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February 1 6 , WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS fl ^°FC04, / ^TES O? * 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 INDEX, 1941-43=10 40 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 30 INDEX, 1941-43:= 10 140 Monthly (avg. of daily close) Weekly (Wednesday close) 130 20 120 10 110 00 100 90 I- 90 80 L 70 80 I I I I I 1 i—L. I I I I I I I 1976 L i i i i 1977 i 1 i i i i i I i i i 1978 i i I i i —LJLJLJL-J-J I I I ! ) J FMAMJ J A S O N D i 1979 70 Data: Stand & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967=1 INDEX, 1967= 100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 200 _ Monthly (E.E.I,, seas. a d j . index) H H 190 180 -| / H 170 v-/ 160 150 1 ,1 1,1 -1 1 1 ,.l, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I ! 1977 1976 II 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 . . . _j 1979 1 1978 i Data: Edison Electric Inst. HOURS 52 DOLLARS 1967=100 240 WHOLESALE PRICES 7.40 MANUFACTURING HOURS & 7.00 " EARNINGS ^ 230 A 50 (Hours seasonally adjusted) - 48 6.60 All Commodities 220 6.20 ><«*IFN/ Industrial Commodities 200 180 160 ~A 5.80 r 1977 ULJLJUU j 1978 / 5.00 ^ ^ / * - * V ***** 11 I I 1 1 1 I I 11 1979 4.60 46 - 44 Average Hours Per Week (right scale) 5.40 -LJ-L.I 1 1 I I 1 I J J JLLLLLLLUULJJJLJJJ Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor Averag e Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) / Farm Pro ducts and Processed Food and Feed 1976 _ * — -» — > 1 1 I I 1 1 1 M 1l l 1l l l l l l l l l 1976 1977 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 42 40 ' 1 1 M 1 i 1 1 M1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 1979 38 197S WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1979 1978 ITEM Feb. 11 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 219.1 217.7 219.9 219.9 219.1 220.3 254.9 251.2 257.3 257.3 253.8 259.5 259.5 254.8 262.7 263.7 257.4 268.0 447 3,567 3,144 120 438 3,757 3,389 146 494 3,226 3,061 184 423 3,219 3,057 127 426 100,698 120,178 37,450 158 100,846 117,212 37,304 300 112,599 129,726 44,917 462 111,437 127,746 42,996 5 110,552 126,657 42,608 330 e/110,602 125,711 41,553 335 114,743 92,562 432,152 44,611 124,359 75,241 116,985 92,785 434,584 44,359 124,471 75,386 108,451 77,446 441,802 35,778 132,060 81,191 103,107 77,064 438,106 35,554 131,866 81,475 8.78 89.93 99.12 8.77 90.83 100.01 9.67 99.48 110.87 9.65 100.16 111.62 9.60 99.93 111.32 9.60 thous. sh. tons.. 5,440 mil. kw.-hr.. 45,648 number.. 137,005 thous. bbl.. 8,381 6,110 44,407 147,469 8,381 11,980 47,294 157,455 8,699 11,530 46,741 180,882 8,699 11,415 48,482 184,190 8,718 2,282 75.8 2,317 76.9 2,418 80.5 2,558 85.2 2,626 87.4 14.0 14.1 15.0 15.1 15.5 Feb. 4 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100..| do. do....| INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous INUSRED 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 credit outstanding, total 3/ do.. do Member bank reserve balances 3/ -• Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do.. Savings deposi ts 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, 400 stocks do.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons.. percent.. .bil. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. 143 186,740 2,646 88.1 ]_/ 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 1979 1978 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. r555 r461 r542 r490 r319 r347 r471 1,138 Jan. 580 473 662 480 319 384 481 1,134 COMMODITY PRICES 452 411 454 411 r300 310 414 1,015 r466 r424 r524 404 r307 314 r436 ,024 r544 r452 r442 r503 302 r343 r560 1,107 r538 r452 r457 r516 309 r349 r483 1,115 495 624' 582 223 509 624 613 218 r639 r691 830 238 r627 r709 792 248 595 588 r577 r691 r604 590 r590 r711 r655 632 r643 r761 r658 638 r645 r764 r664 641 r652 770 676 644 668 793 do... 66 r66 r71 72 73 1967=100. do... do... 212.7 215.1 210.9 218.0 215.4 219.7 251.0 253.1 249.4 252.2 248.3 254.8 250.8 249.1 251.8 255.3 250.-9 258.3 198. 188. 189. 200. 194. 312. 154. 181. 200.1 192.2 191.5 201.6 194.1 312.8 156.5 185.8 215.0 220.7 209.0 214.7 201.5 328.9 162.2 213.3 215.7 219.2 208.1 216.0 202.3 329.9 162.9 216.0 217.4 222.4 211.9 217.0 202.2 334.1 163.7 216.5 220.7 230.1 215.3 219.9 204.9 338.3 165.8 223.8 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-14=100 Crops. .do. Commercial vegetables do.. Cotton do.. Feed grains and hay do.. Food grains do.. * Fruit do.. Tobacco do.. Livestock and products Dairy products Meat animal s Poul try and eggs do.. do.. do.. do.. PRICE PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items do... Production items do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do... PARITY RATIO PRODUCER PRICES INDEXES: SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foddstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL COMMODITIES Farm products Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins and leather products r/ Revised. • do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 653 722 829 260.. 692 722 904 264 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1977 1978 1979 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. PRODUCER PRICES INDEXES—Con. ALL COMMODITIES—Con. Industrial Commodities—Con. Lumber and wood products 1967=100 Machinery and equipment do.. Metals and metal products do.. Nonmetallic mineral products do.. Pulp, paper, and allied products do.. Rubber and plastics products do.. Textile products do.. Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor vehicles and equipment 1967-100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Producer prices 1967=$! .00.. 249.2 187.5 213.3 206.6 187.6 170.0 155.8 168.3 170.9 256.4 189.3 215.2 212.9 188.0 170.2 156.5 169.1 171.3 284.1 200.4 234.0 229.0 202.2 178.0 162.2 178.8 181.3 288. 202. 235. 229. 203. 179. 163.0 179.8 182.1 288.7 203.6 236.6 230.9 204.9 179.6 163.5 180.2 182.5 290.1 205.0 241.6 237.7 206.8 180.7 164.6 182.4 184.7 $0,539 $0,535 $0,501 $0,499 .494 $0,487 percent.. 8.54 8.74 9.20 9.40 9.49 9.65 do.... do.... do.... do .19 .40 .57 .99 8.41 8.59 8.76 9.17 .89 .07 .26 .59 9.03 9.24 9.48 9.83 9.16 9.33 9.53 9.94 9.25 9.48 9.72 10.13 do.... do do .42 .65 .10 8.60 8.87 8.20 9.03 9.37 8.74 9.21 9.58 9.01 9.31 9.67 9.15 9.44 9.85 9.21 283.84 818.80 111.45 214.02 273.04 781.09 106.97 209.90 294.58 857.69 103.88 234.64 261.61 767.73 93.93 202.30 274.87 807.94 99.38 211.12 283.85 837.39 102.24 216.85 93.82 103.13 101.36 82.89 54.54 13.34 46.46 11.15 41.63 93.73 108.45 90.25 99.34 99.42 80.14 52.40 13.13 46.13 10.46 40.32 90.14 101.86 100.58 111.56 111.37 88.00 51.28 14.62 47.63 12.23 48.13 111.80 110.98 94.71 105.23 103.38 81.71 49.04 13.17 43.56 11.21 43.61 99.93 101.35 96.11 106.92 105.82 82.53 49.32 13.10 43.37 11.36 43.19 100.78 105.07 99.71 111.15 112.08 84.42 50.33 13.46 44.45 11.68 44.12 102.32 108.73 100,632 98,503 92,623 2,914 89,710 5,880 100,071 97,950 91,053 2,868 88,185 6,897 99,215 92,923 3,363 89,560 6,292 1,641 103,677 101,555 96,095 3,553 92,541 5,460 101,077 95,241 3,374 91,867 5,836 1,317 103,776 101,659 96,029 3,100 92,929 5,629 101,628 95,751 3,275 92,476 5,877 1,196 103,740 101,632 95,906 2,990 92,916 5,725 101,867 95,855 3,387 92,468 6,012 1,208 102.961 100,867 94,436 2,762 91,673 6,431 102,183 96,300 3,232 93,068 5,883 1,251 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 83,719 68,451 48,467 24,626 687 3,955 B33871 68,557 48,492 24,648 678 3,905 86,573 71,130 50,694 25,670 893 4,341 r87,036 r71,559 r50,958 r-25,872 r903 4,368 r87,248 r71,770 r51,047 r26,023 r905 r4,395 p87,573 p72,082 p51,292 p26,112 p909 p4,413 do.. do.. do.. 19,984 11,851 8,133 20,065 11,917 8,148 20,436 12,305 8,131 r20,601 r!2,410 8,191 r20,723 12,490 r8,233 p20,790 pl2,528 p8,262 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 59,093 4,749 18,911 4,783 14,128 59,223 4,758 18,991 4,802 14,189 60,903 4,922 19,632 4,945 14,687 r61,164 r4,947 r!9,701 r4,968 r!4,733 r61,225 r4,963 rl9,680 4,989 r!4,691 p61,461 p4,978 p!9,826 p5,003 p!4,823 FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: BOND YIELDS: Domestic corporate (Moody's) By ratings: Aaa Aa A Baa By group: Industrials Public utilities Railroads STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) Standard & Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43=10.. Industrial, total (400 stocks) do Capital goods (111 stocks) do Consumer goods (189 stocks) do Utilities (40 stocks) do Transportation (20 stocks) 1970=10.. Railroad (10 stocks) 1941-43=10.. Financial (40 stocks) 1970=10.. New York City banks (6 stocks) 1941-43=10.. Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 stocks) do Property-Casualty Insurance (6 stocks) do LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over not seasonally adjusted thous Civilian labor force do.. Employed, total do.. Agriculture do.. Nonagriculture industries do.. Unemployed do.. Civilian labor force seasonally adjusted do.. Employed, total do.. Agriculture do.. Nonagricul tural industries do.. Unemployed ,.. .do.. Long-term, 15 weeks and over do.. EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ Private sector Nonmanufacturing industries Goods-producing Mining Contract construction Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurable goods Service-producing Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc Wholesale and retail trade Wholesale trade Retail trade rj Revised. £/ Preliminary. ]_/ Data for January 1979 are advance estimates. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1979 1978 1977 ITEM Nov. Dec. £/ Jan. p/ Dec. Jan. Oct. 4,547 15,618 15,268 2,723 12,545 4,563 15,597 15,314 2,736 12,578 4,737 16,169 15,443 2,760 15,683 r4s774 rl6,270 15,472 2,757 12,715 r4,792 r!6,312 r!5,478 r2,734 r l 2,744 4,816 16,350 15,491 2,742 12,749 117.5 101.6 107.8 108.6 100.2 101.7 128.5 106.9 124.7 125.4 133.9 142.1 116.2 99.3 105.6 100.3 98.9 100.5 127.5 107.0 123.7 123.9 134.3 141.7 121.6 106.5 145.2 123.8 102.1 105.5 132.0 109.9 128.2 128.5 140.5 145.0 H22.4 r!08.0 r!48.0 H24.3 103.7 107.1 132.3 110.2 128.4 r!28.7 140.6 r!45.6 122.9 r!09.0 r!49.9 r!26.1 r!04.5 H08.2 r!32.6 rlll.O r!28.6 H28.7 141.0 r!45.7 122.6 108.5 149.9 121.9 104.8 107.9 132.3 111.7 127.5 127.4 141.7 145.6 203.5 109.4 217.2 197.4 206.5 206.0 109.9 219.7 198.8 208.1 218.0 108.8 249.7 210.6 220.8 219.0 108.7 r249.8 r211.4 r222.4 r220.3 108.6 r249.8 r212.7 r224.0 222.2 222.1 195.9 186.0 203.5 223.8 199.9 187.7 207.0 234.0 211.6 199.8 217.5 r234.8 r213.0 r200.8 r217.8 r236.5 r214.1 r200.8 r218.8 237.3 217.3 201.4 221.7 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con. EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ.—Con. Service-producing--Con. State and local .do.... Indexes of aggregate weekly employee-hours (prod, workers): Private nonagric. payrolls, t o t a l , (seas. adj.)....1967-100.. Transportation, communication, e l e c t r i c i t y , g a s . . . . d o . . . . Finance, insurance, and real estate... .........do..., Indexes of average hourly earnings, seasonally adjusted: Private nonfarm economy (prod, or nonsupervisory workers): 1967 dol 1 a r s . . . : . . do... Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, e t c . . . . . . . . . d o . . . r_/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. ^frU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979-281-051/30 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209 252.6 214.1 225.0
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