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^ctoFC%. 6 ^s*- BUSINESS STATISTICS ^ y p0j p A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT u n 11 If February 18, 1977 TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* L_J U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Attention GNP users! Just published! THE NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929-74 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents Statistical Tables U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Price $4.95 Stock No. 003-010-00052-! THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 ~ (Passenger cars) Monthly A 1,000 - 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 - 0 I I I I I I I I I i I i i i__i 1974 i -I--J—i—i—i—i— 1975 , , , 1 i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1977 1976 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1967=100 220 WHOLESALE PRICES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 200 17.0 - 18.0 - Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds - 16.0 180 Industrial 160 All 15.0 ~~ Commodities 140 Commodities 140 k :a: U.S. Dept. of Labor i i I 11 i 1975 1976 / \ , — — ' WA 12.0 Mill \r y .J\r / "*\X J4 V Repaid 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . • -U I J - l l j J L i - U 1974 Data: Federal Reserve Board A v a i l a b l e only w i t h s u b s c r i p t i o n to t h e S U R V E Y O F C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S , t h i s S u p p l e m e n t 1975 — \ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l l 1977 p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y a n d m o n t h l y d a t a s u b s e q u e n t to t h o s e p u b l i s h e d in t h e latest m o n t h l y S U R V E Y — Extended 1 yAX\ 13.0 120 I M • i i I i 1974 * " CREDIT EXTENDED AND CONSUMER INSTALLMENT REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 1976 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 U - 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 Feb. 7 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores . Jan. 22 Feb. 14 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 1967=100 do. . do.. 190.3 200.0 183.8 193.7 203.4 187.1 208.2 203.8 211.2 211.6 207.3 214.5 212.2 207.8 215.2 mil. $ do.. 10,586 7,447 11,,165 7,,593 11,516 7,841 11,467 7,677 11,905 8,049 452 4,771 3,758 218 392 ,733 ,739 267 589 481 675 147 519 4,533 3,724 192 702 83,406 102,509 35,069 417 83,951 98,652 33,779 50 92,622 106,911 36,832 -109 91,774 108,615 36,181 405 91,303 109,657 35,352 179 106,384 91,392 396,790 48,185 114,422 63,966 109,075 91,547 397,058 47,585 114,710 63,946 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 Feb. 12 213.7 210.0 216.1 219 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 5/ do.. Member bank reserve balances _3_/ do. . Excess reserves, estimated _3/ do. . Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: £/ 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. . 103,372 73,979 103,059 74,570 378,155 40,796 118,224 59,928 376,173 40,534 116,950 59,643 110,864 91,298 399,670 49,622 115,136 63,908 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 5/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's)~4/...1941-43=10 Industrial, 400 stocks do. . 9.26 101.91 114.31 9.25 100.77 113.10 8.43 103.85 115.15 8.46 102.34 113.34 8.46 102.36 113.67 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number thous . bbl, 11,495 40,031 165,291 8,014 12,595 38,235 169,831 8,062 7,715 45,639 161,977 8,004 8,690 43,526 166,207 8,004 8,800 43,359 121,756 8,020 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons, percent bil 2,286 76.6 14.6 2,341 78.4 15.1 1,973 64.2 13.1 2,027 66.0 14.2 2,003 65.2 14.4 e91,621 109,209 34,615 249 8.46 100.73 111.82 161,446 2,116 68.9 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 1976 Jan. 1977 Oct. Dec. Jan. COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: do. . do. . 189.7 203.3 180.6 190.4 200.5 183.6 196.5 189.2 201.6 197.2 191.7 201.0 200.6 196.7 203.2 207.3 203.0 210.2 do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. 178.7 193.8 181.0 176.1 183.4 258.0 179. 192. 179. 177. 184. 257.3 185.2 186.6 174.9 186.3 188.4 277.0 185.6 183.6 174.8 187.0 188.7 281.8 187.1 191.6 179.0 187.4 188.4 278.8 188.0 193.5 179.3 188.4 188.9 278.7 do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. 143.1 157.5 190.5 167.0 187.7 181.1 174.8 152.4 145.1 148.7 151.3 147.0 170.8 213.6 174.2 199.9 189.1 181.4 164.5 149.3 156.0 159.0 147.4 169.7 214.3 174.7 199.9 189.1 181.7 164.8 149.8 156.2 159.1 147.8 171.5 219.9 175.5 200.8 189.5 182.0 164.6 149.5 157.0 159.5 148.6 174.5 222.7 177.0 201.8 Nonmetallic mineral products do. . Pulp, paper, and allied products . .do. . Rubber and plastics products do. . Textile products and- apparel do. . Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1967=$1. 00 142.0 154.6 183.1 165.8 187.1 178.0 173.1 151.9 144.0 147.5 150.9 $0,560 $0,558 $0,540 $0,539 $0,534 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers 60,681 16,855 8,412 2,925 2,073 46,767 14,213 8,299 2,138 1,710 55,962 18,259 10,561 2,447 2,508 r56,186 rl7,844 rl0,216 r2,596 r2,461 r67,981 rl9,553 rl0,2l3 r3,170 2,418 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrial s WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: 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 Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products r_/ Revised. 1967=100 mil. $, rln do do do 1/ Data for Jan. 1977 are advance estimates. 84,187 192. 182. 164. 150. 157. 159.2 49,113 15,642 9,304 2,282 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1976 Jan. Oct. Nov. DOMESTIC TRADE--Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES--Con. ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED)--Con. 1/ Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores mil. do. do. do. do. do. do. 43,826 3,894 2,114 4,110 11,778 3,817 14,005 32,554 1,976 1,481 3,889 11,723 3,654 6,247 37,703 2,477 1,625 4,530 12,153 4,116 9,067 r38,342 r2,574 rl,636 r4,248 rll,483 r4,064 rl0,499 r48,428 r4,104 r2,308 r4,464 rl3,224 r4,226 rl5,371 ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS . ADJ.) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 51,734 16,690 9,666 2,347 2,186 35,044 2,337 1,569 4,219 11,247 3,853 8,459 51,592 16,730 9,605 2,273 2,255 34,862 2,311 1,522 4,213 11,433 3,867 8,022 54,634 17,559 10,098 2,439 2,319 37,075 2,446 1,667 4,356 11,909 4,067 8,939 r55,573 rl8,157 rl0,501 r2,512 r2,468 r37,416 r2,418 rl,710 r4,415 rll,887 r4,118 r9,008 r57,741 rl9,664 rll,956 r2,505 2,560 r38,077 r2,449 rl,697 r4.486 rl2,202 r4,252 r9,165 do. do. 73,041 74,676 73,187 75,292 83,875 81,658 r85,643 r81,660 80,855 82,405 do. do. 21,871 15,978 14,124 15,663 17,251 16,971 r.18,180 17,134 24,487 17,578 ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total 1976 1975 Nov. Dec. Sept. 24,067.7 11,529.9 12,537.8 4,937.3 7,600.5 23,565.1 10,970.9 12,594.2 4,932.5 7,661.8 27,250.2 12,727.9 14,522.3 5,857.3 8,665.0 r27,406.2 13,522.0 rl3,884.2 r5,447.9 r8,436.3 28,061.4 13,495.5 14,565.9 5,693.2 8,872.7 13,609 3,900 314 342 12,579 3,551 286 321 16,945 4,093 253 326 13,925 3,820 336 347 15,569 4,721 281 474 13,811 4,115 324 371 15,239 4,504 243 442 15,952 4,424 248 418 14,227 4,057 299 380 14,550 4,140 302 354 . . . . 14,579 4,441 345 408 15,228 4,642 313 421 15,775 4,769 253 434 16,055 4,587 236 463 15,763 4,632 261 464 Liquidated, total 2/ do. . Automobile paper do.. Mobile _home do. . Home improvement do. . Total installment credit outstanding, end of year or month 2/ do. . By credit type: Automobil e do. . Mobile Home do. . Home improvement do. . By holder: Commercial banks do. . Finance companies do. . Credit unions do. . Retailers do. . Others do.. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (2 33 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits New York SMSA do. . Total 2 32 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.. 6 other leading SMSA's do.. 13,255 3,835 322 334 13,738 3,883 344 353 14,294 4,165 322 369 14,491 4,059 307 390 14,520 4,155 320 360 159,216 162,237 172,918 173,930 175,333 52,756 12,238 8,023 53,028 12,155 8,004 59,270 11,659 8,665 59,717 11,603 8,726 60,002 11,549 8,790 77,864 36,383 24,934 16,451 3,584 78,703 36,695 25,354 18,002 3,483 83,714 38,575 29,600 17,012 4,017 84,152 38,809 29,711 17,205 4,053 84,278 39,129 30,053 17,726 4,147 134.0 360.8 84.9 119.5 71,5 131.0 351.8 84.7 118.4 71.6 145.8 393.7 94.0 136.1 77.7 146.4 416.2 89.8 rl26.6 r75.6 147.2 395.1 93.1 131.7 78.3 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. . CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERMS): Installment credit extended and liquidated: Unadjusted: Extended, total 2/ mil. $ Automobile paper do. . Mobile home do. . Home improvement do. . Liquidated, total 2/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement Seasonally adjusted; Extended, total 2/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement r_/ Revised. 84,187 do. . do.. do. . do. . do. do. do. do. 1/ Data for Jan. 1977 are advance estimates. 2/ Includes data not shown separately. Oct. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1976 Jan. FINANCE--Con. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard § Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 Stocks).................1 941-43=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. Railroads (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. . . 70 31 41 66 25 96.86 108.45 108.41 91.03 46.99 37 07 41.4-2 44 87 77 73 93 .75 1977 Oct. Dec. Jan. 48.69 85.40 97.83 101.89 114.03 113.16 92.34 50.18 13.58 44.89 11.53 49.40 94.65 113.33 101.19 112.96 111.33 90.98 50.55 13.99 46.93 11.58 47.73 94.88 113.66 104.66 116.33 116.36 94.65 53.58 14.97 50.48 12.61 51.25 106.37 119.40 103.81 115.17 113.12 91.21 54.01 14.57 50.24 12.30 53.49 107.79 115.06 8,846 66.2 9,835 74.4 10,295 75.8 9,494 72.2 9,215 67.8 p9,119 p67.1 1,779 1,680 3,787 1,111 1,117 2,178 1,403 1,615 3,519 1,527 1,629 3,520 1,396 1,618 2,594 7,426 6,388 4,049 4,049 40,135 34,025 5,102 4,429 4,275 1,525 39,172 30,985 3 906 3 434 4 273 4 0.73 26 549 21,364 4,103 3,680 2,494 2,494 24,839 20,077 4,774 4,293 3,462 2,821 23,415 18,493 88 99 96 85 43 METALS AND MANUFACTURES RAW STEEL INGOTS: Production thous. sh. tons . Rate of capability utilization percent. Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motorized) .number. Rider-type .do. . . Ind. trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments.....do... TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines): Shipments .number Equipment manufacturers ............................. do.. New orders do. . Equipment manufacturers do. . Unfilled orders, end of month do. . Equipment manufacturers............................. do.. p/ Preliminary USCOMM--DC--84,187 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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