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February 13,1976 ><°:x ^res o* • A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 Monthly (avg. of daily close) 135 __ PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) - H 120 - 125 \ 115 - 105 - 95 - 85 - 75 ™_L^Jl_4mJmmJ—!—L^JL^L^JL™!™, —J 1973 P 1 L-J 1 1 LI 1 I J . . 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J_J L_ — L J 1 i 1 I I 1 1 1975 1974 1I ' J 1976 ' ' • f F M A M J J A S O N D Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (Passenger cars) Thousands 350 Monthly 1,000 800 600 _J 1973 1974 1975 ! L_J L_! !_ 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Billion $ 160 NEW CONSTRUCTION Bill ion$ 100 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 140 F^TY Total Put in Place (left scale) 120 p^N——»^ ^ /^ ""~*" —» «»» f > 100 h 48 4.80 4.60 h b , / ^. -j 40 46 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) J 44 Average Hour 4.40 i i i i i I i J.L.I..I i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i t i i 1973 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1975 -j 40 i i i i 1i . . i . i 20 1 1976 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * 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 42 'right scale) Private Residential, NonFarm (right scale) 80 ^50 5.00 H60 J v HOURS I 52 (Hours seasonally adjusted) 80 N» N DOLLARS 5.40 V~~ MANUFACTURING HOURS & 5.20 EARNINGS 1974 i M l I I l I I I I I l I I I I I l I l l 1975 1976 38 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 1975 ITEM Feb. 8 Feb. 1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 2 2 COMMODITIES 2 / Feb. 7 203.0 244.2 178.6 202.3 237.6 180.8 191.4 202.9 183.8 191.4 202.6 183.9 188.7 196.8 183.1 mil. $. do... 9,458 6,456 9,480 6,778 10,346 7,275 10,316 7,197 10,670 7,162 699 5,380 4,869 276 692 5,549 4,987 244 564 4,965 3,897 181 486 4,941 3,873 218 448 244 218 76,666 92,742 37,240 174 76,469 92,509 36,974 395 85,211 97,994 35,813 186 84,357 98,391 36,228 234 83,652 101,098 35,075 172 e83,480 102,555 35,113 455 101,930 58,740 376,529 23,011 126,850 60,095 101,582 58,977 377,067 22,752 126,468 59,859 108,384 70,626 381,582 41,362 118,623 59,842 104,856 71,644 378,316 40,168 118,015 59,815 9.48 77.26 85.88 9.42 78.95 87.92 9.34 97.13 108.77 9.31 98.24 110.02 9.28 98.53 110.36 9.26 101.91 114.31 12,650 36,077 96,833 8,572 11,950 37,424 81,068 8,580 11,685 40,082 167,780 8,242 11,370 40,803 176,747 8,242 11,630 39,256 167,950 8,242 165,291 thous. sh. tons.. percent.. 2,675 2,721 2,236 74.9 2,253 75.5 2,320 77.7 2,286 76.6 bil.. 15.1 14.4 14.5 14.6 15.0 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank crecTit 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 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 (Stand. § Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ Jan. 17 do... do... i 1967*100. 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Jan. 31 Jan. 24 .thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 190.3 200.0 183.8 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 1975 1974 ITEM Nov. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $., Private, total do... Residential (incl. farm) do..., New housing units do..., Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ do... Industrial do..., Commercial do..., Public, total do NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED A T ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $., Private, total .do..., Residential (incl. farm) ....,....«t ..•*..• ••... .do.•••<-, New housing units.." do..., Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ do..., Industrial do..., Commercial do..., Public, total do.; i, CONSTRUCTION COSTS INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967*100., Dec. Sept. 1/ Except farm and public utilities. Dec. 10,636 7,536 3,263 2,456 2,511 779 1,270 3,100 rl2,700 r8,471 4,301 r3,139 2,334 684 1,136 4,229 rl2,272 r8,496 r4,200 r3,196 r2,322 r675 rl,145 r3,778 rll,762 r8,332 r4,094 r3,201 r2,225 r650 rl,080 r3,430 10,997 7,821 3,832 3,011 2,106 674 981 3,176 131.9 93.8 42.5 32.1 30.5 8.9 16.0 38.2 134.0 92.5 41.1 30.5 30.4 9.0 15.8 41.5 137 92 46 33 26 7 12.4 44.6 rl35.6 r93.3 r46.5 34.9 r25.6 r7.5 rl2.6 r42.4 rl36.5 r95.8 47.5 36.7 r26.2 r7.8 rl2.7 r40.8 138.6 95. 48, 37, 25. 7, 12. 43. 183.8 184.7 189.7 190,5 190.9 192.6 Dec. r/ Revised. 317294 Nov. 11,433 8,185 3,653 2,798 2,650 773 1,390 3,248 1974 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYtCNT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years o f age and over, not seasonally adjusted thous Civilian labor force do.. Employed, total do.. Agriculture do.. Nonagricultural industries .do!! Unemployed do.. Oct. 93,538 91,327 85,220 2,959 82,261 6,106 1975 Jan. 93,342 91,149 82,969 2,888 80,082 8,180 1976 Oct. Nov. 95,431 93,267 86,023 3,524 82,499 7,244 94,943 92,787 85,556 3,156 82,400 7,231 Dec. 94,888 92,731 85,536 2,856 82,680 7,195 Jan. 94,805 92,665 84,491 2,853 81,638 8,174 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1974 1976 1975 TTEM Dec. Nov. Oct. Jan. Dec. £/ Jan. £/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS--Con.. LABOR FORCE--Con. r91,642 85,053 3,338 81,715 6,589 1,382 r91,963 84,666 3,370 81,296 7,297 1,572 r93,213 85,151 3,408 81,743 8,062 2,719 r93,117 85,178 3,301 81,877 7,939 3,004 r93,129 85,394 3,236 82*158 7,735 3,080 93,484 86,194 3,343 82,851 7,290 2,785 7.2 5.4 7.1 18.1 6.5 12.5 3.9 4.1 9.7 7.8 15.2 9.0 8.9 77,723 63,302 44,112 23,646 686 3,770 19,190 11,357 7,833 54,077 4,659 16,935 4,224 12,711 r7.9 5.9 7.9 19.8 7.3 13.0 4.4 r4.5 10.6 8.5 15.6 10.0 9.9 77,319 62,852 44,054 23,270 723 3,749 18,798 11,099 7,699 54,049 4,603 16,903 4,205 12,698 r8.6 7.2 7.9 19.8 8.0 14.3 5.3 4.8 11.6 9.2 18.1 10.6 11.1 77,555 62,591 44,098 22,669 774 3,402 18,493 10,661 7,832 54,886 4,476 17,043 4,180 12,863 r8.5 7.1 7.9 19.0 7.8 13.9 5.1 r4.8 11.3 9.2 17.5 10.5 10.8 r77,574 62,599 r44,117 r22,657 r766 r3,409 rl8,482 rl0,653 r7,829 54,917 r4,496 rl7,010 r4,174 rl2,836 r8.3 6.6 8.0 19.6 7.6 13.8 4.8 4.8 10.7 8.9 16.6 9.6 9.9 r77,782 r62,789 r44,216 r22,739 r770 r3,396 rl8,573 rl0,725 r7,848 r55,043 r4,469 rl7,088 r4,188 rl2,900 7.8 5.8 7.5 19.9 7.1 13.2 4.1 4.7 9.4 8.1 15.4 8.1 8.2 78,140 63,139 44,427 22,879 767 3,400 18,712 10,808 7,904 55,261 4,491 17,207 4,201 13,006 4,229 13,833 14,421 2,738 11,683 4,219 13,857 14,467 2,734 11,733 4,246 14,157 14,964 2,767 12,197 4,248 rl4,188 rl4,975 2,761 rl2,214 r4,264 rl4,229 rl4,993 r2,755 rl2,238 4,275 14,287 15,001 2,754 12,247 52,038 13,802 8,133 51,624 13,437 7,898 r51,435 13,235 7,548 r51,420 rl3,222 r7,539 r51,591 rl3,311 r7,605 51,874 13,427 7,679 36.3 37.4 39.4 2.7 40.2 2.8 36.2 37.2 39.2 2.4 40.1 2.5 36.2 36.6 39.8 2.8 40.0 2.6 36.3 36.8 39.9 2.8 r40.2 r2.7 r36.4 37.5 40.3 3.0 40.7 2.9 36.6 37.8 40.4 3.0 40.8 2.9 4.38 5.38 7.00 4.62 5.64 3.60 3.97 3.91 4.41 5.62 7.03 4.65 5.66 3.63 3.97 3.93 4.63 6.08 7.32 4.90 6.12 3.82 4.18 4.15 r4.68 6.10 r7.41 4.93 r6.17 r3.84 4.26 r4.22 r4.68 r6.10 r7.41 r4.96 r6.18 r3.85 4.22 r4.23 4.73 6.14 7.51 4.99 6.23 3.88 4.27 4.27 165.4 106.4 172.6 169.6 163.6 166.3 106.3 174.9 170.4 164.8 176.7 107.5 188.9 177.7 176.0 rl78.2 rl07.6 rl89.4 rl79.2 rl76.9 rl78.2 T107.1 rl90.2 178.5 177.4 179.8 173.6 161.1 155.0 169.4 174.3 162.6 154.9 170.4 188.8 171.9 163.8 179.4 rl90.7 rl72.9 rl67.1 rl82.2 189.3 173.0 165.0 181.8 109.9 96.7 119.1 108.9 94.5 118.9 rl08.4 92.7 r!19.3 rl08.8 r92.9 119.8 rl09.3 r94.4 • irll9.7 85 77 83 87 88 Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ...thous.. Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc...do.... Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas, adj.: Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Transportation, communication, elec, gas, etc do.... Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted: 1967 dollars do.... Indexes of aggregate weekly hours, seasonally adjusted: 2_/ HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX 1967=100.. 192.4 181.7 178.4 192.2 174.4 167.0 184.7 110.3 95.1 120.8 r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. 1/ Data reflect new seasonal factors and a modification in the procedure for seasonally adjusting teenage unemployment land those few other series of which teenagers are the exclusive or major part). Data have been revised back to Jan. iy/i. 2/ Revisions for 3rd quarter 1975: production workers (thousands): July, 50,736; Aug., 51,052; Sept^, 51,315; indexes of hours (1967=100) total private, 106.2;107.4; 107.9; service-producing, July, 118.0; Aug. 118.7; Sept. 118.7. 31.294 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 Dec. 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 SMSA1s...... ........ ............. do SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard § Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) .. ..... 1941-43=10 Industrial, total (425 stocks) .do Capital goods (116 stocks) .do Consumers' goods (184 stocks) do Public utility (55 stocks)....................do Railroad (20 stocks)..........................do Banks: New York City (9 stocks) ....... do Outside New York City (16 sotcks) .do Property liability insurance (16 stocks)..........do New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite ................ .12/31/65=50 Industrial...................................... do Transportation do utility. ! ! ; ; ; ; ; '.do Finance do, 1976 1975 1974 ITEM Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 22,192.4 9,931.8 12,260.6 5,152.7 7,107.9 21,853.9 10,157.8 11,696.0 4,868.4 6,827.7 r24,137.1 11,801.5 12,336.6 4,921.3 r7,414.3 r24,067.7 11,529.9 rl2,537.8 4,937.3 r7,600.5 23,614.1 10,970.9 12,643.2 4,948.4 7,694.8 128.0 312.8 86.6 131.8 69.3 127.1 321.8 83.3 125.4 67.3 134.0 364.0 83.5 118.7 69.8 134.0 360.8 84.9 119.5 71.5 131.2 351.8 85.0 118.7 71.8 67.07 74.80 74.06 62.51 32.85 34.81 72.56 80.50 77.10 67.91 38.19 37.31 88.57 99.29 95.77 83.07 42.59 36.92 90.07 100.86 97.35 88.01 43.77 37.81 88.70 99.31 96.41 85.66 43.25 37.07 96.86 108.45 108.41 91.03 46.99 41.42 44.43 65.05 81.06 50.58 73.52 81.68 44.84 79.21 88.23 45.56 80.01 92.70 44.87 77.73 93.75 48.69 85.40 97.83 35.41 38.32 26.02 26.18 39.27 38.56 41.29 28.12 29.55 44.85 46.87 52.26 30.79 31.87 44.36 47.64 52.91 32.09 32.99 45.10 46.78 51.89 31.61 32.75 43.86 51.31 57.00 35.78 35.23 48.83 r/ Revised. 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