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®*TES O* WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS September 8, 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 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1975 1976 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1978 1977 J FMAMJ J THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION ASOND Monthly (Passenger cars) 1975 i: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1977 1976 1978 J FMAMJ J BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 220 NEW CONSTRUCTION 200 1975 t: U.S. Dept of Labor 1976 1977 1978 ASOND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 140 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1976 W E E K L Y BU8INE88 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 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1978 1977 ITEM Dec. 3 N o v . 26 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 N o v . 25 1967=100. do... do... 207.3 212.6 203.5 209.4 211.5 207.9 255.3 250.4 258.6 252.0 246.7 255.5 251.1 247.9 253.3 .thous. 342 431 286 345 350 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun S Bradstreet)...number. 3,098 2,486 120 3,029 2,442 116 2,058 1,913 177 1,973 1,843 101 125 101,034 110,086 35,856 -11 101,533 111,457 35,938 438 109,828 129,087 37,999 397 110,775 127,051 38,030 267 111,242 130,439 41,362 55 109,61.8 92,549 427,009 45,522 123,049 73,287 113,231 92,276 431,492 45,659 123,573 73,444 116,067 90,945 478,330 41,330 140,306 87,801 119,129 90,519 480,788 42,426 140,753 88,377 8.48 96.49 106.10 8.47 94.83 104.19 9.42 94.45 105.05 9.40 92.71 102.94 9.38 95.48 106.04 13,850 38,561 114,888 8,455 14^ 750 40,825 202,346 8,538 16,750 40,259 ^25,313 16,020 41,803 222,305 8,804 14,020 40,718 116,769 8,804 2,264 74.6 2,287 75.4 2,733 89.8 2,723 89.5 2,678 14.2 16.9 19.2 18.8 15.7 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 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 ob ligations 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, 400 stocks 7 do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, b y utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. • • • • thous. sh. tons. percent. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil. M04 88.0 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 Sept. 1978 Oct. July Aug. Sept. 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) 1/ Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care do.... Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food do Durables Commodities less food Services Services less rent 184,.0 184 .0 184.5 184.5 196.7 196.7 197..7 197..8 199,.1 199..3 200.7 200.9 180,.9 182 .6 176 .6 181,.0 168.4 164,.5 166 .7 197..7 205 .3 181.6 183.1 177.0 181.4 169.2 165.0 167.4 198.5 206.2 192.0 195.3 188.6 193.6 174.1 175.3 175.4 211.7 220.4 193..3 196..3 189,.3 194..4 175,.4 175,.9 176..3 213,A 222..2 195..1 197,.9 190,.5 195 .4 177,.1 177.2 177..8 215,.6 224,.6 196.7 199.4 191.8 196.6 178.1 178.8 179.1 217.6 226.7 Food Food at home 194.5 192,.2 194.4 191.7 215.0 214.7 215..4 214..5 215..6 214..1 216.8 215.4 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations 189,.5 194 .7 155 .3 209,.1 205.,5 285..1 218..0 169,.1 190.4 195.6 156.1 210.0 206.8 287.2 219.3 169.6 2/203.8 211.3 3/164.2 228.3 4/218.0 294.5 5/237.2 2/178.1 205..2 213..3 165..1 230..6 218..1 294,.2 236..9 178.,9 207.5 216,.2 166,.4 234..2 218..8 295,.7 237 .9 180,.5 209.5 218.6 167.4 237.0 220.1 300.1 240.0 181.9 156,.2 178,.4 177..8 141..1 182..5 184,.1 206.,3 157.2 178.6 177.9 145.7 178.0 184.4 207.2 158.0 187.2 186.8 153.9 195.9 187.7 219.4 159.,6 188.,1 187..7 153.,8 196..7 187..6 221..4 161..9 188..1 188..3 153,.5 195..9 188..2 222..6 163.3 189.7 189.4 155.5 195.4 189.3 224.7 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices $0,543 $0,502 $0,498 $0,506 $0,542 $0,508 1/ Beginning Jan. 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 2/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "Health and recreation." 3/ Residential. 4/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 5/ Includes bottled gas. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1977 1978 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE do.... do do 16,842 12,922 7,989 6,571 16,487 12,823 7,787 6,573 19,010 14,572 8,989 7,382 rl9,709 r14,846 r9,069 r7,543 rl9,642 rl4,817 r8,878 r7,433 19,469 14,832 8,632 7,269 do do.... do do 2,745 711 1,469 3,920 2,770 719 1,496 3,664 3,207 950 1,661 4,439 r3,359 rl,057 rl,697 r4,863 r3,437 rl,114 rl,720 r4,825 3,551 1,112 1,841 4,637 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL b i l . $.. Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units 177.8 138.3 83.0 67.6 176.7 139.2 84.2 69.3 208.3 159.9 94.0 77.7 r206.4 rl58.0 r92.5 r77.1 r207.7 rl59.4 r92.5 r76.8 208.0 160.2 92.8 76.2 30.5 8.1 16.2 39.4 30.3 8.2 15.9 37.4 37.7 11.2 rl9.5 48.4 r37.6 rl2.0 rl8.8 r48.4 r38.2 rl2.6 rl8.9 r48.3 38.6 12.7 19.3 47.8 158.8 161.0 173.6 175.4 175.7 178.3 4.6 3.5 4.8 2.8 1.1 3.8 2.9 3.8 1.9 1.1 4.4 3.2 4.1 2.1 1.1 5.3 4.1 5.2 3.4 0.7 4.8 r3.9 4.8 3.0 0.8 4.3 3.5 4.1 2.3 0.9 3.9 2.7 3.8 1.9 4.0 2.8 3.7 1.9 3.8 2.9 3.9 2.0 3.8 2.8 3.7 1.9 4.1 r3.1 3.7 2.0 4.4 3.4 4.0 2.3 485 408 463 435 494 449 152 3,085 157 3,347 211 2,995 176 4,141 160 4,421 127 2,261 10,371.1 10,367.5 11,038.6 9,557.4 9,554.8 9,357.4 10,944.7 10,934.0 11,792.5 11,621.8 11,613.9 12,469.3 12,714.4 12,713.1 13,428.9 13,157.4 13,153.6 13,010.5 do.... 1,247.6 201.8 822.7 401.8 105.7 1,064.9 1,014.3 4,303.4 987.5 67.3 1,042.7 367.0 98.1 737.2 742.5 4,157.9 1,540.6 161.6 992.5 321.7 130.7 1,077.2 939.5 4,486.8 1,716.2 213.3 1,083.4 335.4 120.9 1,149.1 1,024.7 4,599.8 1,645.7 176.9 1,111.9 348.0 156.3 1,197.9 1,132.5 5,142.1 1,597.9 251.3 1,470.4 422.1 113.9 1,085.0 1,120.8 5,586.4 do do.... 12,452.4 12,941.6 12,497.5 12,586.9 14,703.9 14,779.3 14,024.0 14,090.2 14,416.9 15,120.0 15,118.3 15,138.0 do.... do.... do.... do.... do 873.7 182.9 744.6 3,720.5 41.7 436.4 1,888.7 2,995.9 812.9 137.8 737.4 3,634.9 29.6 349.1 1,869.3 3,301.5 1,126.1 177.4 788.0 3,380.1 49.4 546.9 2,418.3 4,108.2 924.0 170.2 817.4 3,677.1 43.0 514.9 2,218.6 3,578.5 1,048.9 168.2 829.3 3,698.9 30.2 537.9 2,215.4 3,832.0 1,152.2 211.5 831.2 3,491.6 40.9 541.4 2,344.5 4,294.6 7,662 7,400 7,608 8,293 8,252 357 362 587 169 1,297 359 334 581 155 1,297 393 393 694 111 1,272 457 426 697 123 1,463 491 419 683 140 1,465 775 369 654 203 791 343 657 201 661 359 643 175 845 436 698 211 877 407 683 204 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE .. 1972=100.. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT,AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total m o . rate per 100 emloyees.. New hires do Separation rate, total .do Quit do Layoff do Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total do New hires Separation rate, total do Quit WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month Workers involved: Beginning in month Days idle during month do.... FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted B y commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Oils and fats, animal and vegetable Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco : Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Oils and fats, animal and vegetable Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment do.... do do.... do do.... do do do METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades) thous. short tons.. By products: do.... Semifinished products' Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling.... do do Plates do Rails and accessories do Bars and tool steel, total Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes) do do Reinforcing do. .. Pipe and tubing Wire and wire products r/ Revised. 1/ Includes additions and alterations. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. METALS AND MANUFACTURERS—Con. STEEL PRODUCTS, NET S H I P M E N T S — C o n . By p r o d u c t — C o n . Tin mill products thous. short tons Sheets and stip (incl. electrical), total do.. Sheets: Hot rolled do.. Cold rolled do.. By market: Service centers and distributors. do.. Construction, including maintenance do.. Contractors' products do.. Automotive do.. Rail transportation do.. Machinery, industrial equipment, and tools do.. Containers, packaging, shipping materials do.. Others do.. 539 3,493 1,164 1,480 453 3,363 1,156 1,407 472 3,455 1,176 1,430 498 3,720 1,316 1,512 536 3,630 1,288 1,473 1,279 646 397 1,815 295 465 562 2,203 1,179 603 370 1,805 258 492 481 2,212 1,332 806 298 1,647 251 447 536 2,291 1,440 849 325 1,819 307 521 528 2,505 1,387 777 311 1,899 306 529 551 2,491 MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting ty^e tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. 198.50 174.40 166.50 147.55 1,669.3 160.10 150.55 141.55 131.40 1,687.8 249.30 231.20 137.75 123.55 2,427.5 r2 74.65 r255.10 rl61.70 rl42.90 r2,540.5 253.00 234.40 198.60 172.40 2,594.9 Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 53.65 50.80 44.95 41.10 328.9 79.80 74.85 51.55 47.15 357.2 72.25 66.95 70.65 64.40 455.1 rl00.15 r93.95 r53. 70 r49.00 r501.5 81.70 75.35 65.15 57.55 518.0 r/ Revised. j>/ Preliminary ^ U . S . 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