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WEEKLY / 3 N vS/ BUSINESS STATISTICS February 1,1980 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 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 Weekly Monthly THOUSANDS 350 • (Passenger cars) — 1,000 IV/9 1978 600 ififTh 400 * 800 "" n i Vl 300 250 200 150 100 50 200 0 I I I I l I I I i I t I l t I i I J- I I J » 1976 1977 t I I 1 i I I I I t II 1978 i II J J . 11 f J FMAMJ 1979 i t ,1 UJL.L.. 0 J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States. Inc. MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 20 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 5 Monthly (Ingots and all other forms) 16 - 12 i X— s i1 i 1 i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i ii 1 1 1 1 1L..L,. 1.-L-J... L, 1 J --I-L J „J1 1 —LJL..I, 1 i l l 1976 1977 1979 1978 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. MILLION BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) Total - - Nondurable Goods Vj i ^ Y i , i 1111111»i I _I! J11111111111 i i II l I 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. oi Commerce 1977 11 1978 i iJ-Li.J-Lj i j. 1 1 1 1 1 1979 Daia: U.S Deot o1 Coir.'Wi* WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. JFMAMJ J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS' 2 1979 ITEM Jan. 27 Jan. 20 1967=100.. SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs , 1980 257.3 253.8 259.5 254.9 251.2 257.3 ....do.... INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun $ Bradstreet) ..number.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ 3,226 3,061 • 184. 2-87.5 256.0 311.7 Jan. 19 Jan, 12 285.4 251.2 311.7 284.9 246.7 314.6 Jan. 26 287.7 249.9 317.0 423 574 809 651 3,231 3,067 127 3,834 3,627 63 3,672 3,475 189 212 * *154 123,365 139,613 46,539 551 el22,053 138,077 45,284 202 494 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs Jan. 5 do.... do.... do 112,599 129,659 44,860 404 . 111,437 127,716 42,983 16 125,463 143,400 44,767 550 124,844 141,018 44,807 239 do.... do.... do.... do do do 108,451 77,446 441,802 35,778 •132,060 81,191 102,924 76,968 438,301 35,710 131,795 81,490 122,796 74,613 510,099 36,090 158,296 99,799 112,982 74,463 505,867 35,872 156,686 99,894 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand..§ Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks • do.... 9.67 99.48 110.87 9.65 100.16 111.62 11.54 105.76 118.41 11.60 109.05 122.30 11.67 111.05 124.89 11.83 113.44 127.91 thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. 12,909 47,294 154,455 8,457 11,530 46,741 180,882 8,457 12,835 42,577 88,419 e8,627 15,120 46,196 107,898 e8,627 14,965 43,653 90,216 e8,627 115,531 •... f sh. tons.. 2,418 80.5 2,558 85.2 2,276 77.9 2,379 81.4 2,362 80.8 bil.. 15.0 15.1 14.4 16.9 17.0 Excess reserves, estimated 3/..................< Assets and liabilities of large commercial b:«nks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total... U.S. Government obligations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) R^al petatp Inane (ornscl PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Rail FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 2,395 81.9 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2J Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. £/ 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 ITEM Nov. 1979 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 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/ do... Special group indexes: All items less food do... All items less medical care do... Commodities do... Nondurables do... Nondurables less food do... Durables do... Commodities less food do... Services do... Services less rent do... Food Food at home Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care 201.8 202.9 223.7 225.6. 227.6 202.0 202.9 223.4 225.4 227.5 197.8 200 .5 192.9 197.5 179.1 180.0 180.3 218.6 227.8 198.6 201.5 194.2 198.8 180.0 181.2 181.3 219.2 228.2 219.6 222.1 214.1 223.1 209.6 194.5 201.8 240.7 252.1 221.8 224.1 215.6 224.5 211.3 196.0 203.4 243.6 255.1 224.1 226.2 217.4 225.8 212.9 198.4 205.4 246.2 258.2 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 217.8 216.1 210.6 220.1 168.5 238.8 218.5 306.1 234.9 183.0 219.4 217.9 211.5 221.0 169.5 239.5 219.9 311.8 236.2 184.0 237.1 234.7 2/234.6 247.4 3/179.0 271.9 4/251.2 5/461.6 270.1 2/192.2 238.2 235 .4 237.7 251.5 181.4 276.7 252.9 470.8 272.5 193.3 239.1 236.0 240.8 255.9 182.1 282.4 252.0 477.4 267.3 195.1 do. ...do. do. do. do. i.... do. do. 164.1 191.4 191.1 158.5 194.7 189.7 227.0 163.2 192.6 192.5 159.8 194.0 189.1 227.8 169.8 221.4 222.0 166.1 202.9 205.2 243.7 171.0 222.7 223.1 167.5 199.9 209.1 245.9 171.7 224.9 225.0 170.6 198.4 216.5 248.0 $0.41)5' SD.49.V SO .448 $0,444 $0,440 PURCHASING POWER OF Till". DOLLAR AS MI-.ASUKIil) B V — .]<>67=S1.00. Consumer prices. r/ Revised 1/ Buy inning Jan. 1978, dnta n m for consumer pricc index all urban consumers. 2/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recrcation." 3/ Residential. 4/ Includes additional items not previously prized. 5/ Includes bottled gas. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1979 1978 ITEM Nov. Sept. Dec. Oct. Nov. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) Privately owned One-fami 1 y structures Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-fami ly structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (16,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One- fami ly s tructures thous. do... ,.do„.. 158.6 158.6 110.4 121.4 119.5 81.4 163.8 163.7 105.7 rl69.0 rl69.0 rl07.9 rll9.2 rll8.7 r72.4 do... do... 2,107 1,502 2,074 1,539 1,921 1,254 r 1,764 r1,159 rl,522 r985 do... do... 1,789 1,172 1,827 1,268 1,775 1,015 1,542 927 rl,263 751 do... do... 22.2 280 17.0 303 23.6 268 27.2 293 19.8 257 New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total . mil. $ . 9,165 8,426 8,532 r9,626 7,438 do... do... do... 1,794 5,775 1,596 1,692 5,117 1,617 1,701 5,371 1,460 rl,844 r6,100 r1,682 1,472 4,687 1,279 mil. $• do... do... do... do... 153,098 129,255 813 113,305 11,642 153,151 123,488 1,174 110,562 11,671 157,981 129,644 1,156 115,458 11,228 160,768 130,573 2,672 114,580 11,194 159,742 133,313 2,034 118,087 do... do... do... do... 153,098 39,452 31,919 100,825 153,151 36,972 31,152 103,325 157,981 37,740 29,089 106,683 160,768 35,452 32,192 107,964 159,742 36,049 32,280 109,908 mil. do. do. do. do. do. do. 114,248 191,695 138,612 5,672 954 29,773 280,971 113,248 203,092 144,438 5,309 981 34,086 258,061 106,031 195,696 134,947 4,501 2,651 33,583 258,431 105,151 191,304 134,689 5,089 1,306 32,840 261,568 103,216 185,166 130,639 4,562 786 30,612 264,662 do. do. 90,044 148,290 77,865 141,940 76,773 149,250 74,030 154,659 72,559 158,937 Loans (adjusted), total 2/ Commercial and industrial For purchasing or carrying securities To nonbank financial institutions Real estate loans Other loans do. do. do. do. do. do. 366,087 140,573 10,971 24,119 88,929 125,474 347,246 134,038 10,655 24,166 80,655 119,560 390,007 153,392 11,174 25,845 94,094 128,643 387,169 152,749 9,810 26,492 95,948 123,935 385,653 151,006 9,882 26,053 97,236 122,402 Investments, total U.S. Government securities Other securities do. do. do. 111,498 41,317 70,181 97,953 35,549 62,404 105,333 34,204 71,129 106,098 35,281 70,817 106,356 35,782 70,574 mil. $ do.. 71,297 24,463 84,597 25,872 72,630 24,785 r76,389 r26,355 78,658 25,138 do.. do.. do.. 3,918 13,160 3,566 3,560 12,452 4,216 4,531 13,508 3,549 r4,830 rl4,589 r2,728 4,242 13,193 3, 897 do. do. do. do. do. 46,834 9,883 7,908 14,834 13,695 58,725 15,784 12,635 16,690 15,243 47,845 8,575 16,181 14,970 r50,034 r9,2l8 r7,386 r 16,349 rl5,106 53,520 11,357 9,064 16,836 15,580 do.. do.. do.. do.. 5,197 3,675 5,775 2,164 5,318 5,698 6,141 3,040 6,547 3,368 6,482 2,211 r6,843 r3,553 r6,502 r2,335 6,813 3,886 6,351 2,406 MANUFACTURERS» SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates By purpose of loan: Home construction. Home purchase All other purposes FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System condition, Wednesday nearest end of the month: Deposits: Demand, adjusted 1/ Demand, total 2/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp State and local governments U.S. Government Domestic commercial banks Time, total 2/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp: Savings Other time k 11,112 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 3/ Durable goods stores. Bldg. materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers Automotive dealers Furn., home furn. and equip Nondurable goods stores General merch. group stores Department stores Food stores Grocery stores Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and proprietary stores r/ Revised. separately. 6,886 1/ Other than domestic interbank and U.S. Gov»t., loss cash items in process of collection. V Data for Dec. 1979 are advance estimates. 2/ Includes data not shown MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1979 1978 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. DOMESTIC TRADE—Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES—Con. ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ mil. $ Durable goods stores do.. Bldg. mat., hdwre, garden supply, etc. dealers do.. Automotive dealers ....do.. Furn., home furn. and equip do.. Nondurab le goods stores do.. General merch. group stores ,do.. Department stores do.. Food stores do.. Grocery stores do.. Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and proprietary stores do.. do.. do.. do.. METALS AND MANUFACTURERS MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (-net),, total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog end of month mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 70,158 24,954 3,971 14,431 3,303 45,204 8,549 6,806 15,125 13,960 70,918 25,163 4,009 14,558 3,307 45,755 8,716 6,897 15,284 13,984 76,929 26,972 4,383 15,382 3,724 49,957 9,280 7,380 16,690 15,417 r75,611 r25,468 r4,402 rl4,022 r3,678 r50,143 r9,307 r7,416 rl6,669 rl5,430 76,175 25,248 4,283 14,021 3,585 50,927 9,576 7,630 16,827 15,533 77,020 25,658 4,315 14,256 3,488 51,362 9,418 7,426 17,192 15,920 5,276 3,388 6,003 2,240 5,292 3,376 6,384 2,232 6,606 3,501 6,386 2,393 r6,769 r3,476 r6,489 r2,388 6,889 3,458 6,588 2,463 6,842 3,650 6,680 2,450 352.90 335.95 188.85 164.60 2,897.9 301.15 238.70 218.50 196.95 2,980.6 475.10 397.60 273.60 243.55 4,283.9 r476.35 r354.65 r289.40 r266.80 r4,470.8 p355.05 p289.80 p254.35 p232.60 p4,571.5 88.15 81.45 85.55 70.85 528.9 80.25 73.75 91.40 74.40 517.7 70.50 54.25 73.20 60.00 620.8 r88.70 r83.40 r90.65 r83.50 r618.9 p80.70 p68.15 p94.20 p85.00 p605.4 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 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