2/ Beginning Jan. 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 3/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." 4/ Residential. 5/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 6/ Includes bottled gas. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1978 1979 ITEM Aug. Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct. 156.3 1,197.9 1,132.5 5,141.5 113.9 1,085.0 1,120.8 5,584.4 157.6 1,433.2 1,230.3 5,651.0 140.1 1,546.8 1,341.6 5,600.7 163.7 1,589.6 1,360.7 5,645.4 146.6 1,652.7 1,565.6 6,348.6 14,416.9 14,819.7 15,118.3 14,851.6 17,115.0 16,776.6 17,931.0 18,177.3 18,075.5 18,665.8 19,243.3 18,856.0 1,048.9 168.2 827.0 3,698.9 30.2 537.9 2,215.4 3,832.0 1,152.2 211.5 827.6 3,491.6 40.9 541.4 2,344.5 4,294.6 1,172.9 204.2 919.1 5,075.0 35.0 570.9 2,481.2 4,328.6 1,177.1 198.7 958.3 5,460.4 66.3 648.1 2,627.6 4,314.3 1,163.2 222.5 942.0 6,084.4 56.8 612.1 2,484.0 4,183.5 1,185.5 217.8 852.5 6,558.7 72.4 609.9 2,693.4 4,569.4 percent 9.04 9.20 9.69 9.74 9.93 10.71 do.. do.. do.. do.. 8.69 8.92 9.11 9.42 8.89 9.07 9.26 9.59 9 .20 9 .49 9 75 10 .29 9.23 9.53 9.85 10.35 9.44 9, 70 10 03 10 .54 10 13 10 ,46 10 .83 11 .40 ....do.. do.. do.. 8.90 9.17 8.68 9.03 9.37 8.74 9 .47 9 .90 9 .45 9.52 9.97 9.48 9 66 10 19 9 50 10 .28 11 .13 9 89 July FOREIGN TRADE—Con. EXPORTS (MDSE), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL—Con. By commodity groups and principal commodities—Con. Oils and fats, animal and vegetable .....mil. $, Chemicals do.. Manufactured goods ..do.. Machinery and transport equipment, t o t a l do.. GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL do.. Seasonally adjusted. .do.. By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and l i v e animals do.. Beverages and tobacco do.. Crude m a t e r i a l s , i n e d i b l e , e x c . f u e l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . Mineral f u e l s , l u b r i c a n t s , e t c do.. O i l s and f a t s , animal and vegetable do.. Chemicals : * do.. Manufactured goods .do.. Machinery and transport equipment.• do.. 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